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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Aliens May Know We Exist Because Humans Have Not Hidden Where Earth Is

    Aliens May Know We Exist Because Humans Have Not Hidden Where Earth Is

    What would it take to hide an entire planet? It sounds more like a question posed in an episode of “Star Trek” than in academic discourse, but sometimes the bleeding edge of science blurs with themes found in science fiction.

    Of course we’ve been leaking our own position to distant stars via radio and television signals for six decades now, largely ignorant of the cosmic implications. But several notable scientists, such as Stephen Hawking, have publicly voiced concerns about revealing our presence to other civilizations. These concerns largely draw from the darker chapters of our own history, when a more advanced civilization would subjugate and displace a less advanced one.

    It might be too late for us to withdraw back into invisibility, but maybe not for other intelligent alien civilizations out there. A far-off planet’s inhabitants might prefer to hide from the likes of us. Recently, my graduate student Alex Teachey and I published a paper that proposes a way to cloak planets, as well as a way to broadcast a civilization’s existence. Even if we’re not manipulating our own signal in this way, it doesn’t mean other planets out there aren’t. It’s possible what we see as we scan the universe for other habitable planets has been engineered to disguise or highlight the existence of other civilizations.

    When a planet passes between us and its star, the star’s light seems to dim. 
    NASA AmesCC BY

    Tracking transits to find other planets

    Before we talk about how to hide a planet from distant voyeurs, consider the best way we’ve figured out to find one.

    Humanity’s most successful technique for detecting other planets is the transit method. A transit occurs when a planet appears to pass in front of its parent sun, blocking out some of its starlight for a few hours. So if we have our telescopes trained at one part of the universe and a star seems to fade out for part of a day, that tells us that a planet has temporarily come between us as it goes about its orbit.

    Using this technique, NASA’s Kepler Mission has discovered several thousand planets.

    It seems likely that any advanced civilization would be aware of this simple method. Each time a planet transits its star, its existence is essentially being advertised to all points lying along the same plane as the planet and star.

    An advanced civilization might be okay having its planet’s location, size and even atmospheric chemistry advertised across the cosmos. Or it might wish to conceal its presence. If the latter, it might choose to build a cloak.

    The Kepler Mission identified 4,696 planet candidates by July 2015. 

    NASA Ames/W. StenzelCC BY

    A planetary invisibility cloak

    It turns out that hiding planets from the transit method would be surprisingly easy, so easy that we earthlings could do it right now, if we chose. Since transits appear as a brightness decrease of a distant star, our hypothetical cloak simply produces the opposite brightness increase.

    Lasers provide an efficient means of countering that dip in brightness. All a laser’s power is contained in a relatively narrow beam, as opposed to spreading out in all directions like starlight does. Due to the way light spreads as it travels – called diffraction – the laser beam would spread to encompass entire solar systems after journeying many light years across space, bathing that distant planetary system within the cloaking beam. No dip in brightness makes it look like there’s no planet there at all.

    A laser cloak capable of hiding the Earth from an alien version of NASA’s Kepler Mission would require 30 megawatts of power at peak intensity, approximately equivalent to 10 wind turbines worth of power output.

    While Kepler sees light in only one color, advanced civilizations might use more sophisticated detectors capable of collecting light at all wavelengths. Here too, our current technology could cloak us using modern tunable lasers, for a cost of about 10 times more power overall. More advanced civilizations might be able to detect other fine details of the light’s properties, betraying the cloak. But here too there’s no reason why with a little bit of work we couldn’t engineer solutions, leading to a near perfect cloak which could be targeted at distant stars where we suspect someone might be home.

    Why choose to hide

    So yes, it sounds like science fiction, but even current technology could do a fine job of cloaking the Earth’s transit signature.

    Forget the Earth though; we never really thought of this as something humanity should or should not do. Instead, we posit that if our rudimentary human technology can build such an effective transit cloak at relatively little economic cost, then more advanced civilizations may be able to hide from us with respect to all detection techniques. The universe might not be all that it seems.

    Why might a civilization choose to wrap itself in invisibility? It could be a sort of insurance policy: find the nearby planets with potential for supporting life and turn on a targeted cloak – just in case a civilization ever emerges. Such a policy effectively buys them time to reveal their presence when they see fit.

    Given how cheap such a cloak would be, an insurance policy for your home planet is perhaps not as strange as it seems. It’s certainly not implausible a civilization might want to bide its time – surveilling the neighbors for a while before rolling out the intergalactic welcome mat. But there’s a flip side to this technology that could turn it from an invisibility cloak into more of a we-are-here spotlight.

    We think we know what it means when we see certain transit signals….

     NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterCC BY

    The reverse: flick on the beacon

    Perhaps not all civilizations are xenophobic – some might want to talk. If you wanted to reveal your presence to other civilizations as cheaply and unambiguously as possible, how might you do it?

    Imagine looking at some data of a distant planet – which has become a somewhat normal enterprise for astronomers – and noticing something weird. The signature of the planet has a strange shape – in fact, none of your models are able to explain it. It looks like someone has imprinted a series of spikes into the data, following the prime number series. Nothing in nature can do this – you have just detected another civilization’s beacon. Alternative use of the cloaking system’s laser could be to make a planet’s signal look highly artificial, instead of hidden. Now they don’t care about building the perfect cloak; they want to be found!

    Could such signals be lurking in our existing measurements? Perhaps so. No one has ever looked, and we hope our work sparks efforts on that front. It may be a long shot, since to even get to this point we need to try to imagine how aliens might think – but given the scientific prize on offer it’s also worth it. If we identify a strange transit, it may well contain information encoded via laser light pulses. Huge volumes of information could be hidden within the transit signatures of other planets.

    For us, this was an exercise in intellectual curiosity. We simply calculated how much energy it would take to either cloak or broadcast a planet’s existence. Whether we should seriously consider wrapping Earth in a protective cloak of invisibility – or conversely, getting serious about trumpeting our existence – via laser manipulations is something we should all decide together.

    David Kipping, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University

    This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.

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    Alien Abduction or Sleep Paralysis?

    (c) Kathleen Marden 2012

     
        Kathleen Marden

    I have personally been embroiled in the UFO abduction debate for 46 years and professionally involved for the past 21 years. As the niece of Betty and Barney Hill, the first abductees to gain public recognition in the United States, I find this unsolved mystery fascinating. On February 22, 1966, I observed an unconventional flying object hovering approximately less than 1000 feet above me. There were five other witnesses. I have observed additional anomalies that have been linked (by some researchers), to alien abduction phenomena. I have, however, never experienced sleep paralysis. I wish that I had so that I could describe it from a personal perspective. Without firsthand knowledge of this psycho-physiological process, I must rely upon information from those who study it professionally and the testimony of those who have experienced it.

    Several skeptical scientists have suggested that sleep paralysis is the best explanation for nocturnal bedroom abductions. Nearly all abductees/ experiencers (depending upon one’s emotional response to the event), disagree. Those who were initially taken from an external environment (car, campsite, forest, field), after having a close encounter with an unconventional flying object and/or observing non-human entities, and experiencing approximately two hours “lost” time, are not convinced that  that their subsequent bedroom abductions are sleep related anomalies.

    Many abductees/experiencers have no memory of being taken from an external environment. They have only vivid memories of being taken from their beds during the night by humanoid figures and later returned with new, unexplainable marks on their bodies. Others wonder if they might have been abducted because they have observed strange lights in their bedrooms at night or observed the floating face of an alien figure above their beds.

         Skeptics and scientific ufologists remind us that in the absence of substantial evidence, we cannot accept anecdotal abduction accounts as real. Our perception of the events that occur during the night, while we are sleeping or partially awake, could possibly be distorted by our sleeping minds. REM sleep, visual imagery, and sleep hallucinations can be confusing.

    One thing is clear. All of us experience paralysis as a function of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. More dreaming occurs during REM sleep than in another stage of sleep. The paralysis prevents us from acting out our dreams and harming ourselves or others. It is most frequently reported to occur when we are falling asleep. But it can also occur upon waking. Some people have a sleep disorder that that interferes with normal REM sleep, causing them to act out their dreams. This condition requires medical treatment because REM sleep disorder sufferers have injured themselves or family members while in acting out in REM sleep.

    Sleep paralysis is related to REM but is a different entity. It can occur just before falling asleep or waking up. You will have conscious awareness of your surroundings but not be able to move anything except your eyes. You might observe shadowy figures in your bedroom and your heart might pound, as a sense of fear jars you into wakefulness. About 30-40% of those queried by sleep study scientists report that they have experienced sleep paralysis. It is simply a sign that their bodies are not moving smoothly through the stages of sleep.

    People with narcolepsy, a condition characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and REM activity within ten minutes of falling asleep, are more likely to experience sleep paralysis accompanied by hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations than the general population. Sleep paralysis alone is characteristically different than the colorful imagery described by people who have experienced H/H hallucinations.

    There is conflicting information about H/H hallucinations and I have not been able to find conclusive answers with regard to its prevalence among human populations. HH ahllucinations can last up to several minutes and affect an estimated 5% to over 12% of the normal population. However, David J. Hufford wrote in The Terror That Comes in the Night, that 50% or more of Yasuo Hishikawa’s narcoleptic subjects reported that they had experienced H/H hallucinations.

    Hypnagogic (between waking and sleeping) and hypnopompic (between sleeping and waking)  hallucinations occur when factors such as stress, extreme fatigue, medications, and mental illness cause the part of the brain that distinguishes between conscious perceptions and internally generated perceptions to misfire. This results in internally generated visions, sounds, feelings, smells or tastes. H/H hallucination experiencers often see colored geometric shapes or parts of objects. Others might observe the full image of a person, monster or animal. Sometimes lines or the outlines of figures are observed. Sensations of floating or flying are common, along with hallucinated buzzing sounds. H/H hallucinations can be frightening. The hallucinations can last from seconds to minutes and are usually accompanied by a brief period of sleep paralysis. They are experienced as being as real as real.

    I once personally experienced a hypnopompic hallucination, without sleep paralysis. My husband and I were sleeping soundly when the telephone jarred me into partial wakefulness in the middle of the night. I didn’t answer the phone because I “saw” my husband walk toward it, as if he were going to answer it. Even though the room was dark I perceived that he was clothed in a brightly colored red and black plaid flannel shirt. The almost fluorescent colors were brighter than what can be observed in natural sunlight. I was perplexed because the phone continued to ring even though I “saw” my husband lift the receiver from the cradle. Almost immediately I was startled by the awareness of his presence in the bed next to me. My hallucination vanished and I answered the phone. It is the only hypnopompic hallucination that I have ever had, but as a lifelong student of human perception, I found it interesting and informative.

     Some sleep scientists contend that an experiencer’s perception of alien abduction while sleeping or awake in bed is most likely attributable to sleep paralysis, perhaps with hypnopompic hallucinations. They suspect that extraterrestrial entities are generated in hypnagogic and hypnopompic sleep states. Sleep hallucinations might be related to dreams because they are more elaborate and enduring than sleep paralysis alone. Hypothetically, we might be sleeping and perhaps dreaming about alien entities. When we start to move up out of REM sleep we might experience a hypnopompic hallucination and “see” nonhuman entities in our bedroom that we perceive as real. After a few seconds or minutes, we become fully awake but remember the onset of an abduction/contact as if it were real.

     If we experience a combination of sleep paralysis and H/H hallucinations, we will suffer intense fear and wake up paralyzed, unable to move anything except our eyes. We might observe shadowy figures standing beside our beds or hovering overhead. If we attempt to cry out we find that we can’t utter more than a nondescript sound. We’re locked inside paralyzed bodies, unable to speak or move, except for our eyes. Our hearts pound and we strain to breathe as if there is a weight upon our chests. We are acutely aware of surroundings. Shadows transform into frightening shadowy images and sounds intensify. We struggle to break free from our dreadful predicament, and within seconds we are fully awake. This occurs to some of us when we emerge from REM sleep and our natural paralysis continues for a few seconds. I have never met an abductee/experiencer who believes that their ET contact experience was sleep related.

    I have, however, spoken with individuals who have experienced HH hallucinations throughout their lifetime. Most report the observation of geometric shapes or disconnected body parts. One observed the upper torso and face of a monster. Two have observed alien heads that were not connected to bodies.  These details are not consistent with the reports that I have received from abductees/experiencers.

    Many abductees/ experiencers have described distinctly different demarcations between sleep paralysis, H/H hallucinations and real abduction experiences. They insist that they were fully awake at the onset of an alien abduction or visitation. They might even have received a telepathic message earlier in the day that they would be visited. They did not wake up paralyzed. It was only after they cried out or attempted to fight or flee that they became paralyzed. Some might even remember being transported through solid objects, such as a wall, roof or window, to a craft. Most have observed non-human entities and might even retain a complex memory of being examined on the craft and/or being taught a lesson. They are later returned to their beds. Prior to their experience some witnesses report that they were nervously glancing at their alarm clocks, unable to sleep due to their anxiety about an impending abduction. Having noted the time on their alarm clocks prior to and after their experience, they can think of no prosaic explanation for the lost time. Sometimes bed partners and family members sleeping in the house recall identical experiences on the same night.

    Sleep paralysis and HH hallucinations are not an acceptable explanation for “Jennie Henderson’s experiences. At age 16, she and a companion were in route to a high school basketball game when they were stopped and immobilized by an unconventional craft and “lost” two hour’s time. At first the craft resembled a helicopter in rapid pursuit of their vehicle. The silent teardrop shaped object hovered directly overhead and the engine of the Volkswagen died. As if only a moment had passed the car restarted and the teens were once again on their way to their destination. Jennie anticipated meeting her younger brother there and transporting him home at the end of the school event. Upon their arrival, they discovered that the event had ended nearly two hours earlier. There was no prosaic explanation for their “lost” time, and the family decided not to make a formal report of the event.

    Years later, Jennie sought help after she experienced a series of frightening nocturnal bedroom visitations. Occasionally, she would awaken during the night and observe nonhuman entities in her bedroom.  Shortly thereafter, a wave of paralysis crept up her body. Several times, she was fully awake when an unseen force suddenly and unexpectedly ripped her body from her bed. Her next conscious memory was of finding herself in a holding area aboard a strange craft accompanied by short non-human entities with grayish skin and large eyes. As time passed, she was able to recall many of the details of her visits with extraterrestrial entities, without hypnosis. Her husband and children’s memories of the events added support to Jennie’s suspicion that she had not experienced a sleep anomaly or vivid dream. On two occasions, her neighbors observed a silent disk-shaped craft hovering over her rural home.

    Many abductees believe that their experiences are real because they and others in their homes retain the same experiential memories. When there is unusual physical evidence attached to these memories, it is difficult to find an adequate prosaic explanation such as sleep paralysis and H/H hallucinations. Abductees are often awakened by a rushing sound and activity in their bedrooms. At the onset of their experience they are not paralyzed, and often cry out, attempt to escape, or even throw objects at the intruders. Small entities, often with glistening eyes, move about their bedrooms. The abductees’ partners sometimes attempt to fight back, but are quickly immobilized and returned to their beds in a seemingly deep sleep.

    Some abductees/experiencers are returned to their beds, but others end up locked outside of their homes. Some awaken on their roofs, in their vehicles, or even in someone else’s home. Sometimes they find mud and vegetative matter in their beds. Others find they are no longer dressed in their own clothing, but in a stranger’s nightshirt. Sometimes experiencers find landing trace evidence on their property.

    Most academic psychologists ignore these unique characteristics associated with nocturnal bedroom abductions. Instead they attempt to squeeze reports made by abductees/experiencers into sleep paralysis and HH hallucination categories, despite the evidence to the contrary. There are several reasons for this. One is that HH hallucinations and sleep paralysis are often experienced as real as real and can contain complex imagery and physiological responses. Another is that when Occam’s razor, the principle that among competing hypotheses, the simplest explanation within accepted scientific paradigms is the most plausible, HHHs and SP are the scientifically acceptable explanations. Political agendas have relegated UFO and alien abduction to the fringe science category. Officially, ufology is a pseudoscience lacking the respectability required for serious scientific study. A few courageous scientists have stepped outside politically acceptable constraints and have advanced our scientific knowledge of UFO related phenomena. However, some have experienced the professional consequences of thinking outside the box. Young scientists who wish to advance their professional careers are fearful of investigating these taboo subjects. To do so might lead to professional suicide. 

    References:

    Blackmore, Susan. “Abduction by Aliens or Sleep Paralysis?” Skeptical Inquirer Magazine. 

    May/June 1998. www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc817.htm   7/2/2009.

    Friedman, Stanton & Kathleen Marden. Chapter 14. Science was Wrong. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books. 2010.

    Hufford, David J.. The Terror that Comes in the Night. Philadelphis, PA: .University of PA Press. 1982.

    Mack, John, Caroline McLeod, Barbara Corbisier. “A More Parsimonious Explanation for UFO

    Abduction”. Psychological Inquiry (7:2) 1996.

    Marden, Kathleen. “The Conundrum of Alien Abduction”, MUFON 2010 International UFO Symposium Proceedings. July 2010.

    Randle, Kevin D., Russ Estes, & William P. Cone, PhD. The Abduction Enigma. New York, NY: Tom Doherty Assoc., 1999.

    “Sleep Paralysis”. January 26, 1999. www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html. Visited 3/2010.

    “Sleep Paralysis”. www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-paralysis  Visited 12/2011.

    “Sleep Paralysis and Lucid Dreams Research”. Visited 12/2011.

    “Sleep Paralysis and Associated Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Experiences”. http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/S_P.html

    “What are Hypnopompic Hallucinations?”. www.wisegeek.com/what-are-hypnopompic-hallucinations.htm. Visited 1/2012.

    http://www.kathleen-marden.com/ }

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Cassini beams back the closest EVER images of Saturn

    Cassini beams back the closest EVER images of Saturn

    30-04-2017 om 22:08 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Unacknowledged – New Evidence that supports Alien Contact

    Unacknowledged – New Evidence that supports Alien Contact

    Dr. Steven Greer presents brand new, top-secret evidence supporting Extraterrestrial contact including witness testimony, classified documents and UFO footage while also exploring the consequences of ruthlessly enforcing such secrecy.


    The viewer will learn that a silent coup d’état occurred dating back to the 1950s and that Congress, the President and other world leaders have been sidelined by criminal elements within the Military-Industrial-Financial complex.
      

    Below is the live stream of the unacknowledged premiere. It features Dr. Steven Greer and Ron James interviewing people at the event.
      

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    30-04-2017 om 21:48 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Eyewitness report of a forestry worker who was attacked by aliens in Scotland
    1. Eyewitness report of a forestry worker who was attacked by aliens in Scotland
    The mystery of what happened to a forestry worker called Robert Taylor on a chilly November morning more than 30 years ago is one that has baffled all who have examined the case, including the police, who keep the file open and consider it “unexplained”.


    He arrived for work as normal in his company-owned pick-up truck with his Irish red setter Larah and started to walk down the path into the woods.

    But as he rounded the path into a clearing he was absolutely astonished to see what he later described as a “large dome-shaped object” of about 20-30ft circumference hovering 15ft above the surface of the grass.

    He said that parts of it seemed to disappear around the edges, it would seem to dematerialize so he could see the trees behind it, then solidify again.

    As he watched it, what resembled two WWII sea mines dropped from beneath the object and rolled towards him and just before they reached him a burning smell, like burning brake lines, flooded the area and he heard a loud swishing noise.

    The “mines” rolled across the grass and rods came out of them, which attached themselves to his hips and began to pull him towards the object.

    At this point he lost consciousness, he didn’t know for how long but thought it could only have been for one or two minutes.

    When he came to the objects were gone and there were marks and holes on the ground, more than 20 circular or triangular indentations in the grass. Robert also had a nasty graze on his forehead and another one on his chin, and an incredible thirst.

      

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    30-04-2017 om 21:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Huge apocalyptic FIREBALL spotted streaking across sky

    Huge apocalyptic FIREBALL spotted streaking across sky

    VIEWERS were left baffled by the frightening sight of a flaming ball falling from the sky.

    By Peter Truman

    Footage from two different locations captured what many believe is the same incident of what looks like a huge fireball.

    The first video, taken in Louisiana yesterday, shows something seemingly falling from the sky with a huge trail of smoke behind.

    A second video was then uploaded the same night from neighbouring state Texas.

    apocalpytic sky

    TWITTER

    UFO: There was plenty of speculation over what the bizarre apocalyptic looking object was

    Internet terrified by BIZARRE apocalyptic scene falling from sky

    It looked like a bomb coming down.

    Eyewitness

    Again it shows a huge object falling to the ground surrounded by a bright reddish colour and a massive trail behind it.

    One Twitter user who saw the event described it as a “burning fire falling out of (the) sky.”

    Another added: "It looked like a bomb coming 

    UFO hunters were quick to speculate what the weird phenomenon was, with some suggesting it was a strange weather feature while others thought it could be a downed satellite.

    But not everyone was so serious, with one Reddit user suggesting: “Maybe Superman coming to Earth from Krypton?”

    Most, however, thought it was a central from a plane caught in the sunset.

    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

    30-04-2017 om 21:22 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Aliens may have existed on Earth. Here's why they left

    Aliens may have existed on Earth. Here's why they left

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    Do aliens exist? Are humans the only sentient species in the universe? Is there extra-terrestrial life? Are we alone?

    It's one of humanity's most all-consuming questions, fascinating scientists, governments and pop culture alike. 

    But now, one US space scientist is claiming that advanced life forms may be a reality - but that they disappeared long ago.

    Professor Jason Wright, an astronomy and astrophysics professor at Pennsylvania State University, published a paper in arXiv entitled 'Prior Indigenous Technological Species'.

    He claims that ancient 'technological species' may have lived on Earth billions of years before the human race.

    Well, either Earth, or a "pre-greenhouse Venus," or "a wet Mars". He's not 100 per cent sure.

    However, Wright claims:

    Given that it is known to host complex life, the most obvious origin for a prior species of any sort is Earth.

    He pulls no punches when he explains that:

    Present-day Venus would seem to be a terrible candidate for a technological species, with a surface temperature over 700K, although when it comes to alien life we should keep an open mind about even this.

    Wright believes that the ancient species has disappeared, but that in the past we could have found found traces of them underground, called "technosignatures". 

    However, he claims that most of the physical evidence would now be lost.

    On Venus, for example, the global greenhouse arrival may have resulted in a resurfacing of the planet, while on Earth the movement of tectonic plates and subsequent erosion could have erased any lingering traces.

    Nevertheless, he writes, it might still be possible to recognise these technosignatures even if the physical evidence is all but destroyed.

    He explains:

    Structures buried beneath surfaces might survive and be discoverable as long as they do not suffer a collision so severe that their artificial nature is obliterated.

    Merely destroying them would render them nonfunctional, but they might still be recognisably technological.

    We might conjecture that settlements or bases on these objects would have been built beneath the surface for a variety of reasons, and so still be discoverable today.

    Wright proposes that we might find traces on more undisturbed surfaces such as the Moon and Mars.

    Of course, the idea that humans are not the only sentient species is nothing new. 

    Indeed, he writes, "the idea of indigenous Martian civilisations pervades science fiction to the point of cliche".

    However, the proposal that the alien species is already extinct is comparatively unexplored in the scientific field. 

    But why does Wright think they disappeared?

    Wright says that "the most obvious answer" is a cataclysm, "whether a natural event such as an extinction-level asteroid impact, or self-inflicted, such as a global climate catastrophe".

    However, in the case of a species which had settled in the Solar System, Wright explains:

    ...Such an event would only permanently extinguish the species if there were many cataclysms across the Solar System closely spaced in time (a swarm of comets, or interplanetary warfare perhaps), or if the settlements were not completely self-sufficient.

    Alternatively, an unexpected nearby gamma ray burst or supernova might produce a Solar-System-wide cataclysm.

    Even without a cataclysm, the species may have simply died out, or become permanently non-technological at some point, or [...] abandoned the Solar System permanently for some reason.

    HT Daily Mail


    More: UFO sightings are at an all-time high

    More: Aliens might be trying to tell us something

    https://www.indy100.com/ }

    30-04-2017 om 14:19 geschreven door peter  

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    17 Facts The World Learned In April

    Featuring two new places to look for alien life, a new spot on Jupiter, and an artificial womb.

    Kelly Oakes

    1. There's probably hydrothermal activity going on at the bottom of the ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus – meaning it has all the ingredients for some sort of life.

    2. There's a rocky planet, six times the size of Earth, orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light years away.

    3. There's a bunch of streams, rivers, ponds, and waterfalls, all over Antarctica, that we didn't know about before.

    4. It's possible to keep premature lambs alive for four weeks in an artificial womb scientists have created.

    Emily Partridge / Nature Communications / CC

    5. There are at least two archbishops of Canterbury buried under a former church in Lambeth, London, in a secret crypt that was only just discovered during building works.

    6. There's a newly discovered ocean garbage patch in the Arctic.

    7. Volcanoes have killed a lot of penguins in the Antarctic over the last few thousand years, according to a study that tracked penguin populations over time using their poo.

    8. There's a Great Cold Spot in Jupiter's upper atmosphere.

    9. Britain separated, geologically, from Europe 450,000 years ago in a process involving a vast flood separating Kent from northern France.



    Imperial College London / Chase Stone

    10. There's a caterpillar called Galleria mellonella (commonly known as the wax moth) that can break down plastic.

    11. Naked mole rats can survive for up to 18 minutes without oxygen by using fructose, instead of glucose, to make energy.

    12. There's a chemical in the skin of South Indian frogs that can kill some strains of the flu virus.

    13. A species of termite-hunting ant called Megaponera analis rescues its injured friends and takes them back to the nest.

    A young male mandrill/

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    A young male mandrill/

    14. Mandrills, a type of monkey found in African rainforests, sniff each other's poo to figure out who's got parasites.

    15. There's a newly discovered type of pistol shrimp in the eastern Pacific that's been named Synalpheus pinkfloydi (after Pink Floyd).

    16. Humpback whale calves talk really quietly to their mums so other nearby whales can't hear them.

    17. One of the earliest known relatives of the dinosaurs walked on four legs, like a crocodile.

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/ }

    30-04-2017 om 14:12 geschreven door peter  

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    HUMAN OR NOT? MYSTERIOUS CREATURE SPARKS INTERNET FRENZY IN INDONESIA

    An unusual figure appears in Indonesian forest which may be proof of a lost, legendary tribe. 
     
    There were dramatic scenes in Jakarta recently when a high profile bike tour took a disastrous turn when a rider fell from his bike in shock when a figure emerged from the forest which some have speculated was not a human being. 
     
    The incredible moment when the Banda Aceh-based motor trail group met the mysterious figure in Indonesia’s most western province was caught on camera. The video clearly shows the lead rider falling from his bike in fright as a human-like figure, who is considerably smaller than the average person, appears suddenly on the track ahead bearing a wooden stick as though it was a weapon.
     
     The individual in the track stopped and observed the bikers for a brief moment before tearing off into the forest. Individual bikers attempted to track down the figure after he ran away, but despite the fact that they were on motorbikes and the figure was traveling on foot they were unable to catch up with him. The figure managed to elude them by darting into shrubbery vegetation and was last sighting disappearing into the deepest thicket of the forest. 
     
     
    The video was posted online where it has attracted a huge amount of attention and speculation. While some people have suggested that the figure was some kind of supernatural being, others have suggested that he could have been a member of the legendary Mante tribe. The Mante tribe are believed to be an ethnic group who have inhabited this region of Indonesia for a long time. There has been no anthropological investigation attempting to contact the tribe and they have never sought out contact with other people living in the area. Owing to the fact that nothing is known about these people, it is commonly believed that they are nothing more than an urban legend. However, the emergence of this video may call this into question. 
     

    {  http://7tales.net/ }

    30-04-2017 om 13:55 geschreven door peter  

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    RIDLEY SCOTT: 'ALIENS EXIST AND THEY'RE A LOT SMARTER THAN US. DON'T CHALLENGE THEM!'

    Ridley Scott is one of the most famous creators of Aliens and he believes that they are really out there and says that one day when they are ready they are going to come. The director spoke up and said that it is ridiculous to think that humans are alone in the universe and he firmly believes that one-day superior beings are going to pay a visit to Earth. The director was talking as he prepares for the release of Alien: Covenant.
     
     "SUPERIOR BEINGS WILL VISIT EARTH, EXPERT AT NASA AGREES" 
     
    He made the following comments on extraterrestrial life: 
    • I believe in superior beings. I think it is certainly likely. An expert I was talking to at NASA said to me, ‘Have you ever looked in the sky at night? You mean to tell me we are it?’ That’s ridiculous.
    •  The experts have now put a number on it having assessed what is out there. They say that there are between 100 and 200 entities that could be having a similar evolution to us right now. So when you see a big thing in the sky, run for it.” 
    Ridley's “Xenomorph” and “chestburster” alien creatures have terrified his fans for nearly 40 years. 
     
    Alien: Covenant is the second in the list of prequel movies and it has a setting during the year of 2104 on a spacecraft that is carrying 2,000 colonists who have been cryogenically frozen while traveling to a distant planet when they come across what they believe is uncharted paradise. However, as you might expect from Ridley Scott, the voyage soon becomes a nightmare full of gore that will have those watching think nothing of the alien bursting out of the chest of the man in the original movie. 
     
    "WE SHOULD NOT MESS WITH REAL-LIFE ALIENS" 
     
    He explained: 
    • They are a lot smarter than we are. If you are stupid enough to challenge them, you will be taken out in three seconds.”
     Finally, he joked: 
    •  “Nothing scares me.I have a 9mm (pistol).
    Scott went on to say that he could not believe all the terror that he had managed to create when he saw the reactions of those who had watched the original movies. He said that people were hiding half under their seats by the time the kitchen scene where the alien pushed its way out of the chest of John Hurt. Scott, on the other hand, claims to be un-shockable, he bragged that nothing scared him, he did admit to being nervous though when walking onto the set of a film and there are 600 plus people all looking at you.
     
     Whether the alien life form that Scott believes is going to be making its way to Earth at some point in time will be anything like the aliens Scott created remains to be seen, but it’s hoped they are friendlier.
     
     “ALIEN: COVENANT” WILL OPEN NATIONWIDE IN CINEMAS ON MAY 19. 
     
     

    30-04-2017 om 13:54 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.THE CREEPIEST PARANORMAL VIDEOS FROM WORLD WAR II

    THE CREEPIEST PARANORMAL VIDEOS FROM WORLD WAR II

     
    Now a user on YouTube with the name of Dark5s has put together a very enlightening collection of paranormal stories which back to WWII and all of which involve something totally strange, weird, and unusual or things that cannot be explained. 
     
    One of the stories in the video may explain an even from the war that has perplexed people for a long time. This, of course, was Rudolph Hess and his bizarre flight to Scotland with the hope of negotiating peace between the Nazis and Britain. At the time the actions of Hess were thought to be baffling to both sides involved and just what could have motivated him to make such a trip has remained something of a mystery.
     
     In the years that followed the war, it came to light that perhaps Hess may have been duped by the British Intelligence into making the strange journey. It has been suggested that perhaps the British Intelligence tapped into the psychic realm. 
     
    Rumors have been very persistent over the years that there had been a joint effort between magician Aleister Crowley and intelligence agent, who went on to write books about secret agents, Ian Fleming. It was said that Crowley was able to manipulate the mind of Hess using psychic messages and then Fleming did his part by making it look like the insights were real through propaganda pieces that were carefully used.
     
     If this is true the tandem attack by the two proved to be successful, at least when it came to inspiring Hess to leave his post and take on a peace mission that was futile and one which caused chaos for the Nazis.
     
     Along with this story, many other fascinating events have been included in the video. These include covens of witches who tried to protect England with a magic ritual and the quest of Hitler to find the Holy Grail. 
     
     

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    30-04-2017 om 13:52 geschreven door peter  

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    US PRESIDENT MAY SOON RELEASE A LARGE CACHE OF CLASSIFIED JFK FILES

    Is the truth about the JFK assassination about to be revealed?
     
     The assassination of John F. Kennedy still fascinates many people after fifty years. While the FBI and the American government claim that the official story is simply true, much of the information about the murder remains classified. Why would the information still be kept a secret after so many decades if there was nothing more to the story? Many people who were young at the time of the assassination are now dead. Who is the information being kept secret from? 
     
    Perhaps, the information will not be kept secret for much longer. It may be the case that the Trump administration is going to release all of what is known about the details of the assassination. In 1992, it was decided that the information would remain secret for another 25 years. It is now up to the president whether or not the information will remain secret. 
     
    There are 3500 files that could either be released or be kept secret. If the files do not include a simple admission that the official story is wrong, perhaps the files could contain clues that point to the real nature and purpose of the assassination. If the assassination was a conspiracy involving organizations that still possess a lot of power today, it seems unlikely that Trump could release the files. However, one could imagine the files being released even if they contain strong evidence that Oswald was not the assassin. 
     
    October of 2017 is the earliest date at which the files might be released. The final decision is up to the president, but the CIA and FBI will soon make a recommendation about whether or not to release the files. One could certainly doubt that the files contain everything that the government knows about the assassination. It could very well be the case that, even if the files are released to the public, the real story will remain secret. 

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    30-04-2017 om 13:46 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ENORM RUIMTESCHIP ONTDEKT OP NASA FOTO ( VIDEO )

    ENORM RUIMTESCHIP ONTDEKT OP NASA FOTO ( VIDEO )

    Wij mensen zien ze regelmatig vliegen door onze luchten, maar net buiten onze dampkring gebeuren ook heel interessante dingen. 

    Het toeval wil dat er daarvan deze week een aantal leuke voorbeelden opduiken, zoals een NASA foto, gemaakt door de Apollo 10 missie. 



    Er zijn mensen die bijna hun hele dag besteden aan het bestuderen en bekijken van door NASA gemaakte foto’s en komen dan soms heel bijzondere dingen tegen. 

    Zoals een foto gemaakt door NASA astronauten in 1969. 


    Apollo 10 was de vierde bemande vlucht uit het Apolloprogramma. De bemanning bestond uit commandant Thomas Stafford, CSM-piloot John Young en maanlanderpiloot Eugene Cernan. 

    Deze vlucht vond plaats in 1969 en diende ter voorbereiding op een maanlanding met Apollo 11 om het aan- en afkoppelen van diverse modules te oefenen. 

    Ook maakten ze prachtige foto’s van de aarde en op één daarvan is door de bekende Streetcap1 iets bijzonders ontdekt. 

    Iets, wat daar absoluut niet op thuis hoort en wat door de NASA censuur waarschijnlijk per ongeluk niet is weggehaald. 

    Het ziet er als volgt uit:


    xxx


    xxx

    Vanuit het ruimtestation ISS (International Space Station), niet te verwarren met ISIS (Israeli Secret Intelligence Service), heb je ook een prachtig uitzicht op onze aarde en wat daar allemaal net buiten de dampkring gebeurt. Als het allemaal echt is natuurlijk.

    De Franse ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet die op dit moment in het ISS verblijft, wilde een filmopname maken van een elektrische storm boven het westen van Amerika. 

    Echter, hij filmde nog meer, want op de video die Pesquet maakte, waren duidelijk een aantal objecten te zien die niet alleen met grote snelheid boven de aarde vlogen, maar ook nog eens allerlei vreemde bochten maakten. 

    Volgens wetenschappers van ESA (European Space Agency) waren het wel degelijk solide objecten en waarschijnlijk satellieten, maar ze konden even niet bedenken over welke satellieten het dan wel zou gaan. 

    Bekijk de volgende beelden en oordeel zelf of satellieten in staat zijn om een dergelijke veranderende koers te vliegen. 


     

    De opname van Pesquet werd op 17 april gemaakt en tien dagen later, op 27 april 2017, maakte NASA zelf een opname van een ronde UFO nabij het ISS die van kleur veranderde.


    xxx

    Deze ontdekking werd wederom gedaan door Streetcap1 en het lukte hem beelden vast te leggen, ondanks dat op het moment dat NASA ook het object opmerkte zij zoals gewoonlijk de verbinding verbraken en een blauw scherm toonden. 

    http://www.niburu.co/ }

    30-04-2017 om 13:35 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Giant UFO Over Colima Volcano Makes Sudden 90 Degree Turn, Video, UFO Sighting News.
    Giant UFO Over Colima Volcano Makes Sudden 90 Degree Turn, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of sighting: Jan 29, 2017
    Location of sighting: Colima, Mexico
    Source: www.webcamsdemexico.com

    I was going through the Colima volcano archives and found this amazing UFO as it makes a sudden hard right turn, and heads for the volcano base. I believe that the UFO was heading to and underground base that is located about 4-5 miles below the Colima volcano. This volcano is defiantly on the top ten list for being one of the most popular locations for UFOs. There are actually two UFOs, one close and one far in the video at the bottom of this post. 

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    30-04-2017 om 13:24 geschreven door peter  

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    Kurt Russell Recalls UFO Sighting in BBC Interview

    Given the prevalence of UFO sightings, it’s no surprise that public figures such as celebrities or politicians sometimes witness unexplained aerial phenomenon. A new celebrity UFO disclosure came this week from Hollywood legend Kurt Russell, who shared an eerie personal UFO sighting while on the BBC’s The One Show. Russell appeared on the show alongside Chris Pratt to promote the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 when The One Show‘s hosts asked the pair if they believe alien beings have visited our planet. Pratt claimed that no, he does not, after which Russell opened up and recounted a strange encounter he and his son had with a set of unidentified lights in the sky.

    Russell says he saw the lights while aboard his private plane.

    Russell claims he was flying his son Oliver to visit Oliver’s girlfriend when the two of them spotted a strange set of lights in the sky:

    I was flying him to go see his girlfriend. And we were on approach and I saw six lights over the airport in an absolute uniform V-shape. Oliver said ‘Pa, what are those lights?’ And then I kind of came out of my reverie and I said ‘I don’t know what they are.’

    Russell then says he called in the sighting to the airport, asking if any aircraft were in the skies. The airport then reportedly radioed back that their radar systems were not showing any aircraft in that area at the time and logged the lights as unidentified.

    Similar V-shaped formations have been reported in many famous sightings, including the mass sighting in Phoenix in 1997.

    A few years later, Russell says his wife Goldie Hawn was watching a television documentary on the infamous Phoenix Lights sightings. As Russell watched footage of the lights, he experienced a strange feeling of deja vu:

    As I’m watching this, I’m feeling like Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I thought ‘Why do I know this?’ It’s not clear to me.

    Russell then remembered his UFO sighting and checked his log books on the day of the flight, and sure enough, he had somehow forgotten to record the sighting in his flight log. To this day, Russell can’t explain the sighting.

    Russell previously battled parasitic aliens who crashed on Earth in John Carpenters horror classic The Thing.
    Russell previously battled parasitic aliens who crashed on Earth in John Carpenter’s sci fi-horror classic ‘The Thing.’

    As Chris Pratt put it in the interview, “I think that’s an awesome story man”

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    Woman Claims Abduction Turned Her Into an Alien Hybrid

    These three beings stood over me and we had a long communication where they told me I would learn to meditate in order to stay in touch with them, and help communication between them and us [humans].

    Thus begins a story that ends with a woman being “upgraded” to an alien hybrid. How does that happen?

    The latest issue of the magazine New Idea contains an interview with author and purported alien abductee Judy Carroll of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Now 64, Carroll claims she was first contacted by aliens she believes are Greys when she was a child. The positive ID came in 1983 when the telepathic communications became actual physical contact as Carroll says the extraterrestrials took her on their spaceship for the first time. From her description – “pure white, with beautiful archways and no sharp corners” – it sounds like these Greys travel in a big flying saucer. However …

    I don’t always remember as I’m taken during sleep, but I do have many conscious memories too.

    Carroll describes the three beings that stood over her as thin-bodied, bald and with teardrop-shaped eyes and no moving jaws. Although he doesn’t corroborate that description in the interview, Carroll says her husband claims he’s seen an alien hovering over her while she’s meditating. Her husband sounds like an understanding guy, especially since Carroll also reveals that she has an alien teacher and healer on the ship named Maris, who has a “soul-to-soul” relationship with her. That relationship includes an interesting way of healing, as she describes how Maris cured a throat problem.

    I remember him massaging my neck and putting his long fingers in my mouth and down my throat, where I said I was tight.

    That throat problem could be because she claims she’s a hybrid and her human neck is dealing with her jawless alien side. Carroll believes she was chosen by the aliens while still in the womb and her DNA has been “upgraded” on her regular visits to the ship, where she says she’s witnessed the aliens “working on humans” who had also been taken there.

    These monthly visits, meditative communications and instructions from Maris are the basis for Judy Carroll’s books and website where she helps other abductees and hybrids deal with their condition, memories and experiences. The site also acts as a clearinghouse for information about Greys (or Zetas as she also calls them) and provides a way for Carroll to distribute communications from them.

    Is Judy Carroll really a Human by Day, Zeta by Night as the title of her docudrama suggests? She doesn’t provide the hard facts — like a DNA test or doctor’s exam, for example — that would sway skeptics. However, she does offer a good collection of interesting information and reading and her assistance to those who have a hard time convincing others they’ve been abducted is undoubtedly greatly appreciated.

    It obviously helps to have an understanding spouse.

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    30-04-2017 om 01:03 geschreven door peter  

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    1967: A Wave of UFO Encounters

    On March 1, 2016, I wrote an article here at Mysterious Universe titled “UFOs: ‘The Star-Spangled Cross.'” It began as follows:

    If there is one thing which can be said about the UFO phenomenon – and said with a fair degree of certainty – it’s that today we don’t get the classic ‘flaps’ and ‘waves’ that dominated the field of Ufology decades ago. I’m talking about the likes of Washington, D.C. 1952, the surge of UFO activity in 1973, and the Belgian ‘Flying Triangle’ encounters of 1989-1990. There was also a notable flood of reports in the United Kingdom in 1967 – which is the subject of this particular article.

    Declassified files from the British Ministry of Defense reveal that from 1959 to 1966 the MoD received close to 450 reports of UFO activity in U.K. airspace – the vast majority of reports coming from the public, and a much smaller number originating with the police and the military. And 1966 led the pack with 95 reports. However, things changed dramatically in 1967 when the MoD was overrun by UFO reports. The actual figure was 362, which averages out to almost one per day. Although, it should be noted that many of those reports came from October 1967, the month when the nation briefly went UFO crazy.

    There is a reason why I bring this up now, more than a year later. October of this year marks the 50th anniversary of what turned out to be a massive wave of UFO activity in the U.K. My earlier article described several of the more famous cases that hit the headlines and intrigued the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense, in late 1967. Keeping in mind the 50th anniversary angle, I figure why not share with you what amounts to quite a bit of additional data, in case anyone out there reading this may be inspired to look further into this long-gone wave of encounters – and with plenty of time before the mystery hits its 50th, too.

    On October 25, 1967, the Chief Constable of East Sussex, England – George Terry – did something highly proactive. He organized a conference in the town of Lewes, East Sussex, where the local police force was briefed on the then-current UFO activity that was being reported across the U.K. Terry’s actions were prompted by the fact that many of the reports which caught his attention came from fellow officers. Terry informed his team that sharing any and all findings with the media was fine, in order to keep things in their “right perspective.”

    One night later, a large, brightly-lit object was seen above the town of Hastings, England – also in East Sussex. On this particular occasion, the police shared their data with personnel from the Royal Greenwich Observatory. They were said to be “really interested” in this specific report.

    It is now quite obvious that there was something visible below the cloud cover. This is an advance. We know now that there is something up there and that something is not Venus.

    And the reports continued to flood in: In the county of Oxfordshire, and on the very next night, a pair of “Bobbies” saw two, large, egg-shaped objects flying over a local road. They (the UFOs, not the cops!) vanished at a high rate of speed when they reached a height of approximately 600 feet. Paul Quick – 21 at the time – saw an oval-shaped UFO flying over woods near the West Sussex village of Storrington. Quick watched amazed as the craft headed for the ground on the Sussex Downs. Despite a search of the area by police, no sign of the UFO was found.

    Then, on October 29, the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph newspaper ran an article titled “Police see UFO over Sussex.” The article told how a number of officers, including Police Constable Michael Sands, had seen “a silver pinpoint of light” moving at high speed over Lancing Police Station, near the edge of the Adur Valley. And the cases continued to pour in – to the extent that there was even a brief period when the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense mused upon the idea of liaising with the Russians on the UFO issue!

    Such waves and flaps seldom occur today, which is why I figure that with the 50th anniversary not far away, now might be the time to take a look back at a strange and brief period when the skies of the U.K. were filled with UFOs. Or, when mass-hysteria was running wildly out of control…

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    California Cylindrical UFO Sighting Could Be Mystery Plane

    Earlier this month, photos of an unknown and strange-looking aircraft surfaced on an aviation forum. The images showed an unidentified and futuristic plane being serviced at a former Air Force base which is now (officially, anyway) a commercial logistics airport – a commercial logistics airport which just so happens to host DARPA tests and military flights and whose street address is on “Phantom Way.” The missile-shaped, windowless craft was speculated to be a prototype or even a movie prop by forum users, but with no official explanation given, speculation spread that the aircraft might be some sort of new top-secret technology hiding in plain sight.

    Even aviation forums couldn't positively identify the aircraft.

    Even aviation forums couldn’t positively identify the aircraft.

    To possibly complicate or corroborate the mystery aircraft sighting, a recent UFO sighting in the town of Lincoln, California some 400 miles (640 km) to the north sounds an awful lot like the mysterious aircraft and might show some credence that the mystery plane was, in fact, a prototype aircraft currently being tested above California. MUFON’s Roger Marsh reported the case, which reportedly took place on 2:45 p.m. on March 16, 2017. The eyewitness reported being familiar with many types of aircraft based on time spent in or around the U.S. Air Force. According to MUFON field investigator Shelley Goodman, the eyewitness claims the aircraft was unlike anything he’s seen:

    He described it as something he’s never seen before.  He was in the Air Force and knows all about aircraft and how fast they move.  This flew through the sky three times faster than any aircraft.  In 5-6 seconds, it covered about 60 percent of the horizon flying from west to the northwest.  It was underneath the cloud cover, so they could see it clearly. He described it like one of those big propane tanks some people have in their backyard flying through the air. There were no emissions and no noise.

    Sounds an awful lot like the mystery craft seen a few weeks ago, if you ask me. Were that craft to be seen at an angle while banking, it would certainly appear much as the eyewitness described. Of course, without any photographs, we’ll never know and this is all ultimately conjecture.

    Cylindrical UFOs are commonly reported, likely due to the fact that aircraft wings can often be invisible to observers or cameras on the ground due to perspective.

    The testing theory does fit with certain trends lately, though, as more and more venture capitalists are venturing into bold new aerospace projects; could secret testing of new corporate technologies be the cause of many recent reports of strange aircraft, particularly in California? It’s possible. Of course, the rise in UFO and mystery plane sightings also happens to coincide with the advent of commercial drone aircraft, so there are likely other plausible explanations for most of these sightings.

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    30-04-2017 om 00:51 geschreven door peter  

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    Ridley Scott Says Aliens Exist and Don’t Mess With Them

    Google “alien” and the entry at the top of the list is not Greys or Reptilians or people from a country that’s not yours – it’s a movie. Not just any movie … the mother of all sci-fi-horror movies – Alien, starring Sigourney Weaver and directed by the father of the genre – Ridley Scott. Sir Ridley went on to direct the equally-classic Blade Runner as well as Prometheus and The Martian … and some non-sci-fi monsters like Thelma & LouiseGladiator and Hannibal. And don’t forget the dystopian “1984” commercial for Apple. Now he’s back to what he does best – aliens! Scott is making the rounds promoting his latest directorial accomplishment and return to where it all began – Alien: Covenant.

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    But you Ridley Scott fans already knew all of this. What you may not have known – but possibly suspected – is that Sir Ridley believes in aliens.

    I believe in superior beings. I think it is certainly likely. An expert I was talking to at NASA said to me ‘have you ever looked in the sky at night? You mean to tell me we are it?’ That’s ridiculous.

    What exactly does Scott mean by ‘superior beings’?

    The experts have now put a number on it having assessed what is out there. They say that there are between 100 and 200 entities that could be having a similar evolution to us right now. So when you see a big thing in the sky, run for it.

    Run for it? If they have a ‘similar evolution’ to our own, why should we be afraid, Sir Ridley?

    They are a lot smarter than we are. If you are stupid enough to challenge them you will be taken out in three seconds.


    NOW he tells us!

    Should we be watching everyone else’s stomach … or our own? Scott doesn’t say, nor does he offer any comparisons between real aliens and the fictional (hopefully) Xenomorphs in Alien: Covenant, the second prequel to Alien that he’s directed. It continues where Prometheus, the first prequel, leaves off.

    OK, so we already knew that Ridley Scott makes great Alien movies. Now we know that it’s probably because he believes in aliens and thinks they‘re out to get us. That explains Sir Ridley, but why do WE like them so much?

    But the film was very successful because people are perverse.

    Yep.

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    30-04-2017 om 00:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Watch – Alleged Colour-Changing Spaceship Over Southern California

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    An incredible colour changing UFO was caught on video. The strange diamond shape object apparently flew in the night sky above San Fernando Valley in California, U.S.A.

    The clip was reportedly shot two weeks ago and posted on popular video-sharing site YouTube. It shows the strange object moving jerkily in the sky while flashing pink, blue, and green colours.

    Some alien enthusiasts believe that the spacecraft in the latest video has been seen previously not once, but many times in different locations across the world.

    They say that the UFO is a rotating six-sided diamond-shaped spacecraft. The unknown object reportedly stays in place for an hour before it leaves fast.

    Many UFO researchers wonder what kind of species uses the extraordinary craft and what kind of intel they are collecting.

    Others are not convinced of the video saying how come someone considered it a UFO when it is easy to fabricate such video. They point out that the video shows nothing but some kind of light in the dark background. They further suggest the possibility that the light is not even in the sky, but somewhere else in the dark with the changing colour light on.

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    30-04-2017 om 00:27 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO Caught Moving Across The Moon Baffles Viewers

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    A camera that is said to have a super powerful lens captured an unidentified flying object close to the Moon.

    The UFO sighting video shows an unknown huge black shadow flying upwards across the base of the Moon going to the center.

    As the camera lens zooms in, the tip of the object in question looks to continually spiral while it continues forward.

    Some observers suspect that the triangular, black mark is not the object itself, but a trail of fumes coming from something else.

    Eventually, the mysterious black shadow vanishes into space after it finishes crossing the Moon.

    The video was reportedly shot in the astronomical observatory in Oman, an Arab country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, using a highly powerful telephoto lens.

    It is challenging to determine whether the object is more than a great shadow because of the nature of the footage.

    The footage has been viewed hundred thousands of times since it was uploaded to the Arabic news site. Viewers have offered mix theories regarding the object’s identity.

    One observer said that the object was a space squid while several users claimed it appeared like the NASA’s logo.

    Many other observers suggest wild speculations. One says that the UFO took out the missile of North Korea after it launched from the test pad and that aliens are trying to save humanity from WW3.

    Several viewers also offer a practical suggestion saying it is probably just an optical illusion from clouds or just chemical trails from a plane.

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    30-04-2017 om 00:25 geschreven door peter  

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    Square UFO Puzzles Witness In Philadelphia

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    An unnamed witness in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania claimed to have watched and photographed a slow moving square object flying overhead.

    The witness was at the corner of Allegheny, and Kensington in the city at 8 am on 3rd of April 2017 waiting for the bus, according to MUFON report, Case 82950 of the network’s witness reporting database.

    The witness described the morning as lovely. Upon looking at the sky and clouds, they noticed a black object quite high in the sky while facing north/northwest. They first thought it was debris hovering on the air currents, but later realized that it was moving slowly from east to west.

    The witness described the object as dark black having a shape of a wide diamond or a square on a corner. The object did not appear to reflect light, according to the witness, but they noticed a light flashing around four times in ten minutes.

    The witness got the attention of a young woman to ask a second opinion, the report stated. The woman was also waiting for the bus and answered to the witness that she also saw the same thing in the sky. The reporting witness asked the woman if she could consider it as a helicopter, and she answered no.

    The reporting witness tried to get some photos using his phone, but they did not show much as the object was so high up and apparently quite distant.

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    30-04-2017 om 00:23 geschreven door peter  

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    Color-Changing ORB at ISS Caught Live

    An orb that changes colors was caught on the NASA Livestream filmed from the International Space Station on April 27, 2017.


    At the moment NASA were panning the camera a little they spotted the colorful orb on and decided to zoom away from the object. Then after that they held for a minute and went to blue screen.

    Despite NASA cut the camera feed so quickly even though the orb was very distant, Streetcap1 still managed to get the moment the orb comes into view including a couple of frames to enlarge.

      

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    30-04-2017 om 00:19 geschreven door peter  

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    ISS Astronaut captured strange moving objects above Earth - ESA confused!

    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station captured strange moving objects above Earth on April 17, 2017.


    The video filmed by Pesquet was initially intended to record an electrical storm near the horizon, just above western US. But he did not only record the electrical storm but also two unidentified objects moving at high speed above the Earth.

    The objects are consistent with intact objects, and were most likely satellites in operation however scientists from the ESA Space Debris Bureau were unable to confirm which satellites were captured in the video…If the objects were satellites at all.

      

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    Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago

    Mars and asteroids

    Asteroid entourage

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    Mars has an asteroid entourage, with nine so-called Trojans trailing in its wake. Now it seems these travelling companions all had the same violent beginning: as the innards of a mini-planet, eviscerated in a violent collision. Some remnants may even have been incorporated into the material that became Mars.

    Trojans are distinct from the asteroids found in the asteroid belt, which begins about 101 million kilometres past Mars and stretches toward Jupiter. While Trojans orbit the sun, like the asteroid belt, they are trapped in gravitational sweet spots that ensure they will permanently trail or precede the planet in its trip around our star. These are known as Lagrange points.

    Mars is the only rocky planet accompanied by Trojan asteroids in stable orbits. Occasionally, a passing asteroid can latch on to Earth’s gravity and temporarily trail the planet for a few thousand years, but Earth doesn’t have any permanent Trojans. They are common around Jupiter, which has about 6000. Neptune has 10.

    True Trojans come from the material that was present when the planets were formed, says Apostolos Christou at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium in the UK. “The Trojans are really a relic from the early life of the solar system, when the planets were still forming.”

    Trojan Eureka

    In 2013, he was studying a Mars Trojan nicknamed Eureka when he spotted a group of asteroids accompanying it. They all seemed to occupy the same area in Mars’s orbital path, which was strong circumstantial evidence that they shared a common ancestor.

    Previous research on Eureka showed it is rich in a mineral called olivine, which typically forms within the mantles of large rocky bodies, such as Earth and the other terrestrial planets. This implies the asteroid was once part of a bigger object, maybe even a planet, that has long since been destroyed. But asteroids like this are quite rare.

    To find out if Eureka’s fellow Trojans also contained olivine, Christou studied the spectrum of sunlight that two of them reflected and found they did. This suggests that mantle material existed near Mars when it was forming.
    “These asteroids might well be samples of the original building blocks that came together to form Mars and the other terrestrial planets,” Christou and his co-authors say.

    Shaved planet

    It is also possible that the Trojans are pieces of Mars itself, shaved off the planet in its youth and still following in its wake, Christou says.

    “If it turns out that some of the Trojans are pieces of Mars’s mantle, then presumably we can have sample return missions. You can go get a piece,” he says. “The number of Mars-related science questions you can ask, if you have a piece of its mantle in the lab, would be amazing.”

    The Eureka Trojans could shed light on Mars’s past whether the asteroids originated in the planet or not, says Andrew Rivkin at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, who studies asteroids. If they did come from Mars, their make-up would give clues about the planet’s interior and formation.

    If not, they could still provide clues about where Mars might have been located in the solar system in the past; about collisions that carved out its giant craters; and about the natural history of Mars compared to that of Earth, Venus and Mercury.

    “Then solar system dynamics researchers would have to look at it and say, ‘Here’s why Mars has this group of asteroids, and here’s why Earth doesn’t’,” says Rivkin. He adds that interest in Mars Trojans seems to spike every few years. “Hopefully in the next 10 years, we’ll get to have a spacecraft visit them.”

    Journal reference: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyDOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw3075

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    These Hairy Little Drones Are Functional Robot Bees

    Some sticky gel and horse hair, and you've got a bee.

    Bee drone

    Robotic pollen collector

    Eijiro Miyako

    Bees are dying globally at an alarming rate, and to brace for an uncertain future, scientists are figuring out how to replace them with robots.

    While bees aren't in immediate danger of going extinct, several species have been placed on the endangered species list. "In today's world," a researcher told the Christian Science Monitor last year, "it's harder to keep colonies alive than it was 20 years ago." Challenges range from habitat destruction to a mysterious phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder.

    Enter Eijiro Miyako of the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science. A chemist, Miyako relied on a project from 2007 he had previously considered a failure: attempting to make a liquid electrical conductor, he ended up with an extremely stick gel. The gel sat unused for a decade, until Miyako began to wonder if it could be used to turn drones into bees by giving them a way to grab and transport pollen like a bee's body does.

    Miyako's not the first person to have this idea. Engineers at Harvard have been working on RoboBees for years. Pollination, after all, is a crucial natural function, vital to mass fertilization of the Earth. The difference is mainly in cost. Rather than spend years developing a perfectly functioning robot, Miyako and his team simply bought tiny drones off the shelf at $100 a pop. They then applied horse hair to recreate a bee's fuzzy exterior, and after that applied Miyako's signature sticky gel.

    Using Japanese lilies, Miyako and his team were able to use the drones to transfer pollen from one flower to another. The successful artificial pollination is promising. "The findings, which will have applications for agriculture and robotics, among others, could lead to the development of artificial pollinators and help counter the problems caused by declining honeybee populations," Miyako says.

    After all, a world without bees is not a world you want to live in.

    Ready to fly

    Making it stick

    Eijiro Miyako

    Source: New Scientist

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    29-04-2017 om 23:41 geschreven door peter  

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    What Would Happen If Robots Became Conscious?

    And started demanding equal rights?

    29-04-2017 om 23:32 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.SHOCK CLAIM: Venus is a SECRET BASE for aliens and NASA, documentary says

    SHOCK CLAIM: Venus is a SECRET BASE for aliens and NASA, documentary says

    VENUS is being used as a secret base by aliens or by NASA as an intergalactic outpost, according to a new documentary.

    Photos appear to show structures on the barren surface of the second rock from the Sun, indicating an intelligent presence.

    NASA falls the world that Venus is unimaginably hot and windy, making it inhospitable.

    But the film, compiled using images released by both NASA and a Japanese space probe, reveals perfectly rectangular structures.

    Venus Aliens UFO NASA

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    Venus could hold clues of ancient or hidden alien civilisations

    The narrator said: "There's always been an eerie blackout when it comes to Venus. You don't hear a lot about it. It's a planet that I believe is shrouded in secrecy for a reason.

    "According to NASA, Venus is a fiery planet with an extremely hot surface. It may have been like Earth once but it's suffering from a runaway greenhouse gas effect.

    "But there appears to be a part of it that's liveable. Where biological entities could be living. There are some structures there.

    Venus Aliens UFO NASA

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    This pyramid structure could reveal aliens once roamed around Venus

    "Venus has a lot of white craters that seem to have a lot of structures in them. I believe it's a base. Nature doesn't create symmetrical shapes, but this is a perfect shape.

    "It's raised up off the ground.

    Venus Aliens UFO NASA

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    The square structure appears to be inside a crater, maybe sheltering it from the elements

    "These bases with square structures show evidence of intelligent design."

    Because the giant planet is believed to have once had the conditions to support life, it is thought some of the structures may have been left over from past existences. 

    Due to the media blackout surrounding Venus, it is also seen as a potentially perfect location for secret bases.

    The voiceover states: "If I was going to put a secret base I would pick the one that's the least visited and talked about where I could have a base and do it in secret.

    "I think there is a rich history behind Venus. These finds need to be looked into further."

    http://www.express.co.uk/ }

    29-04-2017 om 23:24 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says

    Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is on track to begin commercial passenger spaceflights before the end of next year, the company's chief executive said. 

    For years, Branson has been optimistically forecasting the start of rides aboard SpaceShipTwo, an air-launched suborbital spaceplane that is designed to carry six passengers and two pilots to an altitude of about 62 miles (100 kilometers).  

    During the suborbital hop, passengers will be able to experience a few minutes of microgravity and see the limb of Earth set against the blackness of space.

    Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceplane Spaceshiptwo, shown here during a glide test in December 2016.
    Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceplane Spaceshiptwo, shown here during a glide test in December 2016.
    Credit: Virgin Galactic

    Branson has been more circumspect in his schedule projections since an October 2014 fatal accident during a test flight of Virgin's first vehicle. But in an interview with The Telegraph earlier this month, the billionaire entrepreneur said he'd be "very disappointed" if the program isn't well underway by the end of next year. 

    Virgin Galactic is one of three companies in the Virgin Group's spaceflight division, known as Galactic Ventures. On Wednesday (April 26), Galactic Ventures chief executive George Whitesides, a soft-spoken, former NASA staff chief, said Branson's expectations for commercial flights in 2018 are realistic. 

    "We're well into test flight now," Whitesides told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The Virgin CEO addressed the committee along with other industry leaders during a hearing on reducing regulation barriers in the space industry.

    Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides confirmed on April 26, 2017, that the company plans to fly space tourists in 2018.
    Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides confirmed on April 26, 2017, that the company plans to fly space tourists in 2018.
    Credit: Getty Images

    "We're looking forward … to a fairly big transition of our staff to your state of New Mexico," Whitesides added in response to a question from Sen. Tom Udall, a New Mexico Democrat.

    Virgin Galactic intends to base its commercial spaceflight service at New Mexico's Spaceport America, which was finished five years ago at a cost of nearly $220 million. 

    Construction funds for the spaceport came from state oil and gas taxes and from bonds, which were backed by a quarter-cent tax levied by the two counties closest to the 18,000-acre spaceport. 

    "Spaceport America and many New Mexicans hope to see full commercial spaceflight operations begin as soon as possible," Udall told Whitesides. 

    The second in a planned fleet of Virgin spaceships is undergoing testing in Mojave, California. So far, the ship, known as VSS Unity, has made three glide flights. The company has not said when Unity's first powered test flight will be, nor how many flights are expected before the start of commercial service. 

    About 500 people have signed up to take a ride on SpaceShipTwo. Tickets are currently selling for $250,000. 

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    29-04-2017 om 21:48 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Scientists Can Now Create Glass Figurines with a 3D Printer

    Scientists Can Now Create Glass Figurines with a 3D Printer

    Scientists Can Now Create Glass Figurines with a 3D Printer
    A three-dimensional glass castle that was created with a 3D printer.
    Credit: NeptunLab/KIT

    Intricate glass creations such as miniature castles and tiny pretzels can now be fabricated using 3D printing, according to a new study. The technique could one day be used to manufacture lenses for smartphone cameras as well as other key glass components, researchers said.

    Archaeological research suggests humans have employed glassmaking for millennia. The process typically requires hot furnaces and harsh chemicals. Recently, scientists have investigated whether they could sidestep these drawbacks using 3D printing.

    A 3D printer is a machine that creates items from a wide variety of materials: plastic, ceramic, metal and even more unusual ingredients, such as living cells. These devices work by depositing layers of material, just as ordinary printers lay down ink, except 3D printers can also deposit flat layers on top of each other to build objects in three dimensions. [The 10 Weirdest Things Created by 3D Printing]

    Until now, the only methods for shaping glass using 3D printing also required using a laser or heating the materials to searing temperatures of about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), the researchers in the new study said. In both cases, the end products were coarse, rough structures that were not suitable for many applications, the researchers added.

    "People thought glass was too difficult to work with via 3D printing," said study senior author Bastian Rapp, a mechanical engineer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

    This honeycomb structure printed in fused silica glass is exposed to a flame that is almost 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit (800 degrees Celsius).
    Credit: NeptunLab/KIT

    Now, scientists have developed a new technique to fabricate complex glass structures using a standard 3D printer. The secret, the researchers said, is something they call "liquid glass."

    "What this work does is it closes an important gap in the palette of modern 3D printing," Rapp told Live Science.

    The scientists began with particles made of silica, the same material used to make glass. These particles were only 40 nanometers, or billionths of a meter, wide, which is about 2,500 times thinner than the average strand of human hair.

    These silica nanoparticles were dispersed in an acrylic solution. The researchers could then use a standard 3D printer to fabricate complex items using this "liquid glass," the study said. Ultraviolet light could harden these objects into a kind of plastic similar to acrylic glass.

    When these pieces of plastic were exposed to temperatures of about 2,370 degrees F (1,300 degrees C), the plastic burned away while the silica nanoparticles fused together into smooth, transparent glass structures, the study said. With the aid of additives, this technique can print colored glasses, tinted green, blue or red, for example, the researchers said.

    "Glass is one of the oldest materials that mankind has used, and it's still a high-performance material, and for many applications, the only choice of material," Rapp said. "What our research does is bridge a necessary gap between 21st-century manufacturing techniques and a material that's centuries old."

    The commercial 3D printer the researchers used could print features as tiny as a few dozen microns. For comparison, the average human hair is 100 microns wide.

    This new method does not require harsh chemicals, and it produces glass components smooth and clear enough for use as lenses and in other applications, the researchers said.

    "You can think of creating tiny lenses for smartphone cameras," Rapp said. "You can think about creating chemically and thermally resistant micro reactors made from glass that chemical reactions can take place in."

    This new technique could also help create optical and photonics components for high-speed data transmission, Rapp said. (Photonic devices manipulate light just as electronic circuits manipulate electricity.) "You can also think much bigger, with 3D curved pieces of glass for architecture," Rapp said.

    "We are now spinning off a company to commercialize this technology," Rapp said. "We hope that in a few years' time, glass will be as convenient to 3D print as plastic is nowadays."

    The scientists detailed their findings online April 19 in the journal Nature.

    Original article on Live Science.

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    29-04-2017 om 21:40 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.This 130,000-Year-Old Mastodon Fossil Just Rewrote Human History
    In November 1992, paleontologists from the San Diego Natural History Museum were conducting routine monitoring of a construction site on State Route 54 here in San Diego, when field paleontologist Richard Cerutti spotted several fossil bones and portions of a tusk. It took 22 years to piece the story of these fossils together. And the picture it reveals just might change everything.

    This 130,000-Year-Old Mastodon Fossil Just Rewrote Human History

    Burn your textbooks.

    Jacqueline Ronson

    Scientists say they have found evidence that humans butchered a mastodon in California more than 100,000 years before the first humans were believed to have stepped foot on North America.

    If that sounds unbelievable, you’re in good company. “My first reaction on reading the paper was, ‘No, this is wrong. Something’s wrong,’” says John McNabb, an archeologist with the University of Southampton who was not involved with the research, in a video produced by Nature.

    The mastodon fossil was discovered in 1992 on a construction site in San Diego, but it’s taken a quarter century of research for research to build the case to say that yes, this is a site of human activity, and yes, it is indeed much older than anyone previously believed possible. New radiometric analysis, published Wednesday in Nature, dates the mastodon bones to 130,000 years ago.

    No human fossils of that age have been found on the American continent, yet. But you can bet after this a lot of people are about to start looking for them. “If it does turn out to be true, it changes absolutely everything,” McNabb says.

    The researchers involved with the find say they have multiple lines of evidence to support the assertion that the mastodon was slaughtered by humans using stone tools shortly after its death. Distinct breakage patterns, as well as scrapes and other markings on the bones, are consistent with other sites where humans have broken apart bones with rock hammers and anvils to harvest the marrow or fragments of bone. The researchers also conducted their own experiments smashing elephant bones and saw similar patterns. Other possible way the bones could have been shattered and scattered produce patterns inconsistent with what was found at this site, they argue.

    Also, the fragments of bone were found near large stone rocks, and the scientists could not find an explanation for how they got there besides human transport. The stones were found in a layer of deposited silt, where you would not naturally find large rocks.

    It’s going to take more evidence at more sites before the archeological community buys in completely to this new story, but if that happens, the story of the first North Americans will look very different.

    If you slept through high school history, here’s your refresher. The dominant theory for decades was that the first people came to North America over the Bering Land Bridge between Russia and Alaska when water levels were much lower during the Ice Age, about 13,000 years ago.

    It was a tidy theory, but one that’s currently in upheaval as more and more evidence has surfaced that humans must have come sooner, and over water. For example, last year a mastodon kill site in Florida was dated to 14,500 years, long before folks traveling over the Bering Land Bridge could have gotten there. Rare archaeological sites in North and South America have been dated to possibly as old as 30,000 years — but 130,000 years is something altogether different.

    If verified, it would mean that humans figured out how to get to North America long before anyone expected. It would open endless new questions about who these people were, how they got to California, and if they died out or quietly persisted through the millennia.

    The scientific process is constantly accepting new data and revising the story based on the available evidence. Normally, we expect new discoveries to fit within the framework of what was previously known. This is not that. “It’s less than a filling in of a gap than an opening of a whole new chapter,” says McNabb.

    Photos via San Diego Natural History Museum / YouTube

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    29-04-2017 om 21:33 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien Ship Near Earths Orbit In Old NASA Photo, Video, UFO Sighting News.
    Alien Ship Near Earths Orbit In Old NASA Photo, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Location of sighting: Near Earth
    Apollo 10 date: May 18-24, 1969
    Photo source:
     Here is an amazing capture during Apollo 10 mission. In the NASA archivesStreetcap1 of Youtube discovered this great photo of an alien craft in Earths orbit. The craft has a raised center dome in the craft, and the front 80% is a disk, while the back 20% is flat, which indicates it the back of the ship, compounded by the fact that the thin rounded side is facing the Earth, I have easily determined which is the front and which is the back side of this craft. Its hard to believe that such obvious evidence is right in front of us in NASA photos, in easy reach of the public, and yet, 99.9% of the Earths population will never see any of this evidence.  This NASA photo is 100% evidence that earth is being visited by alien from another world. 
    Scott C. Waring
     

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    29-04-2017 om 21:11 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien Ship Near Earths Orbit In Old NASA Photo, Video, UFO Sighting News.
    Alien Ship Near Earths Orbit In Old NASA Photo, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Location of sighting: Near Earth
    Apollo 10 date: May 18-24, 1969
    Photo source:
     Here is an amazing capture during Apollo 10 mission. In the NASA archivesStreetcap1 of Youtube discovered this great photo of an alien craft in Earths orbit. The craft has a raised center dome in the craft, and the front 80% is a disk, while the back 20% is flat, which indicates it the back of the ship, compounded by the fact that the thin rounded side is facing the Earth, I have easily determined which is the front and which is the back side of this craft. Its hard to believe that such obvious evidence is right in front of us in NASA photos, in easy reach of the public, and yet, 99.9% of the Earths population will never see any of this evidence.  This NASA photo is 100% evidence that earth is being visited by alien from another world. 
    Scott C. Waring
     

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    29-04-2017 om 21:11 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.In the sky. It's a bird - It's a UFO - flying pizza?

    In the sky. It's a bird - It's a UFO - flying pizza?

    If we don’t provide our children with education in high tech we will be doing them a huge disservice
    Chad Mowbray about to demonstrate how a drone works. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
     Chad Mowbray about to demonstrate how a drone works. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
    Chad Mowbray and DSBONE's drone (bottom left corner). Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
     Chad Mowbray and DSBONE's drone (bottom left corner). Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
    Mowbray pushes the lever and the drone lifts up to about two feet above the ground. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
    Mowbray pushes the lever and the drone lifts up to about two feet above the ground. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
    The drone at about six feet off the ground
    The drone at about six feet off the ground
    The drone reaching near the top of the trees. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
    The drone reaching near the top of the trees. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
    The drone is but a speck in the cloudy sky. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
     The drone is but a speck in the cloudy sky. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.

    It had the feel of one of those scientific experiments conducted behind a building out of sight and out of mind of the general public on a windswept April afternoon in Schumacher, Ontario.

    On a raised mound stood Chad Mowbray, District School Board Ontario North East (DSBONE) principal of curriculum innovation and technology, whose mission is to transform learning to meet the needs of the 21st century; he is the lead on the iPad initiative, as well.

    He could be a brainy scientist and he looked the part, on that windy day. This could be Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with the Wright Brothers about to fly their prototype plane, except it was much colder!

    Mowbray, with a blue trench coat, flapping in the wind, and with a high tech-looking, white control panel strapped to his chest was about to explain his demonstration to a gathering of school board trustees including DSBONE chair, Doug Shearer, board administrators, reporters and young student robotics experts.

    On the ground about thirty feet to his left stood a white, pizza shaped device on four pads raised about 12 inches above the still brownish back lawn of the DSBONE Education Centre on Croatia Avenue in Schumacher

    It was a white drone.

    Mowbray was going to put the high-tech disk through it’s paces.

    He gave instructions on how to handle drones safely and cautioned the crowd not to get too close to the device especially while it was airborne.

    “These drones have strict controls that must be followed,” Mowbray said. “They can go as fast as 70 Km per hour, but I will keep it in the slow mode we won’t go that fast.”

    “Because of the wind, I am going to keep it in beginner mode,” explained Mowbray. “The beginner mode only gives me a 30-metre radius so I can only 30 metres to the side and only 30 metres off the ground.”

    The drone that Mowbray flew remotely was equipped with a still camera and video.

    He explained that devices such as this are already in use in the mining sector for exploration photography.

    “Amazon, even uses them to make deliveries,” Mowbray remarked.

    They cannot be flown near airports, or intrude in the flight path of airborne crafts. Drones cannot be flown beyond visual contact of its operator.

    He pushed a button on the control device strapped to his chest and the four rotators started to turn and as they gathered speed, the pizza shaped white disk began to wobble and list as it surely started to gain altitude.

    Two feet. Four Feet. Six feet.

    The crowd stood and watched murmuring at what they were experiencing.

    Ten feet. Straight up. 20 feet and as it reached its apex, Mowbray shifted the lever and the disk turned and took off away from the crowd way above the tree tops and into the low overhanging clouds.

    'Oooh's and 'ahh's were heard.

    Followed by hardy hand clapping. This was amazing.

    “Will I get my pizzas delivered by drones,” someone joked.

    “Forget about pizza delivery, can I take one of those to work and beat the ground level traffic,” another person said.

    “It looks like a UFO,” a third person remarked especially as the tiny red lights came into view as the disk spinning way above the crowd for about 10 minutes before Mowbray returned the craft to earth with a gently, soft touchdown.

    “In terms of the curricular use of drones, we have a lot of geography teachers interested in using drones because of they can be combined with geographical location technology and satellite imaging to produce some fascinating topographical images for teaching geography,” Mowbray remarked.

    “In math classes, it can be used to teach coordinate geometry,” indicated Mowbray.

    “It also be used in athletics training by being able to track a cross country runner or a track runner and the Phys Ed department can analyze the running technique to help improve the runner’s performance,” added Mowbray.

    “The Ministry of Natural Resources is using drones to monitor our natural resources by doing tree and moose counts.,” he said. “Also, drones were being used in construction projects, such as at the new dam construction near Latchford, Ontario to see how the project was progressing, and to determine if the construction was meeting the specifications of the design.”

    Doug Shearer, the Chair of DSBONE thanked Mowbray for the demonstration.

    “This is a sample of where the Board and our schools are going with technology in our educational programs,” Shearer said.

    Mowbray agreed with Shearer’s assessment on the importance of educating children on the latest technology.

    “It’s important to bring the teaching of technologies like robotics and drone technology into our schools, because as one study pointed out, by 2035 up to 45 per cent of our current jobs will no longer exist,” said Mowbray. “If we don’t provide our children with education in high tech we will be doing them a huge disservice.

    "We are going to introduce curriculum to teach technology to all of our students in all of our schools,” he said.

    Mowbray said the drones are really new,” he said. “They are not in the schools yet.”

    The first step is to teach the Innovation Coaches at each school across the school board and then introduce them into the individual schools.

    “We hope to get them into the school this spring to whet their appetites and take it form there,” Mowbray said.

    Meanwhile he pointed out that robotics is being taught at each DSBONE school from senior kindergarten to grade 12.

    29-04-2017 om 00:23 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Why the United States Government Embraced the Occult

    Why the United States Government Embraced the Occult

    A new book chronicles decades of extravagant attempts to weaponize psychic powers.

    Let us pause for a minute before going further. A dog’s olfactory capabilities are 40 to 50 times greater than those of a human; its hearing is four times stronger. Judging them by human metrics, dogs literally have extrasensory perception. This does not mean, however, that they are psychic or paranormal. And sure enough, further tests failed to deliver any supernatural results. A follow-up program was deemed an “utter failure,” and researchers noted a “rather conspicuous refusal of the dogs to alert.”

    This experiment is only one of the strange stories—many of them recently declassified—in Annie Jacobsen’s Phenomena: The Secret History of the U. S. Government’s Investigations Into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis. As with her previous books on Area 51, Operation Paperclip (the secret project to bring Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. after the war), and DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which develops new technology for the Defense Department), this one begins with the fallout of World War II and the extreme measures the military-industrial complex took to unlock and weaponize psychic abilities in the early days of the Cold War. Spanning over 50 years, Jacobsen’s tale takes us from the immediate postwar years to the CIA’s experiments in the 1960s and ‘70s. The Defense Department, she tells us, began its own experiments in the 1980s and ‘90s, before their final incarnation, Project Stargate, was finally decommissioned in 1995.

    Although Jacobsen’s book demonstrates an alarming pattern of government activity, the phenomena themselves are what makes her book so fascinating, and often troubling. “My intention … for this book, she writes, “was not to prove or disprove anyone or any concept, but to report objectively on the government’s long-standing interest in ESP and PK phenomena.” That being said, she cuts these charlatans a great deal of slack while subtly undermining their critics, creating a reading experience that’s alternately frustrating and exhausting. And while she couldn’t have predicted this before finishing the book, Phenomena arrives at the beginning of a presidency that is thriving on conspiracy, distortion of fact, the discrediting of reliable sources, and outright paranoia. With the President of the United States quoting the National Enquirer as a legitimate news source, we’re in desperate need of a thorough account of the overlap between the government and the occult—but given our current climate, such a book also requires greater moral clarity.


    The quest for extrasensory perception, an outgrowth of the nineteenth and early twentieth century Spiritualist movement, had begun in the 1930s, mainly with Duke University’s parapsychology experiments, conducted by J. B. Rhine. But in the wake of World War II, the US government began looking for ways to influence and control human behavior, and, in addition to traditional psychological tactics, attention increasingly turned to parapsychology, as well.

    In the early 1950s, the Defense Department tasked Henry “Andrija” Puharich with locating mushrooms that they believed might unlock psychic powers (a project the CIA was also working on, under the codename Project MKULTRA). During this time Puharich was also researching faith healers, though much of his early research is still classified by the Atomic Energy Commission. Eventually, Puharich began exploring ESP and psychokinesis or PK (the ability to move objects with one’s mind), and began researching test subjects who appeared to have psychic potential.

    Already well underway in period immediately after World War II, this paranormal research was greatly accelerated after a woman named Ninel Kulagina appeared on Russian TV, beginning in the 1960s, moving objects with her mind. Kulagina’s feats may well have been staged (U.S. analysts couldn’t tell for sure), but she spooked them nonetheless, leading to a joint intelligence assessment by the Defense Department on the “Soviet psychoenergetic threat.” Because much of this still remains classified, it’s not always clear how high up these directives went, or who exactly was aware in all cases of how much energy was being spent on this nonsense. The picture that does emerge, though, is a Cold War government terrified that the Soviet Union was developing an edge in any technology, be it normal or paranormal, and one willing to throw money just about anywhere so long as it meant staying ahead of the Russians.

    Threat of an “ESP gap” led to a staggering number of bizarre programs in the ensuing years. In addition to the mine-sniffing dogs and mushroom research, there were lengthy and repeated attempts to prove that humans could communicate telepathically. When the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus became the first vessel to reach the North Pole by traveling under the polar ice caps, a sailor onboard was attempting to send ESP messages using Zener cards (the ubiquitous black and white cards with simple images—a square, a circle, a plus, a star, and a set of wavy lines—to a receiver at a Westinghouse facility in Friendship, Maryland. (One report stated a success rate of 75 per cent; once it hit the press, though, the Navy claimed it all was a hoax.)

    One of the most popular and long-running experiments concerned “remote viewing.” Individuals would sit in locked rooms and attempt to see events from far away. Sometimes these individuals were natural psychics, but as the program grew the Defense Department attempted to prove that ability could be developed in otherwise normal individuals. Much of this was focused on military intelligence gathering, but one researcher, Ed Dames, used taxpayer money to direct supposed psychics to look for evidence of UFOs, to locate the lost city of Atlantis and the Ark of the Covenant, and to watch gladiator games in ancient Rome.

    When Marine Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins was kidnapped by Hezbollah in 1988, the Defense Department brought in Dames, along with psychics Angela Dellafiora and Paul Smith, to see if they could remotely locate where he was being held. While other agencies were working through traditional surveillance and intelligence-gathering mechanisms, Dellafiora told her handlers that Higgins was still alive and confidently pointed to a bare patch of desert on a map of Lebanon where she said he was being held. She then said he was being moved constantly, that he was being held “on water,” and that something about his “feet would be a clue to investigators.” Subsequent reports would reveal that Higgins was already dead; Hezbollah would later release a video of Higgins’s corpse with a noose around his neck, though investigators determined he’d been killed much earlier, his body kept on ice for months.

    Dellafiora’s claims are typical of the kind of “evidence” that runs through Phenomena. She provided no actionable intelligence and was wrong about the most salient question of whether or not Higgins was still alive. But researchers determined he hadn’t been hanged because of the position of his feet in the video (pointing outwards, rather than down, as would have been the case had he been hanged), and her reference to Higgins being “on water” could be taken to refer to the ice his body was kept on—so all of this could somehow taken as a sign of success. For decades, researchers used half-successes like this to justify their attempts to prove individuals could see events far away and provide useful intelligence. Jacobsen offers a few cases of surprising success, which might lead one to believe there is something to remote viewing, but, without any sense of how many failures accompanied these successes (judging by the length of the programs, they must have numbered in the thousands), it’s hard to gauge whether or not these were just random luck.


    Unlike dogs sniffing for land mines, humans see only what they want to see. Reading through Jacobsen’s cavalcade of experimenters and government officials, the recurrent theme is one of longing: a longing for something greater, something beyond the everyday, something more wonderful. Their stories are of ordinary individuals with promising careers who fell to the siren song of pseudoscience; men like Dale Graff, who had an out-of-body experience while saving his wife from drowning in Hawaii in 1969. The experience led him to give up his PhD in aeronautical engineering because “he believed there were pursuits beyond the confines of orthodox science that had greater significance and should be taken on.” Graff would go on to be a leading researcher of remote viewing projects at the Air Force, chasing false positives and statistical noise in search of proof that psychic powers existed.

    Or, even more dismaying, Edgar Mitchell, the sixth astronaut to set foot on the moon, a man who saw magisterial vistas the rest of us can only dream of. And yet, during his first night aboard Apollo 14, while he was supposed to be getting necessary sleep, he was obsessing about ESP, attempting to transmit Zener card images to a friend in a Chicago apartment. While the Apollo 14 mission was a success, the Zener card experiment was a failure. That didn’t stop Mitchell from choosing ESP over NASA: He quit the agency and set out to prove to the world that ESP was real. Mitchell’s time on the moon is the kind of thing that millions of school kids dream of doing some day; it’s a dream that spurs young men and women to study science and go into STEM careers. That someone with such a rare and fantastic opportunity would walk away from it to promote nonsense of charlatans is staggering, and speaks for the strange psychological desperation in so many of Jacobsen’s subjects.

    Ultimately, Jacobsen herself shares this longing. Her first book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Military Base, hinged on a revelation that the aliens at Roswell were in fact genetically-altered humans, created by Nazi doctor Josef Mengele at the behest of Joseph Stalin in order to trigger a War of the Worlds-style panic. She based this claim on one anonymous source whose account has never been corroborated or substantiated elsewhere. As with Area 51, one should proceed with caution in Phenomena before accepting any of the evidence for the supernatural presented here.

    Uri Geller bending a spoon in 1964.Hulton Archive / Getty Images

    Her discussion of the spoon-bending parties of Jack Houck is a good case in point: Houck was an aerospace engineer who believed that “the ability to bend metal had something to do with one’s belief system. Perhaps psychokinesis was not a so-called paranormal superpower but an ability to harness the energy force the Chinese called qi that was latent in all people.” Houck held parties at his house with a “high-energy environment of excitement,” with people holding spoons and shouting “Bend!” According to Houck, in one 1981 party “nineteen out of the twenty-one spoons bent,” a careful use of the passive verb tense to suggest that they did this somehow of their own accord. Jacobsen goes on to write that:

    Houck watched hundreds, then thousands of average Americans suspend their disbelief and bend metal without physical force. Yes, it’s likely some percentage of the guests cheated. But hundreds of them bent hacksaw blades, silver-plated serving spoons, and five-sixteenth-inch steel rods that are physically impossible to bend by hand.

    Perhaps. A Youtube video of one of Houck’s party shows a tent-revival-esque atmosphere and a lot of people physically bending spoons by hand while shouting “Bend!” If you Google “spoon bending,” you’ll yield far more tutorials from magicians and sleight-of-hand experts on how to do this simple stage trick than you will videos purporting to capture the real thing. (As for the hacksaw blades and steel rods—well, any stage magician will tell you a few audience plants can go a long way; after all, Houck was out to make money from this schtick.) Penn and Teller are among many magicians who’ve debunked Houck’s spoon bending, though they’re not mentioned here.

    And then there’s Uri Geller, who looms large in these pages. A former Israeli paratrooper, Geller rose to fame in the late 1960s, performing stage shows that he insisted were not staged and that demonstrated, instead, a real magic that he himself did not fully understand. After becoming famous for the same spoon bending sham that Houck favored, Geller was approached by Andrija Puharich in the summer of 1971, with an offer to come to the United States to further test his powers in a laboratory setting. Geller worked with Puharich, the astronaut Edgar Mitchell, and others in the development of the Defense Department’s remote viewing labs, before going on to make millions “dowsing” for oil corporations in the 1980s. (Most recently, he’s brought his spoon-bending talent to a Kellogg’s cereal ad campaign). While magicians like James Randi repeatedly demonstrated the ways in which Geller’s supposed feats could be easily staged, he continued to dazzle his government handlers.


    Some of this material, including Geller’s antics, was already covered in Jon Ronson’s 2004 The Men Who Stare at Goats, and though Phenomena is far more comprehensive and detailed, in many ways Ronson’s remains the better book. This is in part because Ronson’s bullshit detector is more finely tuned and he better captures the simultaneously hilarious and deeply horrific nature of his material. Ronson also recognizes that the ultimate aim of much of this government research was to harm and kill people: His light-hearted tone takes a deep nose dive in the book’s final chapters as he discusses Project Artichoke—a mind control program in the CIA that used, among other techniques, hypnosis, isolation and forced drug dependency followed by rapid withdrawal—and the death of Frank Olson.

    Olson was a bacteriologist who became involved in Project Artichoke and, in 1953, was dosed with LSD against his knowledge. A few days later, he fell out of a thirteen-story Manhattan hotel window; the CIA has maintained it was suicide, though his family has spent decades arguing it was murder. In contrast to Ronson, though, Jacobsen tends to treat the CIA and the Department of Defense as wacky and endlessly intriguing bureaucracies, and not two agencies who have as one of their primary purposes the killing of human beings.

    Reading Jacobsen’s book in the Trump era makes one wonder if her hands-off reportage of obvious bullshit is not only irresponsible, but actively harmful. As skeptic Martin Gardner told Time magazine in 1973, “Belief in occultism provides a climate for the rise of a demagogue. I think this is precisely what happened in Nazi Germany before the rise of Hitler.” It is one thing to describe the stupid nonsense government researchers believed, but quite another to give the reader the impression that any of it has merit.

    Or maybe something else is at work here. When ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency, which eventually became DARPA, the same agency Jacobsen profiled in her Pulitzer-nominated Pentagon’s Brain) researchers evaluated Geller’s supposed feats, they found loose laboratory controls, skewing of data, and bias of researchers influencing the outcomes. There is serious doubt, concluded the ARPA report, “that Geller’s accomplishment transcends the range of activities that a skillful magician can perform.” The CIA, on the other hand, was not interested in whether or not Geller was genuinely paranormal, but “rather whether his capabilities are exploitable by CIA.”

    Which is to say: The odds of the government harnessing psychic phenomena may be slim, but it may be in the government’s interest to continue to promote this belief, as the idea itself may have powerful psychological impacts on America’s enemies—or even its own populace. Perhaps Jacobsen’s sources had reasons for helping her believe in the impossible.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.‘Area 66’ brings ‘out of this world’ new slot machines

    ‘Area 66’ brings ‘out of this world’ new slot machines

    An unidentified flying object has made its way into Route 66 Casino Hotel’s gambling floor.

    The area, now known as Area 66, features a number of brand-spankin’-new slot games. The area was inspired by Area 51, the top-secret military base that has spawned stories of UFO landings and alien folklore. Area 66 was created to “increase awareness and anticipation” for some of the newest slot machines in the country, according to a Route 66 news release.

    A giant flying saucer stands more than 20 feet tall. The bottom of the UFO contains an “extraterrestrial” language. The “out of this world” experience has lights that are beamed up into the ceiling dome that features images of aliens. The rotating flying saucer display was created by Electrick Gizmos and Display Systems, which worked closely with Route 66 casino management to have the idea come to fruition.

    Route 66 aims to keep its gambling floor fresh with new slot machines. Area 66 slot machines will be replaced regularly with new, exclusive machines to make Route 66 the first to market with 18 new games every 90 days. The evolution of the gambling floor will continue throughout 2017, according to the news release.

    For Route 66 promotions and other information, call 352-7866 or visit rt66casino.com.

    SAN FELIPE CASINO: Get in on the end of April’s hot seat drawings from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 29. Make plans to have a fun Cinco de Mayo with Al Hurricane and Al Hurricane Jr., as well as special guest Tanya Griego, on May 5. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the Player’s Club or online at holdmyticket.com. This is a 21 and older event. Also in May, enjoy Hot Seat Loyalty Play from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, May 16 and May 30 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 8 and May 22. The Hot Seat Cash promotion will be held Fridays in May from 7 to 10 p.m. There also will be a Cinco de Mayo drawing between 4 and 7 p.m. on May 5.

    For more information on San Felipe Casino, call 867-6700 or visit sanfelipecasino.com.

    SANTA ANA STAR CASINO: The brand-new Cantina Rio at Santa Ana Star Casino will celebrate its grand opening beginning at 11 a.m. on May 5. The party will feature specials, half-off appetizers, giveaways, prizes and live music by ¡Revíva! and mariachis. The restaurant, which has already had its soft opening, serves American classics, New Mexican favorites and desserts. Hand-crafted cocktails, beer and wine also are available.

    Cantina Rio is open from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays. Cantina Rio will have live music from 9 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays, with The DCN Project performing tonight and Saturday.

    For more information on Cantina Rio, call 867-0000 or visit santaanastar.com/restaurants/cantina-rio.

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    Did Charlottesville residents see a UFO in 1899?

    125 Years of Progress takes you inside The Daily Progress' archives every day in celebration of our 125 years serving Charlottesville and the rest of Central Virginia.

    Could this brief article that ran in the April 28, 1899 edition of The Daily Progress be the first record of a UFO sighting?

    “On Wednesday evening, the residents on West Main Street were very much exercised over a mysterious light which appeared in the northeast. It seemed, according to the best information we could get, to be located just over that notable clump of trees on the Dunlora farm. It was in size apparently as large as a hogshead, round in form, with a slight elongation at the lower edge. It did not flash like a flame, and remained of the same size, neither moving from its position not increasing nor diminishing.

    One gentleman said he watched it for more than an hour, and it did not change in any manner. Many persons assembled on the bridge to see the mysterious luminary but none could furnish anything approaching an explanation of it. It was sufficiently elevated to preclude the idea that it was a house afire, even if the other characteristics of such an event had been present. Every theory as to the strange visitor has fallen through, and yet it remains a mystery apparently unsolved.”

    In that same edition, another unusual brief appeared.

    “In excavating for a foundation in the city, the workman came across the tooth of an animal, at a depth of 14 feet from the surface. The tooth was 12 inches long and 2 ½ inches in diameter. It was broken by a pick, but was fixed together again, and will serve as a basis for investigation. It evidently belonged to some antedeluvian animal.”

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.PORTAL TO ANOTHER DIMENSION? Stunned onlookers fear 'wormhole' opened up above them

    PORTAL TO ANOTHER DIMENSION? Stunned onlookers fear 'wormhole' opened up above them

    STUNNED onlookers were left in awe after this "scientifically impossible" rainbow appeared in the skies - leading to theories of it being a portal to another dimension.

     
    It was filmed by Anne Elle Salikala, over Pagadian City, Zamboanga, in the Philippines, who uploaded it to Facebo.

    The stunning sight led to claims it was anything from a wormhole - a theoretical portal to another dimension, to aliens, or other paranormal phenomenon.

    The footage has been uploaded to UFO and conspiracy theory websites and YouTube channels.

    Scott C Waring, editor of ufosightingsdaily.com, blogged: "The colours are scientifically impossible for them to occur in clouds, however for a cloaked UFO its very possible. 

    "The easiest and most relaxing way a UFO can come close to a human community is by making itself appear as a cloud. 

    Rainbow-Portal

    YouTube

    The stunning colours were filmed and uploaded to social media.

    "At this time there is a small chance that the odd position of the sun and the eyewitness will allow them this rare look at a UFO observing them back. "This is a magnificent alien craft we are looking at here."

    Mr Waring provided no evidence to back up his outlandish claims, but there is a long-running conspiracy theory that some UFOS can conceal themselves by producing a cloud-like substance around them.

    One viewer posted: "What is that? It looks like some sort of wormhole opening up."

    And another said: "A sign from above?"

    The colours are scientifically impossible for them to occur in clouds, however for a cloaked UFO its very possible.

    Scott C Waring

    But, the truth is the stunning visual was later fully explained.

    ABS-CBN resident meteorologist Leonilo Millares said the multi-coloured phenomenon was "cloud iridescence".

    This is caused by a distribution of light through small water droplets in the clouds.

    He said: "This phenomenon will not occur if the water droplets that formed in the clouds are too big."

    He said it could happen anywhere if conditions were right.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ancient Aliens Season 12 premiere profiles the alien hunters searching for UFOs and extraterrestrial life

    Ancient Aliens Season 12 premiere profiles the alien hunters searching for UFOs and extraterrestrial life

    28-04-2017 om 18:24 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Robots and new technology take the stage in battle against invasive species

    Robots and new technology take the stage in battle against invasive species

    Asian carp, wild goats and lionfish among those targeted

    In this artist rendering provided by Robots in Service of the Environment, a new robot that hunts the dangerous and invasive lionfish made its debut in Bermuda in April. It stuns lionfish with an electric current and then the fish is vacuumed into a container alive and it can later be sold for food. The robot caught 15 lionfish in 48 hours of initial testing. Handout photo courtesy of Robots In Service of the Environment.

    In this artist rendering provided by Robots in Service of the Environment, a new robot that hunts the dangerous and invasive lionfish made its debut in Bermuda in April. It stuns lionfish with an electric current and then the fish is vacuumed into a container alive and it can later be sold for food. The robot caught 15 lionfish in 48 hours of initial testing. Handout photo courtesy of Robots In Service of the Environment.

    (Robots in Service of the Environment via Associated Press)

    A robot zaps and vacuums up venomous lionfish in Bermuda. A helicopter pelts Guam's trees with poison-baited dead mice to fight the voracious brown tree snake. A special boat with giant winglike nets stuns and catches Asian carp in the U.S. Midwest.

    In the fight against alien animals that invade and overrun native species, the weird and wired wins.

    "Critters are smart — they survive," said biologist Rob "Goose" Gosnell, head of U.S. Department of Agriculture's wildlife services in Guam, where brown tree snakes have gobbled up nearly all the native birds. "Trying to outsmart them is hard to do."

    Invasive species are plants and animals that thrive in areas where they don't naturally live, usually brought there by humans, either accidentally or intentionally. Sometimes, with no natural predators, they multiply and take over, crowding out and at times killing native species.

    'We have totally new tools that were just unthinkable a few years ago.'
    Piero Genovesi, scientist

    Now, new technology is being combined with the old methods — weed pulling, trapping and pesticides. Finding new weapons is crucial because invasive species are costly — $314 billion per year in damages in just the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, India and Brazil. It's also one of the leading causes of extinction on islands, such as Guam, according to Piero Genovesi, an Italian scientist who chairs the invasive species task force for an international organization.

    "We have totally new tools that were just unthinkable a few years ago," Genovesi said.

    Case in point: There are companies that now market traps for wild pigs that are triggered by cellphones.

    "There's enough activity that there's starting to be an industry," said University of California, Santa Cruz research biologist Bernie Tershy.

    Lionfish

    A new underwater robot is targeting the stunning but dangerous lionfish, which has spread over the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and up the U.S. East Coast as far north as New York's Long Island, with its venomous spines that are dangerous to touch. With no natural predator in the Atlantic, the voracious aquarium fish devour large amounts of other fish including key commercial fish species such as snapper and grouper. The robot is the creation of Colin Angle, chief executive officer of iRobot, which makes the Roomba vacuum cleaner. Along with his wife, Erika, and colleagues, he created a new nonprofit to turn automation into environmental tools.

    Fighting Invasive Species

    In this artist photo provided by Robots in Service of the Environment shows the first day a new robot was used to hunt dangerous and invasive lionfish in Bermuda. It stuns lionfish with an electric current and then the fish is vacuumed into a container alive and it can later be sold for food.

    (Dr. Philippe Rouja/Robots in Service of the Environment via Associated Press)

    The robot, called Guardian LF1, uses what Angle says is a gentle shock to immobilize the lionfish before they are sucked alive into a tube. In its first public outing this month, the robot caught 15 lionfish during two days of testing in Bermuda. Top chefs competed in a cook-off of the captured lionfish. Lionfish go for nearly $10 a pound and Angle is hoping to get the price of the robot down from tens of thousands of dollars to about $500.

    "What's next?" Angle said. "Our ambition is much larger than lionfish."

    Brown tree snakes

    A few decades ago, native birds started disappearing from the Pacific island of Guam, baffling scientists until they found that non-native brown tree snakes were eating all the birds and their eggs. The snakes, which live in the trees, had no natural enemies and just trapping them wasn't working, Gosnell said. The snakes did prove to have one enemy: the painkiller acetaminophen, a generic form of Tylenol.

    Fighting Invasive Species

    Newly designed aerial bait cartridges containing dead mice are seen here with 80-mg acetaminophen tablets and a biodegradable streamer-like cartridge.

    (USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services via Associated Press)

    So biologists came up with a plan: Use a painkiller pill glued to dead fetal mice as bait. The mice are put in tubes, and dropped by helicopter in batches of 3,000. The mice pop out, and the whole contraption dangles in the trees. It's still experimental, but it will soon go to more regular use. There is one problem, however. Using dead fetal mice as bait is expensive and they have to be kept cold. But biologists are working on a solution: mouse butter. A new bait mixture smells like mice to snakes, but minus the expense and logistical problems.

    Asian carp

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials are using souped-up old technology to catch Asian carp, a fish that's taken over rivers and lakes in the Midwest and are making their way towards the Great Lakes. They use a specialized boat — the Magna Carpa — with giant wing-like nets that essentially uses electric current as an underwater Taser to stun the fish, said biologist Emily Pherigo. At higher doses, the fish are killed and float to the surface. In just five minutes, they can collect 500 fish, and later turn them into fertilizer. Using electro-fishing was written about as a possible conservation technique back in 1933, said biologist Wyatt Doyle.

    Fighting Invasive Species

    Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill.

    (John Flesher/Associated Press)

    Wild goats

    On the Galapagos islands, wild goats were a major problem. In less than five years, scientists wiped out tens of thousands with sterile "Mata Hari" females. Biologist Karl Campbell of the nonprofit Island Conservation introduced specialized female goats that researchers sterilized and chemically altered into a permanent state of heat, to lure the male goats into fruitless goat sex. Santiago Island, once home to 80,000 goats, is now goat free and larger Isabella Island is getting close, he said.

    And now, Campbell and others are going one step further: Tinkering with the genes of mosquitoes and mice to make them sterile or only have male offspring. That would eventually cause a species to die off on an island because of lack of females to mate with. There are worries about regulating and controlling this technology, along with actually being able to get it done, so it is years away, Campbell said.

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    SETI Scientists Could Survey a Million Star Systems by 2037, Lawmakers Are Told

    SETI Scientists Could Survey a Million Star Systems by 2037, Lawmakers Are Told
    The Allen Telescope Array, part of the SETI Institute, searches star systems for signs of alien communications.
    Credit: Seti Institute

    The search for intelligent life in the universe will see rapid advancements over the next two decades, thanks largely to improvements in computing power that could make it possible to survey at least a million star systems, according to Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer at the SETI Institute.

    Shostak discussed the state of SETI efforts (SETI stands for search for extraterrestrial intelligence) during a hearing Wednesday (April 26) before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. He was on Capitol Hill with three other scientists to testify on the subject of advances in the search for alien life. 

    Among other initiatives, the SETI Institute is searching for signs of artificial radio signals in the universe that may have been produced by an alien civilization. [Are We Alone? The Search for Life & Odds of E.T.]

    Seth Shostak, senior astornomer at the SETI Institute.
    Seth Shostak, senior astornomer at the SETI Institute.
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    "This experiment will only succeed if we can look at about a million or so star systems," Shostak told the committee. "That would have taken thousands of years with the current technology. Thanks to improvements, mostly in computers, that is speeding up by orders of magnitude. Over next 20 years we will be able to look at about a million other star systems." 

    How likely is it that scientists will find signs of life in those million star systems? Shostak's response reflected both an optimistic and a realistic outlook: "I bet everyone a cup of coffee that we will find something," he said, before quickly adding, "I may have to buy a lot of coffee."

    Shostak has said previously he thinks signs of intelligent life will be found by 2040. 

    Are we the only intelligent life in the universe? See how we intend to find out in this full infographic.
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    rl Tate, Infographics Artist

    The improvements that will so greatly advance scientists' ability to search for signs of intelligent beings in the universe are largely twofold, Shostak said. First, as computer processors continue to follow Moore's law, computer processors will steadily get smaller, cheaper and faster. Thus, SETI scientists will be able to write computer software that simultaneously sifts through data collected by radio antennas as the antennas capture signals from multiple star systems. 

    "Instead of looking at one star at a time, which is what we've done … you could look at tens, hundreds, even thousands of stars at a time with enough computer-processing capability," he said. "And of course that capability is coming down the pipe." 

    The second improvement Shostak noted is that SETI scientists are working on using machine learning in their search for extraterrestrial communication signals. Now, scientists program computers to search for "one kind of pattern" in the radio data that could indicate an artificially created radio signal, he said. But that approach is extremely limiting — like a person who can hear only one note while listening to a symphony. Machine learning could "broaden the kind of thing [we] can recognize" in the radio signals, which would "speed up the search," he said. 

    Shostak also discussed the SETI Institute's efforts to search for artificial radio signals among the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system, the discovery of which was announced in February. The seven planets orbit a single red dwarf star, and all of them orbit closer to the star than Mercury orbits the sun. As many as three of the seven planets could be habitable, according to Adam Burgasser, a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego, and a member of the team that discovered the seven planets. Burgasser also appeared before the committee with Shostak. 

    The short distance between the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system means that if life emerged on one planet, it could have been spread to the other planets via meteoroids. What's more, if intelligent life formed there, it would have likely colonized the other planets, so the SETI scientists are looking for communications sent between planets. 

    "This could be a mini federation of planets, if you will," he said. "We are using our Allen Telescope Array to look at the Trappist-1 system and we … wait for planets to line up and then see if there's any difference in the amount of radio radiation coming our way. Because at that point, you're looking down a communication pipeline between these planets."

    The other three panelists focused mainly on efforts to search for "simple life" in the universe, meaning life-forms that aren't identified based on their technology. Scientists are now eager to study the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system using telescopes set to come online in the next five to 10 years. Those telescopes could find chemical signatures of life in the atmospheres of those planets. The TRAPPIST-1 planets, Burgasser said, are just a few examples of recently discovered, potentially habitable planets located relatively close to Earth, that will provide excellent subjects for those studies.  

    "This and other recent discoveries represent the beginning of an era of exoplanet exploration that, in the next five to 10 years, will allow us to identify truly habitable worlds and possibly life beyond Earth," Burgasser said. "These transformative advances, addressing one of humanity's most persistent questions — 'Are we alone?'— are fully achievable through a diverse portfolio of research programs led by U.S. scientists and supported by federal funding to NASA, [the National Science Foundation] and other science agencies."

    The four members of the panel as well as the committee members also discussed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope, set to launch in 2018, could analyze the atmospheres of some alien planets in greater detail than any current telescopes. Beyond JWST, the panelists mentioned the upcoming Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which is expected to identify hundreds to thousands of new planets around other stars, Burgasser said. The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) and large ground-based telescopes set to come online in the 2020s, will also improve the study of exoplanet atmospheres, the panelists said. 

    "Our generation is the first in human history to know that there are worlds beyond our solar system. Will the next generation know whether life exists on those worlds?" Burgasser said. "We have the opportunity and the responsibility to continue our nation's legacy of discovery so that our children and grandchildren can search for life in new ways."

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    Californians believe the truth is out there: New book says the state is the the UFO capital of America with almost 16,000 sightings from 2001-2015

    • Book gathered data from two popular UFO sighting websites
    • Authors discovered there were  121,036 eyewitness reports from 2001 to 2015
    • Also found 15,836 sightings were in California  and mostly from the Bay Area

    Californians have reported more close encounters with the third kind than any other state in the US, new research has shown.

    A recently published book found that of the more than 120,000 reports of unidentified objects seen from 2001 to 2015, 16,000 of the sightings originated in the The Golden State.

    The authors of the book 'UFO Sightings Desk Reference', have suggested that the warm weather could have something to do with it – people spend more time outside, which provides them with more chances to spot a UFO.

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    A recently published book has revealed that out of more than 120,000 reports of unidentified objects seen from 2001 to 2015, 16,000 of the sightings originated in the The Golden. Pictured is an alien rock sculpture built in Romoland, California

    A recently published book has revealed that out of more than 120,000 reports of unidentified objects seen from 2001 to 2015, 16,000 of the sightings originated in the The Golden. Pictured is an alien rock sculpture built in Romoland, California

    TOP 10 STATES TO SPOT A UFO 

    1. California

    2. Florida

    3. Texas

    4. Washington

    5. Pennsylvania

    6. New York

    7. Arizona

    8. Illinois

    9. Michigan

    10. Ohio

    'Since 1969 the government has claimed no interest in the subject, and the press and media either ignore or ridicule any mention of UFOs,' reads the book's synopsis.

    'Yet citizen scientists and non-governmental organizations have continued to this day the research into this important subject: this book seeks to make the hardest data available accessible to the general public, as well as other UFO researchers.'

    Although California reigns supreme in sightings, the book highlights that people have claimed to have spotted 'alien spacecraft' all over the US.

    'We found that UFOs were sighted in every county in the United States,' explained 'UFO Sightings Desk Reference' co-author Cheryl Costa, who is a former military technician and aerospace analyst, told CBS in an interview.

    'Every county had at least one sighting sometime in the past 15 years.'

    'We think a great deal of it has to do with California's weather,' said Costa.

    Costa explained that people spend a lot of time outdoors because of the mild climate, which gives them more opportunities to see 'UFOs'.

    From 2001 to 2015, Californians reported 15,836 sightings and a majority of them were in the Bay Area: 159 in Marin County, 327 in San Francisco County, 188 in San Mateoo County, 518 in Alameda County and 569 in Santa Clara County

    From 2001 to 2015, Californians reported 15,836 sightings and a majority of them were in the Bay Area: 159 in Marin County, 327 in San Francisco County, 188 in San Mateoo County, 518 in Alameda County and 569 in Santa Clara County

    CALIFORNIANS MISTAKE NAVY MISSILE TEST FOR UFO 

    The Navy conducted missile tests off the coast on February 14, 2017, leading Californians who spotted the mysterious white light in the sky to believe they had seen a UFO. 

    Several people from the Bay Area down to Los Angeles spotted the light and captured the incident in photographs and videos that were later circulated online.




    But the Navy issued a statement revealing they had conducted two missile tests off the coast of California early that Tuesday morning, ABC reported.

    Videos of the missile test, many of which were filmed on the road, show a bright point in the sky with a beam of light radiating below it.

    In one video, a woman could be heard exclaiming 'It's E.T!' while others took to social media to declare they had seen an alien spaceship.

    But the Navy issued a statement saying two Trident II D-5 missile test flights were launched at sea at 3.30am PST and 6.20am, CBS reported.

    All missile test flights were conducted from sea, flew over the sea, and landed in the sea. At no time did the missiles fly over land,' the statement said.

    'All missiles are tracked from multiple sources from launch until final impact in the ocean. The missiles were not armed.'

    Costa and her wife Linda Miller Costa, who is a librarian at Le Moyne College and a former librarian at the National Academy of Sciences, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency, and she also co-wrote UFO Sightings Desk Reference, gathered data from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and the National UFO Reporting Center for the book – both sites let users share their alleged extraterrestrial sightings.

    The book is a collection of incidents from real witnesses who claimed the truth is out there and the duo has added research to back up their beliefs.

    The authors of the book 'UFO Sightings Desk Reference', have suggested that the warm weather could have something to do with it – people spend more time outside, which provides them with more chances to spot a UFO.

    The authors of the book 'UFO Sightings Desk Reference', have suggested that the warm weather could have something to do with it – people spend more time outside, which provides them with more chances to spot a UFO.

    From 2001 to 2015, Californians reported 15,836 sightings and a majority of them were in the Bay Area: 159 in Marin County, 327 in San Francisco County, 188 in San Mateoo County, 518 in Alameda County and 569 in Santa Clara County.

    In New York County, the authors reported 426 sightings from 2001 to 2015, which came second to Suffolk County with 554, The NY Times reported.

    Interestingly enough, The District of Columbia was found to have 154 incidents and Wyoming, which only has 5.8 people per square mile, had 337.

    And some of the sightings were not UFOs but fireballs falling from the sky, which made up nearly 8 percent of Indiana's 230 sightings and less than 5 percent of Colorado's 157.

    But the duo found that Los Angeles County in California had more sightings than 40 other US states combined. 

    Altogether, the Costas collected '121,036 eyewitness reports from the two combined national data bases,' they wrote in the book. 

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Rainbow UFO Over Philippines Is Seen By Neighbourhood, April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Rainbow UFO Over Philippines Is Seen By Neighbourhood, April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: April 27, 2017
    Location of sighting: Pagadian City, Zamboanga, Philippines 
    News source: 
    http://news.abs-cbn.com/trending/04/26/17/viral-pastel-hued-clouds-appear-in-zamboanga-del-sur

    This UFO was recorded by Anne Elle Salikala of Facebook, who personally witnesses the is glowing iridescent UFO hovering over a cloud near her home. The colors are scientifically impossible for them to occur in clouds, however for a cloaked UFO its very possible. As a matter of fact, I once saw a tiny baseball size UFO just 2 meters from me with the exact same colors, so I know first hand. The easiest and most relaxing way a UFO can come close to a human community is by making itself appear as a cloud. At this time there is a small chance that the odd position of the sun and the eyewitness will allow them this rare look at a UFO observing them back. This is a magnificent alien craft we are looking at here. 

    Scott C. Waring

     

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    28-04-2017 om 17:05 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Crop Circle Found At Hill Top In Wiltshire This Week, UFO Landing Mark, April 24, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Crop Circle Found At Hill Top In Wiltshire This Week, UFO Landing Mark, April 24, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of discovery: April 24, 2017
    Location of discovery: Wiltshire, England
     
    This crop formation was found on a hill top in Wiltshire this week. Such formations in fields are believers to be the landing prints of an alien space craft, but some say its a message sent to us by future humans. Either way, they are extraordinary and very exciting to contemplate how they were made. 
     
    A new crop circle is found in Whiltshire every month, you would think that some farmer would have $50 to buy a live cam and set it up to watch their fields...since a farmer usually has a crop of $75,000-500,000 depending on the land size. Video of the making would change how science sees these formations forever. 
    Scott C. Waring

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    28-04-2017 om 16:54 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.'Giant Hurricane' on Saturn: 1st Images Back from Cassini's Epic Ring Dive

    'Giant Hurricane' on Saturn: 1st Images Back from Cassini's Epic Ring Dive

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft dove between Saturn and its rings yesterday (April 26), snapping the closest-ever views of Saturn's atmosphere. The raw images, which began to stream back early this morning, indicating the probe had survived its journey, show intricate structures and a dark, swirling storm-like feature (which NASA called a "giant hurricane").

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft grabbed this raw image of a
    NASA's Cassini spacecraft grabbed this raw image of a "giant hurricane" in Saturn's atmosphere during its first dive between Saturn and its rings on April 26.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    The spacecraft came within about 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) of Saturn's cloud tops and within 200 miles (300 km) of the rings' innermost visible edge during the plunge, NASA officials said in a statement. Because Cassini scientists and engineers didn't know what to expect of the gap — although it looked clear, unknown dust and debris could have proved harmful — the spacecraft was turned so its 13-foot-wide (4 meter) antenna acted as a shield as it dove, collecting data all the while. Only 20 hours after the pass was it scheduled to turn back toward Earth. "Our closest look ever at #Saturn’s atmosphere and giant hurricane," NASA officials wrote in a Twitter post. During a Facebook Live event, researchers later confirmed that the dark storm was the center of the vortex at its pole, stretching 2,000 km across, or almost 1,500 miles.

    The spacecraft flew through the ring plane at 77,000 mph (124,000 kph) relative to the planet, and at that speed tiny particles could have posed a large threat to its sensitive instruments without the shielding. The rest of Cassini's unprocessed photos from the crossing are available online, along with more than 380,000 images documenting the spacecraft's journey, starting months before it arrived at Saturn in 2004. [Photos: Most Powerful Storms of the Solar System]

    This raw image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken during its closest-ever approach to Saturn's cloud tops, shows the edge of a dark, swirling storm on the planet.
    This raw image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken during its closest-ever approach to Saturn's cloud tops, shows the edge of a dark, swirling storm on the planet.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    "No spacecraft has ever been this close to Saturn before," Earl Maize, Cassini project manager and a researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said in the statement. "We could only rely on predictions, based on our experience with Saturn's other rings, of what we thought this gap between the rings and Saturn would be like."

    "I am delighted to report that Cassini shot through the gap just as we planned and has come out the other side in excellent shape," he added.

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft also grabbed this raw image of Saturn's atmosphere during its first dive through the narrow gap between the planet and its rings on April 26.
    NASA's Cassini spacecraft also grabbed this raw image of Saturn's atmosphere during its first dive through the narrow gap between the planet and its rings on April 26.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    Saturn's atmosphere is relatively cool and mostly made of hydrogen, and the pressure at Saturn's cloud tops is about the same as Earth's pressure at sea level, NASA said. It hosts layers of clouds and that huge, spinning hexagon-shaped storm on its north pole, as well as more temporary storms that streak across the planet's surface. (One was nearly as wide as Earth.) It also hosts winds among the fastest in the solar system — NASA's Voyager missions, which passed Saturn in 1980 and 1981, measured winds at more than 1,100 mph (1,800 kph). 

    Many mysteries of Saturn remain to be determined: the exact length of its day and internal structure, as well as the exact composition and age of its rings, could become clear over the course of Cassini's explorations.

    Another raw image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals streaks and other features in Saturn's atmosphere, caught during the spacecraft's plunge between the planet and its rings' inner edge.
    Another raw image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals streaks and other features in Saturn's atmosphere, caught during the spacecraft's plunge between the planet and its rings' inner edge.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    Cassini will complete 21 more dives before its Grand Finale plunge and burn-up in Saturn's atmosphere Sept. 15 — its next dive is May 2. Because each of the dives takes a slightly different path, engineers will be ready to shield the spacecraft again if needed. But ideally, it will be smooth sailing for the spacecraft until its ultimate atmosphere dive, collecting photos of the unexplored regions all the while.

    Email Sarah Lewin at slewin@space.com or follow her @SarahExplains.

    Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com

    28-04-2017 om 13:08 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.IJzige planeet ontdekt die ongeveer net zo zwaar is als onze aarde

    {https://www.scientias.nl/ }

    28-04-2017 om 12:50 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Nog nooit zagen we Saturnus' atmosfeer van zo dichtbij!

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    28-04-2017 om 12:38 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Deze rups verorbert plastic tasjes (en nog snel ook!)

    28-04-2017 om 12:34 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ALIEN IMPLANT REMOVALS: BEFORE AND AFTER EFFECTS

    ALIEN IMPLANT REMOVALS: BEFORE AND AFTER EFFECTS

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    Several years after the surgical removal of their alleged alien implants, five individuals courageously accepted to take part in an interview to discuss their “before and after effects”. All persons, one male and four females, shared one thing in common: UFO encounters and contact with non-human alien beings.

    Dr. Roger Leir, a podiatrist from Thousand Oaks, California, founder of FIRST (Fund for Interactive Research and Space Technology) and Derrel Sims, C.Ht., R.H.A., a certified hypnotherapist , co-founder of FIRST and experienced UFO Investigator of over 27 year, orchestrated the successful surgeries with a team of competent medical professionals and volunteers. The first set of “implant” surgeries took place on August 19, 1995 at Dr. Roger Leir’s podiatry clinic in Thousand Oaks, California.

    Pat Parrinellio, a 47 year old male from Houston, Texas, and Mary Jones (a pseudonym) 52, also from Texas, had the anomalous objects appear in X- rays, although both UFO experiencers had no record of previous surgeries. Both individuals were investigated by Derrel Sims of HUFON (Chief Investigator for Houston UFO Network) and referred to Dr. Roger Leir for surgery, based on their past UFO encounters and X-rays which confirmed the anomalous objects. Pat’s object was removed from the back of his left hand, and Mary’s objects excised from her left big toe. All services were performed free of charge.

    The alleged implants removed from the first set of surgeries were studied by two different pathologists, and then sent to various independent laboratories for extensive scientific analysis. The tests performed on these alleged alien implants were: a pathology/tissue evaluation, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), extensive metallurgical testing involving a density immersion test, X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction pattern analysis and electron/magnetic and fluorescence property analysis. Isotopic range tests are also in progress. Tests were conducted by the National Institute of Discovery of Science (NIDS), New Mexico Tech, and other independent sources.

    But that is not all. While these unusual objects were being evaluated for scientific study, another set of implant surgeries took place on May 18, 1996. Two women from this second set of surgeries came forward for this interview and follow up study. Dorothy O’Hara, a 61 year old female from Palm Springs, California, and Alice Leavy , 40, from Newberry Park, California, each had similar objects removed from their left lower leg. Another woman, Licia Davidson, 37, who has had numerous UFO and alien encounters, had a rare, crystalline-like object removed from her foot in January of 1997.

    FINDINGS

    “The findings of these implant surgeries are highly unusual,” reported Dr. Leir. “In all these cases, there was virtually no inflammatory response.” This is not the usual finding in foreign tissue reactions. Normally, foreign bodies embedded in tissues result in some type of acute or chronic inflammatory response, and may include fibrosis and cyst formation. Such was not the case here. The pathology reports of the first two surgeries revealed that the metallic objects were encased in a very dense, tough, grey membrane consisting of proteinaceous coagulum, hemoseridin and pure keratin. More simply, blood protein and skin cells that are usually found in the superficial layer of the skin. The tough, biological “cocoons” encasing the implants were also found to contain nerve proprioceptors – nerve and pressure cells of the wrong tissue type for that part of the body. These implant cocoons also fluoresced a bright green color in the presence of an ultraviolet light source.

    The implants from the two women from the second set of surgeries did not exhibit metallic properties like the implants from the first set of surgeries. In fact, the spheroid, whitish objects did not contain the tough, biological outer jackets, or fluoresce from a UV light source. These types of implants (possibly biological) also lacked the expected inflammatory response, according to the pathology reports. The crystalline-like object excised from the foot in the most recent surgery, also lacked the tough, grey, outer membrane and had virtually no inflammatory response, as in the other implant surgeries. Test results from the first set of implants revealed that the lammelar, needle shaped metallic objects in question are basically meteoric in origin, containing at least eleven different elements.

    In an interview with Alien Encounters Magazine, (July 1997 issue, United Kingdom) Derrel Sims commented on the uncommon, non-rejecting human response to the implants: “It seems that the dense fibrous membrane may have been the person’s own surface skin. If this is the case, it appears that the metallic objects are wrapped in a sheath of keratinaceous material (surface skin). Nerve fibers then surround the tissue and appear to be attached to larger nerves. The fact that both persons (from the first set of surgeries) objected verbally and physically could be an indication of this (nervous system) connection.” Mr. Sims believes the indications are very strong that these implants are extraterrestrial in origin. “But”, Mr. Sims concedes, “Whatever the scientists say who have examined the objects say, is what we will say.” Derrel Sims has stated that a scientific peer review of all tests must be done before more specifics can be released. This is the standard course of action taken in any scientific endeavor.

    Scientific evaluation is our best ally, but the experiences and opinions of the courageous individuals involved in these implant surgeries are equally important. A series of simple questions were posed to each of the participants. When asked as to how and when their implants might have been inserted, Pat Parrinellio from Houston, Texas believed his implant could have been inserted during a UFO encounter he had in 1954, at six years of age . Mary Jones recalls two UFO encounters when her metallic objects could have been implanted, in 1969. “In the first frightening UFO encounter”, Mary commented, “I was on a camping trip with my family while pregnant with my third child.” Oddly enough, one month after Mary’s child was born, she had another alien encounter while at home during the night. Conversely, Dorothy O’Hara from Palm Springs, California and Licia Davidson also from California both replied, “I have no idea when the object was inserted.” Alice Leavy commented that she first noticed the lump on her leg following a UFO encounter involving other witnesses in San Diego, in 1993. “I actually noticed the lump” Alice clarified, “when I discovered the scoop mark also on my left leg, after the UFO encounter.”

    If the alien “abductors” are responsible for implanting objects in the bodies of their abductees, then are the aliens cognizant of the fact that the implants have been removed? So the next question was posed, “Did you experience any UFO sightings, alien abductions, odd dreams, missing time or paranormal events just prior to, or after the implant surgery? (within a month)” Pat Parinellio revealed, “Yes, an unusual set of events took place with another witness involving an orange glowing UFO one evening about a week before the surgery. After the surgery, I noticed that my psychic abilities seemed to decrease.”

    Dorothy replied, “About a week before the surgery I had a dream-like, abduction experience involving many other people in a large locker room type facility, waiting in line for what seemed to be a shot in the backs of our necks. Also, right before an appointment to meet one of Derrel Sims’ associates for an interview (regarding the implant surgery), I and another women had a strange experience. It was like getting stuck in a time warp. I ended up being very late for the appointment. And then, late one evening after I returned from the surgery, I had an alien encounter, that I couldn’t clearly recall.”

    Both Licia and Alice did not recall any unusual events soon before or after the implant surgery. Mary experienced a rare, pain and swelling in her toe and foot about a week before the surgery. “At that time”, Mary revealed, “I knew exactly where the objects were in my foot, I could feel them.” Prior to that, Mary had no pain or sensations of that kind in her toe. “What was really strange,” Mary admitted, “was that the moment I stepped out of the car to meet Derrel Sims just prior to the surgery, my pain stopped.”

    The real question one may wonder about is: Now that the implants have been removed, will the aliens continue to come back and abduct the abductees? All individuals except Mary Jones were able to answer with a resounding, “Yes”. Alice elaborated on an abduction she had two months after the implant surgery, “I retired to bed early due to a headache. My husband awoke at 1:00 am because the whole bedroom lit up like daylight. He looked at the clock, reached over to touch me and found that I was gone. Paradoxically, my husband quickly went back to sleep. The next day I felt very ill. I don’t recall anything during the night, but I noticed the next day that my dog had nervously clawed several areas in the house, as if he were trying to escape something frightening.”

    As to changes in health, mood, dreams or psychic phenomena after the surgery, all five agreed as to some type of change. Mary Jones simply stated that she felt a sense of peace after her objects were removed. Dorothy commented, “I felt a tremendous sense of relief after the surgery.” Licia remarked, “Yes, I had a dramatic and immediate mood lift after the object was removed from my foot. I also stopped having the pain and the weird, watery sensation surrounding my foot.”

    The most striking changes were noted by Dorothy. ” I had a severe diuretic effect and lost much water weight a week following the surgery. Then my health progressively worsened and I developed angina and edema. This heart problem was a recurring complication from a previous illness I had in my late twenties. I also experienced extreme fatigue, and could not concentrate. The illness lasted about a month, after which my energy and health returned with more vigor. My creativity and mental clarity improved remarkably. ( I am a writer) I had a startling improvement in my memory where I was able to recall a previous alien abduction experience from 1991. In other words, it was the first time I was able to pierce through a screen memory from an abduction, although it took me three days to process the memory. It was difficult mentally and emotionally. In hindsight, after the implant surgery and recovery from illness, I felt detoxified.” Pat, on the other hand, noticed a more subjective change and simply stated, “Yes, a part of me which remains hidden has undergone quite a few changes of paradigms.”

    Alice and Dorothy shared a common symptom several months after their surgeries. Alice remarked, “About eight months afterwards, I had shooting pains in my left leg and noticed the implant scar turned bright red and hurt, and lasted for about a week. Also, around that same time period I had a strong, precognitive vision that later came true in exact detail.” Dorothy added, “Yes, I also noticed a strange reaction in my leg and implant scar about six months after the surgery. I felt shooting pains in my left leg, especially at the implant site. The incision scar turned bright red for about a month.”

    Could these changes in each of the individuals interviewed alter their views of the UFO phenomena after the fact? Pat admitted he was basically in denial about the UFO abduction phenomena previous to the surgery. “And yet,” Pat stated, “it seems like the more one becomes aware of the fact, the more I realize that I don’t know anything. But I do sense that something is accelerating.” Dorothy concurred with Pat in that she formerly believed the UFO phenomena was all nonsense. Afterwards Dorothy realized, “I have been able to work through many issues in my life, now that I am no longer in denial. Now I have a more practical and spiritual approach to life, and am more concerned with helping others in a practical sense, not promoting some New Age or metaphysical philosophy.” Mary also admitted she had no interest or knowledge of the UFO abduction phenomena previously.

    “Even now,” Mary added, ” I have no real interest in the UFO topic, yet cannot deny there is something to it.” Both Licia and Alice had a good knowledge and belief in the UFO abduction field. Licia stated that her views have not really changed. “The best way I can describe it,” Licia explained, “is that I have had a real powerful, extreme source of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.” Alice admitted, “Previously, I felt the aliens were possibly evil. Now, after the surgery and as life and my abductions continue, I think the aliens just have a job to do. It’s not a good job. I think they are just following orders.”

    So, is the UFO community at large telling the whole truth about what really happens to abductees? Pat says, “Truth is subjective. I know there are a few researchers who are holding to the narrow line of finding out what is going on.” Alice agreed that for the most part, the abduction researchers are reporting things as they are experienced, but for one small exception. Some top researchers are not mentioning the apparent military involvement. Licia concurred with Alice, “Top researchers are touching on the major issues, but in my opinion, do not want to get involved in the government end of it.” Dorothy forthrightly stated, “Many people in the UFO community have their head in the clouds and believe in an overly benevolent, fanciful spiritual philosophy. There is not enough critical analysis. I have learned more from one on one conversations with other abductees than from the public lecture circuit.” As to the US government covering up UFO facts from the general public, all individuals agreed. Alice concluded, “Yes, especially the Roswell, New Mexico UFO incident of 1947.

    Most of the implantees described noteworthy mental, psychic or health related changes following their implant surgeries. Four of them reported a continuation of some type of alien abduction activity. The two women who had the “biological” type implants removed, experienced strikingly similar post surgical changes, involving shooting pains and reddening of the incision scar for a short period of time.

    The important thing to consider here, is the whole clinical picture. Over reliance on the physical test results of the implants alone are not substantial enough to solve the implant mystery – let alone the question of the alien presence. If not, then what is? The lives and experiences of the abductees themselves, tell us that we need to stop and listen. The answer lies somewhere in between science and the hearts of the people.

    We invite you to explore the MUFON site and learn more about alien beingsancient astronauts, and crop circles. MUFON welcomes new members so please join us and connect with others who share a passion for learning about UFOs and aliens. If you wish to support MUFON, please consider making a donation. We appreciate your support!

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Evidence of advanced ancient civilizations on Earth—over 100,000 years ago?

    Evidence of advanced ancient civilizations on Earth—over 100,000 years ago?

    The idea that advanced ancient civilizations existed on Earth in the distant past has captured the interest of authors, historians, and archaeologists across the globe. Every once in a while, experts make discoveries that completely change everything we know about history. What if, in the distant past—as far as 100,000 years ago—Earth was inhabited by civilizations that were completely different from what we are today?
     
    Do you believe that Intelligent civilizations lived on Earth over 100,000 years ago? Many controversial discoveries point to the possibility that hundreds of thousands of years ago, advanced civilizations roamed our planet. What do we really know about history and the past of the human race? Has mankind been on planet Earth only a couple of thousands of years as mainstream researchers suggest?
     
    Or is it possible that advanced ancient civilizations inhabited our planet hundreds of thousands of years ago? Recently, several discoveries seem to point to that possibility.
     
    Why mainstream researchers opted to ‘ignore’ details and clues which point towards the existence of civilizations that are much older than we previously believed is still an enigma for a lot of people. Evidence of civilizations that inhabited our planet ‘before recorded history’ can be found in all corners of the world. In Ancient Egypt, Mesoamerica and Sumeria we find written texts that speak of great civilizations, great rulers, and a ‘golden age’ that lasted for thousands of years.
     
    Evidence of civilizations that inhabited our planet ‘before recorded history’ can be found in all corners of the world. In Ancient Egypt, Mesoamerica and Sumeria we find written texts that speak of great civilizations, great rulers, and a ‘golden age’ that lasted for thousands of years.
     
    Let’s take a trip to Africa, there, we will find evidence of a major ancient settlement that predates our entire history.
     
    Intelligent civilizations inhabited Africa over 100,000 years ago
     
     
    Around 150 km west of port Maputo, we find the remains of a huge metropolis that measures, according to initial studies, around 1500 square kilometers. This ancient city is according to researchers, part of an even larger community with about 10,000 square kilometers, believed to have been constructed between 160,000 to 200,000 years before Christ.
     
    The surrounding geology is interesting due to numerous gold mines located in the vicinity. Researchers have proposed that a missing civilization from the distant past, could have lived and proposed in that part of the world while mining gold.
     
    Researchers point to the Ancient Anunnaki.
     
     
    Lost civilizations in the Amazon?
     
    Is this another civilization that predates the Inca and their ancestors? No one could have imagined that somewhere, in the remote areas of the Amazon, a lost civilizations would be found.
     
    Rapid deforestation in combination with Google Earth has allowed the detection of 210 geoglyphs in 200 different site sites, in a strip of 250 kilometers by 10 kilometers in the Amazon. Just like the Nazca lines, the incredible geometric, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs of the Amazon can only be truly appreciated from the air. The question remains, why?
     
    The question remains, why?
     
    Numerous remains of what is obviously part of an ancient and hitherto unknown civilization have appeared under the trees of the Amazonian rainforest. According to researchers, 260 huge avenues, long irrigation canals, and fences for livestock have been spotted from the air. The discovery was made in the vicinity of the border between Bolivia and Brazil.
     
    The lost pyramids of the Amazon: Traces of a prehistoric civilization!
     
     
    In the tangled and dense jungles of the Amazon, there are numerous mysteries that could probably help us understand how ancient civilizations lived in the distant past.
     
    Even thought that several researchers believe that the Pyramids of Paratoari are truncated ridge spurs, which can take the form of natural pyramids, there are many other researchers who firmly believe that these structures were built in the distant past by a civilization that completely been ignored by mainstream history
     
    Excursions to the region found plenty of evidence of Incan inhabitance in the area, such as petroglyphs, paved roads, and platforms.
     
    The mysterious pyramidal structures were first identified via NASA satellite photograph number C-S11-32W071-03, released in 1976. The images caused numerous researchers to venture to the Manu area of dense tropical rain forest in southeast Peru in hopes to find out whether these structures were actually built by an ancient civilization, lost in time.
     
    The Sphinx, an 800,000-year-old monument?
     
     
    One of the most mysterious and enigmatic monuments on the surface of the planet is without a doubt the Great Sphinx at the Giza plateau in Egypt. It is an ancient construction that has baffled researchers ever since its discovery and until today, no one has been able to accurately date the Sphinx, since there are no written records or mentions in the past about it. Now, two Ukrainian researchers have proposed a new provocative theory where the two scientists propose that the Great Sphinx of Egypt is around 800,000 years old. A Revolutionary theory that is backed up by science.
     
    The study was presented at the International Conference of Geoarchaeology and Archaeomineralogy held in Sofia titled: GEOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM OF DATING THE GREAT EGYPTIAN SPHINX CONSTRUCTION.
     
    The authors of this paper are scientists Manichev Vjacheslav I. (Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and Alexander G. Parkhomenko (Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine).
     
    The starting point of these two experts is the paradigm shift initiated by West and Schoch, a ‘debate’ intended to overcome the orthodox view of Egyptology referring to the possible remote origins of the Egyptian civilization and, on the other, physical evidence of water erosion present at the monuments of the Giza Plateau.
     
    The truth is that we have very little knowledge when it comes to the origins of live and modern civilization.
     
    In a recently published study, experts concluded that DIFFERENT ‘Complex’ life forms may have once existed on Earth before our species came into existence.
     
    “This research shows that there was enough oxygen in the environment to have allowed complex cells to have evolved…
     
    According to scientists, we are not the FIRST complex life forms on planet Earth. In fact, another complex life form existed once but disappeared at some point during Earth’s long history. Then, after a while, complex life forms reappeared.
     
    Mainstream scholars agree that given our ‘current’ knowledge of Earth’s history, complex life appeared on our planet at least some 1.75 BILLION years ago.
     
    So, if complex life could have existed on Earth in the distant past, why is it so improbable and unlikely that advanced civilizations flourished on Earth?
     
    Curiously, according to Jason Wright, assistant professor of astrophysics and astronomy of the Pennsylvania State University ‘technological’ alien civilizations may have once lived on one of the planets in our solar system, and eventually disappeared without a trace.
     
    In a study titled ‘Prior Indigenous Technological Species’, Professor Wright proposes that ancient aliens may have even lived on either Mars, Venus or Earth.
     
    The scientific paper—which has been published in arXiv—states: A prior indigenous technological species might have arisen on ancient Earth or another body, such as a pre-greenhouse Venus or a wet Mars.
     
    However, if these advanced alien civilizations existed in our solar system—perhaps even Earth—most evidence of their existence is probably gone by now.

    {  http://7tales.net/ }

    28-04-2017 om 12:16 geschreven door peter  

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    Trump Orders Complete Disclosure of UFO Data Kept by CIA In Area 51

    The Baltic Sea anomaly is a 60-metre diameter circular rock-like formation on the floor of the northern Baltic Sea that emerged in June 2011. The CIA knows that it is really a crashed alien UFO Submersible.
     
    As he spoke to astronauts on the International Space Station on Monday, President Donald Trump has ordered the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency to review and release all files concerning space aliens and Unidentified Flying Objects or UFOs.
     
    Trump promised to take this step in his inaugural speech. He said: "We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.
     
    "A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions."
     
    It comes as a surprising development to some, as Trump hasn't commented on the issue of extraterrestrial life and has never before specifically said that confidential UFO sighting papers should be released. Talking to Astronaut Peggy Whitson on the ISS, however, Trump recommitted NASA to a Mars mission during his second term, i.e. the early 2020's.
     
    During her campaign Hillary Clinton made it clear she would do all she could to release secret files on UFO's. Of course, her husband Bill Clinton made the same promise and never did. The truth is still out there.
     
    A comparison of the Baltic Sea Anomaly and the Millenium Falcon spaceship.
     
    The Baltic Sea anomaly is a 60-metre diameter circular rock-like formation on the floor of the northern Baltic Sea that emerged in June 2011. The CIA has proof that it is really a crashed alien UFO Submersible.
     
    Russian intelligence performed a study in 2008 theorizing that the Baltic Anomaly is in fact, an alien spacecraft that accidentally emerged from subspace or "hyperspace," on the ocean floor within the Earth's basaltic crust. They shared these extraordinary findings with the CIA. Soon the world will know--unless the deep state gets to Trump first.
     
    HyperNormalisation is a 2016 BBC documentary by British filmmaker Adam Curtis. In the film, Curtis argues that since the 1970s, governments, financiers, and technological utopians have given up on the complex "real world" and built a simple "fake world" that is run by corporations and kept stable by politicians. The film was released on 16 October 2016 on the BBC iPlayer.
     
    The term "hypernormalisation" is taken from Alexei Yurchak's 2006 book Everything was Forever, Until it was No More: The Last Soviet Generation, about the paradoxes of life in the Soviet Union during the 20 years before it collapsed.
     
    A professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, he argues that everyone knew the system was failing, but as no one could imagine any alternative to the status quo, politicians and citizens were resigned to maintaining a pretence of a functioning society. Over time, this delusion became a self-fulfilling prophecy and the "fakeness" was accepted by everyone as real, an effect that Yurchak termed "hypernormalisation".
     
    One chapter begins with a montage of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings recorded by members of the public in the United States. It argues that the phenomenon surrounding UFOs in the 1990s was born out of a counter-intelligence operation designed to make the public believe that secret airborne high-technology weapons systems the US military tested during and after the Cold War were alien visitations. Top secret memos forged by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations were allegedly leaked to ufologists who spread the manufactured conspiracy theory of a government cover-up to the wider public. The method, called perception management, aimed to distract people from the complexities of the real world.
     
    American politics are described as having become increasingly detached from reality. Curtis uses the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s as an example of an event that took the West by surprise because reality had become less and less important. A Jane Fonda workout video is shown to illustrate that socialists had given up trying to change the real world and were instead focusing on the self and encouraging others to do the same. The video is intercut with footage of Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, being executed by firing squad and buried following the Romanian Revolution in 1989.

    28-04-2017 om 12:06 geschreven door peter  

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    Nieuwe foto van mysterieus lichtfenomeen in Hessdalen. Is dit bewijs dat Noorwegen wordt bezocht door UFO's?

    Nieuwe foto van mysterieus lichtfenomeen in Hessdalen. Is dit bewijs dat Noorwegen wordt bezocht door UFO’s?

    Wetenschappers, UFO-jagers en andere enthousiastelingen zijn al jaren gefascineerd door het mysterieuze Licht van Hessdalen in Noorwegen.

    Op een conferentie in Wenen is nu een foto onthuld die in september 2015 door wetenschappers van het Østfold University College in Hessdalen is gemaakt.

    Ze wachtten twee jaar met het naar buiten brengen van de foto en kozen er bewust voor om het beeld te presenteren tijdens een wetenschappelijke bijeenkomst.

    Echt bestaat

    Ze willen op deze manier laten zien dat het fenomeen echt bestaat en onderzoekswaardig is.

    Op de foto is een lichtbol met een doorsnee van ongeveer 1,5 meter te zien op 30 meter hoogte. Het object bevindt zich op ongeveer 100 meter van de camera. De bol verlicht bovendien het aardoppervlak.

    Onderzoekers spreken in het geval van Hessdalen overigens niet van een UFO, maar HP (Hessdalen Phenomenon) of UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon).

    Dezelfde plaats

    Het object is diverse keren op dezelfde plaats vastgelegd. Dat kan ons helpen begrijpen hoe deze lichtbollen ontstaan, aldus Bjorn Gitle Hauge en Anna-Lena Kjoriksen van het Østfold University College.

    Ze hopen dat meer wetenschappers geïnteresseerd zullen raken in het fenomeen zodat ze het mysterie achter deze bollen verder kunnen ontrafelen.

    Toen de wetenschappers, die de camera’s vanuit een tent in de gaten hielden, naar buiten renden was de lichtbol alweer verdwenen.

    95 procent zeker

    De bol verscheen niet op de volgende foto, die vijf seconden later was genomen.

    De onderzoekers zijn er 95 procent zeker van dat het hier gaat om een foto van het Licht van Hessdalen. Ze hebben uitgesloten dat het gaat om een parhelium of een reflectie.

    Ze proberen nu te achterhalen wat het dan wel is.

    Het spookachtige lichtverschijnsel wordt al sinds 1941 gezien in Hessdalen. Een piek in het aantal meldingen lag tussen 1981 en 1984.

    [NRK Trondelag

    28-04-2017 om 11:58 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Witness describes disappearing object at tree top level
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    Witness describes disappearing object at tree top level

    A California witness driving in an “extremely rural” area of Imperial County reported a late-night encounter with an object moving along at the tree top level, according to testimony in Case 82810 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    The witness was driving in rural Imperial County, CA, when the object was seen. (Credit: Google)

    The witness was driving in rural Imperial County, CA, when the object was seen.

    (Credit: Google)

    The witness was searching for a specific area at 2:30 a.m. when the incident occurred.

    “I pulled to the side of a two-lane, paved road to check my GPS mapping,” the witness stated.“I observed two white lights traveling in a slow and seemingly aimless manor to my west between 10 and 30 degrees above the ground. The distance was hard to judge due to the darkness and terrain, however, my best estimate would be less than a mile.”

    The witness got out of his vehicle and leaned against the front fender to smoke a cigarette.

    “I watched curiously as the lights drifted and floated silently in the sky. I got back into my car and drove up the road approximately 100 yards in order to see if I might get a better perspective. Upon exiting my vehicle, the lights appeared a little closer, however, I still heard no sound coming from the direction of the lights.”

    The object was observed at the tree top level. Pictured: Imperial County, CA. (Credit: Google)

    The object was observed at the tree top level. Pictured: Imperial County, CA.

    (Credit: Google)

    Then the lights disappeared.

    “Approximately 30 seconds later the lights simply disappeared. No bright flashes. No speeding off into the distance. They just vanished from my view. Puzzled, but not concerned, I stamped out my cigarette and got back into my car.”

    But the witness was quickly startled again.

    “Before I had a chance to start the engine, a man seemingly appeared out of nowhere behind the driver’s left rear of my car. I was quite startled by his sudden appearance, but for some reason I wasn’t frightened. He was dressed in dark clothing and I remember his shoes were noisy, like hard soles on gravel. Being startled as I was, I quickly said to him, ‘holy (deleted) dude, you just scared the crap out of me.’ He didn’t bend down to my window. He just stood there. Then he asked in a very casual manor if I needed directions. I told him that I was good and that I was just watching the lights. He didn’t say anything else. He just turned around and walked away as if he was returning his car.”

    The object eventually vanished from view and the witness had an odd encounter with a man walking along the isolated roadway. Pictured: Imperial County, CA. (Credit: Google)

    The object eventually vanished from view and the witness had an odd encounter with a man walking along the isolated roadway. Pictured: Imperial County, CA.

    (Credit: Google)

    The witness tried to see where the man would go.

    “I tried to watch in my mirror to see where he had pulled off the road, but there wasn’t anything like a vehicle that I could see, and he was no longer in sight. I started my car and drove off very confused about what had just happened. I have purposely omitted some details that I feel may seem like the ramblings of a crazy UFO nut or may put me in peril.”

    The witness reports that the object’s lowest altitude was at the tree top level and that it appeared to be more than 500 feet away, but less than one mile away.

    Imperial County, Texas, has a population of 174,528. California MUFON Field Investigator Linda Fletchtner is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

    http://www.openminds.tv/ }

    28-04-2017 om 11:53 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Another Google Co-Founder Is Building a Secret Aircraft

    Another Google Co-Founder Is Building a Secret Aircraft 

    Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
    Dirigible USS Macon entering Hangar One at the NASA Ames Research center in Mountain View, California, 1934. Image courtesy NASA. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
    The USS Macon entering Hangar One at the NASA Ames Research center in 1934.
    Photographer: Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images
    IN BRIEF
    Another Google founder apparently has plans of building an aircraft. According to sources, the vehicle closely resembles a zeppelin and is currently housed at NASA's Ames Research Center.

    While Larry Page was busy bringing his “flying car” to reality, another Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, was apparently on a similar path, trying to create a vehicle that will take to the skies as well.

    However, unlike Page’s land/air hybrid vehicle, the Kitty Hawk Flyer, which could be introduced into the market as early as this year, Brin’s project is a giant airship resembling a zeppelin that’s currently housed at the NASA Ames Research Center. According to a report by Bloomberg, the project was spurred after Brin saw old photos of the USS Macon, an old airship built by the US Navy.

    This particular prototype could have been created as part of a potential business venture — which would be timely, given that we’re at the cusp of airborne vehicles and flying taxi fleets becoming a reality. Or, it could be simply a passion project for Brin, who apparently has a long-standing fascination with airships. We just don’t know yet.

    News of this project has piqued the curiosity of many. New airship technology could potentially help cut delivery and transport costs, given that it can accommodate massive amounts of cargo and be more fuel efficient. But whatever his intentions are for this project, Brin certainly has a few experienced friends he can tap for advice.

    https://futurism.com/ }

    28-04-2017 om 11:46 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Another Google Co-Founder Is Building a Secret Aircraft

    Another Google Co-Founder Is Building a Secret Aircraft 

    Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
    Dirigible USS Macon entering Hangar One at the NASA Ames Research center in Mountain View, California, 1934. Image courtesy NASA. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
    The USS Macon entering Hangar One at the NASA Ames Research center in 1934.
    Photographer: Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images
    IN BRIEF
    Another Google founder apparently has plans of building an aircraft. According to sources, the vehicle closely resembles a zeppelin and is currently housed at NASA's Ames Research Center.

    While Larry Page was busy bringing his “flying car” to reality, another Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, was apparently on a similar path, trying to create a vehicle that will take to the skies as well.

    However, unlike Page’s land/air hybrid vehicle, the Kitty Hawk Flyer, which could be introduced into the market as early as this year, Brin’s project is a giant airship resembling a zeppelin that’s currently housed at the NASA Ames Research Center. According to a report by Bloomberg, the project was spurred after Brin saw old photos of the USS Macon, an old airship built by the US Navy.

    This particular prototype could have been created as part of a potential business venture — which would be timely, given that we’re at the cusp of airborne vehicles and flying taxi fleets becoming a reality. Or, it could be simply a passion project for Brin, who apparently has a long-standing fascination with airships. We just don’t know yet.

    News of this project has piqued the curiosity of many. New airship technology could potentially help cut delivery and transport costs, given that it can accommodate massive amounts of cargo and be more fuel efficient. But whatever his intentions are for this project, Brin certainly has a few experienced friends he can tap for advice.

    https://futurism.com/ }

    28-04-2017 om 11:46 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design for a Warp Drive Ship

    Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design for a Warp Drive Ship

     
    Mark Rademaker /
    IN BRIEF
    Warp drive would allow us to travel 10 times faster than the speed of light without actually breaking the speed of light – however, most scientists think that the technology will never actually work. Despite this, NASA has released designs for a faster-than-light ship that uses the hypothetical tech.

    Before we jump into this, you should know that a number of scientists are currently researching the feasibility of warp drive (and EMdrive and a number of other modes of faster than light travel); however, most think that such forms of space travel simply aren’t viable, thanks to the fundamental physics of our universe.

    So although part of this article is simply, “Oh my gosh, look at this amazing design,” that’s not the entire point. To that end, let’s take a moment to break this all down a bit so we have an understanding of what exactly is being proposed in relation to warp drive, and why it is met with such skepticism, before we get a bit too carried away…

    Alcubierre warp drive via Anderson Institute
    Alcubierre warp drive via Anderson Institute

    In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a new kind of technology that would allow us to travel 10 times faster than the speed of light without actually breaking the speed of light. That seems a little contradictory, doesn’t it? After all, we’ve been told time and again that light is the universal speed limit – nothing in the cosmos can travel faster than it (much less 10 times faster).

    And herein lies the key to the Alcubierre drive: When you use it, you aren’t actually moving through space.

    This technology would not actually propel the ship to speeds exceeding light; instead, it uses the deformation of spacetime permitted by General Relativity to warp the universe  around the vessel. Essentially, when the drive is activated the spacetime behind expands, while in the front it contracts. In this respect, the path taken becomes a time-like free-fall.

    Alcubierre’s ideas have lead to a number of interesting thought experiments in quantum field theory; however, as mentioned above, most scientists think that the technology will never actually work. When you think about it, that kind of makes sense. Obviously, warping space requires a lot of mass and energy, and ensuring that the space where you are located isn’t warped is tricky business. Indeed, the proposition was mostly just a thought experiment when it was first proposed – not something Alcubierre thought was actually viable technology.

    As physicist Sean Carroll notes:

    In short, it requires negative energy densities, which can’t be strictly disproven but are probably unrealistic; the total amount of energy is likely to be equivalent to the mass-energy of an astrophysical body; and the gravitational fields produced would likely rip any ship to shreds. My personal estimate of the likelihood we will ever be able to build a “warp drive” is much less than 1%. And the chances it will happen in the next hundred years I would put at less than 0.01%.

    [Reference: Jalopnik]

    That said, scientists will likely be producing papers addressing these ideas for some time. We’ll continue to cover them as they come out (and though things may look painfully dismal for this technology, who knows what the future may hold).

    But on to the design…

    In 2010, NASA physicist Harold White revealed that he and a team were working on a design for this faster-than-light ship, and this is the most recent design of what such a ship might actually look like. As you can see in the image, the ship rests between two enormous rings, which create the warp bubble.

    Image via Mark Rademaker
    Image via Mark Rademaker

    Artist Mark Rademaker worked on the project with White. In the release, Rademaker asserts that he spent over 1,600 hours working on the design. The ship is called the IXS Enterprise, and it is meant to fit the concept for a Faster Than Light ship. Mike Okuda also brought input, and designed the Ship’s insignia.

    To give you some idea of just how awesome warp technology would be: A trip to the nearest star (Proxima Centauri), which rests some four light-years from Earth, would ordinarily take over 17,000 years. However, with the Alcubierre drive, it would take a little under five months. For those of us who have a mental breakdown on 10 hour plane flights, 5 months might still seem like quite a bit of travel time. But when we are talking about the vast cosmic distances between Earth and Proxima Centauri, a 5 month trip would be an achievement of monumental proportions (keep in mind, it took Curiosity 8 months just to reach Mars).

    See more images of the design here.

    28-04-2017 om 11:34 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Two Brothers Photograph the Moment a UFO Descends Upon City Hall

    Two Brothers Photograph the Moment a UFO Descends Upon City Hall

    Almost 100 years ago, two bothers immortalized the moment when a ‘flying disk’ descended over their city to admire the vivid Christmas lights. Their image remains one of the first photographic evidence of a UFO appearing over an urbanized area.

    In 1937, Leonard Lamoureaux, age 21 was on leave from the army when he decided to visit Vancouver City Hall in order to take a few photos of the brilliant Christmas light display. Accompanying him was his brother Wilfred.

    After they found a good spot to take the photos, a sudden “bright blue light” descending from the sky puzzled them both. It became larger and larger as it zoomed into their line of sight, and after a while the two brothers managed to see the source of the blinding light.

    Two Brothers Photograph the Moment a UFO Descends Upon City Hall

    Leonardo depicted the bizarre sighting as “two saucers” with open ends, facing each other and glowing bright blue. After the UFO got relatively close to the city hall, it started to slowly move horizontally across the sky until it reached the top of the flagpole. From there, the luminous craft hovered for a moment in front of the two astounded brothers, and fortunately that was enough for Leonardo to immortalize the moment using his camera.

    After that brief moment, the bright UFO took off rapidly without making any specific engine sound, as the two described. They were shocked because of what they’ve seen, and couldn’t explain what actually happened there.

    WE’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING FLY SO FAST.

    Although Leonard Lamoureux and his brother Wilfred passed away some time ago, their unique UFO episode still lives on through Leonard’s daughter, Debra DeCamillis who still resides in the Vancouver Lower Mainland area.

    The negative has been lost due to the passing of time, thus leading some skeptics into believing that what the picture reveals is nothing more than a watermark defect caused by the development of the print. However, Leonard’s daughter contradicts the nonbelievers by telling about her father who seemed so excited every time he told others about this unusual event:

    I know for a fact there was no bubbles on the film, or watermarks because I was fascinated by negatives as a child and saw that negative many times. On the rest of the pictures there was nothing but pictures of lights, so I know it had no bubbles or watermarks on it.”

    Two Brothers Photograph the Moment a UFO Descends Upon City Hall

    She provided additional details regarding this UFO encounter, all the information originating from her father’s tales of the event:

    The camera was on a tripod of sorts because Dad was trying to take sequential shots of the courthouse to capture all the lights. But he was not using a timed exposure, his camera was not sophisticated enough. He did say that he could actually see the bubble or tail as he called it that the object was encapsulated in.

    The detailed description of the sighting along with the disputed picture offers amazing proof of the UFO phenomenon seen almost one hundred years ago in a time when CGI and Photoshop were nothing but wild ideas.

    Another notable thing is the remarkable likeliness between the object from this photo and another seen in a fresco from 1350. The objects from both images show similar characteristics, while at the same time fitting the description of present-day alien crafts and UFO reports.

    Two Brothers Photograph the Moment a UFO Descends Upon City Hall

    Could there be indeed a link between these two appearances? If so, could this connection extend to religion, since both objects appear in a religious and holy environment? Is it possible that extraterrestrials beings were involved (and maybe still be) in religious affairs, thus explaining the miraculous deeds of different saints or prophets throughout history?

    Source ewao.com

    http://alien-ufo-sightings.com/ }

    28-04-2017 om 11:19 geschreven door peter  

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    BRITISH COP WITNESSES TALL WHITE ALIENS INSPECTING FRESH CROP CIRCLE

    According to a story circulating in the UFO and alien conspiracy theory blogosphere, a British Police Sergeant had an encounter with Tall White Aliens on July 6, 2009. The aliens were allegedly inspecting a freshly-made crop circle in a field in Wiltshire, England, when the police officer, who was off-duty at the time, encountered them.

    The mystery of the incident was reportedly compounded by the refusal of Wiltshire Police to comment when contacted by local UFO and paranormal investigators. A police spokesperson reportedly said the authorities could not comment on the incident because it was a “personal matter,” according to the paranormal blog Tales from Out There.

    “The police officer was apparently off duty when this happened so we have no comment to make because it is a personal not a police matter.”

    The unnamed Wiltshire Police officer was driving past a field when he saw strange-looking men walking in the field. He had a “strange feeling” about the appearance of the “men” from afar, so he stopped his car to investigate, Express reports.

    As he walked towards the field, he saw three tall men with long blond hair, all more than six feet tall. The men were walking slowly in the middle of the field as if they were searching for something or inspecting the crop. Because the men were dressed in white overalls, he thought they could be forensic officers investigating an incident in the field.

    When he reached the side of the field, he heard a crackling sound similar to the “sound of static electricity.” The strange sound seemed to be running through the field and the crop moved in ripples with the crackling noise.

    He raised his voice to draw the men’s attention, but they ignored him and refused to look up. But as soon as he entered the field, they looked up and appeared agitated.

    And as he approached, they suddenly took to their heels.

    The strange men, according to the officer, “ran faster than any man he had ever seen.”

    “I’m no slouch but they were moving so fast. I looked away for a second and when I looked back they were gone.”

    Possible tall white/nordic Alien. I think she/he is beautiful.

    The crackling noise continued spreading around on the field as the strange-looking men ran away. The officer noticed they ran with an odd gait.

    Unnerved by the strange encounter, he hurried back to his car and drove back to Marlborough in Wiltshire.

    “I then got scared,” he said. “The noise was still around but I got an uneasy feeling and headed for the car.”

    He reported the incident to his superiors but they did not take his story seriously. He continued to have an uneasy feeling all day, with a pounding headache.

    “For the rest of the day I had a pounding headache I couldn’t shift,” he said.

    BRITISH COP WITNESSES TALL WHITE ALIENS INSPECTING FRESH CROP CIRCLE
    The witness heard a sound like static electricity passing through the field
    [Image via Shutterstock]

    Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, he contacted Andrew Russell, a local crop circle expert. Russell investigated the incident with the help of a colleague identified as Colin Andrews.

    “At first he thought they were forensic officers as they were dressed in white coveralls,” Russell wrote in a report summarizing the officer’s experience. “He stopped his car and approached the field.”

    “The figures seemed to be inspecting the crop,” he continued. “When he got to the edge of the field he heard what he believed to be a sound not dissimilar to static electricity.”

    “This crackling noise seemed to be running through the field and the crop was moving gently, close to where the noise was,” he added.

    He shouted to the figures who, at first, ignored him… When he tried to enter the field they looked up and began running.

    The investigators said they were convinced the officer’s account was truthful.

    “I am quite convinced the officer had an experience that day and one that we have not fully explored,” Russell wrote.

    According to Russell, the witness’s description of the tall men matches the appearance of Tall White Aliens. The crop circle experts concluded after investigations that the aliens were inspecting crop circle created a few days before.

    Who made the crop circle remains a mystery. Russell could only guess the crop circle carried a coded message that the Tall White Aliens were trying to decode at the time the police officer saw them.

    When the investigators contacted the Wiltshire police, the authorities refused to comment. They insisted the incident was a “personal matter” and that the police authorities were not investigating the strange claims.

    The incredible story sparked discussion on Scott C. Waring’s UFO Sightings Daily blog.

    According to Waring, the police officer’s claim that the strange men moved oddly could be explained by the structure of the legs of Tall White Aliens. Tall White Alien legs below the knees have a shape similar to a dog’s, Waring claimed.

    “The police officer says that they moved oddly, which they do, because the shape of their leg (from the knee down) actually goes opposite direction from ours,” the alien hunter commented.

    But, according to Waring, Tall Whites are able to mingle with humans unnoticed because they use advanced technology to disguise their appearance.

    “Some kind of holo-emitter makes [their feet] appear human like, but they still cannot mask their odd walk,” Waring wrote.

    Alien conspiracy theorists claim that Tall White Aliens concluded a trade agreement with the U.S. government in the 1950s. The treaty required the U.S. government to provide certain mineral resources the aliens needed in exchange for access to advanced aerospace technology needed to run Pentagon black projects.

    It is claimed that a community of Tall White Alien scientists, engineers, and technicians live in an underground base at the Nellis Air Force Base, a few miles outside Las Vegas.

    [Image via Shutterstock]

    Source www.inquisitr.com

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ancient Texts Reveal: Earth Was Ruled For 241.000 Years By 8 Kings Who Came From Heaven

    Ancient Texts Reveal: Earth Was Ruled For 241.000 Years By 8 Kings Who Came From Heaven

    Yesterday I watched “The Arrival” – the story and representation of the movie baffled me so much, that I had to make some digging throughout the internet.

    Listed in 2 books on Google, the “Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts: The Old Testament and Apocrypha” and “The Book of Genesis“, say that 8 Immortal Kings ruled The Earth for 241,200 years, although that wasn’t enough of a proof for me, so I kept digging.

    From the “Book of Genesis

    HERE’S WHAT I FOUND:

    A dozen copies of a mysterious text referred to as the Sumerian King Lists – “an ancient stone tablet originally recorded in the Sumerian language, listing kings of Sumer (ancient southern Iraq) from Sumerian and neighboring dynasties, their supposed reign lengths, and the locations of the kingship” – have been uncovered over the years by archaeologists in regions as disparate as ancient Babylon, Susa, and Assyria.

    They are all believed to be copies of a single original manuscript which is thought to have been written during the Third Dynasty of Ur by most historians, although some believe it might have been written even earlier.

    The best-preserved example of this ancient text is called the Weld-Blundell Prism and is on public display in the Ashmolean Museum.

    The Sumerian King Lists have shocked historians ever since they were uncovered by modern human beings.

    The text describes a fascinating period in history when beings referred to as gods ruled over humankind of tens of thousands of years.

    Each of these kings met their end during the Great Flood which devastated the population of the world. After the flood, the text claims that another ‘kingship was lowered from heaven’ and that these beings took up control of the people of Earth once again.

    AN ANCIENT TEXT TELLS OF ALIEN RULERS OF ANCIENT EARTH:

    See also: Found! Tomb Hidden Underneath The Sphinx Containing The Giant Sarcophagus Of The First God-King Osiris!

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    28-04-2017 om 10:57 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.New Planet Discoveries Signal a Shift in the Hunt for Alien Life

    New Planet Discoveries Signal a Shift in the Hunt for Alien Life

    With ever more intriguing worlds found in the sun’s neighborhood, the search for extraterrestrials is set to take some bold new steps.

    An illustration shows what the landscape might look like from the surface of Proxima b, currently the closest known exoplanet that is potentially habitable.

    Our galaxy is positively stuffed with alien worlds.

    That exoplanets swarm the Milky Way, and that a good fraction of them are small, rocky, and temperate like the planet we live on, means the search for life beyond Earth is moving past the question of whether these worlds are common and on to the more profound question of whether those faraway worlds also host life.

    “We’re no longer wondering if rocky planets are in the habitable zones of stars,” the University of Arizona’s Olivier Guyon said during last week’sBreakthrough Discuss conference, hosted by the Breakthrough Initiatives. “As far as we can tell, they’re everywhere. We’re transitioning into life-finding. We have a lot of work ahead of us.”

    Whether planets are a galactic feature or a bug has really only been resolved in the last five years or so, as instruments with increasingly sharper eyes have carved out the signatures of planets from faraway starlight and delivered those worlds to eager Earthlings.

    Tantalizingly, some of those worlds circle the stars nearest the sun, and they are in orbits that make it likely that liquid water dampens their surfaces. Scientists are not even close to nailing down which characteristics tell us that, yes, a planet is indeed habitable, or to parsing all the ways in which life might write its signatures, whether biological or technological.

    Still, some of the most intriguing planets are relatively nearby, which makes them obvious targets in the search for life—as well as possible destinations for the first wave of dedicated interstellar spacecraft.

    PLANETS, PLANETS EVERYWHERE

    The sun’s neighborhood is filled with small, dim red stars called M dwarfs. Though they’re the most common type of star in the galaxy, these dwarfs weren’t always considered good places to search for habitable planets—that’s only become a trend over the last couple of years. Now, based on data from several surveys, we know that one out of every four M dwarfs has a planet that’s the same size and temperature as Earth, says Caltech’sCourtney Dressing.

    Take the star just next door, a red dwarf 4.24 light-years away called Proxima Centauri. It has a planet.

    Actually, there’s at least one planet around that small star. At the Breakthrough meeting, Guillem Anglada-Escude, of Queen Mary University of London, pointed to two other intriguing signals in his team’s data. Neither of the other two signals can be confirmed as the fingerprint of a planet right now, but the team hopes more observations will reveal an answer.

    This Hubble picture shows Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, the brightest members of the stellar trio collectively known as Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own. The third star, Proxima Centauri, is fainter but is the closest to Earth of the three.

    Slightly farther afield, another candidate world orbits a dim, cool star six light-years from the sun. Named after astronomer E.E. Barnard, this next-nearest star has been the hypothetical host of planets for decades, ever since Dutch astronomer Peter van de Kamp erroneously announced in the 1960s that at least one gas giant lived there.

    If the freshly detected world is really there, it’s more massive than Earth and is likely too cool to be considered habitable. But planets don’t usually form in isolation, so it does offer hope for future finds around Barnard’s star.

    “We will be hunting for warm planets in the summer, but there is not such a clear candidate for a warm planet yet,” Anglada-Escude said.

    And Luyten’s star, a red dwarf 12.3 light-years from the sun, hosts not one but two confirmed planets, one of which is in a habitable orbit. There are a handful of other stars within 30 light-years or so that could have worlds of their own. That so many potentially habitable exoplanets are hanging out nearby “builds up the case for developing direct-imaging techniques leading to characterization,” Anglada-Escude says.

    “I think there’s a good chance that a planet that has life on it orbits one of the nearby M dwarfs we’ve already heard about today,” Dressing said, referring to the planets around Proxima Centauri and two small, more distant stars called TRAPPIST-1 and LHS 1140 that have captured recent headlines.

    In other words, it’s no longer enough to know that these planets are there. It’s time to get to know them.

    READING THE SIGNATURES OF LIFE

    The best worlds to scrutinize for signs of life—for the foreseeable future, at least—will need to orbit close enough to Earth for telescopes to get a good look, and be positioned so that they cross their host star’s face from our perspective. That way, light from the star can filter through any potential atmosphere and allow us to read its contents.

    That’s one of many tasks NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satelliteand the James Webb Space Telescope, among other projects, are gearing up to do over the next decade. If all goes to plan, TESS will find more planets worth staring at, and JWST will use its powerful eye to peer through any distant atmospheres, looking for molecules that might betray the presence of life.

    At the Breakthrough meeting, Cornell University’s Lisa Kaltenegger and others proposed that something like a mix of methane and oxygen-containing gases such as ozone could herald the discovery of extraterrestrial life—if they were found wafting through the air curled around a rocky, temperate planet. But even that isn’t a slam-dunk. Proving life was truly responsible for those gases promises to be a controversial, Herculean task.

    Plus, there are plenty of unfamiliar ways for life to find a foothold, using alien metabolisms that produce unexpected signatures. Kaltenegger and Cornell’s Jack O’Malley-James suggested last year that life-forms on Proxima’s planet, for example, could have evolved to use their star’s predominantly UV light by generating fluorescent proteins, and that telescopes on Earth could be tasked with looking for fluorescent biosignatures.

    Recognizing life in all its possible biological forms isn’t just a question that’s plaguing exoplanet experts—it’s something scientists searching for life in the icy oceans of the outer solar system are also grappling with.

    “We have one data point for life: That’s our own planet,” Kaltenegger says. “So for now, we’ll use what we know from the Earth. If we get a second data point, which I hope we do, I think all our priorities are going to change.”

    Then there’s the question of techno-signatures, which could take the form of alien radio transmissions, pulsed laser beams, waste heat generated by advanced civilizations, bizarre blips in stellar brightness, or even the disappearance of host stars entirely. In other words, scientists searching for manifestations of advanced civilizations ought to expect the unexpected and search for the weird, though proving a technological origin rather than a funky astrophysical one, will also be quite difficult.

    “We really do need to embrace this idea that it may be little gray boxes, not little green men, that we end up detecting,” said the SETI Institute’s Jill Tarter.

    A SECOND ORIGIN

    Merely finding life, no matter how far-flung or bizarre, doesn’t necessarily tell us how it sprouted, and whether the process was any different from the origins of life on Earth. That is an even tougher and more nagging question, says NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay.

    Proving a second origin—and therefore making a more profound commentary on the fundamental prevalence of life—can be done from afar, McKay said, although it’s just on the hairy edge of possibility.

    Astronomers could look for the “handedness” of alien biomolecules and see if it matches what we have on Earth. Here, the molecules that build our proteins are asymmetric and assume what scientists refer to as a left-handed chirality—meaning they’re mirror images of hypothetical right-handed forms, and they twist light in a particular direction.

    There’s no easy answer for why or when lefties ended up dominating Earth’s amino acids (this is a subject of great debate), but biochemists generally think single-handedness is crucial for efficient molecular engines.

    Finding evidence for right-handed molecules in the gases of an exoplanet, or in the plumes of an icy moon in this solar system, would be strong (though not necessarily iron-clad) evidence for a second origin, McKay says.

    The next big leap in exploring questions about alien worlds is to visit one up close, and that’s where the Breakthrough Starshot project comes into play. If the team succeeds, humanity will propel a nano-sized spacecraft to the Alpha Centauri system in the next several decades and capture the first images of an exoplanet from within its own system.

    It’s a lot to hope for, but answering one of the stickiest, most profound questions humanity can ask will necessarily demand perseverance, patience, and fearlessness. And perhaps one day, the answer to whether we’re alone in the cosmos will be as definitive as whether other planets are spinning in the sky.

    Nadia Drake is a science journalist who writes the National Geographic blog No Place Like Home.

    http://nationalgeographic.com/ }

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Aliens exist and they’re ‘a lot smarter’ than us: Ridley Scott

    Aliens exist and they’re ‘a lot smarter’ than us: Ridley Scott

    By Chris Perez

    Paging Ellen Ripley!

    “Alien” director Ridley Scott believes aliens actually exist — and that they’re coming for us.

    “I believe in superior beings,” the filmmaker said Thursday, while promoting the sixth installment in the sci-fi horror franchise, “Alien: Covenant.”

    “I think it is certainly likely,” he told the Agence France-Presse. “An expert I was talking to at NASA said to me, ‘Have you ever looked in the sky at night? You mean to tell me we are it?’ That’s ridiculous.

    “The experts have now put a number on it having assessed what is out there,” Scott added. “They say that there are between 100 and 200 entities that could be having a similar evolution to us right now. So when you see a big thing in the sky, run for it.”

    The veteran director was one of the first to make space scary with 1979’s “Alien,” which became a hit with both fans and critics, spawning prequels, books, toys and video games.

    His “Xenomorph” and “chestburster” aliens have terrified moviegoers for nearly four decades — wreaking havoc on the film’s main character, Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver while leaving loads of bodies in their wake.

    Scott said Thursday he believes real-life extra-terrestials would also not be ones to mess with.

    “They are a lot smarter than we are,” he explained. “If you are stupid enough to challenge them you will be taken out in three seconds.”

    But Scott claimed he would have nothing to worry about.

    “Nothing scares me,” he joked. “I have a 9mm (pistol).”

    “Alien: Covenant” will open nationwide on May 19.

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    Alien Life On TRAPPIST-1: Planets Close Enough For Travel

    28-04-2017 om 01:08 geschreven door peter  

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    27-04-2017
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    There are aliens out there says director Ridley Scott


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    Director Ridley Scott said he could not believe the terror he had created when he went to see people watching the first "Alien" film

    "Alien" creator Ridley Scott said Thursday that he was convinced that there are aliens out there -- and one day they will come for us.

    The veteran director said he believed in higher beings as he prepared to release the sixth episode of the sci-fi horror series, "Alien: Covenant", next month.

    "I believe in superior beings. I think it is certainly likely. An expert I was talking to at NASA said to me, 'Have you ever looked in the sky at night? You mean to tell me we are it?' That's ridiculous.

    "The experts have now put a number on it having assessed what is out there. They say that there are between 100 and 200 entities that could be having a similar evolution to us right now.

    "So when you see a big thing in the sky, run for it," he joked.

    "Because they are a lot smarter than we are, and if you are stupid enough to challenge them you will be taken out in three seconds."

    "Alien: Covenant" the second of the prequel films, is set in 2104 on board a spaceship carrying 2,000 cryogenically frozen colonists to a distant planet when they chance upon an uncharted paradise.

    But their voyage soon turns into a gory nightmare that makes "Alien'"s original "chestbuster" scene seem tame in comparison.

    - 'Hideous beyond belief' -

    The "neomorph" aliens in the new film are based on the goblin shark "which has a jaw which hinges in two ways. It's scary, hideous beyond belief actually," Scott said.

    The 79-year-old British-born director -- who was also the brains behind "Blade Runner" -- said he never tired or scaring people out of their skins.

    AFP/File / FABRICE COFFRINIA
    sculpture of an "Alien" is seen at the HR Giger Museum in 2014

    "When I did the first 'Alien' I had to get a sense of responsibility because the reaction to the kitchen ("chestbuser") scene with John Hurt was beyond anything I expected -- and it was not good," he told AFP.

    "But the film was very successful because people are perverse."

    He said he could not believe the terror he had created when he went to see people watching the film. "Everybody was half underneath the seat watching by the time you get to the kitchen scene. There was a woman underneath the seat with her husband holding her. I said this is not healthy."

    Scott, however, claimed that he was unshockable.

    "Nothing scares me. I have a 9mm (pistol)," he said.

    "If there is a problem I tend to close down into calm. When you walk in in the morning on a film and 600 people turn and all look at you, that is scary," he said.

    "Alien: Covenant" has a religious subtext, the director insisted.

    He said he was "agnostic", but this did not stop him making a film about Moses, "Exodus: Gods and Kings", in 2014.

    "Either religion is the greatest trick played on mankind. Or it is not, and that poses some great questions, and this film is a great context for those," he said.

    Scott, who was knighted in 2003, is about to make a film about the Battle of Britain during World War II, when the Royal Air Force fought off the German Luftwaffe.

    "Alien: Covenant" opens across the world from May 10.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien SHOCK as top scientist reveals 'extraterrestrials existed on Earth BEFORE humans'

    Alien SHOCK as top scientist reveals 'extraterrestrials existed on Earth BEFORE humans'

    ALIENS could have been living on Earth long before humans, a top space scientist has claimed.

    By Jess Bell 

    Professor Jason Wright could have the answer as the hunt for extraterrestrials in our solar system continues.

    He believes "technological" aliens roamed several planets — including ancient Earth.

    The Pennsylvania State professor concluded that if aliens did exist before humans, they could have left undiscovered evidence beneath the surface of Mars or in orbit in other solar systems.

    "Prior indigenous technological species may have existed in the Solar System

    Professor Jason Wright

    His paper, entitled Prior Indigenous Technological Species, explores the possibility of pre-existing life in space.

    And he believes Earth would have been the most likely planet for aliens to call home.

    Professor Wright wrote: "Ancient Venus would have had a much thinner atmosphere when the Sun
    was significantly fainter, and the surface may have been habitable.

    "After Earth, it is thus also perhaps the most likely host for a prior indigenous technological species.

    earth and aliens

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    NEW THEORY: Aliens could have existed on Earth before humans

    "Next, the icy moons, and even the asteroids, make obvious sites where an intelligent species may have arisen."

    His work comes as NASA begins to identify the landing spots on Mars for the 2022 Red Planet mission.

    The space agency is evaluating three areas it believes are most likely to contain evidence of aliens.

    Professor Wright said finding technosignatures on Mars could be the key to proving aliens existed before humans.

    He wrote: "Prior indigenous technological species may have existed in the Solar System.

    "Given the signatures humanity’s technology has already imprinted on our future geological record, we might expect such a prior species on Earth to have made a similar impact.

    "It also may be that any such species that arose on Earth or Venus have left no trace that we can ever discover in situ."

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    27-04-2017 om 23:37 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien Controversies, Conspiracies: On Alien Day 2017, A Look Back At UFOs Sightings From Roswell To Broad Haven

    Alien Controversies, Conspiracies: On Alien Day 2017, A Look Back At UFOs Sightings From Roswell To Broad Haven

    27-04-2017 om 23:28 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Watch the triangle-shaped UFO over Exmouth which gave stunned wedding groom a trip

    Watch the triangle-shaped UFO over Exmouth which gave stunned wedding groom a trip


    An Exmouth bus driver claims to have captured raw footage of a UFO, while planning his wedding over the phone with his best man.

    It's the latest example of Exe Estuary-Terrestrial activity, with the seaside town proving a popular spot for little green men.

    Residents have registered several claimed sightings of UFO's in recent months.

    Now a bus driver has spotted the unusual display on April 17 at 9.40pm, and said he felt an experience of elation akin to "an LSD trip."


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    In a published witness testimony on UFO sightings website MUFON, he said: "While I was talking I was near the leisure centre where my bus stops.

    "When I looked randomly over in the direction of the river which is when i saw the three lights in a triangle pattern rotating on its axis and wobbling slightly.

    "I knew instantly that this is not normal and, as I have been interested in the subject of UFOs since I was about 10, I told my mate I'd ring him back and started filming the lights with my phone.

    "During the event I felt elation and joy. The only way I can describe it was the feeling MDNA or ectasy gives you. It felt exactly like a massive endorfin rush. I was bouncing around like an excited child.

    "In total I talked to about 10 people who saw what I did, with one old gentleman who got on my bus who thought he'd just drunk to much. 

    "The morning after I looked more carefully at the photos I had taken, and in one there are shapes inside the lights with two out of the three most visible and identical to the other."

    The bus driver's experience with a supposed UFO certainly isn't the first for the seaside town, which has become a hotbed of sightings.

    Tyron Osbourne, 52, was shocked by soaring oval in December last year, and managed to take photographs over his Brixington home.

    The object appeared at around 1pm and remained in the sky until around 4.30pm. Those who saw it claim the object, and even its trail, then completely vanished.

    Tyron explains: "It looked like a star close to the horizon, and by the time I set up my tripod I could see it was an object. Even the trail behind it did not seem normal.

    "If you look closely you can see what appears to be windows.

    "I have never seen anything like this. As for believing in aliens, I've always thought we are not alone in the universe and hoped to see something that would make me believe they would visit us.

    "I didn't expect it to actually happen."

    The object traveled eastward from Dawlish, leaving Tyron to speculate it may have crossed the Atlantic from the U.S.A.

    Tyron added: "These pictures can, and do, tell a million stories."

    In September last year triangle shaped lights over Phear Park left several residents baffled.

    A resident said he was having a cigarette in his garden when he saw the two triangles followed by what he believed to be a helicopter.

    Another resident who wishes to remain anonymous said: "I believe I have seen the same thing. On hearing the sound of a helicopter I looked out to see if it was another police chopper.

    "I am a serving soldier and I can say I've never seen anything move in the way these objects were."

    Have you seen a UFO above Devon? Contact us with your story at: newsdesk@expressandecho.co.uk

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Le récit de 9 lumières mystérieuses apparues dans le ciel

    Le récit de 9 lumières mystérieuses apparues dans le ciel

    Le récit de 9 lumières mystérieuses apparues dans le ciel

    Le manque d’informations entourant une série de lumières apparues dans les États de Californie, du Nevada et de l’Arizona, avait déclenché un nombre important d’appels aux autorités. L’activité sur les réseaux sociaux s’est envolée à mesure que des témoins publiaient des photos et des vidéos du ciel illuminé. Beaucoup de personnes pensaient – ou espéraient – y voir un OVNI ou objet volant non identifié.

    1. Test de missile effectué par la marine américaine

    En réalité, c’était la marine américaine qui avait tiré un missile Trident non-armé à partir du sous-marin USS Kentucky. Le sous-marin équipé de missiles balistiques voguait au large des côtes du sud de la Californie. Le commandant Ryan Perry a déclaré que de tels lancements étaient effectués sur une base régulière afin de garantir la fiabilité permanente du système et que les informations afférentes étaient classées avant les lancements.

    Test de missile effectué par la marine américaine

    Le lancement avait été mené dans la zone de test du Pacific, une vaste région au nord-ouest de Los Angeles, où la marine teste périodiquement les missiles de croisière Standards et les missiles Tomahawk. Ceux-ci sont tirés à partir de navires de surface et des sous-marins.

    Voici d’autres exemples de ces lumières dans le ciel.

    2. La Bataille de Los Angeles aux États-Unis

    Pour beaucoup de personnes, la bataille de Los Angeles est encore aujourd’hui l’un des rares phénomènes d’OVNI, resté « inexpliqué ».

    3. Le miracle du soleil au Portugal

     4. Les cristaux de glace en Lettonie

    L’image ci-dessus, montre de mystérieuses colonnes de lumière dans le ciel de Sigulda, une ville de Lettonie à la fin décembre 2008.

    5. Des lumières aériennes aux États-Unis

    Le bureau de NBC News à San Diego (États-Unis) avait reçu plusieurs appels téléphoniques le 28 avril 2015. Ces appelants voulaient obtenir des informations sur un regroupement inhabituel et coloré de lumières dans le ciel, au dessus de San Ysidro, près de la frontière mexicaine.

    « Certaines personnes ont signalé des lumières rouges, bleues et vertes, clignotantes et changeant de couleur. Pour d’autres, les lumières étaient statiques, comme celles d’un avion ou d’un drone », selon les documents de NBC 7 San Diego. « Nous avons contacté l’armée locale, pour identifier des objets. Nous n’avons jusqu’ici reçu aucune réponse ».

    Lorsque des chercheurs en OVNIS et The Huffington Post ont appelé la station pour avoir plus d’informations, tout d’un coup c’était motus et bouche cousue.

    Alejandro Rojas, journaliste d’investigation pour OpenMinds.tv pense avoir une explication : « Les lumières brillantes peuvent parfois se refléter dans les lentilles des caméras. En particulier, une lumière émise au sommet d’une tour peut par exemple être perçue au sol comme clignotante. Une des lumières rouges vue dans le ciel clignotait de la sorte. Cependant, les deux lumières ne clignotent pas de manière synchronisées ».

    6. Les nuages iridescents du Costa Rica

    Au Costa Rica, des résidents stupéfaits et fascinés, ont pu admirer dans leur ciel, un nuage irisé à taches multiples. En septembre 2015, le spectacle avait été signalé dans de nombreuses villes, dont San Jose, Parrita, Pavas, Escazu et Hatillo. Les experts expliquent cette étonnante vision par un phénomène météorologique rare, appelé iridescence du nuage, qui se produit lorsque la lumière du soleil diffracte dans les gouttelettes d’eau dans la haute atmosphère.

    7. Les lumières de Hessdalen en Norvège

    Les lumières de Hessdalen sont régulièrement observées au-dessus de la vallée de Hessdalen dans la municipalité de Holtålen dans le comté de Sør-Trøndelag, en Norvège. Contrairement à d’autres « lumières fantômes », elles ne peuvent se réduire à l’explication de phares ou d’avions de passage. Ces lumières adoptent différentes formes, dont certaines ressemblent à des hélices. Elles prennent parfois la forme de boules grossières, qui crachent des boules plus petites, qui s’agrandissent dans le ciel.

    8. La spirale céleste en Norvège

    En 2009, en Norvège de nombreuses personnes étaient en panique à cause de l’étrange observation ci-dessus. Cette inquiétante spirale géante a été observée, photographiée et enregistrée sur vidéo partout dans le pays. Ne serait-ce pas une porte vers un univers parallèle ?

    Pas vraiment. C’était une fusée, qui suite à un manque de carburant, était devenu incontrôlable et tournoyaient dans le ciel. Le ministère russe de la Défense avait confirmé avoir lancé un missile Bulava, mais que le troisième étage du missile a eu un raté. La buse du troisième étage, qui dirige la structure d’échappement des gaz de la fusée, s’est peut être détachée ou a été percé, provoquant l’échappement sur le côté au lieu de l’arrière.

    9. Les pluies de météorites Taurides au Canada

    En novembre 2015, tous les habitant de Saskatchewan ont été surpris par une étrange boule de feu qui a traversé le ciel, accompagnée de gros boums.

    C’était une météorite Tauride qui a tout illuminé et était visible de Saskatoon au Weyburn. Pour Martin Beech, astronome au Collège Campion de l’Université de Regina, il y a de forte chance que des fragments ou des matériaux de la météorite soient arrivés au sol, mais il est difficile d’en préciser la quantité. Le fait que des gens aient entendu des booms dans la région de Kelvington pourrait indiquer que des fragments aient atterri dans les alentours. « Tous ces éléments indiquent que des matériaux ont atteint la plus basse atmosphère », a confirmé Beech. « L’essentiel des matériaux s’est certainement consumé dans la haute atmosphère, d’où la trainée et le flash, aperçues par la population  ».

    Article original : 9 Mysterious Lights Seen In The Sky

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mystery Shape Discovered In Antarctica On Google Maps

    Mystery Shape Discovered In Antarctica On Google Maps

    ufo-base

    UFO enthusiasts describe the object as a large body of ice.

    Some people believe it is just an iceberg, but UFO researchers argue that the strange shape could not be a mere iceberg as the mysterious object does not fit with the shapes of the iceberg. They explain that iceberg could be tabular or non-tabular and the object cannot be classified with either shape.

    Several others said that the object is a vessel trying to disguise as an iceberg.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

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    The ISS captures footage of MYSTERY objects above Earth—Scientists confused

    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured a series of strange moving objects above Earth while orbiting our planet above California aboard the International Space Station on April 17, 2017. The giveaway is the fact that the lights are not tumbling, which indicates they are actively controlled.
     
    Thomas Pesquet 

    Did Pesquet just film UFOs flying over our planet?
     
    The video filmed by Pesquet was initially intended to record an electric storm near the horizon, just above the western US.
     
    At 25 frames per second of video, the flashes in the atmosphere produced by the rays are perfectly appreciable from the orbital complex. The view is beyond fascinating.
     
    However, moments later the video records the dizzying presence of two objects moving at high speed above the Earth. The ESA Space Debris Bureau later confirmed that “they are consistent with intact objects, and were most likely satellites in operation.”
     
    However, scientists were unable to confirm which satellites—if they were satellite at all—were captured in the video.
     
    As noted by spcae.com, “ESA’s Space Debris Office determined that the objects are most likely not space junk, because “the objects’ brightness in the video is consistent with intact objects,” officials said. And they’re probably not meteors, either, said Detlef Koschny, a scientist in ESA’s Space Situational Awareness Program office who studies near-Earth objects.”
     
    The giveaway is the fact that the lights are not tumbling, which indicates they are actively controlled,ESA communications officer Daniel Scuka said space.com in an email.
     
    Furthermore, experts revealed that the objects were most likely not meteors.  Koschny further explained that a bright meteor, traveling in the atmosphere usually lasts a second or less. Larger objects may remain visible for 2 to 3 seconds.
     
    However, the video filmed by Pesquet was captured at 25 frames per second, meaning the objects are bright for several tens of seconds.
     
    here’s the video:
     

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    FOUND AFTER TWO YEARS: LOST WEATHER BALLOON GOPRO WITH ASTOUNDING FOOTAGE FROM SPACE

    In June 2013 five friends decided to go out into Arizona and take some footage of space when they attached their GoPro recorder to a weather balloon and sent it up into the sky. This was the last they saw of it for two years and when it returned it was worth the wait as it gave them some amazing shots of Earth it had taken from space. 
     
     
    STUDENTS GOT FAA APPROVAL TO LAUNCH NEAR TO TUBA CITY
     
    College students and friends Bryan Chan, Ashish Goel, Ved Chirayath, Paul Tarantino and Tyler Reid decided to build a device and calculated the trajectory of it then registered it with the FAA so that it wouldn’t interfere with any aircraft that might be passing. The balloon carried a GoPro Hero3, Sony camcorder and Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone, with the two camera recording footage and the smartphone taking the photos. They finally decided to launch the balloon out in the desert just a few miles from Tuba City. 
     
     
    The group wanted to track the progress of their balloon via GPS that was on a smartphone; however, they lost contact with the location once the device and balloon went out of range of the cell phone tower. This left them wondering for many months, if they would ever see the balloon ever again or if they would get their cameras back from the balloon. 
     
    HIKER FOUND BALLOON AND EQUIPMENT TWO YEARS LATER 
     
    The group waited and waited and then gave up on the idea of ever seeing it again. However, two years later they did get to see the results from their project when they received a call from a hiker. The hiker had been out in Arizona and had come across a box with the names of the group on it, around 50 miles from where they originally launched the balloon. 
     
     
    The team had hoped that the balloon would have captured what they thought would be the money shot, the Grand Canyon photographed from the stratosphere. They processed the data taken from the device that had been attached to the balloon and found out that it had reached 98, 664 feet and had a flight time of 1 hour and 38 minutes in total. 
     
     
    The footage they managed to get from the camera was more than they had hoped to get and they managed to retrieve all of the original images and made a 4-minute video that offers a look behind the scenes of their incredible story. 
     
     

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    27-04-2017 om 21:26 geschreven door peter  

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    OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED: NASA AND ESA TO LAND ON EUROPA TO LOOK FOR ALIEN LIFE

    Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, has long been considered to be the best candidate for life outside Earth within this solar system. Europa is believed to have a deep, underground ocean which contains more water than all of the oceans on Earth combined which make it a prime spot for investigation. 
     
    However, visiting this icy moon in order to extract samples and learn more about its atmospheric composition has proved to be a daunting task. It is so daunting, in fact, that NASA has decided that it is one that they simply cannot undertake alone.
     
     NASA ASKS ESA TO HELP THEM EXPLORE EUROPA 
     
     
    In order to ensure that Europa doesn’t remain virgin territory for space exploration in the near future, NASA has made overtures to the ESA for the two agencies to collaborate in a joint expedition to the moon. In the proposal, referred to as the Joint Europa Mission (JEM) was unveiled this Sunday in the Austrian capital city of Vienna at the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union. 
     
    Representatives from NASA proposed that the two agencies combine resources and technology in order to make the mission together and the proposal was met with some enthusiasm. “The whole idea is that if we think exploring Europa for life is important, it should be an international venture.”
     
     The plan put forward by NASA is that JEM would launch in the mid-2020s and would run for approximately six and a half years. When the lander reaches the surface of Europa it will explore for a little over a month, primarily scanning materials for any traces of life. Simultaneously, an orbiter craft would spend three months taking measurements of the moon in order to provide information about Europa’s structure with particular emphasis on the composition of the underground ocean. 
     
    At this current time, there are clear signs that representatives from both of the space agencies are very keen to go ahead with this exciting joint venture. There have even been suggestions that if the mission is a success that there could be follow-up collaborative efforts to explore the other moons of Jupiter and neighboring gas giant Saturn which is considered to be good candidates for life. However, nothing can go ahead on this project until it is given the full approval of President Donald Trump who has ultimate oversight over the activities of the American space agency. 
     

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    OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED: NASA AND ESA TO LAND ON EUROPA TO LOOK FOR ALIEN LIFE

    Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, has long been considered to be the best candidate for life outside Earth within this solar system. Europa is believed to have a deep, underground ocean which contains more water than all of the oceans on Earth combined which make it a prime spot for investigation. 
     
    However, visiting this icy moon in order to extract samples and learn more about its atmospheric composition has proved to be a daunting task. It is so daunting, in fact, that NASA has decided that it is one that they simply cannot undertake alone.
     
     NASA ASKS ESA TO HELP THEM EXPLORE EUROPA 
     
     
    In order to ensure that Europa doesn’t remain virgin territory for space exploration in the near future, NASA has made overtures to the ESA for the two agencies to collaborate in a joint expedition to the moon. In the proposal, referred to as the Joint Europa Mission (JEM) was unveiled this Sunday in the Austrian capital city of Vienna at the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union. 
     
    Representatives from NASA proposed that the two agencies combine resources and technology in order to make the mission together and the proposal was met with some enthusiasm. “The whole idea is that if we think exploring Europa for life is important, it should be an international venture.”
     
     The plan put forward by NASA is that JEM would launch in the mid-2020s and would run for approximately six and a half years. When the lander reaches the surface of Europa it will explore for a little over a month, primarily scanning materials for any traces of life. Simultaneously, an orbiter craft would spend three months taking measurements of the moon in order to provide information about Europa’s structure with particular emphasis on the composition of the underground ocean. 
     
    At this current time, there are clear signs that representatives from both of the space agencies are very keen to go ahead with this exciting joint venture. There have even been suggestions that if the mission is a success that there could be follow-up collaborative efforts to explore the other moons of Jupiter and neighboring gas giant Saturn which is considered to be good candidates for life. However, nothing can go ahead on this project until it is given the full approval of President Donald Trump who has ultimate oversight over the activities of the American space agency. 
     

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Evidence of advanced ancient civilizations on Earth—over 100,000 years ago?

    Evidence of advanced ancient civilizations on Earth—over 100,000 years ago?

    The idea that advanced ancient civilizations existed on Earth in the distant past has captured the interest of authors, historians, and archaeologists across the globe. Every once in a while, experts make discoveries that completely change everything we know about history. What if, in the distant past—as far as 100,000 years ago—Earth was inhabited by civilizations that were completely different from what we are today?
     
    Do you believe that Intelligent civilizations lived on Earth over 100,000 years ago? Many controversial discoveries point to the possibility that hundreds of thousands of years ago, advanced civilizations roamed our planet. What do we really know about history and the past of the human race? Has mankind been on planet Earth only a couple of thousands of years as mainstream researchers suggest?
     
    Or is it possible that advanced ancient civilizations inhabited our planet hundreds of thousands of years ago? Recently, several discoveries seem to point to that possibility.
     
    Why mainstream researchers opted to ‘ignore’ details and clues which point towards the existence of civilizations that are much older than we previously believed is still an enigma for a lot of people. Evidence of civilizations that inhabited our planet ‘before recorded history’ can be found in all corners of the world. In Ancient Egypt, Mesoamerica and Sumeria we find written texts that speak of great civilizations, great rulers, and a ‘golden age’ that lasted for thousands of years.
     
    Evidence of civilizations that inhabited our planet ‘before recorded history’ can be found in all corners of the world. In Ancient Egypt, Mesoamerica and Sumeria we find written texts that speak of great civilizations, great rulers, and a ‘golden age’ that lasted for thousands of years.
     
    Let’s take a trip to Africa, there, we will find evidence of a major ancient settlement that predates our entire history.
     
    Intelligent civilizations inhabited Africa over 100,000 years ago
     
     
    Around 150 km west of port Maputo, we find the remains of a huge metropolis that measures, according to initial studies, around 1500 square kilometers. This ancient city is according to researchers, part of an even larger community with about 10,000 square kilometers, believed to have been constructed between 160,000 to 200,000 years before Christ.
     
    The surrounding geology is interesting due to numerous gold mines located in the vicinity. Researchers have proposed that a missing civilization from the distant past, could have lived and proposed in that part of the world while mining gold.
     
    Researchers point to the Ancient Anunnaki.
     
     
    Lost civilizations in the Amazon?
     
    Is this another civilization that predates the Inca and their ancestors? No one could have imagined that somewhere, in the remote areas of the Amazon, a lost civilizations would be found.
     
    Rapid deforestation in combination with Google Earth has allowed the detection of 210 geoglyphs in 200 different site sites, in a strip of 250 kilometers by 10 kilometers in the Amazon. Just like the Nazca lines, the incredible geometric, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs of the Amazon can only be truly appreciated from the air. The question remains, why?
     
    The question remains, why?
     
    Numerous remains of what is obviously part of an ancient and hitherto unknown civilization have appeared under the trees of the Amazonian rainforest. According to researchers, 260 huge avenues, long irrigation canals, and fences for livestock have been spotted from the air. The discovery was made in the vicinity of the border between Bolivia and Brazil.
     
    The lost pyramids of the Amazon: Traces of a prehistoric civilization!
     
     
    In the tangled and dense jungles of the Amazon, there are numerous mysteries that could probably help us understand how ancient civilizations lived in the distant past.
     
    Even thought that several researchers believe that the Pyramids of Paratoari are truncated ridge spurs, which can take the form of natural pyramids, there are many other researchers who firmly believe that these structures were built in the distant past by a civilization that completely been ignored by mainstream history
     
    Excursions to the region found plenty of evidence of Incan inhabitance in the area, such as petroglyphs, paved roads, and platforms.
     
    The mysterious pyramidal structures were first identified via NASA satellite photograph number C-S11-32W071-03, released in 1976. The images caused numerous researchers to venture to the Manu area of dense tropical rain forest in southeast Peru in hopes to find out whether these structures were actually built by an ancient civilization, lost in time.
     
    The Sphinx, an 800,000-year-old monument?
     
     
    One of the most mysterious and enigmatic monuments on the surface of the planet is without a doubt the Great Sphinx at the Giza plateau in Egypt. It is an ancient construction that has baffled researchers ever since its discovery and until today, no one has been able to accurately date the Sphinx, since there are no written records or mentions in the past about it. Now, two Ukrainian researchers have proposed a new provocative theory where the two scientists propose that the Great Sphinx of Egypt is around 800,000 years old. A Revolutionary theory that is backed up by science.
     
    The study was presented at the International Conference of Geoarchaeology and Archaeomineralogy held in Sofia titled: GEOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM OF DATING THE GREAT EGYPTIAN SPHINX CONSTRUCTION.
     
    The authors of this paper are scientists Manichev Vjacheslav I. (Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and Alexander G. Parkhomenko (Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine).
     
    The starting point of these two experts is the paradigm shift initiated by West and Schoch, a ‘debate’ intended to overcome the orthodox view of Egyptology referring to the possible remote origins of the Egyptian civilization and, on the other, physical evidence of water erosion present at the monuments of the Giza Plateau.
     
    The truth is that we have very little knowledge when it comes to the origins of live and modern civilization.
     
    In a recently published study, experts concluded that DIFFERENT ‘Complex’ life forms may have once existed on Earth before our species came into existence.
     
    This research shows that there was enough oxygen in the environment to have allowed complex cells to have evolved…
     
    According to scientists, we are not the FIRST complex life forms on planet Earth. In fact, another complex life form existed once but disappeared at some point during Earth’s long history. Then, after a while, complex life forms reappeared.
     
    Mainstream scholars agree that given our ‘current’ knowledge of Earth’s history, complex life appeared on our planet at least some 1.75 BILLION years ago.
     
    So, if complex life could have existed on Earth in the distant past, why is it so improbable and unlikely that advanced civilizations flourished on Earth?
     
    Curiously, according to Jason Wright, assistant professor of astrophysics and astronomy of the Pennsylvania State University ‘technological’ alien civilizations may have once lived on one of the planets in our solar system, and eventually disappeared without a trace.
     
    In a study titled ‘Prior Indigenous Technological Species’, Professor Wright proposes that ancient aliens may have even lived on either Mars, Venus or Earth.
     
    The scientific paper—which has been published in arXiv—states: A prior indigenous technological species might have arisen on ancient Earth or another body, such as a pre-greenhouse Venus or a wet Mars.
     
    However, if these advanced alien civilizations existed in our solar system—perhaps even Earth—most evidence of their existence is probably gone by now.

    http://7tales.net/  }

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Evidence of advanced ancient civilizations on Earth—over 100,000 years ago?

    Evidence of advanced ancient civilizations on Earth—over 100,000 years ago?

    The idea that advanced ancient civilizations existed on Earth in the distant past has captured the interest of authors, historians, and archaeologists across the globe. Every once in a while, experts make discoveries that completely change everything we know about history. What if, in the distant past—as far as 100,000 years ago—Earth was inhabited by civilizations that were completely different from what we are today?
     
    Do you believe that Intelligent civilizations lived on Earth over 100,000 years ago? Many controversial discoveries point to the possibility that hundreds of thousands of years ago, advanced civilizations roamed our planet. What do we really know about history and the past of the human race? Has mankind been on planet Earth only a couple of thousands of years as mainstream researchers suggest?
     
    Or is it possible that advanced ancient civilizations inhabited our planet hundreds of thousands of years ago? Recently, several discoveries seem to point to that possibility.
     
    Why mainstream researchers opted to ‘ignore’ details and clues which point towards the existence of civilizations that are much older than we previously believed is still an enigma for a lot of people. Evidence of civilizations that inhabited our planet ‘before recorded history’ can be found in all corners of the world. In Ancient Egypt, Mesoamerica and Sumeria we find written texts that speak of great civilizations, great rulers, and a ‘golden age’ that lasted for thousands of years.
     
    Evidence of civilizations that inhabited our planet ‘before recorded history’ can be found in all corners of the world. In Ancient Egypt, Mesoamerica and Sumeria we find written texts that speak of great civilizations, great rulers, and a ‘golden age’ that lasted for thousands of years.
     
    Let’s take a trip to Africa, there, we will find evidence of a major ancient settlement that predates our entire history.
     
    Intelligent civilizations inhabited Africa over 100,000 years ago
     
     
    Around 150 km west of port Maputo, we find the remains of a huge metropolis that measures, according to initial studies, around 1500 square kilometers. This ancient city is according to researchers, part of an even larger community with about 10,000 square kilometers, believed to have been constructed between 160,000 to 200,000 years before Christ.
     
    The surrounding geology is interesting due to numerous gold mines located in the vicinity. Researchers have proposed that a missing civilization from the distant past, could have lived and proposed in that part of the world while mining gold.
     
    Researchers point to the Ancient Anunnaki.
     
     
    Lost civilizations in the Amazon?
     
    Is this another civilization that predates the Inca and their ancestors? No one could have imagined that somewhere, in the remote areas of the Amazon, a lost civilizations would be found.
     
    Rapid deforestation in combination with Google Earth has allowed the detection of 210 geoglyphs in 200 different site sites, in a strip of 250 kilometers by 10 kilometers in the Amazon. Just like the Nazca lines, the incredible geometric, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs of the Amazon can only be truly appreciated from the air. The question remains, why?
     
    The question remains, why?
     
    Numerous remains of what is obviously part of an ancient and hitherto unknown civilization have appeared under the trees of the Amazonian rainforest. According to researchers, 260 huge avenues, long irrigation canals, and fences for livestock have been spotted from the air. The discovery was made in the vicinity of the border between Bolivia and Brazil.
     
    The lost pyramids of the Amazon: Traces of a prehistoric civilization!
     
     
    In the tangled and dense jungles of the Amazon, there are numerous mysteries that could probably help us understand how ancient civilizations lived in the distant past.
     
    Even thought that several researchers believe that the Pyramids of Paratoari are truncated ridge spurs, which can take the form of natural pyramids, there are many other researchers who firmly believe that these structures were built in the distant past by a civilization that completely been ignored by mainstream history
     
    Excursions to the region found plenty of evidence of Incan inhabitance in the area, such as petroglyphs, paved roads, and platforms.
     
    The mysterious pyramidal structures were first identified via NASA satellite photograph number C-S11-32W071-03, released in 1976. The images caused numerous researchers to venture to the Manu area of dense tropical rain forest in southeast Peru in hopes to find out whether these structures were actually built by an ancient civilization, lost in time.
     
    The Sphinx, an 800,000-year-old monument?
     
     
    One of the most mysterious and enigmatic monuments on the surface of the planet is without a doubt the Great Sphinx at the Giza plateau in Egypt. It is an ancient construction that has baffled researchers ever since its discovery and until today, no one has been able to accurately date the Sphinx, since there are no written records or mentions in the past about it. Now, two Ukrainian researchers have proposed a new provocative theory where the two scientists propose that the Great Sphinx of Egypt is around 800,000 years old. A Revolutionary theory that is backed up by science.
     
    The study was presented at the International Conference of Geoarchaeology and Archaeomineralogy held in Sofia titled: GEOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM OF DATING THE GREAT EGYPTIAN SPHINX CONSTRUCTION.
     
    The authors of this paper are scientists Manichev Vjacheslav I. (Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and Alexander G. Parkhomenko (Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine).
     
    The starting point of these two experts is the paradigm shift initiated by West and Schoch, a ‘debate’ intended to overcome the orthodox view of Egyptology referring to the possible remote origins of the Egyptian civilization and, on the other, physical evidence of water erosion present at the monuments of the Giza Plateau.
     
    The truth is that we have very little knowledge when it comes to the origins of live and modern civilization.
     
    In a recently published study, experts concluded that DIFFERENT ‘Complex’ life forms may have once existed on Earth before our species came into existence.
     
    This research shows that there was enough oxygen in the environment to have allowed complex cells to have evolved…
     
    According to scientists, we are not the FIRST complex life forms on planet Earth. In fact, another complex life form existed once but disappeared at some point during Earth’s long history. Then, after a while, complex life forms reappeared.
     
    Mainstream scholars agree that given our ‘current’ knowledge of Earth’s history, complex life appeared on our planet at least some 1.75 BILLION years ago.
     
    So, if complex life could have existed on Earth in the distant past, why is it so improbable and unlikely that advanced civilizations flourished on Earth?
     
    Curiously, according to Jason Wright, assistant professor of astrophysics and astronomy of the Pennsylvania State University ‘technological’ alien civilizations may have once lived on one of the planets in our solar system, and eventually disappeared without a trace.
     
    In a study titled ‘Prior Indigenous Technological Species’, Professor Wright proposes that ancient aliens may have even lived on either Mars, Venus or Earth.
     
    The scientific paper—which has been published in arXiv—states: A prior indigenous technological species might have arisen on ancient Earth or another body, such as a pre-greenhouse Venus or a wet Mars.
     
    However, if these advanced alien civilizations existed in our solar system—perhaps even Earth—most evidence of their existence is probably gone by now.

    http://7tales.net/  }

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    ANCIENT CITY RUINS DISCOVERED ON THE SURFACE OF MARS

    Mars has given us a lot to think about over the last two years that its hard to put all of this together. 
     
    From a distant planet and denuded, Mars has proven that it is more interesting than we had never thought of before. 
     
    Mars is about half of the diameter of the Earth with a surface is slightly less than the total area of the dry land. Mars is less dense than the earth, having approximately 15 per cent of the volume and 11 per cent of the land mass, resulting in approximately 38 per cent of the surface of the earth gravity. 
     
    But Mars is very similar to the earth in many ways. The experts have proven that the Red Planet was once remarkably similar to the earth, having an atmosphere, lakes, rivers, and oceans covering its surface. 
     
    Not long ago, NASA has revealed that Mars could have supported the life as we know it but everything changes when the red planet has lost its atmosphere. 
     
    According to scientists, the slow destruction of the atmosphere of the planet in our neighbor has been caused by "enormous rope-like tendrils of magnetic rotation. The Red Planet once the hospital atmosphere has been dazzled in a distant past. This means that when Mars was much younger, it was much more hot and humid, which means that it has been a very good candidate for the life to develop. Scientists believe that oceans of Mars have evaporated due to the thinning of the planet atmosphere that fact flees in space. 
     
    Although Mars has no evidence of a global magnetic field, the observations show that parts of the crust of the planet have been magnetized, suggesting that the alternation of the polarity of son dipole field have taken place in the past. 
     
    However, there are more things on Mars which have caused confusion among the experts. The exploration of Mars rovers of NASA has noticed the quantity of readings of methane at the surface of the Red Planet. On Earth, 90 per cent of the whole of the methane in the atmosphere is produced by living organisms. Traces of methane captured the Curiosity on the red planet, and the scientists believe that this could point to the existence of life on the red planet, at this precise moment, although there are other possible explanations. 
     
    But while Mars may not have life on its surface, many scientists claim that in the distant past, the Red Planet has perhaps taken in charge of the life and not only primitive life, but of complex life forms developed countries who have perhaps even the structures built on its surface.
     
     One of these researchers is Dr. John A plasma physicist who has obtained his diploma at the University of California at Davis and which apparently has had a brilliant career as a scientist submits that the Martian life has been deliberately destroyed with nukes. 
     
    In a scientific article, Dr. Brandenburg says: That Mars present, "… based on new data, the evidence that during this period of Earthlike climate, biological evolution product, to length, a humanoid civilization leaving ruins at several sites, Cydonia Mensa and Galaxias Chaos being two sites more intensively studied. The data from these sites has formed the basis of the hypothesis Cydonia (Brandenburg, DiPietro and Molenaar, 1991) of a former, indigenous populations, about the civilization of the Bronze Age on March." 
     
    And, curiously, each day of new images of Mars prove that there is something strange on its surface. Over the past two years, countless images of Mars were analyzed by foreign hunters across the world. Some of them --show awkwardly which seems to be artificially structured on the surface of the Red Planet. 
     
    All jokes aside, a part of the substance found in Mars that makes you think "that if in a certain way, the life on Mars developed millions of years ago, and has finally disappeared?" 
     
    Would it not find traces of this life today? 
     
    Exposed beams in return images to be able to participate Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a zone on the surface of Mars covered with small "structures."
     
     Be able to participate in the catch of many images in MRO in form 
     
     
     

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    27-04-2017 om 21:06 geschreven door peter  

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    Mysterious Native Creature of Antarctica Kills Scientists (VIDEO)

    Russian scientists have made a new borehole into Lake Vostok, the prehistoric Antarctic water mass, which has been sealed for millions of years – three years after a previous mission was prematurely ended by an accident resulting in sample contamination.
     
    Now a defecting Russian scientist had surfaced with a mind-bending account of what REALLY occurred when he and his colleagues went missing for five days in a mysterious lake 12,366 feet beneath the Antarctic ice.
     
    Lake Vostok is the largest of Antarctica’s almost 400 known subglacial lakes. Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia’s Vostok Station under the surface of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is at 3,488 m (11,444 ft) above mean sea level.
     
    The surface of this fresh water lake is approximately 4,000 m (13,100 ft) under the surface of the ice, which places it at approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) below sea level.
     
     

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    27-04-2017 om 20:58 geschreven door peter  

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    CIA UFO Files: The Horrific Revenge of the Extraterrestrial – Siberia Incident

    The UFO attack on a military unit in Siberia where 23 Russian soldiers lost their lives. The CIA describes this event as a “horrific picture of revenge on the part of extraterrestrial creatures, a picture that makes one’s blood freeze”.

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    27-04-2017 om 20:50 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.THE NAZI BELL - A PARANORMAL CASE OF HITLER

    THE NAZI BELL - A PARANORMAL CASE OF HITLER

    Also called 'Die Glocke' the infamous Nazi Bell was a mysterious black project from Nazi Germany. Until today its purpose is a mystery, and nobody knows where to find it. Is it connected to a UFO crash or is it a paranormal 'wunderwaffe'? Marcus Dee and Vic Whateley of One Candle Society open up their paranormal case files as they tell you the story.

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    27-04-2017 om 20:47 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Evidence of a ‘Top-Secret’ space program? Air force’s mystery X-37B space plane now 700 days in space

    Evidence of a ‘Top-Secret’ space program? Air force’s mystery X-37B space plane now 700 days in space

    The mysterious X-37B is a reusable unmanned spacecraft. It is considered as one of the most mysterious and advanced spacecraft ever operated by the United States Military. The enigmatic space vehicle has reached 700 days in space and no one knows its exact purpose. Experts argue that the X-37B could be used as a spy satellite or to deliver weapons from space, others believe it is part of a secretive space program operated by a shadow government.
     
    One of the most mysterious—known—spacecraft to ever be flown into space is without a doubt the Air Force X-37B spacecraft which reached a staggering 700 days in space.
     
    No one knows what its true purpose is and what exactly its doing while it orbits Earth. However, numerous ufologists and conspiracy theorists argue that the X-37b is just one of the many secret spacecraft that belong to a ‘secret space fleet’ operated by the governemnt. It’s the tip of the iceberg some have said.
     
     
    If it is indeed SECRET, it’s not the best-kept secret since there is some information about it. The X-37b is also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle 4. It carries a mysterious payload that is its biggest secret.
     
    Some argue that it’s a next level space-bomber, while others believe it’s specifically designed to take out space weapons. In May 2010, Tom Burghardt wrote for Space Daily that the X-37B could be used as a spy satellite or to deliver weapons from space.
     
    The X-37 began as a NASA project in 1999, before being transferred to the U.S. Department of Defense in 2004
     
    Previously, the X-37b’s record in space was 674 days which lasted from December 2012 to October 2014.
     
     
    The secret space plane is known to have used the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for landing. According to space.com, recent plans to consolidate launch and landing activities could mean vehicles touch down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
     
    However, where exactly and when the mystery spacecraft will return to Earth is a mystery just as its true mission.
     
    According to Captain Annmarie Annicelli, an Air Force Spokeswoman: “The landing date will be determined based on the completion of the program’s on-orbit demonstrations and objectives for this mission. While the program has the capability to land at either KSC or Vandenberg, the landing location is determined by a variety of factors,” reports space.com.
     
     
    The enigmatic space vehicle was built and designed by the Air Force and was launched into space atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 20, 2015.
     
    It is considered as one of the most mysterious and advanced spacecraft ever operated by the United States Military.
     
    The enigmatic spacecraft is designed to orbit our planet—following a specific mission—and is built to land like one of NASA’s now-retired shuttles.
     
    The Spacecraft was put together by Boeing. The X-37b orbits our planet in low-earth orbit, between 110 (177km) and 500 miles (800km) above Earth. The ISS—by comparison—circles our plant at around 220 miles (350km) above Earth. The X-37b has an orbital speed of 28,044 km/h (17,426 mph).
     
    Furthermore, while no one really knows what the contents of the X-37b’s payload are, NASA has revealed it features a materials experiment aboard, while the Planetary Society is tagging along with a solar-sail demo.
     
    The solar sail demo—called LightSail—uses a propulsion system that acquires photons from the sun, commonly referred to as Solar Sailing. According to the Daily Mail, nine other CubeSat nano-satellites are also taking a piggyback ride into orbit.  The space plane – one of two of the same design – is operated robotically, without anyone on board, and is reusable.

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    27-04-2017 om 20:43 geschreven door peter  

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    Q&A with Erie UFO conference speaker Nick Pope

    The author and UFO expert shares his experiences working with the British Ministry of Defence, “X-Files” and his presentation at Saturday’s Mutual UFO Network event.
     
    Ever wonder if there’s any truth behind the “The X-Files” and other sci-fi shows?
     
    They might not be as far-fetched as you think, according to UFO expert Nick Pope. The former British Ministry of Defence employee, dubbed “the real Fox Mulder,” worked in the government’s UFO program from 1991 to 1994, investigating UFO sightings and other unexplained phenomena. Now the author, TV personality and sci-fi media consultant wades deep in the world of the unexplained, and will present at the fifth Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) Erie Conference on Saturday at the Bayfront Convention Center.
     
    But conferences like the one in Erie aren’t just for those who believe in the extraterrestrial.
     
    “This should not be something just for the believers,” said Pope, 51, who left the MOD in 2006 and has lived in the United States for the past five years. “I would love to see skeptics there, too, and people who are agnostic about it. I hope people will come, wherever they are on the belief spectrum.”
     
    He recently answered a few questions about his former post at the Ministry of Defence, “The X-Files” and his upcoming presentation at Saturday’s conference.
     
    What put you on the path to investigating UFO sightings and other claims for the Ministry of Defence?
     
    “I was a civilian employee of the Ministry of Defence, but like military and a number of these government organizations, you get moved around every few years — either on level transfer or promotion. And I was lucky enough for three years in that wider 21-year career to be assigned to their UFO project. I didn’t have a prior interest in the subject. I had no belief in it. It was simply ‘this is the next posting that we’d like to put you in.’ So it came up really from the personnel department and I embarked on this remarkable journey.”
     
    Did that help you to be objective or skeptical about claims you were investigating?
     
    “I don’t think you want a true believer in that job. I’m not sure you would want a die-hard debunker, either. These investigative jobs are best if you go in with a neutral, dispassionate view and you simply go the way the data take you. We got about 200 or 300 cases each year, and I went into each one with an open mind and just thought ‘I will do my best to investigate this and see what I can turn up.’ I did not regard it — and it was not ever my mission — to prove any of these things were extraterrestrial spacecraft. Neither, contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, was it my job to really debunk them, either. I just had to say ‘Look, we’ve had a report of something in our airspace. Obviously the air force and government want to know what this is. Let’s see if we can’t find out.’”
     
    Were you mostly investigating UFO sightings, or were you also involved with cases of other unexplained phenomena?
     
    “Most of the job involved UFO sightings, but it was impossible to do that job without finding yourself the kind of clearinghouse, as it were, out of the ordinary. We were the part of government that got reports, not just of UFOs, but through that, alien abductions, crop circles, people who thought they had seen ghosts on military bases. We were kind of dubbed by the media as ‘the real, live “X-Files” unit.’”
     
    Are you a fan of “X-Files”?
     
    “I am, actually, yes! It was — and still is, hopefully — a great, great series. Just beautifully written and acted. I was a fan before I was approached to get involved. I do consultancy and spokesperson work (for) a lot of alien-themed movies, TV shows and video games, and I was brought in on the second ‘X-Files’ movie and on the reboot of the TV series to do some interviews to say to the media and public ‘Is any of this real?’ And of course, the answer is yes, actually they do.”
     
    What will your Saturday lecture, “Secrecy vs. Disclosure,” entail?
     
    “The UFO community are, I think, always talking about disclosure with a big ‘D.’ They have this image that it’s going to be some big, formal announcement where the president speaks live to the nation and says ‘We’re not alone.’ It may not be quite as simple as that. And actually one of the great secrets, I think, is that government doesn’t really know, either, in relation to UFOs. Certainly we in the UK never had any spaceships hidden away in air force hangars, any of that sort of thing — although we were always accused of having that evidence and keeping it back. Hand-on-heart, we didn’t. But my point is more generally, if there was this great secret, could that secret even be kept these days? As much as people believe in Big Brother and the secret state, I’m going to argue that perhaps the balance of power is shifting more toward the individual, therefore more toward a situation where states find it more difficult to keep secrets. There’s espionage, which we’ve always had, but whistle-blower culture seems to be expanding.
     
    “I’m going to talk about how difficult it would be to keep a secret, but then the other thing is, I’m going to be speculative, and I’m going to say if this is true, if government does act as guardian of this great secret, why wouldn’t it be told? What might be the advantages of disclosing this information, but what might be the disadvantages? We’re going to look at all the cliches — would there be panic in the streets, would it undermine the international financial system and political institutions? It will be themed on UFOs, but I think that the points I’m making could be made right across the board.”
     
    Are people receptive to that perspective?
     
    “Yes and no. I think I do get a lot of positive feedback, but there’s no getting away from the fact that, to some of these people, I’m probably the bad guy. The fact that I did this for the government means that there are people who think I was part of a conspiracy, that I was part of the cover-up. There are people who believe I’m still secretly on the payroll, that it’s my job to put out disinformation, to infiltrate the UFO community and see what they know, etc., etc. When I expose my skepticism about conspiracy theories, it doesn’t go down well in all quarters. But you know, I’m not a believer that you should just turn up at these conferences and tell people what you think they want to hear. I think a conference is far better if there are a range of views, if things do get a little interesting and spiky, and if we do knock a few ideas back and forward.”
     
    BE THERE
     
    The fifth Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) Erie Conference will take place Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Bayfront Convention Center, 1 Sassafras Pier. Tickets are $29 each, or $42 for admission and lunch. Proceeds from the event will benefit the AJO Forever Foundation. For more details or to register, visitwww.mufonpa.com.
     
    SCHEDULE
     
    • 9 a.m.: “UFOs Over New York” by Cheryl Costa
    • 10:15 a.m.: “UFOs: Fact, Fiction and Disinformation” by Kathleen Marden
    • 1 p.m.: “Kecksburg Solved” by John Ventre and Owen Eichler
    • 2:45 p.m.: “Secrecy vs. Disclosure” by Nick Pope
    • 4:30 p.m.: “Bigfoot” by Fred Saluga

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    27-04-2017 om 20:39 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA: “Mankind is about to discover extraterrestrial life”

    NASA: “Mankind is about to discover extraterrestrial life”

    This was stated by the spokesman of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during one of the last hearings of the Committee for Science, Space and Technology of the United States.
     
    Are you ready for disclosure? Or are you expecting little microorganisms on a distant moon in our solar system?
     
    There are many who claim that unofficially, mankind has already made contact with aliens, and not just little microorganism floating around inside a massive alien ocean, but advanced spacefaring civilizations.
     
    Twenty-five years ago, we didn’t know that planets existed beyond our solar system. Today, we have confirmed the existence of over 3,400 exoplanets that orbit other suns. And we continue to make new discoveries.
     
    Professor Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters in Washington, said our civilization is on the verge of discovering evidence of alien life in the cosmos.
     
    Thomas Zurbuchen
     
    Taking in count all of the different activities and mission that are specifically searching for evidence of alien life, we are on the verge of making one of the most profound, unprecedented discoveries in history, said Zurbuchen during the hearing of the Committee on American Science, Space and Technology.
     
    At the hearing, professor Zurbuchen mentioned all of NASA’s recent achievements in their quest for extraterrestrial life that support his claim.
     
     
     
    “Two weeks ago NASA’s Cassini mission demonstrated the presence of hydrogen in Saturn’s moon Enceladus, while the Hubble team announced the results of the second observation of the oceans of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter. Both discoveries are potential evidence of life, “said the NASA spokesman, who also highlighted the advances made in astrobiology.
     
    And while we have not yet found definitive signs of life elsewhere, our search is making remarkable progress, said Zurbuchen, who noted that NASA’s number of astrobiology missions is on the rise.
     
    Mars 2020, our next explorer, and will continue to advance this quest by researching a region on Mars where the ancient environment may have been favorable for microbial life. The mission will also look for signs of past life and collect samples that will be brought back to Earth, “said professor Zurbuchen.
     
    Zurbuchen also pointed out that to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life requires the cooperation of several scientific disciplines as a whole, such as biology, geology, astronomy, planetary sciences, Earth sciences and many others.
     
    The NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, which President Trump signed into law last month, ensures continued American leadership in astrobiology and the search for life.
     
    It establishes “the search for life’s origin, evolution, distribution, and future in the universe” as a fundamental objective for NASA.  To accomplish this, the bill directs NASA and the National Academies to develop an exoplanet exploration strategy and an astrobiology strategy.
     
    While all of this is great news for space explorations and our hopes—officially—to find alien life, there have been some seriously interesting quotes made in the past related to alien life.
     
    One of our favorite quotes comes from Dr. Brian O’Leary, a former NASA Astronaut, and Princeton Physics Professor:
     
    There is abundant evidence that we are being contacted, that civilizations have been monitoring us for a very long time. That their appearance is bizarre from any type of traditional materialistic western point of view. That these visitors use the technologies of consciousness, they use toroids, they use co-rotating magnetic disks for their propulsion systems, which seems to be a common denominator of the UFO phenomenon.
     

    27-04-2017 om 20:35 geschreven door peter  

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    Na spectaculaire duik door ringen Saturnus stuurt ruimtesonde Cassini opnieuw signalen naar aarde - HLN.be

    Bron: Belga

    © epa.

    NASA Na een eerste spectaculair duikmanoeuvre door de ringen rond Saturnus heeft de ruimtesonde Cassini opnieuw signalen naar de aarde gestuurd. "We hebben het gedaan! ", twitterde het Amerikaanse ruimtevaartagentschap NASA vandaag. "Cassini staat weer in contact met de aarde en stuurt data terug na een succesvolle duik door het gat tussen Saturnus en diens ringen."

    Lees ook

    De ruimtesonde zal nog 21 keer door het nog niet onderzochte gebied vliegen. Bij de start van het manoeuvre gisteren was het contact met de aarde zoals verwacht verbroken. Volgens de NASA heeft de sonde het bovenste wolkendek van Saturnus op 3.000 kilometer genaderd. De afstand tot de binnenste ring bedroeg 300 km.

    NASA noemde de missie de "grote finale". Cassini is in 1997 gelanceerd. De sonde kwam in 2004 in een baan om de planeet. Uiteindelijk zal de sonde gecontroleerd neerstorten op 17 september.

    We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.

    The gap between Saturn and its rings is no longer unexplored space – and we're going back 21 times. https://go.nasa.gov/1Up1oba 


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    27-04-2017 om 18:49 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO-jager stuit op vreemd object op Marsoppervlak. Is dit het bewijs dat er bomen groeien op de rode planeet?

    UFO-jager stuit op vreemd object op Marsoppervlak. Is dit het bewijs dat er bomen groeien op de rode planeet?

    Als we UFO-jagers moeten geloven wemelt het op Mars van leven. Een recente ‘ontdekking’ door een ruimte-enthousiasteling lijkt die theorie te ondersteunen.

    Paranormal Crucible plaatste op 20 april een video op YouTube waarin een vreemd, langwerpig object is te zien in het Marslandschap.

    “Intrigerend object dat is gevonden door rover Curiosity, dit keer mogelijk een boomstronk,” staat in de beschrijving te lezen.

    Versteende resten

    Volgens Paranormal Crucible kan het gaan om de versteende resten van een boom op Mars.

    “Het object is ongeveer een meter hoog en gezien de vele ontdekkingen van planten en dieren op Mars is het logisch om aan te nemen dat een bepaalde boomsoort ooit op deze raadselachtige planeet heeft bestaan of nog steeds bestaat,” klonk het.

    Martiaanse koning

    Mogelijk was de boom onderdeel van de tuin van de Martiaanse koning wiens ‘resten’ vorig jaar door dezelfde UFO-jager zijn gespot. Of misschien is het gewoon een rots.

    De foto is volgens NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labaratory op 25 maart 2017 gemaakt met de Mast Camera van het Marswagentje.

    Curiosity, de grootste rover die ooit naar Mars is gestuurd, werd op 26 november 2011 gelanceerd en landde op 5 augustus 2012 op de rode planeet.

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    27-04-2017 om 18:39 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.WEER VREEMD LICHT OP MARS...

    WEER VREEMD LICHT OP MARS...

    Van sporen op het Mars oppervlak tot vreemde gebouwen en bizarre lichtverschijnselen, het is zo langzamerhand dagelijkse kost op Mars aan het worden. 

    Wat niet alledaags is, is een wetenschapper die NASA voor de rechtbank daagt omdat ze volgens hem geen onderzoek doen naar het aanwezige leven op Mars. 



    Wij klagen altijd over NASA en dat ze beelden manipuleren, dingen verborgen houden voor de mensheid en soms ook gewoon keihard liegen. 

    Iemand die daar wat aan doet, is Dr. Rawn Joseph uit Amerika. Hij is al in 2014 begonnen met een aantal rechtszaken waarin hij NASA aanklaagt op diverse gronden. 

    Zo is hij ervan overtuigd dat er wel degelijk (primitief) leven is op Mars en in zijn eerste rechtszaak heeft hij dit instituut aangeklaagd voor het niet onderzoeken van een situatie die eigenlijk niet kan bestaan zonder dat er leven op Mars is. 

    Het ging dan om een foto die is gemaakt door de Opportunity Rover van een bepaald gebied waar niets bijzonders op te zien was. Twaalf dagen later wordt er weer een foto genomen van datzelfde gebied en nu ligt er opeens iets. Iets, dat niet verder door NASA wordt onderzocht en dat zoals altijd wordt afgedaan als een rots.


    xxx

    Er zijn meerdere rechtszaken aangespannen waaronder eentje eind vorig jaar waarin Dr. Joseph in een 87 pagina dik document stelt dat NASA liegt over het leven op Mars en dat ze in principe levensgevaarlijk bezig zijn om monsters terug te brengen naar de aarde, omdat die wel degelijk biologische organismen bevatten die er dan voor kunnen zorgen dat er een pandemie ontstaat die de gehele mensheid zou kunnen wegvagen. 

    Als bewijs voor biologisch leven op Mars gebruikt hij als voorbeeld de aluminium wielen van de Curiosity Rover die heel lang mee hadden zullen gaan, maar die door biologische corrosie nu al de nodige gaten vertonen. 

    Gaten die niet zouden zijn ontstaan als er geen organismen zich aan de wielen hadden kunnen hechten om zo de corrosie te kunnen veroorzaken.


    xxx

    Wie meer wil lezen over de onderzoeken en de rechtszaken van Dr. Joseph en het leven op Mars, kan daarvoor terecht op zijn website. 

    Ongeveer dagelijks komen er dingen boven water betreffende de planeet Mars die simpelweg niet kunnen. De volgende opname is al wat ouder en gemaakt door één van de satellieten die in een omloopbaan om Mars zweven en daarop zijn sporen te zien. 

    Niet alleen is er een recht spoor te zien van iets, maar ook een waar zelfs een bocht is zit. Nooit komt NASA met enige verklaring hoe dit soort dingen zouden kunnen.


    xxx

    Een recente foto die enkele dagen geleden is gemaakt, is de navolgende waar een vreemd licht op te zien is. 

    Het is als het een ware een soort lichtstraal die er het ene moment niet is, het volgende moment wel en daarna weer is verdwenen.


    xxx

    De volgende video geeft wat meer achtergrondinformatie over een aantal van bovengenoemde zaken en misschien zouden meer mensen moeten overwegen te doen wat Dr. Rawn Jospeh doet: NASA via de rechter vragen om eindelijk eens openheid van zaken te geven. 

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    27-04-2017 om 18:35 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Happy International Alien Day! 10 of the best sci-fi movies from Alien to Star Wars and more

    Happy International Alien Day! 10 of the best sci-fi movies from Alien to Star Wars and more

    By Nisha_Mal


    Today is Alien Day, a celebration of all things extraterrestrial.

    It might seem like a bit of an odd day but it is dedicated to paying homage to all things space related - more specifically sci-fi movies.

    It's also a chance for fans to delve into the world of unknown species, space monsters, cyborgs, spaceships and of course aliens.

    We've selected our must-see movies for the day.

    1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

    This film follows a group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence.

    Roy Neary witnesses a UFO when it passes by his truck and its bright lights lightly burn his face. Roy becomes fascinated with UFOs and is obsessed with finding out more about them.

    Meanwhile a group of scientists and researchers discover Flight 19 - a plane that went missing 30 years ago but turns up intact.

    2. Star Wars franchise 1977 - present

    We couldn't compile a sci-fi list without including the Star Wars movies. You'll never see so many aliens in one film!

    Star Wars tells the story of adventures "in a galaxy far, far away".

    The franchise began in 1977 with the original movie simply titled Star Wars. It was an instant success, quickly becoming a worldwide cult hit.

    Star Wars has gone on to expand, including books, comic books and games as well as movies.

    3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978

    A remake of the classic horror film from 1954.

    In San Francisco Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) notices that people are starting to change and their moods are different.

    When a writer and his wife discover a mutilated corpse he knows something sinister is going on.

    There is an enemy attacking the city.

    4. Star Trek franchise 1979 - present day

    This follows the adventures of the USS Enterprise which represents the United Federation of Planets. The crew is on a mission to explore new worlds and "boldly go where no one has gone before".

    The first film was released in 1979 and was about a massive energy cloud heading towards Earth. The film borrowed many elements from The Changeling - an episode of the TV series Star Trek.

    5. E.T. 1982

    A classic 80s film about a gentle alien who is stranded on Earth and befriends a young boy called Elliott.

    Director Steven Spielberg shot most of the film from the eye-level of a child, in a bid to connect further with Elliott and E.T.

    A 2ft10ins tall stunt man did most of the full body shots of E.T. but the kitchen scenes were done by a 12-year-old boy who had no legs but was an expert at walking on his hands.

    6. Men in Black, 1997

    Will Smith plays an NYPD officer recruited by Tommy Lee Jones' agent 'K' into a secret organisation known as the Men in Black for the purpose of 'protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe'.

    Armed with their mind-wiping neuralizers, they keep tabs on the alien refugees who have made our planet their home.

    When an alien crash-lands in new York and kills a farmer, the agents must do everything in their power to prevent all-out alien war breaking out.

    7. Avatar 2009

    When his brother is killed marine Jake Sully decides to take up a mission on a distant world called Pandora.

    There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge - who wants to get rid of the native humanoids called the Na'vi - so he can mine the precious material in their woodland.

    Jake begins to bond with the natives and falls in love with a beautiful alien called Neytir.

    It's rumoured there are four sequels of this film in the pipeline, with one being released every Christmas.

    8. PAUL 2011

    It might not be a serious alien movie but it's funny, sweet and also appeals to people who aren't sci-fi fans.

    The storyline follows a wisecracking alien called Paul who decides to escape from his compound, at a top-secret US military base, and return to his spaceship.

    Along his adventures he meets two sci-fi fans, Graeme (Simon Pegg) and Clive (Nick Frost).

    9. / 10. Independence Day 1996 /Independence Day: Resurgence 2016

    Disparate groups of people converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by an extraterrestrial race of unknown origin. Along with the rest of the world, they launch a last-ditch counterattack on July 4 – Independence Day in the United States.

    Bill Pullman and and Jeff Goldblum also appear in the sequel set 20 years after the events of the first film, during which the United Nations has collaborated to form Earth Space Defense (ESD), an international military defense and research organization. Through reverse engineering, the world has harnessed the power of alien technology and laid the groundwork to resist a second invasion


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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.International Alien Day: Diamond shaped objects? Star shaped blue lights? A look back at Surrey's UFO 'sightings'

    International Alien Day: Diamond shaped objects? Star shaped blue lights? A look back at Surrey's UFO 'sightings'

    From orange lights to egg and sausage shapes, we take a look back at extraterrestrial activity in the county

    BY 

    A number of UFO sightings have been reported to the authorities in Surrey over the years

    Happy International Alien Day!

    Wednesday (April 26) marks the celebration of all things extraterrestrial, so we're looking back at reported UFO sightings recorded in Surrey skies.

    From orange lights spotted over Godalming to a "silent helicopter" in Dorking , a range of UFO sightings have been reported over the years.

    Government files reveal UFO sightings in Surrey

    Back in 2009, Get Surrey reported how a series of files released by the Ministry of Defence showed dozens of sightings were reported to authorities across the UK in the early 1990s.

    Among these were star shaped blue lights, black balls and mysterious diamond shaped objects spotted in the skies above Surrey.

    Two objects measuring "elbow to finger size" were spotted for around two minutes above the railway bridge footpath in Woodbridge Hill, Guildford, in July 1994 at 10.20pm.

    In Dorking, at 10.45pm on January 30 the same year, a man standing in his back garden with his daughter and parents spotted several "diamond shaped (objects) minus corners" circling the sky.

    Read more about the sightings here .

    Surrey revealed as 'UFO hotbed'

    In 2008, getsurrey reported that there were four sightings of UFOs in Surrey, each from different areas of the county, the previous year.

    In May 2007, a Ewhurst resident claimed to have seen a bright red light fly past their house while making a popping sound.

    Two months later a series of orange lights were spotted moving slowly across the Godalming sky, with other sightings reported in Epsom and Farnham.

    View the full article here .

    Sausage and egg shapes

    Between 2000 and 2009, 36 reported sightings of unidentified flying objects in Surrey were recorded by the Ministry of Defence.

    Among these were UFOs described as "sausage-shaped" and a "silent helicopter".

    Woking, Godalming and Walton have been some of the UFO hot spots, each with three or more reported sightings since the turn of the millenium.

    Here's a list of UFOs spotted in that time period:

    Addlestone (13/05/2002) - one very big circular object that was white and very bright.

    Bagshot (no specific date) - sighting.

    Caterham (29/04/2009) - a very small white light with no flashing lights or smoke trail. Headed north then did a sharp turn to the east and disappeared.

    Cobham (17/12/2006) - white object moving from north to south, looked like object was burning up.

    Cobham (28/06/2008) - "something interesting".

    Dorking (23/10/2001) - "a silent helicopter resembling a sea stallion" shone a light on the witness.

    Egham (10/09/2000) - three lights, bigger than stars - white and bright but not blinding, moving erratically around one another.

    Epsom (09/09/2009) - thirty orange globes in four waves - may have been lanterns.

    Epsom (no specific date) - sighting.

    Ewhurst (26/05/2007) - red light flew past house making popping sound.

    Farncombe (26/09/2009) - two orange/red dots in sky, both disappeared.

    Farnham (11/08/2009) - UFO.

    Farnham (26/07/2008) - two round red lights, both disappeared.

    Farnham (22/11/2009) - bright red and orange object, no noise, probably a meteor.

    Godalming (31/07/2008) - UFO.

    Godalming (25/03/2009) - bright spherical object, the "size of a full moon", seemed to be wrapped in "bright glowing cloud of light", moved erratically.

    Godalming (10/09/2009) - intense, bright white light seen between path of Gatwick and Heathrow.

    Godalming (no specific date) - sighting.

    Guildford (04/09/2008) - big red diamond-shaped object, no sound.

    Haslemere (16/04/2008) - two cylindrical objects, silent, moving at helicopter speed.

    Hersham (24/08/2009) - "large orange fireball" burning for 35 seconds, no noise.

    Hogs Back, A31 (28/12/2002) - four pairs of lights.

    Oxted (12/07/2008) - 90 orange lights in V or S shaped pattern - size of footballs.

    Oxted (22/02/2009) - object came into back garden, like "upper part of egg", glowing bright orange, root structure on bottom. "It looked like it was having trouble but righted itself and gently flew off."

    Shepperton (10/11/2000) - eight to 10 oval objects, 20ft across, green and white and rotating.

    Surrey (20/05/2004) - object was so close [that] grooves and windows could be seen.

    Walton (16/02/2002) - one oval disc with green and red flashing lights.

    Walton (07/04/2020) - one round object with red and green flashing lights.

    Walton (08/04/2002) - round object with flashing lights.

    Warlingham (01/03/2009) - bright orange lights in triangular formation, made no sound.

    Woking (31/05/2002) - "sausage-shaped object", 20 times larger than normal aircraft.

    Woking (31/03/2005) - bright star.

    Woking (14/07/2009) - UFO.

    http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/ }

    27-04-2017 om 18:15 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.In experiments on Earth, testing possible building blocks of alien life

    In experiments on Earth, testing possible building blocks of alien life

    by Staff Writers

    Scientists are attempting to identify the amino acids--building blocks that make proteins and support all life on Earth--that might feasibly form the basis of extraterrestrial life. The researchers have analyzed how an assortment of 15 amino acids, some found here on Earth in living organisms and some not found in living organisms on Earth, hold up in the face of extreme conditions found on other planets and moons.

    Claire Mammoser, an undergraduate research assistant in the laboratory of Laura Rowe at Valparaiso University, will present the work at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual meeting during the Experimental Biology 2017 meeting, to be held April 22-26 in Chicago.

    "In a different extraterrestrial locale, the proteins in an organism would not necessarily be the same as that of an organism on Earth, so they might use amino acids that are known to us but not used to make proteins on Earth," said Mammoser.

    "Our main goal with this research is to see if there are structural characteristics of some amino acids that lead to a higher stability in extraterrestrial conditions and then to see what those characteristics might be."

    The team subjects vials of amino acids to extreme temperature, pH, ultraviolet radiation, gamma radiation and other conditions designed to mimic environments on Mars; Enceladus, a moon of Saturn; and Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Tracking the degree to which each amino acid remains intact or breaks down under these conditions, the team looks for patterns in the stability of amino acids with various characteristics, such as large size or the ability to bind with water.

    "Finding trends in amino acid stability would give us an idea of what sort of amino acids may have survived in outer space long enough to create life," Mammoser explained.

    Now that the team has refined its methods in a preliminary batch of amino acids, it is beginning a new round of experiments using amino acids that have been extracted from meteorites and ones created in origin-of-life experiments going back to the 1950s. They hope the research will help pin down the key characteristics that could foster extraterrestrial life.

    "This work is exciting for us because there is not a lot of previous work in this area," said Mammoser.

    "Often, we are privileged to work on extensions of existing areas of research which have been pioneered by great minds in the field, but this project has been different in that we have done a lot of the initial development ourselves.

    "This is both a challenge and extremely exciting, because there is a sense that we are not just gathering data, but we are also making decisions about the best way to measure amino acid stability in our lab every day."

    http://www.spacedaily.com/ }

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Bright light seen shooting across the New Zealand night sky may be first of many

    Bright light seen shooting across the New Zealand night sky may be first of many 

    27-04-2017 om 18:01 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.U.F.O. sightings have tripled since 2001

    U.F.O. sightings have tripled since 2001

    Why have sightings of unidentified flying objects around the nation more than tripled since 2001? Why is July the busiest month for U.F.O. sightings? Why did they spike in Texas in 2008, or in New Mexico in September 2015?

    These questions and many others emerge from the first comprehensive statistical summary of so-called close encounters: 121,036 eyewitness accounts, organized county by county in each state and the District of Columbia, from 2001 to 2015.

    The unlikely compendium, “U.F.O. Sightings Desk Reference,” is the work of a couple in Syracuse, who crunched unruly data on U.F.O. reports collected by two volunteer organizations: the Mutual U.F.O. Network, or Mufon, and the National U.F.O. Reporting Center, or Nuforc.

    It is the reference “U.F.O. researchers dreamed of having,” Gordon G. Spear, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy at Sonoma State University in California, writes in the foreword.

    The book contains no narrative or anecdotal accounts, just 371 pages of charts and graphs that slice and dice the geography and timing of the incidents and the various shapes that witnesses reported: flying circles, spheres, triangles, discs, ovals, cigars.

    Many of the sightings turn out to be explainable, the authors say, but a small percentage defy resolution.

    The authors are Cheryl Costa, 65, a former military technician and aerospace analyst, and her wife, Linda Miller Costa, 62, a librarian at Le Moyne College and a former librarian at the National Academy of Sciences, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency.

    Working on PCs amid sewing tables in the upstairs parlor — the warmest room in their hundred-year-old house — the two spent weekends for the last 16 months extrapolating figures from sightings reports and laying out the graphics.

    Cheryl Costa was writing New York Skies, a U.F.O. blog for The Syracuse New Times, when the Costas decided to expand their tallies of U.F.O. sightings nationwide. “We wanted to do our bit for disclosure,” she said. “It’s something the government should have been doing.”

    The Costas realize some might find this a strange way to spend weekends. But both say they have spotted U.F.O.s themselves and want to detoxify the subject.

    “We’re doing scientific research,” Cheryl Costa said. “What’s crazy is not being willing to look at research.”

    She came to the collaboration roundabout, having served as a cable lineman in the Air Force in Vietnam, and afterward in the Navy’s submarine service, as a man before undergoing gender-reassignment surgery in the 1980s. Ordained as a Buddhist nun, she was running a theater group in Maryland when she met Linda. They wed in 2011.

    U.F.O. trackers welcomed their publication.

    “With this compendium, Cheryl and Linda Costa have reminded the public and the media the extraterrestrial phenomenon continues unabated,” said Stephen Bassett, founder and executive director of the Paradigm Research Group, which lobbies for disclosure of official U.F.O. records.

    Rebutting a common perception that U.F.O. sightings are on the wane, the Costas’ book shows that sightings have risen in waves, to 11,868 nationwide in 2015 from 3,479 in 2001. Only a small fraction of sightings are actually reported to Mufon or Nuforc.

    Their labor of love is about the numbers, just the numbers, and the Costas refrain from speculating on what exactly is happening. “We really don’t know,” Linda Costa said. “But all these people are seeing these things.”

    The government officially quit the U.F.O. business in 1968, with the finding in the Condon report from the University of Colorado that there was nothing significant to investigate, although some 30 percent of the incidents were unexplained.

    Mufon’s 500 volunteer investigators, however, continue to check out many of the sightings reported to the group. Roger Marsh, a Mufon spokesman, said that of the 270 cases his group investigated in Manhattan from 2002 through 2016, 44 eluded explanation and remained “unknown.”

    One of the most intriguing occurred on the afternoon of Sept. 17, 2011, when a man on the roof terrace of the New Museum on the Bowery photographed a fast-moving diamond-shaped object with windows and flashing blue and red lights against the TriBeCa skyline.

    According to Mufon, it resembled an unknown flying object photographed in Round Rock, Tex., two weeks earlier.

    The Costas listed 426 sightings in New York County from 2001 to 2015, second in the state’s tallies only to Suffolk County, on the tip of Long Island, with 554. How so many sightings in the nation’s densest core and around its toniest beach resorts have escaped wider notoriety is just part of the mystery.

    For the U.F.O. enthusiast, the pages of graphs and charts are a treasure trove of hard-to-find detail.

    The District of Columbia, with 9,856 people per square mile, had the fewest sightings: 154. (A political snub from deep space?) Wyoming, with 5.8 people per square mile, had more than twice as many: 337.

    Fireballs made up nearly 8 percent of the sightings in Indiana (230) and fewer than 5 percent in Colorado (157).

    California, the most populous state, led the nation in U.F.O. reports (15,836, more than the next two states, Florida and Texas, combined). Los Angeles County alone had more sightings than 40 states, followed by Maricopa County, Ariz., which includes Phoenix.

    Population fails to explain the figures conclusively, the Costas said. Washington State, with 6.7 million people according to the 2010 census, ranks No. 4 in sightings, ahead of Pennsylvania, with 12.7 million people, and New York State, with 19 million.

    Rather, the Costas theorize, the figures may reflect good West Coast weather, which draws more people outside where they may spot U.F.O.s. Nationwide sightings peak in July, they found, and drop off between December and February.

    Still, in Mississippi, U.F.O. reports spike in January and November; in New Mexico, in September.

    The arduous breakdown by the nation’s more than 3,000 counties was notable for revealing clusters of sightings in remote regions, places where U.F.O.s are almost never mentioned. But every county in the United States appears to have seen at least one U.F.O.

    In the end, the Costas noted, the spikes may have a lot to do with media coverage.

    Blumenthal writes for The New York Times.

    http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ }

    27-04-2017 om 17:51 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.X-Files in Pennsylvania: Is the truth out there in Penn's Woods?

    X-Files in Pennsylvania: Is the truth out there in Penn's Woods?

    http://www.pennlive.com/ }

    27-04-2017 om 17:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Two Glowing UFOs Following Apollo 15 Astronauts On Moon In @NASA Photo, UFO Sighting News.

    Two Glowing UFOs Following Apollo 15 Astronauts On Moon In @NASA Photo, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of discovery: April 27, 2017
    Location of discovery: Earths Moon
    Source photo: 
    https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/html/as15-85-11514.html

    As you can see, there are two glowing UFOs in the distance far behind the astronauts on the Apollo 15 mission. The Apollo 15 mission was the fourth mission to walk on the moon. The UFOs were bright and similar to a lot of the UFOs seen around Earth daily. They have also been seen over Temple Rock and the mountains of Denver, Colorado. This is 100% evidence that Astronauts did see UFOs during the moon walks. 
    Scott C. Waring


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    27-04-2017 om 17:31 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Glowing UFO Over Mexico At Night Captured By TV Cameraman, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Glowing UFO Over Mexico At Night Captured By TV Cameraman, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: 2002, reported this week
    Location of sighting: Morelia, Mexico
     
    Here is a newly reported sighting, but was recorded back in 2002 in Mexico. A TV cameraman reported seeing it and it does have a raised upper center which makes me know its a disk. Mexico has a lot of Volcanos and some of these are used as entrances to underground alien bases. This is also why the ancient Aztecs and Mayans saw the volcanos as gods..or more so...the home of gods. 
    Scott C. Waring
     
    Video states: 
    In the year of 2002, the professional cameraman that at that time worked in television Michoacán, Guino Pérez, was able to capture with his video camera a strange and unknown static discoidal object and realizing nocturnal movements on the hill of the Punhuato in Morelia Mexico, material that We were able to know and investigate at the moment from the hands of the author of the video, passing all the analyzes and being able to corroborate that it was an authentic case, and that for all its characteristics, is one of the most interesting captured in the beginning of the 21st century in our country.

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    27-04-2017 om 17:27 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.We still haven’t heard from aliens – here’s why we might never

    We still haven’t heard from aliens – here’s why we might never

    SETI
    Anybody out there?

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    THE most ambitious search so far for extraterrestrial intelligence has released its first data – and there are no aliens yet. The lack of success could be explained by the result of a new approach to calculating the likelihood of detecting alien signals. This calculation suggests we might never make contact, even if extraterrestrial life is common.

    The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has been active for decades. Breakthrough Listen aims to be the largest, most comprehensive search ever. The $100 million initiative uses three of the world’s most sensitive telescopes to look for alien signals from the 1 million closest stars to Earth and the 100 closest galaxies.

    “It’s like finding a needle in a haystack,” says Seth Shostak at the SETI Institute in California. “But we don’t know how many needles are there.”

    Breakthrough Listen team members have analysed the light from 692 stars so far. They have found 11 potential alien signals, none of which remained promising after further analysis.

    “It’s the beginning of a very exciting time,” says Avi Loeb at Harvard University. “But while it’s exciting, it’s still very risky. We could find nothing.”

    That’s exactly what an assessment by Claudio Grimaldi at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne predicts.

    Most methods for calculating the likelihood of detecting alien signals start with an expected number of sources. Instead, Grimaldi started with what volume of the galaxy could be reached by alien signals, a value that requires fewer assumptions about the nature and abundance of extraterrestrial life.

    “It’s the beginning of a very exciting time. But while it’s exciting, it’s still very risky. We could find nothing”

    Grimaldi assumed that signals from an extraterrestrial emitter might get weaker or be blocked as they travel, so they would only cover a certain volume of space. It’s relatively simple to calculate the probability that Earth is within that space and so able to detect the signal. “Not all signals can be visible at the same time – only those that intersect with the Earth,” says Grimaldi.

    He found that even if half of our galaxy was full of alien noise, the average number of signals that we would be able to detect from Earth is less than one (Scientific Reportsdoi.org/b562).

    This implies that, even if there are lots of aliens out there, we might never be able to hear from them. But some researchers take umbrage: Grimaldi’s method still requires you to plug in numbers for how far alien signals could be detectable and how long they last – neither of which is known.

    “You have to make some assumptions about what the aliens are doing in all these calculations, unfortunately, and the data set that we have with alien activity is fairly sparse,” says Shostak. Our only example of intelligent life is on Earth, and there’s little reason to expect that ET resembles us.

    But, says Loeb, extraterrestrial signals should be no harder to find than other astronomical events.

    “The question of whether you can detect a signal has nothing to do with whether it’s artificial or natural, and astronomers routinely detect lots of kinds of signals,” he says.

    “In SETI, theory is great, but observation is the gold standard,” says Douglas Vakoch, president of METI International, which aims to send messages to extraterrestrial intelligence. It’s not difficult to think up a different signal that we would be able to detect, he says.

    For example, if there were alien life at the TRAPPIST-1 planets, just 40 light years away, they wouldn’t need particularly advanced technology to contact us. It seems implausible that we would miss their call.

    This article appeared in print under the headline “Why we might never detect alien signals”

    More on these topics:

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Delaware witness says UFO was eight miles long
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    Delaware witness says UFO was eight miles long

    A Delaware witness at Dover described a silent, diamond-shaped object that momentarily hovered and slowly moved away that was eight miles wide and eight miles long, according to testimony in Case 82603 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    The object first looked like a plane as it moved over Dover, Delaware. (Credit: Google)

    The object first looked like a plane as it moved over Dover, Delaware.

    (Credit: Google)

    The witness was outside with a dog on March 10, 2017, when the incident occurred.

    “I looked up in the sky as usual and saw four lights in the shape of a diamond,” the witness stated.“The way the lights were positioned it looked like a plane – one light in the front, one on each side and one in the back.”

    But the witness was sure this was not a plane due to how low the object was and how large it was.

    “A plane that low would make sound, but this made no noise and it hovered for a moment before flying. But what struck me was its size.”

    The object was described as being 8 miles long and near Dover AFB. (Credit: Google)

    The object was described as being 8 miles long and near Dover AFB.

    (Credit: Google)

    The witness lives near a military base.

    “We live next to Dover AFB and see C5 airplanes all the time and this was not that. Plus, I come from a family of airplane enthusiasts. I’d say from its altitude, it was about eight miles in total length and width. There is no plane that big and it was completely quiet. I stared at it for about one minute and then it disappeared into the clouds. I know what I saw and I know for an absolute fact this was not an airplane. MUFON or someone needs to send an investigator to Delaware. This is my third report within four months. Plus, lots of other people’s reports. Something is happening in Delaware.”

    The object was silent as it moved across the sky as seen from the witnesses’ property in Dover. Pictured: Dover, Delaware. (Credit: Google)

    The object was silent as it moved across the sky as seen from the witnesses’ property in Dover.

    Pictured: Dover, Delaware. (Credit: Google)

    Delaware MUFON is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

    http://www.openminds.tv/ }

    27-04-2017 om 01:28 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Lightning and Mystery Objects Spotted by Space Station (Video)

    Lightning and Mystery Objects Spotted by Space Station (Video)

    A stunning time-lapse video of Earth captured from the International Space Station shows a lightning storm flashing over the U.S. and "possible satellites" orbiting overhead.

    The European Space Agency (ESA) created the video using images taken by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, a member of the Expedition 51 crew on the orbiting complex.

    "Time lapse over California with a thunderstorm on the horizon," Pesquet wrote in a caption posted with the video on Flickr. "These time lapses are made on Earth by taking many pictures and playing them one after the other. There are usually around 25 pictures for a second of video." [Photos: Earth's Lightning Seen from Space]

    About halfway through the video, you may notice some small, bright objects streaking through the sky. ESA officials told Space.com that these are "probably functioning satellites," though scientists were unable to confirm which satellites they were. "The giveaway is the fact that the lights are not tumbling, which indicates they are actively controlled," ESA communications officer Daniel Scuka said in an email.

    ESA's Space Debris Office determined that the objects are most likely not space junk, because "the objects' brightness in the video is consistent with intact objects," officials said. And they're probably not meteors, either, said Detlef Koschny, a scientist in ESA's Space Situational Awareness Program office who studies near-Earth objects.

    Koschny explained that a bright meteor burning up in the atmosphere typically has a duration of a second or less, possibly 2 or 3 seconds for larger objects. This movie, however, runs 25 times faster than real time, he said, meaning the objects are bright for several tens of seconds.

    The objects' altitude doesn't fit that of meteors, either, he added. "The typical altitude of a meteor is around 80 to 110 kilometers [50 to 68 miles]. This corresponds to the height of the airglow, which is visible curving above the Earth as a brightish band," Koschny said. "These objects are higher, at least 300 km [186 miles]. Meteors would not be visible in that height."

    European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet takes photos through a window at the International Space Station.
    European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet takes photos through a window at the International Space Station.
    Credit: ESA/NASA

    When lightning illuminates the sky, it is considered an indication of strong updrafts before or during a thunderstorm, according to the National Weather Service. As air swirls around in a turbulent, stormy atmosphere, the friction generates electrical charges in the clouds. As those charges build up, it leads to electrification and lightning that can be seen both from the ground and in space.

    Looking through the windows of the International Space Station (ISS) may seem like a convenient way to monitor storms from space, but astronauts at the orbiting lab don't spend much time storm-watching. Also, their vantage point is limited. The ISS flies roughly 250 miles (400 km) above Earth, and astronauts on board cannot see Earth's north or south poles due to the station's orbit. And because it travels at about 17,500 mph (28,000 km/h), the ISS doesn't stay over the same place for very long.

    Last year, however, NASA launched the most powerful lightning mapper yet; it's on the GOES-16 satellite (previously known as GOES-R), which is in geostationary orbit above the Americas. The instrument, called the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), can view lightning beneath it to a resolution of about 6.2 miles (10 km).GLM beamed back its first photo of lightning from space in March.

    Space.com senior producer Steve Spaleta contributed to this report. You can follow Elizabeth Howell @howellspace, or Space.com @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.  

    27-04-2017 om 01:23 geschreven door peter  

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    Distant Dwarf Planet DeeDee Stirs Up the Pluto Planethood Debate

    Distant Dwarf Planet DeeDee Stirs Up the Pluto Planethood Debate
    Artist concept of the planetary body 2015 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee. ALMA was able to observe the faint millimeter-wavelength "glow" emitted by the object, confirming it is roughly 635 kilometers across. At this size, DeeDee should have enough mass to be spherical, the criterion for astronomers to consider it a dwarf planet, though it has yet to receive that official designation.
    Credit: Alexandra Angelich/NRO/AUI/NSF

    What's a planet? What's a dwarf planet? Should we make a distinction? Should we really care about these definitions in the first place?

    As we learn more about the outer solar system, the boundaries begin to blur.

    A tiny celestial body called 2014 UZ224 and informally known as DeeDee (for “distant dwarf”) is a distant world about 92 astronomical units, or Earth-sun distances, from our sun. Recent observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed that DeeDee is roughly 395 miles (635 kilometers) across, which would give it enough mass to be spherical.

    Why does it matter if DeeDee is round? In 2006, a controversial vote by the International Astronomical Union defined three parameters for a planet. Simply speaking, the IAU says a planet must be in orbit around the sun, have enough mass to be round, and have cleared the neighborhood around its orbit — meaning it needs to be gravitationally dominant and hold any nearby bodies within its orbit.

    It's the last part of the definition that most aggravates those who argue that Pluto – redefined as a "dwarf" planet under the IAU – is more planet than not. The argument is that the rocky planets of Earth, Mars, Venus, and Mercury have also not cleared their neighborhoods, as many asteroids co-orbit along with them.

    The planetary geologist Kirby Runyon, a Ph.D. student at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, wrote a paper this year proposing a geophysical-based definition of a planet that would dispense with the orbital criterion and basically include any round celestial body that isn’t a star. The idea hatched by Runyon and his co-authors — which include Alan Stern, the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto — would increase the number of purported planets in our solar system to over 110, including Earth’s moon and DeeDee.

    RELATED: Behind the Push to Get Pluto Its Planetary Groove Back

    "What it's really showing is the diversity of planets in our solar system,” said Runyon of the DeeDee news, “and giving us a better understanding of planets in the rest of the galaxy.”

    "DeeDee is almost certainly made out of ices — water ices, methane, and carbon dioxide — which is similar to what Pluto is made of," he added. "These are very soft materials, compared with rocky silicate. It's more easily pulled into a sphere than rock or metal."

    Adding more fodder to the debate over the definition, when the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in 2015, it unveiled a world of surprising complexity, ranging from mountainous areas to vast nitrogen-ice lakes.

    "We call Pluto a 'dwarf' planet, but it's just an adjective for 'planet,’” Runyon said. “It's still a planet, and that's where we take umbrage with the IAU.”

    "Astronomers aren't experts in planetary science, and they basically passed a bunch of B.S. off on the public back in 2006 with a planet classification so flawed that it rules the Earth out as a planet, too," Stern remarked in 2016. "A week later, hundreds of planetary scientists, more people than at the IAU vote, signed a petition that rejects the new definition. If you go to planetary science meetings and hear technical talks on Pluto, you will hear experts calling it a planet every day."

    RELATED: Remind Me Again, Why Isn't Pluto a Planet?

    As a geomorphologist, Runyon is most particularly interested in the shape of landforms on worlds around the solar system. His dissertation deals with wind-blown sand geology on Mars, as mapped by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.

    But he'll still keep his eye on the outer solar system. New Horizons is set to fly by a tiny world called 2014 MU69 on Jan. 1, 2019. While MU69 is too small to be even a dwarf planet, Runyon will be looking for features on MU69 such as ripples, which were also seen during the Rosetta mission during observations of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. He'll also look at the shape of craters, among other things.

    "MU69 has never warmed up since the formation of the solar system," he said. "It will be really interesting to see how different or complex it might be. There's a laundry list of things we'll be looking for, and hopefully we'll be surprised."

    Originally published on Seeker.

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    'Dragonfly' Drone Could Explore Saturn Moon Titan

    'Dragonfly' Drone Could Explore Saturn Moon Titan
    A proposed eight-bladed drone could soar across Saturn's moon Titan, exploring multiple sites over the course of decades.
    Credit: APL/Michael Carroll

    A relocatable lander could explore the hazy skies of Saturn's intriguing moon Titan, according a new mission proposal. As the eight-bladed whirlybird travels across the moon, it could investigate some of the most promising potentially habitable sites on the Saturn satellite, where methane and ethane fall from the sky and flow as rivers and lakes.

    The lander-size instrument, known as Dragonfly, would take advantage of Titan's low gravity and thick atmosphere to visit multiple sites over several years, moving from one promising site to the next and recharging between the brief flights.

    "It's such a rich place to be able to explore in situ, and then it hands us the way to explore it," the project's principal investigator, Elizabeth Turtle, told Space.com. Turtle, a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Research Laboratory in Maryland, is leading the team that's proposing an in-depth exploration of Titan as part of NASA's New Frontiers mission program, which generally funds midsize missions to explore the solar system. She presented the Dragonfly concept last month at the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference in The Woodlands, Texas. [Amazing Photos of Titan: Saturn's Biggest Moon]

    On Titan, flowing methane and ethane rivers and seas provide a unique opportunity to explore the chemistry that could lead to the rise of life. But it's the thick atmosphere that would make the mission possible.

    "The atmosphere is what is giving us this ability to travel on Titan," Turtle said.

    Titan, the mysterious cloud-covered moon of Saturn, is the ringed planet's largest moon. Find out the facts about Titan's heavy atmosphere, lakes of hydrocarbons and the possibility of life in this Space.com infographic.
    Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com contributor

    When the Cassini-Huygens mission, a joint initiative between NASA and the European Space Agency, arrived at Titan in 2004, it discovered a world where methane rained down onto the surface into organic-rich lakes and seas. It dropped the Huygens probe onto Titan's surface, providing a tantalizing peek at some of the chemistry beneath the clouds. Over the past decade, the orbiter revealed even more details about Titan's surface, including a variety of environments with the potential to have chemical evolution similar to Earth's, Turtle said.

    "The kind of prebiotic chemistry that we're looking at, these are things we can't do in the lab — the timescales are too long to do these experiments in the lab — but Titan has been doing them for ages," Turtle said.

    "The results are just sitting on the surface," she added. "If we can get to these different places on the surface of Titan, we can pick up the results of the experiments. They're just waiting for us."

    When it came to exploring various locations on Mars, that meant rovers. Each rover dropped at a promising location could trek for tens of miles over its lifetime. As of April 2017, NASA's Opportunity rover had traveled a total of more than 27 miles (43 kilometers), and Curiosity had traveled nearly 10 miles (16 km).

    But instead of sending multiple rovers to explore Titan, Turtle wants to use the moon's thick atmosphere to travel more efficiently. Titan's atmosphere is about four times as dense as Earth's, while its gravity is about a tenth as strong. 

    "Heavier-than-air flight is substantially easier [on Titan]," Turtle said. "That means we can take a really capable lander and move it by a few tens of kilometers in a single flight, and hundreds of kilometers over the time of the mission."

    In the past, Titan mission proposals have included balloons and airships that took advantage of the thick atmosphere to travel. But these missions required these vehicles to be constantly in the air, which consumed a great deal of power, Turtle said. They also provided only cursory exploration of the surface.

    Instead, Dragonfly would use two rotors positioned at each of its four corners to fly from one region of the moon to the next, then recharge while landed using the multimission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) it would carry with it, which converts the heat from decaying plutonium-238 into electricity. This could mean Dragonfly could fly around Titan for years, or even decades, Turtle said. At the same time, the thick atmosphere would block damaging radiation, providing a welcoming environment for a long-lived mission, she added.

    If NASA selects Dragonfly, the spacecraft would be ready for launch in the mid-2020s and should arrive in the 2030s, Turtle said. Cassini's data would provide potential landing sites, but once Dragonfly arrived, it would be able to scout them out and, using the same type of program that Mars rovers use to land safely, decide which one would be the best landing location. After landing, the quadcopter could launch and map several potential sites, and then return to its original spot to continue investigating while scientists decide where it should go next. [How Humans Could Live on Saturn's Moon Titan (Infographic)]

    Flying isn't the only task Dragonfly would excel at, Turtle said: A drill and a sampling system would allow it to examine the surface up close, while a spectrometer would let it study the surface composition in larger patches. Meteorology and remote sensing would help characterize the atmosphere and weather of Titan, where a methane cycle stands in for Earth's water cycle, she added. 

    The spacecraft's ability to move would help it keep Earth in its line of sight, as it will be communicating directly with the planet. Dragonfly would arrive during Titan's northern winter, so it would start out in the southern hemisphere because Earth won't be in the sky in the north, Turtle said. But as the seasons shift, the quadcopter could move, too, heading up north when our planet rises again.

    Dragonfly would land on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan and then could fly from point to point on the moon's surface and settle to investigate and recharge.
    Dragonfly would land on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan and then could fly from point to point on the moon's surface and settle to investigate and recharge.
    Credit: APL/Michael Carroll

    With methane and ethane falling as raindrops from the sky, Titan boasts a hydration cycle both similar to and different from Earth's. The moon is covered with organic materials that make it a potential home for a different sort of life to evolve. That's just one reason many scientists are eager to visit the Saturn satellite. [Life on Titan? Saturn's Cold Moon Fascinates Scientists (Video)]

    "Titan is the ideal destination to do prebiotic chemistry," Turtle said. "It has incredibly rich organic material all over the surface."

    The giant sand dunes of organic material that stretch for thousands of kilometers across Titan's equator are a potentially intriguing target. Although scientists aren't certain how these dunes form, they may represent what Turtle called a "grab bag" of materials from across the surface.

    Impact craters provide another interesting region to explore. The impacts should have melted ice in the crust, thus putting liquid water in close contact with organic material for extended periods, Turtle said. 

    "We can start to look at how the organic chemistry progressed," she added. 

    Along the way, Dragonfly could hunt for very basic signs of life on the methane-rich world.

    "If we're taking the instrumentation to measure the details of the chemistry, we can also look for biosignatures, because it's the same measurements," Turtle said.

    With a $1 billion price tag, NASA's New Frontiers missions are exploring some of the most intriguing places in the universe. Previous selections included the New Horizons mission to Pluto, the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter and the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. The current competition lists six mission themes, including sample-return missions from comets or the moon, an ocean worlds explorer, a probe to Saturn, exploration of the Trojan asteroids and a Venus in-situ explorer. NASA plans to select a new mission every five years.

    The deadline for the latest round of New Frontiers proposals is April 28, and Dragonfly will be one of the candidates. In November 2017, NASA will select a subset of the proposals for further study and will make its final selection in July 2019. That means there will be a long wait for Turtle, who is hoping Dragonfly comes out on top.

    "Titan is just begging us to do this," she said.

    Follow Nola Taylor Redd at @NolaTReddFacebook, or Google+. Follow us at @SpacedotcomFacebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.

    27-04-2017 om 00:59 geschreven door peter  

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    Ruimtemissie die al bijna 20 jaar duurt staat vandaag voor laatste en spannendste opdracht - HLN.be

    Bron: scientias.nl

    Een illustratie van ruimtesonde Cassini tussen Saturnus en de ringen rond de planeet. 

    © reuters.

    De NASA-missie van ruimtesonde Cassini, die al zo'n 13 jaar om de planeet Saturnus cirkelt, staat vandaag voor een spannende laatste opdracht. Na een missie van bijna 20 jaar duikt de sonde vandaag in het smalle gat tussen de ringen van Saturnus, waar nog nooit eerder in de geschiedenis een ruimtevaartuig zich heeft begeven. Het belooft niet alleen de laatste, maar ook de spannendste episode in de ruimtemisse van Cassini te worden.

    De ruimtesonde Cassini-Huygens werd op 15 oktober 1997 gelanceerd in het kader van de Cassini-Hygens-missie, om Saturnus en zijn manen te bestuderen. Nu, bijna 20 jaar later, is de brandstof van de sonde bijna op. Het is daarom dat de NASA, die de sonde samen met ESA en ASI lanceerde, beslist heeft om het toestel in september te vernietigen, door het de opdracht te geven zich in atmosfeer van Saturnus te storten. Cassini wordt vernietigd om te voorkomen dat de sonde neerstort op een van de mogelijk leefbare manen van Saturnus en daar aardse microben die nog op het toestel aanwezig kunnen zijn, achterlaat.

    Voor zijn laatste missie duikt Cassini vandaag in de ruimte tussen planeet Saturnus zelf en de ringen die rond de planeet cirkelen. In totaal zal de ruimtesonde deze actie liefst 22 keer herhalen, om zoveel mogelijk informatie te verzamelen over onder meer de zwaartekracht en de magnetische velden rond de planeet. In het beste geval kan ook de exacte rotatiesnelheid van Saturnus bepaald worden, waarna wetenschappers eindelijk kunnen bepalen hoe lang een Saturnusdag exact duurt. Ook worden spectaculaire beelden verwacht van het gebied waar nooit eerder een ruimtetuig geweest is.

    De missie is niet geheel zonder risico, het is namelijk niet helemaal duidelijk wat er in het gebied speelt. Het is ook daarom dat ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA deze missie pas aan het eind van de levenscyclus van Cassini laat doorgaan. Bovendien is er tijdens deze opdracht geen contact tussen de aarde en de ruimtesonde mogelijk. Verwacht wordt dat de radiostilte 24 uur zal duren. Pas daarna weten we of de laatste missie van Cassini geslaagd is (lees verder onder de video).

    Google eert Cassini

    Om Cassini te eren is de zogenaamde Doodle van Google - het logo van Google op de homepage van de zoekrobot - vandaag aan de ruimtesonde gewijd. Hieronder zie je de leuke GIF:

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    27-04-2017 om 00:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Leven op Mars mogelijk maken? Schiet eens een asteroïde op de Rode Planeet - HLN.be

    Leven op Mars mogelijk maken? Schiet eens een asteroïde op de Rode Planeet - HLN.be


    Een artistieke impressie van het Mars-oppervlak en een oppervlak dat meer aan de aarde doet denken. 

    © afp.

    Kleurt een stukje van de Rode Planeet in 2036 blauw? Als het van een groepje wetenschappers afhangt wel. Met een asteroïde hopen ze een krater te slaan in het oppervlak van de planeet, die op zijn beurt moet vollopen met gesmolten ijswater.

    Lees ook

    Het plan klinkt behoorlijk surrealistisch en zou zo in een sciencefictionfilm passen. Met een ruimtemissie willen ze een klein stukje Mars transformeren en bewoonbaar maken voor mensen. "Die terraformatie wordt afgerond in 2036, en opent de deur voor de eerste nederzetting en commerciële exploitatie van Mars", klinkt het op de website van de organisatie.

    De Omaha-krater.
     © Lake Matthew.

    Met een satelliet, uitgerust met een laser, willen de wetenschappers een kleine asteroïde op Mars laten inslaan. De krater, die de naam Omaha zou krijgen, zou een diameter hebben van zo'n 9 kilometer. Die moet dan op zijn beurt vollopen met ijswater, dat door de hitte van de inslag gesmolten is.

    Planten

    © Lakematthew.com.

    In een volgende stap wil het team een gebouw rond en over de waterplas bouwen. "Waar eerdere ontwerpen van Mars-woningen steeds beperkt waren tot enkele duizenden kubieke meters, zou onze constructie miljoenen kubieke meters kunnen bedragen", klinkt het in een persbericht. 

    Het onderzoeksteam wil dat het gebouw uiteindelijk de thuis wordt van zo'n duizend kolonisten. "In die constructie kunnen dan al snel nederzettingen ontstaan, die zelfvoorzienend zijn en zelfs expedities kunnen uitvoeren op Mars. Hierdoor hoeft er vanuit de aarde minder vracht worden aangevoerd." 

    Overtollig zuurstof kunnen ze boven de krater pompen, zodat er een soort ozonlaag ontstaat. Uiteindelijk zouden er dan zelfs planten kunnen groeien rond het meer, menen de wetenschappers.

    Tweede krater

    Bij succes willen de wetenschappers in 2061 een tweede, grotere krater in de planeet slaan. Maar zal het zo'n vaart lopen? Dat valt moeilijk te zeggen. Het team heeft in de Verenigde Staten een patent genomen op het project, maar van concrete financiering lijkt er momenteel nog geen sprake.

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    People Are Seeing U.F.O.s Everywhere, and This Book Proves It

    SYRACUSE Why have sightings of unidentified flying objects around the nation more than tripled since 2001? Why is July the busiest month for U.F.O. sightings? Why did they spike in Texas in 2008, or in New Mexico in September 2015?
     
    And how in the world, or out of it, has Manhattan racked up New York State’s second-highest tally of U.F.O. sightings in this century?
     
    These questions and many others emerge from the first comprehensive statistical summary of so-called close encounters: 121,036 eyewitness accounts, organized county by county in each state and the District of Columbia, from 2001 to 2015.
     
    The unlikely compendium, “U.F.O. Sightings Desk Reference,” is the work of a couple in Syracuse, who crunched unruly data on U.F.O. reports collected by two volunteer organizations: the Mutual U.F.O. Network, or Mufon, and the National U.F.O. Reporting Center, or Nuforc.
     
    It is the reference “U.F.O. researchers dreamed of having,” Gordon G. Spear, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy at Sonoma State University in California, writes in the foreword.
     
    The book contains no narrative or anecdotal accounts, just 371 pages of charts and graphs that slice and dice the geography and timing of the incidents and the various shapes that witnesses reported: flying circles, spheres, triangles, discs, ovals, cigars.
     
    Many of the sightings turn out to be explainable, the authors say, but a small percentage defy resolution.
     
    The authors are Cheryl Costa, 65, a former military technician and aerospace analyst, and her wife, Linda Miller Costa, 62, a librarian at Le Moyne College and a former librarian at the National Academy of Sciences, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency.
     
    Working on PCs amid sewing tables in the upstairs parlor — the warmest room in their hundred-year-old house — the two spent weekends for the last 16 months extrapolating figures from sightings reports and laying out the graphics.
     
    Cheryl Costa was writing New York Skies, a U.F.O. blog for The Syracuse New Times, when the Costas decided to expand their tallies of U.F.O. sightings nationwide. “We wanted to do our bit for disclosure,” she said. “It’s something the government should have been doing.”
     
    The Costas realize some might find this a strange way to spend weekends. But both say they have spotted U.F.O.s themselves and want to detoxify the subject.
     
    “We’re doing scientific research,” Cheryl Costa said. “What’s crazy is not being willing to look at research.”
     
    She came to the collaboration roundabout, having served as a cable lineman in the Air Force in Vietnam, and afterward in the Navy’s submarine service, as a man before undergoing gender-reassignment surgery in the 1980s. Ordained as a Buddhist nun, she was running a theater group in Maryland when she met Linda. They wed in 2011.
     
    U.F.O. trackers welcomed their publication.
     
    “With this compendium, Cheryl and Linda Costa have reminded the public and the media the extraterrestrial phenomenon continues unabated,” said Stephen Bassett, founder and executive director of the Paradigm Research Group, which lobbies for disclosure of official U.F.O. records.

     
    Cheryl Costa, left, and Linda Miller Costa, the authors of “U.F.O. Sightings Desk Reference.”
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    Rebutting a common perception that U.F.O. sightings are on the wane, the Costas’ book shows that sightings have risen in waves, to 11,868 nationwide in 2015 from 3,479 in 2001. Only a small fraction of sightings are actually reported to Mufon or Nuforc.
     
    Their labor of love is about the numbers, just the numbers, and the Costas refrain from speculating on what exactly is happening. “We really don’t know,” Linda Costa said. “But all these people are seeing these things.”
     
    The government officially quit the U.F.O. business in 1968, with the finding in the Condon report from the University of Colorado that there was nothing significant to investigate, although some 30 percent of the incidents were unexplained.
     
    Mufon’s 500 volunteer investigators, however, continue to check out many of the sightings reported to the group. Roger Marsh, a Mufon spokesman, said that of the 270 cases his group investigated in Manhattan from 2002 through 2016, 44 eluded explanation and remained “unknown.”
     
    One of the most intriguing occurred on the afternoon of Sept. 17, 2011, when a man on the roof terrace of the New Museum on the Bowery photographed a fast-moving diamond-shaped object with windows and flashing blue and red lights against the TriBeCa skyline.
     
    According to Mufon, it resembled an unknown flying object photographed in Round Rock, Tex., two weeks earlier.
     
    The Costas listed 426 sightings in New York County from 2001 to 2015, second in the state’s tallies only to Suffolk County, on the tip of Long Island, with 554. How so many sightings in the nation’s densest core and around its toniest beach resorts have escaped wider notoriety is just part of the mystery.
     
    For the U.F.O. enthusiast, the pages of graphs and charts are a treasure trove of hard-to-find detail.
     
    The District of Columbia, with 9,856 people per square mile, had the fewest sightings: 154. (A political snub from deep space?) Wyoming, with 5.8 people per square mile, had more than twice as many: 337.
     
    Fireballs made up nearly 8 percent of the sightings in Indiana (230) and fewer than 5 percent in Colorado (157).
     
    California, the most populous state, led the nation in U.F.O. reports (15,836, more than the next two states, Florida and Texas, combined). Los Angeles County alone had more sightings than 40 states, followed by Maricopa County, Ariz., which includes Phoenix.
     
    Population fails to explain the figures conclusively, the Costas said. Washington State, with 6.7 million people according to the 2010 census, ranks No. 4 in sightings, ahead of Pennsylvania, with 12.7 million people, and New York State, with 19 million.
     
    Rather, the Costas theorize, the figures may reflect good West Coast weather, which draws more people outside where they may spot U.F.O.s. Nationwide sightings peak in July, they found, and drop off between December and February.
     
    Still, in Mississippi, U.F.O. reports spike in January and November; in New Mexico, in September.
     
    The arduous breakdown by the nation’s more than 3,000 counties was notable for revealing clusters of sightings in remote regions, places where U.F.O.s are almost never mentioned. But every county in the United States appears to have seen at least one U.F.O.
     
    In the end, the Costas noted, the spikes may have a lot to do with media coverage.

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    ARE WE ALONE? SOME

    The latest research into the possibility of contacting advanced alien civilizations has concluded that finding traces of other civilizations may be much more difficult than first thought. 
     
    A paper headed by Professor Michael Garrett of the University of Leiden has found that attempting to detect waste energy through the use of mid-infrared (MIR) emission in galaxies with higher than usual emissions, is much more difficult than initially thought. 
     
    Dr. Jason Wright of Penn University put together a list of some 100,000 candidate galaxies that had higher than usual waste energy emissions, which Garrett and his team then studied. Unfortunately, all those studied by Garrett and his team were found to have high energy waste emissions through natural phenomena. 
     
    Garret elaborated: 
     
    "the original research at Penn State has already told us that such systems are very rare, but the new analysis suggests that this is probably an understatement and that advanced Kardashev Type III civilizations basically don't exist in the local Universe. In my view, it means we can all sleep safely in our beds tonight - an alien invasion doesn't seem at all likely!".
     
     The study took place based on the Kardashev scale, which measures the level of technology a civilization has achieved based on the amount of energy it can generate. Currently, humans are a type 0 civilization.
     
     
    • Type I civilization are those capable or harnessing and storing the power of their parent star on their own planet. Something that humans are conceivably not too far away from achieving. 
     
    • Type II civilizations can harness the entire energy of their parent star, usually in models through the use of Dyson spheres, and type III are capable of controlling energy in their entire host galaxy. 
     
    • It is the theoretical type III civilizations that most alien researchers are looking for as it is assumed that their sheer size and energy output would make them the easiest to find. This is done through measuring galaxies for signs of excess heat waste, which it is assumed that all civilizations would produce. 
     
    One potential issue with the process currently used however is that sufficiently advanced civilizations may not produce heat waste at all, or at least not enough for other species to detect. If this is the case then advanced civilizations would need to be detected through other as yet unknown means. There are also limitations with the model itself, several revisions and alternative models have been proposed several times since the development of Kardashev's scale in 1964. 
     
    The original research: 
     

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    Verloren beschaving van aliens op aarde. Volgens deze professor kunnen we hier bewijzen vinden

    Verloren beschaving van aliens op aarde. Volgens deze professor kunnen we hier bewijzen vinden

    Leefden er ooit aliens in ons zonnestelsel? Een Amerikaanse ruimtewetenschapper denkt het antwoord op die vraag te hebben gevonden.

    Professor Jason Wright claimt dat hoogontwikkelde aliens mogelijk ooit op één van de planeten in ons zonnestelsel hebben geleefd, voordat ze spoorloos verdwenen.

    Wright, die lesgeeft aan de Pennsylvania State University, suggereert in een nieuwe paper dat aliens mogelijk op Mars, Venus of aarde hebben geleefd.

    Spoedig

    Hij claimt dat er een kans is dat we spoedig sporen gaan vinden die door de aliens zijn achtergelaten.

    Het meeste bewijs voor deze aliens zou waarschijnlijk al verloren zijn gegaan. In het geval van Venus heeft het broeikaseffect mogelijk alle sporen van een eventuele beschaving uitgewist.

    En op aarde is mogelijk het meeste bewijs verloren gegaan door erosie en platentektoniek.

    Onder het oppervlak

    Professor Wright denkt dat sporen van oude beschavingen hoogstwaarschijnlijk onder het oppervlak kunnen worden gevonden.

    Hij denkt daarbij vooral aan het oppervlak van Mars en de maan of plekken in het buitenste deel van het zonnestelsel.

    Wright meent dat met behulp van ruimte-archeologie, een relatief nieuw onderzoeksveld, kan worden gespeurd naar resten van oude beschavingen.

    Verborgen structuren

    Het gaat daarbij om het zoeken naar, vinden en interpreteren van menselijke artefacten in de ruimte, aldus de wetenschapper.

    Wellicht kunnen satellietbeelden en bodemradar helpen om sporen van verborgen structuren of andere voorwerpen te vinden, besloot Wright.

    [MailOnline

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    Californians reported the most UFO sightings in recent years

    This vintage-style photo is an artist’s conception of a UFO sighting, not the real thing.

     GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO

    For Californians, the truth is out there. “UFO Sightings Desk Reference,” a new book on reported UFO sightings, found that California had the most reports of visual encounters with unidentified objects in the United States. This includes hundreds of reported sightings, CBS San Francisco reports.

    The book analyzed more than 120,000 reports of UFOs and found more Californians believed they’d come in contact with extraterrestrial life than anyone else in the country.

    “We found that UFOs were sighted in every county in the United States. Every county had at least one sighting sometime in the past 15 years,” the book’s co-author, Cheryl Costa, explained.

    Using data from the Mutual UFO Network, or MUFON, and the National UFO Reporting Center, she said Californians reported seeing nearly 16,000 UFOs between 2001 and 2015.

    “We think a great deal of it has to do with California’s weather,” Costa said.

    Costa explained that California’s mild weather allows people to be outdoors during much of the year and thus in position to spot possible UFOs.

    According to Costa, Santa Clara County topped the list in Northern California with 569 reported sightings. Alameda County was second with 518, while San Francisco trailed with 327.

    It should be noted that these reports are anecdotal and haven’t been investigated, let alone proven. 

    But for those who believe we’re not alone in the universe, the book may seem validating.

    “Most people were very sincere about what they reported, about what they think they saw, Costa added. “They weren’t jerking us around. But we understand the only proof some people are going to accept is a space ship cracked up in the mall parking lot.”

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Glowing Orb Seen Over Field In Spain On April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Glowing Orb Seen Over Field In Spain On April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of sighting: April 2017
    Location of sighting: Zargoza, Spain

    Here is a great example of a glowing orb that is often mistaken for a star. Movement is always eliminates any doubt, as you see in this video.The UFO is moving around a tall poll in a field. Spain has lots of ancient cultural things to see and to study for any alien. This glowing light is also similar to the UFOs seen over Denver, Colorado mountains and over the holy place of Dome of Rock. 

    Scott C. Waring

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    26-04-2017 om 23:44 geschreven door peter  

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    Three UFOs Over Old UK City Of Exmouth On April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.



    Date of sighting: April 2017
    Location of sighting: Exmouth, UK

    Here is a great catch above a parking lot in Exmouth this week. The UFO looks like a triangle spinning, but its hard to see so make the video full screen please, and place in HD mode. UFOs are frequently seen over England as well as the fact that many US documents report testing top secret craft (Aurora Project) over the UK back in the 1980-1990s. Its hard to tell which one this is, a USAF craft or UFO, but one thing is for sure, they don't want the public to know about it. This is not one individual UFO, but actually three separate UFOs that work together, like a fighter jet with his wingman. 

    Scott C. Waring

    Eyewitness states:

    I was waiting for the bus while taking to a friend when i noticed 3 lights in a triangle pattern over the mouth of the river exe. Took some video and pictures with my phone before the bus came and I left. On april 17th at 9.41pm I was waiting for my bus to come in after my break, (I’m a bus driver) and was taking to my bestman about my upcoming wedding on the phone. I would normally be in our rest room but since the clock in the restroom was fast (about 7mins fast) I had gone out early to wait while still chatting to my friend. While i was talking i was just kind of walking about near the leisure center, where my bus stops, when I looked randomly over in the direction of the river which is when i saw the three lights in a triangle pattern rotating on its axis and wobbling slightly.

      

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    26-04-2017 om 23:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFOs Over Sydney, Australia Investigate Passanger Jet On Video, UFO Sighting News.

    UFOs Over Sydney, Australia Investigate Passanger Jet On Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Photo above has been darkened to enhance detail.

    Date of sighting: April 2017
    Location of sighting: Sydney, Australia

    This UFO was captured using an infrared camcorder which allows you to see things the human eye cannot. Any cloaked UFO will be seen. This is a great capture byColourUFO of Youtube. He is an expert in his field at catching anomalies over Australia and for his use of infrared camcorders. A necessary tool in this area. The UFO above, actually changes its shape in the video at 50 sec into video.

    Scott C. Waring


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    26-04-2017 om 23:39 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Douglas, Isle of Man UFO sighting

    Douglas, Isle of Man UFO sighting

    Douglas Isle of Man UFO

    This was filmed in the sky above Douglas, Isle of Man in United Kingdom on 9th April 2017. For more info read the witness report below!

    Witness report:

     Hi there my name is Nicola and I would like to file a report of a UFO sighting. April 9th st 9:20 in the evening Douglas Isle of Man U.K. I had just got my young son to sleep and took my glasses off to wash my face, I walked into the living room and said good night to my husband that’s when I noticed a strange bright light through the blinds and kind of mumbled that I could see some thing bright out there and my husband said ‘what?’ But I wasn’t wearing my glasses so thought nothing of it, said never mind and good night to my husband then grabbed my glasses and wet to my bedroom, I thought I’d just have a look to see what it was that I noticed before and if it was silk there and it was, so I took a couple of photos and then started recording. I stopped recording after about three minutes to take a look at what I had filmed to zoom in on it to see what it could be.

    The orb was still in the sky then after a little while it pulsated then drifted to the leg and disappeared although I didn’t get this on camera really wish I did was very unusual! After watching the video several times I noticed oddities within the video, flashing lights to the left of the orb throughout video! Hope this is of interest to you still trying to look for an answer have posted this on several pages

    Nicola (source: submitted to www.Latest-UFO-Sightings.net)

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    26-04-2017 om 23:28 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO sighting caught on tape over Carshalton (London), UK 26-Apr-2017

    uk-ufo

    Strange light was filmed making maneuvers over London on 26th April 2017. What do you think this is?

    Witness report:

     Unidentified light in the sky over two areas in Sutton and Carshalton Surrey. This unexplained event happened over both my son and daughters rooftops. They live within a mile of each other and both saw the object and filmed it. The object travelled fast changing directions and hovered. It got brighter when it hovered. If you rule out laser or any other form light beam and any obvious aircraft that can manoeuvre like this, what are you left with? And the object was above the clouds.

    Author (source: MUFON)

    26-04-2017 om 23:24 geschreven door peter  

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    Black Smoke Ring In The Sky Left Russians Puzzled

    black-ring

    The alien invasion has come to the minds of terrified residents after seeing a mysterious black circle hovering in the sky.

    A video of the unusual sighting made the rounds online as it shows a black circle hanging calmly in the sky.

    The shocked people on the ground call out to each other in disbelief as the bizarre smoky ring continues to float before finally vanishing into grey clouds.

    The footage was recorded in Novosibirsk in Russia over the Siberian Mall shopping centre. It went viral after it was made available in social media.

    Some think that the event is a kind of creepy warning. Others believe that it is a kind of supernatural power flying across the Russian city. There are also people who think that aliens are coming to get humans.

    However, one witness suggests that that the mysterious circle or smoke ring is nothing but a soliton. They explain that black hydrocarbon with the vortex comprising a ring and lifting it into the air.

    Weather experts didn’t have an explanation yet but lashed out alien-related claims as well as the soliton theory.

    Renad Yagudin of the Siberian Hydrometeorological Centre said that there’s no such definition of soliton in meteorology, so it is not a meteorological event.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    26-04-2017 om 23:17 geschreven door peter  

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    Cylinder UFO Flying Low Reported Over California

    cigar-shaped-ufo

    A fast moving, cylinder object was noticed crossing the horizon in approximately eight seconds in Lincoln, California. An unnamed witness reported their sighting to MUFON, which filed it in Case 82671 in its witness reporting database.

    According to the report, the witness observed the mysterious object flying from the northeast to the northwest at a very high speed while sitting at a northbound stop light at 2:45 in the afternoon on March 16, 2017.

    The witness estimated the size to be the same as the bus flying between 1,000 and 1,200 feet up. They said that the object managed to cross 60 percent of the horizon in just around eight seconds. The witness revealed that his wife also saw the bizarre aerial thing. They thought of a drone but changed their mind when they did not see any propulsion.

    The reporting witness claimed that they are familiar with aircraft as a resident on several Air Force bases.

    Shelley Goodman, a MUFON-California field investigator, closed the case as Unknown. Goodman said that she had a chat with both witnesses, who told her that they both saw the unusual object from the intersection at 110 Lincoln Blvd in California. The reporting witness revealed to her that he was in the Air Force and that he knows all about aircraft, including its speed. The witness said that the UFO flew through the sky three times faster than any plane. The object was underneath the cloud cover when they saw it clearly.

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    26-04-2017 om 23:15 geschreven door peter  

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    Amazing footage of Orbs flying over Summerlin, Nevada 19-Apr-2017

    orbs

    Here’s one new footage of an unknown objects or orbs flying in the sky above Nevada on 19th April 2017.

    Witness report: 

    I shot this video from my backyard in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada on the night of April 19, 2017.
    It’s nice to see that these amazing UFOs (Orbs) are here again. Needless to say, I was pretty happy when I spotted them. Because of their location either on or next to the Nellis Test Range north of Las Vegas they cannot possibly be commercial or civilian operated crafts. As always I keep trying to see them visually with the naked eye and using my binoculars only to come up empty each and every time. There is never any sound either but that could be because they might be far enough away that I couldn’t hear them. I filmed them for nearly thirty minutes as the kept going back and forth turning or stopping on a dime. At the end of the video, the four objects that disappear one by one behind the mountain were headed in the direction of Area 51.

    Author (Steven Barone @ Youtube)

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    26-04-2017 om 23:13 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Sinister 'black UFO' filmed tailing plane as young girl points out view

    Sinister 'black UFO' filmed tailing plane as young girl points out view

    A FAMILY believed they filmed a UFO darting alongside the plane they were on as they flew off on holiday.

    The nine-year-old girl was showing off the view out a window as her dad filmed when the mystery dark object was captured on camera.

    David Woodward filmed daughter Georgia on the flight from Manchester to Lanzarote this month.

    The video, which has been uploaded to YouTube, shows Georgia talking next to the view when the odd black object appears to zooms past the visible wing.

    Mr Woodward told the Manchester Evening News: "We had set off from Manchester and were only in the air for around 10 minutes when we started filming Georgia for her YouTube channel.

    UFO-Plane

    YouTube

    An object darting about by the plane was potted in the recorded video.

    "She was saying how lovely the sky was and then I saw the black object.

    “It was strange because it kept changing direction and then bobbing and weaving around

    “I thought it might have been an anomaly on the screen or a bird. But after looking into it, a bird wouldn’t be that high up."

    Although Mr Woodward thinks the truth might be out there, Georgia is more skeptical.

    He added: "Georgia was a bit skeptical and she laughs at me for saying it might be a UFO, but you never know."

    I thought it might have been an anomaly on the screen or a bird. But after looking into it, a bird wouldn’t be that high up.

    David Woodward

    He hopes someone can help identify the object, and is interested in theories.

    But, one forensic UFO investigator believes the footage could put a "stain" on real research.

    Scott Brando runs the hoax-busting website ufoofinterest.org.

    He said he believes the footage shows an optical illusion, after he was sent it by 

    He said it was just a smudge on the window that was out of focus.

    Because of the camera shaking, it appeared to have the erratic movement.

    At one point in the video, the object, which appeared to be beyond the wing, was suddenly in front of it, adding to his theory.

    He tweeted: "The object isn't a UFO over Manchester but a stain on the window. Its movements are specular with camera shake."

    26-04-2017 om 00:00 geschreven door peter  

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    25-04-2017
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Nieuw type poollicht ontdekt en het heet...Steve!

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    25-04-2017 om 23:51 geschreven door peter  

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    25-04-2017 om 23:40 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.It’s Official. In 2025, NASA and the ESA Will Land on Europa to Look For Alien Life

    It’s Official. In 2025, NASA and the ESA Will Land on Europa to Look For Alien Life

     
    Europa
    So where do we land?

    NASA/JPL/Ted Stryk

    IN BRIEF
    NASA and the ESA are planning to launch a joint mission to Jupiter's moon Europa. This icy satellite hosts a subterranean ocean larger than those on Earth, and it could host extraterrestrial life.

    EXPLORING TOGETHER

    Recent discoveries in space have made the search for life beyond Earth easier and more difficult at the same time. As more exoplanets and moons with the potential to support extraterrestrial life turn up, the probability of finding one that actually does increases. However, sending missions to explore all these potentially inhabited worlds has also become more difficult.

    Juno: Mission to Jupiter [INFOGRAPHIC]
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    NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have come up with a rather practical solution: The two space agencies will pool their resources for one of these exploration missions. The target is Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, and it is considered one of the best candidates for alien life.

    The proposal, dubbed the Joint Europa Mission (JEM), was unveiled Sunday in Vienna, Austria, at the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union. “The whole idea is that if we think exploring Europa for life is important, it should be an international adventure,” Michel Blanc from the Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology in Toulouse, France, told New Scientist. “The ultimate goal is to get to the surface and look for biosignatures of life.”

    LIFE LURKING BENEATH

    The prospect of life on Europa increased when the moon was discovered to have a vast ocean hidden beneath its icy crust. This discovery was reinforced by the observation of water plumes escaping to the surface. Researchers estimate that Europa boasts twice as much water as our planet, so there’s plenty to explore, and the ocean even seems to be more similar to Earth’s than previously thought.

    The plan is for JEM to launch by the mid-2020s, and it would run for about six-and-a-half years. The first five of those would be used simply to reach Jupiter, then a few more days would be needed to reach Europa.

    Upon reaching Europa’s orbit, a lander would be launched to explore the surface for 35 days, scanning material samples for traces of life. Meanwhile, the orbiter craft would spend three months taking various measurements to reveal Europa’s basic structure, focusing on the ocean’s composition. After that, the lander could crash into Europa while taking and transmitting data about the moon’s atmosphere.

    While both NASA and the ESA have existing plans to explore Europa and the other icy-watery moons in the solar system, the planned combined effort would offer a unique advantage for both space agencies. Pooling their resources might make it easier to figure out solutions to key problems, such as Jupiter’s intense radiation and the need to make sure Europa won’t be contaminated by organisms from Earth.

    “There’s great enthusiasm for this on both sides,” Jakob van Zyl, director for solar system exploration at NASA JPL, told New Scientist. “The budget request is now with the president.”

    Europa is just the first goal for collaborative space exploration. Potential missions to Jupiter’s other moons, as well as those of Saturn, could well be developed in the future. Perhaps alien life is just an Earth-formed partnership away.

    https://futurism.com/ }

    25-04-2017 om 23:27 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Breakthrough Listen reveals its first results: Alien hunting telescopes have found 11 strange signals - but NONE are believed to be extraterrestrial life

    Breakthrough Listen reveals its first results: Alien hunting telescopes have found 11 strange signals - but NONE are believed to be extraterrestrial life

    • Breakthrough Listen analyzed three five-minute observations of 692 stars
    • The researchers have revealed 11 events considered to be most significant
    • But, further investigation found an intelligence extraterrestrial source is unlikely

    Scientists ‘listening’ to extraterrestrial signals in the universe for evidence of alien life have released their initial results from the first year of observations.

    After combing through petabytes of data, the Breakthrough Listen team has ranked 11 events considered to be most significant – but so far, they’ve found no convincing signs of intelligent life.

    The team has also submitted a paper analyzing nearly 700 stars across all spectral types, which they say acts as a ‘launch pad’ for deeper investigations to come.

    After combing through petabytes of data, the Breakthrough Listen team has ranked 11 events considered to be most significant – but so far, they’ve found no convincing signs of intelligent life. The massive Green Bank Radio Telescope is pictured 

    After combing through petabytes of data, the Breakthrough Listen team has ranked 11 events considered to be most significant – but so far, they’ve found no convincing signs of intelligent life. The massive Green Bank Radio Telescope is pictured 

    THE BREAKTHROUGH LISTEN MISSION

    Breakthrough Listen is a search for intelligent life using two of the world's most powerful telescopes.

    It was launched in January with the aim of scouring one million of the closest stars to Earth for faint signals thrown out into space by intelligent life beyond our own world.

    Scientists taking part in the $100 million are also scanning the very centre of our galaxy along with 100 of the closest galaxies for low power radio transmissions.

    Breakthrough Listen will collect data over a 10-year period. 

    Search capacity will be 50 times more sensitive, cover 10 times more of the sky, 5 times more of the radio spectrum, and at speeds 100 times faster. 

    The initiative, backed by Stephen Hawking and billionaire Yuri Milner, has been gathering data with the Green Bank Radio Telescope in West Virginia, Lick Observatory’s Automated Planet Finder on Mt Hamilton in California, and the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia.

    With an ‘analysis pipeline’ built by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley’s SETI Research Center (BSRC), the project scans billions of radio channels to search for signals that might be coming from an intelligent source outside of our solar system.

    They’ve now made the initial data public, and will present the findings this Thursday during a Facebook Live presentation at the Breakthrough Discuss conference.

    The scientists analyzed three five-minute observations of each of the 692 stars, alnong with five-minute observations of a set of secondary targets.

    While there were millions of ‘hits’ for the entire sample – or, radio emissions seen in the target – the researchers say this is ‘almost certainly’ the result of interference from human technology.

    And, while eleven events were distinguished as ‘significant,’ further investigation suggests they are not coming from artificial alien sources.

    Still, the researchers say these preliminary results are an important step in the search for alien life.

    ‘With the submission of this paper, the first scientific results from Breakthrough Listen are now available for the world to review,’ said Dr Andrew Siemion of BSRC.

    ‘Although the search has not yet detected a convincing signal from extraterrestrial intelligence, these are early days.

    ‘The work that has been completed so far provides a launch pad for deeper and more comprehensive analysis to come.’ 

    And, while eleven events were distinguished as ‘significant,’ further investigation suggests they are not coming from artificial alien sources. Data from one such event shown above

    And, while eleven events were distinguished as ‘significant,’ further investigation suggests they are not coming from artificial alien sources. Data from one such event shown above

    Breakthrough Listen will collect data over a 10-year period from a network of the world's most powerful radio and optical telescopes to yield vast, full-sky signal monitoring.

    It will collect more data in one day than previously had been collected in one year.

    Search capacity will be 50 times more sensitive, cover 10 times more of the sky, 5 times more of the radio spectrum, and at speeds 100 times faster.

    Overall, the researchers have selected 1709 stars to study.

    Stephen Hawking (left), Yuri Milner (center) and Mark Zuckerberg (right) have teamed up to launch a $100 million hunt for alien life. The project, dubbed 'Breakthrough Starshot', was announced in New York today
    Russian billionaire Yuri Milner is pictured

    Stephen Hawking (left) and billionaire Yuri Milner (right) have their sights set on finding alien life. Now, the first results from a $100 million 'Breakthrough Listen' mission to uncover signals from ET have been released

    Another project, dubbed Breakthrough Starshot, will rely on tiny so-called 'nanocraft' flying on sails, similar to the one illustrated, pushed by beams of light. Each of these tiny craft will carry cameras and a built in GPS

    Another project, dubbed Breakthrough Starshot, will rely on tiny so-called 'nanocraft' flying on sails, similar to the one illustrated, pushed by beams of light. Each of these tiny craft will carry cameras and a built in GPS

    These are divided into two categories: those within 16 light years of the sun, and a group including branch stars no more than 163 light years away. 

    Last year, Hawking, Milner and Mark Zuckerberg launched another initiative in the Breakthrough program – the Breakthrough Starshot project.

    The $100m project will rely on tiny so-called 'nanocraft' flying on sails pushed by beams of light through the universe.

    They will travel to the Alpha Centauri star system 25 trillion miles (4.37 light years) away on a twenty year mission to look for alien life. 


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     Scarborough, Canada on Tuesday, April 18, 2017
     
    Scarborough, Canada on Tuesday, April 18, 2017

    Filer’s Files #17 – 2017 Devasting Comet Strike -  PART I

    In special reports, this week’s files cover: President Carter and UFOs, UFO Flies in Formation with ISS, Gobekli Tepe recorded a devastating comet strike, Letter from Dr. Bruce Cornet, New found Alien Planet, and Indian Flying Shields.

    Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York.

    Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, Italy, and England in the United Kingdom.

    The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.

    George A. Filer III

    New Jersey State Director

    MUFON Eastern Region Director

    Www.nationalUFOcenter.com. Now receiving 3 million hits a month

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    Special Projects

    President Carter Saw UFO

    “If I become President, I’ll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and scientists. I am convinced that UFOs exist because I have seen one.”

    PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER
    Presidential campaign 1976

    It was the darndest thing I’ve ever seen. It was big, it was very bright, it changed colors, and it was about the size of the moon. A red and green glowing orb radiated as it hurtled across the southwestern Georgia skies. We watched it for ten minutes, but none of us could figure out what it was. One thing’s for sure: I’ll never make fun of people who say they’ve seen unidentified flying objects in the sky.” 

    President Jimmy Carter
    Interview following his sighting of a UFO at Leary, Georgia in October 1969

    UFO Flies in Formation with ISS

    I noticed a UFO in the distance that was coming closer and closer to the space station on April18, 2017. The UFO was partially cloaked, which made it look transparent. In the deep blackness of spaces, blending into the environment means you will be safer from other alien species that may not be so friendly. Bob Lazar said in Area S4 (inside Area 51) that he read documents that said that the USAF knew of 56 space faring species. Scott C. Waring

    Gobekli Tepe recorded a Devastating Comet Strike

    Sarah Knapton writes “Ancient stone carvings confirm that a comet struck the Earth around 11,000BC, a devastating event which wiped out woolly mammoths and sparked the rise of civilizations”. Experts at the University of Edinburgh analyzed mysterious symbols carved onto stone pillars at Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey, to find out if they could be linked to constellations. The markings suggest that a swarm of comet fragments hit Earth at the exact same time that a mini-ice age struck, changing the entire course of human history. Scientists have speculated for decades that a comet could be behind the sudden fall in temperature during a period known as the Younger Dryas. But recently the theory appeared to have been debunked by new dating of meteor craters in North America where the comet is thought to have struck.

    The Vulture Stone, at Gobekli Tepe CREDIT: ALISTAIR COOMBS

    However, when engineers studied animal carvings made on a pillar – known as the vulture stone – at Gobekli Tepe they discovered that the creatures were actually astronomical symbols which represented constellations and the comet.

    The idea had been originally put forward by author Graham Hancock in his book Magicians of the Gods.

    Using a computer program to show where the constellations would have appeared above Turkey thousands of years ago, they were able to pinpoint the comet strike to 10,950BC, the exact time the Younger Dryas begins according to ice core data from Greenland.

    The Younger Dryas is viewed as a crucial period for humanity, as it roughly coincides with the emergence of agriculture and the first Neolithic civilizations.

    Before the strike, vast areas of wild wheat and barley had allowed nomadic hunters in the Middle East to establish permanent base camps. But the difficult climate conditions following the impact forced communities to come together and work out new ways of maintaining the crops, through watering and selective breeding. Thus farming began, allowing the rise of the first towns.

    Edinburgh researchers said the carvings appear to have remained important to the people of Gobekli Tepe for millennia, suggesting that the event and cold climate that followed likely had a very serious impact.

    Dr Martin Sweatman, of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Engineering, who led the research, said: “I think this research; along with the recent finding of a widespread platinum anomaly across the North American continent virtually seal the case in favor of (a Younger Dryas comet impact).

    “Our work serves to reinforce that physical evidence. What is happening here is the process of paradigm change.

    “It appears Göbekli Tepe was, among other things, an observatory for monitoring the night sky. One of its pillars seems to have served as a memorial to this devastating event – probably the worst day in history since the end of the ice age.” Gobekli Tepe, is thought to be the world’s oldest temple site, which dates from around 9,000 BC. Researchers believe the images were intended as a record of the cataclysmic event, and that a further carving showing a headless man may indicate human disaster and extensive loss of life.

    Symbolism on the pillars also indicates that the long-term changes in Earth’s rotational axis was recorded at this time using an early form of writing, and that Gobekli Tepe was an observatory for meteors and comets. The finding also supports a theory that Earth is likely to experience periods when comet strikes are more likely, owing to the planet’s orbit intersecting orbiting rings of comet fragments in space.

    But despite the ancient age of the pillars, Dr Sweatman does not believe it is the earliest example of astronomy in the archaeological record. “Many Paleolithic cave paintings and artifacts with similar animal symbols and other repeated symbols suggest astronomy could be very ancient indeed

    The research is published in Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry.

    A new study has reported evidence of a comet or meteorite or low-density object barreling toward Earth, exploding in the upper atmosphere and triggering a devastating swath that wiped out most of the large animals, their habitat and humans of that period. “The detonation either fried them or compressed them because of the shock wave. It was a mini nuclear winter,” said Ted Bunch, NAU adjunct professor of geology and former NASA researcher who specializes in impact craters.
    The presence of around 500,000 elliptical craters, ranging from a few hundred meters to 11 kilometers in size, across the entire eastern seaboard of the United States, from New Jersey down to Miami, is perhaps the greatest clue. A  comet which entered the earth’s atmosphere from the north-west over Alaska and disintegrated into millions of pieces that detonated above the ground, very much in the manner of the small comet which caused the Tunguska event in Siberia in June 1908. Is it just a coincidence that more than two million huge holes were gouged into the ground – all at the same time – about 12,000 years ago at a magnetic reversal?
    Alexander Tollmann, “a professor in the institute of geology at the University of Vienna, compared the numerous myths of a great flood, recorded in almost every prehistoric civilization, with the geological evidence for a comet impact at about the same time.. Islands and caves are found filled with ancient bones showing a great catastrophe in our distant past. Thanks to the Telegraph

    Letter from Dr. Bruce Cornet

     Bruce Cornet writes, “I had the most extraordinary experience on 20 January 1991 when I said my farewell to my late wife, Bonnie Cornet, who was buried in the Garden of Texas Liberty in northwestern Houston, Texas, on 18 January.  After reading Gary Colin’s post on FF#15 speaks of God’s servants, the sons of God connecting with humans on Earth from space in UFOs.”  He says that Clouds in the Bible refer to the presence of God, and those Clouds are called Shekinahs or Glory Clouds by the Hebrews.

    Bonnie attended Collingswood High School, which was located behind her parents’ house in Collingswood, NJ.  For those television buffs, you may recall that Michael Landon graduated from that very same high school.  I find it ironic that Landon became the Star in the television series, Highway to Heaven, because it now seems that two people who graduated from that school embarked on a similar journey on that same highway.

    Bonnie’s high school yearbook picture (1968).

    My mother and I witnessed her Spirit over her grave as I spoke my farewell, and then a second Sun appeared in a huge overhead cumulus cloud.  It sent a golden beam of light down to Bonnie’s Spirit (emerald green, blue, and white starburst or rainbow), and we saw the beam of light capture her spirit without that beam touching the ground.  Shafts of golden light, like ice sickles, fell off the wide beam of golden light, and hit the ground.  When they did, they broke into many pieces, as ice sickles would, and bounced around on the ground like water droplets on a hot skillet.  We witnessed the emerald color of Bonnie’s Spirit ascent in that beam of light into the Cloud or Shekinah.  Then the beam retracted, and the light in the base of the Cloud went out.  Bonnie is our new Lady of the Garden of Texas Liberty, who gave birth to the male Child when she was a 17 year old Jewish virgin.  She was born Jewish, raised Protestant, and died Catholic.

    I was videotaping most of that, and put clips from that video on my web book called: The Passion of Bonnie.  I copy relevant pages below.  I had been videotaping all of this while looking through the B&W viewfinder on my camcorder.  So I didn’t notice Bonnie’s emerald green and carnelian red Spirit in the circular eight-column Temple at the Triangular Garden until it moved to over her grave.  After saying my farewell, I was told telepathically to turn off my camcorder.  I wish I had been allowed to keep it running, because the most extraordinary event happened after I videotaped Bonnie’s Spirit morphing into the shape of an angel, and raising and lowering her wings.  My mother exclaimed, “Oh, how beautiful.  The Sun is breaking through the overhead cloud and sending a sunbeam down to Bonnie’s grave.”  But it was 8:31 am in the morning, and the real Sun had barely cleared the trees to the East (left of the images and behind the Temple).

    This is the first time I consciously witnessed a divine presence, which connected our spiritual existence to UFOs.  It wasn’t until 1992, more than a year after her death, that I had my first UFO encounters and sightings.  It was then that I reexamined that video of my wife’s Spirit over her grave and inside a marble temple at the center of the Triangular Garden of Texas Liberty!  As I drove into the Garden area, I had my camcorder on my shoulder running, and captured images of a huge cumulus Cloud or Shekinah over her grave.  Behind and to the left of that Cloud is another UFO-shaped cumulus cloud (see animated gif below).  I examined the video frame by frame on my computer in 1997.  In three frames of a 30 frame per second video, the veil of the cloud pulled back enough to reveal the huge white double-rimmed circular dome-shaped mothership inside (called “Jerusalem” by Gary Colin).  In the chapter on The Unfolding of a Mystery below, I include images captured from that video of that UFO in the Cloud.  Never before has anyone captured a Shekinah on film.

    So Gary Colin is correct in making the connection between our space visitors and divine angels of our ancestors.  The Bible is quite clear that not all of our visitors have human interests at heart, being called fallen angels, cast out of heaven by God.  But the visitors I have met come as servants of God, as Jesus did to teach and instruct us about love, forgiveness, and peace on Earth.

    I am nearing completion of my new book, The Woman Who Bore the Male Child, Revelation Chapter 12.  It is about Bonnie, who was the Spirit of God incarnate, who gave birth the male Child on 1 August 1967 in Collingswood, NJ.  Her life is abstracted in Chapter 12, and I discovered after she died that I was the “earth” who saved Bonnie from being extradited (carried away) on false welfare charges.  That is part of the reason I was given so many UFO close encounters (130) and so much information in the 12 years that followed her death and ascension.  I met the male Child on 23 October 1994 when a live holographic projection of three astronauts floating in space appeared over my bed at night in Red Bank, NJ.  Interestingly, Red Bank can be translated “Blood” of 8 (Eternal) Life (Ankh).  There are two Red Banks in New Jersey.  The second one is on the banks of the Delaware River under Philadelphia!

    Even though Scripture does not give details of the birth of the male Child, other than saying He was immediately taken up to heaven (space) and the throne of God, He was not alone in Bonnie’s womb.  He was accompanied by His identical twin Sister, named Anora.  His new name is Khyle, and when you put the first two letters of their names together, you get Ankh, which is the Egyptian Cross for Eternal Life.  They were born to a 17 year old Jewish virgin!  And that is why my book, The Woman Who Bore the Male Child, Revelation Chapter 12, is so important.  Khyle is now 49 years old, and 49 in numerology is the number for Lord (12+15+18+4 = 49).  Anora is to Khyle as Eve was to Adam in the last cycle.

    Also attached is an image of what I saw over my bed on the morning of 23, October 1994:

    Three astronauts: Khyle, Anora, and an alien.  Khyle at age 27 looks a lot like the recent computer-generated images of Jesus, based on the image of Him in the Shroud of Turin.  A program on the History Channel showed the work by Ray Downing on resurrecting the face of Jesus.

    http://www.raydowning.com/jesus-gallery/

    Ironically, Dr. Rev. Barry Downing (author of The Bible and Flying Saucers, 1968) has the same last name, and both live in New York State.  He is also a believer in a connection between Jesus and our divine visitors.

     THE UNFOLDING OF A MYSTERY http://sunstar-solutions.com/AOP/Bonnie/bonnie.htm

      Two months before Bonnie died on 12 January 1991, she taught me how to communicate with her telepathically. As a scientist I was aware of the controversy over telepathy in the scientific community, but like most people I had no convincing evidence that telepathy was possible between humans. She introduced me to telepathy in a very dramatic manner. On my way home from work I stopped to get dinner at McDonalds. I had worked late and was tired, and thought of taking some food home for Bonnie. I did not feel like cooking dinner when I got home, and Bonnie was mostly bedridden in the last several years of her life.

    When I walked into our condominium she called out from the bedroom, “Hi honey. Did you get me my Big Mack with extra pickles and Coke with extra ice?” I was stunned. I walked to the bedroom and asked her how she knew that I had picked her up any food, let alone those items and she said, “Because I asked you for them.” From that moment on I began paying much more attention to the thoughts in my head when I wondered what she would want me to get her. I tested her again and again by having her guess what was in the bag, and she accurately described the contents every time, sometimes saying, “That is not what I asked for,” when I tried to trick her. Then I began giving her choices, and I was quickly able to recognize her telepathic responses. It was almost as if we were of one mind.

     She died at home on 12 January 1991. Soon after she died she surprised me by continuing to communicate with me telepathically. Her spirit moved objects in front of me (and a witness) as proof of her continued existence. Ironically, the movie Ghost came out in theatres soon after she died, and when I saw that movie it comforted me and told me I wasn’t crazy.  Bonnie continued to comfort me with her presence of mind during my grief.  She told me specifically where to bury her, led me to find things that she had hidden, had me reach out to old friends who I didn’t know, and arranged things for me so that I could complete her life on Earth. She came back to me in spirit on numerous occasions, and responded when I called out to her in prayer for help. On 7 March 1991, for example, she told me, “I’ve prepared a wonderful surprise for you that will change your whole life.” That surprise was revealed to me six months later when she set me up to meet my current wife, Pat, during an extraordinary paranormal event (shades of the movie, Always, which we watched together just before she died). She gradually introduced me to her spiritual identity and to mine by awakening me to numerous material and verbal clues she had given me while she was alive. She woke me out of a sound sleep on 17 January 1991 and telepathically told me to count the number of months we lived together at each location: I then realized that we had lived together exactly seven years to the day, and seven is a divine number. Every 28 months we were forced to move to a new location because of economic circumstances, and three times 28 gives 84 months, or seven years. And it was 12 January 1984 that she moved in with me. She was born at 1:38 am and she died at 1:38 am.

    I was born on 8:31, the reverse sequence of those numbers.

    She also left me proof of her precognitive ability, and that she knew of not only her time of death, but of her time of burial, where she would be buried, and where I would be at a particular time soon after her death.  On 17 January, the day before she was buried, I went to her bank in Houston to close out her checking account, and was surprised by the tellers who were waiting for me. Dody ran up to me asking if Bonnie was out in our truck.  I was shocked.  I asked her how she knew that I was going to be there, and she told me that Bonnie had called two weeks earlier to tell them great news: She said that I had gotten a job in Houston and was bringing her back to Texas for good. She said that we would be there to see them on the 17th!   We were all shocked by the implications. She was buried on the 18th, the day but not the month of her birth. The job turned out to be what I had to do when I returned to Houston with her body.

    On 20 January 1991 I returned to Bonnie’s grave to say my farewell. I was leaving Texas that afternoon on a flight back to New York State. I took my mother with me and the camcorder Bonnie had given me for Christmas 1989. I wanted to videotape where she was buried for her family back north.

    I held the camcorder on my shoulder as I drove through Memorial Oaks Cemetery to the Garden of Texas Liberty, a special section of the cemetery normally reserved for native Texans.  The two Xs mark the location of where my late wife is buried (crypt #12), with my future crypt to its left (#11).  Bonnie’s head is facing East.

    The Garden of Texas Liberty in northwest Houston is shaped like a triangle with a circular eight-column marble temple at its center.  These represent sacred geometric shapes.  The triangular garden reminds me of the Flying Triangles that many people see.

    As we entered the Garden, which was constructed in the form of a triangle with a circular marble temple at the center of the triangle,

    I videotaped something extraordinary.

    After parking I videotaped the area without realizing that her spirit was residing inside the marble temple at the center of the Garden.  Beautiful carnelian red and emerald green colors can be seen on the video flashing alternately inside and on the outside of the temple columns (a pretty good trick for the Sun, which was behind the columns).  I was unaware of her presence.

    Then I walked to her grave, having the urge to say my farewell. As I walked something flashed by me, but I still did not get it. Who would imagine what was in store for me as Bonnie’s spirit tried to get my attention. Standing near her grave I pointed my camcorder at her grave and said aloud, “There is my love, love of my life, in her final resting place right up in front where she would want to be. I will remember you Always, Bonnie dear.  I set you free.  You set me free.”  Inside her wedding ring, which I wear around my neck on a chain, is inscribed: “BC & BC forever.”  The last movie we watched together before she died was the movie, “Always,” starring Richard Dreyfuss and Audrey Hepburn.

    As I spoke the words, “I set you free,” a blue, green, and white starburst appeared over her grave and pulsated to my very words.  In Revelation 4:3 the Spirit of God is described by John: “And He who sat there was like jasper (dark green) and a sardius (carnelian red) stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow (rainbows are circular) around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.”  Was the spirit of my late wife the Spirit of God?  Bonnie came back to me in Spirit and told me her name: KaRa, which in ancient Egyptian means Spirit of God. Question: Is Ra El?

    My mother was there as a witness. After I finished saying my farewell statement, the shape of her aura changed to that of a symbolic pair of angel’s wings, opening and closing several times.

    Then a beam of light descended from an overhead cloud (see image above), stopping just above her grave.

    The beam of light was several feet wide and had a waterfall of light strands falling off of it, like ice sickles, which broke apart when they hit the ground, the pieces dancing around on the ground like water on a hot plate.

    It was like nothing I had ever seen before.

    The beam captured her spirit, and I could see the colors of her aura ascend inside the beam up into the cloud.  The beam originated from a light as brilliant as the Sun within the cloud, leading my mother to say, “Oh, how beautiful.  The Sun is breaking through the cloud and sending a sunbeam down to Bonnie’s grave.”   Then the bright light in the cloud went out.  But it was 8:31 am in the morning, and the real Sun had barely cleared the tree tops to the east. The position of the Sun can be seen in other shots on the video. Whatever caused the light was hidden in that cloud (see images above of Shekinah with a giant, white, disc-shaped domed ship inside).

    The experience I had is called an Epiphany, and what my mother and I witnessed was a Shekinah or “Glory Cloud” of God.  It is like those described in scripture.  Ask any Priest or Rabbi.  Based on this experience, I can state unequivocally that many of the descriptions of similar events in the Bible can be taken literally, adjusting for semantics and our interpretation of the words used to describe those events. Thanks to Bruce Cornet M.S., Ph.D.

    New found Alien Planet Is Best Place Yet to Search for Life

    By Calla Cofield, Space.com Staff Writer | April 19, 2017 01:01pm ET

    A newly discovered planet around a distant star may jump to the top of the list of places where scientists should go looking for alien life.

    The alien world known as LHS 1140b is rocky, like Earth. It is only 40 light-years away from our solar system and sits in the so-called habitable zone of its parent star, which means liquid water could potentially exist on the planet’s surface. It’s the kind of place where life could thrive. We could hardly hope for a better target to perform one of the biggest quests in science — searching for evidence of life beyond Earth.” [10 Exoplanets That Might Be Perfect to Support Life] Thanks to Space.com

    Indian Flying Shields

    Gary A. David writes, “The sky god Sotuknang, took them on his flying shield up into the sky so that they could see for many miles around.” Feeding the hungry children ripe melons, he told them that they must have faith in him and in his teachings that would later arrive through their dreams. Finally he landed a short distance from the village in which their mother and father had settled, bid the young ones farewell, and flew up again into the clouds. Forever grateful to the sky god, the brother and sister walked into the village to be reunited with their parents.

    The Hopi have always viewed their land as sacred. Agriculture is a very important part of their culture, and their villages are spread out across the northern part of Arizona. The Hopi and the Navajo did not have a conception of land being bounded and divided. They lived on the land that their ancestors did. On December 16, 1882 President Arthur passed an executive order creating a reservation for the Hopi. It was much smaller than the Navajo reservation, which was the largest in the country.[5]

    On October 24, 1936 the Hopi people ratified a Constitution. That Constitution created a unicameral government where all powers are vested in a Tribal Council. Indian tribal police often report seeing UFOs

    Today, the Hopi Reservation is entirely surrounded by the much larger Navajo Reservation.

    Mask of Sotuknang.

    Kachina dolls are objects made in human or humanlike shape, and they are common in Native American ritual, often referred to as sky gods. Although sold as objects of art, the spectacular kachina dolls retain a valued religious role, particularly in educating children. Hopi Native Americans use kachina dolls to instruct their children in the ways of Hopi tradition and belief. Kachina dolls are passed out to children in ceremonies representing spirits that act as mediators between gods and humans.

    Kachinas are not gods per se but spirits that act as mediators between gods and humans. They may take the form of any animal, plant, celestial body, or otherworldly creature. During the spring and early summer the Hopis perform a ceremonial cycle of masked kachina dances as a plea for rain and the general well being of the tribe.

    On Second Mesa near Mishongnovi an ancient petroglyph depicts a dome-shaped object resting on an arrow which represents travel through space, and the head of a Hopi maiden who represents pristine purity. As the Hopis believe that other planets are inhabited, this petroglyph represents a paatuwvota or a ‘flying shield’ similar to a ‘flying saucer’ that came here in the Beginning. So now at the End the sacred ones will arrive from another planet, said to be Venus, in UFOs. Many Hopi traditionalists recently have reported seeing flying saucers, all piloted by beings they call Kachinas.”                                                                                                         

    Because the Hopis had no such thing as a saucer, flying or otherwise, they named it after the cultural accouterment closest to that shape, namely, the warrior’s shield. The word tuwvota specifically signifies this type of shield. Oddly, the concept of war is connected in Hopi ideology with the stars. The use of tuwvota rather than the more common word for ‘disk’ or ‘circle’ thus suggests a celestial origin for the paatuwvota. The tradition of the flying shield also appears in rock art.

    The photo is an ancient petroglyph, or rock carving, found near Winslow, Arizona apparently showing a triangular craft.

    The Orion Zone discusses a certain star in the left hand of Orion. This star is called Pi 3 Orionis (HIP 22449), only 26 light-years from Earth. It is slightly larger and hotter than our Sun, but it basically similar. ‘

     


    Pi3 Orionis has become one of the top 100 target stars for NASA’s planned Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) hoping to find planets like Earth. At an apparent visual magnitude of 3.16, it is readily visible to the naked eye. Pi3Orionis is the brightest star in the lion’s hide (or shield) that Orion is holding.

    Author Gary A. David has written an intriguing book about the ancient origins of the Hopi in the “The Orion Zone: Hopi Star Correlations in the American Southwest,” as he explores the sky-ground relationship in the American Southwest and its astounding global significance.

    The Hisatsinom, or the ancestral Hopi (formerly known as the Anasazi), used the Orion constellation as a template to determine the locations of their stone villages in northern Arizona. The Hopi god Masau’u, ruler of both the earth plane and the underworld, spiritually mandated this “terrestrial Orion” to closely mirror its celestial counterpart. These villages correspond to each major star in the constellation, which includes the Belt and in some respects, is similar to the Giza-Orion Correlation in Egypt. Learn the secrets of the Hopi at: 

    https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Zone-Ancient-American-Southwest/dp/1931882657

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    UFO Sightings in the United States

    Arizona Chemtrails

    I first noticed a very strange silent misty rectangle in the sky. I had been looking for chemtrails in the sky and started taking photos of the numerous chemtrials that never existed a decade ago. I had never seen one like this! It was very broad, perhaps 300 feet across and had straight sharp rectangular edges. The length of it extended perhaps a thousand feet/  I used a Nikon Coolpix 16 megapixel compact digital camera with wide angle/zoom. The object faded after 20 minutes. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    California Missile?

     Vacaville – The UFO appeared with a sudden burst of energy so I grabbed my phone and started recording. I was on I-80 on February 14, 2017, and object was in the west. Object was hovering. The news claimed, “Navy Strategic Systems Programs conducted scheduled Trident II (D5) missile test flights at sea from an Ohio Class SSBN, in the Pacific Test Range off the coast of California,”
    This does not seem correct as the “missile” barley moved and the “tail” did not change orientation at all. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Florida Orb


    Cocoa
     
    — On April 6, 2017, the objects appeared to be east of I-95 by 100 yards or so. The objects turned east for two minutes and then vanished all at the same point. There was one vehicle behind the others following but it stayed in the area an extra two minutes. It also vanished shortly after turning due east. Note there had been a Brush fire earlier at 5:00 PM and the objects could have been from that although they could stay aloft that long and be on fire. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

    Georgia Object

     My husband, two young children and I were driving down the highway just before sunset on April 9, 2017 when I noticed a large, stationary object in the sky. It was oblong spherical in shape and it didn’t seem to move as we drove towards the city. It hovered there until the sun went down or I could not see it anymore. It was easily viewable and but it look like a blimp or a dark cloud. I viewed it for 15-20 minutes before it got too dark to see anymore. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Illinois Visitor

    Edinburg — Pamela Stark reports photographing a visitor on April 20, 2017. Thanks to Pamela

    Michigan Light

     On April 10, 2017, I already sent this in and I would like to hear something back. I don’t know if you tried to reply and it’s getting caught in my spam. I’ll send the same video and pictures. Three seconds in the object appears in two locations at the same time. I took a screen shot as it moves very fast and the camera view keeps changing. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Nevada Disc

     Las Vegas — Among all of the many experiences I have been having this one is significant. I believe that as soon as I saw the UFO and began videotaping it on April 18, 2017, the UFO began communicating with me telepathically. I felt it so strongly that I actually began talking to it out loud as well as mentally responding. So I began to think, OK, if you are what I think you are come closer…” and it did. It came toward me and I instructed it not to scare me. So it reversed. We played that little game until I was convinced I was really having a real encounter. My photos clearly showed a round disc shape. It was a dull almost textured looking color with letters or symbols, or possibly a door. The letters resembled the letter ‘B’ and an ‘H’ together. The craft was maneuvering every direction. My girlfriend took some pictures. Driving home I took pictures of the huge World Center on Alta Drive and saw the same disc I had seen the night before. My heart was pounding and I heard communication! The message was something like…”You definitely saw what you thought you saw last night!” They were confirming they were real and honestly, it kind of felt like they were having fun letting me know this. I don’t know if I was abducted or not and I have a lot more things to share with you in following reports. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    New Jersey Pulsating Object

    Northvale — I came out of ShopRite and the sky was a perfect blue at 4:41 PM on March 8, 2017, I noticed two large twin engine jet air craft flying close to each other about the size of an airbus 300. They were both flying in close formation at 18,000 to 24,000 feet in altitude. Both jets gave off heavy contrails and you could clearly make out the shape of the jets and their wing shape and their engines. Pacing both jets and flying in a direct path due south was a lead plane followed by the object and then the second jet directly behind the object. The object appeared to be about a 1/4 of the size of the jets and gave off no contrail, which struck me as odd being they were all flying at the same speed same altitude and the same direction, The object and the trailing plane all appeared to be following the lead plane, when first spotted the object between the planes seemed to be like a light lead colored as it moved along with the planes it seemed to change to a bright light pulsating at uneven intervals, again no contrails from this object, it perfectly paced the jets and I watched the two jets and the object for four minutes 15 miles away flying south 15 miles west of NYC. The object was at least three times brighter than the jets when dim and 7 to 10 times brighter at its brightest point when pulsating. I observe this from directly below to watching it move off. Thanks to MUFON Thanks to MUFON CMS

    New York Orb

     Carmel — I was on the deck with my night vision NV-100 looking at stars and I saw this red-orange light moving east on April 18, 2917. No sound and it was pulsating red orange to white in color.  and went backward toward the North you can see the stars behind it as it passed them it was moving kind of fast. You couldn’t see it without the night vision camera. It was turning a red-orange color. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Worldwide UFO Sightings

    Australia Lights

    Moonah, Tasmania — I’m an insomniac, I saw these lights in overcast sky and got a video with my Samsung s6 phone, The lights move like they were at each end of a stick. I said ok, now merge together, and the lights moved much closer together and flew to me.
    I was able to observe two teardrop shapes; one hovered above me while the other continued. I was arrested the next morning for abusing the traffic out front. I was furious that my fellow humans were so ignorant of a greater existence in the universe. I have ability to ‘lift the veil’ and reveal a multitude of huge and various craft, even a giant city floating in the clouds on a rocky base. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Canada Object

    Scarborough — On Tuesday, April 18, 2017 while on work break I was outside with a co-worker and noticed a bright white object was moving west. It was quite high and fast as I managed to take four pictures as I lost sight of it over the roof. This sighting lasted for about fifteen seconds at 3:15 pm.  Thanks to Paul Shishis

     Columbia Cylinder

     Medellín — On April 8, 2017, in the middle of a thunderstorm I wanted to take a photograph of a lightning bolt in action. For that purpose I first used the camera of a Samsung J7 phone and I began to manually take a series of photographs and caught the image of a lightning, but found images that I could not explain. I took numerous photos with an iPad bursting program. I caught lightning, and found the object again in two photographs.

    Costa Rica Disc

    San Jose — Close to Irazu Volcano Costa Rica object observed in the sky. Photograph taken on April 15, 2017. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    India Cigar

    Hyderabad city — My name is Umesh and I’m located in the Southern region of India. What I’m going to describe briefly is that few weeks ago around 7 pm as i got out of my room on the 3rd floor, i saw a white cigar like object flying east, and it took about 5-7 seconds for the UFO to fly from west to east. it reversed direction and went backward to the west direction and vanished. This is what I actually saw with my naked eyes. Sincerely, Umesh Verma.

    Italy Green Object

     Malcesine — I discovered a strange greenish object on our Company Webcam taken at 21:40 on April 3, 2017, located in Malcesine, Italy facing west. And also two strange strips with dots which I believe must be an airplane but I did not witness the event in person.
    The Camera takes a shot every 10 minutes during night. There is Youtube video about that Picture and his theory is there to hide planet x. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    United Kingdom/ England Objects

     Newton Abbott — I was out sky watching when I noticed a black object far off in the distance at 1:44 PM GMT on the 19th of ‎April ‎2016. I zoomed in to the object with my Sony HX300 camera and could clearly see that the object was jet black with smoke in small bursts. I managed to take one photograph of this strange object before it sped off at incredible rate of speed. Thanks to MUFON Thanks to MUFON CMS

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    25-04-2017 om 22:24 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.New 'Kitty Hawk' flying car footage revealed

    New 'Kitty Hawk' flying car footage revealed


    The Kitty Hawk Flyer operates over water. Image Credit: YouTube / Kitty Hawk
    The company behind the futuristic aerial vehicle was financially backed by Google founder Larry Page.
    The video, which is the first to feature a working prototype of the Kitty Hawk Flyer, shows an enthusiastic aviator flying the vehicle over a lake to meet up with a group of friends in a boat.

    Described as an "all-electric aircraft", the vehicle is only able to operate over water but doen't require a pilot's license to operate because it falls under the "ultralight" FAA category.

    According to the company, a consumer version of the Kitty Hawk Flyer will be available to purchase before the end of the year however it remains unclear exactly how much it will cost.

    Those particularly keen to get their hands on one though can sign up for a $100 membership that will net them priority placement on the waiting list and a $2,000 discount.

        
    Source: The Verge 

    Tags: Kitty HawkFlying Car

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    25-04-2017 om 21:49 geschreven door peter  

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    Mysterious Canadian aurora nicknamed 'Steve'


    The Aurora Borealis is not alone in the Canadian skies. Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 Carsten Frenzl
    The phenomenon was first discovered by a group of amateur Aurora Borealis photographers in Alberta.
    Consisting of a bright strip of light stretching from east to west, the peculiarly named "Steve" was first picked up by members of Alberta Aurora Chasers, a Facebook group frequented by people looking to share information about the best places to photograph the Northern Lights.

    According to Professor Eric Donovan at the University of Calgary, "Steve" is essentially a strip of ionized gas traveling at around four miles per second across Canada.

    "The really cool thing about this is the social media providing a nice bridge between the scientific community and these amateurs, who are incredibly talented observers of the night sky," he said.

    Reaching temperatures of up to 10,800 degrees Fahrenheit ( the same as the Earth's core ), this peculiar phenomenon is 16 miles wide and thousands of miles long.

    Chris Ratzlaff, the Facebook group's administrator, admits that his inspiration for the name "Steve" came from a joke in the 2006 animated movie "Over the Hedge".

    Until Professor Donovan can complete his research in to the nature and origins of the phenomenon however it is likely that its unusual moniker will be here to stay.

        
    SourceNew York Times | Comments (1) 

    Tags: SteveAurora

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    25-04-2017 om 21:44 geschreven door peter  

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    Aliens may have existed in our solar system long before us

    By Jasper Hamill, The Sun

    Aliens may have existed in our solar system long before us

    The solar system humanity calls home may have once been inhabited by an extinct species of spacefaring aliens, a top scientist has suggested.

    A space scientist has suggested ancient extraterrestrials could have lived on Mars, Venus or even Earth before disappearing without a trace.

    In a fascinating academic paper about “prior indigenous technological species,” James T. Wright from Pennsylvania State University raised the fascinating possibility that evidence of these extinct aliens could exist somewhere in the solar system.

    Wright is an astronomer who received global attention after suggesting an “alien megastructure” had been spotted in orbit around a distant star.

    Now the stargazer has said advanced aliens may have left behind “technosignatures” for us to find – if only we knew where to look for them.

    “A prior indigenous technological species might have arisen on ancient Earth or another body, such as a pre-greenhouse Venus or a wet Mars,” he wrote.

    However, most of the archaeological evidence of an ancient civilization would probably have been lost.

    Earth’s plate tectonics would effectively “erased” the traces of a civilization that lived billions of years ago.

    Venus is in the grip of a severe greenhouse effect and also undergoes similar “resurfacing” which would scour its land clean of artifacts.

    This leaves just a handful of places where archaeologists might find traces of a lost extraterrestrial civilization.

    “Remaining indigenous technosignatures might be expected to be extremely old, limiting the places they might still be found to beneath the surfaces of Mars and the Moon, or in the outer Solar System,” Wright added.

    Modal Trigger
    Artist rendition of the star KIC 8462852 behind a shattered comet.
    credit: NASANASA

    He said alien evidence was likely to be buried beneath the ground, allowing it to survive asteroid impacts.

    “Structures buried beneath surfaces might survive and be discoverable as long as they do not suffer a collision so severe that their artificial nature is obliterated,” Wright added.

    “Merely destroying them would render them nonfunctional, but they might still be recognizably technological.

    “We might conjecture that settlements or bases on these objects would have been built beneath the surface for a variety of reasons, and so still be discoverable today.”

    The astronomer suggested that very old spaceships could still be lingering in the Asteroid Belt or Kuiper Belt, a disc at the very edge of the solar system that’s made up of icy objects.

    These artifacts are likely to be the remains of ancient probes, space bases or industrial facilities.

    “In the case of a prior indigenous technological species, the artifacts might have had totally different purposes, such as asteroid mining operations or settlements on other planets and moons,” Wright wrote.

    “Such structures would be expected to fall into disrepair, especially if its creators are absent.”

    So where are these aliens likely to have come from?

    Wright suggested they may hail from somewhere that’s very close to home.

    The presence of intelligent life on Earth makes it more likely that ye olde aliens hailed from this solar system, rather than being descended from an “extraterrestrial species that crossed interstellar space,” he concluded.

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    25-04-2017 om 20:30 geschreven door peter  

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    These freaky 'moans' were recorded deep beneath the sea

    Mysterious sound

    Scientists say the alien five-part call from the Mariana Trench is similar to the so-called 'Star Wars' sound.

    Reaching staggering depths of 36,000 feet and more, the Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of the ocean and holds some of the world’s most intriguing secrets – but even at relatively shallower depths, mysteries prevail. Case in point, a curious audio recording collected by a team of scientists from Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center. 

    Named the “Western Pacific Biotwang,” the sound is unusual for its complexity and wide frequency range. It could potentially be a previously unheard call of a baleen whale, though many questions remain.

    “It’s very distinct, with all these crazy parts,” said Sharon Nieukirk, senior faculty research assistant in marine bioacoustics at Oregon State. “The low-frequency moaning part is typical of baleen whales, and it’s that kind of twangy sound that makes it really unique. We don’t find many new baleen whale calls.”

    The researchers describe the sound, which lasts between 2.5 and 3.5 seconds, as a five-part call that “includes deep moans at frequencies as low as 38 hertz and a metallic finale that pushes as high as 8,000 hertz.” The Biotwang sounds something like the so-called “Star Wars” sound made by dwarf minke whales on the Great Barrier Reef (you can listen to both sounds in the video below).

    Minke whales belong to the baleen whale family and make a variety of calls specific to the regions they live in – along with the Star Wars there are “boings” in the North Pacific and "low-frequency pulse trains" in the Atlantic.

    “We don’t really know that much about minke whale distribution at low latitudes,” says Nieukirk, lead author of the study. “The species is the smallest of the baleen whales, doesn’t spend much time at the surface, has an inconspicuous blow, and often lives in areas where high seas make sighting difficult. But they call frequently, making them good candidates for acoustic studies.”

    Nieukirk says that like the Star Wars call, the Biotwang has complex structure, frequency sweep and a metallic ending – thus making it logical that it could be coming from a minke whale. But they aren’t sure yet and mysteries ensue. For example, notes a press statement from OSU, “baleen whale calls are often related to mating and heard mainly during the winter, yet the Western Pacific Biotwang was recorded throughout the year.”

    “If it’s a mating call, why are we getting it year round? That’s a mystery,” says Nieukirk. “We need to determine how often the call occurs in summer versus winter, and how widely this call is really distributed.”

    “Now that we’ve published these data, we hope researchers can identify this call in past and future data, and ultimately we should be able to pin down the source of the sound,” Nieukirk continues. “More data are needed, including genetic, acoustic and visual identification of the source, to confirm the species and gain insight into how this sound is being used. Our hope is to mount an expedition to go out and do acoustic localization, find the animals, get biopsy samples and find out exactly what’s making the sound. It really is an amazing, weird sound, and good science will explain it.”

    Tags: Oceans | Whales

    {https://www.treehugger.com/science/ }

    25-04-2017 om 20:22 geschreven door peter  

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    22/04/2017 Alien Project / Thierry répond aux questions

    Uploaded on Apr 23, 2017

    11ème vidéo de réponse aux questions des contributeurs d'Alien Project.

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    25-04-2017 om 20:13 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Scientists Found Something Super Weird in This Giant Glob of Stars

    Scientists Found Something Super Weird in This Giant Glob of Stars

    Globular clusters are just as they sound: giant spherical globs of stars gravitationally bound by a central force. But the source of that central force might not actually be what we thought.

    Normally, globular clusters have a plethora of low mass X-ray binary stars(LMXBs), in which one object is a hungry neutron star and the other is known as a companion and basically acts as a cosmic dust and/or gas donor to the neutron. It has long since been theorized that the accredited object could also be a black hole, but scientists have never found this to be the case, until now.

    new study of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, or NGC 104, some 16,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Tucana, is showing a LMXB called X9 that could quite possibly have a black hole instead of a neutron star.

    Scientists used the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, NuSTAR, and the Australia Compact Array, to capture a 28-minute modulation of X9’s signal. They found that the signal exhibited signs of a white dwarf about .02 solar-masses in size orbiting a black hole of about one solar mass in size.

    An optical image of the globular cluster 47 Tuc taken by Hubble.
    An optical image of the globular cluster 47 Tuc taken by Hubble.

    On top of this, the white dwarf has an unusually short precession period of 6.8 days, and is giving an unusually high rate of mass to the black hole, about seven-millionths of an Earth-mass per year.

    If X9 truly is a black hole LMXB, then it would be the first known case in our galaxy and would challenge scientists understanding of globular clusters and how black holes interact with them. All in an effort to make sense of the wild universe beyond us.

    Photos via NASA/ Hubble Space Telescope
    WHAT'S NEXT

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    25-04-2017 om 20:10 geschreven door peter  

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    Categorie:ASTRONOMIE / RUIMTEVAART
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.VADER EN DOCHTER FILMEN UFO VANUIT RYANAIR VLIEGTUIG ( VIDEO )

    VADER EN DOCHTER FILMEN UFO VANUIT RYANAIR VLIEGTUIG ( VIDEO )

    Wanneer je met vakantie gaat met het vliegtuig en na het opstijgen kom je boven de wolken uit, dan is dat vaak een prachtig gezicht. 

    De negenjarige Gloria vond dat ook en was van mening dat haar vader dit moest filmen. Het resultaat beperkte zich niet alleen maar tot lucht en wolken. 



    David Woodward was enkele weken geleden met zijn gezin onderweg vanaf het vliegveld van Manchester naar een zonnige bestemming op het Canarische eiland Lanzarote. 

    Na de start is het vliegtuig van Ryanair op ongeveer kruishoogte aangekomen boven de wolken en de negenjarige dochter Georgia vindt dit prachtig en wil dat vader haar en de lucht filmt. 

    Deze doet dat en dan verschijnt er een donker object in beeld, in de buurt van de vleugel. 

    Dat er als volgt uitzag:


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    xxx

    De bedoeling van de vader was niet om een UFO te filmen, maar om een leuke opname te maken voor het Youtube kanaal van zijn dochter. 

    Vader David, “Net toen Georgia zei hoe prachtig de lucht er uit zag, ontdekte ik het zwarte object. Het was vreemd, want het bleef van richting veranderen. Georgia was een beetje sceptisch en moest lachen toen ik zei dat ik dacht dat het een UFO was”. 

    “Ik ben heel erg benieuwd wat de mensen hier van vinden”. 

    Misschien geen toeval dat deze UFO is waargenomen in de buurt van Manchester, omdat de omgeving daar bekendstaat als een zogenaamde UFO hotspot. 

    Niet alleen Manchester is een hotspot, ook Ryanair komt vaker in beeld voor wat betreft UFO’s, zoals anderhalf jaar geleden toen het verhaal de ronde deed over een bijna botsing tussen een Ryanair toestel en een UFO bij vliegveld Eindhoven. 

    Dat was niet het geval bij de waarneming van David en dochter Georgia, hoog boven de wolken. 

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    25-04-2017 om 19:49 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.De zoektocht naar aliens. Wat weten dr.ir. Coen Vermeeren en Lange Frans meer?
    De zoektocht naar aliens. Wat weten dr.ir. Coen Vermeeren en Lange Frans meer?

    De zoektocht naar aliens. Wat weten dr.ir. Coen Vermeeren en Lange Frans meer?

    Een vraag die de mensheid al eeuwenlang bezighoudt. Zijn er aliens? Studenten van de Filmacademie in Amsterdam hebben er een documentaire over gemaakt.

    Searching for Aliens is een film over de drijfveren van vijf mensen die zich bezighouden met de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven.

    Een astronomische klokkenluider, een predikant, een rapper, een sterrenkundige en de voormalig directeur van hét telescoop-centrum van Europa.

    Veel meer

    Allemaal zijn ze op uiteenlopende manieren op zoek naar antwoorden op dezelfde vraag. Is er leven buiten de aarde?

    “De zoektocht naar buitenaards leven, is een zoektocht naar onszelf,” zegt sterrenkundige Lucas Ellerbroek.

    In de film wordt langzaam maar zeker duidelijk dat er nog wel eens veel meer kan zijn.

    Bewustwording

    Het is een ‘gelaagde’ film die verschillende thema’s behandelt; het spanningsveld tussen het rationele en emotionele bij de mens, en de bewustwording dat de aarde een plek is die we moeten koesteren.

    “Als we er echt achter zouden komen dat we alleen zijn, dan zou dat ons kunnen vertellen dat we goed voor onze planeet moeten zorgen, dat we voor elkaar moeten zorgen, dat we niet moeten denken in termen van landen, maar in termen van mensen en het zijn op deze planeet,” aldus oud-directeur van ASTRON Mike Garret.

    De zoektocht naar aliens. Wat weten dr.ir. Coen Vermeeren en Lange Frans meer?

    De zoektocht naar aliens (Facebook)

    Of zijn aliens al hier?

    Enorme weerstand

    Lucht- en ruimtevaartdeskundige Coen Vermeeren, bekend van het boek UFO’s bestaan gewoon, legt uit dat er een enorme weerstand in de huidige wetenschap zit, ook in de huidige maatschappij, die volledig is gefocust op rendement.

    Niet vandaag, niet morgen, nee gisteren hadden we dat rendement moeten hebben. “Dat is funest voor de mensheid, daaraan gaan we echt ten onder.”

    Vermeeren wil dat de samenleving open gaat staan voor het idee dat UFO’s wél echt bestaan. Hij wil dat het afgelopen is met de geheimhouding en pleit voor het openbreken van het debat.

    Geheimhouden

    Hij zegt in de film dat hij ooit eens een goudkleurige bol zag aankomen. “Hij stopte een tijdje en ging daarna rechtsaf,” zei hij. “Nou, dat kan niet.”

    Lange Frans, die met zijn muziek velen bereikt, houdt zich als rapper ook bezig met leven buiten de aarde.

    Hij doet dat bijvoorbeeld in het nummer Kamervragen II, waarin hij de politiek bevraagt over het geheimhouden van zaken die gaan over buitenaards leven.

    Bekentenissen

    Het nummer gaat onder meer over de bekentenissen van NASA-astronauten die op de maan waren over het bestaan van UFO’s, waarvan volgens hen een deel buitenaards is.

    Zou het niet ontzettend veel kunnen betekenen als we erachter komen dat we niet de enigen zijn in het heelal?

    De studenten hebben hier een crowdfundingsactie opgezet om hun film af te kunnen maken. Hun Facebookpagina vind je hier.

    Searching for Aliens gaat in juni 2017 in EYE Amsterdam in première en wordt in september uitgezonden op tv.

    Bekijk hieronder alvast een trailer:

    [Cinecrowd

    25-04-2017 om 19:41 geschreven door peter  

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    Categorie:NineForNews. nl ( new ipv NIBURU.nl) (NL)
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.IS THE TRUTH OUT THERE? UFOs filmed darting behind NASA astronaut during ISS space walk

    IS THE TRUTH OUT THERE? UFOs filmed darting behind NASA astronaut during ISS space walk

    A FLEET of UFOs were filmed by a camera on the International Space Station (ISS) in the background as an astronaut carried out repairs, it has astonishingly been claimed.

    In the NASA footage, an astronaut is seen outside the ISS carrying out maintenance, when a number of objects come into view in the distance.

    It appears to be complete darkness before the three bright objects whiz into view.

    There have been claims of a cover up, as, although the video was placed online by NASA, it appears to cut and go inside the ISS after the objects appear.

    It has been highlighted by YouTube channel SecureTeam10 in a new video.

    Tyler Glockner, who runs the channel, said: "You can clearly see that it is flying straight towards the camera, coming in at an angle, before curving and taking a left-hand turn and flying out of sight.” 

    NASA-UFO

    NASA

    The 'UFOs' as seen in the video highlighted by Secureteam10.

    These things flying by are likely junk or some space rock.

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    He slows down the video and then highlights the second and third objects which he claims “are moving in complete unison with the main UFO”.

    He added: “This is not a result of blurring or anything like that because when this thing passes and reflects light it holds its shape.

    “We have another object directly above it that seems to be attached to it.”

    Thousands of people have viewed the video and commented.

    One said: “People must be blind not to see the spaceships.” 

    Another said: “One large UFO aircraft being hunted down and chased after by two smaller likely interceptor based craft.”

    Others were more sceptical.

    One said: “These things flying by are likely junk or some space rock.”

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Huge UFO 'disappeared into wormhole' after bizarre events near top secret military base

    Huge UFO 'disappeared into wormhole' after bizarre events near top secret military base

    A GIGANTIC UFO disappeared into a "portal to another dimension" a witness to a series of shocking events near a US Air Force base believes.

    The startling account is being examined by the US-based Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) the world's biggest organisation dedicated to UFO and alien research.

    The unnamed witness, from Mesquite, Nevada, has filed a report to MUFON, in which he suggests that the cylinder-shaped UFO may have disappeared into a wormhole - which is a theoretical portal to another dimension.

    He said it happened after there was fighter jet activity near the Nellis Air Force base in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    According to alien conspiracy theorists the base is where the US military secretly carries out tests on UFO technology recovered from visiting aliens.

    One, Scott C Waring, of ufosightingsdaily.com, even claimed that a known species of aliens called the “Tall Whites” are actually based inside Nellis Air Force Base where they help the USAF develop their technologies in exchange for mineral resources they require on their planet.

    There is no known evidence to support this theory other than it being repeated on various conspiracy theory websites.

    The alleged witness was inside watching television at 8.17pm local time on March 19, while his daughter played outside with friends, when things allegedly got strange.

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    A CGI impression of a cylinder UFO from a YouTube video.

    He wrote: "I heard a loud roar outside, I went out my second-floor sliding door onto the porch. There were a lot of kids playing below when suddenly a fighter jet flew lover over my apartment building.

    "I could see the afterburners burning a flame it was so close."

    He said he watched for 45 minutes and there were two fighter jets involved.

    It was so loud people came outside from 50 apartments, he said.

    The man said one jet flew off towards the air base, the both were gone.

    My guess, a large worm hole opened in the sky, then closed.

    UFO witness

    He added: "The other fighter reappeared maybe ten minutes later coming over the mountain, diving over the city again, low, then up and out of sight.

    "I thought it was over then I heard my neighbour in the next unit over yell 'what's that?'."

    He said he looked up and just above the three-storey block opposite him about 100 feet in the sky was "a long tube."

    He added: "A bright yellow, maybe 60 feet long, tube coming towards me. 

    "It was round like a snake and big enough to drive a three-storey house through.

    "As it came towards me, it made a sharp U-turn, like a plumbing pipe, then slowly dissipated

    "My guess, a large worm hole opened in the sky, then closed.

    "It was now dark, the jet was gone."

    MUFON is investigating the case to see if other witnesses will speak.

    But, readers of the initial report are sceptical.

    One poster, calling himself Doctor Moebius posted on the MUFON website: "'Witness speculates UFO moved through worm hole'... wow. Now THAT'S science. Not.

    "I speculate the vehicle moves so fast that the witness cannot discern acceleration; I speculate the vehicle's artificial gravity drive creates an Alcubierre-Puthoff bubble which provides invisibility for the disk, as light bends around the active bubble.

    "I could speculate more, but then, that wouldn't be very scientific now, would it?"

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.New close-up photos of Saturn’s largest moon may be the last for decades

    New close-up photos of Saturn’s largest moon may be the last for decades

    Scientists curious about a ‘magic island’ that consistently disappears and reappears in one of Titan’s shallow seas

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    An artist's rendering of NASA's Cassini spacecraft observing a sunset through the hazy atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

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    Martian tree stump discovered by alien hunters points towards existence of life on ancient Mars

    The alien hunters strongly believe that this ancient tree stump proves that the Red Planet supported life once.

    nasa, Mars, tree stump, alien hunters, UFOlogists, conspiracy theorists,
    This image was taken by Mastcam: Left (MAST_LEFT) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1647 (2017-03-25 07:19:49 UTC).NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

    Earlier this month, a new discovery was made by alien hunters on Mars which points towards the existence of a Martian tree stump, believed to be ancient.

    Also Read: NASA is presently facing a lawsuit! Here's why!

    The astronomers had revealed earlier that ancient Mars was more habitable than we previously believed it to be, and this tree stump is being estimated to be strong evidence about the Red Planet being livable by the conspiracy theorists.

    The reason why Mars was believed to be more habitable than previously assumed by the astronomers is because of the discovery of the presence of a mineral called whitlockite, which was found in the Martian meteorites examined by a group of researchers. This mineral comprised hydrogen which is a life-building matter; this revealed that there was presence of more water on ancient Mars at a point of time.

    "This could be an ancient tree stump on Mars," Scott C Waring stated on his blog on UFO Sightings Daily, as quoted by The Sun.

    "It would be logical to assume that a variety of tree either existed or still exists on this enigmatic planet," Waring added.

    The alien hunters strongly believe that this ancient tree stump proves that the Red Planet supported life once.

    A YouTube channel named Paranormal Crucible stated in it's video description: "Intriguing object found by the curiosity rover, this time a possible tree stump. This object definitely looks out of place and in my opinion could be the petrified remnants of a Martian tree. Object is around 3 feet in height, and with numerous discoveries of plant and animal life on mars, it would be logical to assume, that a variety of tree either existed, or still exists on this enigmatic planet."

    Check out this video to see the ancient tree stump spotted on Mars:

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ta-ta to Titan! Cassini makes its last close flyby of moon as it prepares to crash into Saturn as its 'grand finale'

    Ta-ta to Titan! Cassini makes its last close flyby of moon as it prepares to crash into Saturn as its 'grand finale'

    • On April 22, Cassini made its closest approach with Saturn's moon Titan
    • On April 26, Cassini will make the first of 22 dives through an unexplored gap
    • It will dive through the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its rings
    • Researchers hope to collect the first-ever samples of Saturn's atmosphere
    • Cassini's mission will officially terminate on September 15, in a planned plunge

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft has made its final flyby of Saturn's massive moon Titan, collecting data on the hydrocarbon lakes and haze-enshrouded surface of the alien world. 

    On April 22, the spacecraft made its closest approach to Titan at a speed of about 13,000 miles per hour, marking the beginning of its 'Grand Finale.'

    This encounter will cause Titan's gravity to bend Cassini's orbit, pulling it slightly in so that it can begin its final set of 22 dives between Saturn and its rings, before plunging into the planet on Sept 15.

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    This unprocessed image of Saturn's moon Titan was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its final close flyby of the hazy, planet-sized moon on April 21, 2017

    This unprocessed image of Saturn's moon Titan was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its final close flyby of the hazy, planet-sized moon on April 21, 2017

    CASSINI'S 'GRAND FINALE'

    Cassini has circled Saturn for 13 years since reaching its orbit in 2004, spearheading remarkable discoveries about the ringed planet and its icy moons – but now, it's running low on fuel.

    On April 22, the spacecraft will transition into its grand finale orbits, taking one last close flyby of Saturn's massive moon Titan.

    Then, Titan's gravity will bend Cassini's flight path, causing the orbit to shrink until it passes between the planet and the inner edges of its rings.

    Then, on April 26, Cassini will make the first of 22 dives through an unexplored gap before it ultimately plunges through the skies of Saturn to end its mission as 'part of the planet itself.'

    Cassini's mission will officially terminate on September 15, after a planned plummet through Saturn's atmosphere.

    And, all the while, it will transmit data from several instruments until the signal is finally lost.

    The spacecraft made its 127th and final close approach to Titan on April 21 at 11:08 p.m. PDT (2:08 a.m. EDT on April 22), passing at an altitude of about 608 miles (979 kilometers) above the moon's surface.

    Cassini transmitted its images and other data to Earth following the encounter.

    Scientists with Cassini's radar investigation will be looking this week at their final set of new radar images of the hydrocarbon seas and lakes that spread across Titan's north polar region. 

    The planned imaging coverage includes a region previously seen by Cassini's imaging cameras, but not by radar. 

    The radar team also plans to use the new data to probe the depths and compositions of some of Titan's small lakes for the first (and last) time, and look for further evidence of the evolving feature researchers have dubbed the 'magic island'.

    'Cassini's up-close exploration of Titan is now behind us, but the rich volume of data the spacecraft has collected will fuel scientific study for decades to come,' said Linda Spilker, the mission's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. 

    It marks the beginning of the 'thrilling final chapter' of Cassini's life, twenty years after it left Earth.

    The craft has circled Saturn for 13 years since reaching its orbit in 2004, spearheading remarkable discoveries about the ringed planet and its icy moons – but now, it's running low on fuel.

    "With this flyby we're committed to the Grand Finale," said Earl Maize, Cassini project manager at JPL. 

    "The spacecraft is now on a ballistic path, so that even if we were to forgo future small course adjustments using thrusters, we would still enter Saturn's atmosphere on Sept. 15 no matter what."

    Cassini will dive through the 1,500-mile-wide (2,400-kilometer) gap between Saturn and its rings.

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    THE CASSINI MISSION 

    Since it left earth in 1997 and arrived at Saturn in 2004, Cassini has been touring the system with an up-close study of the planet, its rings and moons. 

    During its journey, Cassini has made dramatic discoveries, including a global ocean within Enceladus and liquid methane seas on Titan.

    Before Nasa's Cassini probe captured the most detailed images of Saturn ever seen, it dropped its companion Huygens on the planet's largest moon, Titan. 

    After nearly 20 years in space, the mission is drawing near its end because the spacecraft is running low on fuel.

    In a captivating video released earlier this month, the space agency revealed a glimpse at Cassini's 'grand finale.'

    On April 26, Cassini will make the first of 22 dives through an unexplored gap before it ultimately plunges through the skies of Saturn to end its mission as 'part of the planet itself.' 

    Cassini's mission will officially terminate on September 15, after a planned plummet through Saturn's atmosphere.

    And, all the while, it will transmit data from several instruments until the signal is finally lost.

    In the months leading up to this dramatic conclusion, though, the craft will carry out a plan that is 'in many ways, like a whole new mission,' according to NASA.

    Cassini will dive through the 1,500-mile-wide (2,400-kilometer) gap between Saturn and its rings.

    'No spacecraft has ever gone through the unique region that we'll attempt to boldly cross 22 times,' said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

    Twenty years after leaving Earth, NASA¿s Cassini spacecraft is set to embark on the ¿thrilling final chapter¿ of its life. The craft has circled Saturn for 13 years  ¿ but now, it¿s running low on fuel

    Twenty years after leaving Earth, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to embark on the 'thrilling final chapter' of its life. The craft has circled Saturn for 13 years – but now, it's running low on fuel

    'What we learn from Cassini's daring final orbits will further our understanding of how giant planets, and planetary systems everywhere, form and evolve.

    'This is truly discovery in action to the very end.'

    Researchers first decided the craft would terminate its mission in this way back in 2010.

    In the months leading up this this dramatic conclusion, though, the craft will carry out a plan that is ¿in many ways, like a whole new mission,¿ according to NASA. On April 26, Cassini will make the first of 22 dives through an unexplored gap

    In the months leading up this this dramatic conclusion, though, the craft will carry out a plan that is 'in many ways, like a whole new mission,' according to NASA. On April 26, Cassini will make the first of 22 dives through an unexplored gap

    Its terminal orbits over the next five months will bring it closer to Saturn than ever before.

    As the craft 'repeatedly braves this unexplored region,' it will investigate the origins of the rings and the nature of the planet's interior, the video explains.

    This weekend, NASA¿s Cassini spacecraft will make a close flyby of Saturn¿s moon Titan, collecting data on the hydrocarbon lakes and haze-enshrouded surface of the alien world. And, this will be its last

    This weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, collecting data on the hydrocarbon lakes and haze-enshrouded surface of the alien world. And, this will be its last

    'This planned conclusion for Cassini's journey was far and away the preferred choice for the mission's scientists,' said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

    'Cassini will make some of its most extraordinary observations at the end of its long life.' 

    According to NASA, the researchers hope to collect the first-ever samples of Saturn's atmosphere and particles coming from the main rings.

    On top of this, the craft will obtain the closest views yet of Saturn's clouds and inner rings.

    Scientists made the final checks on the space probe's command list ahead of its finale, and uploaded them on April 11.

    'Based on our best models, we expect the gap to be clear of particles large enough to damage the spacecraft,' said Earl Maize, Cassini project manager at JPL.

    'But we're also being cautious by using our large antenna as a shield on the first pass, as we determine whether it's safe to expose the science instruments to that environment on future passes.

    TITAN: EARTH'S 'TOXIC TWIN'

    Aside from Earth, Titan is the only place in the solar system known to have rivers, rainfall and seas - and possibly even waterfalls.

    Of course, in the case of Titan these are liquid methane rather than water on Earth.

    Regular Earth-water, H2O, would be frozen solid on Titan where the surface temperature is -180°C (-292°F).

    With its thick atmosphere and organic-rich chemistry, Titan resembles a frozen version of Earth several billion years ago, before life began pumping oxygen into our atmosphere.

    Because Titan is smaller than Earth, its gravity does not hold onto its gaseous envelope as tightly, so the atmosphere extends 370 miles (595km) into space.

    With Titan's low gravity and dense atmosphere, methane raindrops could grow twice as large as Earth's raindrops. 

    'Certainly there are some unknowns, but that's one of the reasons we're doing this kind of daring exploration at the end of the mission.'

    On April 22, the spacecraft will transition into its grand finale orbits, taking one last close flyby of Saturn's massive moon Titan.

    Then, Titan's gravity will bend Cassini's flight path, causing the orbit to shrink until it passes between the planet and the inner edges of its rings.

    As the spacecraft plummets into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, it will keep its antennas firing toward Earth as long as possible, sending back important data.

    'Cassini's grand finale is so much more than a final plunge,' said Spilker.

    'It's a thrilling final chapter for our intrepid spacecraft, and so scientifically rich that it was the clear and obvious choice for how to end the mission.'

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO sightings have tripled since 2001, new book claims

    UFO sightings have tripled since 2001, new book claims

    little green men from outer space been taking an increased interest in our planet this century?" data-reactid="18" style="text-align: justify;">Have little green men from outer space been taking an increased interest in our planet this century?

    A new book, U.F.O. Sightings Desk Reference, looks at the statistics behind UFO encounters – and analysis of 121,036 eyewitness accounts in America suggests the encounters are increasing in number.

    Authors Cheryl Costa and Linda Miller Costa analysed sightings reported to UFO groups such as Mufon and Nuforc.

    UFO sightings are not dying off – in fact, the opposite is true, at least in North America, where sightings rose to 11,868 nationwide in 2015 from 3,479 in 2001." data-reactid="21" style="text-align: justify;">And contrary to popular myth, UFO sightings are not dying off – in fact, the opposite is true, at least in North America, where sightings rose to 11,868 nationwide in 2015 from 3,479 in 2001.

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    Speaking to the San Diego Tribune, the couple say that many of the sightings have perfectly normal, Earthly explanations – but some defy explanation.

    Unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is
    not readily identifiable
    Also called UFO

    An unidentified flying object, or UFO, in its most general definition, is any apparent anomaly in the sky that is not identifiable as a known object or phenomenon. Culturally, UFOs are associated with claims of visitation by extraterrestrial life or government-related conspiracy theories, and have become popular subjects in fiction. UFOs are often identified after their sighting. Sometimes, however, UFOs cannot be identified because of the low quality of evidence related to their sightings.

    Stories of fantastical celestial apparitions have been told since antiquity, but the term "UFO" (or "UFOB") was officially created in 1953 by the United States Air Force (USAF) to serve as a catch-all for all such reports. In its initial definition, the USAF stated that a "UFOB" was "any airborne object which by performance, aerodynamic characteristics, or unusual features, does not conform to any presently known aircraft or missile type, or which cannot be positively identified as a familiar object." Accordingly, the term was initially restricted to that fraction of cases which remained unidentified after investigation, as the USAF was interested in potential national security reasons and/or "technical aspects" (see Air Force Regulation 200-2).

    During the late 1940s and through the 1950s, UFOs were often referred to popularly as "flying saucers" or "flying discs". The term UFO became more widespread during the 1950s, at first in technical literature, but later in popular use. UFOs garnered considerable interest during the Cold War, an era associated with a heightened concern for national security. Various studies have concluded that the phenomenon does not represent a threat to national security nor does it contain anything worthy of scientific pursuit (e.g., 1951 Flying Saucer Working Party, 1953 CIA Robertson Panel, USAF Project Blue Book, Condon Committee).

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    We’re doing scientific research. What’s crazy is not being willing to look at research,’ says Cheryl Costa.

    UFO lobbyist Stephen Bassett, founder of the Paradigm Research Group, said, ‘With this compendium, Cheryl and Linda Costa have reminded the public and the media the extraterrestrial phenomenon continues unabated.’

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity

    Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity

    Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity
    Einstein's equation E = mc2 shows that energy and mass are interchangeable.
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    The theory of special relativity explains how space and time are linked for objects that are moving at a consistent speed in a straight line. One of its most famous aspects concerns objects moving at the speed of light. 

    Simply put, as an object approaches the speed of light, its mass becomes infinite and it is unable to go any faster than light travels. This cosmic speed limit has been a subject of much discussion in physics, and even in science fiction, as people think about how to travel across vast distances.

    The theory of special relativity was developed by Albert Einstein in 1905, and it forms part of the basis of modern physics. After finishing his work in special relativity, Einstein spent a decade pondering what would happen if one introduced acceleration. This formed the basis of his general relativity, published in 1915.

    Before Einstein, astronomers (for the most part) understood the universe in terms of three laws of motion presented by Isaac Newton in 1686. These three laws are: 

    (1) Objects in motion (or at rest) remain in motion (or at rest) unless an external force imposes change.

    (2) Force is equal to the change in momentum per change of time. For a constant mass, force equals mass times acceleration.

    (3) For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

    But there were cracks in the theory for decades before Einstein's arrival on the scene, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. In 1865, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell demonstrated that light is a wave with both electrical and magnetic components, and established the speed of light (186,000 miles per second). Scientists supposed that the light had to be transmitted through some medium, which they called the ether. (We now know that no transmission medium is required, and that light in space moves in a vacuum.)

    Twenty years later, an unexpected result threw this into question. Physicist A.A. Michelson and chemist Edward Morley (both Americans at the time) calculated how Earth's motion through this "ether" affected how the speed of light is measured, and found that the speed of light is the same no matter what Earth's motion is. This led to further musings on light's behavior — and its incongruence with classical mechanics — by Austrian physicist Ernst Mach and French mathematician Henri Poincare.

    Einstein began thinking of light's behavior when he was just 16 years old, in 1895. He did a thought experiment, the encyclopedia said, where he rode on one light wave and looked at another light wave moving parallel to him. 

    Classical physics should say that the light wave Einstein was looking at would have a relative speed of zero, but this contradicted Maxwell's equations that showed light always has the same speed: 186,000 miles a second. Another problem with relative speeds is they would show that the laws of electromagnetism change depending on your vantage point, which contradicted classical physics as well (which said the laws of physics were the same for everyone.)

    This led to Einstein's eventual musings on the theory of special relativity, which he broke down into the everyday example of a person standing beside a moving train, comparing observations with a person inside the train. He imagined the train being at a point in the track equally between two trees. If a bolt of lightning hit both trees at the same time, due to the motion of the train, the person on the train would see the bolt hit one tree before the other tree. But the person beside the track would see simultaneous strikes.

    "Einstein concluded that simultaneity is relative; events that are simultaneous for one observer may not be for another," the encyclopedia stated. "This led him to the counterintuitive idea that time flows differently according to the state of motion, and to the conclusion that distance is also relative."

    Einstein's work led to some startling results, which today still seem counterintuitive at first glance even though his physics is usually introduced at the high school level. 

    2015 marks 100 years since the publication of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Learn the basics of Einstein's theory of relativity in our infographic here.
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    One of the most famous equations in mathematics comes from special relativity. The equation — E = mc2— means "energy equals mass times the speed of light squared." It shows that energy (E) and mass (m) are interchangeable; they are different forms of the same thing. If mass is somehow totally converted into energy, it also shows how much energy would reside inside that mass: quite a lot. (This equation is one of the demonstrations for why an atomic bomb is so powerful, once its mass is converted to an explosion.)

    This equation also shows that mass increases with speed, which effectively puts a speed limit on how fast things can move in the universe. Simply put, the speed of light (c) is the fastest velocity at which an object can travel in a vacuum. As an object moves, its mass also increases. Near the speed of light, the mass is so high that it reaches infinity, and would require infinite energy to move it, thus capping how fast an object can move. The only reason light moves at the speed it does is because photons, the quantum particles that make up light, have a mass of zero.

    A special situation in the universe of the small, called "quantum entanglement," is confusing because it seems to involve quantum particles interacting with each other at speeds faster than the speed of light. Specifically, measuring the property of one particle can instantly tell you the property of another particle, no matter how far away they are. Much has been written about this phenomenon, which is still not fully explained in terms of Einstein's conclusions. 

    Another strange conclusion of Einstein's work comes from the realization that time moves relative to the observer. An object in motion experiences time dilation, meaning that time moves more slowly when one is moving, than when one is standing still. Therefore, a person moving ages more slowly than a person at rest. So yes, when astronaut Scott Kelly spent nearly a year aboard the International Space Station in 2015-16, his twin astronaut brother Mark Kelly aged a little faster than Scott.

    This becomes extremely apparent at speeds approaching the speed of light. Imagine a 15-year-old traveling at 99.5 percent the speed of light for five years (from the astronaut's perspective). When the 15-year-old gets back to Earth, according to NASA, he would be only 20 years old. His classmates, however, would be 65 years old.

    While this time dilation sounds very theoretical, it does have practical applications as well. If you have a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver in your car, the receiver attempts to find signals from at least three satellites to coordinate your position. The GPS satellites send out timed radio signals that the receiver listens to, triangulating (or more properly speaking, trilaterating) its position based on the travel time of the signals. The challenge is, the atomic clocks on the GPS are moving and would therefore run faster than atomic clocks on Earth, creating timing issues. So, engineers need to make the clocks on a GPS tick slower, according to Richard Pogge, an astronomer at Ohio State University.

    The clocks in space tick faster, according to Physics Central, because the GPS satellites are above Earth and experience weaker gravity. So even though the GPS satellites are moving and experience a seven-microsecond slowing every day because of their movement, the result of the weaker gravity causes the clocks to tick about 45 microseconds faster than a ground-based clock. Adding the two together results in the GPS satellite clock ticking faster than a ground-based clock, by about 38 microseconds daily.

    As our knowledge of physics has advanced, scientists have run into more counterintuitive situations. One is trying to reconcile general relativity — which describes well what's going on with large objects — with quantum mechanics, which is best used for very small things (such as uranium atom decay). The two fields, which excellently describe their individual fields, are incompatible with one another — which frustrated Einstein and generations of scientists after him.

    "Relativity gives nonsensical answers when you try to scale it down to quantum size, eventually descending to infinite values in its description of gravity. Likewise, quantum mechanics runs into serious trouble when you blow it up to cosmic dimensions," an article in The Guardian pointed out in 2015. 

    "Quantum fields carry a certain amount of energy, even in seemingly empty space, and the amount of energy gets bigger as the fields get bigger. According to Einstein, energy and mass are equivalent (that's the message of E=mc2), so piling up energy is exactly like piling up mass. Go big enough, and the amount of energy in the quantum fields becomes so great that it creates a black hole that causes the universe to fold in on itself. Oops."

    There are several ideas to overcome this (which are beyond the scope of this article), but one approach is to imagine a quantum theory of gravity that would have a massless particle (called the graviton) to generate the force. But as physicist Dave Goldberg pointed out in io9 in 2013, there are problems with that. At the smallest scales, gravitons would have infinite energy density, creating an unimaginably powerful gravity field. More study will be required to see if this is possible.

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    Hunting the building blocks of alien life


    A new study examines space-travelling amino acids that could play a role in extraterrestrial life, writes Andrew Masterson.


    A micrograph of a crystal formed from cysteine, an amino acid commonly found in terrestrial life.
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    Amino acids extracted from meteorites will soon be tested to see if they are capable of playing a role in extraterrestrial life.

    Amino acids – organic compounds based on amine and carboxyl molecules – are the fundamental building blocks of proteins that, in turn, are the basis of all life on Earth. Astrobiologists have long assumed that the most likely types of extraterrestrial life would also arise from a similar amino-acid-protein system.

    Extraterrestrial conditions.
    CLAIRE MAMMOSER
    An extraterrestrial system, however, would not necessarily use the same amino acids – alone or in combination – as those used on this planet.

    “They might use amino acids that are known to us but not used to make proteins on Earth,” says Claire Mammoser of Valparaiso University.

    With this in mind, Mammoser has recently finished testing 15 amino acids – some used in earthly biology and others not – to see how they might stand up to the rigours of other planetary environments.

    With conditions on Mars, Saturn’s moon Enceladus and Jupiter’s moon Europa in mind, Mammoser and colleagues subjected the amino acids to extreme variations in temperature, pH, ultraviolet and gamma radiation. They recorded the resilience, or lack of it, in each sample, as well as its ability to perform key functions, such as bind to liquid water.

    “Our main goal with this research is to see if there are structural characteristics of some amino acids that lead to a higher stability in extraterrestrial conditions,” says Mammoser.

    The results of the experiments were presented this week at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual meeting in Chicago.

    The next phase of the research involves conducting the same battery of tests on genuine extraterrestrial amino acids extracted from meteorites. The team will also experiment with novel amino acids created in a number of “origin of life” experiments, some dating back to the 1950s.

    https://cosmosmagazine.com/ }

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    A Kickstarter campaign wants you to help find aliens

    25-04-2017 om 13:16 geschreven door peter  

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    What would actually happen if aliens made contact with Earth

    Scientists have warned that responding could lead to the destruction of Earth – but we almost certainly would

    Andrew Griffin 

    There isn't much of a plan for what we'd do if we heard from aliens, according to the man probably most likely to make contact with them.

    Andrew Siemion, scientific director of the Breakthrough Listen project, has said that he spends just a few minutes each day thinking about how he would announce if the project actually found alien life. Breakthrough Listen is a huge plan funded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, which is picking through potential signals sent to Earth to find one that could be a message from aliens.

     “Maybe for five or 10 minutes right before I go to bed, I think about what we might do if we actually found a signal,” he said in an interview with PRI. “It’s very difficult to predict how the world would react to that. But personally, I think it would be a very positive reaction. I think it would be a very unifying moment.”

    He also said that he hasn't decided whether or not humanity would send a message back, if it heard one. Stephen Hawking, who has been involved in Mr Milner's projects, has actively warned that responding to any message would probably lead to the annihilation of life on Earth.

    “Personally, I think... that’s a question that should involve the entire planet,” he said.

    That is in line with most guidance – and there is only guidance, since no rules for announcing alien contact or replying to it have ever been written into international law. The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has a set of protocols for those involved in the search for extraterrestrial life – which stipulate that anyone who finds a signal should make the world aware, and shouldn't respond to it – but those are only protocols, and nobody could be prosecuted for breaking them.

    As such, once a signal is found, it is unlikely that scientists would be able to stop someone with the right equipment from broadcasting a message. That is despite continuing warnings from people like Professor Hawking, and raging debate among scientists and others about whether we should ever actually speak to aliens.

    But even if someone did make contact, it's unlikely that anyone alive would actually get to experience any kind of conversation – or see the wiping out of humanity that Professor Hawking warned would come.

    The nearest potentially habitable world outside our solar system is Proxima b, which is a mere 4.2 lightyears away but probably doesn't actually contain any life. Even if it did, each message would take 4.2 years to send and the same time to get back – limiting any conversation – and without unimagined technologies, it would take many years for any alien life to actually arrive on Earth.

    Some scientists claim to have intercepted messages which could have come from aliens, and Breakthrough Listen called those results "promising" early this year. The project published its initial results last week – but said that it hadn't yet found much.

    More about: 

    http://www.independent.co.uk/ }

    25-04-2017 om 13:10 geschreven door peter  

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    CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins, Aliens and UFOs

    UFO Aliens on coins

    By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ....
     

    On the wall of his office in the FBI building’s basement, Special Agent Fox Mulder of the TV series The X-Files has a UFO poster that proclaims: I WANT TO BELIEVE.

    The sentiment is widely shared, even among numismatists, who are generally a rather skeptical bunch.

    The “Alien” Coin

    In October 2016, several British tabloids published a photograph of a silver coin of uncertain size with a Greek inscription[1]. The coin portrait depicts a gaunt draped bust resembling a so-called “Grey alien”[2]. Grey aliens are extraterrestrial humanoids associated with contemporary UFO mythology.

    The source of the image is credited to the UFO web site mysteriousearth.net, where discovery of the coin is ascribed to a “group of people who worked on the renovation of a house in southern Egypt”[3].

    It is clearly a hoax. The lack of any attribution (weight, dimensions, date, image of the reverse, etc.) raises the level of suspicion to an astronomical level.

    My first impression is that this was a real coin or medallion extensively tooled in order to turn the portrait of a ruler or deity into the likeness of an alien - like an elaborate “hobo nickel”[4]. Hobo nickels are American five-cent pieces that have been carved and tooled, often with great skill, into novel or startling forms. The craft became popular during the Great Depression (1929 – 1939) among “hobos”, (homeless itinerant workers who had a lot of time on their hands).

    The Plot Thickens

    Why would anyone create such a fantasy coin? My first thought was that the object was a deliberate forgery intended to deceive gullible collectors, but on reflection it became clear that no serious collector would be taken in by such an obviously tooled fake. Could it have been the creation of UFO enthusiasts, attempting to fabricate evidence for “Ancient Astronaut” theories?

    A little research revealed that it's not even a real artifact, but a heavily retouched (“photoshopped”) image of an actual Roman medallion in the famous collection of the Cabinet de Médailles in Paris. The hoax was uncovered by computer scientist Ralf Bülow[5], as credited by author Jason Colavito on his web site[6].

    The very rare original medallion depicts Dionysus, god of wine and abandon. The other side (technically the obverse) bears an idealized portrait of Antinous, the beloved young companion of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Antinous, about 18 years of age, drowned in the Nile River in 130 CE. Hadrian was distraught, and had the youth declared a god, raising temples in his honor throughout the Roman East--notably in his birthplace, Claudiopolis or Bithynion in the province of Bithynia (now Bolu, Turkey). This is where the medallion was struck.

    Alien UFO Coin Transitions Back to Original Coin

    The image of the medallion seems to have been taken from a web site dedicated to Antinous[7], who has become something of a hero for gay history. The blue fabric background is a dead giveaway that the original photograph was a museum display case. A determined image search turned up a sharper image on Wikipedia with the fabric background “shopped” out[8].

    The digital trail led to a Brazilian UFO site[9], where I learned (thanks to good Portuguese translation on my web browser) that the hoax image came from DesignCrowd, an Australian graphic design crowdsource web site. In April 2011, DesignCrowd conducted a “Coin of the Realm” contest, challenging graphic designers to create images of celebrities on coins[10].

    A user with the handle “Kryptomaniacle” submitted a previously created image just 20 minutes before the contest closed, identifying the portrait as “The historically obscure Grapnok; largely responsible for three of the Seven Wonders of the World.” The submission won third place. Technically “Grapnok” was not a “celebrity” and bent the contest rules, as Kryptomaniacle admitted in a subsequent message.

    It was not a hoax; it was a playful, creative joke. The hoax developed when the tabloids took the image and turned it into a clickbait UFO story.

    The “UFO” Jetons

    To further confuse the situation, the same “Egyptian” find was given as the source of some 17th-century French jetons bearing images of disk-shaped objects floating in the clouds. Jetons are (mostly) copper or brass tokens, typically 20 to 28 mm in size, produced in thousands of different designs across Europe from the 13th to the 17th centuries. They were originally used in accounting and computation (like the beads of an abacus). They also served like poker chips or “play money” in games. They were not coins, and were not struck by official mints, but they are highly collectable and sometimes confused with coins.

    1648 jeton from the Burgundy region of France appears to show a UFO hovering over a rocky pine forest. But when the image is rotated into the proper orientation (based on the reading of the Latin motto (which translates ”It resisted a few, but was overcome by many”), it shows a shield being held up against a storm of arrows coming down from the clouds. This is a very conventional allegorical image with no extraterrestrial implications.

    A more challenging example is a 1656 copper jeton that very clearly shows a disk with a central spindle floating above a landscape. The enigmatic Latin motto Opportunus Adest translates as “It arrives at a fortunate time.” The designs of jetons were frequently reworked and modified, and a white metal copy shows a floating object that is not at all saucer-like, but might be a Baroque-style parade shield.

    Burgundian UFO Jeton? Not exactly.The idea of shields that fall from the sky as divine gifts or tokens of protection is very ancient.

    According to legend, in the time of Numa Pompilius (second king of Rome, lived 753–673 BCE) a bronze shield, the ancile, fell from heaven[11]. Numa had 11 identical replicas made (to protect the identity of the real one), and established a priesthood--the Salii, or leaping priests--to care for them, and to carry them in procession on special occasions.

    This famous story was part of a classical education, and would have been familiar to the early modern Europeans who used jetons. The elaborately fluted steel shields that came into use in the 16th century often bear a remarkable similarity to modern images of UFOs. A spectacular example is a 1594 Dutch jeton[12], showing the hand of God reaching down from heaven to interpose a symbolic shield of divine protection between the Netherlanders and the Spanish Army. There is no historical evidence that any extraterrestrial spacecraft were involved.

    * * *

    Notes

    [1] http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/553356/ancient-alien-coins-egypt-discovery-spaceships-mars-ufo-sightings-martians

    [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_alien

    [3] http://mysteriousearth.net/2016/09/26/while-renovating-a-house-in-egypt-someone-found-these-mysterious-coins/

    [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_nickel

    [5] Identified as head of the Computer Museum of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany.

    [6] http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/history-channel-launches-ancient-aliens-companion-volume-and-coloring-book-plus-an-ancient-alien-coin

    [7] http://antinopolis.org/gallery/icons/coins.html

    [8] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medallion_Antinous_CdM.jpg

    [9] http://www.assombrado.com.br/2016/11/as-moedas-extraterrestres-uma-incrivel.html

    [10] http://www.designcrowd.com/community/contest.aspx?id=1673157

    [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancile

    [12] Nomos Auction 13, 7 October 2016. Lot 19: realized $470 USD.

    References

    Innes, Brian. Fakes and Forgeries: The True Crime Stories of History’s Greatest Deceptions. Pleasantville, NY (2005)

    Jones, Mark (ed.) Fake? The Art of Deception. Berkeley (1990)

    Lambert, Royston. Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. New York (1984)

    O’ Donoghue, Rachel. “Spooky ancient coins ‘proof aliens have visited Earth'." The Sun (13 October 2016)

    Sayles, Wayne. Classical Deception: Counterfeits, Forgeries and Reproductions of Ancient Coins. Iola, WI (2001)

    von Däniken, Erich. Chariots of the Gods. New York (1970)

    von Mosch, Hans-Christoph. “Die Antinoos-Medaillons von Bithynion-Klaudiopolis.” Schweizer Numismatische Rundschau (Swiss Numismatic Review) 80 (2001)

    http://www.coinweek.com/ }

    25-04-2017 om 13:03 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Diamond UFO Seen Over San Fernando Valley, California On April 8, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Diamond UFO Seen Over San Fernando Valley, California On April 8, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: April 8, 2016
    Location of sighting: West San Fernando Valley, California, USA

    This beautiful UFO was seen over California last week and its the same UFO that has been seen around the world. Its a rotating six sided diamond shape craft. It stays in place for up to a hour, then leaves fast. It makes you wonder, what kind of species uses this marvellous craft, and what intel are they gathering?
    Scott C. Waring

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    25-04-2017 om 12:15 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO Beam Seen From Passanger Jet Over Spain On April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    UFO Beam Seen From Passanger Jet Over Spain On April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: April 2017
    Location of sighting: Spain

    4,000 feet up in the air, this long dark object was seen poking through a cloud. It may be a beam or transporter that is sending down supplies into an underwater base and the UFO may be hidden in the clouds above it. These lucky passengers got to see it, even if its only for a few seconds. Its enough to change how you see the world.  Not only are we not alone on Earth, we have never been alone on this planet. Aliens have lived here in secluded areas below the surface for over 10,000 years.

    Scott C. Waring

    Video states:

    If you see some strange things flying in the air while traveling through the airplane, what questions will arise in your mind? A similar incident has happened recently, in fact, whenever a person travels in air, he sees the beautiful scenes of the sky window, but have you ever thought that, if you were in Hawaii If you see something different from the outside of the ship's window, how would you feel? In an airplane from Spain to England, a passenger got to see something similar, which he was able to see. In fact, this passenger had seen a pillar blown between the clouds. Due to which she got a little nervous, but only after she was caught, she caught that scene in her camera soon. Many people say that, in fact, this is the warning light from the oil terminal, so some people say that it can be a scratched in the seat window. This passenger says that on seeing from four thousand feet, this hammer looked like a big pillar of iron. 

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    25-04-2017 om 12:10 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mysterious ‘Underwater Wall’ That Circles The ENTIRE Planet Found On Google Earth (Video)

    Mysterious ‘Underwater Wall’ That Circles The ENTIRE Planet Found On Google Earth (Video)

    A mysterious video posted on YouTube claims there is a supermassive wall located beneath Earth’s oceans, encompassing the entire planet. 

    This mysterious wall, found by a YouTube channel called ‘Flat Earth Arabic’ claims the massive wall tens of thousands of miles across beneath the ocean.

    In the distant past, UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists have found countless unexplained things on Google Earth. From pyramids to mysterious towers, petroglyphs, and even sunken cities, Google Earth has unleashed the imagination of people around the globe.

    Not long ago we reported about a supposed discovered just off the coast of Mexico—12°8’1.5″N, 119°35’26.4″W—where a researcher discovered a  humongous underwater pyramid. Among the many structures that are said to remain hidden beneath the ocean, ‘researchers’ have found things that—supposedly—challenge everything we know about our history.

    Last year, a teenager using Google Earth ‘discovered’ what researchers are calling one of the largest, previously unknown ancient cities belonging to the Maya.

    In similar ways, researchers all around the globe have been hunting for Pyramids and lost structures that have eluded experts for decades.

    In 2012, American researcher Angela Micol discovered ‘Pyramids larger than those found on the Giza Plateau, using satellite images.

    But countless different discoveries have been made using Google Earth.

    Read Also: What Scientists Just Found Deep In The Ocean Is Seriously Unbelievable. I’m Still In Shock!

    Last year we reported about a complex of structures that stretch for a staggering 76 miles at its furthest points.

    The formations found off the coast of Baja California include mysterious tube-like constructions that are roughly 2.4 miles in width. Given the curious shape and distinguishable lines, many believe these are just some of the many underwater structures on our planet.

    However, these new claims go beyond anything we’ve probably ever come across.

    This wall’s sheer size and its adherence to linearity indicate it is not a natural formation to many. In fact, many people are convinced that due to the numerous discoveries made across the globe which completely contradict history as we have been taught in school, something like this is entirely possible. After all—they say—Earth is millions of years old and we are begging to uncover evidence that suggests many ancient civilizations inhabited Earth in our planet’s long history.

    BUT, HOLD ON A SEC, THIS CAN’T BE A WALL, RIGHT?

    Zooming in on the provided coordinates you clearly see what seems to be a MASSIVE structure. But who could have erected such a wall? If it really is an artificial structure, how old is it? What was its purpose?

    Many disagree and don’t believe we are looking at an actual wall. In fact, there even might be a perfectly reasonable explanation for the enigmatic finding.

    What if we are looking at a Google Earth glitch?

    Due to the fact that Google Earth uses different images while ‘mapping the planet’, it isn’t uncommon to encounter parts of the map that just didn’t quite match perfectly, resulting in a MASSIVE wall that encompasses the entire planet.

    One of the most likely explanations for this ‘impressive find’ is that we are looking at a digital seam in the mapping of the Poles.

    SATELLITE IMAGE STITCHING ERROR?

    Image stitching or photo stitching is the process of combining multiple photographic images with overlapping fields of view to produce a segmented panorama or high-resolution image.

    Commonly performed through the use of computer software, most approaches to image stitching require nearly exact overlaps between images and identical exposures to produce seamless results.

    Image stitching is widely used in today’s world and was used in the satellite images we are seeing on Google Earth.

    Also Interesting: A 20,000 Year-Old Underwater Pyramid Discovered In Mid-Atlantic In Portugal, Link To Atlantis? [VIDEO]

    BUT AN ENTIRE WALL THAT ENCOMPASSES EARTH?

    A lot of things can have played a role in creating such an effect. Illumination, point of view, reference, and many other things may have played a crucial role in this massive error. One of the most likely reasons for the seam appearing could be the background changing between two images for the same continuous foreground.

    CHECK OUT THE VIDEO BELLOW:

    What are we looking at there? A Supermassive wall as the above video claims? Or just another glitch in the image processing techniques in Google maps?

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    25-04-2017 om 01:17 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mission to Saturn

    Mission to Saturn

    Spoorthy Raman & Rishabh Shukla

    detailed imaging With Cassini (inset), scientists now have data about the size, temperature, composition and distribution of Saturn's rings. photo credit: NASA

    detailed imaging With Cassini (inset), scientists now have data about the size, temperature, composition and distribution of Saturn's rings.

    photo credit: NASA

    The sci-fi blockbuster Oblivion gave us a glimpse of life in 2077 on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, after the Earth was devastated by an extraterrestrial attack. But how far from reality is this? Going by Cassini-Huygens’ findings, perhaps it’s not too far! Cassini-Huygens is the first unmanned spacecraft to orbit Saturn, a spectacular ringed planet in our Solar System. Launched on October 15, 1997, it set out to discover the planet and its satellites, up-close. In its 20 long years, the spacecraft has revealed many fascinating facts about Saturn, its rings and moons, including some clues about the possibility of life. 

    However, Cassini-Huygens will soon draw a close to its eventful life in September 2017.

    In the first seven years of its journey, the spacecraft hovered around Venus, flew past Mars, manoeuvred through the asteroid belt and slid past Jupiter, before finally entering Saturn’s orbit on July 1, 2004. Its last leg started on April 22, 2017. After sailing past Titan, it will criss-cross Saturn’s equator 22 times, and finally sink into Saturn. According to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the agency controlling the spacecraft, its thrusters have run out of fuel, forcing the inevitable death.

    Scientists at NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, started the groundwork on Cassini-Huygens back in 1980s. Named after two Italian astronomers, Giovanni Cassini, who studied Saturn’s rings, and Christiaan Huygens, who discovered Titan, the spacecraft has two parts — the Cassini orbiter that orbits Saturn, and the Huygens probe that landed on Titan. Since Saturn is so far away from the Sun, it is infeasible to harness solar rays as a power source. Hence, Cassini-Huygens is powered with limited-period plutonium radioisotope electric generators that generate electricity like a nuclear power plant. 

    While Cassini was in orbit around Saturn, it detached Huygens to descend on Titan on December 25, 2004. Huygens, after falling freely for 20 days, entered the history books as the first robotic probe to land on a satellite of another planet. It captured every detail of Titan's atmosphere and surface, and sent it to NASA’s Deep Space Network until its batteries drained up. 

    A closer look
    Saturn, with its majestic rings and enigmatic moons, is a jewel in our Solar System. It is the second largest planet after Jupiter and is a gas giant made up mostly of hydrogen and helium. Its diameter is approximately nine times that of the Earth, and it is 95 times more massive than the Earth. It is also the only planet in the Solar System that is less dense than water. Until recently, these were the only facts about Saturn that we knew. Cassini-Huygens has tremendously increased our understanding of the planet. 

    With numerous up-close observations, it has pointed out many earth-like features on Saturn. We now know that Saturn has numerous ‘jet streams’ that spew water vapour and heat into the atmosphere, of which the hexagonal jet stream in the north pole is one. Photographs by Cassini have revealed the magnificent symmetry of this stream and has shown this to be a long-lived phenomenon. 

    Cassini has captured glimpses of ‘lightnings’ and ‘hurricanes’ in the Saturnian atmosphere, and has studied the seasonal ‘Great White Storm’ — a once-in-30-years phenomenon (one Saturn year equals 30 Earth years). It has also studied Saturn’s auroras, atmospheric composition, the swelling of its outer atmosphere, and the planet’s rate of rotation (one Saturn day equals 10.5 Earth hours), even correcting previous values by six minutes. By the end of its life, Cassini would have orbited Saturn 293 times. 

    The system of rings around Saturn is expansive and bright, and hence, easily visible through a telescope.

    Named alphabetically based on when they were discovered, the rings consist of numerous icy rocks ranging from the size of a grain of salt to the size of a mountain. With Cassini, scientists now have data about the size, temperature, composition and distribution of Saturn’s rings. It has studied the interactions between rings and moons, and has recorded instances of some moons stealing particles from a ring, or throwing particles into a ring. 

    Saturn’s equinox, when sun rays strike the rings on the edges, provides the perfect opportunity to capture intricate details and features of the rings. Cassini has used this occasion to observe previously unknown or poorly understood phenomena like the ‘spokes’ in the rings, and finger-like radial features that rotate with the rings. Images captured during equinox also show that in places, Saturn’s rings are far less smooth than was thought. 

    Saturn has 62 known moons and numerous moonlets. Though early missions like Voyager and Pioneer provided a rough sketch of Saturn’s moons, it was poorly understood. Cassini has discovered seven new moons and revealed how each moon is unique and sharply different from the others. With high-resolution, close-up images of some of the moons captured during fly-bys, we now know that most of these moons have cratered surfaces, some contain atmospheres and large amounts of ice, hinting at the possibility of life.

    The most remarkable contribution of this spacecraft is the exploration of Titan. When Cassini flew by Titan, it saw beyond the orange haze of methane clouds, and revealed the presence of huge ‘lakes’ and ‘seas’ of liquid hydrocarbons (like methane and ethane). After Cassini landed on Titan, it revealed that Titan actually has a climate system like Earth, with a ‘water cycle’, where liquid hydrocarbons evaporate to form clouds, and later precipitate as rain. There was also evidence of an internal, liquid ocean beneath Titan’s surface, likely composed of water and ammonia. 

    Microbial life
    Cassini also helped answer the reason behind Enceladus being the brightest object in the Solar System. It showed that beneath the icy crust of Enceladus, there may be an underground ocean, from which water vapour and ice particles frequently erupted. Subsequently, it detected water, carbon dioxide and various hydrocarbons, the presence of a unique chemistry and internal heat - the right composition to support life. This excited scientists looking for life, proclaiming Enceladus to be one of the ‘most likely places in the Solar System to host alien microbial life’. This discovery also gave a peek into how our Earth might have been before life originated.

    Cassini has provided us with an intimate understanding of Saturn and has opened up a treasure trove of information. It has solved several intriguing mysteries and answered long standing questions about the Saturnian system. But, can life exist on Saturn? Cassini-Huygens’ vital clues have kept scientists pondering over that, while it begins its final journey to become one among Saturn’s specks of dust.

    (The authors are with Gubbi Labs, a Bengaluru-based research collective)

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    25-04-2017 om 01:05 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.What's this mystery shape on Google Maps? Shock claims Antactica is UFO BASE for ALIENS

    What's this mystery shape on Google Maps? Shock claims Antactica is UFO BASE for ALIENS

    UFO hunters have long claimed that aliens have secret bases hidden in the antarctic where they hide away from view.

    UFO-Antarctica

    GETTY

    Conspiracy theorists claim the Nazis experimented with UFO technology secretly in Antarctica.

    Now conspiracy theorists claim to have found evidence of an alien base on Smyley Island, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on Google maps

    They believe this peculiar object, around 500-metres long, near the Antarctic could be an underwater alien base.

    Theories about secret bases in the Antarctic have circulated for years – with one conspiracy detailing that the Nazis had secret bases in the southernmost continent which they used to experiment on captured UFOs during WWII.

    The new object was spotted on Google maps by website UFO Sightings Hotspot which has revealed its "findings".

    The unusual object has been described as a "large body of ice sheered off of the side of the continent".

    UFO-Antarctica

    GOOGLE

    A close up of the object UFO experts claim could be an alien base.

    I'm not an iceberg expert but this object is really peculiar and looks like a vessel disguised as an iceberg. It looks out of place.

    UFO SIGHTINGS HOTSPOT

    Many people have reacted to say that it is just an iceberg, but UFO hunters say its strange shape rules the suggestion out.

    The website says it does not fit with the normal shapes of usual categories of iceberg.

    It said: "Icebergs can be classified on the basis of their shape.

    "The two basic types of iceberg forms are tabular and non-tabular. 

    UFO-Antarctica

    GOOGLE

    The original view of Smyley Island where UFO hunters spotted the outcrop.

    "The shapes and forms from this iceberg look very different if we compare it with all the different shapes and forms of tabular and non-tabular icebergs."

    The website added: "I'm not an iceberg expert but this object is really peculiar and looks like a vessel disguised as an iceberg.

    "It looks out of place."

    But UFO sceptic Scott Brando said: "I don't see any mystery, it just looks like ice."

    Another bizarre Antarctic claim is that John Kerry visited the alleged site of the secret Nazi UFO base

    http://www.express.co.uk/ }

    25-04-2017 om 00:58 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien shock as scientists reveal 11 mysterious ‘signals’ hailing Earth are probed for UFOs

    Alien shock as scientists reveal 11 mysterious ‘signals’ hailing Earth are probed for UFOs

    ALIENS could be hailing Earth say scientists hunting for life as 11 signals from space were discovered.

    Alien and telescope

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    ALIENS: SETI scientists revealed a string of signals detected by Breakthrough Listen project

    The Breakthrough Listen project, an £80 million experiment to try and track down aliens, has revealed they have detected 11 promising signals.

    Scientists running the giant listening scheme base dolled out the data to experts for analysis.

    Nearly 700 stars have been buzzed by the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, US.

    Although the search has not yet detected a convincing signal from extra-terrestrial intelligence, these are early days

    Andrew Siemion

    The campaign was funded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and is backed by celeb scientist Stephen Hawking and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

    Scientists remain pessimistic over the signals after a number false alarms – but described them as “significant events” while admitting they may have caused by human interference.

    Signals from space are thought to be one of the best ways to track down aliens from outside our Solar System.

    Green Bank Telescope

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    ALIEN SIGNALS: Scientists are probing 11 'significant' events from space

    Andrew Siemion, director of the University of California, Berkeley's SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Research Centre, said: "Although the search has not yet detected a convincing signal from extra-terrestrial intelligence, these are early days.

    "The work that has been completed so far provides a launch pad for deeper and more comprehensive analysis to come.”

    He added: “We were able to determine that they were most likely due to radio frequency interference.”

    Researchers only began the project in 2015 and remain hopeful they will solve the mystery of alien life.

    NASA revealed they are focusing their hunt for life on habitable moons around Jupiter and Saturn.

    Meanwhile, UFO hunters continue to claim NASA are covering up aliens spotted from the ISS.

    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

    25-04-2017 om 00:39 geschreven door peter  

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    25-04-2017 om 00:00 geschreven door peter  

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    The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!

    The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!
    A new study of the water plume emanating from Saturn's moon Enceladus revealed a potentially habitable environment.
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    This week, scientists revealed a heat source and food supply that could nourish organisms living under the ice on Saturn's moon Enceladus; a "Star Trek" fan platitude was disproved by math; and three space fliers returned to Earth. Here are our picks for the best space stories of the week.

    Enceladus has food for life

    Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is looking more and more habitable. New results show that beneath the moon's icy crust, Enceladus likely has hot water vents, like those on Earth. In addition, the subsurface ocean contains molecules that are a common food source for bacteria on Earth. The finding could have major implications for the search for life beyond Earth. [Full Story: Potential Energy Source for Life Spotted on Saturn Moon Enceladus]

    Airborne laboratory

    Two refit bomber aircraft that have been repurposed for NASA's
    Airborne Science program will be put to use during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. A group of scientists will fly instruments aboard the high-altitude planes in order to get above Earth's atmosphere and study the outer layers of the sun that become visible when the moon blocks the sun's central disk. [Full Story: Refit Bomber Aircraft Will Help Scientists Study the Total Solar Eclipse]

    Plumes on Europa?

    Jupiter's moon Europa may be spraying plumes of water into space, according to new observations by the Hubble Space Telescope. For the second time, Hubble has detected what may be a water-vapor plume spewing skyward from the moon's icy surface. If the finding is confirmed, it could influence the design of NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which is set to launch in the 2020s. [Full Story: Giant Water Plume Detected Again on Jupiter Moon Europa]

    Trek math

    A mathematical analysis of the original
    A mathematical analysis of the original "Star Trek" TV series reveals the red shirts do not, in fact, have a higher likelihood of dying.
    Credit: Paramount/Everett Collection

    There's an adage about "Star Trek" episodes that says crewmembers in red shirts are more likely to die. That's not so, according to a mathematician who applied his skills to analyzing various aspects of the show, such as how the mating habits of Vulcans are similar to those of cicadas. In other Trek-related news this week, winners were announced for a contest to make a portable medical diagnostic tool like the tricorder from the "Star Trek" universe, and a line of "Star Trek"-themed fragrances was announced. [Full Story: Redshirts Aren't Likeliest to Die — and Other 'Star Trek' Math Lessons]

    No bathrooms on New Shepard space trips

    Jeff Bezos addresses a crowd at the 33rd annual Space Symposium in April 2017. Bezos discussed details of Blue Origin's space tourism flights aboard the New Shepard suborbital vehicle.
    Jeff Bezos addresses a crowd at the 33rd annual Space Symposium in April 2017. Bezos discussed details of Blue Origin's space tourism flights aboard the New Shepard suborbital vehicle.
    Credit: Space Foundation/Tom Kimmel Photography

    Last week at the 33rd annual Space Symposium, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos revealed more details about his private spaceflight company's space tourism vehicle, New Shepard. Bezos said the company, Blue Origin, was not planning to equip the New Shepard vehicles with bathrooms or any means of containing vomit, because the rides to space will last only about 14 minutes. [Full Story: No Bathrooms, No Barf Bags: What Blue Origin's Space Tourists Can Expect]

    Solar engineering

    Could humans combat the effects of climate change by shooting aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight? A Harvard-run experiment will test the technology that might be necessary for the controversial approach. [Full Story: Harvard Researchers Are Preparing to Geoengineer the Atmosphere]

    Jupiter's great cold spot

    Looking back through 15 years of observations, scientists have identified a massive cold spot that forms in Jupiter's atmosphere adjacent to the planet's vibrant auroras. The cold spot disappears and reappears over time, which is partly why scientists haven't seen it before. [Full Story: Surprise! Jupiter Has a Great 'Cold' Spot, Too]

    Space travelers return to Earth

    One NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts safely returned to Earth early Monday (April 10). The passengers flew home aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule and landed in Kazakhstan, after spending 173 days in space. Following the departure of NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough from the station, Peggy Whitson, the first female astronaut ever to command the station, took up the post of commander once again. [Full Story: Space Station Crew Returns to Earth Safely on Soyuz Capsule]

    Follow Calla Cofield @callacofield. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.

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    24-04-2017 om 23:33 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

    The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

    Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in science this week.

    The largest loom of the four looms (left) is 33 inches long, 10 inches wide and 20 inches high (85 by 26 by 50 centimeters).
    The largest loom of the four looms (left) is 33 inches long, 10 inches wide and 20 inches high (85 by 26 by 50 centimeters).
    Credit: Tao Xie; Copyright Antiquity Publications Ltd.

    Tiny wooden figurines have stood upright "weaving" at appropriately sized looms for more than 2,100 years in a Chinese tomb containing the remains of a middle-age woman, a new study finds.

    It's unclear when and where the first looms were developed, but archaeologists have found ancient looms parts at a variety of sites. [Read more about the tiny looms.]

    Showing a bit of creativity on your online dating profile could make you appear more attractive to potential dates, a new study suggests.

    The findings suggest that "creativity can enhance your attractiveness both as a potential date and as a potential social partner [or] same-sex friend," said study author Christopher Watkins, a lecturer in psychology at Abertay University in Scotland. [Read more about the connection.]

    Neil deGrasse Tyson says that when people who deny science rise to power that is a recipe for a complete dismantling of our democracy.
    Neil deGrasse Tyson says that when people who deny science rise to power that is a recipe for a complete dismantling of our democracy.
    Credit: NG Studios

    Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson urges Americans to become more scientifically literate in a short video he posted yesterday (April 19) on his Facebook page.

    Tyson, who is the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, the author of several books and a star of TV and radio, has been speaking for years against the troubling decline of basic science knowledge in America. [Read more about the effects of science denial.]

    Sandy Maliki, a pure desert dingo and winner of the World's Most Interesting Genome competition, will have her DNA decoded.
    Sandy Maliki, a pure desert dingo and winner of the World's Most Interesting Genome competition, will have her DNA decoded.
    Credit: Barry Eggleton/Pure Dingo

    Meet Sandy the dingo, owner of the world's most interesting genome.

    Sandy's DNA could offer researchers insight into the process of domestication, according to project leader Bill Ballard, an evolutionary biologist at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). [Read more about dingo genome.]

    An artist's illustration of the view from exoplanet LHS 1140b, which orbits an M dwarf star about one-fifth the size of the sun. The planet could be a prime target for follow-up studies in the search for life elsewhere in the universe.
    An artist's illustration of the view from exoplanet LHS 1140b, which orbits an M dwarf star about one-fifth the size of the sun. The planet could be a prime target for follow-up studies in the search for life elsewhere in the universe.
    Credit: M. Weiss/CfA

    A newly discovered planet around a distant star may jump to the top of the list of places where scientists should go looking for alien life.

    Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered orbiting stars other than the sun in the last 20 years. Many of those planets meet some of the basic requirements for hosting life as we know it — they're rocky like Earth (rather than gaseous, like Saturn or Jupiter) and they sit in the habitable zone of their parent star. LHS 1140b meets those initial requirements. [Read more about the fascination.]

    The tomb complex contains the remains of numerous coffins, skeletons and assorted artifacts.
    The tomb complex contains the remains of numerous coffins, skeletons and assorted artifacts.
    Credit: Photo courtesy Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities

    Several mummies and more than 1,000 figurines have been discovered at an ancient cemetery located at Luxor in Egypt, archaeologists reported.

    Researchers discovered a labyrinth of tunnels and chambers containing the remains of mummies and assorted human remains, as shown in photos released by the ministry. Additionally, a "collection of ushabti figurines carved in faience, terracotta and wood was also unearthed," in the tomb complex, the ministry said in the statement. [Read more about the mummies.]

    Lt. Colonel John Patterson in 1898, with one of the Tsavo man-eaters that he shot.
    Lt. Colonel John Patterson in 1898, with one of the Tsavo man-eaters that he shot.
    Credit: The Field Museum

    Their names were "The Ghost" and "The Darkness," and 119 years ago, these two massive, maneless, man-eating lions hunted railway workers in the Tsavo region of Kenya. During a nine-month period in 1898, the lions killed at least 35 people and as many as 135, according to different accounts. And the question of why the lions developed a taste for human flesh remained a subject of much speculation.

    To unravel the century-old mystery, the study authors examined evidence of the lions' behavior preserved in their teeth. Microscopic wear patterns can tell scientists about an animal's eating habits — particularly during the last weeks of life — and the Tsavo lions' teeth didn't show signs of the wear and tear associated with crunching big, heavy bones, the scientists wrote in the study. [Read more about the lions' rampage.]

    A transparent layer of spider webs covers the grass in a New Zealand park.
    A transparent layer of spider webs covers the grass in a New Zealand park.
    Credit: Tracey Maris/Storyful

    Visitors to a New Zealand park recently found the grass blanketed not by flowers, but by silk webs produced by what appeared to be thousands of tiny spiders.

    Initially, Maris thought the silk nets were unoccupied, she said. But as she and her family explored the webs' outer perimeter, they noticed that there were "little black things on top" — spiders, numbering in the thousands. [Read more about nature's odd blanket.]

    Force equals mass times acceleration.
    Force equals mass times acceleration.
    Credit: Shutterstock

    Scientists have created a new superfluid that has a negative mass, meaning that if it's pushed to the right, it accelerates to the left and vice versa.

    The newly created material with negative mass is a type of Bose-Einstein condensate, in which individual atoms move as one object, the scientists wrote in the new study. [Read more about bizarre superfluid.]

    Could a component of marijuana keep cravings at bay for heroin users?
    Could a component of marijuana keep cravings at bay for heroin users?
    Credit: Roxana Gonzalez/Shutterstock.com

    Just over half of American adults have tried marijuana, and 14 percent use it regularly, a new survey finds.

    The numbers are similar to those reported by the polling agency Gallup, which has found that although only 4 percent of Americans said they had tried pot in 1969, the number rose to 44 percent by 2015. [Read more about pot statistics.]

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    UFO Photographed Over San Carlos, Venezuela

    UFO Photographed Over San Carlos, Venezuela 12-20-2016

    By Héctor Escalante 
    ovnivenezuelagrupo.blogspot.com
     
     A luminous body, elongated and light in color, was photographed on December 15 while moving over the skies of the city of San Carlos, Cojedes State, in central Venezuela.
    After six in the afternoon, William Escobar was in the garage of his mother's house, when he noticed the presence of a planet shining in the sky, so he took his cell phone to capture the extraordinary scene with the camera .

    "I'm fond of astronomy, and I wanted to take the photo of Venus that looked pretty nice," he said. But as he held up the cell phone pointing up at the sky, a reflection in the distance attracted his attention. "I know it was something, because with my eyes off the phone I saw something happen very fast," he warns, but I was still doubtful. 

    Shortly afterwards, as he reviewed the images, William found a response to his uneasiness, discovering surprisingly that the opaque flash, almost unnoticed, had been recorded on his mobile device, and that it was not a simple reflection, it had a defined shape.
    http://www.theufochronicles.com/ }

    24-04-2017 om 23:00 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Vreemde structuren ontdekt op de maan. Toont deze studie aan dat dit het werk van buitenaardsen is?
    Vreemde structuren ontdekt op de maan. Toont deze studie aan dat dit het werk van buitenaardsen is?

    Vreemde structuren ontdekt op de maan. Toont deze studie aan dat dit het werk van buitenaardsen is?

    Leden van de Society for Planetary SETI Research (SPSR) hebben in het Journal of Space Exploration een studie gepubliceerd over opmerkelijke objecten in een krater op de achterkant van de maan.

    Deze objecten bevinden zich in de krater Paracelsus C en zijn mogelijk kunstmatig van aard, wat zou betekenen dat ze daar door buitenaardsen zijn geplaatst.

    Er zijn al veel boeken geschreven over bouwwerken op de maan, denk aan Somebody Else is on the Moon (George Leonard) en We Discovered Alien Bases on the Moon (Fred Steckling).

    Omvang

    Het nieuwe onderzoek heeft betrekking op foto’s die vanuit Apollo 15 en de Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter zijn gemaakt van raadselachtige objecten in de krater.

    Op het eerste gezicht lijkt het te gaan om ‘muren’ of ‘torens’ op het maanoppervlak.

    De structuren zien er heel anders uit dan de rotsen die in de krater worden gevonden, aldus de onderzoekers.

    Ze merken op dat het met behulp van computersoftware mogelijk moet zijn om de omvang van de objecten te schatten.

    Interessante antwoorden

    De onderzoekers vragen zich af of de objecten kunstmatig zijn. En zo ja, wanneer zijn ze gemaakt en door wie?

    Ze wijzen erop dat een maanrover zeer interessante antwoorden zou kunnen geven op deze vragen.

    “Wij zijn van mening dat dit gebied in Paracelsus C in de toekomst nader bestudeerd zou moeten worden vanuit de ruimte en met behulp van maanrovers,” concluderen ze.

    Uitgegraven

    Eén van de onderzoekers, Mark Carlotto, toont in onderstaande video enkele van de vreemde structuren in de krater.

    De bodem rond de structuren is niet vlak, maar lijkt te zijn uitgegraven door een onbekend mechanisme, natuurlijk of kunstmatig.

    [Collective-evolution

    24-04-2017 om 22:41 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Shock as massive UFO hovers over Statue of Liberty in New York

    Shock as massive UFO hovers over Statue of Liberty in New York

    A SHOCKING image has captured a huge unidentified flying object hovering over one of the world’s most famous landmarks.

    24-04-2017 om 22:27 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO Rectangle Craft Seen Over The Boston Area Mountains, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

    UFO Rectangle Craft Seen Over The Boston Area Mountains, Photos, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: Oct 16, 2016 Reported today
    Location of sighting: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Source: MUFON #83313

    This UFO was seen over the Boston area back in October, but was reported today. It had a typical metallic color from what the eyewitness states and as you can see from the enlarged focused close up below, it is a rectangle shape. Remember, alien craft can be any size, shape and weight. You can make it out of 24K solid gold, because with the element 115 and the alien magnetic propulsion system...physics goes out the window, or should I say, across the sky. To learn more about such propulsion, just go to youtube and search, "Bob Lazar, Area S4, Interview."

    Scott C. Waring
     
    Eyewitness states
    While driving north on Rte 93 heading towards Boston Massachusetts,just beyond the LNG gas tanks in Dorchester, I looked up at one of the skyscrapers And noticed a large square/rectangular object hovering off to the left of it Over Rte 93. It was approximately 9:30am, and traffic was moving slowly. I had witnessed something similar in 2013, in the same general area, and knew I had to try to get a picture of it this time. It appeared to be pewter colored and dull. It seemed to hover for a bit then slowly start to move towards the east. I eventually lost sight of it when I entered the tip O'Neal tunnel.

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    24-04-2017 om 22:10 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.People Are Seeing U.F.O.s Everywhere, and This Book Proves
    Photo
    A protest in Washington, D.C., in 1995 outside the offices of the General Accounting Office.
    CreditJoshua Roberts/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

    SYRACUSEWhy have sightings of unidentified flying objects around the nation more than tripled since 2001? Why is July the busiest month for U.F.O. sightings? Why did they spike in Texas in 2008, or in New Mexico in September 2015?

    And how in the world, or out of it, has Manhattan racked up New York State’s second-highest tally of U.F.O. sightings in this century?

    These questions and many others emerge from the first comprehensive statistical summary of so-called close encounters: 121,036 eyewitness accounts, organized county by county in each state and the District of Columbia, from 2001 to 2015.

    The unlikely compendium, “U.F.O. Sightings Desk Reference,” is the work of a couple in Syracuse, who crunched unruly data on U.F.O. reports collected by two volunteer organizations: the Mutual U.F.O. Network, or Mufon, and the National U.F.O. Reporting Center, or Nuforc.

    It is the reference “U.F.O. researchers dreamed of having,” Gordon G. Spear, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy at Sonoma State University in California, writes in the foreword.

    The book contains no narrative or anecdotal accounts, just 371 pages of charts and graphs that slice and dice the geography and timing of the incidents and the various shapes that witnesses reported: flying circles, spheres, triangles, discs, ovals, cigars.

    Many of the sightings turn out to be explainable, the authors say, but a small percentage defy resolution.

    The authors are Cheryl Costa, 65, a former military technician and aerospace analyst, and her wife, Linda Miller Costa, 62, a librarian at Le Moyne College and a former librarian at the National Academy of Sciences, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency.

    Working on PCs amid sewing tables in the upstairs parlor — the warmest room in their hundred-year-old house — the two spent weekends for the last 16 months extrapolating figures from sightings reports and laying out the graphics.

    Cheryl Costa was writing New York Skies, a U.F.O. blog for The Syracuse New Times, when the Costas decided to expand their tallies of U.F.O. sightings nationwide. “We wanted to do our bit for disclosure,” she said. “It’s something the government should have been doing.”

    The Costas realize some might find this a strange way to spend weekends. But both say they have spotted U.F.O.s themselves and want to detoxify the subject.

    “We’re doing scientific research,” Cheryl Costa said. “What’s crazy is not being willing to look at research.”

    She came to the collaboration roundabout, having served as a cable lineman in the Air Force in Vietnam, and afterward in the Navy’s submarine service, as a man before undergoing gender-reassignment surgery in the 1980s. Ordained as a Buddhist nun, she was running a theater group in Maryland when she met Linda. They wed in 2011.

    U.F.O. trackers welcomed their publication.

    “With this compendium, Cheryl and Linda Costa have reminded the public and the media the extraterrestrial phenomenon continues unabated,” said Stephen Bassett, founder and executive director of the Paradigm Research Group, which lobbies for disclosure of official U.F.O. records.

    Photo
    Cheryl Costa, left, and Linda Miller Costa, the authors of “U.F.O. Sightings Desk Reference.”
    CreditHeather Ainsworth for The New York Times

    Rebutting a common perception that U.F.O. sightings are on the wane, the Costas’ book shows that sightings have risen in waves, to 11,868 nationwide in 2015 from 3,479 in 2001. Only a small fraction of sightings are actually reported to Mufon or Nuforc.

    Their labor of love is about the numbers, just the numbers, and the Costas refrain from speculating on what exactly is happening. “We really don’t know,” Linda Costa said. “But all these people are seeing these things.”

    The government officially quit the U.F.O. business in 1968, with the finding in the Condon report from the University of Colorado that there was nothing significant to investigate, although some 30 percent of the incidents were unexplained.

    Mufon’s 500 volunteer investigators, however, continue to check out many of the sightings reported to the group. Roger Marsh, a Mufon spokesman, said that of the 270 cases his group investigated in Manhattan from 2002 through 2016, 44 eluded explanation and remained “unknown.”

    One of the most intriguing occurred on the afternoon of Sept. 17, 2011, when a man on the roof terrace of the New Museum on the Bowery photographed a fast-moving diamond-shaped object with windows and flashing blue and red lights against the TriBeCa skyline.

    According to Mufon, it resembled an unknown flying object photographed in Round Rock, Tex., two weeks earlier.

    The Costas listed 426 sightings in New York County from 2001 to 2015, second in the state’s tallies only to Suffolk County, on the tip of Long Island, with 554. How so many sightings in the nation’s densest core and around its toniest beach resorts have escaped wider notoriety is just part of the mystery.

    For the U.F.O. enthusiast, the pages of graphs and charts are a treasure trove of hard-to-find detail.

    The District of Columbia, with 9,856 people per square mile, had the fewest sightings: 154. (A political snub from deep space?) Wyoming, with 5.8 people per square mile, had more than twice as many: 337.

    Fireballs made up nearly 8 percent of the sightings in Indiana (230) and fewer than 5 percent in Colorado (157).

    California, the most populous state, led the nation in U.F.O. reports (15,836, more than the next two states, Florida and Texas, combined). Los Angeles County alone had more sightings than 40 states, followed by Maricopa County, Ariz., which includes Phoenix.

    Population fails to explain the figures conclusively, the Costas said. Washington State, with 6.7 million people according to the 2010 census, ranks No. 4 in sightings, ahead of Pennsylvania, with 12.7 million people, and New York State, with 19 million.

    Rather, the Costas theorize, the figures may reflect good West Coast weather, which draws more people outside where they may spot U.F.O.s. Nationwide sightings peak in July, they found, and drop off between December and February.

    Still, in Mississippi, U.F.O. reports spike in January and November; in New Mexico, in September.

    The arduous breakdown by the nation’s more than 3,000 counties was notable for revealing clusters of sightings in remote regions, places where U.F.O.s are almost never mentioned. But every county in the United States appears to have seen at least one U.F.O.

    In the end, the Costas noted, the spikes may have a lot to do with media coverage.

    http://www.nytimes.com/ }

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO caught on camera by girl filming out of plane window! Video, April 2017, UFO Sighting News.

    UFO caught on camera by girl filming out of plane window! Video, April 2017, UFO Sighting News.



    Date of sighting: April 2017
    Location of sighting: Manchester, UK
    News source: 
    A UFO was spotted from a passenger jet and I think this happens a lot since UFOs love to investigate anything that moves, especially in the air. The seem to be attracted by both technology and deep powerful thinking which may be seen as psychic thought. 
    Scott C. Waring
    News states: 
    The footage was uploaded to Georgia’s YouTube channel, Kidskillz, and shows a small black object darting around near the tip of the wing. David, a factory worker from Merseyside, added: “It was strange because it kept changing direction and then bobbing and weaving around. Georgia was a bit sceptical and she laughs at me for saying it might be a UFO, but you never know. “I’m really interested to hear what people think it is.” There have been many reported sightings of ‘UFOs’ in recent years in the area - with Greater Manchester being dubbed one of the country’s hotspots. Only Merseyside has had more mysterious sightings in the last two years, according to police figures.


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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen. Giant UFO Hovers Over Statue Of Liberty In New York On April 19, 2017, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

    Giant UFO Hovers Over Statue Of Liberty In New York On April 19, 2017, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of sighting: April 19, 2017
    Location of sighting: New York, New York, USA
    Source: MUFON #83306
     
    If you were an alien and wanted to see some of the American culture, what would you want to see? The Statue of Liberty of course. Well, sometimes humans think similarly to aliens in that aspect of curiosity and places. I'm kind of amazed that something so large could easily hover over New York and not even be intercepted by USAF jets. It just goes to show how old tech most military radars are today. 
    Scott C. Waring
    Eyewitness states: 
    1.Hudson river, passing by to see the statue of liberty. 
    2.Later on looking at the picture. Notices a bright light with object on top. 
    3.Thought it could definitely be a UFO.
    4.I can't describe the object and how it behaved because I notice on the picture. 
    5.I felt like this is a good opportunity to see I actually snapped a UFO. A real one. 
    6.I never had sight of it, didn't notice until reviewing my pictures.


    Above is the enhanced photo, below is the original untouched version. 

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    24-04-2017 om 21:38 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Elon Musk: “If there are super intelligent aliens, they’re probably already observing us.”

    Elon Musk: “If there are super intelligent aliens, they’re probably already observing us.”

    Yes there have been crashed craft, and bodies recovered. . . . We are not alone in the universe, they have been coming here for a long time. . . . I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.

    Doctor Edgar Mitchell, 6th man to walk on the moon

    As recent as a decade ago, avid UFO and extraterrestrial researchers were unable to speak openly about their research without being ridiculed. Today, the topic has gained considerable credibility and popularity, so much so that not only are high ranking figures from military, political, and academic spheres speaking out, but also popular global figures as well, and particularly at prestigious conferences around the world. Previously classified documents that have been released from dozens of governments around the world have also allowed this topic to enter the respected public domain.

    The 2011 Global Competitiveness Forum, at which a number of prominent scientists attended, featured a lecture by Jacques Vallee, notable for co-developing the first computerized mapping of Mars for NASA, and for his work at SRI International on the network information centre for ARPANET, on the UFO/extraterrestrial phenomenon.

    Here’s another talk by nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman at the same conference. The main theme of that conference was contact with intelligent extraterrestrials, and learning from outer space.

    As far as documents, whistleblowers, and other ‘proofs’ that have emerged, we’ve covered many in great detail in a number of articles that we’ve published. You can access those articles by visiting the exopolitics section of the collective evolution website here.

    The latest major figure to comment on extraterrestrials was Elon Musk, founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX and co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc. Aside from a phenomenal businessman, Tesla is an activist who uses his wealth and resources to create a better Earth.

    He touched on extraterrestrials at the World Government Summit, a global platform dedicated to shaping the future of government worldwide. Each year, the Summit sets the agenda for the next generation of governments with a focus on how they can harness innovation and technology to solve universal challenges facing humanity.

    Here’s an excerpt from that speech, which you can view here:

    When I was a kid I was wondering, kind of, what’s the meaning of life, like, why are we here, what’s it all about? I came to the conclusion that what really matters is trying to understand the right questions to ask, and, the more that we can increase the scope and scale of human consciousness, the better we are able to ask these questions. . . . 

    Some of those things are in the long term, having long term sustainable transport and sustainable energy generation, and to be a space-bearing civilization, and for humanity to be out there among the stars,  and be a multi-planetary species. I think being a multi-planet species and being out there among the stars is important for the long term survival of humanity. . . . It creates a sense of adventure, and it makes people excited about the future. 

    Below is a snippet taken from the full interview. In it, he states that if there are super intelligent extraterrestrials somewhere out there, which is the generally agreed upon scientific hypothesis, “they’re probably already observing us, that would seem quite likely, and we’re just not smart enough to realize it.”

    Not Smart Enough To Realize It”

    “Intelligent beings from other star systems have been and are visiting our planet Earth. They are variously referred to as Visitors, Others, Star People, ETs, etc. . . . They are visiting Earth NOW; this is not a matter of conjecture or wistful thinking.

    – Theodor C. Loder III, Phd, Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire (source)

    I think Musk is right — they are probably already watching us, we just don’t realize it yet. But things are changing. Numerous efforts are being made to educate the public on this subject, from the most credible sources available. Scientific publications, video footage, and photos have already been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals for a number of  years. (source)

    Below is a powerful statement made by former NASA astronaut and Princeton physics professor Dr. Brian O’Leary, who says that there is “abundant evidence that we are being contacted, and that intelligent civilizations have been visiting for a very long time.”

    Again, if you want to sift through some of this evidence, we’ve presented it in hundreds of articles you can view in chronological order in the exopolitics section of the collective evolution websitehere.

    Why the Masses Haven’t Realized It — Or Have They?

    Behind the scenes, high ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense.

    – Former head of CIA Roscoe Hillenkoetter, 1960 (source)

    Movies and television shows bombard us constantly with stories of extraterrestrial invasions, and despite all of the evidence available, the fact that we are being and have been visited by extraterrestrials can be a scary thought, particularly given the way extraterrestrials are typically portrayed.

    With a massive disinformation campaign that has focused on covering up these facts for decades, along with the mass ridicule of this subject for anyone who took it seriously in the past, it quickly escaped the minds of the masses and many people considered the notion of ongoing intelligent contact with our planet from extraterrestrials completely preposterous.

    A great quote from Carl Sagan comes to mind:

    One the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re not longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. 

    Current public perception of UFOs and extraterrestrials reveals how easily our minds can be influenced, and how quickly our thoughts about a subject can be given to us, even subconsciously. It begs the question, how many other beliefs do we share that have been, in a sense, ‘programmed’ into us by powerful groups of people with an agenda?

    There are objects in our atmosphere which are technically miles in advance of anything we can deploy, that we have no means of stopping them coming here … [and] that there is a serious possibility that we are being visited and have been visited for many years by people from outer space, from other civilizations. That it behooves us, in case some of these people in the future or now should turn hostile, to find out who they are, where they come from, and what they want. This should be the subject of rigorous scientific investigation and not the subject of ‘rubishing’ by tabloid newspapers.

    – Lord Admiral Hill-Norton, Former Chief of Defence Staff, 5 Star Admiral of the Royal Navy, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (source)

    All this being said, the fact that UFOs/extraterrestrials is one of the most searched subjects on the web suggests that people are at least curious to learn the truth.

    What Extraterrestrial Contact Is Really About

    Humanity is waking up to the fact that this type of thing has been happening for quite some time, and the realization comes at a time when humanity is experiencing a massive shift in consciousness. By ‘shift in consciousness,’ I mean that we are letting go of long-held beliefs that have been rendered obsolete by new evidence. That being said, no matter how much evidence presents itself, it’s always going to be difficult to let go of belief systems, but minds are indeed opening. It was great to see Musk mention the topic of consciousness in his talk as well as mention that it’s important to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness, and part of increasing that scope, as Musk identifies, is asking the right questions. Some of these questions deal with pulling back the veil that’s blinded the masses for decades. It’s not that we aren’t smart enough, but rather that we have been lied to and misled for years.

    An extraterrestrial influence is investigating our planet. Something is monitoring the planet and they are monitoring it very cautiously.” 

    – Former Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska), 2008 presidential candidate

    Acknowledging the fact that we are  being visited opens up so many questions in all fields, from religion, to history, to new theories of scientific knowledge and many more, as I am sure you can imagine. If they have been around, and have been watching us, why has there not been major contact? There is sufficient evidence showing that contact has indeed occurred on an individual level, with perhaps millions of people, but a ‘one time’ mass disclosure event has yet to take place.

    Perhaps Musk is not sharing knowledge that he’s been privy too? Given the circles that he finds himself in, it would not be surprising. Furthermore, when in the business of new energy generation, the topic of UFOs is most likely to come up, because one of the main questions is, how are they getting here? What propulsion systems do they use? UFOs that are tracked on military radar and visually confirmed by pilots have performed maneuvers that completely defy our known laws of physics, and make maneuvers no known aircraft on Earth can.

    “There is another way, whether it’s wormholes or warping space, there’s got to be a way to generate energy so that you can pull it out of the vacuum, and the fact that they’re here shows us that they found a way.” (source)

    The statement above comes from Dr. Jack Kasher, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Nebraska. He is one out of multiple physicists (and scientists in general) to examine the truly remarkable NASA STS-48 footage. You can see that footage and read more about it here.

    I’ve been studying the UFO/extraterrestrial phenomenon for a very long time, and one common theme that constantly comes up is a shift in consciousness, a change in the way we see and care for our planet, and a deeper understanding about life and the true nature of reality.

    Is it a coincidence that the ET/UFO topic continues to gain attention as we turn our focus toward global cooperation? A desire for peace? A desire for a clean, green planet clear of corporate, government, and financial interest?

    Can we work together, can we solve these problems in order to become the spacefaring race that Musk so passionately speaks of? It seems other civilizations have done so, civilizations that have probably already tackled and overcome these same problems we now face.

    The Earth is about four and a half billion years go, that’s 45 hundred million years old. What if theres another planet that’s almost exactly like us, almost exactly 45 hundred and 1 million years old. They’re a million years ahead of us, and on a galactic scale they’re almost our twin brothers. We’ll have solved all these problems.

    – Jack Kasher (source)

    A ‘Spiritual’ Revolution

    Some people believe that ‘spirituality’ is another religion. And it can be (See: “Why I Believe the Spiritual Movement Can Be Counter Productive“).

    That being said, spirituality doesn’t really have the same negative connotations that religion has, lacking its long history of violence, subjugation, and corruption. Spirituality isn’t concerned with converting people to specific beliefs and behaviours. It has roots in the most ancient of history, and also correlations with a lot of science that’s emerging today, mainly in the areas of quantum physics and neuroscience, which are now revealing the vast interconnectedness of all things. I think it would be wise to assume that this interconnectedness is not only planetary, but interplanetary and beyond.

    A big part of the extraterrestrial question coincides with this type of ‘spirituality.’ While there will always be people who are quick to label aliens as angels or demons, perhaps the best approach is, as the Dalai Lama emphasized a few years ago, to view ‘them’ as ‘us,’ and refuse the urge to label and judge them.

    The spiritual aspect of this topic is also emphasized in indigenous lore from all over the world.

    My people tell of Star People who came to us many generations ago. The Star people brought spiritual teachings and stories and maps of the cosmos and they offered these freely. They were kind, loving and set a great example. When they left us, my people say there was a loneliness like no other.

    – Richard Wagamese, one of Canada’s foremost authors and storytellers from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in Northwestern Ontario (source)

    You can read more about that in an article I recently published linked below:

    The Star People, Extraterrestrials From a Native American & First Nations Perspective

    If they are here, and have been for a while, I guess we can rule out any type of ‘alien’ invasion, but a staged alien invasion could be another story…

    At the end of the day, all of the research I and many have others have done suggests that something special is happening, and there are many out there watching us, and perhaps assisting us in ways we do not know, to see if we can succeed in making the human experience beneficial for all life on the planet. Part of that is waking up to all of the lies and deceit that plagues this planet, presenting solutions to our problems, and then implementing those solutions. Many barriers may stand in the way of this progress, but we can’t break them down until they are at least identified. This is one aspect of the massive shift in consciousness that’s occurring right now, and how it may tie to the supposed “super intelligent aliens” that may not only be visiting us right now, but walking among us.

    Perhaps extraterrestrial contact can help us find out who we are and where we come from. There is a bigger picture here, and it requires us to let go of all of our judgements and destructive ways of life, and embrace the interconnectedness of all that is.

    What do you think? I’ll end this article with a great video that can give us all something to think about. There is ample reason to believe that these changes spoken below are directly correlated with some of the extraterrestrial groups currently visiting our planet. Obviously Rainn mentions nothing of that topic, but that’s not why I’m sharing this video.

    Full ET disclosure knocks opens pandora’s box, and makes it’s way into all aspects of our lives, if allowed to open…One thing is for certain, “the truth is going to come out sooner our later.”  – Colonel Ross Dedrickson taken from this interview.

    Source educateinspirechange.org

    http://alien-ufo-sightings.com/ }

    24-04-2017 om 12:21 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    UFOs could soon be spotted floating on the ocean as cool sustainable homes. Italian boating company Jet Capsule designed what may be the most stylish way to live off the grid: an Unidentified Floating Object powered by renewable energy that provides a chance for people to travel and live on the sea.

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun
    ‘UFOs’ surround the jet capsule, the machine’s predecessor

    Founders Pierpaolo Lazzarini and Luca Solla said they designed the UFO home for those who desire to “live in a floating house and move slowly around the world.” With 322 square feet of space, the flying saucer-shaped home includes a main floor kitchen and living area, and lower level bathroom and bedroom. Large windows will offer stellar panoramic views – underwater.

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Solar, wind, and water power propel the capsule so it functions entirely off the grid. A hydrojet on the bottom of the UFO draws power from rooftop solar panels to transport the home, while wind and water turbines provide additional power. A water generator provides drinking water via collected rain and even sea water. There’s also a vegetable garden on the rings surrounding the UFO, as well as a deck.

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Maximum speed for the UFO is only four miles per hour, so the houseboat won’t win any races. At the same time, there’s little to fear from stormy weather or choppy waves; Jet Capsule designed the home with an elastic anchor system to ensure it remains stable in rough weather.

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Not only is the home super sustainable, but it will likely be fairly affordable as well. The company is currently looking for investors so they can build their first prototype, and after that they hope to bring the UFOs to market with a price tag of only $200,000 – far less than your average houseboat.

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

    Source inhabitat.com

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    24-04-2017 om 12:04 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Hong Kong UFO Videotaped On Consecutive Nights With Unexpected Answers [VIDEO]

    Hong Kong UFO Videotaped On Consecutive Nights With Unexpected Answers [VIDEO]

    New UFO videos are showing up on YouTube daily, with descriptions that make them seem truly out of this world — but are they really?

    Take the case of what appeared to be a diamond-shaped object that allegedly hovered over Hong Kong on the nights of Oct. 5 and 6.

    Ex-cable TV reporter, Wu Xiaodong Yi, claims to have captured a UFO over Hong Kong on Oct. 5, but his cell phone quality was so low that he waited until the next night with a better video camera, hoping the object would come back, according to a Chinese sales company, ePrice.com.hk.

    As luck would have it, the UFO did show up again the following evening.

    Here’s the Hong Kong UFO, as posted by Smileboyhk:

    Open Minds.tv uncovered the translated ePrice coverage of this “event,” noting how the diamond-shape appearance of the UFO may have been caused by an effect of the camera aperture as it moved in and out of focus.

    Huffington Post showed the video to photo and video analyst Marc Dantonio.

    “The first thing I noticed was the changing colors and flickering of the object,” Dantonio told HuffPost in an email.

    “The fact that it was there the next night around the same time strongly indicates that this was a likely mistaken astronomical object. I consulted software, and when I looked at Hong Kong, noted that my suspicions were true — Jupiter was visible over Hong Kong that night. Jupiter is often mistaken for a UFO.”

    Dantonio suggests why the so-called UFO looks like a diamond in the sky.

    “The object is clearly vastly out of focus and the shape is likely due to the internal camera geometry. As far as the horizontal line running through the object, this usually occurs because there is an object, possibly a hair, on the camera aperture. When zoomed in, the object of interest is dispersed and defocused into a large amorphous diamond shape.”

    On the same night in question, half a world away, two UFOs were reportedly videotaped over San Antonio, Texas, about 30 minutes apart by someone identified as SAUFOTX, according to Latest UFO Sightings.

    SAUFOTX — a possible acronym for San Antonio UFO Texas — described the object as a UFO-Orb.

    Here’s one of the San Antonio videos:

    “As I was skywatching…I notice this orb high in altitude that seemed to be hovering,” according to SAUFOTX. “I quickly began to film, when zooming in, you can clearly see [the] UFO ORB, traveling slowly overhead…emitting some kind of energy field around it. Clearly an unidentified flying object. In my opinion, this glowing object was clearly no weather balloon, aircraft or satellite.”

    Dantonio disagrees.

    “The object is not moving at any terrific speeds and not demonstrating any specific movement that calls it out as anything other than a high flying balloon.

    “The video was filled with music and titles, and an attempt was made to make this look impressive, but really, this was poorly shot, bad footage. Based on the amount of time that the video shooter had to capture this, it was certainly there for a long time. I can tell you that balloons seem to crawl across the sky and are quite bright and disarming.”

    It should also be pointed out that not every UFO video posted on YouTube should be thought of as a hoax.

    When it comes to UFOs, seeing is not always believing — it’s generally something that can be easily explained.

    As in the case of the Hong Kong UFO, just because you might have a strong zoom on your camera, when you try zooming in too close, the end result may be too good to be true.

    Source www.huffingtonpost.com

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    24-04-2017 om 11:56 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Meet Armenia’s Stonehenge: Predating the Pyramids of Egypt by three thousand years

    Meet Armenia’s Stonehenge: Predating the Pyramids of Egypt by three thousand years

    Above: Some of the rocks at Karahunj depict mysterious humanoid beings with elongated heads and almond-shaped eyes. Is it possible that these were the ancient Astronauts that visited Earth thousands of years ago?

    Not only does the enigmatic ‘Armenian Stonehenge’ predate the pyramids and its more famous counterpart in England by thousands of years, some of the rocks on the site depict curious beings with elongated heads and almond shaped eyes.

    Located in modern-day Armenia, in Karahunj also known as Zorats Karer or Armenia’s Stonehenge, we find a set of mysterious depictions which have caused controversial reactions ever since their discovery.

    Carahunge or Karahunj is an ancient site believed to predate England’s Stonehenge by at least 3,500 years and the Pyramids of ancient Egypt by staggering 3,000 years. This ancient complex occupies over 7 hectares and offers its visitors a number of strange carvings created by early civilizations that inhabited the region thousands of years ago.

    Many of its visitors agree that this impressive ancient site is very similar to Stonehenge. The ancient site’s main similarity lies in the curious circular patterns of the stones. Just like Armenia’s counterpart in England; the true purpose remains a profound mystery for archaeologists who are unable to solve the mystery of the stones.

    Theories trying to explain what this ancient site was thousands of years ago are abundant, but the most accepted ones are that his ancient complex was either an astronomical or ceremonial complex. However, researchers cannot possibly know due to a lack of information and historic records.

    Armenia’s ‘ Stonehenge’ is much older than England’s version and consists of similar roughly hewn boulders positioned in two elliptical overlapping circles.

    Interestingly, many of the boulders found at Karahunj have strange holes carved through them, and some researchers have even drawn similarities to the megalithic boulders discovered in ancient Egypt and their curious holes.

    Many of the Armenian boulders have holes ‘drilled’ through their tops which led researchers to believe that they were used thousands of ears ago for astronomical observations.

    However, if we look how the name Karahunj or Carahunge is interpreted we will understand that it derives from two Armenian words: car (or kar) which translated means stone and hunge or hoonch which means sound. Therefore, we understand that the name of the ancient site is translated to ‘Speaking Stones’. This is related to the fact that the stones tend to ‘whistle’ on windy days due to the number of holes ‘drilled’ under different angles in prehistoric times.

    The site was officially named as the Karahunj (Carahunge) Observatory, by Parliamentary decree in 2004.

    Numerous expeditions have studied this ancient site. The most extensive research was carried out by Paris Herouni and by Elma Parsamyan of the Biurakan Observatory. Herouni concluded that this ancient site was: “a temple with a large and developed observatory, and also a university.”

    Herouni proposed a number of interesting hypotheses and stated that some of the stones at the site mimic the biggest star of the constellation of Cygnus –Deneb.

    Interestingly, some have even drawn similarities between the Karahunj (Carahunge) Observatory and Gobekli Tepe in modern Turkey. V. Vahradyan suggests that Gobekli Tepe shows the map of the night sky and the constellation of Cygnus, which in the Karahunj Observatory  represents the same constellation, mirroring the site.

    But as if the age of the ancient observatory, its purpose and origin weren’t mysterious enough there are more incredible details which make this ancient site even more interesting. Among the numerous boulders found on the site, there are some with curious carvings on their surface. Some of the humanoid beings represented at some of the stones are eerily similar to ‘modern-day’ representations of Grey Aliens. Some of the humanoid figures carved at Karahunj have elongated heads, and almond shaped eyes and are depicted holding what appears to be some sort of artifact with wheels.

    Here are some images of this incredible ancient site:


    Meet Armenia’s Stonehenge: Predating the Pyramids of Egypt by three thousand years


    Meet Armenia’s Stonehenge: Predating the Pyramids of Egypt by three thousand years


    Meet Armenia’s Stonehenge: Predating the Pyramids of Egypt by three thousand years


    Meet Armenia’s Stonehenge: Predating the Pyramids of Egypt by three thousand years


    Meet Armenia’s Stonehenge: Predating the Pyramids of Egypt by three thousand years


    Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

    Source www.ancient-code.com

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    24-04-2017 om 11:50 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.RUSSIAN MATHEMATICIANS DECODED THE MYSTERIOUS VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT

    RUSSIAN MATHEMATICIANS DECODED THE MYSTERIOUS VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT

    The CIA tried to decipher it and failed. The FBI tried to break the code and also failed. Academics, truly intelligent cryptologists and people all over the world have been trying for 600 years to decipher a mysterious book known as the Voynich manuscript that is written in an unbreakable code; some theorize it was written by foreigners. The chess is finally over. A team of Russian mathematicians says they solved the enigma of the manuscript. And he says … 
     
    Not so fast. A breakthrough like this must be revealed slowly. The manuscript is nominated for the anti-revolutionary Polish tsarist and book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, who bought it in 1912 in a Jesuit college outside Rome. The codex was illustrated with radiocarbon datings from medieval Italy between 1404 and 1438. The photos are mostly herbs and plants, along with other pharmaceutical, astronomical or biological objects. Writing ... well, writing is gibberish. 
     
    UNTIL NOW... 
     
    Mathematicians of the Institute of Applied Mathematics deciphered the Voynich manuscript, now preserved at the Yale University's Beinecke Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts, with a technical code break. They first suppressed all the vowels and spaces, turning the Codex into what looked like a very long Russian name. That, obviously, was not the solution. But believe it or not, it was close. 
     

    24-04-2017 om 11:35 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.U.I.P’s Top 10 Obscure Alien Abductions

    U.I.P’s Top 10 Obscure Alien Abductions

    We have all heard about famous abductions like Travis Walton, Betty and Barney Hill, etc. But what about the ones that have not been widely publicised?  Here are our top ten “not so well-known” alien abductions:

    1. The Linda Courtile Case

    On November, 1989, a housewife was drawn out of her 12th story window in Lower Manhattan. The woman was lifted up into a UFO that was covered in bright lights at around 3:00 am. In an interview, Linda said “The UFO opened up almost like a clam and then I’m inside.” Two men, who were United Nations bodyguards, also witnessed the event with stories identical to Linda’s. There were also several witnesses who confirmed the event, from ordinary citizens to attorneys and surgeons, some even thought it was a movie scene being filmed. The story never gained public traction and still remains a mystery.

     2. The Cahil Family

    After midnight, the Cahill family were returning home after spending the day with some close friends. At first, as they drove through the inky black night, they noticed a row of lights mounted on a rounded craft with windows around it. Kelly, the mother of the family, recalled walking towards the path, without knowing why, and seeing a creature unlike anything they’ve ever seen. It was void of color and 7 feet tall, according to Kelly. Aside from the sighting, Kelly only has a strange triangular mark on her navel which later revealed to house an implant.

    3. Frederick Valentich

    Twenty-year-old Frederick Valentich disappeared while training as a pilot over Bass Strait in Australia on October 21, 1978. He was radioing Melbourne air traffic control, the connection was lost mid-sentence. The last works of Frederick before his disappearance was “It’s not an aircraft.”

    4. The Allagash Waterway Abduction

    In 1976, twin brothers Jack and Jim Weiner and their two friends were on a fishing trip on the calm waters of Eagle Lake. They decided to make a fire on the banks of the lake when suddenly a bright object appeared in the sky. After being subjected to lie detector tests, hypnosis, and extensive examination, all four individuals told a story that was eerily the same. Each being abducted and subjected to humiliating and invasive testing, including the extraction of semen and other bodily fluids.

    5. Whitley Strieber

    Whitley Strieber is a unique case in this list of alien phenomenon. He is a renowned author who penned the book “Communion,” a staple of UFO stories.
    He was already a well-known author when he experienced his first contact. It was over the Christmas holidays in 1985, during a vacation with his wife and son. Whitley, sleeping in his isolated cabin in the northern part of New York State, was awoken by his alarm system. Expecting a burglar, he rushed to check out what the noise was. To his surprise, a creature appeared standing before him motionless and creepily.

    Whitley was then taken to a mysterious ship where the creatures began mercilessly experimenting on him. He recalls long needles being directly stabbed into his brain and strange low voices. Whitley was never the same after that night, and still, we have no explanation for what happened.

    6. Sergeant Charles L. Moody

    Air Force Sergeant Charles L. Moody was observing a meteor shower in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico. At around 1:15AM he witnessed a glowing, metallic, saucer-shaped object lowering to the ground. It began wobbling in an unnatural way and slowly moved closer toward Charles. Frightened, Charles frantically tried to start his car engine, but it just wouldn’t budge. His body suddenly turned numb, and the ship began emitting a high pitch sound. The mysterious aircraft got so close that he could make out the ghoulish tall figures staring directly at him.
    The alien trance ended abruptly and Charles found himself driving home at around 3:00 am. In the next few days he developed a rash that spread all over his body.

    7. Peter Khouri

    On the night of February 1988, Peter and his wife spotted strange lights fettering about in the sky. To their surprise the lights merely came and disappeared.
    It was later in July that Peter began experiencing flashbacks of events he thought never happened. He began to recall waking up in the middle of the night being grabbed by his ankles, Peter tried to move but his body was completely numb. Standing by the edge of his bed were tiny, robe-wearing creatures congregated around the poor man. They repeatedly told him not to worry, because it would be just like the last time. Then suddenly, an alien pulled out a large needle and slowly started aiming it toward Peter’s head. Peter also successfully passed a lie detector test.

    8. Ronny Dawson

    Ronny Dawson is a crude oil transport driver who works in Coleman County, Texas. As a transport driver Ronny regularly works long night shifts and drives through barren rural roads–it was inevitable that he would one day spot something.
    One clear night, Ronny was inspecting some crude oil from inside large tank batteries. Being at a higher altitude, Ronny was able to spot a mysterious aircraft flying over him. Fearing his life he quickly climbed down from the tanks and began recording the phenomenon. In the sky he saw pulsating orbs that rapidly changed altitude and shape. Ever since then, Ronny continued to see these lights–a reminder that someone or something is watching.

    9. Lulli Oswald

    15th October 1979. A famous concert pianist by the name of Luli Oswald, and her friend were taken aboard a UFO and given a grueling examination. The full story came out only after hypnosis sessions.

    Luli Oswald, 55, said she and Fauze Mehlen, 25, were driving along the coast road near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when they saw a fleet of strange craft emerge from the ocean. When they came out of the water, it was like a mushroom with water spilling over it, she told police. Then we noticed a big black one ahead of us. It seemed to be about 300′ across with a small dome on top.

    Mehlen, who was driving, lost control of the car. It began weaving crazily across the road, with the doors opening and shutting by themselves. Then, suddenly, the nightmare ended. Shaken, they stopped at a restaurant for coffee and discovered that it was two hours later than they thought.

    While under hypnosis, the pianist began sobbing with terror as she continued to relive the experience.

    We have entered the black disk from the bottom, The car is inside the UFO, but we are outside the car. They are putting a tube in my ear. There are tubes everywhere, they are pulling my hair.

    They look like rats, oh, how horrible! They have huge, horrible rat ears and their mouths are like slits. They are touching me all over with their thin arms. There are 5 of them, their skin is grey and sticky.

    Miss Oswald said she saw Mehlen lying unconscious on a table as the aliens examined him with a strange ray of light that smelt of sulfur. The rat figures communicated without speaking, but she said one of them did talk to her. He said they came from Antarctica, she recalled.

    There is a tunnel that goes under the South Pole, that’s why they come out of the water. Others are extraterrestrials.

    10. Amy Ryland

    In a chilling story that three different people were involved in, a 22-year-old named Amy was abducted right out the window of her lounge room by a UFO.

    Amy’s husband Keith had already gone to bed, while her friend Petra stayed up to read in another room. Petra was abruptly disrupted by a blinding light coming from the lounge room, and the sound of shattering glass.

    The rectangular beam of light was shining into the room, and according to Petra, she saw Amy being pulled out of the window by the light, still apparently asleep.

    Keith then woke up, and both he and Petra searched the house and surrounding area for Amy, who was nowhere to be seen. Keith eventually called the police.

    U.I.P Summary:

    People do laugh out of ignorance when confronted with the unknown, I was a sceptic too prior to my first UFO sighting.

    Alien abductions do exists, abductees have been used like lab rats!

    And who knows… Maybe you have been abducted and not even aware of it…

    Yaz, Mwv

    {http://www.ufointernationalproject.com/ }

    24-04-2017 om 11:00 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Aliens Created Our Gentic Code And Signed It With The Number 37 – Confirms Scientists

    Aliens Created Our Gentic Code And Signed It With The Number 37 – Confirms Scientists

    The TRUTH is coming people and the true answer to the origin life could simply be the number 37 which could prove that our genetic code was created by ancient aliens, according to a new scientific theory – The drip feeding of disclosure continues it appears!

    The notion that life on Earth has alien origins is nothing new, but a pair of researchers believe that they have cracked an ancient code which prove that life was planted on Earth by extraterrestrial beings.

    Maxim Makukov from the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute in Almaty, Kazakhstan, claims to have discovered an “intelligent-like signal” that is encoded into our genetic material.  Indicating that as many truth seekers believe, we were indeed created by Alien Beings.

    Although Maxim admits that the theory is “out there”, he and his research mentor, mathematician Vladmir shCherbak, believe that they have conclusive evidence that a message, or a signature, is in our genetic code and is something that can no longer be denied or dismissed.

    Panspermia is the process in which life is transferred from one planet to another. Some biologists believe that life on Earth began when an asteroid collided with Mars, causing the supposedly once microbial-full soil to be flung Earthbound. Many others believe that ET’s helped create the human race, something which this exciting evidence helps to prove.

    The Kazakhstani duo have actually taken this one step further, and believe that life is a result of “direct panspermia” – something was intentionally sent towards Earth to kickstart life.

    By analysing the genetic code – which is the set of rules which translate DNA into proteins and does not alter as it is passed down through generations – they note that the number 37 crops up several times and that this cannot be a pure coincidence!

    One instance is that the mass of the molecular core shared by all 20 amino acids is 74 – which is 37 doubled!!

    Does our DNA contain a hidden message?

    Another is in ‘Rumer’s transformation’. Yuri Rumer first identified in 1966 that the genetic code can be divided equally in half, with one half being “whole family” codons – a codon being three structural units within DNA – and the other half being “split family”, which do not have the AC code, an amino acid that is used to build proteins.There are a total of 28 codons which have a total atomic mass of 1665 and a combined side chain atomic mass of 703 – both of which are multiples of 37.

    The scientists have a total of nine examples in their research paper published in Icarus, where they state that the chances of the number 37 appearing this many times by random in the genetic code in a staggering one in 10 trillion.Prof Makukov told New Scientist:

    “It was clear right away that the code has a non-random structure.

    “The patterns that we describe are not simply non-random. 

    “They have some features that, at least from our point of view, were very hard to ascribe to natural processes.”

    As for what planted the message, the Kazakh scientist says: “Maybe they’re gone long ago. Maybe they’re still alive. I think these are questions for the future.

    “For the patterns in the code, the explanation we give, we think is the most plausible.”

    It appears that we are being primed to learn about the origins of our existence and potentially what lies beyond that could have created our genetic make up.

    Created by Aliens?

    U.I.P SUMMARY

    2017 appears to be an incredibly important year when it comes to disclosure! We have been told about habitable planets in space and also that it is very unlikely that we are alone in the Universe by some rather important scientists and staff at NASA and now this?

    Many people like myself have never believed that we originated fully from monkeys as the ‘missing link’ has always been left un-explainable, but now it appears that the missing link is inside ALL of us and that we were a product of some kind of ET ‘creation’.

    Of course there will not be a clear cut answer on this for some time as the elite do not want us to know too much and they are fearful of how the masses on planet earth will react to this news.  But, it is time for our awakening and for mankind to accept that we are very much NOT alone in the Universe, and that we were very possibly created by some kind of alien beings – whose signature is the number 37!!

    The truth is coming people.

    MWV

    http://www.ufointernationalproject.com/ }

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    Why science is searching Earth for the ingredients of alien life

    Some experimental biologists think the key components that could allow life to survive beyond our planet might be found right here on Earth.

    Sci-Tech

    Scientists are looking more closely at the building blocks of life as we know it to try to identify which ingredients might also be the foundation for alien life beyond Earth.

    Researchers from Valparaiso University in Indiana have analyzed an assortment of amino acids, which are basic compounds that make the proteins to support life, to see how they might hold up to the harsh conditions on other worlds like Mars or Saturn's moon Enceladus. Their work represents a whole new approach to looking for alien life.

    "Our main goal with this research is to see if there are structural characteristics of some amino acids that lead to a higher stability in extraterrestrial conditions and then to see what those characteristics might be," said Claire Mammoser, an undergraduate research assistant in the laboratory of Valparaiso chemistry professor Laura Rowe.

    Mammoser is presenting the research Sunday during the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's Experimental Biology 2017 meeting in Chicago. She explains that while we know of the 20 natural amino acids such as lysine and tryptophan found in most biological organisms, there are also hundreds of known "unnatural" amino acids on Earth that aren't used by life forms we're familiar with.

    "In a different extraterrestrial locale, the proteins in an organism would not necessarily be the same as that of an organism on Earth, so they might use amino acids that are known to us but not used to make proteins on Earth," she said.

    To see which amino acids might be most likely to make protein snacks for alien cells, the team ran a selection of both the natural and unnatural compounds through a terrestrial torture test. They subjected vials of the building blocks to extreme temperatures, pH levels, radiation and other conditions that hypothetical Martian microbes and outer solar system swimmers in the hidden oceans of Europa and Enceladus might have to contend with.

    The scientists then watched to see which amino acids remain stable, looking for and observing patterns among the toughest types, such as larger size or the ability to bind with water.

    "Finding trends in amino acid stability would give us an idea of what sort of amino acids may have survived in outer space long enough to create life," Mammoser explained.

    The research team is also beginning a new round of experiments using amino acids extracted from meteorites to get a handle on key characteristics that could lead to some real-life ETs.

    The work also raises a bizarre question in today's age of genetic engineering: If we figure out what aliens are made of on Earth before we ever find them elsewhere in the universe, will they still be totally alien when we finally do find some?

    Alien alert!

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    23-04-2017 om 21:29 geschreven door peter  

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    How to hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence

    The Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, is pictured here. 

    Credit: 

    Jiuguang Wang/CC BY-SA 2.0 (image cropped)

    The search for extraterrestrial intelligence — known as SETI — got a boost in 2015, when philanthropist Yuri Milner announced plans to inject up to $100 million into the field over the next decade.

    His cash is funding a project called Breakthrough Listen, which plans to survey the 1 million closest stars to us and 100 nearby galaxies, using advanced telescopes and a lot of computational power. But what exactly are those telescopes looking for?

    Andrew Siemion, scientific director of the Breakthrough Listen project, says it all comes down to electromagnetic signals. “Basically, what we look for in Breakthrough Listen, and really in any SETI experiment, is the kind of electromagnetic emission that we know can only arise from technology,” he explains.

    As Siemion explains, the Breakthrough Listen program uses both radio and optical telescopes in its search. “And we're also looking at some infrared and high-energy observatories, as well,” he says.

    It’s all in the hopes of picking up some slight technology-produced signal from beyond our known world. “Fundamentally, the kind of signal that we look for in SETI for the most part, be it in radio or optical, is a large amount of electromagnetic energy concentrated at just one wavelength or one electromagnetic frequency,” he says.

    With radio telescopes, the researchers search for signals using a tool called a Fourier transform. “This is just a way of breaking down a signal that varies in time to one that varies in frequency or in wavelength,” Siemion says.

    And then with optical telescopes, the team uses prisms or diffraction gratings to break light down into all of its component colors. Then, Siemion says, they look for a signal occurring at just one color — something that doesn’t happen in the natural world.  

    For now, all the searching has one known outcome: It produces a massive amount of data. “The data rate that we see at the Green Bank Observatory, for example, is several hundred gigabits per second,” Siemion says.

    That’s equivalent to roughly 1,000 modern laptop hard drives each day, he estimates — and just from one telescope. (Granted, the Green Bank Telescope is the largest steerable radio telescope on the planet.) To share the job of crunching all the data, Siemion’s team at the University of California, Berkeley, are enlisting volunteers — and their home computers — in a citizen science project called SETI@home.

    In the midst of the information torrent, there’s one thing Siemion admits he doesn’t spend much time thinking about: how to break the news if his team does find evidence of extraterrestrial life. “Maybe for five or 10 minutes right before I go to bed, I think about what we might do if we actually found a signal,” he says. “It’s very difficult to predict how the world would react to that. But personally, I think it would be a very positive reaction. I think it would be a very unifying moment.”

    And if SETI does turn up a signal from other life-forms, deciding whether to respond would be another matter entirely.

    “Personally, I think … that’s a question that should involve the entire planet,” he says.

    This article is based on an interview that aired on PRI's Science Friday.

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    23-04-2017 om 21:08 geschreven door peter  

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    6 Planets That Might Support Aliens: Comparing The Coolest Habitable Exoplanets

    23-04-2017 om 20:57 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.La super-Terre LHS 1140b, une nouvelle cible pour la recherche de traces de vie

    La super-Terre LHS 1140b, une nouvelle cible pour la recherche de traces de vie

    Cette super-Terre orbite autour d'une étoile peu lumineuse, ce qui permet aux télescopes terrestres de la sonder pour étudier son atmosphère et y détecter des signes de vie. 

    LHS 1140b, vue d'artiste

    Vue d'artiste de la nouvelle exoplanète rocheuse qui abrite des conditions favorables à la vie. 

    ESO / SPACEENGINE.ORG
    CANDIDATE. LHS 1140b orbite autour d'une naine rouge (une étoile plus petite et moins brillante que le Soleil) dans la constellation de la Baleine, à environ 40 années-lumière de la Terre. Elle a été détectée une première fois par l'Observatoire MEarth-South, composé d'un réseau de petits télescopes automatiques installés dans le désert chilien. Puis c'est le spectrographe HARPS de l'Observatoire Européen Austral (ESO) qui a poursuivi les investigations. Pourquoi autant d'intérêt pour cette exoplanète ? Parce qu'avec son étoile, elle offre des conditions d'observation presque idéales et que les scientifiques espèrent pouvoir analyser son atmosphère (si elle en a une) en détaillant les gaz qu'elle contient et peut-être y dénicher des éléments associés à la vie, telle qu'elle existe sur Terre. C'est actuellement la meilleure candidate pour la réussite d'un tel projet.

    L'Observatoire MEarth-South installé sur le Cerro Tololo, au Chili.

    © Jonathan Irwin.

    "La plus excitante exoplanète de la décennie"

    LHS 1140b est une super-Terre d'un diamètre d'environ 1,4 fois celui de la Terre pour une masse sept fois supérieure. C'est donc un poids lourd. Elle est sans doute composée de roches avec un noyau dense de fer et elle orbite en 25 jours autour de son étoile (LHS 1140) dont elle est très, très, proche. Mais cette étoile est une naine rouge faiblement lumineuse si bien que la planète ne reçoit qu'environ la moitié de l'insolation terrestre. Cela implique que 1140b est située dans la zone habitable de son système : elle est susceptible d'abriter de l'eau liquide à sa surface. De plus, étoile et planète forment une paire céleste d'un âge respectable (environ 5 milliards d'années), ce qui assure une certaine stabilité des deux membres. "Les conditions actuelles de cette naine rouge sont particulièrement favorables - LHS 1140 tourne plus lentement et émet moins de radiations à haute énergie que d'autres étoiles de faible masse similaires", souligne Nicola Astudillo-Defru de l'Observatoire de Genève, en Suisse.

    Voyage vers LHS 1140b.

    © ESO/spaceengine.org

    Enfin, et c'est sans doute le plus important, les astrophysiciens peuvent depuis la Terre observer la planète passer devant son étoile. Un phénomène nommé transit qui permet d'analyser les subtiles différences de luminosité qui se produisent quand une planète occulte en partie son étoile mère et d'en déduire de nombreux renseignements sur les éléments présents dans l'étoile et la planète. Grâce à cette méthode, une équipe européenne a récemment réussi à détailler gangue de gaz entourant GJ1132b, une autre super-Terre située à 39 al du Soleil. Mais il s'avère que cette dernière est dépourvue d'eau liquide en surface et donc peu propice à la vie. Ce qui fait dire à Jason Dittmann du Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysic et premier auteur d'un article publié dans Nature sur LHS 1140b que c'est "l'exoplanète la plus excitante que j'ai vu depuis dix ans". Un enthousiasme à tempérer en attendant les résultats de la prochaine campagne d'observation qui sera menée avec le télescope Hubble et qui confirmera ou non la présence d'une atmosphère autour de 1140b. Si elle en possède une, elle s'avérera effectivement être une candidate de choix pour les instruments qui équiperont les futurs télescopes comme le TMT (Télescope de Trente Mètres) qui donneront à l'humanité des capacités d'observation inégalées depuis la Terre.

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    23-04-2017 om 20:37 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.INCREDIBLE UFO COMPILATION VIDEO, AMAZING UFO FOOTAGE

    INCREDIBLE UFO COMPILATION VIDEO, AMAZING UFO FOOTAGE

    Incredible UFO Footage from around the world, some of the most amazing footage of ufos caught on tape.

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    23-04-2017 om 20:03 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ZULLEN BUITENAARDSEN DE KOMENDE NEPINVASIE TOESTAAN?

    ZULLEN BUITENAARDSEN DE KOMENDE NEPINVASIE TOESTAAN?

    Het wordt er niet gemakkelijker op voor een doorsnee burger die graag wil weten of er nu wel of niet buitenaardse ruimtevaartuigen door onze lucht schieten. 

    Dat ze er zijn, daarover bestaat geen enkele twijfel, maar wel over de herkomst van deze onbekende vliegende objecten. 



    Er zijn uiteraard talloze aanwijzingen dat de mensheid erin is geslaagd om UFO’s (na) te bouwen en dat veel van wat er rondvliegt niets anders is dan geheime Amerikaanse experimenten of een voorbeeld van vergevorderde technologie van de Duitsers zoals bijvoorbeeld in Antarctica. 

    Dat ze er zijn, wordt niet alleen iedere dag wereldwijd geconstateerd door wat inmiddels miljoenen getuigen moeten zijn, ook NASA is een voortdurende bron voor wat bijvoorbeeld betreft UFO’s bij het ruimtestation ISS. (Er vanuit gaand dat er inderdaad een ruimtestation hangt.)

    Zoals ook enkele dagen geleden weer het geval was.


    xxx

    De sigaar of cilinder is een veel voorkomend type UFO en ook hier is het een feit dat er wordt gezegd dat de Duitsers erover beschikten; het zogenaamde Andromeda Gerät. 

    Wat is het dat hier prominent te zien is bij het ISS, buitenaards of aards? 

     

    Jarenlang zijn er al berichten dat de elite op een gegeven moment gebruik zal maken van haar geheime technologie, waaronder ook UFO’s, om een grote false flag operatie neer te zetten, waarbij wij volgens onze "leiders" als wereld gezamenlijk zullen moeten optreden tegen de gemeenschappelijke vijand en ons daarom dienen te verenigen in de New World Order. 

    Iemand die daar vorig jaar ook al voor waarschuwde en waar wij een uitgebreid artikel over hebben geschreven, is Dr. Steven Greer. 

    Een invasie die vergelijkbaar is met de effecten van een 9/11, maar dan honderd maal erger. Een gefingeerde invasie die de wereld zodanig zal veranderen dat mensen met weemoed terug zullen denken aan tijden die geweest zijn. Dr. Greer noemt die gebeurtenis dusdanig heftig dat hij 9/11 vergelijkt met een picknick. 

    Hij is op dit moment druk met het waarschuwen van al zijn goede contacten binnen overheidskringen om zo te proberen te voorkomen dat dit zal plaatsvinden. In zijn presentatie komt Greer met een interessant gegeven en dat is dat de mensen aan de top vaak geen flauw idee hebben van wat er zich werkelijk afspeelt.

     

    Anderzijds is het ook goed om te beseffen dat er wel degelijk sterke aanwijzingen zijn dat buitenaardsen hier rondvlogen op het moment dat onze aardse technologie nog in de kinderschoenen stond en wij als mensheid echt niet in staat waren om UFO’s te bouwen. 

    Onderstaand een deel uit een eerder artikel waarin bovenstaande wordt aangetoond en de vraag is dan ook of de buitenaardsen zullen toestaan dat de deep state een dergelijke false flag operatie uitvoert om de mensheid te misleiden. 

    Voor al diegenen die nog steeds denken dat alle opnames nep zijn en dat er helemaal niets in de lucht vliegt, volgen hier een aantal opnames uit de oude doos, uit een periode dat een foto nog gewoon een foto was die niet werd bewerkt. 

    De eerste is genomen in 1871 en laat een vreemd vliegend object zien boven Mount Washington in Amerika.

    uf 1

    De tweede is genomen in Ward in het Amerikaanse Colorado in 1929.

    uf 2

    Dan eentje uit China, genomen in 1942, waar je een man naar de lucht ziet wijzen alwaar een onbekend object hangt.

    uf 3

    Dan een foto, genomen in Zuid Afrika in 1956.

    uf 4

    Een Amerikaanse boer op een foto genomen in 1920 waar in de achtergrond een merkwaardig object in de lucht hangt.

    uf 5

    Een bizarre foto uit het Canadese Vancouver uit 1937.

    uf 6

    Vervolgens een hele mooie uit Oregon, Amerika, uit 1927.

    uf 7

    En tenslotte eentje uit het Amerikaanse West Virginia, genomen in 1937.

    uf 8

    Wat de objecten op bovengenoemde foto’s ook mogen zijn, van één ding kun je zeker zijn en dat is dat er niet mee is geknoeid.

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    NASA HAS THIS REACTION TO THE CLAIMS OF UFOS VISITING THE SPACE STATION

    NASA speaks out about UFO sightings at the International Space Station.

    The view from the International Space Station's live feed has raised a lot of eyebrows over the years. There are multiple reports of bizarre activity surrounding the space station which many people believe to be clear proof of extra-terrestrial activity. Now, it appears that NASA wants to talk about the rumors.

    Ufologists are space enthusiasts, such as the people at Secure Team, are now very familiar with the bizarre routine that regularly takes place at the International Space Station. All of a sudden, watchers will notice odd activity such as flashes of light, moving objects, and even cigar shaped flying space craft of various sizes. On cue, the transmission to the feed will be cut and after that all questions addressed to NASA about the incident will be met with a stony silence. This peculiar routine has led many to the conclusion that there are aliens in close vicinity to this planet and NASA have some reason for keeping this information a secret from the world's population.

    In the past, some individual astronauts have spoken out about the unusual activity. Some of them have confirmed that there is intelligent life beyond planet Earth, but most of them have been eager to dismiss the rumors. For instance, when the American astronaut Tom Jones was asked about the activity around the International Space Station he responded, in a seemingly rehearsed manner:

    Astronauts have not seen any evidence of alien life. Reports of unidentified flying objects in images returned from the shuttle or [space] station have turned out to be ice crystals, drifting orbital debris, lightning flashes, or meteors streaking through the dark atmosphere below. So far, our search for extraterrestrial life ― and other civilizations in space ― has turned up no proof of alien civilizations.

    Now under pressure from mainstream media outlets such as Huffington Post, it appears that NASA themselves feel compelled to repeat this explanation.

    “No unidentified objects in the popular sense have been seen from the International Space Station, ” said a spokesperson for the space agency, “Reflections from station windows, the spacecraft structure itself or lights from Earth commonly appear as artifacts in photos and videos from the orbiting laboratory.”

    Whether these claims with satisfying those who are suspicious about the activity around the International Space Station is yet to be seen. However, given NASA's unusual past activity and the wall of silence in the past, they have certainly given the impression that they have something to hide. 

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    What You Should Know About The First Man-Made UFO

    Nikola Tesla is considered as a man way ahead of time than average people with his inventions, ideas, and creativity. He is recognized as one of the most innovative, at the same time, one of the most mysterious men who ever lived.

    Present technology is believed to be considerably worse if not for the invention and research done by Tesla in his time. Because of his advanced thinking, some conspiracy theorists stated that there’s more to Tesla and he may have had contact with aliens.

    Nikola Tesla’s advanced technologies had made some experts wonder whether his futuristic inventions were the result of his open mind or he did receive messages from advanced extraterrestrial beings.

    Tesla had invented so many things way ahead of his time, and one of them was the so-called UFO aircraft. In the first decade of the 20th century, over a hundred years ago, Tesla filed a patent request to an oddly designed aircraft, which he named the world’s first flying saucer, the first human-made UFO of the world for that matter.

    tesla-ufo

    Many people find the layout of the flying saucer interesting as it matched the descriptions by individuals who claimed to have seen UFOs from the inside. The human-made UFO had a discoidal capacitor with enough size to give thrust to fly. There were other small capacitors designed to control the direction of the flying saucer. The UFO-like invention also featured a gyroscopic stabilization system and electric-powered drive control.

    Tesla was all about futuristic designs, and his flying saucer was top of the line. The inside of the craft was installed with flat screens and external video cameras for the blind spots of the pilot. Tesla’s UFO had eyes in all spots, thanks to the electro-optical lenses that were arranged in quadrants, enabling the pilot to see everything.

    Tesla’s aircraft did not include an energy source of its own as free energy powers it. The aircraft’s power came from the towers of wireless transmission.

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    23-04-2017 om 19:24 geschreven door peter  

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    Aliens Zapped Russian Soldiers, Declassified CIA Report Claims

    kgb-ufo

    Surviving aliens allegedly attacked and killed Russian military after the latter shot down the former, revealed in a sensational declassified CIA report.

    The bizarre report reportedly includes claims that aliens in the UFO transformed into a ball of light and turned 23 soldiers into stone. It was allegedly buried among thousands of U.S. intelligence agency declassified files published online.

    The shocking report, made on March 27, 1993, is apparently the CIA translation of a report from the Ukraine-based newspaper Ternopil vechirniy. According to the newspaper report, many KGB files reached the CIA after Mikhail Gorbachev lost power in 1991.

    cia-ufo-report

    The report stated that a military unit noticed a low flying saucer while in training in Siberia. One of the soldiers then fired a surface to air missile, bringing the UFO down, the report said. It further indicated that five short humanoids, having large heads and huge black eyes, got out.

    Two survivor soldiers saw the five beings transformed into a white spherical ball of light, buzzed and hissed. The ball of light then exploded and turned 23 soldiers into stone, the report claimed. Two troops in a shaded area survived the alleged attack.

    The report added that the remains of the petrified soldiers were transported to a secret research institution near Moscow as per KGB report.

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    23-04-2017 om 19:20 geschreven door peter  

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    Odd UFO Emerges from Volcano in Mexico

    A perplexing piece of video via a webcam watching volcanoes in Mexico shows a small ball of light slowly emerge on screen before bursting into a massive glow.

    The strange event occurred on January 24th at what is thought to be Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano which has been a frequent site for UFO sightings over the last year or so.

    This latest incident is certainly curious as the way in which the tiny orb turns into an enormous light is quite remarkable and wondrous.

    Per usual, reaction to the video has been divided into a handful of different camps.

    UFO enthusiasts contend that the footage serves as further confirmation that the volcano is of some significance to ETs and may even be a base for aliens.

    Conversely, those who do not subscribe to the idea that UFOs are real and ETs are visiting our planet will argue that the anomaly is merely a natural event possibly caused by tumultuous activity around the volcano.

    And there are also others who have put forward the idea that the 'UFO' comes from Earth not outer space and is, in fact, a secret government aircraft inadvertently captured on film.

    While we will probably never know precisely what the anomaly was, history tells us that it is almost certainly not the last time a 'volcanic UFO' video emerge and leave us guessing.

    With that in mind, check out the intriguing video and let us know your theory for the origin of the odd light at the C2C Facebook page.

    Source: Express

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    23-04-2017 om 14:05 geschreven door peter  

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    Jules Verne TIME CAPSULE excavated containing unpublished work, and mystery objects

    Using drones, and ground penetrating radar, experts from Paris Descartes University and The Explorers Club NYC believe to have come across a Time Capsule that belonged to legendary French writer Jules Verne, famous for his books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon among others.
     
     
    One of the most influential writers to break the boundaries between the possible and the impossible is without a doubt French writer Jules Verne.
     
    Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright and his most notable works are Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Mysterious Island, Five Weeks in a Balloon.
     
    Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare and is often referred to as the “father of Science Fiction”.
     
    Now, experts have uncovered a time capsule which they believe belongs to the French writer.
     
    The enigmatic metal box was recovered and contains documents, books, and strange metallic objects of different size.
     
    The time capsule was discovered by experts from Paris Descartes University and The Explorers Club NYC.
     
    It is believed that among the many objects hidden in the time capsule are potentially unpublished materials, which historians and people around the world find extremely exciting.
     
    The enigmatic time capsule was discovered near the French Pyrenees in southern France after experts studied the tomb of the legendary science fiction writer. The discovery was made possible thanksthree-month month project where researchers used both aerial imagery and ground penetrating radar.
     
    According to reports, “all of the material collected and … complex geolocation algorithms … to identify the area in which they might find some kind of object associated with Verne.”
     
    Experts are so far convinced that the metallic box was buried by either Jules Verne of someone who was very close to him.
     
    Currently, the items found inside of the box are being meticulously analyzed by scholars in a controlled environment to ensure the preservation and non-contamination of the items inside of the time capsule.
     
    According to reports, the items are not in pristine conditions and have been deteriorated with the passage of time.
     
    Furthermore, researchers have also discovered numerous engravings on the outer parts of the metallic box. However, these engravings have become barely visible due to oxidation.
     
    While many people have welcomed this extraordinary news, skeptics warn that it has still not been possible to prove that the box and its enigmatic content did in fact belong to the famous French writer. However, everything experts have managed to find so far points to the possibility that they may have come across unpublished documents that belonged to the writer.
     
    Local newspapers point out that researchers are already in the second phase of research and are working towards revealing the contents of the time capsule to the public in the near future.
     
    Paris Descartes University Field Archaeologist Elouan Beauséjour who is believed to have made the discovery wrote on Twitter: Hi everyone!! Thanks for your emails and comments. It’s exciting but I’m overwhelmed right now. Sorry for the delay in answering you!
     

    For further details please contact:
     
    Elouan Beauséjour
    Doctor of Archaeology and Art Sciences
    L’Université Paris Descartes
     
    Email: ebeausejour@archaeologyresearchers.com
    Linkedin: http://lnked.in/elouan-beaus

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    23-04-2017 om 13:53 geschreven door peter  

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    REAL REASON OF OUR EXISTENCE ON EARTH REVEALED BY 20,000-YEAR-OLD TABLETS

    Many people believe Genesis was unique in telling the story of how people were created and existed but then ancient texts that come from different cultures tell the same story and they were the first to tell the story and reveal the real reason of existence on earth. 
     
    The ancient texts talk about a similar historical account, however, they do go into a great deal more detail and they also add in some information that is intriguing. Tablets that date back 20,000 years have taken an archaeologist more than 20 years to translate and when he did they changed his whole life.
     
     Zecharia Sitchin began to translate the tablets 50 years ago at a time when there weren't any other Sumerian translators to help him. The tablets were complex and this proved to be a huge challenge. They had been written in a longer period of time and so they followed the many changes to the Sumerian language. 
     
    TABLETS TEXT IS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALIEN NAMED NIBIRU 
     
    Following hard work for more than 20 years, Zecharia managed to translate what he says is an autobiography of an alien from a planet with the name of Nibiru. The name of the alien was Enki and the story in the tablets began a long time before humans came to be. 
     
    The story in the tablets begins with the account of Enki of arrival on Earth with 20 more astronauts and wife, as they searched for a material that allowed for life to perpetuate on their home planet, gold. The tablets revealed that the atmosphere of the planet had to have gold dust so that it could reflect ultraviolet radiation and this was making life very difficult on Nibiru. 
     
     
    ALIENS CAME TO EARTH IN SEARCH OF GOLD DUST 
     
    The alien went on to say that while they were trying to excavate the gold from Earth, the Sumerian gods were not able to endure the physical work. Enki then came up with the idea of servants by combining DNA with the hominids on Earth. Then came the mission to create sentient humans was given to Enki's wife, a doctor and a scientist. 
     
    There have been many theories about the creation of humans through intervention, along with evolutionary path, already proven. Some people may refer to it as divine intervention and others say that the intervention was of the extraterrestrial variety. 
     
    NIBIRU ROTATES EVERY 10,000 YEARS AND IS 10TH PLANET IN SOLAR SYSTEM 
     
    Sitchin however, thinks that the tablets offer a lot that was left out and not explained about the world’s history along with the solar system. He thinks that a missing link may be the result of the intervention of the aliens from Nibiru or Anunnaki. He believes that Nibiru has a rotational cycle of 10,000 years and it is the 10th planet in the solar system.
     
     
     
    Sitchin and his ideas don’t sit well with many historians as they are totally opposed to the idea of Anunnaki extraterrestrials and they have their suspicions about the accuracy of the tablets translation. The reason they have suspicions lie within the fact that the tablets showed variations in the language and this means that they cannot be translated by following one general rule. 
     

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    23-04-2017 om 13:50 geschreven door peter  

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    Evidence of a ‘Top-Secret’ space program? Air force’s mystery X-37B space plane now 700 days in space


     
    One of the most mysterious—known—spacecraft to ever be flown into space is without a doubt the Air Force X-37B spacecraft which reached a staggering 700 days in space.
     
    No one knows what its true purpose is and what exactly its doing while it orbits Earth. However, numerous ufologists and conspiracy theorists argue that the X-37b is just one of the many secret spacecraft that belong to a ‘secret space fleet’ operated by the governemnt. It’s the tip of the iceberg some have said.
     
     
    If it is indeed SECRET, it’s not the best-kept secret since there is some information about it. The X-37b is also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle 4. It carries a mysterious payload that is its biggest secret.
     
    Some argue that it’s a next level space-bomber, while others believe it’s specifically designed to take out space weapons. In May 2010, Tom Burghardt wrote for Space Daily that the X-37B could be used as a spy satellite or to deliver weapons from space.
     
    The X-37 began as a NASA project in 1999, before being transferred to the U.S. Department of Defense in 2004
     
    Previously, the X-37b’s record in space was 674 days which lasted from December 2012 to October 2014.
     
     
    The secret space plane is known to have used the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for landing. According to space.com, recent plans to consolidate launch and landing activities could mean vehicles touch down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
     
    However, where exactly and when the mystery spacecraft will return to Earth is a mystery just as its true mission.
     
    According to Captain Annmarie Annicelli, an Air Force Spokeswoman: “The landing date will be determined based on the completion of the program’s on-orbit demonstrations and objectives for this mission. While the program has the capability to land at either KSC or Vandenberg, the landing location is determined by a variety of factors,” reports space.com.
     
     
    The enigmatic space vehicle was built and designed by the Air Force and was launched into space atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 20, 2015.
     
    It is considered as one of the most mysterious and advanced spacecraft ever operated by the United States Military.
     
    The enigmatic spacecraft is designed to orbit our planet—following a specific mission—and is built to land like one of NASA’s now-retired shuttles.
     
    The Spacecraft was put together by Boeing. The X-37b orbits our planet in low-earth orbit, between 110 (177km) and 500 miles (800km) above Earth. The ISS—by comparison—circles our plant at around 220 miles (350km) above Earth. The X-37b has an orbital speed of 28,044 km/h (17,426 mph).
     
    Furthermore, while no one really knows what the contents of the X-37b’s payload are, NASA has revealed it features a materials experiment aboard, while the Planetary Society is tagging along with a solar-sail demo.
     
    The solar sail demo—called LightSail—uses a propulsion system that acquires photons from the sun, commonly referred to as Solar Sailing. According to the Daily Mail, nine other CubeSat nano-satellites are also taking a piggyback ride into orbit.  The space plane – one of two of the same design – is operated robotically, without anyone on board, and is reusable.

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    23-04-2017 om 13:43 geschreven door peter  

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    Mysterieuze feeëncirkels blijven wetenschappers betoveren

    Mysterieuze feeëncirkels blijven wetenschappers betoveren

    Op enkele plekken op aarde, te weten in de woestijn van Australië en Namibië, komen mysterieuze feeëncirkels voor.

    Een onbekende kracht of een onbekend fenomeen zorgt ervoor dat deze cirkels in een honingraatpatroon in het landschap verschijnen.

    Wetenschappers hebben diverse mogelijke verklaringen bedacht voor de vreemde formaties. Ze kunnen nog steeds niet met zekerheid zeggen hoe ze precies ontstaan.

    Termieten

    Worden ze veroorzaakt door gas dat omhoog borrelt, zoals Zuid-Afrikaanse wetenschappers in 2011 beweerden?

    Of worden ze gemaakt door termieten, zoals een onderzoeker van de Universiteit van Hamburg in 2013 claimde?

    Of is de natuur zelf verantwoordelijk voor de cirkelvormige patronen, zoals een internationaal team in 2015 theoretiseerde?

    Geen bewijs

    Het gebied waarin de miljoenen feeëncirkels worden gevonden strekt zich uit over meer dan 1600 kilometer.

    Onderzoekers van de Indiana University hebben bovenstaande hypotheses nog eens onder de loep genomen.

    Het team nam monsters en vond geen bewijs voor termietenactiviteit. “Er waren helemaal geen zandtermieten te bekennen,” zei onderzoeker Lixin Wang.

    Competitie

    De bevindingen van de onderzoekers ondersteunen wel de theorie dat de cirkels een gevolg zijn van competitie tussen plantensoorten.

    Het ontstaan van de feeëncirkels lijkt samen te hangen met de hoeveelheid neerslag en voedingsstoffen in de bodem.

    Hoe schaarser water en voedingsstoffen, hoe groter de kans op een feeëncirkel.

    Nog lang niet voorbij

    Eenmaal gevormd wordt een cirkel in stand gehouden door de formatie van een reservoir aan voedingsstoffen voor omringende planten.

    De discussie over feeëncirkels is echter nog lang niet voorbij, aangezien het team pleit voor verder onderzoek.

    De studie is gepubliceerd in het Journal of Geophysical Research.

    [Eos

    23-04-2017 om 12:57 geschreven door peter  

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    Wetenschappers ontcijferen mysterieuze inscripties Göbekli Tepe. Wat ze ontdekten werpt een nieuw licht op onze geschiedenis

    Wetenschappers ontcijferen mysterieuze inscripties Göbekli Tepe. Wat ze ontdekten werpt een nieuw licht op onze geschiedenis

    Mysterieuze inscripties op pilaren van het oudste tempelcomplex ter wereld bevestigen dat 11.000 jaar voor Christus een komeet is ingeslagen op aarde.

    De komeet wordt onder meer verantwoordelijk gehouden voor het uitsterven van de mammoet en het ontstaan van de eerst menselijke beschavingen.

    Experts van de Universiteit van Edinburgh hebben mysterieuze symbolen op stenen pilaren van Göbekli Tepe in het zuiden van Turkije geanalyseerd en kwamen tot de ontdekking dat ze gelinkt konden worden aan sterrenbeelden.

    Sterrenbeelden

    De inscripties suggereren dat de aarde werd geraakt door een zwerm komeetfragmenten op hetzelfde moment dat een ijstijd zijn intrede deed.

    Wetenschappers speculeren al geruime tijd dat een komeet verantwoordelijk kan zijn geweest voor het Jongere Dryas, de laatste koude periode.

    Onderzoekers die inscripties van dieren op de pilaren bestudeerden, ontdekten dat de wezens symbool stonden voor sterrenbeelden en de komeet.

    Graham Hancock

    Schrijver Graham Hancock kwam in zijn boek Magicians of the Gods als eerste met deze theorie op de proppen.

    Met behulp van een computerprogramma konden de experts bepalen waar de sterrenbeelden duizenden jaren geleden boven Turkije verschenen.

    Ze stelden vast dat de komeet in 10.950 voor Christus is ingeslagen. In diezelfde periode begon het Jongere Dryas.

    Grote impact

    Het Jongere Dryas wordt gezien als een cruciale periode en in verband gebracht met het ontstaan van de landbouw en de opkomst van de eerste neolithische beschavingen.

    De onderzoekers zeggen dat de mensen van Göbekli Tepe nog duizenden jaren waarde hechtten aan de inscripties, wat erop wijst dat de gebeurtenis een grote impact had.

    Deze studie kan maar op één ding wijzen: de inslag van een meteoor, aldus hoofdonderzoeker Martin Sweatman.

    Sterrenwacht

    “Het lijkt erop dat Göbekli Tepe een sterrenwacht was waarmee de avondhemel werd afgespeurd,” zei hij.

    “Eén van de pilaren lijkt te zijn gebruikt als gedenkteken voor deze verwoestende gebeurtenis,” voegde hij toe.

    Rotatie-as van de aarde

    Göbekli Tepe wordt gezien als het oudste tempelcomplex ter wereld. Het is vele duizenden jaren ouder dan Stonehenge.

    Uit symbolen die op de pilaren zijn gevonden blijkt dat men indertijd ook veranderingen in de rotatie-as van de aarde bijhield.

    Het onderzoek is gepubliceerd in Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry.

    [Telegraph

    23-04-2017 om 12:54 geschreven door peter  

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    Wetenschappers ontcijferen mysterieuze inscripties Göbekli Tepe. Wat ze ontdekten werpt een nieuw licht op onze geschiedenis

    Wetenschappers ontcijferen mysterieuze inscripties Göbekli Tepe. Wat ze ontdekten werpt een nieuw licht op onze geschiedenis

    Mysterieuze inscripties op pilaren van het oudste tempelcomplex ter wereld bevestigen dat 11.000 jaar voor Christus een komeet is ingeslagen op aarde.

    De komeet wordt onder meer verantwoordelijk gehouden voor het uitsterven van de mammoet en het ontstaan van de eerst menselijke beschavingen.

    Experts van de Universiteit van Edinburgh hebben mysterieuze symbolen op stenen pilaren van Göbekli Tepe in het zuiden van Turkije geanalyseerd en kwamen tot de ontdekking dat ze gelinkt konden worden aan sterrenbeelden.

    Sterrenbeelden

    De inscripties suggereren dat de aarde werd geraakt door een zwerm komeetfragmenten op hetzelfde moment dat een ijstijd zijn intrede deed.

    Wetenschappers speculeren al geruime tijd dat een komeet verantwoordelijk kan zijn geweest voor het Jongere Dryas, de laatste koude periode.

    Onderzoekers die inscripties van dieren op de pilaren bestudeerden, ontdekten dat de wezens symbool stonden voor sterrenbeelden en de komeet.

    Graham Hancock

    Schrijver Graham Hancock kwam in zijn boek Magicians of the Gods als eerste met deze theorie op de proppen.

    Met behulp van een computerprogramma konden de experts bepalen waar de sterrenbeelden duizenden jaren geleden boven Turkije verschenen.

    Ze stelden vast dat de komeet in 10.950 voor Christus is ingeslagen. In diezelfde periode begon het Jongere Dryas.

    Grote impact

    Het Jongere Dryas wordt gezien als een cruciale periode en in verband gebracht met het ontstaan van de landbouw en de opkomst van de eerste neolithische beschavingen.

    De onderzoekers zeggen dat de mensen van Göbekli Tepe nog duizenden jaren waarde hechtten aan de inscripties, wat erop wijst dat de gebeurtenis een grote impact had.

    Deze studie kan maar op één ding wijzen: de inslag van een meteoor, aldus hoofdonderzoeker Martin Sweatman.

    Sterrenwacht

    “Het lijkt erop dat Göbekli Tepe een sterrenwacht was waarmee de avondhemel werd afgespeurd,” zei hij.

    “Eén van de pilaren lijkt te zijn gebruikt als gedenkteken voor deze verwoestende gebeurtenis,” voegde hij toe.

    Rotatie-as van de aarde

    Göbekli Tepe wordt gezien als het oudste tempelcomplex ter wereld. Het is vele duizenden jaren ouder dan Stonehenge.

    Uit symbolen die op de pilaren zijn gevonden blijkt dat men indertijd ook veranderingen in de rotatie-as van de aarde bijhield.

    Het onderzoek is gepubliceerd in Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry.

    [Telegraph

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    PROOF OF ALIENS? 

    Bizarre transparent ‘alien cylinder’ spotted on live NASA feed for International Space Station leaving star gazers baffled

    The UFO appeared to fade into the darkness, sparking theories it could have alien stealth technology

    23-04-2017 om 12:43 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Bizarre transparent 'alien cylinder' spotted on live NASA feed

    Bizarre transparent 'alien cylinder' spotted on live NASA feed

    (Screenshot from NASA video)

    (Screenshot from NASA video)

    UFO experts claim a mysterious object captured flying past the International Space Station (ISS) on NASA’s live feed is actually an “alien cylinder”.

    Baffling footage shows the item suddenly appearing out the window of the space station, getting closer before fading away.

    Conspiracy theorist Scott C Waring, who runs UFO Sightings Daily, shared the footage, writing: “I noticed a UFO in the distance that was coming closer and closer to the space station.

    “The UFO was partially cloaked, which made it look transparent.

    “In the deep blackness of spaces, blending into the environment means you will be safer from other alien species that may not be friendly.”

    This story originally appeared on The Sun.

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    23-04-2017 om 12:26 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Unidentified Square Objects Replacing Saucers and Triangles

    Unidentified Square Objects Replacing Saucers and Triangles

    Have aliens gotten tired of flying discs? Is square the new shape in UFOs? That may be the new trend if recent sightings are any indication. MUFON received photographs from a UFO witness in Philadelphia showing a square flying object, while another witness in southern Ohio reported watching a low-flying square. Is it time to check for trade-ins at the used saucer lot?

    The Philadelphia witness (MUFON case # 82950) saw the square UFO on the morning of 4/3/17 and described it as a wide diamond or a square. The black parallelogram appeared to be high in the north-northwest sky and moving slowly but at a faster speed than a floating balloon. In the ten minutes the UFO was in sight, the witness noticed four flashes of light and took some pictures. Another person also saw the UFO and said it didn’t look like a helicopter.

    The Ohio square sighting (MUFON case # 83058) occurred on 4/9/17 in the evening (10 pm) over Xenia. The witness and his son saw the “square shaped ufo” fly over their house in the direction of -– if you live in the area, you know already — Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Could this have been some type of secret military plane?

    It was square shaped when overhead but from a distance it was flatter from top to bottom. It appeared to have flames coming out of the rear of it and had no wings or other visible lights other than the flames and orange glow about it.

    This square UFO was apparently flying too fast for the witness to take a picture or get his girlfriend outside to see it.

    Are square UFOs becoming a trend? Another MUFON report (# 57373) describes a sighting over Austin, Texas, on the evening of 6/25/16.

    I observed what appeared to be a square, low-flying object approaching me from the east. There were four unwavering lights, two red and two yellow. There was very little space between the lights, giving the appearance of a compact square. Strangely, it seemed that one of the sides was its leading edge, not one of the angles.

    That IS strange … a craft that didn’t have a point out front. This UFO disappeared and then showed up again, traveling at an estimated 25 mph in a different direction relative to the witness. Could a test military aircraft or a drone pull off that kind of maneuver?

    For the seeing is believing crowd, another report (#76835) has three witnesses – a father and two young adult sons – in Batavia, Illinois, on 6/5/16 seeing and recording a dark square object, possibly the size of a car, with rounded corners that they estimated to be about 300 meters from them.

    Square UFO sightings are rare but more frequent that you might think. Perhaps the ubiquitous “flying saucer” description gets used for other shapes. Large rectangles are often the shapes given when a witness believes they’re seeing a “mothership.” Other than internal space, why would a mothership need to be rectangular or square instead of round?

    A secret military plane seems more likely, especially when the front is a pointed angle. That shape fits flying wings and similar crafts. But what about the reports of square UFOs with the flat edge in front? That doesn’t seem too efficient, even for a sophisticated propulsion system.

    Hats off as always to MUFON for their excellent research and database and to NUFORC for their reports as well. Let’s hope one day we’ll all see one of these square UFOs close-up.

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    Mysterious Ancient Stones Confirm Comet Gave Rise to Civilizations

    Archaeologists and engineers from the University of Edinburgh claim that a set of Stone Age stone tablets seem to confirm the theory that an ancient comet strike led to the development of modern societies and agriculture. That theory has it that a catastrophic comet impact led to a period of climatic instability which forced early humankind to come together into new social arrangements based on the changing climate, largely spawning modern civilization as we know it. The stele stones believed to depict this strike were found in Göbekli Tepe, one of the most mysterious archaeological sites in the world.


    Göbekli Tepe was discovered in 1963 and is still under excavation.

    Göbekli Tepe is a series of structures atop a ridge in the Anatolian Mountains in southern Turkey. Rows of buildings all converge on a central structure believed to be a Stone Age temple for some unknown belief system. The temple’s purpose remains a mystery, with theories ranging from a temple for a cult of the dead, an astronomical calendar, or a shrine for animal gods worshiped by Stone Age people. The site has been dated to 9,000 BCE, making it the world’s first known temple. Archaeologists are still unsure how early civilizations could have erected some of the structures found at the site.


    The temple contains several large stone stele, or tablets, which depict animals and strangely-clothed figures.

    The temple contains several large stone steles which depict various animals. Most of the animals correspond to well-known constellations like a bull (Taurus), a scorpion (Scorpius), and a dog (Canis Major and Minor). A strange fox carving also appears, but researchers do not know which constellation it represents. Several other symbols and objects such as a strange belt buckle are found in the carvings but their meanings are still debated. One theory posits that these symbols depict an ancient astronomical event, possibly a cataclysmic one.

    The comet strike theory is backed up by several other recent finds.

    The comet strike theory is backed up by several other recent finds.

    According to new research published in Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, analysis of the carvings along with computer simulations of astronomical data confirmed that the animal carvings, in fact, represent constellations seen in the sky above an ancient cataclysmic comet strike.

    The bull and crane are thought to represent Taurus and Pisces, but the astronomical meaning of the fox is unknown.

    The bull and crane are thought to represent Taurus and Pisces, but the astronomical meaning of the fox is unknown.

    Using constellation map software, the researchers found that the particular arrangement of animals seen on the stele would have occurred in 10,950 BCE. The University of Edinburgh’s Dr. Martin Sweatman believes that the date also just so happens to line up with a comet strike believed to have brought on the Ice Age in what is called the Younger-Dryas event:

    I think this research, along with the recent finding of a widespread platinum anomaly across the North American continent virtually seal the case in favour of (a Younger Dryas comet impact). Our work serves to reinforce that physical evidence. What is happening here is the process of paradigm change. It appears Göbekli Tepe was, among other things, an observatory for monitoring the night sky. One of its pillars seems to have served as a memorial to this devastating event – probably the worst day in history since the end of the ice age.

    That comet theory is backed up by other recent archaeological finds which suggest a platinum-rich comet struck the Earth around the same time and may have wiped out North America’s earliest civilizations. Evidence of such a strike can be seen in the ‘pockmarks’ dotting America’s entire east coast. If our deep geological and archaeological history shows anything, it’s that it’s only a matter of time before the next big one strikes and turns a new page in the Earth’s long and catastrophic history. Carpe diem.

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    Captured: First 'Image' of the Dark Matter That Holds Universe Together

    Captured: First 'Image' of the Dark Matter That Holds Universe Together
    Dark matter filaments bridge the space between galaxies in this false color map. The locations of bright galaxies are shown by the white regions and the presence of a dark matter filament bridging the galaxies is shown in red.
    Credit: S. Epps/M. Hudson/University of Waterloo

    For decades, scientists have tracked hints of a thread-like structure that ties together galaxies across the universe. Theories, computer models, and indirect observations have indicated that there is a cosmic web of dark matter that connects galaxies and constitutes the large-scale structure of the cosmos. But while the filaments that make up this web are massive, dark matter is incredibly difficult to observe.

    Now, researchers have produced what they say is the first composite image of a dark matter filament that connects galaxies together.

    "This image moves us beyond predictions to something we can see and measure," said Mike Hudson, a professor of astronomy at the University of Waterloo in Canada, co-author of a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

    Dark matter, an elusive substance that is estimated to make up around 27 percent of the universe, doesn't give off, reflect, or absorb light. This has made it virtually impossible to detect, except for its effects when it exerts a gravitational tug or when it warps the light of distant galaxies in what is called gravitational lensing.

    For their work, Hudson and co-author Seth Epps, who was a master's student at the University of Waterloo at the time of the research, employed a technique called weak gravitational lensing — a statistical measurement of the slight bends that occur in the path of light passing near mass. The effect produces illustrations of galaxies that appear slightly warped owing to the presence of celestial mass, such as dark matter.

    In their paper, they explained that in order to study the weak lensing signal of the dark matter filaments, they required two sets of data: a catalog of galaxy cluster pairs that were lensed, and a catalog of background source galaxies with accurate distance measurements.

    They combined lensing data from a multi-year sky survey at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope with information from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey that mapped luminous red galaxies (LRGs), which are massive, distant, and very old galaxies.  

    "LRGs are very bright galaxies," Hudson told Seeker via email. "They tend to be more massive than the average galaxy and live in more massive dark matter 'halos.' It's reasonable to expect that the filament or bridge between them might also be more massive than the average."

    RELATED: The Andromeda Galaxy Could Be Buzzing With Dark Matter

    Hudson and Epps combined or "stacked" more than 23,000 galaxy pairs, all located about 4.5 billion light-years away. This allowed them to create a composite image or map that shows the presence of dark matter between galaxies. Hudson told Seeker that the filament in their "image" is the average of all 23,000 pairs.

    "The primary reason that we used these galaxies is that they had precise distances (as measured by another team)," Hudson explained. "These distance measurements allowed us to distinguish between pairs of galaxies that were actual pairs in 3D (meaning both are at the same distance from us) as opposed to two galaxies that appeared close on the sky but were actually at very different distances."

    3D pairs would be physically close to each other and hence, will have a bridge whereas the second group are not physically close to each other, and so would not have a bridge between them. Hudson and Epps said their results show the dark matter filament bridge is strongest between systems less than 40 million light years apart.

    "By using this technique, we're not only able to see that these dark matter filaments in the universe exist, we're able to see the extent to which these filaments connect galaxies together," Epps said in a statement.

    RELATED: Camouflaged Dark Matter Galaxy Discovered

    The Big Bang theory predicts that variations in the density of matter in the very first moments of the universe led the bulk of the matter in the cosmos to condense into a web of tangled filaments. To explain this, astronomer Fritz Zwicky first introduced the concept of dark matter in 1933, when his measurements of galaxies moving within a galaxy cluster showed they must have at least ten times more invisible matter than what is visible.

    But it wasn't until the 1970s that dark matter was taken seriously. Vera Rubin and Kent Ford Jr. mapped the motions of stars within galaxies close to our own Milky Way, and they also concluded that each galaxy had to include enormous amounts of unseen matter, far more than all the visible matter. Later, computer simulations confirmed this and suggested the existence of dark matter, structured like a web, with long filaments that connect to each other at the locations of massive galaxy clusters.

    In their paper, Hudson and Epps list dozens of previous studies that have attempted to measure and observe the dark matter web, and they say they hope their stacking techniques to measure the filaments between groups and clusters of galaxies can serve as a foundation for future filament studies. They hope upcoming surveys and telescopes will continue to further our understanding of dark matter.

    Originally published on Seeker.

    22-04-2017 om 23:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Groundbreaking UFO Video Just Released By Chilean Navy

    An exceptional nine-minute Navy video of a UFO displaying highly unusual behavior, studied by Chilean authorities for the last two years, is now being released to the public. The CEFAA - the Chilean government agency which investigates UFOs, or UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena), has been in charge of the investigation. Located within the DGAC, the equivalent of our FAA but under the jurisdiction of the Chilean Air Force, CEFAA has committees of military experts, technicians and academics from many disciplines. None of them have been able to explain the strange flying object captured by two experienced Navy officers from a helicopter.

    The Chilean government agency always makes its cases public when an investigation is complete, and acknowledges the existence of UAP when a case merits such a conclusion.

    General Ricardo Bermúdez, Director of CEFAA during the investigation, told me that “We do not know what it was, but we do know what it was not.” And “what it is not” comprises a long list of conventional explanations. Here is what happened:

    On November 11, 2014, a Chilean Navy helicopter (Airbus Cougar AS-532) was on a routine daytime patrol mission flying north along the coast, west of Santiago. On board were the pilot, a Navy Captain with many years of flying experience, and a Navy technician who was testing a WESCAM’s MX-15 HD Forward Looking Infra Red (FLIR) camera, used most often for “medium-altitude covert intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance,” according to the product website. The aircraft was flying at an altitude of approximately 4,500 feet on a clear afternoon with unlimited horizontal visibility, and the air temperature at that height was 50 degrees F (10 C). There was a cloud base above at 10,000 feet, and a layer of stratuscumulos clouds below. The helicopter was flying at about 132 knots, or 152 mph.

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    A Chilean Navy AS 532SC Cougar helicopter in Mejillones, Chile.

    At 1:52 pm, while filming the terrain, the technician observed a strange object flying to the left over the ocean. Soon both men observed it with the naked eye. They noticed that the velocity and the altitude of the object appeared to be about the same as the helicopter, and estimated that the object was approximately 35 to 40 miles (55-65 km) away. It was traveling W/NW, according to the Captain. The technician aimed the camera at the object immediately and zoomed in with the infra red (IR) for better clarity.

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    The route of the helicopter derived from the displayed geographic coordinates displayed on the camera.

    Shortly thereafter, the pilot contacted two radar stations - one close by on the coast, and the other the main DGAC Control system (Ground Primary Radar) in Santiago - to report the unknown traffic. Neither station could detect it on radar, although both easily picked up the helicopter. (The object was well within the range of radar detection.) Air traffic controllers confirmed that no traffic, either civilian or military, had been reported in the area, and that no aircraft had been authorized to fly in the controlled air space where the object was located. The on-board radar was also unable to detect the object and the camera’s radar could not lock onto it.

    The pilot tried several times to communicate with the UAP, using the multi-national, civilian bandwidth designed for this purpose. He received no reply.

    The technician filmed the object for nine minutes and twelve seconds, mainly in IR. This sensor produces a black and white video in which the black, white and grey tones are directly related to temperature. IR detects heat, and the hotter the material being filmed, the darker it appears on the image. The officers stopped the camera when they had to return to the base and the object disappeared behind the clouds.

    The Navy immediately turned over the footage to the CEFAA, and General Bermúdez, accompanied by nuclear chemist Mario Avila, a CEFAA scientific committee member, conducted interviews with the two officers at their Navy base. “I was very impressed by these witnesses,” Avila told me. “They were highly trained professionals with many years experience, and they were absolutely certain that they could not explain what they saw.” Both offiicers also provided written reports at the base, as is required, and for CEFAA.

    The Navy Captain stated that the object was a “flat, elongated structure” with “two thermal spotlights like discharges that did not coincide with the axel of motion.” The technician described it as as “white with a semi-oval shape on the horizontal axis.”

    COURTESY CEFAA
    The video depicts two connected white circular lights or hot spots, giving off much heat (left). This image was part of an analysis by astrophysicist Luis Barrera. “Envoltura” means “envelope.”

    But there is one additional component that makes this footage particularly unique: “In two instances it discharged some type of gas or liquid with a high thermal track or signal,” the technician stated. After filming for about eight minutes, the stunning ejection of a massive plume of a very hot material is captured on the video, trailing behind the object. (The plume blended into the clouds when seen in HD.) Another ejection occurred moments later. It is indeed bizarre to watch this on the video.

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    The object moved away from the massize plume it ejected just moments earlier.

    Following are the three key video excerpts in chronological order; later I include the full ten minute video. Note that at times the camera switches from IR to HD mode. I recommend watching these silent video clips on a large monitor.

    The first one shows the object in motion. The camera captured this for about eight minutes prior to the spectacular display in the next video. (Click “back to youtube video” at the end to prevent a new unrelated video from starting.)

    This clip shows the first expulsion of the hot material from the object and the object’s movement away from the plume:

    The second expulsion occurred at the end of the video:

    During the following two years, at least eight somewhat contentious meetings were held with members of the baffled CEFAA scientific committee, some of which included the active Air Force General who directs the DGAC. According to CEFAA international affairs director Jose Lay, the general tone of the meetings was astonishment: “What the hell is that?” No agreement could be reached to explain the video - theories that were proposed were ruled out by the data.

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    A rather somber meeting of the CEFAA scientific and military committee to discuss the Navy video. The DGAC Director presided (with his back to the camera).

    Written reports or video analyses were provided by the well-known astrophysicist Luis Barrera; an image expert from the Air Force photogrammetric service; photo and video analyst Francois Louange and colleagues from France, arranged through the French agency GEIPAN; Luis Salazar, Chilean Air Force meteorologist; a DGAC aeronautic engineer; a digital images specialist from the National Museum of Aeronautics and Space in Santiago; and Mario Avila, a nuclear chemist. All radar, satellite weather data, and details of air traffic in that sector at that time were provided.

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    DGAC’s Director, Air Force General Victor Villalobos, attended two committee meetings on the case.

    The French analysts proposed that the object was a “medium-haul aircraft” coming in for a landing into the Santiago airport, and “the effluent trail observed on two occasions probably results from dumping some cabin waste water, forming a plume oriented along the local wind blowing from the west.” They based this on their calculation that the distance between the two hot spots was “consistent with the standard distance between the two jet engines of a medium-haul aircraft.”

    Chilean experts knew that this would have been impossible, for a number of reasons: This plane would have been seen on primary radar; it would have had to be cleared for landing in Santiago or at another airport; it would likely have responded to radio communications. Airplanes do not throw out water when landing. In fact, in Chile a plane wishing to eject any material must request permission from the DGAC before doing so; that regulation is widely known and respected. And, it seems unlikely that this experienced pilot would not have recognized this as an airplane, or at least kept that option open afterwards if it were a possibility.

    In fact, if - hypothetically - water was expelled, it would have immediately plummeted to the ground given the warm air temperature. According to NASA, “Contrails are human-induced clouds that usually form at very high altitudes (usually above 8 km - about 26,000 ft) where the air is extremely cold (less than -40ºC). Because of this, contrails form not when an airplane is taking off or landing, but while it is at cruise altitude.” The plume ejected from the object must have been some kind of gas or energy, and was not something tangible like water.

    The French calculations confirmed that the UAP’s altitude was the same as the helicopter’s, and that “the helicopter’s velocity along its linear trajectory was constant (120 kt),” just as the witnesses had stated. In addition, Louange and his colleagues determined that the average distance between the helicopter and the object was “almost exactly the estimated value reported by the Navy (55 km).” Clearly the two witnesses were competent and accurate observers.

    Data from the various reports eliminate other conventional explanations. Meteorologists determined that no weather balloons were in the sky at that time, and noted that a ballon would not move horizontally along with the plane because the wind was blowing from the west towards the shore. Comparing the footage to similar IR satellite imagery with known temperature values, they stated that the object’s temperature must have been higher than 122 degrees F (50 C). The object was not a drone; all drones require registration with the DGAC and whenever flown, the DGAC is informed, just like it is with aircraft. Also, radar would register drones. CEFAA staff went up the chain of command to a Navy Admiral who informed them that there were no joint Naval exercises underway with the US or any other country. The Admiral confirmed that this could not have been a US drone, or any type of espionage or secret vehicle from a foreign country.

    Astrophysicist Barrera explored the possibility of space junk re-entry - especially Russian - which somehow may have broken and released compressed gases at this low altitude. It was confirmed that no space debris entered the atmosphere on that date in that location, and in any case, such an object would have fallen rapidly and not flown horitzontally. Two independent experts on explosives told CEFAA staff that in such a scenario, the rounded vehicle would explode in the air due to the high internal pressure, and that the gas would catch fire in a flash. And any such re-entries would have been communicated to the Chilean government so that aircraft can be warned, as is the protocol.

    Barrera also noted that when the first ejection event occurred, the material came out from two different parts of the object and then joined in space making one wake. The first was massive and dark in the IR (meaning very hot); the second lighter and semi-transparent.

    Air Force photo analysts confrmed that the object was a real, three dimensional form with volume and that it “has control in its movements.” It was not affected by the winds, reflected the light, and threw out “some kind of energy.” They established that there was no evidence of hoaxing or of “alteration of the video by any computer application in the editing and processing of the images.” They also ruled out a bird, flying insect, drone, parachute or hang glider. “It can be concluded that the object has all the characteristics to be classified as an unidentified aerial phenomenon” wrote Alberto Vergara, the lead analyst from the Air Force Photogrammetric Department.

    It is unclear how much of the apparent horizontal motion of the object may be the clouds moving or the relative motion of the camera on the helicopter, but the witnesses reported that the object kept pace with the chopper and the French analysts confirmed this. Also noteworthy is the fact that when in HD mode, the large plume looked like part of the cloud and would never be noticed as anything unusual by an observer. Without the IR camera, it would have been difficult to see the white object against the sky and impossible to capture this remarkable footage. It makes one wonder what kind of actiivites may take place within clouds that are unknown to us.

    Here is the full ten minute video of the sighting:

    “This has been one of the most important cases in my career as director of CEFAA because our Committee was at its best, “ General Bermúdez said in an email. “The CEFAA is well regarded partly because there is full participation from the scientists of the academic world, the armed forces through their representatives, and the aeronautic personnel from the DGAC, including its Director. I am extremely pleased as well with the conclusion reached which is logical and unpretentious.” The official conclusion was that “the great majority of committee members agreed to call the subject in question a UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) due to the number of highly researched reasons that it was unanimously agreed could not explain it.”

    This case represents one of the most puzzling and fascinating of all cases in the CEFAA files, according to Jose Lay. “It is our first video taken with a sophisticated camera in the infra red; the first time we have ever seen the ejection of a substance from a UAP; the first time we have a sighting lasting over nine minutes with two highly reliable witnesses,” he said when we spoke.

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    General Ricardo Bermúdez has directed the CEFAA since its inception in 1997. He retired on Jan. 1, 2017, but will remain an advisor to the agency.

    The CEFAA has been a world leader in official and open investigations of UFOs. I have been priviledged to work closely with the staff there for about five years, learning a great deal. At the end of December, General Bermúdez retired, and although he remains an external advisor to the agency, Lay has assumed the duty of interim director until another General is appointed by the DGAC. I am grateful to General Bermúdez for giving me access to the outstanding CEFAA case files, inviting me to attend meetings there, and for his time in answering my questions. He has left a tremendous legacy with regards to the serious study of UAP and the official recognition of a real unexplained phenomenon in our skies.

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    WERELDBEROEMDE GRONINGSE UFO BOVEN ITALIË GEZIEN

    Precies twee jaar geleden ging een foto van een bijzondere UFO, gemaakt door de Groninger Harry Parton, de wereld rond. 

    Het was een unieke opname en nu lijkt het erop dat hetzelfde object is gefotografeerd boven het noorden van Italië. 



    UFO liefhebbers zullen zich het voorval van enkele jaren geleden nog wel kunnen herinneren, maar voor hen die het niet meer weten, hierbij, uit een eerder artikel, wat er in Groningen gebeurde:

    Perton is een Groninger die nogal nuchter blijft onder dit soort dingen en denkt dat de vreemde foto te maken heeft met lichtval of iets dergelijks, wat best zou kunnen.

    Het gaat om deze foto die wij al eerder publiceerden:

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    Echter, ook internationaal is deze foto niet onopgemerkt gebleven en zijn er mensen die zich afvragen of we hier de eerste echte afbeelding hebben van een portaal naar een andere dimensie. 

    Het was een stormachtige dag in ons land en op het moment dat Perton de foto nam, spreekt hij over een flits: 

    Opeens flitste er iets. Ik dacht eerst mijn toestel, maar de flitskap stond niet omhoog. Ook zat er geen druppel op mijn lens. Ik besloot dat het een bliksem moest zijn geweest. Maar thuis zie ik wat vreemds op een van de foto’s die ik aan het eind van het bomenlaantje maakte.

    We zijn nu twee jaar later en iemand maakte op 3 april 2017 een vergelijkbare foto, maar nu in het noorden van Italië. 

    De getuige die de opname maakte, heeft het voorval gemeld bij Mufon en zegt dat een vriend op dezelfde plek ook een waarneming had in 2008. 

    Hoe dan ook, dit is net zoals in Groningen, een bijzondere opname die weinig of geen overeenkomsten vertoond met een natuurlijk fenomeen.


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    Maar, net zoals het KNMI een verklaring heeft voor vliegtuigstrepen, zo hadden ze dat ook voor het verschijnsel in Groningen. 


    Perton is geen sterrenkundige, dus heeft hij voor de zekerheid Theo Jurriëns (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) ook nog ingeschakeld. 'Hij belde met het KNMI en die zei dat het een drone was. Maar dat vind ik vreemd. Want wie laat nou zo'n kostbare drone tegen onweer aanvliegen?' 

    En ongetwijfeld zal het object uit Italië worden geclassificeerd als een nieuw soort drone wolk door onze weerexperts.

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    22-04-2017 om 23:24 geschreven door peter  

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    We May Finally Find out If Deep Space Travel Would Melt Astronauts

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    According to the Unruh effect, an accelerated observer sees empty space heat up.

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    The Unruh effect has been heavily debated for the past forty years. Canadian researchers believe that they can prove the theory using currently available particle accelerators and electromagnets.

    Forty years ago, Canadian physicist Bill Unruh made a surprising prediction regarding quantum field theory. Known as the Unruh effect, his theory predicted that an accelerating observer would be bathed in blackbody radiation, whereas an inertial observer would be exposed to none. What better way to mark the 40th anniversary of this theory than to consider how it could affect human beings attempting relativistic space travel?

    Such was the intent behind a new study by a team of researchers from Sao Paulo, Brazil. In essence, they consider how the Unruh effect could be confirmed using a simple experiment that relies on existing technology. Not only would this experiment prove once and for all if the Unruh effect is real, it could also help us plan for the day when interstellar travel becomes a reality.

    To put it in layman’s terms, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity states that time and space are dependent upon the inertial reference frame of the observer. Consistent with this is the theory that if an observer is traveling at a constant speed through empty vacuum, they will find that the temperature of said vacuum is absolute zero. But if they were to begin to accelerate, the temperature of the empty space would become hotter.

    According to the theory of the Unruh effect, accelerating particles are subject to increased radiation.
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    This is what William Unruh — a theorist from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver — asserted in 1976. According to his theory, an observer accelerating through space would be subject to a “thermal bath” — i.e. photons and other particles — which would intensify the more they accelerated. Unfortunately, no one has ever been able to measure this effect, since no spacecraft exists that can achieve the kind of speeds necessary.

    For the sake of their study – which was recently published in the journal Physical Review Letters under the title “Virtual observation of the Unruh effect” — the research team proposed a simple experiment to test for the Unruh effect. Led by Gabriel Cozzella of the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IFT) at Sao Paulo State University, they claim that this experiment would settle the issue by measuring an already-understood electromagnetic phenomenon.

    Essentially, they argue that it would be possible to detect the Unruh effect by measuring what is known as Larmor radiation. This refers to the electromagnetic energy that is radiated away from charged particles (such as electrons, protons or ions) when they accelerate. As they state in their study: “A more promising strategy consists of seeking for fingerprints of the Unruh effect in the radiation emitted by accelerated charges. Accelerated charges should back react due to radiation emission, quivering accordingly. Such a quivering would be naturally interpreted by Rindler observers as a consequence of the charge interaction with the photons of the Unruh thermal bath.”

    Diagram of the experiment to test the Unruh effect, where electrons are injected into a magnetic field and subjected to lateral and vertical pulls. Credit: Cozzella, Gabriel (et al.)

    As they describe in their paper, this would consist of monitoring the light emitted by electrons within two separate reference frames. In the first, known as the “accelerating frame,” electrons are fired laterally across a magnetic field, which would cause the electrons to move in a circular pattern. In the second, the “laboratory frame,” a vertical field is applied to accelerate the electrons upwards, causing them to follow a corkscrew-like path.

    In the accelerating frame, Cozzella and his colleagues assume that the electrons would encounter the “fog of photons”, where they both radiate and emit them. In the laboratory frame, the electrons would heat up once vertical acceleration was applied, causing them to show an excess of long-wavelength photons. However, this would be dependent on the “fog” existing in the accelerated frame to begin with.

    In short, this experiment offers a simple test which could determine whether or not the Unruh effect exists, which is something that has been in dispute ever since it was proposed. One of the beauties of the proposed experiment is that it could be conducted using particle accelerators and electromagnets that are currently available.

    On the other side of the debate are those who claim that the Unruh effect is due to a mathematical error made by Unruh and his colleagues. For those individuals, this experiment is useful because it would effectively debunk this theory. Regardless, Cozzella and his team are confident their proposed experiment will yield positive results.

    Project Starshot, an initiative sponsored by the Breakthrough Foundation, is intended to be humanity’s first interstellar voyage. Credit: breakthroughinitiatives.org
    “We have proposed a simple experiment where the presence of the Unruh thermal bath is codified in the Larmor radiation emitted from an accelerated charge,” they state. “Then, we carried out a straightforward classical-electrodynamics calculation (checked by a quantum-field-theory one) to confirm it by ourselves. Unless one challenges classical electrodynamics, our results must be virtually considered as an observation of the Unruh effect.”
    If the experiments should prove successful, and the Unruh effect is proven to exist, it would certainly have consequences for any future deep-space missions that rely on advanced propulsion systems. Between Project Starshot, and any proposed mission that would involve sending a crew to another star system, the added effects of a “fog of photons” and a “thermal bath” will need to be factored in.
     Read more articles from Universe Today

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    Meet the Most Advanced Drone for VR Video Yet

    The Flying Eye, an expensive $75,000 drone, is the first of its kind to shoot 360-degree video in 6K and live stream broadcast-quality video from a range of 5 miles.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.A Real Life, All-Electric Flying Car Just Took Off

    A Real Life, All-Electric Flying Car Just Took Off

     
    IN BRIEF
    Your flying car might finally be on the way as the all-electric, two-seater Lilium Jet took its first test flight this week. Lilium Aviation's prototype consumes around 90 percent less energy than drone-style aircraft and could be the transportation mode of the future.

    THE LILIUM JET

    If you’ve been begging the universe for a flying car for your entire life, you may soon be able to stop asking (sort of). This week, Germany-based company Lilium Aviation took its new all-electric, two-seater vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) prototype for its first test flight. The jet was piloted remotely during the tests, but its creators say the vehicle’s first manned flight will happen soon.

    Thirty-six separate jet engines mounted on 12 movable flaps on the Lilium Jet’s 10-meter-long wings power the craft. The flaps point down at take-off to provide vertical lift, and then they tilt gradually into a horizontal position for forward thrust. Lilium says that its electric battery enables the aircraft to reach a maximum cruising speed of 300 kph (183 mph) and achieve a range of 300 kilometers (183 miles), all while it “consumes around 90 percent less energy than drone-style aircraft,” according to a recent press release.

    POWERED BY RENEWABLES

    The startup plans to build a five-passenger version of the jet eventually, and Lilium envisions its product being used in an on-demand capacity in dense, urban areas — the Uber of flying cars (though Uber itself is working on its own flying model). Patrick Nathen, co-founder and head of calculation and design for Lilium Jet, told The Verge that the company’s ultimate goal is to make the technology accessible for everyone, replacing expensive ground taxi trips in urban areas with flights at a fraction of the cost.

    Although electric-powered aviation is not yet highly developed, this prototype’s design makes it far more efficient in terms of power consumption than other electric aircraft. And although electric cars with the same 1,000-pound batteries used in this aircraft are typically limited to a range of about 482 kilometers (300 miles) per charge, Nathen says that’s enough for their jet.

    This jet and virtually all other innovative vehicles in development right now will run on renewables. This is more than a trend — it is simply the way of the future. Tesla vehicles will soon be as affordable as standard vehicles, and their semi trucks and pickups are on the way. This kind of electric-powered aircraft is the next step in truly getting clean energy off the ground while leaving fossil fuels in it.

    22-04-2017 om 20:18 geschreven door peter  

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    Supermassive Black Holes Suggest We May Be Very Wrong About How Our Universe Formed

    IN BRIEF
    Astronomers have discovered a strange phenomenon previously thought to be uncommon. At the center of two dwarf galaxies were found supermassive black holes even larger than the one in the Milky Way. This could help explain the origin of galaxies and the universe.

    RIDDLED WITH HOLES

    The universe can be thought of as one big, continuously expanding space. An interesting theory about this expansion assumes that the universe could’ve spawned from a singularity — not the technological kind — similar to way that black holesare said to be the origin of galaxies.

    There’s much about the formation of galaxies and black holes that we don’t understand yet, let alone the very origins of the universe, but scientists continue to explore and evaluate this interesting theory. Now, a new study published in The Astronomical Journal is providing us with more clues about how black holes operate in the cosmos.

    Not long ago, supermassive black holes (SMBH) were thought to be found only in bigger galaxies, like the Milky Way. Then, a team of astronomers from the University of Utah found a SMBH at the center of an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy, which they concluded must be an uncommon occurrence. But now the team has found SMBH at the centers of two other dwarf galaxies named VUCD3 and M59cO.

    Image credit: University of Utah
    Image credit: University of Utah

    Not only were these SMBH spotted in more dwarf galaxies, but they are even larger than the Milky Way’s SMBH, called Sagittarius A (which is about 4 million times the mass of the sun). “It’s pretty amazing when you really think about it,” lead researcher Chris Ahn said in an interview for a University of Utah press release. “These ultra-compact dwarfs are around 0.1 percent the size of the Milky Way, yet they host supermassive black holes that are bigger than the black hole at the center of our own galaxy.”

    AN ORIGIN STORY

    Having SMBH at the center of these dwarf galaxies could explain why they were found to be more massive than scientists expected when considering just their stars. In the case of VUCD3, its black hole was 13 percent of the galaxy’s total mass, while the M59cO’s black hole accounted for 18 percent of its total mass. In comparison, the Milky Way’s SMBH makes up less than 0.01 percent of the galaxy’s total mass.

    In addition to providing insight into these specific galaxies, this discovery can also help us understand how other galaxies came to be. “We still don’t fully understand how galaxies form and evolve over time,” Anil Seth explained in the press release. “These objects can tell us how galaxies merge and collide.”

    The study also shows that dwarf galaxies aren’t just star clusters. They could be younger versions of bigger galaxies like the one we call home.

    “We know that galaxies merge and combine all the time — that’s how galaxies evolve. Our Milky Way is eating up galaxies as we speak,” Seth went on to say. “Our general picture of how galaxies form is that little galaxies merge to form big galaxies. But we have a really incomplete picture of that. The ultra-compact dwarf galaxies provide us a longer timeline to be able to look at what’s happened in the past.”

    22-04-2017 om 20:04 geschreven door peter  

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    Saturn Moon Enceladus Is Able to Host Life – It's Time for a New Mission


    This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

    Ever since studies started suggesting that chemical reactions between water and rock on Saturn's moon Enceladus could provide enough energy in the water to feed microbial life, scientists have been searching for proof that the right sort of reactions really do occur.

    And during its last dive through the icy plumes that Enceladus erupts into space in October 2015, the Cassini spacecraft has finally managed to find it – in the form of molecular hydrogen. The finding, published in Science, means the moon can now be considered highly likely to be suitable to host microbial life. In fact, the results should undermine the last strong objection from those who argue it could not.

    Enceladus is a small (502km in diameter) moon with an icy surface, a rocky interior and an ocean of liquid water sandwiched between the two. Cassini discovered back in 2005 that Enceladus is venting water into space, in the form of plumes of ice crystals escaping from cracks in the surface. For a decade, Enceladus was the only icy moon where this was known to happen, but plumes have recently been found on Europa, too, a larger icy moon of Jupiter.

    Cassini's discovery led to it being re-tasked to fly through Enceladus's plumes. There, in addition to water, it was able to identify traces of methane, ammonia, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, simple organic molecules and salts.

    Cutaway view inside Enceladus, showing where hot water and rock interact below the ice.
    Cutaway view inside Enceladus, showing where hot water and rock interact below the ice.
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    Eventually, in March 2015, it detected microscopic particles of silica. By then, the composition of the plumes showed almost every sign that ocean water had reacted chemically with heated rock – altering the minerals of the rocky silicate seabed while the water became rich in chemicals.

    Presumably, the ocean water is drawn into the rock, becomes heated, reacts chemically, and escapes back up to the ocean via "hydrothermal vents." These exist on the floor of the Earth's oceans, too, where the chemically charged water supports a rich ecology of microbes and other, more complex, life forms – requiring no sunlight.

    The only missing evidence of water-rock chemical reactions in Enceladus was molecules of hydrogen, which should be released as a byproduct of the water-rock reactions. Searching for hydrogen was a key goal of Cassini’s final and closest dive through the plumes.

    The new study unveils how hydrogen was detected during the frantic half-minute when Cassini was about 120km above the surface of Enceladus, whizzing through a plume at 8.5km per second. This was achieved by operating the mass spectrometer (an instrument which knocks electrons off chemical substances and sorts them based on their mass-to-charge ratio) in a special mode. It admitted plume material directly into the instrument's detection chamber to avoid the possibility of hydrogen being generated by plume-water reacting with the metallic components of the instrument itself.

    Hydrogen is of immense significance, because its presence along with hot water and rock would enable simple microbes to make a living. When dissolved carbon dioxide reacts with dissolved hydrogen, it produces methane and water. This chemical reaction releases energy that organisms can use to drive their metabolism. There are many kinds of "methanogenic" organisms at deep sea hydrothermal vents on Earth that do this. Now that we know Enceladus has all the necessary ingredients for this to happen, we are lacking only the proof of life itself.

    For that we will need a purpose-built mission, such as the Enceladus Life Finder (ELF). This would collect and analyse any complex organic molecules in the plumes. It is hard to imagine a more important goal for solar system exploration than establishing whether a habitable environment, such as the warm bottom of Enceladus's ocean, actually does host life.

    Enceladus's south polar plumes, as seen by Cassini November 30 2010.
    Enceladus's south polar plumes, as seen by Cassini November 30 2010.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    Enceladus is a long way from Earth. If we were able to prove that it hosts life, it would be highly likely that such life had originated there, independently of life on Earth. That would be a crucial discovery. It would provide evidence to suggest that our galaxy is teeming with life, because if life began independently on two different bodies in our solar system, then surely it also got going on many of the potentially habitable planets that we are now finding around other stars.

    Enceladus is a tiny world, and the amount of available energy and nutrients is small. Few scientists therefore expect it to host an ecosystem consisting of more than simple microbes. The much larger Europa, if it has life too, is a better prospect.

    How Cassini will end, on September 15, 2017.
    How Cassini will end, on September 15, 2017.
    Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech

    However, to protect Enceladus from the slightest risk of contamination by any terrestrial microbes that accidentally hitched a ride on Cassini, the craft will not be allowed to become a derelict object that might eventually crash onto its surface. Instead, the mission is facing its "grand finale," a series of 22 orbits in which it will pass spectacularly between Saturn and its innermost ring. This will end with Cassini burning up in Saturn's atmosphere.

    David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University

    This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues and debates — and become part of the discussion — on FacebookTwitter and Google +. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. This version of the article was originally published on Space.com.

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    No Aliens Yet for $100 Million E.T. Hunt

    No Aliens Yet for $100 Million E.T. Hunt
    The Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The 330-foot-wide (100 meters) radio dish is searching for possible signals from intelligent aliens as part of the $100 million Breakthrough Listen project.
    Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF

    STANFORD, Calif.A $100 million search for intelligent aliens has come up with some intriguing leads but has revealed no evidence of E.T. so far.

    Observations of nearly 700 stars by the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia revealed no compelling signs of alien civilizations, representatives of the Breakthrough Listen project, which led the observations for the E.T. search, announced Thursday (April 20).

    Team members also unveiled the GBT's 11 "most significant" observed events but stressed that these hits were probably caused by human technology. [13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Aliens]

    "We were able to determine that they were most likely due to radio frequency interference," Andrew Siemion, director of the University of California, Berkeley's SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Research Center, said here Thursday during a presentation at the Breakthrough Discuss conference.  

    The new results are just the beginning for Breakthrough Listen, which billionaire entrepreneur Yuri Milner and a group of scientists, including Stephen Hawking, announced in July 2015. Over the next decade, the ambitious project aims to search the 1 million stars closest to the sun, the 100 galaxies closest to our own Milky Way, and the galactic plane for possible signals of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

    Breakthrough Listen scientists are starting with an initial target list of 1,709 stars, which the team is observing with three telescopes: the 330-foot (100 meters) GBT radio dish, the 210-foot-wide (64 m) Parkes radio telescope in Australia and the Automated Planet Finder, a 7.9-foot (2.4 m) optical telescope at the Lick Observatory in California.

    "This sample of stars is designed to be what we call 'spectral type complete' — it samples stars of every spectral type," Siemion said. "We want to look at as many different types of stars as possible, to leave ourselves open to any possibility that life might emerge [around] one of these stars."

    The newly announced results, which the team submitted to The Astrophysical Journal on Thursday, are based on GBT data for 692 of those 1,709 stars. The telescope made about 5,000 individual 5-minute observations, racking up a total of 400 observing hours, Siemion said.

    Those observations targeted a band of frequencies that includes the "water hole," a quiet part of the radio spectrum that SETI scientists have long speculated would be a good window for interstellar communication. The water hole lies between the emission band of hydroxyl molecules (OH) and that of hydrogen. Together, hydroxyl and hydrogen form water — hence the name.

    "These results represent the most comprehensive and fundamental test of the water-hole hypothesis that's ever been conducted for nearby stars," Siemion said. "This is a classic idea in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence that's been with us for more than four decades."

    Breakthrough Listen is part of the Breakthrough Initiatives, which Milner founded in 2015 to look for evidence of life beyond Earth and help spur space exploration. Another program under this umbrella is Breakthrough Starshot, which aims to develop a system that can blast tiny, sail-equipped nanoprobes to other star systems at 20 percent the speed of light using powerful lasers.

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    You Won’t BELIEVE What Apollo 11 Astronauts Saw On The Moon in 1969…

    The crewmen of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission go through their post flight debriefing session on Sunday, July 27, 1969. Left to right, are astronauts Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Neil A. Armstrong, commander. They are seated in the debriefing room of the Crew Reception Area of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC).

    What Exactly Did Apollo 11 Astronauts See On The Moon in 1969? In his book “RETURN TO EARTH” Colonel Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. writes the following on pages 223-224;

    In the middle of one evening, Houston time, I found myself idly staring out the window of the Columbia and saw something that looked a bit unusual. It appeared brighter than any star and not quite the pinpoints of light that stars are. I pointed this out to Mike and Neil, and the three of us were beset with curiosity. With the help of the monocular we guessed that whatever it was, it was only a hundred or so miles away. Looking at it through our sextant we found it occasionally formed a cylinder, but when the sextant’s focus was adjusted it had a sort of illuminated “L” look to it. It had a shape of some sort — we all agreed on that — but exactly what it was we couldn’t pin down. We asked Houston some casual questions: “How far away is the Saturn third stage?” The response was in the vicinity of six thousand miles. That wasn’t it.

    It could possibly have been one of the panels of the Saturn third stage which fly off to expose the LM and cannot be traced from earth. We could see it for about forty-five seconds at a time as the ship rotated, and we watched it on and off for about an hour. We debated whether or not to tell the ground we had spotted something, and decided against it. Our reason was simple: The UFO people would descend on the message in hordes, setting off another rash of UFO spottings back on earth. We concluded it was most likely on of the panels. Its course appeared in no way to conflict with ours, and it presented no danger. We dropped the matter there.

    The following is an excerpt from the transcript of the Apollo 11 technical debriefing with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11 July 1969

    Aldrin: The first unusual thing that we saw I guess was one day out or something pretty close to the moon. It had a sizeable dimension to it, so we put the monocular on it.
    Collins: How’d we see this thing? Did we just look out the window and there it was.
    Aldrin: Yes, and we weren’t sure but what it might be the S-IVB. We called the ground and were told the S-IVB was 6,000 miles away. We had a problem with the high gain about this time, didn’t we ?
    Collins: There was something. We felt a bump or maybe I just imagined it.
    Armstrong: He was wondering whether the MESA had come off.
    Collins: I don’t guess we felt anything.
    Aldrin: Of course, we were seeing all sorts of little objects going by at the various dumps and then we happened to see this one brighter object going by. We couldn’t think of anything else it could be other than the S-IVB. We looked at it through the monocular and it seemed to have a bit of an L shape to it.
    Armstrong: Like an open suitcase.
    Aldrin: We were in PTC at the time so each of us had a chance to take a look at this and it certainly seemed to be within our vicinity and of a very sizeable dimension.
    Armstrong: We should say it was right at the limit of the resolution of the eye. It was very difficult to tell what shape it was. And there was no way to tell the size without knowing the range or the range without knowing the size.
    Aldrin: So then I got down in the LEB and started looking for it in the optics. We were grossly misled because with the sextant off focus what we saw appeared to be a cylinder.
    Armstrong: Or really two rings.
    Aldrin: Yes.
    Armstrong: Two rings. Two connected rings.
    Aldrin: Yes.
    Collins: No, it looked like a hollow cylinder to me. It didn’t look like two connected rings. You could see this thing tumbling and, when it came around end-on, you could look right down in it’s guts. It was a hollow cylinder. But then you could change the focus on the sextant and it would be replaced by this open book shape. It was really weird.
    Aldrin: I guess there’s not too much more to say about it other than it wasn’t a cylinder.
    Collins: It was during the period when we thought it was a cylinder that we inquired about the S-IVB and we’d almost convinced ourselves that’s what it had to be. But we don’t have any more conclusions than that really. The fact that we didn’t see it much past this one period — we really don’t have a conclusion as to what it might have been, how big it was, or how far away it was. It was something that wasn’t part of the urine dump, we’re pretty sure of that.

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    Chilean officials can’t identify a strange IR signal seen by its Navy

    It’s probably not aliens, but it is intriguing.

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    Did TREES once grow on Mars? Alien hunter claims to have spotted an ancient stump on the red planet

    • Alien enthusiast claimed to have seen the petrified remnants of a Martian tree 
    • They spotted the find in an image taken by the Curiosity rover on Sol 164
    • Suggested it means a variety of plants 'either existed or still exist' on Mars
    • However, the 'tree stump' may just be one of the many rocks on the Red Planet 

    Mars is a dry, cold deserted wasteland with an atmosphere so thin, liquid water is unable to exist on the surface.

    However, alien hunters claim to have found evidence that the Red planet may have once been lush with green vegetation – 'the petrified remnants of a Martian tree'.

    In an image snapped by the Curiosity rover on Sol 164, some have suggested there is an ancient tree stump that stands about three feet high, which they say means a variety of plants 'either existed or still exist' on Mars.

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    alien hunters claim to have found evidence that the Red planet may have once been lush with green vegetation – 'the petrified remnants of a Martian tree'.

    alien hunters claim to have found evidence that the Red planet may have once been lush with green vegetation – 'the petrified remnants of a Martian tree'.

    WHY WE SEE ODD THINGS ON MARS 

    Pareidolia is the psychological response to seeing faces and other significant and everyday items in random stimulus.

    It is a form of apophenia, when people see patterns in random, unconnected data.

    There have been multiple occasions when people have claimed to see religious images and themes in unexpected places.

    On the red planet, one of the most famous is the 'face on Mars' spotted by one of the Viking orbiters in 1976.

    This was later proven to just be a chance alignment of shifting sand dunes. 

    The sighting was first published to YouTube by Paranormal Crucible, which was spotted on Thursday – but NASA released the image in March.

    'This object definitely looks out of place and in my opinion could be the petrified remnants of a Martian tree,' the alien hunter and YouTuber shared in the video description.

    'Object is around 3 feet in height, and with numerous discoveries of plant and animal life on mars, it would be logical to assume, that a variety of tree either existed, or still exists on this enigmatic planet.'

    NASA explained that the image was taken by the Mastcam onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1647 in March.

    Although it may be just one of the many rocks found on the Red Planet, conspiracy theorists believe it could prove that life was present at some point.

    'It is a good assumption since NASA themselves said Mars was Earth-like when a solar explosion hit the planet, stripping the atmosphere and oceans from the surface, well-known Martian researcher Scott C Warning shared on UFO Sightings Daily regarding Paranormal Crucible's discovery.

    If trees still existed on Mars, it would need a good source of water to survive – which another conspiracy theorist claimed to have seen in NASA images last year. 

    In a video posted on YouTube, he claimed to have found evidence of lakes of standing water surrounded by trees on the surface of Mars in images taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.  

    In an image (pictured) snapped by the Curiosity rover on Sol 164, some have suggested there is an ancient tree stump that stands about three feet high, which means a variety of plants 'either existed or still exist' on Mars

    In an image (pictured) snapped by the Curiosity rover on Sol 164, some have suggested there is an ancient tree stump that stands about three feet high, which means a variety of plants 'either existed or still exist' on Mars

    The YouTube channel, WhatsUpInTheSky37, is dedicating to scouring NASA images for evidence of alien life.

    Using images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera on the Mars Global Surveyor, Will Farrar, who runs the channel from his home in from Salisibury, Maryland, said he believed they showed an abundance of water that could support alien life.

    In the description for the video, Will Farrar, who runs the channel, said: 'We now have more than five or six very good shots from the air that seem to show frozen or warm water lakes sitting on the Martian surface.

    Although it may be just one of the many rocks found on the Red Planet, conspiracy theorists believe it could prove that life was present at some point

    Although it may be just one of the many rocks found on the Red Planet, conspiracy theorists believe it could prove that life was present at some point

    'This has never been addressed by NASA since we are still looking for these 'minuscule' traces of life and water. I ask you to use your judgement on this one. What does this look like to you?'

    Mr Farrar does not seem to be alone in thinking the footage shows lakes and trees - many people have commented on the video agreeing with him.  

    If trees still existed on Mars, it would need a good source of water to survive – which another conspiracy theorist claimed to have seen in NASA images last year. He claimed eto have found evidence of lakes of standing water surrounded by trees on the surface of Mars

    If trees still existed on Mars, it would need a good source of water to survive – which another conspiracy theorist claimed to have seen in NASA images last year. He claimed eto have found evidence of lakes of standing water surrounded by trees on the surface of Mars

    Ted Cox posted: 'How did they let this one get through? They look like tree lined lakes to me.'

    Another user, M Brontë, speculated about what else it could be, posting: 'This totally looks like liquid...water, mud, mercury pools...I don't know but definitely a liquidy substance here.'  


    NASA originally posted this image online, which alien-hunters have claimed showed lakes surrounded by trees

    NASA originally posted this image online, which alien-hunters have claimed showed lakes surrounded by trees

    Scientists believe liquid water once flowed on the surface of Mars billions of years ago, but it has long since evaporated. Small ice deposits may still exist in some of the craters close to the poles and under the surface. A stock picture of Mars is shown 

    Scientists believe liquid water once flowed on the surface of Mars billions of years ago, but it has long since evaporated. Small ice deposits may still exist in some of the craters close to the poles and under the surface. A stock picture of Mars is shown 

    The video was also promoted on the blog, Ufosightingsdaily.com.

    Waring, the editor of the blog wrote: 'It's a bit mind-blowing, but there are lakes on Mars and we now have government evidence to back that up.'

    'This is 100 per cent proof that lakes and rivers exist on Mars, which means that fish and water creatures do as well.'

    'Water is a main source for animals to exist, so this may also be a big visiting spot from some smaller life forms.'

    However, despite the claims, NASA said it has yet to find any evidence for significant levels of liquid water on Mars.

    In September, NASA confirmed that 'dark fingers' spotted in Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images are likely made by liquid moving across, or beneath, the planet's surface

    In September, NASA confirmed that 'dark fingers' spotted in Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images are likely made by liquid moving across, or beneath, the planet's surface

    There is growing evidence that the planet was once rich in liquid water that shaped valleys, canyons and even dried out ocean beds before it evaporated billions of years ago.

    There are, however, hopes that water ice may exist in craters close to the poles and perhaps buried deep under the surface in the Martian soil.

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    Bacteria samples in NASA's E-MIST balloon experiment.
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    Stowaway Bacteria Could Be Even More Contagious in Space Than We Thought

    We need to protect the Universe from ourselves.

    PETER DOCKRILL

    As if space exploration weren't already hard enough, one of the critical jobs NASA and other space agencies have to manage is preventing the contamination of any alien worlds we visit, by making sure any microbial stowaways hidden on Earth-built spacecraft don't pose a danger to extraterrestrial life.

    It's for this reason that the Mars rovers can't explore everywhere on the Red Planet, and why the Juno spacecraft will meet a fiery end far from any potential life on Europa.

    "If we're sending viable biomass to Mars, we want to make sure we're not going to hit a spot where terrestrial contaminants can start to propagate and take over the environment," microbiologist David J. Smith from NASA's Ames Research Centre told The Atlantic.

    Now a study led by Smith has assessed the survival prospects of microbes that manage to hail a ride as far as Earth's stratosphere, and while those prospects aren't necessarily great, concerns over Earth bacteria surviving in space environments certainly aren't misplaced.  

    To simulate the extremely cold and dry environment of Mars, the team launched samples of a particularly hardy strain of Bacillus pumilus bacteria called SAFR-032 to an altitude of 31 kilometres (19.3 miles) on a scientific research balloon.

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    NASA/Christina Khodadad

    Some 40 million samples of the bacteria were loaded into cartridges on NASA's Exposing Microorganisms in the Stratosphere (E-MIST) balloon to see what chance SAFR-032 would have in a Martian-like environment without a protective atmosphere. 

    "We sort of had a nightmare scenario and an intentionally high concentration in order to better understand how the bacterial population would respond," Smith told Joshua Sokol at Nature.

    In addition to the extreme weather conditions of the stratosphere, at that altitude lifeforms are exposed to fierce levels of cosmic radiation – and that proved to be the most damaging factor for SAFR-032.

    After eight hours of exposure to the Sun's ultraviolet light at 31 kms (19.3 miles) high – comparable to the amount of UV rays you'd get on Mars – the vast majority of microbes were obliterated.

    "When we got the samples back to the lab a couple of weeks later we saw that there was almost a complete kill," Smith told Shannon Stirone at The Atlantic. "99.9 percent of the entire population was destroyed."

    In terms of safeguarding future mission to Mars – or knowing that previous landings, including the Mars rovers, haven't jeopardised potential organisms on the planet – it's being counted as a win.

    "Our results predict that most terrestrial bacteria would be inactivated within the first [day] on Mars if contaminated spacecraft surfaces receive direct sunlight," says Smith.

    "Let the rovers sunbathe [and] help keep Mars pristine."

    But while UV light took care of most of the microbes, it didn't kill them all. Of the 40 million spores sent into the stratosphere, 267 survived.

    SAFR-032 has the ability to enter a protective, dormant state – called an endospore – when they encounter physically stressful environments, and 267 of the bugs were able to be awakened from this state after their voyage to the stratosphere.

    In some ways, this isn't completely surprising, given that SAFR-032 is known to be highly resistant to UV, and can survive in space (in the shade, at least) for long periods, lasting 18 months in one experiment outside the International Space Station (ISS).

    But another concern is that while the E-MIST experiment was specifically intended to expose the bacteria to the Sun's rays, the nooks and crannies of rovers and other spacecraft could enable microbes in other circumstances to hide from UV light in all sorts of dark recesses.

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    Bacteria samples in NASA's E-MIST balloon experiment.

    Credit: NASA

    "They are not building these spacecraft for UV microbial death," astrobiologist John Rummel from the SETI Institute, who wasn't involved with the study, told Science.

    Experiments with surfaces and structures that more closely resemble actual spacecraft would provide a better estimate of stowaway survival rates, even if they're "not the kind of configurations that microbial ecologists find easy to count," Rummel says.

    But the most remarkable part of the findings is that the microbes that did survive the stratosphere showed a number of minor changes in their DNA when compared with control specimens kept on the ground.

    It's too early to say how these changes came about, or whether they would influence gene expression, but the researchers acknowledge that it could have been something that influenced their survival in the stratosphere – and perhaps on places like Mars too.

    Previous NASA research found that SAFR-032 samples that survived outside the ISS also underwent genetic changes – and their bacterial offspring became even more resistant to UV light.

    "[W]hat's particularly interesting," Smith told The Atlantic, "is that those that were alive from the ISS experiment also ended up showing a resistance to antibiotics." 

    Solving how this all comes together will fall to future research, as the researchers still have a lot of questions.

    But while UV light can clearly kill one super-tough Earth bug given enough exposure, it sure doesn't look to be a 100 percent solution just yet.

    The findings are reported in Astrobiology.

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    22-04-2017 om 18:15 geschreven door peter  

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    Wetenschappers denken 11.000 jaar oude inscripties ontcijferd te hebben en dat werpt een nieuw licht op onze geschiedenis - HLN.be

    Bron: University of Edinburgh, The Telegraph

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    Onderzoekers van de universiteit van Edinburgh zeggen dat ze mysterieuze inscripties ontcijferd hebben op een stenen pilaar in het oudste tempelcomplex ter wereld. Ze slaagden erin om de symbolen - die 11.500 jaar oud zijn - te matchen met de stand van de sterren en ontdekten dat er toen iets gebeurde wat de loop van de geschiedenis helemaal veranderde.

    De wetenschappers publiceerden hun ontdekking in het wetenschappelijke tijdschrift Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. Ze trokken ervoor naar het oude bergheiligdom Göbekli Tepe in het zuiden van Turkije. Toen ze de inscripties van enkele dieren op een pilaar - de 'Vulture Stone' - van dichterbij bekeken, leidden ze af dat die wel eens de inslag van een komeet zou kunnen afbeelden. De dieren wezen daarbij op astronomische symbolen. En die bleken een bepaalde constellatie aan te duiden.

    Lees ook

    Met een computerprogramma slaagden ze erin om het moment te bepalen dat die precieze constellatie boven Turkije te zien was al die jaren geleden en dat bleek in 10.950 voor Christus te zijn. Het exacte moment dat de temperatuur op aarde omlaag ging tijdens een kleine ijstijd: het 'Jonge Dryas', in de Engelse wetenschappelijke literatuur ook wel de 'Big Freeze' genoemd. 

    Mammoet 
    De komeet zou dan onder meer verantwoordelijk geweest zijn voor het uitsterven van de mammoet en het ontstaan van de eerste menselijke beschavingen. Dat is een theorie die eerder al werd geponeerd en weer ontkracht nadat een aantal meteoorkraters werden gedateerd in Amerika, waar wetenschappers van denken dat de meteoren daar zijn neergekomen.

    © University of Edinburgh.

    Voor de inslag hadden de nomadische jagers in het Midden-Oosten gewoon enkele basiskampen in de grote gebieden vol wilde tarwe en gerst. Maar toen het klimaat veranderde, verdwenen die en moesten ze meer gaan samenwerken en nieuwe manieren zoeken om hun oogst te vrijwaren, onder meer door irrigatie en selectieve kweekprogramma's. En op die manier ontstonden de landbouw en de eerste permanente nederzettingen.

    Impact
    Volgens de onderzoekers uit Edinburgh lijken de inscripties duizenden jaren belangrijk gebleven te zijn voor de mensen van Göbekli Tepe, wat kan wijzen op de enorme impact die de inslag had. "Deze studie samen met de recente ontdekking van een platina anomalie in de bodem in heel Noord-Amerika kunnen maar op één ding wijzen: de inslag van een meteoor", aldus coauteur Martin Sweatman. 

    Observatorium 
    "Volgens ons was Göbekli Tepe onder meer een observatorium van waaruit de nachtelijke hemel in de gaten werd gehouden", gaat hij verder. "En de pilaar was een gedenkteken voor de vreselijke gebeurtenis. De afbeelding van een man zonder hoofd iets verderop wijst dan weer op de impact van de ramp en het verlies van vele levens."

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    An alien's view of the galaxy, a space hamburger, and other amazing images of the week

    Newsworthy eye candy

    Hello, world

    Hello, world

    Credits: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon, J. DePasquale, and Z. Levay (STScI) Acknowledgment: A. Fujii; Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, and UKSTU/AAO; B. Franke (Focal Point Observatory); and M. Mutchler (STScI)

    Ever wonder what it'd be like to approach the Milky Way as a stranger from outer space? This new GIF from NASA offers some semblance of an answer. The two galaxies pictured here, NGC 4320 and 4298, are about 55 million light years away from us. But for all that distance, they have that same spiral shape that characterizes our own galactic neighborhood, which NASA describes as "arms of young stars that wind outward from its center" with "a central bulge... surrounded by a faint halo of stars." Narrowing in on them, as the Hubble telescope has here, offers a sense of what it would be like to approach from afar the swirling matter we call home.

    An insect rainbow

    Hipster wasp

    Elizabeth Garcia USGSBIML

    In case you missed it, last week we compiled a list of the world's most weird and wonderful bugs in all their technicolor glory. This mustachioed dude goes by the moniker "Thistledown Velvet Ant," but he's actually a wasp with a painful sting. He's one of nine tiny terrors in our rainbow roundup.

    Supernova sighting

    four supernovas

    ESA/Hubble, NASA

    Earlier this week, PopSci's own Sarah Fecht wrote about how a warp in space-time created this amazing image of an exploding star. As a galaxy (in the middle, in blue) passed in front of the supernova, it split the explosion's light into four separate images—and magnified the intensity of the supernova's light 52 times. This image, which is part of a study published in Science, might allow us to measure how quickly the universe is expanding.

    Between the rings

    Between the rings

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    Boy, has NASA had a banner week for space photography. This image, captured by the Cassini spacecraft, shows the tiny twinkle of Earth as seen between Saturn's rings. Though it's too itty bitty to tell from this image (taken 870 million miles from Earth), NASA says we're looking at is the Atlantic Ocean at 1:41 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, April 13. I was on the ground then, blind to Cassini's cosmic circling, and probably dreaming of lowly Earthen sheep. But after seeing this image, I think we'll all be dreaming of uncrewed spacecrafts from here on out.

    A cosmic sandwich

    illustration of the protostellar disk of HH212

    Lee et al.

    This week, Popular Science also explored new insights into this delightful (though not particularly appetizing) space hamburger. But where's the beef? Well, there isn't any. The patty in this illustration is actually a very young solar system in the midst of development. The cosmic sandwich is helping scientists learn more about how stars and planets form across the universe.

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    22-04-2017 om 00:32 geschreven door peter  

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    ‘Phoenix Forgotten’ Director Reveals His Favorite UFO Films!

    Now in theaters everywhere is the Ridley Scott-produced found footage alien abduction thriller Phoenix Forgotten, which is based on the shocking, true events of March 13th, 1997, when several mysterious lights appeared over Phoenix, Arizona. This unprecedented and inexplicable phenomenon became known as “The Phoenix Lights”, and remains the most famous and widely viewed UFO sighting in history.

    We caught up with director Justin Barber who revealed to us his favorite UFO-themed films, which include a few gems and surprises.

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Seems like the obvious answer, but still the right one for me. I love the scope, the balance of wonder, fear, and optimism. François Truffaut plays a french UFO scientist? Heaven. The final act is still an unmatched spectacle in cinema. Those five musical notes will haunt my mind for the rest of my life.


    The Abyss
    Does this count as a UFO movie? I don’t care, it’s close enough. One of my all-time favorite films. The scene where (spoiler) Mastrantonio almost dies is a tour-de-force from everyone in it and Cameron. Saw the movie when I was a kid and that scene was one of the first times I was really moved by cinema.


    Contact
    Like the two above this movie manages to be an emotional drama, and also a cool sci-fi movie. The science in the movie is fascinating but also accessible – in the great Carl Sagan way. You look up at the stars differently after having seen this movie.


    Fire in the Sky
    This movie is just terrifying. In ways the story is thin, it feels like everything in it is just there to support the visceral alien abduction scenes… But it nails the terror of what that might feel like. It’s a great Halloween movie for me. Best title ever also!


    Communion
    This one is a little more psychological, based on a book written by an ‘Abductee’ with Christopher Walken playing the author. It’s not a traditional UFO adventure, but there is one scary scene that still gives me shivers. For that alone, the movie is worth checking out – Peekaboo Grey. If you’ve seen the movie, you know what I mean. Bonus points for a film score by Eric Clapton.


    Arrival
    Best new UFO movie I’ve seen lately, for a lot of the same reasons I love Contact. But I love the score, the director’s eye and the realization of the creatures. A great movie for sound, and for acting.


    Dark City
    A non-traditional UFO movie, but it should count as one. These characters are (spoilers) in the grip of an alien force and aboard a giant structure floating in space. It’s like a more gothic, Gaiman-esqu version of The Matrix.


    Signs
    People crap on Signs, but I am Signs defender. I like the idea of an invasion movie from the isolated perspective of this family out in the country. And the scene where Mel Gibson has to cry and eat at the same time lands for me.


    Independence Day
    Seeing this movie in a theater as a high school kid was probably the best day of my life. I saw it like three times. Get up there and whoop ET’s ass! I mean, come on! The Top Gun aspect of it is great, and no matter how cynical Americans become we will always have Pullman’s speech.


    Men in Black
    A slick take on this piece of real UFO folklore. Agent J is like James Bond for nerds. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are amazing together, great gadgets and creatures. I actually really like the third one too!


    Honorable Mention: Mars Attacks

    Phoenix Forgotten tells the story of three teens who went into the desert shortly after the incident, hoping to document the strange events occurring in their town. They disappeared that night, and were never seen again. Now, on the twentieth anniversary of their disappearance, unseen footage has finally been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition. For the first time ever, the truth will be revealed…

    22-04-2017 om 00:19 geschreven door peter  

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    Most Habitable Earth-Like Planets May Be Waterworlds

    More common than you might think. (Image: Interstellar)

    Over 70 percent of our planet is covered in water, and we tend to think that’s a lot. A new study suggests that our world is special in this regard, and that most habitable planets are dominated by oceans that consume over 90 percent their surface area. That may be good for primitive marine life, but not so good for aspiring civilizations.

    new study published in The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that most habitable planets are wet. Like, extremely wet. Using computer models, astronomer Fergus Simpson from the Institute of Cosmos Science at the University of Barcelona found that habitable exoplanets, at least simulated ones, tend to be overrun by water, in most cases accounting for 90 percent or more of the total surface area.

    This finding suggests that Earth, with its vast land masses, is unique in the cosmological scheme of things, and that our planetary twin may be harder to find than we thought. What’s more, it may explain why we’ve never made contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence—a conclusion that feeds into the Rare Earth Hypothesis, the idea that Earth-like planets containing complex life are exceptionally rare in the Universe

    This USGS picture shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth’s water in comparison to the size of the Earth. It may not seem like much, but our planet is relatively flat, so a little goes a long way. (Image: USGS)

    As Simpson notes in his new study, a planet must strike a certain balance if it is to host both extensive land masses and large oceans. Factors controlling this balance include the amount of water on the surface of a planet, the space available to store it, and the presence of dynamic topographical features—from vast ocean basins through to mountain ranges. If the oceans are relatively shallow, and the land altitudes low, the excess water will consume the vast majority of a planet’s surface. Here on Earth, the global topography allows for approximately 29 percent of our planet’s surface area to remain above water. Over the eons, this ratio has remained relatively stable allowing for the emergence of complex terrestrial animals such as ourselves.

    Simpson’s new study suggests that Earth is an outlier in this regard, and that most terrestrial planets locked within its host star’s habitable zone (i.e. that cozy niche where liquid water can be retained at the surface) are waterworlds. But if we take a closer look at our planet, we’re actually not too far removed from being completely drenched in water ourselves. As the animation below shows, only a narrow window exists in which large areas of both land and water are present. Consequently, and as Simpson points out in his new study, habitable exoplanets tend to be dominated by water or land.

    At least in theory. Simpson’s models aren’t based on observations made of real exoplanets, and are instead best guesses of planetary formation and how much water we can expect to find on these hypothetical worlds.

    “I’m a bit puzzled about this paper,” said astrophysicist Sean N. Raymond, who wasn’t involved with the study, in an interview with Gizmodo. “I find studies that extrapolate from N=1 to be interesting but hard to interpret. In this case, there are plenty of unanswered—but relevant questions.”

    Most of Earth’s water came via asteroids and comets. (Image: Mark A. Garlick/space-art.co.uk/University of Warwick/University of Cambridge).

    Indeed, the question of how planets get their water is still a matter of contention. The prevailing theory is that most of Earth’s water was delivered by asteroids and comets. If that’s the case, then it’s nearly impossible to predict the quantity of water on any given planet. In order for us to be certain, we’d need to know the average amount of water delivered to a planet of our size and location. But every star system is different, featuring varying amounts of asteroids, comets, and water, not to mention neighboring planets that are also sopping up water from the heavens.

    “In the ‘classical model’ of terrestrial planet formation, water delivery to Earth is very [random] so it’s reasonable to imagine alternate Earths with over ten times more water,” said Raymond. “However, in our newer models much less water is delivered but the delivery is more reliable.”

    What Raymond is talking about is the observation that the inner solar system is water poor, while the outer system is water-rich.

    “Water worlds are always beyond what we call the ‘snow line’,” Adam Sarafian, a graduate student at MIT’s Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences department, told Gizmodo. “The snow line existed in the very early Solar System before planets formed. Beyond the line, water could condense as ice, so the bodies in the outer solar system are water rich and the inner solar system bodies are water poor. So we would expect water worlds to exist in the outer solar system and relatively dry planets in the inner solar system.”

    Sarafian, who wasn’t involved with the new study, is currently trying to figure out why Earth has so much water and when it got here.

    “Recent evidence suggests the inner solar system was likely seeded with plenty of water very early, such that Mars could have looked just like Earth (partly waterworld) soon after it formed,” said Sarafian. “One advantage of looking at planets closer to the Sun, which wouldn’t allow them to be water worlds (because of the snow line) is that the sun provides a lot of energy for life and would allow liquid water on the surface, as opposed to ice.”

    Sarafian believes that Simpson’s new study is part of this larger conversation, which is mostly speculation about the best places to look for life.


    Waterworld was a shitty movie, but at least it got the science right.

    But there are other factors to consider than how Earth got its water, such as how the ocean’s depths are regulated by interactions between the deep ocean and Earth’s mantle. For example, Earth may be unique in that it features unusually deep water basins. More research will be required to determine if this is the case.

    Simpson himself factored in some of these effects, and had his test model account for the deep water cycle, erosion, and deposition processes (i.e. the process in which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a land mass). Despite this, he still found that water is be a prevailing surface feature in most cases. Interestingly, he found that planets with small oceans feature land masses dominated by deserts. Also, large Earth-like planets are almost guaranteed to be waterworlds.

    “Larger planets are thought to be more prone to flooding for two reasons,” Simpson told Gizmodo. “One is that if they have the same composition (percentage of water by mass) then their oceans are deeper. The second is that their higher surface gravity makes it harder to have such large surface perturbations [dynamic topological features].”

    If Simpson’s conclusions are valid, then it means our planet has struck a fine balance between land and ocean—an observation that may help to explain why our civilization emerged on Earth (despite what some might say, it is highly unlikely that a high-tech, industrial-scale civilization can develop on a world consumed by water). And in fact, Simpson says that anthropic selection effects are at work. That’s a fancy way of saying that Earth is a freaky planet, because if it wasn’t freaky, we wouldn’t be here to see it.

    The trouble with the Anthropic Principle, of course, is that it’s untestable. But thankfully, this new waterworld theory is.

    “The exciting aspect is that we may not be too far from measuring the atmospheric composition of terrestrial exoplanets,” said Simpson. Indeed, with the next generation of telescopes, including those situated in space, we’ll be able to scan the atmospheres of exoplanets to determine how much water might be on the surface.

    In addition, scientists will need to figure out the various ways in which our planet is an oddball, and why. Until then, let’s celebrate the fact that Earth is a weirdo of the Milky Way.

    [Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]

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    Watch NASA Launch 38 Itty Bitty Satellites to the ISS

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    LATER TODAY, AN Atlas V rocket will blast off to the International Space Station bearing 7,600-odd pounds of food, water and other sundries to the astronauts on board. Nearly a third of that weight is equipment for science that furthers NASA’s ability to explore space: a capsule that records how spacecraft break up on re-entry, an experiment that tests how fires behave in microgravity, a shiny new LED-powered plant growing habitat.

    But also tucked into the spacecraft’s cargo hold are 38 CubeSats, diminutive satellites that are cheaper and easier to assemble than the behemoths rockets usually take into orbit. The ISS is a major launch platform for CubeSats—it has ejected more than 100 small payloads from companies and universities into orbit in the past few years. Those small sats will rely on new launch providers when the ISS retires in less than a decade. But this launch, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, will be business as usual; you can watch the livestream (now also in glorious 3D!) when it starts at 10 am Eastern, with the launch scheduled for 11:11 am.

    CubeSats have piggybacked on shuttles to the ISS for a while now, partly because it offers a convenient arrangement. Resupply missions are constant—astronauts need food and water—and the ISS even hosts a dedicated robot arm to shove the boxy satellites into the void. Small sats are cheaper, lighter, and easier to get into orbit than bigger satellites, which decreases the risk of sending them up. So they’re especially useful for scientists looking to develop and test new tech on the cheap. Once they’ve created a new tool, the scientists can just throw their sat on a space-bound rocket and see if it works.

    The way CubeSats are constructed—mostly through a process of tinkering and iteration—are just as ad hoc as the way they’re sent to space. “Cubesats are like PCs in the early ’90s—a lot of people are putting together satellite parts by themselves by hand,” says Dong Wu, an atmospheric scientist at NASA Goddard. His project aboard today’s mission is no different. He built a high-frequency sensor that detects signatures from frigid, wispy ice clouds, aptly named IceCube.

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    NASA

    Because of their DIY, maker ethos, CubeSats are also a popular tool for universities. “With CubeSats, the cost to entry has gone away—you don’t have to get educated for a decade to participate in space,” says Glenn Lightsey, a satellite designer at Georgia Tech. Another project on today’s launch is a cosmic background X-ray detector built by a team from Morehead State University. “Two undergrads managed to find a medical imaging X-ray detector off the shelf,” says Ben Malphrus, the project lead and a space scientist at Morehead, “and two other students built the control electronics.” The result is an instrument that might inform the team about the early structure of the universe.

    Nowadays, small sats are sort of an afterthought—what people in the industry call “secondary payloads,” squeezed in only when heftier payloads allow. But as CubeSats grow in popularity, they’ll need a more organized way to get them into space. The small space-faring instruments aren’t just useful for science; companies are launching them en masse in “constellations” for remote imaging, communications, and more. In response, new launch providers and facilitators are popping up—players that will only become more important when the ISS retires in 2024.

    India’s space agency sent up 104 small sats in a launch this past February, carrying 88 small sats from the company Planet to take images of the Earth. And companies like Rocket Lab and Virgin are building launch vehicles specifically for small payloads—slimmer, cheaper rockets that can drop off small sats in the orbits and altitudes their creators request.

    Those providers are supporting a broader push to privatize space. With CubeSats, companies can more easily stake out an extraterrestrial presence. And, to Lightsey, that makes them the most promising way into a bustling space industry. “Commercial development has a way of feeding back on itself,” he says. If access to space is determined by cost, smaller satellites that do the same things as bigger ones allow companies to save money and provide services at a profit.

    But for now, many of those companies will still rely on the ISS. That includes companies like Spire, a San Francisco-based space data startup that’s sending up four bread-box sized satellites on the mission. It’ll use its sats to collect information on ship locations and weather conditions, which it then sells to ports, hedge funds, and government organizations like NOAA. The company wants to expand. Hopefully, the small sat industry will grow in kind, so that by the time the ISS retires its sats—and others in the business—won’t be left adrift.

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    21-04-2017 om 23:40 geschreven door peter  

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    Astronauts who said they have seen UFOs

    Several astronauts from NASA claimed they had come in contact with aliens, and that alien civilizations have been monitoring us for a long time.

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    According to the Daily Mail, some important astronauts from #NASA claim they have seen UFOs during space missions. At least four astronauts from NASA — Edgar Mitchell, Gordon Cooper, Deke Slayton and Brian O'Leary — have publicly revealed their belief in #aliens.

    Edgar Mitchell — the sixth person on the Moon — believed in aliens

    The astronaut Edgar Mitchell was the sixth person on the Moon in 1971 with the Apollo 14 mission. When he came back from the mission Mitchell claimed he experienced an intense spiritual experience. He then devoted his life to prove the existence of alien life. Mitchell also claimed that aliens saved humanity in the past from a devastating nuclear war. The astronaut suggested that the Vatican was hiding the information that an alien race was trying to contact us. Mitchell died on February 4, 2016, before the 45th anniversary of the Moon landing.

    Gordon Cooper claimed he saw a UFO

    Gordon Cooper was one of seven astronauts selected by NASA for the first space mission — "Mercury Project." "Mercury Project" took place between the years of 1958 and 1963. Its purpose was to send a person into Earth's orbit. During the training, Cooper claimed he saw a #UFO flying over an American base in Germany. The astronaut claims that humanity must prove they can solve their problems peacefully before aliens accept us as universal team members. Cooper suffered from Parkinson's disease at the age of 77 and he died on October 4, 2004.

    Deke Slayton also claimed he saw a UFO

    Like Cooper, Deke Slayton, who was part of the same project, claimed he saw a UFO in 1951. He described it as a flying saucer that was standing at an angle of 45 degrees. He said he would have taken pictures if he had a camera. Slayton was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1992 and he died in 1993 at the age of 69.

    Brian O'Leary also believed in aliens

    The astronaut Brian O'Leary was selected for a mission to Mars in 1967, but this mission never took place. O'Leary also had an experience that changed his opinion about aliens. After leaving NASA he became a professor of physics at Princeton University. During this time, he claimed there was a lot of evidence that aliens contacted us. According to O'Leary's statements, alien civilizations have been monitoring Earth for a long time. O'Leary died of intestinal cancer on July 28, 2011, shortly after he was diagnosed with this disease.

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    21-04-2017 om 23:29 geschreven door peter  

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    Low flying cylinder UFO reported over California

    A California witness at Lincoln reported watching a fast moving, cylinder-shaped object that crossed the horizon in about eight seconds, according to testimony in Case 82671 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    The witness was sitting at a northbound stop light at 2:45 p.m. on March 16, 2017, and observed the object moving from the northeast to the northwest at a very high rate of speed.

    Witness included this image said to look like the object seen over Lincoln. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness included this image said to look like the object seen over Lincoln.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    “Object seemed to be bus size – maybe 1,000 – 1,200 feet up,” the witness stated.“Object crossed 60 percent of our horizon in approximately eight seconds. My wife and I both observed the object – she thought it might be a drone, but we didn’t see any type of propulsion.”

    The object crossed the sky at an incredible rate of speed. Pictured: Lincoln, CA. (Credit: Google)

    The object crossed the sky at an incredible rate of speed. Pictured: Lincoln, CA.

    (Credit: Google)

    The witness is familiar with aircraft.

    “We’ve lived on numerous Air Force bases and are familiar with most aircraft.”

    California MUFON Field Investigator Shelley Goodman closed this case as an Unknown.

    “I spoke to both witnesses,” Goodman stated in her report. “They were at the intersection at 110 Lincoln Blvd, Lincoln, CA,when they both saw the object. He described it as something he’s never seen before.  He was in the Air Force and knows all about aircraft and how fast they move.  This flew through the sky three times faster than any aircraft.  In 5-6 seconds, it covered about 60 percent of the horizon flying from west to the northwest.  It was underneath the cloud cover, so they could see it clearly. He described it like one of those big propane tanks some people have in their backyard flying through the air. There were no emissions and no noise. When it did run through a cloud, none of the cloud moved. He indicated that it was about 30degrees high in the sky and that if you put your hand up, it would have been about as wide as a fingernail.

    There were no emissions or noise from the object. Pictured: Lincoln, CA. (Credit: Google)

    There were no emissions or noise from the object. Pictured: Lincoln, CA.

    (Credit: Google)

    “She described it very similarly – a huge object flying through the sky at a very high rate of speed.  She thought, ‘What the hell is that?’ She thought at first that it was a drone, but because of the speed there was no way it could have been. She said that there were no flashing lights like an aircraft would have. She could see the sun hit it, but couldn’t be certain of any type of pattern.  After it flew through the sky, it suddenly disappeared.

    “Due to the nature of the movements, no natural phenomenon or man-made information applies here.From what was described in the case and after discussing with the witnesses, I’m concluding this case as Unknown – UAV.”

    Lincoln is a city in Placer County, California, population 45,837. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

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    21-04-2017 om 23:16 geschreven door peter  

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    Australian witness photographs cylinder UFO

    An Australian witness at Eungella reported watching and photographing a cylinder-shaped object moving about 500 feet overhead in a straight line without noticeable sound, according to testimony in Case 82637 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    Witness image. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness image.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness was outside with his wife and son at 6:50 a.m. on March 14, 2017, when the incident began.

    “My son looked up at the sky, pointed and said, ‘moon?’”the witness stated. “My wife and I looked to see what he was pointing at and we saw a white, cylindrical or rectangular object above the clouds and travelling from south to north at a fast rate.”

    The witness immediately noted the direction of wind in the area.

    “The wind was blowing in the same direction; however, this object did not look like a balloon, but a solid, reflective structure.”

    Witness image. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness image.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness quickly ran inside the house and retrieved his wife’s tablet, turned the camera on, and zoomed in on the object, managing to take three digital photos and one short video.

    “My wife suggested the object might be a glider, but no person was seen and it did not have the shape one would expect to see. This was definitely cylindrical or rectangular in shape. It was also quite high, at least 400-500 feet or more above us, and made no sound or noise we could hear. The object appeared to be quite big, possibly 10-20 feet in length or longer, and was moving in a straight-line. We live in a sparsely populated area with thick rainforest, so this was a strange sight to see. This object was witnessed by me, my wife and son. The entire event lasted not more than 5 minutes before sighting of the object was lost over the trees.”

    Eungella is an Australian township nestled on the edge of the Clarke Range at the end of the Pioneer Valley 80 km west of Mackay, and 858 km northwest of Brisbane.

    Witness image. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness image.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    MUFON Australia Field Investigator Kent May closed this case as an Unknown.

    “The witness submitted directly to me the photographic and video evidence,” May stated in his report. “Unfortunately, the video footage is not good enough to submit, but is kept on file for future reference. Due to the speed of the object the UFO was constantly moving in and out of the video camera view finder. The photographic evidence was uploaded to image detecting websites and the images appear to be genuine. The witness has been cooperative and I find him to be a credible witness. Due to the distance of the object being rather close, no searches where conducted for satellites. There are several other UFO sightings posted over the past years in the same area of Eungella. The submitted sighting was witnessed by the witness, his partner and their child. I have no doubt in believing what the witness saw was described to the best of his ability.”

    Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

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    21-04-2017 om 23:10 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Death by Asteroid: The Most Likely Ways for a Space Rock to Kill You

    Death by Asteroid: The Most Likely Ways for a Space Rock to Kill You

    Death by Asteroid: The Most Likely Ways for a Space Rock to Kill You
    Artist's illustration depicting a massive asteroid impact on Earth.
    Credit: Don Davis/NASA

    If you live in fear of an asteroid strike, here's some detail to help flesh out your nightmares.

    killer space rock is most likely to get you via violent winds that fling you against something hard or powerful shock waves that rupture your internal organs, according to a new study.

    "This is the first study that looks at all seven impact effects generated by hazardous asteroids and estimates which are, in terms of human loss, most severe," lead author Clemens Rumpf, a senior research assistant at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, said in a statement. [Potentially Dangerous Asteroids (Images)]

    Rumpf and his colleagues simulated 50,000 asteroid strikes around the globe using computer models. These artificial impacts involved space rocks 50 feet to 1,300 feet wide (15 to 400 meters) — the size range that hits Earth most frequently, the scientists said.

    Then, the team estimated the percentage of deaths caused by each of the seven effects Rumpf referred to: shock waves, wind blasts, heat, flying debris, cratering, seismic shaking and tsunamis.

    Wind and shock waves were the most deadly, together accounting for more than 60 percent of all lives lost. (Though these two effects act in concert, wind blasts were far more devastating than shock waves, the study found.) The sizzling heat of an impact was responsible for nearly 30 percent of deaths, and tsunamis took most of the rest.

    Each of the other three effects claimed only a tiny sliver of the death toll, according to the study. Flying debris had a maximum contribution of just 0.91 percent, for example; the figures for cratering and seismic shaking were 0.2 percent and 0.17 percent, respectively.

    Rumpf and his colleagues also determined that land-based asteroid impacts are about 10 times deadlier than ocean strikes. In addition, they found that space rocks have to be at least 59 feet (18 m) wide to be lethal.

    That lower limit is about the size of the object that exploded above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February 2013, generating a shock wave that broke countless windows on the ground below. The resulting flying glass shards injured more than 1,000 people but killed nobody.

    "This report is a reasonable step forward in trying to understand and come to grips with the hazards posed by asteroids and comet impactors," Jay Melosh, a geophysicist at Purdue University who was not involved in the new study, said in the same statement.

    Melosh added that the findings "lead one to appreciate the role of air blasts in asteroid impacts, as we saw in Chelyabinsk."

    Astronomers have discovered more than 16,000 near-Earth objects to date. However, that number is just a tiny sliver of the total, which is thought to be in the millions.

    Scientists think they've found about 95 percent of the nearby asteroids that could threaten human civilization if they were to hit Earth — behemoths at least 0.6 miles (1 km) wide — and none of these monsters poses a threat for the foreseeable future.

    But there are still plenty of dangerous rocks zooming around out there undiscovered. On average, Earth gets hit by an asteroid at least 190 feet (60 m) wide every 1,500 years and by a rock at least 1,300 feet (400 m) wide every 100,000 years, Rumpf said.

    "The likelihood of [a serious] asteroid impact is really low," said Rumpf. "But the consequences can be unimaginable."

    Researchers around the world are studying ways to prevent asteroid strikes and thereby avoid those consequences. Most incoming space rocks that are detected with decades of lead time could likely be nudged away from Earth using "gravity tractors" and kinetic impactor probes, scientists say. (Gravity tractors would fly alongside a potentially dangerous asteroid for long stretches, whereas kinetic impactors would slam into the space rock.)

    But a nuclear bomb may be required to deal with giant asteroids or comets that are discovered just weeks or months before a potential impact.

    The new study was published last month in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

    Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.

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    21-04-2017 om 23:00 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The full rotation of the Moon as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

    The full rotation of the Moon as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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    21-04-2017 om 22:35 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ANCIENT CITY RUINS DISCOVERED ON THE SURFACE OF MARS

    ANCIENT CITY RUINS DISCOVERED ON THE SURFACE OF MARS

    Mars has given us a lot to think about over the last two years that its hard to put all of this together. 
     
    From a distant planet and denuded, Mars has proven that it is more interesting than we had never thought of before. 
     
    Mars is about half of the diameter of the Earth with a surface is slightly less than the total area of the dry land. Mars is less dense than the earth, having approximately 15 per cent of the volume and 11 per cent of the land mass, resulting in approximately 38 per cent of the surface of the earth gravity. 
     
    But Mars is very similar to the earth in many ways. The experts have proven that the Red Planet was once remarkably similar to the earth, having an atmosphere, lakes, rivers, and oceans covering its surface. 
     
    Not long ago, NASA has revealed that Mars could have supported the life as we know it but everything changes when the red planet has lost its atmosphere. 
     
    According to scientists, the slow destruction of the atmosphere of the planet in our neighbor has been caused by "enormous rope-like tendrils of magnetic rotation. The Red Planet once the hospital atmosphere has been dazzled in a distant past. This means that when Mars was much younger, it was much more hot and humid, which means that it has been a very good candidate for the life to develop. Scientists believe that oceans of Mars have evaporated due to the thinning of the planet atmosphere that fact flees in space. 
     
    Although Mars has no evidence of a global magnetic field, the observations show that parts of the crust of the planet have been magnetized, suggesting that the alternation of the polarity of son dipole field have taken place in the past. 
     
    However, there are more things on Mars which have caused confusion among the experts. The exploration of Mars rovers of NASA has noticed the quantity of readings of methane at the surface of the Red Planet. On Earth, 90 per cent of the whole of the methane in the atmosphere is produced by living organisms. Traces of methane captured the Curiosity on the red planet, and the scientists believe that this could point to the existence of life on the red planet, at this precise moment, although there are other possible explanations. 
     
    But while Mars may not have life on its surface, many scientists claim that in the distant past, the Red Planet has perhaps taken in charge of the life and not only primitive life, but of complex life forms developed countries who have perhaps even the structures built on its surface.
     
     One of these researchers is Dr. John A plasma physicist who has obtained his diploma at the University of California at Davis and which apparently has had a brilliant career as a scientist submits that the Martian life has been deliberately destroyed with nukes. 
     
    In a scientific article, Dr. Brandenburg says: That Mars present, "… based on new data, the evidence that during this period of Earthlike climate, biological evolution product, to length, a humanoid civilization leaving ruins at several sites, Cydonia Mensa and Galaxias Chaos being two sites more intensively studied. The data from these sites has formed the basis of the hypothesis Cydonia (Brandenburg, DiPietro and Molenaar, 1991) of a former, indigenous populations, about the civilization of the Bronze Age on March." 
     
    And, curiously, each day of new images of Mars prove that there is something strange on its surface. Over the past two years, countless images of Mars were analyzed by foreign hunters across the world. Some of them --show awkwardly which seems to be artificially structured on the surface of the Red Planet. 
     
    All jokes aside, a part of the substance found in Mars that makes you think "that if in a certain way, the life on Mars developed millions of years ago, and has finally disappeared?" 
     
    Would it not find traces of this life today? 
     
    Exposed beams in return images to be able to participate Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a zone on the surface of Mars covered with small "structures."
     
     Be able to participate in the catch of many images in MRO in form 
     
     

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    21-04-2017 om 22:33 geschreven door peter  

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    ADVANCED ALIEN CIVILIZATIONS LIVING IN TWO MILE WIDE MOON CAVES

    The moon is covered in an extensive network of underground caves and tunnels. This two mile wide cave could house an enormous alien civilization and remain hidden. It is very likely that our alien ancestors are living much closer than we previously thought.

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    21-04-2017 om 22:29 geschreven door peter  

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    China is weer stapje dichter bij eigen ruimtestation - HLN.be

    Bron: Belga

    Het Chinese ruimtestation Tianzhou-1.

     © afp.

    China heeft vandaag voor het eerst een ruimtecargo gelanceerd. Het land komt zo een stap dichter bij een eigen volwaardig ruimtestation.

    De Tianzhou-1 ('Hemels Schip') vertrok volgens het staatstelevisiestation CGTN om 13.41 uur Belgische tijd van op de basis Wenchang op het zuidelijke eiland Hainan, bovenop een Lange Mars-7 Y2 draagraket. Het ruimteschip is succesvol in een baan rondom de Aarde gekomen.

    De onbemande cargo moet zich binnen twee dagen vastklinken aan het in september gelanceerde lab Tiangong-2. Dit prototype van ruimtestation wordt dan bijgetankt en krijgt materiaal aangeleverd.

    De cargo zal ook wetenschappelijke experimenten uitvoeren alvorens bij het eind van zijn missie van drie maanden weer op Aarde terug te vallen.

    Het meer dan tien meter lange vrachtruimteschip kan meer dan zes ton lading en satellieten vervoeren. Het eerste exemplaar geldt als essentieel voor het uitbaten van een ruimtestation dat het Aziatische land tegen 2020 wil bouwen en dat twee jaar later af moet zijn.

    Wanneer in 2024 de uitbating stopt van het Internationaal Ruimtestation, waarin Peking niet deelneemt, zal China dan het enige land zijn met een ruimtestation.

    Het was de tweede lancering van dit type van Lange Mars-7. De maidenmissie vond in juni 2006 plaats. 

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    21-04-2017 om 20:52 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mysterieuze buitenaardse cilinder gezien door UFO-experts. Zijn aliens bij het ISS gearriveerd?
    Mysterieuze buitenaardse cilinder gezien door UFO-experts. Zij aliens bij het ISS gearriveerd?

    Mysterieuze buitenaardse cilinder gezien door UFO-experts. Zijn aliens bij het ISS gearriveerd?

    Op de livestream van het internationale ruimtestation ISS is een mysterieus object gespot. Volgens UFO-experts gaat het om een cilindervormig vaartuig dat doorzichtig wordt, schrijft de Daily Mirror.

    De onderzoekers zeggen dat de cilinder ‘gedeeltelijk transparant’ was, wat mogelijk een techniek is om de UFO onzichtbaar te maken.

    “Ik zag in de verte een UFO die steeds dichter in de buurt van het ruimtestation kwam,” zei Scott C. Waring van de website UFO Sightings Daily.

    Beschermen

    “De UFO was deels verhuld, waardoor hij er doorzichtig uitzag,” vervolgde hij.

    Waring voegde toe dat ruimteschepen zich op deze manier mogelijk beschermen tegen buitenaardse soorten die niet vriendelijk zijn.

    Het is niet voor het eerst dat er onverklaarbare objecten zijn gezien op livebeelden van het ISS.

    Grote bollen

    In februari was op beelden van de NASA te zien hoe zes grote bollen het ISS passeerden.

    In een video van de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie bewogen de UFO’s van rechts naar links door het scherm.

    Nadat ze waren gespot ging het beeld op zwart, zo claimden complottheoretici.

    Codewoord

    Vorig jaar werd ook gesuggereerd dat een ‘nerveuze’ astronaut het controlecentrum informeerde over een vreemde rode UFO.

    Ze claimden dat hij het woord ‘evangelie’ gebruikte toen het object verscheen en vermoedden dat dit een codewoord was, aangezien ground control antwoordde: ‘we bidden voor je’.

    [Mirror

    21-04-2017 om 20:40 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Leefbare superaarde ontdekt. Hebben wetenschappers hier leven gevonden?
    Leefbare superaarde ontdekt. Hebben wetenschappers hier leven gevonden?

    Leefbare superaarde ontdekt. Hebben wetenschappers hier leven gevonden?

    Wetenschappers hebben een nieuwe superaarde gevonden op een afstand van ‘slechts’ 40 lichtjaar.

    Volgens de onderzoekers is de superaarde een grotere kanshebber om buitenaards leven te vinden dan de eerder ontdekte Proxima b en TRAPPIST.

    De planeet, LHS 1140b geheten, zou minstens vijf miljard jaar oud zijn en met een diameter van 18.000 kilometer is hij bijna 1,5 keer groter dan de aarde.

    Leefbare zone

    Uit het feit dat zijn massa ongeveer zeven keer zo groot is als die van onze planeet kan worden afgeleid dat hij grotendeels uit ijzer en gesteente bestaat.

    De exoplaneet bevindt zich in de zogenoemde leefbare zone rond zijn ster. In die zone kan water in vloeibare vorm voorkomen.

    Moederster LHS 1140 is een rode dwerg, een ster die veel kleiner en koeler is dan de zon. Hierdoor ontvangt exoplaneet LHS 1140b maar ongeveer half zoveel licht van zijn ster als de aarde.

    Levensvatbaarheid

    Er bestaat een kans dat de planeet een atmosfeer heeft weten te behouden. In dat geval zou er vloeibaar water op het oppervlak van de planeet kunnen zijn.

    Waarnemingen met de Hubble-ruimtetelescoop moeten de ‘levensvatbaarheid’ van LHS 1140b nader gaan bepalen.

    Spannendste exoplaneet

    Volgens experts zou deze ontdekking dé doorbraak kunnen zijn. “Dit is de spannendste exoplaneet die ik in de afgelopen 10 jaar ben tegengekomen,” zei hoofdonderzoeker Jason Dittmann van het Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

    “Een beter doelwit voor de zoektocht naar tekenen van leven buiten de aarde kunnen we ons nauwelijks wensen,” voegde hij toe.

    [ESO

    21-04-2017 om 20:37 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.EERSTE GRAANCIRKELS VAN 2017 WIJZEN OP LANDING BUITENAARDSEN ( VIDEO )

    EERSTE GRAANCIRKELS VAN 2017 WIJZEN OP LANDING BUITENAARDSEN ( VIDEO )

     

    Alhoewel we nog steeds vroeg in het voorjaar zijn, verschijnen in Engeland alweer de eerste graancirkels. 

    Nog steeds houden de mainstream media vol dat er jaar na jaar halvegaren met plankjes onder de voeten dit soort dingen blijven maken, maar de waarheid is waarschijnlijk anders. 



    De allereerste officiële graancirkel van dit jaar is op 16 april 2017 gevonden in een veld in het Engelse Wiltshire. 

    Misschien omdat het seizoen voor graancirkels net is begonnen, zijn deze nog relatief eenvoudig, vergeleken met de vele ingewikkelde constructies die we in de loop der jaren hebben gezien. 

    Die in het plaatsje Cherhill in het Engelse Wiltshire was ongeveer 80 meter lang, werd op 16 april ontdekt en zag eruit als volgt:


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    Er wordt natuurlijk weer driftig gezocht naar de betekenis van deze cirkel en er wordt gesuggereerd dat het misschien iets te maken kan hebben met een vrij unieke stand van planeten aan onze hemel op 21 augustus van dit jaar, wanneer aarde, maan, zon en venus op één lijn staan en wanneer op die dag ook nog een zonsverduistering plaats vindt. 

    Hetzelfde symbool vind je ook terug op een 5.000 jaar oude steen in West Dunbartonshire in Schotland, de zogenaamde Cochno Stone. Volgens onderzoekers wordt op deze steen een soort kosmische kaart afgebeeld.


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    Er zijn in het verleden al vaker graancirkels gevonden met symbolen die eveneens op de Cochno Stone voorkomen. 

    Maar, misschien heeft het symbool een hele andere betekenis en wellicht zullen er lezers zijn die zelf een interpretatie van deze graancirkel hebben. 

     

    Iemand die geen enkele moeite heeft met het interpreteren van de tweede graancirkel van 2017 is de ufoloog Scott Waring. 

    De navolgende werd gevonden op 18 april 2017 in de plaats Tarlton in Gloucestershire en zag er als volgt uit:


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    Volgens Scott is het duidelijk dat we hier te maken hebben met de afdrukken van een buitenaardse UFO, vergezeld van twee kleinere die volgens hem poolshoogte kwamen nemen over het soort veld waar ze mee te maken hebben. 

    Wat hij er niet bij vertelt, is of ze dit veld dan onderzoeken zodat ze weten hoe ze straks mooie graancirkels kunnen maken of dat ze dit doen omdat ze de genetische samenstelling van de gewassen aan een nader onderzoek willen onderwerpen. 

     

    Onlangs schreven wij een artikel over een drietal vreemde cirkels nabij een landingsbaan van een klein vliegveld in Argentinië. Ook daar wordt vermoed dat er op die locatie een aantal buitenaardse UFO’s zijn geland. 

    Naar aanleiding van dat artikel, kwam er iemand naar voren (dank!) die zegt dat er ook in Nederland dergelijke dingen zijn gebeurd, een aantal jaren geleden. 


    Het schijnt dat er eind 70er, begin 80er jaren een soortgelijk incident is geweest in Nederland en wel vlakbij de voormalige RAF basis te Laarbruch die in Duitsland op de grens met Nederland ligt. 

    Mijn buurman komt er uit de buurt en volgens hem zijn er destijds ufo's geland die brandende cirkels achterlieten, het schijnt dat deze cirkels perfect waren. Achteraf werd het als een kwajongensstreek afgedaan, maar dat ging er bij de getuigen niet in, daarvoor waren de cirkels te perfect. 

    Meer informatie heb ik tot dusver niet weten te achterhalen, maar ik neem mijn buurman wel serieus. Volgens hem zijn er ook enkele incidenten in de 60er jaren geweest waarbij vele mensen ufo's in dezelfde regio zagen. Het betreft overigens een afgelegen hei- en bosgebied tussen Bergen (L), Siebengewald (NL), de Maas en de Duitse grens. 

    Zelf heb ik daar samen met een voormalige buurvrouw ook al eens een ufo gezien tijdens een experiment van Above Top Secret in 2008 waarbij het doel was middels gedachten (samengebundeld) ufo's op te roepen. Mijn camera stond op de Maan gericht, mijn buurvrouw riep me zo van, "hey, kijk eens daar", ik draaide me om en zag een bol net zo groot als de Maan, maar het leek veel dichterbij en kleiner. Ik schrok me rot (opwinding), draaide me weer om om de camera te draaien, maar toen ik weer keek was het al weer weg... 

    De bol leek op de ondergaande zon en was oranje van kleur, het kon echter de zon niet zijn want die was al onder en het object verscheen in het oosten. 

    Mochten er mensen zijn die zich nog dingen kunnen herinneren van die gebeurtenissen, dan horen wij dat graag. 

    En ondertussen is het lente, want de graancirkels zijn er weer.

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    21-04-2017 om 20:15 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Is NASA hiding ET? Conspiracy theorists spot a transparent ‘alien cylinder’ on a live feed of the ISS

    Is NASA hiding ET? Conspiracy theorists spot a transparent ‘alien cylinder’ on a live feed of the ISS

    • Live footage from Nasa shows a 'strange cylindrical UFO' near the ISS
    • The object suddenly appears before getting closer and fading away
    • Alien enthusiast believe it shows extra terrestrials have cloaking devices
    • One expert says debris or satellites are more likely than 'unreliable' cloaking

    A strange cylindrical UFO has been captured on a live feed taken from the International Space Station, claim conspiracy theorists.

    The UFO hunters believe it shows that visitors from other worlds have developed cloaking technology.

    But one expert says space junk or a satellite are more likely explanations than apparently 'unreliable' cloaking devices. 

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    A live feed taken from the International Space Station appears to show a strange cylindrical UFO approaching the station, before fading away. And the UFO spotter who shared the footage believes is evidence of cloaking technology 
    A live feed taken from the International Space Station appears to show a strange cylindrical UFO approaching the station, before fading away. And the UFO spotter who shared the footage believes is evidence of cloaking technology 

    CLOAKING DEVICES 

    According to the Institute of Physics, metamaterials which can bend electromagnetic radiation such as light around an object to give the appearance that it isn't there.

    To date some researchers have used such properties of metamaterials to create devices that can bend certain forms of radiation, such as near-infrared radiation.

    So far, however, producing the same effect with visible light has proved more of a challenge.

    The footage appears to show the object suddenly appearing near the space station, before starting to approach it.

    Part of the cylinder is then seen to disappear, which the UFO spotter who shared the footage believes is evidence of cloaking technology.

    Speaking on his blog UFO Sightings Daily, astro-biologist Scott C Waring said: 'I noticed a UFO in the distance that was coming closer and closer to the space station.

    'The UFO was partially cloaked, which made it look transparent. 

    'In the deep blackness of spaces, blending into the environment means you will be safer from other alien species that may not be so friendly. 

    'Bob Lazar said in Area S4 (inside Area 51) that he read documents that said that the USAF knew of 56 space faring species.'

    The video, shared on YouTube, had attracted over 20,000 views at the time of publication. 

    But UFO expert and author of the UFO Investigations Manual Nigel Watson believes a more simple explanation is likely.

    He said: 'If alien spacecraft buzzing the ISS use cloaking technology it isn't very reliable if they keep appearing and disappearing. 

    'You'd think by now they could easily avoid our cameras and other sensing technology!

    'This latest video looks like it is either a distant satellite, or a piece of space junk that is relatively close to the camera. 

    'Rather than cloaking technology it has probably gone out of sight by moving out of the glare of the Sun.' 


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    This is not the first time that strange objects, argued to be evidence of aliens, have been spotted near the International Space Station.

    Over the past year, there have been a growing number of sightings of unidentified objects on Nasa feeds, and some have even claimed a cover-up of the existence of extra-terrestrial life.

    The most recent took place back in March, when another video was uploaded to YouTube.

    This is not the first time that evidence of aliens has been spotted near the International Space Station (pictured). And some believe Nasa is actively covering up evidence of alien life (stock image)

    This is not the first time that evidence of aliens has been spotted near the International Space Station (pictured). And some believe Nasa is actively covering up evidence of alien life (stock image)

    It showed a long bright light hovering above earth with two mysterious bright objects just below.

    Conspiracy theorists suggested that this was an alien 'megaship', which they claimed Nasa tried altered the lights to make the object seem to disappear. 

    While it is not always possible to determine exactly what these objects are during the brief period they appear in the stream, there are a number of possible explanations for these types of sightings.

    'It is astonishing how many UFOs are seen buzzing around the ISS, but like this video there is usually a simple explanation for them,' Nigel Watson, UFO expert and author of the UFO Investigations Manual, told MailOnline after a similar sighting in January.

    A video uploaded to YouTube by conspiracy theorist Streetcap1 in March shows a long bright light hovering above earth with two mysterious bright objects just below

    A video uploaded to YouTube by conspiracy theorist Streetcap1 in March shows a long bright light hovering above earth with two mysterious bright objects just below

    'This could well be a lens reflection that appears and then goes as the light changes, giving the impression of an extraterrestrial space coming into view and then cruising out of sight. 

    'Many UFOs caught by the ISS's cameras can be also be explained as images of space junk or satellites in the distance, and even very small flecks of paint or particles can appear like UFOs when caught by the bright light from the sun.' 

    In the past, a Nasa spokesperson has explained: 'Reflections from station windows, the spacecraft structure itself or lights from Earth commonly appear as artefacts in photos and videos from the orbiting laboratory.'

    DO YOU BELIEVE IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES?

    People who doubt the moon landings are more likely to be selfish and attention-seeking, according to a study earlier this year.

    Over the course of three online-based studies, researchers at the University of Kent showed strong links between the belief in conspiracy theories and negative psychological traits.

    Writing in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, the team explained: 'Previous research linked the endorsement of conspiracy theories to low self-esteem.'

    In the first study, a total of 202 participants completed questionnaires on conspiracy beliefs, asking how strongly they agreed with specific statements, such as whether governments carried out acts of terrorism on their own soil.

    Alongside this, they were asked to complete a narcissist scale and a self-esteem assessment.

    The results showed that those people who rated highly on the narcissism scale and who had low self-esteem were more likely to be conspiracy believers. 

    This is just the latest in a series of claims Nasa footage shows UFOs before cutting out.

    In footage from the ISS channel uploaded to YouTube by user ColdPyro in November last year, a white speck can be seen emerging from the darkness just above Earth's horizon.

    Right before the 'UFO' travels out of view, the feed cuts to a grey screen, followed by a statement asking users to 'please stand by' due to technical issues.


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    21-04-2017 om 20:02 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Has this nine-year-old girl spotted a UFO in the sky above Manchester?

    Has this nine-year-old girl spotted a UFO in the sky above Manchester?

    The truth is out there...

    BY 

    Can you help a father and his young daughter solve the mystery of this ‘UFO’?

    Video footage taken by David Woodward and his nine-year-old daughter, Georgia, captures a small, black object hovering around the wing of a plane 40,000ft in the air.

    David noticed the unusual object while filming Georgia on a flight from Manchester Airport to Lanzarote earlier this month.

    He said: “We had set off from Manchester and were only in the air for around 10 minutes when we started filming Georgia for her YouTube channel. She was saying how lovely the sky was and then I saw the black object.

    “I thought it might have been an anomaly on the screen, or a bird. But after looking into it, a bird wouldn’t be that high up.”

    David Woodward and his daughter want to find out what the 'UFO' was

    The footage was uploaded to Georgia’s YouTube channel, Kidskillz, and shows a small black object darting around near the tip of the wing.

    David, a factory worker from Merseyside, added: “It was strange because it kept changing direction and then bobbing and weaving around. Georgia was a bit sceptical and she laughs at me for saying it might be a UFO, but you never know.

    “I’m really interested to hear what people think it is.”

    There have been many reported sightings of ‘UFOs’ in recent years in the area - with Greater Manchester being dubbed one of the country’s hotspots. Only Merseyside has had more mysterious sightings in the last two years, according to police figures.

    The data from last year revealed an uncannily high number of reports across the North West as a whole - more incidents than any other region in the UK.

    Merseyside Police received 13 reports of UFOs since January 2013, with Greater Manchester Police close behind with 10.

    During that time, one Rochdale resident told GMP she had seen a trio of UFOs, all flying together.

    The woman reported how she went to A&E over concerns she would pass out from the shock.

    Anyone who can identify the object hovering around the plane wing in Georgia’s video, please email katie.butler@trinitymirror.com

    http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ }

    21-04-2017 om 19:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.V-shaped object photographed over Caracas, Venezuela 19-Apr-2017

    V-shaped object photographed over Caracas, Venezuela 19-Apr-2017

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    UFO hunter from Venezuela Héctor Escalante posted this photo online. “April 19th, government and opposition forces are marching in the streets of Caracas,” he wrote. “A very tense moment. Meanwhile, something strange flies across the skies of the Venezuelan capital.”

    What do you think this object is? Please leave your comment below!

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    21-04-2017 om 19:21 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Amazing triangle-UFO video filmed in Exmouth, UK 17-Apr-2017

    Amazing triangle-UFO video filmed in Exmouth, UK 17-Apr-2017

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    This interesting footage of a triangular-shaped formation was seen and recorded in the night sky above Exmouth in United Kingdom on 17th April 2017.

    Witness report: 

    I was waiting for the bus while taking to a friend when i noticed 3 lights in a triangle pattern over the mouth of the river exe. Took some video and pictures with my phone before the bus came and I left.

    On april 17th at 9.41pm I was waiting for my bus to come in after my break, (I’m a bus driver) and was taking to my bestman about my upcoming wedding on the phone. I would normally be in our rest room but since the clock in the restroom was fast (about 7mins fast) I had gone out early to wait while still chatting to my friend.

    While i was talking i was just kind of walking about near the leisure center, where my bus stops, when I looked randomly over in the direction of the river which is when i saw the three lights in a triangle pattern rotating on its axis and wobbling slightly.

    I knew instantly that this is not normal and as I have been interested in the subject of ufos since I was about 10 I told my mate i’d ring him back and started filming the lights with my phone. Due to the street lights my camera was having a hard time focusing on the formation, so i moved closer to the river to get a better view, (in some haste since I still had to drive a bus which was going to be there at any moment) I filmed a 2min40sec odd vid, then whatsapp-ed my friend to tell him and see if he could see it over vid-call. (which he couldnt as it wouldnt let me zoom in) 
    I then took about 7 photos in quick order and then another 41second vid to send my mate over whatsapp. 
    It’s at this point I really had to go back to the bus stop to get my bus and as I walked over 4 ppl got out of a car in the car park and I pointed out the lights to them also (to which they showed a bit of interest but not much)

    It was then my bus got there at 10.02pm and I showed the lights to my co-worker who tried to think of any reason they might be something other than a ufo, (drone, laser pointers etc) he went to cashin and finish and i had to drive as i was now 7 mins late lol

    I drove to the turn around point and back in est 8 mins and the lights were gone by the time I got back down to town, (and could not see them on the way down as i had a good view over the area due to the road i was driving)

    During the event I felt elation and joy, (the only way I can describe it was the feeling MDNA/ectasy gives you. it’s been years since i had any but i’ll never forget the feeling of pure joy. It felt exactly like that, massive endorfin rush) I was bouncing around like an excited child 

    In total I talked to about 10 people who saw what I did, with one old gentelman who got on my bus who thought he’d just drunk to much.

    The morning after I looked more carefully at the photos i had taken, and in one there are shapes inside the lights with two out of the three most visible and identical to the other. (image 5, had to zoom in to the image and then take a photo of it because the only imaging software i have can only brighten which clouds the image)

    Author (source: MUFON)

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    21-04-2017 om 19:18 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mysterious 'Alien' cylinder on NASA live feed for International Space Station spotted by space experts

    Mysterious 'Alien' cylinder on NASA live feed for International Space Station spotted by space experts

    The odd shape can be seen in the clip, after space fans spotted it in the black behind the ISS

    BY

    NASA's live feed of the International Space Station (ISS) captured a mysterious object, which UFO experts claim is an alien cylinder that goes transparent.

    The odd shape was spotted in a black space behind the ISS by space fans watching the live feed.

    And experts said the cylinder - which they claim was a UFO - was 'partially transparent', which may be a technique used to keep the craft safe so that it is not seen.

    UFO expert Scott C Waring, shared the footage and said: "I noticed a UFO in the distance that was coming closer and closer to the space station. The UFO was partially cloaked, which made it look transparent."

    Mr Waring runs the website UFO Sightings Daily ,

    He added: "In the deep blackness of spaces, blending into the environment means you will be safer from other alien species that may not be friendly."

    It is not the first time objects have been spotted on the ISS feed without explanation.

    Experts believe the ringed image was partially cloaked to make it transparent 

    In February, six large orbs were seen apparently creeping past the ISS in NASA footage.

    In the live video, relayed by the American space agency, the UFOs move from the right of the screen towards the left. After they were seen conspiracy theorists claimed the live feed was cut.

    Last year it was also suggested that a "nervous" astronaut was telling ground control about the appearance of a strange red-coloured UFO on the live NASA feed.

    They claim he said the word "gospel" when the object appeared, and suggested this may have been a codeword as ground control replied "we pray for you."

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    20-04-2017 om 23:56 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien Life May Swim On Earth-Like Planets: Oceans Cover Habitable Exoplanets

    Alien Life May Swim On Earth-Like Planets: Oceans Cover Habitable Exoplanets

    20-04-2017 om 23:39 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.We Just Entered a New Age in Space. Here’s Proof.

    We Just Entered a New Age in Space. Here’s Proof.

    by Jolene Creighton

     
    SpaceX

    A New Frontier

    In previous decades, governments and national entities were the ones leading humanity’s charge into space. These efforts met with stunning success. The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union put the very first human in space and took the very first humans to the Moon. The united efforts of five space agencies gave humans a permanent base in space—the International Space Station (ISS). Ultimately, these breakthroughs resulted in the creation of a host of spinoff technologies that transformed our society.

    But it has been 40 years since we have been to the Moon. The ISS is nearly 20 years old. Governments have stalled, and a new generation of entrepreneurs has taken over.

    Most Awaited Space Science Missions of 2017
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    This is the age of privatized space. From Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has successfully deployed a host of reusable rockets and carried goods to the ISS, to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, which has successfully tested its own reusable rocket and is well on its way to making space tourism a viable option for all people, commercial space companies are taking space out of the hands of governments and giving it to the people.

    This is where the New York Center for Space Entrepreneurship (NYCSE) comes in. In short, their main goal is to accelerate humanity’s journey into space, and they seek to do this by working with companies, investors, and other entities in order to help democratize space for all people and create a global space economy. With this in mind, today, they are announcing a series of initiatives that will support space entrepreneurship around the globe.

    To learn more about the initiatives that are being launched today, uncover why private spaceflight is important, and see how NYCSE is working to make space affordable, tune into Futurism’s 360º livestream with NYCSE tonight at 7pm est, which can be found here.

    Sidney Nakahodo, Lecturer in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University co-founder of NYCSE, notes that our space projects are transforming at an unprecedented rate. He states that the “convergence of decreasing costs, access to launching opportunities, and fast technology evolution has propelled innovation in new products, services, and business models” is and ushering is into “a new era of space entrepreneurship.”

    To this end, by nurturing businesses and entrepreneurs, NYCSE aims to help shape (or reshape) space exploration in the 21st  century.

    Making Space Affordable

    The importance of these efforts cannot be overstated. As Nakahodo notes, commercial space has already helped to create a host of breakthrough technologies, and more are on their way.

    Commercial space has helped solve some of the most pressing problems of our time. Telecommunications, GPS, weather forecast are just a few examples of applications. Currently, non-government space already accounts for more than USD 250 billion, around 75% of the total yearly global space economic activity.

    Beyond tax revenues and job creation, the most important outcome of the commercial space expansion will be how it will affect our lives. Fundamentally, the more we travel to space, the more we will reflect upon our own place in the universe, both in the attempt to address existential questions as well as a quest for collective inspiration.

    Sadly, most innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs aren’t able to fully participate in this ecosystem, as they lack access to the necessary monetary resources. Nakahodo outlines the succinctly summarizes the specific issue, noting that, “all of this is happening in times of limited public funding for space activities.” This is something that NYCSE hopes to help fix; however, their initiatives are about far more than just providing finances.

    For Nakahodo, the most notable aspect of this new age in space entrepreneurship is the way that it equalizes spaceflight, bringing all people closer to the stars. He asserts, “The most interesting projects involve democratizing access and bringing humanity closer to space. That means not only developing the rockets necessary to take us there, such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic are doing, but also creating the infrastructure that will allow private citizens to spend time in space.” And that infrastructure is precisely what NYCSE is working to create.

    Outlining the specifics of the work, Nakahodo states that the first problem is tackling issues related to access to information. “One of the main challenges for commercial space ventures is the lack of business knowledge and early stage support. Therefore, we are launching a series of initiatives aimed at assisting space entrepreneurs with business learning and idea validation.”

    The next problem stems from issues associated with networking—with connecting individuals working on various aspects of the industry so that they have all of the tools and resources (and people) needed to successfully complete their work. Nakahodo states that the second part of their initiative involves “developing an online platform that will allow space entrepreneurs to help each other, as well connect with mentors and investors.” Finally, NYCSE is giving individuals direct access to necessary resources by sponsoring specific joint programs.

    In case you missed it, the initiatives are being fully unveiled today at Knotel. Be sure to tune into Futurism’s 360º livestream with NYCSE at 7pm est, which can be found here.

    https://futurism.com/ }

    20-04-2017 om 23:16 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The 7 Worst Immediate Effects of an Asteroid Hitting Earth, Ranked

    The 7 Worst Immediate Effects of an Asteroid Hitting Earth, Ranked

    Unless you're made of adamantium, you won't be surviving.

    Cassie Kelly

    Unlike the dinosaurs, humans have a pretty good idea of what will happen if a six-mile-across asteroid smacks the planet, thanks to a new study that ranks the lethality of the worst effects of such an impact.

    “This is the first study that looks at all seven impact effects generated by hazardous asteroids and estimates which are, in terms of human loss, most severe,” Clemens Rumpf, lead author of the study and senior research assistant at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, said of the findings.

    The results, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, were compiled by working with computer simulated models of high magnitude impacts to land and sea, and how they would have riptide effects across the globe. Here are the worst-case scenarios ranked by severity:

    7. Seismic Shaking

    The earth would likely rumble, but as the least devastating effect, it would only account for about .17 percent of the total lives lost. In a world with seven billion people, though, that’s still 1.1 billion people. So, NBD.

    inside Canyon Diablo meteor crater
    The Barringer Crater, caused by a meteorite, in Arizona.

    6. Cratering

    Still less than one percent, cratering left by an impact would cause infrastructure like bridges and homes to collapse into giant pits. But, because this is the result of a direct hit, it would have to be in a major city or populated region for it to cause true destruction.

    5. Airborne debris

    Just as we saw with the meteor impact in Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013, the majority of injuries and deaths were caused by broken glass flying into unsuspecting faces watching the blast through their windows. Ouch.

    4. Tsunami

    Giant waves would probably be a larger issue if the asteroid hits the ocean. As most humans live on the coast, however, this could lead to up to 70 to 80 percent of losses. But, inland humans would be saved, so it kind of defeats the purpose of an asteroid. Kind of.

    3. Thermal Radiation

    Accounting for 30 percent of fatalities, thermal radiation would roast humans to death, or at least result in some pretty horrendous burns. If a human survives this one, the radiation would most likely lead to poisoning or cancer in the end.

    2. Overpressure Shock

    Overpressure shocks from an impact are tied with the worst of the worst and could lead to the rupture of internal organs, meaning humans could literally explode. Unless you’re superhuman and made of adamantium, you won’t be surviving this one.

    1. Wind Blast

    There’s a reason wind blasts are tied with overpressure as the most gruesome. After a large enough blast, bodies could be blown to bits, burned up, or dislocated and thrown across the state. Both pressure shock and wind blast would account for 60 percent of total fatalities.

    This chart breaks down the effects depending on a land or sea impact:

    The scientists believe this study will help mitigate the effects of a asteroid strike, saying that small towns in the target area would be better off evacuating. But, if it’s going to hit a large city, we may want to consider launching a missile at the rock.

    “If only 10 people are affected, then maybe it’s better to evacuate the area,” Rumpf said. “But if 1,000,000 people are affected, it may be worthwhile to mount a deflection mission and push the asteroid out of the way.”

    As cynical as it may seem, this study is our best hope for getting out of the way. Luckily, Rumpf says, “the likelihood of an asteroid impact is really low.”

    Photos via Flickr / subarcticmike, Geophysical Research Letters, Flickr / NASA Goddard Photo and Video

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    20-04-2017 om 23:01 geschreven door peter  

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    Astronaut deed tijdens solovlucht in 1963 opzienbarende ontdekking die hij 40 jaar geheimhield - HLN.be

    Bron: Fox News, Parade.com, news.com.au

    © Discovery Channel.

    NASA-astronaut Gordon Cooper heeft 40 jaar lang een geheim bewaard dat hij ontdekte tijdens een solovlucht rond de aarde in de jaren 60. Toen hij naar buiten keek, merkte hij een eigenaardigheid op in het Caraïbische gebied en die heeft nu een ware schattenjacht op gang gebracht.

    Het was in mei 1963 dat Cooper op missie vertrok. Het zou de laatste keer zijn dat een Amerikaanse astronaut helemaal alleen in een baan rond de aarde werd gebracht. Cooper moest tijdens zijn vlucht elf wetenschappelijke experimenten uitvoeren. En het was tijdens zijn 22 omwentelingen aan boord van de Mercury-Atlas 9 dat hij een vreemde ontdekking deed. (lees hieronder verder)

    Lees ook

    Astronaut Gordon Cooper. © ap.
    © rv.

    Het was de periode van de Cubaanse raketcrisis en het land had de wereld enkele maanden ervoor op de rand gebracht van een nucleaire oorlog. Cooper had daarom speciaal materiaal aan boord waarmee hij vanop grote hoogte clandestiene nucleaire installaties kon detecteren over de hele wereld.

    Donkere vlekken
    Toen hij inzoomde op het zuiden van het Caraïbische gebied, zag hij plots donkere vlekken in het ondiepe water. Het konden geen nucleaire silo's zijn, daarvoor hadden ze niet de juiste vorm. Toen hij ze beter bestudeerde, begon hij te vermoeden dat het scheepswrakken waren. In totaal detecteerde hij er zo'n honderd. Hij fotografeerde ze en noteerde de coördinaten. En hij dacht dat de verloren vloot van Christopher Columbus er wel eens bij zou kunnen zijn. (lees hieronder verder)

    © rv.
    © rv.

    Terug op aarde ging hij de coördinaten vergelijken met eerder gedane research en werkte hij in het geheim aan een kaart waarvan hij geloofde dat ze de weg leidde naar miljarden euro's aan onderwaterschatten. Daar was hij decennialang mee bezig. 

    Dood
    En het is die kaart die nu een ware schattenjacht op gang heeft gebracht in het Caraïbische gebied, zo blijkt uit een nieuwe documentaire die vanaf deze week wordt uitgezonden op Discovery Channel in de Verenigde Staten. Cooper liet de kaart na zijn dood in 2004 achter aan zijn kameraad Darrell Miklos. "Ik denk dat hij wist dat zijn einde naderde", vertelt die. "Hij gaf me alle informatie die hij al had verzameld en liet me beloven dat ik zijn onderzoek zou afwerken als hij er niet meer was."

    Darrell Miklos aan zijn onderzoekstafel. © Discovery Channel.

    Miklos nam dat ter harte om zijn vriend en mentor te eren. En om de verloren gegane schatten op de bodem van de zee te vinden. Hij stelde een team van archeologen en onderzoekers samen en ging op jacht. En daarbij wilde hij de dikke vissen als eerste boven halen. 

    Waarde
    "Gordon duidde plaatsen aan die speciale aandacht verdienden omdat hij vermoedde dat er schepen waren vergaan met een erg grote lading aan boord", gaat Miklos verder. "Daar focussen we dan ook als eerste op. Want als we die vinden, zullen we meteen ieders aandacht hebben. We vermoeden ook dat we dingen zullen vinden die een grote historische waarde hebben."

    © Discovery Channel.

    Miklos weet waar hij mee bezig is. Hij komt uit een familie van schattenzoekers, die al talloze missies tot een succesvol einde bracht in de jaren zestig en zeventig. Het was via zijn vader dat hij Cooper leerde kennen. De man ging onder meer op zoek naar gebruikte lanceerraketten van het Apollo Programma van de NASA en hij nam zijn zoon in 1978 mee naar een tv-show waar de astronaut ook te gast was. Cooper en Miklos ontmoetten elkaar achter de schermen en dat was het begin van een lange en diepe vriendschap. 

    Schatten
    "Van het midden van de jaren negentig tot zijn dood praatten we regelmatig over schatten, maar het was pas in 2002 dat hij me over zijn geheime onderzoek vertelde", aldus Miklos. "Ik ben de enige die de documenten gekregen heeft. In 2014 heb ik Gemini Marine Exploration opgericht, met als doel het lokaliseren en ophalen van artefacten uit gezonken schepen. En momenteel zijn we bezig met enkele veelbelovende projecten in de Caraïben." 

    'Cooper's Treasure' wordt eerst uitgezonden op Discovery Channel in de Verenigde Staten, maar zal daarna ook op andere plaatsen ter wereld te zien zijn.

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    20-04-2017 om 22:49 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.7 Essential Flying Saucer Flicks

    7 Essential Flying Saucer Flicks

    Phoenix Forgotten is like Blair Witch with UFOs.

    Phoenix Forgotten is like Blair Witch with UFOs.

    Flying saucers carrying mysterious visitors are one of the classic sci-fi motifs. But there are visitors and there are visitors. Some aliens, like Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), land their saucer on the Mall in Washington, D.C., then walk right out backed up by his badass robot Gort and sternly tell the human race to clean up our act.

    Then there are visitors of the sort we see in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), who pilot the death-ray-vomiting crafts of the title, and eventually lay waste to Washington D.C.

    But then there are the sort of visitors who prefer to keep on the down-low, the sort whose saucers are only witnessed accidentally, out in the boondocks, where, as Jay Leno used to put it, “Bob Bookey and his Cousin Weenie” are fishing. Leno’s theory was that these visits were bathroom breaks: “If you’re traveling the universe, coming to Earth is like stopping at Stuckey’s.”

    Anyway, movies and TV shows in this category are the true UFO movies, heavy on the “U.” They exploit not only the thrill of an encounter with otherworldly beings, but also the isolation of being disbelieved, or the paranoid terror of being at odds with a government cover-up.

    A new entry in this UFO genre opens this weekend: Phoenix Forgotten, a found-footage chiller inspired by the famous Phoenix Lights phenomenon of March 13, 1997 — sort of a sci-fi spin on The Blair Witch Project. So to welcome it, let’s take a look at some of its more memorable predecessors.

    1. The Flying Saucer
    The term “flying saucer” was popularized in the wake of pilot Kenneth Arnold’s reported sightings in 1947, and gradually came to be applicable to any UFOs, even if they weren’t actually saucer-shaped. This low-budget 1950 melodrama was probably the first to cash in on the craze, but — spoiler alert! — the vehicle in question turns out to be of earthly origin: a secret experimental aircraft developed by a scientist, and coveted by Commie agents. It is, however, a pretty cool retro-looking saucer, sort of like a metallic horseshoe crab. Producer-director-star Mikel Conrad, who also concocted the story, added a note in the credits suggesting the film was showing something classified: “We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of those in authority who made the release of the ‘Flying Saucer’ film possible at this time.”

    2. Invasion of the Saucer Men
    Paul Fairman’s short story “The Cosmic Frame” was about aliens who frame a guy for a hit-and-run in order to discredit his account of their presence on Earth.This tongue-in-cheek 1957 screen adaptation features iconic, bulbous-brained, irritable-faced little aliens — creations of the great ‘50s-era monster designer Paul Blaisdell — shooting their witnesses up with alcohol from their pointy fingers, thus either killing them or rendering them too drunk to believe.

    3. The Bamboo Saucer
    The title craft isn’t made of bamboo, but it’s hidden in a remote temple in China, so, you know, bamboo. It could as well have been titled The Kung Pao Saucer. Even though it is an alien spaceship in this 1967 effort, the conflict still derives from the Cold War. The aliens who brought it to Earth are already dead, and American and Soviet scientific-military teams are competing to get their hands on it. There’s a thawing of international relations as the two sides team up, and the studly U.S. pilot (John Ericson) and the hottie Soviet scientist (Lois Nettleton) fall in love. The highlight of the dialogue comes when the scientist, having activated the saucer’s gravitational field, cries out “Ve vill be skvooshed, like bugs!”

    4. The Invaders
    This TV series (ABC, 1967-1968), created by Larry Cohen for Quinn Martin Productions, had a particularly seamless conspiracy-theory premise: In the first episode, hero David Vincent, lost on a lonely country road, sees a flying saucer land near an abandoned diner. It turns out be part of a fleet belonging to the title aliens, refugees “from a dying planet” who have taken human form to infiltrate human society, in order to take over Earth. Whenever an individual invader was killed, its body would vaporize, thus destroying the evidence. Vincent thus becomes an itinerant hero, a la David Janssen in The Fugitive, traveling from one set of guest stars to the next every episode, now and then convincing a few people that he’s right. The Invaders are imperfect human knockoffs, however. Most of them have a “tell”: their pinky fingers are rigid! There’s something marvelous about the idea that the aliens have perfected not only interplanetary travel but human duplication, yet they find it tricky to bend the pinky finger.

    5. UFO: Target Earth
    Shot in Georgia, this 1974 low-budgeter features a young researcher (Nick Plakias) who makes contact with a spaceship submerged in a remote lake. The pure-energy aliens therein are depicted via electronic special effects reminiscent those near the end of Kubrick’s 2001, though more primitive — many of them now look like Spirograph designs. Also like Kier Dullea in 2001, our hero here ages rapidly under the influence of the aliens, ultimately looking very peaked indeed. Make no mistake, this is a terrible, slow-moving film, but having seen it at a theater when I was 12, I can attest that it has a strange, creepy atmosphere that can stick in your head. For decades. Maybe it has to do with the spooky, pretty Mystic-Tides-ish theme song, “Between the Attic and the Moon.”

    6. Liquid Sky
    It’s pretty likely that no UFO movie has ever had quite as much hipster cred as this 1982 indie, a hilarious but also harrowing take on the drug-fueled ‘80s New York club-fashion scene from Russian expat director Slava Tsukerman. The dinner-plate-sized flying saucer that lands on the roof of a Manhattan apartment building contains an alien — represented by electronic effects similar to those in UFO: Target Earth — attracted to areas with lots of heroin. The alien pilot starts observing a resplendent club model (Anne Carlisle) and feeding on the opiate-like brain secretions of her lovers during orgasm, causing the orgasmic person to die of a crystal spike to the head. After this their bodies disintegrate, like in The Invaders. “Orgasms are dangerous,” concludes one observer.

    7. The Search for Simon
    The searcher is David, a fortyish, unemployed “ufologist.” Simon is the younger brother, absent since they were kids, who David is convinced has been abducted by aliens. David’s spent his whole adult life, and most of a substantial lottery windfall, traveling the world to supposed UFO hotspots from Denmark to Utah, or paying shady-seeming contacts for supposed leads to Simon’s whereabouts. He’s tried repeatedly, without success, to get into Area 51. His few friends, hopeless geeks themselves, are sick of his fixation, as is his careworn mum. David is played, well, by Martin Gooch, who also co-wrote and directed this low-budget Brit comedy of 2013. Gooch freely mixes a Monty Python/Douglas Adams/Simon Pegg style of silliness with a poignant backstory. The poignancy wins here, partly because the variable quality of some of the acting dulls the edge of the comic timing in the ensemble scenes, but also because — spoiler alert! —said backstory is really quite sad. Python alumna Carol Cleveland, playing David’s mother, is given full-on tragic exposition to deliver, and does a creditably touching job of it. But the seriousness of this side of the material gives an uneasy tinge to the jolly side.

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    20-04-2017 om 22:25 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.More Evidence That Aliens Aren't Trying To Communicate With Us

    More Evidence That Aliens Aren't Trying To Communicate With Us

    Some SETI researchers believe the best way to detect aliens is to search the skies for their laser beams. In the largest survey of its kind, astronomers scanned 5600 stars in search of these optical signals — and they found... absolutely nothing. Nada. Zilch. Here's what that means to SETI and the ongoing hunt for alien intelligence.

    The "Sombrero Galaxy". (Image: Hubble)

    In a new study accepted for publication at the Astronomical Journal, SETI astronomers Nathaniel Tellis and Geoffrey Marcy from the University of California Berkeley report that they were unable to detect optical signatures of advanced extraterrestrials in over 67,000 individual spectra produced by nearly 5600 stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Revealingly, around 2000 of these stars are suspected of hosting warm, Earth-like planets, suggesting that advanced civilisations either don't get into the habit of transmitting powerful laser beams across the cosmos, or they simply don't exist. More practically, it means we should look for optical signals elsewhere, and expand our search to include an assortment of other potential alien signatures. Simply put, we aren't done searching for ET.

    Listening for radio signals is so old school. All the cool kids are now searching for laser beams.
    (Image: Contact)

    That said, the null result is undeniably discouraging. Laser signals would be an effective, cheap and easy way for an advanced civilisation to get our attention. Using technology similar to what we have today, aliens could deliberately transmit artificial infrared, visible or ultraviolet emissions at our star. These directed signals could attract our attention by being continuous and abnormally powerful, or by containing tell-tale signs of artificiality, such as unexplained pulsing, or a string of binary data expressing some kind of mathematical phenomena (for example, prime numbers or pi).

    Prior to this study, SETI researchers had evaluated around 20,000 stars in search of optical signals at Harvard's Oak Ridge Observatory, spending about 10 minutes on each object. Clearly, if the laser blinking frequency is longer than that, or if ET's laser transmission station is temporarily out of service, we're out of luck. Not surprisingly, nothing interesting has been detected thus far.

    In an effort to conduct a more thorough review of the heavens, Tellis and Marcy analysed a trove of data collected by the Keck 10-metre telescope and its high resolution spectrometer, HIRES, between 2006 and 2016 as part of the California Planet Search (CPS). The 5600 stars included in the study, the majority of which are located within a distance of 300 million-light years, produced 67,708 individual stellar spectra, averaging 96 spectral signals per star.

    "This study leverages the huge amount of data collected by the Keck telescope over decades, mostly as part of planet-hunting projects," explained Penn State astronomer Jason Wright, who was not involved in the study, in an interview with Gizmodo. "That makes it sensitive to relatively low laser powers from thousands of the most nearby and interesting stars. It's a great example of how SETI can 'piggyback' off of other science, looking for signals that might have been overlooked or thrown out because they were not expected or they look very similar to known sources of noise."

    Armed with this data, the researchers then set about the task of searching for spectral signatures that, in the words of the authors, "would be expected from extraterrestrial optical lasers." The power of these lasers ranged from 3 kW to 13 MW, which isn't extreme by any measure. Unlike radio signals, which dissipate over vast distances, laser light manages to hold its integrity as it travels through space. "We may imagine that beings more technologically advanced than humanity would be capable of constructing... laser launchers with power levels at least as high as those detectable here, for any of the 5,600 star systems we surveyed," explained the researchers in their study.

    An example of a false positive in a signal. This extraterrestrial laser candidate was found in an observation of TW Hydrae. The blip turned out to be heated gas in the protostellar disk around the star. (Image: Tellis and Marcy, 2017).

    To analyse this decade's worth of data, Tellis and Marcy developed an algorithm that was (at least in theory) able to discern a possible alien signal within the natural spectra of a star. If an artificial signal was directed towards Earth, it would be detectable as an unusually high number of protons compared with the background emissions of the star. The algorithm was configured to flag any occurrence of three consecutive pixels that exceeded the researchers' thresholds.

    "We searched our spectra for 'brightenings' of the star, relative to the light it is already emitting, that were both tight in wavelength and in space," Tellis told Gizmodo. "Finding a signal that matched the instrumental profile of Keck HIRES would have almost unequivocally meant we were seeing laser light, as the normal stellar spectra contain only thermally broadened emission lines. This is one of the key advantages to using Keck, as it has high enough spectral resolution to distinguish the two."

    The thresholds were very liberal, resulting in an initial batch of 5023 candidates. The researchers manually parsed these results (literally eyeballing the data), pruning the list down further and further as they pinpointed the source of each false positive. The most common sources of these false positives included cosmic rays, gamma rays, radioactivity from the observatory, molecules in Earth's atmosphere, and emissions from the parent stars. Eventually, Tellis and Marcy had to concede defeat.

    "We found no such laser emission coming from the planetary region around any of the 5,600 stars," conclude the researchers in their study.

    This result would seem to strike a blow to the suggestion that advanced civilisations might last for thousands or millions of years, all the while sending hello messages to up-and-coming neighbours. If even a small fraction of the 2000-or-so systems with potentially Earth-like planets surveyed had technological civilisations who took the time to deliberately beam megawatt-lasers towards us, we should have detected them by now.

    "These results put an upper bound on the number of civilisations transmitting lasers at us while we were observing," said Tellis. "It is only one type of communication, but we believe that for targeted communication, lasers are highly efficient." That said, he admitted that lasers as a communication medium seem good to us at this time due to our relative youth, and that his team's strategy relies on serendipity. "We have to 'catch' their broadcast," he said. "Nevertheless, we believe it is a valuable result that the galaxy is apparently not teeming with such bright lasers."

    So either advanced alien civilisations don't behave in this way (for example, they hide their presence or engage in other activities), or they don't exist. It's also possible that technological civilisations are exceptionally rare in the galaxy (both in time and space), greatly limiting the ability of the researchers to detect a signal. As the authors of the new study admit, "We may begin to wonder if arguments along the lines of the so-called Fermi paradox have some merit." Indeed, the eerie silence of space is getting louder with each new attempt to detect alien intelligence.

    Undaunted, the researchers are planning on an expanded search. As part of the $US100 million ($133 million) Breakthrough Listen effort, they will now turn their attention to stars that were overlooked in the study, including brown dwarfs and other odd astronomical phenomena. In addition to optical signals, SETI researchers can look for other potential signs of alien intelligence, such as microwave or neutrino emissions, Dysonian megastructures, industrial waste signatures, transiting space habitats, and so on.

    If the aliens are out there, we'll find them. Eventually.

    [The Astronomical Journal (preprint available at arXiv)]

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    20-04-2017 om 21:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Searching for ET: Breakthrough Listen initiative publishes initial results

    Searching for ET: Breakthrough Listen initiative publishes initial results

    Analysis of Green Bank Telescope observations made public, including 11 events ranked highest for significance

    Date:
    April 20, 2017
    Source:
    Breakthrough Initiatives
    Summary:
    Breakthrough Listen -- the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe -- has released its 11 events ranked highest for significance as well as summary data analysis results. It is considered unlikely that any of these signals originate from artificial extraterrestrial sources, but the search continues.
    The Milky Way (stock image).
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    Breakthrough Listen -- the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe -- has released its 11 events ranked highest for significance as well as summary data analysis results. It is considered unlikely that any of these signals originate from artificial extraterrestrial sources, but the search continues. Further, Listen has submitted for publication (available April 20) in a leading astrophysics journal the analysis of 692 stars, comprising all spectral types, observed during its first year of observations with the Green Bank Telescope.

    Breakthrough Listen has so far acquired several petabytes of data using the Green Bank Radio Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, Lick Observatory's Automated Planet Finder on Mt. Hamilton in California, and the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia. The Breakthrough Listen science team at the University of California, Berkeley's SETI Research Center (BSRC) designed and built an analysis pipeline that scans through billions of radio channels in a search for unique signals that might indicate the presence of technology developed by civilizations outside our Solar System.

    Initial results from deploying this pipeline on the first year of Breakthrough Listen data taken with the "L-band" receiver at GBT (covering frequencies from 1.1 -- 1.9 GHz) have been submitted for publication in one of the world's leading astronomy journals. Snapshot data has been released for the 11 highest ranked events that rose above the pipeline's threshold for significance, as well as summary results from the complete analysis. Data is available at breakthroughinitiatives.org/OpenDataSearch, and BSRC Director Andrew Siemion will be on Facebook Live presenting the results at 3:10pm PT this Thursday, April 20 at the Breakthrough Discuss conference.

    "With the submission of this paper, the first scientific results from Breakthrough Listen are now available for the world to review," said Dr. Siemion. Although the search has not yet detected a convincing signal from extraterrestrial intelligence, these are early days. The work that has been completed so far provides a launch pad for deeper and more comprehensive analysis to come."

    The software used for the analysis in these papers has been made available in a github repository1, along with associated documentation2. This enables programmers and machine learning experts (even those with no prior astronomy knowledge) to join the search for artificial signals, by developing increasingly sophisticated algorithms to comb through the datasets that continue to flow not just from GBT, but from the other participating telescopes.

    Data Analysis

    The basics of searching for signatures of extraterrestrial technology3 are quite simple. Artificial signals can be distinguished from natural processes through features like narrow bandwidth; irregular spectral behavior, pulsing, or modulation patterns; as well as broad-band signals with unusual characteristics. However, human technology emits signals (known as radio frequency interference) similar to the ones being searched for. This means that algorithms must be designed to ensure that signals are coming from a fixed point relative to the stars or other targets being observed, and not from local interferers (including Earth-orbiting satellites).

    The Berkeley SETI Research Center Breakthrough Listen science team examined data on 692 stars from the primary target list from GBT, consisting of three five-minute observations per star, interspersed with five-minute observations of a set of secondary targets. By performing an analysis of thresholded frequency channels, as well as a Doppler drift search (for details see: github.com/UCBerkeleySETI/breakthrough/blob/master/GBT/README.md) the pipeline identified channels where radio emission was seen for each target (referred to as "hits"). The pipeline produced millions of hits for the sample as a whole, of which the vast majority are almost certainly radio frequency interference from human technology. Eleven events rose above the pipeline threshold for significance, but further detailed analysis indicates that it is unlikely that any of these signals originate from artificial extraterrestrial sources.

    For each star sample, the team searched through the entire database of events, looking for radio channels where events occurred only at one or a small handful of positions on the sky. While these stars have unique radio "fingerprints," this is by no means convincing evidence that they host planets inhabited by extraterrestrial civilizations. However, the search for signals that are localized on the sky and appear unusual in some way provides an excellent way to select promising targets for follow-up observations.

    The BSRC team continues to develop more and more sophisticated algorithms, and plans to release updated analyses of Listen data approximately once every six months. The Berkeley team also seeks continued and expanded engagement with signal processing and machine learning experts to help mine the Breakthrough Listen dataset in the search for evidence of signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.

    Project Leadership

    • Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, Fellow of Trinity College; Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, University of Cambridge.
    • Pete Worden, Chairman, Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
    • Frank Drake, Chairman Emeritus, SETI Institute; Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz; Founding Director, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center; Former Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University.
    • Ann Druyan, Creative Director of the Interstellar Message, NASA Voyager; Co-Founder and CEO, Cosmos Studios; Emmy and Peabody award winning Writer and Producer.
    • Dan Werthimer, Co-founder and chief scientist of the SETI@home project; director of SERENDIP; principal investigator for CASPER.
    • Andrew Siemion, Director, Berkeley SETI Research Center.

    Story Source:

    Materials provided by Breakthrough InitiativesNote: Content may be edited for style and length.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/ }

    20-04-2017 om 21:28 geschreven door peter  

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    Low flying Ohio UFO described as square

    An Ohio witness at Xenia reported watching a square-shaped object moving over his home under 500 feet, according to testimony in Case 83058 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    A Xenia, Ohio, witness watched an object move over his home under 500 feet. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)

    A Xenia, Ohio, witness watched an object move over his home under 500 feet. Pictured: Xania, Ohio.

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    The witness and his son were outside at 10:10 p.m. on April 8, 2017, when the incident occurred.

    “I witnessed a square-shaped UFO fly over our neighborhood in Xenia last night,” the witness stated. “It flew right over our home coming from the Spring Valley area straight towards Fairborn – which is where Wright Patterson Air Force Base is located about 9 miles from us.”

    The object appeared to have flames come out of it. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)

    The object appeared to have flames come out of it. Pictured: Xania, Ohio.

    (Credit: Google)

    The witness described the object.

    “It was square-shaped when overhead, but from a distance it was flatter from top to bottom. It appeared to have flames coming out of the rear of it and had no wings or other visible lights other than the flames and orange glow about it.”

    There were no visible lights on the object. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)

    There were no visible lights on the object. Pictured: Xania, Ohio.

    (Credit: Google)

    The witness was hoping for more witnesses.

    “I shouted for my girlfriend to come look, but she only saw it as it was flying from a further distance and not overhead. I tried to videotape it, but couldn’t get my phone fast enough.”

    Xenia is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, population 25,719. MUFON Ohio Chief Investigator Ron McGlone is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

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    20-04-2017 om 21:20 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.WHAT IS IT? Sinister giant black ring 'portal' in sky sparks fears of alien attack

    WHAT IS IT? Sinister giant black ring 'portal' in sky sparks fears of alien attack

    ONLOOKERS were left terrified after a mysterious giant black ring appeared floating in the sky.

    Stunned witnesses in Novosibirsk city, Russia, are heard calling out to each other at the sight of the eerie ring which remained in the sky before disappearing into clouds.

    It was filmed above the Siberian Mall shopping centre and footage of the event has gone viral online after it was uploaded to social media.

    One viewer wrote: "This looks like some kind of creepy warning."

    Another commented: "It's a kind of supernatural power flying across the city!"

    And a third replied: "Aliens are coming to get us! Scary!"

    UFO-Ring

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    The dark ring sparked fears of an alien invasion but was likely to be from a firework.

    An actual witness speculated that it was a weather event.

    They said: "The smoke ring is nothing but a soliton.

    "Black hydrocarbon with the vortex making up a ring and lifting it into the air."

    But a weather expert, who remained stumped about what the black ring was, did not agree.

    Renad Yagudin of the Siberian Hydrometeorological Centre said: "There is no such definition in meteorology as a soliton.

    It's a kind of supernatural power flying across the city!

    Online viewer

    "This is not a meteorological event."

    However, UFO hoax buster Scott Brando, who runs website ufoofinterest.org appears to have cracked the case.

    There have been a number of similar rings reported across the globe in recent years, including one over Disneyland, California, in June.

    He said they are caused by a giant smoke ring firework which leaves the black ring hanging in the air after being set off.

    He pointed to footage he used to expose the hoax last June which shows the ring being created after one is set off.

    20-04-2017 om 21:14 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO spotted on NASA feed from ISS amid fears of 'alien cover-up'

    UFO hunters have spotted an “alien cylinder” on the NASA camera from the International Space Station.

    By Henry Holloway 

    UFO-ISS

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    Three of the 'UFOs' ringed as seen in the clip.

    Alien fans are always trawling space footage in a bid to discover proof of ETs.

    NASA cameras on the ISS are prime sources of UFO sightings according to space watchers.

    Latest footage seized by alien enthusiasts shows a huge “UFO cylinder” looming into view.

    The UFO was partially cloaked, which made it look transparent

    Alien hunter

    Video shows the edge of the ISS – which was constantly manned by astronauts from NASA, Roscosmos and the ESA.

    Out in the darkness a huge shape appears to move slowly across the blackness of space.

    Hanging in space, the shape moves across the Earth’s skyline before eventually fading from the NASA camera.

    UFO sighted from ISS

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    n spacecraft are often claimed to be spotted from the NASA feed on the ISS

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    NASA: UFO hunters claim this is an 'alien cylinder' sighted from the ISS

    Self-proclaimed UFO expert Scott C Waring uncovered the footage and testified to its legitimacy.

    He said: “The UFO was partially cloaked, which made it look transparent.

    “In the deep blackness of space, blending into the environment means you will be safer from other alien species that may not be so friendly.”

    Other UFO fans hailed the clip, saying it appeared to be a “very large object”.

    Another space watcher claimed it could be a “gas formation”, but Mr Waring rebutted this claiming the “ISS is moving too fast for it to be gas”.

    NASA weighed in on “alien cover-up” claims earlier this year as UFO hunters continue to trawl the space agencies live feeds.

    The existence of life in space outside Earth has never been scientifically proven.

    A new “super Earth” discovered outside our Solar System was hailed as the “best chance” to find aliens.

    Mysterious UFOs were caught on camera above Devon earlier this week.

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    20-04-2017 om 21:01 geschreven door peter  

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    SHOCK CLAIM: Three UFOs made circles in field of rapeseed as they ANALYSED CROPS

    THESE three crop circles were created by aliens who landed in UFOs to investigate the genetic make-up of the rapeseed being grown, it has astonishingly been claimed.

    Video of the crop circles found in the field of rapeseed in Tarlton, Gloucestershire, yesterday has been uploaded to YouTube.

    The clip has been seized upon by UFO investigator Scott C Waring, who runs website ufosightingsdaily.com.

    He claimed that there were three UFOs involved - a main craft and two smaller orbs.

    He wrote on his website: "This crop formation was found this week and has some marks in the field that I believe were made by a space ship landing in it to analyse the genetic make up of the crop.

    "Also we see two orb smaller ships that move with it. 

    "Have you ever seen a glowing orb in the sky, then noticed on film it looked like it has a spinning moon orbiting it every second or two? 

    "Well, these marks are from those smaller orbs."

    Crop-Circle

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    The crop circle appeared next to two smaller ones.

    This crop formation was found this week and has some marks in the field that I believe were made by a space ship landing in it to analyse the genetic make up of the crop.

    Scott C Waring

    Crop circles have long been alleged to be caused by alien visitations.

    However, Mr Waring is known for making statements of fact in connection with alleged UFO evidence based on his own speculation.

    There is nothing in the video uploaded to YouTube by the channel Mr Gyro, which features many crop circles and other scenes filmed from the air by cameras on drones, to suggest a connection to aliens.

    Crop circles, which often appear in the south west of England, were exposed as elaborate hoaxes during the 1990s when many pranksters came forward to show how they made the often intricate designs using wooden planks.

    Despite this exposure, some alien chasers still believe they are left as signs by aliens or are even the landing marks of a UFO.

    20-04-2017 om 20:19 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Cylinder UFO Seen On Live NASA Camera At Space Station On April 19, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Cylinder UFO Seen On Live NASA Camera At Space Station On April 19, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.



    Date of sighting: April 19, 2017
    Location of sighting: Earths orbit at ISS

    I noticed a UFO in the distance that was coming closer and closer to the space station. The UFO was partially cloaked, which made it look transparent. In the deep blackness of spaces, blending into the environment means you will be safer from other alien species that may not be so friendly. Bob Lazar said in Area S4 (inside Area 51) that he read documents that said that the USAF knew of 56 space faring species. 

    Scott C. Waring

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    20-04-2017 om 20:04 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO Over Cleveland Disgused As Blimp To Confuse The Public, April 17, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of sighting: April 17, 2017
    Location of sighting:  Cleveland, USA

    As you can see in the above screenshot, this is no blimp. This UFO was recorded byOrlando Bosco of Youtube this week. I want to suggest that this is not a blimp, but something more devious. Its a "fake blimp" such as in the past you may have heard about fake planes...which are UFOs disguised to confuse people who look at it into believe its just a plane. Well, this is one that is disguised as a blimp. Such UFOs have done this for almost a hundred years and I can show you a photo below of a UFO taken back in 1870 in Mount Washington, that shows it does look like a blimp. This photo below is said to be the 1st UFO photo ever taken. 

    Scott C. Waring





    Eyewitness states:

    Some see the UFOs of San Diego parade military of an invading alien army. Others, a parade of models of aircraft prototypes that aliens exhibit as a catalogue for sale. But the "Cleveland airship" is unique, matchless, a gift from the future Americans to win the war... the Trojan Horse that will be taken to the gardens of the White House...

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    20-04-2017 om 19:54 geschreven door peter  

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    Watch the First Crop Circle Formation In 2017

    2017-crop-circle

    On April 16, 2017, the first crop circle of the year has been discovered at Cherhill White Horse and Landsdowne Monument on an oilseed field in Wiltshire. The ring measures about 250 feet long.

    Conspiracy theorists have referenced the crop circle formation to an upcoming cosmic event when earth, moon, sun and Venus are aligned, which happens simultaneously with a solar eclipse on August 21 of this year.

    Interestingly, researchers point out that the latest crop circle has the same symbol with the 5,000-year-old Cochno stone in West Dunbartonshire of Scotland. According to investigators, the Cochno stone represents an ancient cosmic map.

    Cochno stone

    The latest crop circle is not the first of its kind to match a symbol found on the Cochno Stone. Similar symbols were also found in other crop circles in the past.

    Some think that the answer to crop circle symbols with an astronomical interpretation can be consulted on the Cochno Stone.

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    20-04-2017 om 19:46 geschreven door peter  

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    Roswell, UFOs and Secret Experiments – New Book

    Numerous pro-UFO books have been written on that certain, controversial incident which occurred on the Foster Ranch, New Mexico in early July 1947. It has become far better known as the Roswell UFO crash. Those aforementioned books include Roswell in the 21st Century by Kevin Randle, The Children of Roswell by Tom Carey and Don Schmitt, The Roswell Incident by Charles Berlitz and William Moore, and The UFO Crash at Roswell by Kevin Randle and Don Schmitt.

    As for the U.S. Air Force, it has now published two reports on Roswell – one in 1994 and the other in 1997. Neither report endorses the alien angle. The conclusion of the USAF, today, is that the Roswell wreckage came not from a weather-balloon, as was claimed back in July 1947, but from a huge “Mogul” balloon-array utilized to secretly monitor for Soviet atomic bomb tests in the latter part of the 1940s. As for the reports of alien bodies found at the crash site, it is the Air Force’s opinion that they were crash-test-dummies used in high-altitude parachute experiments. There is, however, another theory for what happened outside of Roswell in early July 1947. In some ways, it’s a theory that is more controversial than the idea that aliens crashed and died on the ranch.

    Mogul weather balloons

    In June 2005, Simon & Schuster published one of the most controversial books I have written. Its title: Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story. It’s a book which suggested that what crashed outside of Roswell, New Mexico in early July 1947 was not an alien spacecraft, after all. Instead, it was one of a handful of definitively terrestrial vehicles which were secretly test-flown in various parts of New Mexico. And, all over the course of several, specific months in the year in which (a) the flying saucer was born, (b) the CIA was created, and (c) the passing of the National Security Act went ahead. We’re talking about 1947.

    All of the flights ended in disaster, and particularly so for the people on-board. This was something which ensured that the tales, revelations and rumors of more than a few “crashed flying saucers and dead aliens,” in the Land of Enchantment, and in the late-1940s, became intertwined and confused. To the extent that they are now popularly recognized under one banner, that of the “the Roswell incident.”

    The overwhelming secrecy surrounding the flights was due to the fact that certain controversy-filled pacts had secretly been put into place. They were designed to allow a large number of Axis scientists to avoid prosecution for their Second World War-era war-crimes. Instead, those scientists secretly went to work in New Mexico – and that included working on the craft that crashed to earth outside of Roswell, New Mexico and which led to the infamous legend of the UFO crash. Some of those craft were piloted. Others had human guinea pigs on board. They were strapped into gondolas and lifted high into the sky by huge balloon arrays, chiefly to further expand the scope of controversial work in the field of high-altitude exposure and early rocketry.

    In other words, had the truth of Roswell surfaced back then, the floodgates would almost certainly have opened wide, and a controversial treaty – with Axis scientists who had no qualms at all about using innocent people in nightmarish experiments – would have reared its ugly head. No one in officialdom wanted that to happen, so it was a case of burying the dark and disturbing truth of the diabolical human experimentation among a mass of tales of aliens from other worlds and flying saucers. Destroy all of the records. Deny everything that needs denying. Silence those who know too much. Create as many false leads as possible. Couldn’t be done? As I write these words in April 2017, I can say with confidence that that approach has worked all too well for the last seventy years.

    Despite the words of the naysayers, and those who hope and pray I am wrong, the fact is there exists a large body of material that strongly supports the “secret experiment” theory. Such was the controversial and incriminating nature of the files and the experiments, they were buried decades ago – and they remain buried. Or, maybe, as I have suggested, all of that same incriminating data has been relegated to the furnace and the shredder. But, that doesn’t prevent a case from being made.

    Although pro-UFO researchers and investigators make a big fuss about the discoveries on the Foster Ranch, they seldom highlight the fact that, prior to the events of early July 1947, rancher Mack Brazel found the remains of two weather balloons on the property. That is an important thing to note, as is this: there is no doubt that much of the material scooped up by Brazel was very balloon-like. And, we know that balloons had fallen on the ranch previously. Military balloonsTwice. If that doesn’t strike you as being notable, well, it sure as hell should.

    In light of all this, few can deny that military devices – of varying degrees of secrecy – were dropping from the skies over New Mexico, in the late 1940s. Let’s see what else is on the table.

    Also in 1947, we have the following, found in FBI files declassified under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act: “Special Agent S. W. Reynolds of the Liaison Section, while discussing the above captioned phenomena with Lieutenant Colonel Garrett of the Air Forces Intelligence, expressed the possibility that flying discs were, in fact, a very highly classified experiment of the Army or Navy [italics mine]. Mr. Reynolds was very much surprised when Colonel Garrett not only agreed that this was a possibility, but confidentially stated it was his personal opinion that such was a probability. Colonel Garrett indicated that a Mr. [name deleted], who is a scientist attached to the Air Forces Intelligence, was of the same opinion.”

    Twelve years after Body Snatchers was released, there is a sequel from me. Its title: The Roswell UFO Conspiracy: Exposing a Shocking and Sinister Secret. It’s coming very soon. As are startling revelations.

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    20-04-2017 om 01:31 geschreven door peter  

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    Are Spy-Planes Afoot? The Latest on Reports of Unconventional Aircraft

    For a number of years, a wide variety of reports that involve alleged “mystery aircraft” have continued to surface. While bearing certain characteristics that distinguish them from typical military aircraft, the aircraft in these reports are a cut above your typical “flying saucer” or UFO type object reports.

    First, let’s recall the aircraft that were observed, and even photographed over Wichita Kansas, as well as the Texas Panhandle, back in the middle of 2014. Described as a “flying Dorito”, the flying wing aircraft were photographed on a few different occasions, leading to theories about a possible classified manned penetrating reconnaissance aircraft being utilized by the USAF or some other military body.

    However, while the talk of various spy planes remains the dominant theme in the midst of all this, there are occasionally reports that surface which bear more unusual characteristics, at least in relation to the kinds of aircraft and recognized technologies involved.


    Could this be a top-secret US spy plane?

    I received a report on April 6, 2017, describing a possible sighting of such an aircraft, which was seen over Kansas City, as described by the witness below:

    I stepped out around midday to get a coffee for a pick-me-up and was able to see a B-2 bomber flying around the area.  At one point it appeared to have stopped in the air for a moment and then shoot off quickly toward the horizon.  In your efforts to find a prosaic explanation regarding black triangles, seeing the B-2 appear to stop in the air and then take off quickly immediately reminded me about the various reports of the black triangle sightings.  Perhaps what is being seen by people who report about black triangles are really updated versions of the B-2.  I could see the bomber clearly because it was a beautiful day and the plane was on a blue sky background.  It was incredible to see the bomber as clearly as I did and was unable to get any pictures.  But imagining the idea of a newer, more capable, version of a B-2 (perhaps a B-3) with the ability to hover does not seem impossible in my mind and is a very plausible explanation for some of the black triangle sightings.

    Barring any optical illusions that might have caused the B-2 observed by this witness to appear as though it had been hovering, it is intriguing to suppose that there might be, as the witness suggests, “updated” versions of certain aircraft that possess sophisticated features. Indeed, could such an aircraft (or an updated version of an existing one) account for certain reports of unidentified triangle-shaped objects, especially those observed at night, and under less-than-optimal visual conditions?

    As far back as the early 1990s, there has been speculation about a number of supposedly classified aircraft. Almost without question, the most famous of these has been the Aurora, alleged to be a successor to the SR-71, which remained in service until 1998.

    Throughout the 1990s, the Federation of American Scientists had also been featuring a number of updates on sightings of mystery aircraft in their Secrecy and Government Bulletin, overseen by Steven Aftergood. In the January, 1993 edition of the bulletin, an interesting report appeared that discussed the legitimacy of such sightings:

    The evidence supporting the existence of something like Aurora, a classified follow-on to the SR- 71 “Blackbird,” is surprisingly diverse, though hardly conclusive. At the same time, the evidence against its existence, derived from budget data, official pronouncements, and related policy decisions can not easily be dismissed. (This evidence is compiled and evaluated in an updated, August 1992 version of the FAS report “Mystery Aircraft.”) Most recently, Air Force Secretary Donald B. Rice insisted vigorously that no such secret program exists within the Air Force or anywhere else (Washington Post, 12/27/92, p. C6).

    If it were true, as reported, that a classified hypersonic aircraft is in operational service, the deepest significance of this fact would not be the existence of the aircraft, but rather the magnitude and audacity of the deception that had been perpetrated to conceal it.

    Whether or not the descriptions collected throughout the 90s by the FAS represent a legitimate classified aircraft which has never been revealed on the public level is still a matter of debate. With continuing reports of aircraft today that resemble known varieties, though possessing “enhanced” capabilities such as hovering and other unusual flight behavior, it is hard to rule out the possibility that there could be more in our skies than most are aware of… and that such aircraft, and their unique technological applications, may also have existed far longer than many would expect.

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    20-04-2017 om 01:23 geschreven door peter  

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    Scientific analysis reveals ANOMALIES on terrain where Alien abduction occurred

    “…This laboratory speculates that the hovering craft propulsion system has a powerful electromagnetic effect thereby drawing (and concentrating) these iron particulates toward the surface. This has been observed in the analysis of soils from other sites where UFOs landed or hovered close to the ground…


    The Travis Walton abduction is perhaps one of the most famous UFO cases of all. Travis was part of a logging crew on November 5, 197, in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. The abduction site is in the east central Arizona mountains and is accessed only by old logging roads. After calling it a day, and with the sun going down, the crew of seven got in the truck to head home.

    As they traveled down the road, a UFO was spotted hovering off to the side. Travis got out, approached it, and was hit by a beam. The crew panicked and drove off, but quickly returned to find Travis missing. He was gone five days.

    Now, a scientific analysis of the terrain where the incident occurred has produced surprising results.


    An image of the Exchangeable cations

    Curiously,  it is one of the most famous cases of alien abductions, and in addition, it’s one of few cases of alien abductions with corroborative eyewitnesses that could not be denied. Walton could not be found but reappeared after five days of intensive searches.

    According to the story, the night Walton was abducted, six crew members including Walton (Mike Rogers, Ken Peterson, John Goulette, Steve Pierce, Allen Dallis and Dwayne Smith) were driving back to their homes after an arduous day of work.

    On the way, they encountered an intense luminosity that they believed was a fire, but as they approached they saw that it was a saucer-shaped object floating off the ground some 30 meters. What followed became one of the most important and interesting UFO cases in the history of our planet.



    Interestingly last week, Frontier Analysis Limited analyzed samples of the ground where the abduction allegedly took place.

    The results obtained shed some light on the event and prove that something strange definitely happened that night of 1975.

    Signed by the chemist Phyllis A. Budinger, the report (Click here) provides details on the composition of the soil where the UFO was located according to Walton.

    As noted by the report, “though the event happened 40 years ago, soil samples were collected from the site, along with nearby control samples. It should be noted that besides 40 years of weathering, a massive forest fire occurred in 2002 which devastated the area. Still, it was hoped that if a permanent change was made to the soil due to the UFO’s proximity, it would be detected.

    Several soil samples were taken from the site where Walton was abducted, as well as other control samples taken from the surrounding area. According to the scientists, the differences between the two samples were not many, although, to their surprise, they found two interesting anomalies that caught their attention.



    Research revealed that compared to the surrounding terrain, samples from the abduction site have a higher level of iron particles. Exchangeable cations (calcium, magnesium, potassium) are also significantly higher. This suggests some kind of chemical change occurred in the ground where the alleged alien UFO was spotted.

    Even though the report indicates that there may be a natural explanation for cationic activity, such as clay deposits that generate chemical changes, the large amount of iron is definitely out of the norm wrote experts.

    According to the scientific study: “It is revealed that iron-containing particulates amounts are higher in the site soils compared to the control soils. Furthermore, there is indication that the levels tend to be higher in the surface soils compared to the sub-surface soils of the site samples. This laboratory speculates that the hovering craft propulsion system has a powerful electromagnetic effect thereby drawing (and concentrating) these iron particulates toward the surface. This has been observed in the analysis of soils from other sites where UFOs landed or hovered close to the ground.1 It was more specifically noted that sample 2 contains fewer particlulates compared to the other site samples, but slightly more than the controls. Soil 2 is approximately where Travis landed after the beam hit him. Perhaps this suggests that the UFO was not influencing the metal content as much at this location.


    Source: Analysis of Soil Samples from the Travis Walton Abduction Site (ApacheSitgreaves National Forest, Near Heber Arizona)

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    20-04-2017 om 01:11 geschreven door peter  

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    Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Marks 700 Days in Orbit

    The U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane has now been circling Earth for 700 days on its latest hush-hush mission.

    That mission — known as Orbital Test Vehicle 4, or OTV-4 — began on May 20, 2015, with a liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

    As the name implies, the current mission is the fourth for the X-37B program. These orbital jaunts have been getting progressively longer: OTV-1 launched in April 2010 and spent 224 days in space, OTV-2 lifted off in March 2011 and orbited Earth for 468 days, and OTV-3 began in December 2012 and operated for nearly 675 days. [The Most Dangerous Space Weapons Ever]

    Artist's illustration of the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane in orbit.
    Artist's illustration of the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane in orbit.
    Credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

    Most X-37B payloads and activities are classified, so it's unclear what exactly the space planes are doing as they zoom around our planet. But there's nothing nefarious going on, Air Force officials have stressed.

    "The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold: reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth," Air Force officials wrote on an X-37B fact sheet.

    A recovery team processes the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane after its touchdown at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014, which marked the end of the vehicle’s third mission.
    A recovery team processes the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane after its touchdown at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014, which marked the end of the vehicle’s third mission.
    Credit: Boeing

    Interestingly, that same fact sheet states that the X-37B is designed to operate for 270 days in orbit — a duration mark that the most recent three missions have blown past.

    The Air Force is known to own two X-37B vehicles, both of which were built by Boeing. Each solar-powered space plane is just 29 feet (8.8 meters) long and 9.6 feet (2.9 m) tall, with a payload bay the size of a pickup truck bed. (For comparison, both X-37Bs could fit inside the payload bay of one of NASA's now-retired space shuttle orbiters.) Each of the two X-37Bs has flown two missions to date.

    The X-37B launches vertically atop a rocket and comes in horizontally for a runway landing. All four missions have launched from Cape Canaveral, and the first three landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

    But OTV-4 may buck this latter trend and land in Florida. The Air Force has modified the old Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, which is next door to Cape Canaveral, to accommodate the X-37B. And Air Force officials have said that they aim to consolidate the program's launch and landing activities on Florida's Space Coast.

    The SLF last hosted a touchdown in July 2011, when the space shuttle Atlantis landed there to wrap up its STS-135 mission — the final one for the iconic shuttle program.

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    Giant Peanut-Shaped Asteroid to Pass Harmlessly by Earth Today

    Giant Peanut-Shaped Asteroid to Pass Harmlessly by Earth Today
    The asteroid 2014 JO25 will fly safely past Earth April 19, coming within 1.1 million miles (1.8 million km) of the planet — about 4.6 times the distance between the Earth and the moon. This map shows the asteroid's locations as it passes through the sky April 19 to April 22 — it will appear bright in the sky for small telescopes for a few days after closest approach. Its position will vary from location to location.
    Credit: Gianluca Masi (Virtual Telescope Project)/TheSkySixPro

    A huge, shiny, peanut-shaped asteroid will safely swing by Earth tomorrow morning (April 19), coming within a distance of 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) of the planet — about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon.

    The bright asteroid 2014 JO25   is coming toward Earth from the sun's direction and should be visible in the sky in small telescopes for a few days afterward as it fades from view. It will be at its closest point to Earth at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 GMT). You can see a video animation of the asteroid's orbit here.

    Asteroid 2014 JO25 was first spotted in May 2014 by astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, and measurements from NASA's NEOWISE mission suggested it was about 2,000 feet (650 meters) across, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Radar observations from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suggest it could be as big as 4,270 feet (1.3 km) at its widest point.

    The asteroid's surface reflects about twice as much light as the moon. Its approach marks the closest an object this large has come to Earth since the gigantic asteroid 4179 Toutatis tumbled by in 2004, within 4 times the distance from the Earth to the moon.

    The Aricebo Observatory caught this radio image of the asteroid 2014 JO25 on April 17, 2017, as the large, peanut-shaped asteroid neared its closet approach to Earth.
    The Aricebo Observatory caught this radio image of the asteroid 2014 JO25 on April 17, 2017, as the large, peanut-shaped asteroid neared its closet approach to Earth.
    Credit: Aricebo Observatory/NASA/NSF
    Wednesday's approach is the closest 2014 JO25 has come in at least 400 years, and there's no known close approach coming through at least the year 2500. Although the asteroid's approach poses no risk to Earth — with a 0 percent impact probability — the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center still classified it as "potentially hazardous" because of its size and nearness to Earth. Researchers will have to keep an eye on it to see if it drifts closer over the centuries, the Minor Planet Center wrote.

    Astronomers around the world will study asteroid 2014 JO25 during and after its approach, including skywatchers at Arecibo and NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California, JPL officials said in the statement — making observations that can potentially reveal features just a few meters across.

    "Using radar, we can illuminate a near-Earth asteroid and directly measure its features,"astronomer Edgard Rivera-Valentín, a planetary scientist with the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) at the Arecibo Observatory, said in a separate statement. That's how scientists pinned down the asteroid's peanut shape, he added.

    The next close approach of a known giant asteroid will happen in 2027, when the half-mile-wide (800 m) asteroid 1999 AN10 passes by at about the distance from the Earth to the moon.

    You can watch asteroid 2014 JO25's journey live on the Slooh online observatory's website starting at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) April 19. You can also seek it out in the sky using the celestial map above and a small telescope (although its position will vary, depending on your location).

    While you're looking, keep an eye out for the comet PanSTARRS (C/2015 ER61), which will be visible in the dawn sky to observers with binoculars or a small telescope as it makes its closest approach of 109 million miles (175 million km).

    Editor's note: If you capture a photo of asteroid 2014 JO25 through a telescope and would like to share it with Space.com, please send images and comments in to: spacephotos@space.com.

    Email Sarah Lewin at slewin@space.com or follow her @SarahExplains. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com

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    20-04-2017 om 00:23 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Scientists Just Discovered an Alien Planet That’s The Best Candidate for Life As We Know It

    Scientists Just Discovered an Alien Planet That’s The Best Candidate for Life As We Know It

     
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    IN BRIEF
    Scientists have located an exoplanet that's the best candidate for life as we know it. They believe it may prove to be an even more important target for the future characterization of planets in the habitable zone than Proxima b or TRAPPIST-1.

    SUPER-EARTH LHS 1140B

    Only a few decades ago, the thought of any alien planets existing in the reaches of space were just hypothetical  ideas. Now, we know of thousands of such planets – and today, scientists may have discovered the best candidate yet for alien life.

    That candidate is an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth—what the international team of astronomers who discovered it have deemed a “super-Earth.” Using ESO’s HARPS instrument and a range of telescopes around the world, the astronomers located the exoplanet orbiting the dim star – LHS 1140 – within its habitable zone. This world passes in front of its parent stars as it orbits, has likely retained most of its atmosphere, and is a little larger and much more massive than the Earth. In short, super-Earth LHS 1140b is among the most exciting known subjects for atmospheric studies.

    Other Earths: The Best Exoplanet Candidates for Life [INFOGRAPHIC]
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    Although the faint red dwarf star LHS 1140b is ten times closer to its star than the Earth is to the Sun, because red dwarfs are much smaller and cooler than the Sun is, the super-Earth lies in the middle of the habitable zone and receives around half as much sunlight from its star as the Earth does.

    *5* Scientists Just Discovered an Alien Planet That’s The Best Candidate for Life As We Know It
    Artist’s impression of the super-Earth exoplanet LHS 1140b. Credit: ESO

    LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

    To support life as we know it, a planet must retain an atmosphere and have liquid surface water. When red dwarf stars are young, they emit radiation that can damage the atmospheres of planets around them. This planet’s large size indicates that a magma ocean may have existed on its surface for eons, feeding steam into the atmosphere and replenishing the planet with water until well within the time the star had cooled to its current, steady glow. The astronomers estimate the planet is at least five billion years old, and deduce that it has a diameter of almost 18,000 kilometers  (11,185 mi)— 1.4 times larger than that of the Earth. Its greater mass and density implies that it is probably made of rock with a dense iron core.

    Two of the European members of the team, Xavier Delfosse and Xavier Bonfils, stated in the release: “The LHS 1140 system might prove to be an even more important target for the future characterization of planets in the habitable zone than Proxima b or TRAPPIST-1. This has been a remarkable year for exoplanet discoveries!”

    Scientists expect observations with the Hubble Space Telescope will soon allow them to assess how much high-energy radiation the exoplanet receives, and further into the future — with the help of new telescopes like ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope and the James Webb Telescope — detailed observations of the atmospheres of exoplanets will be possible.

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    How Would NASA Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus?

    How Would NASA Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus?
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Southwest Research Institute

    As NASA's Cassini spacecraft prepares for its grand finale at Saturn, scientists have uncovered the first evidence of a potential energy source for extraterrestrial microbial life. 

    The detection of hydrogen inside an ice plume jetting off from Saturn's ocean-bearing moon Enceladus means that hot water is interacting with rock, creating a potential chemical kitchen for microbial life that doesn't rely on photosynthesis to survive.

    On Earth, these types of microbes flourish around hydrothermal vents on the sea floor. Scientists wonder if the same might be true 790 million miles away on Enceladus, an ice-capped inner moon of Saturn's that is just 500 miles in diameter.

    "The fact that there is molecular hydrogen there — and a lot of it — can be interpreted in two different ways with regard to life," Cassini scientist Hunter Waite, with the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, told Seeker. "One is that there is so much hydrogen because there are no microbes there to eat it... The more positive way is that there is H2 there, there is plenty of food for them, but there's probably some other limiting growth factor so that there is excess H2 in the system."

    RELATED: NASA: Saturn's Ice Moon Enceladus Might Be Capable of Supporting Life

    "If you saw this [hydrogen detection] coming up from Earth, you'd say, 'Ah, there's potential food for microbes in the interior ocean.' But you wouldn't say necessarily that there are these microbes in the ocean," he added. "There is every reason to believe we're moving toward Enceladus's ocean being habitable, but we're not making any claims at this point about it being inhabited."

    The discovery of molecular hydrogen in Enceladus's plumes was reported by Waite and his colleagues in this week's issue of the journal Science.

    An image taken survey conducted by the Cassini imaging science team of the geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus.
    An image taken survey conducted by the Cassini imaging science team of the geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    Cassini, which has been circling Saturn and its entourage of moons since 2004, will end its mission in September with a suicidal plunge into Saturn's atmosphere to avoid any chance of contaminating potential life on Enceladus. But even if Cassini could carry on for years, it was not designed to search for life.

     "We've come as far as we can go, so it remains for a future mission to detect life at Enceladus," Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., told reporters on Thursday.

    Ideally, scientists would like to drill through Enceladus's ice cap and sample its underground ocean. An easier, lower-cost mission, however, would be to do what Cassini did, which is to fly through the plumes of material that continuously shoot out into space from the moon's southern polar region.

    RELATED: NASA Prepares to Crash Cassini Probe Into Saturn for Mission's 'Grand Finale'

    Besides measuring the ratio of hydrogen to carbon dioxide, which Cassini was able to do, there are several different chemical relationships that would be evidence of potential food sources for microbial life. A laundry list of those processes would be one of the things that a follow-on mission would look for, Waite noted.

    Other options are to look for ratios of amino acids and structural patterns in fatty acids that are indicative of biology.

    "There'd be a whole host of tests, and if you got green lights on all of them, then you'd have a pretty good idea that you had a high probability that life exists," Waite said.

    In the 2020s, NASA is planning to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, which, like Enceladus, has a salty ocean beneath its icy surface. The US space agency has not yet planned any follow-on missions for Enceladus, but it could be selected as the destination for a current or future round of planetary missions in the New Frontiers program. Proposals are due April 28.

    Originally published on Seeker.

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    Forget About Terraforming Mars. Here's Why.

    Forget About Terraforming Mars. Here's Why.
    A combination of low air pressure, high radiation and a lack of oxygen in the atmosphere makes the surface of Mars hostile to life.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    If you want to terraform a planet, you can do so virtually in a new video game called "Mass Effect: Andromeda." The main character voyages to planets that are uninhabitable to life as we know it for various reasons, including sulfuric water, immense cold, or a thin atmosphere. It's then your task as a player to fix up these planets, in part by using alien technology.

    Could we terraform a planet for real, though?

    For decades, one of the top targets for terraforming was Mars. It's relatively close to Earth and we have reams of research showing that water flowed there in the ancient past. Perhaps the Red Planet, if it was warm enough, could host life as we know it again — although there is the ethical problem of potentially wiping out evidence of past life, or viability for present life.

    NASA has deployed a spacecraft called Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) to watch the atmosphere from above and try to figure out the rate of gas loss. Scientists think that Mars had a thick carbon dioxide (CO2) atmosphere early in its history that allowed liquid water to exist, but most of the atmosphere was lost to space. When the atmosphere thinned, so the theory goes, water could no longer flow on the surface.

    "The rate of loss of gas today is very low — slow enough that it would take billions of years to remove the equivalent amount of gas that is in the atmosphere," principal investigator Bruce Jakosky said in an email. There is some CO2 left in the polar ice and in carbon-bearing materials, he added, but not nearly enough to warm the temperature significantly if it somehow was put back in the atmosphere.

    "There isn’t a source of CO2 that could replenish the atmosphere — even outgassing of CO2 from volcanoes has got to be incredibly slow today," Jakosky added. "If we wanted to put enough CO2 into the atmosphere to raise temperatures significantly, it would take something like 10 million kilometer-sized comets (if they were all made entirely of CO2). This is just not feasible."

    RELATED: How Mars Went From Warm and Wet to Cold and Dry

    MAVEN revealed new information about how much CO2 was lost, by looking at isotopes of argon-36 and argon-38. Unlike CO2, argon is removed by only one process: sputtering, which occurs when charged particles (ions) in space are picked up the solar wind because they have an electrical charge. Some ions accelerate into the Martian atmosphere and knock molecules into space, including argon and CO2.

    The new analysis indicates that about 2/3 of the argon that was ever in the Martian atmosphere was lost to space through sputtering. Because CO2 can be lost through other processes, the investigators concluded that a larger fraction of the CO2 was removed.

    "In total, this means that the majority of gas in the atmosphere has been lost to space," Jakosky said.

    He added that terraforming is often seen as a panacea for humans; if we somehow mess up our own climate on Earth, we can always just try again on Mars.

    "But that ignores the obvious point that, if we knew enough about climate to control the Mars climate, we also could control the Earth’s climate and either keep from mucking it up in the first place, or repair it after we’ve damaged it," Jakosky said.

    Originally published on Seeker.

    19-04-2017 om 23:38 geschreven door peter  

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    A Nearby Rocky Planet Is the Newest Possible Home for Alien Life

    This new, big, dense planet is rocky, like Earth, and has the right temperatures for water.

    M. Weiss Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    Astronomers have found yet another planet that seems to have just the right Goldilocks combination for life: Not so hot and not so cold. It's not so far away, either.

    This new, big, dense planet is rocky, like Earth, and has the right temperatures for water, putting it in the habitable zone for life, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature .

    It's the fifth such life-possible planet outside our solar system revealed in less than a year, but still relatively nearby Earth. Rocky planets within that habitable zone of a star are considered the best place to find evidence of some form of life.

    "It is astonishing to live in a time when discovery of potentially habitable worlds is not only common place but proliferating," said MIT astronomer Sara Seager, who wasn't part of the study.

    The first planet outside our solar system was discovered in 1995, but thanks to new techniques and especially NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope, the number of them has exploded in recent years. Astronomers have now identified 52 potentially habitable planets and more than 3,600 planets outside our solar system.

    The latest discovery, called LHS 1140b, regularly passes in front of its star, allowing astronomers to measure its size and mass. That makes astronomers more confident that this one is rocky, compared to other recent discoveries.

    In the next several years, new telescopes should be able to use the planet's path to spy its atmosphere in what could be the best-aimed search for signs of life, said Harvard astronomer David Charbonneau, a co-author of the study. If scientists see both oxygen and some carbon in an atmosphere, that's a promising sign that something could be living.

    Outside astronomers have already put this new planet near the top of their must-see lists for new ground and space-based telescopes.

    "This is the first one where we actually know it's rocky," Charbonneau said. "We found a planet that we can actually study that might be actually Earth-like."

    Make that super-sized, because it belongs to a class of planets called super-Earths that are more massive than Earth but not quite the size of giants Neptune or Jupiter.

    Compared to Earth, the new planet is big, pushing near the size limit for rocky planets. It's 40 percent wider than Earth but it has 6.6 times Earth's mass, giving it a gravitational pull three times stronger, Charbonneau said. A person weighing 167 pounds would feel like 500 pounds on this planet.

    While many super-Earths are too big to have the right environment for life, 1140b is just small enough to make it a good candidate. Thirty-two of the potentially habitable planets found so far are considered super-Earth sized.

    The new planet was found using eight small telescopes in Chile and help from an amateur planet-hunter, Charbonneau said.

    In the constellation Cetus, it is 39 light years or 230 trillion miles away. So are a group of seven mostly Earth-sized planets in or near the habitable zone found circling a star called Trappist-1 earlier this year, but it in a different direction. And in August, astronomers found that the nearest planet to Earth outside our solar system, only 25 trillion miles away, also could have the right temperature for life, but astronomers can't get a peek at its atmosphere.

    "If you picture the Milky Way as the size of the United States, then these systems are all within the size of Central Park," Charbonneau said. "These are your neighbors."

    The latest discoveries have their founders at odds over which of the planets are the most promising. Charbonneau said recent studies show that the Trappist planets may not be rocky like Earth, while Trappist discoverer Michael Gillon said the newest planet has such intense grav ity that its atmosphere may be smooshed down so telescopes can't get a good look at it.

    Seven outside astronomers said the Milky Way is big enough for all the discoveries to be exciting, requiring more exploring.

    Yale astronomer Greg Laughlin, who wasn't part of any of the teams, praised all the new findings but said the Trappist planets seem too light and the new one too dense for his taste: "I wouldn't book a trip to any of these planets."

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    The five best exoplanets in the galaxy to check for alien life

    LHS 1140b
    LHS 1140b may be right for life

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    There’s another “Earth-like” world in our galaxy. Today, Jason Dittmann at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and his colleagues announced the discovery of LHS 1140b, a rocky, temperate super-Earth orbiting a small nearby star.

    Most of the worlds we have spotted so far are either blazing hellscapes or frozen tundras. But a few, like LHS 1140b, reside in the habitable zones around their stars – where they could theoretically retain liquid water – giving them the potential to host life as we know it.

    Some potentially habitable planets are easier to examine than others, however. Some pass in front of their stars – called a transit – allowing us to measure their widths. This also lets us find out if they have an atmosphere, and even what makes up their atmospheres, by measuring the starlight that filters through them. Some are close enough to dream about sending a probe directly, or taking a photograph. Some seem to be too dense to have much of an atmosphere at all, or orbit stars whose volatile natures put any residents at risk of being fried.

    With those criteria in mind, here are New Scientist’s five top planets beyond our solar system where we might be able to look for life:

    1. LHS 1140b

    This newcomer, pictured above, is already being hailed as the best place to look for signs of life beyond the solar system. It is a super-Earth, about 1.4 times as big as our planet and 6.6 times as massive, which means the planet is probably rocky, rather than gaseous.

    Despite a close orbit around its star – it circles once every 25 days – the star’s cool nature means it receives about half as much light as Earth does, so is probably cool enough for liquid water. The star is a dim red dwarf, which are often prone to flares that could damage life on nearby planets. But LHS 1140 is unusually calm, so its planet is less at risk.

    At 40 light years away, LHS 1140b is one of the closer potentially habitable exoplanets we have found. Since it is so close and passes between its star and us, it presents an excellent opportunity to look for an atmosphere distorting the star’s light as the planet passes by – and to suss out signs of life in that atmosphere.

    2. Proxima b

    Proxima b
    Proxima b orbits in 11 days

    ESO/M. Kornmesser

    Proxima b is the nearest rocky exoplanet we have spotted, at only 4.2 light years from Earth. Its size hasn’t been pinned down, but it is almost definitely just a bit bigger than Earth.

    It orbits its star, Proxima Centauri, about once every 11 days, putting it incredibly close. Even though Proxima Centauri is a relatively chilly star, explaining Proxima b’s habitable-zone status, such a tight orbit presents dangers to the exoplanet. It experiences a huge amount of X-ray radiation and stellar wind, and it might even be tidally locked, with the “daytime” side always facing the star – making it hot and bright – and the “nighttime” side always pointing towards the emptiness of space, making it cold and dark.

    Another mark against Proxima b is the fact that it doesn’t transit in front of its star, so we will never be able to use its effect on the star’s light to look for an atmosphere. But if it does have an atmosphere, it could protect the planet from many of its star’s dangers and distribute heat more evenly around the surface.

    The upside is that, cosmologically speaking, Proxima b is right next door. This could let us look for an atmosphere and signs of life there in other, more direct ways.

    3. GJ 1132b

    GJ 1132b
    GJ 1132b has water

    Dana Berry/MIT

    We have already found an atmosphere, complete with water, around GJ 1132b, a planet about one and a half times as big as Earth. It only takes 38 hours to orbit its star, though, so it is extremely close and incredibly hot. This could make GJ 1132b more like Venus than Earth, with a sweltering haze of steam.

    It does transit, so further observations will help researchers determine whether its atmosphere and water can make it cool enough to support life.

    4. TRAPPIST

    TRAPPIST
    Three of TRAPPIST’s planets are in the habitable zone

    Caltech/IPAC

    The planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, 40 light years away, have one stunning advantage: there are a bunch of them. All seven of the star’s tightly packed worlds are larger than Mars and less than 20 per cent bigger than Earth, and all orbit well within the distance at which Mercury circles our sun.

    All seven of the planets were discovered when they passed between their star and us, so atmospheres around any or all of them could be detected that way, too. Three lie firmly in the habitable zone, and they are so close together that if one has life, it is possible that it could hitch a ride on a rock and spread to the other two.

    TRAPPIST-1 is a small star of a type that is often active and dangerous for planets, though, emitting powerful flares of X-rays and UV radiation. Thick protective atmospheres could be its planets’ only hope for hosting life. Astronomers are already using the Hubble Space Telescope to look for such atmospheres.

    5. Kepler 186f

    Kepler 186f
    Kepler 186f is chilly

    NASA

    At 500 light years away, it will be difficult to look for signs of an atmosphere or life on the planet Kepler 186f, even with the next generation of space telescopes. But it’s one of the most truly Earth-like exoplanets we have found. It’s only 10 per cent larger than Earth, although its mass isn’t well constrained, meaning we aren’t sure what it’s made of.

    Like the other worlds on this list, it orbits a relatively dim star about half the size of our sun, but its year is a bit longer at 130 days. That suggests that its surface is about -85°C, or roughly as cold as Mars – chilly, but not too cold for certain microbes to survive.

    And there’s another bonus: if Kepler 186f has an atmosphere and an internal magnetic field like Earth’s, they could interact with its star’s frequent flares to create spectacular aurora displays visible around the globe.

    Journal reference: NatureDOI: 10.1038/nature22055

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    Aliens landing in AUSTRALIA? Mysterious UFOs filmed hurtling across sky

    ALIEN spacecraft were filmed soaring over Australia, according to a UFO enthusiast.

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    Hermiston History: UFO sighting reported near Hermiston in 1967

    25 YEARS AGO

    April 21, 2017

    • Union Pacific workers are assessing the damage from a multi-car collision at the Hinkle Rail yard, which derailed several rail cars and spilled several hundred gallon of diesel fuel. Bill Nolen, manager of terminal operations at Hinkle, said a mechanical failure caused the accident, which occurred Sunday, April 12. “When the engineer started forward, a coupling snapped and the 25 cars behind rolled back into a waiting group of 60 cars, “Nolen said. “It was a pretty big mess.” Over 600 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from ruptured tanks on two refrigerated cars. Workers hurried to clean up the spilled fuel, but were hampered by the derailed cars.

    • Umatilla Sage Riders was host to the Beard Rodeos Rough Stock Schooling over the weekend. Over the three-day weekend rough-stock instruction from three top PRCA cowboys will be given. A National Finals Rodeo veteran gave instruction in saddle bronc riding with current world champion Clint Corey of Kennewick handling the bareback event. Charles Sampson a 1982 world champion bull rider was there to school the local cowboys on bull riding.


    50 YEARS AGO

    April 20, 1967

    • “It was like looking into a white-hot fire,” Mrs. N.V. Ford said, in describing the unidentified flying object she sighted as she stood in her yard on Bridge Road, west of Hermiston, about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13. The object was visible for only a few seconds, she said. It came toward her out of the eastern sky, at a very low altitude and traveling at a very high rate of speed. It was round, flat on the bottom, and had a dome-shaped upper portion; something on the order of an inverted bowl. It was of a white-hot color in the center, shading to deep violet on the edges. A cylindrical shaped flame came from the back of the object. These flames were of varying length and looked exactly like those from a blow torch. The object seemed to be very low, almost at house top level, and was traveling on a horizontal course. And though it seemed to be very near her, Mrs. Ford said she could hear no sound from it what so ever.

    • Bids will be received for 16.4 mile Interstate project on the Stanfield Junction-Pendleton section of the Old Oregon Trail Interstate 80N. This project in Umatilla County involves paving, structures and signing from point 0.8 miles west of the Stanfield Junction to a point three miles west of Pendleton, near Reith. The project plans call for four 12-foot lanes, continuously reinforced concrete pavement (slip form permitted). eight structures, a 7x5 siphon box, construction of signs and sign supports, and four interchanges. Cost of the project is estimated at approximately $9 million. Completion time is 480 calendar days.


    75 YEARS AGO

    April 23, 1942

    • Hermiston merchants and business men who have been in the habit in the past of disposing of excess paper, cartons and other rubbish by burning it in outside trash burners are doomed for disappointment. B.A. Doyle, local fire chief, this week has issued a special notice forbidding this practice within the fire zone, which is composed of the territory from Stone’s Market to the Legion hall and from the Methodist church block to Hamby’s Auto Parts. Any violation hereafter will be punished by a $50 fine. Accumulation of rubbish is also included in the above law. All fireman have been instructed to check on the matter and report violations to the chief.

    • Stores, business houses, boarding houses, hospitals, other users or sellers of sugar, other than individual families, will register at the high school April 28 and 29, for their sugar rationing booklets. The school has no discretion or authorization in the matter whatsoever. It simply acts as a place of registration and forwards the results to the county administrator. However, there is now a supply of the blank forms available and people may take them home, and make out their report at their leisure, always providing the reports are registered on April 28 or 29.


    100 YEARS AGO

    April 21, 1917

    • Monday afternoon organization of a branch of the National Honor Guard was completed. Twenty-five joined at the first meeting as that was all the application blanks on hand. Another supply has been sent for and at the next meeting at least 10n more will affiliate. Officers elected were: Vera Purdy, leader; Marion Briggs, assistant leader; Doris Percey, secretary; Esther Graham, treasurer. The honor guard is really a branch of the Red Cross and those joining designate whether they may be had for home work only or whether it necessary they can take up active Red Cross work in the field.

    • The campaign by the Civic club to raise funds for fencing the cemetery is making good progress and enough will soon be on hand to start the work. Already about $40 has been raised. Just now the club is working on chain teas and these are spreading rapidly to all sections of the community. Feeling that the cemetery is something all will want to help with the teas are not being confined to club members alone. The first chain was given last week by Mrs. Handline. This week Mrs. Cressy and Mrs. McNaught each gave one and from now on there will be a number each week. The lady giving the tea invites five for an afternoon. Each guest leaves 10 cents with her hostess, which is turned into the cemetery fund and then each guest entertains five of her friends and so on. A record is being kept and the ladies are not to accept but one invitation, which also means she will only entertain but once. In this way the cost to each one is very light but taken collectively a good fund will be raised.

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    ANCIENT GIANTS PROOF? THE MYSTERIOUS PLAIN OF JARS NORTH OF LAOS

    The plain of jars in the plain of Xieng Khouang Laos is one of the sites the most enigmatic of the planet. The exceptional site of thousands of Megalithic stones scattered pots on nearly a hundred sites deeply in the mountains in the north of Laos has fascinated the archaeologists and scientists since their discovery in the 1930s.
     
    The unusual site known under the name of the Plain of Jars is dated the Iron Age (500 BC to 500 after JC) and is composed of at least 3 000 jars of giant stone up to 3 meters high and weighing several tonnes. Most are made of sandstone but there are other facts of granite and limestone much more difficult. 
     
     
     
    Because the reservoir is the rims to LIP, it is assumed that all were originally covered with discs and even if a few covers of stone have been recorded, it is more likely that the main material used is the wood or Ratan. 
     
    The pots seem to have been manufactured with a degree of knowledge of what materials and techniques have been adapted. It is assumed that the Plain of Jars" people have used scissors of iron in their manufacture although no conclusive evidence for this exists. Little is known of the population which has carved the enormous containers and the pots themselves give little evidence on their origin or destination.
     
     According to the local legend, the pots have been created by a race of giants, which the king had need somewhere to store its wine of rice. The wine was to be consumed to a great feast to celebrate a famous military victory there are thousands of years. The legend tells that a wicked king, appointed Chao Angka, which its oppressed people if terribly that they have made call to a good King in the north, appointed Khun Jeuam, for the release. Khun Jeuam and its army is come, and after having conducted a great battle on the plain, defeated Chao Angka. 
     
    While some have argued that the giant pots were used to collect rain water to the monsoon, most archaeologists believe that the pots were used as funeral urns. Excavation by LAO and the Japanese archaeologists in the years who has supported this interpretation with the discovery of human remains, burial and the ceramics of goods around the stone jars. It is believed that the pots were used to place the corpses of dead persons where they have been left to decompose or 'distill', a practice that has been common in Thailand and Laos, usually in pits. It is believed that the bodies were left in the pots for the soft tissues to decompose and the body to dry before to be cremated. Once they had been cremated, the ash would have been returned to the URN, or can be buried in a sacred place, freeing the pots for re-use to decompose another body. 
     
    Archaeologists have not yet all the answers but, unfortunately, their work has been slowed by the fact that the Plain of Jars is one of the most dangerous of archaeological sites in the world. Dispersed in the plains are literally thousands of tonnes of unexploded bombs, landmines and other unexploded ordnance military, that contaminate more than 35 per cent of the total area of the province and continue to threaten the lives of 200,000 people who live today in Xieng Khouang. 
     

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    19-04-2017 om 22:07 geschreven door peter  

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    GEORGE SOROS: 'I AM A GOD, I CREATED EVERYTHING, I CONTROL AMERICA'

    Globalist George Soros gets a lot of attention recently. In an interview with the British Independent, he admitted that he probably had a "bit" of a Messiah fantasy.
     
     GEORGE SOROS ADMITS HE FELT LIKE "SOME KIND OF GOD.
     
     
    " Now in his eighties, he's less worried about keeping his need for control in check, saying instead he "began to live it out." He's certainly put a lot of his ideas into action. Soros supports a variety of liberal and progressive causes and is unafraid to speak out about them. 
    • I fancied myself as some kind of god …” he wrote. “If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood, which I felt I had to control, otherwise they might get me in trouble.“ When asked by Britain’s Independent newspaper to elaborate on that statement, Soros doubled down: “It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.“ 
    His calls for democracy and participation in society have drawn criticism because he specifically includes people of color, immigrants, refugees and Muslims. 
     
    Muslim immigration to the US and European countries is a constant worry too many, hence the alleged role George Soros has taken on for them as a symbol and scapegoat. It is clear that he is using his money to force countries to accept Muslim immigrants and to open up their borders. His goals of increasing "democratic" participation are seen more and more as the drive to recruit leftist voters. 
    • The following four goals form the scaffolding of U.S. Programs’ work,” the guidestates. “1. An American democracy strengthened through increased meaningful participation, inclusive practice, and accountability.” The third strategic goal expands upon this, calling for “Full political, economic, and civic participation of immigrants and communities of color by dismantling the barriers and strengthening the conduits to opportunity.”
     He argues for a globalist elite approach to problems like the refugee crisis, saying every country should accept responsibility to help and asking the UN to take the lead in distributing the responsibility. To Europeans who would prefer closed borders, this is as good as asking for an invasion. 
    • Muslim migration “has been the biggest engine of demographic growth in the EU as a whole since the mid-1990s,” a report issued by the EU’s Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development states. “It is about to become the only one.
     There is weak substance to these complaints, even though they probably overestimate Soros and his powers. It is true that marginalized people if they are successfully included in democracy, are probably more likely to vote for liberal candidates. 
     

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    19-04-2017 om 22:02 geschreven door peter  

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    ADVANCED ALIEN CIVILIZATIONS LIVING IN TWO MILE WIDE MOON CAVES

    The moon is covered in an extensive network of underground caves and tunnels. This two mile wide cave could house an enormous alien civilization and remain hidden. It is very likely that our alien ancestors are living much closer than we previously thought.

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    19-04-2017 om 21:57 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Is er leven mogelijk op deze superaarde, amper 39 lichtjaren verderop? - HLN.be

    Is er leven mogelijk op deze superaarde, amper 39 lichtjaren verderop? - HLN.be 

    Bron: The Telegraph, The Guardian

    Een illustratie van ster LHS 1140 en haar planeet LHS 1140b. © ap.

    Wetenschappers hebben een nieuwe planeet ontdekt waarop buitenaards leven mogelijk zou kunnen zijn. Op amper 39 lichtjaren van onze planeet cirkelt de planeet LHS 1140b rond haar ster, een rode dwerg in het sterrenstelsel Cetus. De exoplaneet bevindt zich in de 'bewoonbare zone': op een afstand van de ster waar vloeibaar water leven mogelijk zou kunnen maken. De studie werd gepubliceerd in het vakblad Nature.

    Lees ook

    LHS 1140b is naar schatting minstens vijf miljard jaar oud, net iets ouder dan de aarde en 1,4 keer groter.

    Planeet LHS 1140b is een exoplaneet (een planeet die draait rond een ster) en werd ontdekt met een telescoop van het MEarth-South-observatorium in de Chileense woestijn. 

    Volgens de onderzoekers gaat het om een superaarde op amper 39 lichtjaren van onze planeet. LHS 1140b is naar schatting minstens vijf miljard jaar oud, net iets ouder dan de aarde en 1,4 keer groter.

    Bewoonbare zone

    De afstand tussen LHS 1140b en haar ster is tien keer kleiner dan die tussen de aarde en de zon, maar omdat een rode dwerg veel koeler is dan onze eigen gele dwerg, bevindt de planeet zich nog steeds in de bewoonbare zone.

    "De huidige condities van de rode dwerg zijn erg gunstig. LHS 1140b draait trager en stuurt minder hoogenergetische straling uit dan andere sterren met een gelijkaardige massa," zegt onderzoeksmedewerker Nicola Astudillo-Defru van het observatorium van Genève.

    Om leefbaar te zijn, moet een planeet vloeibaar oppervlaktewater hebben en over een atmosfeer beschikken. Uit de eerste aanwijzingen blijkt dat LHS 1140b effectief een eigen atmosfeer heeft. De omvang van LHS 1140b in combinatie met haar nabijheid tot haar ster betekent dat er mogelijk miljoenen jaren lang een magmaoceaan op de planeet bestond, die stoom afgaf aan de atmosfeer. Die stoom viel vervolgens als neerslag weer neer en voorzag de planeet van water.

    "We zouden met moeite een betere plek kunnen vinden om een van de belangrijkste wetenschappelijke expedities uit de voeren: die naar het bewijs van buitenaards leven."
    Jason Dittmann, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    Signaal sturen

    Aangezien de planeet zich op amper 39 lichtjaren van de aarde bevindt, zou het zelfs mogelijk zijn om er een signaal naartoe te sturen. "Dit is de meest interessante exoplaneet die ik de voorbije tien jaar heb gezien," zegt hoofdauteur Jason Dittmann van Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "We zouden met moeite een betere plek kunnen vinden om een van de belangrijkste wetenschappelijke expedities uit de voeren: die naar het bewijs van buitenaards leven."

    Baanbrekend

    Volgens experts kan deze ontdekking wel eens dé doorbraak zijn waar we op zitten te wachten.

    Wetenschappers hebben de laatste maanden verschillende baanbrekende ontdekkingen gedaan van planeten waar buitenaards leven wel eens zou kunnen bestaan. In februari werd nog een zonnestelsel hadden ontdekt dat sterke gelijkenissen met het onze vertoont, genaamd Trappist-1. Daar zouden zich minstens zeven planeten bevinden die te vergelijken zijn met de aarde. Vorig jaar opperden sterrenkundigen nog dat er misschien leven mogelijk zou kunnen zijn op Proxima b, een planeet die cirkelt rond onze meest nabije ster op amper vier lichtjaren van ons verwijderd. 

    Maar volgens experts kan deze ontdekking wel eens dé doorbraak zijn waar we op zitten te wachten. Xavier delfosse van het Franse Nationale Instituut voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek die betrokken was bij het onderzoek, is alvast laaiend enthousiast. "Het LHS 1140-sterrenstelsel kan mogelijk nog een belangrijker doelwit zijn dan Proxima b of Trappist-1 voor de toekomstige herkenning van planeten in de leefbare zone. Dit was een uitzonderlijk jaar voor de ontdekking van exoplaneten."  

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    19-04-2017 om 21:29 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Gevaar op 'catastrofale botsingen' door wildgroei goedkope satellieten - HLN.be

    Gevaar op 'catastrofale botsingen' door wildgroei goedkope satellieten - HLN.be

    Bron: The Guardian, Business Insider

    Een impressie van het ruimteafval in de dampkring van de aarde. 

    © ESA.

    De lancering van zogenaamde 'megaconstellaties' van duizenden communicatiesatellieten kan leiden tot een toename van botsingen en de opstapeling van ruimteafval in de dampkring. Daarvoor waarschuwen wetenschappers.

    De lagere kostprijs zal vanaf volgend jaar leiden tot een enorme toename van het aantal satellieten in de ruimte. Momenteel zijn er 1.300 in gebruik, verwacht wordt dat er honderden of zelfs duizenden bijkomen.

    Professor ruimtebouwkunde Hugh Lewis van de universiteit van het Engelse Southampton waarschuwt dat een computersimulatie voor de komende 200 jaar het ontstaan van een megaconstellatie toont die zal leiden tot 50 procent meer "catastrofale botsingen" tussen satellieten. Dat zal op zijn beurt leiden tot een toename van de hoeveelheid ruimteafval, wat het risico op botsingen nog doet toenemen en impact zal hebben op de diensten die de satellieten bieden.

    Massaproductie
    "Dat is het model van de productie van satellieten: de kost van één enkele communicatiesatelliet loopt in de honderden miljoenen euro's, maar de massaproductie zal die satellieten veel goedkoper maken. De constellaties die vanaf volgend jaar zullen ontwikkeld worden, bevatten een ongezien aantal satellieten. Wanneer zo'n constellatie onbedachtzaam wordt gelanceerd, zal dat wegens het groeiende aantal botsingen een grote impact hebben op de ruimte", aldus Lewis.

    Richtlijnen
    Lewis, wiens studie werd gefinancierd door het Europese ruimteagentschap ESA, stelt een reeks richtlijnen voor om botsingen te verhinderen. Eén daarvan is de tijd beperken dat de satellieten in de lagere dampkring cirkelen aan het eind van hun missie. Daarnaast wil hij ook dat satellieten kleiner en lichter worden, dat ze uitgerust worden met propulsiesystemen en dat er missies komen om defecte satellieten uit de ruimte te halen.

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    19-04-2017 om 21:19 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Unacknowledged Trailer Exposes the World's Greatest UFO Secret

    Unacknowledged Trailer Exposes the World's Greatest UFO Secret

    Unacknowledged Trailer Exposes the World's Greatest UFO Secret

    UFO and alien stories often make for great movies, with classics such as E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the recent hit Arrival all revolving around extra-terrestrial visitors. Truth can often by stranger than fiction, though, with a new documentary entitled Unacknowledged attempting to unlock the secrets of real UFO discoveries that the U.S. government has tried to keep hidden for decades. Today we have the first trailer for this upcoming documentary, where Dr. Steven Greer discusses the Roswell alien landing and much more.

    Unacknowledged focuses on the historic files of the Disclosure Project and how UFO secrecy has been ruthlessly enforced, and why. The best evidence for Extraterrestrial contact, dating back decades, is presented with direct top-secret witness testimony, documents and UFO footage, 80% of which has never been revealed anywhere else. The behind-the-scenes research and high level meetings convened by Dr. Steven Greer will expose the degree of illegal, covert operations at the core of UFO secrecy.

    From briefings with the CIA Director, top Pentagon Generals and Admirals, to the briefing of President Obama via senior advisor John Podesta, chairman of the Hillary Clinton Campaign, Unacknowledged takes the viewer behind the veil of secrecy and into the corridors of real power where the UFO secrets reside. The viewer will learn that a silent coup d'état has occurred dating back to the 1950s and that the Congress, the President and other world leaders have been sidelined by criminal elements within the Military-Industrial-Financial complex. While we don't see or hear from him in this trailer, which debuted today on The Orchard YouTube channel, this documentary is narrated by Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito.

    Dr. Steven Greer has appeared in a number of documentaries such as Sirius, Thrive and The Day Before Disclosure along with the History Channel documentary series Ancient Aliens. Steven Greer founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) in 1990 and The Disclosure Project in 1993, which seeks the disclosure of allegedly suppressed UFO information. He retired as an emergency room physician in 1998 to devote more of his time to The Disclosure project, and his interest in aliens and UFO's goes back to when he was eight years old, when he claimed to have seen a UFO at close range.

    The Orchard will release this new documentary on Digital HD May 9, which will be followed by a VOD release on May 23. Michael Mazzola directs this documentary, which was written by Steven Greer and Stephen Peek. Steven Greer also produces with Jim Martin, Stephen Peek, Grant Ibrahim and Chris Crescitelli. In addition to the new trailer, we also have the first poster for Unacknowledged, which you can check out below.

    <em>Unacknowledged</em>

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    19-04-2017 om 21:05 geschreven door peter  

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    Deze nieuwe documentaire ontrafelt 's werelds grootste UFO-geheim

    ’s Werelds grootste UFO-geheimen worden ontrafeld in deze nieuwe film die je gezien moet hebben

    Films over buitenaardse bezoekers zijn erg populair. Denk aan E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind en de recente film Arrival.

    De waarheid is vaak vreemder dan fictie, zo blijkt uit de nieuwe documentaire Unacknowledged, waarin UFO-geheimen worden ontrafeld die de Amerikaanse overheid al tientallen decennia verborgen probeert te houden.

    In de eerste trailer van de documentaire bespreekt dr. Steven Greer onder andere de landing van een buitenaards schip bij Roswell.

    Grootste UFO-geheimen

    De film maakt duidelijk waarom er zo geheimzinnig wordt gedaan over dit onderwerp en onthult dat overheden en media samenzweren om te verbergen dat buitenaardsen de aarde hebben bezocht.

    Getuigenverklaringen, documenten en UFO-beelden maken duidelijk dat er al geruime tijd sprake is van buitenaards contact.

    Zo verklaart een sergeant dat hij naar locaties is gestuurd waar lichamen lagen van entiteiten die ‘niet op deze planeet waren geboren’.

    Unacknowledged neemt de kijker via de CIA-directeur, topgeneraals van het Pentagon en admiraals mee naar de plek waar de grootste UFO-geheimen worden bewaard.

    Stille staatsgreep

    Tachtig procent van het materiaal is nog nooit eerder vertoond, claimen de documentairemakers.

    Uit de film blijkt dat er in de jaren vijftig een stille staatsgreep is gepleegd en dat het Amerikaanse Congres, de president en andere wereldleiders buitenspel zijn gezet door criminele elementen binnen het militair-industrieel complex.

    De documentaire is ingesproken door Giancarlo Esposito, bekend van de populaire serie Breaking Bad.

    Van dichtbij

    Dr. Greer was eerder te zien in documentaires als Sirius, Thrive en The Day Before Disclosure en ook de documentaireserie Ancient Aliens.

    Hij is al van kinds af aan geïnteresseerd in UFO’s. Toen hij acht jaar oud was zag hij er naar eigen zeggen één van dichtbij.

    De documentaire gaat op 9 mei in première.

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    19-04-2017 om 20:55 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Australische vrouw ontmoet aliens. Is dit het tipje van de sluier waarop iedereen wacht?
    Australische vrouw licht tipje van de sluier op over haar ontmoetingen met aliens

    Australische vrouw ontmoet aliens. Is dit het tipje van de sluier waarop iedereen wacht?

    Een Australische vrouw claimt dat ze iedere maand buitenaardse wezens bezoekt aan boord van een schip. Ze laat naar eigen zeggen haar DNA ‘upgraden’ om ‘half-alien’ te worden.

    Judy Carroll (64) uit Brisbane herinnert zich niet altijd haar ontmoetingen met de zogeheten Greys, maar ze is er inmiddels wel aan gewend aan, vertelde ze aan het Australische magazine New Idea.

    Carroll zegt al van kinds af aan te communiceren met de Greys, die volgens haar dunne lichamen, geen haar en traanvormige ogen hebben.

    Puur wit

    Op haar 30e stond ze naar verluidt voor het eerst oog in oog met een alien. Ze zei dat haar lichaam plotseling verlamd was en dat er drie buitenaardsen om haar heen stonden.

    Ze vertelden haar dat ze moest leren mediteren om met hen in contact te blijven. Ze bezoekt de wezens nu geregeld aan boord van een buitenaards schip, waar alles ‘puur wit’ is.

    Australische vrouw licht tipje van de sluier op over haar ontmoetingen met aliens

    Judy Carroll (Facebook)

    Jarenlang vertelde ze niemand over haar ervaringen, maar toen ze het haar man Charlie vertelde, zei hij dat hij een alien boven haar zag terwijl ze mediteerde.

    Genezen

    Carroll zei dat ze aan boord van het schip werkt aan mensen. Ze zou daar ook een leraar hebben, genaamd Maris, die haar in het verleden meerdere keren heeft genezen.

    Ze zei dat ze vooral problemen ondervond rond haar keel. Dat was niet verrassend, zei ze, omdat ze half-Grey is en deze aliens geen bewegende kaken hebben.

    Evolueren

    Carroll legde uit dat ze voordat ze geboren werd de keuze had gemaakt om half-alien te zijn. “Dit ras heeft zich tot doel gesteld om mensen te genezen en ze te helpen evolueren,” zei ze.

    Ze voegde toe dat ze zich niet kunnen opdringen aan de mensheid en dat mensen er klaar voor moeten zijn.

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    19-04-2017 om 20:50 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.MYSTERIEUS VOORWERP ONTDEKT OP MARS ( VIDEO )

    MYSTERIEUS VOORWERP ONTDEKT OP MARS ( VIDEO )

    Wat er ook soms mag worden aangetroffen op de door NASA gemaakte foto’s op Mars, vaak is duidelijk dat de ontdekte objecten/voorwerpen zijn gemaakt door intelligente wezens. 

    Zo ook nu is er weer iets ontdekt door de bekende Youtube gebruiker Streetcap1 die denkt dat er een verband is met het verlaten Devon Island in Canada. 



    Ondanks dat men tegenwoordig in staat is om meer dan haarscherpe foto’s te maken, schijnt dat maar niet te lukken met de foto’s die volgens NASA genomen zijn op Mars. 

    Je kunt zien dat het niet iets natuurlijks is wat er op die afbeeldingen staat, maar wat het dan precies is, zie je dan ook weer net niet omdat de foto’s (bewust) onscherp zijn. 

    Zo heeft de bekende Youtube gebruiker Streetcap1 weer iets ontdekt op een NASA foto dat er als volgt uit ziet.


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    Dus, wat zien we hier? 

    Volgens de maker van de video Streetcap1 doet dit voorwerp hem denken aan het nationale symbool van Canada, de maple leaf of het esdoornblad. 

    Scott Waring denkt dat het bewust op een zeer zichtbare plek is geplaatst door kleine buitenaardsen die op Mars wonen. Volgens hem doen ze dit regelmatig en hij laat ook nog een ander voorbeeld zien van een dergelijke afbeelding.


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    Andere mensen zullen weer andere gedachten hebben over wat daar nu precies op die rots is geplakt, maar de meesten zullen het er wel over eens zijn dat we hier niet met iets natuurlijks te maken hebben. 

    Het volgende is wat Streetcap1 erover te zeggen heeft.

     

    Ongeacht wat het voorwerp is, is het natuurlijk niet zo vreemd dat steeds meer mensen zich afvragen of die foto’s wel van Mars afkomstig zijn en niet ergens anders op aarde zijn gemaakt, zoals bijvoorbeeld op Devon Island in Canada. 

    Als blijkt dat we zijn beetgenomen al die jaren en die foto’s zijn nooit op Mars gemaakt, dan mag je aannemen dat ook de maanlandingen niet echt waren en dan is een platte aarde misschien ook niet zo vergezocht. 

    Want, dat is het probleem met NASA. Ze zijn al talloze keren betrapt op leugens en als zij dan ook nog iedere keer onverklaarbare dingen op Mars wegwuiven als “natuurlijke fenomenen”, dan is het logisch dat mensen verder gaan denken. 

    Dit is wat wij eerder schreven en waarschijnlijk de moeite waard om nog even naar te kijken. 

    Ufoloog Scott Waring wordt niet zo snel moe en blijft doorgaan met het bestuderen van foto’s die door de NASA rovers worden genomen op de planeet Mars. 

    Zo vond hij de volgende afbeelding van iets wat ontegenzeggelijk lijkt op een verlaten schoen. 


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    Een voorwerp zoals hierboven is ook moeilijk te verklaren. Meestal probeert NASA het met natuurlijke rotsformatie, maar dat lijkt in dit geval absoluut niet zo. 

    Net zoals de maanlandingen die volgens velen nooit plaatsvonden, zijn er ook steeds meer mensen die ervan overtuigd zijn dat de opnames die wij te zien krijgen van de planeet Mars en die gemaakt worden door de Rovers, niets anders zijn dan beelden van het grootste onbewoonde eiland ter wereld. 

    Devon Island ligt in het noorden van Canada, is onbewoond en heeft een landschap dat verrassend overeenkomt met de beelden die wij regelmatig krijgen voorgeschoteld. 


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    19-04-2017 om 20:24 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien kidnapping? Russian homeless man mistakes drone for UFO, responds with imaginary gun (VIDEO)

    Alien kidnapping? Russian homeless man mistakes drone for UFO, responds with imaginary gun (VIDEO)

    Alien kidnapping? Russian homeless man mistakes drone for UFO, responds with imaginary gun (VIDEO)

    A viral video taken from a quadcopter in northern Russia appears to show a frightened homeless man fleeing and hiding from a drone, before unleashing an arsenal of imaginary firearms at the “UFO.”

    In a YouTube video dubbed, “An attempt to kidnap an Earthling” the man, referred to as a homeless guy, is seen desperately trying to take cover as he notices the quadcopter buzzing the snowy street.

    At first, he fruitlessly attempts to cover his head with a jacket, and then runs to hide behind a car parked nearby. The drone, however, chases on, which leaves the man no choice but to resort to the deadliest defenses he has available: an imaginary shotgun and an ethereal grenade.

    Sadly, the viewers do not get to see the extent of the damage the weapons caused to the alien aircraft as it eventually veers away.

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    © Bruno Borges

    The owner of the drone, Andrey Ganichev, who is from the town of Kovdor in Murmansk Region, uploaded the video, set against dramatic background music, to the Russian social network VKontakte and later to YouTube.

    Ganichev, who claims the first-contact-like episode happened by sheer chance, also named the newly-created YouTube channel, “The rise of the homeless.”

    The video, which has gone viral scoring tens of thousands of views in days, has received a mixed reaction. Some fantasized that either Skynet from the Terminator or City 17 from the iconic action-shooter Half-Life 2 are coming to life. Others questioned the authenticity of the incident, claiming the whole thing has been staged. There were also viewers who did not find the clip funny at all, saying the drone operator was harassing the homeless and potentially mentally disabled man. 

    Whatever the case, the clip could only further strengthen the conviction that the humanity is neither ready to make the first contact with extraterrestrials, nor to submit to our robotic overlords.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Has Nearly Depleted the Fuel Reserves

    NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Has Nearly Depleted the Fuel Reserves

    While NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been in operation for two decades now, it has nearly depleted its fuel reserves. Over half of that time has been spent taking readings from and exploring the space around Saturn, giving us a great insight into the ringed planet. But as with all good things, the spacecraft’s mission must come to an end and that’s one event worth waiting for.

    The way in which NASA intends to stop the mission is by making the spacecraft dive through the space between Saturn and its rings several times, before eventually crashing it into the planet itself (which is something NASA are quite good at, so no worries there). It should be quite a spectacular event which will begin on April 26th when NASA will send Cassini diving for the first time, bringing it closer than ever to the Saturn. This will happen another 21 times, each time sending valuable data and photos back to Earth.

    This collage of images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s northern hemisphere and rings as viewed with four different spectral filters. Each filter is sensitive to different wavelengths of light and reveals clouds and hazes at different altitudes.
    Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    After its last dive, Cassini will fly right into Saturn’s atmosphere where it will burn up and disintegrate. Even as the craft disintegrates, right up until its final last moments, it will stream back data for us to analyze down here on Earth. Cassini’s very final end of the mission is expected to occur on September 15 unless something drastic happens before then. So it’s time to say goodbye to good old Cassini, and thanks for all you’ve given us.

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    The Quantum Communication Revolution and Extraterrestrial Intelligence

    19-04-2017 om 19:59 geschreven door peter  

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    Flying square object puzzles Philadelphia witness

    A Pennsylvania witness at Philadelphia reported watching and photographing a slow moving, square-shaped object moving overhead, according to testimony in Case 82950 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    Witness image. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness image.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness was outside at the corner of Allegheny and Kensington in Philadelphia waiting for the bus at 8 a.m. on April 3, 2017.

    “It was a lovely morning and I was looking at the sky and clouds and saw a black object quite high,” the witness stated.“I was facing north/northwest. My first thought was that it was some debris floating on the air currents – but it was not just floating along – it was moving quite slowly from east to west.”

    Cropped and enlarged witness image. (Credit: MUFON)

    Cropped and enlarged witness image.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness described the object.

    “The object was dark black, shaped like a wide diamond – or a square object on a corner. It did not appear to reflect light – however, I noticed a light that flashed about four times in the 10 minutes or so I was looking at it.”

    Cropped and enlarged witness image. (Credit: MUFON)

    Cropped and enlarged witness image.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness decided to get a second opinion.

    “I asked a young woman, also waiting for the bus, if she saw it – she said yes – I asked her if it looked like a helicopter? She said she didn’t think so. I’m afraid I didn’t get her name, but if I see her again I will ask. I did try to take some photos – but I don’t believe they show much since the object was so high up and I’d think, quite distant. I’m attaching the photos from my phone.”

    Please be cautious with all UFO photos until an investigation is complete.

    Pennsylvania MUFON Field Investigator Theodore Bloch is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

    http://www.openminds.tv/ }

    19-04-2017 om 19:38 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.PROOF OF ALIENS? Man captures THREE 'inexplicable' UFOs in skies above Devon

    PROOF OF ALIENS? Man captures THREE 'inexplicable' UFOs in skies above Devon

    A MAN who claims to regularly photograph possible alien space craft above the skies of Devon has submitted four of his best shots for independent investigation.

    UFO-Devon

    JOHNMOONER*MUFON

    Three of the UFOs snapped by John Mooner over Newton Abbott, Devon.

    John Mooner, from Newton Abbott, Devon, is a UFO investigator who regularly watches the skies above the south west, and manages the website worldufophotos.org.

    He has now handed over four of his most perplexing photographs to top UFO investigators based in the US.

    Mr Mooner snapped three of the images in 2016, and one in 2015, and they have now been sent to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), which keeps a global database of such sightings, for further analysis.

    One picture, taken above Newton Abbott on September 13 2016, shows a flying saucer shaped object that "emerged from some clouds" according to Mr Mooner.

    In a report to MUFON, he said: "I was sky watching when I spotted a flying saucer that had just emerged from some clouds.

    "The flying saucer was just hanging there in the sky. It was like the aliens in the flying saucer wanted me to take a photograph.

    "I managed to take one photograph before the UFO went back into the clouds away from sight."

    On April 19 last year he says he snapped "a black object far off in the distance".

    He said it was "jet black and had an almond shaped light on the front."

    UFO-Cloud

    JOHNMOONER*MUFON

    This was the UFO that John Mooner said appeared from a cloud.

    He said: "The almond-shaped light had a yellowish tinge to it.

    "Also there was smoke that came out of the back of the object as it moved. The smoke was in small bursts."

    He said it "sped off into the distance at incredible rate off speed."

    Just two months later on June 26 at 1.20am, he said he saw out of the kitchen window "a strange bright object hanging above a nearby housing estate".

    He said: "The object was definitely not any type of known aircraft.

    "It was glowing bright orange and had a white pulsing light on the top left side."

    He said it just hung silently over the housing estate, adding: "A tube began to extend from the middle of the object and when it was fully extended it glowed with a yellowish tinge."

    UFO-Devon

    JOHNMOONER*MUFON

    The UFO that John Moner said had an almond-shaped light.

    I was sky watching when I spotted a flying saucer that had just emerged from some clouds.

    John Mooner

    The final image he submitted to MUFON was of what he described as a UFO touching a plane taken on September 21 2014.

    He wrote: "I noticed a flying saucer fly up to the back of the passenger plane and make physical contact with the tail section.

    "The flying saucer then gave the plane a nudge before flying off at an incredible rate of speed.

    "The pilot must of felt the nudge and probably thought it was air turbulence.

    "The flying saucer had a dome on the top and had a light on the bottom. It definitely looks like a classic flying saucer.

    Scott Brando is a sceptical UFO investigator who runs the hoax-busting website ufoofinterest.org.

    UFO-Devon

    JOHNMOONER*MUFON

    Scott Brando says this is probably a blorred picture of Mars

    UFO-DEveon

    JOHNMOONER*MUFON

    John Mooner claims a UFO is touching this plane's tail.

    He does not believe that there have yet been any photographs or videos of alleged UFOs taken that can not be explained.

    He said if Mr Mooner was looking south west at the time of the incident on June 26 last year, then he probably just photographed Mars, as planets tend to distort when a lens is zoomed at them.

    However, he was left stumped by the remaining three images.

    He told Express.co.uk: "About other pictures reported to Mufon several times by the same witness, it's very hard to understand what the objects could be.

    "At the moment I'm not able to make hypotheses."

    {http://www.express.co.uk/ }

    19-04-2017 om 19:27 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.WHAT IS IT? Sinister giant black ring 'portal' in sky sparks fears of alien attack

    WHAT IS IT? Sinister giant black ring 'portal' in sky sparks fears of alien attack

    ONLOOKERS were left terrified after a mysterious giant black ring appeared floating in the sky.

    Stunned witnesses in Novosibirsk city, Russia, are heard calling out to each other at the sight of the eerie ring which remained in the sky before disappearing into clouds.

    It was filmed above the Siberian Mall shopping centre and footage of the event has gone viral online after it was uploaded to social media.

    One viewer wrote: "This looks like some kind of creepy warning."

    Another commented: "It's a kind of supernatural power flying across the city!"

    And a third replied: "Aliens are coming to get us! Scary!"

    UFO-Ring

    YouTube

    The dark ring sparked fears of an alien invasion but was likely to be from a firework.

    An actual witness speculated that it was a weather event.

    They said: "The smoke ring is nothing but a soliton.

    "Black hydrocarbon with the vortex making up a ring and lifting it into the air."

    But a weather expert, who remained stumped about what the black ring was, did not agree.

    Renad Yagudin of the Siberian Hydrometeorological Centre said: "There is no such definition in meteorology as a soliton.

    It's a kind of supernatural power flying across the city!

    Online viewer

    "This is not a meteorological event."

    However, UFO hoax buster Scott Brando, who runs website ufoofinterest.org appears to have cracked the case.

    There have been a number of similar rings reported across the globe in recent years, including one over Disneyland, California, in June.

    He said they are caused by a giant smoke ring firework which leaves the black ring hanging in the air after being set off.

    He pointed to footage he used to expose the hoax last June which shows the ring being created after one is set off.

    19-04-2017 om 19:02 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Crop Circles Discovered In Farmers Field In England On April 18, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Crop Circles Discovered In Farmers Field In England On April 18, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of discovery: April 18, 2017
    Location of discovery: Tarlton, Gloucestershire, England
     
    This crop formation was found this week and has some marks in the field that I believe were made by a space ship landing in it to analyse the genetic make up of the crop and also we see two orb smaller ships that move with it. Have you ever seen a glowing orb in the sky, then noticed on film it looked like it has a spinning moon orbiting it ever once ever second or two? Well, these marks are from those smaller orbs. 
    Scott C. Waring
     

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    19-04-2017 om 18:49 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Kecksburg UFO Crash Incident Is About To Go Hollywood

    Kecksburg UFO Crash Incident Is About To Go Hollywood

    Hundreds of people observed a green glowing object with wisps of orange, purple and yellow colors in December 1965 in the night sky above western Pennsylvania. Moments later, the military swarmed the scene where the UFO allegedly landed. They were composed of men in suits and uniforms, and some in hazmat gear.

    According to witnesses, the object was a 10 to 12 feet metal that looked like an acorn. Soon the military men loaded the UFO into a truck and carted it away. Residents were worried about radiation and wondering what happened that night.

    Kecksburg UFO crash

    Eventually, the mysterious event became famous as Kecksburg UFO Incident. The unidentified flying object apparently came down on December 9, 1965. Authorities at that time said it was a meteorite. Many researchers have been challenging the official claim, but it never changed then.

    Researchers consider the Kecksburg UFO as one of the great unsolved mysteries as people in the small town of Kecksburg still talk about what had taken place before members of the military got into the scene and took the object away. Many believe that it was not a meteor, but a craft.

    Witnesses said that they saw it at around 4:47 pm when it came out of the sky from the northwest. The object was reportedly flaming from over Canada, Ohio to Western Pennsylvania. It seemed to be guided as it changed path and made a level descent away from homes and into the woods of Kecksburg.

    Now, a Pennsylvania-based film company wants to shed more lights on the mystery through making a movie on the topic. Grand Conspiracy Films, a company that specializes in making movies based on urban legends and folklore, are now casting for roles, and shooting is set to start in 2018.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    19-04-2017 om 18:39 geschreven door peter  

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    The Mystery Behind Cosmic Ceiling Of Senmut Tomb

    senmut-ufo

    There have been conspiracy theories suggesting that ancient Egyptian leaders were aliens and evidence has been presented, such as the tomb of Senmut and its astronomical signs. Conspiracy theorists believe that the ancient pyramid can ever be copied even with today’s technology. They pointed out the blocks that were too big and the seams between them that were sealed correctly without using cement.

    The tomb of Senmut, the Queen Hatshepsut’s architect, is believed to represent a celestial sphere, zodiac signs, and other constellations through the tomb’s ceiling panel. It also represents the inverted orientation of the firmament’s southern part. It is also believed that Senmut supervised the erection of twin obelisks, including quarrying and transport. The structure was the tallest in the world that time.

    Conspiracy theorists said that the Senmut ceiling’s characteristic features the astronomically false orientation of the South panel. Orion-Sirius group occupied the center of the panel. The Orion situates to the west of Sirius, instead of being to the East.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    19-04-2017 om 18:37 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.More Evidence That Aliens Aren’t Trying to Communicate With Us

    More Evidence That Aliens Aren’t Trying to Communicate With Us

    The “Sombrero Galaxy.” (Image: Hubble)

    Some SETI researchers believe the best way to detect aliens is to search the skies for their laser beams. In the largest survey of its kind, astronomers scanned 5,600 stars in search of these optical signals—and they found...absolutely nothing. Nada. Zilch. Here’s what that means to SETI and the ongoing hunt for alien intelligence.

    In a new study accepted for publication at the Astronomical Journal, SETI astronomers Nathaniel Tellis and Geoffrey Marcy from the University of California Berkeley report that they were unable to detect optical signatures of advanced extraterrestrials in over 67,000 individual spectra produced by nearly 5,600 stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Revealingly, around 2,000 of these stars are suspected of hosting warm, Earth-like planets, suggesting that advanced civilizations either don’t get into the habit of transmitting powerful laser beams across the cosmos, or they simply don’t exist. More practically, it means we should look for optical signals elsewhere, and expand our search to include an assortment of other potential alien signatures. Simply put, we’re not done searching for ET.

    Listening for radio signals is so old school. All the cool kids are now searching for laser beams. (Image: Contact)

    That said, the null result is undeniably discouraging. Laser signals would be an effective, cheap, and easy way for an advanced civilization to get our attention. Using technology similar to what we have today, aliens could deliberately transmit artificial infrared, visible, or ultraviolet emissions at our star. These directed signals could attract our attention by being continuous and abnormally powerful, or by containing tell-tale signs of artificiality, such as unexplained pulsing, or a string of binary data expressing some kind of mathematical phenomena (e.g. prime numbers or pi).

    In an effort to conduct a more thorough review of the heavens, Tellis and Marcy analyzed a trove of data collected by the Keck 10-meter telescope and its high resolution spectrometer, HIRES, between 2006 and 2016 as part of the California Planet Search (CPS). The 5,600 stars included in the study, the majority of which are located within a distance of 300 million-light years, produced 67,708 individual stellar spectra, averaging 96 spectral signals per star.

    “This study leverages the huge amount of data collected by the Keck telescope over decades, mostly as part of planet-hunting projects,” explained Penn State astronomer Jason Wright, who was not involved in the study, in an interview with Gizmodo. “That makes it sensitive to relatively low laser powers from thousands of the most nearby and interesting stars. It’s a great example of how SETI can ‘piggyback’ off of other science, looking for signals that might have been overlooked or thrown out because they were not expected or they look very similar to known sources of noise.”

    Armed with this data, the researchers then set about the task of searching for spectral signatures that, in the words of the authors, “would be expected from extraterrestrial optical lasers.” The power of these lasers ranged from 3 kW to 13 MW, which isn’t extreme by any measure. Unlike radio signals, which dissipate over vast distances, laser light manages to hold its integrity as it travels through space. “We may imagine that beings more technologically advanced than humanity would be capable of constructing...laser launchers with power levels at least as high as those detectable here, for any of the 5,600 star systems we surveyed,” explained the researchers in their study.

    An example of a false positive in a signal. This extraterrestrial laser candidate was found in an observation of TW Hydrae. The blip turned out to be heated gas in the protostellar disk around the star. (Image: Tellis and Marcy, 2017).

    To analyze this decade’s worth of data, Tellis and Marcy developed an algorithm that was (at least in theory) able to discern a possible alien signal within the natural spectra of a star. If an artificial signal was directed towards Earth, 
    it would be detectable as an unusually high number of protons compared with the background emissions of the star. The algorithm was configured to flag any occurrence of three consecutive pixels that exceeded the researchers’ thresholds.

    “We searched our spectra for ‘brightenings’ of the star, relative to the light it is already emitting, that were both tight in wavelength and in space,” Tellis told Gizmodo. “Finding a signal that matched the instrumental profile of Keck HIRES would have almost unequivocally meant we were seeing laser light, as the normal stellar spectra contain only thermally broadened emission lines. This is one of the key advantages to using Keck, as it has high enough spectral resolution to distinguish the two.”

    The thresholds were very liberal, resulting in an initial batch of 5,023 candidates. The researchers manually parsed these results (literally eyeballing the data), pruning the list down further and further as they pinpointed the source of each false positive. The most common sources of these false positives included cosmic rays, gamma rays, radioactivity from the observatory, molecules in Earth’s atmosphere, and emissions from the parent stars. Eventually, Tellis and Marcy had to concede defeat.

    “We found no such laser emission coming from the planetary region around any of the 5,600 stars,” conclude the researchers in their study.

    This result would seem to strike a blow to the suggestion that advanced civilizations might last for thousands or millions of years, all the while sending hello messages to up-and-coming neighbors. If even a small fraction of the 2,000-or-so systems with potentially Earth-like planets surveyed had technological civilizations who took the time to deliberately beam megawatt-lasers towards us, we should have detected them by now.

    “These results put an upper bound on the number of civilizations transmitting lasers at us while we were observing,” said Tellis. “It is only one type of communication, but we believe that for targeted communication, lasers are highly efficient.” That said, he admitted that lasers as a communication medium seem good to us at this time due to our relative youth, and that his team’s strategy relies on serendipity. “We have to ‘catch’ their broadcast,” he said. “Nevertheless, we believe it is a valuable result that the galaxy is apparently not teeming with such bright lasers.”

    So either advanced alien civilizations don’t behave in this way (e.g. they hide their presence or engage in other activities), or they don’t exist. It’s also possible that technological civilizations are exceptionally rare in the galaxy (both in time and space), greatly limiting the ability of the researchers to detect a signal. As the authors of the new study admit, “We may begin to wonder if arguments along the lines of the so-called Fermi paradox have some merit.” Indeed, the eerie silence of space is getting louder with each new attempt to detect alien intelligence.

    Undaunted, the researchers are planning on an expanded search. As part of the $100 million Breakthrough Listen effort, they will now turn their attention to stars that were overlooked in the study, including brown dwarfs and other odd astronomical phenomena. In addition to optical signals, SETI researchers can look for other potential signs of alien intelligence, such as microwave or neutrino emissions, Dysonian megastructures, industrial waste signatures, transiting space habitats, and so on.

    If the aliens are out there, we’ll find them. Eventually.

    [The Astronomical Journal (preprint available at arXiv)]

    {http://gizmodo.com/ }

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    DO I BELIEVE IN UFOS?

      
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    Whenever I do a new livestream on Instagram (hint hint, @universetoday on Instagram), it’s generally with an audience that doesn’t have a lot of experience with my work here on Universe Today or YouTube.

    They’re enthusiastic about space, but they haven’t been exposed to a lot of the modern ideas about astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrials. They have, however, seen a lot of TV and movies.

    And so, the most common question I get, by a long shot is, “do you believe in aliens?”

    That’s actually a more complicated question. On the one hand, the question could be: do I believe that aliens are visiting Earth, creating crop circles, infiltrating our government, and experimenting on human/alien hybrids for the eventual overthrow of human civilization?

    The answer to that question, is no.

    Capturing a Bright Fireball, breaking up with debris. Yellow Springs, Ohio.

    Photo credit: John Chumack

    I believe in UFOs, in that, I believe there are unidentified objects flying in the air, which haven’t gotten a definitive categorization. And when they do get an explanation, it’s weather balloons, or Venus, or airplanes, or fireworks, or drones, or a hoax.

    It’s never aliens.

    Because if it was aliens, we would have some kind of evidence. There would be something, anything, that gave definitive proof that aliens were here.

    What I’m talking about is some kind of monument, or machine, or vehicle, or factory. Something that’s been around here on Earth for as long as human history, and has no explanation for how it could have been created.

    UFO researchers point to things like the pyramids, or the statues on Easter Island, or the Nazca lines, when there’s plenty of evidence these things could be created by humans and their tools of the age. Even when the hoaxers who created crop circles with a plank on a rope and a little planning tried to explain how they did it, people didn’t really believe them.

    I want to show you a series of amazing visualizations created by Sam Monfort, a data researcher in the Human Factors and Applied Cognition program at George Mason University. Sam pulled in data from the National UFO Reporting Center or NUFORC which has been collecting reports all the way back to 1905.

    Since its inception, NUFORC has received almost 105,000 UFO reports. And sighting are at an all time high.

    Reported UFO sightings per decade.

    Credit: Sam Monfort

    But what’s really fascinating is how the trends of what people see have changed over time. A century ago, the vast majority of UFOs were spheres or cigar shaped. But then saucers showed up in the 20s, and that’s all anyone saw.

    Types of UFOs reported per decade.

    Credit: Sam Monfort

    Cigars have dropped down to almost nothing, while lights in the sky have grown in prominence to become almost 50% of the UFOs that people see these days.

    Clearly spaceship design took a turn away from cigars, to saucers to glowing lights. Oh, fickle aliens spacecraft designers, following the latest fashions.

    The timing is interesting too. There’s a rise in sightings around July 4th in the US every year. Fireworks maybe?

    Reported UFO sightings in July peak on the 4th.

    Credit: Sam Monfort

    The other piece of data that’s pretty interesting is that people in the US are 300 times more likely to report a UFO sighting than any other country in the world. My own Canada is number 2.

    The distribution by country of reported UFO sightings.µ

    Credit: Sam Monfort

    Here’s the thing. A huge percentage of the population is now carrying around their own personal tricorder, which will record audio, video and take amazing pictures, even in a dimly lit alien spaceship. And yet, there still hasn’t been any definitive, scientifically proven evidence for aliens.

    Google is watching everywhere I go, and reminds me that I visited Home Depot last week, but you think the occasional trip to an orbital research facility would get picked up.

    I feel pretty confident when I say, there’s no evidence that aliens are visiting Earth.

    But the deeper question is a little more unsettling. Do I believe there are aliens in the Universe?

    The observable – or inferrable universe. This may just be a small component of the whole ball game.

    The Universe is huge. The very edge of the Universe we can see is known as the observable Universe. The first light in the Universe has been traveling through space for 13.8 billion years to reach our eyes. And because of the expansion of the Universe, those regions are now more than 46 billion light years away from us.

    That’s just the observable Universe. The actual physical Universe is much larger. Hundreds of billions, trillions, quadrillions or more light years across. Maybe it’s even infinite.

    Forever is a long way.

    And we know that the Universe is old. It’s been around for 13.8 billion years. Our Milky Way has been around for almost that entire period. The Solar System showed up a relatively recent 4.5 billion years ago. We’re late to a party that’s been raging for almost 10 billion years already.

    Fossil evidence tells us that life formed here on Earth pretty much as quickly as it was possible to do so. Just a few hundred million years after the Earth formed, and it wasn’t entirely a ball of molten rock, life popped up and started evolving.

    Hematite tubes from the hydrothermal vent deposits that represent the oldest microfossils and evidence for life on Earth. The remains are at least 3.7 billion years old.

    Credit: Matthew Dodd/UCL

    Multiply the Universe’s age by its size and you get a place that really should be teeming with life, and yet we don’t see any evidence of aliens. Not in cigars nor saucers.

    This is of course, the Fermi Paradox, and we’ve talked about this several times in the past. We can’t seem to find evidence of aliens, or their robotic spacecraft which should be busily colonizing the Milky Way turning every planet they reach into more robots.

    The Fermi Paradox has been the source of arguments and existential terror for many.

    In fact, if the Fermi Paradox doesn’t bother you in an existential way, then I don’t think you’ve thought about the Fermi Paradox enough.

    Are there aliens? There might be single-celled, simple organisms across the Universe. But more complex animals like we have here on Earth might be incredibly uncommon.

    Earth, seen from space, above the Pacific Ocean.

    Credit: NASA

    This is the idea of the Rare Earth hypothesis, which was put forward in the year 2000 in a book by paleontologist Peter Ward and astrobiologist Donald Brownlee. If you have any interest in this subject, I highly recommend you give it a read.

    In Rare Earth, Ward and Brownlee argue that Earth was lucky in many factors that we never really thought about before.

    The Earth is the right distance from the center of the Milky Way so we’re not bombarded by radiation, but not too far so that we’re in the outskirts, with no heavy elements.

    We orbit the right kind of star, and the right configuration of other planets in the Solar System. No big bully super-Jupiters that caused havoc with our planet or kicked us out of the Solar System entirely.

    The orbit of the Earth has been stable for a long time, following a roughly circular orbit around the Sun. Our planet is the right size and density for life to survive and thrive. With plate tectonics, which help recycle our rocks and atmospheric gasses, so we don’t become a hellworld like Venus.

    With a single large Moon that helped regulate our tides and provided an environment where some lifeforms could have been forced to find a better way.

    And then some kind of secret sauce that helped give Earth life the kick it needed to go from simple to complex lifeforms.

    Maybe there’s life everywhere, but we’ll never find anything more complex than bacteria. Or maybe we’ll never find anything anywhere. Ever.

    A bright Taurid meteor falls over Deadfall Basin, near the base of Mount Eddy in California.

    Credit and copyright: Brad Goldpaint.

    I understand why the search for UFOs is so fascinating for people, and why many think that’s a reasonable default answer for seeing glowing lights in the sky. But for me, I want to know for sure that we’re not alone, that there are other aliens lifeforms and maybe even civilizations out there among the stars.

    I don’t believe UFOs are aliens, and I’m not entirely convinced there’s anyone else in the entire Universe.

    And that’s why I think we should dedicate ourselves to finding out the answer. Listen to stars for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations, search planets for the chemical signatures of alien life. Scour our own Solar System for anything. Under the rocks on Mars or under the oceans of Europa.

    If it does turn out that we’re alone? What then? Do we have a greater responsibility to take care of ourselves and our planet, to make sure the candlelight of life and intelligence doesn’t flicker out?

    Now you know how I feel about aliens, what about you? Do you think we’re being visited on a regular basis? Do you think there are aliens out there, somewhere, waiting to be discovered? Or do you think we’re all alone in the Universe. I’d like to know your thoughts.

    In our next episode, we’re going to talk about one of the biggest current mysteries in astronomy: Fast Radio Bursts. They were only recently discovered, and they’re a total mystery. No answers next time, only questions.

    What would we do if aliens actually visited us here on Earth? How prepared are our governments to deal with them? It turns out, there are some specific plans and preparations, and I detail them in this video.

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    Leominster, Massachusetts silver UFO on April 9, 2017
    Leominster, Massachusetts silver UFO on April 9, 2017

    Filer’s Files #16 – 2017 Happy Easter and UFOs - PART I

    In special reports, this week’s files cover: Alien Life in our Solar System, Underwater Bases, UFOs Imitate Aircraft, NSA Sees and Ears Everything, Does God Have an Air Force?, Moon  and Anomaly.

     Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia.

    Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, and England in the United Kingdom.

    The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.

    George A. Filer III

    New Jersey State Director

    MUFON Eastern Region Director

    Www.nationalUFOcenter.com. Now receiving 3 million hits a month

    Forward these files to your friends and neighbors.

    Special Projects

    NASA Announces one of Saturn’s Moons Could Support Alien Life

     Molecular hydrogen, as found on Enceladus, is one of the essential parts of life on Earth.

    The new findings came from the Cassini spacecraft, which flew through a huge plume of water that was being shot out of the surface of Enceladus. More than 100 individual geysers blast water ice, organic molecules and other material into space from the South Polar Region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, as seen here by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

    Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI As it did, the spacecraft took readings of the water and sent them back to Earth for further study.

    That study found evidence of molecular hydrogen in those jets of vapor and particles, which come from the moon itself. That molecular hydrogen (H2) could only plausibly have come from hydrothermal reactions between hot rocks and water underneath the moon’s icy crust, the researchers claim.

    On Earth, that same process provides energy for the entire ecosystems of life found around hydrothermal vents.

    That hydrogen serves as an especially good food, and some of the most ancient life forms on Earth use it for fuel. The kind of life that may live on Enceladus would likely eat that hydrogen and then release methane – which has also been found coming from the moon.

    Further research found that the material Cassini flew through found large amounts not only of molecular hydrogen but also carbon dioxide. Together, those two ingredients are critical in a process known as methanogenesis — a reaction that sustains microbes in similar dark, undersea environments on Earth.

    Scientists think that three ingredients are needed for life on a planet: water, organic molecules and a source of energy. The first two have been detected on Enceladus before, but the new discovery means that all three key components are there, with the addition of a fuel source for keeping that life alive.

    “We now know there’s not only a warm, wet environment – we now realize there’s food for life,” said Lewis Dartnell, an astrobiology researcher at the University of Westminster. “There’s fuel for an ecosystem on Enceladus.”

    Shown are the “tiger stripe” fractures, from which geysers blast water ice and other material from the Saturn moon’s subsurface ocean out into space. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-announcement-today-alien-life-exist-saturn-enceladus-cassini-hydrogen-plume-hydrothermal-a7681821.html

    Editor’s Note; a sophisticated underwater civilization could have evolved on these water planets or moons that have now developed an ability to travel in space. The Sumerians claimed they were visited by space traveler Oannes who lived in the sea and provided advanced information and writing. Carl Sagan discussed the amazing evidence in Sumerian writing claiming that extraterrestrial intelligence came to Earth and provided advanced education to mankind. History Channel’s investigative journalist Phillip Coppers claims the Babylonian tale of Oannes who lived in the sea is the “amongst the best evidence that we might have potentially been visited by extraterrestrials in prehistory. Both the Sumerians and the early Egyptians and the Babylonians who followed, say that their writing system wasn’t “invented”, but “given” to them by their gods, who came down to the earth from the sky in “fiery chariots” or “sky boats. Strange structures and roads exist on the bottom or Earth’s oceans that were built by somebody?

    Using Google maps found these Underwater tracks

    Using Google maps the researcher came across these very strange tracks on the sea bed off the coast of Canada. Numerous UFOs are seen leaving the ocean and returning. There multiple tracks on the bottom of the ocean in area thousands of feet deep.

    45 200170 North 44 277313 West a cross to mark the spot

    43 766304 North  

    44 905025 West – Tracks and possible base

    Thanks to Google Earth and MUFON

    UFOs Imitate Aircraft

    Dr. Bruce Cornet has graciously allowed me to publish some of his scientific findings about UFOs. He has two doctorate degrees in scientific fields. On 24 September 1992 between 6:10 pm and 7:20 pm Dr. Cornet was driving home from work at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY to Middletown, NY.

    Sunset was quickly approaching as Dr. Bruce Cornet drove north towards his exit on the New York Throughway. It did not set before he saw something that completely challenged his senses.  Off to his right between the highway and Bear Mountain, which parallels the highway, he saw a large jetliner approaching in the distance.  The only problem was its altitude.  It was flying below the top of Bear Mountain, which has a maximum elevation of only 300 feet above the valley floor.

    As it approached him it flashed its landing lights several times – on, off, on, off, on, off.  By now the jetliner was less than a half mile away, and it clearly had his attention. Then the aircraft began to bank to its right. It slowly crossed the highway just in front of him in plain view.  It was not much higher than 200 feet above the highway as it crossed less than 500 feet in front of him.  It just reached the other side of the highway as he passed it.  It had the distinct shape of a Boeing 707, but was painted solid black.  There were no markings on it whatsoever.  Even the windows seemed to be blackened out.  It did make a sound like a jetliner as it passed near him.

    Coronet writes,

    I saw a Boeing 707 without external engines, all black, no windows, even over the flight deck, and no FAA required markings, that does not make sense as a manmade craft. I have time exposures of a cigar-shaped fuselage unfolding wings and tail stabilizers, and only then turning on a fake jet-like sound.”

     Let’s here from the skeptics.  What could explain a large 707 jetliner flying well below minimum altitude of 1,000 feet (FAA regulation outside airport control) and the pilot flashing his landing lights?  Was the pilot in trouble?  Was he trying to alert drivers on the highway as he attempted to make an emergency landing on the highway?

     FAA regulation 91.515 Flight altitude rules: (a) Notwithstanding 91.119 and except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may operate an airplane under VFR at less than — (1) One thousand feet above the surface, or 1,000 feet from any mountain, hill, or other obstruction to flight, for day operations; and (2) The altitudes prescribed in 91.177 for night operations. (b) This section does not apply — (1) During takeoff or landing; (2) When a different altitude is authorized by a waiver to this section under subpart J of this part; or (3) When a flight is conducted under a special VFR weather minimum of 91.157 with an appropriate clearance from ATC.

     FAA regulation 91.177 Minimum altitude for IFR operations. (a) Operation of aircraft at minimum altitudes. Except when necessary for takeoff and landing, no person may operate an aircraft under IFR below – (1) The applicable minimum altitudes prescribed in Parts 95 and 97 of this chapter; or (2) If no applicable minimum altitude is prescribed in those parts — (i) In the case of operations over an area designated a mountainous area in part 95, an altitude of 2,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal distance of 4 nautical miles from the course to be flown; or (ii) In any other case, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal distance of 4 nautical miles from the course to be flown (AIM/FAR 1994 airman’s information manual / federal aviation regulations).

    These were some of the thoughts running through Cornet’s mind as he prepared to take his exit at the Harriman toll exchange.  What disturbed him the most was his observation that there were no engine pods on the wings or body of the aircraft.  He dismissed that observation as probably mistaken (it made no sense whatsoever, given that he heard the distinct sound of jet engines).  He continued on his journey, now traveling west on Rte 17M.  But no further than a couple miles from the toll booths he saw the same aircraft again.  This second time it crossed the highway from left to right about 1/2 mile ahead of him.  It was again very low to the ground, and travelling at a slow speed: It took about five seconds to cross the highway.  He became very concerned, because there was now the distinct possibility that the pilot was in serious trouble and preparing to make a crash landing.  Even though the area seemed under-developed, Cornet knew that just beyond the trees along the highway there were large residential communities.  And several hills jutted up on both sides of the highway, making any low altitude flight there very hazardous.

    Cornet continued to question his eyes regarding the apparent speed of the aircraft.  It seemed to be going much too slow to stay in the air. The map below shows four locations of his truck when the AOP crossed in front of him over the highway.

     

    About a mile or two further west on Rte 17M Cornet saw the aircraft again about 1/2 mile ahead of him.  This third time it crossed the highway from right to left at a similar slow speed and low altitude.  He gave a sigh of relief that it had not crashed into the residential community, but where was it going and why?  It was now becoming more apparent to him that whatever this thing was, it was putting on a show just for him.  No one in front of him or behind him on the highway had been there for all three shows.  But it couldn’t be targeting him, he thought.  Who would ever believe him if he told such a wild story without evidence?  Anybody knows that a Boeing 707 can’t fly without engines, and it would drop out of the air like a rock much below a stall speed of about 150 knots.

    Cornet drove another mile shaking his head and wondering if anyone else who saw this aircraft was asking the same questions.  Then ahead of him there it was for the fourth time crossing the highway, but this time from left to right.  He had a hard time staring at it, because the Sun was just beginning to touch the horizon directly behind the aircraft.  The highway at this point was oriented exactly east-west.  This would be the last time he saw the aircraft in daylight, but not the last time that evening.  The best was yet to com.

    http://www.sunstar-solutions.com/AOP/Boeing/boeing07.htm Apparently, it goes both ways. ET and humans both make copycat vehicles.

    Shape-shifting Saucers into Aircraft.

    I was out in my backyard shooting Contrails at 1 pm, March 4, 2017 with my Canon Power Shot SX50 HS and saw the contrails thru the lens of my camera. I was shooting on continuous rapid fire at 10 pictures per second, shooting 70 pictures total.

    I started shooting the entire contrail, that’s when the aircraft started to appear. The Saucers only appeared on my P.C. after downloading the 70 images. I can hardly believe what I have captured on my camera. I have been capturing quite a few of these UFO’s that Shape shift into an aircraft.

    The aircraft shape shifted back and forth during the entire capture. I only found this out by looking at the pictures on my P.C. afterwards .I shoot contrails until I can see what is making the contrail. Thanks to Stargaazer

    NSA Sees Everything Hears Everything Documentary HD


    Since its inception in 1952, the National Security Agency (NSA) has been shrouded in secrecy; for years the White House denied its very existence. For the first time since 9/11 changed everything, cameras go beyond the closed doors of the NSA, deep inside the agency’s over 2 million square foot top-secret compound. NSA works closely with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom exchanging secret intercepts.

    Intelligence organization of the United States government, responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes – a discipline known as signals intelligence (SIGINT). NSA is concurrently charged with protection of U.S. government communications and information systems against penetration and network warfare. Although many of NSA’s programs rely on “passive” electronic collection, the agency is authorized to accomplish its mission through active clandestine means, among which are physically bugging electronic systems and allegedly engaging in sabotage through subversive software.

    Moreover, NSA maintains physical presence in a large number of countries across the globe, where its Special Collection Service (SCS) inserts eavesdropping devices in difficult-to-reach places. SCS collection tactics allegedly encompass “close surveillance, burglary, wiretapping, and breaking and entering”.

    Unlike the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), both of which specialize primarily in foreign human espionage, NSA does not unilaterally conduct human-source intelligence gathering, despite often being portrayed so in popular culture. Instead, NSA is entrusted with assistance to and coordination of SIGINT elements at other government organizations, which are prevented by law from engaging in such activities without the approval of the NSA via the Defense Secretary. As part of these streamlining responsibilities, the agency has a co-located organization called the Central Security Service (CSS), which was created to facilitate cooperation between NSA and other U.S. military cryptanalysis components. Additionally, the NSA Director simultaneously serves as the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and as Chief of the Central Security Service. This ability allowed the government to wiretap the Trump Towers.

    https://www.cnet.com/news/newly-leaked-nsa-program-sees-nearly-everything-you-do/

    Does God Have an Air Force?

    We celebrate Easter throughout much of the world based on the death of Jesus Christ and his resurrection after several days with an angel rolling back the stone from his tomb. The logical question is what has this to do with UFOs? I suggest there is a connection. Most of the description of angels compares nicely with our available data of at least one group of the alien visitors that are usually called Nordics. God created angels before humanity, who regularly worship God, and are called the Sons of God. In Genesis, the first book of the Bible and Jewish Torah, angels are described as having bodies with parts such as hands, feet, eyes, head, voices, mouths, hair, faces and other human body parts. The Sons of God or angels are first mentioned in Genesis Chapter 6-2, “That the Sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and took them wives of which they chose.

    The holy angels are powerful spirits present among us“sent to serve those who are to inherit salvation” (Heb 1:14). Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life The angels known as Gods messengers coming from the planet heaven have a key role in numerous religions, and they also seem to be associated with flying vehicles or UFOs. Angels are sometimes referred to as guardians or spirit guides. They are often described as glowing white light emanating from a human form. The ancient Sumerian records describe angels known as cherubim. They were used to protect sensitive areas of the gods and prevent humans from entering. Later angels evolved into more spiritual beings that often were depicted with wings and guarded sacred places such as the tomb where Jesus was buried. They were servants of God and carried out his commands. Angels are usually depicted with wings and the ability to fly, yet descriptions of them in the Bible do not mention wings indicating they likely used some type of unidentified flying object (UFOs) to fly. There are thousands of books written about angels and their appearance to humans.

    Elijah flew to heaven. “Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.  2 Kings 2: Chariots, Clouds, Clouds of Heaven, Thrones, and Mountains are all types of UFOs referred to in the Bible. The biblical prophet Ezekiel in the Bible saw “the wheel in the midst of a wheel”flew up in the sky with the glory of the Lord God above the wheelsDrawing by Duncan Long

    These angelic visitors are real according to most of the great historic religious writings of mankind and much of Earth’s history revolves around these visitors from space who are often identified as Sons of God, gods, or angels. In Vedic writings the topmost authority in the material universe is known as Brahma, and he lives in the highest material planetary system, called Brahmaloka or heaven. It seems reasonable to assume the most sacred writings of our ancestors are not simply myths, but are based on actual visits by angels. Islam believes that the Quran was written in heaven in Arabic and then passed down to Mohammad orally via the angel Gabriel.

    Angels are often given credit for bringing writing, agriculture, and religion to Earth. As we celebrate Easter this week, Jesus Christ was crucified, dead, and buried in a tomb for three days and guarded by Roman soldiers. An angel was involved in rolling back the stone of entombment and the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead after his crucifixion. The Resurrection of Jesus is probably the most important part of Christian scripture.

     “Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and other Mary went out to the tomb. Suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and rolled aside the stone and sat on it. His face shone like lightning and his clothing was brilliant white. The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and fell into a dead faint. Then the angel spoke to the women, “Don’t be frightened!” he said, “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified, but he isn’t here! For he has come back to life again, just as he said he would; Come in and see where the body was lying ….. And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and that he is going to Galilee to meet them there.” Mathew 28.

    The late Zechariah Sitchin the bestselling author of four books called the “Earth Chronicles” told me that Genesis is true and ought to be read practically as a historic and scientific document. He felt that ancient civilizations are older and much more technically/scientifically oriented than we once believed. Ancient Sumerian texts as well as the Bible reveal the existence of angels or Anunnaki, ‘Those who from Heaven to Earth Came.’ Only in recent years has modern science caught up with ancient scientific knowledge.

     Scientist Dr. Carl Sagan in his book, “Intelligent Life in the Universe” indicated Earth had likely been visited by extraterrestrials. 

    He states: Sumer was an early–perhaps the first -civilization the contemporary sense on the planet Earth. It was founded in the forth millennium B.C. or earlier. We don’t know where the Sumerians came from.  I feel that if the Sumerian civilization is depicted by the descendents of the Sumerians themselves to be of non-human origin, the relevant legends should be examined carefully. (Page 456)

    He goes on to ask, What might an advanced extraterrestrial civilization want from us?”……

    He answered his own question by stating, “One of the primary motivations for the exploration of the New World was to convert the inhabitants to Christianity — peacefully if possible — forcefully if necessary.  Can we exclude the possibility of an extraterrestrial evangelism?  (Page 463)

    In ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece, Judaism, Christianity and in Islam angels were sent as divine messengers to humans to instruct, inform, or command. Many abductees claim healing, love and miracles from the angels.    According to the book “Heaven: A History” by Colleen McDannell, ancient Greeks such as Plato and Cicero believed that the soul contained the most vital aspects of the person. Once released from its imprisonment in the body, the angels approached and greeted the soul and invited it to mount a chariot, after testing it for worthiness, and then traveled to a far off place. Hellenistic Jews and later Christians believe in the immorality of the human soul. The soul lived on with angels, and ultimately God in heaven.

    The Reverend Billy Graham, the evangelical minister and the friend of US Presidents in his book, “Angels,” makes the following surprising statements,

    Some have speculated that UFOs could very well be a part of God’s angelic host who preside over the physical affairs of universal creation.  While we cannot assert such a view with certainty nothing can hide the fact that these unexplained events are occurring with greater frequency around the entire world.  Some take the detailed descriptions of a highly credible airline crew and lay them alongside Ezekiel and put forth a strong case —- such theories are now being given serious attention even by people who make no claim to believe in the God of the Bible.  UFOs are astonishingly angel-like in some of their reported appearances.” Jesus is prophesied to return on a cloud.

    David E. Twichell writes, The ancient astronaut and Biblical UFO hypotheses are not new. However, no one seems to want to take the matter to the next logical step.  If Ezekiel’s “wheel within a wheel” and Moses’ “pillar of fire and cloud” were forerunners of today’s UFOs, then the Star of Bethlehem and the brilliant cloud to which Jesus ascended must be treated in the same vein.  When Biblical descriptions of anomalous aerial phenomena are overlaid on that of modern-day UFO reports, the picture seems to meld as one.  Once the evidence has been presented, the reader is led to a conclusion that is at best convincing and at least thought provoking.

    http://www.ufoimplications.com/ufo_jesus.html

    Moon Anomaly

    Dan Johnson shot a photo of the moon on April 2, 2017. He states, “I was looking at some more pictures of the moon from Sunday and I saw this one. DSC02381A shows an anomaly between 1 and 2 o’clock near the moon.” I have blown this up a bit and DSC02381H1 shows this.

    Not exactly sure what I am seeing, but it looks a bit strange to me. I have not seen this before. Love and Light, Dan Johnson

    MUFON Had 487 Sighting Reports in

    March of 2017

    United States 328, Canada 33, United Kingdom 24, Australia 13, Brazil 6, Iran 6, India 5, Mexico 5 The National UFO Reporting Center had 319 sighting reports.

    Joe Foster has seen a UFO or two. They’ve been close up when he was a 3-year-old in his crib and yards overhead of his Coast Guard ship at sea. He shares these uncanny incidents with you, focusing on UFOs and the military. Growing up near a nuclear weapons storage facility, he spied some unusual crafts–were they ours? Find out at our meeting. April 18, 2017, Tredyffrin Public Library, 6:30 pm,

    582 Upper Gulph Rd. Strafford, PA 19087

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    UFO Sightings in the United States

    Arizona Light

    Overgaard — In taking a photo of the full moon over the pine trees of my home on the rim of the mountain tops on April 11, 2017, something flew past me.

    It flew fast enough that it was only caught in one frame in the camera view finder, Silent, bright, and oddly hat shaped.

    It was gone in the blink of an eye.

    I don’t know what to think. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    California Object

    Antioch — On March 29, 2017 around 19:05 I saw an object looking like a regular airline passenger jet from San Elijo CT. in Antioch, California at 12 o’clock west and it was hovering in the sky.

    After awhile it flew towards the south for some distance and suddenly made a sharp turn and flew north at unbelievable speed.

    It flew to the horizon in just 4 to 5 seconds with a sound similar to a drone toy, but it was too far away to hear a drone sound.

    Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

    Calexico CA – This light formation was photographed the above city heading East on April 10, 2917.

    .No sounds just bright yellow lights of two possible triangles.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Connecticut Light

    Woodbury – I was loving the last hours of sun warmth in my yard on March 27, 2017, when I saw a blue green mass moving and hovering in the distance. It was hovering close to twenty minutes and then it just went straight up and was gone.

    I took a photo to the northwest as it was very unusual in the clear blue sky. I thought it was a star or a rocket. I felt I had seen an explosion at first but it remained steady in the sky, it shot out of the sky in an instant traveling away and up. I felt oddly fortunate.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Florida Lights

     Miami Beach — I was on 17th Street and Alton Road on South Beach with my friend in my car on February 12, 2017. At that time I saw this object pass by with low speed and low altitude and made me think it’s a police drone. It was too big for regular drone and it had allot of lights with rotating camera on the front.

    We followed this object for 30 minutes while it was climbing with low speed to the point where we couldn’t see it anymore. I could not find any drone like this so can you give me any idea what I saw that day. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Illinois Orb

    Rochester — Pamela Stark took this UFO with orb in the pictures on April 10, 2017, at 8:23 PM. My friends were in the sky as usual.

    The one was closer to the Earth than ever before and allot brighter.

    Thanks to Pamela Stark

    Massachusetts Sphere

    Leominster –While sky fishing and taking a cluster of photos less than a second apart of the same spot of the sky I captured a silver sphere on April 9, 2017. I had seen light anomalies in this particular part of the sky in the past and decided to take a burst of 35 photos to see if I could capture anything. Upon examining the photos, one showed a small silver sphere hovering over a wooded area. It was tough to gauge the distance and the size of the object. There were no birds or bugs close to my iPhone camera. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    New Jersey/Pennsylvania Devil

    A construction worker returning home from a job in Pennsylvania believes he and a friend may have spotted the infamous ‘Jersey Devil.’ Going by the initials ‘R.W.,’ the man says that they noticed a strange creature lurking atop some trees as they drove down the highway. According to the witness, the oddity sported both bat-like wings as well as a goat head, which eerily matches the description of the legendary entity known as the ‘Jersey Devil.’

    Apparently aware of the tale, the man’s friend quickly took a picture of the creature as it flew away. The astounded men upon seeing their photo the pair became certain that they had seen the notorious cryptic said to lurk in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens.

    Skeptics will no doubt suggest that the anomaly is merely a bat that looks more monstrous due to the angle and perspective of the photo.

    While that may be the case, an even easier argument for why the construction workers did not photograph the ‘Jersey Devil’ can be made simply by pointing out that they took the photo in Pennsylvania. Thanks to Philly Voice

    New York Triangle

    Astoria — I’ve been watching these things for many months now. During March I’ve captured blinking orbs spread out in the sky and some weird Smokey-looking stuff. I see these types of things on a regular basis and have plenty of footage to prove it. I live close to a power plant and my theory is they must stay close to it as some sort of power source because they’re always lurking around.

    Also, they hide around a couple buildings undergoing construction and try to pass themselves off as building lights; I have footage of this as well. There’s a ton of weird stuff flying around in this section, it’s like Star Wars out there. Picture states property of North American Anarchist Militia. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Ohio Disc

    Warren — My ex husband and I in the summer of 1985 were driving on Parkman Road and saw a large disk floating above a house. He slapped on the brakes and backed up and we glimpsed the disc as it flew straight upwards and was gone. It happened so fast. It was about 7 PM, on June 15, 1985.

    The brushed nickel disk shaped craft had “colors around” as if painted onto the chrome. We also saw lights that shined down but were very dim and shining downwards. It was about the size, or a bit bigger, than a house roof.

    And had it wanted to land, there would have been no room anyhow. Nobody believed us so we never told too many. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com ‘

    Cleveland — April 11, 2017, this UFO was captured on live camera by Youtube user and UFO researcher Orlando Bosca. He caught footage of this UFO while it was moving and we can see that it’s huge and not an aircraft.

    It must have been seen on radar just from its immense size. UFOs are often seen over water, because they hide below the water until they are ready to carry on with their mission.

    Thanks to Scott C. Waring

    South Carolina Light

    North Myrtle Beach — We were staying here for vacation for the week.  I saw lights both nights on April 8 and 9, 2017 that we have been here so far. Thanks to MUFON CMS


    Virginia Cylinders

     Kim Johnson her son and three other friends were driving near the Monroe Institute Saturday night April 1, 2017.and saw a flotilla of 9 UFOs above the tree line. Two were visible and 7 were somewhat cloaked in the clouds. They were cigar shaped and quite long. The witnesses to pictures with their cell phones but pictures didn’t show the UFOs like they saw them. Nine cylinder craft or fat cigars were seen flying over the Blue Ridge Mountains in a partial formation. The craft were much larger than commercial aircraft. I will send pictures when others appear. Love and Light, Dan Johnson.

    Worldwide UFO Sightings

    Argentina Orbs

    Buenos Aires – On 5 to 6 April 2017 anomalous aerial phenomena were seen above the capital.

    At 7:57 PM, an abnormal luminosity was detected. The object was flashing and begins its strange transit, towards the northeast. After several minutes, it disappeared, as strangely as it appeared. It was seen in the sky between “Cancer and Leo “with extreme magnitudes, achieved by an Infrared recording of almost two minutes. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    South Australia Orb

    Cowell — My husband and I live in a rural town we initially went outside to have a look at the moon as we had read it was going to be a pink moon. It was a beautiful clear night and I thought I would take some pictures. When I zoomed in I immediately saw this blue light hovering around and near the moon. It would hover for 10 seconds then would take off quickly to the other side of the moon. Then hover again and dart back and forth and hover again. I called out to my husband and told him what I was seeing but with the naked eye we could not see it. We watched it for over an hour. He also went and got his camera and got to take pictures as well. Sometimes it moved very fast and I would have to move camera around to find it again. It was a blue orb like light but sometimes it appeared oblong and sometimes it left like a tail of light when it took off. I am pretty sure we were witnessing a ufo. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Canada Cylinder

    Oshawa, Ontario — On April 5, 2017 I was walking the dog in our local park looking to the west over bordering Whitby. I could see a strange white line in the sky some miles away, So I stopped and observed it hovering for a minute. So to capture the moment I took three pictures at 10:33 pm, and being at such a great distance I thought maybe it could be a jet’s leftover trail. After a couple minutes I looked again at was gone.

    Two days later I reviewed the three pictures and was surprised what I captured. The shape looks like a large long helicopter that appears to be cloaked. Or is this a craft not made here? You can also see a small blue light near one end in one picture. Thanks to Paul Shishis

    Italy Cylinders

    Rome — Watching the recorded German evening tv news on RTL (German TV channel) e saw U/FOs…

    I have discovered two objects next to the St. Peter’s Cathedral and took pictures of the scene using my iPhone6.

    Two cylinders appear to be flying above the Vatican.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

    South Korea Object

     Seoul — Last Wednesday, 12th April 2017, one of our professional photographers took several series of continuous shooting, while taking a promotional poster of our newly launched drama of KBS in central Seoul. We are really surprised as well as thrilled that we captured a stunning moment that UFO was flying in front of our lens. It was clear sky on that day and 7 out of 9 photos seem normal and only 3 of them captured black spots. The photographer has never acknowledged that he captured UFO-like object while shooting.  We would love you to have a look at those photos. Thanks to MUFON CMS

     Mexico Disc

    Morelia, Michoacan — This is a dark disk moving slowly over a busy road on March 27, 2017. The person recording the UFO did an outstanding job since they were also driving the car. In the video, we get to see its smooth movement and its disk edge.

    The UFO was captured in broad daylight. This strange black object was circular transiting through the release at the height of the Technological of Morelia.  It moves gracefully and silently over the city. It’s rare to see such a close up of a real UFO.
    News source: http://www.mimorelia.com/video-captan-supuesto-ovni-en-morelia/

    Scott C. Waring

    Peru Light

    La Molina LIMA — My brother woke me up as he noticed it first, then me, my brother, and my dad all watched it. I filmed it on my cell phone, and my dad also filmed it on his cell phone.
    We all knew it was something strange, and it must be a UFO. The object just hovered in place and pulsated light. It disintegrated twice and returned. It would just disappear for half a second and then reappear. It appeared to be vibrating and pulsating. It would disappear and reappear in a separate location just a little to the left .It would appear to move to the left. I didn’t feel any emotion besides the amazement of the event.
    No emotion or feelings other than being amazed.
    . The object then just disappeared. I imported the video footage into FCP X and added zoom, and an X-Ray effect to try and see it better. There are many stories of strange lights here, we are surrounded by mountains. There are also a large amount of paranormal things happening around here as well. I’m retired US Navy. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Portugal Lights

    Trofa — On April 11, 2017 at 11:59 AM, when I was riding my mountain bike on a trail in Portugal I saw that apparently stationary glow. According to Google Maps, the location should be at 41º19’46.05” N 8º37’57.18” W
    I didn’t see it disappear, suddenly it wasn’t there anymore.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

    UK/England Cylinder

    Stockwell, London — Working on Monday  March 13, 2017, it was a nice sunny day, about 2 pm sitting out side having my lunch, looking north and watching the planes in the sky, I saw a cylinder heading west. It was not the normal cylinder type that I have seen previously, this was narrow at the front and at the rear it was wider. It looked like two compartments in the pure white cylinder. It did not have wings; I could clearly see the wings on the other planes, but not on this object. It moved smoothly and quietly across the sky, and for a very short time, it emitted a single vapor trail, and then went out of sight. Thanks to MUFON CMS

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    Aliens, Very Strange Universes and Brexit — Martin Rees Q&A

    Aliens, Very Strange Universes and Brexit — Martin Rees Q&A
    In conversation: Martin Rees.
    Credit: EPA Images

    This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

    Martin Rees is Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, at the University of Cambridge, the Astronomer Royal, a member of Britain's House of Lords, and a former President of the Royal Society. The following interview was conducted at Trinity College, Cambridge, by The Conversation's Matt Warren.

    Q: How big is the universe … and is it the only one?

    Our cosmic horizons have grown enormously over the last century, but there is a definite limit to the size of the observable universe. It contains all the things from which light has been able to reach us since the Big Bang, about 14 billion years ago. But the new realisation is that the observable universe may not be all of reality. There may be more beyond the horizon, just as there's more beyond the horizon when you're observing the ocean from a boat.

    What's more, the galaxies are likely to go on and on beyond this horizon, but more interestingly, there is a possibility that our Big Bang was not the only one. There may have been others, spawning other universes, disconnected from ours and therefore not observable, and possibly even governed by different physical laws. Physical reality on this vast scale could therefore be much more varied and interesting than what we can observe.

    Plenty more over the horizon.
    Plenty more over the horizon.
    Credit: Shutterstock

    The universe we can observe is governed by the same laws everywhere. We can observe a distant galaxy and see that the atoms emitting the light are just the same as the ones in the lab. But there may be physical domains that are governed by completely different laws. Some may have no gravity, or not allow for nuclear physics. Ours may not even be a typical domain.

    Even in our own universe, there are only so many ways you can assemble the same atoms, so if it is large enough it is possible that there is another Earth, even another avatar you. If this were the case, however, the universe would have to be bigger than the observable one by a number which to write down would require all the atoms in the universe. Rest assured, if there's another you, they are a very, very long way away. They might even be making the same mistakes.

    Q: So how likely is alien life in this vast expanse?

    We know now that planets exist around many, even most, stars. We know that in our Milky Way galaxy there are likely millions of planets that are in many ways like the Earth, with liquid water. The question then is whether life has developed on them – and we can't yet answer that.

    Although we know how via Darwinian selection a complex biosphere evolved on Earth around 4 billion years ago, we don't yet understand the actual origin of life – the transition from complex chemistry to the first metabolizing, replicating structures. The good news is that we will have a better idea of how that happened within the next ten or 20 years and crucially, how likely it was to happen. This will give us a better understanding of how likely it is to happen elsewhere. In that time, we will also have technologies that will allow us to better search for alien life.

    Intelligence has an uncertain future.
    Intelligence has an uncertain future.
    Credit: Shutterstock

    But just because there's life elsewhere doesn't mean that there is intelligent life. My guess is that if we do detect an alien intelligence, it will be nothing like us. It will be some sort of electronic entity.

    If we look at our history on Earth, it has taken about 4 billion years to get from the first protozoa to our current, technological civilisation. But if we look into the future, then it's quite likely that within a few centuries, machines will have taken over – and they will then have billions of years ahead of them.

    In other words, the period of time occupied by organic intelligence is just a thin sliver between early life and the long era of the machines. Because such civilisations would develop at different rates, it's extremely unlikely that we will find intelligent life at the same stage of development as us. More likely, that life will still be either far simpler, or an already fully electronic intelligence.

    Q: Do you believe that machines will develop intelligence?

    There are many people who would bet on it. The second question, however, is whether that necessarily implies consciousness – or whether that is limited to the wet intelligence we have within our skulls. Most people, however, would argue that it is an emergent property and could develop in a machine mind.

    Q: So if the universe is populated by electronic super minds, what questions will they be pondering?

    We can't conceive that any more than a chimp can guess the things that we spend our time thinking about. I would guess, however, that these minds aren't on planets. While we depend on a planet and an atmosphere, these entities would be happy in zero G, floating freely in space. This might make them even harder to detect.

    Q: How would humanity respond to the discovery of alien life?

    It would certainly make the universe more interesting, but it would also make us less unique. The question is whether it would provoke in us any sense of cosmic modesty. Conversely, if all our searches for life fail, we'd know more certainly that this small planet really is the one special place, the single pale, blue dot where life has emerged. That would make what happens to it not just of global significance, but an issue of galactic importance, too.

    And we are likely to be fixed to this world. We will be able to look deeper and deeper into space, but travelling to worlds beyond our solar system will be a post-human enterprise. The journey times are just too great for mortal minds and bodies. If you're immortal, however, these distances become far less daunting. That journey will be made by robots, not us.

    Q: What scientific advances would you like to see over the coming century?

    Cheap, clean energy, for one. Artificial meat is another. But the idea is often easier than the application. I like to tell my students the story of two beavers standing in front of a huge hydroelectric dam. "Did you build that?" asks one. "No," says the other. "But it is based on my idea." That's the essential balance between scientific insight and engineering development.

    Q: Michael Gove [the British politician who was a leader of the campaign for the UK to leave the EU] said people have had enough of experts. Have they?

    I wouldn't expect anything more from Mr Gove, but there is clearly a role for experts. If we're sick, we go to a doctor, we don't look randomly on the internet. But we must also realise that most experts only have expertise within their own area, and if we are scientists we should accept that. When science impacts on public policy, there will be elements of economics, ethics and politics where we as scientists speak only as laymen. We need to know where the demarcation line is between where we are experts and where we are just citizens.

    If you want to influence public policy as a scientist, there are two ways to do it. You can aspire to be an adviser within government, which can be very frustrating. Or you can try and influence policy indirectly. Politicians are very much driven by what's in their inbox and what's in the press, so the scientists with the greatest influence are those who go public, and speak to everyday people. If an idea is picked up by voters, the politicians won't ignore it.

    Q: Brexit – good or bad?

    I am surprised to find myself agreeing with Lord Heseltine [former UK Conservative government minister] and Tony Blair [former Labour prime minister], but it is a real disaster, which we have stumbled into. There is a lot of blame to be shared around, by Boris Johnson et al, but also by Jeremy Corbyn [leader of the UK Labour party] for not fighting his corner properly. I have been a member of the Labour Party for a very long time, but I feel badly let down by Corbyn – especially as Labour voters supported Remain two to one. He has been an ineffective leader, and also ambivalent on this issue. A different leader, making a vocal case for Remain, could have tilted the vote.

    On the other side, Boris Johnson [now UK foreign secretary – who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU] has been most reprehensible. At least Gove has opinions, which he has long expressed. Boris Johnson had no strong opinions, and the honourable thing to do if that is the case is to remain quiet. But he changed his stance opportunistically (as in the Eton debating society) and swung the vote.

    Boris Johnson: 'reprehensible.'
    Boris Johnson: 'reprehensible.'
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    Q: But why is it such a disaster?

    My concerns are broad geopolitical ones. In the world as it is now, with America becoming isolationist and an increasingly dominant Russia, for Europe to establish itself as a united and powerful counterweight is more important than ever. We are jeopardizing something that has held Europe together, in peace, for 60 years, and could also break up the United Kingdom in the process. We will be remembered for that and it is something to deplore.

    One thing astronomers bring to the table is an awareness that we have a long potential future, as well as the universe's long past – and that this future could be jeopardized by what happens in the coming decades.

    Q: More broadly, how much danger is the human race in?

    I have spent a lot of time considering how we as a species can make it into the next century – and there are two main classes of problems. First, the collective impact of humanity as its footprint on the planet increases due to a growing population more demanding of resources. Second, the possible misuse by error or design of ever more powerful technology – and most worryingly, bio-tech.

    There is certainly a high chance of a major global setback this century, most likely from the second threat, which increasingly allows individual groups to have a global impact. Added to this is the fact that the world is increasingly connected, so anything that happens has a global resonance. This is something new and actually makes us more vulnerable as a species than at any time in our past.

    Q: So terrorism will pose an even greater threat in the coming century?

    Yes, because of these technologies, terrorists or fanatics will be able to have a greater impact. But there's also the simple danger of these technologies being misused. Engineering or changing viruses, for example, can be used in benign ways – to eradicate Zika, for example – but there's obviously a risk that such things can get out of control.

    Bio-tech: one of the great threats.
    Bio-tech: one of the great threats.
    Credit: Shutterstock

    Nuclear requires large, conspicuous and heavily-protected facilities. But the facilities needed for bio-tech, for example, are small-scale, widely understood, widely available and dual use. It is going to be very hard indeed properly to regulate it.

    In the short and intermediate term, this is even more worrying than the risks posed by climate change – although in the long term, that will be a very major problem, especially as both people and politicians find it very difficult to focus on things further down the line.

    I have been very involved in campaigns to get all countries involved in research and development into alternative, clean energy sources. Making them available and cheap is the only way we are going to move towards a low carbon future. The level of money invested in this form of research should be equivalent to the amount spent on health or defence, and nuclear fusion and fourth generation nuclear fission should be part of that.

    Q: In the medieval world, people would start building cathedrals that only later generations would finish. Have we lost that long-term perspective?

    That's right. In fact, one very important input behind the political discussion prior to the Paris climate agreement was the 2015 Papal Encyclical. I'm a council member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which helped to initiate the scientific meetings which were important in ensuring that the encyclical was a highly respected document. Whatever one thinks of the Catholic church, one cannot deny its long-term vision, its global range and its concern for the world's poor. I believe that the encyclical, six months before the Paris conference, had a big impact on the leaders and people in South America, Africa and Asia. Religion clearly still has a very important role to play in the world.

    Q: Have you ever encountered anything in the cosmos that has made you wonder whether a creator was behind it?

    No. Personally, I don't have any religious beliefs. But I describe myself as a cultural Christian, in that I was brought up in England and the English church was an important part of that. Then again, if I had been born in Iran, I'd probably go to the mosque.

    Martin Rees, Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, University of Cambridge

    This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues and debates — and become part of the discussion — on FacebookTwitter and Google +. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. This version of the article was originally published on Space.com.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Titan's Trick Explained: 'Magic Islands' on Saturn Moon May Be Bubbles

    Titan's Trick Explained: 'Magic Islands' on Saturn Moon May Be Bubbles

    Titan's Trick Explained: 'Magic Islands' on Saturn Moon May Be Bubbles
    This Cassini radar image shows the Ligeia Mare sea on the Saturn moon Titan's north polar region. Various images of the region are shown in the square labeled "inset area" on the left. Taken during flybys by Cassini from April 2007 to January 2015, the images clearly show the appearance, and then disappearance, of a "magic island" on Ligeia Mare's surface.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell

    Mysterious bright anomalies known as "magic islands" that wink in and out of existence on the seas of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may be streams of bubbles, a new model suggests.

    Such bubbles, each up to more than an inch (2.5 centimeters) wide, might complicate any future missions seeking to explore Titan's seas, to the study's researchers said.

    Titan is bigger than the planet Mercury, making the natural satellite the largest of the more than 60 known moons orbiting Saturn. It is also the only extraterrestrial body known to regularly support liquid on its surface, with seas and lakes likely made of nitrogen, methane and ethane, researchers have said. [Titan in Pictures: Amaznig Photos of Saturn's Big Moon

    In 2013, using radar aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft, researchers peered through Titan's thick, hazy atmosphere to analyze the second-largest sea on the moon, Ligeia Mare. Titan's seas and lakes usually appear dark, but Cassini detected bright anomalies in Ligeia Mare that mysteriously disappeared after subsequent observations. 

    "The physical process behind this strange behavior was, up to now, absolutely not understood," study lead author Daniel Cordier, a planetary scientist at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in France, told Space.com. 

    Titan, the mysterious cloud-covered moon of Saturn, is the ringed planet's largest moon. Find out the facts about Titan's heavy atmosphere, lakes of hydrocarbons and the possibility of life in this Space.com infographic.
    Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com contributor

    Previous research suggested these playfully named magic islands were not alien creatures or spacecraft, but potentially gas bubbles or floating solids. Now, Cordier and his colleagues suggest that these anomalies are due to fizzing in Titan's unstable seas.

    To learn more about the magic islands, the researchers developed computer models of how gases and liquids might behave in the frigid seas of Titan. The scientists based their models in part on experimental data previously collected by the oil and gas industry about how similar fluids act under pressure when deep underground.

    The new findings suggest that on Titan, surface fluids are usually mixtures richer in methane, while deeper fluids are mixtures rich in ethane. Since the surface fluids are in contact with Titan's nitrogen-rich atmosphere, they are rich in nitrogen as well, the study said.

    The researchers suggested that wind, tides, or the effects of heating and cooling may force surface mixtures to flow downward. The liquids in these sinking mixtures then separate because of the increased pressure found at lower depths. Nitrogen gas bubbles released by these separating liquids then rise back to the surface. Bubbles are highly reflective to radio waves, and so look bright under radar scans, the researchers said.

    The calculations suggest that the bubbles can reach up to 1.8 inches (4.6 cm) in width and likely form at depths of about 330 to 660 feet (100 to 200 meters). This bubbling is only temporary, which explains why the Cassini spacecraft did not always see it, the researchers said.

    Cordier noted that if future missions seek to deploy submarines to Titan's seas, "possible instabilities of the liquid at the sea bottom have to be taken into account."

    The scientists detailed their findings online Monday (April 18) in the journal Nature Astronomy.

    Follow Charles Q. Choi on Twitter @cqchoi. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Is a Psychological Weapon /// How Does the
    This U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) handout photo shows technicians preparing the Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon March 11, 2003 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The 21,000 pound bomb was dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Eglin test range March 11, 2003. According to the DoD the MOAB is the largest non-nuclear conventional weapon in existence.

    The ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Is a Psychological Weapon

    "Somebody wanted to make a statement."

    Jack Crosbie

    In early 1991, a small group of U.S. Army special forces operatives encamped near the triple border of Kuwait, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia received a strange warning from their commanders: The Air Force was going to drop a bomb nearby that might appear to be a nuclear weapon but was not. It’s not something the military usually needs to clarify. For weeks, Air Force B-52 bombers had been pounding the area, leaving the soldiers “pretty inured to the massive explosions,” Team Sergeant Michael Adams tells Inverse. The soldiers shrugged off the warning. Then the daisy cutter fell.

    “I was about a mile away when it went off,” Adams says. “Despite the B-52s shaking the earth endlessly, that fucking thing was absolutely stunning. Earth-shattering, although I’d prefer another descriptive.”

    The U.S. Air Force had dropped a BLU-82, commonly known as the “Daisy Cutter,” a 15,000-pound thermobaric weapon used for clearing minefields and helicopter landing zones in the Vietnam war. Later in its service, the military used the daisy cutter’s massive, raw destructive power as a psychological weapon against the Iraqi Army in the first Gulf War, and again against insurgents in Afghanistan.

    On Thursday, the U.S. military dropped the daisy cutter’s successor, the 22,600-pound GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, on an ISIS-controlled system of caves and tunnels in the Achin district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province filled with improvised explosive devices.

    The “Mother of All Bombs,” as the GBU-43/B is often called, unleashed the force of 18,700 pounds of TNT on the area, causing a massive blast wave for a mile in every direction that killed dozens of ISIS fighters and destroyed at least three different caves. Civilian casualties, for now, are still unknown. After 16 years of conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, the MOAB had never been used, even though it was the largest non-nuclear weapon in the U.S.’s arsenal. So why did the Pentagon decide to deploy it now?

    Tactically, experts say the military didn’t have to. Instead, the only point of the MOAB strike was sheer shock, awe, and terror, to send a message of strength both at home and abroad.

    “I’m guessing somebody wanted to make a statement by using it,” John Ismay, a senior crisis advisor at Amnesty International and former Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer in the U.S. Navy, tells Inverse. “Unless Central Command or the White House can prove otherwise, from everything that’s come out so far, there doesn’t appear to be any particular reason why you had to use the MOAB.”

    According to the military, the MOAB was used to clear an extensive network of booby-trapped tunnels and caves.

    “This is the first time we have encountered an extensive obstacle to our progress that was constituted by I.E.D.s, the presence of tunnels and caves, and therefore this was the appropriate weapon to use at this time,” Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., the commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said at a news conference in Kabul on Friday.

    “It was the right time to use [the Mother of All Bombs] tactically against the right target on the battlefield, and it has enabled us to resume our offensive operations,” Nicholson said.

    In a statement sent to Inverse on Sunday, a press officer for the ISAF forces in Afghanistan writes: “Our battle damage assessments are still being conducted. We will release more information as appropriate.”

    The case for using the MOAB hinges on the specific way the bomb explodes. Most traditional bombs kill with fragments of their heavy metal casing blown apart by the explosives inside. But like the daisy cutter, the MOAB’s lethality comes from the shockwave it produces, a massive wall of compressed gasses that can clear out tunnels and caves like the ones it struck on Thursday.

    “We made MOAB for this kind of target,” Mark Cancian, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies told Wired. “My guess is that we just didn’t know where these tunnels were before.”

    Ismay, who deployed to Iraq in 2007 and served as an EOD officer for eight out of his 11 years in the Navy, isn’t convinced that the MOAB was the right tool. He says that the Air Force’s BLU-118/B bomb is also a thermobaric weapon designed to destroy or kill targets in dense tunnel systems with the force of its blast. The smaller bomb is far more precise, as it uses a laser guidance system that’s more accurate than the MOAB’s GPS-based guidance. Ismay says a laser-guided bomb could be programmed to detonate inside the mouth of a cave, rather than a few feet above the surface, like the MOAB.

    “If you really wanted to damage a cave, you’d want that explosive, that thermobaric explosive to be going off inside the cave itself,” he says. “[The BLU-118/B] can be fitted with a laser guidance package and fly that thing into a cave, so why didn’t you do that?”

    Most modern militaries agree that there are four basic principles of the laws of armed conflict that govern any military action undertaken during war. Ismay says watchdog groups like Amnesty International pay special attention to military necessity: Did an attack use the necessary force or did it go overboard for no tactical reason?

    “You could have gotten the same lethal effects [as the MOAB] from dropping bombs like the BLU-118 but just dropping several of them,” he says. “I’d be suspicious of the military necessity argument because there were these other options.”

    Based on the two bombs’ net explosive weight — the most accurate way of determining their relative power bomb — the MOAB is roughly 33 times more powerful than the BLU-118. But based on the information available about the strike, Ismay says the smaller, more accurate bombs would have been more efficient.

    “I don’t think it would’ve taken anything like 33 BLU-118s to do the job,” Ismay says. “It’s definitely not the only time the U.S. has attacked a target like this. Unless, of course, there’s something else the government isn’t telling us about.”

    In 1991, Adams says the military was “allegedly trying to clear a minefield” when it dropped the daisy cutter near his unit, “but there was no way they didn’t kill a bunch of people,” he says. An archived NBC News report from February 12, 1991, acknowledges that daisy cutters were used against the Iraqi army in an attempt to force Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to back down, not as a countermeasure against mines.

    “[It] leads me to conclude that the use of the MOAB in Afghanistan is completely inappropriate,” Adams says.

    The MOAB and the daisy cutter, Adams says, were designed for conventional warfare against conventional formations (like the battle against the Iraqi army in the first Gulf War), not for the asymmetric conflict in Afghanistan where there are “civilians everywhere.” The DoD’s press release about the strike states that “U.S. forces took every precaution to avoid civilian casualties with this strike and will continue offensive operations until ISIS-K is destroyed in Afghanistan.”

    On Friday, a Pentagon spokesperson told The Washington Post that the U.S. forces in Afghanistan (USFOR-A) would not put out an official statement on casualties caused by the strike. The press desk for the USFOR-A did not immediately respond to Inverse’s request for comment.

    “In my opinion this weapon was used to send a foreign and domestic message,” Adams says. “It’s total bullshit that Trump wasn’t using this to fulfill his ‘bomb the shit out of ISIS’ domestic message.” For North Korea and others “flexing,” Adams says, the show of power is legitimate — but only if it had been dropped on a conventional battlefield, and “not in an area with a large, intermingled civilian population.”

    As Ismay points out, violence and war are inherently traumatic. But in areas like Afghanistan, where war has become a fact of daily life for much of the country, he says the U.S. has a duty to minimize the trauma it causes.

    “Any time someone’s dropping a bomb near you or trying to kill you it’s scary. I don’t think something needs to be extra scary,” Ismay says. “I think everyone in Afghanistan knows that there are Americans in town that can kill them from the sky in any number of ways.”

    “What’s the military benefit of scaring civilians or trying to scare them more than they would be already?”

    On Friday, President Donald Trump praised the strike as “another very successful mission.” It’s unclear whether he directly authorized the first use of the MOAB.

    “Everybody knows exactly what happened and what I do is authorize my military,” Trump said. “We have the greatest military in the world and they’ve done a job, as usual, and so we have given them total authorization.”

    And with that authorization, someone decided to drop a bomb that had never been dropped before.

    Photos via Getty Images / USAF


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    How Does the "Mother of All Bombs" Compare to a Nuclear Bomb?

    The MOAB is scary, but it can get a lot worse.

    Yasmin Tayag

    The United States Air Force has dropped the “mother of all bombs” on Afghanistan on Thursday around 7:32 p.m. local time. It was the first time this 21,600-pound bomb — technically known as a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, or MOAB — has been used.

    While incredibly destructive, the MOAB, hailed as America’s most powerful non-nuclear weapon, doesn’t hold a candle to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

    The MOAB, which contains over 8,000 pounds of an Australian explosive called H6 that’s typically used underwater, is powerful: It has an explosion equivalent to 11 tons of TNT. In comparison, “Little Boy,” the uranium atomic bomb that the U.S. military dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, had the explosive power of about 16 kilotons — or 16,000 tons — of TNT. “Fat Man,” the bomb dropped on Nagasaki three days later, had an explosiveness of about 20,000 tons (or 20 kilotons). Units are key here; the level of damage caused by the MOAB versus nuclear weapons differs by a factor of 1,000.

    Curiously, however, the blast radius — that’s the distance from the point where the bomb is dropped — is comparable. MOAB’s blast radius is estimated to be about 1 mile, which is the same as the radius measured for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

    Conventional bombs are weaker than nukes because they derive their destructive force solely from the explosiveness of the chemicals inside it; in other words, its core reaction is a chemical one. Nuclear bombs, in contrast, release nuclear radiation and heat via a nuclear reaction, which releases an exponentially larger amount of energy. Think back to high school chemistry: A chemical reaction, which involves breaking the bonds between atoms, messes only with the electrons orbiting the atom’s nucleus. A nuclear reaction, on the other hand, requires splitting the neutrons and protons at the atom’s much more tightly bound core. According to the estimate of Nuclear Darkness, a single, small nuclear bomb releases as much energy as about 40,000 conventional bombs.

    Splitting protons and neutrons releases way more energy than picking off electrons.
    Splitting protons and neutrons releases way more energy than picking off electrons.

    Nuclear bombs are, of course, ultimately more dangerous than non-nuclear bombs because of the fallout that ensues. Conventional bombs wreak havoc by blasting everything within their radius, but their effects don’t linger much longer afterward; the radiation from nuclear weapons, on the other hand, sticks around for a long time and sickens people for years hence in various ways — that’s why the majority of Hiroshima’s and Nagasaki’s deaths occurred well after the atomic bombs were dropped.

    There are many metrics we can use to evaluate the potential damage caused by a bomb, and not all of them are readily measurable. The MOAB was originally designed to inflict psychological damage — that is, to scare forces into surrendering rather than to kill them outright. How MOAB compares in psychological impact to World War II’s atomic bombs remains to be seen.

    That said, these days neither MOAB, the “father of all bombs,” or atomic bombs are the biggest threat to global security — that sordid distinction goes to modern atomic weapons known as thermonuclear weapons. The B83, a bomb that uses the fission process, releases a blast equivalent to 1,200,000 tons of TNT, making it 80 times more powerful than Little Boy and about 109,000 times stronger than the MOAB.

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    18-04-2017 om 22:38 geschreven door peter  

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    Mysterious object filmed flying across Moon baffles viewers

    AN UNIDENTIFIED object was caught flying close to the Moon by a super-powerful camera lens.

    By Andrew McDonald 

    The clip – available above – shows a large black shadow moving upwards across the base of the Moon towards the centre.

    As the lens zooms in, the tip of the object appears to constantly spiral while the entity continues forward.

    It is not clear if the triangular, black mark is the object itself or a trail of fumes coming from something else.

    Eventually the object disappears into space as it finishes crossing the Moon and is no longer illuminated by its glow.

    UFO flies across moon in alien telescope video

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    STRANGE: A black object appears to fly across the moon in the above video

    Aliens trying to save us from WW3?

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    The footage was posted to an Arabic news site and was reportedly filmed in Oman's astronomical observatory using a high-powered telephoto lens.

    Due to the nature of the footage it is difficult to determine whether the object is anything more than a strange shadow.

    Over 100,000 people have watched the footage in the day since it was uploaded and mixed theories have emerged as to what the object is.

    Several YouTube users claimed the object looked similar to NASA's logo while one theorist proposed it was a "space squid".

    UFO video could prove alien life exists

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    MYSTERIOUS: The objects appears to sweep across the moon in the strange footage above

    One user wrote: "Maybe a UFO took out North Korea's missile after it launched from the test pad?

    "Alien's trying to save us from WW3?"

    And another commented: "It's probably just an optical illusion coming from clouds.

    "That or chemical trails from a plane."

    Scientists are getting closer to finding life outside Earth's atmosphere as each day goes by.

    Last week,  holds oceans and might be "habitable".

    And a world-famous  in a revealing book.

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    18-04-2017 om 22:08 geschreven door peter  

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    Neil Armstrong and the Men in Black?

    Although Neil Armstrong’s FBI file is not overflowing with mystery, it’s still well worth noting it, and for several intriguing reasons. The file – on the first man to step on the surface of our nearest neighbor, the Moon – is certainly not a long one, as I quickly found out when I secured a copy. The FBI states, in a covering note: “This release consists of 18 pages of FBI file references to Armstrong ranging from 1969 to 1985 relating primarily to requests for FBI name checks in consideration of executive appointment; no derogatory personnel information was found. Redactions were made primarily to protect the privacy of living persons.”


    Neil Armstrong

    One specific portion of the small file stands out. On February 2, 1976, the FBI’s Special Agent in Charge at the Cincinnati, Ohio office prepared a memo titled “Neil Armstrong – Information Concerning.” It provides the following information: “On January 29, 1976, Detective [deleted], Lebanon, Ohio advised that he had been contacted by several people working at the Lebanon Town Hall, including his mother. [Deleted] stated that on the previous day, two individuals, one a male Negro, the second a white male, had appeared at the Town Hall asking numerous questions about Neil Armstrong, the former astronaut, what his address was, how many children he had, where his children went to school, and inquired if he frequently ate at the Golden Lamb Restaurant and other personal question.”

    The document continues: “These two individuals also went to the Town Tax Map Department and viewed diagrams of subject’s property and adjacent property and asked several questions in that department. According to [deleted] no one really questioned these two individuals, although they were suspicious and these individuals stated they had been in town just to take some photographs of the house as they were tourists.

    “[Deleted] advised the only description he was able to get was they were both fairly young and male, and well-dressed. The Negro appeared to have a type of necklace, which had a quarter moon with a star on it. No one observed what type of automobile or any other details about these individuals. [Deleted] advised that on the following day, [deleted] came to the Town Hall and was quite concerned as to these two individuals and made a statement to one of the town employees, ‘I didn’t think they would go this far.'” Precisely what that means is anyone’s guess.

    The report continues: “[Deleted] stated he is providing the information because of the notoriety of the Armstrong family and the strange activities by these two ‘tourists. [Deleted] stated he could be contacted at number [deleted] and that if anyone were to contact his mother regarding this situation, he wished to be contacted first as his mother has a heart condition.”

    Having read the relevant section of the file a couple of times, it wasn’t hard for me to notice the MIB-style aspects of the story. The two men were described as being “well-dressed,” which strongly suggests they were wearing suits. The reference to the mysterious pair being “in town just to take some photographs of the house as they were tourists,” strongly and eerily echoed the actions of the so-called “phantom photographers” of MIB lore and legend and which John Keel investigated in the 1960s and 1970s. Finally, the issue of the pair asking questions concerning “how many children” Armstrong had, and “where his children went to school,” very much reminded me of the actions of the MIB-linked “Phantom Social Workers” (PSW) and “Bogus Social Workers” (BSW) which I wrote about, here at Mysterious Universe, just recently.

    Men in Black and the world’s most famous astronaut? Or, a strange and innocent affair that got completely blown out of proportion? Who knows?

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    18-04-2017 om 18:55 geschreven door peter  

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    Walton Abduction Soil Analysis Suggests Anomalous Event

    The name Travis Walton is well known within UFO circles. The (in?)famous abduction story that took place in Arizona’s Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest made international headlines. While the case does have its detractors, a recent soil study of the site has come up with some very strange findings. Perhaps something otherworldly did occur on that November night in 1975.     

    On the evening of November 5th, Walton and some friends were driving down a quiet road in the forest after a long day of logging. Noticing a strange light, Walton and his buddies went to investigate. As they approached the strange object emitting a bright light, Travis was hit by some sort of beam and thrown several feet into the air. Panic ensued. His friends left him lying on the forest floor, and ran for it. Minutes later, realising they had just left their friend injured or dead, the men returned to the site. The object was gone, and so was Walton. They went to the local Sheriff’s department, reported the incident, and were suspected of murdering Walton. Five days later, Walton found himself on a lonely stretch of highway, tired, hungry and dehydrated. As Walton’s memory slowly began to return, he remembered being aboard a strange craft, odd alien beings, and a life altering event that has totally reshaped his entire grasp of reality.


    Travis Walton

    study of soil samples completed by Frontier Analysis Limited last week of the site where the alleged abduction took place has provided some interesting insight into the story, and perhaps has begun to shed some light onto that mysterious event in 1975. Led by Phyllis A. Budinger, an accomplished   chemist and scientist, the report details the soil composition of the location directly beneath the strange object Walton saw that night.

    According to the report,

    The objective of this project is to determine whether the analysis of the soils will detect any anomalies which can be related to an unknown craft (UFO).

    Several soil samples were taken from the supposed abduction site itself, along with several more control samples from the surrounding area. While there was not much difference between the site samples and the controls, two anomalies did present themselves.

    The report states,

    It is revealed that iron containing particulates amounts are higher in the site soils compared to the control soils. Furthermore, there is indication that the levels tend to be higher in the surface soils compared to the sub-surface soils of the site samples….The exchangeable cations (calcium, magnesium, potassium) are significantly higher in the site samples than the control samples. This would indicate some chemical changes in the site samples. The detection of the differences in cationic activity in the soils is intriguing.

    While the report suggests that there may be a natural reason for the cationic activity, such as clay deposits influencing chemical changes, the increased amount of iron in the sample is definitely out of the norm.

    Images of the cationic samples, courtesy of The Black Vault.

    The report engages in some speculation,

    the hovering craft propulsion system has a powerful electromagnetic effect thereby drawing (and concentrating) these iron particulates toward the surface…And, there is indication that while hovering an electronic force field surrounds the craft, causing an ionizing effect to materials in close proximity.

    The team behind the report has apparently done similar soil studies in the past of UFO landing sites. However, their conclusions reflect a strong push for more studies.

    Clearly the quantitative results for the iron containing particulates need to be further verified. So definitely, more soil sampling is needed from the site and outside the site…

    The report argues that additional studies are required, however, this initial report does lay the groundwork for additional scientific study of the UFO question. Whatever a person’s opinion may be in regards to UFOs and the Travis Walton abduction, when real science engages in these events, a few puzzle pieces begin to fit together. While we may never fully understand what occurred on that November night, this study definitely leads us down a path that, like Walton, may begin to shift our perception of the UFO phenomenon.

    If the scientific community does choose to engage in more soil sampling of the site, as well as other evidence from the many UFO events in recent years, will humanity generate a better idea of what UFOs are? Is the truth literally buried in the ground beneath our feet?

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    18-04-2017 om 18:49 geschreven door peter  

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    Dolphins are not as chill as it may seem in “Dolphins.”

    4 Fucked-Up Things About Dolphins You Won't See in 'Dolphins'

    If you’ve been wanting to watch a documentary with more ocean friends and less murder, Disneynature has got your back. On Friday, the company’s documentary branch released the trailer for the appropriately titled Dolphins, a film that looks less The Cove and more like something you’d want to see two days before its actual release date on April 22, 2018.

    An homage to the most popular animal to get airbrushed on a t-shirt in 1999, Dolphins makes Disneynature’s other dolphin-including documentary Oceans look like There Will Be Blood. It’s cute, very pretty, and it gives us the chance to follow around a dolphin named Echo while “he learns how to survive and find his place in this extraordinary world.” That is a lovely sentiment, but far from the whole picture: There are some pretty fucked-up things that happen in the life of a dolphin. Here are four screwed up facts that you probably won’t see in Dolphins, and if you do, then damn, Disney, I should have had more faith.


    Dolphins Love Drama

    Dolphins live in what scientists call an “open society,” which means that they basically live in the fucking Wild West. Ranges of dolphin pods overlap with each other, and without clear boundaries, there are plenty of squabbles between dolphins as they compete for both territory and mates.

    “I work on the male dolphins, and their social lives are very intense; it seems there is constant drama,” dolphin researcher Richard Connor told NBC News. “I have often thought, as I watched their complicated alliance relationships, that their social lives would be mentally and physically exhausting, and I’m glad I’m not a dolphin.”

    Dolphins are so much drama.
    Dolphins are so much drama.

    Dolphins Sometimes Murder

    While dolphins aren’t as murderous as, say, humans (more on that below), they are not chill, either. There’s evidence that dolphins murder porpoises with their sharp teeth, club-like beaks, and their 12-foot-long bodies. Scientists have also documented some, albeit rare, cases of infanticide among dolphins: In the journal Marine Mammal Science, marine biologists observed male dolphins trying to drown the first bottlenose dolphin ever observed being born in the wild. Somehow, I suspect, infanticide will not be included in Dolphins.

    Humans Murder and Capture Dolphins

    The terrible reality is that dolphins are herded up and either captured or killed by humans every year. This is predominantly documented in Japan, where the government permits fisherman to hunt an estimate of 20,000 dolphins, porpoises, and small whales a year. This practice, shown in the documentary The Cove, results in either the sale of dolphin meat or the trafficking of dolphins to marine parks around the world. Japanese aquariums alone are estimated to receive 124 dolphins a year from the annual dolphin drive.

    Dolphins Can Be Sexually Scary

    To show dominance, male dolphins sometimes mount and attempt to rape each other. They are equally, if not more so, aggressive with female dolphins in an attempt to mate. Scientists call this “sexual coercion” which is, at the end of the day, the same thing as forced sex. Female dolphins sometimes form alliances to keep away male dolphins, who will try to force females into staying near their pod even when they’re not ovulating. Not a great job there, dolphins.


    Dolphins, which will include none of these scenarios, comes out on Earth Day in 2018. Watch the official trailer here:

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    18-04-2017 om 18:41 geschreven door peter  

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    Drone vs. Lightning: Guess Which One Wins?

    Drone vs. Lightning: Guess Which One Wins?
    Scientists at the University of Manchester’s High Voltage Laboratory hit the drone with more than 1 million volts to simulate a lightning strike.
    Credit: Enna Bartlett/The University of Manchester

    What would happen if a drone got caught in an electrical storm?

    That's the question YouTuber Tom Scott asked when he brought two DJI Phantom 3 drones to the University of Manchester’s High Voltage Laboratory. The British university's lab can generate lightning on command, thanks to an impulse generator that can create a bolt of more than 1 million volts. The drones were no match for the lightning, and were fried when caught in the middle of the bolt.

    For the first experiment, a drone was tethered to the ground (to ensure it wouldn't fly out of the bolt's path) and shocked with more than 1 million volts of electricity. Slow-motion video of the shock showed that the lightning strike went through the drone, and the robotic flyer came crashing down. [Electric Earth: Stunning Images of Lightning]

    "The electricity passed straight through, flowing from one of the propellers to exit through the foot of the drone," Enna Bartlett, digital coordinator for the university, described in a blog post. "Surprisingly there were no visible marks on the outside of the drone, but that doesn’t mean that the insides got away unscathed; as it turns out, the electricity took the path of least resistance and fried all the sensitive internal electronics."

    Electrical engineering researchers Vidyadhar Peesapati and Richard Gardner, who carried out the experiments to answer Scott's question, thought they'd try to protect the other drone in the second experiment. Rather than tether the done as is, the researchers added a lightning rod made of copper tape to act as a lightning conductor.

    Though the copper tape was intended to attract the lightning atthe highest point on the drone, the propellers were still equally as tall (and attractive) to the bolt of electricity. In that experiment, the drone was more severely damaged than the first experiment. The researchers said the propellers were explosively pulled away from the drone due to the sheer force of the strike.

    The tests made for an electrifying video on Scott's YouTube channel, but also added to scientists' understanding of how aeronautics interact with lightning.

    "With our understanding of how airplanes behave in thunderstorms and how to provide protection for them," Bartlett wrote, "this knowledge could be applied to drone technology to ensure the drone and its pilot stays safe should they fly in adverse weather conditions."

    Original article on Live Science.

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    18-04-2017 om 18:31 geschreven door peter  

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    New Expeditionary Tiltrotor Aircraft to Replace V22 Osprey

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    18-04-2017 om 15:41 geschreven door peter  

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    Scientists discover a giant black worm monster in the Philippines

    Hidden beneath its tusk-like shell is a jet-black, slippery and slimy sea creature that looks like it came off the set of Alien.

    Scientists said on Monday that they've discovered the first living specimen of a giant shipworm in a Philippine bay.

    People have known of the huge mollusc for hundreds of years, by the shells they've left behind that were the size of baseball bats. But scientists have only seen dead specimens.

    "To me, [finding the giant shipworm] is almost like finding a dinosaur — something that was pretty much only known by fossils," Dan Distel, research professor at Northeastern University, told the Guardian.

    The discovery is akin to finding the "unicorn" of mollusks.

    Distel and his team published the find on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The discovery, they said, is akin to finding the "unicorn" of mollusks.

    Another team member, Margo Haygood, a research professor in medicinal chemistry at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, said they were led to the discovery by a 2011 Filipino documentary that showed local divers gathering the huge shipworms and cooking them.

    Haygood told Popular Science that the team discovered a population of the shipworms, and sent five of them to a laboratory, where they opened the giant shipworm's hard, calcified tube. 

    She said it was nearly as heavy as a branch. A fully-grown shipworm can reach up to a metre (3.3 ft) long. 

    Unlike its shipworm cousins, which burrow into rotting wood, this giant shipworm, K. polythalamia lives on hydrogen sulfide, that which gives eggy farts their potent kick.

    K. polythalamia rarely eats anything else — its digestive system is stunted, and scientists have found little to no fecal matter in its body.

    Hydrogen sulfide — released from decaying vegetation and rotting animals in the swamps where it lives — is digested by symbiotic bacteria that lives in the giant shipworm's outsize gills. The bacteria then produces carbon compounds the giant shipworm consumes.

    There are still many questions about the giant shipworm — for instance, scientists have yet to discover its life cycle, and how to measure its age.

    "Are the specimens we studied a couple years old, or a couple hundred?" Haygood told Popular Science.

    The mollusk's discovery shows how little we know about life on Earth, she added. "Isn't it remarkable that you can find such a bizarre creature in the 21st century? I'm in favor of investigating alien life, but we should put just as much effort into figuring out life down here."

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    18-04-2017 om 15:34 geschreven door peter  

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    UFOs over Adelaide? Filmmaker convinced unusual lights streaking through the early morning sky are alien craft

    • Video footage captured two bright lights flying close together in South Australia
    • The videographer who took the video has claimed it is proof of two flying UFOs
    • Others have claimed that the closeness of the lights suggests they are meteors 

    From Area 51 to the search for life on Mars, they've long been a thing of mystery.

    But now one keen videographer believes he's captured two UFOs flying high over a technical college in Adelaide, South Australia.

    Footage taken last Wednesday shows two bright lights flying high in the sky, which a videographer claims is proof of UFOs - however others claim the lights are just two meteors.

     

    Moving quickly through the morning sky, the two lights soon disappear from view.

    Posted to YouTube, the footage was captioned as showing 'two UFOs' flying above Noarlunga, in the south of the city.

    One keen videographer believes they captured two UFOs flying in Adelaide, South Australia

    One keen videographer believes they captured two UFOs flying in Adelaide, South Australia

    The footage captures two lights flying through the sky, however others have commented to say that their close proximity to each other indicates it's most likely a broken meteor

    The footage captures two lights flying through the sky, however others have commented to say that their close proximity to each other indicates it's most likely a broken meteor

    However, others have commented on the fact that the close proximity of the objects means it's more likely they're simply meteors.

    On Sunday, another meteor was captured lighting up the sky in Queensland, in the north-east of the country.

    Video showed a single bright light blazing across the sky all the way from Bundaberg to the Gold Coast, much to the amazement of stargazers.

    Shared thousands of times online, experts said the meteor may have been travelling as fast as 10km/second.  

      


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    18-04-2017 om 15:18 geschreven door peter  

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    ALIENS INVOLVED? 15TH CENTURY MAP DEPICTS THE WORLD AND ANTARCTICA IN ASTONISHING DETAIL

    An ancient map dating back to the 15th century that was unearthed in the year 1929 leaves, even more, questions in its wake. So, what is it about this map that is so puzzling?
     
     Simple despite being determined to date back centuries, it is quite accurate in detail. Let's remember that in the 15th century many areas of the earth had yet to be explored, and there were very few ways to map things out perfectly. But somehow, there on this ancient map was the entire earth in great detail. 
     
    Perhaps, one of the biggest oddities found on this map is the fact that there is the top of it was the frozen continent of Antarctica, so what is so odd about that, isn't this where this continent is usually found? Well, yes but lets remember that historically the continent wasn't discovered till 1773 by Captain James Cook, which was well after this map apparently came into existence. 
     
     
    So, is it possible that the creator or creators of this map weren't actually from this planet? There are those who suspect this could indeed be the case, but there are also those who wonder if the territory on the map that is believed to be Antarctica is indeed the ice continent or something else. The reason for the doubt on this map the continent seems closer east than it does now. But many researchers believe that this could have to do with environmental shifts on the earth itself.. Over the years the map has been the subject of much study along with books including one written by a history professor at Keene State College by the name of Charles Hapgood, who has been quoted regarding this map and it's origin as saying:
     
     It appears that the charts must have originated with people unknown and they were passed on, perhaps by the Minoans and the Phoenicians, who were, for a thousand years and more, the greatest sailors of the ancient world. 
    As for the creator of the map, it's possible that ancient alien visitors did create it since at that time mankind just wasn't capable of producing something so detailed. 
     

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    WEIRD UFO CAUGHT FLYING CLOSE TO THE MOON BY A SUPER-POWERFUL CAMERA LENS

    A mysterious object traveling between the Earth and the Moon has been filmed traveling at high speed and thus far has not been explained or identified by any world government.
     
     In UFO enthusiast circles the footage is already being hailed as one of the clearest examples of footage of extraterrestrial life ever filmed, although there are already numerous other theories as to what the object could be. 
     
    Given the political tensions in the Korean peninsula recently, as well as the failed missile launch attempt from North Korea earlier this week, some believe the object to be a missile of some sort.
     
     In the footage, the object passes out of sight as it travels past the face of the moon, no longer contrasted by the reflected sunlight on the Moon's surface. The footage was filmed in Oman, not particularly close to the Korean peninsula and neither very close to anywhere a missile might conceivably have been launched recently. It was however captured by a very powerful camera, so might have been further off than it appeared to have been in the footage. 
     
     
     
    Analysis of the footage, for the time being, is ongoing and should shed some light on the speed, likely take off point and possible landing points if the object if the trajectory can be calculated. The likelihood of it being a missile for the time being, however, seems unlikely. 
     
    That being the case other explanations put forward to include some experimental aircraft launched either by the U.S airforce or NASA, an optical illusion caused by local weather patterns and an alien vessel streaking through the sky.
     
     The fact that more and more exoplanets that are capable of sustaining life are being discovered is lending more credence to the idea that life does exist on other planets. This is also making the public more open to the idea of UFOs and the idea that it is only a matter of time before alien life in some form is encountered. 
     
    The strange object is also far from the first mysterious object to be spotted on or around the Moon. Numerous satellite images of the lunar surface containing seemingly man-made shapes and figures have been a regular occurrence for decades. 

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    Shape-shifting UFO reported over Albuquerque

    A New Mexico witness at Albuquerque reported a silent, shape-shifting object crossing the sky just 500 feet away and 50 feet in the air, according to testimony in Case 82456 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    The witness first thought the object was a flock of birds. Pictured: Albuquerque, NM. Credit: Google.

    The witness first thought the object was a flock of birds. Pictured: Albuquerque, NM.

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    The witness was outside on a lunch break at 12:30 p.m. on March 2, 2017, when a light gray shape was first seen.

    “The object was approximately 500 feet away, about 50 feet in the air over a building,” the witness stated.“ At first I thought it was a flock of birds, and I said, that’s interesting, what kind of birds would those be? It seemed to be moving east in a slow flutter. Then it disappeared, like it folded back into the sky.”

    The object seemed to change shape as it moved.  Pictured: Albuquerque, NM. Credit: Google.

    The object seemed to change shape as it moved. Pictured: Albuquerque, NM.

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    The witness at first simply dismissed the sighting as something strange.

    “It then reappeared in a fat boomerang shape. It seemed to be made up of multiple, light gray, possibly reflective objects but working together, like a school of fish, or sequins on a purse or dress. It did seem to have a common background that was dark gray or black. It was still fluttering, but it paused and hovered and moved backward, just slightly.”

    The view was blocked by a bare tree and the witness continued to walk.

    “When I saw the shape again, it had changed, and it seemed to be a soft, billowy, upside down parachute shape, or the bottom of a puffy cloud or a puff of factory smoke. I almost convinced myself it was a deflated weather balloon, but there was no top to the shape, only a distinct bottom. The color of this object seemed to blend with the sky. I could only decipher a dark gray sitting in the bottom of the cloud/parachute.”

    The object changed again, and became almost transparent, as if the sun were reflecting on an invisible craft.

    The witness lost sight of the object and did not see it move away. Pictured: Albuquerque, NM. (Credit: Google)

    The witness lost sight of the object and did not see it move away. Pictured: Albuquerque,

    NM. (Credit: Google)

    “Now there really is no overall shape that I can make out. I saw a few smaller very rigid shapes, like flat prisms or solar panels, and they seemed to fold backwards into the object and then the whole object faded away.”

    The entire sighting had last about 20 – 25 seconds.

    “At this point, another sparse tree is blocking my view. I assumed the object would reappear, as it already had, so I said to myself, I will take a picture with my phone when I get to the other side of the tree, but it never appeared again. I looked for it for about 6 more minutes, but saw no sign of it. The object made no sound during this encounter. The other objects in the sky were two passenger planes flying east almost parallel to each other, but they were a mile away. There was a helicopter about 10 miles east circling. There is also a military base close by, and planes are frequently seen. A military cargo plane flew over a few minutes later. Additionally, a CV-22 osprey plane flew over a few minutes after the first military plane. I do not know if it lingered in the vicinity, as I had to go back to work. Of note, the building I believe the object was moving over, processes precious metals.”

    MUFON New Mexico State Director Donald R. Burleson is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

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    Reflective UFOs Seen Over Mountains In Montana, April 4, 2017, Photos, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: April 4, 2017
    Location of sighting: Three Forks, Montana, USA
    Source: MUFON #83187

    The digital eye is more precise and exact that our human eyes. It catches everything, where we often overlook the obvious. These UFOs were seen over mountains in Montana last week and the one over the hill is reflecting the forest on its bottom surface, which makes me think its chrome-like in appearance. The big UFO looks to be about the width of a city bus. 

    Scott C. Waring
     
    Eyewitness states: 
    I was outside taking photographs of the land surrounding my home for my Aunt. I did not see the objects until I reviewed the photographs later that evening. I was outside for several hours before,during and after the photo was taken. Several pictures were taken within the same minute and around that time frame, which show no anomalies. The next day I discussed my odd photo with a close by neighbor.She informed me that she saw the one larger object the same afternoon as the photo but it was slightly southwest of my location. Here is her quote: "I don't have any idea what it was. It was metalic. It looked more oval in person, it looked more teardrop like in the picture. It looked bigger in person than the picture." Although I do believe in extraterrestrial life, I cannot say whether this was extraterrestrial or man made.


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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO Over Newton Abbot, England That Was Seen Coming Out Of Cloud, Photos, UFO Sighting News

    UFO Over Newton Abbot, England That Was Seen Coming Out Of Cloud, Photos, UFO Sighting News.


     
    Date of sighting: Sept 13, 2016 (reported today)
    Location of sighting: Newton Abbot, Devon, England
    Source: MUFON #83175
     
    UFOs often use clouds as cover to hide inside. This one was caught leaving that cover. As you can see, it is a metallic disk and is very far away. Excellent catch by the eyewitness. Its a classic UFO. 
    Scott C. Waring
     
    Eyewitness states: 
    I was sky watching when I spotted a flying saucer that had just emerged from some clouds. The flying saucer was just hanging there in the sky. It was like the aliens in the flying saucer wanted me to take a photograph. I quickly took a photograph with my Sony HX300 camera and managed to take one photograph before the UFO went back into the clouds away from sight. The flying saucer was far off in the distance and was only visible through the camera viewfinder. The photograph was taken on the 13th of September ‎2016 at Newton Abbot Devon England.



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    18-04-2017 om 14:35 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO Spotted Over A Traffic Jam in Mexico

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    Spotting something strange while in a gridlock is something one can never imagine to happen. Stuck in a traffic jam is a situation that would leave anyone with nothing to occupy other than the radio and some ordinary road-based surroundings.

    The scene and situation are pretty much what Carlos Arriola had experienced. Arriola was in the city of Morelia, Mexico experiencing extended periods of gridlock when he spotted something that even the brightest minds would find it difficult to explain completely.

    During a prolonged period of gridlock, Arriola happened to notice a mysterious flying object high in the sky. He recorded the incident in a video using his smartphone and uploaded it to YouTube afterward.

    The clip shows a bizarre black sphere floating in the sky before changing direction and flying off out of the camera view.

    Some commenters say that it could be a weather balloon, but it would be the case if a gust of wind took it away from view as weather balloon is unlikely to hold weight with that strange change of direction.

    Mexico has its fair share of UFO sightings in the past, with speculations suggesting the region could be the favorite spot of test flights for highly classified advanced flying technology.

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    The oddest crater on Mars: NASA reveals stunning new image of 'honeycomb' labyrinth - which alien hunters immediately claim is a hidden alien city

    • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped a picture of Mar's Noctis Labyrinthyus
    • NASA said area is sedimentary deposits that are being exhumed as it erodes
    • Skeptics claimed it is 'ventilation roof of an underground city' built by aliens

    It is an area of Mars that is famous for its exotic 'honeycomb-like' formations, but a Martian researcher believes the Noctis Labyrinthyus may be home to more than just clusters of boulders and sand dunes.

    NASA recently shared an image snapped by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that highlights the region between Valles Marineris and the Tharsis upland.

    Although the American space agency has suggested the layered mesa is probably comprised of sedimentary deposits that are being exhumed as it erodes, skeptics have claimed it is a 'ventilation roof of an underground city' built by aliens.

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    Noctis Labyrinthyus, which translates to 'the labyrinth of the night is located in the Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle of Mars and has impressed scientists with its maze-like system of deep walled valleys. Although the American space agency has suggested the layered mesa is probably comprised of sedimentary deposits that are being exhumed as it erodes, skeptics have claimed it is a 'ventilation roof of an underground city' built by aliens.

    Noctis Labyrinthyus, which translates to 'the labyrinth of the night is located in the Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle of Mars and has impressed scientists with its maze-like system of deep walled valleys. Although the American space agency has suggested the layered mesa is probably comprised of sedimentary deposits that are being exhumed as it erodes, skeptics have claimed it is a 'ventilation roof of an underground city' built by aliens.

    WOULD YOU LIVE ON MARS? 

    National Geographic surveyed 2,000 Brits about living on Mars. 

    Almost a third, 30%, said they would consider living on Mars. 

    Almost a quarter, 24%, said they would definitely consider living on Mars even if it was a one-way ticket with no prospect of returning to Earth. 

    The most common reason for wanting to move to Mars was Earth getting overcrowded (31.3%) followed by pure adventure (31.1%), with global warming and environmental issues a close third. 

    As plans for Mars habitation gather significant momentum thanks to the likes of Elon Musk’s SpaceX programme, 16% of those surveyed believe humans will live on the red planet by 2040.

    Noctis Labyrinthyus, which translates to 'the labyrinth of the night is located in the Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle of Mars and has impressed scientists with its maze-like system of deep walled valleys.

    And it was captured in all of its glory by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling the red planet, capturing pictures using its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, since 2006.  

    Researchers have found that the formations were a result of faulting, but Scott C. Warning believes they were built by extraterrestrials.

    'You will see walls that are between 1-30 meters high and in between them you see baleen-like structures,' Warning shared on his site UFO Sightings Daily.

    'This is a city created by tiny aliens'.

    'You see that below the baleen structures is nothing but blackness, so I assume that this is a ventilation roof of an underground city'.

    He continued to rationalize his findings, as the 'ventilation roof' is necessary to combat the 'harsh and unforgiving' environment on Mars, this type of system is necessary to for creating tolerable temperatures in the city.

    This is not the first time conspiracy theorists claimed to have found evidence of cities on Mars.

    The United Family of Anomaly Hunters, a group of UFO hunters, presented the evidence in a YouTube video that they said highlights 'ancient walled cities' that they found in an image also snapped by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

    NASA recently shared an image snapped by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that highlights the region between Valles Marineris and the Tharsis upland. Skeptics have claimed the layered mesa  is a 'ventilation roof of an underground city' built by aliens

    NASA recently shared an image snapped by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that highlights the region between Valles Marineris and the Tharsis upland. Skeptics have claimed the layered mesa is a 'ventilation roof of an underground city' built by aliens

    Researchers have found that the formations were a result of faulting, but Scott C. Warning believes they were built by extraterrestrials

    Researchers have found that the formations were a result of faulting, but Scott C. Warning believes they were built by extraterrestrials

    The video shows a series of aerial NASA pictures of Elysium Planitia is a plain near the Martian equator. 

    The images show a number of aerial views, some of which look like eroded domes that could be surrounded by virtually circular rings.

    The ring and cone structures were spotted on Elysium Planitia, a plain near the Martian equator. 

    The title of the video, 'Nasa Spots Walled Cities on Mars from MRO Satellite', implies Nasa has claimed these structures are walled cities.

    The video has been met with mixed reaction - some firmly believed the structures show signs of life.

    'This is a city created by tiny aliens', Waring said. 'You see that below the baleen structures is nothing but blackness, so I assume that this is a ventilation roof of an underground city'

    'This is a city created by tiny aliens', Waring said. 'You see that below the baleen structures is nothing but blackness, so I assume that this is a ventilation roof of an underground city'

    'There are structures similar to these all over certain areas in South Africa,' one user said.

    'I firmly believe Mars still has some remnants of it's civilization living underground,' said another.

    While others put it down to natural geological processes.

    This is not the first time conspiracy theorists claimed to have found evidence of cities on Mars. Images from last year  show a number of aerial views, some of which look like eroded domes that could be surrounded by virtually circular rings

    This is not the first time conspiracy theorists claimed to have found evidence of cities on Mars. Images from last year show a number of aerial views, some of which look like eroded domes that could be surrounded by virtually circular rings

    The title of the video, 'NASA Spots Walled Cities on Mars from MRO Satellite', implies Nasa has claimed these structures are walled cities, but NASA has not claimed this

    The title of the video, 'NASA Spots Walled Cities on Mars from MRO Satellite', implies Nasa has claimed these structures are walled cities, but NASA has not claimed this

    Mars is now a frozen desert, but geological studies of rocks by previous missions to the surface have suggested the planet used to be warmer and wetter. Elysium Planitia is a plain near the Martian equator

    Mars is now a frozen desert, but geological studies of rocks by previous missions to the surface have suggested the planet used to be warmer and wetter. Elysium Planitia is a plain near the Martian equator

    'You should change your channel's name to 'Martian Geology,' because that's what were actually looking at,' one commenter said.  

    Mars is now a frozen desert, but geological studies of rocks by previous missions to the surface have suggested the planet used to be warmer and wetter. 


    The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the red planet, capturing pictures using its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, since 2006. Artist's impression pictured

    The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the red planet, capturing pictures using its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, since 2006. Artist's impression pictured

    Elysium Planitia is a plain near the Martian equator. 

    Previously, ESA has released an image of the plain, showing what looks like a dust-covered frozen sea. 

    NASA images also show the plain was once a highly volcanic region, meaning there was lots of opportunity for the surface to be remolded and reshaped.

    BELIEVE IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES? YOU'RE PROBABLY A NARCISSIST 

    People who doubt the moon landings are more likely to be selfish and attention-seeking, according to a study earlier this year.

    Over the course of three online-based studies, researchers at the University of Kent showed strong links between the belief in conspiracy theories and negative psychological traits.

    Writing in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, the team explained: 'Previous research linked the endorsement of conspiracy theories to low self-esteem.'

    In the first study, a total of 202 participants completed questionnaires on conspiracy beliefs, asking how strongly they agreed with specific statements, such as whether governments carried out acts of terrorism on their own soil.

    Alongside this, they were asked to complete a narcissist scale and a self-esteem assessment.

    The results showed that those people who rated highly on the narcissism scale and who had low self-esteem were more likely to be conspiracy believers. 

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    New Enceladus findings could have big implications in the search for alien life

    17-04-2017 om 23:35 geschreven door peter  

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    NASA JUST REVEALED THAT THERE MAY BE ALIEN LIFE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

    Holy crap.
    (Photo: Getty)

    (Photo: Getty)

    In a Universe this massive, it’s hard to imagine we’re the only life form here. I mean, come on. Earth is only one of many, many planets in our Milky Way Galaxy, which is only one among billions of other galaxies in the Universe. 

    Surely there must be something living on another planet.

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    But guess what? There just might be! NASA recently announced that there might be alien life in our solar system, based on findings from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope.

    The findings show that Enceladus, a moon of Saturn that has an icy white shell, has chemical activity under its shell that is important to life on Earth, which suggests there might be aliens or some kind of life form living there.

    NASA has been studying Enceladus for a while, suspecting it might be home to aliens due to its massive underground oceans and icy outer shell that is similar to Earth’s protective ozone layer.

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    And now, with the recent discovery, NASA confirms that there are hydrothermal vents in the oceans on Enceladus, which is important, because on Earth, hydrothermal vents are found deep, deep in the sea and offer food and warmth to weird sea creatures of the abyss.

    That said, if hydrothermal vents in oceans keep animals alive here on Earth, they probably keep animals alive in oceans on Enceladus, too.

    So, it seems as though the “aliens” on Enceladus aren’t shape-shifting reptilian Martians, and they probably won't come to Earth in UFOs and stick things in our eyes and butts like we see in movies. They're probably just some gross-looking shrimp monsters, or something. Disappointing, I know. 

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    Nevertheless, this is some fascinating new information about extraterrestrial life, and even though aliens might not end up being what Hollywood made us believe, they're still cool.

    H/T: UNILAD

    17-04-2017 om 23:29 geschreven door peter  

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    This Alien Worm-Creature Will Haunt Your Nightmares

    Credit: Marvin Altamia

    New species are discovered frequently, but this creature is unlike anything we’ve seen before. Called the giant shipworm, it lives inside a long shell where it consumes noxious chemicals at the bottom of muddy lagoons. An international team of scientists are now the first to study this elusive animal in the flesh, but after taking a closer look at this...thing....we kind of wish they had left it alone.

    A new study published in the Proceedings at the National Academy of Sciences is the first to describe the mud-dwelling animal, Kuphus polythalamia. This study, led by scientists at the University of Utah, Northeastern University, University of the Philippines, Sultan Kudarat State University, and Drexel University, is the result of an effort to not just document Philippine biodiversity, but to also enhance the research capacity of the host country. As study co-author Margo Haygood told Gizmodo, “It’s a great example of the power of collaboration...it’s amazing how much we are still learning about life on this planet in the 21st century.”

    Scientists have known about the existence of the giant shipworm since the 18th century, sort of. The animal’s tusk-like shell casings—which measure anywhere from three to five feet long—are fairly common, but no one had ever found one with a living creature still inside. Part of the problem was that researchers weren’t sure about the animal’s preferred habitat. That changed after the scientists behind the new study watched a Philippine documentary showing the shells planted into the mud of a shallow lagoon. This inspired them to set up an expedition, during which they successfully managed to collect live specimens in a Philippine lagoon laden with rotting wood.

    A scientist removes the top of the shell revealing the worm living inside. (Image: Marvin Altamia)
    Once in the lab, the researchers washed putrid mud off an animal’s shell, snapped off the outer cap, and slowly “poured” the inky black contents that is the shipworm onto an examination table.

    “It was a thrill, partly because we had longed to get our hands on one for so long, and partly because the animal is so strange,” Haygood told Gizmodo. “When I looked into the tank and saw the strong jet of water shooting from the siphon of the animal, I was so excited that they were alive and healthy. When we opened the tube I was struck by the dramatic dark color of the body, which is so different from the pale body of normal shipworms.”

     
    The giant shipworm without its shell. Image: Marvin Altamia)

    Indeed, this animal is a close relative of the more common shipworm—a group of saltwater clams with long, soft naked bodies. The researchers had a strong feeling that the giant shipworm would be radically different than its diminutive cousin, and they weren’t disappointed.

    The non-giant version of shipworms burrow deep into the wood of trees that have plunged into the ocean, digesting it with the help of bacteria. Giant shipworms, on the other hand, live in mud.

    “Whereas normal shipworm line their tunnels with a thin layer of shell, the giant shipworms have developed that thin layer to a thick, heavy, sturdy tube,” said Haygood. “Normal shipworms don’t cover the deepest part of the burrow with shell because that is where they are grinding up the wood and eating it. The giant shipworm’s tube is capped, covering its mouth, so it can’t eat in that way.”

    Instead, the giant shipworm feeds of noxious gasses produced in the mud, and like other brands of shipworm, it recruits bacteria to seek out nourishment. The organic-rich mud in which the giant shipworms live produce hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs. These fumes would make a human sick, but they provides a meal for giant shipworms. Or more accurately, a meal for the bacteria living within the animal’s gills. The bacteria takes the hydrogen sulfide and converts it into organic carbon, which the giant shipworms consume as food.

    It’s a process that’s actually surprisingly similar to photosynthesis, except that toxic fumes are used for energy in place of the Sun. It’s tempting to describe this creature as being more plant-like than animal-like, but the researchers say it’s most definitely an animal.

    “Its bacteria are more plant-like than the symbionts of normal shipworms,” explained Haygood. “Although the giant shipworm is eating the food produced by these plant-like bacteria—like we eat the plants we grow—it is a far more intimate relationship than our relationship to our food.”

    Importantly, the giant shipworm partners with different bacteria than the more common shipworm, which may explain how this creature evolved from eating wood to thriving on noxious gases in the mud.

    It’s hard to believe that something like this actually exists. But nature is constantly proving itself stranger and more horrifying than human imaginations, so maybe we shouldn’t be that surprised. Life finds a way, as they say.

    [PNAS]

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    GAMERS ARE HELPING SCIENTISTS DISCOVER EXOPLANETS, AND MAYBE EVEN EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

    17-04-2017 om 23:06 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Pop-up UFO museum opens

    Pop-up UFO museum opens

    Aliens tackle Lego at one of many UFO events in the library at Runcorn Shopping Centre to tie in with the flying saucer museum

    Aliens tackle Lego at one of many UFO events in the library at Runcorn Shopping Centre to tie in with the flying saucer museum

     Barbara Jordan

    A POP-UP flying saucer museum has opened to celebrate an historic UFO phenomenon in Halton.

    James Cooke, from Runcorn, claims to have visited outer space in September 1957.

    An alien festival is being held later this year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of him becoming the first person in Europe to have allegedly made contact with an alien!

    Runcorn artist Chiz Turnross came across the story whilst researching Cheshire folklore and began to investigate further.

    He found a newspaper story from 1957 in Runcorn Library’s archives with the headline ‘Runcorn Flying Saucer Anticipates Red Moon’.

    Referring to the blood moon that month, it reported the disappearance of James Cooke on a visit to Planet Zomdic.

    Chiz said: "At first I was researching blind until I hit upon the idea of an alien festival for Runcorn, a heritage project with a difference.

    “Halton appears to be the prime UK window for UFO activity."

    Chiz has teamed up with curator Jane Anderson and Widnes composer Lucy Pankhurst to stage the museum in the former Mecca bingo hall in the town square at Runcorn Shopping Centre.

    It includes a mini archive of UFO material, workshops and performances.

    Visitors are being asked for their ideas as organisers hope to attract international experts for what would be the UKs first alien festival.

    A specially composed alien music performance will be held at 4pm on Saturday, April 22.

    Organisers will be inviting special guests to play specific scores and musical interactions.

    Tickets priced £5 are available from eventbrite.com/e/jane-anderson-tickets-33465348759

    http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/ }

    17-04-2017 om 22:57 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.A Photographer Claims To Have Recorded A Video Of Multiple UFOs Appearing In Arizona Skies

    A Photographer Claims To Have Recorded A Video Of Multiple UFOs Appearing In Arizona Skies

    Photographer Mauricio Morales's post is going viral over the internet as he is claiming that he has shot Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) appearing in the skies of Arizona. In his Facebook post, Mauricio said that while he was driving back from Arizona to Phoenix, he came across a small orange light which was neither a meteor nor an aeroplane.

    Here is Morales’ full post.

    As I was driving back to Phoenix this evening, I was a few miles past Parker, AZ when I saw a shooting star with a green hue in the corner of my eye. I kept driving for a few miles and noticed a small orange light far in the distance to my right. At first I thought that maybe a meteor had hit nearby and set a fire in the desert or possibly a distant antenna light.

    I didn't quite think much of it and continued to drive for another three miles. I noticed that the light was gone. I drove another half of a mile and I saw the light appear again. This is when I realized that whatever this was, wasn’t normal.

    I was about a quarter of a mile from the crossing between Highway 72 and Highway 95 between Parker and Quartzsite, Arizona.

    I immediately pulled over and attached my camera to my tripod. To my SW direction, there were six orange-red lights floating around in the horizon. Some of them would dim out and then brighten back up, others just seemed to float and hover away slowly. They seemed to travel in a parallel pattern with a very bright fiery glisten. I took photos and videos and in less than 15 minutes, the mysterious objects vanished without a trace.

    ufo

    MAURICIO MORALES

    All of the photographs are timestamped and are not edited whatsoever. The video is slightly cropped for better viewing.

    Whatever this was, I have never seen anything like this in my life before. Super cool experience.

    *UPDATE* 4/11/17 11:22pm

    Mauricio Morales

    MAURICIO MORALES

    I have noticed that my cameras clock is set 8 minutes ahead. Which means that the time stamps are all 8 minutes ahead. I also saw a video of the same exact thing but from the opposite end in El Centro, CA. That means that whatever this was, it was visible for at least 100 miles.

    ABC15 is reporting that the photos were part of the meteor. They were not. The meteor struck about 10 minutes before I pulled over on HWY 95 and got footage of these lights. The difference in lighting you see in the photos is because I was using different settings to get a more visible photo of what they were.

    UFO sightings have reached an all-time high in 2010 with about 45,000 yearly sightings. According to AOL, sightings between 1990 and 2000 rose dramatically by nearly 30 thousand yearly sightings and that USA has the most sighting by far at almost 300 times greater than the global median. We're now curious whether Morales' claims prove to be true.

    http://www.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/ }

    17-04-2017 om 22:48 geschreven door peter  

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    The Wednesday Phenomena

    Columnist Cheryl Costa looks at a theory of late ufologist John Keel.

    IMAGES PROVIDED BY ISTOCK

    This week, several ufologists, while examining UFO seasonal pattern charts I had posted, brought up the writings of the late John Keel.

    Keel, a widely read professional journalist, was influential with his writings about ufology. One of his profound theories was the trend he called the “Wednesday Phenomena.”

    In his book Mothman Prophecies, Keel wrote, “I had collected some 700 UFO reports from 1966 and discovered that the greatest number of sightings, 20 percent, took place on Wednesdays.”

    The thing we must keep in mind is that in the late 1960s and early 1970s, UFO reports were mostly collected from newspaper clippings. At the time, having access to several hundred reports was a big deal. The flaw I saw when presented with Keel’s Wednesday Phenomena was the problem with sample size. In addition, the question of where these sightings were reported was troubling. Did these sighting reports all come from one state or was his collection of data a mix for sightings from all over the country?

    While I respect John Keel’s early work as ground breaking, I must point out that from a 21st century big data perspective, Keel’s sample size was rather small.

    I decided to test the Wednesday Phenomena against my database of over 120,000 sightings from 2001-2015. I selected three states: Connecticut, 1,478 Sightings; New York, 5,141 sightings; and California, 15,836 sightings.

    The results were interesting and somewhat consistent. Monday through Friday was relatively flat and each day averaged about 13 percent of the state’s total sightings. Saturday jumped up about 7 percent in sightings and was approximately 20 percent of the state’s sightings. While the day of the week was not Wednesday, the percentage of the week’s high sightings day was is consistent with Keel’s findings of 20 percent. Sundays were also elevated above the weekday baseline to an average of 15.5 percent of the state’s total UFO sightings.

    Of course the common reasoning for the Saturday and Sunday uptick in sightings is perhaps because most people have the weekend off, therefore more time outside for sky watching.

    In my opinion, Keel was certainly on to something; his work was simply hampered by a small sample size of UFO sightings. John Keel passed away on July 3, 2009 at age 79.

    If you are interested in joining a monthly UFO discussion group in the Onondaga County area, drop Cheryl an email at Blogger@CherylCosta.com. If you have a UFO sighting to report, you can use either one of the two national database services: nuforc.org or mufon.com. Both services respect confidentiality.

    https://www.syracusenewtimes.com/ }

    17-04-2017 om 22:41 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Four UFO sightings reported in Barrie in 2016

    Four UFO sightings reported in Barrie in 2016

    A report that came out two weeks ago has UFO report details from cities and towns across Canada
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    Multiple reports of UFOs came in from across Northern Ontario in 2016.

    On March 29, 2017, Manitoba-based UFOlogy released the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey, a compilation of UFO sightings from UFO researchers across Canada and the United States.

    Out of the 1,131 filed reports last year, several were from Northern Ontario.

    There were four reported sightings each in Sudbury, Barrie, and Thunder Bay, three from Sault Ste. Marie, two from North Bay, and one sighting each in Manitoulin Island, Elliot Lake, and Kenora.

    In an essay accompanying the report, UFOlogy highlighted a trend of increased UFO sightings in Canada since 1989.

    2016 was the fifth year in a row that there were over 1,000 reported sightings.

    The group sourced their data from cases directly reported to them, Canadian government agencies, Canadian civilian UFO organizations, and U.S. groups like Mutual UFO Network and the National UFO Reporting Center.

    17-04-2017 om 22:36 geschreven door peter  

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    Another shocking video of a UFO activity over Las Vegas!

    ufos-LA

    Here’s another interesting footage of a strange UFO activity in the sky above Summerlin area in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was filmed on 15th April 2017.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/  }

    17-04-2017 om 22:17 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Mystery of How Black Holes Collide and Merge Is Beginning to Unravel

    The Mystery of How Black Holes Collide and Merge Is Beginning to Unravel

    The Mystery of How Black Holes Collide and Merge Is Beginning to Unravel
    Colliding black holes create space-time ripples that can be seen by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).
    Credit: SXS/LIGO

    Last year, scientists announced that they had finally observed gravitational waves, the elusive and long sought-after ripples in the fabric of spacetime that were first posited by Albert Einstein. The waves came from a catastrophic event — the collision of two black holes located about 1.3 billion light years away from Earth — and the released energy undulated across the universe, much like ripples in a pond.

    The detection by the upgraded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Advanced LIGO), along with two subsequent gravitational wave discoveries, confirmed a major prediction of Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and heralded a new era in physics, allowing scientists to study the universe in a new way by using gravity instead of light.

    But a fundamental question remains unanswered: How and why do black holes collide and merge?

    In order for the black holes to merge, they must start out very close together by astronomical standards, no more than about a fifth of the distance between the Earth and the Sun. But only stars with very large masses can become black holes, and during the course of their lives, these stars expand to become even larger.

    new study published in Nature Communications uses a model called COMPAS (Compact Object Mergers: Population Astrophysics and Statistics) in an attempt to answer how large binary stars that would eventually become black holes fit within a very small orbit. COMPAS allows the researchers to pursue a kind of "paleontology" for gravitational waves.

    "A paleontologist, who has never seen a living dinosaur, can figure out how the dinosaur looked and lived from its skeletal remains," said Ilya Mandel from the University of Birmingham in the UK, the paper's senior author, in a statement. "In a similar way, we can analyze the mergers of black holes, and use these observations to figure out how those stars interacted during their brief but intense lives."

    What they found was that even two widely separated "progenitor" stars can interact when they expand, engaging in several episodes of mass transfer.

    The researchers started by analyzing the three gravitational wave events that were detected by LIGO and attempted to see if all three black hole collisions evolved in the same way, which they call "classical isolated binary evolution via a common-envelope phase."

    It starts with two massive progenitor stars at quite wide separations. As the stars expand, once they come so close that they cannot escape each other's gravity, they begin to interact and engage in several episodes of mass transfer. This results in a very rapid, dynamically unstable event that envelops both stellar cores in a dense cloud of hydrogen gas.

    "Ejecting this gas from the system takes energy away from the orbit," the team said. "This brings the two stars sufficiently close together for gravitational-wave emission to be efficient, right at the time when they are small enough that such closeness will no longer put them into contact."

    It actually takes few million years to form two black holes, with a possible subsequent delay of billions of years before the black holes merge and form a single, larger black hole. But that merger event itself can be quick and violent.

    The researchers said the simulations with COMPAS have also helped the team to understand the typical properties of the binary stars that can go on to form such pairs of merging black holes and the environments where this can happen.

    For example, the team found that a merger of two black holes with significantly unequal masses would be a strong indication that the stars formed almost entirely from hydrogen and helium — called low-metallicity stars — with other elements contributing fewer than 0.1 percent of stellar matter (for comparison, this fraction is about 2 percent in our Sun). They were able to determine that all three events detected by LIGO could have formed in low-metallicity environments.

    "The beauty of COMPAS is that it allows us to combine all of our observations and start piecing together the puzzle of how these black holes merge, sending these ripples in spacetime that we were able to observe at LIGO," said Simon Stevenson, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Birmingham and the paper's lead author.

    The team will continue to use COMPAS to gain a greater understanding how the binary black holes discovered by LIGO could have formed, and how future observations could tell us even more about the most catastrophic events in the universe.

    Originally published on Seeker.

    http://www.livescience.com/ }

    17-04-2017 om 16:07 geschreven door peter  

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    Hoverboard Daredevil Speeds Over Atlantic Ocean

    Hoverboard Daredevil Speeds Over Atlantic Ocean
    The hoverboard flight was just under 7 minutes long and flew about 164 feet (50 meters) above the Atlantic Ocean.
    Credit: Breitling

    In a stunt straight out of a science-fiction film, a real-life, jet-powered hoverboard cruised over the Atlantic Ocean.

    Franky Zapata, a hoverboard, took to the skies in a promotional video for the watch company Breitling. The Swiss watchmaker announced its partnership with the Flyboard Air project in December with an incredible video that shows Zapata flying on his hoverboard, reported The Telegraph. Zapata flew about 164 feet (50 meters) over the Atlantic Ocean for almost 7 minutes, The Telegraph said.

    Breitling used the video to announce that it will be the main sponsor of Flyboard Air, with the partnership marking "a new chapter in conquering the skies." [Up She Goes! 8 of the Wackiest Early Flying Machines]

    "By supporting the FlyboardAir project, Breitling's intention is once again to foster the spirit of daring and invention that has always characterized aviation since the time of the very first 'magnificent men in their flying machines' — that taste for adventure [and] that combination of daring and discipline, which consistently drive aeronautics to push the boundaries of feasibility," Breitling officials said in a statement.

    Essentially a flying skateboard — like Marty McFly's famous ride in the 1989 classic movie "Back to the Future Part II" — several hoverboard prototypes have been developed in recent years. The Flyboard Air was invented by Zapata Racing and took four years of development, the company said. The Flyboard Air hoverboard is still a prototype and is not commercially available, the company said.

    However, Zapata and his hoverboard have already set numerous world records. In April 2016, Zapata flew the Flyboard Air almost7,400 feet (over 2,200 meters) from a height of about 160 feet (50 m), setting a new world record for the longest hoverboard flight.

    Unlike the company's original Flyboard, which connects to a watercraft turbine via a long hose, the Flyboard Air is hose-free. The system's "independent propulsion unit" allows the hoverboard to fly for up to 10 minutes, according to Zapata Racing, reaching a maximum speed of 93 mph (150 km/h) and an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m).

    "This has really been a life's work," Zapata said, according to The Telegraph. "Who has never dreamt of leaping out of the water and soaring through the air, free of all constraints? This is the dream that is at the origin of the products we create." 

    Original article on Live Science.

    17-04-2017 om 15:52 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Aliens have deactivated British and US nuclear missiles, say US military pilots

    Aliens have deactivated British and US nuclear missiles, say US military pilots

    Aliens have landed, infiltrated British nuclear missile sites and deactivated the weapons, according to US military pilots.

    A Minuteman missile at Malmstrom Air Force Base in the 1960s
    A Minuteman missile at Malmstrom Air Force Base in the 1960s Photo: AP/USAF

    The beings have repeated their efforts in the US and have been active since 1948, the men said, and accused the respective governments of trying to keep the information secret.

    The unlikely claims were compiled by six former US airmen and another member of the military who interviewed or researched the evidence of 120 ex-military personnel.

    The information they have collected suggests that aliens could have landed on Earth as recently as seven years ago.

    The men's aim is to press the two governments to recognise the long-standing extra-terrestrial visits as fact.

    They are to be presented on Monday 27 September at a meeting in Washington.

    One of the men, Capt Robert Salas, said: "The US Air Force is lying about the national security implications of unidentified aerial objects at nuclear bases and we can prove it."

    He said said he witnessed such an event first-hand on March 16, 1967, at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana which housed Minuteman nuclear missiles.

    Capt Salas continued: "I was on duty when an object came over and hovered directly over the site.

    "The missiles shut down - 10 Minuteman missiles. And the same thing happened at another site a week later. There's a strong interest in our missiles by these objects, wherever they come from. I personally think they're not from planet Earth."

    Others claim to have seen similar activity in the UK.

    Col Charles Halt said he saw a UFO at the former military base RAF Bentwaters, near Ipswich, 30 years ago, during which he saw beams of light fired into the base then heard on the military radio that aliens had landed inside the nuclear storage area.

    He said: "I believe that the security services of both the United States and the United Kingdom have attempted - both then and now - to subvert the significance of what occurred at RAF Bentwaters by the use of well-practised methods of disinformation."

    The site was then the base of the US 81st Tactical Fighter Wing.

    Capt Bruce Fenstermacher, a former US Air Force officer, also claims he saw a cigar-shaped UFO hovering above a nuclear base in Wyoming in 1976.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ }

    17-04-2017 om 15:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Jean-Claude Bourret : “Il existe un autre univers à côté du nôtre”

    Jean-Claude Bourret : “Il existe un autre univers à côté du nôtre”

    -Ovni-._-_panoramio (2)


    Le journaliste Jean-Claude Bourret associé à un ancien directeur de recherche au CNRS, Jean-Pierre Petit, relancent la question des univers parallèles…

    Quelle est cette «extraordinaire» découverte que vous annoncez dans votre livre ?

    L’ouvrage est constitué de deux parties. La première s’adresse au grand public, elle est accessible à tous. La seconde est plutôt réservée aux scientifiques de haut niveau. Jean-Pierre Petit nous expose le résultat de ses 40 années de recherches. Il a trouvé une formule mathématique révolutionnaire qui, si elle est avérée, devrait lui valoir un prix Nobel. Cette formule prouve qu’il existe un autre univers à côté du nôtre. Tandis que nous sommes dans un univers « positif », il existerait un univers « négatif » dans lequel la vitesse de la lumière est différente, c’est-à-dire plus de 300.000 kilomètres par seconde. Ainsi, des civilisations extraterrestres utiliseraient les lois physiques de leur univers pour rejoindre le nôtre et nous observer depuis des millénaires. Les calculs et hypothèses de Jean-Pierre Petit ont été publiés dans des revues scientifiques de haut niveau.

    On a toutefois du mal à le suivre lorsqu’il dit que ses recherches ont été inspirées par de mystérieuses lettres émanant de gens qui prétendent être des extraterrestres !

    Ça paraît fou parce qu’on ne connaît pas le dossier, donc on a tendance à prendre Petit pour un illuminé. Il m’a montré certaines de ces lettres «anonymes» qui lui ont permis de progresser et de transcender la formule de la relativité d’Einstein. Au début, il croyait à un canular. Mais quand il a vérifié ces formules et il a constaté que ça marchait parfaitement. Il a fait des simulations sur ordinateur qui permettent de faire un bond en avant considérable sur la compréhension de la constitution des galaxies. Il faut ajouter qu’aucun scientifique n’a contesté le travail de Jean-Pierre.

    À votre avis, d’où viennent ces lettres ?

    Personnellement, j’ai toujours considéré que Jean-Pierre Petit avait eu accès à une connaissance initiatique qui lui avait été transmise. Un polytechnicien de haut niveau, qui travaillait pour le Premier ministre, m’avait dit être au courant et que, même si ça paraît invraisemblable, les résultats annoncés par Petit étaient scientifiquement recevables. Selon lui, ça pouvait venir des services secrets soviétiques qui, faute de temps et de budget, les transmettaient à des scientifiques très pointus pour faire avancer les recherches. Jean-Pierre ne cache pas que son obstination à travailler sur les ovnis lui a coûté sa carrière !

    “Prétendre que nous sommes seuls dans l’univers est une absurdité totale”

    Jean-Claude Bourret

    Pourquoi le phénomène ovni dérange-t-il autant ?

    J’ai mis longtemps à le comprendre. En fait, les scientifiques sont très hostiles parce que, face aux ovnis, ils perdent leur statut de personnalité la plus cultivée et la plus intelligente de la planète terre. Quand le «professeur Duchemoll» est confronté à la vie extraterrestre, il se rend compte qu’il est comme un singe par rapport à un prix Nobel. Prétendre que nous sommes seuls dans l’univers est une absurdité totale.

    À votre avis, quelles seraient les conséquences si on révélait l’existence d’extraterrestres ?

    Elles seraient immenses car ça remettrait tout en cause. Nos connaissances, les maladies et tout notre système seraient détruits par les avances technologiques et philosophiques d’une civilisation extraterrestre qui serait forcément bien supérieure à la nôtre. Sans parler de la remise en cause de toutes les religions. C’est une supposition, mais imaginez qu’ils nous disent « Sur la planète Terre, vous vous tuez entre musulmans, juifs, chrétiens, protestants et hindous, en disant «C’est mon Dieu qui est le meilleur !» Maintenant, je vais vous dire que Dieu n’existe pas, et voilà comment l’univers a été créé ! » À ce moment-là, toutes les religions s’effondreraient. À ce propos, l’Italien Mauro Biglino, traducteur officiel pour le Vatican, va très loin puisqu’il remet en cause les fondements même de la religion en affirmant que la Bible évoque les véritables créateurs de l’espèce humaine, c’est-à-dire une race extraterrestre.

    Dans votre livre, vous donnez tous les détails pour fabriquer un détecteur d’ovnis (« Ufo-catch »)…

    C’est l’autre point important du livre. On en a assez de voir que les États nous cachent les observations d’ovnis depuis 40 ans. Donc, on va se prendre en main en construisant ce système qui ne coûte pas cher (entre 100 et 160 euros). Avec les bénéfices du livre, qui sont intégralement reversés à l’association de Jean-Pierre Petit, nous ferons fabriquer une série qu’on vendra au prix coûtant, pour que chacun puisse mettre une caméra sur son toit ou son balcon. Chacun pourra dialoguer à travers un forum et échanger ses données. Vous savez, je dis aux gens « Apprenez à vos enfants à regarder les étoiles. On ne peut pas continuer à vivre sur cette petite planète terre comme si on était seuls dans l’univers ». Il faut apprendre à nos enfants qu’il y a des milliards de civilisations et qu’elles sont beaucoup plus avancées que la nôtre.

    Diriez-vous comme Fox Muller, dans la série « X-Files », que « la vérité est ailleurs » ?

    Non, la vérité est universelle. Mais il faut ouvrir la bonne porte pour avoir sa lumière !

    Propos recueillis par

     J.-M.P.

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    17-04-2017 om 15:38 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Soon, The Military May be Deploying Laser Weapons

    Soon, The Military May be Deploying Laser Weapons

     
    IN BRIEF
    US defense contractors are busy developing laser weapons to use to defend against enemy drones and mortar rounds. Future developments will also bring us lasers powerful enough to take out incoming missiles.

    *PEW-PEW*

    One of the hallmarks of our favorite science-fiction are the epic space battles where bolts of red and green light zip across the screen in opposing directions, connecting with spacecraft traveling at lightning speeds and causing glorious explosions in the vacuum of space. Of course, none of this is possible in reality thanks to the natural laws that govern such things.

    Even so, modern innovation is bringing us closer to a similar future —at least one where laser weapons are a viable technology. In fact, some of the world’s biggest military contractors are currently developing prototypes for laser weaponry. The Navy has already been testing a 30 kW laser from the deck of the USS Ponce. Other more powerful lasers are being developed by Lockheed Martin to sit on trucks, prepared to defend against mortars and small drones.

    Unfortunately, we won’t be able to tell the good guys from the bad guys just by looking at the color of their lasers; these real-life beams are colorless. Also — and perhaps most devastating of all — there won’t be a satisfying “pew-pew” with every shot.

    The Navy has since 2014 been testing a 30-kilowatt laser on one of its warships, the USS Ponce

    The Navy has since 2014 been testing a 30-kilowatt laser on one of its warships, the USS Ponce

    U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams
    U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams

     MISSILE HUNTING

    The lasers would work by heating the target’s insides, causing it to explode prematurely. The weapon needs to be locked onto its target of a few seconds in order to achieve this feat; an impressive feat considering the target can be traveling at great speeds, and up to 457 meters (500 yards) away.

    The more powerful lasers may be coming within the next few years. Lasers powered at 150 kW could take out an incoming missile if hit from the side, and a 300 kW laser could even take out a missile head-on. Developing these technologies will allow for a much cheaper missile defense system: instead of firing off a multimillion-dollar missile to combat an incoming attack, these lasers can take their place.

    Right now, the most restrictive aspect of this technology is the size of the equipment it takes to operate them. They require a lot of power and the systems to generate and store that power are cumbersome. Further research is hoping to address that issue to make these weapons more viable.

    17-04-2017 om 15:31 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.We May Have Just Discovered the Deepest Traces of Life on Earth
    We May Have Just Discovered the Deepest Traces of Life on Earth
     
    IN BRIEF
    Researchers have found traces of organic materials in samples of mineral-rich mud from a mud volcano near the Mariana Trench. If these samples prove to be evidence of life, it would be the deepest form of life ever found on our planet.

    EARLY LIFE SURVIVING BELOW

    While the average depth of the ocean is just 2.2 miles, you’d have to travel another four or so to reach the bottom of the massive underwater canyon known as the Mariana Trench. This underwater world is the deepest known place on Earth today, and now, scientists are reporting that the mysterious canyon may also tell the story of how some of the earliest lifeforms on our planet survived in the past.

    The Mariana Trench is part of a subduction zone where the sea floor is cluttered with mud volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — evidence of our planet’s molten core. The entire region is located directly over the friction point between the Philippine Sea and Pacific tectonic plates.

    Picture of underwater ROV taking a sample

    A remotely-operated vehicle prepares to take a sample from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

    PHOTOGRAPH BY SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE

    Approximately four billion years ago, nascent life on a much younger Earth was hard-pressed to survive the hostile surroundings. The planet endured frequent asteroid strikes and was pock-marked with craters and molten rock. Livable spaces and food were scarce, even for microbes, so researchers think some early lifeforms managed to survive despite these challenges by going deep and calling the Mariana Trench home.

    A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that researchers found traces of organic materials in samples of mineral-rich mud from a mud volcano near the Mariana Trench. Although they did not find actual microbes intact, the organic material could indicate that even the most extreme environments may be able to support life. If these samples do prove to be evidence of life, it would be the deepest form of life ever found on our planet.

    “This is another hint at a great, deep biosphere on our planet,” study leader Oliver Plümper told National Geographic. “It could be huge or very small, but there is definitely something going on that we don’t understand yet.”

    OTHER LIFE, OTHER WORLDS

    Subduction zones like the one in which the samples were discovered are relatively cool — what we understand to be the temperature limit for life, 121 degrees Celsius (250 degrees Fahrenheit), wouldn’t be reached until six or more miles below the floor of the ocean. Furthermore, the minerals in which the organic materials were found are formed through a process known as serpentinization, which produces both methane and hydrogen gases that microbes can then consume as food.

    Via Oliver Plümper
    Via Oliver Plümper

    Since they started to look for it in the 1960s, scientists have found serpentinization all over the planet: where continents meet and form, inside mountain ranges that were once at the bottom of the ocean, and near hydrothermal vents.

    Because serpentinization is fairly common and can support life in extreme conditions, scientists think it might be the key to finding life on other worlds. Both Saturn’s moon Enceladus and Jupiter’s moon Europa likely have deep liquid oceans underneath their icy exteriors, and Enceladus appears to have some tectonic activity, the source of subduction zones like those of the Mariana Trench.

    However, scientists in search of microbial life deep within the trenches of other worlds would need to conquer the same challenges as scientists studying the Mariana Trench here on Earth. Reaching deep enough for direct study isn’t possible, so you’re limited to interpreting evidence spewed from geysers and extracted from rock. “I think of it kind of like a message in the bottle,” explained Plümper. “We have this container coming up, and we are opening it up and trying to figure out what’s going on.”

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    Exoplanet Discovery by an Amateur Astronomer Shows the Power of Citizen Science

    Exoplanet Discovery by an Amateur Astronomer Shows the Power of Citizen Science
    An artist’s impression of some of the thousands of exoplanets discovered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

    You don't need to be a professional astronomer to find new worlds orbiting distant stars. Darwin mechanic and amateur astronomer Andrew Grey this week helped to discover a new exoplanet system with at least four orbiting planets.

    But Andrew did have professional help and support.

    The discovery was a highlight moment of this week's three-evening special ABC Stargazing Live, featuring British physicist Brian Cox, presenter Julia Zemiro and others.

    Viewers were encouraged to join in the search for exoplanets – planets orbiting distant stars – using the Exoplanet Explorers website. After a quick tutorial they were then asked to trawl through data on thousands of stars recently observed with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.

    Grey checked out more than 1,000 stars on the website before discovering the characteristic dips in brightness of the star in the data that signify an exoplanet.

    Together with other co-discoverers, Grey's name will appear on a scientific paper reporting the very significant discovery of a star with four planets, orbiting closer to the star than Mercury is to our Sun.

    Grey told Stargazing Live:

    That is amazing. Definitely my first scientific publication … just glad that I can contribute. It feels very good.

    Cox was clearly impressed by the new discovery:

    In the seven years I've been making Stargazing Live this is the most significant scientific discovery we've ever made.

    GIF: Animation of the solar system found by citizen scientists

    So just what does this discovery signify? First, let’s be clear: this is no publicity stunt, or a bit of fake news dressed up to make a good story.

    This is a real scientific discovery, to be reported in the scientific literature like other discoveries made by astronomers.

    It will help us understand the formation of our own Earth. It's also a step towards establishing whether we are alone in the universe, or whether there are other planets populated by other civilisations.

    On the other hand, it must be acknowledged that this discovery joins the list of more than 2,300 known exoplanets discovered by Kepler so far. There are thousands more candidate planets to be examined.

    If Grey and his colleagues hadn't discovered this new planetary system, then somebody else would have eventually discovered it. But that can be said of all discoveries. The fact remains that this particular discovery was made by Grey and his fellow citizen scientists.

    I think that the greatest significance of this discovery is that it heralds a change in the way we do science.

    As I said earlier, Grey didn't make this discovery alone. He used data from the Kepler spacecraft with a mission cost of US$600 million.

    Although we can build stunning telescopes that produce vast amounts of valuable data, we can't yet build an algorithm that approaches the extraordinary abilities of the human brain to examine that data.

    A human brain can detect patterns in the data far more effectively than any machine-learning algorithm yet devised. Because of the large volume of data generated by Kepler and other scientific instruments, we need large teams of human brains – larger than any research lab.

    But the brains don't need to be trained astrophysicists, they just need to have the amazing cognitive abilities of the human brain.

    This results in a partnership where big science produces data, and citizen scientists inspect the data to help make discoveries. It means that anyone can be involved in cutting-edge science, accelerating the growth of human knowledge.

    This is happening all over science and even the arts, from butterfly hunting to transcribing Shakespeare's handwriting.

    Last year citizen scientists in the Australian-led Radio Galaxy Zoo project discovered the largest known cluster of galaxies.

    None of these projects would be possible without widespread access to the internet, and readily-available tools to build citizen science projects, such as the Zooniverse project.

    Will machines ever make citizen scientists redundant? I have argued before that we need to build algorithms called "machine scientists" to make future discoveries from the vast volumes of data we are generating.

    But these algorithms still need to be trained by humans. The larger our human-generated training set, the better our machine scientists will work.

    So rather than making citizen scientists redundant, the machine scientists multiply the power of citizen scientists, so that a discovery made by a future Andrew Grey may result in hundreds of discoveries by machines trained using his discovery.

    I see the power of citizen scientists continuing to grow. I suspect this is only the start. We can do much more. We can increase the "fun" of doing citizen science by introducing "gaming" elements into citizen science programs, or by taking advantage of new technologies such as augmented reality and immersive virtual reality.

    Perhaps we can tap into other human qualities such as imagination and creativity to achieve goals that still frustrate machines.

    I look forward to the day when a Nobel prize is won by someone in a developing country without access to a traditional university education, but who uses the power of their mind, the wealth of information on the web and the tools of citizen science to transcend the dreams of traditional science.

    Ray Norris, Professor, School of Computing, Engineering, & Maths, Western Sydney University

    This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues and debates — and become part of the discussion — on FacebookTwitter and Google +. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. This version of the article was originally published on Space.com.

    17-04-2017 om 15:08 geschreven door peter  

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    Surprise! Jupiter Has a Great 'Cold' Spot, Too

    Jupiter is famous for its Great Red Spot, a storm twice the diameter of Earth that rages on the gas giant's surface. Now, researchers have found that it has a second great spot, almost as large — this one, a Great Cold Spot caused by the planet's vibrant auroras.

    Researchers first detected the ever-changing Great Cold Spot in data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile, and went back to track its existence over a 15-year period in observations from another telescope. The cool patch stretches up to 15,000 by 7,500 miles (24,000 by 12,000 km) across at its largest, and it's about 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees Celsius) cooler than the surrounding area in the planet's upper atmosphere. Although it disappears from time to time it seems to always re-form, just offset from the planet's bright aurora.

    "The Great Cold Spot is much more volatile than the slowly changing Great Red Spot, changing dramatically in shape and size over only a few days and weeks, but it has reappeared for as long as we have data to search for it, for over 15 years,"  Tom Stallard, a planetary astronomer at the University of Leicester in the U.K. and lead author on the new work, said in a statement. [2nd 'Great Spot' on Jupiter Discovered by Astronomers (Video)]

    The spot is likely formed as a byproduct of the planet's spectacular auroras, researchers said in the statement, and that because of the way the spot always re-forms it might be as old as the auroras themselves — up to many thousands of years in age.

    Jupiter's newfound Great Cold Spot appears as a dark patch in this map of emissions from the hydrogen ion H3+, which is present in Jupiter's atmosphere, as measured by NASA's IRTF telescope in Hawaii. The cool spot moves over time and changes shape, but always re-forms.
    Jupiter's newfound Great Cold Spot appears as a dark patch in this map of emissions from the hydrogen ion H3+, which is present in Jupiter's atmosphere, as measured by NASA's IRTF telescope in Hawaii. The cool spot moves over time and changes shape, but always re-forms.
    Credit: Tom Stallard

    Like on Earth, the bright light of Jupiter's auroras comes from electrically charged particles colliding with the planet's atmosphere near its north and south poles, guided by the planet's magnetic field. But Jupiter's auroras are much more constant and intense, and they're powered from particles coming from the planet's moons as well as the sun.

    According to the new research, the aurora deposits energy into Jupiter's atmosphere, heating it up so there's a large disparity in heat between the top of the atmosphere and farther below. This seems to whip up a vortex in the atmosphere, creating a patch that is cooler than the surroundings and offset from the aurora.

    Stallard said that a similar effect can be found near Earth's aurora, but that it's less of a permanent fixture because the Earth auroras vary so much more, and because Jupiter's spin acts to trap some of its heat in place.

    Researchers tracked the Great Cold Spot over time, noting dramatic changes in shape and size from day to day. Here, it is seen in July of 1995 and continues to reappear until 15 years later, in December of 2000.
    Researchers tracked the Great Cold Spot over time, noting dramatic changes in shape and size from day to day. Here, it is seen in July of 1995 and continues to reappear until 15 years later, in December of 2000.
    Credit: Tom Stallard

    "The atmospheric flows generated by Earth's aurora can drive heat quickly across the whole planet, making the upper atmosphere ring like a bell, while Jupiter's fast spin traps this energy nearer the poles," Stallard said.

    The researchers were surprised to find the Great Cold Spot, Stallard added, and they will continue to investigate it while looking for evidence of other atmospheric features. Combining their Earth-based observations with those from the Juno spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter should provide much more insight into the giant planet's weather. 

    The new work was detailed April 10 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

    Email Sarah Lewin at slewin@space.com or follow her @SarahExplains. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com

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    Distant Object 'DeeDee' Makes the Dwarf Planet Grade

    Distant Object 'DeeDee' Makes the Dwarf Planet Grade
    Artist’s illustration of 2014 UZ224, informally known as DeeDee. The ALMA radio telescope array was able to observe the faint millimeter-wavelength "glow" emitted by DeeDee, confirming the object is roughly 395 miles (635 kilometers across). At this size, DeeDee should have enough mass to be spherical, the criteria necessary for astronomers to consider it a dwarf planet, though it has yet to receive that official designation.
    Credit: Alexandra Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

    The solar system's dwarf-planet population is about to increase by one.

    The far-flung object 2014 UZ224 — informally known as DeeDee, for "Distant Dwarf" — is about 395 miles wide (635 kilometers), new observations reveal. That means the frigid object probably harbors enough mass to be shaped into a sphere by its own gravity, entitling it to "dwarf planet" status, researchers said.

    Astronomers first spotted DeeDee in 2014 using the optical Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile (though they didn't announce the discovery until 2016). [Meet the Solar System's Dwarf Planets]

    Orbits of some objects in our solar system, showing the current location of the planetary body “DeeDee.”
    Credit: Alexandra Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

    The initial Blanco observations allowed the discovery team to nail down DeeDee's orbit. The object loops around the sun on a highly elliptical path that takes more than 1,100 Earth years to complete; it's currently about 92 astronomical units (AU) from the sun but comes as close as 38 AU and gets as far away as 180 AU. (One AU is the average Earth-sun distance — about 93 million miles, or 150 million km.)

    DeeDee is therefore the second most distant "trans-Neptunian object" with a confirmed orbit at the moment, researchers said. The dwarf planet Eris is more far-flung, though that's not always the case; Eris is currently about 96.5 AU from the sun, but it never gets more than 98 AU from Earth's star.

    For perspective, Pluto orbits the sun at an average distance of 40 AU, with a maximum orbital distance of 49 AU.

    Size comparisons of objects in our solar system, including the recently discovered planetary body “DeeDee.”
    Size comparisons of objects in our solar system, including the recently discovered planetary body “DeeDee.”
    Credit: Alexandra Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

    But the Blanco data did not allow the discovery team — which was led by David Gerdes, an astronomer at the University of Michigan — to pinpoint DeeDee's size. While the researchers suspected that the object is a dwarf planet, they couldn't definitively determine from the optical observations whether DeeDee is relatively small and bright, or big and dark.

    So Gerdes and his colleagues studied DeeDee with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a system of powerful radio telescopes in Chile. ALMA picked up the faraway object's heat signature, which is directly proportional to its size.

    "We calculated that this object would be incredibly cold, only about 30 degrees Kelvin, just a little above absolute zero," Gerdes said in a statement.

    ALMA image of the faint millimeter-wavelength "glow" from the planetary body 2014 UZ224, informally known as DeeDee. At three times the distance of Pluto from the sun, DeeDee is the second-most distant known trans-Neptunian object with a confirmed orbit in our solar system.
    ALMA image of the faint millimeter-wavelength "glow" from the planetary body 2014 UZ224, informally known as DeeDee. At three times the distance of Pluto from the sun, DeeDee is the second-most distant known trans-Neptunian object with a confirmed orbit in our solar system.
    Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

    ALMA also measured DeeDee's brightness in millimeter-wavelength light, finding that the object reflects just 13 percent of the sunlight that hits it. That means DeeDee is about as dark as the dirt on a baseball infield, astronomers said.

    Combining the ALMA data with the earlier Blanco observations allowed the team to figure out how big DeeDee is, a result they just published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. (Some more perspective: DeeDee is larger than Saturn's spherical, geyser-spouting moon Enceladus, which has a diameter of 313 miles, or 504 km.)

    The discovery and study of DeeDee (which has not yet officially been anointed a dwarf planet) shows that astronomers can probe the deep outer solar system and that similar techniques could potentially spot Planet Nine, the big world hypothesized to lurk out there undetected, researchers said.

    "There are still new worlds to discover in our own cosmic backyard," Gerdes said. "The solar system is a rich and complicated place."

    Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.

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    17-04-2017 om 14:26 geschreven door peter  

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    Searching the Skies for Alien Laser Beams

    A new study scanned 5,600 stars for tiny emissions of light, which may be the best way for an extraterrestrial civilization to signal its existence.

    In the last decade, the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, one of the world’s most powerful telescopes, has spent hours staring at the night sky in search of exoplanets and accumulating huge amounts of data about potential new worlds elsewhere in the Milky Way.

    But maybe, Nate Tellis wondered, Keck might have picked up something else along the way. Somewhere in all that data, could there be a signal from an intelligent civilization trying to reach Earth?

    Tellis is a scientist at the University of California at Berkeley, where, as his LinkedIn biography puts it, he spends his days “trawling” astronomy datasets for statistical deviations, trying to figure out whether they’re actually extraterrestrial pings. He searches particularly for laser light, powerful pulses of photons that could be as short as a nanosecond. Tellis, along with astronomer Geoff Marcy, recently dug into the Keck archives for data from 5,600 stars, observed between 2004 and 2016. Tellis and Marcy built a laser-detecting computer algorithm to comb through all that recorded starlight—and he result, detailed in a recent study in the Astronomical Journal, is the largest survey of its kind in the field of optical-based searches for extraterrestrial life.

    It didn’t find anything. So far, this has been par for the course when it comes to the search for extraterrestrial life, better known by the shorthand SETI. Astronomers first began using telescopes to look for potential alien communication in 1960, and they have been met with silence ever since.

    “I think when you’re doing a SETI project, it’s very important not to get discouraged by a null detection,” Tellis said. “SETI has been in process for about 60 years, and it’s been non-detection after non-detection after non-detection.”

    Astronomers and engineers have spent that time developing more powerful technology to conduct SETI surveys. The majority of SETI searches have relied on radio telescopes, which scour the skies for signals in the radio and microwave parts of the light spectrum. In the 1960s, “lasers were new, tricky, low-power devices; by contrast, radio technology had been developing for decades and was relatively mature,” according to a history from the SETI group at Harvard.

    These days, lasers can outshine the sun, albeit in tiny pulses. But a tiny pulse—preferably more than one, to prove it’s not a fluke—is all it would take for a distant, advanced civilization to tell Earth “hey, we’re here!” If humans can get really good at sending radio and laser signals, the reasoning goes, maybe intelligent civilizations beyond Earth can, too—and then send them our way.

    Unlike radio SETI, optical SETI looks for signals in the visible portion of the light spectrum. Lasers travel well over galactic distances. The light, concentrated into a narrow beam that can be 10 times as bright as the sun, would experience less interference from interstellar dust and gas than radio waves might. Laser emissions are also capable of carrying massive amounts of information. The network of cables at the bottom of the ocean is a collection of pulses of light, firing at high frequencies to transmit digital data and bring us the internet.

    The dataset Tellis used for his study contained thousands of observations of stars as young as 200 million years and stars as old as nearly 10 billion years. Keck’s instruments collected millions of photons of light from these stars. What Tellis and his algorithm looked for were brief surges in photons. The first run of the data reported 5,000 potential candidates for mysterious laser beams, but they were eventually ruled out, explained away as emissions from stars’ outer layers, cosmic rays from our sun, or internal reflections from telescope instruments. Tellis got some firsthand Keck time to observe at least one target, KIC 8462852, a star about 1,500 light-years from Earth. In 2015, astronomers announced the Kepler space telescope had observed an unusual dimming of its light, which some believe could be caused by structures built by an advanced civilization around the star. The light emission observed from KIC 8462852 was the best candidate for an alien laser beam in the survey before it was ruled out.

    The results may not have been surprising, but the method is noteworthy, says Jason Wright, an astronomer at Penn State University who contributed to some of the software code Tellis and Marcy used in the study. Recycling astronomical datasets that were produced for another purpose is pretty unusual, but it makes sense. There is strong competition among astronomers for observation time on the world’s best telescopes, and SETI proposals are usually low on the priority list.

    “If you proposed to do a laser SETI study on Keck with thousands of hours, there’s nobody that will let you do it,” Wright said. Meanwhile, there’s plenty of astronomical datasets sitting around, waiting for a second look. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, even in the search for life in the universe. Tellis, Wright said, “was digging through all the trash in case someone threw out a diamond.”

    Tellis’s survey, like all SETI surveys, has its limitations. The data examined only some types of stars, in a specific wavelength range, and in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood. The telescope may not have been able to detect signals that were too faint or too bright, and too far away.

    Optical SETI also depends on something beyond our control: a laser beam must first be aimed at Earth for it to be detected. Imagine another life-form on a distant world conducting the same kind of search, Tellis said. “If we had pointed our telescope at Earth at sort of the distance that we’ve been doing here, we wouldn’t have seen us,” he said, because Earth is not firing a laser beam into the universe as a beacon of its existence. Other worlds may not be, either.

    “Every single one of those stars could have a New York City, a Paris, a London, and we would have no idea,” Tellis said.

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    Some 'Tatooine' Alien Planets May Be Able to Support Life

    Some 'Tatooine' Alien Planets May Be Able to Support Life
    This artist's illustration shows a hypothetical planet covered in water around the binary star system of Kepler-35A and B.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    Life on an alien planet with two suns in its sky, like Luke Skywalker's home world Tatooine in the "Star Wars" films, may indeed be possible, a new study suggests.

    Tatooine world could be habitable despite its inevitably complicated orbit, as long as the planet stays within a particular range of distances from its two host stars, researchers said.

    "This means that double-star systems of the type studied here are excellent candidates to host habitable planets, despite the large variations in the amount of starlight hypothetical planets in such a system would receive," Max Popp, an associate research scholar at Princeton University in New Jersey and the Max Planck Institute of Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, said in a statement. [10 Real Alien Worlds That Resemble 'Star Wars' Planets]

    Popp and Siegfried Eggl, a Caltech postdoctoral scholar at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, investigated the "habitable zone" for Tatooine worlds — that just-right range of orbital distances at which liquid water, and perhaps life as we know it, could exist on a planet's surface.

    Nailing down the habitable zone for single-star planets isn't simple or straightforward; details of the zone depend heavily on the nature of a world's atmosphere, for example. But habitable zones get even trickier when the planet in question has two suns.

    Tatooine planets' habitable zones, after all, depend on the distance from the two host stars' center of mass, not just the distance from any particular star. And Tatooine worlds don't orbit in a circular path; their paths wobble considerably due to the gravitational influences of their parent stars, researchers said.

    To better understand such factors, Popp and Eggl modeled conditions on a hypothetical Earth-size, water-covered world in Kepler-35, a real two-star system more than 5,000 light-years from Earth that's known to host a planet eight times more massive than our own. (Popp and Eggl ignored the gravitational influence of this actual planet, which is known as Kepler-35b, for simplicity's sake.)

    "Our research is motivated by the fact that searching for potentially habitable planets requires a lot of effort, so it is good to know in advance where to look," Eggl said in the same statement. "We show that it's worth targeting double-star systems."

    The duo's simulations investigated what this imaginary Tatooine world's climate would be like if it orbited with periods between 341 and 380 Earth days.

    They found that, near the outer edge of Kepler-35's presumed habitable zone, the planet would be relatively cold and dry. The dearth of atmospheric water vapor would also make the climate quite variable; global average surface temperatures would swing by as much as 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius), the researchers said.

    "This is analogous to how, on Earth, in arid climates like deserts, we experience huge temperature variations from day to night," Eggl said. "The amount of water in the air makes a big difference."

    But conditions would be quite hospitable, and much more stable, near the habitable zone's inner edge, thanks to the water vapor's stabilizing influence, the researchers said. (Just as with single-star systems, a planet beyond the outer edge of the habitable zone would become a "snowball" world, while one too close in would experience a runaway greenhouse effect like Venus did and end up a sweltering hothouse, they found.)

    Interestingly, the duo's models suggest that Tatooine worlds have less cloud cover than their single-star counterparts, providing any hypothetical inhabitants with great views of their double suns.

    The new study was published April 6 in the journal Nature Communications.

    Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.

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    ‘The UFO had sparks flying from it’ Airborne object stuns Brit bloke

    A BIZARRE sparking object has been captured on camera above Britain hurtling towards Earth leaving a trail of smoke in its wake.

    By Rachel O'Donoghue 

    Devon man sees meteor ufo

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    SPOTTED: The unidentified object was spotted in Devon

    The incredible image was captured by amateur photographer Ben Landricombe in Plymouth days ago.

    The council worker described seeing the unusual airborne object as he was driving to work.

    He immediately turned his car around and drove back home to grab a camera and snap a pic of it.

    Devon meteor ufo

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    STUNNING: The object was spotted zooming through the early morning sky

    I saw the sparks coming down, travelling really fast

    Ben Landricombe

    Speaking to Devon Live, he said: ”I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.

    “I was late to work, but I think my boss was alright. I showed everyone the pictures and they all said 'Wow!’.

    “I went to the highest point in Plymstock to take the pictures, where the big cross on the hill is.”

    Mr Landriscombe thinks it was almost certainly a space rock shooting past planet Earth.

    He added: “I missed the meteor coming through the atmosphere, but I saw the sparks coming down, travelling really fast."

    In two days, a massive asteroid the size of 40 double-decker buses is set to come uncomfortably close to Earth.

    Asteroid 2014 JO25 was discovered a few years ago and will be visible to astronomers on April 19.

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    17-04-2017 om 13:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Is this finally proof UFOs really are out there? And getting closer to earth

    Is this finally proof UFOs really are out there? And getting closer to earth

    The mystery object was filmed at Oman's astronomical observatory using a high-powered telescope

    BY 

    A strange object has been spotted crossing over the surface of the moon, which has led UFO experts to believe it's proof aliens exist.

    The footage was originally posted by an Arabic news site and was allegedly recorded in Oman.

    The mystery UFO was filmed at the country's astronomical observatory using a high-powered telescope.

    Although theorists aren't sure as to when the object was captured they believe that this is new footage.

    So, what is it?

    The footage was originally posted by an Arabic news site 

    It could possibly be a meteor, an airliner or.... a spacecraft of some sort.

    Tyler from secureteam10 said if it was a meteor it would be getting more attention.

    Plus there's a plume of smoke that looks as if it's coming from an exhaust.

    He claims the way it moves sideways across the shot of the moon makes it difficult to say it's a plane.

    UFO experts say the plume of smoke pictured looks as if it's coming from an exhaust 

    Amateur astronomer and astrophotographer Troy Naylor said "Very strange, indeed."

    A user called ProtoX posted underneath the YouTube video: "I hope aliens will come, and will save the earth."

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER 2,400-YEAR-OLD SOLID GOLD ‘BONGS’ USED BY ARYAN KINGS TO SMOKE CANNABIS

    ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER 2,400-YEAR-OLD SOLID GOLD ‘BONGS’ USED BY ARYAN KINGS TO SMOKE CANNABIS

    Archaeologists have discovered two 2400 years of pure gold 'bongs' that were used by Aryan tribal chiefs to smoke cannabis during ceremonies. The history of drug use was found next to 7lbs of other golden elements when an area of land was dug up to Russia to make way for power lines. They had been buried in a stone chamber before being hidden by a thick layer of clay. 
     
    Since criminologists have carried out tests that indicate that the thick black residue found inside the vessels comes from cannabis and opium which the tribal royal smoked. Experts believe that the elements belong to the nomadic Scythians, a warrior race that ruled over vast expanses of Europe and Asia between the 9th century BC and the 4th century AD.
     
     This means that the so-called bongs could be one of the oldest of existence. Several historians say that the Scythians, smoked and sometimes brewed, a mixture of cannabis and opium in order to change their state of mind before leaving to battle. 
     
    The famous Greek historian Herodotus, who died in 425 BC, wrote: "Cythians used a factory to produce smoke that no Greek-bath steam can exceed what shouts them." The dig has also led to the discovery of gold cuts, rings and necklaces, all of which have since been cleaned and put on display in a Russian museum. "Antonn Gass of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin said: "These are some of the most beautiful things we know about the area." 
     
     
     

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    17-04-2017 om 13:18 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mysterious Native Creature of Antarctica Kills Scientists (VIDEO)

    Mysterious Native Creature of Antarctica Kills Scientists (VIDEO)

    Russian scientists have made a new borehole into Lake Vostok, the prehistoric Antarctic water mass, which has been sealed for millions of years – three years after a previous mission was prematurely ended by an accident resulting in sample contamination.
     
    Now a defecting Russian scientist had surfaced with a mind-bending account of what REALLY occurred when he and his colleagues went missing for five days in a mysterious lake 12,366 feet beneath the Antarctic ice.
     
    Lake Vostok is the largest of Antarctica’s almost 400 known subglacial lakes. Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia’s Vostok Station under the surface of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is at 3,488 m (11,444 ft) above mean sea level.
     
    The surface of this fresh water lake is approximately 4,000 m (13,100 ft) under the surface of the ice, which places it at approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) below sea level.
     
     

    17-04-2017 om 13:15 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA ADMITS IT IS IN CONTACT WITH ALIEN SPECIES AND JUST FORGOT TO MENTION IT

    NASA ADMITS IT IS IN CONTACT WITH ALIEN SPECIES AND JUST FORGOT TO MENTION IT

    According to reports, Trish Chamberson, an official spokesperson from NASA has confirmed the existence of extra-terrestrial life and has claimed that aliens have been visiting planet Earth for thousands of years.
     
    During the two-hour briefing, Chamberson confirmed that a number of theories which had previously been dismissed as groundless speculation from fringe enthusiasts are actually grounded in reality.
     
    Chamberson made various sensational allegations in the course of the interview, claiming that the alien species known as the Greys have been visiting Earth for thousands of years and that they may have had a hand in the construction of megastructures such as the ancient pyramids of Giza and various other buildings dotted around the world.
     
    ALIEN CONTACT?
     
    There are so many films, documentaries and TV programs on aliens, that we thought everyone was aware of them by now
     
    Chamberson went on to confirm various theories about alien mining operations in the solar system. She claimed one of the mines was on the far side of the Moon and that various planets in the solar system were being assessed for minerals. Recently, she claimed aliens have begun to mine Jupiter, which is why observers have been able to see several apparently new rings appearing around the gas giant.
     
    Sorry. We just kinda assumed everyone knew about it Chamberson also alleged that NASA is in regular contact with no less than four different and entirely separate alien species from various locations in the galaxy. She claimed that all contact with the alien species have been amicable. While the aliens have raised no serious bone of contention with humanity, Chamberson has alleged that they have expressed concern about the proliferation and testing of nuclear weapons which has serious consequences not only for life on Earth but for races of peoples all over the galaxy.
     
    The aliens are actually harmless and only interested in the planet’s natural resources However, Chamberson did stop short of confirming that aliens are responsible for the abductions of human beings.
     
    She said that the aliens are completely harmless, and their only interest in Earth relates to the planet’s natural resources. we were so busy back-engineering their technology, we simply forgot all about it. They even have a base on the far side of the moon, and are currently mining several planets in our solar system for minerals. They’ve only started on Jupiter recently, hence the new rings around it. It’s all good though, they’re a nice enough bunch. They don’t talk much though, but always complaining about our Nuclear weapons, claiming they affect parallel universes every time they’re triggered
     
     
     

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    17-04-2017 om 13:09 geschreven door peter  

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    Deze drie mensen hadden een bijna-doodervaring. Wat ze meemaakten was erg bijzonder

    Deze drie mensen hadden een bijna-doodervaring. Wat ze meemaakten was erg bijzonder

    Mensen veranderen na een bijna-doodervaring vaak zo erg dat partners het idee hebben met een ander te maken te hebben.

    Hoewel hun hart niet meer klopte en hun hersenactiviteit volledig wegviel, waren ze zich toch bewust van hun omgeving.

    Rinus van Warven werd in 1981 aangereden door een dronken automobilist.

    Gene zijde

    “Hangend tegen het plafond van de ziekenauto zag ik hoe de verpleegkundigen mij probeerden te reanimeren,” zei hij tegen het AD.

    “Ik bevond mij in een soort tunnel, vervuld van rust, vrede en liefde,” vervolgde hij, toevoegende dat hij een wit licht zag dat naar gene zijde leidde.

    Toen hij een stem hoorde die zei dat hij terug moest, kwam hij weer terug in zijn lichaam.

    Geen woorden

    “Sinds die ervaring ben ik paranormaal begaafd,” zei Van Warven. “Ik voel de pijn van anderen en kan aan iemand zien of hij ziek is.”

    Hajar Bouchdak werd toen ze 18 was in het ziekenhuis opgenomen voor een keizersnee. Ze viel weg, maar hoorde en zag alles van bovenaf.

    “Ik heb geen woorden voor de plek waar ik was,” zei ze. “Ik kan het niet anders omschrijven dan wolken vol liefde, in een warme, zachte kleur. Er was geen pijn, geen angst.”

    Wedergeboorte

    Toen een prettige stem zei dat het nog geen tijd was voelde ze hoe ze werd teruggeduwd.

    Wat ze heeft meegemaakt ziet ze als een wedergeboorte. Het materialistische zegt haar niets meer.

    Luca Prinsen beviel in 2005 van haar tweede kind. Ze kreeg in het ziekenhuis een verkeerd medicijn, waarna ze wegzakte.

    Pure liefde

    “Ik bevond me in een allesomvattende intens pure liefde, warmte en geborgenheid,” zei ze. “Alles was licht en helder.”

    De bijna-doodervaring veranderde haar leven compleet. Een wederopstanding, noemde ze het. “Bezit en status zeiden me niets meer.”

    Boekentip: Eindeloos bewustzijn

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    17-04-2017 om 12:58 geschreven door peter  

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    MEN IN BLACK SOMS OOK PIKZWARTE OGEN ( VIDEO )

    Wij schrijven regelmatig over de kinderen met de pikzwarte ogen die bij mensen aanbellen en deze vaak grote schrik aanjagen, maar zo te zien blijft het niet bij kinderen. 

    Nu verschijnt er een verhaal waarbij in het zwart geklede mannen met eveneens pikzwarte ogen een gezin de stuipen op het lijf jaagt. 



    Jaren geleden al begonnen wij met schrijven over het fenomeen van de Black Eyed Kids, ook wel BEK genoemd. Kinderen die er meestal nogal verwaarloosd uitzien en waarvan de ogen, inclusief het normale wit, roetzwart zijn, waardoor het op twee grote zwarte gaten in hun hoofd lijkt. 

    De verhalen over die kinderen zijn vaak hetzelfde. Men zit ’s avonds rustig thuis, er wordt aangebeld en er staan een paar sjofel geklede kinderen op de stoep die je niet aankijken, maar naar de grond lijken te staren. 

    Ze vragen dan om binnengelaten te mogen worden en de meeste mensen doen dit niet omdat ze een soort angst over zich voelen komen door die kinderen. En zeker wanneer deze dan op een gegeven moment het gezicht opheffen, dan is de schrik nog veel groter en wordt meestal de deur dichtgegooid.


    xxx

    Daarnaast wordt in de ufologie vaak gesproken over Men in Black (MIB). Duistere figuren die namens overheden zouden werken en mensen onder druk zetten om hun mond dicht te houden over wat ze hebben gezien of meegemaakt. 

    Soms wordt echter ook wel gezegd dat deze Men in Black zelf een soort aliens zijn die niet thuishoren op deze planeet. Net zoals de BEK’s die soms wanhopig hun best doen om menselijk te lijken, maar daar vaak niet goed in slagen. 

    Tyler van Secureteam die onderstaande video heeft gemaakt over dit onderwerp gooit eigenlijk de BEK’s en MIB’s op één hoop, door te zeggen dat er ook volwassen mensen schijnen te zijn met roetzwarte ogen, net zoals de kinderen.


    xxx

    Tyler heeft een grote schare volgers met zijn video’s en hij krijgt dan ook regelmatig e-mails van mensen die bepaalde dingen hebben meegemaakt en zo ook van een dame die zegt een ontmoeting te hebben gehad met een man die zij beschrijft als de meest enge en angstaanjagende die zij ooit heeft gehad. 

    Die ontmoeting vond plaats toen ze in een groot winkelcentrum was, samen met haar man en kinderen. 

    De vrouw begint haar verhaal te vertellen met te zeggen dat ze graag wil dat zoveel mogelijk mensen en zeker die met kinderen, haar verhaal horen. 

    Terwijl ze met haar man en kinderen in een winkel was, merkte ze op dat er een man naar hen keek en op hen toe begon te lopen en een opmerking te maken over hoe schattig de kinderen eruit zagen. 

    De man bleef maar doorpraten en vroeg hoe oud de kinderen waren. Wat de vrouw opviel was, ondanks dat de man poeslief deed, dat hij pikzwarte ogen had. En wanneer ze zegt zwart, dan bedoelt ze ook echt zwart, zodanig dat het niet mogelijk was om zijn pupillen te zien. 

    Hij vertelde dat hij met zijn vrouw en kinderen net hier naartoe was verhuisd en vroeg honderd uit aan ons. Hoe we heetten, hou oud, wat we deden voor de kost en zo meer. Hij vroeg zelfs naar ons sociale media account en stelde nog een aantal persoonlijke vragen. En op een gegeven moment stelde hij wel een hele vreemde, “Ik zie dat je een halsketting om hebt, ga je hier in de buurt naar de kerk?”. 

    De vrouw zegt dat ze graag spontaan sociale contacten maakt, maar dat ze een heel onbehaaglijk gevoel kreeg bij deze man en dat ze een eind maakten aan het praatje. De man verliet daarop de winkel zonder iets te kopen en de vrouw dacht dat dit het einde van hun contact zou zijn. 

    Totdat er 20 minuten later een vriendschapsverzoek binnenkwam op Facebook van deze man en “zijn vrouw”. De vrouw schrok, maar accepteerde het verzoek niet en toen ze door zijn profiel keek, zag ze dat het net een week oud was en er heel weinig op stond. Dat was het laatste tot twee weken later, enkele dagen geleden. 

    De vrouw liep met haar twee kinderen de supermarkt in en tot haar stomme verbazing staat hij daar weer, dit keer staat hij te praten met een ander stel dat jonge kinderen bij zich heeft.


    xxx

    Op een gegeven moment keek hij mij recht in de ogen, brak het gesprek met het andere stel af, liep naar het eind van de winkel en verdween zonder iets te kopen. Het gevoel dat ik kreeg bij het kijken naar deze man valt officieel in de categorie: ben nog nooit zo geschrokken van iemand en heb nog nooit bij iemand zo’n onprettig gevoel gehad. 

    Even later zijn we aanbeland op de speelgoedafdeling van de winkel en zie ik een andere man die naar ons kijkt die ik nooit eerder heb gezien en niet ken. Hij loopt op ons af en begint te vragen hoe oud de kinderen zijn en hoe ze heten. Hij vertelde dat hij niet kon wachten tot hij zelf kinderen zou krijgen en dat hij op zoek was naar speelgoed voor zijn neefje. Dat hij nieuw was hier omdat hij net hier naartoe was verhuisd. Net zoals de vorige man vroeg hij honderd uit en kwam uiteindelijk met de vraag, “Ik zie dat je een halsketting om hebt, ga je hier in de buurt naar de kerk?”. 

    Ik voelde op dat moment het bloed in mijn aderen stollen, keek mijn man aan en we maakten een teken tegen elkaar om te zorgen dat we weg kwamen. Ook deze man liep uiteindelijk de winkel uit zonder iets te kopen. 

    Een kenmerk van beide mannen was dat ze blank waren, midden dertig met zo goed als geen haar, maar beiden met pikzwarte ogen. Beiden stelden dezelfde vragen en beiden hadden een bijzondere belangstelling voor de jonge kinderen. De vrouw voelt dat hier iets niet klopt en wil iedereen waarschuwen mocht ze ook iets dergelijks overkomen. 

    Zelfs het lezen of horen over dit soort verhalen geeft bij veel mensen al een onprettig gevoel en zo te zien hebben wij hier te maken met één van de meest vreemde mysteries van onze tijd. 

    De Black Eyed Kids waren al bekend, maar met nu ook nog volwassen versies wordt het nog mysterieuzer. 

    Mochten er mensen zijn die ook bepaalde ervaringen hebben op dit gebied, laat het ons weten. 


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    17-04-2017 om 12:51 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Very Unique l UFO Seen Over Ontario, Canada On April 15, 2017, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

    Very Unique l UFO Seen Over Ontario, Canada On April 15, 2017, Photos, UFO Sighting News.


    Above is the original, cropped. Below is added light to see it better.

    Date of sighting: April 15. 2017
    Location of sighting: Grimby, Ontario, Canada
    Source: MUFON #83168

    I added light to bring out the true color...orange and purple of the UFO. Is it a UFO? It could be, but without hands on this one is going to be difficult to tell. You see, we need video of it moving, which tells us how smoothly it moves, if its moving because of wind or not, is it stopping and going, or other things. UFOs do come in all shapes and sizes and this could be one. Its defiantly unidentified, flying and an object. Awesome looking isn't it?

    Scott C. Waring

    Eyewitness states: 

    The object floated in air looked like a two face object with sails and wasp like lower half with egg shaped items 3 on front and disk like same in back. Its looked like a ship crossed with a egg and a wasp. Very Odd. its was observed on a cloudy day south of grimsby ontario and in the Leamington area. Police were advised and no other sightings were called in on this item. Still waiting for radar contact information. I have speculations however lets see if it exists in the physical sense. If you have ever seen this item or something that looks like it let me know. Thank you.



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    17-04-2017 om 12:39 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO Seen During Sunset Over Devon, England On April 2017, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

    UFO Seen During Sunset Over Devon, England On April 2017, Photos, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: April 16, 2017
    Location of sighting: Plymouth, Devon, England
    Source: 

    As I always say, if you want to see a UFO, watch a few sunsets, but bring your camera. This UFO was seen and passed through the other clouds as it moved. It could have been a failed rocket that was being tested out by one of the European governments that don't want to get laughed at, but then...the North Koreans many have launched more than one...the one is said to have failed on launch...but really it was destroyed by the DARPA satellite defense system that shot it with an infrared laser to destroy it. 


    Also Russia launched a rocket that went mach 8, so this could be that one...I imagine it went far and was seen by a lot of countries. Yet no one took credit for it, so it can't be a rocket.  


    So if this isn't a rocket, then its certainly a UFO. Its not a comet, not a meteor because meteors would burn up in the atmosphere. Probably a damaged UFO heading to an underwater alien base off the English coast.

    Scott C. Waring

    News states: 
    A Devon photographer claims he has pictured an unidentified object flying through the early morning sky. Ben Landricombe took these stunning images in Plymouth at 6am today. Ben, a keen photographer, managed to capture the extraordinary sight - and has produced these stunning pictures. "I've never seen anything like it in my life," said Ben, who works for Plymouth City Council. "I was late to work, but I think my boss was alright. "I showed everyone the pictures and they all said 'Wow!'".


    Did you see this too this morning? Ben was driving to work from his home on Hooe Road when he spotted something in the air. Recalling the strange turn of events, he said: "I drove straight back home to get my camera, then I went to the highest point in Plymstock to take the pictures, where the big cross on the hill is. "I missed the meteor coming through the atmosphere, but I saw the sparks coming down, travelling really fast." (More at Source)




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    17-04-2017 om 12:33 geschreven door peter  

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    Daytime UFO captured over Cleveland, Ohio 11-Apr-2017

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    Check out this clip from a webcam of Cleveland in Ohio. This was captured on 11th April 2017 at 9pm.

    What do you think this is? Please leave your comment below!

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    17-04-2017 om 12:27 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.THE NORDIC ALIEN ENCOUNTERS

    THE NORDIC ALIEN ENCOUNTERS

    In this video we will be taking a look at the aliens called Pleiadians who originate from the Pleiades star cluster. They have always fascinated me due to the fact they are a humanoid race who visits Earth often and whom we share a common ancestry.

    The Nordic are highly evolved and spiritual beings of light (unlike the rest of extraterrestrials). His "Pleiadian" ancestors (in reference to the star cluster of the Pleiades) lived on a planet that was destroyed.

    • They are benevolent beings
    • They are magical beings
    • Want to interact and communicate with humans 
    • Are concerned about the environment of planet Earth
    • They are worried about the peace in the world
    • Can telepathically transmit messages

    The American ufologist John Carpenter claimed that the typical Norse "is paternal, attentive, affectionate, smiling, affectionate, young and omniscient (with great knowledge)".

    UFO researcher Stephanie Kelley-Romano says that the Norse "are often related to spiritual growth and love and act as protectors of third parties who have these experiences." According to some ufologists, the Nordic are against the presence on Earth of a race known as the "grays". In contrast other ufologists affirm that the Nordic ones are the chiefs of the grays. US ufologist Jenny Randles says that although she believes that the Norse have been involved in abductions, she thinks abduction is more important to the gray than to the Nordic, which gives more importance to the encounter with humans. Other ufologists claim that there must be several factions of Nordic, some very positive and some very negative.

     https://youtu.be/-YltqOv6F-U

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    17-04-2017 om 00:49 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.STRANGE UFO APPEARS ABOVE MUNICH, GERMANY

    STRANGE UFO APPEARS ABOVE MUNICH, GERMANY

    People in Munich, Germnay were amazed yesterday when they witnessed an scary UFO sighting above the city. There seemed to be an extramelly large UFO hoovering above the city. After a couple of minutes the UFO seemed to be entering another dimension when it entered a strange portal that appeared above the UFO.

    The UFO seem to be consisting of several strange orbs. After it hoovered above the city if suddenly entered a flashing portal that appeared above the object. 

    It's not clear whether the UFO was carrying out some kind of mission above Munich area. A lot of people witnessed this object and the local twitter sphere was reporting a lot of strange UFO sightings.

    Was this UFO able to carry out it's mission of was it just lost due to the atmospheric conditions above the city? The object seemed to massiave.

    Local witnesses did not hear a sound when the strange object entered the dimensional portal. 

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    17-04-2017 om 00:34 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA Says Saturn’s Moon Has “The Ingredients Necessary For a Habitable Environment”
    NASA Says Saturn’s Moon Has “The Ingredients Necessary For a Habitable Environment”

    by Karla Lant

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    This set of images from NASA's Cassini mission shows how the gravitational pull of Saturn affects the amount of spray coming from jets at the active moon Enceladus.
    Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Cornell/SSI

    A New Discovery

    NASA just released evidence that a liquid water ocean that could support life lies beneath the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The agency reports that the world has many of the “ingredients needed for a habitable environment.”

    Thanks to Cassini, organic chemicals—carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur—which are the basic building blocks of life, were seen spraying forth from the “tiger stripe” cracks on the cold surface of the moon.

    Additionally, in the paper published in Science, which comes from researchers on the Cassini mission, it was revealed that molecular hydrogen, which NASA notes, “could potentially provide a chemical energy source for life,” is pouring into the ocean on Enceladus via hydrothermal vents on the seafloor.

    It has almost all of the ingredients you would need to support life as we know it.

    In an interview with The Washington Post, Peter Girguis, a deep sea biologist at Harvard who is not associated with the research, noted the significance in relation to discovering microbial life: “For a microbiologist thinking about energy for microbes, hydrogen is like the gold coin of energy currency. If you had to have one thing, one chemical compound, coming out of a vent that would lead you to think there’s energy to support microbial life, hydrogen is at the top of that list.”

    “Confirmation that the chemical energy for life exists within the ocean of a small moon of Saturn is an important milestone in our search for habitable worlds beyond Earth,” added Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a NASA press release. “We now know that Enceladus has almost all of the ingredients you would need to support life as we know it on Earth,” she continued.

    Water Means Life

    To clarify, water, which supports and cradles life on Earth, is abundant in our solar system. As University of Michigan planetary scientist Sushil Atreya told Scientific American, water is necessary for life-as-we-know-it for a number of important reasons: “Liquid water acts as a solvent, as a medium and as a catalyst for certain types of proteins, and those are three main things that allow life to flourish.”

    Indeed, everywhere that we find water on Earth, we find life—and enough water appears to be on this world, and in the proper conditions, that it seems likely that we will find alien life there.

    “The way the jets react so responsively to changing stresses on Enceladus suggests they have their origins in a large body of liquid water,” Christophe Sotin co-author and Cassini team member said in the NASA release. “Liquid water was key to the development of life on Earth, so these discoveries whet the appetite to know whether life exists everywhere water is present” (pun, probably, intended).

    “Although we can’t detect life, we’ve found that there’s a food source there for it. It would be like a candy store for microbes,” said Hunter Waite, lead author of the Cassini study.

    In a statement, Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at Headquarters in Washington, succinctly summarized the significance of the find: “This is the closest we’ve come, so far, to identifying a place with some of the ingredients needed for a habitable environment. These results demonstrate the interconnected nature of NASA’s science missions that are getting us closer to answering whether we are indeed alone or not.”

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    17-04-2017 om 00:26 geschreven door peter  

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    Scientists Hypothesize Radio Bursts From Beyond Our Galaxy Could Be Driving Super Fast Alien Ships

    17-04-2017 om 00:12 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Possibility of Silicon-Based Life Grows

    The Possibility of Silicon-Based Life Grows

    The Possibility of Silicon-Based Life Grows
    An artist rendering of organosilicon-based life. Organosilicon compounds contain carbon-silicon bonds. Recent research from the laboratory of Frances Arnold shows, for the first time, that bacteria can create organosilicon compounds. This does not prove that silicon- or organosilicon-based life is possible, but shows that life could be persuaded to incorporate silicon into its basic components.
    Credit: Lei Chen and Yan Liang (BeautyOfScience.com) for Caltech

    Science fiction has long imagined alien worlds inhabited by silicon-based life, such as the rock-eating Horta from the original Star Trek series. Now, scientists have for the first time shown that nature can evolve to incorporate silicon into carbon-based molecules, the building blocks of life on Earth.

    As for the implications these findings might have for alien chemistry on distant worlds, "my feeling is that if a human being can coax life to build bonds between silicon and carbon, nature can do it too," said the study's senior author Frances Arnold, a chemical engineer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. The scientists detailed their findings recently in the journal Science.

    Carbon is the backbone of every known biological molecule. Life on Earth is based on carbon, likely because each carbon atom can form bonds with up to four other atoms simultaneously. This quality makes carbon well-suited to form the long chains of molecules that serve as the basis for life as we know it, such as proteins and DNA. [The Search for Life on Mars in Pictures]

    Still, researchers have long speculated that alien life could have a completely different chemical basis than life on Earth. For example, instead of relying on water as the solvent in which biological molecules operate, perhaps aliens might depend on ammonia or methane. And instead of relying on carbon to create the molecules of life, perhaps aliens could use silicon.

    Carbon and silicon are chemically very similar in that silicon atoms can also each form bonds with up to four other atoms simultaneously. Moreover, silicon is one of the most common elements in the universe. For example, silicon makes up almost 30 percent of the mass of the Earth's crust, and is roughly 150 times more abundant than carbon in the Earth's crust. 

    Scientists have long known that life on Earth is capable of chemically manipulating silicon. For instance, microscopic particles of silicon dioxide called phytoliths can be found in grasses and other plants, and photosynthetic algae known as diatoms incorporate silicon dioxide into their skeletons. However, there are no known natural instances of life on Earth combining silicon and carbon together into molecules.

    Still, chemists have artificially synthesized molecules comprised of both silicon and carbon. These organo-silicon compounds are found in a wide range of products, including pharmaceuticals, sealants, caulks, adhesives, paints, herbicides, fungicides, and computer and television screens. Now, scientists have discovered a way to coax biology to chemically bond carbon and silicon together. 

    "We wanted to see if we could use what biology already does to expand into whole new areas of chemistry that nature has not yet explored," Arnold said. [Facts About Silicon]

    The researchers steered microbes into creating molecules never before seen in nature through a strategy known as 'directed evolution,' which Arnold pioneered in the early 1990s. Just as farmers have long modified crops and livestock by breeding generations of organisms for the traits they want to appear, so too have scientists bred microbes to create the molecules they desire. Scientists have used directed evolutionary strategies for years to create household goods such as detergents, and to develop environmentally-friendly ways to make pharmaceuticals, fuels and other industrial products. (Conventional chemical manufacturing processes can require toxic chemicals; in contrast, directed evolutionary strategies use living organisms to create molecules and generally avoid chemistry that would prove harmful to life.)

    Arnold and her team — synthetic organic chemist Jennifer Kan, bioengineer Russell Lewis, and chemist Kai Chen — focused on enzymes, the proteins that catalyze or accelerate chemical reactions. Their aim was to create enzymes that could generate organo-silicon compounds. 

    "My laboratory uses evolution to design new enzymes," Arnold said. "No one really knows how to design them — they are tremendously complicated.  But we are learning how to use evolution to make new ones, just as nature does."

    First, the researchers started with enzymes they suspected could, in principle, chemically manipulate silicon. Next, they mutated the DNA blueprints of these proteins in more or less random ways and tested the resulting enzymes for the desired trait. The enzymes that performed best were mutated again, and the process was repeated until the scientists reached the results they wanted.

    Arnold and her colleagues started with enzymes known as heme proteins, which all have iron at their hearts and are capable of catalyzing a wide variety of reactions. The most widely recognized heme protein is likely hemoglobin, the red pigment that helps blood carry oxygen

    After testing a variety of heme proteins, the scientists concentrated on one from Rhodothermus marinus, a bacterium from hot springs in Iceland. The heme protein in question, known as cytochrome c, normally shuttles electrons to other proteins in the microbe, but Arnold and her colleagues found that it could also generate low levels of organo-silicon compounds. 

    After analyzing cytochrome c's structure, the researchers suspected that only a few mutations might greatly enhance the enzyme's catalytic activity. Indeed, only three rounds of mutations were enough to turn this protein into a catalyst that could generate carbon-silicon bonds more than 15 times more efficiently than the best synthetic techniques currently available. The mutant enzyme could generate at least 20 different organo-silicon compounds, 19 of which were new to science, Arnold said. It remains unknown what applications people might be able to find for these new compounds.

    "The biggest surprise from this work is how easy it was to get new functions out of biology, new functions perhaps never selected for in the natural world that are still useful to human beings," Arnold said. "The biological world always seems poised to innovate."

    In addition to showing that the mutant enzyme could self-generate organo-silicon compounds in a test tube, the scientists also showed that E. coli bacteria, genetically engineered to produce the mutant enzyme within themselves, could also create organo-silicon compounds. This result raises the possibility that microbes somewhere could have naturally evolved the ability to create these molecules.

    "In the universe of possibilities that exist for life, we've shown that it is a very easy possibility for life as we know it to include silicon in organic molecules," Arnold said. "And once you can do it somewhere in the universe, it's probably being done." [Best Places to Seek Alien Life in Our Solar System]

    It remains an open question why life on Earth is based on carbon when silicon is more prevalent in Earth's crust. Previous research suggests that compared to carbon, silicon can form chemical bonds with fewer kinds of atoms, and it often forms less complex kinds of molecular structures with the atoms that it can interact with. By giving life the ability to create organo-silicon compounds, future research can test why life here or elsewhere may or may not have evolved to incorporate silicon into biological molecules.

    In addition to the astrobiology implications, the researchers noted that their work suggests biological processes could generate organo-silicon compounds in ways that are more environmentally friendly and potentially much less expensive than existing methods of synthesizing these molecules. For example, current techniques for creating organo-silicon compounds often require precious metals and toxic solvents.

    The mutant enzyme also makes fewer unwanted byproducts. In contrast, existing techniques typically require extra steps to remove undesirable byproducts, adding to the cost of making these molecules.

    "I'm talking to several chemical companies right now about potential applications for our work," Arnold said. "These compounds are hard to make synthetically, so a clean biological route to produce these compounds is very attractive."

    Future research can explore what advantages and disadvantages the ability to create organo-silicon compounds might have for organisms. "By giving this capability to an organism, we might see if there is, or is not, a reason why we don't stumble across it in the natural world," Arnold said.

    The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Caltech Innovation Initiative program, and the Jacobs Institute for Molecular Engineering for Medicine at Caltech.

    This story was provided by Astrobiology Magazine, a web-based publication sponsored by the NASA astrobiology program. Follow Space.com @SpacedotcomFacebook and Google+. Story posted on Space.com

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    The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!

    The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!
    Two of the raised treads on the left middle wheel of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars suffered breaks in early 2017. One of the breaks is visible as a partially detached section at the top of the wheel, seen here by Curiosity's arm-mounted Mars Hand Lens Imager.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

    A Dragon returns, North Korea tests a rocket engine, a wheel breaks on Mars and a spacewalk streak begins — it's Space.com's top news stories of the week.

    Transition begins

    U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill authorizing a $19.5 billion budget for NASA in 2017, setting its priorities for the year. Vice President Mike Pence also announced that he would head a re-established National Space Council, which will advise the president on space issues. [Full Story: President Trump Signs NASA Authorization Bill]

    Dragon came back

    SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, bringing more than 2 tons of science experiments and gear back from the International Space Station. Officials retrieved the spacecraft and had time-sensitive scientific samples in the lab within 48 hours. [Full Story: SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth with Ocean Splashdown]

    Uncertainty engine

    North Korea announced that they had performed a ground test of a powerful rocket engine suited to lifting satellites — or missiles — off the ground. [Full Story: North Korea Tests Rocket Engine: Is It for Satellites or Ballistic Missiles?]

    Wear and tear

    NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has two small breaks in the treads of one of its six heavy wheels. Curiosity has already lasted well beyond its original two-year mission lifetime, and it should be able to continue unhindered by this latest wear and tear. [Full Story: Breaks Found in Curiosity Mars Rover's Wheel]

    (Tiny) thrusters, on!

    New, dime-size ion thrusters could keep constellations of small satellites in orbit — or, working together, propel astronauts to Mars. The newly-developed "thruster chips" eject ions drawn from a salt-based propellant solution. [Full Story: Dime-Size Thrusters Could Propel Satellites, Spacecraft]

    No laughing matter

    The mysterious dark matter seems to make up a large percentage of the matter in the universe, but — perplexingly — early galaxies seem to not have very much of it. [Full Story: Lack of 'Dark Matter' in Early Galaxies Perplexes Astronomers]

    Colorful cocoon

    Three observant satellites, called Swarm, have mapped the complex magnetic field of Earth's crust and outer mantle, known as its lithosphere. The signal is tiny, but illuminating about the Earth's history. (And one city in Africa has a mysteriously sharp and strong magnetic spike.) [Full Story: Earth's Magnetic Cocoon Mapped in Extreme Detail]

    Maybe no flow

    Mars' famous dark streaks, thought to be caused by briny flows of water, may come from bone-dry landslides instead, new work suggests. [Full Story: Mars' Dark Streaks May Be Caused by Dry Landslides, Not Water]

    But then again: Massive Martian Slopes May Harbor Ice

    Going way back

    A radio telescope that could probe the dawn of the universe's first stars and galaxies received a new grant, boosting its potential size from 240 huge antenna dishes to 350 — letting it look even further back in time. [Full Story: Telescope Eyeing Universe's First Stars Gets (Another) Big Boost]

    Out there

    Two astronauts completed a spacewalk Friday (March 24) to help prepare the International Space Station for future commercial spacecraft to dock and bring crew. It is the first of three spacewalks in a row, the third of which will be the station's 200th spacewalk. [Full Story: Space Station Astronauts Poised to Tackle Three-Spacewalk Streak]

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    16-04-2017 om 23:55 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

    The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

    Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in science this week.

    Serpentinite rock. Serpentine rock formations found near the Mariana Trench have signatures of organic processes that could be indicative of life.
    Serpentinite rock. Serpentine rock formations found near the Mariana Trench have signatures of organic processes that could be indicative of life.
    Credit: Uhryn Larysa/Shutterstock.com

    A host of hardy microbes may be living miles beneath the ocean floor, new research suggests.

    "Although we cannot pinpoint the exact origin of the organic matter, chemical analysis of the constituents resembles molecular signatures that could be produced by microbial life deep within or below the mud volcano," the researchers wrote in the study. [Read more about deep life.]

    This image shows the typical symptoms of podoconiosis, including swollen, thickened lower limbs with a warty and mossy appearance. This is an advanced form of the disease.
    Credit: Dr. Christine Kihembo

    A rare condition called elephantiasis, which tends to strike people in tropical parts of the world, was long thought to occur due to a parasitic infection. But a new study shows that the condition can have another cause: sharp crystals found in certain soils.

    But in 2014 and 2015, there were reports of two intense outbreaks of elephantiasis in western Uganda, an area that is not known to harbor these worms. [Read more about the rare condition.]

    A view inside a particle detector tank at Daya Bay, where photomultiplier tubes measure signals from antineutrinos.
    Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab

    Proposed elusive subatomic particles that only fleetingly interact with matter through gravity may not exist, at least if new data from a nuclear reactor is any indication.

    "Among the possible explanations, the most exciting one is that we have a new piece of physics," such as sterile neutrinos, said Kam-Liu Bak, the spokesperson for the Daya Bay Collaboration. "That explanation is now unlikely." [Read more about the particles.]

    A mummified cat from the University of Aberdeen Museums has been made into an interactive 3D model.
    Credit: University of Aberdeen

    Behind the scenes at the University of Aberdeen Museums, researchers are using high-tech 3D imaging software to reveal what is inside a 2,000-year-old Egyptian cat mummy and other ancient mummified artifacts in the museums' collections.

    Household pets were commonly mummified and buried alongside their owners in ancient Egypt. Many were also preserved as sacred offerings to the gods, and an entire industry existed that is thought to have churned out more than 70 million animal mummies, BBC News reported. [Read more about cat mummies.]

    Beauty (Emma Watson) and Beast (Dan Stevens) overcome their differences to find true love in the 2017 film
    Beauty (Emma Watson) and Beast (Dan Stevens) overcome their differences to find true love in the 2017 film "Beauty and the Beast."
    Credit: Disney

    The recent live-action movie "Beauty and the Beast" (Disney, 2017) is the latest retelling of the "tale as old as time" — a tender and life-changing romance between a human and a nonhuman animal that is ultimately made human by love — which has captivated audiences of all ages for hundreds of years.

    What explains the enduring attraction of these myths and stories, and what might our affection for these bizarre pairings tell us about ourselves? [Read more about the fascination.]

    A sperm whale penis, mounted and stuffed, at the Explorers Club headquarters in New York City.
    A sperm whale penis, mounted and stuffed, at the Explorers Club headquarters in New York City.
    Credit: Courtesy of the Explorers Club

    In 1977, the Explorers Club in New York received an unusual gift. Unable to attend a whaling exhibition that the club was hosting, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Schauffler sent their regrets in a note … along with a sperm whale foreskin, stuffed and mounted on an oak base.

    According to a report by the Nantucket Historical Association, Sanderson was born in Ohio in 1874, but he lived his final years on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Sometime in the 1920s, he bought a historic Nantucket home and began filling it with whaling artifacts, such as "harpoons, boarding knives, cutting spades and bomb lances, as part of a careful interior restoration of that house," Aimee Newell wrote in the NHA report. [Read more about the strange artifact.]

    This enhanced-color image of Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft features the
    This enhanced-color image of Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft features the "tiger stripe" fractures, from which geysers blast water ice and other material from the Saturn moon's subsurface ocean out into space.
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is looking more and more like a habitable world.

    These reactions depend on the presence of molecular hydrogen (H2), which, the new study reports, is likely being produced continuously by reactions between hot water and rock deep down in Enceladus' sea. [Read more about the energy source.]

    One of the fish from the site with 5,000-year-old rock art in the Thune Valley, Botswana.
    One of the fish from the site with 5,000-year-old rock art in the Thune Valley, Botswana.
    Credit: David Pearce

    They may now be underwater, but the oldest rock art paintings in southern Africa are about 5,000 years old, far more ancient than previously realized, a new study finds.

    The researchers then used a novel technique to isolate the paint fragments before dating them, as well as 13 other fragments from rock art sites across southern Africa, including in Lesotho and South Africa. [Read more about the ancient rock art.]

    When Microsoft released an artificially intelligent chatbot named Tay on Twitter last March, things took a predictably disastrous turn. Within 24 hours, the bot was spewing racist, neo-Nazi rants, much of which it picked up by incorporating the language of Twitter users who interacted with it.

    The researchers experimented with a widely used machine-learning system called the Global Vectors for Word Representation (GloVe) and found that every sort of human bias they tested showed up in the artificial system. [Read more about artificial intelligence.]

    Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV in Fremont, California, on Sept. 29, 2015.
    Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV in Fremont, California, on Sept. 29, 2015.
    Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    I've been imagining a network of electrodes clinging to my brain, trying, with increasing mechanical desperation, to unwind all of these thoughts and figure out what to do with them.

    That's what tech guru Elon Musk wants: neural implants that would connect to the human brain and merge the mind with a machine. [Read more about brain hacking.]

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    16-04-2017 om 23:48 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Naval Officer Tells Us EXACTLY What He Saw Hidden In Antarctica

    Naval Officer Tells Us EXACTLY What He Saw Hidden In Antarctica

    A naval officer tells us what he remembers, including seeing a huge opening in the ice in a no-fly area they were crossing with a medical emergency on board. Then he ferried a group of scientists who had disappeared for two weeks, and has specifically been warned not to refer again to this subject. As he put it, “they looked scared.
     
    Antarctica has long been considered one of the most mysterious places on Earth. Therefore, it is not strange that numerous ‘conspiracy theories, claims, and accounts’ have been proposed throughout the years, trying to explain some of the many enigmatic occurrences on Earth’s most isolated continent.
     
    For years people have claimed that Antarctica is one of the most guarded places on Earth for a good reason.
     
    Many authors have proposed that there are many interesting things hidden beneath Antarctica that are kept away from society.
     
    Talk about ancient civilization inhabiting Antarctica has existed for decades. What if, in the distant past, when Earth –and Antarctica— was much different than today, an ancient civilization developed there, creating fascinating structures, monuments and temples?
     
    Would we find evidence of their existence today? Many people claim that we already have.
     
    But why has Antarctica become a ‘center’ for conspiracy theories?
     
    Perhaps one of the greatest reasons is because it is so isolated and you can’t just travel there as you wish. Furthermore, even though we know about Antarctica only for a little over 100 years, there are numerous ancient maps that depict parts of Antarctica free of ice.
     
     
     
    One of the most controversial maps was without a doubt composed in 1513, by Turkish Admiral Piri Reis who drew a map that would create a global debate over 500 years after him. The map depicts Antarctica which was discovered between 1818-1820.
     
    But how is this possible? The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic, referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD.
     
    In 1820, several expeditions claimed to have been the first to have sighted the ice shelf or the continent. Interestingly, a Russian expedition was led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, a British expedition was captained by Edward Bransfield and an American sealer Nathaniel Palmer participated.
     
    The first landing was probably just over a year later when American Captain John Davis, a sealer, set foot on the ice. Norwegian Roald Amundsen finally reached the Pole on December 14, 1911, following a dramatic race with the Englishman Robert Falcon Scott.
     
    But the above accounts are all relatively recent.
     
    Here are ancient maps that date back over 500 years which already depict the continent, and some of them show Antarctica free of ice.
     
     
    In 2012, a satellite image of Antarctica spotted a strange oval-shaped formation in one of the most remote places on the planet. Thousands of miles from modern society, the strange oval-shaped structure raised numerous questions among experts.
     
    At 400-feet across, experts analyzing the image ask whether or not this ‘structure’ could be the result of Mother Nature. The unusual shape of the structure suggests it may be man-made formation.
     
    The above image is just one of the many odd things that have been found on Antarctica and many authors and whistleblowers claim there’s more to Antarctica than we’ve ever been told.

    What is referred to as a ‘truly shocking and astonishing video on extremely strange events in the Antarctic continent’ has recently been uploaded to YouTube, causing a social network debate about Antarctica and what’s really there.
     
    A naval officer tells us what he remembers, including seeing a huge opening in the ice in a no-fly area they were crossing with a medical emergency on board. Then he ferried a group of scientists who had disappeared for two weeks, and has specifically been warned not to refer again to this subject. As he put it, “they looked scared.” When they returned to McMurdo, their gear was isolated and they were flown back to Christchurch, New Zealand in a special plane. He discusses what he saw and experienced in detail. This is the most provocative story about what is going on in Antarctica ever presented anywhere.
     
     
     

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.CLE 2017 Reveals: Secret Space Programs, Aliens, and Inner Earth Civilizations

    CLE 2017 Reveals: Secret Space Programs, Aliens, and Inner Earth Civilizations 

    Inner Earth beings… “They’re a fourth-density being, and apparently they trace their lineage back to the Earth, and some of them, including the Anshar here, back 18 million years.”
     
    During the Conscious Life Expo 2017 in LA, Corey Goode revealed fascinating details about secret space programs, Alien life and Inner Earth civilizations.
     
    Corey Goode identifies himself as an intuitive empath (IE). According to the Sphere Being Alliance, Corey Goode was recruited through one of the MILAB programs at the young age of six. (MILAB is a term coined for the military abduction of a person that indoctrinates and trains them for any number of military black ops programs.) Goode trained and served in the MILAB program from 1976-1986/87. Toward the end of his time at MILAB he was assigned to fill an IE support role for a rotating Earth Delegate Seat (shared by secret earth government groups) in a “human-type” ET SuperFederation Council.
     
    During the Conscious Life Expo 2017 in LA, Goode spoke about fascinating details concerning Alien life, Alien contact, inner-Earth civilization and forbidden knowledge in general.

    Alien contact has already happened
     
    “When I was first being picked up and taken to these MILAB-type programs, I found myself being slowly introduced to non-terrestrials. You would go into like a virtual reality setting where they put the goggles on you, and you’re sitting in a chair, and there would be a bunch of military and medical people in the room.”
     
    “…And then, when you took the goggles off, there would be a Grey alien sitting at the table. They would just spring it on you. Yeah. They spent years acclimating people to being in the presence of non-terrestrials, because no matter who you are, it’s going to throw you off. We’re genetically programmed to respond viscerally to the non-terrestrials.”

    The Secret Space Program
     
    Corey Goode isn’t the only one who has spoken out about the existence of a fully operational secret space program.
     
    Interestingly, a former NASA employee claimed there were secret manned missions to Mars over 20 years ago. In an interview with Coast-to-Coast AM, a woman by the name of ‘Jackie’ talked about humans on Mars, something that has been discussed among other alleged NASA employees for years; ‘…Then I saw two men in space suits – not the bulky suits we normally used, but they looked protective. They came over the horizon walking to the Viking Explorer…’
     
    In addition to the above, a former Marine claims to have even WORKED on Mars.
     
    The retired officer only known as Captain Kaye (pseudonym), said that not only have humans made it to Mars in the past, we have developed a secret space program and flotilla that operates in space. According to the former Marine, he was posted on the red planet for years and his mission was to protect the five human colonies from indigenous life forms on Mars. According to Captain Kaye, not only did he spend years on Mars, but he also served aboard a giant space carrier for three years.
     
    But perhaps the best person to expose everything related to secret programs and shadow governments was Senator Daniel K. Inouye who said: “There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.”
     
    During the Conscious Life Expo 2017 Goode explained in detail the Secret Space Program:
     
    “When I was almost 17, I was brought into the Secret Space Program (SSP), which I had been groomed for all throughout the MILAB program. They drafted me into Solar Warden. It was my Christmas break, 1986. I was . . . My birthday’s in 11 days, so it’s February 22. It was during December just before my 17th birthday that they brought me in.”
     
    “They assigned me to a research vessel, and the captain did not want me on board. In the past, they had put what he called “children” on board, and they cried for mom, and it took about a year for them to acclimate, and he did not want to go through that. It was too disruptive. So instead, they sent me to the Intruder, Intercept and Interrogation program, where they would use intuitive empaths to interrogate non-terrestrials that they had caught in our Solar System or on Earth.”
     
    “I was in that program for about a year, just under a year. And then they reassigned me back to the Sommerfield. I worked for scientists and engineers. When I was working on the science side with the scientists, they called me a Specialist. And I was a Technician when I was working with the engineers. Who remembers talking about the dart craft coming in my back yard to pick me up?”

    Inner Earth civilizations
     
    Goode isn’t the only one who believes there are civilizations inhabiting lower parts of Earth’s crust. In a new interview by Coast to Coast am, author and researchers David Wilcock stated that an alliance of ancient civilizations is living inside the planet. These ancient civilizations have been calling the inner Earth their home for long periods of time and they are about the reveal themselves to the world. Wilcock explained that during the formation of all watery planets in the universe (and according to latest studies by NASA there are quite a few) hollow cavities are formed below the surface of the crust, with their very own biome with bacteria that is capable of giving off natural light.
     
    Goode further elaborated on the subject during the Conscious Life Expo 2017:
     
    “The Inner Earth. It seems to be probably the most popular topic that I’ve talked about.”
     
    “A lot of you remember me talking about witnessing the city in the deep cavern. This is an animation that Rene created to help depict it. It’s very good. The only difference was the cavern was the size of a state. There’s no way to really accurately depict on scale how large it was. It’s unbelievable. There’s mist up along the ceiling of the cave, cavern.”
     
    “It was like New York, or Manhattan, under the ground. Inside these pillars, natural pillars, they had built into what looked like a bunch of condos. I guess that’s where all the . . . They don’t have money. I was going to say that’s where all the rich people live. They don’t have money.”
     
    “They’re a fourth-density being, and apparently they trace their lineage back to the Earth, and some of them, including the Anshar here, back 18 million years.”
     
     
     

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    Believe it or not: Things You Should Know About the REPTILIAN Conspiracy Theory (VIDEO)

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    16-04-2017 om 18:48 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.In a post-truth and alternative-fact world, how should we understand conspiracy theories?

    In a post-truth and alternative-fact world, how should we understand conspiracy theories?

    In an environment of scepticism, it's difficult to draw the line between rational thinking and conspiracy thoerising.

    But how about this assertion: the world is ruled by a powerful and secretive cabal? Suddenly, those one-word responses don’t fit quite so easily. The world may not be run by a cabal of Illuminati. Or alien lizards. But there is an elite  – the world’s top politicians and most powerful corporations  –  whose decisions affect the lives of all of us.

    And yes, even in this age of transparency, many of their meetings and decisions are conducted behind closed doors.

    Rational observation versus conspiracy theories

    So where does rational observation end and conspiracy theorising begin? If only it were that simple. “We think there’s ‘conspiracy theory’ and then there’s acceptable political discourse,” said political scientist, Professor David Runciman. “But the difficulty is that there’s no clear dividing line where you can say, ‘We question it to this point, and beyond that questions are crazy’.”

    Runciman is a director of Conspiracy and Democracy, a five-year, Leverhulme-funded project based at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities that is drawing together researchers across disciplines to assemble a natural history of conspiracy theories. He offers a succinct definition. “In the pejorative sense, a conspiracy theory is a view about the world in which the surface story is never the real story,” he said. “It’s a view without any limits to its scepticism or doubt. It’s a mindset in which nothing that contradicts the theory is taken as anything other than evidence that the theory is true.”

    Such sceptical mindsets are currently grabbing headlines, with narratives around “fake news” and “alternative facts”. “There’s a conspiracy-theory scare right now,” said Runciman. “But you can’t blame digital technology for this. For people who want to bypass conventional sources of information, it’s easier to do it. But the propensity of people to believe these things isn’t a modern phenomenon.”

    Emergence of conspiracy theories

    Historian Dr Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, one of the Conspiracy and Democracy project’s researchers, is examining when we first started to notice conspiracy theories. When these theories emerged is a contentious question: “Some say antiquity, others the Renaissance. Others say the French Revolution, when we see the first modern conspiracy theories, around the Illuminati.”

    Whatever the answer might be, it was only in relatively modern times that conditions arose that made possible the observation of the phenomenon. As McKenzie-McHarg points out, “The concept ‘conspiracy theory’ itself is from the 19th century, when it’s used in a forensic context at a time of increasingly scientific approaches to crime.”

    In the 20th century the concept itself, fittingly enough, became the subject of a conspiracy theory. “There are those who claim that the words ‘conspiracy theory’ were introduced by the CIA to discredit people who were promoting these sorts of ideas,” said McKenzie-McHarg. “All my work is about demonstrating that the conspiracy theory about the concept ‘conspiracy theory’… is not true.”

    In fact, as he points out, the origins of the phenomenon are deep-rooted. Ironically, it seems that this behaviour, which today we associate with those who feel impotent in the face of forces they can’t control, may bestow a sense of agency. McKenzie-McHarg links conspiracy theorising to the age-old notion of the scapegoat. “Identifying the scapegoat gives you the opportunity to do something  –  to marginalise or persecute those who have been identified as the guilty party. It’s far better to be doing something than nothing.”

    Brains and beliefs

    Neuroscientist Professor Paul Fletcher traces conspiracy theorising behaviour back to an even more fundamental origin: the brain. His work on delusion and hallucination points to a conclusion both startling and persuasive: that conspiracy theories, like other forms of belief, arise from the natural function of the mind.

    “The brain  – our minds  – have an impossible task in making sense of a world that is noisy and ambiguous,” he said. “We have to take short cuts. We have to add our own evidence rather than being a passive receptacle of the world. The majority of our beliefs and precepts are useful  – but they are not a facsimile of what’s out there.”

    In other words, conspiracy theories, like more sanctioned forms of belief, are our attempts to craft an explanation of the world around us. And what’s crucial in determining whether those explanations are acceptable or not, is context. In many cultures, Fletcher said, it might be “perfectly reasonable” to believe that you were being communicated with by a godlike entity. Not so in Western society today.

    Of course, diagnosable mental illness creates delusion and requires treatment. But as Fletcher points out, conspiracy theories arise from the processing of evidence in our brain, resulting in a conclusion that the majority of society does not share. And the opinions of that majority are formed in exactly the same way. “Beliefs are not the logical workings-out of evidence that we assume them to be  – they are based on our own biases and assumptions.

    Bias, assumption and Patient Zero

    And sometimes, those assumptions lead us astray. One striking example has been analysed by Dr Richard McKay, a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, whose co-authored study of the Patient Zero narrative of the AIDS epidemic received global attention last year and appears in monograph later this year.

    Among the study’s revelations was the fact that Patient Zero (an Air Canada flight attendant named Gaétan Dugas) was not the source of the outbreak, and that his designation as “zero” or “0” was a corruption of his abbreviated identifier in an early study as patient “O”  –  a study subject who resided “Outside of California”.

    McKay echoes Fletcher’s assertion that bias and assumption are instrumental in creating beliefs  – in this case, an entire hypothesis about the origin and spread of the AIDS epidemic. “When epidemics arise, there is a long history of trying to find out the first cases,” he said. “Overlapping with that, there have always been people trying to figure out, ‘How do we stop this?’ And then there’s another group focusing on ‘Why did that happen?’ and ‘Who can we blame?’ To an extent, which of those stories you subscribe to will depend on your world view, and which systems of belief and power you subscribe to.”

    He believes the Patient Zero false narrative wasn’t a conspiracy theory, but rather a demonstration of how chosen narratives can win out over evidence, and an argument for the care with which we need to craft our explanations. This tendency partly explains why conspiracy theories are so very hard to disprove or dislodge: they are self-reinforcing, thanks to the information chosen for consideration in the first place.

    Post-truth, post-factual and fake news

    Understanding  –  and disseminating  –  how evidence can be used better is the task of one of Cambridge’s newest bodies, the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, based in the Faculty of Mathematics. Executive Director Dr Alexandra Freeman said the centre is tasked with aiding key decision-makers and communicators, such as civil servants, doctors and journalists, to better grasp the evidence they use, and present it more effectively to their audience.

    This could not be more relevant in 2017. It is a truism of the past year in politics that those responsible for clearly communicating evidence have failed to do so  –  or failed to cut through when they did. The 2016 EU referendum saw Michael Gove declare that “people in this country have had enough of experts”, while in the US presidential race, both the media and the public were fascinated by Donald Trump’s fluid use of fact. And in the wake of that acrimonious race, terms such as “post-truth”, “postfactual” and “fake news” have entered the mainstream. The need for a centre such as the Winton has never been clearer.

    “I don’t think we can deal with conspiracy theorists directly,” Freeman explained. “There will always be those who don’t trust anyone, even the University of Cambridge’s Maths Department! Obviously we can try to establish our credentials for being trusted by being honest about everything we do, being open about the levels of uncertainty and disagreement in the evidence we are presenting, and providing reference sources for all our information.”

    Conspiracy theories as critical commentaries

    Which is why Dr Nayanika Mathur’s fieldwork at CRASSH is so intriguing  –  she is studying the contrasting attempts to introduce biometric ID in Britain and India. In the UK, the proposals were scrapped in 2010; in India, the Unique Identification project or Aadhaar is proceeding despite opposition.

    “The [Indian] government has branded much criticism of the UID as conspiratorial,” Mathur explains. “Yet at least some of the criticism is being levelled not by crackpots, but by respected legal minds and grounded activists. By taking seriously the so-called conspiracy theories around the UID, I am attempting to unsettle the common understanding of conspiracy theorists as deluded or crazy. That means I can look at conspiracy theories as critical commentaries on the world, from which we can learn a lot.”

    We live in an age when even scientists investigating an epidemic can get the narrative wrong, and in which those who govern us often fail badly at communicating their evidence-based arguments. Meanwhile those labelled conspiracy theorists, said Fletcher, may reach conclusions that run counter to the mainstream, but, in shaping  –  and warping  –  the evidence to fit their strong beliefs, they are not doing much different from what we all do, all the time.

    The danger arises when they don’t accept facts that counter these beliefs, and stick to their own “alternative facts”. So, should we stop writing off conspiracy theorists, and instead view them  –  as Mathur does  –  as offering a critical commentary on our times? From Illuminati to ID cards, the latest crop of Cambridge research suggests that the history of weird ideas says as much about all of us, as it does about the people who believe them.

    This article first appeared on the University of Cambridge website.

    We welcome your comments at letters@scroll.in.
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    16-04-2017 om 18:40 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Are UFOs seen on Earth so often people now DON'T BOTHER to report the bizarre sightings?

    Are UFOs seen on Earth so often people now DON'T BOTHER to report the bizarre sightings?

    ALIEN experts are considering whether people have become so used to seeing UFOs visiting Earth, they are becoming normalised and are less likely to report the experience.

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    Are so many UFOs seen now that they don't all get reported to MUFON?

    The US-based MUTUAL UFO Network (MUFON) is investigating after a stark drop in reported sightings for the first quarter of 2017.

    MUFON is the world's biggest organisation dedicated to alien research and keeps searchable online global database of suspicious sightings reported by the public.

    Robert Powell, MUFON director of research, said reports from within the US were down by 32 per cent from January to March this year, based on the average amounts over the previous five years.

    Domestic UFO reports for the first quarter 2017 are down a staggering 32 per cent as compared to the averse for the same period over the previous five years, according to Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) Director of Research Robert Powell.

    From January 1 to March 31, 2017, the MUFON US database showed 992 UFO reports where the case occurred during January, February or March. 

    The average over the last five years for that period was around 1,460 cases.

    Mr Powell said: "We have no current explanation on why the drop in UFO reports.

    “One can speculate that people are seeing fewer UFOs or that they are just not reporting them.”

    The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), also based in the US, which keeps a similar sightings database, has seen the same trend.

    Its director Peter Davenport said: "NUFORC averaged about 1,402 cases during the first quarters 2012 through 2016.

    "The first quarter 2017 is showing just 954 cases – about a 32 per cent drop as well."

    MUFON communications director Roger Marsh said: "Peter and I have traded stats over the years.

    “If he calls and says he’s having a surge in reports in general, or with one particular shape, that wave is always mirrored in the MUFON database. 

    "While some people report into both databases, most reports are actually unique to the database. 

    "We’ve seen dips and highs in the past, and they usually run in two to three-month cycles.”

    California has traditionally been the number one reporting state for UFO cases in any given month for years – but that status is somewhat misleading when you review populations.

    Roger Marsh, of MUFON

    MUFON Executive Director Harzan said: “There is a direct correlation between UFO television programming and UFO reporting.

    “The shows apparently make people aware that they have a place to file a report. 

    "When one of our 'Hangar 1' episodes is playing on the History channel – there is always an increase in reporting - although that surge does tend to be people recalling older cases.”

    This year, the top five reporting shapes in 2017 to date are Sphere (186), Star-like (106), Circle (100), Triangle (73) and Disc (64).

    But, if you do wish to see a UFO at the moment, MUFON says head to Oregon, the current UFO hot spot, in terms of sightings compared to the number of people. 

    Mr Marsh said: "California has traditionally been the number one reporting state for UFO cases in any given month for years – but that status is somewhat misleading when you review populations. 

    "There were 33 UFO reports from California in February 2017 – which is 0.87 reports per million people. 

    "California holds rank as the most populated state – with more than 38 million people.

    But during the same month – February – there were eight reports from Oregon – which equals 2.05 UFO reports for every one million people – from a state with a population of about 3.97 million."  

    He said the odds of seeing a UFO in oregon 

    If you were choosing the best spot to night watch for UFOs – you have nearly 3-1 odds in Oregon over California when you review statistics by population.

    ​New Mexico was second for sightings per head of the population.

    There were four UFO sightings reported to MUFON in February for New Mexico -  1.92 UFO sightings per million people.

    16-04-2017 om 18:29 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.REMARKABLE: 'Crystal clear footage of multiple UFOs' filmed by man driving through desert

    REMARKABLE: 'Crystal clear footage of multiple UFOs' filmed by man driving through desert

    IMAGES showing multiple golden glowing UFOs which were snapped in the Arizona desert are going viral online.

    Mauricio Morales posted the "UFO" images on Facebook before they were picked up by various alien websites and YouTube channels, which described it as in the area "Ground Zero" for aliens, UFOs, and secret bases.

    Mr Morales posted on Facebook: "As I was driving back to Phoenix this evening, I was a few miles past Parker, when I saw a shooting star with a green hue in the corner of my eye.

    "I kept driving for a few miles and noticed a small orange light far in the distance to my right.

    "At first I thought that maybe a meteor had hit nearby and set a fire in the desert or possibly a distant antenna light."

    I said he thought nothing more of it until about three-and-a-half miles later the light reappeared.

    He said: "This is when I realised that whatever this was, wasn’t normal.

    "I was about a quarter of a mile from the crossing between Highway 72 and Highway 95 between Parker and Quartzsite, Arizona.

    UFO-Arizona

    MauricioMorales

    The UFOs as filmed and (insets) in close-up.

    "I immediately pulled over and attached my camera to my tripod.

    "To my south west direction, there were six orange-red lights floating around in the horizon.

    "Some of them would dim out and then brighten back up, others just seemed to float and hover away slowly.

    "They seemed to travel in a parallel pattern with a very bright fiery glisten.

    "I took photos and videos and, in less than 15 minutes, the mysterious objects vanished without a trace.

    "Whatever this was, I have never seen anything like this in my life before. Super cool experience."

    There have been local news reports that a meteor was responsible, but Mr Morales says that was 10 minutes before his footage was recorded.

    UFO-Phoenix

    MAURICIOMORALES

    The 'glowing UFOs' as captured by Mauricio Morales in Arizona.

    Whatever this was, I have never seen anything like this in my life before. Super cool experience.

    Mauricio Morales

    However, after calling out on Facebook for views, Mr Morales concluded it was nothing to do with aliens and was just military flares dropped from a military aircraft.

    Several people came forward to say they were "marfa lights" which are a type of military flare.

    UFO hoax buster Scott Brando also said he had ruled out these being anything alien.

    The Italian, who forensically examines alleged UFO images and footage, tweeted that he believed the objects were just military flares.

    The earthly conclusion did not stop other UFO sites trying to suggest they could not be explained.

    Tyler Glockner, who runs YouTube channel Secureteam10, argued they were far too bright to be flares in a video entitled "MEDIA COVER-UP: Mass UFO Sighting Over Arizona Desert!"

    He said it was likely a cover-up as media had reported it wrongly as a meteor, and suggest dthe sighting was in a "Ground Zero" area for alien and UFO activity.

    The Collective Evolution conspiracy theory website said although there was no "proof" the Arizona lights were from aliens, people should not be "fooled".

    In an article, the website said: "Don’t be fooled, there is a tremendous amount of evidence pointing toward the fact that some of these UFOs, whose presence were officially acknowledged within the mainstream using declassified documents and hundreds of high ranking military/political whistleblowers, are indeed extraterrestrial in origin."

    16-04-2017 om 18:14 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Shock as huge UFO 'flying saucer' whizzes past passenger jet over UK

    Shock as huge UFO 'flying saucer' whizzes past passenger jet over UK

    A GIANT "spaceship" was filmed travelling hundreds of miles an hour next to a passenger plane, it has been claimed.

    By Rachel O'Donoghue 

    The bizarre disc-like object was filmed on an airplane reportedly flying over the United Kingdom.

    Although it is not clear exactly when it was filmed, it was posted onto video-sharing website YouTube yesterday.

    In the 60-second clip, the UFO flies through cloud cover at what seems to be the same speed as the aircraft.

    UFO sighting near passenger plane

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    SPOTTED: The bizarre unidentified object was apparently filmed flying next to a plane

    I've not seen anything manmade behaving like that, even a missile does not look that fast

    YouTube user

    The person who posted the video online wrote alongside it: "This is mind blowing it's from a plane but it's still keeping up with the airplane which is incredible.

    "The video is valid as far as I can tell?"

    And netizens seemed to be convinced it is genuinely an alien spaceship.

    One internet user commented: "That accelerated very quickly, I've not seen anything manmade behaving like that, even a missile does not look that fast."

    Another simply wrote: "Nice".

    Passenger jets are apparently good places to catch weird unidentified aircraft on camera.

    Just days ago, a baffling clip shot over Spain shows a massive airborne object zoom past a plane.

    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

    16-04-2017 om 17:55 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ruimterots vliegt volgende week wel heel dichtbij de aarde - HLN.be

    Ruimterots vliegt volgende week wel heel dichtbij de aarde - HLN.be

    Bron: AD en NASA

    foto ter illustratie © epa.

    Volgende week zal asteroïde 2014-J025 op een afstand van 1,8 miljoen kilometer langs onze planeet scheren en dat is wel heel dichtbij. De ruimterots zal de aarde niet raken maar toch spreken sterrenkundigen van NASA van een 'near-Earth asteroid', astronomisch gezien bijna in onze achtertuin.

    De asteroïde werd drie jaar geleden voor het eerst waargenomen. Op 19 april zal de grote rotsblok, met een doorsnee van 650 meter, op ongeveer 4,6 keer de afstand tussen de aarde en de maan voorbij vliegen. 

    Zeker is alvast dat het rotsblok de aarde niet zal raken maar toch is het opmerkelijk dat een asteroïde zo dichtbij komt. Regelmatig vliegen er kleinere stukken voorbij de aarde maar dit formaat is redelijk zeldzaam. 

    Tot 21 april zou je met een telescoop de 2014-JO15 kunnen zien maar daarna is hij ook weer verdwenen. Verschillende observatoria en sterrenwachten maken zich dan ook klaar om dit fenomeen te kunnen bezichtigen. Er is namelijk nog niet veel geweten over de asteroïde, zelfs de doorsnede is een grove schatting. 

    De laatste keer dan er een rotsblok nog zo dichtbij kwam, is al van 2004 geleden. De Toutatis vloog toen voorbij op een afstand van vier keer die van de aarde tot de maan. In 2027 wordt een volgende rotsblok zo dichtbij verwacht, de 1999-AN10. Deze zal ongeveer net zo ver als de maan van ons verwijderd zijn.

    http://www.hln.be/ }

    16-04-2017 om 17:28 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.VREEMD GAT / INKEPING OP NASA FOTO BIJ ZUIDPOOL MARS ( VIDEO )

    VREEMD GAT / INKEPING OP NASA FOTO BIJ ZUIDPOOL MARS ( VIDEO )

    NASA komt iedere keer met spannende aankondigingen over persconferenties die de wereld zullen schokken en telkens opnieuw valt het publiek bijna in slaap. 

    Wat veel spannender is, is wat NASA niet zegt en dat zijn dingen zoals de foto die ze onlangs maakten van de zuidpool van Mars waarop een vreemd “gat/inkeping” is te zien. 



    Enkele dagen geleden kwam er via de Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter van NASA een foto beschikbaar van de zuidpool van Mars. En daarop is een soort vreemde ronde deuk/gat te zien vlakbij de zuidpool.


    xxx

    NASA zegt dat het hier misschien een inslagkrater betreft, maar dat ze ook niet weten wat het is. Ze durven in ieder geval niet met zekerheid te zeggen dat het een inslagkrater is en ze hebben al helemaal geen verklaring voor de vreemde schaduwlijnen die ook op de foto voorkomen. 

    Normaal gesproken zien we dit soort beelden niet omdat de zuidpool van Mars bedekt lijkt te zijn met ijs.


    xxx

    Maar, wat dit vooral ook interessant maakt, is dat dit het zoveelste gat of is bij of in de buurt van een pool. 

    Zo is er naast de vreemde zeshoekige vorm iets aan de noordkant van de planeet Saturnus, ook daar iets dat verdacht veel lijkt op een gat.


    xxx

    Ook op Jupiter zien we een gat bij de zuidpool.


    xxx

    Bij de maan Europa die bij Jupiter hoort, lijkt het wel alsof er iets ontbreekt of wordt verborgen bij de zuidpool.


    xxx

    Ook bij de zuidpool van Venus zien we een merkwaardig iets. Men noemt dit een vortex van wolken.


    xxx

    Zo langzamerhand toont zich een soort patroon. 

    De noordpool van Neptunus is bedekt met wolken.


    xxx

    En wat te denken van de volgende opname? Die laat het poollicht zien op onze zuidpool, maar ook iets dat verdacht veel lijkt op een gat.


    xxx

    En zo is te zien dat er zich op veel planeten in ons zonnestelsel een soort gaten bevinden in de buurt van de polen. Veel teveel om nog langer toeval te kunnen zijn. 

    Maar, dáár komt geen NASA persconferentie over.

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    16-04-2017 om 16:48 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ZULLEN BUITENAARDSEN HET GEBRUIK KERNWAPENS TOESTAAN ? ( VIDEO )

    ZULLEN BUITENAARDSEN HET GEBRUIK KERNWAPENS TOESTAAN ? ( VIDEO )

    De wereld zit op de punt van de stoel, want niemand weet wat er binnenkort wel of niet zal gebeuren met betrekking tot Noord Korea. 

    Het schijnt nu nog rustig te zijn in het land, maar wanneer de grote leider Kim Jong-un binnenkort geen kernproef doet, zal hij aanzienlijk gezichtsverlies lijden en dat wordt een probleem. 



    Bij dit alles speelt natuurlijk toch ook iets anders een rol en dat is of de buitenaardsen, die als geen ander weten wat een kernexplosie of -explosies kan/kunnen veroorzaken, rustig gaan zitten afwachten of dat ze op een dergelijk moment toch gaan ingrijpen. 

    Er schijnt een soort intergalactische erecode te zijn waarbij buitenaardsen niet zomaar mogen ingrijpen op andere planeten, maar er zijn aanwijzingen dat nucleaire dreigingen met kernwapens hier een uitzondering op vormen. 

    Volgens de bekende NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell waren de buitenaardsen getuige van de kernproeven die door de Amerikanen werden gehouden in 1945 in de woestijn van Nieuw Mexico. Dit gebeurde op de beroemde White Sands Proving Ground en dat was ook de plek waar de eerste atoombom tot ontploffing werd gebracht. 

    Ook zijn er talloze berichten dat ze tijdens de vorige Koude Oorlog tussen Amerika en Rusland heel actief waren en de zaak nauwlettend in de gaten hielden. 

    Edgar Mitchell die vorig jaar februari is overleden heeft veel gesproken met luchtmachtofficieren die in die tijd werkten in speciale lanceerinstallaties tijdens de Koude Oorlog en zij vertelden hem verhalen dat er regelmatig UFO’s werden waargenomen en dat hun raketten soms onklaar werden gemaakt. 

    Iets dergelijks gebeurde ook op 23 oktober 2010 toen ongeveer 50 Intercontinentale raketten (ICBM) offline werden gehaald door wat door het Pentagon een “miscommunicatie” wordt genoemd. Het is echter veel waarschijnlijker dat buitenaardsen hiervoor verantwoordelijk waren. Tijdens dit incident op de Warren Air Force basis in Wyoming werkten ongeveer tien procent van alle lange afstandsraketten niet gedurende een periode van 45 minuten. 

    Eén van de meest opmerkelijke zaken ooit wat dit betreft staat bekend als het Big Sur Incident. Het is een door de luchtmacht  gemaakte filmopname van een UFO die een raket nadert met een dummy kernkop tijdens een testlancering. Dan vuurt de UFO enkele keren een soort lichtstraal richting kop van de raket die vervolgens neerstort. De raket vliegt ergens in september 1964 richting Stille Oceaan waar het in de buurt van de Kwajalein Atol in zee terecht moet komen. 

    Dit verhaal werd in 1982 naar buiten gebracht door voormalig luitenant Robert M. Jacobs en later bevestigd door zijn superieur majoor Florenze J. Mansmann. Ook hij heeft de beelden gezien die later in beslag werden genomen door agenten van de CIA. 

    Mansmann verklaarde dat tijdens een beeld voor beeld analyse met een vergrootglas bleek dat het ging om een klassieke vliegende schotel met een koepel bovenop. 

     

    En nu naar Noord Korea en wel 18 mei 2015. Ook in die periode was Kim Jong-un druk bezig met het lanceren van allerlei raketten en het schijnt dat er ook toen buitenaardsen waren die een oogje in het zeil hielden. 

    Veel van die militaire activiteiten vonden plaats in de buurt van de plaats Wonsan en is het ook daar dat een inwoner op die dag een vreemde grote UFO vastlegde op film. 

    Op zich is dat natuurlijk wel uniek omdat je zelden beeldmateriaal ziet uit dat land dat door inwoners zelf is gemaakt. 

    Een Noord Koreaan wandelt die dag samen met zijn vrouw en ze zien opeens een groot langwerpig object in de lucht.


    xxx

    Het object hing stil en maakte geen geluid. Hij slaagde erin twee minuten lang deze UFO te filmen met zijn mobiele telefoon. Op een gegeven moment begon het langzaam rond te draaien en vertoonde alle tekenen dat het onder intelligente besturing stond. 

    Is dit toeval of betekent dit inderdaad dat we iets rustiger kunnen ademhalen omdat buitenaardsen niet zullen toestaan dat iemand gekke dingen gaat doen met kernwapens. 

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    16-04-2017 om 16:38 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The mysterious cosmic ceiling of the tomb of Senmut, April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    The mysterious cosmic ceiling of the tomb of Senmut, April 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    There is an overwhelming about of evidence that some ancient egyptian leaders were aliens, and the tomb of Senmut and the astronomical signs are further proof. If we had to build the ancient pyramid today, it would never get built. The blocks were too big, and the seems between them were too perfectly sealed without cement, not to mention even with todays technology, this would be an almost impossible task. 
    Scott C. Waring

    Video states: 
    In the tomb of Senmut, the architect of Queen Hatshepsut, a panel of the ceiling represents the celestial sphere, the signs of the zodiac, and the other constellations, with an inverted orientation of the southern part of the firmament (1). Senenmut supervised the quarrying, transport, and erection of twin obelisks, at the time the tallest in the world, at the entrance to the Temple of Karnak.

    A characteristic feature of the Senmout ceiling is the astronomically false orientation of the South panel. The center of this panel is occupied by the Orion-Sirius group, in which Orion appears to the west of Sirius, instead of being to the East.

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    UFOs during operation Mainbrace

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    Check out this video about an amazing UFO reports during operation Mainbrace that happened in 1952. More info in the Youtube clip below!

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    16-04-2017 om 16:01 geschreven door peter  

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    15-04-2017 om 23:58 geschreven door peter  

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    Mars

    NASA's MAVEN Probe Has Found Metal in Mars Atmosphere

    The MAVEN space probe has been inspecting Mars’s upper atmosphere for about a year and a half now, and in that time it’s helped NASA researchers learn important insights about the red planet. Now MAVEN — which stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution — has revealed that Mars’ atmosphere contains charged metal atoms (aka “ions”) — just like the atmosphere on Earth.

    The metal comes from small meteoroids that rain down constantly upon Mars. First, the meteoroids vaporize. Then charged particles within the atmosphere pull some metal atoms away and transform them into charged atoms.

    The neat thing about metal ions is that they can be used to understand motion in the ionosphere layer of the atmosphere. Winds and electric fields move these ions far from their origin point. Since the ions have a long lifetime, researchers can use them to deduce how movement is occurring within the ionosphere over an extended period of time.

    Earth’s atmosphere also contains metal ions. If any news about Mars makes you immediately ask, “What does this mean for the prospect of future human colonization of Mars,” we’ve got bad news for you.

    It amounts to very little, unfortunately. That’s the professional opinion of Joe Grebowsky of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and one of the authors of the study.

    “One effect, and here I am exaggerating, could be long distance radio communication between points on the surface,” Grebowksy said. “The anomalous metal layers we saw have features akin to complex Sporadic E ionosphere layers that in the past created problems with long-distance radio communication. This was done because communication was done by reflecting radio signals off the ionosphere and the complex sporadic layers screwed things up. But with current use of satellite communications, this is unlikely a big worry for surface communication.”

    MAVEN NASA Discovers Ions in Mars Atmosphere or Ionosphere
    An artist's concept of MAVEN exploring Mars.

    NASA researchers suspect that metal ions may exist in the atmospheres of every planet in our solar system, because radio signals emitted by roaming spacecraft are sometimes blocked as they pass through planets’ atmospheres.

    However, this discovery is “the first direct detection of the permanent presence of metal ions in the ionosphere of a planet other than Earth,” Grebowsky says.

    Up next for MAVEN: another year and a half of scientific research about Mars, and then six years as a telecommunications orbiter, before it finally runs out of fuel.

    Photos via NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterFlickr / Kevin M. Gill

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    15-04-2017 om 23:51 geschreven door peter  

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    Saturn’s Moon Has Just Become The Best New Spot To Hunt For Alien Life

    According to NASA, it has nearly all the ingredients needed to support life.

    Saturn

    A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that molecular hydrogen is being generated in Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. Specifically, it’s being produced by Enceladus’ warm subterranean ice-covered ocean through the plumes of water vapor it’s shooting out. And based on the analysis of data, NASA believes that the most plausible explanation is the presence of chemical reactions between the moon’s hot rocky core and its warm ocean water, much like those that create ecosystems around deep seafloor vents on our planet.

    Although NASA did not exactly find evidence of life, what’s remarkable about the discovery is that it adds to mounting proof suggesting that even if a celestial body might look inhabitable because it’s covered with ice, an entirely different story might be brewing beneath its surface. Just a few days before, they also spotted what looked like water plumes being spewed out by Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons.

    Enceladus is one of Saturn’s larger moons with a diameter of about 313 miles (504 km) and a dynamic surface that’s considered young in terms of geological age. It orbits its host in a non-circular way, which is why astronomers believe that gravitational forces are tugging at it unequally (just like our own moon does, creating high and low tides). This turning and churning generates heat in the core, and it is likely this heat that allows Enceladus to keep its water in a liquid state.

    Liquid water is one of the most essential elements of life, which basically means that every living organism needs liquid water to thrive. Life also requires a source of energy (in other words, food), and the right combination of chemicals to create an organism known as CHNOPS or carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur.

    For the longest time, it was believed that sunlight is also essential in sustaining life. It was only in the late 70s when it was discovered that life can thrive even in darkness — when a host of ecosystems was found around holes on the ocean floor spewing hydrothermal vents or jets of hot water filled with all kinds of molecules.

    That means that in lieu of sunlight, life can be created when there’s liquid water, an energy source, and the right chemical mix. And that opens up a host of possibilities that suggest life can exist even in the harshest and darkest environments.

    The discovery of hydrogen in Enceladus was made by the Cassini spacecraft which had been orbiting Saturn since 2004. Its mission, however, is almost over. In less than two weeks, it will begin its descent through Saturn’s rings, until it eventually crashes into the planet and retires for good.

    Cassini will be leaving a great legacy, though. Confirming the existence of hydrogen is almost a confirmation that Enceladus’ ocean might be habitable.

    As explained by Linda Spilker, one of the Cassini project scientists working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL): “Confirmation that the chemical energy for life exists within the ocean of a small moon of Saturn is an important milestone in our search for habitable worlds beyond Earth.”

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    15-04-2017 om 23:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Rock gods. Curious cows. Wonky false teeth. As it turns 60, The Sky At Night has had close encounters that were truly... out of this world!

    Event celebrates 60 years of The Sky At Night. The show is the longest running TV show in the UK and is still exploring new worlds...

    When Patrick Moore presented the first episode of The Sky At Night on April 24, 1957, no spacecraft had ever been launched beyond our atmosphere, Mars was thought to be home to alien life, and no one knew if there were any planets beyond our solar system. 

    Yet within a few months the launch of Russia’s Sputnik ushered us into the space age, and Mariner 4 later flew past Mars, heralding the first blurry images of its cratered surface. 

    When Patrick Moore presented the first episode of The Sky At Night on April 24, 1957, no spacecraft had ever been launched beyond our atmosphere

    When Patrick Moore presented the first episode of The Sky At Night on April 24, 1957, no spacecraft had ever been launched beyond our atmosphere

    So began The Sky At Night’s remarkable intergalactic odyssey. It went on to become the world’s longest-running TV series, and was hosted by the same presenter for 55 years – the late and eccentric Sir Patrick Moore. 

    Today the monthly programme is hosted by astronomical researcher Professor Chris Lintott and scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who continue to amaze with new discoveries. 

    Now, as the BBC show celebrates its 60th anniversary, Event presents 10 heavenly reasons it’s such an enduring TV star. 

    1. The May & Moore show: Queen guitarist Brian May (right, with Moore) has been a guest on The Sky At Night several times. He was studying for a PhD on interplanetary dust at Imperial College before the band became a global success and finally completed it in 2007. He became a close friend of Moore, and when the astronomer ran into financial trouble in later years, May bought his house and leased it back to him for a peppercorn rent. May said the programme led to his interest in astronomy

    1. The May & Moore show: Queen guitarist Brian May (right, with Moore) has been a guest on The Sky At Night several times. He was studying for a PhD on interplanetary dust at Imperial College before the band became a global success and finally completed it in 2007. He became a close friend of Moore, and when the astronomer ran into financial trouble in later years, May bought his house and leased it back to him for a peppercorn rent. May said the programme led to his interest in astronomy

    2. How’s your Russian, Patrick? Moore once interviewed a Russian astronomer live about Lunik 2, the first spacecraft to reach the Moon, in 1959. As Moore was interviewing him, he noticed a producer behind him holding a sign that said ‘the man speaks no English’. So when the Russian replied, Moore simply turned to camera and gave his own answer in English, without knowing what the cosmonaut had actually said

    2. How’s your Russian, Patrick? Moore once interviewed a Russian astronomer live about Lunik 2, the first spacecraft to reach the Moon, in 1959. As Moore was interviewing him, he noticed a producer behind him holding a sign that said ‘the man speaks no English’. So when the Russian replied, Moore simply turned to camera and gave his own answer in English, without knowing what the cosmonaut had actually said

    3. How Moore mapped the moon: The first pictures of the far side of the Moon were shown live on the show on October 24, 1959, having arrived at the BBC during the broadcast. The pictures were taken from the Soviet satellite Lunik 3 – the Russians had borrowed Moore’s hand-drawn maps of the Moon, drawn from observations through his telescopes, to help align their pictures of the far side. In return, they promised to send their images to London as soon as they could

    3. How Moore mapped the moon: The first pictures of the far side of the Moon were shown live on the show on October 24, 1959, having arrived at the BBC during the broadcast. The pictures were taken from the Soviet satellite Lunik 3 – the Russians had borrowed Moore’s hand-drawn maps of the Moon, drawn from observations through his telescopes, to help align their pictures of the far side. In return, they promised to send their images to London as soon as they could

    4. The fly at night: Moore claimed his most difficult moment doing The Sky At Night was when he swallowed a fly live on air in the late Fifties (the film hasn’t survived). ‘What else could I do? It buzzed all the way down,’ he said. On another occasion, in the late Sixties, Moore’s dentures snapped moments before he was due on air and he presented the programme with his teeth held together by Sellotape. In July 2004, Moore was unable to make the broadcast owing to a bout of food poisoning, caused by a goose egg. It was the only broadcast he missed in his 55-year tenure

    4. The fly at night: Moore claimed his most difficult moment doing The Sky At Night was when he swallowed a fly live on air in the late Fifties (the film hasn’t survived). ‘What else could I do? It buzzed all the way down,’ he said. On another occasion, in the late Sixties, Moore’s dentures snapped moments before he was due on air and he presented the programme with his teeth held together by Sellotape. In July 2004, Moore was unable to make the broadcast owing to a bout of food poisoning, caused by a goose egg. It was the only broadcast he missed in his 55-year tenure

    5. Michael Bentine’s potty time: The chat in 1979 between Moore and his long-time friend, Michael Bentine of the Goons (left, with Moore in 1968), must rate as one of the most bizarre episodes ever. The two men discussed, in serious tones, Bentine’s theories of UFOs, where he says ‘there’s no reason they shouldn’t resemble us’. The episode – now a classic – ends with two puppet figures representing aliens, squeakily debating whether there is any sign of intelligent life on Earth

    5. Michael Bentine’s potty time: The chat in 1979 between Moore and his long-time friend, Michael Bentine of the Goons (left, with Moore in 1968), must rate as one of the most bizarre episodes ever. The two men discussed, in serious tones, Bentine’s theories of UFOs, where he says ‘there’s no reason they shouldn’t resemble us’. The episode – now a classic – ends with two puppet figures representing aliens, squeakily debating whether there is any sign of intelligent life on Earth

    6. When stars collide... One of Prof Brian Cox’s (above) favourite possessions is his 1979 edition of The Observer’s Book Of Astronomy (written by Moore), which he won as a school prize for 100 per cent attendance. ‘Later in life I met Patrick when I filmed the 700th Sky At Night with him,’ Cox recalls. ‘I took the book for him to sign. When he opened it he laughed when he saw what it was for’

    6. When stars collide... One of Prof Brian Cox’s (above) favourite possessions is his 1979 edition of The Observer’s Book Of Astronomy (written by Moore), which he won as a school prize for 100 per cent attendance. ‘Later in life I met Patrick when I filmed the 700th Sky At Night with him,’ Cox recalls. ‘I took the book for him to sign. When he opened it he laughed when he saw what it was for’

    7. Total eclipse of the senses: The first live broadcast of a total eclipse was filmed in Serbia in 1961, with Moore perched on a mountaintop. The crew had been told that animals go to sleep during an eclipse, so they floodlit the local cows to watch. But the animals just stood there, chewing. It was the local producer, who spoke no English, who had suggested the idea. If he had conveyed this in English Moore would have known the notion was ridiculous. Instead he was cross. Afterwards the crew skied down the mountain, and Moore injured his knee, before going off to get drunk

    7. Total eclipse of the senses: The first live broadcast of a total eclipse was filmed in Serbia in 1961, with Moore perched on a mountaintop. The crew had been told that animals go to sleep during an eclipse, so they floodlit the local cows to watch. But the animals just stood there, chewing. It was the local producer, who spoke no English, who had suggested the idea. If he had conveyed this in English Moore would have known the notion was ridiculous. Instead he was cross. Afterwards the crew skied down the mountain, and Moore injured his knee, before going off to get drunk

    8. Terry goes bats: Author Terry Pratchett (above) was a regular guest on the show. He used to bring his bat detector with him and spend the evening listening for bats while observing through Moore’s telescopes

    8. Terry goes bats: Author Terry Pratchett (above) was a regular guest on the show. He used to bring his bat detector with him and spend the evening listening for bats while observing through Moore’s telescopes

    9. The number of the beastliness Programme #666 from May 2008, entitled What We Don’t Know, was about ideas that scare astronomers, and was filmed in a bizarre red-lit tent ‘to make us all look rather demonic’, according to producers. Topics included ‘What if there was no big bang?, dark matter and dark energy. The really scary thing was Moore cackling: ‘What if you’re all wrong about everything?’

    9. The number of the beastliness Programme #666 from May 2008, entitled What We Don’t Know, was about ideas that scare astronomers, and was filmed in a bizarre red-lit tent ‘to make us all look rather demonic’, according to producers. Topics included ‘What if there was no big bang?, dark matter and dark energy. The really scary thing was Moore cackling: ‘What if you’re all wrong about everything?’

    10. Moore saves the day: The team was to present a show about the transits of Venus (when the planet crosses the Sun’s path) from Carr House in Hoole, Cheshire. Half an hour before transmission they discovered the record of Sibelius’s At The Castle Gate (the show’s theme tune) had been left in London. They tried to find a piano for Moore to play but could only find a harpsichord. Moore had never played one before but he managed it just as the show started...

    ‘The Sky At Night: 60th Anniversary Special’ features archive footage, interviews with those who were involved in the great discoveries, and re-creations of observations and experiments. It’s on next Sunday at 10pm on BBC Four  

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    15-04-2017 om 23:39 geschreven door peter  

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    From Aliens To Astrophysics, 5 Moons To Explore In Our Solar System

    NASA: Ingredients for Life at Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
    There are dozens of moons in Earth’s solar system, but not one of them is the same as the next. And because there is so much variety, some of these moons are more important than others, especially for people who are trying to find aliens.

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    Saturn's moon Enceladus might be hosting life beneath its surface of ice. 

    Photo: NASA

    1. Enceladus

    NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has learned a lot while observing Enceladus, as well as its parent planet Saturn and Saturn’s other moons. But Enceladus is special because the space agency recently announced it might be hosting alien life in an ocean beneath its icy surface. Below the surface there is also a source of heat and, scientists have just discovered, hydrogen that could serve as a source of energy to certain life forms.

    We don’t have a spacecraft on this moon’s surface yet, but NASA is preparing for such a scenario. Its Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working on a fleet of robots specifically geared toward crawling over and cutting into the thick surfaces of ice on bodies such as Enceladus. Those robots have tools such as heated prongs to melt ice, drills to dig down, buzz saws to power through tough blocks and catapults to send miniprobes out for more samples.

    Read: Saturn’s Moon Atlas Looks Like a Flying Saucer

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    Europa, a moon of Jupiter, might be hosting alien life because it has oceans beneath its icy surface.

     Photo: NASA

    2. Europa

    Scientists suspect Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has conditions similar to Enceladus, so it could also be harboring extraterrestrial life, even if only microbes. A probe that could launch in the next decade could make this idea more definitive, and some of the new ice-trekking robotic technology NASA is developing could be aboard.

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    Phobos is an irregularly shaped moon orbiting Mars.

     Photo: NASA

    3. Phobos

    This oblong moon of Mars, larger and closer to the Red Planet than its only companion Deimos, is crucial because of its position around Earth’s closest planetary neighbor — a NASA spacecraft narrowly avoided crashing into it earlier this year — and because it is a possible target for a space probe of its own. Officials from France and Japan recently announced those two countries are considering working together to land a craft on Phobos and collect samples. The samples would be the first from a moon other than Earth’s to be brought back. And because Mars is such a large focus for scientists looking for alien life in the solar system, Phobos would represent one more way to learn more about that planet: A spacecraft settled on Phobos, which orbits Mars three times a day, would have a great vantage point.

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    Titan is the second-largest moon in the solar system, and the largest one orbiting Saturn. 

    Photo: NASA

    4. Titan

    The largest moon of Saturn is partly on this list because it is electric. Scientists recently found grains of sand on Titan’s surface are so light, a little breeze makes them rub together enough — causing friction — to produce a ton of static electricity. Enough static electricity, in fact, that if you were to build a sand castle on Titan, you would not even need any water; the particles would stick together on their own for weeks.

    That’s cool on its own, but Titan is also a solid candidate for harboring extraterrestrial life because, as NASA notes, it is “the only moon in our solar system that has clouds and a dense atmosphere, mostly nitrogen and methane,” and the only place we know of where liquid flows on its surface in a way that looks like Earth, even if that liquid is ethane and methane rather than water. “These liquids form clouds from which the liquid gases sometimes rain from the sky as water does on Earth.”

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    Earth's moon is the only celestial body where humans have landed. 

    Photo: NASA

    5. The Moon

    What would a list of moons be without Earth’s only natural satellite? At a most basic level of importance, any observer can look up at the night sky — or sometimes the daytime sky — and see it in all its glory. The gravitational pull between Earth and the Moon influences the movement of ocean water, and the Moon played a key role in motivating humans to invent the technology to travel through space. Space science would not be where it is today without our beloved Moon.

    And it’s not just a boring, dead rock. The Moon holds all sorts of mysteries to help us learn more about our universe. For example, scientists recently solved a mystery of why an iconic crater looks so much younger than the area around it: a special kind of foamy lava that erupted when the Moon’s volcanic activity was coming to an end billions of years ago.

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    15-04-2017 om 23:23 geschreven door peter  

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    These Alien Planets Are the Stuff of Nightmares

    One even looks like the Eye of Sauron.
     
    There are potentially thousands of exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. In the spirit of Halloween, scientific YouTube channel DNews lays out just a few alien exoplanets that sound "horrific" to us, Earthlings.
     
     
     
    For starters, the exoplanet 55 Cancri e is oozing with poisonous liquid. About 40 light years away, it's known as a "super Earth," about eight times larger the mass of our home planet and much hotter because it's so close to its star. In fact, the high heat of the planet has made it so that water and other liquids are unable to exist in their regular liquid state, pushing them to "supercritical" states under the pressure. The fluids become exotic, oozing non-liquids, also gleaming with the poisonous hydrogen cyanide, oozing below the surface of 55 Cancri e.
     
    Similar to Jupiter, except larger and hotter, is exoplanet CoRoT-2a. The planet orbits very close to its star, so it's now bloated due to extreme heating. Powerful ex-rays perpetually explode from the star, which cause five million tons of material to blast off the planet and into space every second.
     
    Another exoplanet, Kepler-19b might have a ghost—okay, probably not, but the planet doesn't have a consistent orbit, which is anomalous. The planet will occasionally speed up and then slow down seemingly on its own, whereas it would seem that the planet would need some external force causing the abnormal orbit speeds. It could be, according to the video, that a "ghostly alien world" is tugging at Kepler-19b from afar.
     
    The last of these scary, spooky exoplanets listed was Fomalhaut b, within the Fomalhaut star system. The planet resides in dusty debris 25 light years from Earth, making images of it look like the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings.
     
    While none of these exoplanets would be pleasant to Earthling senses, the way aliens react to them is a different story. It's not clear what kind of life exists on these planets, if any, but if they're out there, they're probably much tougher than we are.

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    15-04-2017 om 18:13 geschreven door peter  

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    THE CREEPIEST PARANORMAL VIDEOS FROM WORLD WAR II

    As World War II was of an epic nature it might not come as any big surprise that those fighting on both sides in the war were said to have used the paranormal so as to gain an edge over their enemy. 
     
    Now a user on YouTube with the name of Dark5s has put together a very enlightening collection of paranormal stories which back to WWII and all of which involve something totally strange, weird, and unusual or things that cannot be explained. 
     
    One of the stories in the video may explain an even from the war that has perplexed people for a long time. This, of course, was Rudolph Hess and his bizarre flight to Scotland with the hope of negotiating peace between the Nazis and Britain. At the time the actions of Hess were thought to be baffling to both sides involved and just what could have motivated him to make such a trip has remained something of a mystery.
     
     In the years that followed the war, it came to light that perhaps Hess may have been duped by the British Intelligence into making the strange journey. It has been suggested that perhaps the British Intelligence tapped into the psychic realm. 
     
    Rumors have been very persistent over the years that there had been a joint effort between magician Aleister Crowley and intelligence agent, who went on to write books about secret agents, Ian Fleming. It was said that Crowley was able to manipulate the mind of Hess using psychic messages and then Fleming did his part by making it look like the insights were real through propaganda pieces that were carefully used.
     
     If this is true the tandem attack by the two proved to be successful, at least when it came to inspiring Hess to leave his post and take on a peace mission that was futile and one which caused chaos for the Nazis.
     
     Along with this story, many other fascinating events have been included in the video. These include covens of witches who tried to protect England with a magic ritual and the quest of Hitler to find the Holy Grail. 
     
     
     

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    CIA UFO Files: The Horrific Revenge of the Extraterrestrial – Siberia Incident

    The UFO attack on a military unit in Siberia where 23 Russian soldiers lost their lives. The CIA describes this event as a “horrific picture of revenge on the part of extraterrestrial creatures, a picture that makes one’s blood freeze”.

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    China’s Space Scientists Warn of Extraterrestrial Danger

    China’s Space Scientists Warn of Extraterrestrial Danger – “We are lucky to be in a special era, with the next generation of giant telescopes on the way. There may be some exciting discoveries in the following 10 to 20 years,” says Mao Shude, director of the Center for Astrophysics of the Beijing-based Tsinghua University. FAST, shown below, now under construction deep in the mountains of southwest China’s Guizhou Province, will become the world’s largest radio telescope once completed in September this year, which has spurred several of China’s leading astronomers to comment publicly about the potential as well as the unknown dangers to humanity of the search for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations.
     
    According to mainstream scientific opinion, it is possible that extraterrestrial life exists, as the Earth is not unique in the universe. Our galaxy has hundreds of billions of stars, many with solar-like planetary systems, and there are hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe. So it’ s reasonable to infer that Earth-like planets might be common, and the universe could teem with life.
     
    “I think primitive life is likely to be abundant, but intelligent life might be rarer,” says Mao, also director of the Galaxy and Cosmology Division of the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences.
     
    The next generation of giant telescopes might help astronomers resolve some long-standing issues, such as analyzing the spectrum of distant planets, making it possible to detect biomarkers of life.
     
    Biomarkers are certain elements that might indicate the existence of life. An important biomarker, oxygen molecules, without supporting life, can only last for a short time compared with the 13.7 billion-year history of the universe.
     
    Oxygen easily reacts with other elements, and Mars appears red as a result of oxidation. “If we find a lot of oxygen molecules in the atmosphere of an extraterrestrial planet, they are probably produced by life activities,Mao explains.
     
     
    The most common method of searching for extraterrestrial life is to search first for planets similar to Earth, with plenty of sunshine, liquid water and a protective atmosphere. However, that method is constantly questioned as some speculate that life elsewhere in the universe might be quite different from that on Earth.
     
    “We don’t know how to start if we don’ t know what kind of life we are looking for. At least, we know what conditions are needed for life on Earth,” Mao says. “So scientists tend to search for planets around Sun-like stars and put forward the concept of the ‘habitable zone’ .”
     
    “Nature, however, has a much more wild imagination than we do. For example, whether life can exist in ice at extremely low temperatures is unknown to us,” Mao says. “It’ s easy for scientists to start with familiar conditions and then gradually expand the search to an unknown territory.”
     
    Over the past decade, astronomers around the world have identified more than 3,000 extra-solar planets. However, most are giant planets, probably composed of gas, because they are more easily detectable.
     
    A few dozen are Earth-like planets, which are likely composed of silicate rocks or metals and may have water on them. “Astronomers first pick sample planets suitable for life, and then think about further study and analysis, or even communication with them,” Mao says.
     
    To further analyze the atmospheric composition of a planet, the telescope must be very sensitive to the sharp contrast of the light intensity between the star and the planet. The Earth is about one billionth of the Sun in brightness in the optical, a contrast still far beyond the range of current telescopes.
     
    For more effective observation, astronomers are also striving for breakthroughs in another critical technology – adaptive optics. When light from a star or any other astronomical object enters the Earth’s atmosphere, it can be distorted by atmospheric turbulence, which can blur images produced by any telescope larger than tens of centimeters.
     
    This annoyed Isaac Newton more than 300 years ago when he discovered that larger telescopes could not form clearer images due to atmospheric distortions. But today, after years of development, many observatories around the world, including those with telescopes of 8 to 10 meters in diameter, are equipped with adaptive optics systems.
     
    Adaptive optics is a technology that aims to correct the distortions induced by atmospheric turbulence. The system is mainly composed by three parts: a wavefront sensor, a deformable mirror and a real time controller. The wavefront sensor is like the eye of the system, and it measures the light distortions a few hundred or even thousand times in one second, so that the turbulence distortion almost looks like a cartoon played frame by frame to the system; the real time controller acts like a super fast brain, and it calculates how correction should be applied and sends commands to the deformable mirror; and finally, like the hand of the system, the deformable mirror actually carries out those commands, and changes its surface shape accordingly to correct the distortions before the arrival of the next command.
     
    The next generation of ground-based telescopes, including the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT shown at top of the page), the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), will have better adaptive optics systems, so they will be central to future observations, says Feng Lu, an associate researcher with the NAOC.
     
    Compared with space telescopes, ground-based telescopes can be larger and connected to more instruments, and can work longer and look deeper into space. The adaptive optics technology will improve their resolution close to or even above space telescopes, making them capable of observation tasks previously impossible on the ground, such as tracking extra-solar planet candidates, Feng says.
     
    For example, with the assistance of adaptive optics, TMT will have a resolving power and sensitivity much greater than the Hubble Space Telescope when it goes into use around mid-2020s. One of its major tasks will be to analyze the spectrum of extra-solar planets.
     
    But the next generation of space telescopes will also revolutionize astronomy. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), to be launched by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 2017, is one of them.
     
    Kepler, TESS’ predecessor launched by NASA in 2009, is the world’s first space observatory dedicated to the search for planets outside our solar system. So far, Kepler has confirmed 2,325 extra-solar planets, more than 70 percent of the total. Twenty-one of them are Earth-like, staying in habitable zone and within twice the size of Earth.
     
    While both can monitor planetary transits, TESS is capable of carrying out all-sky surveys, while Kepler can only observe a small part of our region of the Milky Way.
     
    “More importantly, TESS will look for extra-solar planets in orbit around the brightest stars, which will help analyze the physical nature of these planets. Kepler’s planets are often around dim stars, which makes it difficult to carry out follow-up studies,” Mao says. “The number of planets that TESS will detect is not necessarily much more (than Kepler), but the quality will be more advanced.”
     
    As well as searching for Earth-like planets, scientists also scan the skies for extraterrestrial signals via radio telescopes, as some believe other civilizations will inevitably produce and release radio waves, as we do, during their evolution.
     
    Frank Drake, a U.S. astronomer and astrophysicist, was the first to test the method. In 1960, he started Project Ozma, a pioneering SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) experiment, at the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia. The objective was to examine nearby Sun-like stars for signs of life through interstellar radio waves. Although the project ended in vain, it triggered dozens of later SETI programs.
     
    However, the work of selecting possible meaningful signals from massive background noise consumes time and resources. The Space Sciences Laboratory, at the University of California, Berkeley, launched the SETI@home (“SETI at home”) project in 1999, to search for possible radio transmissions from extraterrestrial intelligence via public volunteer computing.
     
    Part of the worldwide SETI effort, the project uses observational data from Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, the world’s current largest telescope, and the Green Bank observatory. The data, taken “piggyback” or “passively” while the telescopes are used for other scientific projects, are divided into small chunks and sent to millions of home computers for analysis. The software searches for signals with variations that cannot be ascribed to noise, and hence possibly contain information.
     
    So far, about 9 million volunteers in 226 countries have analyzed a total of 15 years of data from the Arecibo telescope, according to Dan Werthimer, co-founder and chief scientist of the SETI@home project.
     
    “We have identified about 100 very short radio bursts, about one millionth of a second long, that we don’t fully understand,” Werthimer said in an e-mail interview, Radio communications from Earth still haven’t been ruled out as the source of these signals.
     
    So far, no signals have been confirmed as from extraterrestrial civilizations. “We’ve only had radio for 100 years and lasers for 60 years,” Werthimer said. “We are just getting in the game and just beginning to explore the potential different frequencies and signal types that another civilization might use. There’s a long way to go before we can do a thorough search.
     
    “The good news is that the capabilities of earthlings are growing. The computing power is developing quickly and the FAST telescope will be very powerful,” he added. With a dish the size of 30 football grounds, FAST is 500 meters in diameter and made of 4,450 panels. Scientists have depicted it as a super-sensitive “ear”, capable of spotting very weak messages – if there are any – from “cousins” of human beings.
     
    It will be 10 times more sensitive than the telescopes in the Breakthrough Listen project, a 100 million-U.S.-dollar initiative by Russian tycoon Yuri Milner to search for extraterrestrial civilizations, says Li Di, chief scientist with the radio astronomy department of the NAOC.
     
    Werthimer is seeking cooperation with Chinese astronomers to develop a SETI@home project for FAST. “We hope to work with China to do SETI at the same time while the telescope carries out sky surveys to search for pulsars, fast radio bursts and to map the galaxy as planned.”
     
    Though unsure of how such cooperation would work, Li Di is interested in working with the SETI@home project. “With their experience and advanced technologies, they will help us improve the telescope’s scientific capabilities and operating conditions. It’s like standing on the shoulders of a giant,” Li says.
     
    Chinese scientists have also actively participated in the preparations for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a large multi-radio telescope project to be built in Australia and South Africa.
     
    The SKA will eventually use thousands of dishes and up to a million antennas, which will enable astronomers to monitor the sky in unprecedented detail and survey the entire sky much faster than any system currently operating. The search for extraterrestrial life is one of its key science programs.
     
    Scientists have surveyed the entire sky with radio telescopes for a half-century now, and they have found interesting signals occasionally.
     
    On August 15, 1977, a strong narrow-band radio signal, bearing the expected hallmarks of extraterrestrial origin, was detected by astronomer Jerry R. Ehman while working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope of Ohio State University. The signal appeared to come from the constellation Sagittarius and lasted 72 seconds.
     
    Ehman circled the signal on the computer printout and wrote the comment “Wow!” beside it, which the event is now commonly called. But it has never been detected again.
     
    “Some strange signals have been found, but it’s hard to confirm their origins, because these signals do not repeat,” Li Di says.
     
    “We look for not only television signals, but also atomic bomb signals. We shall give full play to our imaginations when processing the signals,” Li says. “It’s a complete exploration, as we don’t know what an alien is like.”
     
    Sometimes, radio telescopes are “confused” by signals from astronomical objects. For example, astronomers once mistook signals from a pulsar for extraterrestrial signs, because a pulsar can also give out very stable periodical signals.
     
    “We don’t know when earthlings will discover ET. It could be 1,000 years from now, or in our lifetimes. It could be next year, when FAST gets going on the sky surveys,” Werthimer said.
     
    However, with no clues of extraterrestrial life over the past five decades, questions are constantly asked as whether the search methods are appropriate.
     
    Even on Earth, land and sea host completely different forms of life. “It is highly possible that life on other planets is entirely different from that on Earth, and it might not be carbon-based,” says Jin Hairong, deputy curator of Beijing Planetarium.
     
    Liu Cixin, a Chinese science fiction writer and winner of the Hugo Award for his novel The Three Body Problem, points out the current method assumes that aliens also communicate in radio waves. “But if it’s a truly advanced civilization, it is possible to use other more advanced forms of communication, such as gravitational waves.”
     
    But Mao Shude believes many methods deserve a try: “Who knows what they are and how they think? “When we study the origin of life, we risk going down a blind alley if we only have one sample from Earth,” Mao says. “If we could find more samples in the universe, we could look at the puzzle more comprehensively and solve it more easily.”
     
    He gives an example in astronomy to explain the limitations of a single sample. “When scientists started to look for planets around Sun-like stars, they thought it must be difficult as their period might be as long as a year. However, the first such planet discovered outside our solar system takes only four days to orbit its host star – much faster than astronomers expected. At that time, some people doubted it, showing how the example of our solar system narrowed their thinking.”
     
    “If we really discover extraterrestrial life, I’d like to know how life spreads in the universe. Is it distributed uniformly in space, or clustered?” Mao wonders.
     
    However, the idea communicating with aliens comes with concerns. British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has warned that communicating with aliens could be a threat to Earth: “If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.”
     
    The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin depicted the universe as a jungle with every civilization as a hidden hunter. Those who are exposed will be eliminated.
     
    But Han Song, another leading Chinese science fiction writer, believes humans naturally want to connect, citing the Internet as proof. “I think aliens might think similarly. It is a biological instinct to connect with each other. Everyone wants to prove that they are not alone in the universe. Loneliness is intolerable to humans,” he says.
     
    He also points out that the contact will be driven by curiosity and real requirements. “Humans will ultimately go to space to find resources and expand their living area, so it will be hard to avoid aliens. Contact with them, especially those with more advanced intelligence, may help us leap forward in civilization.”
     
    Regardless of the theoretical debate, scientists have never wavered in the search. “I think we shall call out. As a matter of fact, we have been yelling for years, and our radios and televisions are broadcasting in space all the time,” Mao says, “Aren’t you curious what our counterparts would look like?
     
    “If they are inferior or equal to us in terms of civilization, we won’t be easily destroyed. If they are much more intelligent than us, they wouldn’t be so narrow-minded as to compete with us. Some worry they will come to rob us of our natural resources, but they likely have the power to transform the entire globe already. What’s the point of eliminating a much lower civilization?”
     
    Mao believes the result will be significant however it turns out. “If we find other life, it will undoubtedly be the most important scientific discovery in our history; if not, it shows that life on Earth is unique and we should respect life and cherish each other.
     
    “No matter the outcome, we shall never stop searching, and I hope to hear more voices and contributions from Chinese scientists.”

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    Scientists: Alien Life Detected on The Sun

    Scientists: Alien Life Detected on The Sun – Scientists have uncovered missing pieces in alien communication, and these puzzle pieces can be found in light from the sun. In fact, an at home researcher has found alien life in the light of the sun. He has discovered that they use light in order to communicate as well. Have aliens been watching humans on Earth since the beginning of time? Bentlight.com is turning the tables and using bent light to watch and talk to aliens.
     
    How can the sun be used to talk with alien leaders from space, and what is bent light?
     
    Bent light uses frequency and vibrations to talk to aliens. Tuning into a high frequency using water vibrations to bend light from the sun. Bentlight.com explains that the memory of water retains information because sunlight creates a wavelength. Metal is then used to read the light particle form. Once the particle forms are found, photos are taken to capture the images. It’s simply quantum entanglement used to get the space info.
     
    A water bottle can even be used to bend light from the sun and decode alien messages
     
    The light from the sun you and I see is not a simple as it appears. It is actually riddled with alien code. Based on research from bent light experts, a hidden layer is beneath what we see. In fact, a water bottle can be used to bend light and bring the space code from aliens out. What are the aliens saying? Interestingly, the researcher who bends light says he built trust with aliens over time. He says he is getting closer to the truth.
     
    Scientists opened Pandora’s box in space by using the sun to talk with aliens; the apocalypse is upon us
     
    The window into space and time scientists have opened using the sun to talk with alien leaders could have a big impact. A cosmic microwave background was created when our universe collided with another long ago. Finding the threshold could unlock the door to the multiverse. Aliens use light to communicate with one another. And naturally, they travel at the speed of it as well.

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    Documentary Video: Plans of Grey Aliens for Humans

    One of the most promoted types of aliens in paranormal, New Age, and ufological communities are Grey aliens, which also referred as Grays, Greys, or Roswell Greys. Around 50 percent of alien encounters in the U.S. involve Grey aliens. The origin of the idea about the existence of Greys can be attributed to the Betty and Barney Hill abduction claim.
     
    Greys are usually described as small humanoid beings with dark grey skin. They possess reduced or completely lack external human organs, such as sex organs, ears, or noses. They have elongated bodies with small chest without muscular definition or visible skeletal structure. Their legs are shorter than average humans, and their limbs are proportionally different from humanity. Their humerus has the same length with their forearms. The same goes with their thighs and shins when it comes to length.
     
    Greys have large heads in proportion to their bodies. They have no visible hair anywhere on the body. Their mouths are small, but they have large opaque black eyes without discernible iris or pupil. Other witnesses reported Greys as having no nostrils or mouths. Their height could be anywhere from 2 to 4 feet.
     
    Alien abduction claims commonly include Greys, which make up approximately 90 percent in Canada, 67 percent in Brazil, and 50 percent in Australia. Abductees typically determined leaders of their abductors by their demeanor. Some abduction researchers and ufologists suspect taller Greys are the only Grey type to be biologically alive and that the smaller ones are just robots acted as servants.
     
     

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    UFO Fan Disappears Without A Trace – Leaving Coded Writings In His Room VIDEO!

    The mysterious disappearance of a UFO enthusiast in Brazil causes speculations of alien abductions. Bruno Borges left behind a locked room full of coded writings and bizarre photos of extra-terrestrials. The internet is convinced that Borges has been either nabbed by the Men in Black or aliens after he suddenly disappeared without telling his family.
     
     
     
    A video inside the room of Borges shows notebooks with cryptic writings on the covers and symbols apparently associated with pentagrams.
     
    Bruno’s relatives said that he did not reveal details of what he was working, but hinted that he was into writing a series of books, which, according to Bruno, would change humanity in a good way.
     
     
    The family had not yet received substantial information on what has happened, according to Father Athors Borges, who also said that they tried to call him on his mobile phone, but it was off.
     
    The family said that this is the first time Bruno disappears without a trace. Athors stated that his son did not take anything and he was leaving their home the last time they saw him.
     

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    Behind the 'Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs'

    A new documentary captures the comedy and tragedy of Christo Roppolo, a man who's been seeing UFOs since he was 8.
     
    Christo Roppolo was eight years old when he was contacted by aliens for the first time.
     
    He was at home with his younger brother when a creature that looked like Bullwinkle emerged from a glowing ambulance and pressed itself against the window of his bedroom. When he regained consciousness, his parents were in the room arguing with one another and his younger brother had smeared soiled diapers all over the living room window, as if in attempt to keep something out.
     
    "[The alien] told me it was going to give me a little bite on the nose, but when I woke up everything would be okay," Roppolo told Motherboard. "For a long time after that, I didn't even want to go to sleep, but as a kid I didn't place too much significance on what had happened. As I got older, I started to realize that it wasn't just a dream."
     
     
    Today, Roppolo is 57 years old and resides in Monterey, California, an idyllic coastal city about 6 hours north of Los Angeles. Although thousands of miles and five decades separate Roppolo from his childhood home in the suburbs of Cleveland, the extraterrestrial encounters never stopped. But instead of freaking out that the aliens were trying to contact him, Roppolo did what any filmmaker would do—he grabbed his video camera and started shooting his encounters.
     
     
     
    When Roppolo reached out to Justin Gaar, a filmmaker newly arrived in Los Angeles, he had dozens of hours of UFO footage he had filmed around Monterey. Roppolo was trying to make a movie out of this footage, but was dissatisfied with the cut that had been given to him by his previous editor. He found Gaar through the friend of a friend who worked as a sales rep at the company from which Roppolo would order synthesizers to make his otherworldly electronica music.
     
    "I honestly watched maybe an hour's worth [of Roppolo's footage] and was like what is this?" Garr told Motherboard. "It's really just hours and hours of him going 'what the fuck is that fucking shit?' and pointing at blinking dots in the sky. My mind wasn't entirely open to what it was."
     
    Garr told Roppolo he didn't see anything in the footage and made some suggestions for how he could improve his filmmaking, but didn't really anticipate getting involved in the project. Yet as Garr continued to received new footage from Roppolo, some of it featuring himself, he was eventually persuaded to meet with Roppolo in Los Angeles to discuss his UFO sightings.
     
     
    It's their experiences together that make up the footage of Gaar's latest film, Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs, which was released on Tuesday.
     
     
    "We went to dinner and the whole time [Roppolo] is looking up at the sky for stuff," said Garr. "He'd keep talking about UFOs and aliens as if they're right there with us in the room. The he told me about his family and I knew there was a narrative here."
     
    Roppolo's troubled past really began when his dad was killed in a drunk driving accident while Roppolo was working his way through culinary school. His father was the only person Roppolo ever felt close to in his family and was the person who had originally sparked his passion for filmmaking when he took Roppolo to see the Godfather in theatres.
     
    "He'd keep talking about UFOs and aliens as if they're right there with us in the room. The he told me about his family and I knew there was a narrative here."
     
    After the accident, Roppolo and his brother came into a significant sum of money as a result of the settlement. His brother squandered it on land in the American south and soon went bankrupt. Roppolo spent a portion of his money on filmmaking equipment and with $10,000 produced his first major film, a remake of the classic 1964 gore film, The Flesh Eaters.
     
    The film was decently well received, but shortly after its release Roppolo learned that his brother had stolen $129,000 from his bank account and disappeared. Amazingly, this would soon turn out to be just the tip of the iceberg on Roppolo's downward slide.
     
     
    After a series of increasingly tragic events, Roppolo's life was a mere fragment of what it had been only a decade before—and that's when the UFOs really started showing themselves to him.
     
    "[The frequency of their appearances] depends on whether or not I'm signaling them," Roppolo explained. "That's something I just started doing after studying the footage I had on camera and saw [the UFOs] were blinking at each other. If you signal them with prime numbers and do it in sets of three, they'll show up."
     
    Yet for Gaar, there seemed to be a different sort of connection between the sightings.
     
    "Whenever [Roppolo] was having emotional trauma in his life, it was always reflected in his ability to find the UFOs," Gaar said. "I sort of hypothesized that maybe some of this is psychological, but then also I don't know what the fuck that stuff is that he's videotaping. Some of it you can immediately write off and some of it is really hard to reason through."
     
    Although Gaar was only able to find breaks from work to visit Roppolo on occasion during the two years it took to film Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs, he was still treated to a few UFO sightings himself. The strangest sighting, which is detailed in the film, is still inexplicable to Gaar and he has little interest in trying to get to the bottom of it.
     
     
    "I didn't end up pursuing this, but I had a theory about a couple of the sightings," said Gaar. "There are military installations near [Roppolo] and Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks—a pretty secret experimental aviation place—is located only so far south of Monterey. So I was going to get kind of scientific with it, but decided not to. The film was never about that."
     
     
    After everything is said and done, Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs is a documentary that is less about unidentified flying objects than the man who spends his nights looking up at the cosmos. Remarkable for the depth of its comedy and tragedy, it is one of the most poignant documentaries to be released this year. Although Gaar remains a skeptic about UFOs and leaves the legitimacy of the sightings up to the viewer to decide, for Roppolo there was never an option not to believe.
     
    "Until the last breath of my life I will be making sure that people know this is no bullshit," Roppolo said. "From the bottom of my heart: it's all real."

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    The CIA’s Guide to Taking Pictures of UFOs

    It's a stellar time to be someone who knows that the truth is out there, and to trust absolutely no one.
     
    Around this time last year, amateur Freedom of Information Act enthusiast John Greenewald, Jr. uploaded 130,000 pages of formerly classified documentation on the US Air Force's UFO investigations between 1947 and 1969. On Sunday, the CIA itself followed suit—sorta—by highlighting a handful of documents related to its own UFO projects, mostly in the 40s and 50s. Why? Apparently even the feds are stoked on the new season of The X-Files, which premiered on Monday.
     
    There are tons of curiosities in the CIA's collection of UFO documents , including some referring to the persistent efforts of famous UFO truthers, including Major Donald Keyhoe and chemical engineer Leon Davidson, to declassify CIA documents on UFOs in the 1950s. Also buried in the pile are instructions for how to take a photo of a UFO for analysis.
     
     
    The instructions are from 1960, which makes some of the tech outdated, but I was able to enlist the help of Vice Canada intern and digital photo whiz Jake Kivanc to walk me through how to make the CIA's advice work today.
     
     
    This means setting your camera so that you can pull in as much detail as possible, with everything in the image in focus—you don't want to be the person telling anyone who will listen that the black smudge in your photo is a UFO and definitely not just some dirt on your lens.
     
    With a modern DSLR camera, setting your camera to infinity is about the same as it was on an old film camera: turn your lens to the infinity focus point and it should keep just about every object that's a long distance off—including your UFO—in focus. Interestingly, though, some photographers believe that it was actually easier to quickly focus to infinity with a film camera. According to a post on B&H's blog, this is because the focus rings on old lenses would often have a hard stop at the infinity marker, so photogs could set it on the go. Now, lenses with autofocus have rings that often swing right past infinity.
     
    "If you're trying to capture a UFO, it could be difficult if it's spontaneous and you're an amateur," Kivanc said. "If you're a pro or you have it set up on a tripod and are ready to shoot, then it's little issue."
     
    Focusing to infinity should allow you to use a lower f-stop on your camera, which will help collect more light—for some reason, UFOs love to show up at early morning and dusk—while keeping a usable depth of field.
     
     
    As you can probably guess, film types don't matter at all anymore. "Fast film" refers to film that is really sensitive to light, so you can have a faster shutter speed (letting less light into the lens) and shoot in darker conditions. These days, cameras have ISO settings that push way past what film could achieve. Tri-X was rated with an ISO of 400, for example, and the new Nikon D5 can shoot at well past 3 million ISO.
     
     
    The slower your shutter speed, the longer your exposure, and the more motion blur you're likely going to have in the resulting image. By choosing a higher shutter speed, you mitigate the effects of blur. In the past, your shutter speed in nighttime conditions might be limited by your film's ISO, for example; go too fast with a low ISO, and you'll get a bunch of dark smudges. But with digital photography, you can crank the ISO up and push your shutter speed comfortably past 100, so the effects of any camera shake or UFO flight will be lessened.
     
     
    This one's obvious and still holds true today, but to a lesser extent thanks to the advancements that make using higher ISO values possible. Shooting in dim light with a high f-stop and fast shutter speed produces a lot better results when your camera can shoot at 3200 ISO without much concern.
     
     
    "This would be tougher on a film camera because ISOs were so low and the only way to get the light you need to actually capture an image with high f-stop was to use external flash," Jake said. "That would only work in a boardroom or something, not the Nevada desert."
     
    The next few pieces of advice are as true for digital cameras as they were for the film cameras of the 1950s and 60s.
     
     
     
    Obviously, negatives (and making copies of negatives) are a thing of the past, so you really don't have to worry about this. But, it is a good reminder to backup your files on a separate hard drive, just in case you lose your camera's memory card, or your laptop is destroyed or… uhm... goes missing.
     
    Another advantage of digital files over film negatives, in terms of analyzing a photo from the original, is that most digital cameras can shoot RAW files—sometimes known as "digital negatives"—which are really just minimally processed sensor image data. Since these are digital from the outset, analyzers have a great deal of flexibility when manipulating the photo (in an image editor, say) to get more detail out of the shot.
     
    Now, whether you're using your parents' old film camera or the latest DSLR kit, you'll be all set to capture proof of alien life visiting Earth—thank the CIA.

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    Enceladus' Subsurface Energy Source: What It Means for Search for Life

    Enceladus' Subsurface Energy Source: What It Means for Search for Life
    Saturn's moon Enceladus, imaged by the Cassini probe in 2015.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    A space mission that could hunt for definitive signs of life on Saturn's moon Enceladus looks even more enticing following the release of new evidence that a habitable environment lies under the surface of this icy world. 

    The surface of Enceladus consists of a solid ice layer that is estimated to have an average thickness of 11 to 14 miles (18 to 22 kilometers), and that covers a massive, liquid-water ocean. The new study indicates that the floor of Enceladus' ocean likely features hot water vents, similar to the ones that host lush ecosystems at the bottom of Earth's oceans. The alien ocean also features a type of molecule frequently used as a food supply by life-forms on Earth, the study said.  

    Drilling into the icy surface of Enceladus to get a direct look at potential deep-sea environments would be incredibly difficult, even if it didn't involve sending equipment halfway across the solar system, experts have said. But such a costly and elaborate mission might be entirely unnecessary, because Enceladus is giving "free samples" of its underwater ocean through the plumes that erupt from the moon's icy surface, said Morgan Cable, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. [Saturn’s Moon Habitable? Molecular Hydrogen Found in Enceladus’ Plume | Video]

    Cable is part of a team of scientists putting together a proposal for a mission designed specifically to look for signs of life in Enceladus' plumes. The Enceladus Life Finder (ELF) proposal will be submitted to NASA later this month, along with other proposals that the agency will consider for its next New Frontiers planetary science mission. Previous missions in the New Frontiers program have included the Juno probe to Jupiter and the Osiris-Rex mission that will return a sample of an asteroid to Earth.

    The Cassini probe, designed to study the entire Saturnian system, has flown through Enceladus' geyser plume seven times. Its most recent pass through the plume, in October 2015, is the subject of the new research paper. Cassini detected molecular hydrogen (H2), which the authors of the new paper think formed through interactions between hot water and rock. This supports the idea that the floor of Enceladus' ocean hosts hot-water geysers like those found on the bottom of Earth's ocean, the researchers said. 

    This artist's illustration depicts the possible interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus, based on observations by the Cassini probe.
    This artist's illustration depicts the possible interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus, based on observations by the Cassini probe.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    Molecular hydrogen is also an ideal food source for many microbes and bacteria, NASA scientists said in a statement. Breaking apart the two hydrogen atoms releases energy stored in the bond between them, like a veritable energy piñata. Molecular hydrogen bonds are particularly easy to break, so their energy content is readily available to many life-forms. 

    "Combined with our knowledge that there's an ocean under Enceladus, that it's salty, that it contains organics and mineral interactions — these are all other discoveries that Cassini has made — when you put that on top of this, it really completes the case for the ocean being habitable or being able to sustain life," Jonathan Lunine, a professor of physical sciences at Cornell University in New York and one of the co-authors on the paper announcing the new discovery, told Space.com.

    Cassini has revealed a wealth information about Enceladus' subsurface ocean, but the moon's plumes were first discovered in 2005, eight years after the Cassini probe launched toward Saturn, so Cassini's instruments were not specifically designed to study these plumes or search for life there. (Thankfully, the spacecraft came equipped with two instruments that could collect samples from the plumes, including one instrument called a mass spectrometer, which is used to determine the chemical makeup of a material.)

    "'Cassini was not designed to be a seafaring mission,'" Cable said, quoting Linda Spilker, current project scientist for the Cassini mission as well as the project scientist for the ELF mission concept. 

    "We had no idea that the plume of Enceladus existed back then," Cable said. "Now … we have a much better idea of what instruments we should bring to be able to taste those key molecules present in the plume, to better understand habitability and to look for life."

    ELF would look for life first by detecting molecules that are formed by biological processes, and then by comparing the ratios of those different molecules, Cable said. Those ratios are different when life is present, she said. 

    "We believe our payload can do the job," Cable said. "Now, of course, if there's only one microbe in the entire ocean, that's not going to be something that's easy to find. So, we've based our assessment on what we think are realistic assumptions and data we have on ocean environments here [on Earth] that we think are representative of what a hydrothermal ecosystem will be on Enceladus. … If there is a community of life there, ELF will find it." [See Enceladus' Geysers in Action (Video)]

    NASA may have a second opportunity to sample a plume from an icy world. New results from the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that Jupiter's moon Europa may also be periodically spewing plumes of water into space from its subsurface ocean. Signs of the plumes have been spotted for a second time by Hubble, but the scientists behind the result said they were still hesitant to declare a definitive discovery.

    NASA's Europa Clipper mission is set to launch in the early to mid-2020s and study the icy moon from orbit. It's possible the probe could sample Europa's plumes (if they exist), agency officials said.

    That scientists do not need a lander to search for life on Enceladus, and perhaps on Europa, is a major draw of sending dedicated missions to those places, said Lunine, who is also principal investigator on the ELF mission concept. 

    "We don't have to build a mission to land [on Enceladus], to drill, to melt [the ice]," he said. "The next mission should fly through the plume repeatedly with modern mass spectrometers. With that [mission], we can test for the molecular signatures of life. And we can do it for an amount of money that is much, much less than [the cost of] Cassini." 

    The price cap on proposals to the NASA New Frontiers mission is $850 million, not including the cost of launch and operations. (For comparison, Cassini's price tag is about $3.2 billion.) ELF was previously submitted to NASA's Discovery mission program, which has a lower cost cap. Cable said at least one other team is expected to submit a proposal for an Enceladus mission to the NASA New Frontiers call for proposals.

    "Enceladus is … spewing free samples into space. All we have to do is fly by and get it," Cable said. "These opportunities don't come along every day. If we are able, just by tasting some key molecules in that plume, to definitively say that we are not alone, I think that kind of revolutionary discovery is worth $850 million."

    Follow Calla Cofield @callacofield. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.

    15-04-2017 om 13:46 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Austrian witness videotapes unknown lights in night sky

    Austrian witness videotapes unknown lights in night sky

    Still image from the witness video. (Credit: MUFON)

    Still image from the witness video.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness was driving home with two friends on January 4, 2017, when the incident began.

    “During the drive, we spoke almost nothing,” the witness stated.“It was about 10:30 p.m. and completely dark. Then we drove a path that was very deserted and also secluded. Without having thought something, I looked up into the dark sky and all of a sudden I saw three very bright light objects that floated very slowly, turned in a kind of circle pattern, and remained standing in the air.”

    The three were very impressed by the objects and decided to stop and investigate.

    Still image from the witness video. (Credit: MUFON)

    Still image from the witness video.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    “We left the car and I tried with my phone to film these objects. Except for the chirping of insects in the nearby forest and far-away cars, it was deathly silent. So the three light objects made absolutely no noise. Unfortunately, I could shoot the three pulsating light objects on film for only a very short time because I had little space on my phone. And my friend, Franz, unfortunately has an older phone without a camera. Also, Gernot’s phone is older too. I was filming these three objects about 40 Seconds. After this 40 seconds of filming, we watched these three objects about 3-4 minutes before this object then just disappeared. Like turning off a Light. Actually, I’m skeptical about these things before, but after this scary event, I’m much more open to alien things/UFOs/extraterrestrials and so on. I hope that they perhaps can find out what it is/was.”

    Still image from the witness video. (Credit: MUFON)

    Still image from the witness video.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    Wolfgang Stelzig is investigating for MUFON International. . Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

    Editor’s note: Viewers have pointed out there does seem to be a whirring noise at the beginning of the video that sounds similar to a drone.

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    15-04-2017 om 13:17 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.FACEBOOKER RECORDS A CRYSTAL CLEAR VIDEO OF MULTIPLE UFOS WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE DESERT IN ARIZONA

    FACEBOOKER RECORDS A CRYSTAL CLEAR VIDEO OF MULTIPLE UFOS WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE DESERT IN ARIZONA

    15-04-2017 om 12:51 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO Over South Korea Caught By Professional Photographer On April 2017, UFO Sighting News.



    Date of sighting: April 12, 2017
    Location of sighting: Seoul, South Korea
    Source: MUFON #83126

    This professional photographer was recording some actors for a TV show in South Korea. When he looked back at his photos two had UFOs in them. The UFO is far behind the people...at least as far as the building or more. How do I know? Easy, the focus of the camera cannot be fooled. The distant objects are blurred, the close objects are super HD clear. So this UFO was big, and far away. 



    However a concern I have is that this may be an advertising ploy to get more attention for their TV show, since they did mention its name. This remains a possibility.
    Scott C. Waring
     
    Eyewitness states: 
    It is really glad that I am writing a UFO report about my resent findings. Last Wednesday, 12th April, one of the our professional photographers took several series of continuous shooting, while taking a promotional poster of our newly launched drama of KBS in central Seoul, South Korea We are really surprised as well as thrilled that we captured a stunning moment that UFO was flying in front of our lens It was clear sky on that day and 7 out of 9 photos seem normal and only 3 of them captured black spots behind two actor and actress. They are attached files : CHA_2648, CHA_2688 and CHA_2689 The photographer has never acknowledged that he captured UFO-like object while shooting and there was no suspicious smell nor sound came out on the shooting site. With the photographer, there were other directors and crews making the drama and they have not acknowledged the fact he took photos of UFO either. We have tried our best what he has taken and what they are, but there was no specialist in South Korea, who is able to investigate the photographed UFO at this moment. We would love you to have a look at those photos and if you find something suspicious, please inform me whether it is really UFOs or not through this email. It is really thankful that your dedication to defining UFO in advance. 



    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    15-04-2017 om 12:38 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.North Korea UFOs

    North Korea UFOs

    north-korea-ufos


    Interesting mexican TV show from a Tercer Milenio TV about UFO activity over North Korea.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    15-04-2017 om 12:27 geschreven door peter  

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    15-04-2017 om 01:05 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Saturn's adorable UFO-shaped moon, Atlas, gets a close-up

    Saturn's adorable UFO-shaped moon, Atlas, gets a close-up

    Can a moon be cute? If you're a tiny Saturn moon that resembles a flying saucer, the answer is "Yes!"

    Sorry, folks, this isn't an actual UFO.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    Saturn's minuscule moon Atlas is one of the smallest among the ringed planet's massive collection that includes dozens of satellites. NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped some new images of Atlas on Wednesday from a distance of just 7,000 miles (11,000 kilometers) away, giving us our closest look at the goofy little moon.

    Atlas is just 19 miles (30 kilometers) across. Compare that to Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which is 3,200 miles (5,150 kilometers) across. Atlas has a distinctive central bulge, leading NASA to give it the "flying-saucer" moon nickname.

    Atlas has made cameo appearances in Cassini pictures before, where it can be seen hiding in Saturn's rings, dwarfed by its much larger brethren. Atlas bears a passing resemblance to another itsy-bitsy moon named Pan. Pan, however, looks more like a ravioli than a UFO.

    Cassini isn't long for this solar system. The NASA craft, which originally launched in 1997, is scheduled to end its mission later this year when it plunges into Saturn's atmosphere.

    https://www.cnet.com/uk/ }

    15-04-2017 om 00:46 geschreven door peter  

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    The Clipper Spacecraft Above Europa - Ver 2/B

    NASA Scientist Says Her Money Is on Europa for Alien Life

    There is now solid evidence that Jupiter’s moon Europa has plumes much like Saturn’s moon Enceladus, meaning the probability of an ocean beneath its surface is very likely. But, it won’t be until NASA’s Europa Clipper arrives that we’ll know for sure.

    In a news briefing on Thursday, NASA officials explained that there were two repeat occurrences of a single plume on Europa. The first was identified by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014 and the second, also identified by Hubble, was in 2016. Both plumes were in the same location, which also happened to be the very spot where the Galileo spacecraft detected a thermal hotspot in a close flyby.

    “Repeated behavior like this gives us faith in the observation,” said William Sparks, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. “It’s not proof, but it’s right at the limit of what Hubble can do.”

    This information makes the mission to Europa all the more thrilling because if there really is an ocean in the interior, there’s a real possibility of finding alien microbial life swimming around in it. The discovery of plumes on Europa also has NASA discussing the possibility of a probe to Enceladus, which has been found to have a number of icy, geyser-like plumes.

    But, Mary Voytek, a NASA astrobiologist, said, “My money is still on Europa.”

    This is because Enceladus has such high volumes of hydrogen and carbon dioxide that it could be that there is no life to absorb it. This would also explain why Europa doesn’t have as harsh plume activity.

    Another hint of life is the smoothing of both moon’s surfaces. Enceladus has large portions of what was once believed to be cratered terrain that has been smoothed over by the vapor. However, most of Enceladus is still covered in craters, leading NASA to believe it is much younger than Europa, which is entirely smooth.

    To explore the mysterious territory on Europa, the Clipper will be able to tell how thick or thin ice shelves are on the moon, use thermal imaging to see how hot areas are, especially near the plume location, and use an ultraviolet spectrometer, to find more plumes. It will even fly close enough to go through the plumes and take measurements.

    “We’re using everything in our arsenal to probe these ocean worlds we’ve just discovered,” said Jim Green, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA. “They are one of the best locations, we believe, that may harbor life one day.”

    Photos via Flickr / Kevin M. Gill

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    15-04-2017 om 00:21 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen."Houston, we have a problem": hét foute citaat van vorige eeuw - HLN.be

    "Houston, we have a problem": hét foute citaat van vorige eeuw - HLN.be

     Bron: Washington Post

    © nasa.

    'Houston, we have a problem'. Heel Amerika gebruikt al decennialang deze quote voor om het even wat er enigszins verkeerd loopt. Ook in onze contreien tiert de iconische uitspraak welig. Maar... er is inderdaad een probleem: ze klopt historisch gezien niet.

    Op 13 april 1970 - gisteren 47 jaar geleden - kreeg de Apollo 13 op weg naar de maan af te rekenen met een explosie aan boord. Een ernstig probleem uiteraard voor astronauten Jim Lovell (commandant), Jack Swigert (piloot van de commando-module) en Fred Haise (piloot van de maanlander). Swigert rapporteerde als eerste aan de basis op aarde: "Okay, Houson, we've had a problem here" (Oké, Houston, we hebben hier een probleem gehad). De controlekamer antwoordde: "This is Houston. Say again, please." (Houston hier, herhaal eens alsjeblief). Waarop Lovell in de ruimte overnam en zei: "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem".

    Dat is woordelijk het gesprek zoals het toen in werkelijkheid plaatsvond. Niemand zei dus "Houston, we hebben een probleem", maar wél "We hebben een probleem gehad". Een taalkundig nuanceverschil: de astronauten gaven zo aan dat het probleem achter hen lag, wat dan ook weer niet klopte, want de missie moest afgebroken worden.

    Volgens de Houston Chronicle is de foutieve quote te wijten aan de film 'Apollo 13' uit 1995 van regisseur Ron Howard. Acteur Tom Hanks spreekt daarin wel degelijk de zin 'Houston, we have a problem' uit, wat cinematografisch veel spannender is omdat het euvel zich - ook taalkundig - op dat moment nog altijd aan het afspelen is. Een van de scenaristen, William Broyles Jr., gaf toe dat hij daarom de historische melding wijzigde.

    Taalkundeprofessor Naomi S Baron zegt dat het bovendien logisch is dat in de film het woordje 'okay' werd weggelaten. Dat was wel nuttig voor de controlepost in Houston om hun aandacht te trekken maar niet meteen voor de filmkijker. Baron dacht overigens zelf altijd dat de uitspraak correct geciteerd werd, tot ze deze week door de Washington Post om haar linguïstische interpretatie werd gevraagd.

    De film met Tom Hanks is dus de schuldige? Toch niet. In 1983 was 'Houston, we have a problem' de titel van een wekelijkse radio-uitzending van NASA zelf. Maar ook dáár zou niet de oorsprong van de aangepaste quote liggen. De zinsnede gaat nóg verder terug in de tijd. In 1974 al bracht Universal Television een tv-film uit over de missie van de Apollo 13. Aan de Washington Post zei de ontgoochelde astronaut Lovell daarover dat die "fictief" was en "van slechte smaak getuigde". De titel van de tv-film? Die luidde: "Houston, we have a problem".

    NOG 5 ANDERE BEROEMDE 'MISQUOTES'

    1. 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'.

    Iconische uitspraak van de eerste man op de maan (missie Apollo 11), Neil Armstrong, in 1969. Maar de astronaut beweerde achteraf zelf iets licht verschillends gezegd te hebben: "That's one small step for a man..." Semantisch belangrijk, want in de meest geciteerde versie zijn 'man' en 'mankind' synoniemen en dus betekenen die woorden eigenlijk niet zo veel.


    2. 'Het doel heiligt de middelen':

    toegeschreven aan de Italiaanse politicus en filosoof Niccolò Machiavelli. Maar het is nergens terug te vinden in zijn geschriften. Wél iets als: "Je moet het eindresultaat voor ogen houden".


    3. 'Beam me up, Scotty'.

    Uit Star Trek, maar in de originele reeks is die letterlijke zin nergens te vinden. Komen wél voor: 'Scotty, beam us up, fast', 'Beam us up', 'Beam me up' en 'Scotty, beam me up'.


    4. 'Elementary, my dear Watson'.

    Sherlock Holmes zegt dit in geen enkel verhaal of roman van Conan Doyle letterlijk zo. P.G. Wodehouse schreef het wel in zijn roman Psmith Journalist uit 1915.

    5. 'Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je me battrai jusqu'à la mort pour que vous ayez le droit de le dire'.

    Beroemd citaat van Voltaire, maar de Franse filosoof heeft dat nooit zo geschreven. Vertaling: "Ik ben het niet eens met wat je zegt, maar ik zal het recht om het te zeggen tot de dood toe verdedigen". Het komt uit een boek over Voltaire.

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    15-04-2017 om 00:10 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Heetwaterbronnen op Saturnusmaan Enceladus maken leven mogelijk - HLN.be

    Heetwaterbronnen op Saturnusmaan Enceladus maken leven mogelijk - HLN.be

    Bron: Science

    © NASA.

    Op Enceladus, de zesde maan van Saturnus, zijn onderzeese heetwaterbronnen ontdekt die damppluimen met waterstofmoleculen het heelal inspuiten. Enceladus heeft zo "sommige van de ingrediënten die nodig zijn voor een leefbare omgeving", aldus NASA. Kortom: buitenaards leven is er in principe mogelijk. Enceladus en Jupiters maan Europa zijn de twee oceaanwerelden in ons zonnestelsel waar de kans op buitenaards leven het grootst is.

    De waterstofgassen moéten volgens wetenschappers wel een energiebronnen als oorsprong hebben in de kilometers diepe oceaan die zich onder het bevroren ijsoppervlak van Enceladus bevindt. 

    In 2004 ontdekte de planeetverkenner Cassini al een soort van geisers die dampen spoten vanuit de oceaan door scheuren in het ijs. Op 28 oktober 2015 vloog Cassini dwars door die geiserdampen en kon zo meten dat ze onder meer watersof bevatten. Wetenschappers gaan ervan uit dat de hydrothermale bronnen op de bodem van de oceaan de waterstofmoleculen doen ontstaan door reacties van het hete water met mineralen in de bodem. Ook chemische methaan kan zo ontstaan en zou micro-organismen kunnen ondersteunen.

    Op onze planeet staat dat soort van gelijkaardige bronnen alvast garant voor allerlei leven, dat geen zonlicht behoeft. Dat zou dus ook mogelijk kunnen zijn op de Saturnusmaan. Maar bewijs van buitenaards leven op de Enceladus is er nog niet gevonden.

    Lees ook

    Een beeld van Enceladus vanuit ruimtetuig Cassini.
     © reuters.
    © NASA.

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    14-04-2017 om 23:56 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO-jagers spotten 500 meter lang object voor kust Antarctica

    UFO-jagers spotten 500 meter lang object voor kust van Antarctica

    UFO-jagers hebben voor de kust van Antarctica een 500 meter lang object gespot, zo schrijft de Britse Daily Mail.

    Volgens sommigen gaat het om een buitenaardse basis die verborgen ligt onder het ijs.

    Het object, dat is gespot op Google Earth, lijkt op het eerste gezicht op een groot stuk ijs dat zich heeft losgemaakt van het continent.

    Perfecte plek

    “Ik ben geen ijsberg-expert, maar dit object ziet er heel vreemd uit,” aldus de website UFO Sightings Hotspot. “Het lijkt te gaan om een vaartuig dat vermomd is als ijsberg.”

    Voor de meeste mensen is Antarctica een kale woestenij, maar volgens UFO-jagers is het continent de perfecte plek voor buitenaardse bases.

    Vreemd pad

    De site vergeleek foto’s die in 1984, 1990 en 2013 van de plek zijngemaakt.

    In 1984 is nog geen ijsberg te zien, in 1990 is een vreemd pad onder het wateroppervlak te zien en in 2013 verschijnt de vreemde ijsberg.

    Zes vormen

    Volgens de website past deze ijsberg in geen van de bestaande categorieën. Er zijn grofweg zes vormen te herkennen:

    • Koepel, ijsberg met een koepelvorm.
    • Ananas, deze heeft een aantal uitsteeksels.
    • Wig, aan de ene kant een steile wand en aan de andere een glooiende helling.
    • Droogdok, twee delen die alleen onder water aan elkaar verbonden zijn.
    • Brug, een variant van het droogdok, waarbij de twee delen zowel boven als onder water met elkaar verbonden zijn.
    • Blok, naar verhouding plat met een steile helling langs alle zijden.

    De coördinaten zijn als volgt: 72°43’13.53″Z 78°40’21.56″W.

    [MailOnline]

    14-04-2017 om 23:47 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO-Like Strange Clouds Returning to Wyoming


    By now most people have had about enough of the winter the skies that blanket Wyoming each time a front moves through. But as we move into spring, and then summer, the types of cloud formations that we see begin to change. A few are unique to Wyoming.

    Some of the regional clouds might explain the occasional Wyoming UFO sighting. The website Astronomy Picture Of The Day posted a strange disc-like shape moving across the sky, with a tail that almost made it look like a comet. According to National UFO Reporting Center State Report Index For WY, people were actually reporting weather anomalies.

    The weather chasers called Base Hunters captured the massive hanging and ominous dark cloud in the video, above. It caused quite a stir, both locally and online when a thunderstorm developed into a supercell near Clareton, Wyoming.

    Massive thunderstorms, called supercells, are most common across the great planes and generally cause two reactions: 1. ‘WOW I have to stand here and watch this!” Which quickly becomes 2., “WOW – Why am I still standing here?”

    Some clouds are mostly not clouds. A weather event called virga happens when a smaller cloud starts dumping rain before it ever had a chance to build into a thunder storm. You know virga when you see long wisps of bending mist pouring out of the bottom of the cloud and reaching toward the ground, but never quite making it.

    There will be a lot of interesting things to see in the Wyoming sky this summer. As Jack Horkheimer used to say, “Just keep looking up.”

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    14-04-2017 om 23:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.How Would NASA Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus?

    How Would NASA Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus?

    NASA hasn't planned any follow-on missions for Enceladus, but it could be selected for a current or future round of planetary missions.

    An image taken survey conducted by the Cassini imaging science team of the geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus.
    |NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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    14-04-2017 om 23:37 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA's Extraterrestrial Oceanography --"Hydrothermal Activity On Saturn's Enceladus Similar to That in Earth's Oceans"

    NASA's Extraterrestrial Oceanography --"Hydrothermal Activity On Saturn's Enceladus Similar to That in Earth's Oceans"

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    "The amount of molecular hydrogen we detected is high enough to support microbes similar to those that live near hydrothermal vents on Earth," said SwRI's Dr. Christopher Glein, a co-author on the paper and a pioneer of extraterrestrial chemical oceanography. "If similar organisms are present in Enceladus, they could 'burn' the hydrogen to obtain energy for chemosynthesis, which could conceivably serve as a foundation for a larger ecosystem."

    Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have discovered hydrogen gas in the plume of material erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicates that the hydrogen is best explained by chemical reactions between the moon's rocky core and warm water from its subsurface ocean. The SwRI-led team's discovery suggests that Enceladus' ocean floor could include features analogous to hydrothermal vents on Earth, which are known to support life on the seafloor.

    "Hydrogen is a source of chemical energy for microbes that live in the Earth's oceans near hydrothermal vents," said SwRI's Dr. Hunter Waite, principal investigator of Cassini's Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS). "Our results indicate the same chemical energy source is present in the ocean of Enceladus. We have not found evidence of the presence of microbial life in the ocean of Enceladus, but the discovery of hydrogen gas and the evidence for ongoing hydrothermal activity offer a tantalizing suggestion that habitable conditions could exist beneath the moon's icy crust."

    Waite is the lead author of "Cassini Finds Molecular Hydrogen in the Enceladus Plume: Evidence for Hydrothermal Processes," published in the April 14, 2017, issue of the journal Science.

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    On the Earth's ocean floor, hydrothermal vents emit hot, mineral-laden fluid, allowing unique ecosystems teeming with unusual creatures to thrive. Microbes that convert mineral-laden fluid into metabolic energy make these ecosystems possible.

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    During Cassini's close flyby of Enceladus on Oct. 28, 2015, INMS detected molecular hydrogen as the spacecraft flew through the plume of gas and ice grains spewing from cracks on the surface. Previous flybys provided evidence for a global subsurface ocean residing above a rocky core. Molecular hydrogen in the plumes could serve as a marker for hydrothermal processes, which could provide the chemical energy necessary to support life. To search for hydrogen specifically native to Enceladus, the spacecraft flew particularly close to the surface and operated INMS in a specific mode to minimize and quantify any spurious sources.

    "We developed new operations methods for INMS for Cassini's final flight through Enceladus' plume," said SwRI's Rebecca Perryman, the INMS operations technical lead. "We conducted extensive simulations, data analyses, and laboratory tests to identify background sources of hydrogen, allowing us to quantify just how much molecular hydrogen was truly originating from Enceladus itself."

    Scientists also considered other sources of hydrogen from the moon itself, such as a preexisting reservoir in the ice shell or global ocean. Analysis determined that it was unlikely that the observed hydrogen was acquired during the formation of Enceladus or from other processes on the moon's surface or in the interior.

    "Everything indicates that the hydrogen originates in the moon's rocky core," Waite said. "We considered various ways hydrogen could leach from the rock and found that the most plausible source is ongoing hydrothermal reactions of rock containing reduced minerals and organic materials."

    The Daily Galaxy via SWRI

    Image top of page: With thanks to space artist Joe Bergeron.

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    MUFON asked to investigate Orangeville UFO sighting

    by Chris Halliday

    UFO sighting

    According to a report of a UFO sighting received by MUFON, an unidentified person saw a “silent camouflage aircraft” above the skies of Orangeville at about 9 p.m. on March 28.

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    The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is being asked to investigate a strange sighting in Orangeville.

    According to a report of a UFO sighting received by MUFON, an unidentified person saw a “silent camouflage aircraft” above the skies of Orangeville at about 9 p.m. on March 28.

    “Every night around that time I take my dog for a walk. I take him to on the train tracks down the road and I usually stare at stars and satellites,” the witness reported.

    “About 15 minutes in, I noticed something that looked like a faint letter 8 horizontally with no sound or visible light,” the person added. “As it moved from northwest to east at a steady pace, it appeared to bend the light of the stars as it moved.”

    The witness claims the event lasted a duration of about two minutes. No other details about the Orangeville UFO sighting were made available in the MUFON report.

    As one of the oldest and largest civilian UFO-investigative organizations in the United States, MUFON has received five reports of UFO sightings in Orangeville from 2004 to 2017.

    About seven years ago, MUFON’s was asked to investigate after a person reportedly saw a UFO being chased by a military aircraft near Orangeville in October of 2010. In August of 2015, a witness claimed to have seen a large "glowing object" hovering in the air for about 10 minutes.

    According to the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey, an annual report compiled by the Canadian organization Ufology Research, there were 1,131 UFO sightings in 2016. That's a drop from the 1,267 reported the previous year.

    Across the country, 21 per cent of last year's reports were considered to have probable explanations while 74 per cent were insufficient, which was a big reversal from the previous year's report where 66 per cent were probable and 20 per cent considered insufficient. The report notes that's because of a "more rigorous evaluation process" this year.

    About four per cent were considered unexplained, which the report says is the lowest in its 28 years, but does note that classification doesn't imply alien visitation.

    "Each case may still have an explanation following further investigation. And, of those that remain unexplained, they may (stay) unexplained but still are not incontrovertible proof of extraterrestrial intervention or some mysterious natural phenomenon," reads the report.

    To learn more about the five UFO sightings reported to MUFON in Orangeville, visit mufon.com. To read the Canadian UFO Survey’s 2016 annual report, visit survey.canadianuforeport.com.

    — With files from the Mississauga News and Independent and Free Press

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    NASA Finds Food Source for Possible Extraterrestrial Life
    The vapor plumes emitted by a moon of Saturn contain molecular hydrogen
    By Michael Harthorne,  Newser Staff
    This photo provided by NASA shows water vapor jets emitted from the southern polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus. 
      (AP Photo/NASA, JPL, Caltec, Space Science Institute)

    (NEWSER) Scientists have found a potential food source for microbes on one of Saturn's tiny moons—and that could dramatically increase the chance of finding life beyond Earth, CBC reports. In a research paper published Thursday in Science, NASA reveals its Cassini spacecraft discovered molecular hydrogen in the plumes of vapor that erupt into space from the huge ocean sitting below Enceladus' layer of ice. The plumes themselves are evidence of hydrothermal vents in Enceladus' ocean. On Earth, microbial life thrives near such vents and feeds on molecular hydrogen. On Enceladus, Saturn's sixth largest moon, that molecular hydrogen would be formed by reactions between hot water and rock, Space.com reports.

    Hunter Waite, lead author of the paper, says the discovery has them "very excited," and NASA's director of planetary science tells the New York Times there's a "tremendous opportunity" to "see if there's life" on Enceladus, which is now believed to have all the components need for life, including organics, water, and an energy source. Astronomers believe similar conditions also exist on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. This discovery is just the latest made by the spacecraft Cassini, which will end its two-decade mission in September when it destroys itself by plunging into Saturn. (NASA recently found seven Earth-sized planets.)

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    UFO sightings amongst Freedom of Information requests sent to Kilkenny County Council in past year

    Councillors and council officials expenses were also included in the questions asked.

    Kilkenny County Council got some interesting requests presented to them under the freedom of information act since January 2016.

    Among those was any communication made to the department from members of the public with regard to UFO’s, UFO sightings or incidents of a similar nature.

    The request was made by a Journalist in January of this year, but was refused by the local authority.

    Another request that was refused was when a business asked for a list of common areas in the city for parking which do not require or need a parking disc or ticket.

    In 2016 the council were asked to release the total amount of money spent for paying celebrities to attend events from 2013 – 2016. This request was also refused.

    Among the requests granted under the freedom of information act was the total amount spent on public notices in newspapers and the breakdown of payments to companies for translating services.

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    14-04-2017 om 17:37 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Cloud Orb Over Istanbul, Turkey In Broad Day Light, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Cloud Orb Over Istanbul, Turkey In Broad Day Light, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: April 2017
    Location of sighting: Istanbul, Turkey

    This UFO was only noticed because of its white cloud like appearance and the deep blue, cloudless sky behind it. The conditions were perfect for cloud orb hunting. They are hard to catch, even for an expert and may take weeks of hunting to catch a great one, but once you catch your first, your confidence grows, you give up less easily and you soon find another  not long after. Istanbul is no stranger to UFOs, being one of the oldest cultural sites on Earth, aliens find it fascinating how an older culture could still exist in this modern age.

    Scott C. Waring
     

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    14-04-2017 om 17:17 geschreven door peter  

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    Forestry Worker Experienced Chilly Morning With Aliens In Scotland

    Auckland-ufo

    More than 30 years ago, forestry worker Robert Taylor claimed to have experienced a chilly November morning. What had happened on that morning has baffled all who have investigated the case, including the police, who consider it unexplained and keep the file open.

    He arrived with his company-owned pickup truck as usual with his Irish red setter Larah. He walked down into the forest then rounded the path into a clearing. Suddenly, he saw what he described as a large dome-shaped object that left him to astonish. The size of the unusual object was around 20 to 30 feet circumference floating just 15 feet over the grassy surface, as Robert described.

    Interestingly, the UFO seemed to disappear around the edges. The witness said that it somewhat dematerialized, which enabled him to see the trees behind the strange object, then solidified again. As he observed the event, two items that resembled WWII sea mines dropped from beneath the UFO and rolled towards him. However, before they reached him, he smelled like burning brake lines and heard a loud swishing noise.

    As the “mines” rolled across, rods came out of them and attached themselves to his hips. They then pulled him towards the object.

    After the pulling incident, Robert said that he lost consciousness and was not sure of the duration, but believed it could only have been for a minute or two.

    When he got back for being conscious, the objects were nowhere to be found but left marks and holes on the ground. According to the investigations, there were over 20 triangular or circular indentations in the grass. Robert had an incredible thirst moments later. He also had a nasty graze on his chin and forehead.

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    14-04-2017 om 17:05 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Scientist Measures Brightness of the Universe with New Horizons Spacecraft

    Scientist Measures Brightness of the Universe with New Horizons Spacecraft

    Artist's impression of the New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (JHUAPL/SwRI)
    Images taken by NASA’s New Horizons mission on its way to Pluto, and now the Kuiper Belt, have given scientists an unexpected tool for measuring the brightness of all the galaxies in the universe, said a Rochester Institute of Technology researcher in a paper published this week in Nature Communications.
    In the study, “Measurement of the Cosmic Optical Background using the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager on New Horizons,” lead author Michael Zemcov used archival data from the instrument onboard New Horizons—the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, or LORRI—to measure visible light from other galaxies. The light shining beyond the Milky Way is known as the cosmic optical background. Zemcov’s findings give an upper limit to the amount of light in the cosmic optical background.
    “Determining how much light comes from all the galaxies beyond our own Milky Way galaxy has been a stubborn challenge in observational astrophysics,” said Zemcov, assistant professor in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy and member of RIT’s Center for Detectors and Future Photon Initiative.
    Light from the cosmic optical background can reveal the number and location of stars, how galaxies work and give insights into the peculiar nature of exotic physical processes, such as light that may be produced when dark matter decays. Dark matter is the invisible substance thought to comprise 85 percent of matter in the universe.
    “This result shows some of the promise of doing astronomy from the outer solar system,” Zemcov said. “What we’re seeing is that the optical background is completely consistent with the light from galaxies and we don’t see a need for a lot of extra brightness; whereas previous measurements from near the Earth need a lot of extra brightness. The study is proof that this kind of measurement is possible from the outer solar system, and that LORRI is capable of doing it.”
    Spacecraft in the outer solar system give scientists virtual front-row seats for observing the cosmic optical background. The faint light from distant galaxies is hard to see from the inner solar system because it is polluted by the brightness of sunlight reflected off interplanetary dust in the inner solar system.
    Cosmic dust is sooty bits of rock and small debris that moved, over time, from the outer solar system toward the sun. Scientists launching experiments on sounding rockets and satellites must account for the dust that makes the Earth’s atmosphere many times brighter than the cosmic optical background.
    NASA’s New Horizons mission has been funded through 2021, and Zemcov is hopeful for the chance to use Long Range Reconnaissance Imager to re-measure the brightness of the cosmic optical background.
    “NASA sends missions to the outer solar system once a decade or so,” Zemcov said. “What they send is typically going to planets and the instruments onboard are designed to look at them, not to do astrophysics. Measurements could be designed to optimize this technique while LORRI is still functioning.”
    Zemcov’s method harkens back to NASA’s first long distance missions Pioneer 10 and 11 in 1972 and 1974. Light detectors on the instruments measured the brightness of objects outside the Milky Way and made the first direct benchmark of the cosmic optical background.
    “With a carefully designed survey, we should be able to produce a definitive measurement of the diffuse light in the local universe and a tight constraint on the light from galaxies in the optical wavebands,” Zemcov said.
    Archived data from New Horizon’s Long Range Reconnaissance Imager show “the power of LORRI for precise low-foreground measurements of the cosmic optical background,” Zemcov wrote in the paper.
    Chi Nguyen, a Ph.D. student in RIT’s astrophysical sciences and technology program, mined data sets from New Horizons’ 2006 launch, Jupiter fly-by and cruise phase. She isolated four different spots on the sky between Jupiter and Uranus, captured in 20
    07, 2008 and 2010, that met their criteria: looking away from the solar system and looking out the galaxy.
    Poppy Immel, an undergraduate majoring in math and computer science, generated the data cuts and determined the photometric calibration of the instrument. Other co-authors include Asantha Cooray from University of California Irvine; Carey Lisee from Johns Hopkins University; and Andrew Poppe from UC Berkeley. Zemcov is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Hunt for Why We Exist Turns to Weird Atomic Decay

    Hunt for Why We Exist Turns to Weird Atomic Decay

    Hunt for Why We Exist Turns to Weird Atomic Decay
    The germanium detector array is being lowered into the liquid argon. The physicists wanted to see if this germanium-76 ever decays without releasing the neutrinos — neutrinoless double-beta decay.
    Credit: M. Heisel/GERDA collaboration

    A never-before-seen type of radioactivity could explain why matter, including humans, exists today. And now a team of physicists has launched an experiment to find the oddball phenomenon.

    When the universe first formed some 13.7 billion years ago, current theories say that equal amounts of matter and its bizarre cousin, antimatter, should have been produced during the Big Bang. Physicists know that when the two come into contact, they annihilate each other — poof. If that were the case, though, nothing should exist except photons and neutrinos. And yet, here we are. Calculations show there was a tiny bit more matter than antimatter — enough so that things exist — but why? 

    One way to explain this matter-antimatter asymmetry is to look for some difference between the two, besides charge, that could explain matter's advantage. It's a big question in contemporary physics, because otherwise matter and antimatter should, per contemporary theories, behave the same way. [The 18 Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics]

    In this new study, physicists are seeking so-called neutrinoless double-beta decay. Normally, some radioactive atoms' unstable nuclei will lose a neutron via beta decay — the neutron transforms into a proton by releasing an electron and a tiny particle called an electron antineutrino. A mirror image can also occur, in which a proton turns into a neutron, releasing a positron and an electron neutrino — the normal-matter counterpart to the antineutrino. Double-beta decay happens when two electrons and two antineutrinos (the antimatter counterparts of neutrinos) are released: basically, the beta decay happens twice. Scientists have long theorized a neutrinoless version of this process — something that would suggest that the two neutrinos annihilated each other before being released from the atom. Essentially, the neutrino behaves as its own antimatter sibling.

    (Particles of matter that are their own antiparticles are called Majorana fermions, after the Italian physicist Ettore Majorana, who hypothesized their existence in 1937.)

    If neutrinos and antineutrinos behave differently from each other, that could help to explain why all matter wasn't annihilated at the instant the universe formed. [5 Elusive Particles That May Lurk in the Universe]

    Finding this odd event though, is hard to do, because there's so much background "noise," said Bernhard Schwingenheuer, the spokesman for the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) collaboration. The background "noise" comes largely from cosmic rays.

    In the experiment, physicists had to account for background noise, mostly from cosmic rays. So they covered the inner walls of the water tank surrounding the liquid argon with a reflecting foil to improve light detection and allow for the identification of cosmic muons (formed when cosmic rays interact with Earth's atmosphere).
    In the experiment, physicists had to account for background noise, mostly from cosmic rays. So they covered the inner walls of the water tank surrounding the liquid argon with a reflecting foil to improve light detection and allow for the identification of cosmic muons (formed when cosmic rays interact with Earth's atmosphere).
    Credit: K. Freund/GERDA collaboration

    So the physicists turned to GERDA. Nestled in an underground lab in Italy, the GERDA experiment consists of detectors in a bath of liquid argon that is enriched with the isotope germanium-76, which is mildly radioactive. It has a half-life of 1.78 x 1021 years (or 1.78 billion trillion years) — meaning that it takes that amount of time for half of its atoms to turn into selenium, which is many orders of magnitude longer than the universe's 14-billion-year age.

    Usually, germanium will emit two electrons and two electron antineutrinos — the ordinary double-beta process — when it transforms via its slow decay. The physicists wanted to see if this ever happens without releasing the neutrinos: the long-sought neutrinoless double-beta decay.

    With such a long half-life, one might think it would take too long to see this happen, but a half-life is a probabilistic phenomenon. This is why the experimenters used some 84 lbs. of germanium mixed with the liquid argon: that yields about 4.5 x 1025 (or 45 trillion trillion) atoms, which means at least a few of them should undergo the decay while scientists are watching.

    The GERDA team gathered data for about seven months, from December 2015 until June 2016. They didn't find the decay, but they could put a lower limit on how often the decay happens: It has a half-life of 5.3 x 1025years, which means you'd have a 50-50 chance of seeing a single atom do it in that amount of time.

    If they find it, that would mean that neutrinos are their own antiparticle, like photons — the neutrinoless decay couldn't happen unless that were the case. It also means that this kind of radioactive decay is not symmetrical. Recall that beta decay has a mirror image — either electrons and antineutrinos or positrons and neutrinos are emitted. If the double-beta decay isn't symmetrical, that means that neutrinos and antineutrinos behave differently. This isn't true of other kinds of particle-antiparticle pairs, as far as anyone knows.

    This phenomenon would affect the Standard Model, which has been a wildly successful way to describe particle physics, but it's clearly incomplete. The model predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle. However, Schwingenheuer noted that there is evidence that neutrinos have a tiny mass (only discovered in 1998, which won the Nobel in 2015) and that dark matter exists — indicating that the Standard Model isn't the last word.

    "If neutrinoless double-beta decay is observed, it helps solve a couple of problems," said Philip Barbeau, an assistant professor of physics at Duke University in an email to Live Science. "For one, it helps to explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. It also helps explain why neutrino masses are so surprisingly small. We would also get an idea of the neutrino masses as well, as the decay rate is related to the mass scale of the neutrinos."

    The question then becomes what kind of physics lies beyond it. The GERDA experiment has yet to reveal the decay that the researchers seek, but that doesn't mean it won't in the future, Schwingenheuer said. And it would be difficult to rule it out entirely, because it's possible that the timescale is just longer than they think. Right now, they've set a lower limit on the half-life for this decay, but further experimental runs could push that number up.

    As for what happens if they don't see the odd decay after many runs, Barbeau said it might not be a deal breaker for new models. "We don't go back to the drawing board from the point of view of the underlying theories. We just won't know whether neutrinos are Majorana or not."

    The research is detailed in the April 6 issue of the journal Nature.

    Original article on Live Science.

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    NASA Says Saturn’s Moon Has “The Ingredients Necessary For a Habitable Environment”

    by Karla Lant

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    This set of images from NASA's Cassini mission shows how the gravitational pull of Saturn affects the amount of spray coming from jets at the active moon Enceladus.
    Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Cornell/SSI

    A New Discovery

    NASA just released evidence that a liquid water ocean that could support life lies beneath the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The agency reports that the world has many of the “ingredients needed for a habitable environment.”

    Thanks to Cassini, organic chemicals—carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur—which are the basic building blocks of life, were seen spraying forth from the “tiger stripe” cracks on the cold surface of the moon.

    Additionally, in the paper published in Science, which comes from researchers on the Cassini mission, it was revealed that molecular hydrogen, which NASA notes, “could potentially provide a chemical energy source for life,” is pouring into the ocean on Enceladus via hydrothermal vents on the seafloor.

    It has almost all of the ingredients you would need to support life as we know it.

    In an interview with The Washington Post, Peter Girguis, a deep sea biologist at Harvard who is not associated with the research, noted the significance in relation to discovering microbial life: “For a microbiologist thinking about energy for microbes, hydrogen is like the gold coin of energy currency. If you had to have one thing, one chemical compound, coming out of a vent that would lead you to think there’s energy to support microbial life, hydrogen is at the top of that list.”

    “Confirmation that the chemical energy for life exists within the ocean of a small moon of Saturn is an important milestone in our search for habitable worlds beyond Earth,” added Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a NASA press release. “We now know that Enceladus has almost all of the ingredients you would need to support life as we know it on Earth,” she continued.

    Water Means Life

    To clarify, water, which supports and cradles life on Earth, is abundant in our solar system. As University of Michigan planetary scientist Sushil Atreya told Scientific American, water is necessary for life-as-we-know-it for a number of important reasons: “Liquid water acts as a solvent, as a medium and as a catalyst for certain types of proteins, and those are three main things that allow life to flourish.”

    Indeed, everywhere that we find water on Earth, we find life—and enough water appears to be on this world, and in the proper conditions, that it seems likely that we will find alien life there.

    “The way the jets react so responsively to changing stresses on Enceladus suggests they have their origins in a large body of liquid water,” Christophe Sotin co-author and Cassini team member said in the NASA release. “Liquid water was key to the development of life on Earth, so these discoveries whet the appetite to know whether life exists everywhere water is present” (pun, probably, intended).

    “Although we can’t detect life, we’ve found that there’s a food source there for it. It would be like a candy store for microbes,” said Hunter Waite, lead author of the Cassini study.

    In a statement, Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at Headquarters in Washington, succinctly summarized the significance of the find: “This is the closest we’ve come, so far, to identifying a place with some of the ingredients needed for a habitable environment. These results demonstrate the interconnected nature of NASA’s science missions that are getting us closer to answering whether we are indeed alone or not.”

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    13-04-2017
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA: Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has All the Basic Ingredients for Life
    Illustration showing Cassini above the plumes of Enceladus.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    NASA: Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has All the Basic Ingredients for Life

    Well, what are we waiting for?

    DAVID NIELD

    NASA scientists have found more evidence that Saturn's icy moon Enceladuscould support life: the presence of hydrogen molecules in huge geysers of water shooting up from the surface.

    The discovery of this chemical energy source means Enceladus is currently the very best place to look for life outside of Earth, with conditions that could be just right for alien microbes to survive.

    "This is the closest we've come, so far, to identifying a place with some of the ingredients needed for a habitable environment," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

    We've got the Cassini spacecraft to thank for the new findings, as the probe has been busy taking measurements around Saturn and Enceladus since 2004.

    An analysis of the samples Cassini took two years ago, as it flew through the geysers of Enceladus, have now revealed these tell-tale hydrogen molecules.

    The hydrogen strongly suggests that hydrothermal activity is going on in the ocean below the surface of Enceladus, and because some of the most basic lifeforms on Earth thrive in ocean vents like the ones Cassini has been flying over, the same type of life could exist on Saturn's moon.

    "This doesn't tell us whether life is there or not," astronomer Jonathan Lunine, from the Cornell Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, told Gizmodo.

    "It just makes the case for the ocean being able to support life that much stronger."

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    We've suspected for a while that water is being heated below the surface of Enceladus, but the presence of hydrogen just about confirms it: the reaction of certain minerals with hot rocks is the most likely explanation for the large amounts of hydrogen found by Cassini. 

    Meanwhile, the hydrogen discovery also makes it more likely that methane is being produced from carbon dioxide on the moon, a process known as methanogenesis.

    The hydrogen and the methanogenesis could well provide a food source for microbes, experts think, in the same way it does on Earth.

    In other words, Earth's microbes could probably live on Enceladus.

    But, the hydrogen is so abundant that it might also mean there are no microbes around to eat it up, NASA said in its press conference today, or that microbes are there but only in a very small number.

    For the time being we just don't know – but the ingredients for life are there, based on the research published today.

    "The discovery of native molecular hydrogen [H2] completes the set of what I would call the 'basic' requirements for life as we know it: liquid water, organic molecules, minerals, and an accessible source of 'free' energy," Lunine explained to Gizmodo.

    "The H2 discovery completes the case for going back to Enceladus to look for life."

    At the same time, scientists working with the Hubble telescope say they've found more evidence that another of Jupiter's moons, Europa, is spurting out watery jets of its own, giving us yet another potential spot where life might develop.

    Researchers have suggested Europa has geysers of its own before, but this latest evidence is more compelling. For the time being though, Enceladus remains the most promising place to look for life.

    Sadly, we soon have to say goodbye to Cassini after all the fantastic work it's been doing in studying Saturn and its moons.

    The spacecraft will crash into Saturn in September, after a job well done.

    The findings have now been published in Science.

    http://www.sciencealert.com/ }

    13-04-2017 om 23:59 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ROSWELL UFO: Truman's secret crash site debrief, his body double, and the 'cover-up'

    ROSWELL UFO: Truman's secret crash site debrief, his body double, and the 'cover-up'

    PRESIDENT Harry Truman visited the site of an alleged flying saucer crash in Roswell, New Mexico, to ensure that the "incident" was covered up from the world. it has shockingly been claimed.

    Truman-Roswell

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    William Sells (top left), Major Edwin Easley (bottom left) and President Truman (right).

    UFO investigators are looking at claims that President Truman and his personal bodyguard secretly visited the scene in July 1947, and were promised by a leading military official that there would be no trace left of the crash.

    The Roswell myth has been at the heart of the UFO scene since in July 1947 the military sensationally announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the desert nearby.

    But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.

    Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which along with the wreckage were then taken to the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.

    The conspiracy theories surrounding the events remain today.

    The allegations were yesterday made to the US-based Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), which keeps a global database of alleged UFO and alien sightings.

    It carries out investigations into some of the reports it receives. 

    In the report to MUFON an unnamed source said: "My Uncle was personal bodyguard to Harry S Truman in 1947. 

    "They both went to Roswell at the insistence of President Truman in July 1947 after sneaking out of White House disguised as press. 

    "My uncle said they met a Major Easley at crash site. 

    "Major Easley promised the President that nothing from the crash would remain."

    Express.co.uk discovered a man has made similar claims on Facebook.

    William Sells, from Noblesville, Indiana, whose profile says he is a retired "specialist" at the National Security Agency (NSA), said his uncle Wayne Schell had been personal bodyguard to President Truman, and had told him in the 1960s about the secret operation, which involved the use of a "double" of President Truman.

    They both went to Roswell at the insistence of President Truman in July 1947 after sneaking out of White House disguised as press.

    Report to MUFON

    Mr Sells says he also previously held a "top-secret SI crypto clearance from the NSA."

    He posted: "Harry and him left the White House in disguise to the crash site after Truman saw debris at Andrews Air Force Base (in Prince George's County, Maryland).

    "The secret service instituted Operation Doppelganger and provided Harry Truman's double to make sure the press was unaware of Harry's real location. 

    "At first I did not believe him (Mr Schell) until we opened his military footlocker in his bedroom after his death around 1969. 

    "In there were letters from FDR and Truman along with glossy photos of the Yalta Conference with Churchill, Stalin and FDR."

    He said his uncle lived in Middletown, Indiana, and ran a dairy farm after his secret service work. 

    He added: "He told me that Roswell was extraterrestrial and that the military swept the site. 

    "They met a Major named Edward Easley at the site and he promised Truman that nothing would remain and nothing would be said."

    Express.co.uk could find no other record of a Wayne Schell linked to President Truman.

    It is well documented, and among UFO circles, that Major Edwin Easley was the provost marshal at the Roswell Army Air Field at the time of the alleged crash and that he was responsible for base security.

    Conspiracy theorists claim that dead aliens were found in the wreckage of the alleged crashed flying saucer but they were secretly hidden at a US air force base.

    http://www.express.co.uk/ }

    13-04-2017 om 23:48 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Gaat de NASA vanavond de aankondiging van de eeuw doen?
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    Gaat de NASA vanavond de aankondiging van de eeuw doen?

    De Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA gaat om 20.00 uur Nederlandse tijd nieuwe bevindingen presenteren over oceaanwerelden, manen en planeten met ondergrondse oceanen, in ons zonnestelsel.

    Op de website van de NASA staat te lezen:

    NASA zal nieuwe resultaten bespreken over oceaanwerelden in ons zonnestelsel van het ruimtevaartuig Cassini en de Hubble-ruimtetelescoop.

    De nieuwe ontdekkingen helpen bij de toekomstige verkenningen, inclusief NASA’s aanstaande missie Europa Clipper, die in 2020 gelanceerd moet worden, en de verdere zoektocht naar leven buiten de aarde.

    Beste kans

    Er wordt druk gespeculeerd over wat de ontdekking of ontdekkingen zouden kunnen zijn. Bekend is dat Jupitermaan Europa één van de meest waarschijnlijke plekken is om buitenaards leven te vinden.

    Als op die maan vloeibaar water aanwezig is, is de kans groot dat er leven is. Het oppervlak van de maan bestaat uit ijs, maar onder het ijs vermoedt men een vloeibare oceaan van water.

    “Europa is de beste kans op buitenaards leven in ons zonnestelsel,” aldus professor Britney Schmidt van het Georgia Institute of Technology, die meewerkt aan Europa Clipper.

    Aankondiging van de eeuw

    Er wordt ook gedacht dat er leven mogelijk is op Mars, maar de kans bestaat dat de rode planeet alleen in het verleden bewoonbaar is geweest.

    “De vraag is of we een planeet willen bestuderen die misschien ooit bewoonbaar was of iets willen bestuderen wat op dit moment bewoond kan zijn,” aldus Schmidt.

    Wie weet gaat de NASA vanavond de aankondiging van de eeuw doen met bewijs dat er buiten de aarde leven bestaat.

    [VTM]

    13-04-2017 om 23:28 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.GROTE UFO DAALT AF IN MEXICAANSE VULKAAN ( VIDEO )

    GROTE UFO DAALT AF IN MEXICAANSE VULKAAN ( VIDEO )

    Al jaren verschijnen er in Mexico vreemde vliegende objecten nabij of zelfs in de krater van de beroemde Popocatépetl vulkaan. 

    Deze potentiële vuurspuger vormt een soort tweeling met een andere vulkaan waar we eigenlijk nooit wat over horen, tot vandaag dan. 



    Namen van deze vulkanen moet je niet proberen uit te spreken als je een wijntje hebt gedronken, want dan breek je waarschijnlijk je tong. 

    Zeker als het gaat over de satellietvulkaan van de Popocatépetl. 

    De Iztaccíhuatl of Ixtaccíhuatl is een actieve vulkaan in de Mexicaanse deelstaten Mexico en Puebla. De Ixtaccíhuatl is 5286 meter hoog, hoewel satellietmetingen aangeven dat zij in werkelijkheid 5230 meter hoog is. Het is het derde hoogste punt van Mexico, na de Piek van Orizaba en de Popocatépetl, waarmee zij een dubbelvulkaan vormt. 

    De Ixtaccíhuatl bestaat uit vier pieken en wordt van de Popocatépetl gescheiden door de Pas van Cortés. Wanneer de vulkaan vanuit het oosten of westen wordt gezien, toont de Ixtaccíhuatl een sterke vergelijkenis met een slapende vrouw. De naam Ixtaccíhuatl betekent dan ook 'witte vrouw' in het Nahuatl. In de Azteekse mythologie was Ixtaccíhuatl een prinses die verliefd was op de krijger Popocatépetl. 


    Haar vader beloofde dat zij hem mocht huwen wanneer hij terug zou zijn van een veldtocht in Oaxaca. Hij ging ervan uit dat Popocatépetl toch niet levend terug zou keren, dus vertelde zijn dochter dat hij was overleden. Deze stierf daarna van verdriet. Later bleek dat Popocatépetl nog wel in leven was. Toen deze hoorde van de dood van zijn geliefde stierf hij ook van verdriet. De goden gaven hun vervolgens een kleed van sneeuw en veranderde ze in de twee vulkanen.

    Het is bij deze vulkaan dat de webcam op 4 april 2017 iets bijzonders vastlegt. 

    In de volgende video zie je na ongeveer 20 seconden een soort rond licht verschijnen in de hemel dat langzaam afdaalt richting krater van de vulkaan. 

    Naarmate het dichterbij komt, wordt het licht opeens veel groter en feller. Dan, net voordat het in de mond van de krater verdwijnt, wordt het licht zwakker. 

     

    Net zoals bij die andere vulkanen verschijnt ook bij deze een UFO die lijkt te verdwijnen in de krater. 

    Ook eind vorig jaar, in november, werd er via de webcam een prachtige UFO vastgelegd boven de Ixtaccíhuatl vulkaan. 

    Wie of wat het zijn weten we niet, maar wel dat er keer op keer bijzondere objecten worden waargenomen bij de Mexicaanse vulkanen waarvan de wereld doet alsof ze niet bestaan. 

     

    De volgende opname is een jaar daarvoor gemaakt, op 1 december 2015, en dit keer niet door een webcam. Het is een prachtige video, gemaakt van grote afstand, net voor zonsopgang, waarbij je minutenlang vreemde lichtgevende objecten rond de krater van de vulkaan ziet hangen. 

    Toch wel bijzonder dat wij in een wereld leven waar zoveel dingen voorkomen die niet bestaan. 

    http://www.niburu.co/ }

    13-04-2017 om 23:21 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.VIDEO / Flying lanterns cause temporary panic in Duck Lake, Sask.
    VIDEO Flying lanterns cause temporary panic in Duck Lake, Sask.

    Mysterious lights in the sky orignally thought to be aliens, missiles

    By David Shield, CBC News

    Flying lanterns like these ones caused concern in the town of Duck Lake, Sask. this weekend.

    Flying lanterns like these ones caused concern in the town of Duck Lake, Sask. this weekend.

    (Lee Jin-man/The Associated Press)

    A memorial service in small-town Saskatchewan caused a brief moment of panic this weekend as flying lanterns were mistaken for everything from missiles to UFOs.

    On Sunday night, Brenda Gaudry was driving through Duck Lake, Sask. when she and her husband noticed five or six bright lights moving across the night sky.

    "At first, I thought it was really cool," she said. "Then I started to think about all the things going on with Donald Trump and shooting missiles and all these things that are going on in the world."

    As soon as she got home, she uploaded a video she took to Facebook to ask the community if they had seen the lights in the sky. The video unexpectedly turned viral. On Wednesday afternoon, it had been watched 12,000 times.

    "I didn't even know it had gone that crazy," she said. "All of a sudden, it was in the thousands, and it just keeps going."

    Gaudry wasn't the only one surprised by the lights. Apparently one young boy walking down the street saw them and ran home, thinking there was a nuclear war.

    Eventually, Gaudry was approached by the organizers of a memorial service, who told her the flying lanterns had been released to commemorate the one-year anniversary of a young man's death.

    She said she didn't know about the service and didn't mean to anger the family.

    "Some people were very angry," she said. "They thought I was trying to make fun of these lanterns. But I didn't know what it was."

    Meanwhile, things have started to calm down in Duck Lake, located 85 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.

    "I'm so happy and elated that that's what it was," she said. "And not what I feared it was."

    http://www.cbc.ca/news }

    13-04-2017 om 23:10 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO museum opens in Runcorn ahead of potential 'Alien Festival'

    UFO museum opens in Runcorn ahead of potential 'Alien Festival'

    Artist inspired by tale of 'UFO contactee from Runcorn' teams up with composer and others to lay on archives and music

    A pop-up display celebrating the world of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) is on show in Runcorn for two weeks.

    The Flying Saucer Museum is on from April 10-25 in Runcorn Shopping Centre

    Chiz Turnross, the organiser behind the event, is hoping to raise awareness and test the water for a potential alien festival later in the year.

    The pop-up museum was inspired by the 60th anniversary of Europe’s first purported UFO contactee, James Cooke, of Runcorn, who claimed to have encountered a spaceship on Runcorn Hill in September 1957 and also to have been taken to the planet Zomdic by his extraterrestrial visitors.

    Chiz, who is also an artist, came across the story while researching Cheshire folklore.

    He uncovered a Runcorn Weekly News article stored in microfiche format at Runcorn Library with the headline ‘Runcorn flying saucer anticipates red moon’ in reference to the blood moon that month.

    Video thumbnail, UFO spotted in the skies over Liverpool
    UFO SPOTTED IN THE SKIES OVER LIVERPOOL

    The report related the events of James Cooke’s alleged rendezvous with Zomdic.

    Chiz has collaborated with curator Jane Anderson, of Models For Practice, composer Lucy Pankhurst and family, friends and residents to produce a miniature archive of UFO-related material, workshops and performances, and to gather views and ideas from the public on the alien festival, while researching international collaborators for what he said would be the UK’s first ‘Alien Festival’.

    Chiz said: “At first I was researching blind until I hit upon the idea of an Alien Festival for Runcorn and Halton, a heritage project with a difference. Beyond the James Cooke story, Halton appears to be the prime UK window for UFO activity.”

    He added: “The fortnight-long mission will culminate in a specially composed alien music performance in the former Mecca Bingo hall in Runcorn Shopping City centre, which we hope will consolidate our research and celebrate our findings.”

    http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk }

    13-04-2017 om 22:56 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Numerous UFO sightings reported in County Derry over the past few years

    Numerous UFO sightings reported in County Derry over the past few years

    Numerous UFO sightings reported in County Derry over the past few years

    Reports of UFOs across Co Derry in recent years include witnessing strange red, blue and white lights in the sky, a potential sighting of Santa on Christmas Day and a person who claimed they were abducted by aliens in Magherafelt.

    Reports from Limavady, Ballykelly, Claudy and Bellaghy are some of the sightings that have been submitted to several UFO sighting websites.

    A report from Magherafelt was submitted to ufo-hunters.com in early April 1998. It states that a group of people were walking through a wooded area when they noticed a light in the sky.

    “We looked up and saw the ship in the sky. It changed from an oval shape to a disc shape before our eyes. There was a bright flash of light and I found myself in the spacecraft,” the report read.

    “I noticed a few oval shaped heads surrounding me. I was momentarily stunned and couldn’t move. When I woke up I was on a cold bench. The 'beings' were operating on me and I have the scars to prove it.”

    The person then said that the group was returned to the spot where they left, but arrived three hours before they had left. The person who made the reports said they still “have flashbacks to this day.”

    A report made to ufoinfo.com by three witnesses in Limavady says that they spotted “a very bright fiery object in the sky” just after Christmas Dinner in 2008.

    “My first impressions where that it was a plane on fire because of the intense orangey red light emanating from the object,” the report read.

    “The fieryness of the object changed into three circular disks in a triangular formation as it moved away.”

    “My grandson reckoned it was Santa Claus going home after a busy night!!!”

    There were also two separate reports of three orange spheres flying in a line over Limavady on the same day in February 2008.

    A couple driving between Portglenone and Bellaghy in December 2011 reported seeing a flashing blue light in the sky, which “shot across just above the horizon & stopped at a position of 9 o'clock in relation to the car.”

    “It had stopped flashing at this stage and stayed completely still for approx two seconds. It then shot across to a positon of 7 o'clock, stayed still for approx one second then disappeared.”

    A student living in Ballykelly said that they saw four crafts in the sky in September 2013, one of which was “the shape of a traffic cone” and then saw another craft they described as “the shape of a modern set of bathroom scales or something, oval, and curved in the middle.”

    He said that he had a feeling of “peace and a sort of inner understanding” as he watched the objects, but later became afraid and went inside.

    “I did this as although I have quite a big interest in UFOs and extra-terrestrials, at that time I did not want to be abducted.”

    A report from Portstewart in March 2016 speaks of a silent moving light in the sky, which had flashing red, blue and white lights, while an October 2010 report from Coleraine mentions an orange light and an oblong object “with four wings in the shape of bent arms (crablike)” that suddenly shot up into the sky.

    Chris McMurray, Chairperson of the Northern Ireland UFO Society said that reports of UFOs in the north appear to be becoming more frequent. However, he said that many reports can be easily explained as sightings of Chinese lanterns, satellites, aircraft or even planets, particularly Venus.

    “The two biggest headaches for UFO researchers and investigators are Chinese lanterns and more recently, drones. Drones can be bright and seem silent at a distance at night and appear to pull off impossible manoeuvres, of which can't be attributed to any conventional manned aircraft,” he said.

    Mr McMurray added that there were cases that could not be explained and that they tend to occur at “sites of historical significance.”

    “A lot of ancient sites tend to be built on or near places where natural energy produced by the earth is significantly stronger than elsewhere. These are called primary nodal points, and structures such as the great pyramids in Egypt, Stonehenge in England and even military establishments are reported to be near them,” he said.

    He said that he was “sceptical” of the report of an abduction in Magherafelt and said that such a case “would always merit a one to one interview with the abductee to establish if they're fabricating their story or not.”

    “Demonologists would also have an interest here as they tend to believe that demonic entities are behind hallucinations which are interpreted as alien abductions,” he said.

    https://www.derrynow.com/ }

    13-04-2017 om 18:03 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Triangle UFO hovers low over rural Pennsylvania
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    Triangle UFO hovers low over rural Pennsylvania

    A Pennsylvania witness at Lancaster County reported watching a nearly 100-foot-long, triangle-shaped object hovering at the tree top level, according to testimony in Case 82286 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    Witness illustration of the object. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness illustration of the object.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness was driving along back roads between 8 and 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, when the incident began.

    “Was at a stoplight when something caught my eye,” the witness stated.“I glanced over and noticed a line of bright lights. Didn’t think much of it and looked away. I double took, however, and when I looked back, they were in a triangle formation.”

    The witness was unsure what the object was.

    “I went through everything in my head. It was not a plane. There were no blinking lights, plus it was too low to the field to be a plane. I thought it might be a drone, but with it being so low it would’ve been a very, very, big drone. Nothing was blinking or illuminating off of it. There were no beams or anything like that.”

    The witness was driving in rural Lancaster County, PA, when the object was seen on February 22, 2017. (Credit: Google)

    The witness was driving in rural Lancaster County, PA, when the object was seen on February 22, 2017.

    (Credit: Google)

    The object then began to move.

    “After I saw it, it moved again – not lightning fast, but quickly to a third point in the field and hovered again for a few seconds. At this point I realize the light had turned green, and I begin to drive away. But interested in trying to figure out what I saw. I looked back and slowed down and I found nothing there, nothing in the sky. There was nothing up higher. There’s nothing in the field. It was gone. There was one very bright light at the top and three, maybe four, dimmer lights coming out of it in a triangle formation.”

    The triangle-shaped object was first seen hovering at the tree top level. Pictured: Lancaster County,  PA. (Credit: Google)

    The triangle-shaped object was first seen hovering at the tree top level. Pictured: Lancaster County, PA.

    (Credit: Google)

    The witness provided one illustration with the MUFON report, which was filed on February 22, 2017. Pennsylvania MUFON Field Investigator Larry Shaak is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

    http://www.openminds.tv/ }

    13-04-2017 om 17:51 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO Communicates To Passenger On Delta Flight 43 to Atlanta - UFO Raw Footage, UFO Sighting News.

    UFO Communicates To Passenger On Delta Flight 43 to Atlanta - UFO Raw Footage, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of sighting: Feb 23, 2017, but reported recently
    Location of sighting: Between JFK airport and Atlanta, USA

    This is a interesting report of a person on a flight who recorded a UFO disk with their iphone. Sometimes, like this instance, you have only 3-10 seconds to catch the UFO. Those are stressful seconds...do or do not record? The answer is always to try to record. This is just a few seconds of a disk...that communicated telepathically to this woman on board...whom they may have been watching through the window. If only a few seconds of communication...its still a miracle in itself. Its a handshake to them. A beginning. She may be important to them. Remember, UFOs travel faster than the speed of light, which allows time travel to happen. Aliens know the future and the past. Thus, the person they said hello too may be of very important significance in the future. 
    Scott C. Waring

    Eyewitness states:

    Atlanta, Georgia - 02-23-17 February 23: On Delta flight 43 traveling from JFK to Atlanta around 6:30 PM. I suddenly felt compelled to look out my window for some strange reason almost as if I was prompted. I then noticed a faint object in the distance that I really had to focus on. I waited to see if it was air traffic from another flight, but the object appeared completely different from any airplane, jet, zeppelin, etc. It seemed as if it were a few miles away, but strange enough to keep my attention. It stayed consistent in motion for a few moments, but the longer I focused my attention the more it seemed to change position. It was moving left to right, or suddenly blinking in and out view. It is very difficult to describe what I saw exactly, but it didn't seem like anything I could really wrap my mind around. I took my iPhone out which came out to be pretty low in quality, but I had my boyfriend enhance the footage by slowing it down/increasing the scale/reducing noise/adding contrast. I have the original footage upon request, but as you can see, the object really emerged once we enhanced the original footage. 

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    13-04-2017 om 17:39 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFOs Over Los Angeles Light Up Sky On March 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    UFOs Over Los Angeles Light Up Sky On March 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: March 2017
    Location of sighting: Los Angeles, California, USA

    Here is a video reported this week by UFO Casebook of Youtube. It shows several glowing disks in the sky and a crowd of people staring at them in wonder. UFOs over LA are no strangers, back in Feb 25, 1942 my mother (East LA is my home) told me she witnessed the Battle of Los Angeles...several very large metallic disk of LA during WWII, which the military shot at tens of thousands of rounds, and all the while the UFOs passed over from the ocean slowly, in no hurry to leave, and unharmed in any way. You see, its an easy way to send a message to the government of America...that they cannot be harmed and don't care if humans know about them or not. The US gov doesn't want the public to know yet.

    Scott C. Waring
     
    Report states: 
    Los Angeles, California - March, 2017 - Submitted by former MUFON Staff Photoanalyst, Jeffrey Sainio, on behalf of the videographer, whose name/number is known to me. Video was submitted through KUFOS member Jong han Seo to me.

    Video shows 2 disk or sphere-shaped object apparently ascending. One object disappears (except for 1 light which is apparent for a few more frames, and then apparently moves to the lower right.


    Video 1 is the original submitted video.

    Video 2 is a brightened version of the above.
    Video 3_marked.mp4 has a tiny light marked in frames where it is visible, which may be the 'disappeared' object moving.
    Video 4 is a slow-mo enhancement of Video 2

    Audio shows children talking and possibly a baby.


    Suggest the videographer be interviewed by a local FI.


    Videographer has agreed to be interviewed.


    Time and number of witnesses is actually unknown.

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    13-04-2017 om 17:29 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Most remarkable UFO sightings in March 2017

    Most remarkable UFO sightings in March 2017

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    Most remarkable UFO sightings in March 2017 by www.Latest-UFO-Sightings.net.

    1st March 2017; unknown lights in the sky – Mesa, Arizona


    early March 2017; triangle UFO – Oklahoma


    26th March 2017; Mass UFO Sighting – Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada


    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    13-04-2017 om 17:17 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO activity over San Antonio, Texas

    UFO activity over San Antonio, Texas

    Texas UFO sightings
    About the UFO in the sky: Large white starlike light hovers, changes colors and size, flies off, and descends.

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    13-04-2017 om 17:12 geschreven door peter  

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    12-04-2017
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.«Prétendre que nous sommes seuls dans l’univers est une absurdité totale»

    «Prétendre que nous sommes seuls dans l’univers est une absurdité totale»

    Jean.-Marie Potiez. 

    À la faveur d’un nouveau livre, Jean-Claude Bourret fait le point sur 40 années de découvertes et d’hypothèses scientifiques pour faire émerger la vérité sur le phénomène ovni.

    Le journaliste Jean-Claude Bourret (75 ans) et un ancien directeur de recherche au CNRS, Jean-Pierre Petit, relancent la question des univers parallèles…

    Quelle est cette "extraordinaire" découverte que vous annoncez dans votre livre ?

    L’ouvrage est constitué de deux parties. La première s’adresse au grand public, elle est accessible à tous. La seconde est plutôt réservée aux scientifiques de haut niveau. Jean-Pierre Petit nous expose le résultat de ses 40 années de recherches. Il a trouvé une formule mathématique révolutionnaire qui, si elle est avérée, devrait lui valoir un prix Nobel. Cette formule prouve qu’il existe un autre univers à côté du nôtre. Tandis que nous sommes dans un univers "positif", il existerait un univers "négatif" dans lequel la vitesse de la lumière est différente, c’est-à-dire plus de 300.000 kilomètres par seconde. Ainsi, des civilisations extraterrestres utiliseraient les lois physiques de leur univers pour rejoindre le nôtre et nous observer depuis des millénaires. Les calculs et hypothèses de Jean-Pierre Petit ont été publiés dans des revues scientifiques de haut niveau.

    On a toutefois du mal à le suivre lorsqu’il dit que ses recherches ont été inspirées par de mystérieuses lettres émanant de gens qui prétendent être des extraterrestres !

    Ça paraît fou parce qu’on ne connaît pas le dossier, donc on a tendance à prendre Petit pour un illuminé. Il m’a montré certaines de ces lettres "anonymes" qui lui ont permis de progresser et de transcender la formule de la relativité d’Einstein. Au début, il croyait à un canular. Mais quand il a vérifié ces formules et qu’il a constaté que ça marchait parfaitement, il a fait des simulations sur ordinateur qui permettent de faire un bond en avant considérable sur la compréhension de la constitution des galaxies. Il faut ajouter qu’aucun scientifique n’a contesté le travail de Jean-Pierre.


    À votre avis, d’où viennent ces lettres ?

    Personnellement, j’ai toujours considéré que Jean-Pierre Petit avait eu accès à une connaissance initiatique qui lui avait été transmise. Un polytechnicien de haut niveau, qui travaillait pour le Premier ministre, m’avait dit être au courant et que, même si ça paraît invraisemblable, les résultats annoncés par Petit étaient scientifiquement recevables. Selon lui, ça pouvait venir des services secrets soviétiques qui, faute de temps et de budget, les transmettaient à des scientifiques très pointus pour faire avancer les recherches. Jean-Pierre ne cache pas que son obstination à travailler sur les ovnis lui a coûté sa carrière !


    Jean-Pierre Petit.

    Jean-Pierre Petit.

    Pourquoi le phénomène ovni dérange-t-il autant ?

    J’ai mis longtemps à le comprendre. En fait, les scientifiques sont très hostiles parce que, face aux ovnis, ils perdent leur statut de personnalités les plus cultivées et les plus intelligentes de la planète Terre. Quand le "professeur Duchemoll" est confronté à la vie extraterrestre, il se rend compte qu’il est comme un singe par rapport à un prix Nobel. Prétendre que nous sommes seuls dans l’univers est une absurdité totale.

    Pensez-vous que la découverte récente de nouvelles exoplanètes pourrait faire changer d’avis les scientifiques ?

    Espérons-le ! En tout cas, il faut rendre hommages aux Belges qui font faire des bonds en avant considérables à la connaissance scientifique de l’univers. Qui a imaginé le Big Bang ? C’est le chanoine belge Georges Lemaître. Qui vient de découvrir qu’il y avait une étoile avec neuf planètes, dont trois "habitables", qui tournent autour d’un soleil ? C’est le Liégeois Michael Gillon et son équipe. Il y a chez vous un creuset impressionnant de génies scientifiques !

    À votre avis, quelles seraient les conséquences si on révélait l’existence d’extraterrestres ?

    Elles seraient immenses car ça remettrait tout en cause. Nos connaissances, les maladies et tout notre système seraient détruits par les avances technologiques et philosophiques d’une civilisation extraterrestre qui serait forcément bien supérieure à la nôtre. Sans parler de la remise en cause de toutes les religions. C’est une supposition, mais imaginez qu’ils nous disent : « Sur la planète Terre, vous vous tuez entre musulmans, juifs, chrétiens, protestants et hindous en disant "C’est mon Dieu qui est le meilleur !" Maintenant, je vais vous dire que Dieu n’existe pas, et voilà comment l’univers a été créé ! » À ce moment-là, toutes les religions s’effondreraient. À ce propos, l’Italien Mauro Biglino, traducteur officiel pour le Vatican, va très loin puisqu’il remet en cause les fondements même de la religion en affirmant que la Bible évoque les véritables créateurs de l’espèce humaine, c’est-à-dire une race extraterrestre.

    Dans votre livre, vous donnez tous les détails pour fabriquer un détecteur d’ovnis ("Ufo-catch")…

    C’est l’autre point important du livre. On en a assez de voir que les États nous cachent les observations d’ovnis depuis 40 ans. Donc, on va se prendre en main en construisant ce système qui ne coûte pas cher (entre 100 et 160 euros). Avec les bénéfices du livre, qui sont intégralement reversés à l’association de Jean-Pierre Petit, nous ferons fabriquer une série qu’on vendra au prix coûtant, pour que chacun puisse mettre une caméra sur son toit ou son balcon. Chacun pourra dialoguer à travers un forum et échanger ses données. Vous savez, je dis aux gens : « Apprenez à vos enfants à regarder les étoiles. On ne peut pas continuer à vivre sur cette petite planète Terre comme si on était seul dans l’univers. » Il faut apprendre à nos enfants qu’il y a des milliards de civilisations et qu’elles sont beaucoup plus avancées que la nôtre.

    Diriez-vous comme Fox Muller, dans la série "X-Files", que « la vérité est ailleurs » ?

    Non, la vérité est universelle. Mais il faut ouvrir la bonne porte pour avoir sa lumière !

    “Ovni. L’extraordinaire découverte”, Jean-Claude Bourret, Jean-Pierre Petit, éd. Guy Trédaniel, 382 p., 22,90 euros.

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    12-04-2017 om 23:33 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Nieuwe theorie: "Kwallen zijn voorouders van alle dierlijk leven" - HLN.be

    Nieuwe theorie: "Kwallen zijn voorouders van alle dierlijk leven" - HLN.be

    Bron: The Independent

    Ribkwallen zouden aan de oorsprong van alle dierlijk leven liggen. 

    © ap.

    Kwallen zouden de eerste vorm van dierlijk leven op aarde zijn geweest. Dat ontdekten Amerikaanse onderzoekers. De nieuwe theorie weerlegt voorgaand onderzoek dat de spons als de oudste tak in het dierenrijk zag.

    Lees ook

    "De truc is om de genensequenties van verschillende organismen te vergelijken om zo uit te zoeken welke organismen het meest verwant zijn"
    Professor Atonis Rokas

    Een nieuwe genetische analyse van onderzoekers aan de Vanderbilt- en Wisconsin-Madison-universiteiten claimt dat kwallen de eerste vorm van dierlijk leven op onze planeet waren. Die bewering werd voordien sterk gecontesteerd door aanhangers van de sponstheorie, die dat simpele organisme als ultieme voorouder bestempelden. 

    Het onderzoek benaderde de theorie vanuit een compleet andere invalshoek om de discussie voor eens en voor altijd te beslechten. Terwijl wetenschappers voordien de stamboom van de dieren probeerden reconstrueren op basis van bestaande genetische data, focusten zij nu op de genen die de organismen allemaal deelden. 

    "De truc is om de genensequenties van verschillende organismen te vergelijken om zo uit te zoeken welke organismen het meest verwant zijn", aldus professor Antonis Rokas van Vanderbilt.

    Baanbrekend

    De analyse resulteerde in een zogenaamd "fylogenetisch signaal" dat de ribkwallen ontegensprekelijk aanduidde als eerste leven. De onderzoekers gebruikten diezelfde fylogenetische techniek ook om te achterhalen of krokodillen het meest verwant zijn aan vogels of schildpadden. Daaruit bleek dat schildpadden een zustersoort waren en vogels eerder dichte neven. 

    De onderzoekers benadrukten wel dat niet alle onenigheid hiermee zou wegebben. Eén eigenwijs gen kan genoeg zijn om de conclusie helemaal te doen keren van de ene soort naar de andere. Evolutie zou dan nagenoeg geen sporen in de genen achterlaten. Al gelooft professor Rokas dat de aanpak een baanbrekende impact zal hebben op de evolutiebiologie.

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    12-04-2017 om 22:50 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Leven mogelijk op maan 'Europa'? NASA kondigt nieuw ontdekkingen aan - HLN.be

    Leven mogelijk op maan 'Europa'? NASA kondigt nieuw ontdekkingen aan - HLN.be

    Bron: CNN

    Met haar zoute oceaan die een tweemaal zo groot volume beslaat als de oceanen op aarde, herbergt Europa, Jupiters maan, immers nog een mogelijkheid op buitenaards leven. © reuters.

    NASA zal morgen, donderdag, nieuwe bevindingen presenteren over de zogenaamde oceaanwerelden - manen en planeten met ondergrondse oceanen - in ons zonnestelsel. Kennis over zulke werelden kan de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven een nieuwe wending geven.

    De vraag is: willen we een planeet bestuderen die misschien ooit bewoonbaar was of willen we iets bestuderen dat op dit eigenste moment bewoond kan zijn?
    Britney Schmidt

    Wetenschappers verzamelden de resultaten met behulp van de Hubble-ruimtetelescoop en ruimtesonde Cassini. Die draait reeds sinds 2004 mee in de baan van planeet Saturnus. De missie van het ruimtetuig loopt dit jaar ten einde.

    De Aarde wordt beschouwd als een oceaanwereld omdat water de meerderheid van de aardoppervlakte bedekt. Andere gelijkaardige omgevingen in ons zonnestelsel zijn de manen van Jupiter, Saturnus en Neptunus, alsook de dwergplaneet Pluto. Venus en Mars zouden ooit ook oceanen gehad hebben, maar door het broeikaseffect en hun kwetsbare atmosfeer verloren ze die. 

    Zoute oceaan
    NASA wil de waterbronnen in ons heelal nog aan verder uitgebreid onderzoek onderwerpen met de Europa Clipper-missie. Het ruimteagentschap wil zich daarbij vooral richten op Jupiters maan 'Europa'. Met haar zoute oceaan, die een tweemaal zo groot volume beslaat als de oceanen op aarde, herbergt ze immers nog een mogelijkheid op buitenaards leven. 

    "Europa is de beste kans op buitenaards leven naast de Aarde in ons zonnestelsel", zegt Britney Schmidt, assistent-professor aan Georgia Institute of Technology. Schmidt is een van de bezielers van de Europa-missie. De Europa Clipper zal na 2020 gelanceerd worden. Het zal vanaf dan nog enkele jaren duren vooraleer het zijn eindbestemming bereikt.

    Omdat leven op onze buurplaneet Mars al jaren tot de verbeelding spreekt, kon Jupiters maan het grote publiek niet fascineren. Er zijn wel argumenten in het voordeel van potentieel leven op Mars, maar de kans bestaat dat deze planeet enkel in het verleden bewoonbaar was. Toen waren het klimaat en de atmosfeer van de Rode Planeet een stuk aangenamer. "De vraag is: willen we een planeet bestuderen die misschien ooit bewoonbaar was of willen we iets bestuderen dat op dit eigenste moment bewoond kan zijn?", vraagt Schmidt zich terecht af.

    Lees ook

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    12-04-2017 om 22:36 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.DAVID DUCHOVNY AND GILLIAN ANDERSON REUNITE FOR X-FILES AUDIOBOOK
    David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson Reunite for X-FILES Audiobook

    DAVID DUCHOVNY AND GILLIAN ANDERSON REUNITE FOR X-FILES AUDIOBOOK

    Last year, Fox brought back The X-Files for a six-episode run that left fans on a big cliffhanger with no resolution in sight. And while we’re still waiting for word about a fresh order of new episodes, series stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are already set to reprise their roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in The X-Files: Cold Cases, a new audio drama from Audible.

    X-Files-Je-Souhaite

    The X-Files: Cold Cases is based on The X-Files: Season 10 comic book series by writer Joe Harris and artist Michael Walsh. That comic was produced before Fox commissioned the revival series, so it is out-of-continuity with the television show despite input from X-Files creator Chris Carter. For the new audio version, Dirk Maggs (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) adapted Harris and Walsh’s initial storyline, which finds Mulder and Scully forced out of hiding when their former associates are targeted by an enigmatic group.

    The X-Files Cold Cases

    In a newly released video from Audible, Duchovny and Anderson teased their returns, but they aren’t the only cast members coming back. Mitch Pileggi will once again play Walter Skinner, alongside William B. Davis as the Cigarette Smoking Man, and Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, and Dean Haglund reprising their roles as the Lone Gunmen.

    If Audible continues to adapt the comic book storyline beyond the initial Cold Cases, then several other X-Files characters could potentially return as well. It’s an exciting possibility for fans of the series, and we’d love to see that happen!

    Audible will release The X-Files: Cold Cases on July 18.

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    12-04-2017 om 22:20 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.How to communicate long distance with aliens

    How to communicate long distance with aliens

    Space observer Eamonn Ansbro to give lecture on looking for extraterrestrial life

    Alien interaction: “The chances are pretty good for contact to take place,”  says Dr Eamonn Ansbro ahead of his Trinity College Dublin public lecture on Monday night.

    Alien interaction: “The chances are pretty good for contact to take place,” says Dr Eamonn Ansbro ahead of his Trinity College Dublin public lecture on Monday night. 

    For the last 17 years since setting up his Kingsland Observatory outside Boyle, Co Roscommon, Eamonn Ansbro has been looking for extraterrestrial life.

    It’s a pursuit that is easily to mock. Aliens of the popular imagination are green, with pointy heads and fly around in saucers. Their human pursuers are often similarly ridiculed.

    Yet, in the last few years the discovery of thousands of exoplanets – planets around other stars – has made the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) a serious proposition.

    The problem is that we do not know whether or not extraterrestrial intelligence exists and even if it does we do not know how they are communicating.

    The biggest barrier is the distances involved. Even at the speed of light (250,000km a second), a message sent to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, would take nine years to get there and back.

    Dr Ansbro is advocating faster-than-the-speed-of-light communication, a potential discovery which would overturn the laws of physics defined by Albert Einstein.

    “It is possible,” he says, “There have been theoretical models regarding this. There has been work done in the last five or six years to indicate that this is possible. Currently you are constrained by the speed of light.”

    Extraterrestrial intelligence

    He speculates that while humans use 4D technology (ie radio communication), he believes extraterrestrial intelligence may be using something more advanced which is called quantum superluminal communications (QSC) or 5D. To borrow an analogy, human beings may be on AM while aliens may be on FM.

    Dr Ansbro admits there is no certainty there is extraterrestrial intelligence. “The science of SETI is still on the fringe with astrobiology [the notion of extraterrestrial life],” he says.

    “We have no history behind us similar to say any of the other sciences and we are going on a number of assumptions. It’s a really high-risk project.

    But absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Mankind has only very recently had the tools to even begin the search. New telescopes are being developed that will look for the tell-tale carbon signatures of life in the atmosphere of exoplanets.

    At a lecture on Monday hosted by Astronomy Ireland, Dr Ansbro will explain the latest thinking on the possible nature of extraterrestrial life.

    “The chances are pretty good for contact to take place,” he says. “The ultimate test will come from the exploration of extraterrestrial biospheres.

    “ In what to us will be extreme planets, eg having a global ocean a hundred kilometres deep or much larger rocky planets than Earth with extreme gravity, our extrapolations will be tentative, but we can nonetheless envisage life in a range of habitats considerably wider than what we know on Earth.”

    Dr Ansbro’s Astronomy Ireland public lecture takes place in Trinity College Dublin, Fitzgerald Building, at 8pm. Tickets are €10 with concessions at €5.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/ }

    12-04-2017 om 18:01 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Stunning pictures show UFO flying through the sky above Devon this morning

    Stunning pictures show UFO flying through the sky above Devon this morning

    The UFO reported this morning

    The UFO reported this morning

    A Devon photographer claims he has pictured an unidentified object flying through the early morning sky.

    Ben Landricombe took these stunning images in Plymouth at 6am today.

    Ben, a keen photographer, managed to capture the extraordinary sight - and has produced these stunning pictures.

    "I've never seen anything like it in my life," said Ben, who works for Plymouth City Council. "I was late to work, but I think my boss was alright.

    "I showed everyone the pictures and they all said 'Wow!'".

    Read more: TV's Phil Mitchell to play Captain Hook in Devon panto

    Did you see this too this morning?

    Ben was driving to work from his home on Hooe Road when he spotted something in the air.

    Recalling the strange turn of events, he said: "I drove straight back home to get my camera, then I went to the highest point in Plymstock to take the pictures, where the big cross on the hill is.

    "I missed the meteor coming through the atmosphere, but I saw the sparks coming down, travelling really fast."

    Council worker Ben is a keen photographer

    Meteors: The facts


    A meteoroid is a small particle from an asteroid or comet orbiting the sun. That's different from a meteor - which is a meteoroid burning up in the Earth's atmosphere – known as a shooting star. Finally, a meteorite is a meteor that survives its passage hit the Earth's surface.

    They are all different from asteroids or comets which have orbits around the sun that bring them close to the earth. An asteroid is a relatively small, inactive body, composed of rock, carbon or metal, which is orbiting the sun. Whereas a comet is a A relatively small object composed of dirt and ice.

    Comets are characterised by dust and gas tails when in proximity to the sun.

    Far from the sun it is difficult to distinguish an asteroid from a comet.

    (Source: theblaze.com)

    Source: Plymouthherald.co.uk

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    12-04-2017 om 17:49 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA to reveal new findings around ocean worlds beyond Earth this week

    NASA to reveal new findings around ocean worlds beyond Earth this week

    12-04-2017 om 17:35 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Exoplanet With Earth-like Atmosphere Found For First Time

    Exoplanet With Earth-like Atmosphere Found For First Time

    Exoplanet
    (Photo : Max Planck Society/Phys.org)
    The Gliese 1132b exoplanet with an atmosphere like the earth's environment has been detected 39 light-years away from the earth.

    An atmosphere wrapped around an exoplanet called Gliese 1132b (GJ 1132b) has been identified. It is located almost 39 light-years away in a constellation that is called Vela.

    The discovery is of special importance to those interested in alien life. It is the first time that some sort of atmosphere has been found around an exoplanet that has a mass and radius like the Earth's. For those who are searching for signs of extraterrestrial life, this is a big discovery.

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    "With this research, we have taken the first tentative step into studying the atmospheres of smaller, Earth-like, planets," said Lead researcher John Southworth from Keele University in the UK on the exoplanet, according to Science Alert. "The planet is significantly hotter and a bit larger than Earth, so one possibility is that it is a 'water world' with an atmosphere of hot steam."

    The exoplanet is thought to have some "'water world' with an atmosphere of hot steam" almost 1.6 times as big as the Earth's. Its radius is also 1.4 times bigger. However, its complete similarity or habitability to the earth is still not clear. The new exoplanet's surface temperature of 370 degrees Celsius (698 degrees Fahrenheit) sounds pretty uninhabitable. The planet orbits the red dwarf star Gliese 1132. This was the star that Southworth and his group studied.

    They used the ESO/MPG telescope in Chile. When they assessed the dimming of brightness in its seven wavelengths of light, they found that the GJ1132b exoplanet went by the host star after every 1.6 Earth days. This gave them a good idea of the planet's size as well as composition.

    The exoplanet looked bigger when it was examined in one type of infrared wavelength of light. Hence, it showed an atmosphere opaque to such wavelengths. After examining various versions of the atmosphere, scientists saw an atmosphere rich in water and methane.

    The GJ 1132b exoplanet is orbiting a host star that is a low-mass red dwarf. It seems to be a star that is very common in the Universe and tends to host small, Earth-like planets. However, such stars are also aggressive and could blast with massive solar flares the planets around them. Research has shown that activity like this could evaporate the planet's atmosphere, according to The Astronomical Journal. 

    It has also been found that such an atmosphere can tolerate flares for billions of years and still not get destroyed. Hence, it is possible that there are thousands of such exoplanets that are revolving around low-mass stars. They too could be having such atmospheres. 

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    12-04-2017 om 17:28 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Two UFO sightings in North Bay last year

    Two UFO sightings in North Bay last year

    The most popular shape of UFO reported in 2016 was a simple point source of light
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    flying saucer AdobeStock_88487610 (1) 2017

    The Canadian UFO Survey is out for 2016 and North Bay reported two UFO sightings and Parry Sound one.

    The first was on June 18, around 9:30 a.m. when five lights were seen travelling on a path. There was no wind. Two sightings were reported.

    The report does not give exact locations.

    The second report was on September 25, 2 p.m. A black triangular object with lights around it and making abrupt turns was seen.

    The Parry Sound sighting was in the early morning hours of March 3 when two circular crafts were signalling to each other.

    Take our poll, Do you believe that UFO's and aliens have visited Earth?

    The annual Canadian UFO Survey is conducted by

    UFO sightings are still being reported at a near- record level, according to the survey.

    In 2016, 1,131 UFO reports were officially filed in Canada, the fifth year in a row above 1,000 cases but down slightly from 1,267 UFO sightings reported in 2015. 

    Last year most UFO reports were recorded during the summer with June, July and August having a combined 37.7 per cent of all cases.

    Most sighting reports were simple lights in the sky, known as Nocturnal Lights (54.9 per cent), and Close Encounters comprised less than one per cent of the total.

    The most popular shape of UFO reported in 2016 was a simple point source of light.

    Other shapes reported were Triangle, Ball, Cigar and Fireball. 

    The classic “flying saucer” was only reported 48 times or 5 per cent in 2016.

    While the vast majority of cases reported to UFO groups and official agencies are of low Strangeness, some rather odd incidents are reported each year, the report states. 

    "Close Encounter cases are definitely in the minority, but some of these cases are extremely close indeed," it said. 

    A witness in Cornwall, P.E.I. reported that a thin, six-foot-tall, long fingered, white alien in a black suit appeared in his bedroom. The witness spoke to the alien, which then left by walking through a wall.

    In

    One report from Quebec simply stated 'They contacted me.'

    Read the full report The Canadian UFO Survey

    With files from Sue

    12-04-2017 om 17:14 geschreven door peter  

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    UFOs over Grey-Bruce?

    By Denis Langlois, Sun Times, Owen Sound

    UFO stock illustration(FOTOLIA)

    UFO stock illustration(FOTOLIA)

    Someone spotted a mysterious “white orb” in the sky in just one of many photographs they took last spring at Lion's Head and reported it as a UFO.

    A couple months later, a person noticed a “starlike object” moving side to side in the skies over Williamsford. The object then flashed and disappeared.

    Then, last fall, someone in Markdale saw two lights moving at a high rate of speed before blinking out in the sky.

    The three accounts were among the 1,131 reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) that were officially filed last year in Canada, according to a 2016 Canadian UFO Survey produced by the Manitoba-based Ufology Research.

    Six of the reports related to sightings in Grey-Bruce.

    Astronomer Chris Rutkowski, the study's author, said 21 per cent of the reports in the survey have been classified as having a probable explanation, while 74 per cent did not come with enough information to be explained.

    Only about four per cent of the cases are considered unexplained, which is the lowest in 28 years. That's most likely due, he said, to more careful scrutiny by Ufology of the raw information it received. About 1.5 per cent of the cases have been explained, which is the lowest in 24 years.

    The survey notes that the unexplained classification does not imply an alien visitation.

    “None of the reports that we have and none of the statistical studies that we do really say anything about whether there are aliens out there or not. This is simply what people are reporting,” Rutkowski said in an interview.

    “Some people claim that they've seen some aliens associated with them but we don't have any proof of that.”

    Rutkowski said, as an astronomer, he believes there is probably extraterrestrial life “out there somewhere.

    “And probably within five or 10 years, we're going to find some definite proof that there is life outside our solar system quite close to earth. But there's no definite proof for this,” he said.

    The UFO sightings included in Ufology Research's report were either reported directly to the organization or were collected from other sources, such as Canadian government agencies, civilian Canadian UFO organizations, USA-based groups like the Mutual UFO Network and the National UFO Reporting Centre, and Internet sites, including YouTube.

    This was the fifth year in a row that more than 1,000 cases were included in the report.

    Just over 18,000 Canadian UFO reports have been catalogued since the Canadian UFO Survey launched 28 years ago. About 2,150 of the cases are still unexplained.

    In 2016, about 57 per cent of the sightings related to a “simple point source of light in the sky.” About five per cent of the UFOs were described as being the classic flying saucer shape, while nine per cent were reported as balls of light, five per cent were identified as fireballs, four per cent were triangular shapes and three per cent were cigar-shaped objects.

    Only one per cent of the cases described a “close encounter.”

    The other local cases in the 2016 survey include a March 18 report of a red light flying fast in the sky in the Town of the Blue Mountains before a helicopter came into the area and an April 1 account of a white light crossing the night sky above Owen Sound. There was also a report of an unknown object flying in multiple directions above Walkerton on Nov. 6.

    http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ }

    12-04-2017 om 17:07 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Flying Saucer
    The Flying Saucer

    Columnist Cheryl Costa tells the origins of the “flying saucer” name.

    This particular UFO classification hasn’t always been called flying saucers. UFOs have been reported for many centuries, so it’s no surprise they have been called many other names.

    Strange objects and lights in the sky were reported in Charles Fort’s 1919 non-fiction publication The Book of the Damned. It was called “Damned” because 19th- and 20th-century scientists refused to investigate such reports.

    During World War II, pilots on all sides of the conflict reported strange objects that literally flew circles around aircrafts of that era. The American airmen nicknamed them “foo-fighters.”

    It wasn’t until 1947 the term came to be. On June 24, 1947, businessman and private pilot Kenneth A. Arnold of Washington State reported observing a “V”-shaped formatting of nine discs flying at great speed over Washington’s Mount Rainier. Two days later, the Chicago Sun, while reporting the news of Arnold’s sighting, coined the term “flying saucer,” and the handle stuck.

    Statistically speaking, flying saucers as a UFO silhouette are approximately 5.5 percent of the 120,000-plus national UFO sightings. Of course, the principle national UFO reporting databases don’t call them flying saucers. The National UFO Reporting Center and Mutual UFO Network refer to them as a “discs.” Both databases have relatively equal numbers: NUFORC with 51 percent of this type of report and MUFON with 49 percent. From 2001-2015, the national total is 6,629 flying saucer reports.

    The top five states for flying saucer reports are: California: 902; Florida: 433; Texas: 380; New York: 316; Arizona: 315. At the other end of the ranking, we must not forget the states with the least amount of flying saucer reports. They are: Wyoming: 16; Detroit: 13; North Dakota: 12; Washington D.C.: 10; San Diego: 8.

    If you’re interested in recent flying saucer sighting reports, click here for the NUFORC “disc” report.

    If you are interested in joining a monthly UFO discussion group in the Onondaga County area, drop Cheryl an email at Blogger@CherylCosta.com. If you have a UFO sighting to report, you can use either one of the two national database services: nuforc.org or mufon.com. Both services respect confidentiality.

    STATISTICS SOURCE: UFO SIGHTING DESK REFERENCE: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2001-2015

    https://www.syracusenewtimes.com/ }

    12-04-2017 om 16:53 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Giant UFO Over Cleveland, Ohio Caught On Internet Camera! April 11, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Giant UFO Over Cleveland, Ohio Caught On Internet Camera! April 11, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.



    Date of sighting: April 11, 2017
    Location of sighting: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    This UFO was captured on live cam by Youtube user and UFO researcher Orlando Bosca. He caught footage of this UFO while it was moving and we can see that its huge and no aircraft are investigating it, however it must have been seen on radar just from its immense size. UFOs are often seen over water areas, because they hide below the water until they are ready to carry on with their mission. 

    Scott C. Waring

    Eyewitness states:
    For your eyes only! you saw him first! 9 pm, almost two hours have passed, and the party still continues in the sky of Cleveland, with the incorporation of new actors white and sparkling! Now go to EARTHCAM-CLEVELAND and see them live!

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    12-04-2017 om 16:43 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mysterious Black Disk Hovering Above Mexico Enthralls UFO Followers

    Mysterious Black Disk Hovering Above Mexico Enthralls UFO Followers

    ufo-mexico

    An amateur video sent conspiracy theorists into a frenzy after seeing a mysterious disk in it hovering above Mexico.

    According to the witness, he was driving a car in the city of Morella when he saw the UFO, which has left Ufologists abuzz. A 40-second clip was posted to YouTube by Carlos Arriola, who said he had also seen the strange thing.

    The strange black sphere in the video appears to hover in the sky and travel in one direction at a slow speed and then changes direction.

    Some UFO enthusiasts believe the video shows an alien spacecraft so clearly. They described the aerial thing in question as a dark disk moving slowly above a busy road in Morelia, Mexico.

    The person who took the video was driving the car while recording the UFO on video. Many UFO followers were impressed with the smooth movement of the unknown aerial thing while making no sound over the city. They said that seeing a close up a real UFO is a rare opportunity to savour.

    The strange craft has since captivated the local area. It reportedly made an appearance on March 27.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    12-04-2017 om 16:31 geschreven door peter  

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    Triangle-shaped craft over Mexicali, Mexico 10-Apr-2017

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    Here’s one new footage of a triangular UFO and some other crafts flying around it. This was filmed over Mexicali in Mexico on Monday, 10th April 2017.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    12-04-2017 om 16:27 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Indiana witness illustrates UFO moving overhead
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    Indiana witness illustrates UFO moving overhead

    An Indiana witness at Anderson recalled a UFO event from 2015 where the object was “as big as a football field” and just 300 feet overhead, according to testimony in Case 82148 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    The witness said the object was as large as a football field moving overhead. Pictured: Downtown Anderson, IN. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

    The witness said the object was as large as a football field moving overhead. Pictured: Downtown Anderson, IN. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

    The witness was walking home after a third shift in November 2015 when the incident occurred.

    “No cars were out,” the witness stated.“Just me walking down the middle of a major road.”

    The witness saw the UFO out of the corner of his eye.

    “I turned to the right and saw the huge, stretched, diamond-shaped spaceship. It had orange lights on all sides of it. It was just floating in a straight line heading east. No noise, no fumes. It was massive. Floating 200 feet above me.”

    Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness illustration.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The object quickly moved away.

    “It slowly flew east and I watched it until it disappeared. Breathtaking moment. Unbelievable.”

    The witness provided three illustrations of the event with the report, which was filed on February 17, 2017.

    Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness illustration.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, population 56,129. MUFON Indiana Field Investigator Timothy D. Wagner investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.

    “This object is not a natural phenomenon,” Wagner stated in his report. “It is possibly man-made. Could be a military secret craft. This can’t be ruled out. The object most likely is not a blimp because if it was 200 to 300 feet above witness, he should have heard the blimp motors. No sound pretty much rules out any conventional aircraft as we know it. Too big to be a hobbyist’s drone. With this limited information, would recommend a disposition of Unknown – UAV.”

    Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness illustration.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

    http://www.openminds.tv/ }

    12-04-2017 om 01:17 geschreven door peter  

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    Maine witness describes close encounter with triangle UFO

    A Maine witness at Orrington reported a late-night encounter with a low flying, silent, triangle-shaped object along a rural roadway, according to testimony in Case 82505 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

    Witness illustration of the triangle object. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness illustration of the triangle object.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness was driving with friends on Friday, January 13, 2017, about 11:19 p.m. when the incident began.

    “It also happened to be my friend’s birthday, so I can remember quite vividly what happened,” the witness stated.“I got out of work around eight o’clock and I went home to let my dog out and I went out to the lake to go see him and hang out with friends. I got to his house around 9 and we hung out for 45 minutes or so when we decided to go to Walmart with his brother and another friend because I just bought a new car and he wanted to get a video game.”

    So the group all piled into the car and drove to Walmart.

    “We left the Brewer Walmart around 10:50 right before they closed at 11 and we headed back towards Orrington. We were heading up the Brewer Lake Road and went around an ‘S’ turn and we had noticed these red lights down the road above the dam on the lake. We aren’t far away from Bangor International Airport so it didn’t seem like there was anything unusual about something like that; it looked like it was just beyond the dam and it was flying parallel to the road, so it looked like it could have been a plane coming in.”

    Witness illustration of the triangle object. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness illustration of the triangle object.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    But there was something unusual about the lights.

    “When we saw it, I started talking about, I swear,how I saw a UFO the previous January. As we drove down the road closer to the object, (and I’m still talking about the UFO) it was like it heard me talking about UFOs because this triangular silhouette went from being far off the road and fairly high in the air (500 – 700 feet) to swooping in very close probably 400 feet off the road and 200 feet high.”

    The witness described how the object moved.

    “The way the object moved down closer was very odd and I was euphoric, but terrified at the same time. It was flat with the horizon when the object dipped up one side at 20 to 30 degrees and swooped in closer.The best way to describe it is the way a feather or a leaf falls to the ground and swoops side-to-side. After it swooped down close to the car everyone started to have this moment of awe, yet panicky.”

    The witness slowed down the car and pulled off to the side of the road.

    “It was just us four at the time because it was 11 at night. I turned the radio off and I rolled all the windows down and it was dead silent. That too-quiet type of quiets – and we were all looking at the black equilateral triangle that had glowing bright red lights on each end. The object also had a center light that glowed white and the object was dark against the clear night sky and it had to have been 40 to 60 feet across.”

    As the group looked at the object, one of the friends in the back seat pulled out her phone and tried to film it on her iPhone.

    “But we looked at the video after and we couldn’t see anything but darkness. While she was filming, I kept almost driving my new car off the road into a ditch because this object seemed to be hovering closer to us.”

    Witness illustration of the triangle object. (Credit: MUFON)

    Witness illustration of the triangle object.

    (Credit: MUFON)

    The witness was afraid as the object moved closer to the vehicle and was not sure what to do. Then a second object was seen.

    “I kept driving slowly down the road going back to my friend’s house and we turned the corner away from the UFO, and this bigger, triangular thing was across the lake above the Holden/Bucksport side of the lake heading towards the direction of the black triangle UFO. This could have been an airplane, but it was still dead silent. I was still driving slowly down the road when I stopped and started talking to everyone in the car and we decided to turn around and go back and investigate.”

    The group returned to the area where they first saw the object.

    “When we went back to the area where I  pulled off the road, of course, the object was gone along with whatever the larger object was. For weeks after I kept dreaming about that 4 or 5 minutes of my life and it was odd it happened on Friday the 13th. The photo is just a quick sketch I did at work with the blue representing the red lights.”

    Orrington is a town on the Penobscot River estuary in Penobscot County, Maine, population 3,733. Maine MUFON Assistant State Director Valerie Shultz is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

    http://www.openminds.tv/ }

    12-04-2017 om 01:10 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.TRIANGLE UFO MADNESS: Insane bizarre craft report after encounter on Friday 13TH

    TRIANGLE UFO MADNESS: Insane bizarre craft report after encounter on Friday 13TH

    A WAVE of bizarre triangle-shaped UFO sightings across the United States has continued with a fresh report.

    Triangle-UFO

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    Triangle UFOs have reportedly been seen all over the US, according to MUFON.

    UFO investigators are looking into a case when a man said he encountered a low flying, silent, triangle-shaped object along a rural road.

    The man in Orrington, Maine, was driving with friends at 11.19pm local time when the incident happened.

    He reported it the the US-based Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) which is investigating the growing phenomenon.

    In a report to the organisation, which keeps a global database of UFO cases it investigates, the witness said: "We were heading up the Brewer Lake Road and went around an ‘S’ turn and we had noticed these red lights down the road above the dam on the lake."

    He initially thought it could be a plane from Bangor International Airport.

    He added: "But there was something unusual about the lights.

    “This triangular silhouette went from being far off the road and fairly high in the air (500 – 700 feet) to swooping in very close probably 400 feet off the road and 200 feet high.

    “The way the object moved down closer was very odd and I was euphoric, but terrified at the same time. 

    MUFON-UFO

    MUFON

    A sketch the witness did of the strange UFO.

    "It was flat with the horizon when the object dipped up one side at 20 to 30 degrees and swooped in closer.

    "The best way to describe it is the way a feather or a leaf falls to the ground and swoops side-to-side. After it swooped down close to the car everyone started to have this moment of awe, yet panicky.”

    The man went on to describe a bizarre encounter that they tried to film.

    He said: "We were all looking at the black equilateral triangle that had glowing bright red lights on each end. 

    "The object also had a centre light that glowed white and the object was dark against the clear night sky and it had to have been 40 to 60 feet across.

    “But we looked at the video after and we couldn’t see anything but darkness. 

    "While she was filming, I kept almost driving my new car off the road into a ditch because this object seemed to be hovering closer to us.”

    The group said they saw a second, larger triangular object in the sky.

    The way the object moved down closer was very odd and I was euphoric, but terrified at the same time.

    UFO witness

    The report added: "We turned the corner away from the UFO, and this bigger, triangular thing was across the lake above the Holden/Bucksport side of the lake heading towards the direction of the black triangle UFO. 

    "This could have been an aeroplane, but it was still dead silent. 

    “For weeks after I kept dreaming about that 4 or 5 minutes of my life and it was odd it happened on Friday the 13th."

    The incident was in January, but has just been reported to MUFON.

    Maine MUFON Assistant State Director Valerie Shultz is investigating. 

    A MUFON spokesman said: "Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made."

    In December Express.co.uk revealed the huge number of similar triangle UFO reports being made to MUFON.

    The reports are often eerily similar, leading to speculation the bizarre UFOs could be REAL.

    Many reports tell of a silent triangle shape, defined by a series of lights, that are said to be in some cases as big as a football field, moving slowly across the sky.

    Scott Brando runs website ufoofinterest.org which exposes hoax UFO sightings.

    He is sceptical any unexplainable sightings have been made.

    Mr Brando says triangle UFOs are usually aircraft or military flares.

    He told Express.co.uk: “About other similar sightings I'd like to see some reports by MUFON, however many formation of sky lanterns or the launch of skydivers Golden Knights were often mistaken for UFOs.”

    http://www.express.co.uk/ }

    12-04-2017 om 00:46 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Did 'magnetic' rock with 'alien carvings' come from the UFO that 'crashed at ROSWELL?'

    Did 'magnetic' rock with 'alien carvings' come from the UFO that 'crashed at ROSWELL?'

    THIS strange rock with "alien symbols" could have come from a flying saucer that allegedly crashed in the New Mexico desert nearly 70 years ago, according to UFO conspiracy theorists.

    Known as the Roswell Rock, it is still being debated on websites as the potential smoking gun evidence in the world's biggest unsolved UFO mystery.

    Roswell has been at the heart of UFO conspiracy theories since July 1947 when the military sensationally announced it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the desert nearby.

    But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.

    Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which along with the wreckage were then taken to the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.

    Roswell now holds an annual UFO festival because of its notoriety, and sightings are still taking place.

    Roswell-Rock

    YouTube

    The Roswell Rock has been linked to the alleged UFO crash of 1947.

    The rock was actually found around 25 miles from the alleged crash site in 2004.

    According to believers, the rock has magnetic properties and markings etched into it that are similar to those found inside crop circles across the world.

    Debate about the origins of the rock were fuelled this week after it appeared in a new online video.

    Tyler Glockner, founder of YouTube channel Secureteam10 said in the short film: "It was discovered back in 2004, sticking out of the dirt in Roswell, New Mexico, in a basically barren, empty area of desert close to where the infamous Roswell crash occurred.

    “The rock was very smooth, rounded, and it contained these mysterious symbols that looked to show almost what looks like a lunar cycle of the Moon.

    “It’s been theorised that this rock may have been part of the wreckage from the Roswell crash.

    I suppose what we’re supposed to deduce here is that this rock had been in the spacecraft before the crash and that somehow it was ejected with no sign of the destruction of the craft, to be found, literally miles and miles from the crash site by a bow

    Kevin Randle

    “Or, that this rock – which is said to hold some very mysterious powers, was actually left behind by a previous alien visitation, and that the Roswell crash was what occurred when these aliens had come back to Earth to retrieve the mystery rock.”

    It is claimed that if magnets are placed near the stone it spins in circles, but this has not been filmed.

    Despite the ongoing debate about the rock, sceptics claim it is nothing more than a hoax, and the creator of it previously came forward.

    A post on a discussion about the rock on ufocon.blogspot.co.uk said: "That's a several years old hoax, I think. If memory serves, an artist came forward and admitted making it.

    Even some well known Roswell researchers are not convinced the rock has anything to do with the alleged UFO crash.

    UFO researcher Kevin Randle said: "I suppose what we’re supposed to deduce here is that this rock had been in the spacecraft before the crash and that somehow it was ejected with no sign of the destruction of the craft, to be found, literally miles and miles from the crash site by a bow hunter. 

    "The fact he was in New Mexico doesn’t mean that this rock had anything to do with the events of July 1947 and there is absolutely no way to connect it to 1947, just as they had been no way to connect any of these other items to the crash."

    He said similar rocks had even been on sale at a UFO festival in Roswell in the 1990s.

    He added: "We can close another chapter on the Roswell UFO crash. 

    "Clearly the rock had nothing to do with it and had it not been found in central New Mexico, no one would have taken a second look at it."

    12-04-2017 om 00:25 geschreven door peter  

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    11-04-2017
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    UFO hunters spot a strange 500-metre long object near the Antarctic and claim it is an underwater ALIEN base

    • The object was spotted on Google maps by a keen-eyed UFO hunter
    • It appears to show a large body of ice sheered off of the side of the continent
    • But a bizarre theory claims that it is a secret underwater base used by aliens

    UFO hunters have spotted an enormous 500-metre (1640 foot) long object off the coast of Antarctica.

    Some have claimed that it is a mysterious alien ship or base hidden underwater in the continent's ice.

    The object was spotted on Google maps and appears to show a large body of ice sheered off the edge of Antarctica.

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    UFO hunters have spotted an enormous 500 metre (1640 foot) object off the coast of Antarctica (pictured)

    UFO hunters have spotted an enormous 500 metre (1640 foot) object off the coast of Antarctica (pictured)

    ICEBERG OR ALIEN BASE?

    UFO hunters were particularly interested in the latest finding because of the object's bizarre shape.

    Normally icebergs come in a wide range of shapes and sizes.

    But the keen-eyed UFO hunters claim that this iceberg does not fit any of the most common categories of iceberg.

    'Icebergs can be classified on the basis of their shape,' wrote UFO Sightings Hotspot.

    'The two basic types of iceberg forms are tabular and non-tabular. 

    'The shapes and forms from this iceberg look very different if we compare it with all the different shapes and forms of tabular and non-tabular icebergs.'

    But conspiracy theorists have put forward the bizarre claim that the object is in fact a large extraterrestrial base.

    The object can be seen on Google maps by searching the coordinates 72°43'13.53"S 78°40'21.56"W. 

    'I'm not an iceberg expert but this object is really peculiar and looks like a vessel disguised as an iceberg,' wrote the website UFO Sightings Hotspot.

    'It looks out of place.'

    To most people Antarctica is a barren wasteland of ice and snow found at the bottom of the globe.

    But UFO hunters believe it could house extraterrestrial bases and life, acting as the perfect hiding spot due to its lack of human settlers.

    Previous strange theories around the continent have suggested that UFOs are parked inside of Antarctic caves.

    UFO hunters were particularly interested in the latest finding because of the object's bizarre shape.

    Normally icebergs come in a wide range of shapes and sizes.

    But the keen-eyed UFO hunters claim that this iceberg does not fit any of the most common categories of iceberg.

    The iceberg was spotted on Smyley Island (pictured), which lies off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula

    The iceberg was spotted on Smyley Island (pictured), which lies off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula

    Normally icebergs come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Different shapes include tabular (1), wedge (2), dome (3), drydock (4) pinnacled (5) and blocky (6)

    Normally icebergs come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Different shapes include tabular (1), wedge (2), dome (3), drydock (4) pinnacled (5) and blocky (6)

    'Icebergs can be classified on the basis of their shape,' wrote UFO Sightings Hotspot.

    'The two basic types of iceberg forms are tabular and non-tabular.

    'Tabular icebergs have steep sides and a flat top, much like a plateau, and Non-tabular icebergs have different shapes.

    'The shapes and forms from this iceberg look very different if we compare it with all the different shapes and forms of tabular and non-tabular icebergs.'

    UFO hunters find mysterious disc on satellite images of Antarctic

    {http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ }

    11-04-2017 om 23:59 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ENORME UFO'S VLAKBIJ VLIEGTUIG

    ENORME UFO'S VLAKBIJ VLIEGTUIG

    Misschien komt het doordat het drukker wordt in het luchtruim dat er steeds vaker UFO’s worden waargenomen door passagiers vanuit vliegtuigen? 

    Ook nu zijn er enkele van die waarnemingen in Amerika, waarbij eentje bij een bekende onderwaterbasis voor UFO’s, net voor de kust van Californië. 


    Op 7 april 2017 reist een gezin met een vliegtuig van de luchtvaartmaatschappij Frontier van Philadelphia in Pennsylvania naar Charlotte in North Carolina. 

    Het is rond de middag en hun 7-jarige zoon zit bij het raam en roept naar zijn ouders om naar buiten te kijken omdat hij een ruimteschip in de lucht ziet.


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    De ouders nemen meerdere foto’s en wanneer je inzoomt, dan zie je inderdaad een aantal objecten die niet thuishoren in het landschap. 

    Volgens UFO experts zijn het ook grote objecten, ongeveer een paar kilometer in lengte. Waar deze waarneming veel op lijkt, zijn de UFO’s die enkele jaren geleden door mijnwerkers in Chili werden waargenomen en waar toen kleinere UFO’s uit tevoorschijn kwamen.


    xxx

    Wat we wel hebben geleerd in de loop der jaren is om dit soort objecten niet af te doen als “wolken”, want dikwijls blijken ze dat echt niet te zijn.


    xxx


    xxx

    Naast dit verhaal is er nog een vergelijkbare waarneming, eveneens door een gezin uit Amerika aan boord van een vliegtuig, dit keer van Los Angeles naar Hawaï. 

    Het verhaal wordt verteld door Carlos en Yvette die net na het opstijgen vanaf Los Angeles vanuit het raam een zilverkleurige glinsterende schijf zien. Het object scheen volkomen stil te hangen en nadat men erin geslaagd was om een aantal foto’s te nemen, was het plotsklaps verdwenen.

    xxx

    In de video hieronder wordt het stel geïnterviewd door onderzoeker L.A. Mazulli die heel erg geïnteresseerd is in dit object, omdat het is gefilmd net voor de kust waar zich al jaren een zogenaamde UFO hotspot bevindt en er sprake schijnt te zijn van een ondergronds UFO basis voor de kust. 

     

    Is bovenstaande ufo misschien afkomstig uit die ondergrondse basis waarover wij eerder het volgende schreven: 

    Nu lijkt het erop dat de ingang van deze basis, net voor de kust van Californië, misschien is ontdekt.

    Onlangs werd er via een het Amerikaanse radiostation, Dark Matter Radio, een bizarre ontdekking bekendgemaakt.

    Het betreft een gigantische onderwateringang net voor de kust van Malibu bij wat men noemt Point Dume. Het is een soort plateaustructuur van ongeveer 2,2 bij 4 kilometer. Het bevindt zich op een afstand van precies 6,66 mijl (10,7 kilometer) vanaf de kust.


    bb

    De ruimte tussen de pilaren is 837 meter en de hoogte 192 meter. Het dak van het plateau is 150 meter dik en lijkt zelfs bestand tegen nucleaire explosies. Het geheel bevindt zich op een diepte van 450 meter onderwater.

    De streek rond Malibu is al jarenlang een “hotspot” voor UFO’s en ook doen al die tijd al verhalen de ronde over een ondergrondse buitenaardse basis voor de kust. Is dit dan misschien eindelijk de oplossing voor dit raadsel?

    De ingang is groot genoeg voor ruimteschepen van aanzienlijke omvang en eventueel ook voor nucleaire onderzeeërs. Al vanaf de jaren vijftig worden er met grote regelmaat UFO’s waargenomen in dit deel van Californië. In de jaren zeventig was het de gewoonte van veel gezinnen om als uitje naar Point Dume te gaan om daar de veelkleurige UFO’s onder water te zien verdwijnen.

    http://www.niburu.co/ }

    11-04-2017 om 21:30 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO Over Home In Secluded Forest Area, Massachusetts, April 9, 2017, UFO Sighting News.

     UFO Over Home In Secluded Forest Area, Massachusetts, April 9, 2017, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of sighting: April 9, 2017
    Location of sighting: Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
    News Source: MUFON #83068
     
    The digital eye is more perfect and catches more detail than our flawed human eyes. Here is such an example. A UFO was hovering in a secluded wooded area over a house when it was caught. It was probably over the house to scan its residence, their mental and physical health and the technology in the home. 
    Scott C. Waring
     
    Eyewitness states: 
    While sky fishing (taking a cluster of photos less than a second apart of the same spot of the sky) I captured a silver sphere. I had seen light anomalies in this particular part of the sky and landscape in the past and decided to take a burst of 35 photos to see if I could capture anything. Upon examining the photos, 1 of them showed a small silver sphere hovering over a house/wooded area. It was tough to gauge the distance and the size of the object. There were no birds or bugs close to the camera (iPhone) at the time and no other blurs,that would suggest something was in flight,showed up in any of the other photos.

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    11-04-2017 om 21:15 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Translucent UFO Seen From Plane Window Over New York, April 2017, UFO Sighting News.
    Translucent UFO Seen From Plane Window Over New York, April 2017, UFO Sighting News.
    Date of sighting: April 2, 2017
    Location of sighting: New York, USA
    News source: MUFON #83056
     
    Do you remember a report where I personally was on top of my 8 floor apartment building and spotted a baseball size translucent orb rise up from the buildings edge at a speed of 5 inches a second...3 meters from me? It looked like the orb above, but then when I flipped my tripod 180 degrees to face it, it had shot 50 meters away in 2 seconds! Yes, I got it on video, but at that distance it looked white, like the photo below. I frightened it by moving fast, and its color changed...it reacted to my fast movement at grabbing the tripod behind me. What I'm saying is that this is 100% real. This is a an entity that can hear our thoughts...thats how I called it to me in the first place. (Video of my experience here)
    Scott C. Waring
     
    Eyewitness states:
    While on a Delta Airlines flight from NY to Fort Lauderdale flying over the Norther Atlantic Ocean, flying at approximately 29,000 feet, several passengers and I observed a silver oval object hovering over the clouds. The object changed from solid to translucent. I took several photographs of the object with my I-phone. The object was at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet. The object was last observed moving in an unknown direction into clouds. No other aircraft were observed at the time of the sighting. At first sight I thought the object was a plane and then a weather balloon, but then the object was observed to appear to almost disappear/invisible or become translucent in quick intervals.




    Below you can't see it, but I had my camera on a tripod facing the sky behind me...but the UFO appeared in front of me2-3 meters ahead. So I lunged at the tripod, flipping it, but that little @#$#ing UFO shot off 50 meters pissing me all to hell. 

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/  }

    11-04-2017 om 21:09 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Shape-Shifting Orbs Hover Above Auckland

    Shape-Shifting Orbs Hover Above Auckland

    Auckland-ufo

    A couple has released a clip showing a strange object that they suspected a UFO. Auckland couple Lance and Patricia Rasmussen said they have been observing coloured orbs flying in the sky for the past year at their home in Manukau Heads.

    They said the objects’ descriptions do not fit any terrestrial origins, such as drones or planes.

    Security cameras captured a video of a circular object hovering in the sky metres away from the couple’s home.

    For several seconds, the object darts in various directions, before flying upwards in tremendous speed and off the camera’s view.

    Mrs Rasmussen said that they had taken hundreds of pictures showing different objects hovering metres away over their roof.

    Mr Rasmussen shared that these mysterious objects have the size three times of a CD and have the ability to change shapes. He added that they also stay up for more than two or three hours while changing colours right in front of their eyes, according to Mr Rasmussen.

    The couple is not sure whether these objects mean any harm or anything like it. They also filed a report to the Civil Aviation Authority about the strange incidents they have been encountering. However, the CAA spokesperson said that they always tell people who reported UFOs that if there was something untoward, then they expect it to be airways or pilots have something to do with it.

    {  http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    11-04-2017 om 20:54 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Strange rock with ‘alien’ patterns may FINALLY crack the 70-year-old Roswell UFO case, claim conspiracy theorists

    Strange rock with ‘alien’ patterns may FINALLY crack the 70-year-old Roswell UFO case, claim conspiracy theorists

    • The mysterious rock was found in September 2004 near Roswell, New Mexico
    • It contained markings and magnetic properties said to be of alien origin
    • A video by alien hunting YouTube channel SecureTeam10 explores its origins

    A strange object, named the Roswell Rock, is continuing to trigger debate 13 years on from its discovery.

    The mystery rock was found in the New Mexico desert close to the infamous site of an alleged UFO crash continues to spark debate.

    Conspiracy theorists believe it is of alien origins and may have been part of the 'flying saucer' reported in the area back in 1947. 

    They say understanding the rock could finally help them solve the 70-year-old Roswell UFO case.  

    A new YouTube video by alien hunting channel SecureTeam10 seeks to explore the mysteries surrounding the Roswell Rock. Conspiracy theorists have suggested it is everything from a part from a UFO to a key to inter-dimensional travel

    A new YouTube video by alien hunting channel SecureTeam10 seeks to explore the mysteries surrounding the Roswell Rock. Conspiracy theorists have suggested it is everything from a part from a UFO to a key to inter-dimensional travel

    ROSWELL ROCK 

    The Roswell Rock was found by Robert Ridge, in September 2004.

    Alien conspiracy theorists have suggested it is everything from a part from a UFO to a key to inter-dimensional travel.

    It is said to have perplexing magnetic properties, which haven't been explained by science.

    If a magnet is held to the north end of the rock, it is said to spin counter-clockwise, with the opposite effect occurring when held at the southern end. 

    It is also etched with strange symbols, which have been compared to the lunar cycle.

    They also match perfectly with crop circles that appeared in Chisledon, England on August 2, 1996.

    The rock was found by Robert Ridge, then 56, who was out hunting deer one afternoon back in September 2004. 

    Mr Ridge says he discovered the rock partially buried in the desert sand, near Roswell, new Mexico.

    Now, a new YouTube video by alien hunting channel SecureTeam10 seeks to explore the mysteries surrounding the object.

    Many alien conspiracy theorists believe that it is part of the UFO which they believed crashed at Roswell back in the 1940s.

    Others believe that the object was left behind on a previous visit by aliens and was the reason the craft that crashed vehicle was in Roswell that day - in order to retrieve the evidence.  

    And television personality Giorgio Tsoukalos - well know in UFO circles for his History Channel programme Ancient Aliens - has made claims regarding inter-dimensional travel.

    SecureTeam10 is one of the most viewed YouTube channels, with over 840,000 people subscribing to its conspiracy videos.

    Speaking in the latest video, which has received over 100,000 views - creator Tyler Glockner said: '[The rock] was discovered back in 2004, sticking out of the dirt in Roswell, New Mexico, in a basically barren, empty area of desert close to where the infamous Roswell crash occurred.

    'The rock was very smooth, rounded, and it contained these mysterious symbols that looked to show almost what looks like a lunar cycle of the Moon.

    Mysterious 'alien' rock found in desert raises questions

    It's been theorised that this rock may have been part of the wreckage from the Roswell crash.

    'Or, that this rock - which is said to hold some very mysterious powers, was actually left behind by a previous alien visitation, and that the Roswell crash was what occurred when these aliens had come back to Earth to retrieve the mystery rock.' 


    The rock was reportedly discovered partially buried in the desert sand near Roswell, new Mexico, the alleged site of a UFO crash in 1947

    The rock was reportedly discovered partially buried in the desert sand near Roswell, new Mexico, the alleged site of a UFO crash in 1947

    The rock was found by Robert Ridge (pictured), then 56, who was out hunting deer one afternoon back in September 2004

    The rock was found by Robert Ridge (pictured), then 56, who was out hunting deer one afternoon back in September 2004

    The markings match perfectly with crop circles that appeared in Chisledon, England on August 2, 1996

    The markings match perfectly with crop circles that appeared in Chisledon, England on August 2, 1996

    ROSWELL UFOS 

    Roswell, New Mexico sprang to international fame on July 8, 1947, when the local newspaper reported the capture of a 'flying saucer' by government officials in the town.

    Over the decades since the discovery, conspiracy theorists have insisted that the debris came from an alien spacecraft, and that the fact was covered up by the military in their secret hangar, Area 51.

    The continuing belief of alien activity in the area led the Air Force to launch an investigation into the crash in 1995.

    Officials concluded that the 'UFO' was part of a balloon launched into the atmosphere as part of a secret government surveillance programme aimed at the USSR.

    However, many have refused to accept that explanation, alleging a conspiracy to hide the existence of extra-terrestrial life.

    The mystery rock is said to have perplexing magnetic properties.

    If a magnet is held to the north end of the rock, it is said to spin counter-clockwise, with the opposite effect occurring when held at the southern end. 

    The video claims that X-rays and CT scans have revealed no evidence of mangets placed inside the rock - which would suggest it is a hoax.

    It is also said to not contain any known natural minerals which would explain its magnetism.

    The Rockwell Rock is also etched with strange symbols, which have been compared to the lunar cycle.

    They also match perfectly with crop circles that appeared in Chisledon, England on August 2, 1996.

    Roswell, New Mexico sprang to international fame on July 8, 1947, when the local newspaper reported the capture of a 'flying saucer' by government officials in the town.

    Roswell, New Mexico sprang to international fame on July 8, 1947, when the local newspaper reported the capture of a 'flying saucer' by government officials in the town. The original Roswell hoax alien autopsy pictures, including this one, were unveiled in 1995

    Roswell, New Mexico sprang to international fame on July 8, 1947, when the local newspaper reported the capture of a 'flying saucer' by government officials in the town. The original Roswell hoax alien autopsy pictures, including this one, were unveiled in 1995

    Over the decades since the discovery, conspiracy theorists have insisted that the debris came from an alien spacecraft, and that the fact was covered up by the military in their secret hangar, Area 51. 

    The continuing belief of alien activity in the area led the Air Force to launch an investigation into the crash in 1995.

    Officials concluded that the 'UFO' was part of a balloon launched into the atmosphere as part of a secret government surveillance programme aimed at the USSR.

    However, many have refused to accept that explanation, alleging a conspiracy to hide the existence of extra-terrestrial life.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ }

    11-04-2017 om 01:10 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mystery rock found at Roswell 'UFO' site continues to sparks wild conspiracy theories

    Mystery rock found at Roswell 'UFO' site continues to sparks wild conspiracy theories

    Alien hunters believe the rock contains special powers - and could be some kind of key to open up a portal in space

    BY 

    A bizarre object known as the Roswell Rock continues to spark wild conspiracy theories - 13 years after it was found.

    The rock, discovered back in 2004, features a mysterious pattern and reportedly unusual magnetic properties.

    It was found close to the site of the alleged UFO crash site in Roswell, New Mexico.

    And now the discussion has resurfaced after Tyler Glockner, founder of alien hunting website Secure Team 10, made a video to discuss its origin.

    Roswell
    The Roswell Rock was found close to the crash site 

    Tyler says: "It was discovered back in 2004, sticking out of the dirt in Roswell, New Mexico, in a basically barren, empty area of desert close to where the infamous Roswell crash occurred."

    The Roswell crash in 1947 is one of the most exhaustively investigated (and debunked) UFO conspiracy theory .

    A United States Air Force balloon that crashed at a ranch near Roswell, Mexico, led many conspiracy theorists to believe that the 'air balloon' was actually an alien spacecraft and that extra-terrestrial bodies had been found and covered up by the military.

    Roswell
    The Roswell crash has been the subject of many conspiracy theories

    Interest in the UFO theory peaked in the 1970s and still persists to this day, despite a report released by the US military in the 1990s which revealed that the object was actually a nuclear test surveillance balloon.

    Robert Ridge was the man who supposedly found the mysterious rock, which he took home and cleaned before he allegedly realised the object's significance.

    Tyler adds: "The rock was very smooth, rounded, and it contained these mysterious symbols that looked to show almost what looks like a lunar cycle of the Moon.

    "It's been theorised that this rock may have been part of the wreckage from the Roswell crash.

    Roswell
    Conspiracy theorists believe that alien bodies were found at the site of the crash

    "Or, that this rock - which is said to hold some very mysterious powers, was actually left behind by a previous alien visitation, and that the Roswell crash was what occurred when these aliens had come back to Earth to retrieve the mystery rock."

    Tyler says that putting a magnet to the 'north' end of the rock causes the object to spin anti-clockwise, but as the magnet was moved down to the 'south' end of the rock, it would move in the other direction.

    Radiologists have since analysed the rock and allegedly confirmed that the rock does not contain any magnets inside.

    Tyler's video has now been viewed more than 97,400 times since yesterday.

    One viewer wrote: "I believe in extra-terrestrials but I'm pretty skeptical about a man finding a random rock out in the middle of the desert, he must have been looking real hard because you can't tell me that thing would be easy to spot with all the other rocks in the desert."

    Roswell
    Major Jesse Marcel with debris found 75 miles north west of Roswell, NM, in June 1947 

    But another YouTube user was less cynical, adding: "The Roswell Rock was found between the mountain & the crash site.

    "The Rock has been CT scanned, X-rayed, dated, material tested & everything they can think of! It is a genuine rock and has not been altered.

    "The design on the rock is reverse imprinted - meaning the design is raised, not imprinted.

    "It is thought to be some sort of encrypted "key" based on the raised-print & strange magnetic properties.

    "(The magnetic properties do not act like a normal magnet but have some other interesting properties.)"

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/ }

    11-04-2017 om 00:45 geschreven door peter  

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    10-04-2017
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Filer’s Files #15 -2017 Cydonia Earth-Mars Connection - PART I

    UFO photographed over Las Vegas, Nevada on April 4, 2017

    UFO photographed over Las Vegas, Nevada on April 4, 2017

    Filer’s Files #15 -2017 Cydonia Earth-Mars Connection - PART I

    In special reports, this week’s files cover: Astronaut Gordon Cooper saw UFOs, UFOs in the Bible, Delaware Morning News on August 2. 1909 Reports Airships Seen at Night, The Cydonia Earth-Mars Connection, and Idaho UFOs near Air Base

    Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wyoming

    Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Brazil, Canada, Kenya, Netherlands, Sweden, and England in the United Kingdom.

    The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.

    George A. Filer III

    New Jersey State Director

    MUFON Eastern Region Director

    Www.nationalUFOcenter.com. Now receiving 3 million hits a month

    Forward these files to your friends and neighbors.

    Special Projects

    Astronaut colonel l. Gordon Cooper and UFOs

    I wanted to convey to you my views on our extra-terrestrial visitors popularly referred to as ‘ UFOs,’ and suggest what might be done to properly deal with them.”

    I believe that these extraterrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets which obviously are a little more technically advanced than we are here on Earth. I feel that we need to have a top level, coordinated program to scientifically collect and analyze data from all over the earth concerning any type of encounter, and to determine how best to interface with these visitors in a friendly fashion. We may first have to show them that we have learned to resolve our problems by peaceful means, rather than warfare, before we are accepted as fully qualified universal team members. This acceptance would have tremendous possibilities of advancing our world in all areas. Certainly then it would seem that the UN has a vested interest in handling this subject properly and expeditiously.”

    If the UN agrees to pursue this project, and to lend their credibility to it, perhaps many more well qualified people will agree to step forth and provide help and information.

    “For many years I have lived with a secret, in a secrecy imposed on all specialists and astronauts. I can now reveal that every day, in the USA, our radar instruments capture objects of form and composition unknown to us. And there are thousands of witness reports and a quantity of documents to prove this, but nobody wants to make them public.”

    COLONEL L. GORDON COOPER
    Mercury and Gemini Astronaut
    Address to the United Nations1985

    UFOs in the Bible

    Gary Colin writes, “I’ve studied the Bible for about 40 years. About 1992 I was inspired to take the name, “gat”. In 2005, I wrote, “Bible Symbolism What It Means to Your Salvation”. The Bible associates the word, “gat” with regeneration. I realized that regeneration is really a scientific “change” as opposed to a spiritual one. I reinvestigated the Bible from a scientific view point, and began to see that the Biblical clouds are the ships of “God” (Psalm Chapter 104; Ezekiel Chapter 1). I’ve also learned that God “sits” and rides in a “Mother Mountain” which He calls “Jerusalem” or “Zion” (Galatians 4:26; Revelation 21:1-5; Matthew 24:30-34). The Bible promised that as our earthly life without “God’s” direct presence comes to its end that “enlightened” information would be given to us (Daniel Chapters 11 and 12).

    We’ve reached that time. The “Elohim” of the Bible were “gods” supervised by the Almighty God to oversee the creation and growth of “humans”. It will be these “Sons of the Gods (Elohim)” who return at this world’s end. Just as in the Days of Noah (Genesis 6:1-10; Matthew 24:30-end). God is Elohim. This name means “Strength” or “Power.” He is transcendent, mighty and strong. Elohim is the great name of God, displaying His supreme power, sovereignty, and faithfulness in His covenant relationship with us. Thanks, Gary Colin

    Delaware Morning News on August 2. 1909 Reports Airships Seen at Night

    MIDDLETOWN People of Middletown Tell Tales of Ghostly Dirigible with Lights August 1. — A mysterious airship which flies only at night is causing considerable excitement and keeping the people of Orange county residing between Goshen and Newburg up nights in their efforts to get a look at it. For the past month persons who have been out late at night have reported seeing an airship, but few believed the stories.

    For a week or more the flying machine had not been seen, but at 11 o’clock last night it made its appearance near Goshen.  It was flying high in the air and carried a light which attracted attention.

    It flew very fast and was last seen traveling in the direction of Newburg.   Those who have seen the machine say it is shaped like a balloon and has wings on each side and a cigar-shaped car underneath.   The sound of a motor was distinctly heard by those who saw the machine. (Thanks to Carl Feindt)

    The Cydonia Earth-Mars Connection by Dr. Bruce Cornet

    After reading “Silent Invasion” by Dr. Ellen Crystall in 1992, I began a 24 square mile magnetic survey of the area between Pine Bush, Newburgh, Wallkill, Walden, Montgomery, Goshen, and Middletown, New York.  I also did a geological survey from Newburgh, south to Pine Island and Warwick, NY.  The magnetic survey involved 1,800 stations of measurement using an EG&G Proton Precession Magnetometer.  It took me three years to complete this map.

    Significant magnetic anomalies were found running up the center of the Wallkill River Valley, containing rocks ranging in age from Ordovician to Cambrian and older, including granitic intrusions and metavolcanic rocks of Precambrian age.  At first I focused on topographic maps around the UAP hotspot area between Pine Bush and Stewart International Airport at Newburgh, NY.  My background in remote sensing underground geologic structures based on surface patterns of rivers and streams led me to spot a circular pattern of streams and hills due west of the town of Wallkill, NY, in 1992.  I produced a map of that feature, which is shown below:

    In 1994 I met Richard C. Hoagland and his team in Weehawken, New Jersey, and learned about the Cydonia Complex of artificial monuments on Mars, which includes the Face on Mars.  I wanted to know why there was so much UAP activity in the Wallkill River Valley near Pine Bush, NY, and Hoagland had shown in a talk given at the United Nations in 1994 that there might be a connection between Avebury Circle and Silbury Hill in the U.K., and crop circle activity, which was believed to be the work of Extraterrestrial Visitors.  Hoagland compared Averbury Circle to the Crater on Mars, and Silbury Hill to the Tholus on Mars.

    Courtesy of R. C. Hoagland 1994-1995

    Having knowledge of a crater-like feature that resembled the Crater on Mars, and the possible connection between UAP activity and Avebury Circle in the U.K., I called Hoagland and asked him what the diameter of the Crater on Mars was?  He said, 2.3 miles.  I had already measured the crater-like feature on Earth, and found it to be 2.3 miles in diameter.  I then asked him what the Latitude was for the Crater on Mars.  He told me to contact his geologist, Jim Erjavic, who sent me a map. To my astonishment, the centers of both craters were nearly the same: 41 degrees 36 minutes.  The similarity seemed too much for mere coincidence, so I looked for other Cydonia features in the valley, and found the Tholus near Newburgh, NY, at the Stewart Air Force and Army Base, and International Airport.  For me it seemed as though I had hit the lottery twice in a row!

     

    Because the Crater on Earth had been badly damaged by glaciers that came down the valley 50,000 years or more ago, during the last Ice Age, all that remained were telltale traces of the original crater margins.  In order to confirm that I was not deceiving myself, I superimposed the Crater on Mars over the topographic map of the Crater on Earth.  There are striking similarities in overall shape (see overlay below).  But what was most striking is that the Crater on Mars has an ‘X’ carved in its center, possibly placed there intentionally in order to draw attention to that Latitudinal position: N 41 degrees, 36 minutes.  And when I discovered that the center of the Crater on Earth was at approximately the same Latitude, the comparison became much more than mere coincidence.  Now there seemed to be a connection between the monuments on Mars and the remnants of similar monuments on Earth.  So I continued to look for more evidence of additional monuments on Earth that can be compared to those on Mars.

    Because the Crater on Mars was discovered first, I call it Crater I, and call the Crater on Earth Crater II, even though Crater II may be older than Crater I.  But what surprised me most was that to the south of Crater II was a low ridge running northeast-southwest in the very same position as the Cliff I on Mars.  There is even a road running across the crest of Cliff II on Earth, and it is appropriately named Hill Avenue!  And the buried alien probe discovered under the Beth Hillel Jewish Cemetery along Rte. 54 is between Cliff II and Crater II (see Filer’s Files #5).  Had I just won the lottery three times in a row?

    Before you jump to conclusions and dismiss these finds as coincidence, note that they appear to be at the same scale as the comparable features on Mars.  Science is the process of formulating theories and testing those theories.  So, the question became: Would I find a comparable feature to the Tholus on Earth?  Knowing the distance and approximate compass direction of the Tholus from the Crater on Mars based on Erjavic’s map, I pulled out more topographic maps to the East of Walden, NY.  There in the curl of the Ramapo Mountains, which would have protected the Tholus (meaning dome or breast) from glacial damage, I saw a feature that stunned me.  It was not only the same size and shape as the Tholus on Mars, but there is a satellite mound on Mars that has an exact duplicate on Earth, called Buchanan Hill.  Look at these features on Mars from Hoagland’s 1987, 1992 book, The Monuments of Mars, A City on the Edge of Forever (Figure 13, Frame 35A74 with labels added):

    Hoagland pointed out correctly that the Tetrahedron on the rim of the Crater on Mars is an unnatural anomaly, and the Cliff built up upon the outsplash apron of that Crater is also an unnatural anomaly.  A Crater could have been artificially formed on Mars using a bolide of the right size and traveling at the right speed, but what is even more important is that the sediment that his bolide hit was liquefied to the point of splashing out to form an apron.  Does that mean those sediments are saturated with water?

    When I examined the bedrock forming the remnants of Crater II on Earth I was expecting to find geologic impact features that would confirm the analog on Earth was also an impact feature.  I quickly discovered that it is not an impact feature, and the rocks in the area have not been deformed by an impact.  This means that the crater-like feature both on Earth and Mars does not symbolically represent an impact.  So what might the Crater II on Earth represent?  Could it represent a symbol for Earth, and the Tetrahedron on the rim of Crater I on Mars (the one on Earth was destroyed by the glaciers) represent the North Pole of Earth at the time that feature was carved out of bedrock on Earth?  This is something to think about.

    Now take a look at the Tholus II and Satellite Mound II on Earth below.  The features on Earth are so well preserved that a perfect fit is only limited by erosion by rain and streams.  What I find interesting is that this area is now occupied by a military and civilian airport, and a nearby town is called, Little Britain, with a New Windsor to boot!  The British Kingdom is ruled by the Windsor family.  The features on Earth and Mars are at the same scale and orientation to other monuments in their respective complexes.  With this discovery, it seemed as though I had won the lottery four times in a row!

    A beehive mound, also known as a tholos or tholus tomb (plural tholoi) or tumulus, is a burial structure characterized by a central room used either as a house, for spiritual worship, or as a burial chamber.  Tholoi are built on level ground and then enclosed by a mound of earth.  They vary in size and are frequently built in clusters, but can also be single stand-alone mounds.  Dr. Susan Martinez in her book, The Lost History of the Little People (2013), points out that similarly-shaped structures abound in ancient civilizations around the world, and represent spiritual houses for worship.  They are hollow and called “beehives” or “tumuli.”  They are sometimes called “Tepe,” meaning hill or mound, and most were built without windows.  Many were built with keyhole-like entrances to limit sunlight from entering the structure.  Shamans and spirit seekers would pray in the dark inside those mounds.

    Excited by these discoveries, I began to wonder if I could find the Face.  Would it be preserved well enough for me to recognize?  I pulled out more topographic maps and measured distances to where the Face would be if it were the same distance and direction from the Tholus and Crater as on Mars.  When my measurements stopped, I was staring at a topographic feature that had a brow ridge, nose, two eye sockets, and a jaw.  My jaw dropped!  It soon became apparent that the Face on Earth is the mirror image of the Face on Mars: Appropriate and significant!  This was more than coincidence.

    But could the enormous D&M Pyramid on Mars also have been constructed on Earth?  Clearly no such pyramid with a base of 3.2 square miles and a height of over 1,000 feet still existed in the valley, meaning that if it had once existed there, glaciers would have toppled it and spread its building blocks southwest down the valley.  And there was a lot of glacial debris to the southwest to account for such a structural mass.  And then I found a relatively flat area the size and shape of the D&M Pyramid just northeast of Warwick, NY, in the same relative position to the other monuments as on Mars.  But first let’s discuss the Face II on Earth and its significance:

    The Wallkill River was diverted from its original course just to the north of the Face II.  The original channel for the river still exists as a Yazoo tributary, which connects at both ends to the artificial channel that was dug in the late 19th century to drain the marshland and swamp that existed south of the Face II, called the Drowned Lands.  The Face on Earth blocked the eight to 20 foot deep lake, because the original Wallkill River (spillway) was too high in elevation as it wrapped around the head of the Face II.  An artificial channel was dug through the deepest ravine in the dam formed by the Face – its mouth.  Today the Wallkill River snakes its way down the Cheechunk Canal through the mouth of the Face, giving the impression that the Face on Earth (FOE) is holding a serpent in its mouth.  The Yazoo tributary passes through a small lake called, Echo Lake, which reflects the mirror image of the Faces on Earth and Mars.

    Bases to destroyed pyramids in the original City of Pyramids, reconstructed and preserved on Mars, formed islands before the Drowned Lands and lake were drained.  That is why today they are called Pine Island and Black Walnut Island, even though the lake no longer exists. Yes, a lake actually surrounded the monuments on Earth, just as proposed for the Cydonia plain and Face on Mars by Hoagland.

    http://www.garbagegangstersandgreed.com/blog/the-wallkill-river-thecheechunk-canal-and-the-orange-county-landfill-a-brief-history

    There is a huge landfill on the lower right cheek of the Face on Earth (FOE) called the Al Turi landfill.  It is leaking toxins into the Wallkill channel.  When I first learned of that landfill, its name reminded me of the star: Alpha Centuri.  Does this go along with Jack Kirby’s comic book Face on Mars (FOM) in 1958, 19 years before Viking 1 photographed the actual Face on Mars in 1976?  Weird synchronicities, And if you are crazy enough to believe in Face conspiracies (as opposed to academic differences of interpretation), you can reserve a room at the New York Psychiatric Hospital for the criminally insane, located on the right temporal lobe of the Face on Earth.

    A festering toxic boil on the right cheek of our Face on Earth (FOE)?

    The possible base to the D&M Pyramid is the same size and orientation as that pyramid on Mars, although considerably more work is needed to confirm its presence and location, along with the study of glacial eratics to the southwest, which may contain stone blocks from that pyramid.  At the Delaware Water Gap between Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey there are thousands of strange blocky stones of granite and basalt that were clearly deposited there as glacial moraine.  They are called the “ringing stones” at Ringing Rocks County Park.  Were some of them derived from giant pyramids?

    There are also two mountains in the center of the valley near Pine Island and Warwick with strange names: Mt. Adam and Mt. Eve, and nearby there are small hamlets named Eden and Edenville.  They represent the types of granitic and metavolcanic islands that existed during the Late Ordovician when a sea covered this are.

    The types of islands buried by those younger marine black shales further north, which entomb robotic alien probes discovered still resting on some of those islands and still sending out signals over 400 million years later (see Filer’s Files #5).  So this region has had much interest not only to early European settlers and Native Americans, but also to Visitors from other worlds.

    Note the Latitudes of the “Crater” on Mars and on Earth: approximately 41 degrees 36 minutes for both, but there is an offset of 118,506 centimeters due to Continental Drift.  There is even an X carved at the center of the “Crater” on Mars, as if to bring that geographic point to our attention.

    There is currently a 3,888 foot (118,506 cm) separation of these center points due to Continental Drift.  If the North American plate moved north as much as it moved west (about 1 cm per year), then that distance separation when converted to centimeters equals 118,506 years. That means the two “Craters” were at the same Latitude at the beginning of the last Wisconsinian Ice Age (end of the Eemian or Sangamonian Interglacial), which contains a 3,000 year period of global warming in its middle, where global temperatures rose 3-5 degrees Centigrade hotter than today!  “Cold, Hard Facts” (Popular Science, June 2013: 31-32)   was that period of global warming natural?  Was there a high-tech space-faring civilization on Earth during the previous Interglacial which destroyed itself during an interplanetary war, possible evidence for which is presented by Dr. John Brandenburg, Plasma Physicist and consultant for NASA, based on two enormous atomic explosions on Mars, which he thinks ended life on that planet’s surface?  There is too much radiation on Mars from artificial nuclear-derived isotopes, such as Xenon 129.

    http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/745738/Life-on-Mars-wiped-outnuclear-war-Dr-John-Brandenburg

    “Mars presents the human race with a Darwinian intelligence test, and so-far, we are failing it.  Scientists cannot connect the dots at Mars because the resulting picture is too terrifying to accept.”  Dr. John Brandenburg, 2014 and Bruce Cornet, M.S., Ph.D.

    Idaho UFOs near Air Base

    U.S. Air Force Air Traffic Control Certification and Federal Aviation Administration Certification

     Mountain Home Air Force BaseI was an air traffic controller at Mountain Home (AFB) from 1973 through 1976 and saw numerous UFO’s, but knew it was a waste to report them. I had no desire to go to the base hospital and enter into a conversation as to whether I loved my mother. In addition, casual conversation with pilots of the F-111 Tactical Fighter Bombers there indicated they too had witnessed the same, but didn’t want an official inquiry into their sanity.

    Additional Comment from Witness: I have experienced a lot of skepticism in the past.

    Note: The witness identified with a previously reported sighting of a UFO that was hovering over the runway at Mountain Home AFB in 1977. The veteran provided documentation that he was an air traffic controller for the Air Force at Mountain Home AFB. (Note that the date on the certificate is Sep 18, 1973. This provides good evidence that he was stationed at Mountain AFB i s a controller. The second document provides his FAA certification and shows that he was at Mountain Home AFB. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

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    UFO Sightings in the United States

    California Object

    Taking my ear buds out, around 12:30 am, on April 1st, I heard a helicopter. My window is open and this helicopter seemed loud and out of place for the night. I looked out my second story window and saw an orange yellow orb traveling from right to left, stop, ascend, and continue to maneuver throughout the night sky. The object seemed to react to the helicopter, avoiding is and reacting to the helicopters movements. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Florida Lights

    Pinellas Park — I was just simply taking a picture of a plane on April 1, 2017. It was passing over head and I noticed an object when I viewed the photo in the upper left with the plane at the lower right. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Illinois Boomerang

    Brookfield — I was returning home at around 4:15 am, from getting some coffee. I got out of my car in my driveway, and saw a bright, pulsing, white light, in the sky on April 1, 2017. I went inside and got my infrared binoculars and filmed it. I couldn’t really see what it was until I went frame by frame. While reviewing the video, it shape shifted from a triangle, a sphere, a disc, and other shapes. Also, when looking at the video, for a few minutes, I saw another pulsating, white light, further south. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Indiana Lights

    Vincennes — I was driving home southbound on U.S. 41 between Vincennes and Decker, as I started to pull onto Airport road I noticed a bright white light, low in the northwestern sky on April 7, 2017. At first I thought it was a star or planet, but realized I never noticed it before, so I pulled over to watch it for a few seconds. It appeared to be moving slowly in my direction, so I decided to head up the road to my house. I pulled into my driveway, and went inside the house to alert my mother about what I was seeing. I went back outside and my mother came outside as the object got steadily closer. As it got almost directly overhead I could see three white lights in a triangular shape, with a red blinking light towards the rear. I also noticed white lights around the middle of the object, appearing to be windows. I listened

    As it was passing by, I did hear a slight jet like sound. It was flying between 200 and 300 miles per hour. This did not appear to be anything conventional. I have seen the F117 once, the B2 twice at my house, F16s, F18s, and F22s, so I have plenty of knowledge and experience with aircraft. Terre Haute is also home to the Indiana Air National Guard, The northwest to southeast flight path of this event was a bit odd. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Louisiana Object

    Boyce — Walked out on deck to take picture of lake on April 1, 2017. Uploaded picture to Facebook and noticed a wooden cross in sky on picture Went back to take a look and it was gone. I see it in the picture and know it was there. I think while I was taking picture I remember seeing at a quick glance, some birds. I am not totally sure of this. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Michigan Light

    Kalamazoo — While my son and I were getting the telescope ready on March n31, 2017, I felt the need to hurry up and get out there. When we walked outside there was a very large and bright “star” very close to our home. I grabbed the iPod and started to take pictures. It stayed for a few hours, I went back out at midnight and it was gone. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Nevada Discs

    Las Vegas — We stayed at the Red Rock Casino outside of Vegas on March 31st thru April 4, 2017. On the morning of April 1st at 7AM, I was getting ready to go golfing. Since I was up and ready to go before my family I looked out the window to admire the mountain views. I took three pictures with my cell phone. I did not see anything out of the ordinary. We were on the 16th floor of the hotel, facing the mountains. After returning home from our trip I checked out some of the pictures on my cell phone and noticed that one picture taken from my room had a round disc that looked as if it was moving fast. I went to the store and had pictures made. The object was unbelievable. I had a larger blow up made and could not believe that this was on the picture. After showing several friends the picture all of them immediately said what is that a UFO. The other two pictures did not show anything. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    North Carolina Ball

    Hoke County — I was on my way to work on March 22, 2017, driving down Shannon Road and I notice a large hovering ball of light. I grabbed my phone and took a picture. I went through some trees and on the other side there were two lights hovering together.

    I tried to video them and I went thru more trees and on the other side there was only one light again. But I watched this light hovering all the way to work. Once there I was telling some of my coworker about the light and a couple of my coworker saw them also. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Ohio Photo of the Moon

    Newbury — I was in my backyard, playing with my camera zoom and taking pictures of the crescent moon on April 1, 2017.

    I went back inside and downloaded the photos and on the larger screen I noticed an object. I was using a Nikon coolpix B500 and it had 40x zoom, so I was all excited to see the craters so clearly in the photos. That’s when I noticed the object and I don’t know what it is. All the photos are not edited. Any thoughts? Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Oklahoma Lights

    I’m up usually every morning around sunrise and noticed objects that could be a planet stationary object on April 6, 2017.

    The sun is coming up over the horizon and the object is still very bright. The object now is moving side to side very slowly.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

     Pennsylvania Sphere

    Philadelphia — I was at the corner of Allegheny and Kensington waiting for the bus on April 3, 2017. It was approximately 8 am, a lovely morning and I was looking at the sky and saw a black object quite high. I was facing north/northwest. My first thought was that it was some debris floating on the air currents – but it was not just floating along – it was moving quite slowly from east to west. The object was dark black, shaped like a wide diamond – or a square object. It did not appear to reflect light but flashed about 4 times in the 10 minutes it. I asked a young woman, also waiting for the bus if she saw it – she said yes/ Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Washington Lights

    Conway — Over four sightings of strange craft occurred within two weeks of this event. It was about 8:40 PM, at night on March 24, 2017. I had walked out of my room, and, due to the fact I had seen what appeared to be flying saucers in the sky for two weeks prior, I looked out and saw an extremely bright light hovering by a radio tower. Even before noticing its very odd movements, I recognized the light to be just like the previous craft I had seen. It was incredibly bright, like a star, but bigger. It also appeared to have a crescent shape to the light, as though part of it were darkened, exactly like the previous lights.

    After noticing it, I watched carefully its position in the sky compared to the hillside. I am a trained aircraft observer, so I am certain it was no aircraft. I saw it begin to move in insect-like patterns, to my surprise, exactly like the last sightings. I had recently returned from flight training in California. My mother came upstairs to the window with me, and I had her watch while it darted hundreds of meters in random directions. I believe seeing this made her uncomfortable, I watched as the light suddenly disappeared, then reappeared much closer to my house. I grabbed binoculars, and to my shock, it was a saucer, like the other ones. I ran and got my mother, so she could join in the craziness. I flashed my phone lights at it, like I had previously done. It seemed to flash back the same pattern. Its response was unnecessarily bright. Being an airman, seeing that while flying would have been highly distracting, and no aircraft I know of would have any reason to flash lights so bright.
    After this, there appeared a second light, brighter than the first. It moved around, and then stayed in place for the remainder of the event. While it was moving, the first light appeared to eject several smaller lights out of it. Upon exiting the craft, the smaller lights were either too dim to see or they simply disappeared.
    Shortly after, the first saucer moved below the tree line, and slowly continued south. Upon doing so, three equally bright saucer shaped craft appeared by the radio tower. They began to move in a steady path to the area where the other two lights were. Both my mother and my sister were now watching.

    The light furthest to the north was very big. It was moving slower than a helicopter, and had flashing lights brighter than the moon. It was like a diamond. If I had been flying close to that light, I would have been blinded. This strange object continued to the south, and disappeared behind some tall trees. There were 3 remaining lights above the horizon for a while, and they vanished one by one.

    My final observations were recorded at 11:45 pm., when I went to sleep with a flying saucer hovering less than a mile away from me. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Wyoming Lights

    Driving along interstate SB on February 6, 2016, I noticed military style dump trucks in my rearview mirror. They were going fast about 90+mph. They passed me.

    I saw this craft on a flatbed. I took a chance and sped up enough to pass them, pulled my car over, jumped out and videotaped it.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Worldwide UFO Sightings

    Australia Object

    Melbourne — My Daughter took this footage whilst stuck in traffic due to an accident on the Western Freeway near the Werribee exit on March 24, 2017. She took the video on her iPhone because she was bored and decided to snap chat her predicament.
    She didn’t notice the object on the video until she got home and subsequently showed me and sent me the video to my iPhone.
    On closer inspection using zoom and slow motion the object appears to hover and move extremely fast shuddering up and down. Two other objects appear to dart around the prominent object extremely fast and look to morph in and out of the object. She was stuck on the freeway for around 20 minutes but not sure how long the objects would have been there. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Brazil Aircraft and UFO

    Brasilia DC — Object was photographed from a hotel room in the city on December 31, 2015. The object is at the bottom right of the photograph. I only noticed the object after unloading the memory card on the PC two days later.
    Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Canada Sightings

    Oshawa – Paul Shishis thanks so very much posting my two close sightings time wise March 23, 2017.  I find this very interesting after the fact of these unknown UFO sightings. We later experienced a power outage here at home in Oshawa, Ontario. Just after 2:00 am, Friday morning March 24, 2017 confirmed by my wife. My is residence at 812 Donegal Ave , Oshawa I woke up after 6:00 am to no power along with 2000 other residents in Oshawa

    Shower in the dark and got ready for work in Scarborough Realized I could not open the garage door feeling upset. In a hurry to get to work decided to take my wife’s car just as the lights outside my house suddenly came on. The timing is so uncanny!!So ran inside the house opened the garage door – pulled my car out and drove to work! Now I’m happy again in my car  I wonder if the power outage be connected to the earlier UFO sighting in Scarborough?

    As mentioned their presence can cause power outages that I have noted from previous sightings

    This again could be another example between UFO presence connected to power outages in selected areas

    There was local news coverage stating they did not know what caused the outage???

    Maybe we know  http://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/101575

     

    Agassiz – I was just about to get into my hot tub but I happened to look skyward south east and I noticed five bright objects descending on March 21, 2017. I didn’t know what they were at first, but eventually looked like four flares floating down towards the ground and they eventually dissipated, I posted the video on Facebook contacted the Agassiz Harrison observer and left an email, They didn’t get back to me for like a month saying they must’ve overlooked it. I posted several videos of it on various sites and have really gotten much attention, I personally think they were flares at that time, but why would anyone be setting flares, I’m sure other people must’ve seen it. They were very bright in the beginning but diminished. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Kenya Triangle

    Nairobi –This object was photographed during the Westgate Mall terror attack/shooting on September 21, 2013. There is a video by the press on Youtube  Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Netherlands Light

    On 31 December 2013/2014, my woman and two kids were planning to join a family party nearby our home. I first drove my car to my brother-in-law’s house, and then we walk with my cousins and sister-in-law to our uncle’s home.
    But then around 9 PM, we decided to go home, and I saw something fly directly over the street into my direction and took pictures.
    It looked like an airplane with different lights, but did not make any sound and was flying too slow for an airplane. Then the others came outside and also saw it fly over. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Sweden Orange Objects

    Several fire golden objects were following me from home to the bus station on March 6, 2017.

    They look different in the picture than I saw in reality…

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

     UK/England Sphere

    Herts — I went outside for a smoke and wanted to show my mother contrails as I looked up I saw this object on January 1, 2017. As it got closer I noticed it was not a plane or anything I have seen before.

    I grabbed my phone and recorded the best video I could when it was around 500 meters away and dusk.

    The object was silent. I was a bit shocked when I saw this but happy I got the video. Within two minutes it was gone. Thanks to MUFON CMS

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    The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!

    The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!
    Two of the raised treads on the left middle wheel of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars suffered breaks in early 2017. One of the breaks is visible as a partially detached section at the top of the wheel, seen here by Curiosity's arm-mounted Mars Hand Lens Imager.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

    A Dragon returns, North Korea tests a rocket engine, a wheel breaks on Mars and a spacewalk streak begins — it's Space.com's top news stories of the week.

    Transition begins

    U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill authorizing a $19.5 billion budget for NASA in 2017, setting its priorities for the year. Vice President Mike Pence also announced that he would head a re-established National Space Council, which will advise the president on space issues. [Full Story: President Trump Signs NASA Authorization Bill]

    Dragon came back

    SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, bringing more than 2 tons of science experiments and gear back from the International Space Station. Officials retrieved the spacecraft and had time-sensitive scientific samples in the lab within 48 hours. [Full Story: SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth with Ocean Splashdown]

    Uncertainty engine

    North Korea announced that they had performed a ground test of a powerful rocket engine suited to lifting satellites — or missiles — off the ground. [Full Story: North Korea Tests Rocket Engine: Is It for Satellites or Ballistic Missiles?]

    Wear and tear

    NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has two small breaks in the treads of one of its six heavy wheels. Curiosity has already lasted well beyond its original two-year mission lifetime, and it should be able to continue unhindered by this latest wear and tear. [Full Story: Breaks Found in Curiosity Mars Rover's Wheel]

    (Tiny) thrusters, on!

    New, dime-size ion thrusters could keep constellations of small satellites in orbit — or, working together, propel astronauts to Mars. The newly-developed "thruster chips" eject ions drawn from a salt-based propellant solution. [Full Story: Dime-Size Thrusters Could Propel Satellites, Spacecraft]

    No laughing matter

    The mysterious dark matter seems to make up a large percentage of the matter in the universe, but — perplexingly — early galaxies seem to not have very much of it. [Full Story: Lack of 'Dark Matter' in Early Galaxies Perplexes Astronomers]

    Colorful cocoon

    Three observant satellites, called Swarm, have mapped the complex magnetic field of Earth's crust and outer mantle, known as its lithosphere. The signal is tiny, but illuminating about the Earth's history. (And one city in Africa has a mysteriously sharp and strong magnetic spike.) [Full Story: Earth's Magnetic Cocoon Mapped in Extreme Detail]

    Maybe no flow

    Mars' famous dark streaks, thought to be caused by briny flows of water, may come from bone-dry landslides instead, new work suggests. [Full Story: Mars' Dark Streaks May Be Caused by Dry Landslides, Not Water]

    But then again: Massive Martian Slopes May Harbor Ice

    Going way back

    A radio telescope that could probe the dawn of the universe's first stars and galaxies received a new grant, boosting its potential size from 240 huge antenna dishes to 350 — letting it look even further back in time. [Full Story: Telescope Eyeing Universe's First Stars Gets (Another) Big Boost]

    Out there

    Two astronauts completed a spacewalk Friday (March 24) to help prepare the International Space Station for future commercial spacecraft to dock and bring crew. It is the first of three spacewalks in a row, the third of which will be the station's 200th spacewalk. [Full Story: Space Station Astronauts Poised to Tackle Three-Spacewalk Streak]

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    Aliens are HERE on Earth and will TAKE OVER, Stanton Friedman a Nuclear Physicist, UFO Researcher

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    YouTube Mothership Productions, Stanton argues that although many high profile scientist have a lot to say about UFOs and ETs, they have not looked and the evidence, and their statements are often not scientific.

    Stanton Friedman Discusses Stephen Hawking & SETI:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyWQ4...

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Weird Norfolk: The Norwich UFO documented by the CIA

    Weird Norfolk: The Norwich UFO documented by the CIA

    The UFO as described by Frank Potter. 
Picture: EDP Library/ANTONY KELLY

    The UFO as described by Frank Potter.

    Picture: EDP Library/ANTONY KELLY

    It was a dazzling light show that bewitched astronomers watching the night sky above Norwich - but was it proof of life on other planets?


    Just months after Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953, the Eastern Evening News front page carried a story about a visit from an Unidentified Flying Object which might have travelled to Earth through its own corona.

    On October 8, the EEN reported that Frank Potter had spotted something unusual in the sky over his home on South Park Avenue in Norwich.

    The amateur astronomer told reporters that he’d seen a noiseless object two days earlier at 7.15pm, travelling from south-west to north-east.

    Training his telescope on the craft, he followed the saucer-shaped object as it sped across the sky, noting: “rays or beams of light could be seen distinctly from the dome and attached directly beneath it was a much larger and flattened dome with a protruding band running in a circumference around its edge.

    “The underneath of the large flattened bottom dome was hollow and appeared to be glowing red, but there were no vapour trails or gases to be seen.”

    The article prompted several other star-gazers to come forward to say they too had spotted something to suggest that we are not alone.

    Mr Potter also revealed that a further seven members of the Norwich Astronomical Society, to which he belonged, had also seen the saucer.

    Leonard G Cramp, vice-president of the British UFO Research Association, included the Norwich sighting in his 1954 book Space, Gravity and The Flying Saucer, a highly technical examination of the technology necessary to build a flying saucer.

    Excerpts from Cramp’s book - including Mr Potter’s testimony - can be found online in the Central Intelligence Agency’s declassified documents library.

    The truth is out there...somewhere above South Park Avenue.

    http://www.edp24.co.uk/home }

    10-04-2017 om 17:41 geschreven door peter  

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    UFOs sighted in Nova Scotia: report

    THE CHRONICLE HERALD 
    
A star-filled night sky is seen at Kejimkujik National Park. (PARKS CANADA)
    A star-filled night sky is seen at Kejimkujik National Park. (PARKS CANADA)

    There were 17 UFO sightings in Nova Scotia last year, according to annual data from UFOlogy Research of Manitoba.

    The organization released the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey, an annual list of all the reported sightings across the country for the previous year, on March 29.

    In 2016, 1,131 UFO reports were officially filed in Canada, the fifth year in a row more than 1,000 cases were reported.

    Since the annual Canadian UFO Survey was initiated in 1989, Canadians have reported 18,038 sightings. More than 2,100 of these reports are categorized as “Unexplained.”

    The 17 reported Nova Scotia sightings are as follows:

    Feb. 2: East Bay – four white triangular objects slowly flying in strange patterns in the sky

    March 1: Terence Bay – possible plane crash, explosion, with a “plane” descending before breaking in half and catching on fire.

    March 26: Bear River – a beam of blue-white light straight down to the ground, no visible craft.

    April 27: Canning – orange light flying erratically in the sky before descending and disappearing.

    July 31: Cheticamp – two objects flying through sky. Car starter stopped working.

    Aug. 1: New Waterford – large ball of pulsating light moving at different speeds and turning slightly.

    Aug. 8: Porters Lake – bright light moving across the sky.

    Sept. 12: Upper Tantallon – large reflective triangular object hovering before receding fast and vanishing.

    Sept. 26: Donkin – unknown object seen in photo. Possibly water drop. Military plane seen in area a day later.

    Oct. 10: Nova Scotia (exact location not specified) – star-like object stationary for 10 minutes then darting across the sky.

    Oct. 11: Port Greville — three orange fireballs and a "spider-like" object moving across the sky.

    Oct. 21: Glace Bay – star-like objects in “reverse P” formation; “black satin rippling.”

    Oct. 27: Halifax – large white light falling from the sky.

    Nov. 10: Sherbrooke – orange light fading between yellow and orange while moving in the sky.

    Nov. 12: Truro – oval-shaped light with yellow light around it, slowly moving before a bright flash of light and it was gone.

    Dec. 9: Truro – low-flying object like shooting star.

    Dec. 21: Halifax – bright light like flash moved east to west quickly, slower than shooting star.

    http://thechronicleherald.ca/ }

    10-04-2017 om 17:31 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Evidence Found That Nuclear Bomb Detonated 12,000 Years Ago, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Evidence Found That Nuclear Bomb Detonated 12,000 Years Ago, Video, UFO Sighting News.


    There is loads of evidence that civilisations exited on earth, long before humans. But here is some evidence that shows that an nuclear explosion occurred 12,000 years ago, and that weapons of mass destruction may just be a mistake that we are doomed to repeat. 
    Scott C. Waring

    News states:

    Hindu texts dating from thousands of years ago seem to suggest that some kind of highly advanced weapon resembling an atomic bomb was set off on the Earth some twelve thousand of years ago. The Mahabharata and the Ramayana are Sanskrit epics thought to have been written in the 8th or 9th century BC and are accounts of the Kurukshetra War and the battle between Rama and the demon Ravana respectively. COULD AN ATOMIC BOMB HAVE GONE OFF ON EARTH 12000 YEARS AGO? 

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    10-04-2017 om 17:22 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.New Zealand family confused by 'UFOs' frequently seen around house, April 4, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    New Zealand family confused by 'UFOs' frequently seen around house, April 4, 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.

     
    Above the photo is enhanced with light only. Below is normal. 
     
    Date of sighting: April 4, 2017
    Location of sighting: Auckland, New Zealand
    News Source:  
     
    Alien entities can move about unseen due to their cloaking technology, however there is no escaping an infrared cameras eye. Infrared is an area of the spectrum that human eyes cannot see. Cameras allow us to capture alien entries and UFOs that may be cloaked. Instances of UFOs and aliens being caught on security cameras have increased 5 fold in the last two years alone and its only going to increase with more and more security cameras going up ever day around the world. 
    Scott C. Waring
    News states: 
    An Auckland couple says unidentified flying objects are hanging around their property - and they have video they say proves it.
     
    Lance and Patricia Rasmussen claim to have seen the mysterious, shapeshifting coloured orbs around their Manukau Heads home most nights for about a year.
     
    They say they're at a loss to explain what it is, but don't believe they are drones or planes because they appear metres from their house.
     
    The couple, in their 50s, has also contacted the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ask what they thought it might be.
     
    A CAA spokesman confirmed the conversation took place, but was not officially recorded.
     
    "If someone wants to 'make it official' then we ask them to email us with details - in the case of UFOs we would usually tell them that if there was something untoward then we'd expect Airways or pilots to have something to say.
     
    "In the absence of any such reports we won't be investigating it - although we are happy to record it," the spokesman says.
     
    The representative who spoke to the couple suggested it could be drones or an approaching aircraft, but "the caller was adamant those could not be the cause".
     
    Ms Rasmussen has taken hundreds of photos of the objects which stay around their isolated Awhitu property, where they've lived for 12 years, "all night long".
     
    She says they normally hover just metres above their roof and make no noise.
     
    The photos sent to Newshub show indistinct lights against a pitch black background, but one of the house's six security cameras did capture movement on Thursday night.
     
    Mr Rasmussen described the objects as spheres "three times the size of a CD, like a big record-type thing" and said some would be less than four metres away from him when they hovered in the garden.
     
    "They fly and they change shape and they can stay up for more than two or three hours and can change shape and colours right in front of your eyes.
     
    "I don't know if they mean any harm or anything like that, but it's pretty out there, y'know?"
     
    The first time they saw the objects, the couple were both afraid.
     
    He says that first sighting coincided with Ms Rasmussen ending up in hospital after developing a severe skin condition on her foot.
     
    Mr Rasmussen says the couple just want an explanation of what they've been seeing from someone.
     
    "We really would like to know what's going on ourselves.
     
    "If they are people from somewhere else, best they go and pick on someone else," he laughed.

    {  http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    10-04-2017 om 17:17 geschreven door peter  

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    SHOCKING UFO sighting over Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada 26-Mar-2017

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    Steven Barone is becoming one of the most advanced UFO hunters on Youtube. He lives near Nellis Air Force Base, located near Los Angeles in Nevada. This amazing peace of footage was filmed on 26th March 2017.

    Witness report: 

    We shot this video from the Apex area near Nellis Air Force Base outside of Las Vegas, Nevada on the night of March 26, 2017.
    I put together a group UFO hunt on Sunday night. We initially went to a spot out of town out in the desert where we thought we would have a good view of the Air Force Base. There were seven of us to start but after about and hour another car showed up and parked. They got out of the car and fired a shot the opposite direction. Earlier there had been several vehicles to the west of us that had been shooting but they finally left. We weren’t seeing anything and having people wanting to shoot guns around us was uncomfortable so we moved to the last spot I had been when my car went bonkers with locking itself and flashing its lights. Bill and Susan went home but Luis, Jonathan, Heather, Donald and I went to the other location and tried again. We waited a bit and then I noticed numerous lights swirling around in the sky near Red Rock Canyon on my side of town. We were there to try and film lights at Nellis but ironically they appeared about thirty miles away much closer to where I live. It was incredible because I counted at least eleven UFOs. Even through the night vision camera, I could see one that was red and another looked yellow. I had zoomed in but I noticed at the very beginning that there were two more red UFOs up higher and out of the picture. There may have been more than a dozen. We all took turns looking through the night vision camera. I had my camcorder but realized that it was missing the SD Card. I had left it plugged into the SD Card Reader on my computer. At times we could see them visually without even using the binoculars. Soon after we started filming three police cars came and parked about two hundred yards away from us with lights flashing. Soon after a police helicopter arrived and began circling, shining a spotlight down on something. We had no idea what they were looking for. The helicopter finally left but the police cars were still there when we left even though we had been filming for more than one hour. Both Donald and I had the same idea to move to the area where we ended up and I am really happy we did. This video is off the hook.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

    The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

     

    Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in science this week.

    The Klosneuvirus was discovered here, at this wastewater treatment plant in Klosterneuburg, Austria.
    The Klosneuvirus was discovered here, at this wastewater treatment plant in Klosterneuburg, Austria.
    Credit: Marton Palatinszky

    New giant viruses found at an Austrian wastewater treatment plant probably evolved from a smaller virus that picked up bits of genome from its hosts and incorporated it, Frankenstein-like, into its own genetic code.

    The discovery of the new viruses was accidental — but enlightening. The research team was combing through genetic sequences from a wastewater treatment plant in the town of Klosterneuburg, Austria, trying to understand bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrate during the treatment process. [Read more about the monster virus.]

    Prehistoric humans were known to feast on horses and reindeer, but occasionally, these early humans would also chow down on each other. Scientists have uncovered grisly evidence of this ancient cannibalism in butchered bones of children and adults found in caves across Europe.

    Now, a new study suggests that it is unlikely ancient hominins cannibalized each other as an easy alternative to going out and hunting. [Read more about the their diet.]

    One of the most impressive finds was a mosaic floor, dating back second half of the 1st century B.C., discovered in the ruins of what's thought to be a Roman public building.
    One of the most impressive finds was a mosaic floor, dating back second half of the 1st century B.C., discovered in the ruins of what's thought to be a Roman public building.
    Credit: Bertrand Houix, INRAP

    Hidden for centuries, mosaic floors from the lost Roman city of Ucetia have been uncovered in France.

    The French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) announced that the dig has so far been very fruitful. Some of the walls and structures that were uncovered date to just before the Roman conquest of present-day France (called Gaul at the time). But the most visually stunning finds are the well-preserved Roman-era mosaic floors with richly colored patterns and figures. [Read more about the elaborate mosaics.]

    Nearly 1 billion people around the world light up cigarettes every day, a new study finds.

    In other words, because there are more people on Earth, there are more smokers. But compared to the overall population, the percentage of people who smoke is lower than it was 25 years ago. [Read more about the findings.]

    Vantablack is now available in a spray-on form that blocks 99.8 percent of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light — enough to make an otherwise detailed 3D object appear as a flat black void.
    Vantablack is now available in a spray-on form that blocks 99.8 percent of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light — enough to make an otherwise detailed 3D object appear as a flat black void.
    Credit: Surrey NanoSystems

    Though it may look like a 2D cartoon wormhole, "Vantablack" is the blackest material known to science.

    Now, a variation of Vantablack (known as Vantablack S-VIS) is available in a spray-on form that blocks 99.8 percent of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light — enough to make an otherwise detailed 3D object appear as a flat black void. [Read more about the darkest known material.]

    In the deep ocean, a hungry squid can suddenly become a meal for a larger squid, seen here in a still from a video posted by CSIRO on YouTube.
    In the deep ocean, a hungry squid can suddenly become a meal for a larger squid, seen here in a still from a video posted by CSIRO on YouTube.
    Credit: CSIRO

    A marine expedition exploring life in the deep sea near Australia recently captured footage of an incredible scene: a squid's sneak attack on a smaller squid.

    The life-and-death struggle was visible for only a few dramatic seconds before the wrestling squids wriggled out of sight. [Read more about the attack.]

    The germanium detector array is being lowered into the liquid argon. The physicists wanted to see if this germanium-76 ever decays without releasing the neutrinos — neutrinoless double-beta decay.
    The germanium detector array is being lowered into the liquid argon. The physicists wanted to see if this germanium-76 ever decays without releasing the neutrinos — neutrinoless double-beta decay.
    Credit: M. Heisel/GERDA collaboration

    A never-before-seen type of radioactivity could explain why matter, including humans, exists today. And now a team of physicists has launched an experiment to find the oddball phenomenon.

    One way to explain this matter-antimatter asymmetry is to look for some difference between the two, besides charge, that could explain matter's advantage. It's a big question in contemporary physics, because otherwise matter and antimatter should, per contemporary theories, behave the same way. [Read more about the radioactivity.]

    The so-called Daedalus suit is a jet engine-powered exosuit developed by amateur inventor Richard Browning.
    The so-called Daedalus suit is a jet engine-powered exosuit developed by amateur inventor Richard Browning.
    Credit: Gravity

    Residents of the quiet town of Salisbury, in the south of England, had no clue until last week that their neighbor, a 38-year-old oil trader named Richard Browning, is a real-life Iron Man in the making.

    Despite the noisiness of the technology, which consists of three sets of miniature jet engines attached to the arms and the back, Browning managed to keep the work completely under wraps. [Read more about the real-life superhero.]

    Here, knife-marks can been seen on the surfaces of two rib fragments. Cut-marks and chop-marks are the bones suggest the bodies had been mutilated after death.
    Here, knife-marks can been seen on the surfaces of two rib fragments. Cut-marks and chop-marks are the bones suggest the bodies had been mutilated after death.
    Credit: Historic England

    Zombies are hardly a modern preoccupation. For centuries, people have been worried about corpses rising from their graves to torment the living.

    Now, archaeologists in England think they've found evidence of medieval methods to prevent the dead from walking. [Read more about the ancient practices.]

    Being overweight or obese at some point in adulthood may increase the risk of early death, a new study finds.

    The new finding is "important from a public health perspective, given that about one-third of adults in the U.S. and more than a quarter of the world's population is overweight," study author Edward Yu, a graduate student at the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health in Boston, said in a statement. [Read more about the obesity paradox.]

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    09-04-2017 om 23:57 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Passengers STUNNED as huge UFO ‘flying saucer’ soars past plane in remarkable video

    Passengers STUNNED as huge UFO ‘flying saucer’ soars past plane in remarkable video

    AN ‘ALIEN spacecraft’ was filmed hurtling below a plane as shocked passengers watched on.

    By Simon Green 

    The baffling clip – filmed over Spain – begins with the mysterious object coming into shot directly below the aircraft.

    It appears to be diamond-shaped as it travels through the skies.

    “What the f***?” the stunned cameraman says, before zooming in further.

    The craft looks completely flat but almost as soon as it comes into view, it disappears into the distance.

    The strange UFO and an alienYOUTUBE/GETTY

    BOMBSHELL: A huge UFO was spotted hurtling past a passenger plane

    Astronaut Brian O’Leary makes SHOCKING claim about UFOs

    More than 35,000 people have viewed the startling video since it was posted to YouTube on Wednesday (April 5).

    “I’ve witnessed a UFO from my airplane window seat before so I DO believe this…trust me it’s real,” one user commented.

    Another wrote: “Amazing! It seems to be moving slow at first then speeds up.”

    Some users dismissed the video, claiming it had been edited.

    The UFOYOUTUBE

    MYSTERY: Viewers had mixed responses to the footage

    But one viewer suggested: “The tricky part of adding an image from a camera phone is the perspective and speed…this passed the test of enlargement.”

    Others believed the craft was in fact a weather balloon.

    A startlingly similar craft was filmed recently hurtling over rush hour traffic in Mexico.

    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Annual Report On UFO Sightings Released

    Annual Report On UFO Sightings Released

    UFO over Canada


    Winnipeg-based Ufology Research recently published their 2016 Canadian UFO Survey, which features light-fingered alien, airplane near-misses, and bright lights. There were 1,131 reported UFO sightings in total across Canada. Only four percent of the total sightings could not be explained. The percentage is a record low in 28 years the study has been carried out. Chris Rutkowski, the study author, explained that low rating is likely the result of more scrutiny of UFO sighting claims.

    UFO sighting reports are usually on the rise during summer, but turn out to be simple lights in the sky.

    Among the provinces, Quebec led the country with 38.5 percent of the sightings. The province also has the largest populations. Ontario placed second with 26 percent and followed by British Columbia with 17 percent.

    A simple point source of light comprises most shapes of reported UFOs with 57 percent. Other forms indicated were balls (9%), fireballs (5%), triangles(4%), and cigars (3%).

    The report includes cases of the massive, disc-shaped object with searchlights flying over the mountains in North Vancouver. It mentions the boomerang-shaped spotted moving across the sky near St. Thomas in Ontario.

    There is also a reference to a reported near miss of the commercial plane over Toronto with an unidentified flying object while on a routine flight on November 14.

    Close encounter cases are not that high when compared to UFO sightings, but high on the strangeness scale.

    A man in Cornwall, P.E.I saw a thin, six-foot-tall, long-fingered white being in a black suit, which spoke to him in his bedroom before leaving by walking through a wall.

    Those close encounter cases also include a man in Lanaudiere, Quebec who claimed he was transported into a field of plants and plunged into a bathtub where three green, big-eyed humanoid creatures surrounded him and communicated with him telepathically.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ )

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Three Dark Disk UFOs Seen From Passenger Jet Over Philadelphia On April 7, 2017, UFO Sighting News.

    Three Dark Disk UFOs Seen From Passenger Jet Over Philadelphia On April 7, 2017, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of sighting: April 7, 2017
    Location of sighting: Philadelphia, PA, USA
    News source: MUFON #83041
     
    Now this is odd. I can distinctly see many shadows from the clouds on the ground, however, I cannot see any shadow on the ground from the UFOs. Why? Perhaps alien technology cannot cast a shadow...an excellent way to prevent people from noticing you when they are walking on the ground looking down...no shadow appears and they never bother looking up. 
     
    From the lack of shadows on the ground and the thinness and the darkness of these objects, I can confirm that they are alien craft. It appears to be about half a mile across. And thats still considered small compared to other alien craft from other official reports. For example, two planes confirmed sighting three yellow disks that were over the ocean near Guernsey Island back in 2007 and all the UFOs were over a mile across. (Click here to see that video).
    Scott C. Waring
     
    Eyewitness states:
    We were on a Frontier Airplane coming from Philadelphia, PA and preparing to land in Charlotte, NC close to noon on 4/7/2017. Our 7 year old son was sitting by the window. He told us to look out the window because he sees a spaceship in the sky. We took 3 pictures of the object in the sky. One of the pics shows 2 objects. If you zoom in on the pics, it does look like it could be something. Our son seemed so sure that it was a spaceship.



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    09-04-2017 om 20:29 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mysterious alien-like green flashes spotted on NASA cameras BAFFLES viewers

    Mysterious alien-like green flashes spotted on NASA cameras BAFFLES viewers

    ALIEN hunters have been left stunned by strange green lights filmed by NASA cameras streaking across space.

    By Simon Green

    The mysterious video – posted by so-called truth-seeker Streetcap1 – shows the black sky over the Earth.

    Suddenly a bright light bursts into view for less than a second.

    The sheer speed of it makes it impossible to see what has caused the sight.

    But once you take a screenshot – it becomes slightly clearer.

    The green light and aliensYOUTUBE/GETTY

    BAFFLED: Strange alien-like green lights were filmed streaking across the sky

    A huge green object comes into view, with Streetcap1 commenting: “I have absolutely no idea what that is at all.

    “You can see a grey thing at the back so what I did was brighten that up.”

    He then zoomed in on a bright white light that also streaked through the darkness.

    “It’s not like a meteor but a fast flash in a line in one spot,” a person who witnessed the anomaly said.

    A bright flash

    YOUTUBE/STREETCAP1

    MYSTERY: Viewers had differing views on what caused the flashes

    “It doesn’t seem to go across the sky or anything.”

    But another viewer disagreed, suggesting: “Could it be micro meteors hitting the uppermost atmosphere?”

    It comes just days after the conspiracist spotted “alien UFOs” interacting with each other in remarkable footage from the International Space Station.

    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO flying saucer SPOTTED hurtling over traffic at rush hour in shock clip

    UFO flying saucer SPOTTED hurtling over traffic at rush hour in shock clip

    AN “ALIEN flying saucer” was captured on video flying over a busy street in broad daylight – sending UFO hunters into a frenzy.

    By Henry Holloway 

    Footage shows the black disc-shaped object moving through the sky above Morelia in Mexico.

    The black UFO flies into view and lingers in the sky while it is tracked by the cameraman Carlos Arriola.

    It remains in shot until Mr Arriola has to pull away in his car as the traffic starts moving again.

    The shock video comes as a British astronomer claimed aliens could be “robots” that have overthrown their creators.

    UFO sighting in Morelia

    YOUTUBE/GETTY

    UFO: The alien craft was spotted 'flying over Mexico' in a video shot in Morelia

    It is rare to see such a close up of a real UFO.

    UFO hunter

    The 40-second clip has sent prolific online alien experts into the meltdown.

    UFO hunters across the web are hailing the short snap as “100% real” and showing an alien spaceship.

    On the YouTube post, Mr Arriola writes: “Due to the traffic I could not make a longer recording.”

    Some UFO hunters claim aliens are here and want to “quarantine” humanity.

    UFO flying over Mexico

    YOUTUBE

    ALIENS: UFO hunters online hailed the clip as '100% real'

    Former NASA employee says he saw alien and NASA employees meet

    Self-proclaimed UFO expert Scott C. Waring wrote on UFOSightingsDaily: “It moves gracefully and silently over a city.

    “It is rare to see such a close up of a real UFO.

    “Savour the moment guys. It is 100% real.”

    Are alien civilisations living in enormous caves on the moon


    Alien hunters SecureTeam10 also hosted the video and dismissed theories the object was being carried by a helicopter or a drone.

    The existence of life on other planets – let alone space-faring races – has never been proven.

    But NASA and space boffins continue their search – revealing a breakthrough in the hunt for alien life outside our Solar System last week.

    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

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    Tiny White UFOs Seen On News Cast During Lightening Storm In Florida, April 6, 2017, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: April 6, 2017
    Location of sighting: Florida beach, USA
    Source: MUFON #83010

    White UFOs have been reported all around the world during lightening storms. They are thought to recharge from the storms...feed off of it if you will, and this makes them very excited and shoot all over and ever do loops. Once over Nortre Dame Stadium CNN recorded such an occurrence. It was the first time my site was on CNN and hundreds of these white lights were seen flying around but at incredible speed...like the speed of a arrow. Very remarkable and unbelievable if you have never before witnessed such and event. I also think that these tiny UFOs are alive...and even cause some lightening storms to happen.

    Scott C. Waring

    Eyewitness states:

    Watching NBC Nightly News last night, Apr 6, starting at 5:30p MST. During the coverage of the storms in the southeast, film footage was showing lightning strikes over water. I noticed for just a couple of seconds an object flying really fast under the cloud cover from the right side of the screen towards the left. This morning I replayed the segment footage from their website and am including the screen shots from the seconds before, during and after the object was in sight. The object moved quite a distance in one second. I was limited to the amount of pictures I could upload. I have another screen shot of the1:15 second mark, just before the last photo. I'm hoping someone with the right equipment will enhance.





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    08-04-2017 om 17:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Black Disk Seen Over City In Mexico While Moving Slowly Over Road, March 27, 2017, Video UFO Sighting News.

    Black Disk Seen Over City In Mexico While Moving Slowly Over Road, March 27, 2017, Video UFO Sighting News.





    Date of sighting: March 27, 2017
    Location of sighting: Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
    News source:
     http://www.mimorelia.com/video-captan-supuesto-ovni-en-morelia/

    This is a dark disk moving slowly over a busy road in Morelia, Mexico. The person recording the UFO did an outstanding job since they were also driving the car. In the video, we get to see its smooth movement and its disk edge. It moves gracefully and silently over the city. Its rare to see such a close up of a real UFO. Savour the moment guys. Its 100% real.
    Scott C. Waring

    News states:
    Morelia, Michoacán (MiMorelia.com/Redacción) .- In recent days was captured an unidentified flying object (UFO) in broad daylight, north of the city of Morelia. According to the user who captured the images, it was on March 27th when this strange black object was observed and circular. "Transiting through the release at the height of the Technological of Morelia appeared this UFO which due to the traffic I could not make a longer recording," explains in his video the video Carlos Arriola. The video has even been taken by a website dedicated to studying paranormal phenomena and of this type. The last word you have it yourself ...

    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

    08-04-2017 om 17:38 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.First Nations among those reporting mysterious lights in the sky in 2016: UFO survey

    First Nations among those reporting mysterious lights in the sky in 2016: UFO survey

    'Large yellow pyramid' and 'bright light moving very fast' among UFO sightings by First Nations in 2016

    By Tim Fontaine, CBC News

    Seven UFOs were reported in First Nations communities in 2016, according to an annual survey.

    Seven UFOs were reported in First Nations communities in 2016, according to an annual survey. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

    Seven First Nations reported unidentified flying objects in 2016, according to an annual survey by Winnipeg-based Ufology Research.

    Three of those sightings were on Walpole Island — located over 250 kilometres southwest of Toronto — according to the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey, which lists 1,131 reports from across the country.

    The incidents in Walpole Island include someone reporting a "bright light remaining in one area but moving up and down slightly" on the evening of Jan. 3, 2016.

    On Jan. 4, 2016 someone in Kahnawake reported seeing a "large yellow pyramid hovering in the sky" over the Mohawk community, located near Montreal.

    Bright lights, flying objects

    Most of the 2016 sightings reported by First Nations were in Ontario and Quebec, including one on the Sagamok First Nation on May 27, when someone there spotted a "bright light moving very fast before disappearing."

    Someone in Wikwemikong, located on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, reported seeing an "object flying past the moon with no sound in a straight line" on July 19.

    But there was also a sighting in La Ronge, a northern Saskatchewan town where most of the residents are Cree or Métis. According to the document, someone reported witnessing "seven lights moving in the sky" on Nov. 10.

    A nd a report from Iqaluit said someone saw "many star-like lights flying together" on Sept. 16.

    The Canadian UFO Survey has been compiled annually since 1989 by Ufology Research of Manitoba. The group said 18,038 sightings across Canada have been catalogued since the survey began.

    The truth is out there …

    http://www.cbc.ca/news }

    08-04-2017 om 17:37 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.British Cleaner Videotapes UFOs In Low Altitude Over Gosport

    British Cleaner Videotapes UFOs In Low Altitude Over Gosport

    british-ufos

    A witness reported to MUFON about his sighting in Gosport, Great Britain involving three lights that at times formed a triangle flying low in the sky. These lights also made random movements before all vanishing without a trace, according to the witness testimony filed as case 81450 in Mutual UFO Network witness reporting database.

    On January 9, 2017, the witness stepped outside to dispose rubbish bags in his work as a cleaner at 10:50 pm.

    He then noticed three green lights in the northwest of his position, at around 30-degree angle. The witness admitted that he could not estimate the distance and height from his position. Curious about the possible environment where the mysterious lights were spotted, he looked it up on Google maps and found out that they were mostly fields in that direction. He also provided the postcode where he observed the lights, which was PO13 0HR.

    The witness described the lights as evenly spaced at times in a large triangle formation when he first noticed them. They all then turned purple and began moving. The video he submitted shows how the three lights move.

    The witness revealed that he had his phone camera in a full zoom. The quality of the video is not that good, but the lights can be seen in bright purple color moving in a random manner, side-to-side, up and down very fast and turning very sharply. They swap sides and pass each other, sometimes form a triangle formation again for a few seconds before they move again.

    The witness lost sight of the lights as they moved down below the houses several times until they did not reappear above the houses. The witness decided to position himself to the second level to see those lights from a higher angle. He saw one light again above the house but disappeared quickly downwards. They all never went up again after that, the witness stated.

    http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

    08-04-2017 om 17:14 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.'Water world' found just 39 light years away represents leap forward in search for aliens, scientists say

    'Water world' found just 39 light years away represents leap forward in search for aliens, scientists say

    The discovery marks the first time that an atmosphere has been found around another Earth-like planet

    Andrew Griffin

    Scientists have found a planet that looks like Earth – and, for the first time, has its own hazy atmosphere.

    The discovery represents a major leap forward in the hunt for a planet like our own that could support alien life.

    The planet, which is 39 lightyears from us, has a hazy atmosphere that could have a "water world" beneath it, scientists say.

    While the planet isn't likely to be habitable, it suggests that there might be more planets out there with the kind of atmosphere that could support life. Until now, scientists have only been able to see giant "hot Jupiter" planets that are too warm to house aliens.

    The "super-Earth" planet known as GJ 1132b was observed as it passed in front of a cool red dwarf star, blocking out some of the star's light.

    By measuring the slight drop in the star's brightness, astronomers were able to work out that the planet was 1.4 times the size of Earth.

    They also found that in one light wavelength band, the planet looked slightly bigger. This could be explained by an atmosphere that was opaque to some light wavelengths, but transparent to others.

    Dr John Southworth, from the University of Keele, who led the team, said: "While this is not the detection of life on another planet, it's an important step in the right direction.

    "The detection of an atmosphere around the super-Earth GJ 1132b marks the first time that an atmosphere has been detected around an Earth-like planet other than Earth itself.

    "With this research, we have taken the first tentative step into studying the atmospheres of smaller, Earth-like planets. We simulated a range of possible atmospheres for this planet, finding that those rich in water and/or methane would explain the observations of GJ 1132b.

    "The planet is significantly hotter and a bit larger than Earth, so one possibility is that it is a 'water world' with an atmosphere of hot steam."

    Analysing the chemical composition of exoplanet atmospheres could in future yield tell-tale signs of life.

    Ozone, derived from oxygen released by plants, is one atmospheric life marker. Methane is another, although it can also be generated by volcanic activity.

    US planetary scientist Dr Sara Seager, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has compiled a list of 14,000 different molecules that could provide biosignatures of life on alien worlds.

    The American space agency Nasa's new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), due to be launched next year as a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, will be powerful enough to begin studying the atmospheres of Earth-like exoplanets.

    There are also proposals for an even bigger High Definition Space Telescope (HDST), with a 40ft-wide mirror twice as large as the one carried by the JWST. It would directly image planets in nearby star systems and search for the fingerprints of life in their atmospheres.

    The HDST, likely to be a multibillion-pound international project, is not expected to be launched until the 2030s.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/ }

    08-04-2017 om 00:59 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Dwarf Planet Ceres & the Case of the Vanishing Ice Volcanoes

    Dwarf Planet Ceres & the Case of the Vanishing Ice Volcanoes

    Dwarf Planet Ceres & the Case of the Vanishing Ice Volcanoes
    The only mountain peak on the dwarf planet Ceres, the ice volcano Ahuna Mons, may be slowly spreading out and sinking into the crust. In this simulated perspective view, the elevation of the peak has been exaggerated by a factor of two.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI

    The solitary mountain on the dwarf planet Ceres may be slowly disappearing, following in the footsteps of earlier peaks. 

    New research suggests that the outer layer of the icy world may be slowly shifting over time, allowing the peak to gradually stretch out and sink into the crust. Similar mountains may have peppered the planet in the past and flattened out over time.

    "It's sort of like if you spill some syrup or honey on a plate and you watch it spread out over time, not instantaneously like water does but a little more slowly, it eventually gets to a flatter, broader shape; it's the same process," Michael Sori, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, told Space.com. [NASA Probe Snaps Stunning New Pics of Dwarf Planet Ceres]

    Sori is lead author on a paper proposing that the mountain, called Ahuna Mons, may be slowly spreading outward due to its viscosity. He presented the results in March at the Lunar and Planetary Sciences conference in The Woodlands, Texas.

    When NASA's Dawn mission arrived at Ceres in 2015, it found a nearly flat world with only a single mountain, Ahuna Mons. The massive summit towers 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above the surface and is at most 200 million years old. Previous research has suggested the peak could be an ice volcano — forming through the process of cryovolcanism, or flowing ice — but its source is still under debate.

    The mountain's isolation has been a major puzzle for scientists since Dawn first spotted it. Other icy worlds suspected of hosting cryovolcanoes, such as Pluto and the moons Europa, Triton and Titan, have multiple suspects. Ceres has only one. According to Sori, one possibility is that cryovolcanism was dormant on Ceres until fairly recently — although he calls that an unlikely scenario.

    "It's just odd to think of a thermal history of a planet where that would happen, where you would have it be dead for most of its history and then just yesterday, relatively speaking, become active," he said. "It's a weird thermal history to think about."

    The other, more likely option is that cryovolcanoes formed throughout the planet's lifetime, then disappeared. Because Ceres lacks an atmosphere or running liquids on its surface, the erosion processes of wind and rain that wear down Earth's mountains don't happen on the tiny world.

    Sori and his colleagues focused not on the formation of the mountain but on what happened afterward. They modeled possible compositions for Ahuna Mons and found that, if at least 40 percent of the mountain was made up of ice, it would slowly spread outward like honey on a plate, gradually relaxing or flattening down over time. With more ice, the mountain became more viscous, wavering between solid and liquid.

    "Our stuff takes place after the initial emplacement process, so we can be a little bit agnostic as to how the mountain formed in the first place," Sori said. "The key is, it just needs to have enough ice to experience this viscous relaxation."

    Cratering records provide one method for calculating the age of a terrain. While Ahuna Mons itself lacks signs of impacts, the region it sits in has craters that provide a limit of about a billion years for the mountain, previous research has shown. Sori's team came up with an even younger age if the precipice is relaxing. If the peak is half ice, it would take 500 million years to relax away after formation, he said; if it is completely ice, it would vanish within 20 million years of its birth.

    "Ahuna Mons is young, no more than 200 million years old," Sori said. Its youth suggests that the planet may still be geologically active today, though no definitive signs have been spotted by Dawn.

    The new work was detailed in February in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

    A view of Ahuna Mons, the only mountain peak on Ceres, as captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
    A view of Ahuna Mons, the only mountain peak on Ceres, as captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Dawn mission

    Ceres may be the lone peak today, but there's evidence that another spire may have risen in the past. Near Ahuna Mons lies the shape of another hill, spotted by a previous team. This may be the remnants of a previous cryovolcano like Ahuna Mons that gradually relaxed away, Sori said.

    "Maybe it was emplaced in the same shape [as Ahuna Mons] but flowed into its current shape over a few hundred million years," he added.

    That could suggest that the region around Ahuna Mons may be an ongoing source of cryovolcanism. On Earth, shifting plates cause lava to erupt through the crust in multiple locations, often spawning chains of volcanoes, but Ceres has no plate tectonics. Sori said the region could be more like Mars, where rocky lava continued to pile up on itself to create the massive Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the solar system. But while Ahuna Mons may be relaxing due to ice, the rocky Olympus Mons stands firm.

    Sori and his colleagues plan to search other images of Ceres for signs of potentially relaxed cryovolcanoes. 

    Follow Nola Taylor Redd on Twitter @NolaTRedd or Google+. Follow us at @SpacedotcomFacebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com

    08-04-2017 om 00:42 geschreven door peter  

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    A MILITARY OFFICER'S LOST CAMERA REVEALS A PICTURE OF AN ALIEN EMBRYO

    Today we received a strange picture of an alleged alien being together with a fascinating story.
     
     Read the eyewitness report and tell us what you think: 
    • This happened exactly 11 years ago in 2006. It was my last year in high school, and I was involved in the art department.
    •  Specifically there was three classes, Photography, Digital Photography and Natural Art. These three rooms were linked together in the middle by an office. I remember that it was me and two friends who were assistances for the teachers and we were talking in the office with the photography teacher.
    •  He was telling us about a camera that was found in his sister’s house. It belonged to a military officer and well he had this camera in his attic, and while they were cleaning out the house and came across it, she decided to develop the pictures to see what they were. 
    • To her surprise, my teacher described her reaction as “completely horrified” there were pictures she immediately threw away and could not believe. He never described to me what these pictures were but one of them he was able to keep.
    •  It’s a specimen with an unknown tag on it. The military official that lived there apparently had died a long time ago and worked in a facility, but nobody ever knew where. My teacher was able to get this picture that was developed, and he showed it to us. 
    • I asked if I could take a picture of it or show it to my friends he said no. He put it in his office and locked the office after we were finished seeing it. During lunch, my department (digital photography) had keys available for the office, and I quickly took the keys and opened the office while they were on lunch and well I quickly snapped pictures and ran back inside the classroom. 
     
    This is the picture of the photograph that was developed straight from the old camera! 
     
     
     

    08-04-2017 om 00:13 geschreven door peter  

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    Bewoners van eilanden in Stille Oceaan blijken mysterieus DNA te dragen dat niet gelinkt kan worden aan bekende voorouder - HLN.be

    Bron: Phys.org, Science News, ati.com

    © rv.

    Ze wonen op een van de meest afgelegen en unieke plaatsen van de aarde en dat zou hen nog specialer kunnen maken dan we al dachten. Onderzoekers hebben ontdekt dat de bewoners van enkele eilanden in de Stille Oceaan DNA hebben dat niet terug te voeren is op de voorouders van de mens die we al kennen: de denisovamens en de neanderthaler.

    Wetenschappers van het MD Anderson Cancer Center aan de universiteit van Texas vonden sporen van een onbekende uitgestorven voorouder in het genetisch materiaal van de Melanesiërs, die op de eilanden wonen ten noordoosten van Australië: onder meer Fiji, Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea en de Salomonseilanden.

    Lees ook

    Onderzoeker Ryan Bohlender. 
    © Facebook.

    Het zou om materiaal van een verre verwant kunnen gaan van de neanderthaler. En het kan misschien helpen een van de mysteries van de Melanesiërs te verklaren, die zo donker zijn als de bevolking van Afrika, maar waarvan een kwart wel blond haar heeft. En niemand weet hoe dat komt. 

    Fossielen
    Van de neanderthaler zijn heel wat fossielen overgebleven in Europa en Azië, van de denisovamens amper een vingerkootje en wat tanden in een grot in Siberië. Maar allebei zijn ze goed gedocumenteerd. Van de nieuwe voorouder zijn nog geen fossiele resten ontdekt.  

    Complexer
    "We missen een voorouder", klinkt het bij onderzoeker Ryan Bohlender. "Of er is iets wat we niet begrijpen in hun onderlinge relatie. De menselijke geschiedenis is nog een stuk complexer dan we al dachten."

    Het onderzoek toonde ook aan dat er twee keer zo veel mensen leefden in Afrika toen onze soort ontstond en dat de afsplitsing van de neanderthalers 100.000 jaar later gebeurde.

    http://www.hln.be/ }

    07-04-2017 om 23:56 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Aardeachtige planeet is mogelijk 'stomende waterwereld' - HLN.be

    Aardeachtige planeet is mogelijk 'stomende waterwereld' - HLN.be

    Bron: BBC, Space.com

    Een impressie van GJ 1132b, die rond een rode dwerg cirkelt. © Dana Berry.

    Wetenschappers hebben voor het eerst een atmosfeer ontdekt rond een aardeachtige planeet. Ze bestudeerden de planeet GJ 1132b, die 1,4 keer zo groot is als de aarde en 39 lichtjaren van ons verwijderd. Uit de studie, die werd gepubliceerd in het Astronomical Journal, blijkt dat de planeet omgeven is door een dikke laag gassen die ofwel uit water, methaan of een combinatie van beiden bestaan. De ontdekking van een planeet met een atmosfeer is een belangrijke stap in de zoektocht naar leven buiten ons zonnestelsel.

    De ontdekking van planeet GJ 1132b werd voor het eerst aangekondigd in 2015. Ze ligt in het Vela-sterrenstelsel en cirkelt rond de dwergster GJ 1132. De planeet is in omvang ongeveer gelijkaardig aan de aarde, maar haar ster is veel kleiner, koeler en zwakker dan onze zon. 

    Sterrenkundigen hebben in het verleden al atmosferen ontdekt rond veel grotere gasreuzen zoals Jupiter of rond een 'superaarde' zoals 55 Cancri e, een planeet die ongeveer acht keer groter is dan de aarde op 40 lichtjaren van ons zonnestelsel. Maar het is de allereerste keer dat er bewijs is voor een atmosfeer rond een planeet die qua omvang niet veel verschilt van de aarde. Aan de hand van de atmosfeer kunnen de onderzoekers proberen vast te stellen of deze werelden geschikt zijn voor leven zoals we dat hier kennen en kunnen ze op zoek gaan naar sporen van leven.

    Lees ook

    Dikke atmosfeer

    Met een telescoop van het Europese Zuidelijke Observatorium in Chili konden de onderzoekers de planeet bestuderen door te observeren hoe ze het licht van haar ster blokkeert terwijl ze er rond cirkelt. "Het maakt dat de ster wat zwakker lijkt - en het is eigenlijk een heel goede manier om cirkelende planeten te vinden - zo werd deze ontdekt," aldus dr. Southworth. 

    Verschillende moleculen in de atmosfeer van een planeet - indien ze over een beschikt tenminste - absorberen licht op verschillende manieren, waardoor wetenschappers op zoek kunnen gaan naar hun chemische 'handtekeningen'. 

    Op basis van de observaties van planeet GJ 1132b vermoeden ze dat deze beschikt over een dikke atmosfeer die bestaat uit stoom en/of methaan. "Een mogelijkheid is dat het een 'waterwereld' is met een atmosfeer van hete stoom," zegt Southworth.

    Leven mogelijk?

    De kans dat er leven is op GJ 1132b is echter zeer klein: de planeet heeft een oppervlaktetemperatuur van 390 graden Celsius. 

    "De warmste temperatuur waarbij leven op onze aarde kon bestaan is 120 graden Celsius en dat is veel koeler dan deze planeet, zegt dr. John Southworth, de hoofdonderzoeker van de Keele University. 

    Toch is de ontdekking van een planeet met een atmosfeer hoopgevend. "Wat we hebben aangetoond is dat planeten rond lichte sterren atmosferen kunnen hebben en omdat er daarvan zoveel zijn in het universum, maakt dit het veel waarschijnlijker dat er eentje leven zou hebben."

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    07-04-2017 om 23:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Deze NASA-astronauten geloven dat aliens bestaan en de aarde hebben bezocht

    Deze NASA-astronauten geloven dat aliens bestaan en de aarde hebben bezocht

    Een aantal NASA-astronauten heeft gezegd dat buitenaardsen bestaan en dat ze al geruime tijd in contact staan met de mensheid.

    Tenminste vier bekende astronauten hebben zich openlijk uitgesproken over bestaan van aliens.

    Sommigen van hen hebben UFO’s zien vliegen, terwijl anderen claimen dat ze door hoge militaire functionarissen zijn ingelicht over buitenaards contact.

    Edgar Mitchell

    In 1971 werd Edgar Mitchell de zesde maan die op de maan liep. De rest van zijn leven bleef hij vertellen dat ‘aliens ons al lange tijd in de gaten houden en hier al heel lang zijn’.

    Hij claimde eens dat vredelievende aliens de aarde hadden bezocht om ons te behoeden voor een kernoorlog en dat het Vaticaan de waarheid kent over het bestaan van buitenaardsen.

    Mitchell zei ook dat UFO’s zijn gezien boven kerninstallaties en tijdens de Koude Oorlog vaak kernraketten uitschakelden.

    De astronaut stelde bovendien dat de Amerikaanse overheid het beroemde Roswellincident in de doofpot heeft gestopt.

    “De reden hiervoor was dat ze niet wisten of de aliens al dan niet kwaad in de zin hadden en ze wilden niet dat de Sovjets er lucht van zouden krijgen,” zei hij.

    Gordon Cooper

    Cooper deed mee aan Project Mercury, de eerste Amerikaanse bemande ruimtemissie. Hij zei in 1951 UFO’s te hebben gezien boven Duitsland.

    De astronaut zei ook dat hij vliegende schotels had gezien boven een geheime vliegbasis waar experimentele Amerikaanse vliegtuigen werden getest.

    “Deze buitenaardse vaartuigen en hun bemanningsleden komen van andere planeten die iets hoger ontwikkeld zijn,” zei hij in 1984.

    “We moeten eerst laten zien dat we onze problemen op een vreedzame manier kunnen oplossen en niet door middel van oorlog, voordat we kunnen worden geaccepteerd als leden van het universele team.”

    Deke Slayton

    Slayton was ook onderdeel van Project Mercury en werd later directeur van Flight Crew Operations van de NASA.

    In 1951 zag hij naar verluidt een UFO. “Het leek op een vliegende schotel,” zei hij. “Ik had geen camera bij me, anders had ik zeker foto’s gemaakt.”

    “Het [object] versnelde plotseling en verdween,” zei Slayton.

    Brian O’Leary

    O’Leary is nooit in de ruimte geweest, maar was wel één van de 11 astronauten die in de jaren zestig in aanmerking kwamen voor een mogelijke Marsmissie.

    Later in zijn leven had O’Leary een bijna-doodervaring die zijn kijk op het leven en de realiteit drastisch veranderde.

    “Er is overvloedig bewijs dat we worden bezocht [door aliens],” zei O’Leary, die als professor was verbonden aan de Princeton University.

    “Beschavingen houden ons al heel lang in de gaten en vanuit het traditionele materialistische westerse standpunt bekeken zien ze er bizar uit.”

    [MailOnline]

    07-04-2017 om 23:35 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ER VERSCHIJNEN VREEMDE WORMGATEN BOVEN ONZE ATMOSFEER ( VIDEO )

    ER VERSCHIJNEN VREEMDE  WORMGATEN  BOVEN ONZE ATMOSFEER ( VIDEO )

    Wij mensen zijn in onze driedimensionale werkelijkheid heel erg beperkt in wat we wel of niet kunnen. 

    Zo zitten we vast aan begrippen zoals tijd en ruimte, maar er verschijnen steeds meer aanwijzingen dat buitenaardsen dit probleem allang hebben opgelost. 



    De afgelopen jaren schreven we regelmatig over vreemde wolken die af en toe aan de hemel verschijnen en waar met de regelmaat van de klok UFO’s in en uit vliegen. 

    Wanneer je dan beelden ziet zoals wij die regelmatig laten zien, waarbij onbekende vliegende objecten met enorme snelheid verdwijnen in een soort onweerswolk om er vervolgens niet meer uit te komen, dan is het niet zo vreemd om te veronderstellen dat we hier te maken hebben met een dimensieportaal. 

    Een toegangspoort die door buitenaardsen wordt gebruikt om met hun UFO’s op aarde aan te komen en/of te vertrekken, waardoor ze via die poorten de normale beperkingen van tijd en ruimte omzeilen en zo in "no time" andere delen van ons universum kunnen bereiken. 

    Een dergelijke poort wordt ook een wormgat genoemd. 

    Een wormgat, ook bekend als een Einstein-Rosen brug, is een hypothetische mogelijkheid om binnen de ruimtetijd sneller dan het licht te reizen. In de normale ruimte kan men tussen twee punten niet sneller reizen dan het licht, maar volgens de theorie van een wormgat bestaat er een "korte weg" in het universum. Langs deze korte weg is het dan mogelijk om sneller naar een ander punt in de ruimte te reizen dan wanneer je zou "omreizen" over de normale weg, ook al zou je dat doen met de snelheid van het licht. 

    De term wormgat werd bedacht door de Amerikaanse theoretisch natuurkundige John Wheeler in 1957, maar het idee van wormgaten was al getheoretiseerd in 1921 door de Duitse wiskundige Hermann Weyl in verband met zijn analyse van de massa in termen van het elektromagnetisch veld. 

    De naam wormgat komt van de analogie die vroeger gebruikt werd om dit uit te leggen: beeld je in dat het universum de schil van een appel is, en een worm van de éne zijde van de appel naar de andere zijde wil geraken. Als de worm op de schil van de appel blijft is de kortste afstand de helft van de omtrek van de appel. Maar als de worm in plaats van rond te gaan, een gat (wormgat) graaft recht door de appel, is de afstand merkbaar minder, namelijk de diameter van de appel. 


    Dit zou dan ook verklaren hoe het kan dat buitenaardsen in een oogwenk naar andere planeten kunnen reizen. 

    Naast de vele voorbeelden die we hebben gezien met vreemde wolken, zijn er ook aanwijzingen dat ze dergelijke wormgaten gebruiken net buiten de atmosfeer in de ruimte rondom onze planeet. 

    Er komen regelmatig verhalen van mensen die bepaalde flitsen waarnemen aan de hemel. Het duurt maar kort en ze bestrijken ook maar een klein deel van de hemel. Omdat het zo snel gaat, is dit fenomeen ook heel moeilijk vast te leggen. 

    Degene die dat wel is gelukt, of die het gelukt is dit fenomeen op NASA beelden te vinden, is de bekende Youtube gebruiker Streetcap1. 

    Zowel op vier als op vijf april 2017 slaagde hij erin om dergelijke flitsen uit de NASA beelden te halen en deze zien er dan als volgt uit:


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    Wat op de beelden verschijnt, lijkt geen natuurlijk fenomeen te zijn en het zijn ook geen meteorieten, want die verschijnen niet als een korte flits in de ruimte. 

    Op één van de beelden lijkt het wel alsof er letterlijk een deur wordt opengedaan naar iets anders. 

    Is dit een ander verschijnsel van wormgaten zoals die door buitenaardsen gebruikt zou kunnen worden of is er een andere verklaring voor dit fenomeen? 

     

    http://www.niburu.co/ }

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    Tom DeLonge on Why UFO Research Just Might Save Mankind

    "The more I got into it, the more I realized it was all real," says former Blink-182 member. "I was like, 'OK, what am I going to do about it?'"

    07-04-2017 om 23:13 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Two UFO sightings in North Bay last year

    Two UFO sightings in North Bay last year

    The most popular shape of UFO reported in 2016 was a simple point source of light

    07-04-2017 om 22:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.69 Years Ago A UFO Crashed In Aztec, Arizona In 1948, And Was Covered Up, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    69 Years Ago A UFO Crashed In Aztec, Arizona In 1948, And Was Covered Up, Video, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of crash: 1948
    Location of crash: Aztec, Arizona, USA

    Its important to look back at the past UFO sightings, but especially at the UFO crashes that took place in history. Here is an in depth look at this crash, and how the evidence was overwhelming. Alien bodies and craft were found, and the public of course was kept in the dark. 

    Scott C. Waring

    Report states:

    Source: (Credit: aztecufo.com)
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    THE AZTEC RECOVERY 1948

    It was the columnist Frank Scully who first alerted the world to sensational stories of recovered flying saucers and little men in his best-selling book Behind the Flying Saucers published in 1950. Scully claimed that up to that time there had been four such recoveries, one of which was alleged to have taken place around Aztec, New Mexico, when sixteen humanoid bodies were recovered together with their undamaged craft. According to Scully's informants, the disk that landed near Aztec was 99.99 feet in diameter, its exterior made of a light metal resembling aluminum but so durable that no amount of heat (up to 10,000 degrees was applied) or diamond-tipped drill had the slightest effect. The disk apparently incorporated large rings of metal which revolved around a central, stabilized cabin, using an unfamiliar gear ratio. There were no rivets, bolts, screws or signs of welding. Investigators were eventually able to gain entry. Scully was told, because of a fracture in one of the portholes, which they enlarged, revealing a knob inside the cabin which when pushed (with a pole) caused a hidden door to open. Sixteen small humanoids, ranging in height from 36 to 42 inches, were supposedly found dead inside the cabin, their bodies charred to a dark brown color. Scully was told that the craft landed undamaged, having landed under its own guidance. The craft was eventually dismantled, the investigators having discovered that it was manufactured in segments which fitted in grooves and were pinned together around the base. The complete cabin section, measuring 18 feet in diameter was lifted out of the base of the saucer, around which was a gear that fitted a gear on the cabin. These segments, together with the bodies, were then transported to Wright Field (Wright Patterson AFB). Some of the bodies were later dissected and examined by the Air Force, and were found to be similar in all respects to human beings, with the exception of their teeth, which were perfect.


    New Supportive Evidence?

    According to important information published by William Steinman in 1987 there is a large grain of truth in the Aztec story, and he has managed to acquire some astonishing supportive evidence. Like Scully, he is unwilling to divulge his sources, which inevitably lays him open to charges of fabrication. Steinman discovered that the Aztec disk came to earth on 25 March 1948, having been detected by three separate radar units in the southwest, one of which was said to have disrupted the craft's control mechanism. The area of impact was calculated by triangulation and this information was immediately relayed to Air Defense Command and Gen. George C. Marshall, then Secretary of State, who allegedly contacted the MJ-12 group as well as the Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit (IPU) of the Army Counterintelligence Directorate. The IPU operated out of Camp Hale, Colorado, at this time, Steinman claims, and its main function was to collect and deliver disabled or crashed disks to certain specified secret locations. The craft was recovered within hours by the IPU scout team about 12 miles northeast of Aztec. General Marshall ordered Air Defense Command to go off alert status, and the radar units were advised that there had been a false alarm. Marshall then gave orders to the commander of the IPU to organize a recovery team and contacted Dr. Vannevar Bush - the. head of MJ-12 to gather together a team of scientists to accompany the IPU to the crash site. Steinman has named these scientists as follows:


    Dr., Lloyd Berkner, Dr. Detlev Bronk, Dr. Carl A. Heiland, Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, Dr. John von Neumann, Dr. Robert J. Oppenheimer, Dr. Merle A. Tuve, Dr. Horace B. van Vandenberg.


    Four of these scientists, it will be noted, were members of the original MJ-12 panel set up in September 1947. Dr. Carl A. Heiland was a geophysicist and magnetic sciences expert who was the head of the Colorado School of Mines, and according to Steinman leaked details of the recovery to one of Scully's sources, Leo GeBauer. Dr. Horace B. van Vandenberg was an inorganic chemist associated with the University of Colorado. Dr. Merle A. Tuve worked for the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II, and is chiefly remembered as a geophysicist for his techniques of radio wave propagation of the upper atmosphere. Dr. Robert J. Oppenheimer distinguished himself primarily as leader of the Los Alamos atomic bomb project , commanding the allegiance of the world's top physicists. He was the Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton from 1947 and became Chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission. Dr. John von Neumann, the famous Hungarian born mathematician, became a consultant on the atomic bomb (Manhatten Project) in 1943. His main area of expertise lay in the design and development of computers. The scientists, according to Steinman, were told by Dr. Bush to assemble at Durango Airfield, Colorado, 35 miles to the north of Aztec, with the minimum delay. All those involved in the recovery were sworn to an above top secret oath.


    The IPU convoy used a route to the site that avoided main roads, and on arrival road blocks were set up at strategic points within two miles of the recovery area. The owner of a ranch and his family were allegedly held incommunicado and told never to discuss the matter (cf. the Roswell incident). Equipment hauling trucks were camouflaged to look like oil drilling rigs during the operation.


    Inside the Craft


    A team of scientists arrived at the site a little later than the IPU team and began dissecting the disk. According to Steinman, they entered the craft one by one, entry having been gained via a fractured porthole as described in Scully's account. The portholes themselves looked metallic and only appeared translucent on close inspection. Inside the craft they found two humanoids, about two feet in height, slumped over an instrument panel charred deep brown. Another 12 bodies lay sprawled on the floor in chamber within the cabin, making a total of 14 bodies (not 16 as Scully had been told).


    An instrument panel supposedly had several pushbuttons and levers with hieroglyphic-type symbols, as well as symbols illuminated on small display screens. Bush and von Neumann discovered that the control panel had drawers which rolled out, but no wiring could be detected. A book composed of parchment-like leaves with the texture of plastic also contained the strange hieroglyphs - similar to Sanskrit, Oppenheimer thought. This was given to General Marshall, who then passed it on to two leading cryptological experts for analysis, William F. Friedman and Lambros C. Callihamos (who both later led distinguished careers in the National Security Agency).


    Dr. Bronk, a physiologist and biophysicist, examined the bodies and asked Bush to get hold of cryogenic equipment with which to preserve them. Cryogenics specialist Dr. Paul A. Scherer, a colleague of Bush's, was contacted and advised Bush to obtain some dry ice. Meanwhile, another small group of scientists and military personnel examined the craft and were eventually able to dismantle it when several interlocking key devices were found which opened up seams at specific points.


    Three days later the segments were loaded onto three trucks, together with the bodies, and transported with a tarpaulin marked "Explosives". The convoy headed at night by the least conspicuous and often most laborious route to the restricted Naval Auxiliary Airfield Complex at Los Alamos, arriving one week later. Here they remained for over a year, Steinman claims, before being transported to another base.


    The Bodies

    Dr. Paul A. Scherer eventually obtained special preservation containers for the least damaged bodies, Steinman relates. One of the companies which supplied equipment was the Air Research Corporation, of which Scherer was Director of Research and Development; it supplied the liquid nitrogen pump, circulation system and refrigeration units. Other specimens were given a complete autopsy, by a team headed by Dr. Bronk, of biophysicists, histochemists and pathologists. The results were put in a report, part of which, Steinman claims, appeared in the "Air Force Project Sign (Grudge) Report No. 13" which has never been released.


    According to the report, the bodies were described as averaging 42 inches in length. The facial features strongly resembled "mongoloid Orientals" in appearance, with disproportionately large heads, large "slant" eyes, small noses and mouths. The average weight was about 40 pounds. The torsos were very small and thin, with very thin necks. The arms were long and slender, reaching the knees, with hands containing long and slender fingers with webbing between them. There was no digestive or gastrointestinal tract, no alimentary or intestinal canal, and no rectal point. No reproductive organs were apparent. Instead of blood there was a colorless liquid with no red cells which smelled similar to ozone.


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    Further Evidence

    Veteran researcher Leonard Stringfield, a former Air Force intelligence officer who is the world's leading specialist on what he calls "Retrievals of the Third Kind," shares my misgivings about some of the material in Steinman's book, but we are both impressed with his extensive research into the Aztec case. Stringfield has uncovered further evidence himself. Captain V. A. Postlethwait, who was on detached service with Army G-2 (Intelligence) in 1948, told Stringfield that he was cleared to see a top secret cable describing the crash of a saucer-shaped craft 100 feet in diameter and 30 feet high, with one porthole broken, causing suffocation to the five occupants - who had turned blue as a result. The bodies were about four feet tall with relatively large heads, Postlethwait recollects. The metallic skin of the saucer was too tough to penetrate, although as thin as newspaper. The incident was said to have occurred near White Sands, New Mexico. Aside from a few discrepancies there are some significant parallels with the Aztec case. Postlethwait revealed to Stringfield, for example, that private property was purchased to facilitate transporting the craft.


    Leonard Stringfield has also spoken with Dr. Robert Spencer Carr, a retired University of South Florida professor who claims to have testimonial evidence from five sources, including a nurse and a high-ranking Air Force officer who participated in the recovery of a crashed UFO and occupants in 1948 - presumed to be the one at Aztec (although there was another alleged recovery that year, just across the Mexican border near Laredo, Texas). In 1982 Stringfield asked Carr to disclose the name of his principal source, "on the premise that our ages give us little time tolerance in our search for truth."


    "When Professor Carr named his source," says Stringfield, "I sat back dumbfounded. I knew his name well in research, and recalled some of his comments on UFOs while he served as an Air Force officer. . . . "Please, Len," pleaded Carr, "keep the name to yourself; please spare me any trouble as long as I live . . . My key witness participated in the 1948 retrieval and saw alien bodies on location."


    According to Bill Steinman, two of Carr's sources were aeronautical engineers who provided important information regarding the saucer's construction and propulsion. A source now named is Arthur Bray (not to be confused with the Canadian researcher), a security guard involved with the recovery project. Carr also interviewed a woman whose father was present during the recovery. Information pertaining to the flying saucers must be suppressed, he told his daughter. "If news of this vehicle's water-driven engine got out to the whole scientific community, that would be the end of the oil industry." The comment is of course pure hearsay, but if there is any truth in it a further possible reason for the cover-up is brought to light.


    At the still fenced-off crash site on a plateau twelve miles northeast of Aztec, Bill Steinman has uncovered charred and scraped-off rocks of various sizes as well as some metal bracing struts that might possibly have been used for supporting the craft. On one of his visits to the area he was shadowed by two unmarked helicopters.


    As for George Bowra's claim that no one in Aztec, could recall the incident, Steinman has traced at least four people who knew where the crash site was located, one of whom, "V.A.," recalls that sometime between 1948 and 1950 a huge disk-shaped flying object with a dome on top skimmed about 100 feet above the ground not far from him. The witness pointed out to Steinman a cliff jutting above the Animas River.


    "That thing, or flying saucer, tried hard to clear that cliff, but it hit the very corner up there, shooting sparks and rocks in every direction," he claims. "Finally, it made a right-angle turn in midair and headed straight north in the direction of the alleged crash site at Hart Canyon. That's the last I saw of it. I ran into the house and called the military in Albuquerque. I never heard from them about it."


    Steinman first became interested in UFOs in 1981 when he read Frank Scully's book, and has since devoted much of his time and resources on the Aztec case and the other recoveries associated with Scully's claims, often in the face of discouraging odds. Steinman's job in quality assurance and analysis in the aerospace industry has aided him in probing the complex and intricate leads that he has pursued.


    Writing in the foreword to Steinman's book, UFO Crash at Aztec, Leonard Stringfield explains how, like many others, he was led to believe the Scully story was a hoax, his disbelief long being conditioned by a succession of ufologists who for years claimed that Scully "was duped by a scheming Silas Newton and his cohort, Leo Gebauer." But now, thanks to Bill Steinman's painstaking research (as well as some of his own leads), he has been obliged to reevaluate the evidence.

     

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    07-04-2017 om 21:15 geschreven door peter  

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    California Man Films UFO, Gets Family To Come Out And Watch (Bad Language), Video, UFO Sighting News.


    Date of sighting: March 15, 2017
    Location of sighting: California, USA
    Source: MUFON #82604

    This is an awesome video posted by Isaac Wilee (click to subscribe to him) of Youtube. The video shows a triangle craft that may be the new evolution of the TR3B, but it certainly isn't the old one, because the TR3B has one small light (for balance hovering) on each corner (white lights) and a larger light orb at its center (propulsion). Awesome video. 

    Scott C. Waring

    Eyewitness states:

    "I pulled onto my street heading home and I noticed 3 bright lights in the sky. 2 red and one white flashing very fast. I recorded it for a few seconds from my car, until the video went out of focus, then pulled into my driveway and went inside to tell people to come look. My brother in law came outside and seen it as well. I started to record again and as I did it changed its white light to red and began pulsating slowly with the other 2 lights now turned off. It then flickered its lights and changed the red pulsating light back to white, continued to pulsate, and then went back to flashing again for the remainder of the time I watched. It eventually vanished."

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    07-04-2017 om 21:06 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO Fan Disappears Without A Trace – Leaving Coded Writings In His Room VIDEO

    Bruno Borges-ufo

    The mysterious disappearance of a UFO enthusiast in Brazil causes speculations of alien abductions. Bruno Borges left behind a locked room full of coded writings and bizarre photos of extra-terrestrials. The internet is convinced that Borges has been either nabbed by the Men in Black or aliens after he suddenly disappeared without telling his family.

    Bruno Borges

    Avideo inside the room of Borges shows notebooks with cryptic writings on the covers and symbols apparently associated with pentagrams.

    Bruno’s relatives said that he did not reveal details of what he was working, but hinted that he was into writing a series of books, which, according to Bruno, would change humanity in a good way.

    The family had not yet received substantial information on what has happened, according to Father Athors Borges, who also said that they tried to call him on his mobile phone, but it was off.

    The family said that this is the first time Bruno disappears without a trace. Athors stated that his son did not take anything and he was leaving their home the last time they saw him.

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    07-04-2017 om 20:54 geschreven door peter  

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    Flashing triangle-shaped craft hovering above Ontario, Canada

    triangle-ufo-canada

    This interesting footage of triangle UFO sighting was recorded over Barrie in Ontario Canada on 27th February 2017.

    Witness report:

     I pulled onto my street heading home and I noticed 3 bright lights in the sky; 2 red and one white flashing very fast. I recorded it for a few seconds from my car, until the video went out of focus, then pulled into my driveway and went inside to tell people to come look. My brother-in-law came outside and saw it as well. I started to record again and as I did it changed its white light to red and began pulsating slowly with the other 2 lights now turned off. It then flickered its lights and changed the red pulsating light back to white, continued to pulsate, and then went back to flashing again for the remainder of the time I watched. It eventually vanished from view.

    Author (source: MUFON)

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    07-04-2017 om 20:43 geschreven door peter  

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    Dead Aliens Stored In Underground Bunkers?

    This past weekend I spoke at the annual Edinburg, Texas “Out Of This World” conference. The subject: mysterious deaths in the field of Ufology. During the course of the gig, one of the attendees asked – given the various books I have written – if I had a large database of material on UFO-themed cases, witness reports, and so on. Well, yes, I do. So, I figured that today I would share with you one of those reports. It demonstrates the undeniably bizarre nature of certain aspects of the UFO phenomenon. It also reveals how the subject has been manipulated for very strange purposes.

    On September 2, 2014, I had an interesting chat with a retired employee of the U.S. Air Force. I’ll call him “Harry Palmer.” He contacted me to share a deeply odd story – and specifically after reading my 2011 book, The Real Men in Black. Palmer’s exposure to the UFO phenomenon occurred below Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The base in question is a highly secure military installation. It has a reputation for (allegedly) being the home of a number of well-preserved – and some not so well-preserved – corpses of dead aliens, presumably recovered from more than a few UFO crashes. Many UFO skeptics ignore or write-off such claims. Harry Palmer told me he knew better.

    It was a winter’s night in 1988 when Palmer (27 at the time) was ordered to report to one particular building on the base that he had never previously been in, one which was connected to a certain weapons-storage area. On doing so, he was met by three very pale-skinned men dressed in dark suits. They directed him to a door which, when opened, revealed a large elevator on the other side. Silently, the black-clad trio motioned Palmer into the elevator. He quickly realized he was descending – and to a fairly deep degree. He was then ushered into a corridor which had a large vault-like door at its end.

    One of the three men opened it, and in a strange high-pitched voice, ordered Palmer into the vault. The same man pointed at a large container – perhaps nine feet in length and five feet in width – and told Palmer to take a look inside. He did as he was told and was shocked – to the point of feeling nauseous and clammy – by the sight of a badly-damaged body of what he, Palmer, could only guess was an extraterrestrial. The head was large, the eyes were huge and black, and the severed and small torso was skinny.

    Dead aliens

    In seconds, Palmer was forcibly taken from the room, taken to yet another room, and then ordered to sign a document which effectively said that if he ever spoke of what he saw he would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for violating U.S. national security regulations. After signing the document, a worried Palmer was taken back up to the surface and left there to make his way back to his regular place of work.

    Clearly, this affair makes absolutely no sense at all – unless someone was playing weird mind-games with Palmer, which I think was probably the case, as I will soon reveal. It’s a fact that UFOs had zero bearing on Palmer’s work at Wright-Patterson. So, why expose him to something so astonishing that, in all probability, he would one day share the story with people – like his family and, in 2014, me?

    My view on all this is that Palmer was shown the body (or, far more likely, an expertly-created model) to determine his loyalty. It may have been intended all along for him to see “it.” If Palmer kept quiet about what he saw, he was a good military man and someone considered trustworthy. If he told his family of what he had seen, he was, maybe, a potential security risk and needed to be watched carefully. And if he ran to a Soviet handler, it was jail-time. But, the important thing to remember is that no real secret would ever have been compromised: it was all a ruse and a test of loyalty.

    On this thought-provoking matter/theory, Palmer told me he was assigned to a particularly sensitive non-UFO project (a description of which he did not expand on) just five days before seeing the body in the container. With that latter, notable issue in my mind, I strongly suspect that the body seen by Palmer was not real. The whole thing was a staged event. It was designed to see how – and to what extent – Palmer could be trusted.

    If true, this saga may very well help to explain some of the highly controversial stories concerning military personnel who have reportedly been exposed to alleged alien bodies in underground rooms (such as the many “Hangar 18” legends attached to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), and under “convenient” and unlikely circumstances that many skeptical researchers think are just too good to be true. They probably are too good to be true. But not for the reasons that the skeptics think. This case also suggests that intelligence agents might, at times, mimic the actions and creepy appearances of the MIB – which is a story for another day.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Massive explosion from unknown source billions of light years away baffles astronomers

    Massive explosion from unknown source billions of light years away baffles astronomers

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    Black Hole

    David Coward, University of Western Australia

    At 10:49pm Western Australian time on February 2 this year, cosmic gamma rays hit the Nasa satellite, Swift, orbiting the Earth. Within seconds of the detection, an alert was automatically sent to the University of WA's Zadko Telescope. It swung into robotic action, taking images of the sky location in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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    What emerged from the blackness, where nothing was seen before, was a rapidly brightening "optical transient", which is something visible in the sky for a brief period of time.

    The event, named GRB170202, was a very energetic gamma ray burst (GRB). After less than a minute, the gamma rays switched off, and the GRB appeared as a brightening and then fading optical beacon.

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    The Zadko Telescope recorded the entire evolution of the optical outburst. During its biggest outburst, GRB170202 was equivalent in brightness to millions of stars shining together from the same location.

    About 9 hours 42 mins after the GRB, the Very Large Telescope in Chile acquired the spectrum of the light from the optical afterglow.

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    gamma ray burst

    This enabled a distance to the burst to be measured: about 12 billion light years. The universe has expanded to four times the size it was then, 12 billion years ago, the time it took the light to reach Earth.

    GRB170202 was so far away, even its host galaxy was not visible, just darkness. Because the GRB was a transient, never to be seen again, it is like turning on a light in a dark room (the host galaxy) and trying to record the detail in the room before the light goes out.

    Mystery of gamma ray burst

    The flash of gamma radiation and subsequent optical transient is the telltale signature of a black hole birth from the cataclysmic collapse of a star. Such events are rare and require some special circumstances, including a very massive star up to tens of solar masses (the mass of our Sun) rotating rapidly with a strong magnetic field.

    These ingredients are crucial to launch two jets that punch through the collapsing star to produce the gamma ray burst (see animation). The closest analogue (and better understood transient) to a GRB is a supernova explosion from a collapsing star. In fact, some relatively nearby GRBs reveal evidence of an energetic supernova linked to the event.

    Simulations show that most collapsing stars don't have enough energy to produce a GRB jet, a so-called "failure to launch" scenario. Both observation and theory show that GRBs are extremely rare when compared to the occurrence of supernovae.

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    fast radio burst

    The stars that produce GRBs are born and die within some tens to hundreds of thousands of years, unlike our Sun which has been around for billions of years. This is because very massive stars exhaust their fuel very quickly, and undergo violent gravitational collapse leading to a black hole, on the timescale of seconds.

    A plethora of rogue black holes

    The rates of black hole formation throughout the universe can be inferred from the GRB rate. Based on the observed GRB rate, there must be thousands of black hole births occurring each day throughout the entire universe.

    So what is the fate of these cosmic monsters? Most will be lurking in their host galaxies, occasionally devouring stars and planets.

    Others will be in a gravitational death dance with other black holes until they merge into a single black hole with a burst of gravitational waves (GWs), such as the first discovery of such an event by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).

    At the frontier of understanding black hole formation is the search for a special kind of GRB that marks the merger (collision) of two neutron stars. So called "short GRBs" are flashes of gamma radiation that last less than a second and could be the "smoking gun" for neutron star mergers.

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    black hole

    Importantly, merging neutron stars should be detected from their gravitational radiation by LIGO. Hence, a coincident detection in gamma rays, optical and gravitational waves is a real possibility.

    This would be a monumental discovery allowing unprecedented insight into the physics of black hole formation. The revolution is like listening to the radio on a 1920s receiver and then watching a modern high definition surround sound movie.

    Future challenges

    Given the above rate of thousands of black holes created per day, it seems that coincident detection of GRBs and gravitational waves is a no brainer.

    But in reality we must take into account the limited sensitivity of all the telescopes (and detectors). This reduces the potential observation rate to some tens per year. This is high enough to inspire a global scramble to search for the first coincident gravitational wave sources with electromagnetic counterparts.

    The task is extremely difficult because the gravitational wave observatories cannot pinpoint the location of the source very well. To counter this, a strategy of searching for coincident gravitational wave and electromagnetic detections in time may be the best bet.

    The newly funded ARC Centre of Excellence OzGrav mission is to understand the extreme physics of black holes.

    One of the goals is to search for optical, radio and high energy counterparts coincident with gravitational waves from black hole creation. Australia is poised to play a significant role in this new era of "multi-messenger astronomy".

    David Coward, Associate professor, University of Western Australia

    This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.

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    Iron Man-Style Exosuit Turns Inventor into Real-Life Superhero

    Iron Man-Style Exosuit Turns Inventor into Real-Life Superhero
    The so-called Daedalus suit is a jet engine-powered exosuit developed by amateur inventor Richard Browning.
    Credit: Gravity

    Residents of the quiet town of Salisbury, in the south of England, had no clue until last week that their neighbor, a 38-year-old oil trader named Richard Browning, is a real-life Iron Man in the making.

    The amateur inventor had been secretly building a jet engine-powered exoskeleton suit, and he recently unveiled how the futuristic ensemble enables him to hover in the air like a superhero.

    Despite the noisiness of the technology, which consists of three sets of miniature jet engines attached to the arms and the back, Browning managed to keep the work completely under wraps. For 18 months, he had been experimenting in his garage, trying to figure out the optimal number and position of the jet engines to allow him to fly with a minimal amount of equipment. [Humanoid Robots to Flying Cars: 10 Coolest DARPA Projects]

    "The philosophy behind all this was: Could we reimagine how a really raw form of human flight would work?" Browning told Live Science.

    "The human body is very good at being trained to do specific things, and it's a useful structure, and the human mind is a pretty amazing machine. So, we had this idea — rather than go and rely on aluminum structures to build the machine, rely on gyros and computers in order to achieve stability, why not rely on the human machine, keep it as raw and original as possible?"

    Browning, a former marine reservist who runs ultramarathons and performs calisthenics stunts, admitted that piloting the device takes quite a lot of personal strength and body coordination. There is no steering mechanism, and speed and direction can be adjusted only by changing the direction of the engines' thrust, solely using upper-body strength.

    "You have a trigger at your right hand, which controls the arm engines, and you have a trigger at your left hand, which controls the rear engines," said Browning. The inventor added that he was inspired to create the suit by the Greek myth of Daedalus, who made himself wings to escape from captivity. The suit takes its name from the myth.

    "You preset the power levels. Your arms are held out, and as you then line them up vertically and direct them towards the ground, all the thrust vectors [thrust vector is the direction in which the engine produces force] start lining up and you achieve lift-off. When you want to go down, you flail your arms again."

    Browning, who recently established a company called Gravity, said he hopes to further enhance the technology. Currently, he can stay in the air for up to 10 minutes using the exosuit. Browning said he thinks he could eventually fly more than 60 mph (100 km/h) and to an altitude of about 330 feet (100 meters), but so far, the inventor has kept his superhero experiments at a running speed of about 5 mph (8 km/h) and an altitude of only 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 m) above the ground.

    The next phase of the project will focus on improving the suit's performance, and that work will include experimenting with longer flights, Browning said.

    "There is also some parallel development going on with airbag technology and parachute technology to enhance safety and allow us to fly higher — for example, above water," he added.

    Since the unveiling of his innovation, Browning has been flooded not only with invitations to demonstrate the technology at high-profile events but also with queries from daredevils and wealthy technology lovers keen to have their own Iron Man-style flying suits, the inventor said.

    "The cost is about $250,000, so it's something that you could buy instead of a Lamborghini," Browning said. "It's not intended for the mass market at this stage."

    The next generation of the Daedalus suit will most likely have a suspension mechanism that would make maneuvering the technology easier, even for people with less physical strength than Browning, he said.

    "It's really an amazing piece of engineering," said Pete Wood, a tech enthusiast and digital marketing manager at RS Components, a global supplier of industrial components and tools. RS Components is helping Browning to fine-tune the technology and streamline the circuit boards controlling the Daedalus suit's jets.

    "Right now, it's more about displays, but I can imagine in [the] future, it could be used by the emergency services, for example," Wood said, hinting at a future of flying firemen rescuing people trapped in burning fifth-floor apartments in superhero style.

    Original article on Live Science.

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    NASA will destroy a $3.26 billion Saturn probe this summer to protect an alien water world

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    NASA/JPL-CaltechAn illustration of the Cassini spacecraft over Saturn’s north pole with its hexagon-shaped storm.
    • The Cassini spacecraft, which launched toward Saturn in 1997, is running very low on fuel.
    • To avoid running out and accidentally crashing into and contaminating a nearby moon that may harbour alien life, NASA is going to destroy the robot.
    • Before Cassini perishes, however, it will fly between Saturn and its rings and record as much new data as possible.

    For nearly three decades, researchers have worked to design, build, launch, and operate an unprecedented mission to explore Saturn.

    Called Cassini-Huygens — or Cassini for short — the golden nuclear-powered spacecraft launched in October 1997, fell into orbit around the gas giant in July 2004, and has been documenting the planet and its dizzying variety of moons ever since.

    But all good things must come to an end. And for NASA’s $US3.26 billion probe, that day is Friday, September 15, 2017.

    During a press conference held by the US space agency on April 4, researchers explained why they’re killing off their cherished spacecraft with what they call the “Grand Finale.” The manoeuvre will use up the fleeting reserves of Cassini’s fuel, putting it on a collision course with Saturn.

    Enceladus
    NASA/JPL/Space Science InstituteFalse-colour image showing plumes erupting from Enceladus’ surface.

    “Cassini’s own discoveries were its demise,” said Earl Maize, an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) who manages the Cassini mission.

    Maize was referring to a warm, saltwater ocean that Cassini found hiding beneath the icy crust of Enceladus, a large moon of Saturn that spews water into space. NASA’s probe flew through these curtain-like jets of vapour and ice in October 2015, “tasted” the material, and indirectly discovered the subsurface ocean’s composition — and it’s one that may support alien life.

    “We cannot risk an inadvertent contact with that pristine body,” Maize said. “Cassini has got to be put safely away. And since we wanted to stay at Saturn, the only choice was to destroy it in some controlled fashion.”

    However, Maize and a collaboration of researchers from 19 nations aren’t going to let their plucky probe go down without a fight.

    They plan to squeeze every last byte of data they can from the robot, right up until Cassini turns into a brilliant radioactive comet above the swirling storms of Saturn.

    ‘We’re going in, and we’re not coming out’

    Long before Cassini began orbiting Saturn in 2004, mission managers carefully plotted out its orbits to squeeze in as many flybys of the gas giant planet, its moons, and its expansive icy rings as possible.

    Their goal: get lots of chances to record unprecedented new images, gravitational data, and magnetic readings without putting the spacecraft into harm’s way or burning up too much of its limited propellant.

    But after 13 years of operation at nearly 1 billion miles (1.45 billion kilometers) away from Earth, Cassini’s tank is running close to empty.

    Titan

    “We’re coming to the end. As it runs out of fuel, the things it can do are quite limited — until we decided on a new approach,” Jim Green, the leader of NASA’s planetary science program, said during the press conference.

    NASA could have propelled Cassini to some other planet — perhaps Uranus or Neptune. But in 2010, mission managers decided to keep it around Saturn, reasoning they could squeeze more science out of the mission there. However, this effectively doomed the spacecraft to a fiery death.

    Cassini’s death spiral will officially begin on April 22, 2017. That’s when it will, for the last time, fly by Titan: an icy moon of Saturn that’s bigger than our own, has a thick atmosphere, seas of liquid methane, and even rain.

    Titan’s gravity will slingshot Cassini over Saturn, above the planet’s atmosphere, and — on April 26 — through a narrow void between the planet and the innermost edge of its rings.

    “That last ‘kiss goodbye’ will put Cassini into Saturn,” Maize said. “This is a roller coaster ride. We’re going in, and we are not coming out — it’s a one-way trip.”

    Cassini’s science-packed finale

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    NASA/JPL-CaltechAn illustration of Saturn’s internal structure.

    The void between Saturn and its rings is about 1,200 miles wide, or roughly the distance from northern Washington state to the southern tip of California.

    “As we’re skimming close to the planet, we’ll have the best views ever of the poles of the planet,” Linda Spilker, a Cassini project scientist and a planetary scientist at NASA JPL, said during the press briefing. “We’ll see the giant hurricanes at the north and south poles.”

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    NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute; Jason Major/Lights in the DarkSaturn’s hexagon-shaped jet stream at the planet’s north pole.

    During its final orbits above Saturn, Cassini will get its closest-ever views of the hexagon-shaped feature of Saturn’s north pole, which Spilker said is “two Earth diameters across” yet poorly understood.

    “Perhaps by getting close with Cassini, we’ll answer the question, ‘What keeps the hexagon there in this particular shape?'” she said.

    Spilker said Cassini will also photograph the auroras of Saturn’s poles, measure how massive the planet’s rings are, “taste” the icy material they’re made of, and even probe deep below its thick clouds to see how big its rocky core is.

    Sensitive magnetic and gravitational measurements that Cassini couldn’t make before may also answer lingering questions about the internal structure of Saturn, including how big its rocky core is, plus how fast a shell of metallic hydrogen around it spins.

    “How fast is Saturn rotating?” Spilker asked. “If there’s just a slight tilt to the magnetic field, then it will wobble around and give us the length of a day.”

    Hours before it takes its final plunge on September 15, 2017, Cassini will beam back its last batch of images — then prepare for the end.

    The fiery end of a long-time robotic friend

    Cassini is a 2.78-ton robot with delicate instruments that was not designed to ram into icy ring material at 70,000 mph. It also wasn’t made to plunge into the thick atmosphere of a gas giant and live to tell the tale.

    Nevertheless, scientists behind the mission say they are going to do their best to shield its instruments from damage and keep the data flowing until the moment it dies.

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    NASAThe Cassini spacecraft being prepared for flight in 1997.

    They will do this primarily by using the cone-shaped primary antenna as a shield to protect cameras, magnetometers, and more.

    “If we get surprised, well, we’ve got a bunch of contingency plans … We’ll milk the best out of this,” Maize said. He added that even if icy bits take out Cassini’s ability to talk to Earth, the spacecraft “will still finish out exactly where we planned, but we’ll have a little less science than we hoped for.”

    When Cassini begins its final plunge, it will use its last propellant to fight atmospheric drag and keep the antenna pointed at Earth. During that time, it will “taste” the composition of Saturn’s atmosphere as it descends into the gases, broadcasting its readings in real-time back to satellite dishes on Earth.

    But the measurements won’t last long.

    “It will break apart, it will melt, it will vaporise, and it will become a very part of the planet it left Earth 20 years ago to explore,” Maize said.

    While members of the Cassini team said they’re looking forward to the Grand Finale, they weren’t without remorse.

    “It’s really going to be hard to say goodbye … to this plucky, capable little spacecraft that has returned all of this great science,” Spilker said. We’ve flown together a long time.”

    NOW WATCH: NASA released the most detailed images of Saturn ever taken — and they’re stunning

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    Space boffins in shock alien life announcement on 'water world'

    A HUGE announcement was made today on alien life in our galaxy – it is the first time another planet has been found with an “atmosphere”.

    Scientists have found an 'atmosphere' on a planet

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    ANNOUNCEMENT: Scientists have found an 'atmosphere' on another planet for the first time

    The Earth-sized planet orbiting a dim star 39 light years away has a hazy atmosphere which could indicate the presence of a “water world”, scientists claim.

    And the planet, named as GJ 1132b, may have a hot, steamy atmosphere perfect for harbouring life.

    It discovered back in 2015 but this is the first time astronomers have been able to detect an atmosphere surrounding a small rocky planet.

    The planet, GJ 1132b, is a 'water world'

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    ALIEN: The planet, GJ 1132b, is believed to be a 'water world' which could host life

    Before this they have only been able to detect atmospheres of giant gas planets which are not likely to have life.

    Now a new generation of powerful telescopes is making the search for life outside out Solar System much more likely to end up with success.

    The “super-Earth” planet was observed as it passed in front of a cool red dwarf star, blocking out some of the star’s light.

    They are now hope to analyse the chemical composition of exoplanet atmospheres to yield tell-tale signs of life.

    Ozone, derived from oxygen released by plants, can support life as well as methane.

    Scientists are also hoping to discover new planetary systems like ours to find alien life.

    Trappist-1 has seven Earth-like planets orbiting a star similar to our Sun.

    This comes as it was revealed NASA astronauts believe in aliens and that they are in contact with us.

    And a black hole mystery was solved by scientists.

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    If we finally find alien life, will it be anything like the movies?

    Last night's Stargazing Live revealed four newly-discovered planets orbiting a distant star. Discoveries like this are hugely exciting because they hold out the tantalising prospect of planets harbouring alien life.

    But if we ever do encounter aliens, what will they be like? Have we been well prepared, or led down an intergalactic garden path, by all the little green men that litter the history of cinema?

    The two co-hosts of ABC podcast Cosmic Vertigo, Dr Amanda Bauer and Dr Alan Duffy, are astronomers but also sci-fi fans. In the latest episode, they discuss the search for alien life.

    So we asked them, as scientists: What is your all-time favourite movie alien?

    Amanda: E.T. Full stop.

    Alan: Oh, come on! Really?

    Amanda: Look, I think a test of a good sci-fi film is how well it ages, and while I'm slightly hesitant to admit this — I watched E.T. recently and cried. And laughed. And got goosebumps all the way through and felt nostalgic for all those times I watched it as a kid. Sure, it's far-fetched that an alien species would look so similar to humans and be so incredibly cute... It's just a great movie!

    And then there's WALL-E, who looks oddly similar to E.T. now I think about it. Maybe I just like the friendly ones, instead of all those aliens who visit Earth only to have humans jump to evil conclusions and inevitable misunderstandings and then OMG THEY'RE GOING TO DESTROY US, WE MUST DESTROY THEM FIRST.

    Alan: WALL-E is not even an alien.

    Amanda: I guess you're right. Fine! I'm clearly not the sci-fi expert you are...

    Alan: I'm definitely a fan. And I think it's an incredible way to present great science to many millions of people. There are wonderful examples of films getting the science right.

    Take Gravity, Interstellar and 2001: A Space Odyssey. They didn't get absolutely everything right, but some of their most accurate scenes are also some of the most engaging. Wonderful cinematic moments and wonderful scientific demonstrations at the same time.

    Like all the micro-gravity scenes in Gravity — full of the tension of just being out of reach, powerless to propel yourself forward without being able to interact with another object. This is beautifully realised Newtonian dynamics! And in a setting that not even Isaac Newton could have imagined.

    Amanda: Wait, am I allowed to talk about where Gravity got it WRONG now? They rendered the Hubble Space Telescope and the Soyuz Spacecraft beautifully — but the chance of the astronauts cruising between the two spacecraft, whose orbits above Earth differ by 140 kilometres in height, with nothing but jet-pack propulsion, and then just grabbing on?! Nope. Not possible.

    Alan: OK then, let's talk Interstellar. The modelling they used to depict that black hole was so involved that a new effect was noticed: the halo-like warping of the glowing accretion disk around the black hole. It was written up in a scientific journal by the movie's science advisor Professor Kip Thorne!

    Amanda: Yeah, that was cool. My first university summer research project started by reading Kip Thorne's Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy. The book started with a short sci-fi story about what you would experience if you flew your spacecraft near a small black hole versus a supermassive black hole, and then continued by explaining all the physics and general relativity that lead to why we think those things actually exist. It was awesome.

    Alan: And what about the ultimate masterpiece? 2001: A Space Odyssey. The rotating spacecraft that mimics Earth-like gravity because of its centripetal acceleration, or the wondrous silence punctuated by moments where air pressure (and hence sound) return; they all add to the film, while faithfully exploring scientific concepts in front of a huge audience.

    Amanda: Love the music, love the ideas... But this film also creeped me out about artificial intelligence in a way that I'm still not completely comfortable with!

    Anyway — let's get this back to aliens. If you're such an expert, what's YOUR favourite move alien?

    Alan: That's tricky. Space is sometimes explored really well in the movies, but the fictional aliens that live there are usually much less convincing.

    The common plot line, where aliens are so advanced as to travel hundreds of trillions of kilometres between the stars and then invade us, is just bizarre! Why harvest the resources on Earth when there is so much more available — and already in bite-sized chunks — lying in the asteroid belt?

    Amanda: True. And you guys, in your enormous ships, flew right past all those asteroids to get here!

    Alan: I'm looking at you, Independence Day. Don't get me wrong, I loved it! Just not for the science. And it's a shame they never made a sequel. EVER. Independence Day 2 never happened.

    Amanda: Even if they did decide to come and fill their alien bellies on Earth — would it do them any good? And why is it always us, and not any of rest of the life on Earth? Why do they never start with some nice fruit or vegetables?

    Alan: That's true. The idea that the aliens can somehow use our bodies is incredibly unlikely.

    Considering that we share most of our DNA with life on Earth, and yet are violently sick (at best) if we try to eat almost any of it — then how would an alien from space, which shares none of that DNA, possibly be able to eat us? Let alone, as in Aliens, go one step further and use us as a host, or even somehow take DNA characteristics from that host! Remember the dog-alien?

    Amanda: But there are some great movies about aliens. Like the ones where we don't actually meet each other! After all, the distances are so vast that our bodies probably won't make the trip.

    Alan: Unless Interstellar is right and wormholes exist! And, sure, they're technically allowed by physics, just... highly suspect.

    Amanda: But instead of meeting face-to-face, maybe we will communicate. Like in Contact — I love that movie. It's a wonderful description of the way we might uncover such a signal, and it's a great exploration of the range of responses from the public too.

    Contact came out when I first started studying physics and I constantly got told, "You remind me of that lady in the movie with the headsets..." Jodie Foster? "YES!"

    But by the time I started teaching, the students were too young to have seen that movie. Sad.

    Alan: Just last year we had an update on that style of movie — Arrival, which I completely loved. It has a strong female lead scientist, and a great depiction of how diverse communication can be. Also it shows how challenging it will be to recognise it, if we do hear anything with our radio telescopes!

    And we are certainly listening. Telescopes around the world, including the Parkes radio telescope in Australia, are looking for just this sort of signal as part of the Breakthrough Listen project. The science is finally catching up with the science fiction.

    Amanda: Maybe our search for life in the universe, in reality and in the movies, is more about understanding what makes it possible here on Earth — and gaining insight into ourselves.

    Alan: Totally. When we explore space and contact aliens in film, what we're really projecting onto the big screen is us.

    For more about alien life, exoplanets and the baffling marvels of space, subscribe to Cosmic Vertigo. And watch some of the amazing ABC Open contributions to Stargazing Live in the video below:

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.If we finally find alien life, will it be anything like the movies?

    If we finally find alien life, will it be anything like the movies?

    Last night's Stargazing Live revealed four newly-discovered planets orbiting a distant star. Discoveries like this are hugely exciting because they hold out the tantalising prospect of planets harbouring alien life.

    But if we ever do encounter aliens, what will they be like? Have we been well prepared, or led down an intergalactic garden path, by all the little green men that litter the history of cinema?

    The two co-hosts of ABC podcast Cosmic Vertigo, Dr Amanda Bauer and Dr Alan Duffy, are astronomers but also sci-fi fans. In the latest episode, they discuss the search for alien life.

    So we asked them, as scientists: What is your all-time favourite movie alien?

    Amanda: E.T. Full stop.

    Alan: Oh, come on! Really?

    Amanda: Look, I think a test of a good sci-fi film is how well it ages, and while I'm slightly hesitant to admit this — I watched E.T. recently and cried. And laughed. And got goosebumps all the way through and felt nostalgic for all those times I watched it as a kid. Sure, it's far-fetched that an alien species would look so similar to humans and be so incredibly cute... It's just a great movie!

    And then there's WALL-E, who looks oddly similar to E.T. now I think about it. Maybe I just like the friendly ones, instead of all those aliens who visit Earth only to have humans jump to evil conclusions and inevitable misunderstandings and then OMG THEY'RE GOING TO DESTROY US, WE MUST DESTROY THEM FIRST.

    Alan: WALL-E is not even an alien.

    Amanda: I guess you're right. Fine! I'm clearly not the sci-fi expert you are...

    Alan: I'm definitely a fan. And I think it's an incredible way to present great science to many millions of people. There are wonderful examples of films getting the science right.

    Take Gravity, Interstellar and 2001: A Space Odyssey. They didn't get absolutely everything right, but some of their most accurate scenes are also some of the most engaging. Wonderful cinematic moments and wonderful scientific demonstrations at the same time.

    Like all the micro-gravity scenes in Gravity — full of the tension of just being out of reach, powerless to propel yourself forward without being able to interact with another object. This is beautifully realised Newtonian dynamics! And in a setting that not even Isaac Newton could have imagined.

    Amanda: Wait, am I allowed to talk about where Gravity got it WRONG now? They rendered the Hubble Space Telescope and the Soyuz Spacecraft beautifully — but the chance of the astronauts cruising between the two spacecraft, whose orbits above Earth differ by 140 kilometres in height, with nothing but jet-pack propulsion, and then just grabbing on?! Nope. Not possible.

    Alan: OK then, let's talk Interstellar. The modelling they used to depict that black hole was so involved that a new effect was noticed: the halo-like warping of the glowing accretion disk around the black hole. It was written up in a scientific journal by the movie's science advisor Professor Kip Thorne!

    Amanda: Yeah, that was cool. My first university summer research project started by reading Kip Thorne's Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy. The book started with a short sci-fi story about what you would experience if you flew your spacecraft near a small black hole versus a supermassive black hole, and then continued by explaining all the physics and general relativity that lead to why we think those things actually exist. It was awesome.

    Alan: And what about the ultimate masterpiece? 2001: A Space Odyssey. The rotating spacecraft that mimics Earth-like gravity because of its centripetal acceleration, or the wondrous silence punctuated by moments where air pressure (and hence sound) return; they all add to the film, while faithfully exploring scientific concepts in front of a huge audience.

    Amanda: Love the music, love the ideas... But this film also creeped me out about artificial intelligence in a way that I'm still not completely comfortable with!

    Anyway — let's get this back to aliens. If you're such an expert, what's YOUR favourite move alien?

    Alan: That's tricky. Space is sometimes explored really well in the movies, but the fictional aliens that live there are usually much less convincing.

    The common plot line, where aliens are so advanced as to travel hundreds of trillions of kilometres between the stars and then invade us, is just bizarre! Why harvest the resources on Earth when there is so much more available — and already in bite-sized chunks — lying in the asteroid belt?

    Amanda: True. And you guys, in your enormous ships, flew right past all those asteroids to get here!

    Alan: I'm looking at you, Independence Day. Don't get me wrong, I loved it! Just not for the science. And it's a shame they never made a sequel. EVER. Independence Day 2 never happened.

    Amanda: Even if they did decide to come and fill their alien bellies on Earth — would it do them any good? And why is it always us, and not any of rest of the life on Earth? Why do they never start with some nice fruit or vegetables?

    Alan: That's true. The idea that the aliens can somehow use our bodies is incredibly unlikely.

    Considering that we share most of our DNA with life on Earth, and yet are violently sick (at best) if we try to eat almost any of it — then how would an alien from space, which shares none of that DNA, possibly be able to eat us? Let alone, as in Aliens, go one step further and use us as a host, or even somehow take DNA characteristics from that host! Remember the dog-alien?

    Amanda: But there are some great movies about aliens. Like the ones where we don't actually meet each other! After all, the distances are so vast that our bodies probably won't make the trip.

    Alan: Unless Interstellar is right and wormholes exist! And, sure, they're technically allowed by physics, just... highly suspect.

    Amanda: But instead of meeting face-to-face, maybe we will communicate. Like in Contact — I love that movie. It's a wonderful description of the way we might uncover such a signal, and it's a great exploration of the range of responses from the public too.

    Contact came out when I first started studying physics and I constantly got told, "You remind me of that lady in the movie with the headsets..." Jodie Foster? "YES!"

    But by the time I started teaching, the students were too young to have seen that movie. Sad.

    Alan: Just last year we had an update on that style of movie — Arrival, which I completely loved. It has a strong female lead scientist, and a great depiction of how diverse communication can be. Also it shows how challenging it will be to recognise it, if we do hear anything with our radio telescopes!

    And we are certainly listening. Telescopes around the world, including the Parkes radio telescope in Australia, are looking for just this sort of signal as part of the Breakthrough Listen project. The science is finally catching up with the science fiction.

    Amanda: Maybe our search for life in the universe, in reality and in the movies, is more about understanding what makes it possible here on Earth — and gaining insight into ourselves.

    Alan: Totally. When we explore space and contact aliens in film, what we're really projecting onto the big screen is us.

    For more about alien life, exoplanets and the baffling marvels of space, subscribe to Cosmic Vertigo. And watch some of the amazing ABC Open contributions to Stargazing Live in the video below:

    Astrohotography by Karl Muller, Ari Vlora, Tamar Valley Astronomy Group, Andrew Leggett, Giles Alexander, Chris Phillips, Rod Evans, Ian Stewart, Greg Gibbs, Gillian Rayment, Ben Swanson and Marty Matuszewski.

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    06-04-2017 om 23:09 geschreven door peter  

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    Virgin Galactic Aiming for 1st Spaceflight This Year, Branson Says

    Virgin Galactic Aiming for 1st Spaceflight This Year, Branson Says
    Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo vehicle, known as VSS Unity, soars on its first-ever glide flight on Dec. 3, 2016.
    Credit: Virgin Galactic

    Virgin Galactic should be ready to launch its first flight to suborbital space later this year, company founder Sir Richard Branson said.

    "I think I'd be very disappointed if we're not into space with a test flight by the end of the year and I'm not into space myself next year and the program isn't well underway by the end of next year," Branson told London-based newspaper The Daily Telegraph, breaking an unofficial Virgin Galactic rule about giving dates when discussing the company's spaceflight plans.

    Branson has said that he, and some of his family members, will be aboard Virgin Galactic's first passenger spaceflight.

    Virgin Galactic aims to fly customers aboard the six-passenger SpaceShipTwo, at a cost of $250,000 per seat. A plane called WhiteKnightTwo will carry SpaceShipTwo to an altitude of 50,000 feet (15,000 meters), then drop it; at that point, the spacecraft's onboard rocket engine will kick on, blasting the vehicle to suborbital space.

    Virgin Galactic's first SpaceShipTwo vehicle, called VSS Enterprise, performed four rocket-powered test flights in Earth's atmosphere. But the last of these flights, which took place on Oct. 31, 2014, ended in disaster; the space plane broke apart in midair after its "feathering" descent system deployed too early. Co-pilot Michael Alsbury was killed, and pilot Peter Siebold was seriously injured.

    Virgin Galactic regrouped after the tragic accident. The company unveiled its second SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, to the public in February 2016; the vehicle has since performed several unpowered "glide flights" and should be ready to begin the rocket-powered phase of its test campaign soon, Virgin representatives have said.

    "The test program is going really well, and as long as we've got our brave test pilots pushing it to the limit, we think that after whatever it is, 12 years of hard work, we're nearly there," Branson told The Telegraph.

    Read the full story at The Daily Telegraph here.

    Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.

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    06-04-2017 om 22:56 geschreven door peter  

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    New Model: Nearby Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e May Be Just Right for Life

    New Model: Nearby Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e May Be Just Right for Life
    A new model suggests that TRAPPIST-1e, which has liquid water on its surface, is the most likely in the seven-planet system to be habitable.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    Tucked between a boiled-away desert and a giant snowball, an alien world called TRAPPIST-1e may be the only habitable planet in a newly discovered batch of seven, according to a new climate model.

    When researchers announced the discovery of seven planets that closely orbit the cool red star TRAPPIST-1 in February, there was a rush to learn more about the little rocky worlds and find out if any might be habitable. One of the first scientists to model the worlds' potential climates in depth was Eric Wolf, a researcher at University of Colorado, Boulder. His model, along with others still to come, will paint a clearer picture of what the system's planets could actually be like.

    Wolf modeled three planets around TRAPPIST-1 and tested different potential atmospheres to see whether any let liquid water exist on a planet's surface. He found that, in his simulation, only one of the planets listed as potentially habitable would be able to keep liquid water. [Exoplanet Tour: Meet the 7 Earth-Size Planets of TRAPPIST-1]

    In particular, Wolf investigated planets d, e and f around TRAPPIST-1, which lies about 39 light-years from Earth. He found that planet d orbits too close to its star, building up a thick atmosphere of water vapor that heats the planet even further and boils the rest of the water off — a runaway greenhouse effect that guarantees the planet winds up too hot and dry to host life over time. Planet f, by contrast, is too far from its star, making it a snowball; any surface water would be frozen solid, and in the model, no combination of gases in the planet's atmosphere seemed to keep it warm enough, Wolf said.

    "So that leaves us with planet e as the one real chance of having a temperate, habitable, Earth-like climate," Wolf told Space.com.

    To reach that conclusion, Wolf used a modified atmospheric model originally calibrated to simulate Earth's climate. TRAPPIST-1's planets, though Earth-size, exist in very different conditions than Earth does — the seven planets huddle close to their ultracool red dwarf star, and have full orbits lasting between 1.5 and 20 days (compared with Earth's 365.26 days). Because they are so close to their star, the planets likely orbit with one side always facing inward. The star gives off different wavelengths of light than the sun does; TRAPPIST-1 is much redder, and emits longer wavelengths, including those in the near-infrared

    Wolf used the Janus supercomputer at the University of Colorado and the Hyak supercomputer at the University of Washington to make his calculations. His article has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal, and in the meantime, he posted the results on ArXiv.org.

    A new model simulated three planets around TRAPPIST-1 — d, e and f — with atmospheres consisting of various gas quantities and compositions to see whether liquid water could persist on their surfaces. Here, the planets' surface temperatures, water contained in clouds, thermal energy released and reflected light are graphed for different potential atmospheres. Planet f is always frozen and planet d is too hot for water, but depending on the atmosphere planet e can be cold, temperate or hot and still retain surface water.
    A new model simulated three planets around TRAPPIST-1 — d, e and f — with atmospheres consisting of various gas quantities and compositions to see whether liquid water could persist on their surfaces. Here, the planets' surface temperatures, water contained in clouds, thermal energy released and reflected light are graphed for different potential atmospheres. Planet f is always frozen and planet d is too hot for water, but depending on the atmosphere planet e can be cold, temperate or hot and still retain surface water.
    Credit: Eric Wolf/UC Boulder

    For this analysis, Wolf assumed that water was freely available on the surface of the planets. He found that with an Earth-like atmosphere, about 20 percent of planet e's surface isn't icy — it would look like an eyeball, with a warm, melted spot facing the star — and that you could duplicate Earth's temperature by adding much more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere (or, various combinations of nitrogen and carbon dioxide could offer that insulation).

    To compensate for planet f's distance from the star and make it warm enough for liquid water, he tried adding about 30 bars pressure of carbon dioxide — approximately 30 times the pressure of Earth's entire atmosphere at sea level. However, planet f would still be too cold to host life — so cold, in fact, that the gas would start condensing and fall out of the atmosphere. 

    The farther-out planets would fare even more poorly, freezing any available water and becoming snowballs as well. Planet d would be too hot to hold water regardless of its atmosphere's thickness and composition, according to the model, and so would the closer-in planets. Although the original paper announcing the system a month ago, published in the journal Nature, posited that planets e, f and g could host liquid oceans, Wolf's more complex model suggests that f and g would be too bitterly cold.

    "The main take-home point is that TRAPPIST-[1]e is the real winner here," Wolf said. But he's eagerly awaiting more models; as with modeling climate change on Earth, it will take many different techniques to come to a consensus about which planets' atmospheres could allow for liquid water.

    "We need to intercompare between numerous models to come to a consensus that our models are doing the right thing, and that we can get some convergence of our results to make judgments about these planets," he added.

    There are many variables that affect a planet's environment, and various models handle those variables in different ways. Wolf's model folds in what effect different gases in the atmosphere would have, the cooling impact of clouds and the way radiation heats the planet, among many other considerations. It also simplifies the way the ocean works; in reality, ocean currents could reduce the sea-ice coverage of the planet by transporting heat from the warmer dayside to the colder nightside. Other climate models might make different choices for each of those calculations, and they're always improving as researchers learn more about how a planet's environment works. [TRAPPIST-1 is 'Most Incredible Star System to Date' - 5 Amazing Facts]

    For TRAPPIST-1d, e and f, Wolf modeled the temperature across the planets while trying out particular atmospheres. For planet e, he tested cold, temperate and hot scenarios. Then, he graphed the heat that would be released from each planet with a given atmosphere, as well as the brightness of light reflected off the surface of the planet in each part of the orbit. Researchers will be able to compare those models to real data as it comes in.

    "If we can get these observations and compare them to our model results, we might be able to make some estimates of what the atmosphere of the planet is like," Wolf said. Making these models in advance helps researchers prepare for that data, and also suggests which might be most productive to investigate further, he added. In the future, he and his colleagues plan to simulate the spectra of light that would come back from the planets as well, letting researchers match future observations with particular atmospheres.

    "It's a really nice paper," said Anthony Del Genio, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies who was not involved in the study. "To my knowledge, Eric [Wolf] is the first one to do this type of study for the TRAPPIST-1 system — certainly, he's the first one to do a 3D study." 

    Del Genio is referring to a 3D climate model, which portions off the planet into vertical columns and tracks how conditions change across the columns, whereas a one-dimensional model examines just one column of atmosphere and surface. 3D models can incorporate more nuance in natural phenomena, and can handle differences in the dayside and nightside of the planet, which is particularly important for orbs like the TRAPPIST-1 planets that always face the same side toward the star.

    Del Genio is looking forward to what other models might reveal, particularly details about planets d and f. Various treatments may provide different results for the planets' potential habitability, he said. But for now, Wolf's study offers a good suggestion of what to look for as researchers turn more powerful telescopes on the star system.

    "He's really laid the groundwork for characterization of this system, and I'd say, if you are an astronomer thinking of observing the TRAPPIST system to characterize the atmosphere, that as a result of this study, you know which planet you want to go after first," Del Genio told Space.com.

    Email Sarah Lewin at slewin@space.com or follow her @SarahExplains. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien-jager die werkte aan ‘geheimzinnig project’ verdwijnt op mysterieuze wijze in Brazilië
    Alien-jager die werkte aan 'geheimzinnig project' verdwijnt op mysterieuze wijze in Brazilië

    Alien-jager die werkte aan ‘geheimzinnig project’ verdwijnt op mysterieuze wijze in Brazilië

    In Brazilië is een alien-jager op mysterieuze wijze verdwenen. In zijn slaapkamer zijn vreemde codes en een standbeeld van een 16e-eeuwse filosoof gevonden.

    Bruno Borges (24) verdween vorige week maandag terwijl hij werkte aan een geheimzinnig project, schrijft de Britse Daily Mirror.

    De verdwijning van de psychologiestudent is ondertussen wereldnieuws. Velen geloven dat hij is ontvoerd door aliens.

    Standbeeld

    Zijn slaapkamer staat volledig in het teken van buitenaards leven. De muren van zijn kamer staan vol mysterieuze teksten en de vloer is bedekt met vreemde tekens die worden geassocieerd met satanisme en de Illuminati.

    Alien-jager die werkte aan 'geheimzinnig project' verdwijnt op mysterieuze wijze in Brazilië

    Standbeeld van Bruno

    Er staan onder andere Bijbelteksten en uitspraken van Leonardo da Vinci op de muren.

    In de kamer staat ook een enorm standbeeld van de Italiaanse filosoof Giordano Bruno, dat hij enkele weken geleden voor een paar duizend euro zou hebben gekocht.

    Boekenreeks

    Bruno was één van de eerste vrije denkers die het bestaan van buitenaards leven voorspelde. Sommigen suggereerden dat Borges zijn werk probeerde af te maken.

    Familieleden zeiden dat Borges hen constant vroeg zijn nieuwste geheimzinnige project te financieren.

    Hij wilde alleen zeggen dat hij een boekenreeks schreef die ‘de mensheid op een positieve manier zou veranderen’.

    Opsloot
    Alien-jager die werkte aan 'geheimzinnig project' verdwijnt op mysterieuze wijze in Brazilië

    Bruno Borges (Facebook)

    Zijn vader, Athos Borges, zei dat hij zijn zoon op 27 maart voor het laatst heeft gezien. Over de verdwijning is verder nog weinig concreets bekend.

    “Hij is nog nooit eerder weggegaan,” zei vader Athos. “Hij heeft niets meegenomen.”

    Moeder Denise vertelde aan de krant Gaucho dat het gezin samen had geluncht en dat er niets aan de hand leek.

    Zijn zus Gabriela zei dat haar broer zich vaak opsloot in zijn slaapkamer.

    Ontcijferd

    Een Braziliaanse computerexpert heeft een passage uit één van de boeken ‘ontcijferd’:

    Het is gemakkelijk om datgene te accepteren wat je sinds je jeugd is aangeleerd. Het is als volwassene moeilijk om te begrijpen dat wat je geleerd hebt onjuist is. Je bent overgeleverd aan overtuigingen die diep geworteld zijn in de massa.

    De politie doet momenteel onderzoek naar de verdwijning van Borges.

    [Mirror]

    06-04-2017 om 22:33 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ZE WORDEN MEESTAL PAS OPGEMERKT ALS HET LAAT IS ( VIDEO )

    ZE WORDEN MEESTAL PAS OPGEMERKT ALS HET LAAT IS ( VIDEO )

    Enkele dagen geleden passeerde een asteroïde de aarde op ongeveer de helft van de afstand van ons tot de maan. 

    Dat niet alleen, deze asteroïde werd pas enkele dagen daarvoor opgemerkt en vaak worden ze helemaal niet gezien. 




    Volgens de Wikipedia is de afstand tot de maan 384.400 kilometer. In het Engels gebruiken ze deze afstand als rekeneenheid en wordt die genoemd LD (Lunar Distance). 

    Asteroïden passeren de aarde veelal op behoorlijke afstanden, maar soms komen ze in ruimtetermen toch akelig dichtbij de aarde en passeren ze dan tussen de aarde en de maan. 

    De afgelopen dagen hadden we ook weer een dergelijke gebeurtenis toen twee asteroïden de aarde passeerden op een afstand van gelijk aan en minder dan 1 LD. 

    De eerste vloog langs op 2 april met de codenaam 2017 Fu102 op ongeveer een halve LD, minder dan 200.000 kilometer verwijderd van de aarde. Het was alweer de veertiende asteroïde in dit nog prille jaar die op een afstand van minder dan 1 LD langs de aarde schoot. 

    Een dag later passeerde een andere met de codenaam 2017 FT102 de aarde op een afstand van 1 LD. 

    Wat behoorlijk zorgelijk is, is dat deze objecten pas vier dagen voordat ze de aarde passeerden werden ontdekt. 

     

    Bovengenoemde asteroïden worden eigenlijk niet eens meegeteld in de categorie “mogelijk gevaarlijke asteroïden”. Om als zodanig geclassificeerd te worden moeten ze minimaal 100 meter in doorsnede zijn en niet enkele meters zoals bovengenoemde exemplaren. 

    Wanneer een asteroïde een doorsnede heeft van meer dan 100 meter en de aarde passeert op een afstand van minder dan 19,5 LD, dan spreekt men van een PHA (potentially hazardous asteroid, mogelijk gevaarlijke asteroïde). 

    Een dergelijke PHA zal de aarde passeren op 19 april aanstaande en dan hebben we het over een asteroïde met een doorsnee van ongeveer een kilometer met de codenaam 2014 JO25 welke op een afstand van 4,8 LD zal langs vliegen. Deze asteroïde is in 400 jaar niet zo dichtbij de aarde geweest. 

    Maar, dit zijn niet de echt gevaarlijke objecten. Het zijn asteroïden die bekend zijn en waarvan de baan vrij nauwkeurig te berekenen is. 

    Het gevaar zit hem wat ons betreft veel meer in de kleinere asteroïden die op het laatste moment worden opgemerkt of helemaal niet. De kleineren die ook onze atmosfeer binnendringen en soms gewoon opbranden, maar die ook als een meteoriet op aarde kunnen inslaan.

    Een meteoriet is het deel van een meteoroïde of planetoïde dat op de aarde inslaat na vanuit de ruimte door de atmosfeer te zijn gevallen. Tijdens de tocht door de dampkring wordt het materiaal sterk afgeremd en zeer heet. Dit kan als een meteoor te zien zijn. In wezen is een meteoriet puin uit de ruimte. 

    Ook kennen we dit verschijnsel vanwege de enorme explosie die zich enkele jaren geleden voordeed in Rusland: 

    Op 15 februari 2013 ontplofte een meteoroïde nabij Tsjeljabinsk in het Russische Oeralgebied. Rond 9.15 uur plaatselijke tijd werden aldaar verschillende explosies gehoord en werd er een vuurbal in de hemel waargenomen. 

    Op 20 maart gebeurde er iets dergelijks boven Zweden, maar zonder dat deze explosie gevolgen had zoals in Rusland. 

    Vanuit heel Zweden kwamen berichten van mensen die deze gebeurtenis waarnamen. 

     

    Enkele dagen daarvoor, op 15 maart, zorgde een meteoriet voor de nodige beroering in Pakistan. Het voorval gebeurde in de bergachtige streken in het noorden van het land waar bewoners in paniek raakten nadat ze een bizar licht hadden waargenomen, vergezeld van een aantal explosies. 

    Volgens één van de inwoners uit de plaats Gilgit, Javed Iqbal: “Ik zag een licht door de lucht flitsen en toen volgden er meerder explosies. Het voelde alsof er iets boven op mijn huis was terechtgekomen. Samen met mijn gezin rende ik naar buiten en zag dat ook alle buren uit hun huizen waren gekomen”. 

     

    In een eerder artikel op deze website onlangs werd duidelijk hoe vooral de grote vuurbollen in de lucht jaar na jaar in aantallen toenemen. 

    Meteoren kunnen eigenlijk worden ingedeeld in vier verschillende soorten: vallende sterren, vuurbollen, bolides en superbolides. 

    Vooral de laatste twee zijn gebeurtenissen die je niet wilt meemaken. Deze ontploffen in de lucht net zoals Tsjeljabinsk met een enorme knal en een bijbehorende lichtflits. 

    De energie die bij een dergelijke ontploffing zoals Tsjelnabinsk vrij komt, staat gelijk aan 30 keer die van de atoombom op Hiroshima en de lichtflits is 30 keer feller dan de zon. Bij die gebeurtenissen raakten dan ook 7.200 gebouwen beschadigd en 1.500 mensen gewond. Veel van die verwondingen hadden te maken met de gevolgen van rondvliegend glas of brandwonden. 

    In het algemeen kan je stellen dat hoe meer mensen een vuurbol waarnemen, des te groter en gevaarlijker zal deze blijken te zijn. Masters heeft dan ook als definitie van een enorme vuurbal genomen het criterium dat deze door minstens 100 verschillende mensen moet zijn gemeld. 

    Wanneer we voor dat soort gebeurtenissen wederom kijken naar een grafiek van wat er na die bewuste decembermaand is gebeurd, dan lijkt verder commentaar overbodig.

    xxx

    Als je kijkt naar de cijfers per maand, dan zie je dat het grootste aantal van dit soort gebeurtenissen zich heeft voorgedaan in het eerste kwartaal van dit jaar. Ook Tsjelnabinsk gebeurde in de maand februari.


    xxx

    Maar, zelfs als ze wel worden opgemerkt en ze zouden een mogelijk gevaar voor de aarde opleveren, dan nog zullen wij of niet of als allerlaatsten worden gewaarschuwd. 

    In 2005 is er klaarblijkelijk een asteroïde rakelings langs de aarde gevlogen, waarbij de aarde ternauwernood aan een ramp is ontsnapt. Overheden en militairen waren op de hoogte, alleen wij burgers wisten nergens van. 

    Voor een volledig verslag van deze gebeurtenis verwijzen wij naar een eerder artikel. Nu kunnen we niet veel doen aan bedreigingen uit de ruimte, maar wanneer er een fractie van het bedrag dat nu wordt uitgegeven aan wapens wordt besteed aan het beschermen van de aarde en haar bewoners, dan zou de toekomst er wellicht heel wat rooskleuriger uit zien.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Unacknowledged – UFO Documentary

    Unacknowledged – UFO Documentary

    unacknowledged
    Unacknowledged” focuses on the historic files of the Disclosure Project and how UFO secrecy has been ruthlessly enforced – and why. The best evidence for Extraterrestrial contact, dating back decades, is presented with direct top-secret witness testimony, documents and UFO footage, 80% of which has never been revealed anywhere else. The behind-the-scenes research and high level meetings convened by Dr. Steven Greer will expose the degree of illegal, covert operations at the core of UFO secrecy. From briefings with the CIA Director, top Pentagon Generals and Admirals, to the briefing of President Obama via senior advisor John Podesta, chairman of the Hillary Clinton Campaign – we take the viewer behind the veil of secrecy and into the corridors of real power where the UFO secrets reside. The viewer will learn that a silent coup d’état has occurred dating back to the 1950s and that the Congress, the President and other world leaders have been sidelined by criminal elements within the Military-Industrial-Financial complex.
    Director: Michael Mazzola
    Narrator: Giancarlo Esposito
    Producers: Steven M. Greer MD, DGZ60, Jim Martin, Stephen Peek, Grant Ibrahim, Chris Crescitelli
    Writers: Steven M. Greer, MD
    Distributor: The Orchard
    Genre: Documentary

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    06-04-2017 om 21:41 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Epic Cassini Saturn Mission Begins 'Grand Finale' This Month

    Epic Cassini Saturn Mission Begins 'Grand Finale' This Month

    PASADENA, Calif. — NASA's veteran Cassini mission will officially kick off its farewell tour of the Saturn system on April 22 with a final close encounter of the ringed planet's largest moon, Titan. Five months later, on Sept. 15, Cassini will spectacularly burn up in Saturn's crushing atmosphere.

    But before that happens, Cassini will dive through a 1,200-mile (1,930 kilometers) gap between the planet and its innermost ring to carry out science that is only possible now that the mission is running out of fuel.

    "What a spectacular end to a spectacular mission," Jim Green, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., said via video link at a special news conference held here today (April 4) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). [Cassini's 'Grand Finale' at Saturn: NASA's Plan in Pictures]

    The "Grand Finale" will begin when Titan's gravity hurls the spacecraft close to Saturn's atmosphere, ending the probe's series of ring-grazing orbits and causing Cassini to dive through a gap in the rings.

    Over the next 22 orbits between the planet and the innermost ring, Cassini will embark on a completely different phase of discovery. The spacecraft will carry out scientific measurements of the apparently empty environment between the planet's upper-atmosphere gases and the innermost edge of Saturn's D-ring.

    "The Grand Finale is a brand-new mission," said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at JPL. "We're going to a place that we've never been before … and I think some of the biggest discoveries may come from these final orbits."

    Artist’s illustration showing NASA’s Cassini spacecraft above Saturn's northern hemisphere prior to one of the probe’s 22 “Grand Finale” dives.
    Artist’s illustration showing NASA’s Cassini spacecraft above Saturn's northern hemisphere prior to one of the probe’s 22 “Grand Finale” dives.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    This unique trajectory will allow Cassini to make incredibly detailed maps of Saturn's magnetic and gravitational fields, helping scientists understand what structures lie beneath the planet's atmosphere and, potentially, revealing the mechanisms behind Saturn's mysterious spin. This is also the best opportunity yet to get a good look at the mysterious hexagon etched into the clouds around Saturn's north pole, mission team members said.

    Since arriving in Saturn orbit in 2004, Cassini has steered clear of the planet's icy ring material, opting for a more distant (and safer) orbit where the gas giant's family of moons could be studied and Saturn could be observed from afar. But now that the mission is in its final months, more risks can be taken to carry out observations that scientists would have only dreamed of earlier in the mission.

    During the daring ring dives, Cassini will be closer to the planet than ever before. The probe will use its mass spectrometer to "taste" the chemistry of the tenuous gases on the outermost edge of Saturn's atmosphere and return the most detailed observations ever obtained of Saturn's high-altitude clouds and ring material. [Latest Saturn Photos by Cassini]

    Mission team members are taking pains to minimize the dangers associated with this privileged view.

    "We don't know exactly where that D-ring ends … so, to be on the safe side, we want to protect the spacecraft's instrumentation from these particles," Spilker said. After all, Cassini will be on a "ballistic trajectory," traveling at a speed of 76,000 mph (122,000 km/h).

    "It's going to be kind of risky," Green said. "The ring material actually falls into Saturn, and it won't take much to stop our spacecraft at the velocity it is flying."

    This artist’s illustration shows NASA’s Cassini probe plunging into Saturn’s atmosphere on Sept. 15, 2017. The spacecraft will work to keep its antenna pointed at Earth while it sends its final data, including the composition of Saturn's upper atmosphere.
    This artist’s illustration shows NASA’s Cassini probe plunging into Saturn’s atmosphere on Sept. 15, 2017. The spacecraft will work to keep its antenna pointed at Earth while it sends its final data, including the composition of Saturn's upper atmosphere.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    Although models of Saturn's rings suggest the inner gap will be mainly empty, mission scientists said they assume some small particles will hit Cassini. So, as the spacecraft makes its ring-plane crossings, it will be oriented in such a way to maximize the shielding of delicate instrumentation behind Cassini's high-gain antenna.

    "We expect a lot of impacts, but it will be like going through smoke … we believe the D-ring extends into Saturn," Cassini program manager Earl Maize, also of JPL, told Space.com. He added that mission team members are confident that Cassini will encounter only the smallest particles in the ring gap, and the probability of losing the spacecraft to an impact with something bigger is "less than 1 percent."

    Cassini's Grand Finale is occurring this year because the spacecraft has been so active and so prolific, Maize added.   

    "Back in 2010, we decided that we'd use every last kilogram of propellant to explore the Saturn system as thoroughly as we could," he said. "We'll end up with no gas in the tank, but at the same time, this is a very serious constraint. Ultimately, Cassini's discoveries (caused) its demise."

    But why crash Cassini into Saturn? NASA decided to incinerate the probe to ensure that it doesn't careen into, and potentially contaminate, Titan or the fellow Saturn moon Enceladus, both of which may be capable of supporting life. (Cassini was sterilized before its October 1997 launch, but some microbes from Earth may still survive aboard the probe, agency officials have said.)

    The $3.2 billion Cassini-Huygens mission — a joint effort of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency — has made a number of mind-blowing discoveries during its time in the Saturn system.

    For example, Cassini spotted liquid-hydrocarbon seas on Titan, making the moon the only place beyond Earth known to harbor bodies of stable liquid on its surface. (And the mission's piggyback lander, called Huygens, touched down on Titan in January 2005, becoming the first probe ever to land on a body in the outer solar system.)

    Cassini also discovered Enceladus' amazing water plumes, which in turn helped reveal that the satellite hosts an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy shell. And the probe has imaged Saturn's diverse family of moons in detail that was not possible before.

    In addition, the mission has studied the dynamics of Saturn's rings extensively, revealing the intricate relationships among planet, rings and moons. Saturn's unique environment has acted like a natural laboratory, demonstrating how moons are formed and destroyed — findings that can be scaled up to better understand how planets formed around the sun and, perhaps, around other stars, scientists have said. In short, the data gathered by the spacecraft will keep researchers busy for decades to come, scientists said.

    Cassini has been a decades-long odyssey for the scientists involved, and the probe's 3-minute final dive into Saturn's atmosphere on Sept. 15 will be a bittersweet moment, the researchers said.

    "I think that once the signal is lost, it would mean the heartbeat of Cassini is gone," said Spilker. "I think there will be a tremendous cheer and applause for the completion of an absolutely incredible mission. Hugs, tears — the Kleenex box will be passed around — but we will rejoice at being part of such a wonderful mission."

    Follow Ian @astroengine and www.astroengine.com. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com

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    UFO enthusiast mysteriously vanishes leaving behind a den filled with secret codes, 14 encrypted books and a statue of 16th Century philosopher who predicted aliens' existence 

    • Bruno Borges, 24, disappeared from his home in Rio Branco in the west of Brazil
    • He has spent the past month working on a special alien project, his sister said
    • Psychology student locked himself in his room for hours on end on the project
    • He covered his walls in code and produced 14 encrypted manuscripts on space 

    A UFO enthusiast who mysteriously vanished last week left behind a den plastered wall-to-wall with Illuminati codes and symbols. 

    Bruno Borges, 24, disappeared from his home in Rio Branco in the west of Brazil having spent the past month working on what is being described as a secret project. 

    In his furniture-free bedroom, police found a £2,000 statue of 16th-century philosopher Giordano Bruno who predicted alien life, 14 encrypted books and signs associated with the Illuminati spread across the floor.

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    Bruno Borges, 24, poses with picture of popular fictional martial from the 1982 movie E.T.

    Bruno Borges, 24, poses with picture of popular fictional martial from the 1982 movie E.T.

    Bruno Borges, pictured left, has not been seen since March 27 and left behind an eerie den where he had a £2,000 statue of philosopher Giordano Bruno who predicted alien life

    The student's bedroom was left as a shrine to alien life with codes written on the wall 

    The student's bedroom was left as a shrine to alien life with codes written on the wall 

    He has not been seen since March 27, and his father told local press he was last seen in a t-shirt and a pair of shorts and would have had no money nor documents.

    Deputy Fabrizzio Sobreira, coordinator of the Criminal Investigation Office (DIC), who is leading the investigations, confirmed to the newspaper Acre TV all possibilities are being considered amid speculation he was abducted by the aliens he obsesses over.

    His father, local businessman Athos Borges, told Globo: 'We've tried to call him on his cell phone, but he's off, he's never gone before, he did not take anything and the last time we saw him he was leaving home.'

    Student disappears leaving behind a room full of obscure artifacts


    Walls in Bruno Borges' den are covered in code and 14 books were found with a different Roman numeral on the cover of each one

    Before disappearing, Borges wrote masses of codes on his walls and in 14 different books

    Before disappearing, Borges wrote masses of codes on his walls and in 14 different books

    The psychology student went missing shortly after his parents returned from a month-long trip, during which he stayed at home with his sister furiously beavering away at his project. 

    When his parents left, his bedroom was said to be normal, but 25 days later they were covered in coded writing and symbols as well as 14 secret manuscripts, each with a different Roman numeral on the cover.

    His sister, Gabriella, said he would lock himself in the den for hours on end and told Gaucho newspaper: 'We were very worried. Now we think he's okay. He has a project, which is the publication of these 14 books. I think he had to do it that way.'  

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    06-04-2017 om 15:13 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO Seen Over Newcastle, Great Britain On Oct 2016, UFO Sighting News.

    UFO Seen Over Newcastle, Great Britain On Oct 2016, UFO Sighting News.

    Date of sighting:  October 2016
    Location of sighting:  Newcastle, Great Britain
    Source: MUFON #82983
    This UFO was seen this week over Great Britain and there has been a mass of sightings this month from that country. This is a nice photo of the UFO. I enlarged it and you can see the original and the altered color above. 
    Scott C. Waring
    Eyewitness states: 

    I recorded a fleet of orb lights, day time footage. Looking East from Gateshead. One flying at speed over my house. Hanging in the sky was a small silver line. The fleet were stretched out for a distance. I went looking and not long after found these on the 13th and 14th of October 2016. One taking off from next to my own house. The view is taken from a hill over looking Leam Lane estate. 

    The videos are of it one day taking off to the left and the next taking off from the right but landing in the same place as the day before. It lands next to or in one of two crafts hanging over the houses in the distance. On the second day zoomed in, spheres can be seen being ejected from the craft on the left. There were no sightings reported even though this was taken place very close to houses. The last two images are of one of them flying past and zoomed in. They fly at speed and change shape and colour. It's unknown what they are. They fly over the trees, in them and in the grass. 


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    06-04-2017 om 14:48 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Cigar-shaped UFO recorded near the Sun 30-Mar-2017

    Cigar-shaped UFO recorded near the Sun 30-Mar-2017

    cigar-ufo

    Check out this amazing footage of a cylindrical-shaped UFO that was recorded near the Sun. This happened on 30th March 2017.

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    06-04-2017 om 14:34 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.This day in UFO history: Westall ’66 – Melbourne High School UFO Sighting

    This day in UFO history: Westall ’66 – Melbourne High School UFO Sighting

    westall high school ufo

    Five decades later, individuals who saw the UFOs and a perfect circle of flattened grass left behind still convinced they saw something out of this world.

    Student Joy Clarke said she ran from class and saw three unidentified flying objects in the sky. Several students had taken pictures inside the circle of flattened grass that the UFO allegedly left behind, including Joy, a year eight student that time.

    Amateur investigator Shane Ryan said the Westall ’66 incident had plagued the minds of the witnesses. Ryan stated that it is unfortunate for those people who come forward and talk about their UFO-related experiences because many would not listen or believe them even for the fact that we are living in an odd society where there’s interest in mysteries of life and UFOs.

    Ryan said that this is an important case to look into because it happened in broad daylight with several witnesses.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Aliens are ‘ROBOTS who have overthrown masters’ Incredible claim by QUEEN’S astronomer

    Aliens are ‘ROBOTS who have overthrown masters’ Incredible claim by QUEEN’S astronomer

    ALIENS are likely to be electronic beings which have overthrown their masters, claims the Queen’s personal astronomer.

    Lord Martin Rees and alien robot

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    ALIENS: Lord Martin Rees expects life from outer-space will be 'electronic beings'

    Lord Martin Rees, the British Astronomer Royal, has revealed what he believes aliens creatures will be like.

    He envisioned a Terminator-esque world where “electronic beings” have replaced their organic masters

    Lord Rees said the alien beings will be nothing like humanity and will have taken over the world of their creators.

    My guess is that if we do detect an alien intelligence, it will be nothing like us

    Lord Martin Rees

    It would “extremely unlikely” to find alien beings who are similar to humans, the 74-year-old said.

    He described “organic intelligence” as a “thin sliver” between the primordial stages of life and the dominant era of machines.

    Celebrity scientist Stephen Hawking previously warned we should hope aliens do not come to Earth, while also warning the development of AI could be the “worth thing” for humanity.

    Android GETTY

    MACHINES: Alien life could have overthrown its organic masters and replaced them

    Alien enthusiast disappears leaving behind room full of codes

    Lord Martin Rees

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    LORD MARTIN REES: The Royal Astronomer gave his assessment of life in the universe

    “My guess is that if we do detect an alien intelligence, it will be nothing like us. It will be some sort of electronic entity,” he said during an interview at Trinity College.

    Lord Rees added: “In other words, the period of time occupied by organic intelligence is just a thin sliver between early life and the long era of the machines.

    “Because such civilisations would develop at different rates, it’s extremely unlikely that we will find intelligent life at the same stage of development as us.”

    Lord Rees said: “More likely, life will still be either far simpler, or an already fully electronic intelligence.”

    NASA astronauts claimed “aliens are watching us” revealed Daily Star Online.

    The position of British Astronomer Royal was created by King Charles II in 1675 and the holder is regarded as an official member of the Royal Household.

    Astronaut Brian O’Leary makes SHOCKING claim about UFOs

    The Astronomer Royal has previously warned the Earth needs an asteroid shield to protect mankind from apocalypse.

    NASA revealed three huge asteroids are approaching Earth this week – but the trio are expected to all pass our planet harmlessly.

    Life in space has yet to be proven to exist, but some UFO hunters claim aliens are here and want to “quarantine” humanity.

    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

    06-04-2017 om 01:08 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Aliens On Mars And Moons: Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks We’re Getting Closer

    Aliens On Mars And Moons: Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks We’re Getting Closer

    06-04-2017 om 00:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.‘Aliens are watching us’ NASA astronauts make SHOCK claims about extra-terrestrials

    ‘Aliens are watching us’ NASA astronauts make SHOCK claims about extra-terrestrials

    ALIENS exist and are in contact with humans, according to four former NASA astronauts.

    By Simon Green 

    Bombshell claims of extra-terrestrial lifeforms existing often come from so-called truth-seekers or UFO hunters.

    But when they stem from people who have actually been to space, their accounts take on more validity.

    Here Daily Star Online looks at four of the most remarkable claims from NASA astronauts.

    Edgar Mitchell and Deke Slayton

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    REVELATION: NASA astronauts Edgar Mitchell and Deke Slayton believed aliens exist

    Edgar Mitchell

    Edgar Mitchell spent nine hours walking on the moon, as a Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971.

    When he left the space agency, he publicly expressed his opinion that “aliens have been observing us and have been here for some time”.

    He claimed the US government regularly covered up alien sightings, going back to the infamous 1947 Roswell incident – where many claim a “flying disc” crashed into the New Mexico town and an alien body was recovered.

    “The reason for the denial is they didn’t know if they [the aliens] were hostile and they didn’t want the Soviets to know so they devised to lie about it and cover it up,” he said in an NBC interview in 1996.

    Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper on his encounters with aliens

    Gordon Cooper

    Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr – better known as Gordon Cooper – was one of the first people to travel in space, as part of NASA’s Project Mercury between 1958-1963.

    He also strongly believed in the existence of aliens – after experiencing them first hand.

    In 1951 – while he was flying for the US Air Force – he witnessed a vast amount of UFOs flying at extremely high altitudes.

    The experience continued with him after his time as an astronaut and he became so adamant in their existence that he addressed a United Nations panel in 1985.

    “I believe that these extraterrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets, which are a little more technically advanced than we are on Earth,” he told them.

    Astronaut Deke Slayton saw 'SAUCER' on test flight in 1952

    Deke Slayton

    Like Cooper, Deke Slayton was aboard the first human spaceflight program of the United States – Project Mercury.

    He later served as NASA’s Director of Flight Crew Operations but it was an encounter in 1951 that stuck long in his memory.

    While testing out a military plane over Minnesota, he saw what he thought was a “flying saucer”.

    “It looked like a saucer sitting at a 45-degree angle,” he said of the incident.

    “I didn’t have any cameras otherwise I would have shot some pictures.

    “At that time – for whatever reason – it just took off climbing and just accelerated and disappeared.”

    Astronaut Brian O’Leary makes SHOCKING claim about UFOs

    Brian O'Leary

    Brian O’Leary never actually made it to space – but was the first astronaut specifically selected for a potential mission to Mars in 1967.

    That never happened, but it didn’t stop O’Leary from being convinced of the extra-terrestrials.

    “There is an abundance of evidence that we are being contacted,” the scientist said in a documentary in 2011.

    “Civilisations have been visiting us for a very long time and that their appearance is bizarre from any kind of traditional Western point of view.”

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    05-04-2017
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.We Could Have Six Astronauts in Mars’ Orbit by 2028

    We Could Have Six Astronauts in Mars’ Orbit by 2028

    IN BRIEF
    Lockheed Martin first revealed its plans for a Mars Base Camp last year, and now, the aerospace giant has shared more details about its proposed Martian space station, which could help us gain valuable insight into the Red Planet.

    MARS BASE CAMP

    Despite all this talk about humans colonizing Mars, it actually coming to fruition seems like a far and distant possibility. But in just over a decade, we could have the planet well within our sights — literally.

    Researchers from Lockheed Martin have a plan to establish a six-person Mars Base Camp in Mars’ orbit by 2028. Their hope is that this orbiting lab will help us gain valuable insight into the planet and bring humanity one step closer to eventually colonizing it.

    The concept was first unveiled last year, and more details and concept images were revealed during the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) last month.

    EXPLORING THE MARTIAN SURFACE

    The Mars Base Camp could be very useful in helping us identify the best spots to explore when humans finally touch down on the Red Planet. The plan is for the craft to remain in Mars’ orbit for a full year, and during that time, the crew would use immersive technology, virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI) systems to operate and maneuver rovers across the planet’s unfamiliar terrain.

    We Just Got a Stunning Look at Humanity’s Future on Mars
    Image Credit: Lockheed Martin

    The Mars Base Camp would help minimize delays in the transmission of information, allowing scientists and researchers to study, explore, and make decisions in real-time. “The discussion we’re having here at the meeting is, how best can scientific discovery be enabled by having scientists in close proximity to mobile hardware on the surface of Mars or in the Martian atmosphere,” Steve Jolly, chief engineer for civil space at Lockheed Martin in Denver, told Space.com.

    We Just Got a Stunning Look at Humanity’s Future on Mars
    Image Credit: Lockheed Martin

    Essentially, the Mars Base Camp would serve as a precursor to the ultimate goal — getting humans on Mars — and to that end, Lockheed Martin is looking into ways to enable two-week missions on the surfaces of Mars and its two moons via a reusable sortie system using supersonic retropropulsion.

    We Just Got a Stunning Look at Humanity’s Future on Mars
    Image Credit: Lockheed Martin

    05-04-2017 om 23:49 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mysterious radio signals ARE coming from outer space and scientists are baffled

    Mysterious radio signals ARE coming from outer space and scientists are baffled

    Experts can’t unravel the alien signals they’ve been receiving for almost a decade

    BY 

    Teams of astronomers have been searching for the origin of strange radio signals for almost a decade now.

    Known as FRBs (fast radio bursts) these tiny fragments of energy have been picked up by radio telescopes. They contain as much energy as the sun pumps out in 10,000 years and are able to travel huge distances - but their origin remains a mystery.

    So far, over 20 bursts have been detected. Last year, astronomers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) published research that pinned down one set of FRBs from a galaxy six billion light years away .

    Radio bursts are coming from outer space

    But that isn’t always the case as single-dish radio telescopes can receive signals from all over the place - including from here on Earth. In fact, one case in the late 90s believed it was receiving an alien transmission when the energy was actually coming from a nearby microwave oven.

    But new research accepted for publication in an upcoming edition of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, seems to reaffirm the extraterrestrial nature of three new sets of FSBs. It can’t be said for certain that they are coming from aliens, what’s for sure is that they aren’t from this planet.

    They were discovered using the Molonglo telescope in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The telescope collects both a huge amount of data (over 1,000 TB a day) and is configured so as not to receive anything from within our atmosphere.

    After combing through reams of data, a team of researchers found the three new sets of FSBs that matched up with previous signals.

    "Figuring out where the bursts come from is the key to understanding what makes them. Only one burst has been linked to a specific galaxy," said lead researcher Manisha Caleb.

    The team will now work on refining their findings to try and pinpoint exactly where these new bursts came from.

    While scholars haven’t ruled out the possibility of signals from an alien civilisation as the cause of the bursts, it seems unlikely. A huge amount of energy would need to be produced to send the bursts across the void of space.

    A more likely cause of the FSBs could be the result of a collision between two small stars.

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/ }

    05-04-2017 om 23:39 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Peculiar X-Ray Burst Has Astronomers Stumped

    Peculiar X-Ray Burst Has Astronomers Stumped

    Astronomers spotted a peculiar burst of bright X-rays in a distant area of the universe, and they're not quite sure where it came from. 

    NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory detected the outburst, called CDF-S XT1, in a region known as the Chandra Deep Field South in October 2014. Images from the telescope showed that the flash of X-rays became 1,000 times brighter over a few hours before fading dramatically in about a day, according to a statement from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. 

    "Ever since discovering this source, we've been struggling to understand its origin," Franz Bauer, a researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago, said in the statement. "It's like we have a jigsaw puzzle but we don't have all of the pieces." Bauer is the first author on a new study probing the source. [The X-Ray Universe Revealed in Chandra Images]

    While astronomers have yet to determine the exact source of the mysterious event, archived data from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes shows that the event likely occurred in a faint, small galaxy about 10.7 billion light-years from Earth, according to the statement. 

    The new study suggests that the X-rays may be the result of a gamma-ray burst — a powerful but brief explosion triggered by the collapse of a massive star or the collision of two neutron stars — or a white dwarf star being devoured by a medium-size black hole. 

    NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory detected a mysterious flash in a distant region of the sky known as the Chandra Deep Field South.
    NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory detected a mysterious flash in a distant region of the sky known as the Chandra Deep Field South.
    Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Universidad Católica de Chile/F. Bauer et al.

    However, "none of these ideas fits the data perfectly," study co-author Ezequiel Treister, also of the Pontifical Catholic University, said in the statement. "But then again, we've rarely, if ever, seen any of the proposed possibilities in actual data, so we don't understand them well at all."

    Using archived data from the Chandra telescope, the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and NASA's Swift satellite, the astronomers hope to uncover other examples of this mysterious event and possibly image the same phenomenon from other objects in future observations. 

    "We may have observed a completely new type of cataclysmic event," study co-author Kevin Schawinski, a professor of astrophysics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, said in the statement. "Whatever it is, a lot more observations are needed to work out what we're seeing."

    Their findings will be published in the June 2017 issue of the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and they're currently available on ArXiv.org.

    Follow Samantha Mathewson @Sam_Ashley13. Follow us @SpacedotcomFacebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.

    05-04-2017 om 23:02 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ten UFOs reported in Simcoe County, survey shows

    Ten UFOs reported in Simcoe County, survey shows

    Across the country, there were 1,131 UFO sightings in 2016. That's a drop from the 1,267 reported the previous year.

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    There’s unusual activity in our skies.

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    There were 10 UFO sightings in Simcoe County last year, according to a recently released report. There were 12 sightings in the 2015 report.

    Since 1989, Ufology Research of Manitoba has released an annual Canadian UFO Survey. And this year's report includes sightings in Alliston, Barrie, Blue Mountain, Borden, Brechin, Innisfil, and Wasaga Beach.

    Among the Simcoe County sightings: A grey, oval-shaped object following a plane before disappearing and a large orb that changed into multiple colours that moved slowly across the sky before vanishing into the sunset.

    The strangest sighting occurred two nights in a row in Barrie. In both cases, it was a white light flying in a straight path that wobbled along the way before fading out.

    Two sightings were spotted in photos. One photo was taken in Borden during an air show. It states there was a strange object with trails behind it.

    The second photo was taken in Barrie after a rainbow on Oct. 20. The report just describes the sighting as an object.

    The survey lists conclusions in four categories: probable explanations, insufficient evidence, explained, and unexplained.

    The two photo sightings were considered to have probable explanations while the other sightings had insufficient evidence.    

    Across the country, there were 1,131 UFO sightings in 2016. That's a drop from the 1,267 reported the previous year.

    Across the country, 21 per cent of last year's reports were considered to have probable explanations while 74 per cent were insufficient, which was a big reversal from the previous year's report where 66 per cent were probable and 20 per cent considered insufficient. The report notes that's because of a "more rigorous evaluation process" this year.

    In Simcoe County in 2015, UFO sightings were reported in Barrie, Bradford, Orillia, Port Severn, Lake Simcoe, and Wasaga Beach.

    Click here to view the complete 2016 Canadian UFO Survey.

    2015 UFO sightings in Simcoe County

    Blue Mountain, March 18, 11:20 p.m. - “Red light flying fast before helicopter came into area.”

    Barrie, March 24, 9 p.m. – No description.

    Alliston, April 27, 2:08 p.m. – “Grey oval-shaped object following a plane before disappearing.”

    Barrie, June 10, 10:45 p.m. – “White light flying in a straight path, "wobbling" along the way before fading out.”

    Barrie, June 11, 9:57 p.m. – “White light flying in a straight path, "wobbling" along the way before fading out.”

    Borden, July 9, 3:45p.m. – “Strange object with trails behind it found in photograph during an air show.”

    Wasaga Beach, August 18, 9:45 p.m. -  “Large orange light moving in the sky before changing direction.”

    Innisfil, Sept. 4, 9 p.m. - “7 orange lights flying in a straight line across the sky.”

    Brechin, Oct. 7, 6:30 a.m. – “Large orb changing multiple colours moving slowly across the sky before vanishing into the sunset.”

    Barrie, Oct. 20, 4 p.m. – “Object seen in photo after being taken during a rainbow.”

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    05-04-2017 om 22:06 geschreven door peter  

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    Unexplained Boom Main
    Police Investigating Source of Unexplained ‘Booms’ in Hartland Vermont

    Lisa Paterson was watching television when she heard a succession of “booms” late Wednesday night. The second one was so loud it shook her house.

    The incident prompted her to call Vermont State Police, and she soon learned that she wasn’t the only Hartland resident to report the noises, which several people said sounded like gunshots and an even louder explosion.

    “I have horses, so I was worried about them breaking out,” said Paterson, who lives along Route 12 north.

    Other than that, she wasn’t too frightened, she said, but she certainly was curious about where the noises came from and what they were.

    Amy Richardson of Richardson’s Family Farm recalled hearing one “low-pitched boom,” something akin to fireworks, while walking her dogs near her home on Hartland Hill around 10:45 p.m. She said the sky appeared as if it briefly lit up.

    “It definitely startled me,” she said.

    The explosion, which state police said occurred between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., prompted several people to take to Hartland’s Listserv, including Paterson and Richardson’s husband, Scott. While Paterson questioned whether others had information about the incident, some posed possible answers.

    “Hard landing by extraterrestrials?” joked one resident.

    Another even came up with a map of his neighborhood to try to track the reports of the noise and shock wave patterns.

    Vermont State Police Trooper Chris Blais launched an investigation after receiving “multiple calls” about a “loud explosion followed by gunfire,” he said in a news release issued on Friday.

    Police said they believe the noise came from the area of Hartland Hill to Brownsville Road, and is the result of someone on a private gun range using exploding targets, also known as Tannerite, the release said.

    Police aren’t sure who is responsible, and said anyone with information about the incident is urged to call Vermont State Police.

    Based on information contained in the release, the person responsible could face a noise disturbance violation.

    Hartland Constable James Dow said other charges are possible, including if the person didn’t have a permit to set off explosives.

    Any adult can buy an exploding target, but once the solution is mixed, it is considered an explosive device, Dow said.

    In Vermont, residents using explosives, including fireworks, must have a permit.

    Dow aided in the investigation and is still asking questions. As for who is responsible in the small town, he said, a few “fingers have been pointed to a couple different people.”

    Residents he has interviewed said they have heard similar noises in the past. He said he wasn’t sure if the recent “boom” was louder than previous instances, but said he thinks the person responsible mixed a “very large amount” of solution to make the loud explosion or explosions people heard on Wednesday night.

    Any explosive device can be dangerous, he said, but these targets are designed as an activity for people who do a lot of target shooting, Dow said.

    “It breaks up the monotony of just shooting at a paper target,” he said. Perhaps the person shouldn’t have been shooting that late at night, though, he said.

    Hartland Town Administrator Bob Stacey said the incident is the talk of the town.

    “It is a big mystery,” Stacey said. “It is all over the place.”

    Jordan Cuddemi
    Valley News

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    05-04-2017 om 21:53 geschreven door peter  

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    UFO enthusiast vanishes without trace – leaving room of ‘coded writings’

    UFO enthusiast vanishes without trace - leaving room of ‘coded writings’
    Credit: Guilherme Kaminski dos Santos/Youtube

    A UFO fan has mysteriously vanished in Brazil – leaving behind a locked room covered in coded writings and strange pictures of extraterrestrials.

    Naturally, the internet is convinced that Bruno Borges has been abducted by aliens – or nobbled by the Men in Black – after he vanished without telling his family.

    A video taken inside Borges’ room shows notebooks covered in cryptic writings – and symbols seemingly associated with the occult, such as pentagrams.

    Relatives said that he could not reveal what he was working on but claimed that he was writing a series of books which would ‘change humanity in a good way.

    UFO enthusiast vanishes without trace - leaving room of ‘coded writings’
    Alien enthusiast Bruno Borges Credit: Brono Borges via Facebook

    Father Athors Borges said that the family had not yet received concrete information about what has happened.

    UFO enthusiast vanishes without trace - leaving room of ‘coded writings’
    Alien enthusiast Bruno Borges Credit: Brono Borges via Facebook

    He said, ‘We’ve tried to call him on his cell phone, but it’s off.

    ‘He’s never gone before. He did not take anything and the last time we saw him he was leaving home.’

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    05-04-2017 om 21:44 geschreven door peter  

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    Mysterious Energy Signals From Space: Are Aliens Trying To Contact Earth?

    Mysterious Energy Signals From Space: Are Aliens Trying To Contact Earth?

    Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.” 
    ― Ron Garan, The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles

    Scientists have apparently confirmed that there are some mysterious energy signals that are coming from space, which might be indicative of the aliens trying to contact Earth. The astronomers are puzzled by the rare and brief bursts of cosmic radio waves, which were first detected 10 years ago. After researching about the signals, the scientists claim that these  are actually coming from the outer world, or space.

    Mysterious Energy Signals or FRBs – Fast Radio Bursts

    Mysterious Energy Signals From Space: Are Aliens Trying To Contact Earth?

    The fast radio bursts or FRBs are the radio signals appearing randomly and temporarily, which makes it all the more difficult to study them and track them. But, what is mysterious about the whole thing is, no one knows what could produce such a short and sharp signal burst.

    Some researchers speculate that these signals are nothing but the stars colliding to artificially create messages, while some have a more bizarre explanation that indicates these signals are nothing but alien transmissions. Professor Matthew Bailes, from the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, also claimed this, in a research.

    Molonglo Radio Telescope

    Mysterious Energy Signals From Space: Are Aliens Trying To Contact Earth?

    The researchers form the Australian National University have apparently made use of Molonglo radio telescope near Canberra  and detected three FRBs. The Molonglo telescopes have an enormous focal length. In 2013, the scientists realised this fact about this massive telescope and its architecture that can be used to pin point FRs. It also has a huge collecting area of 193,750sq ft (18,000 sq m) and a large field of view that is about eight square degrees on the sky. Moreover, this advanced telescope produced an enormous 1000 TB data every day, compared to which, the web pages on wikipedia utilise just 5.87 terabytes of storage.

    Dr Chris Flynn from Swinburne University of Technology claimed that the Conventional single dish radio telescopes face difficulty in establishing that the transmissions originate beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.

    Mysterious Energy Signals From Space: Are Aliens Trying To Contact Earth?

    A new window is now getting opened with the apparent re-engineering efforts. Professor Anne Green of the University of Sydney was apparently excited about the fact that the University of Sydney’s Molonglo telescope, is making useful and important scientific discoveries in partnership with Swinburne’s expertise in supercomputing.

    What Did The Research Establish?

    In order to hunt down the FRBs, the researchers developed software, which was capable of sifting through the vast information. Apparently, with the use of this software, the scientists were able to track down the likely locations of three FRBs. The data drawn and studied from this telescope concluded that all the three FRBs belong to the outer space, however, only one could be localised to an individual galaxy.

    Mysterious Energy Signals From Space: Are Aliens Trying To Contact Earth?

    A PhD student at Australian National University, Manish Caleb, who designed the new software, claimed that the key to understand what makes the bursts is to find out where these bursts came from. Till now allegedly only one burst is lined to a galaxy, however, the researchers are looking forward to tracking down more, using the Molonglo telescope, according to a research that was published in the Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society.

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    05-04-2017 om 21:13 geschreven door peter  

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    Stephen Bassett: Shocking New Intel and Strategies for Disclosure

    Published on Apr 5, 2017

    Stephen Bassett is the executive director of Paradigm Research Group. PRG is perhaps our most important lobbying advocate for Disclosure with a capital "D", that is, public pronouncements by high-ranking government officials revealing the ET presence on Earth. PRG's most well-known initiative was the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, followed by a Political/Congressional Hearing Initiative that began on November 5, 2014. This initiative generated thousands of articles in English and foreign language mainstream print media. Under great pressure from a number of reporters Secretary Clinton, President Clinton, John Podesta and even President Obama made statements in both print and television venues at that time. 

    Stephen Bassett speaks with Alexandra about how close we came to forcing Disclosure from the White House in 2016. He also explains how a Hillary Clinton presidency would have been constrained to fulfill this promise due to the Clinton family's close connection with the Rockefeller Initiative, and their other pronouncements buttressing public expectations for Disclosure.

    Bassett also discusses the history of the US cover-up of UFO phenomena and the ET presence on Earth. He especially points to the critical importance of the "constitutional breach" that occurred between the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. The most effective tool of the military-intelligence-industrial complex became "Unacknowledged Special Access Programs" (USAP) which unconstitutionally left the Commander-in-Chief out of the loop on the most important questions of our age. This breach must be rectified for Disclosure to occur. 

    Towards the end of the interview, Stephen Bassett drops a bombshell, as he and Alexandra discuss the possibilities of Disclosure during the Trump administration. Stephen reveals shocking intelligence he has received concerning events of the next few months. According to him, major political events will soon transpire that will put Disclosure firmly back on track. This is an intense and fascinating interview with one of the world's great advocates for ending a truth embargo that has unjustifiably been in place since before most of us were born. 

    Stephen Bassett's principle website is that of the Paradigm Research Group (PRG), at http://paradigmresearchgroup.org. This is packed with information and links to crucial documents concerning Disclosure, the involvement of important political actors, and the Rockefeller Initiative. Stephen Bassett and PRG also have a GoFundMe page at: https://www.gofundme.com/EndTheTruthE....

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    05-04-2017 om 20:51 geschreven door peter  

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    BUITENAARDSEN ZIJN NIET ALTIJD VRIENDELIJK ( VIDEO )

    Er zullen ongetwijfeld vele verschillende buitenaardse rassen zijn, net zoals er soorten mensen zijn. 

    Echter, niet al die rassen zijn even aardig zoals ondervonden door de Schotse boswachter Robert Taylor. 




    Eén van de meest bizarre verhalen ooit voor wat betreft ontmoetingen met vreemde buitenaardse schepen/wezens deed zich voor in Schotland in 1979. 

    Het betreft het verhaal van de toen 61-jarige Robert Taylor, een boswachter die werkzaam was in de Dechmont bossen bij de plaats Livingston in het Schotse West Lothian. 

    Op 9 november 1979 ging Robert Taylor samen met zijn hond op pad om in de bossen aan het werk te gaan, toen hij opeens iets opmerkelijks waarnam. 

    Pal voor zich zag hij een vreemd object dat enigszins boven de grond scheen te zweven. Het hing totaal stil en er was ook geen geluid te horen. 

    Het had een grijze kleur en het ene moment scheen het wat feller van kleur te zijn dan op het andere waardoor Taylor dacht dat het misschien ook wel onzichtbaar zou kunnen worden. 

    Het object was niet al te groot en had een doorsnede van ongeveer acht meter en was naar schatting een meter of drie hoog. Het had ook een koepel en het leek daardoor ook enigszins op een hoed met een rand. 

    Op het moment dat Taylor naar het object keek, maakten er zich twee ronde bollen los van het object/schip. Uit de bollen staken een zestal “poten” of uitsteeksels. Ze leken een beetje op de zeemijnen zoals je die in de Tweede Wereldoorlog in het water kon zien drijven. Deze bollen maakten wel geluid toen ze zich over de grond voortbewogen. Taylor rook een sterke, misselijkmakende geur en verloor daarna het bewustzijn. 

    Omdat dit alles gebeurde in een tijd dat men niet met smartphones op zak rondliep, zijn er geen foto’s beschikbaar, alleen afbeeldingen gemaakt door artiesten op basis van wat Robert Taylor vertelde. 

    Hier volgen er enkele:


    xxx


    xxx

    Toen hij weer bij bewustzijn kwam, waren de bollen weg, maar zijn hond was nog steeds bij hem. De hond was in paniek, liep rond en blafte luid. Taylor probeerde hem te kalmeren, maar merkte dat hij niet kon praten. Hij voelde zich heel erg zwak en toen hij probeerde op te staan, lukte dit niet. Hij kroop een tijdje op handen en voeten totdat hij weer overeind kon staan. 

    Uiteindelijk slaagde hij erin om terug te komen bij zijn auto en probeerde via de boordradio contact op te nemen met het kantoor, maar hij kon nog steeds niet praten. Toen hij probeerde terug te rijden, kwam hij vast te zitten in de modder, waardoor hij uiteindelijk het hele stuk van bijna twee kilometer terugliep naar huis waar hij rond twaalf uur aan kwam. 

    De hele gebeurtenis had ongeveer een uur in beslag genomen en uiteindelijk kreeg Taylor ook weer zijn stem terug. Een tijdlang na de gebeurtenis voelde hij zich ziek en zwak en bleef hij die afgrijselijke geur ruiken. 

    Toen zijn vrouw hem zag, schrok ze, want hij zat onder de modder en zijn broek was gescheurd. Hij begon haar het verhaal te vertellen, maar zij dacht dat hij misschien op zijn hoofd was gevallen en dat hij de dokter en de politie moest bellen. 

    In plaats daarvan nam hij contact op met zijn baas Malcolm Drummond die onmiddellijk langskwam en het hele verhaal aanhoorde. 

    Uiteindelijk werd Taylor toch onderzocht door de dokter die inderdaad een verwonding aan zijn been constateerde waar de broek was gescheurd en een wond bij zijn kin. 

    De politie werd gewaarschuwd en toen men gezamenlijk terugging naar de plek waar het was gebeurd, waren er inderdaad sporen te zien op de grond.


    xxx

    De politie heeft een uitgebreid onderzoek ingesteld, niet omdat ze het verhaal van Taylor zo interessant vonden, maar omdat ze dat volgens de wet verplicht zijn als er sprake is van lichamelijk letsel. Er werden geen bijzondere sporen op zijn kleren ontdekt en navraag bij de luchtmacht leerde dat er op die dag in die omgeving niets vloog en ook op de radarschermen was niets waargenomen. 

    De politie verklaarde wel het verhaal van Taylor heel serieus te nemen omdat ze hem kenden als een serieuze betrouwbare man en niet als iemand die praatjes loopt te verkopen. 

     

    Taylor had geen geschiedenis van mentale problemen of andere zaken die konden wijzen op een geestelijke afwijking waardoor hij dit bij elkaar gefantaseerd zou kunnen hebben. 

    Alhoewel in de loop der jaren wel is geprobeerd om het verhaal van Taylor onderuit te halen, is dit nooit gelukt. 

    Reconstructie laat zien dat Taylor ongeveer 20 minuten lang buiten bewustzijn moet zijn geweest en niemand weet wat er in die tussentijd is gebeurd. Is hij ontvoerd en meegenomen door het schip? 

    Taylor zelf heeft tot aan zijn dood in 2007 altijd hetzelfde verhaal verteld. Zijn verwondingen waren echt, de sporen in de grond waren echt en Robert Taylor was een nuchtere Schot, geen fantast. 

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    05-04-2017 om 20:42 geschreven door peter  

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    Cyborgs: Europese werknemers geïmplanteerd met microchips

    Cyborgs: Europese werknemers geïmplanteerd met microchips

    In Zweden worden werknemers veranderd in ‘cyborgs’ door een microchip onder hun huid te plaatsen, schrijft de Britse Daily Telegraph.

    Wat klinkt als een dystopisch toekomstbeeld is voor de Zweedse startup Epicenter al dagelijkse routine.

    Het bedrijf implanteert microchips ter grootte van een rijstkorrel bij medewerkers van Epicenter en andere startups.

    Grote schaal

    Met de chip kunnen mensen deuren openen, printers aansturen of smoothies kopen.

    De injecties zijn inmiddels zo populair dat er feestjes worden gegeven voor mensen die een chip geïmplanteerd krijgen.

    Epicenter en een handvol andere bedrijven maken de chips als eerste op grote schaal beschikbaar.

    België

    De chips laten zien hoe vaak een medewerker op het werk verschijnt of wat hij of zij koopt. Ze blijven gegevens verzamelen, of je het nu wilt of niet.

    Epicenter is in januari 2015 begonnen met het implanteren van de chips. Inmiddels zijn 150 medewerkers van het bedrijf voorzien van zo’n microchip.

    Ook de Belgische startup NewFusion plant chips in bij medewerkers.

    Grote vraag

    Microbioloog Ben Libberton van het Karolinska-instituut in Stockholm zei dat hackers enorme hoeveelheden informatie kunnen stelen uit geïmplanteerde chips.

    “Je kunt gegevens aflezen over je gezondheid, over waar je bent, hoe vaak je werkt, hoeveel uren je maakt, wanneer je naar de wc gaat, enzovoorts,” zei hij.

    “De grote vraag is wat er met die gegevens gebeurt, wie ze gebruikt en met welk doel,” voegde hij toe.

    [Telegraph]

    05-04-2017 om 20:33 geschreven door peter  

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    Proberen aliens contact op te nemen? Mysterieuze radioflitsen komen echt uit de ruimte

    Proberen aliens contact op te nemen? Mysterieuze radioflitsen komen echt uit de ruimte

    Het staat nu vast: mysterieuze snelle radioflitsen komen echt uit de ruimte. Tien jaar geleden werd de eerste snelle radioflits opgepikt door de Parkes-radiotelescoop in Australië.

    Deze vreemde signalen, intense pulsen radiostraling die slechts enkele milliseconden duren, lijken afkomstig van zeer grote afstand en zijn miljarden keren helderder dan alles wat we in onze Melkweg kennen.

    Er is ook regelmatig gesuggereerd dat het signalen zijn van buitenaardse beschavingen.

    Aangepast

    In eerste instantie werd aangenomen dat de ‘onmogelijke’ flitsen het gevolg waren van aardse storingen.

    Met behulp van de Molonglo-radiotelescoop in Australië is nu echter vastgesteld dat de flitsen afkomstig zijn van buiten de aarde.

    De telescoop is speciaal aangepast om snelle radioflitsen te kunnen waarnemen. Manisha Caleb van de Swinburne University of Technology ontwikkelde het computerprogramma dat daarvoor nodig was.

    Drie nieuwe

    Hij ontdekte zelfs drie nieuwe snelle radioflitsen, waarvan is vastgesteld dat ze uit een ver sterrenstelsel afkomstig zijn.

    Onderzoekers van de Harvard-universiteit speculeerden onlangs dat deze radioflitsen wel eens een aanwijzing kunnen zijn voor buitenaards leven.

    Ruimteschepen

    De flitsen zouden in theorie de ruimteschepen van buitenaards leven kunnen voortstuwen in sterrenstelsels ver van ons vandaan.

    Wanneer de aarde in de baan van die flitsen terechtkomt, zouden ze bij ons op aarde waargenomen kunnen worden, aldus de wetenschappers.

    [MailOnline]

    05-04-2017 om 20:32 geschreven door peter  

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    Sunglasses, belt stolen by aliens in Tecumseh, according to annual UFO report

    1,131 sightings were recorded in the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey

    CBC News

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    A person in Tecumseh claims their sunglasses, belt and some silver pieces were stolen by an alien just after 11 a.m. on January 12.

    The supposed sighting also included reports of a "rip in space and time" being spotted in a photo of the area after the intergalactic robbery and was one of four Windsor-Essex UFO sightings included in an annual survey from Manitoba-based Ufology Research.

    A total of 1,131 sightings were recorded in the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey.

    The most common sighting was of "simple lights," which made up more than half of all reported cases according to the survey. Close encounters made up less than 1 per cent. 

    Other Windsor-Essex extraterrestrial events reported included flashing multicoloured lights that formed a triangular object above a field on Jan. 25, a "slow comet" seen moving across the sky before it broke into lights that changed formation on July 9 and a blue oval that appeared out of a cloud on Sept. 9.

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    05-04-2017 om 20:20 geschreven door peter  

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    The truth is out there: 25 UFO sightings reported in central Ont. last year

    CTV News Channel: UFO sightings, close encounters
    CTV Barrie 

    People across central Ontario reported some bizarre sightings in the sky last year.

    Twenty-five strange objects were seen across parts of Simcoe County, York Region, Muskoka and the Kawarthas, according to the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey.

    In total, there were 1,131 sightings of unidentified flying objects reported across Canada.

    The reports vary, but carry an other-worldly feel. On March 13, 2016, someone reported seeing two circular crafts signalling to each other in Parry Sound.

    In Alliston on April 27, 2016, a report of a grey oval-shaped object following a plane before disappearing.

    Someone in Barrie even reported seeing strange lights prior to last year’s ice storm and mass power outage.

    In a first for the 28 years the study has been conducted, only four per cent of the sightings could not be explained. Study author Chris Rutkowski said that record-low rating is likely the result of more careful scrutiny of raw report information available.

    Summer is the big time of year for UFO sightings and mostly they were simply lights that people saw in the sky.

    The provinces with the largest populations had the most reports, so Quebec led the country with 38.5 per cent of the sightings, while Ontario had 26 per cent and British Columbia had 17 per cent.

    The most popular shape of UFO reported in 2016 was a simple point source of light (57 per cent). Other shapes reported were triangle (four per cent), ball (nine per cent), cigar (three per cent) and fireball (five per cent). The classic "flying saucer" was only reported 48 times.

    As for what the study calls "unknowns," they included such cases as the "gigantic, disc-shaped object with searchlights" that was seen moving over the mountains in North Vancouver, and the boomerang-shaped "cluster of stars" that moved across the sky near St. Thomas, Ont.

    There was also the commercial airplane over Toronto that had a near miss with an object while on a routine flight on Nov. 14.

    "The flight crew noticed an object directly ahead on their flight path. The object appeared to be solid, approximately five to eight feet in diameter and shaped like an upright doughnut or inner tube," said the study.

    "Cabin crew members received minor injuries when evasive action was taken. While the object was not likely a balloon and was suggested to be a drone, it was noted that drones could not fly at that altitude and distance."

    The study said the Transportation Safety Board ruled the incident as "a near collision with an unidentified airborne object."

    Close encounter cases are in the minority, but high on the strangeness scale.

    Those included a man in Cornwall, P.E.I., who reported that a thin, six-foot-tall, long-fingered white alien in a black suit spoke to him in his bedroom before leaving by walking through a wall.

    A man in Lanaudiere, Que., said he was transported into a field of plants and plunged into a bathtub "where he was surrounded by three green, big-eyed humanoid creatures who communicated with him telepathically."

    Not all close encouters are so dramatic, however. One person in Tecumseh, Ont., reported that an alien stole his sunglasses and belt, while someone from Rimouski, Que., filed a report which read simply: "They contacted me!"

    With files from The Canadian Press.

    05-04-2017 om 20:12 geschreven door peter  

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    California Once Again The Leader In UFO Sightings

    california-ufos

    California has been known for its beautiful beaches, delightful foods, lovely mountains, and deserts. However, not too many people know that California is a UFO hotspot.

    The state recorded over 12,000 reported sightings of UFOs, according to the data from National UFO Reporting Center and first-of-its-kind book UFO Sightings Desk Reference, which analyzes such sightings.

    According to the Center, the latest sightings in the state happened at Van Nuys and Miramar, in Diego County.

    On March 17, someone claimed to have noticed multiple items flying in formation and moving very fast without a sound in the night sky before vanishing behind some clouds.

    According to the reporting witness, he was familiar with various typical items in the evening sky, and the items he reported were too silent and too fast to be of terrestrial origin.

    On March 21, an unnamed witness reported to the center that they saw the rapid blinking light in Miramar. They said that the light appeared to grow. At first, it looked one light to them until the formation became visible, the witness stated. It further wrote that it traveled low at a fast speed and made a U-turn in the opposite direction.

    The fascination and curiosity over UFOs and aliens have built a cultural phenomenon that has translated to movies, television shows, and books.

    People have uploaded unexplained sightings to the internet, mostly to YouTube. In November 2015, video blogger Julien Solomita had spotted a bright cone of light streaking over Van Nuys and recorded it with his camera.

    Solomita posted the video to YouTube titled “Massive Blue UFO over Los Angeles.” The footage also made the rounds on social media and got over 2.5 million views on YouTube.

    However, U.S. Navy officials later claimed that the spectacle was caused by their submarine off the coast when it launched an unarmed missile, which was one in a series of unannounced tests.

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    The Mysterious Disappearance of Australian Pilot Frederick Valentich in 1978 - FindingUFO

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    The Disappearance of Australian Pilot Frederick Valentich in 1978.

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    Australia's greatest aviation mystery. Frederick Valentich was a 20 year old pilot who vanished along with his light airplane, somewhere over Bass Strait one Tuesday evening in 1978. 

    No trace has ever been recovered of pilot or aircraft. But what deepens the mystery is what Valentich reported seeing from his plane, in communications with Melbourne air traffic control just minutes before he disappeared forever. 

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    Canadians Are Seeing A Lot Of UFOs As Scientists Confirm Fast Radio Bursts Are Coming From Space

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    On March 25, 2017 this photo was taken over Bakersfield, California
    On March 25, 2017 this photo was taken over Bakersfield, California

    Filer’s Files #14 – 2017 Posible Disclosure - PART I

    In special reports, this week’s files cover: Major-General Wilfred de Brouwer and UFOs, Belgian Flying Triangle Update, Early Triangle Sightings, Dan Aykroyd Unplugged, The Disclosure Activists Say Governments Are Preparing Citizens for Extraterrestrial Disclosure, Russia Provides Heavy Lift Rocket Engines for US, and Preaching Killing.

     Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, California, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, New York, Texas, and Washington.

    Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Iran, Mexico, Peru, and England in the United Kingdom.

    The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.

    George A. Filer III

    New Jersey State Director

    MUFON Eastern Region Director

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    Special Reports

    Major-General Wilfred de Brouwer and UFOs

     In any case, the Belgian Air Force has arrived to the conclusion that a certain number of anomalous phenomena has been flying within Belgian airspace. The numerous testimonies of ground observations compiled in this [SOBEPS] book, reinforced by the reports of the night of March 30-31 [1990], have led us to face the hypothesis that a certain number of unauthorized aerial activities have taken place. Until now, not a single trace of aggressiveness has been signaled; military or civilian air traffic has not been perturbed nor threatened. We can therefore advance that the presumed activities do not constitute a direct menace.  The day will come undoubtedly when the phenomenon will be observed with technological means of detection and collection that won’t leave a single doubt about its origin. This should lift a part of the veil that has covered the mystery for a long time. A mystery that continues to the present. But it exists, it is real, and that in itself is an important conclusion.  Major-General Wilfred de Brouwer, Deputy Chief, Royal Belgian Air Force, “Postface” in SOBEPS’ Vague d’OVNI sur la Belgique – Un Dossier Exceptionnel, Brussels: SOBEPS, 1991.

    Belgian Flying Triangle Update

    Very briefly, there were roughly 1000 observations by several thousand people, beginning in October 1989 and still continuing. Most witnesses report a dark, triangular object with three bright lights plus a flashing red one in the middle. Size estimates vary from the size of a football field to that of conventional aircraft. The object sometimes hovers for minutes at a time. It also can move very slowly and then suddenly accelerate to high speeds. Some observers report a faint humming sound; others say that it is noiseless.
    The July 5, 1990, issue of Paris Match presented a remarkable account of an encounter between two Belgian

    F16s and one of the flying triangles.

     We use here those portions of a translation provided by Robert J. Durant to the International UFO Reporter (15:23, July/August 1990).

    “On the night of March 30th, one of the callers reporting a UFO was a Captain of the national police at Pinson, and [Belgian Air Force] Headquarters decided to make a serious effort to verify the reports.  In addition to the visual sightings, two radar installations also saw the UFO. One radar is at Glons, south-east of Brussels, which is part of the NATO defense group, and one at Semmerzake, west of the Capitol, which controls the military and civilian traffic of the entire Belgian territory. The range of the two radars is 300 kilometers, which is more than enough to cover the area where the reports took place…Headquarters determined to do some very precise studies during
    the next 55 minutes to eliminate the possibility of prosaic explanations for the radar images. Excellent atmospheric conditions prevailed, and there was no possibility of false echoes due to temperature inversions.

    “…at 0005 hours the order was given to the F-16s to take off and find the intruder. The lead pilot concentrated on his radar screen, which at night is his best organ of vision. The F-16 is equipped with very sophisticated equipment, including chase radar, which is not fixed  directly ahead of the airplane, but makes a wide search in an arc’ of 90 degrees left and right of the nose…

    Suddenly the two F – 16 fighters spotted the intruder on their radar screens, appearing like a little bee dancing on the scope. Using their joy sticks like a video game, the pilots ordered the onboard computers to pursue the target. As soon as lock-on was achieved, the target appeared on the screen as a diamond shape, telling the pilots that from that moment on, the F-l6s would remain tracking the object automatically.”

    “[Before the radar had locked on for six seconds] the object had speeded up from an initial velocity of 280 kph to 1,800 kph, while descending from 3,000 meters to 1,700 meters…in one second! This fantastic acceleration corresponds to 40 Gs. It would cause immediate death to a human on board. The limit of what a pilot can take is about 8 Gs. The trajectory of the object was extremely disconcerting. It arrived at 1,700 meters altitude, and then it dove rapidly toward the ground at an altitude under 200 meters, and in doing so escaped from the radars of the fighters and the ground units at Glons and Semmerzake. This maneuver took place over the suburbs of Brussels, which are so full of man-made lights that the pilots lost sight of the object beneath them.

    Everything indicates that this object was intelligently directed to escape from the pursuing planes. During the next hours the scenario was repeated twice…

    “This fantastic game of hide and seek was observed from the ground by a great number of witnesses, among them 20 national policemen who saw both the object and the F-16s. The encounter lasted 75 minutes, but nobody heard the supersonic boom which should have been present when the object flew through the sonic barrier. No physical damage was reported. Given the low altitude and speed of the object, many windows should have been broken

    .”From Science Frontiers #72 William R. Corliss < http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf072/sf072g15.htm >

     

    Early Triangle Sightings

    Many ufologists have noted a major change in the type of craft we are seeing in the skies overhead. In the past, most “UFO’s” were either the classic “flying disk” type, or cylinders, or even just anomalous lights in the skies.

    Today we have noticed a major increase in sightings that are of a specific type of aerial vehicle, the dark triangle. This type was first thought to have been seen in Belgium in the ’80’s, now we know different. What we are seeing is something that has been reported in our skies for many, many years and I feel is not of human construction. 

     Bermuda — For example, a clipping from the Royal Gazette, Bermuda, September 8, 1885, states that, at about 8:30 a.m., there was observed by Mrs. Adelina D. Bassett, “A strange object in the clouds, coming from the north.” She called the attention of Mrs. L. Lowell to it, and they were both somewhat alarmed. However, they continued to watch the object steadily for some time. It drew nearer, it was of Triangular shape.

    England — A report in the magazine Nature, 90-169 a Mr. Charles Smith writes that, at Chisbury, Wiltshire, on April 8, 1912, he saw something in the sky. “That was unlike anything I had ever seen before” “Although I have studied the skies for many years, I have never seen anything like it.” He saw two stationary dark patches upon clouds, but the extraordinary part, they were stationary upon clouds that were rapidly moving. They were triangular, and varied in size, but kept the same position upon different clouds as cloud after cloud came along. For more than a half hour Mr. Smith watched these dark triangles… from: The Book of the Dammed by Charles Fort

    Dallas, Texas– In May of 1942.   A Triangular UFO sighting was seen over Dallas by two aircraft that may have been some kind of experimental aircraft during WW 11.

     Triangles are also common in the Bluebook files, according to J. Allen Hynek, they account for 11 percent of the unknowns, up till 1968, when Bluebook stopped keeping records. Meanwhile, In Los Angeles, numerous eyewitnesses report an extremely large triangular object with white lights on the ends; it flew overhead at 200 feet, at a reported 25 mph. This report was from I did a quick search of the 701 unknowns on file and found a few good sightings of triangles…

    September 14, 1952; North Atlantic, between Ireland and Iceland. Witnesses: military persons from several countries aboard ships in the NATO “Operation Mainbrace” exercise. Among the Sightings: one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 m.p.h; three objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at 1,500 m.p.h.   June 24, 1953; Simiutak, Greenland. 11:30 a.m. Witness: weather observer A/2c R.A. Hill. One red triangle hovered and rotated for 15 seconds, then climbed for 5 minutes.

    October 14, 1947; 11 miles NNE of Cave Creek, Arizona at Noon MDT, witnesses were an ex-AAF fighter pilot J.L. Clark, civilian pilot Anderson, and another man. Watched 45-60 seconds while a three-foot “flying wing”-shaped object, which looked black against the white clouds and red against the blue sky, flew straight at an estimated 380 M.P.H., at 8-10,000 feet, from NW to SE.

    August 25, 1951; Albuquerque, New Mexico at 9:58 p.m. Witnesses were Sandia Base Security Guard Hugh Young and wife as a flying wing-shaped craft passed over their heads at an estimated 800-1,000′ altitude with no sound.

    B-36

    Size was estimated at 1.5 times wingspan of B-36 bomber, or 350 feet. Dark chord wise stripes were on the underside, and 6-8 pairs of soft, glowing lights were on the trailing edge of the “wing.” Speed estimated at 300-400 M.P.H., object seen for about 30 seconds.

    November 24, 1951; Mankato, Minnesota. 33:53 p.m. witnesses were USAF ANG pilots W.H. Fairbrother and D.E. Stewart in P-51 Mustangs. Saw one milky white object shaped like a Northrop flying wing (broad, slightly swept-back wing with no fuselage or tail). Estimated 8′ span. Flew straight and level for 5 seconds

    Another classic “triangle” case would be the Lubbock Lights of in the Texas Panhandle. On an August night in 1951, several college professors sitting outside on a porch saw a formation of blue lights fly quickly overhead. They waited to see if the lights would return, and later that evening, they observed the lights again. That same night, a Lubbock woman also spotted the blue lights as she was taking her laundry off a clothesline.

    The lights, she later told Air Force investigators, framed the enormous, “wing like” craft.   A few days earlier, an employee of the Atomic Energy Commission saw the same type of aircraft in Albuquerque–a “wing-shaped” object with blue lights at its base.

    By the end of August, there was another sighting of the object in Matador, Texas, about seventy miles north of Lubbock, as well as photographs of the blue lights taken by Texas Tech freshman Carl Hart, Jr.   Before the lights disappeared two weeks later, dozens of people in North Texas reported seeing blue lights darting from one end of the horizon to the other. The Air Force ultimately categorized the Lubbock Lights sightings under the inconclusive heading “unidentified,” making it one of the most famous–and widely witnessed–UFO incidents in history.

     Dan Aykroyd Unplugged

    Dr. Bruce Cornet with Dan Aykroyd

    Bruce Cornet writes, his video interview with Dan Aykroyd on “Dan Aykroyd Unplugged” TV show gives a detailed explanation of why the show was cancelled the day after I was interviewed. Dan says he interviewed Bassett and Greer on that day at the National Video Center. After interviewing Bassett, he went outside to have a smoke, and his phone rang. Britney Spears called him to ask him to join her on Saturday Night Live” that next weekend.

    Sam Sherman on 42nd Street

    As he spoke to her, something drew his attention, and he turned his head and saw a black Ford sedan parked across the street on 42nd St. near 8th Ave. (shown) He saw two large men dressed in black suites. The man in the back seat got out of the car and looked at him, giving him a dirty look. He turned his head back to continue his conversation with Britney. Wondering what that was all about, he looked again at where the car was (he says he looked away from the car for only about a few seconds, and the car was gone. The sedan did not pass him, and if it had made a U-turn, it would not have reached 8th avenue in the opposite direction in the amount of time he looked away. The car and men just vanished into thin air. He speculated that it had a cloaking device.

    After he interviewed Steven Greer, he got another phone call. His Producer said, The show had been cancelled, not to do any more interviews, and his interviews would not be aired. Aykroyd said, “he was about to blow the lid off the crazy UFO thing.”

    He said in 2005 that he still has all the interviews and wanted to put them out on the market on a DVD. By the date of the video release (2012), he has not released those interviews or made a DVD. Various people have commented on his lack of performance.

    http://www.ifc.com/2011/09/dan-aykroyd-ufo-britney-spears

    He thinks this was a MIB incident, and whoever they were, he was being given a message that his project was doomed.

    Aykroyd said he did not get the license plate of the black Ford because it was too fuzzy. He said, “It looked like a police vehicle.” Pictures are from the day of my interview, Thursday 13 December 2001, showing the street where the MIB car was parked with Sam Sherman, President of Independent International Pictures. That Aykroyd TV show never got aired. Now you can watch the Aykroyd documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVCd50LXPGY Thanks to Bruce Cornet

    The Disclosure Activists Say Governments Are Preparing Citizens for Extraterrestrial Disclosure

    The Disclosure Activists are an international consortium leading an effort to uncover and disseminate the truth regarding extraterrestrial visitation going back 70 years. This is a widely misunderstood topic, despite a plethora of physical and forensic evidence regarding the extraterrestrial UFO/UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) issue. The historical stance of widespread denial and misinformation has shifted. Co-founder Russell Calka states: ‘Recently there is a systematic effort from within the U.S. and other world governments to release this information to the public’.

    The Disclosure Activists contend that Disclosure is already underway. Earlier this month, the Spanish Ministry of Defense released a cache of previously classified UFO/UAP documents, similar to documents released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in January 2017/ Similar to other document releases from governments in the UK, Chile, and Mexico. NASA reported the discovery of additional habitable exoplanets bringing the total to well over 3000.  Just this month, former President George W. Bush alluded to his knowledge of the UFO/UAP phenomenon in an interview on late night television with Jimmy Kimmel. There have also been email leaks, via Wikileaks, that indicate this topic is of substantial interest to government and military, as they prepare citizens for disclosure of extraterrestrial visitation.

     For example, the initial discovery of exoplanets several years ago was a complete paradigm shift in the way science deals with the search for extraterrestrial life. Prior to this development, it was widely accepted in academia that humanity would most likely never find extraterrestrials—at least not anytime soon. Anyone searching for ETs with seriousness was quietly ridiculed and maligned—but not anymore. This is in part due to the discoveries of the Kepler Mission focusing on the search for habitable exoplanets.

    Revised Drake Equation

    The Drake Equation a mathematical model from the mid-20th century was a boon for those unwilling to acknowledge the possibility of life evolving elsewhere in the cosmos. In its original form, the equation asserted that it was a statistical certainty  that life doesn’t exist in the cosmos. Earlier this year, a team of scientists proposed changes that completely shifted how we look at the universe. Adam Frank is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester co-authored a paper proposing changes to the Drake Equation, which incorporate Kepler’s exoplanet observations. The team revised the framework of several factors so that instead of asking how likely is it that ET civilizations exist; it instead asks how likely is it that our civilization is the only one to have existed. (Source)

    The new form of the Drake Equation suggests that it is now a mathematical certainty that ancient ET cultures evolved and then went extinct many times over. This new conclusion is almost a 180º shift from the previous view. Take a moment to appreciate that within 10 years time, humanity went from “we are totally alone in the universe” to “extinct ancient ET cultures probably existed everywhere.”

    Ancient ruins have been found on our moon, Jupiter’s moons Ceres, and Mars. The point being is that the partial disclosure narrative only reveals extinct ancient ET cultures and makes no mention of contemporaneous non-terrestrial activities—a half-truth with the power to espouse many false impressions in the minds of the unaware masses. Angels exist in virtually every religion and are from planet Heaven. Thousands of books have been written about human contacts with angels who are extraterrestrials and Gods messengers.


    The Ceres bright spot is another point of soft disclosure laying the foundations for a limited disclosure event, as presented by David Wilcock. The planetoid captivated extraterrestrial enthusiasts when, in 2015, the Dawn spacecraft captured images of incredibly bright objects in one of the craters on the desolate surface

    Co-Founder Dr. Lisa Galarneau states: ‘Through these government disclosures, scientific discoveries of exoplanets, leaks, and hints from insiders, the public is being prepared for official announcements regarding extraterrestrial visitation. This awareness building campaign is deliberate in its attempt to prepare humanity for formal Disclosure. This is an important step towards open contact with extraterrestrial intelligences who have not shown hostile intentions and could help humanity with some of our most intractable problems, including energy, climate change, pollution, and resource scarcity’.

    Disclosure is imminent. Press and media should be responsible for accurate and open research and reporting of the plethora of UFO/UAP and contact evidence, as well as integrating the history of disclosure that has been unfolding for 70 years. We are not alone in the cosmos and we never have been. Citizens have a need to know. Thanks to http://www.disclosureactivists.org/

    Many former military men and intelligence people such as Former Brigadier General and Special Assistant to the Commander of US Space Command are discussing the reality of alien visitors. He also was responsible for writing the forward to Tom DeLonge’s Sekret Machines book.

    Major Filer and  Steve Bassett

     Two days after Trumps election win Steve Bassett of Paradigm Research Group ( PRG) received a one-directional text message on the Signal app from someone he knew personally. This individual sits within Military Intelligence at the Pentagon and is on a team that is directly responsible for managing the ET issue (which is under the auspices of Unacknowledged Special Access Programs (USAP’s). This person noted that IF a situation is created where the Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is approached (didn’t specific whom, but my assessment it’s the media), and asked about the ET issue, then that’s when then this team would be ready and willing to support the SecDef with the resources/materials he’d need to help cut a deal with the White House to make a Disclosure announcement. The SecDef isn’t read into the ET programs, so the SecDef would turn towards his team at the Pentagon, and that’s when they’d support him. This person approached Bassett because they knew he’d get the message out across radio.

    CIA Data Dump:

    Two days before Trump took office, the CIA dumped out 13 million previously declassified files onto the internet for everyone to see — 2500 of which were related to UFO’s. These files were already declassified, but at the time of the initial release, you’d have to be a truly devoted UFO researcher to have gone to the National Archives and sit at one of four computer terminals — no one was doing that, so this mass release was a big, turn around for the agency.  Note: I encourage someone who lives near ‘Dc to check out the CIA UFO files.

    ET Interest in Trump

     Des Moines – The witness reports, “I was taking a picture of Donald Trump’s helicopter at the Iowa Fair on August 15, 2015. I could hardly see the helicopter because of the glare from the sun.  Later on when I was in the shade I noticed the object in the picture.

    Case 69530 in the Mutual UFO Network database.

    I suggest this was not a coincidence and that our visitors plan, scheme, design and arrange many events happen. They are obviously far advanced in numerous ways.

    Trump’s Inauguration Speech indicated he knew some of ETs capabilities.

    During his speech, Trump alluded to things that we associate with what we call the ‘Truth Embargo’.

    1. Unlocking the mysteries of space
    2. Curing the Earth of diseases
    3. Investing in technologies and industries of the future

    Russia Provides Heavy Lift Rocket Engines for US

     Since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 by President Obama, NASA has relied on Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos to provide seats on its Soyuz spacecraft to send U.S. astronauts to the space station. It costs about $81 million per seat to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) or around half a billion a year since 2011 when Obama shut down the space shuttle program,

    Without the Russians many of our military satellites would not go into space.

    Sixteen years ago, amid a post-Cold War glow, U.S. defense contractors began using a cheap and efficient Russian engine to launch American military rockets into space. Early suspension of US reliance on the Russian RD-180 rocket engines to deliver heavy payloads into space will cost US taxpayers as much as $5 billion, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. Only a few Delta rockets are available at a much higher cost.

    Now, with Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime opposing American interests in Ukraine and Crimea and the use of Russian technology to launch secret spy satellites and other sensitive payloads is increasingly viewed as a security and geopolitical liability. Defense officials say there is no ready replacement available.

    Preaching Killing


     The controversial imam is Jordanian cleric Sheikh Muhammad bin Musa Al Nasr who was the invited guest of a Saint-Michel mosque in Montreal, Canada. (YouTube)

    The sermon took place at the Dar Al-Arqam Mosque in the city’s Saint-Michel neighborhood on December 23, 2016.

    The video was posted to the mosque’s YouTube channel three days later. The imam in the video is Jordanian cleric Sheikh Muhammad bin Musa Al Nasr — he was reportedly an invited guest of the mosque.

    • In the video, the imam recites in Arabic the verse: “O Muslim, O servant of Allah, O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.” Canadian Broadcast Company independently verified the speech and its translation.
    • The Christian Bible tells that humans are a little lower than the angels. – Love the Lord your God with all your heart. The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31 English Standard Version

    No major TV News or publisher with any integrity in America, as the term is now defined, would publish the truth about these terrorists. Meanwhile, the killers publicly and boastfully identify themselves and proudly declare their motives.

    The enemy now is worse, and is potentially more deadly than Nazism and Communism, because they declare their atrocities as a virtue and they site their crimes as a command in their doctrine which they claim is divine. They follow commands that order them to kill specific groups of people, groups that are walking the earth today. They follow the military career of General Muhammad that lasted for the final ten years of his life when he conquered the Arabian Peninsula. They believe that they are commanded, essentially, to kill anyone who does not submit to their will.


    U.S. Constitution Article III Section 3, of the US Constitution defines the crime of:

    Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

    The United States is at war and is the major TV News Networks traitorous in providing aid and comfort to the enemy by constantly criticizing and calling President a liar?

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    Filer’s Files #14 – 2017 Posible Disclosure - PART II

    UFO Sightings in the United States

    Arizona Object

    Sedona — Over the course of Four days from March 21 to 24, 2017, I saw several objects in the sky. I was on my phone looking at the Sedona live webcam. I live in Connecticut and look at the live webcam frequently.
    On March 21, at 6:43am MST the first object appeared. I noticed the object didn’t move during the morning. I took a screenshot and after a few seconds the webcam moved. Once enlarging the object on my phone the shape and the light emanating from the object was unusual. After 5 minutes the webcam went back to the location where I saw the object and the object was gone.

    I saw a second object later that afternoon, at 3:10 PM; this one was dark in color, circular and didn’t have a light emanating from it like the first object. I took a screenshot of this object and it stayed in the sky at the same location for several hours without moving. This second object slightly changed its shape, and appeared over the course of 3 days and always in the same location. On March 23, at 8:16 pm the second dark circular object remained stationary on a cloudy day.

     That evening at 7:01pm MST over the course of 3 minutes I saw a third object. This object was a large light orb up against the mountainside that’s within a valley area. The light orb went dim and then went to a full brightness. My reaction was disbelief because this valley/mountain area doesn’t have any residential homes, or roads.

    On March 24, at 3:10pm MST the second object was in the sky again for a third day. This time the dark circular object really changed its shape and appeared to be slightly triangular. I have several photos over the course of an hour showing this object moving. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    California Object

     Bakersfield – On March 25, 2017, we didn’t see the ufo until I loaded our pictures into my computer. We had our camera set on a tripod with a 10 second timer. The images taken 10 seconds before and after this one do not show the object.

    Note: Enlargement reveals that the object may be disk shaped. The 10 second exposure suggests that the object was hovering or moving very slowly. This makes it more unlikely that the object was a bird or insect. The witness stated that the object was not found in adjoining frames taken before and after the above image. The shape of the object was not distorted due to “camera jiggle” because the camera was mounted on a tripod. Thanks to William Puckett, director http://www.ufosnw.com

    Florida Lights

    Port Charlotte — I was outside standing on my driveway smoking a cigarette and looking for shooting stars on March 29, 2017.  Actually saw one shooting star minutes before this sighting. As I was looking up I saw a shape, like a boomerang, that was transparent, but the edges looked blurred like a piece of glass. I thought immediately that it was a UFO. It was moving in a straight line from south to north. It was visible less than 30 seconds when it moved out of sight. Thanks to MUFON CMS

     Gulf of Mexico

     Brett Tingley writes the crew of an offshore supply vessel reportedly witnessed a massive UFO rise from the Gulf of Mexico on March 21, 2017, and speed away into the skies, according to testimony logged with MUFON and NUFORC, the National UFO Reporting Center. In the NUFORC report, the chief engineer aboard the unnamed craft claims that he and four members of his crew witnessed a UFO rise silently from the ocean just before dusk near Louisiana. Thanks to Frank Chille

     Hawaii Orb

    Mililani — I was parked and I decided to take some pictures of the trees and sun on February 22, 2017. When I went to view the pictures, I noticed something in the sky. I never saw any movement. What is your determination of that image? I seem to recall seeing that initial shape in other UFO photos.

    Note: The witness sent 4 photos. The first photo is shown. The other photos indicate that the object was moving. This means that the object was real and not an artifact. Debunkers will contend that the object was a photo anomaly and not real. This is far from the fact because the sequence of photos shows that the object was moving and the last photo showed that the object had disappeared or moved out of view.

    Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

    Indiana Bright Object

    Rolling Prairie – I was home about 6 pm, on April 12, 2016, and noticed a bright orange object in the sky. It was obvious it was not an airplane. It flew very fast south to north pulsating bright orange. It was an extremely awesome experience.

    I heard there were other objects in area and seen others over a few days, Now really strange wild things have been happening. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Louisiana Orb

    Jefferson Parish — Out by the new Lakefront Orleans I was waiting for the sunset on March 18, 2017. I took a few pictures of the sunset and after taking pictures I noticed these orbs at different locations and altitudes.

    I’m not sure what they are therefore I am forwarding them to the professionals.

    If they are of UFOs, I know we are not alone. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    New York Light

    Fonda – On March 29, 2017 at around 8:00 pm, I went outside to let my dogs out. I immediately looked up to see a very bright white light moving slowly across the sky. My first thought was that it was a satellite, but it was way too bright to be one. It also wobbled very slightly and would change speed and direction at various times during the 2 minutes it was in sight. It seemed to be banking to the northeast instead of north like it was when I first spotted it. I couldn’t keep my eyes off the object until it disappeared over the tree line. I tried to get a decent picture with my Galaxy S6, but the low light made it difficult to snap anything substantial. About 10 minutes after the object was out of sight, a low flying helicopter unlike any I’ve seen around here flew along the same path as the white orb object. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Texas Strange Clouds

     Dallas — Grandchild in Texas hotel with her family getting ready to start the day as they were going to Six Flags Magic Mountain. Granddaughter starts recording the view from hotel window and never notices strange cloudy orbs in sky. After recording she sends it out to all her friends including my other granddaughter. A few weeks later my other granddaughter staying the night at my house and we watch videos sent to her by granddaughter. While watching the video from Dallas I notice the strange cloudy orbs in the sky. I have no idea what they are unable to contact granddaughter about this. Thanks to MUFON CMS

     Washington Lights

    Richland — My wife who is an abductee was tormented by what she described as foreign thoughts being implanted in her mind.

    This lead to her suicide last may.

    I found this image on her lap top after her passing. I am not sure what it is that was taken on September 4, 2015.

    It was shot on our patio as I can see part of one of our patio chair. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Worldwide UFO Sightings

    Australia Orb

     Narara — I was at home outside walking back into the house on March 26, 2017, and noticed the object just above the tree line. I thought it could be a balloon of some sort, but it was very high and reflective, it did not seem to move at first, once I kept looking it started to move slowly, I took the video from my veranda, its silver in color changing to red. I looked at the object with binoculars, it changed from silver to red and then to a very bright pink. At one stage it looks like the sphere/object changed shape as it turned pink, but this was only observed through the binoculars. It finally faded out. The object only moved very slowly, and was very interesting to see especially through the binoculars. My daughter and wife both saw the object at the same time. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Canada Sphere

     Scarborough — As mentioned the UFO increase would start mid March and I spotted two different types of UFO’s. On March 23, 2017, I had a magnificent UFO sighting at work while on morning break. I noticed something high that looked somewhat different in movement heading slowly north.

    I zoomed in on the typical orb. Then at exactly 10:11 am, I noticed directly north less than quarter mile away a long dark vertical object flashing white lights around it high in the sky that I filmed. The unknown object moved slowly flashing on and off crossing the sky from west to east. For about five minutes watched and filmed this unknown slowly moving across flashing white light on and off. I took many pictures only capturing it on 11 pictures.

    To my surprise is another type of UFO – roundish unknown

    Enjoy Paul Shishis

    Columbia Lights

     Sabaneta — I was with my girlfriend at my house when we saw the event and we filmed it on March 5, 2011.

    It was a formation of 7 lights that changed color and some broke the formation.

    I think they were exploring the area of Medellin City step near 11:20 pm.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Dominican Republic Sun

    Well, I was taking pictures of the sun, to send them to a friend in Germany, so when I took a look to the pictures I had taken, I saw these strange lights. I first thought it was just the effect of the sunshine on the camera of my phone,

    So I took a couple more, and the lights and objects were not there anymore. I wonder what they are, that is way I am contacting you and sending these pictures. Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Note: Red balls are likely lens light reflections

    Iran Sightings

    Not long ago there was a major UFO wave in Iran. Not surprisingly, all the UFO incidents happened near the country’s known nuclear sites. Initially it was odd lights in the sky, and then over a few days, the stories started getting more dramatic. They were describing small robots hovering in the skies. I read an interesting article recently that described the impact of the drone use over Pakistan and Afghanistan. The villagers describe the drones as being spiritual beings with a life of their own that live in bedrooms in space and come to feed on women and children. It is fascinating to watch, because I feel like I’ve seen it all before. It will be different for every nation, as they develop. Perhaps every nation will get the aliens it deserves. Thanks to Sean Noonan

     Mexico Light

    Guadalara — We were flying out of Guadalajara yesterday and ten minutes after we took off we were at altitude. My son’s girlfriend decided to take pictures outside the window. She was not sitting at the window seat so she reached over a passenger sitting at the window and took a picture. She looked at the picture and saw the weird images. She got excited and started taking more pictures.

    I handed her my phone and she took these images that I have sent you to me one of the images looks saucer like with lights. She kept on taking pictures and the objects disappeared. This was a UFO

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

    Peru Boomerang

     Ventanilla – I was filming when suddenly I felt a beam of light in the left eye on March 23, 2017.

    That does not matter, coming home when I uploaded the video; I am surprised that the UFO is in the video.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

     UK/England Cylinder

    Barrow-in-FurnessI took this photograph over 15 years ago in June of 2000.

    I only noticed object a few months ago hence no detailed information.

    Thanks to MUFON CMS

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    05-04-2017 om 00:48 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Case 81450 - Gosport, Great Britain - January 9, 2017

    Case 81450 - Gosport, Great Britain - January 9, 2017

    Published on Mar 30, 2017

    Unedited Witness Testimony: I work as a cleaner, I went outside at 22.50 to dispose of rubbish bags into a bin and noticed 3 green lights at around a 30 degree angle north-west of my position. Distance and height were too difficult to estimate from my position but after checking on google maps there are mostly only fields in that direction.

    The postcode I observed from was PO13 0HR. The lights were evenly spaced in a large triangle formation with one more forward than the others when I first noticed them. They then all turned purple and started to move. You can observe in the video how them moved. I had full zoom using a phone camera so quality isn't great but they were all bright purple in colour and didn't change again. They seemed to move in a random manor, moving side to side and up and down very quickly and turning very sharply. They would pass each other to swap sides, sometimes coming back to form triangles for a few seconds before moving again.

    Several times it looked as though one moved into another and became one light before breaking apart again. They disappeared below the houses several times so that I couldn't see from my position what they were doing until the final time when I waited several minutes before giving up that they wouldn't appear again so whatever it was possibly landed because they didn't appear above the houses again. I went back inside the building onto the second level to view from a higher angle and could see one light again just above the house but it quickly disappeared downwards and that was the last I saw of them.

    They never went higher than the initial height I observed them at. There were no other aircraft I noticed in the area although there is a small airfield behind my position. The weather was dry (although rain earlier in the day), the sky seemed clear, stars were visible overhead but none visible at the angle/height of these lights, presumably because of light pollution. When I left where I was 30 minutes later, the sky around the area where the lights were was a hazy red colour. The rest of the sky in the surrounding area was black but this area specifically was a different colour. I thought this might be some kind of heavy light pollution in that direction but according to google maps there are mostly just fields there, nothing that would give off unusual light pollution.

    Please be cautious of all UFO video. Most UFOs can be determined to be something natural or man-made. This case was closed as an Unknown.

    Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)

    https://www.youtube.com/ }

    05-04-2017 om 00:30 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA JUST RELEASED 140,000 PICTURES ONLINE - INCLUDING SOME VERY STRANGE ONES

    NASA JUST RELEASED 140,000 PICTURES ONLINE - INCLUDING SOME VERY STRANGE ONES

    Two days ago, NASA launched a new website that holds over 140.000 pictures, videos and audio files.

    These documents were spread out over 60 collections and Nasa decided to bring them all together and make them searchable. This archive can be searched by keyword and is a time capsule as it shows the history of the agency’s many missions in aeronautics, astrophysics, Earth science, human spaceflight, and more.

    The collection does contain a couple of mysterious, weird and unexplained pictures.

    One example is this mysterious object flying through the inner rings of Saturn. The object is moving away from Saturn so it must have some kind of propulsion system.

    Another example is this weird object in the F ring, Saturn outermost discrete ring. This ring consists of small ice particles, but this object is enormous. Is the object there to collect the ice particles or maybe it's a living organism that feeds on the material found in the F ring.

    More weird, strange and mysterious pictures can be seen in this video: 


    Nasa Image And Video Library:

    https://images.nasa.gov

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    04-04-2017 om 23:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Categorie:ASTRONOMIE / RUIMTEVAART
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.New Aviation Needs, Technologies Creating a New Generation of Airships

    New Aviation Needs, Technologies Creating a New Generation of Airships

    By: 

    Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company - Palmdale P-791 Airship First Flight 01-31-2006 Photo by Bob Driver

    Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company – Palmdale P-791 Airship First Flight 01-31-2006

    (Image Courtesy Bob Driver https://goo.gl/images/ANp49r)

    According to the Brief History of the Airship, airships trace their history to at least as early as 1785 when Sean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries crossed the English Channel in a hydrogen balloon. Airships had their heyday in the late 19th century and early 20th century when Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin introduced an airship that used balloon gas cells in their structural framework. The Atlantic has 38 photos of early airships flying over New York City, across the United States, and photos of early military airships.

    Airship

    A Clement-Bayard dirigible in shed, France, ca 1908. The lobes on the tail, meant for stability, were removed from later models, as they were found to slow the craft in the air.

    Airship Image Courtesy US Library of Congress.

    The first airlines were founded in the 1910s, and the commercial aviation industry took off after that putting an end to airships, at least for a time.

    Technology is now such that airships look to have a big future. Airship technology is now influenced by green design, architecture, and even green buildings. Aluminum is becoming more common and is seen to be the future of airship structures because of its strength and light weight. Huge advances in airships have been a result of new airship design approaches and techniques. Airships can easily be outfitted with technology and software, so they meet 21st-century commercial aviation practices as well as military operating utility needs.

    Airships are unique in many ways as is reflected in the Lighter-Than-Air Society glossary of airship terms. Ballast is needed to offset the buoyancy of gas balloons. The resurgence and renaissance in airships can also be tied to rising fuel costs, the need for new heavy lift transportation technologies that are efficient and economical, new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) needs, and more.

    Behemoths like Lockheed Martin are now building behemoth blimp-like Hybrid Airships and recently sold an airship to a customer in Canada. There is also a wide range of airship sizes and costs so that nearly anyone who wants to buy an airship can do it.

    The following video shows an airship adventure in England. Skip ahead to 1:20 to see the airship in action.

    David Russell Schilling

    David enjoys research and writing about cutting edge technologies that hold the promise of improving conditions for all life on planet earth.

    http://www.industrytap.com/ }

    04-04-2017 om 22:07 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen. reddit Comment Astronomers Confirm Mysterious Radio Bursts Come From Outer Space

      Astronomers Confirm Mysterious Radio Bursts Come From Outer Space

      By Anu Passary Tech Times

      Artist’s impression shows three bright red flashes depicting fast radio bursts far beyond the Milky Way, appearing in the constellations Puppis and Hydra. A new study discovered three new Fast Radio Bursts, which were captured by Molonglo radio telescope, located in Australia. The huge focal length of the radio telescope enabled it to search for maximum FRBs. 
      ( James Josephides | Mike Dalley )

      Astronomers, scientists, and researchers have been questing to find new life outside Earth for a very long time. Thus, every little detail obtained, which is related to outer space, is scrutinized thoroughly.

      Fast and short cosmic radio bursts in space have bewildered astronomers since they were first discovered a decade ago. A previous study conducted by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggested that these Fast Radio Bursts or FRBs may have their origin in alien space probes.

      A new study fuels this notion and states that these FRBs indeed originate from outer space.

      What Are FRBs?

      FRBs are radio wave emissions that appear for milliseconds and occur without a specific pattern. These random occurrences not only make their detection tough, but also make it difficult for scientists to study them.

      The first FRB was recorded in 2007 by a radio telescope. However, the occurrence was for such a short span, that it took scientists years to decipher their origin or meaning. All astronomers could come up with were theories and suppositions, which may be far from the truth.

      FRBs Originate From Outer Space

      To unravel this mystery, Manisha Caleb, a student at the Australia National University, the ARC Center of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, or CAASTRO, and Swinburne University of Technology undertook a study to find the origin of these FRBs.

      Caleb and her colleagues from Swinburne University of Technology and University of Sydney were able to identify three FRBs, which were captured by the Molonglo radio telescope. This telescope is located 25 miles from Canberra.

      It was earlier believed that FRBs were nothing but local interferences jutting into the line of detection. However, in 2013, CAASTRO scientists and engineers discovered that the Molonglo radio telescope was able to "place a minimum distance to the FRBs due to its enormous focal length."

      "Conventional single dish radio telescopes have difficulty establishing that transmissions originate beyond the Earth's atmosphere," explained Swinburne University's Chris Flynn.

      Owing to its enormous focal length, the radio telescope has a massive data collection and huge viewing field, which facilities optimum results for FRB searches.

      The researchers' main aim was to develop specific software to help sieve through the massive pile of data (1000 TB), which the telescope collected every day. During this filtering of information, the existence of three new FRBs was discovered.

      "Figuring out where the bursts come from is the key to understanding what makes them. Only one burst has been linked to a specific galaxy," said Caleb.

      The study has been published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on March 29.

      http://www.techtimes.com/ }

      04-04-2017 om 21:47 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien breakthrough as experts confirm mystery 'UFO' signals come from outer space

      Alien breakthrough as experts confirm mystery 'UFO' signals come from outer space

      MYSTERIOUS radio signals could be aliens trying to make contact with Earth as scientists confirm the phenomenon comes from outer space.

      By Jess Bell 

      Fast radio bursts have baffled experts since they were first discovered 10 years ago.

      The short radio emissions are tricky to study because of how quickly they appear — and disappear.

      A whole host of things have been suggested as the cause, from a cosmic starship to a far-away galaxy.

      Over the past ten years experts have reported strange frequencies from beyond our Milky Way on dozens of occasions.

      Figuring out where the bursts come from is the key to understanding what makes them

      Manisha Caleb

      But despite their discovery, very little is known about fast radio bursts or where they come from.

      Now scientists have disproved the theory that the signals are manmade, after pinpointing the locations of three FRBs.

      Researchers at the Australian National University and Swinburne University of Technology detected three mystery noises using the

      Molonglo radio telescope in Canberra, Australia.

      The device has an unusually large field of view, making it easier to hunt fast radio bursts.

      a ufo spaceship

      GETTY

      CONFIRMED: The bizarre mystery signals come from outer space

      Professor Matthew Bailes from Swinburne said: "Conventional single dish radio telescopes have difficulty establishing that transmissions originate beyond the Earth’s atmosphere."

      Experts perviously suggested the sounds were not coming from outer space, and instead some form of local interference was tricking astronomers.

      But that theory has been squashed with the latest findings which firmly point the finger at outer space.

      Manisha Caleb, a PhD candidate at Australian National University, said: "Figuring out where the bursts come from is the key to understanding what makes them.

      "Only one burst has been linked to a specific galaxy. We expect Molonglo will do this for many more bursts.”

      Harvard expert Avi Loeb previously suggested the bursts could come from huge transmitters being used to power an alien aircraft.

      He said: "Fast radio bursts are exceedingly bright given their short duration and origin at great distances, and we haven’t identified a possible natural source with any confidence.

      "An artificial origin is worth contemplating and checking."

      http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news }

      04-04-2017 om 21:31 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Study On Mysterious Space Signals Offers Eye-Popping Possible Origin

      Study On Mysterious Space Signals Offers Eye-Popping Possible Origin

      Mysterious signals called fast radio bursts (FRB) are from deep space and could be evidence of advanced alien technology, according to a study Australian scientists published Monday.

      The study concluded that FRB could be generated by advanced aliens. FRB are millisecond long pulses of radio light originating from extremely deep space. They are roughly one billion times more luminous than anything ever detected in our own Milky Way galaxy.

      “Perhaps the most bizarre explanation for the FRBs is that they were alien transmissions,” Dr. Matthew Bailes, a professor at Swinburne University of Technology, said in a press statement.

      The scientists observed three FRBs with the Molonglo radio telescope in Australia during their research. The study was conducted by scientists from Australian National University, Swinburne University of Technology and the Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO).

      The research has caused the government-funded Australian Research Council to approve upgrades to the telescope so that it can track the FRBs in other galaxies.

      Other research has previously suggested that FRBs might be leakage from extremely technologically advanced aliens using planet-sized transmitters to power interstellar probes in distant galaxies. The FRB’s level of power could plausibly be used to push payloads of a million tons of probes or spacecraft to extremely high speeds using interstellar light sails.

      Such a transmitter would need to focus a beam on a sail continuously to power it, meaning observers on Earth would only see a brief flash because the sail and its host planet are moving relative to us. A repeated appearances of such a beam could be a sign of its artificial origin.

      Radio astronomers detected numerous milliseconds fast radio bursts, from various parts of space. FRB 121102 was particularly intriguing to scientists, as the signal sporadically repeated and scientists have long thought that a repeating signal could be an indicator of an intelligent alien civilization.

      “These radio flashes must have enormous amounts of energy to be visible from that distance,” Dr. Shami Chatterjee, an astronomer at Cornell University who was involved in the research, told Universe Today. “It was like trying to find a needle in a terabyte haystack. It took a lot of algorithmic work to find it.”

      Researchers aren’t sure what caused the powerful repeating signal, but there were other explanations that are purely natural. Astronomers believed stellar oddities were caused by aliens before, when in reality they were simply unknown, new phenomenon.

      Scientists estimate that the odds of humanity being the only civilization in the universe are less than one chance in about “10 billion trillion.”

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      Send tips to andrew@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

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      04-04-2017 om 21:21 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien sightings REVEALED in shock report on UFO hotspot

      Alien sightings REVEALED in shock report on UFO hotspot

      A REVEALING report has lifted the lid on unexplained sightings last year in UFO hotspot Canada.

      By Douglas Patient 

      Manitoba-based Ufology Research, which has conducted a Canadian UFO Survey since 1989, said there had been 1,131 sightings in 2016.

      There are some incredible alien sightings described in the report – from a naughty thief to another who walks through a wall.

      Ontario had the most sightings at 26.3% while British Columbia had 17.2%.

      UFO and aliens spotted in 2016

      GETTY

      SIGHTINGS: There were an incredible amount of UFO and aliens spotted in 2016

      UFOLOGY RESEARCH

      Some of these cases are extremely close indeed

      Canadian UFO Survey 2016

      Quebec had the most UFO reports in 2016 at 38.5%.

      The report says: “This is because Quebec currently has several civilian UFO groups, all with active public awareness campaigns and thus receiving substantial media attention.”

      And it says the high number of sightings is significant, adding: "This data clearly contradicts comments by those who would assert that UFOs are a ‘passing fad’ or that UFO sightings are decreasing in number."

      It’s the alien sightings that make the most interesting reading.

      On January 10 in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, a man reported that "a thin, six-foot-tall, long-fingered, white alien in a black suit" appeared in his bedroom.

      He spoke to the alien which left by walking through a wall.

      Meanwhile in Quebec, on the same night, a person was transported in a flash of white light to a bathtub.

      There he encountered "three green, big-eyed humanoid creatures who communicated with him telepathically”.

      He claims he then suddenly found himself at home four hours later with scratches on his body and his eye colour had changed.

      Another cheeky alien two days later was reported to be responsible for “stealing a man’s sunglasses, belt and silver possessions”.

      And later he claimed a photo showed a rip in time and space.

      The report ends by saying: "Close encounter cases are definitely in the minority, but some of these cases are extremely close indeed."

      http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

      04-04-2017 om 21:13 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ERICH VON DANIKEN ON HIS MOVIE 'CHARIOTS OF THE GODS'

      EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ERICH VON DANIKEN ON HIS MOVIE 'CHARIOTS OF THE GODS'

      Erich Von Daniken’s just gave an exclusive interview about his new movie. Learn all the very exciting news about the movie adaptation of the revolutionary UFO book “Chariots of the Gods”. 
       
      During the recent event, von Däniken gave a two-hour long presentation detailing his view that thousands of years ago there was a ‘battle in heaven’ and that extraterrestrials could return within the next 20 years (via ancientufo.org ). 
      •  “The ET’s know about us because we are part of their DNA,” he told the audience. “The Bible speaks of the daughters of men having intercourse with these visitors, and many worldwide myths and legends repeat the same story. These stories always say the ET’s will return to us.” 
       
      Here is the exclusive with von Däniken discussing similar topics and more exciting details: 
       
       

      http://7tales.net/ }

      04-04-2017 om 20:57 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.SHOCK CLAIMS: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON IS HIDING SENSATIONAL SECRET!

      SHOCK CLAIMS: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON IS HIDING SENSATIONAL SECRET!

      The moon is a beautiful floating rock that has been looking upon our world for a long time. The origins according to mainstream science come from the impact of a protoplanet called Theia, which was roughly the size of Mars, with Earth releasing lots of material into space which eventually culminated into what is now the Moon. 
       
      Ancient humans probably dreamed of knowing what purpose served the moon and 'what if' they could someday step on it's surface. The dream came true in the 20th century when astronauts successfuly landed on the moon. 
       
      But since then countless mysteries sparked the attention of Conspiracy Theorists and UFO hunters.
       
       The moon was never explored again for a long time and has raised several speculations of aliens having established a territory there. The moon is also filled with underground tunnels and caves which could hint for a possible extraterrestrial haven. 
       
      Watch the following video to know more! 
       

      http://7tales.net/ }

      04-04-2017 om 20:53 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.PROJECT ICEWORM - A SECRET UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR CITY IN THE ARCTIC

      PROJECT ICEWORM - A SECRET UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR CITY IN THE ARCTIC

      Built as part of a top secret US Army project called Project Iceworm Camp Century was constructed and secreted eight meters under the Arctic ice in Greenland which at the time was a country of Denmark. It was built to be a ballistic missile site with the capacity to house over 600 ballistic missiles when it was completed. 
       
      They year was 1959, and the cold war between the US and the USSR was at it's heights. The true function of the site was not revealed to the Danish government at that time, they were told the city was being built to study the feasibility of working under the ice and for research purposes. 
       
      Stretching out over three kilometers the city was an amazing network of icy tunnels that had everything a self-sustaining city would be expected to have. Amenities included a hospital, shops, laboratories and even a cinema. Incredibly it was also powered by the world's first mobile nuclear power generator. 
       
      The project was eventually given up as engineers soon realized it could not work. Arctic is is a viscoelastic material, a combination of snow and ice that is constantly in motion.
       
       That continuous motion would inevitably cause the tunnels to be warped and collapse.
       
       They decommissioned and abandoned the project in 1967 leaving the infrastructure and various waste materials to be entombed in the snow for what they hoped would be forever. The waste included biological, chemical and radioactive waste materials.
       
       In a more recent development 2016 a study discovered that the ice sheet that covers the site would begin melting before the end of the century. This will cause the toxic waste materials left behind to re-enter the environment disrupt the ecosystem and pose new threats. 
       
      It remains unclear at this time who will eventually be responsible for cleanup of the site. 
       
      Denmark originally allowed the US to build the site in a 1951 agreement, Greenland has become self-governing as of 1979, and this issue could cause new tensions between the US and Greenland. 
       
       

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      04-04-2017 om 20:45 geschreven door peter  

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      15 SECRET PLACES YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VISIT

      Top 15 places in the world that you are not allowed to visit, these mysterious places all hold secrets and unknown things to us that we never get to see or experience. From Government facilities to mysterious tunnels and other structures.

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      04-04-2017 om 20:41 geschreven door peter  

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      Russian scientist found to be UFO and ancient aliens researcher

      Sovershenno Sekretno, a very popular and respected Russian newspaper, published an article in its October 2011 issue. The author is Vladimir Kucharyants, writer and journalist. The title is (in English) Worlds of Professor Ludvig.
       
      Professor Genrikh Mavrikiyevich Ludvig was a highly educated Russian scientist, an inmate of Stalin’s concentration camps, a philosopher, a scholar of ancient languages, daring architect, a teacher, a freethinker who lived in the stifling ideological climate of Communism…a person who did not break down under enormous pressure, torture, and betrayal.     

      Professor Ludvig in the 70s.
       
      Vladimir Kucharyants was his student in the 1960s, but only in recent years has discovered the scope of Professor’s Ludvig’s knowledge, ideas, and legacy. There is much more that needs to be discovered, and the Russian writer continues his quest. He is still not sure who Genrikh Ludvig really was: a phenomenally educated scientist who possessed encyclopedic knowledge; a mystic; a person who was ordained into secret knowledge.
       
      Those who research the UFO phenomenon and ancient astronauts hypothesis will learn from the Sovershenno Sekretno article that Professor Ludvig was able to study amazing ancient manuscripts during his sojourn in the Vatican’s library (in the 1920s). There he read about extraterrestrials who had visited the Earth in antiquity; subsequently, he began his research of Maya civilization, and interpreted their symbols to be spaceships and spacesuits. In addition, Professor Ludvig mentioned that the library contained manuscripts about alchemy and ancient codes.
       
      The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library
       
      When the NKVD (KGB) arrested him in 1938, Professor Ludvig was accused of being a Vatican (but also Turkish, Polish, German and American) spy. He survived the concentration camps and torture, and carried his incredible knowledge, language skills (he was fluent in 20 languages, including ancient ones), ideas and beliefs with him, through the years full of suffering and ordeals. He was informed on or denounced to the secret police by his wife.
       
      Kucharyants mentions that Professor Ludvig showed his students photocopies of the Vatican’s ancient manuscripts ( containing information about extraterrestrials that had visited our planet) with drawings, described to them the hidden essence of ancient myths; he told them of the Fiery Pillar that destroyed an advanced ancient civilization; he showed the students photos of the fortress walls discovered in Babylon, melted with the horrendous temperature and believed that nuclear blasts could cause this.
       
      Professor Ludvig was very much interested in Sumerian civilization and possessed great knowledge about it; he discussed the esoteric meaning of pyramids in Egypt (he considered them to be sort of “energy machines”); he studied the Etruscan civilization; he knew about Cabbala
      .
      A Gulag labor camp. 
       
      Professor Ludvig was also an inventor, and designer of military technology. He helped his country, even during his imprisonment. During his days as an inmate of the GULAG, during World War II, he had at least 17 inventions to his name: such as the construction of military airfields in marshy areas; a noiseless underground station for testing aerial engines; a bomb thrower for close distance tank warfare; and many more. His reward was extension of the prison sentence in 1942 for another ten years, after he was denounced for his criticism of Stalin’s policies inside the concentration camps.
       
      Ludvig knew the secrets of herbs and their esoteric medicinal properties, and once this knowledge helped him survive, when he had to cure the wife of the concentration camp commander, or face death.
       
      Professor Ludvig in the 20s. 
       
      There is much more information in the Sovershenno Sekretno article (for example, his friendship with another great and highly talented Russian scientist Alexander Chizevsky, whose work I have described in my articles). I urge all those who are interested in the ancient astronauts hypothesis to learn more about Professor Ludvig. I will also try to discover more, although there are few sources available.
       
      Genrikh Mavrikiyevich Ludvig who passed away in 1973, had fantastic intellect, and made incredible discoveries. I am sure his former student Vladimir Kucharyants, who was able to uncover Professor’s notes and writings from the 1930s, will find more documents and materials.
       

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      04-04-2017 om 20:38 geschreven door peter  

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      Exclusive full interview of former Arizona governor discussing his Phoenix Lights UFO sighting (Video)

       
       
      In 2006, former Arizona governor Fife Symington admitted to being a witness to Arizona’s most famous UFO sighting, and that he believed it to be of extraterrestrial origins. His statements made worldwide news. In association with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Phoenix Lights UFO event, James Fox, the documentarian that first obtained Symington’s confession shared never before seen footage from the interview during his presentation at the 2016 International UFO Congress. Now, with Fox’s permission, we present the interview here for our readers.
       
      Fife Symington discussing his Phoenix Lights UFO sighting. (Courtesy: James Fox)
       
      In the newly released footage, Symington says he believes the UFO sighting was escalated up the chain of command.
       
      “Issues like this go up the chain of command all the way to the Pentagon,” explains Symington. “We called the Pentagon…I think they knew there had been sightings, but they weren’t talking about it.”
       
      As for the official Air Force response that the UFOs were flares, Symington says that is “total bunk.”
       
      “I have seen high altitude flares before. There is no way they were flares.”
       
      When it comes to what flew over Phoenix in March of 1997, Symington says, “It has never been explained.”
       
      James Fox presenting at the 2017 International UFO Congress in February.
       
      What is now referred to as “The Phoenix Lights,” was a flap of UFO sightings on March 13, 1997. It has kept Arizona buzzing ever since. Over 1000 witnesses reportedly came forward, including former Arizona Governor Fife Symington.
       
      Symington first admitted to seeing the object during this interview with Fox. Fox provided Symington with testimony from several witnesses who were disappointed with the way Symington dealt with the incident in 1997. Symington then admitted to Fox he had also seen the object, and he agreed it was unworldly. Fox was not expecting this response.
       
      After the interview, news of Symington’s confession leaked and he was asked to share his experience with CNN and other news outlets.
       

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      04-04-2017 om 20:32 geschreven door peter  

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      Winston Churchill on Aliens: 1939 Essay Discovered

      Winston Churchill was known for his leadership during World War II, but a newfound essay on alien life reveals another side of him, one that was deeply curious about the universe. 
       
      "I, for one, am not so immensely impressed by the success we are making of our civilization here that I am prepared to think we are the only spot in this immense universe which contains living, thinking creatures," he wrote in the newly uncovered essay, "or that we are the highest type of mental and physical development which has ever appeared in the vast compass of space and time."
       
      Besides being prime minister of the United Kingdom during the tumultuous years of World War II, the British statesman was also a prolific writer and proponent of science. In fact, he was the first prime minister to have a science advisor. Those traits converged in the newfound 11-page essay about the search for alien life, discovered at the Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri. It was first written in 1939 and was slightly revised in the late 1950s. [5 Bold Claims of Alien Life]
       
      The museum's director, Timothy Riley, showed the document to astrophysicist Mario Livio, who described the work and Churchill's approach to science in an article published today (Feb. 15) in the journal Nature. Churchill's essay was titled "Are We Alone in the Universe?".
      "I was amazed to see the title of this article, first of all," Livio, head of the Institute Science Division at the Space Telescope Science Institute, told Space.com. "And then I read it and was even more astonished, because I saw that this great politician is musing about a real scientific topic, an intriguing scientific topic, [and] he is reasoning about this in the same way that a scientist today would go about it."
       
      Churchill was not a scientist, and when the politician composed the essay, Europe was on the brink of war, Livio said.
       
      "And yet, at that time, he finds the time to contemplate such issues and think about things so clearly," Livio added.
       
      Evaluating the likelihood of life
       
      In the essay, Churchill first set out to define life, characterizing the most important quality as the ability to reproduce. He chose to consider "comparatively highly organized life," which Livio said is probably multicellular life. Churchill likely did this to avoid ambiguity for things like viruses, which are able to replicate but exhibit other characteristics that aren't terribly lifelike, Livio said.
       
      Then, Churchill discussed where to look for life: in places with liquid water (or where liquid water can persist, which is what scientists now call the "habitable zone" around stars).
       
      "Then, he says, OK, once we've defined life, what are the necessary ingredients for life to exist? And he identifies liquid water as one such ingredient," Livio said. "And that's exactly what we do today. Our searches for life in the universe today are primarily guided by liquid water."
       
      In his essay, Churchill considered the solar system, deciding that only Mars and Venus could have fulfilled those conditions. The outer planets are too cold, Mercury is too hot on one side and too cold on the other, and the moon and asteroids have gravity too weak to trap the atmosphere, Livio wrote, summarizing Churchill's argument.
       
      Then, Churchill discussed the possibility of planets outside the solar system — exoplanets — which had not yet been discovered. The model he considered, described by astrophysicist James Jean in 1917, predicted that planetary formation is very unlikely to occur. (The theory, which proved incorrect, described planets forming by the gas torn from a star when another star passes by it.)
       
      "But the beautiful thing is, then he says, But wait! Maybe this theory is wrong! Why should we think that this theory is correct?" Livio said. Churchill added that the abundance of double stars suggests that planetary systems could form commonly.
       
      In the article, Livio quoted Churchill's essay: "I am not sufficiently conceited to think that my sun is the only one with a family of planets." Churchill went on to posit that a large fraction of those planets would be the right size to keep water on their surface and maybe an atmosphere, and that some would be at the right distance from their stars to maintain a life-friendly temperature. 
       
      "This chain of logic is astounding, in my opinion, for a politician," Livio said. [The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Explained (Infographic).
       
       
       
       
      Churchill and science
       
      Livio said Churchill saw value in science, but the statesman took a nuanced approach. He understood that science was necessary to win the war effort, but also established an atmosphere in which science was important in its own right, and he wanted it to be used to improve the world.
       
      "As a result of that, in the 1950s, came all these great discoveries," Livio said, citing milestones like finding the structure of DNA and developing radio astronomy, which stemmed from work on radar. "Once you generate the framework and the infrastructure for science to thrive, then a variety of discoveries come."
       
      But Churchill also emphasized that science should work to advance humanity, Livio said.
       
      "Later in life, he also understood that one cannot do the science in what he would call a moral vacuum," Livio said. "You need to embed all the scientific research and discoveries also in the context of human values, and an understanding of the human condition."
       
      Livio emphasized that today, science has serious problems to address, particularly regarding food resources, climate change and disease. Churchill's approach to science is necessary, Livio said.
       
      "All of those [concerns] require serious scientific input, so there must be the mechanisms in place to get that scientific input, and the correct scientific input — which means science advisors at high levels, and involvement of scientists in a variety of decisions concerning some of those challenges," Livio said. "It certainly doesn't help to shun sciences; some of these problems can turn into disasters if nothing is done."
       
      As for the likelihood of life on other planets, over the past 20 years, scientists have discovered thousands of planets orbiting other stars and have made large strides in determining these worlds' characteristics remotely. But researchers have yet to discover definitive signs of life elsewhere in the universe, or to visit other planets in person to hunt for life. However, Churchill didn't want to put bounds on what advancing science or technology might bring, Livio said.
       
      "When he discussed the possibility of traveling to other planets and things like that, he says, well maybe this isn't possible today but, he says, 'It is rash to set limits to the progress of science,'" Livio said. "Things that are not possible today, you shouldn't think that they would not be possible in the future."
       

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      04-04-2017 om 20:16 geschreven door peter  

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      VIDEO: Buzz Aldrin confirms seeing UFOs on the MOON

      “I saw this illumination that was moving with respect to the stars. We were smart enough to not say, “Houston’ there’s a light out there following us! So technically, it becomes an unidentified flying object”
       
      In a video uploaded to YouTube titled “EXCLUSIVE: Buzz Aldrin Confirms UFO Sighting in Syfy’s ‘Aliens on the Moon,” an American engineer and former astronaut, who as the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11 was one of the first two humans to land on the Moon has made incredible statements in regards of UFOs.
       
      This, however, isn’t a surprise since in the last couple of years numerous individuals—former astronauts, military officers, former NASA employees, and others have come forward lifting the secrecy off the UFO and alien phenomenon.
       
      According to the exclusive on Sighting in Syfy’s ‘Aliens on the Moon, Neil Armstrong also switched to the “medical channel and spoke directly with the chief medical officer” and is quoted as saying, they’re here, they’re parked on the side of the crater – they’re watching us!”
       
      In addition to Buzz Aldrin, Armstrong has also spoken out about UFOs.
       
      During an interview about the Apollo 11 mission, the former astronaut supposedly said that beings that occupied the UFO made very clear their displeasure of the human’s arrival on the moon’s surface:
       
      Armstrong: It was incredible … of course, we had always known there was a possibility … the fact is, we were warned off. There was never any questions then of a space station or a moon city.
       
      Interestingly, Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 said in a Los Angeles Times article in 1973: “…I’ve been asked (about UFOs) and I’ve said publicly I thought they (UFOs) were somebody else, some other civilization.”
       
      One of the best quotes backing up those claims comes from Scott Carpenter— an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut: “At no time, when the astronauts were in space were they alone: there was a constant surveillance by UFOs.”
       
      On Apollo 11 in route to the Moon, I observed a light out the window that appeared to be moving alongside us. There were many explanations of what that could be, other than another spacecraft from another country or another world – it was either the rocket we had separated from, or the 4 panels that moved away when we extracted the lander from the rocket and we were nose to nose with the two spacecraft. So in the close vicinity, moving away, were 4 panels. And i feel absolutely convinced that we were looking at the sun reflected off of one of these panels. Which one? I don’t know. So technically, the definition could be “unidentified.” –Neil Armstrong.
       
      As noted by the Huffington post, Aldrin said that the “UFO people” were “very very angry” with him once he returned and refused to endorse their suspicion that he had seen an alien.
       
      “We well understood exactly what that was. And when we returned, we debriefed and explained exactly what we had observed. And I felt that this had been distributed to the outside world, the outside audience, and apparently it wasn’t, and so many years later, I had the time in an interview to disclose these observations, on another country’s television network. And the UFO people in the United States were very very angry with me, thatIi had not given them the information. It was not an alien. Extraordinary observations require extraordinary evidence. That’s what Carl Sagan said.”
       
      “There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost CERTAIN that there is life somewhere in space. It was not that remarkable, that special, that unusual, that life here on earth evolved gradually, slowly, to where we are today.”
       
       

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      04-04-2017 om 20:11 geschreven door peter  

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      VERMOMDE UFO BOVEN IERSE STAD ( VIDEO )

      Afgelopen zaterdag ging een stel in de Ierse stad Carlow ’s middags een eindje toeren en bij terugkomst zagen ze iets bijzonders hangen boven het station. 

      Natuurlijk wordt het (wederom) afgedaan als een wolk, maar je hebt zelden een mooiere klassieke retro UFO in de lucht zien hangen dan enkele dagen geleden in Ierland. 



      Wanneer houdt een wolk op om een wolk te zijn en moet je echt gaan denken dat het iets anders is. 

      Door de jaren hebben wij talloze artikelen geschreven over UFO’s die zich vermommen als wolken of ze gebruiken als camouflage voor een dimensieportaal. 

      In het algemeen zullen mensen niet zo snel argwanend worden als ze een paar wolken in de lucht zien drijven. Behalve als een bepaalde wolk heel erg opvalt in het landschap en er eigenlijk niet thuis lijkt te horen. 

      Iets dergelijks was er enkele dagen geleden aan de hand in de Ierse stad Carlow. Daar ontstond de nodige opwinding omdat een inwoner een bijzondere foto op Facebook had geplaatst. 

      De lokale pers had het al over een geval voor Mulder en Scully, want wat daar boven Carlow hing, leek wel heel veel op een UFO. 

      Een hemel met cirrus bewolking, inclusief chemtrail, en daar ver onder en niet zo ver van de grond een wel heel bijzondere wolk.


      xxx

      Deze wolk werd opgemerkt door Greg MacLennan en zijn vrouw die op zaterdagmiddag een eindje waren gaan rijden en bij terugkomst deze boven hun woonplaats zagen hangen, vlakbij het station. 

      Greg zei tegen de lokale krant dat de wolk verdacht veel op een UFO leek of op de camouflage van een UFO en dat ze deze wolken daarom UFO wolken noemen. Verder verklaarde de man stoer niet te geloven dat het hier een UFO betrof, maar uiteraard de beruchte lenticularis wolk was. Een type wolk dat wordt gebruikt om gecamoufleerde UFO’s aan te duiden. 

      Wanneer je de foto echter wat meer uitvergroot, is het moeilijk om een betere opname te krijgen van een zogenaamde klassieke retro UFO. Je ziet een prachtig gevormde klassieke schotelvorm, inclusief de koepel.


      xxx

      En dat is een beetje het probleem op dit moment. Iemand doet een wolk af als een lenticularis wolk en daarmee is het einde verhaal. Want, UFO’s bestaan niet, allemaal grote flauwekul en het zijn alleen maar aluhoedjes die dat soort dingen zien. 

      Je vindt op deze website intussen talloze artikelen waaruit blijkt dat wolken dikwijls niet zijn wat ze op het eerste gezicht lijken. 

      Eén van de mooiste voorbeelden ooit is misschien wel de opname die een paar jaar geleden werd gemaakt door een paar mijnwerkers in Chili, zoals wij schreven in een eerder artikel: 

      Het antwoord lijkt te zien in de volgende video die is gemaakt in de Atacama woestijn in de buurt van de Chileense stad Calama. 

      Twee mijnarbeiders rijden in een auto en zien vreemde wolkformaties in de lucht. Eén van hen pakt zijn mobiele telefoon en begint te filmen.

      chil 1

      Dan plotseling komt er uit deze wolk of wellicht moederschip een bij ons welbekende oranje-achtige bol tevoorschijn.

      chil 2

      In de onderstaande video kun je duidelijk zien hoe deze bol tevoorschijn komt uit de wolk en vervolgens wegvliegt. 

      Hebben we hier te maken met een zogenaamd cloaked moederschip dat zich verborgen houdt in deze kunstmatig aandoende wolken en die de bollen als een soort verkenners op pad stuurt? 

      Het heeft er alle schijn van en daarmee is deze opname misschien wel het eerste stukje bewijs dat we in handen hebben wat laat zien waar deze oranje bollen vandaan komen. 

      Uiteraard ontstaan er dan altijd weer discussies of deze opname wel of niet echt is. Tot nu is er, voor zover ons bekend, geen informatie over dat de opname niet echt zou zijn.

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      04-04-2017 om 20:02 geschreven door peter  

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      Belgische UFO-golf nog steeds omgeven door mysterie

      Belgische UFO-golf nog steeds omgeven door mysterie

      Meer dan 25 jaar na het einde van de zogenoemde Belgische UFO-golf hangt er nog steeds een waas van mysterie over die periode.

      De Belgische UFO-golf begon op 29 november 1989 toen twee rijkswachters een onbekend driehoekig object met felle lichten door de lucht zagen vliegen.

      Enkele dagen later bleek dat het vreemde object ook door tientallen andere mensen was gezien.

      Onderzoek

      De dagen erna kwamen er meerdere meldingen binnen van onbekende vliegende objecten in het Belgische luchtruim, vooral in Wallonië.

      De objecten werden zo vaak gespot, dat het Belgische leger een onderzoek instelde. Dat werd geleid door generaal-majoor Wilfried de Brouwer.

      Hij zag zelf vreemde objecten in de stad Waver, die ook waren opgepikt door de radar.

      Zeer speciaal

      “Het gedrag van de toestellen was zeer speciaal,” zei De Brouwer. “Ze konden zweven zonder ook maar enig geluid te maken. Ze konden van heel traag vliegen plots naar heel snel vliegen gaan.”

      De UFO-golf bereikte eind maart 1989 een hoogtepunt toen liefst 13.500 mensen de mysterieuze objecten waarnamen in België.

      Er werden zelfs Belgische straaljagers de lucht ingestuurd. De piloten konden de objecten enkele seconden volgen via hun radar, maar de doelen veranderden te snel van positie en snelheid, zeiden ze.

      Zo viel één van de driehoekige objecten binnen één seconde 1400 meter omlaag.

      Geheim project

      Waren het ruimteschepen van aliens? Meer dan 25 jaar na de Belgische UFO-golf is nog altijd niet bekend wat er toen precies is gebeurd.

      Volgens sommigen ging het om moderne weerballonnen. Een uitvinder uit Brussel zei dat hij destijds driehoekige heliumballonnen had gemaakt, maar later trok hij die verklaring weer in.

      Anderen meenden dat de UFO’s onderdeel waren van een geheim Amerikaans project. Weer anderen stelden dat de driehoekige objecten buitenaardse ruimteschepen waren.

      [Nieuwsblad]

      04-04-2017 om 19:46 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO sighting in Georgetown?

      UFO sighting in Georgetown?

      There was a report of a UFO sighting in Georgetown on Aug. 21, according to the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey from the Ufology Research organization.

      Someone in Georgetown saw something peculiar in a photograph taken in August of last year and reported it as an unidentified flying object (UFO).

      According to the 2016 Canadian UFO Survey, an annual report compiled by the Canadian organization Ufology Research, an unidentified person sent in an account of a “blue, round object” apparently visible in a photographic image after it was taken on Aug. 21 at 9:18 a.m.

      No other details about the Georgetown UFO sighting were given in the report.

      Across the country, there were 1,131 UFO sightings in 2016. That's a drop from the 1,267 reported the previous year.

      Across the country, 21 per cent of last year's reports were considered to have probable explanations while 74 per cent were insufficient, which was a big reversal from the previous year's report where 66 per cent were probable and 20 per cent considered insufficient. The report notes that's because of a "more rigorous evaluation process" this year.

      About four per cent were considered unexplained, which the report says is the lowest in its 28 years, but does note that classification doesn't imply alien visitation.

      "Each case may still have an explanation following further investigation. And, of those that remain unexplained, they may (stay) unexplained but still are not incontrovertible proof of extraterrestrial intervention or some mysterious natural phenomenon," reads the report.

      Only 1.5 per cent of the reports were categorized as explained, the lowest amount since 1992.

      The report found the majority of sightings came in June, July and August (about 37.7 per cent) and most were reported as lights in the sky (54.9 per cent). In terms of cities, Montreal reported the most (73) while Vancouver (70) and Toronto (65) were a close second and third.

      Some of the shapes seen in the reports were triangle, ball, cigar, fireball and the classic flying saucer (which was reported 48 times or about five per cent of the total sightings).

      are reported to a number of sources, including the Mutual UFO Network.

      Some of the more unusual highlights of the report include a sighting from Cornwall, Prince Edward Island on Jan. 10 where a "thin, six-foot-tall long-fingered white alien in a black suit appeared in (a) bedroom. The witness spoke to the alien, which then left by walking through a wall."

      Another from Tecumseh, Ontario on Jan. 12 stated that the witness "reported that an alien entity was responsible for stealing his sunglasses, belt and silver possessions. Later, the witness produced a photograph in which he thought a 'rip in space and time' could be seen."

      To read the report, visit survey.canadianuforeport.com

      — With files from Chris Clay, Mississauga News

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      04-04-2017 om 19:37 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO experts believe live feed from SpaceX Satellite launch mysteriously cut 'due to mystery objects'

      UFO experts believe live feed from SpaceX Satellite launch mysteriously cut 'due to mystery objects'

      It is not the first time a live feed has been dropped and conspiracy theorist believe it was deliberate to allow the UFOs to get off the screen

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      UFO experts have revealed at least three white objects were spotted on a live feed of a rocket launch - seconds before it was pulled mysteriously from TV screens.

      The UFOs were seen by at least 20 observers who have now shared their concerns online.

      Cameras were filming at the launch of SpaceX Satellite at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

      But it seems the live feed of the launch was cut at the exact time UFOs were seen on the screen, leading some to think the timing of the change of screen to that of a map was deliberate.

      The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket mission SES-10 blasts off carrying a commercial communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center 

      The clip was brought to the attention of SecureTeam10 , a group of UFO experts, who investigate the footage and share their findings online.

      Secureteam's Tyler said: "This was sent over to me on by at least 20 people who saw this and said 'woah'.

      "These are not stars and in no other part of this footage will you see stars."

      The UFOs travelled across the top of the screen

      He adds: "They immediately cut to this animated tracking system, for a few moments, almost as if they are giving it just enough time, for this UFO to move out of sight, before they immediately cut back to the fed of the rocket."

      The SpaceX Satellite launch took place on Thursday at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre. The 23-storey rocket lifted off at 6.27pm local time.

      The animated map which Nasa switched to

      It is not the first time a live feed has been cut.

      Earlier this year Nasa's live feed stopped as 'six large UFOs' crept past International Space Station leading conspiracy theorists to again think it was a deliberate action.

      http://www.mirror.co.uk/ }

      04-04-2017 om 19:13 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Exclusive Full Video Of Former Arizona Governor Revealing His Phoenix Lights UFO Sighting

      Exclusive Full Video Of Former Arizona Governor Revealing His Phoenix Lights UFO Sighting.

      Symington on Phoenix Lights

      Documentarian James Fox has shared never before seen video from the exclusive interview of former Arizona governor. In 2006, former governor Fife Symington shared his Phoenix Lights UFO sighting and revealed that he believed it to be of extraterrestrial origins. Symington’s statement has made worldwide news. Fox, who first obtained the former governor’s confession, shared the video during his presentation at the 2016 International UFO Congress in association with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the famous event.

      Symington says in the newly released footage that he believes UFO sighting reached to the chain of command. He explains that such issue goes up to the chain of command, all the way to the Pentagon. He adds that Pentagon knew about the UFOs, but they were not talking about it.

      The Air Force issued a statement that the apparent UFOs were just flares, but Symington called it a total bunk. Symington explains that he has seen high-altitude flares many times and there is no way the Phoenix Lights in 1997 were flares.

      The Phoenix Lights took place on March 13, 1997, involving a flap of UFO sightings. Over a thousand witnesses came forward, including former Arizona Governor Fife Symington.

      http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

      04-04-2017 om 18:52 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Deze “potentieel gevaarlijke” asteroïde raast momenteel op de Aarde af

      Deze “potentieel gevaarlijke” asteroïde raast momenteel op de Aarde af

      Deze “potentieel gevaarlijke” asteroïde raast momenteel op de Aarde af

      Met een doorsnede van 1 kilometer is de asteroïde “2014 JO25” een van de grootste asteroïden die de komende jaren richting de Aarde vliegen. Hoewel het gevaarte gelabeld werd als “potentieel gevaarlijk”, zou het onze planeet veilig moeten passeren.

      Volgens NASA zou de asteroïde in de afgelopen vierhonderd jaar nog nooit zo dicht bij de Aarde gekomen zijn als ze nu zou doen. De passage van 2014 JO25 wordt verwacht op 19 april, waarna het alweer 480 jaar zal duren vooraleer de asteroïde nog eens op zo’n relatief kleine afstand van onze planeet komt.

      De komende tien jaar zullen we zelfs geen asteroïde van deze grootte meer in de buurt van de Aarde zien. “De volgende bekende ‘flyby’ door een object met een gelijkaardige of grotere diameter zal plaatsvinden wanneer asteroïde ‘1999 AN10’, met een doorsnede van 800 meter, binnen een maansafstand zal passeren in augustus 2027”, aldus NASA.

      Dan komt het ‘potentiële gevaar’ dus nog net iets dichterbij dan nu. 2014 JO25 zal op bijna 5 keer de afstand tussen de Aarde en de maan passeren. Volgens het Minor Planet Center blijft de asteroïde echter potentieel gevaarlijk omdat ze groter dan 100 meter is en dichterbij de Aarde komt dan 7.495.839 kilometer, wat neerkomt op 19.5 ‘maansafstanden’.

      http://www.nieuwsblad.be/ }

      04-04-2017 om 01:06 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Secret Behind Mysterious African Fairy Circles Revealed by Scientists

      The Secret Behind Mysterious African Fairy Circles Revealed by Scientists

      The so-called “fairy circles” of Namibia have long been sites of mystical intrigue and scientific controversy. Millions of these circular patterns of red dirt and patchy dry plants dot the Namib desert, ranging in circumference from 12 feet all the way to a massive 114 feet. Historically, their existence has been credited to aliens, gods, and dragon breath, but recent research pinpoints another culprit: thirsty and competitive plants.

      In a recent paper published in Journal of Geophysical Research, researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis argue that the reason these strange circular plots, consisting of a bare inner circle and a raised outer circle, exist is because of “self-organization theory.” This is the idea that circular vegetation patterns emerge because plants in dry regions use the empty inner circle as a natural water reservoir, which then the grass on the raised edges of the circle can tap into to survive.

      That these circles emerge because of how plants have adapted to deserts stands contrary to the claim of other scientists who argue that the strange spots of arid soil arise because of termites.

      A plot of fairy circles.
      A plot of fairy circles.

      The scientists behind the study came to their thirsty-plant conclusion after analyzing the infiltration rate, soil moisture, grass biometrics, and sediment grain size distribution of the fairy circles, together with the distance between circles. This showed them that water was absorbed more quickly on the inner portion of the circles and that the roots of the grass on the outside of circles were larger than the grass exactly on the ring. The researchers concluded that the grass grows in a way that its roots are on the inner side of the ring, competing for water. When rain does come, the roots can slurp it up because the water fills the dry inner circle, flowing up to its edge.

      Besides solving once and for all the mystery of the origin of these circles, the scientists hope to leverage their research to better understand the “underlying dynamics of water-limited ecosystems.”

      While these rings are vastly different than the fairy circles of Europe (those are simply a ring of mushrooms on grass), they are not completely unique in the world: In March 2016, scientists discovered similar arid rings in Australia, the only other place besides the Namib desert where they have been observed.

      Photos via Wikimedia CommonsSchool of Science

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      04-04-2017 om 00:40 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Caltech Creates a New Technique for Finding Aliens
      TRAPPIST-1 Aliens

      Caltech Creates a New Technique for Finding Aliens

      The recent discovery of seven potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1, just 40 light-years away, greatly raises the odds of finding alien life on other worlds with whom we might one day have a real chance of directly coming into contact.

      But before we get ahead of ourselves, we’ll need to figure out for certain whether there are signs of life on those and other planets. A group of scientists at Caltech’s Exoplanet Technology Laboratory believe they have a solution for turning our most powerful telescopes into alien-hunting instruments.

      The technique is called “high-dispersion coronagraphy,” and is intended to help scientists find biosignatures on exoplanets. Biosignatures are disturbances in an environmental equilibrium; they reveal the existence of an unknown force or process. Certain colors might indicate photosynthesis, for example, or a certain kind of excess gas might indicate an organic life source.

      In order to study faraway planets, scientists need to block the light emanating from the stars they orbit. Stars are brighter than planets — anywhere from a thousand times to several billion times brighter — and that light can interfere with our ability to take a good look at anything around them. To fix this problem, scientists employ a coronagraph, which is a device in a telescope that helps block starlight.

      Scientists have been using coronagraphs for some time, but this new high-dispersion coronagraphy technique innovatively combines it with a high-res spectrometer. Spectrometers expose the “fingerprints” of chemicals; researchers can use them to find elements that are associated with life, such as oxygen.

      But here’s the real kicker: scientists realized that using a coronagraph with a high-res spectrometer specifically caused even more light to be filtered out than usual. Using these two instruments together allows researchers to “improve the sensitivity of our system by a factor of 100 to 1,000 over ground-based methods,” explained Dimitri Mawet, the head of the Caltech team who made the discovery.

      The team used optical fibers to combine the coronagraph with the high-res spectrometer. The fibers, it turns out, also help to remove starlight. These discoveries were, in the words of team member Garreth Ruane, “serendipitous.”

      When high-dispersion coronagraphy is put into practice, scientists will be able to learn much more about the molecules that exist in exoplanets’ atmospheres, as well as the planets’ appearances, rotation rates, and weather patterns. We’ll need that information if we want to discern whether life exists outside of our galaxy.

      Scientists TRAPPIST-1 Life Other Planets
      What high-dispersion coronagraphy looks like.

      Right now, we only have one in-progress telescope that’ll be up to the job of locating biosignatures using high-dispersion coronagraphy. It’s called the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), and it will become the world’s biggest optical telescope when it’s finished in about a decade. Scientists will be able to use TMT to apply this new technique to planets around M-dwarf stars, the most common star in the galaxy, which are smaller than our sun. Stronger telescopes designed in the future could help researchers apply the technique to planets around bigger stars.

      Since TMT won’t be finished until the late 2020’s, right now this is a waiting game, at least in terms of using the new technique to help solve the mystery of extraterrestrial life. High-dispersion coronagraphy has already been tested in laboratories, and scientists can use it for now on certain gas exoplanets. But we’ll have to wait for the blessed day it can be used on the Earth-like exoplanets around TRAPPIST-1.

      Photos via Photo via Caltech/IPAC-TMTGIF via Caltech/IPAC-TMT

      Getty Images / NASA

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      04-04-2017 om 00:34 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.What UFOs are teaching us

      What UFOs are teaching us

      Why is it that a large portion of the scientific community is hostile to the idea that we are being visited by extraterrestrials ….

      …. when it is clear that accepting their existence would be scientifically beneficial and would lead to a major philosophical shift?

      Orthodox scientists do not like to be told about UFOs because, for many of them, the interest is nonexistent and such a topic is outside the scope of their methodology. According to them, scientific research must lead to a discourse on nature and must be tangible because science is only concerned with observable and reproducible phenomena. Thus, still according to them, a study that relies solely on testimonies and interpretations of unverifiable observations has more to do with psychology or sociology, and certainly not with science.

      This clearly illustrates the level of apathy that exists within the scientific community regarding the subject and is nothing more than an expedient way of rejecting thousands of testimonies related to flying saucers that have shown, time and again, impressive and unexplained capabilities that defy the imagination. The maneuvers executed by these flying objects and described by random observers have proven to be extremely consistent, and have provided a clear and systematic picture of the characteristics that these flying objects display. These vehicles appear to be intelligently and skillfully piloted by their occupants, and very often they execute vertical ascensions at extremely high velocities. Only a minority of cases testify to the presence of non-human occupants in these vehicles.

      Moreover, landing marks have been found on the ground as well as alterations of the vegetation at the cellular level, breakdown of cars from a distance, physiological effects on witnesses, and even observations made by highly credible witnesses who stood relatively close to these enigmatic machines.

      Those who speak in the name of “official science” argue that no planet in our solar system is inhabited and therefore potential visitors would clearly have to come from a distant planetary system. Furthermore, according to them, the distance that separates us from the closest stars is such that it would make it virtually impossible for us to ever establish a direct contact with any civilization outside of our solar system.

      The speeds that our man-made spacecrafts are susceptible to reach is laughable when it comes to the distance to be travelled, and the duration of such a journey would be incompatible with human life expectancy. Thus, the journey could only be a one-way ticket and it would likely spread over several generations or require the use of cryogenic preservation.

      Several seemingly insurmountable obstacles would need to be addressed:

      There is the problem of carrying the mass of combustible material needed for these crafts to propel themselves in space. However, eye witnesses never reported seeing a trail of combusted material coming out of these UFOs. Instead, these objects always moved silently at very high acceleration only emitting a small light. This is quite a contrast to our slow and noisy rockets that use the principle of kinetic momentum preservation. Indeed, the amount of movement or force of the motion executed by the UFO, which is the product of its mass by its velocity, should theoretically be compensated by an equal and opposite force obtained from the ejection at very high speed of a combustible material stored onboard the ship. This means that the amount of potential kinetic energy to be loaded onboard for an interstellar voyage (or even simply to carry out the observed accelerated motion) is completely incompatible with the approximate size and mass of these UFOs. Witnesses never report seeing a trail of combusted material, and from the given description of the crafts witnessed they appear way too small to store any combustible energy required for an interstellar voyage regardless of the form, including the most exotic forms imaginable such as ’annihilation of matter/anti-matter.
      Another issue has to do with the acceleration of these UFOs. Eye witnesses have all observed enormous changes in speed, chaotic trajectories with abrupt changes in direction that would make it impossible for any human to withstand due to our physiology. How could any biological organism survive such brutal conditions?

      … and yet there are visitors from outer space who are proving that the journey is definitely possible!

      The daily accounts by credible witnesses of extraterrestrial crafts flying in our skies clearly indicate that there is a solution to all the problems mentioned:

      Their very presence is a clear sign that they are able to survive the journey at a speed compatible with the distance covered, and that they have an enormous source of energy at their disposal, one that we still struggle conceptualizing within the narrow framework of present-day science.

      How is it possible to achieve such a significant acceleration and reach speeds of up to several thousands of miles per second, and even speeds that are near or above the speed of light? What technology and what kind of energy can we use to achieve this, and where can we find it?µµ

       The obvious acceleration observed suggests that the living entities in the UFOs are not affected by it. Could it be that each passenger is subjected to the same acceleration field and gravitational flux as the chair they sit on?

      This indicates that the beings who visit us know where to harness the needed energy from and they have solved the issue of creating and controlling gravitational fluxes.

      If we would conquer anti-gravitation technology and were able to harness the energy from the diffused energetic fields that we bathe in, everything would change. The accelerations and speeds that could be reached would be considerable (thousands of g). The problems related to physiological resistance at great accelerations would be solved.

      But before we get to that point, we will have to radically change the way we look at the structure of both matter and space. The main stumbling block for us today is a conceptual one coupled with a clear ignorance of what the fine structure of matter truly is. The path we will not further elaborate on here is the one that deals with the acceptance of a model of an infinite universe that has a fractal and multi-leveled structure that goes in both the infinitely large and the infinitely small. As above so below. 

      For a very long time now, we have had solitary pioneers working tirelessly to unravel the secrets of gravitation. A draft answering all these questions currently exists, and the most advanced of these pioneering researchers is Claude Poher. “Claude Poher (born in 1936) is a retired French engineer from the National Center for Space Studies (CNES). He is an engineer in space research and electronics, and also holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics. He is best known for his involvement in the creation of a Study Group working on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (GEPAN), the first official ufology bureau created in France in 1977, and devoted to the study of the UFO phenomenon.”

      For nearly forty years he has dedicated his life in the elucidation of the major gravitational energy enigma: where did the kinetic energy from the stars in all the galaxies come from, and where did the kinetic energy from the flying saucers described by credible eye witnesses come from? Not to mention, how do you explain the mechanism with which these massive space vehicles propel themselves without releasing any combustible material?

      As early as 1980, he was already embracing the notion that the galaxies’ gravitational enigma was intimately intertwined with that of the propulsion of these incredible flying objects. Indeed, in both cases there had to be a humongous source of energy that stars and UFOs could draw from, and this colossal and diffused energy had to be usable anywhere in the Universe.

      µAccording to Claude Poher, it was inconceivable that such an energy be only attributable to the gravitational potential energy brought about by a “hidden mass of unknown and invisible matter” merely surrounding the galaxies in a halo of incredible size. It was imperative for this same energy in the meadow of the local farmer where a flying saucer had flown at great acceleration to be exploitable. It was then, in 1980, that he imagined the theoretical concept of an isotropic cosmic flux of quanta each carrying a tiny amount of movement that he named, Universons. In his mind, this was what he believed to be the cause of gravitation.

      The existence of this natural flux was essential in order to solve the two enigmas, and it was then necessary to try and understand how to extract kinetic energy from this natural flux.

      At first, he did not yet have the slightest idea about the interaction between this hypothetical flux and matter, therefore a lot still needed to be imagined and verified. And he was all alone to face this challenge.

      What was the clearest in his mind was the following astronomical experimental fact: stars were capable of extracting 90% of their kinetic energy from this isotropic quantified natural flux. And if stars were able to do it, then it’s fair to say that a technology that is more advanced than our own could have done it too, and this would theoretically enable it to reach interstellar travel.

      He went on to get involved in the progressive elaboration of a theoretical model based on hypotheses that are consistent with observations.

      This was a theoretical elaboration sowed with multiple pitfalls, because the model did not follow a series of acceptable hypotheses within the framework of known physics.

      Indeed, in order to be able to extract kinetic energy from the natural flux that he had imagined, it was necessary for the behavior of the energy particles, which this energy flux should be composed of, to have a very particular behavior with respect to ordinary matter.

      On the one hand, it was necessary for this flux to carry a tremendous amount of energy, and on the other hand it had to be unnoticeable, since it had never been detected prior. For him, this meant that there was a need to imagine a new type of fundamental interaction between the particles of energy (Universons) and the elementary particles of matter. It was a matter of discovering a particular type of quantum interaction.

      The gravitational quanta contained in this flux could not in fact collide with the particles of matter and yield their momentum as is the case when two billiard balls collide. Moreover, the Laws of celestial mechanics were very clear on this issue. Any notion about collision systematically failed.

      And yet the flux must have been able to yield extraordinary amounts of motion to the stars’ matter or to that of the UFOs!

      Then came the transition to experimental verification.

      Experimental realizations:

      Claude Poher succeeded in creating a ceramic material that, when kept at very low temperatures such as liquid nitrogen and then submitted to a very high current at high voltage (current of 1000 Amps and 1000 V) accelerated the electrons within it and thus produced a flux of Universons. He would rightfully call it a Universons’ transmitter.

      These Universons have been used to show:

      •  the acceleration of matter in the flux of Universons regardless of the masking effect and the number of elements stacked up in the flux of Universons itself, which showed that Universons do indeed go through matter over great distances without a problem and really generates a movement within it. Matter was accelerated to amazing levels (several hundreds or thousands of g force). Fortunately, the acceleration only lasts a short time, yet over two microseconds it can generate a force equivalent to several hundred grams, even exceeding a kilogram.

      Evidence of his theory: 

      Other than the experiments that unequivocally validate his theory, as an astrophysicist, Claude Poher has shown that his theory solves a lot of the astronomical mysteries that we know of today:

      • the slowing down of the Pioneer probes once they exit our solar system,
      • the missing mass of the universe, which is non-existent (what’s truly missing from our theory are the Universons),
      •  The unexplained acceleration of pieces of spiral galaxies according to their distance in the center,
      • and many other points, which I did not address.

      Poher created the GEPAN when he was working at CNES, and it’s because he developed an interest in the propulsion system of UFOs that he worked on his anti-gravity theory. µHe also goes over the many known phenomena caused by UFOs — car breakdowns, paralyzing effect on people, sudden acceleration of UFOs, and how the Universons’ technology simply allows the nullification of inertia on board a spaceship moving with the flux of Universons, etc…

      But another strange enigma remains for which we have no answer today: Our Extraterrestrial visitors challenge the General Theory of Relativity!

      Astronomers assert that the star nearest to the sun (proxima in the Centaurus constellation) is 4.24 light-years. Thus our visitors come from very, very, far and manage to return within the time frame compatible with their life expectancy.

      In the second Message, Rael gives a summary of the contact he had on October 7, 1975, and describes his 24-hour journey on the planet of the Eternals. A journey he estimates to have lasted less than an hour… Since this planet cannot be located in our solar system, we have here a confirmation that their traveling speed is very different from everything we know, including the speed of light.
      The General Theory of Relativity in its current interpretation is thus being challenged!!! If this theory proved to be true, the relativistic constraints of the contraction of time would make communication impossible (several years at a speed close to that of light would correspond to several centuries on earth)

      Exotic assumptions can be proposed. We can imagine that there is no material displacement but only transfer of information. The genetic code and memory bank of individuals could be transferred and then reconstituted at destination?

      But the transport of the information should still circulate thousands of times faster than the speed of light. This topic is so far ahead from what we know and the only indisputable conclusion we can come up with is that we just don’t know!!!

      The presence, for thousands of years, of extraterrestrial ships flying in our proximity must incite us to change our paradigms. Yes, they are out there and it’s not a matter of believing, but more about having a minimum amount of common sense to understand…

      Their inconspicuous but permanent presence is also a key element that confirms the Raelian Messages given both in 1973 and 1975 to the one these visitors named Raël. Many have not yet taken the time to try to understand…

      The diffused energetic environment and the anti-gravitation techniques will soon be available to us, but the best goes alongside with the worst. This undertaking can lead to the development and well-being of humanity, but it can also accelerate its destruction. Individuals without a conscience having access to an omnipresent and inexhaustible source of energy can build weapons capable of destroying all of humanity.

      Marcel Terrusse

      Bibliography

      “Gravitation, Universons, energy of the future » C.Poher 2003 du Rocher edition (ISBN 2 268 04789).

      “Gravitation and Universons”Claude Poher 2016 ebook version at http://www.universons.com/

      The Messages that will change your life: http://rael.org/home

      http://www.etupdates.com/ }

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      03-04-2017
      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Running away from Einstein

      Running away from Einstein

      Einstein’s theory of gravity may have to be rewritten, after researchers at the University of St Andrews found a gigantic ring of galaxies darting away from us much faster than predicted.

      This 10 million light year-wide ring made up of small galaxies is expanding rapidly like a mini Big Bang. The team believe our neighbouring galaxy, Andromeda, once flew past our own Galaxy at close range, creating a sling-shot of several small galaxies.

      andromeda-galaxy-mainbody

      Dr Hongsheng Zhao, Reader in the School of Physics and Astronomy and co-author of the paper, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Oxford University Press, said: “If Einstein’s Gravity were correct, our Galaxy would never come close enough to Andromeda to scatter anything that fast.”

      If true, the discovery would force a new understanding of gravity and about our cosmos, as such a galactic flyby only makes sense if gravity weakens more slowly as galaxies drift apart than mainstream thinking suggests.

      Indranil Banik, the PhD student who led the study, said: “The ring-like distribution is very peculiar. These small galaxies are like a string of raindrops flung out from a spinning umbrella. I found there is barely a 1 in 640 chance for randomly distributed galaxies to line up in the observed way. I traced their origin to a dynamical event when the Universe was only half its present age.”

      This tsunami-like wake in the sky was likely stirred up by a near-miss of the speeding Andromeda galaxy with our own Galaxy, the Milky Way. The two massive galaxies always orbited each other in a plane and would have scattered dwarf galaxies in their paths, perhaps explaining why the speeding dwarfs are in a plane also containing the Milky Way and Andromeda.

      Mr Banik added: “In Einstein’s gravity paradigm, hypothetical dark matter is always invoked. Such a high speed requires 60 times the mass we see in the stars of the Milky Way and Andromeda. However, the friction between their huge halos of dark matter would result in them merging rather than flying 2.5 million light years apart, as they must have done.”

      “Science progresses through challenges,” said Marcel Pawlowski, a Hubble Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, who prompted Mr Banik’s discovery. “Together with two other known planes of closer-in satellites, this gigantic ring forms a serious challenge to the standard paradigm.”

      Dr Zhao is currently applying for a UK Science and Technology Facilities Council grant to follow up this work with detailed simulations of the origin of the ring and our neighbouring galaxies in alternative gravity; this funding body currently supports Mr Banik.


      Image caption: A present-day near-miss of two spiral galaxies NGC 5426 and NGC 5427, which may be comparable to the early flyby of the Andromeda Galaxy past our own Milky Way. Courtesy of © Gemini Image Gallery.

      ARP atlas of peculiar galaxies shows the similar spiral pairs NGC 3395/3396, NGC 4485/4490 and NGC 6050/IC1179.

      Background information
      Dynamical history of the local group in ΛCDM slowromancapii@ - including external perturbers in 3D is published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Oxford University Press.

      Anisotropic distribution of high velocity galaxies in the local group by the same authors is under review.

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      03-04-2017 om 23:56 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Einsteins zwaartekrachttheorie moet mogelijk worden herschreven
      Einsteins zwaartekrachttheorie moet mogelijk worden herschreven

      Einsteins zwaartekrachttheorie moet mogelijk worden herschreven

      Einsteins zwaartekrachttheorie moet mogelijk worden herschreven. Onderzoekers van de Universiteit van St Andrews in Schotland hebben namelijk een gigantische groep sterrenstelsels gevonden die veel sneller van ons af bewegen dan voorspeld.

      Deze cluster van kleine sterrenstelsels, die een doorsnee heeft van 10 miljoen lichtjaar, dijt in rap tempo uit.

      Het onderzoeksteam denkt dat buurstelsel Andromeda ooit langs ons eigen sterrenstelsel is gevlogen en daarbij diverse kleine sterrenstelsels de ruimte in heeft gekatapulteerd.

      Regendruppels

      “Als Einsteins zwaartekrachttheorie klopte, zou ons sterrenstelsel nooit dicht genoeg bij Andromeda in de buurt komen om iets met zo’n grote snelheid weg te schieten,” zei coauteur dr. Hongsheng Zhao.

      Als de ontdekking klopt moeten we op een andere manier gaan kijken naar de zwaartekracht en onze kosmos.

      “Deze kleine sterrenstelsels zien eruit als regendruppels die van een ronddraaiende paraplu zijn geslingerd,” zei hoofdonderzoeker Indranil Banik.

      Twee mogelijkheden

      “De kans dat willekeurig verspreide sterrenstelsels bij toeval zo’n patroon vormen is 1 op 640,” voegde hij toe.

      Gedacht wordt dat de Melkweg en Andromeda altijd om elkaar heen draaiden en dwergstelsels daarbij de ruimte inslingerden.

      Volgens Zhao en zijn team zijn er twee mogelijkheden: Einsteins theorie klopt en er moet een andere verklaring zijn voor het feit dat de sterrenstelsels zo snel van ons af bewegen of ons huidige zwaartekrachtmodel moet worden herzien.

      Op de schop

      Vorig jaar publiceerde natuurkundige Erik Verlinde een nieuwe theorie over de zwaartekracht, die een doorbraak zou kunnen betekenen in de natuurkunde.

      “Onze gangbare ideeën over ruimte, tijd en de zwaartekracht moeten hoognodig op de schop,” zei hij.

      “We weten al heel lang dat Einsteins theorie van de zwaartekracht niet door één deur kan met de kwantummechanica.”

      Het onderzoek is verschenen in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

      [University of St Andrews]

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ze spreken van ‘de ontwaking’: Australische vrouw ‘deelt boodschappen van aliens’
      Ze spreken van 'de ontwaking': Australische vrouw 'deelt boodschappen van aliens'

      Ze spreken van ‘de ontwaking’: Australische vrouw ‘deelt boodschappen van aliens’

      De Australische Kerrie-Ann Thornton (37) zegt te communiceren met aliens. Ze dient naar eigen zeggen de ‘Greys’, een ‘vreedzaam buitenaards volk’, schrijft nieuwssite News.com.au.

      Thornton zegt ook contact te hebben met andere buitenaardse rassen, waaronder de Draconians, Reptilians, Anunnaki en Illuminati.

      Het doel van het praten met buitenaardsen is volgens haar dat de wezens op die manier boodschappen over mensen en dieren kunnen doorgeven om ons te helpen.

      Ze spreken van ‘de Ontwaking’, aldus Thornton.

      Derde oog

      Ze claimt al bijna een decennium op telepathische wijze te communiceren met aliens. Die nemen haar lichaam over en delen vervolgens belangrijke boodschappen, schrijft de site.

      Volgens Thornton is Kate Middleton, de gemalin van prins William, half Draconian, half mens en heeft Trump banden met de Illuminati.

      Ze vertelt aan News.com.au dat ze de aliens ziet door haar ‘derde oog en haar fysieke ogen’.

      Zeldzame DNA

      Greys zijn ongeveer twee meter lang, zijn erg gespierd en hebben grote hoofden, zwarte ogen, een kleine neus en kleine mond, zei Thornton.

      Ze denkt dat ze met aliens kan communiceren vanwege haar ‘zeldzame DNA’ of omdat het haar niet interesseert wat anderen van haar denken.

      De Australische verwacht dat aliens zich de komende weken of maanden zullen laten zien aan de wereld.

      Geen kwade bedoelingen

      “Ze wachten niet op overheden om hun bestaan te erkennen en gaan het zelf doen,” zei ze.

      Aliens willen mensen volgens haar laten weten dat ze geen kwade bedoelingen hebben.

      [News.com.au]

      03-04-2017 om 23:43 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.‘Aliens use my body’: Sydney-based medium claims to communicate with extraterrestrials

      ‘Aliens use my body’: Sydney-based medium claims to communicate with extraterrestrials

      Megan Palinnews.com.au@megan_palin

      THE first time was "terrifying”.

      Former nurse Kerrie-Ann Thornton, 37, says her first alleged encounter with an extraterrestrial took place when a dark figure suddenly appeared from the back seat of her car as she was driving on a Sydney highway.

      “From then on it kept happening,” she tells news.com.au.

      “It made my life hell until I actually learned to communicate with them and then it settled down. “And eight years later here we are.”

      Ms Thornton now dedicates her life to serving ‘the greys’ — a “peaceful alien species” she claims to have a contract with. As a self professed psychic medium and telepathic communicator, she says she also has contact with other alleged “alien races” including the Draconians, Reptilians, Annunaki and Illuminati. Ms Thornton, from Harrington Park, is one of thousands of people around the world who believe in the existence of these so-called extraterrestrial creatures which she claims talk directly to her.

      She says the purpose of the communications is so the aliens can pass on messages about living and dead people and animals to “help us”.

      While some people might call Ms Thornton and her beliefs crazy, she insists she, and they, are not.

      “If you want to call me crazy, or I’m just making things up, or an attention seeker, go right ahead,” Ms Thornton says.

      “It’s not my business.

      “My job and my business is to deliver messages for the ET’s ... it’s up to you what you do with those messages.”

      About 12 people, men and women, pay a $20 entry fee and file into the small function room to watch Ms Thornton become possessed by aliens and deliver messages to them on a sunny Sunday afternoon in March.

      They meet in an old country-style motel, tucked behind a used car sales business in Campbelltown, on the outskirts of western Sydney.

      “You are invited to ask questions about anything, the ET’s themselves, life, the universe, etc and the ET’s will answer all questions,” a pamphlet advertising the seminar reads.

      No “security sensitive” questions are allowed. It’s in the best interests of the human race, Ms Thornton says.

      It’s the first time Ms Thornton has attempted to lend her mind, body and soul to the aliens she claims to have been communicating with telepathically and in person for almost a decade. She says the aliens will today possess her to deliver important messages to earthlings.

      She says she has been preparing her body “mentally, spiritually and physically” for this moment for seven years.

      She warns that “everyone will be running for the door” in the second half of her seminar when she becomes possessed or if the aliens decide to appear in the room.

      “I’m told they’re going to put on a big show,” she tells news.com.au.

      “They’re calling it ‘the Awakening’. They’re going to make a statement.

      “I won’t remember the second half after it’s happened.”

      Guests are told there is nothing to fear and advised not to be alarmed if they “feel something touch (their) shoulder” or if the medium starts levitating.

      “There are 30 plus ET’s in this room right now ... invisible,” Ms Thornton says.

      “They’re invisible.”

      John Farnham’s ‘You’re the Voice’ starts playing on a small radio at the front of the room. Ms Thornton looks at guests in the front row and tells them: “not my choice”.

      “You ready guys?’ she asks the invisible ET’s.

      Psychic medium and telepathic communicator Kerrie-Ann Thornton.

      Psychic medium and telepathic communicator Kerrie-Ann Thornton.

      Source:news.com.au

      MESSAGES FROM “INVISIBLE ETs”

      Ms Thornton starts the seminar by giving audience members individual readings she says come directly from the other worldly entities.

      She tells one audience member that her dead grey cat didn’t like the Whiskers meat she fed it and would have preferred the Kitekat brand.

      Another woman is asked who “the young child who fell out of a tree and broke their arm” was. She says she has no idea who the psychic is talking about.

      Ms Thornton tells another woman that one of the aliens recommends she buys some lotto tickets.

      “I had a dream about that last night,” the woman says.

      “I will definitely buy some now.”

      The guests all appear to share Ms Thornton’s beliefs and that she’s psychic and cling onto every words she says.

      She tells a young woman in the audience she was a medieval princess in a past life who now has healing abilities.

      “I can feel it when she hugs me as it’s warm,” the girl’s friend tells the group.

      Another guest is asked if she has an older brother.

      “Yes,” the guest says.

      Ms Thornton: “When he was your age was there a car accident not him but could be close friend or family.

      “The person driving the other car wants to say he’s really sorry and wants to say it was his fault and please accept his apology.

      “He didn’t mean to cause harm was young and dumb.”

      The woman she's addressing says this is the first she’s ever heard about her brother being involved in a car accident.

      “Who likes fish? Ms Thornton asks the crowd.

      No one answers.

      Ms Thornton: “Gold fish?”

      Silence.

      Ms Thornton: “Tropical fish?”

      One woman raises her hand: “My brother,” she says.

      Ms Thornton: “Tell him to keep a check on thermometer as it’s faulty and you’ll wake up with fried fish.”

      She then turns her attention to another young woman in the audience.

      Ms Thornton: “You’re having internet trouble.”

      Guest: “No.”

      Ms Thornton: “OK it might be coming. Just watch your internet server, (the provider is) going through issues.”

      After a short break, tea and biscuits, the second half of the seminar gets underway. This is where things are expected to get especially interesting as Ms Thornton attempts to allow aliens to take over her body. It’s the moment guests were warned they might run for the door. She takes a swig of water and shakes her hands like an athlete preparing to compete. She stares intently at the ground, awaiting for something phenomenal to take hold. Nothing happens. So she fills the time instead by relaying second-hand messages from the alleged aliens.

      Psychic medium and telepathic communicator Kerrie-Ann Thornton stares intently at the ground as she attempts to become possessed by aliens she says she’s in contact with.

      Psychic medium and telepathic communicator Kerrie-Ann Thornton stares intently at the ground as she attempts to become possessed by aliens she says she’s in contact with.

      Source:news.com.au

      TRUMP, KATE & WILL, AND THE QUEEN

      Talk turns to celebrities, royals and politicians and which of them are supposedly aliens or hybrids.

      “Is Queen Elizabeth a clone?” one guest asks.

      Ms Thornton: “No, she’s not.”

      But the same can’t be said for Kate Middleton, according to Ms Thornton.

      “She is a draconian hybrid, half woman, half, they’re 10ft tall T-Rex type thing,” she says.

      “She’s in the right place to seize power.

      “They’ve designed her specifically to be in that position.”

      Ms Thornton says the suggestion that the “Queen and Trump are shape shifters is rubbish”.

      “They’re not aliens,” she says.

      “Trump has no interest in Americans.

      “His only interest is gaining technology, gaining power, gaining money and wanting to take over the world, and this is driven by his ties to Putin and the Illuminati.”

      A member of the audience raises his hand.

      “What is Pauline Hanson?” he asks.

      Ms Thornton: “A few people have said she’s an alien but she is not. She is someone with morals and integrity.”

      U.S. President Donald Trump is not an alien, according to Kerrie-Ann Thornton. AP Photo/Files)

      U.S. President Donald Trump is not an alien, according to Kerrie-Ann Thornton.

      AP Photo/Files)

      Source:AP

      Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is part alien hybrid, according to Sydney psychic medium Kerrie-Ann Thornton. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images.

      Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is part alien hybrid, according to Sydney psychic medium Kerrie-Ann Thornton.

      Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images.

      Source:Getty Images

      ‘WHY I WAS CHOSEN’

      Ms Thornton tells news.com.au she sees the aliens through her “third eye and physical eyes”.

      She describes the “typical grey” as being about seven foot tall with “large heads, black eyes, small nose and mouth, skinny necks, long slender bodies and very muscular”.

      Ms Thornton also claims to have twice been impregnated by aliens on their “space buses”. She says she miscarried several months into each pregnancy.

      She believes she was given the ability to communicate with aliens because of her “rare DNA”.

      “It’s something not many people have,” she says.

      “And another possibility is that I don’t care what people think. I will do my job regardless of what people think of me.”

      Ms Thornton’s mother, who also attends the seminar, supports her claims.

      “Her DNA is special,” her mother tells inquisitive guests.

      ‘THE ALIENS ARE COMING’

      As the three and a half-hour session comes to a close it becomes apparent Ms Thornton’s attempt to become possessed by aliens has not worked. Not today. Her seven years of training for the moment has apparently all been in vain.

      “I think they have not done that because they have not got their message across,” she tells news.com.au.

      “People have understood why they’re here and their messages and I believe that they would have done a possession if people did not believe, if they were challenging what they said.”

      News.com.au reminds Ms Thornton that many sceptics will read this story and not believe her claims.

      But according to Ms Thornton, that doesn’t matter because all will be revealed later this year.

      “They will be showing themselves in the next couple of weeks and months,” she says.

      “To everybody. To the world.

      “They’re not waiting for the government to disclose their existence they’re going to do it themselves.”

      She says the aliens “want people to know when they come they’re not here to harm anyone”.

      “They believe that the earth is dying and that we have to go somewhere.”

      So what are they waiting for?

      “That’s a good question and I have asked them repeatedly that during the afternoon,” Ms Thornton says.

      “They just didn’t want to.”

      http://www.news.com.au/ }

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      Prescott Lights: UFOs over the First Territorial Capital

      Phoenix Lights, 1997.

      Public domain

      Phoenix Lights, 1997.

      Al Bates

      On the evening of March 13, 1997, widely scattered reports came in from across Arizona—including Prescott, Prescott Valley and Dewey-Humboldt—of mysterious lights crossing the sky. This phenomenon, now popularly called “The Phoenix Lights,” is still a topic of controversy.

      Official explanations—including military flares and Air Force night exercises—leave too many questions for the many who prefer to classify the sightings as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). And there were numerous eyewitness accounts that tracked the lights from the Prescott Basin rapidly travelling south toward Phoenix and beyond to Tucson. One eyewitness report from the Phoenix area was made by Arizona’s then-Governor Fife Symington.

      But this was not the Prescott area’s only experience with unexplained aerial phenomena. Prescott’s Granite Mountain had a previous brush with another mysterious event on a warm evening over a century earlier. That event was recorded by Daniel Ellis Conner, who was noteworthy as a member of the famed Walker Party and as an early member of the Territorial Legislature and member of the surveying team that laid out the Prescott town site.

      Connor’s tale (lightly edited for punctuation) follows:

      “On a warm night in 1865, whilst in company of three or four others, in the town of Prescott at or about midnight, my attention was called by someone present, to an unusual appearance northwest toward Granite Mountain . . . It was an exceedingly large transient, luminous body and it was slowly and steadily moving toward the west. It was light and brilliant and seemed to have been suspended in the atmosphere at an equal height of Granite Mountain, the summit of which the meteoric phenomenon appeared to be slowly approaching.

      “Like a full moon suspended in the heavens amongst the passing clouds, it gave us ample time to observe its steady course. As it appeared to approach the summit of this mountain eight miles distant, it began to color into an increasing shade of pink, thence to a deep burning passionate red and then burst into a thousand fragments like a bomb-shell against the summit of the mountain and went out. Presently there came upon the night air the deep tone of an explosion, like the low tone of a distant cannon once exploded and then silent . . .

      photo

      Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum

      Daniel E. Conner, c.1870s. Call number PO-1961P

      “I should have thought that we might have been mistaken as to distance in the night, as it was, had not other parties four miles below Prescott and four miles nearer, described it just as we saw and heard it. Its reality thus became the strangest part of it. It may have arisen from the bed of the lake, which has been described previously [by Conner] as lying at the eastern foot of Granite Mountain and subsequently drained. This single instance of any meteoric discovery in Arizona was the only one I ever saw of or heard of in that country and the largest I ever heard of existing in any country.”

      Born in Kentucky and trained as a civil engineer at Hanover College, Indiana, before seeking his fortune in the western mine fields, Conner probably rates well as a reliable observer of natural phenomena, although he was lacking in knowledge of extensive impacts on the Earth from outer space such as Arizona’s then-unknown Meteor Crater.

      What did Conner and others see that night? It certainly was not “military flares” or Air Force exercises. And this was a long time before UFOs and Extraterrestrials came into the popular lexicon. If the explosion he observed was a meteorite, there may be traces left behind for some adventurous soul to find near Granite Mountain. Until then Conner’s sighting will remain an intriguing but unexplained episode from Arizona’s territorial past.

      Conner’s account of the Granite Mountain sighting is contained in his posthumously published book called Joseph Reddeford [sic] Walker and the Arizona Adventure.

      “Days Past” is a collaborative project of the Sharlot Hall Museum and the Prescott Corral of Westerners International (www.prescottcorral.org). This and other Days Past articles are also available at www.sharlot.org/library-archives/days-past. The public is encouraged to submit proposed articles to dayspastshmcourier@gmail.com. Please contact SHM Library & Archives reference desk at 928-445-3122 Ext. 14, or via email at dayspastshmcourier@gmail.com for information.

      More like this story

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      More than a dozen UFOs seen in Mississauga, Brampton in 2016: report

      Canadian UFO Survey shows there were 1,131 sightings across country

      SIDEBAR

      Other Peel UFO sightings:

      Brampton, March 17, 4:15 a.m. — "hovering light in the sky, like a star;"

      Mississauga, April 22, 11:50 p.m. — "light in the sky moving fast in a sweeping motion;"

      Mississauga, May 30, 11:05 p.m. — "disc-shaped object with white lights around its edges, non-blinking, moving slowly;"

      Brampton, June 29, 6:27 p.m. — "strange parts of a cloud. Nothing unusual noted by MUFON;"

      Mississauga, July 15, 10:45 p.m. — "bright light flying in a fast straight path before making a 90 degree turn and disappearing;"

      Mississauga, Aug. 8, no time listed — "disc-shaped object seen in photograph after being taken;"

      Mississauga, Aug. 10, 10:30 p.m. — "white light with red and blue around its edge;"

      Mississauga, Oct. 4, 5:15 p.m. — "large object observed through window during the day;"

      Mississauga, Nov. 1, 8:15 p.m. — "large green object falling in the sky;"

      Mississauga, Nov. 1, 8:15 p.m. — "giant object fell from sky;"

      Mississauga, Nov. 4, 5:22 a.m. — "two lights approached, stopped, moved west and vanished;"

      Mississauga, Dec. 10, 7 p.m. — "triangular formation of lights stationary in sky;"

      Mississauga, Dec. 29, 7:29 p.m. — "Saturn-shaped object with flashing lights passed by window"

      Mississauga News

      Look to the skies in Mississauga and Brampton and who knows what you will see — it might even be a UFO.

      According to the recently released 2016 Canadian UFO Survey, which is an annual report compiled by the Canadian organization Ufology Research, there were 13 unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings in Mississauga last year and three in Brampton.

      There are reports that in Brampton on April 23 around 9 p.m. there was a "V-shaped light moving around slightly in the same area changing colours" while in Mississauga near Pearson International Airport on Nov. 4 around 5:22 a.m. there was a report of "two bright lights, one red, one white, seeming to approach (and) slow almost to a stop (before) then suddenly departing."

      Across the country, there were 1,131 UFO sightings in 2016. That's a drop from the 1,267 reported the previous year.

      Nine of the Mississauga sightings were said to have had insufficient information to make a determination on what they were, according to the survey, while three were listed as having possible or probable explanations while one was categorized as unexplained.

      The unexplained incident happened Nov. 16 around 6:10 p.m. and involved a "flat object with lights at each end pulsating and reversing direction, flying at high speed."

      In Brampton, two were said to have possible or probable explanations and the other was deemed insufficient.

      Across the country, 21 per cent of last year's reports were considered to have probable explanations while 74 per cent were insufficient, which was a big reversal from the previous year's report where 66 per cent were probable and 20 per cent considered insufficient. The report notes that's because of a "more rigorous evaluation process" this year.

      About four per cent were considered unexplained, which the report says is the lowest in its 28 years, but does note that classification doesn't imply alien visitation.

      "Each case may still have an explanation following further investigation. And, of those that remain unexplained, they may (stay) unexplained but still are not incontrovertible proof of extraterrestrial intervention or some mysterious natural phenomenon," reads the report.

      Only 1.5 per cent were categorized as explained, the lowest amount since 1992.

      In 2015, there were nine UFO sightings in Mississauga and 11 in Brampton.

      The report found the majority of sightings came in June, July and August (about 37.7 per cent) and most were reported as lights in the sky (54.9 per cent). In terms of cities, Montreal reported the most (73) while Vancouver (70) and Toronto (65) were a close second and third.

      Some of the shapes seen in the reports were triangle, ball, cigar, fireball and the classic flying saucer (which was reported 48 times or about five per cent of the total sightings).

      The annual survey compiles UFO sightings across Canada that are reported to a number of sources, including the Mutual UFO Network.

      Some of the more unusual highlights of the report include a sighting from Cornwall, Prince Edward Island on Jan. 10 where a "thin, six-foot-tall long-fingered white alien in a black suit appeared in (a) bedroom. The witness spoke to the alien, which then left by walking through a wall."

      Another from Tecumseh, Ontario on Jan. 12 stated that the witness "reported that an alien entity was responsible for stealing his sunglasses, belt and silver possessions. Later, the witness produced a photograph in which he thought a 'rip in space and time' could be seen."

      To read the report, visit survey.canadianuforeport.com.

      http://www.mississauga.com/mississauga-on/ }

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Where UFOs Are Scarce

      Where UFOs Are Scarce

      Columnist Cheryl Costa discusses where UFO sightings are few and far between

      This has been a week to remember. This past week, after about 16 months of research, compiling and writing, our efforts culminated in the publishing of our UFO Sightings Desk Reference: United States of America 2001-2015.

      Since the publication went live last weekend, social media and news media in the West Coast went wild with the news that California is the No. 1 state for UFO sightings. Of course, near and dear to our hearts, New York state is No. 6.

      What also has happened has been piles of requests for information about UFO sighting totals for specific counties in specific states. People want to know where their hometown county ranked with 3,027 other counties in the United States. While we didn’t publish that ranking in our book, we did include the individual county total.

      Of course, what has been interesting is how people seem to want bragging rights that their home county has more UFO sightings than others. The common theme in this scenario is everybody wanting to be in a county with high numbers of UFO sightings. Who could blame them?

      As a UFO researcher and statistical investigator, to me the topic of high concentrations of UFO sighting reports is indeed very important. You’d be amazed at where people assume all the sightings are. Most people are way off.

      But as investigators, we looked not only looked at the high concentration areas but also where the UFOs tend to not be. You might ask: What’s the rock bottom county with the least sightings? Actually, there are 300 of the 3,027 counties in the United States.  This means 300 counties in USA reported only one UFO sighting each between 2001-2015.

      These one-sighting counties encompass 42 of 50 states. Thirteen states had more than 10 of these one-hit wonders and they rank like this: Texas: 32; New England: 22; Kansas: 18; Virginia: 15; Georgia: 14; San Diego: 14; Minnesota: 12; Missouri: 12; North Dakota: 11; Oklahoma: 11; Iowa: 10; Illinois: 10; Kentucky: 10.

      We think it is telling where these sighting aren’t occurring. Deep down we suspect that the reasons are very different than the high-density areas.

      https://www.syracusenewtimes.com/ }

      03-04-2017 om 22:49 geschreven door peter  

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      Alien sightings REVEALED in shock report on UFO hotspot

      A REVEALING report has lifted the lid on unexplained sightings last year in UFO hotspot Canada.

      SpaceX rocket captures THREE UFOs 'in formation'

      Manitoba-based Ufology Research, which has conducted a Canadian UFO Survey since 1989, said there had been 1,131 sightings in 2016.

      There are some incredible alien sightings described in the report – from a naughty thief to another who walks through a wall.

      Ontario had the most sightings at 26.3% while British Columbia had 17.2%.

      UFO and aliens spotted in 2016

      GETTY

      SIGHTINGS: There were an incredible amount of UFO and aliens spotted in 2016

      UFOLOGY RESEARCH

      Some of these cases are extremely close indeed

      Canadian UFO Survey 2016

      Quebec had the most UFO reports in 2016 at 38.5%.

      The report says: “This is because Quebec currently has several civilian UFO groups, all with active public awareness campaigns and thus receiving substantial media attention.”

      And it says the high number of sightings is significant, adding: "This data clearly contradicts comments by those who would assert that UFOs are a ‘passing fad’ or that UFO sightings are decreasing in number."

      It’s the alien sightings that make the most interesting reading.

      On January 10 in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, a man reported that "a thin, six-foot-tall, long-fingered, white alien in a black suit" appeared in his bedroom.

      He spoke to the alien which left by walking through a wall.

      Meanwhile in Quebec, on the same night, a person was transported in a flash of white light to a bathtub.

      There he encountered "three green, big-eyed humanoid creatures who communicated with him telepathically”.

      He claims he then suddenly found himself at home four hours later with scratches on his body and his eye colour had changed.

      Another cheeky alien two days later was reported to be responsible for “stealing a man’s sunglasses, belt and silver possessions”.

      And later he claimed a photo showed a rip in time and space.

      The report ends by saying: "Close encounter cases are definitely in the minority, but some of these cases are extremely close indeed."

      http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

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      UFO experts believe live feed from SpaceX Satellite launch mysteriously cut 'due to mystery objects'

      It is not the first time a live feed has been dropped and conspiracy theorist believe it was deliberate to allow the UFOs to get off the screen

      BY 

      UFO experts have revealed at least three white objects were spotted on a live feed of a rocket launch - seconds before it was pulled mysteriously from TV screens.

      The UFOs were seen by at least 20 observers who have now shared their concerns online.

      Cameras were filming at the launch of SpaceX Satellite at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

      But it seems the live feed of the launch was cut at the exact time UFOs were seen on the screen, leading some to think the timing of the change of screen to that of a map was deliberate.

      The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket mission SES-10 blasts off carrying a commercial communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center 

      The clip was brought to the attention of SecureTeam10 , a group of UFO experts, who investigate the footage and share their findings online.

      Secureteam's Tyler said: "This was sent over to me on by at least 20 people who saw this and said 'woah'.

      "These are not stars and in no other part of this footage will you see stars."

      The UFOs travelled across the top of the screen

      He adds: "They immediately cut to this animated tracking system, for a few moments, almost as if they are giving it just enough time, for this UFO to move out of sight, before they immediately cut back to the fed of the rocket."

      The SpaceX Satellite launch took place on Thursday at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre. The 23-storey rocket lifted off at 6.27pm local time.

      The animated map which Nasa switched to

      It is not the first time a live feed has been cut.

      Earlier this year Nasa's live feed stopped as 'six large UFOs' crept past International Space Station leading conspiracy theorists to again think it was a deliberate action.

      http://www.mirror.co.uk/ }

      03-04-2017 om 22:30 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.SpaceX Satellite launch live feed suddenly CUT over ‘mysterious triangle-shaped UFO'

      SpaceX Satellite launch live feed suddenly CUT over ‘mysterious triangle-shaped UFO'

      THE live feed of the launch of the SpaceX Satellite was cut deliberately to avoid UFOs being caught on screen, so alien experts have claimed.

      Cameras were filming the launch of the SpaceX rocket at Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA but the live feed of event was mysteriously pulled after at least three white objects were spotted, according to keen-eyed watchers who claim it was pulled deliberately.

      The launch was successful but alien enthusiasts spotted something odd on the on-board cameras.

      The video shows a part of the rocket with a backdrop of complete darkness.

      SpaceX launch

      EPA

      SpaceX launched last week

      Suddenly, in the top right of the shot appear four bright lights – moving at the same speed in similar positions.

      After just a few seconds of showing the orbs, the feed is switched to an animated tracker of the rocket.

      The UFO team known as SecureTeam10 investigated the footage after several people sent in the film and asked them to examine the film.

      Secureteam's Tyler Glockner said: "This was sent over to me on by at least 20 people who saw this and said 'woah'.

      "These are not stars and in no other part of this footage will you see stars."

      He added: "They immediately cut to this animated tracking system, for a few moments, almost as if they are giving it just enough time, for this UFO to move out of sight, before they immediately cut back to the fed of the rocket.

      SpaceX satellited was launched last week

      Getty

      The SpaceX satellite launch was a success

      “You can clearly see we have a formation of three reflective objects – making up this triangular shape.”

      The launch of the commercial satellite took place last Thursday (March 30) at the Kennedy Space Centre at 6.27pm local time.

      Earlier this year Nasa’s live feed of the International Space Station was mysteriously cut after, as some claimed, “six large UFOs” flew past.

      The launch of the satellite was a historic moment as it was the first successful launch of reusable booster rockets.

      Historically rockets have fallen into the ocean after use, resulting in the loss of a machine costing tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to build.

      03-04-2017 om 22:11 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.UFO Seen Over Ireland Could Be Evidence That Leprechauns May Be Aliens, March 2017, UFO Sighting News.

      UFO Seen Over Ireland Could Be Evidence That Leprechauns May Be Aliens, March 2017, UFO Sighting News.

      Date of sighting: March 29, 2017
      Location of sighting:  Carlow, Ireland
      News source: 
      This UFO was seen last week in Ireland and the shape of the disk is beautiful. As you see from the enlarged screenshot above, this is no cloud. This is a metallic disk, which has more similarities to tens of thousands of UFO reports more than it has to any cloud. 
       
      Coincidence...I think not, because think about the old Irish stories about little green men...they call leprechauns  Were they leprechauns or were they really just aliens? You have to tie together the patters, not just in UFO reports, but historic events, folklore and cultural traditions.
      Scott C. Waring
      News states: 
      IT was a case for Mulder and Scully, or maybe just for a weatherman last Saturday, as a UFO-like cloud hung ominously over Carlow. The mysterious, striking-looking cloud caused widespread panic among locals, although panic can come in different forms – in this case, mild curiosity and a Facebook post. Greg MacLennan and his wife from Carlow town were out for a drive on Saturday evening when they spotted the large, dark, stationery cloud near Carlow Train Station. “It was very odd,” said Greg. “All the other clouds were very high and light like a cirrus type of cloud. This was totally one of its own. Me and my wife were both thinking it’s very odd. It was just sticking out like an eyesore, if you know what I mean. We were saying that ‘it looks like a UFO, doesn’t it’, or something was hiding inside of it, like camouflage! ‘UFO clouds’ are another name that’s given for this particular cloud.” Greg considers himself open-minded but, disappointingy for The Nationalist, did not believe these were UFOs. Although, he could well be in denial. A sober, rational assessment would indicate that it was a lenticular type of cloud, according to Greg. “They usually form over mountains. It has to do with the warm air that moves up from the base of the mountain. Sometimes they form when there is low pressure on the way.” However, sober assessments are no fun and The Nationalist prefers the idea of camouflaged UFOs watching us do a shop at Aldi.

      {http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

      03-04-2017 om 21:54 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Massive Shadow Passing The ISS In NASA Video

      Massive Shadow Passing The ISS In NASA Video

      nasa-ufos

      Conspiracy theorists have claimed that an alien mothership was recorded on video flying past NASA’s International Space Station.

      The footage shows a black nothingness and part of the space station. Moments later, the dark part of the scene starts to get lighter for no apparent reason, except for a circular object flying past the station.

      As the shadow is lifted, the dark outlook continues to get lighter and lighter.

      In a caption of a YouTube video that made the rounds online, the uploader says that he is not certain whether the mysterious massive thing is a mothership or some kind of an alien spacecraft. However, he seems to be so sure that it does not look something usual.

      The video was posted to the video-sharing site on Saturday, March 19. The uploader notes the shadow is coming across the picture as the UFO moves across.

      Some viewers believe the video shows evidence of alien life, saying that the UFO is an ET mothership. Others are skeptical, suggesting that the so-called mothership is just the filter in the camera moving out of the screen. There are also who think that the anomaly is simply the sun’s light coming around.

      One viewer believes a large unknown object is completely obscuring the background.

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      03-04-2017 om 21:47 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Red Planet versus Dead Planet: Scientists Debate Next Destination for Astronauts in Space

      Red Planet versus Dead Planet: Scientists Debate Next Destination for Astronauts in Space

      Red Planet versus Dead Planet: Scientists Debate Next Destination for Astronauts in Space
      Where in the solar system will humans go next? NASA and private industry are mulling whether astronauts should first go back to the moon—or instead voyage directly to Mars. A near-Earth asteroid could be a third possible destination for near-future human missions.
      Credit: NASA

      THE WOODLANDS, Texas—Should the U.S. send humans back to the moon in a 21st-century reboot of the cold war–era Apollo program … or should the nation go full-throttle and for the gusto, sending crews to all the way to Mars, where none have gone before? U.S. scientists and policy makers have grappled ad nauseam with America's next great otherworldly destination for decades, without making much meaningful progress. Now that it is approaching a half-century since an American — or anyone at all, for that matter — last left low Earth orbit, the debate seems lost in space.

      Soon that shall change, many advocates of human spaceflight believe, through a hybrid of new initiatives by Pres. Donald Trump's administration as well as commercial efforts led by private industry. The Trump White House's vision for U.S. astronauts remains at present a foggy TBD, but there are plans afoot to relaunch a National Space Council. Helmed by Vice Pres. Mike Pence, the council would set a new space agenda not only for NASA but also for U.S. rocket companies, big and small, such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Orbital ATK.

      In the meantime, speculation about the U.S.'s future in space has reached its highest point in recent memory, as made clear here last week by the proceedings of the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). At the meeting, scientists unleashed the latest findings regarding Earth's moon, Mars, asteroids, comets and myriad other cosmic objects of interest, often with a hopeful eye toward rekindling human voyages to other worlds. Although robotic probes are the persistent currency of discovery in today's planetary science, many researchers increasingly see astronauts as crucial agents of exploration in the not-too-distant future.

      "Planetary science will completely change once we get crew beyond low Earth orbit," says David Kring, a senior staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. "The best way to explore the moon is by the well-trained astronaut, hands down. Apollo demonstrated that wonderfully."

      Kring says he is eager to see the first NASA exploration missions using the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is currently being developed along with a crewed Orion spacecraft. At the Trump administration's insistence, NASA is assessing the prospect of flying a two-person crew around the moon in mid-2019 — years ahead of schedule for the delay-plagued SLS and Orion programs. "I'm even more anxious to see crews deploy robotic assets to the lunar surface and eventually land there themselves," Kring adds. "We need to get back on the surface. We need to collect samples. And we need to bring them back to Earth."

      The moon is a bonanza for scientists, Kring says, because it offers crucial insights for understanding the origins and evolution of Earth and other planets: how they formed from the accretion and differentiation of smaller bodies; how they were bombarded by impacts early in their histories; and even how some of them migrated in their orbits around the sun. "The best place to answer those questions is on the moon," he explains, given that its airless surface contains the scarcely altered imprints of 4.5 billion years of solar system history.

      You can't be a Martian without being a lunatic, suggests Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
      You can't be a Martian without being a lunatic, suggests Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
      Credit: Barbara David

      Here on Earth destructive geologic processes cloud our view of those long-gone formative eons, Kring says. Even on modern-day Mars, a planet far more inert than Earth, many of the answers we might seek to our solar system's deepest mysteries have been erased by the slow workings of geology.

      Kring also sees the moon as a gateway to Mars. "We have to have legitimate, meaningful milestones on our way to Mars," he explains. "We all want to get humans on Mars. The question is how do you get there? I don't think we're going to develop the right workforce with the capabilities to magically get to Mars by 2035 or 2045. We need to develop the techniques and the workforce for that leap, and that can happen in [lunar orbit] and on the moon."

      According to Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame, any moon-versus-Mars argument is a nonstarter. "It's not either-or," he says, because the moon can enable Mars by tapping lunar resources to support a sustainable human expansion deeper into the solar system.

      "You can't be a Martian without being a lunatic," Neal says. "If you want to do 'flags and footprints,' go to Mars now. But you'll never go back, because that's Apollo — a fantastic program, but it was not sustainable."

      To Neal, Earth's satellite is first and foremost a world rich in resources that can and should be used. For example, he pointed to sun-shy craters at the lunar poles, where near-constant darkness has trapped and preserved water ice ripe for conversion into oxygen, water and rocket propellant. "We have to do some basic geologic prospecting," he says. "And if the moon's resources are shown to be substantial, "you then bring the Moon into our economic sphere of influence. I view the moon as enabling, and that comes through its resources."

      Speaking at a breakout session prior to the formal start of the LPSC gathering last week, Apollo 17 moon walker and geologist Jack Schmitt reflected on the value of human exploration of the moon. It had been nearly 45 years since Schmitt bunny-hopped his way across the low-gravity lunar landscape in December 1972 during the final Apollo mission; half of Apollo’s 12 moon walkers have now died. With the passing of his Apollo 17 crewmate, Gene Cernan, earlier this year, Schmitt spoke as the last living person from that mission to have set foot on the moon.

      Schmitt's speech raised issues familiar to many in the audience. For decades, he has championed the potential economics of lunar mining for helium 3, an isotope that could be crucial for certain forms of nuclear fusion. The lunar surface has soaked up vast quantities of helium 3 from billions of years of bombardment by the solar wind, Schmitt explained, and drawing on that resource is how a lunar settlement could support itself. Provided, that is, that scientists back on Earth can first figure out how to make nuclear fusion an economically viable power source — a goal that has eluded them for decades.

      Schmitt's faith in a lunar future for humankind is unwavering. "A settlement on the Moon based on helium 3 export to Earth for fusion power makes a lot of sense to me. It starts not only to make us a two-planet species but enables, I think, Mars exploration in many different ways," he noted.

      Apollo 17 moon walker and geologist Jack Schmitt champions the possible economics of mining helium 3 on the moon.
      Apollo 17 moon walker and geologist Jack Schmitt champions the possible economics of mining helium 3 on the moon.
      Credit: Barbara David

      For example, he said, helium 3 mining would produce by-products including water, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen. These useful substances exist in only the most minuscule traces in lunar soil — but such an enormous amount of surface material would have to be processed to harvest helium 3 that they would accumulate in significant amounts. Water sourced from the low-gravity moon, Schmitt explained, could be utilized as a protective, radiation-thwarting cocoon, built into the superstructures of Mars-bound crewed spacecraft. "A few inches of water around a spacecraft weights an awful lot and it is expensive bringing it from Earth. You can produce water anywhere on the moon," he said.

      Others have little time for the moon and the decades that would be required to develop infrastructure there. Their eyes are instead on the bigger prize: Mars. Elon Musk, SpaceX's CEO and chief rocketeer, is the foremost example of the "Mars first" contingent. And according to SpaceX engineer Paul Wooster, Red Planet planning by Musk's private company is steadily progressing. "The vision for SpaceX, long-term, is making it possible for large numbers of people to go to Mars," he says.

      SpaceX plans to build a mega-rocket and a giant interplanetary crew transporter to populate Martian outposts and eventually a full-size city, Wooster reports. But before the company can achieve those wild goals it must first firm up its capability to send something — anything at all — to Mars. That would come via interplanetary flights of the firm's Red Dragon spacecraft — a derivative of the SpaceX Dragon capsule that has already hauled cargo to the International Space Station and in due course will take astronauts there. Wooster says SpaceX is intent on rapidly building up surface infrastructure on Mars, hopefully beginning by the mid-2020s. "We obviously have a lot of work ahead of us," he says.

      A crucial component of the SpaceX plan for Mars has been demonstrated several times here on Earth. The company has repeatedly landed its Falcon 9 rocket's first stage at sea on a drone ship, and on land at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Because the first stage can then be repeatedly reused rather than flown once and discarded, an economy of scale could develop that greatly reduces the cost of access to space, and thus the price tag of a bank-busting plan to colonize Mars. For SpaceX's ambitious plans to work, the company will have to develop and demonstrate reusability on its next generation of rockets poised to debut after Falcon 9.

      Wooster says an unpiloted SpaceX Red Dragon flight to Mars, able to deliver roughly one ton of useful payload, is being considered for 2020. Other Red Dragons could follow every two years or so, when Mars and Earth are in favorable alignments that minimize the fuel needed for an interplanetary crossing.

      SpaceX Red Dragon nears autopilot touchdown on Mars. The private firm has the Red Planet in its sights to establish an outpost, and eventually a city, on that distant world.
      SpaceX Red Dragon nears autopilot touchdown on Mars. The private firm has the Red Planet in its sights to establish an outpost, and eventually a city, on that distant world.
      Credit: SpaceX

      "First and foremost is to learn how to land large payloads on Mars," Wooster says. In preparation for planting an outpost on that far-off world, experiments onboard Red Dragon are set to test on-the-spot propellant production. That can be done, he says, by processing water from Mars' surface and with gases extracted from the carbon dioxide–rich atmosphere. In fact, NASA is also set to try out something similar — a Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) on the space agency's Mars 2020 rover.

      SpaceX has been quietly working with NASA and non-NASA landing site specialists to plot locales for plopping down its spacecraft. Site selection is driven by the quantity of water the firm is looking for — thousands of tons, Wooster explains. One such spot "is looking quite promising," he says: Arcadia Planitia, a smooth plain on Mars that appears to have large quantities of ice near the surface.

      Of course, where there is ice there may well be subsurface pockets of liquid water — and potentially life, raising the possibility that SpaceX could violate "planetary protection" protocols by landing in such regions. Wooster says SpaceX is working with NASA's Office of Planetary Protection to properly address such concerns. For now, he reiterates that the company is most definitely open for business and eager to entice researchers to make use of Red Dragon for toting their experiments. "SpaceX is a transportation company," Wooster explains. "We're very happy to deliver payloads to Mars for various people," he adds, an offer that has also piqued NASA's interest in contracting with the company to launch a potential science experiment in 2020. "We want to turn this into a steady cadence where we are sending [Red] Dragons to Mars based on every opportunity as we go forward, and eventually shifting over to our large Mars vehicle to deliver very large payloads," he concludes.

      Be it back to the moon or first footfalls on Mars, the trajectory taken by the U.S. appears to have the research community in ready-and-waiting mode. Whether it comes via government-backed public-private partnerships, international collaboration or go-it-alone endeavors by the only nation to have landed astronauts on the moon, there is plenty of extraterrestrial science that can — and will — be done, potentially even by humans.

      This article was first published at ScientificAmerican.com. ©ScientificAmerican.com. All rights reserved.

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Canadians Spotted Over 1,000 UFOs Last Year
      Canadians Spotted Over 1,000 UFOs Last Year

      ...and one Sasquatch.

      Did you guys know that there is a group that tracks yearly UFO statistics in Canada?

      Because there is and they're goddamn glorious.

      The main crew tracking the data is the Winnipeg-based Ufology ResearchCentre who just released their 2016 findings of UFO sightings in the great white north. The data—which is totally true because, you know, it's data—is produced by the centre working in cooperation with investigators and researchers all across the country. The group releases the information yearly "in an attempt to promote the dissemination of information across the field of ufology. "


      So, with that in mind, let's go through these numbers, why don't we?

      To start, since 1989 the crew has reported 18,038 Canadian UFO sightings or encounters. In total, there were 1,131 UFO reports officially filed in Canada—"the fifth year in a row above 1,000 cases," excitedly reads the study. The only year that had more sightings was 2015.

      "This data clearly contradicts comments by those who would assert that UFOs are a 'passing fad' or that UFO sightings are decreasing in number," reads the study.

      Fuck yeah, the truth is out there, fam.

      Like all good studies, this one is chock full of weird little statistics and breaks down the sightings by province. Turns out, Quebecers see the most little grey men, followed by Ontario, BC, and Alberta and that summer is the best time to see the extraterrestrials. Montreal had the highest amount of any sightings in a major city with 73—Vancouver took a close second with 70.

      Sadly, though, most of these sightings had "insufficient evidence" and "the percentage of UFO cases considered unexplained in 2016 has dropped to four percent, the lowest in 28 years of study," which is a total bummer. The crew writes this off as the "result of more careful scrutiny of raw report information available."

      The best part comes at the tail end of the study where they keep the "unusual" reports. In this segment, you can find the short tale of a man who "reported that an alien entity was responsible for stealing his sunglasses, belt and silver possessions."

      Further into the study, you can read about a person in Cornwall, PEI who had a close encounter with "a thin, six-foot-tall, long-fingered, white alien in a black suit" that appeared in his bedroom. The person then had a chat with the alien before it took its leave by walking through a wall. Meanwhile in Quebec, on the same night, a person was transported in a flash of white light to a bathtub. Here he encountered "three green, big-eyed humanoid creatures who communicated with him telepathically."

      Another is straight-up elegant in its simplicity:

      "A report was received which read simply, 'They contacted me!'"

      The study ends with a man in northern Quebec who spotted himself a sasquatch—which I don't believe counts as an alien but, frankly, who cares, because sasquatches are awesome. Not all encounters were as wonderful as these, some are kinda, well, boring.

      In total, close encounters were less than one percent, the majority of sightings (over 50 percent) were just simple lights in the sky. The study also breaks down the sightings that weren't simple lights and, oddly enough, the "flying saucer" classification only was reported five percent of times, tying it with whatever "fireball" is.

      So, kiddos, keep your eyes on the sky and the curiosity in your heart strong because if you're lucky, very lucky, maybe one day you'll end up on this list.

      At the very least you might see a sasquatch, which apparently counts.

      Lead image via Flickr user maxime raynal

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      A UFO Sighting Expert Shows Us His Most Convincing Reports

      Sightings from former astronauts, airline pilots, and police officers top his list.

      When an alien aircraft hovers over your house, you'll want to talk to someone about it.

      For the past 43 years, that's been one of the main functions of the National UFO Reporting Center. It's served as a hotline for skeptics and believers: If you look up and see something strange, they'll meticulously take your story.

      Peter Davenport has served as the center's director since 1994, managing sighting reports through the website and the 24-hour hotline, and posting updates to the charmingly low-tech NUFORC database. People who report UFOs "quest to speak with someone who will believe what they have to say," he said.

      He told me, over a series of emails, what NUFORC does and why it does it. Serving as a listening ear is one half of the job. Presenting those stories as publicly-available reports is the other. People should have access to information about extraterrestrial activity, "without having to rely on a government which is lying to all of us about the UFO phenomenon."

      Davenport estimates out of the tens of thousands of people who witness a true Unidentified Flying Object in their lifetimes, very few will take the time to report it. Right now, they receive between 10-20 written reports in a day through the website. But those sightings are going up.

      Most are "serious-minded attempts to describe some type of object that the witness was unable to identify himself." Some are bound to have mundane explanations, such as routine rocket launches, meteors, high-altitude balloons and the like. Terrestrial false alarms.

      Davenport said the most reliable reports involve multiple witnesses who corroborate each other's sightings. Photographic or radar evidence certainly helps. Following up with a witness is also an important due-diligence. In many of the reports listed on NUFORC's database, Davenport has noted the tone of the witness (if it's a phone conversation), and whether or not they seemed "sober" and "serious-minded." Occupation sometimes lends credibility, as well: Public servants, police officers, military veterans, airline pilots and former astronauts are among his most reliable witnesses.

      An ideal example of a reliable report, he said, is the Phoenix Lights mass sighting in 1997. NUFORC was one of the few organizations that kept records and a hotline open for reports of this sighting.

      I asked Davenport to show me more reports that fit this standard of sober-mindedness in the face of the inexplicable. These are his choices for the most noteworthy UFO encounters and sightings in recent memory, condensed here. The full reports are publically available by date.

      "I have no explanation for what we saw."
      Athens, Texas
      July 5, 2013
      10:15 p.m.

      My family and I were sitting outside. When I looked up into the sky, I saw a fairly large orange glowing orb moving rapidly overhead right about 90 degrees of elevation.

      About one or two minutes later, we saw a group of three similar objects along the same flight path as the first one.

      I am a retired military fighter pilot, retired commercial airline pilot and former astronaut. I have no explanation for what we saw.

      "This was not like any star or planet I have ever seen in the sky before."
      Eastpointe, Michigan
      May 27, 2016
      11:11 p.m.

      When the object first appeared it was very blue and very brightly illuminated, the lights weren't flickering or dimming like in typical aircraft. This was not like any star or planet I have ever seen in the sky before. The object was slightly bigger in appearance than the North Star, and emitted no sounds, and moved very smoothly, until it came to a complete stop northeast of where we were looking and positioned.

      "Like ships hiding in plain sight." 
      Above Mt. Shasta, California
      February 16, 2015 
      10:30 p.m.

      I am an airline captain... We decided to look out and up at the night sky for falling stars and or satellites passing overhead.

      The stars, now obviously lights, we not in motion, they were not satellites and were not falling stars. They were as stationary as the stars in the background.

      Mankind does not have craft that can fly at that altitude and not be moving.

      "I can not refute what I saw today."
      Arlington, OR
      February 19, 2015
      11:55 a.m.

      I looked directly out my [car] passenger window and parallel with me was a small domed craft, what appeared to be hovering, but it also stayed parallel with me as I continued to drive. It was approximately 10-15 feet above the Columbia River water, well below the Interstate and train track. There were no boats in the water and this was an obvious aircraft with an obvious shape, above the water.

      This entire event was only a matter of seconds, approximately 12, but felt slow motion at the same time as I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

      "I was very concerned and still am."
      Gibson, Illinois
      November 16, 2014
      3:30 p.m.

      I was deer hunting in central Illinois.

      I saw a small object come down about 4 feet in front of me. At first I glanced at it and thought it was a spider or some insect. I stared at this object for a few seconds and realized it was not an insect. This object was a round ball slightly smaller than a marble with a brownish iridescent color, like motor oil. This ball hovered in front of me at eye level, about 4 feet directly in front of me.

      This troubles me as I can not think of a logical explanation for this.

      "I know what I saw."
      Glendale, Arizona
      September 28, 2013
      7:15 p.m.

      I am a retired state police officer from the state of Arizona after nearly 35 years of service.

      I happened to glance out my kitchen window that faces north, and I observed some bright orange lights traveling from the west to east.

      I was in awe because they just keep   coming. I would estimate as many as 150 of these orange objects.

      I thought "but I have video proof", and when I went to view the pictures, nothing was visible, just a black screen.

      I know what I saw and unless someone has a better explanation, I feel that I was fortunate enough to see what many of us hope to see someday and will not.

      Image: maxime raynal/Flickr

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

      The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

      Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in science this week.

      "Benjamin," the last known thylacine, died at Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo in 1936.
      Credit: Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty

      Is Australia's extinct thylacine — a striped, dog-like marsupial commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger — not extinct after all? Recent alleged thylacine sightings convinced scientists at James Cook University in Australia to investigate whether the species is still among the living.

      The new investigation for the purported thylacines will survey sites on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia, based on accounts supplied by an employee of the Queensland Park Service, and by another observer. [Read more about the Tasmanian Tiger.]

      The veins of a spinach leaf can carry fluids, even possibly blood, to developing human tissues grown on the leaf.
      The veins of a spinach leaf can carry fluids, even possibly blood, to developing human tissues grown on the leaf.
      Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      Vegetables are good for your health, but now there's a whole new way that one veggie could help your heart: Spinach leaves can be used as a scaffold for beating human heart cells, a new study finds.

      Spinach leaves make a good scaffold because once the plant cells are washed away, a cellulose structure remains, the researchers said. [Read more about the lab grown heart.]

      The first <i>D. horneri</i> skull ever found, next to an illustration of what the dinosaur may have looked like in real life. The skull is about 32 inches (89.5 cm) long.
      The first D. horneri skull ever found, next to an illustration of what the dinosaur may have looked like in real life. The skull is about 32 inches (89.5 cm) long.
      Credit: Copyright Dino Pulerà

      The fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex didn't have lips if it looked anything like a newly discovered tyrannosaur species that scientists are calling the "frightful lizard."

      The researchers studied the D. horneri skulls in minute detail, and then compared them with the skulls of crocodilians (a group that includes crocodiles and their semiaquatic reptile relatives, such as alligators and caimans), birds and mammals, as scientists have determined what skin type goes with each bone texture in these creatures. [Read more about the strange dino.]

      Blind tadpoles with eyes grafted onto their tails could process visual information after being treated with a neurotransmitter drug.
      Blind tadpoles with eyes grafted onto their tails could process visual information after being treated with a neurotransmitter drug.
      Credit: Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University

      If you've ever wished you had eyes on the back of your head, meet the amphibian with eyes on its butt: Researchers have enabled tadpoles to see through eyes grafted onto their tails.

      In experiments, the tadpoles could distinguish between colors and could follow rotating patterns, even though the eyes were not connected to the animals' brains the same way that natural eyes would be, the study said. [Read more about the odd eyes.]

      If you've got a cold, being around others is likely to blame, but loneliness can actually make your symptoms worse, a new study found.

      In the study, the researchers looked at 213 healthy participants, collecting data on how lonely the participants felt, and the size of their social networks. They also looked at the "diversity" of the participants' networks, meaning the different types of relationships they had, for example, relationships with friends, a spouse, plus co-workers. [Read more about the effects of isolation.]

      It sounds like a fun science project, but making "slime" at home can hurt kids.

      Homemade "slime" has been increasing in popularity. So how does the concoction burn the skin? [Read more about the dangerous activity.]

      Eleven Asian elephants trapped in a Vietnam War bomb crater in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia.
      Eleven Asian elephants trapped in a Vietnam War bomb crater in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia.
      Credit: WCS Cambodia

      A rescue in Cambodia saved 11 Asian elephants from a muddy death after they fell into an old bomb crater.

      The rescued elephants live in the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected forest in eastern Cambodia in the foothills of the Annamite Mountains. According to the WCS, there are more than 60 species in the protected area that are threatened or near-threatened, or that may be threatened but are too poorly understood for scientists to be sure. [Read more about the rescue.]

      Heroin use is on the rise, particularly among white adults, a new study finds.

      The findings suggest that an estimated 1.1 million Americans developed a heroin-use disorder over the study period, according to the study, published today (March 29) in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. [Read more about the statistics.]

      Cats really do like people. Science says so.
      Cats really do like people. Science says so.
      Credit: Dora Zett/Shutterstock

      Do cats like being around people, or are they only using humans to open doors and operate can openers?

      The study originated at Oregon State University's Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) lab. Prior research had explored cats' preferences for food, visual stimuli and scents, evaluating the impact these could have on the animals' behavior. But this new study was the first to also investigate cats' interactions with humans as a behavior that could affect the felines' quality of life, the authors said. [Read more about the furry friends.]

      Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, has just launched Neuralink, a company aimed at connecting the human brain to electronic devices.
      Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, has just launched Neuralink, a company aimed at connecting the human brain to electronic devices.
      Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

      Elon Musk wants to hack the brain.

      Musk has been teasing the possibility of a venture into computer-brain interfaces for months. He spoke at Recode's Code Conference in 2016 about the need to speed up human "output." Essentially, he said, humans are incredibly rapid at taking in information, but slow at outputting information to their digital devices. [Read more about the hacking the brain.]

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      The alien cult that hijacked British TV

      26 November 1977 was a deeply cold night in England. The regional station Southern Television was just beginning its evening news bulletin and families across South-East England gathered together in their living rooms to watch the news. Children waited impatiently for Looney Tunes, which they knew would be shown directly after the news programme.

      The alien cult that hijacked British TV

      As Andrew Gardner read out news of the conflict in Rhodesia, a hissing, shuffling sound drowned out his voice. Suddenly, a booming voice addressed the startled viewers, as the screen still showed the oblivious newsreader reading through the day’s headlines.

      This is the voice of Vrillon, a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you.

      It was now ten past five in the evening. With the news report still continuing on the screen, the deep, oscillating voice continued with his message.

      For many years you have seen us as lights in the skies.

      None of the evening staff at Southern Television were aware of the intrusion to their signal. International Broadcasting Authority engineers in Croydon, Surrey did not hear the rogue signal, nor was it detected at the main transmitter site in Southampton.

      The message from “Vrillon” continued for nearly six minutes as stunned families across South-East England tried to comprehend what they were hearing. Some panicked, believing that aliens really were communicating through the television.

      A user named Podshell posted his memories of that night onSpiritual Forums:

      “I remember nipping into our living room for something for my sister, who was cooking in the kitchen, and the television was on, and then the broadcast started. I watched, or rather listened, mesmerised.”

      The full message from “Vrillon” advised humanity that weapons must be destroyed if humans could ascend to the next stage in evolution, prompting listeners to seek out small groups preaching the same extra-terrestrial wisdom.

      So how did “Vrillon” manage to spread his alien message on regional television? Surprisingly, it probably wasn’t via UFO laser beam.

      The local television transmitter is the likely source of the rogue transmission. Unusually for a transmitter serving such a large area, the Hannington transmitter merely received and rebroadcasted a signal sent from Rowbridge on the Isle of Wight.

      The alien cult that hijacked British TV

      With the sound being transmitted as an FM broadcast, it was easy to take over the transmission. All that “Vrillon” needed to do was drive up to the transmitter at Hannington, and broadcast on the same FM frequency as the transmission from the Isle of Wight.

      The Hannington television transmitter sits in the English countryside. Whoever took over the signal would have had to travel along the small roads leading to the hillside transmitter.

      The story of most rogue transmissions usually ends with a clever misfit owning up and explaining how they did it. Sometimes they want fame, other times they want money. In the case of the Southern Television takeover, the motive was far more mysterious.

      Nobody has ever come forward to confess to the “Vrillon” broadcast. In 1967, the Wireless Telegraphy Act was created in the UK, outlawing the kind of rogue signal used on Southern Television. Phreaks and hackers were warned that their mischief could land them with hundreds of pounds in fines, or even a prison sentence.

      As nobody has come forward to confess to the incident, we cannot say for sure who was responsible. We can, however, make a good guess that they were a big fan of a UFO cult living in America.

      The alien cult that hijacked British TV

      Carole Austen examines a drawing of extraterrestrial being Ashtar.

      By 1977 Ashtar’s followers were in disarray. The glory days of the 1940s were over. The time travel chamber they had built named the Integratron had still not been completed. Could this group of UFO-worshippers living on an airstrip in America be behind the rogue broadcast?

      George Van Tassel worked in the aerospace industry, tending to the planes that formed the backbone of the booming industry. When his mysterious friend Frank Critzer was killed by US police after they suspected he was a German spy, Van Tassel took over the airport that belonged to him, along with the caves under Giant Rock.

      The alien cult that hijacked British TV

      Van Tassel and his followers held regular events at Giant Rock, believing it to be a contact point between humans and UFOs.

      Since the 1940s, Van Tassel claimed to have received regular message from a godlike alien named Ashtar. The “Vrillon” message claims to originate from someone in Ashtar’s Galactic Command. The idea of a solar government had been communicated by Ashtar in the 1950s to Van Tassel.

      After his messages became more and more elaborate, other UFOlogists began to claim to have communicated with Ashtar. Apocalyptic predictions abounded. All were ultimately unproven.

      To keep the UFO fans loyal, a series of guidelines were created for messages from Ashtar. If someone transcribed a message from Ashtar’s government that didn’t meet the guidelines, it was declared fraudulent.

      The alien cult that hijacked British TV

      A religious image created by one of the thousands of modern-day followers of Ashtar and his galactic government.

      The 1970s were not a good decade for the “classic” alien religions of the ’40s and ’50s. However, a new UFO cult that was flourishing was known as Raëlism. Founded in 1973 by racing driver Claude Vorilhon, this movement preach that Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed and all other deities were aliens who came to earth to share the news of the era of UFOs.

      One theory claims that the “Vrillon” said to be speaking in the 1977 television message was actually the name “Vorilhon”.

      It is believed that the message transmitted across South-East England originates from someone with a keen interest in counter-culture and UFOs. They made the chilly evening drive up to the hillside next to the Hannington transmitter, and pointed their cheap FM transmitter at the tower, taking over the small local channel, and causing international press coverage.

      For the struggling UFO religions, any and all press was advantageous. Whether the person responsible for the Southern Television broadcast interruption was a cult member or just a well-read prankster, we may never know.

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      “Real” Men In Black look for hotel manager after UFO sighting over Niagara Falls

      Fans of the wildly popular “Men In Black” film franchise may only be vaguely aware that the action-comedy movies are based on a long history of reports about alleged, mysterious entities who have approached UFO witnesses. One of the more compelling accounts reportedly occurred in the spring of 2009 at a Sheraton Hotel on the banks of Niagara Falls, New York.

      Reports of Men in Black (MIB) first become popular in the 1950’s and 1960’s, though similar sightings have been recorded for centuries, with earlier accounts often associated with demonic or witchcraft beliefs.
      “Real” Men In Black look for hotel manager after UFO sighting over Niagara Falls
      Video still image of alleged MIB entering hotel lobby. See video below.
      Credit API.

      Modern era MIB sightings are chiefly associated with UFO sightings, beginning in 1947.  Mysterious looking men, often dressed in black suits, fedora hats and trench coats, wearing sunglasses and seen driving black Cadillac sedans have reportedly followed and conducted surveillance on UFO witnesses. Witnesses claim MIB have visited their homes, possessed detailed knowledge about them, have often tried to discount their UFO sighting and warned them not to discuss their UFO experiences.

      Witnesses have described MIB as very odd looking and sounding, with a “swarthy” appearance, pasty white complexions, oversized eyes and no eyebrows, eyelashes or other facial hair. They have been heard speaking with strange accents, odd sounding giggles and using outdated slang. MIB have exhibited confusion over simple items such as pens, utensils and food. No wonder the subject is fertile ground for Hollywood comedies.

      MIB’s have explained to some witnesses that they are representatives of a secret government organization, but when pressed for identification, they have often quickly departed. Other theories suggest they are aliens who, for all intent look human.

      1966- Alleged Men In Black reported and photographed.

      As with all reports of fringe entities, proof of their existence is elusive at best. A rare photograph of an alleged MIB was published in the Fall 1968 issue of “Saucer Magazine.” The photo of the MIB and the black car he was allegedly driving was accompanied by a detailed witness account reported from New Jersey.

      “Real” Men In Black look for hotel manager after UFO sighting over Niagara Falls
      Photograph of alleged Man In Black taken in October, 1986, in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
      Credit: James W. Moseley
      “Real” Men In Black look for hotel manager after UFO sighting over Niagara Falls
      Photograph of alleged MIB vehicle parked on Elizabeth, New Jersey, street on October 1966, following UFO and creature sightings in area.
      Credit: James W. Moseley.

      2009- MIB look for UFO witness at Niagara Falls hotel

      A surveillance video of two alleged MIBs entering a Sheraton Hotel lobby on the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls was posted to YouTube (see below). According to an investigation conducted by The Ariel Phenomenon Investigations Team (API), a Washington, D.C., area based UFO research organization, the alleged MIB entered the hotel on May 15, 2009, and asked to see the general manager, who with a fellow employee working security for the hotel, had witnessed a triangle shaped UFO fly slowly and silently over the hotel seven months earlier, on the night of October14, 2008.

      The UFO sightings

      The two hotel employees described the craft they witnessed as approximately 240 feet long, with three white lights on all three sides, and a pulsing red light in the middle of the object. They observed the UFO for about 10 minutes as it slowly and silently flew at an altitude of around 500 feet, east to west, from over Niagara’s Horseshoe Falls toward their hotel. The craft emitted a beam of bright, white light directed downward toward the water. As they observed the craft, the light beam shifted direction and aimed directly at the two witnesses, which frightened them.

      About a week later, the hotel manager was alone in the hotel parking lot at one in the morning, when he noticed another black triangle flying in the same direction but at a much higher altitude.

      “Real” Men In Black look for hotel manager after UFO sighting over Niagara Falls
      Illustration of large UFO over Niagara Falls as described by two hotel employees (Witnesses 1 and 2).
      Credit: Ariel Phenomenon Investigations Team
      “Real” Men In Black look for hotel manager after UFO sighting over Niagara Falls
      Description of size and fight direction of large triangle UFO observed by two witnesses over Niagara Falls on October 14, 2008.
      Credit: Ariel Phenomenon Investigations Team

      MIB visit followed UFO sightings

      About 7 months after the two sightings, on May 15, hotel employees reported a disturbing experience when two men, who looked and dressed identically in black trench coats and hats, entered the hotel lobby and asked to speak with the hotel manager.  

      They approached the hotel bellman, who told the two “extremely odd looking” men that the manager was not working that day. The bellman said the two men appeared to not believe him and began walking around the hotel, looking for the manager.  When the bellman returned from some work tasks, the two men were gone.  

      The hotel manager returned to work the next day, and the bellman took him aside to tell him what had happened and how he felt “freaked out” by the encounter with the two men, who he described as extremely pale, tall and identical in looks and dress, including matching hats and trench coats.

      “Real” Men In Black look for hotel manager after UFO sighting over Niagara Falls
      Enlarged image of MIB entering hotel lobby.

      Skeptical, yet alarmed, the manager went to the hotel security office and examined surveillance tapes of the previous day. He located the images of the two men entering the hotel lobby.

      “Real” Men In Black look for hotel manager after UFO sighting over Niagara Falls
      Sheraton Hotel at Niagara Falls where alleged MIB visited.

      The next day, another hotel employee asked to speak with the manager in private, and described her encounter with the two men. As they asked her about the manager, she recalled that the two began to speak of things that made no sense to her, regarding “governments and conspiracies.”  Fear came over her when she noticed that they had “no facial hair, no eyebrows, no nothing.” She said it appeared as though they were wearing wigs that were attached to their hats.  

      The woman told her boss about how large and blue looking their eyes were, and that she sensed they were hypnotic. As she continued to describe her experience, she became upset, crying as she explained how she felt that the two men were somehow able to read her mind about the manager, to the point that she tried to block thoughts of him.  She also was disturbed by how the two men never blinked, “not once.”

      API closed their investigation of the UFO sightings and the subsequent MIB encounter as unresolved. API’s credibility has been under attack for publishing the alleged case. The information regarding the MIB incident was based on the manager’s account, which could not be verified by API, though their investigation concluded that the witness was credible. The video of the MIB entering the lobby was provided by the hotel manager.

      Much has been written about efforts undertaken by the U.S. Government to play down the existence of UFOs, which contributes to public ridicule of the subject.

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      AFTER ARRIVAL: PHOENIX LIGHTS 20 YEARS LATER

      AFTER ARRIVAL

      PHOENIX LIGHTS 20 YEARS LATER

      On March 13, 1997 something extra-ordinary happened in the skies over Phoenix across Arizona. On that clear evening, a parade of low flying, mile wide V-shaped arrays of orbs and a craft glided silently overhead, attracting the attention of at least 10,000 people.

      As a result of the widespread publicity, and the fact the sightings occurred mainly over heavily populated areas, the controversy concerning what really happened back in 1997 in Arizona still exists today.

      Many theories exist to try to explain the strange sightings. Skeptics dismissed the sighting as military flares, and other types of military actions that they denied at first, until they realized there was a crisis that snowballed all the way to the President. The problem with the flares theory is that some of the reports of the sightings claim a huge size for the unidentified flying triangle which some estimated to me at least a mile long.

      The UFO event happened for three hours. It came in from the northwest part of the state, diagonally through Phoenix, down to Tucson, and then it turned around and came back.

      However, the UFO sighting is only part of the story.

      In the July 1997 issue of Scientific American, it was reported that on the night of the UFO event, bursts of gamma radiation, were detected by the Hubble Telescope. The gamma radiation was eventually traced back to somewhere within our own solar system.

      AFTER ARRIVAL: PHOENIX LIGHTS 20 YEARS LATER

      NORAD went Defcon 2 on the evening of March 13, 1997 after an Air Force Misti-3 satellite covering North America was disabled and had its batteries drained as a space borne object was observed passing over the satellite.

      Also on March 13, 1997, then-President Bill Clinton fell down and broke his knee while visiting the home of golfer Greg Norman. Clinton had to be rushed away in a helicopter and was kept at Bethesda Naval Hospital underground for over two days. There were press conferences showing diagrams of all the surgery that was going to have to be done and how long it was going to last and why he had to cancel his big meeting in Sarajevo with the prime minister of Russia.

      Just hours after these events, around 2 am on March 14, 1997, President Clinton was rushed to the hospital after suffering from a knee injury.

      Oddly enough , a few days later he’s walking around and he’s okay. The issue was dropped.

      Government secrecy theorists might be easily led to the conclusion that the broken knee was a cover story designed to hide the perceived need to get the commander-in-chief to safety in the wake of the unnerving events happening out in the Southwest desert.

      At the time it appeared that the aliens had arrived and the event was like a scene out of the movie, Independence Day, a movie that was a hit at the box office the year before the incident. A year before, a controversial film was released which depicted what appeared to be an alien on a slap being cut up by unknown men in bio suites. This film was known as the notorious, Alien Autopsy.

      The Fox Television Network aired the “Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction” special with Jonathan Frakes as host. The special was aired twice on Fox and each time there was in excess of 17 million viewers. Time Magazine compared it to the Zapruder film, saying that no other film has had so much intense debate since the movie that showed Kennedy’s brains being blown out in Dallas.

      AFTER ARRIVAL: PHOENIX LIGHTS 20 YEARS LATER

      This film was said to be a hoax,however a German film collector, Volker Spielberg bought the rights to the film for an untold sum of money claiming the film was real footage from a German alien autopsy in the 1940’s.

      Each viewer, regardless of whether or not it was a hoax, now has that snuff film in their consciousness and the ritualistic autopsy that some believed was a satanic ritual performed on a human.

      The truth is that those who watched the television special do not realize that, even though your eyes saw an alien being cut up, you were also subtextually watching a human being, or an anthropomorphic facsimile being butchered on prime time television.

      The modern age of the UFO runs along parallel to the history of the Cold War. Both began shortly after World War II during the late 1940s and continued for 4 decades. Those years produced the majority of “classic” UFO cases that fill books, websites and TV documentaries with most of their content to this day.

      However, it can be said that no documentary or even alien disaster movie could have prepared us for what came next in 1997.

      By the early 1990s, the Cold War was over. Shortly afterwards, the last flashes of the ‘classic Saucer’ UFO age seemed to blink out with the Phoenix Lights — an event that happened 20 years ago.

      This incident was different – it appeared to be more omnipresent and yet most people are not even aware that it happened despite the fact that it received mass publicity and was investigated by government officials.

      It was either the beginning of a real alien invasion, or a psychological operation devised to gauge human reaction to strange activity in the sky.

      Peter Davenport director of the National UFO Reporting Center called the sighting “probably the most dramatic event in the history of modern ufology” because of the number of witnesses, the size of the craft they reported and the interest the military apparently took in it.

      There are also other facts about the case that have been overlooked or even forgotten that need to be mentioned in order to determine the impact of such a sighting.

      It was reported that before the incident that other lights of what appeared to be smaller craft were seen over Arizona before the Phoenix Lights event occurred, it was also reported that whatever this large aircraft was – it was also sighted over Henderson, Nevada and Mexico before it was reported hovering over Phoenix.

      The event happened in the middle of March, but it didn’t become general knowledge until June 18, 1997, when USA TODAY put a brief headlined, “Skies, phone lines light up Ariz.” on the front page. USA Today gave full coverage with witnesses and a diagram of the large triangle that was sighted over the area. It took three months for the incident to go viral.

      AFTER ARRIVAL: PHOENIX LIGHTS 20 YEARS LATER

      The internet was already a buzz with the story and it eventually made it to the mainstream. What is odd is that most people don’t even know about the incident or they have mysteriously forgotten about it.

      This is an important clue because during a meeting of the UFO Congress it was reported that that instead of being awed and immediately wanting to discuss what they saw, some witnesses reported a sort of temporary amnesia.

      There have been some witnesses who appeared in documentaries that have claimed they watched the lights appear and disappear over a period of time but didn’t say a word about it.

      One witness had reported that he stopped his car on the side of the road and watched with several others as a craft “slowly glided overhead. Not a word was spoken. After it went on by, everyone got in their car and drove home.

      There were others who felt a spiritual experience with the UFO sighting, this type of experience was also reported in 2001 over Carteret, New Jersey.

      On September 6th, 2001, 3 days prior to the September 11th 2001 attacks, there was a major UFO sighting over Carteret. Unidentified objects appeared as lights in a huge V-type formation moving silently through the air over the Arthur Kill Waterway (just South of Newark International Airport). The event was witnessed by hundreds of onlookers, including police officers and a church reverend, the sighting was reported the next day by every major news organization. People that had experienced the sighting actually felt that it was similar to a religious experience.

      AFTER ARRIVAL: PHOENIX LIGHTS 20 YEARS LATER

      Dr. Lynne Kitei who has been at the forefront of the case was a skeptic who is now a believer concurs with the idea that people felt a sort of spiritual awakening when they saw the sighting. She spoke at the UFO gathering in McMinnville Oregon last year and told us that there has not been one report of harm, threat, or abduction connected with the mass sighting event. She goes on to say that Witnesses were in awe, excited, even grateful to have had such an extraordinary experience.

      However, that has not stopped film makers from spinning tales of abduction and missing people connected to the event.

      The film the “Phoenix Incident” was released last year. It was another “found footage” film loosely based on “real events” however loosely is an understatement. The film producers created a mass viral campaign that included stories about a “vast military cover-up over the disappearance of four friends off-roading in the mountains near Phoenix after witnessing the U.S. military shoot down a UFO.”

      Another “found footage” film is set to be released next month called “Phoenix Forgotten.” This yet another film that is loosely based on “real events.” The story follows three people who take off into the desert to investigate the UFO sighting and find some alien horrors.

      I can’t believe we have two movies that are basically the same chronicling a fictional account of abductions when there were some pretty inexplicable moments and terrifying things that happened after the Phoenix Lights event.

      On March 26th, 1997 Marshall Applwewhite and 39 followers of the Heaven’s Gate cult committed suicide at a home in Rancho Santa Fe California. The bodies were neatly placed on bed with purple shrouds placed over their faces. It was believed that Applewhite had convinced his followers that the Phoenix lights incident was an indication that there was also a ship that was in Comet Hale Bopp and that in order to joining the evolutionary level above human they had to shed their human containers in a ritual suicide.

      On or around April 2, 1997, an A-10 warplane was stolen by Major Craig Button in Arizona around the time of the sighting. The plane was seen in Utah. The wreckage of the plane was eventually found on April 2nd in the Colorado Rockies three weeks later. It was reported in UFO Magazine that Button was actually aware of what happened in Phoenix and was shaken by the incident.

      Captain Button turned off his transponder, which made the aircraft difficult to track. His jet was last spotted in the air about 100 miles west of Denver. It zigzagged in the air before impacting the mountainous terrain about 15 miles (SW of Vail, Colorado, on Gold Dust Peak in a remote part of Eagle County.

      The crash occurred at 13,200 feet of elevation. It took months for a search party to recover the aircraft and Craig D. Button’s remains. The four 500-pound Mk-82 bombs that were on the aircraft were never found despite an exhaustive search involving metal detectors and ground-penetrating radar.

      However, there has been some speculation that after the sighting in Arizona, Button became obsessed with the possibility of hidden alien bases in the Southwest and decided it was his duty to destroy them. Hundreds of people reported hearing loud explosions in Northern Arizona, Telluride and Aspen.

      It was a mysterious situation that will never be explained. Some believed that Button was attacking a secret U.S. underground base. However, the government had covered up the situation.

      On Thursday, April 17, 1997 there was as incredible report that a U.S. satellite, GOES-9, had photographed “a very large anomalous object” over central Alaska 8 a.m. Pacific time. Immediately, the GOES-9 image was posted on several websites, and the news went viral on the internet.

      AFTER ARRIVAL: PHOENIX LIGHTS 20 YEARS LATER

      A second GOES-9 image, recorded at 8:30 a.m., showed that the “anomalous object” had flown south and was now just west of the northern coast of Vancouver Island. The image also showed “an anomalous object of the same size” over the Pacific Ocean approximately 50 miles west of San Francisco.

      A third GOES-9 image, taken at 9 a.m., showed the San Francisco object gone and the first object back in Alaska, near Glenallen.

      A fourth GOES-9 image, taken 11 a.m. registered a new object “half the size of the first two” hovering over Colorado.

      The first two objects were described as “square or rectangular” and an estimated 25 miles long.

      At 2 p.m., the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a “heads up” alert, citing “a potential threat” to the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) center at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, 65 miles south of Denver.

      Maj. Gen. Jeff Grime, CO of Cheyenne Mountain said there was no threat to the nearby city of Colorado Springs or to any other military facility in the area, adding, “It’s totally focused at us here.”

      Rumors circulated that NORAD had “gone to DEFCON-4 in response to the presence of the “anomalous objects” found by GOES-9.

      Maj. Gen. Grime told the media that extra precautionary security was needed to protect the 1,100 personnel at the base.

      Security measures included cancellation of public tours at the center, erection of barricades on the access roads, and a 24-hour-guard on the maintenance portal on the south side of the mountain. The “lockdown” was carried out by 80 troops of the 721st Security Police Squadron.

      Oddly, security stated that this had nothing to do with the Craig Button Incident.

      20 years later we can conclude that there was most certainly an excitement about UFO and space activity. People were looking in the skies to try and find Comet Hale-Bopp and in the process, saw things in the sky they did not understand.

      There is some controversy as to how best to classify the reports 20 years after the event. Some are of the opinion that the differing nature of the eyewitness reports indicates that several unidentified objects were in the area, each of which was its own separate “event.”

      One specific object can be seen from different angles, with the angle of the object only reflecting part of its light system, depending on atmospheric or weather conditions, or the very way a witness looks at the object can make this difference. It is very possible that two witnesses can see the same object at the same time, and give two completely different accounts.

      The event was at first ridiculed by local officials as a trick of light and possible flares from nearby Luke air force base. However, it was later revealed by then Governor Fife Symington and Senator John McCain said the UFO threat over Phoenix was very real and to this day both the wedge “Triangular Craft” and the sightings of orbs remain a mystery.

      Symington says he saw a large triangular “craft of unknown origin” with lights, moving slowly. “It was dramatic. And it couldn’t have been flares because it was too symmetrical,” he says. “It had a geometric outline, a constant shape.”

      Arizona Senator John McCain, a friend of Symington’s who the former Governor describes as “open-minded,” acknowledged at a 2000 press conference that lights were seen over Arizona. “That has never been fully explained. He went on to say that there was no evidence of aliens.”

      He also made a formal request to the USAF to officially investigate the ‘Phoenix Lights’ incident.

      20 years later a report has not been publically disclosed.

      Frances Barwood was on the Phoenix City Council when the famous mass UFO sighting occurred in 1997. When the media questioned her about it, she asked the rest of the council, because she had not heard about it. They ignored her, and her request to look into the incident. She then set out to find witnesses to the case and has been openly speaking about what happened the night of the event.

      AFTER ARRIVAL: PHOENIX LIGHTS 20 YEARS LATER

      Janet Napolitano called for an investigation into the Phoenix Lights incident during her 1997 campaign to become Arizona’s Attorney General and was elected to that office in 1998.

      She has not disclosed any information on the incident or has not revealed what answers she received about the UFO sighting.

      In 2000, the Department of Defense maintained that it could not find any information about the triangular object, in response to a court-ordered search requested by a U.S. District court in Phoenix, as part of a class action suit filed by witnesses.

      The Phoenix Lights have been arguably the most intriguing UFO sighting to capture the imaginations of not only the citizens of Arizona but also the entire nation.

      Source www.groundzeromedia.org

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Giant Disk Near Earths Sun Caught On NASA Satellite Video, UFO Sighting News

      Giant Disk Near Earths Sun Caught On NASA Satellite Video, UFO Sighting News.


      Date of sighting: Unknown
      Location of sighting: Earths Sun

      This UFO was found by Paranormal Crucible of Youtube, but the date was never visible and the source photo was not posted, so I cannot confirm its date. The object has rounded edges and a hollow center. O believe the center actually has a glass dome or opening. Its not see through from one side to the other. Also the UFO is fatter at its center and thinner on its edges. All these things indicate that it is an alien space craft since its shape conforms to tens of thousands of UFO reports from the past. 

      Scott C. Waring

       { http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

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      NASA Responds To A Video Showing Several UFOs Behind An Astronaut On ISS

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      The NASA has always been tight-lipped over allegations of alien visitations, but the U.S. space agency issued a statement about it after a video made the rounds online showing several apparent UFOs crossing a window behind an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS).

      NASA released the footage online, and UFO hunters have claimed that it was conclusive proof extraterrestrial does exist.

      The video was then uploaded to several UFO websites. It shows Italian European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti demonstrating how to operate window shutters at the space station.

      As she demonstrates and talks in front of the camera, multiple white objects seem to come shooting into view.

      Many UFO enthusiasts believe those are unknown objects passing the ISS and the footage is a smoking gun evidence of the existence of UFOs and aliens.

      This is not the first time UFOs allegedly caught on cam passing the ISS, but videos showing the anomalies usually got cut off for no apparent reason. UFO hunters suggest that the cutting of videos has been deliberately done by NASA personnel to hide the truth.

      NASA usually does not respond to UFO claims, but the agency issued a statement lately. It denied the existence or any discovery of UFOs in the International Space Station. It pointed out that the artifacts in photos and videos from the orbiting laboratory, which were posted online, were just reflections from station windows.

      American astronaut Tom Jones dispelled the myth last year saying that astronauts have not observed any proof of ET life. He stated that claimed UFOs in images and videos from the shuttle or space station have turned out to be meteors, lightning flashes, drifting orbital debris, and ice crystals.

      However, conspiracy theorists suspect that NASA and veteran astronaut Jones are just part of the cover-up. They dismiss NASA and Mr. Jones explanations and believe that the bright lights or objects seen on camera in the distance from the station are alien spacecraft.

      http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Search For Alien Life: Robots Will Dig Through Moon Ice With Buzzsaws, Catapults

      Search For Alien Life: Robots Will Dig Through Moon Ice With Buzzsaws, Catapults

      NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has put together a bunch of robot prototypes that could traverse and bore through ice on moons in the farthest reaches of our solar system, ones that scientists believe may contain liquid oceans and thus potentially could be harboring extraterrestrial life.

      ice-robot

      NASA is developing robots, including ones with robotic claws, that could take samples on icy moons in the outer solar system as part of Earth’s search for alien life. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

      JPL says those moons might include Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons and a favorite of some scientists because it has internal heat as well as an underground ocean. There’s also Europa, a moon of Jupiter; and Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, where there’s so much static electricity that the sand particles on its surface stick together so tightly you wouldn’t need water to build a sand castle.

      Read: The Signs of Alien Life on Other Planets

      According to a NASA video (below), one of the features of the developing moon robots is a catapult arm that could launch a smaller sample-collecting machine before pulling it back with a tether. There are also heated prongs that melt ice, drills and buzzsaws to power through the blocks, and “special wheels to cross ice that behaves like sand.”

      Some ice, in particular on Enceladus, is like sand in that it is made of loose grains, and that strange consistency can be found around attractive sampling areas where there are “fissures that blow out jets of gas and icy material from below the surface.”

      There are also the challenges of temperatures substantially colder than freezing and extreme radiation.

      NASA is still reviewing the prototypes.

       

      “We’re working with NASA Headquarters to identify the specific systems we need to build now, so that in 10 or 15 years, they could be ready for a spacecraft,” Tom Cwik, the head of JPL’s Space Technology Program, said in a statement.

      The robots are not the first NASA has developed for a hypothetical mission to another planet. It also has the PUFFER —  short for Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot — that could accompany the Mars rover on a mission to the Red Planet, for example, and help by folding up to squeeze into tight spaces or getting over obstacles that the bulkier rover cannot.

      About the new potential fleet of ice-exploring robots, Hari Nayar, who led the robotics research, said in a NASA statement, “One of the most exciting places we can go is deep into subsurface oceans — but doing so requires new technologies that don’t exist yet.”

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Search For Alien Life: Robots Will Dig Through Moon Ice With Buzzsaws, Catapults

      Search For Alien Life: Robots Will Dig Through Moon Ice With Buzzsaws, Catapults

      NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has put together a bunch of robot prototypes that could traverse and bore through ice on moons in the farthest reaches of our solar system, ones that scientists believe may contain liquid oceans and thus potentially could be harboring extraterrestrial life.

      ice-robot

      NASA is developing robots, including ones with robotic claws, that could take samples on icy moons in the outer solar system as part of Earth’s search for alien life. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

      JPL says those moons might include Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons and a favorite of some scientists because it has internal heat as well as an underground ocean. There’s also Europa, a moon of Jupiter; and Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, where there’s so much static electricity that the sand particles on its surface stick together so tightly you wouldn’t need water to build a sand castle.

      Read: The Signs of Alien Life on Other Planets

      According to a NASA video (below), one of the features of the developing moon robots is a catapult arm that could launch a smaller sample-collecting machine before pulling it back with a tether. There are also heated prongs that melt ice, drills and buzzsaws to power through the blocks, and “special wheels to cross ice that behaves like sand.”

      Some ice, in particular on Enceladus, is like sand in that it is made of loose grains, and that strange consistency can be found around attractive sampling areas where there are “fissures that blow out jets of gas and icy material from below the surface.”

      There are also the challenges of temperatures substantially colder than freezing and extreme radiation.

      NASA is still reviewing the prototypes.

       

      “We’re working with NASA Headquarters to identify the specific systems we need to build now, so that in 10 or 15 years, they could be ready for a spacecraft,” Tom Cwik, the head of JPL’s Space Technology Program, said in a statement.

      The robots are not the first NASA has developed for a hypothetical mission to another planet. It also has the PUFFER —  short for Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot — that could accompany the Mars rover on a mission to the Red Planet, for example, and help by folding up to squeeze into tight spaces or getting over obstacles that the bulkier rover cannot.

      About the new potential fleet of ice-exploring robots, Hari Nayar, who led the robotics research, said in a NASA statement, “One of the most exciting places we can go is deep into subsurface oceans — but doing so requires new technologies that don’t exist yet.”

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Red Planet versus Dead Planet: Scientists Debate Next Destination for Astronauts in Space

      Red Planet versus Dead Planet: Scientists Debate Next Destination for Astronauts in Space

      Red Planet versus Dead Planet: Scientists Debate Next Destination for Astronauts in Space
      Where in the solar system will humans go next? NASA and private industry are mulling whether astronauts should first go back to the moon—or instead voyage directly to Mars. A near-Earth asteroid could be a third possible destination for near-future human missions.
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      THE WOODLANDS, Texas—Should the U.S. send humans back to the moon in a 21st-century reboot of the cold war–era Apollo program … or should the nation go full-throttle and for the gusto, sending crews to all the way to Mars, where none have gone before? U.S. scientists and policy makers have grappled ad nauseam with America's next great otherworldly destination for decades, without making much meaningful progress. Now that it is approaching a half-century since an American — or anyone at all, for that matter — last left low Earth orbit, the debate seems lost in space.

      Soon that shall change, many advocates of human spaceflight believe, through a hybrid of new initiatives by Pres. Donald Trump's administration as well as commercial efforts led by private industry. The Trump White House's vision for U.S. astronauts remains at present a foggy TBD, but there are plans afoot to relaunch a National Space Council. Helmed by Vice Pres. Mike Pence, the council would set a new space agenda not only for NASA but also for U.S. rocket companies, big and small, such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Orbital ATK.

      In the meantime, speculation about the U.S.'s future in space has reached its highest point in recent memory, as made clear here last week by the proceedings of the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). At the meeting, scientists unleashed the latest findings regarding Earth's moon, Mars, asteroids, comets and myriad other cosmic objects of interest, often with a hopeful eye toward rekindling human voyages to other worlds. Although robotic probes are the persistent currency of discovery in today's planetary science, many researchers increasingly see astronauts as crucial agents of exploration in the not-too-distant future.

      "Planetary science will completely change once we get crew beyond low Earth orbit," says David Kring, a senior staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. "The best way to explore the moon is by the well-trained astronaut, hands down. Apollo demonstrated that wonderfully."

      Kring says he is eager to see the first NASA exploration missions using the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is currently being developed along with a crewed Orion spacecraft. At the Trump administration's insistence, NASA is assessing the prospect of flying a two-person crew around the moon in mid-2019 — years ahead of schedule for the delay-plagued SLS and Orion programs. "I'm even more anxious to see crews deploy robotic assets to the lunar surface and eventually land there themselves," Kring adds. "We need to get back on the surface. We need to collect samples. And we need to bring them back to Earth."

      The moon is a bonanza for scientists, Kring says, because it offers crucial insights for understanding the origins and evolution of Earth and other planets: how they formed from the accretion and differentiation of smaller bodies; how they were bombarded by impacts early in their histories; and even how some of them migrated in their orbits around the sun. "The best place to answer those questions is on the moon," he explains, given that its airless surface contains the scarcely altered imprints of 4.5 billion years of solar system history.

      You can't be a Martian without being a lunatic, suggests Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
      You can't be a Martian without being a lunatic, suggests Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
      Credit: Barbara David

      Here on Earth destructive geologic processes cloud our view of those long-gone formative eons, Kring says. Even on modern-day Mars, a planet far more inert than Earth, many of the answers we might seek to our solar system's deepest mysteries have been erased by the slow workings of geology.

      Kring also sees the moon as a gateway to Mars. "We have to have legitimate, meaningful milestones on our way to Mars," he explains. "We all want to get humans on Mars. The question is how do you get there? I don't think we're going to develop the right workforce with the capabilities to magically get to Mars by 2035 or 2045. We need to develop the techniques and the workforce for that leap, and that can happen in [lunar orbit] and on the moon."

      According to Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame, any moon-versus-Mars argument is a nonstarter. "It's not either-or," he says, because the moon can enable Mars by tapping lunar resources to support a sustainable human expansion deeper into the solar system.

      "You can't be a Martian without being a lunatic," Neal says. "If you want to do 'flags and footprints,' go to Mars now. But you'll never go back, because that's Apollo — a fantastic program, but it was not sustainable."

      To Neal, Earth's satellite is first and foremost a world rich in resources that can and should be used. For example, he pointed to sun-shy craters at the lunar poles, where near-constant darkness has trapped and preserved water ice ripe for conversion into oxygen, water and rocket propellant. "We have to do some basic geologic prospecting," he says. "And if the moon's resources are shown to be substantial, "you then bring the Moon into our economic sphere of influence. I view the moon as enabling, and that comes through its resources."

      Speaking at a breakout session prior to the formal start of the LPSC gathering last week, Apollo 17 moon walker and geologist Jack Schmitt reflected on the value of human exploration of the moon. It had been nearly 45 years since Schmitt bunny-hopped his way across the low-gravity lunar landscape in December 1972 during the final Apollo mission; half of Apollo’s 12 moon walkers have now died. With the passing of his Apollo 17 crewmate, Gene Cernan, earlier this year, Schmitt spoke as the last living person from that mission to have set foot on the moon.

      Schmitt's speech raised issues familiar to many in the audience. For decades, he has championed the potential economics of lunar mining for helium 3, an isotope that could be crucial for certain forms of nuclear fusion. The lunar surface has soaked up vast quantities of helium 3 from billions of years of bombardment by the solar wind, Schmitt explained, and drawing on that resource is how a lunar settlement could support itself. Provided, that is, that scientists back on Earth can first figure out how to make nuclear fusion an economically viable power source — a goal that has eluded them for decades.

      Schmitt's faith in a lunar future for humankind is unwavering. "A settlement on the Moon based on helium 3 export to Earth for fusion power makes a lot of sense to me. It starts not only to make us a two-planet species but enables, I think, Mars exploration in many different ways," he noted.

      Apollo 17 moon walker and geologist Jack Schmitt champions the possible economics of mining helium 3 on the moon.
      Apollo 17 moon walker and geologist Jack Schmitt champions the possible economics of mining helium 3 on the moon.
      Credit: Barbara David

      For example, he said, helium 3 mining would produce by-products including water, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen. These useful substances exist in only the most minuscule traces in lunar soil — but such an enormous amount of surface material would have to be processed to harvest helium 3 that they would accumulate in significant amounts. Water sourced from the low-gravity moon, Schmitt explained, could be utilized as a protective, radiation-thwarting cocoon, built into the superstructures of Mars-bound crewed spacecraft. "A few inches of water around a spacecraft weights an awful lot and it is expensive bringing it from Earth. You can produce water anywhere on the moon," he said.

      Others have little time for the moon and the decades that would be required to develop infrastructure there. Their eyes are instead on the bigger prize: Mars. Elon Musk, SpaceX's CEO and chief rocketeer, is the foremost example of the "Mars first" contingent. And according to SpaceX engineer Paul Wooster, Red Planet planning by Musk's private company is steadily progressing. "The vision for SpaceX, long-term, is making it possible for large numbers of people to go to Mars," he says.

      SpaceX plans to build a mega-rocket and a giant interplanetary crew transporter to populate Martian outposts and eventually a full-size city, Wooster reports. But before the company can achieve those wild goals it must first firm up its capability to send something — anything at all — to Mars. That would come via interplanetary flights of the firm's Red Dragon spacecraft — a derivative of the SpaceX Dragon capsule that has already hauled cargo to the International Space Station and in due course will take astronauts there. Wooster says SpaceX is intent on rapidly building up surface infrastructure on Mars, hopefully beginning by the mid-2020s. "We obviously have a lot of work ahead of us," he says.

      A crucial component of the SpaceX plan for Mars has been demonstrated several times here on Earth. The company has repeatedly landed its Falcon 9 rocket's first stage at sea on a drone ship, and on land at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Because the first stage can then be repeatedly reused rather than flown once and discarded, an economy of scale could develop that greatly reduces the cost of access to space, and thus the price tag of a bank-busting plan to colonize Mars. For SpaceX's ambitious plans to work, the company will have to develop and demonstrate reusability on its next generation of rockets poised to debut after Falcon 9.

      Wooster says an unpiloted SpaceX Red Dragon flight to Mars, able to deliver roughly one ton of useful payload, is being considered for 2020. Other Red Dragons could follow every two years or so, when Mars and Earth are in favorable alignments that minimize the fuel needed for an interplanetary crossing.

      SpaceX Red Dragon nears autopilot touchdown on Mars. The private firm has the Red Planet in its sights to establish an outpost, and eventually a city, on that distant world.
      SpaceX Red Dragon nears autopilot touchdown on Mars. The private firm has the Red Planet in its sights to establish an outpost, and eventually a city, on that distant world.
      Credit: SpaceX

      "First and foremost is to learn how to land large payloads on Mars," Wooster says. In preparation for planting an outpost on that far-off world, experiments onboard Red Dragon are set to test on-the-spot propellant production. That can be done, he says, by processing water from Mars' surface and with gases extracted from the carbon dioxide–rich atmosphere. In fact, NASA is also set to try out something similar — a Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) on the space agency's Mars 2020 rover.

      SpaceX has been quietly working with NASA and non-NASA landing site specialists to plot locales for plopping down its spacecraft. Site selection is driven by the quantity of water the firm is looking for — thousands of tons, Wooster explains. One such spot "is looking quite promising," he says: Arcadia Planitia, a smooth plain on Mars that appears to have large quantities of ice near the surface.

      Of course, where there is ice there may well be subsurface pockets of liquid water — and potentially life, raising the possibility that SpaceX could violate "planetary protection" protocols by landing in such regions. Wooster says SpaceX is working with NASA's Office of Planetary Protection to properly address such concerns. For now, he reiterates that the company is most definitely open for business and eager to entice researchers to make use of Red Dragon for toting their experiments. "SpaceX is a transportation company," Wooster explains. "We're very happy to deliver payloads to Mars for various people," he adds, an offer that has also piqued NASA's interest in contracting with the company to launch a potential science experiment in 2020. "We want to turn this into a steady cadence where we are sending [Red] Dragons to Mars based on every opportunity as we go forward, and eventually shifting over to our large Mars vehicle to deliver very large payloads," he concludes.

      Be it back to the moon or first footfalls on Mars, the trajectory taken by the U.S. appears to have the research community in ready-and-waiting mode. Whether it comes via government-backed public-private partnerships, international collaboration or go-it-alone endeavors by the only nation to have landed astronauts on the moon, there is plenty of extraterrestrial science that can — and will — be done, potentially even by humans.

      This article was first published at ScientificAmerican.com. ©ScientificAmerican.com. All rights reserved.

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      NASA's ice-world robots can reach, launch, and melt in search of life

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      Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing an array of robotic ice tools that may help uncover the frozen secrets of alien worlds. As part of the Ocean Worlds Mobility and Sensing study, each of these tools has been designed to collect samples from above or below the surface of icy moons such as Jupiter’s Europa.

      “In the future, we want to answer the question of whether there is life on the moons of the outer planets — on Europa, Enceladus and Titan,” Tom Cwik, who leads JPL’s Space Technology Program, said in a news release. “We’re working with NASA headquarters to identify the specific systems we need to build now, so that in 10 or 15 years, they could be ready for a spacecraft.”

      Liquid water offers one of our best bets for discovering extraterrestrial life. But, on an icy world, we’ll have to dig deep to access it.

      MoreThis image search database is out of this world with 140,000-plus NASA photos

      Among the new tools are wheels that enable rovers to navigate icy terrain, a folding arm that can stretch 33 feet to grab samples at a distance, and a projectile launcher than can shoot a sampling probe up to 164 feet.

      Engineers have also adapted methods used on Earth, such as “melt probes,” which melt through snow and ice to help scientists study the regions below. But, since melt probes tend to be inefficient, they would freeze up long before they dug all the way through Europa’s crust, which is somewhere between 6.2 and 12.4 miles deep. JPL engineering fellow Brian Wilcox devised a new tool that uses a vacuum-insulated capsule to retain its energy with a big chunk of heat-source plutonium. A rotating saw blade attached to the bottom is used to grind through the ice.

      “We think there are glacier-like ice flows deep within Europa’s frozen crust,” Wilcox said. “Those flows churn up material from the ocean down below. As this probe tunnels into the crust, it could be sampling waters that may contain biosignatures, if any exist.”

      The prototypes are now under review by NASA.

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      Dark Side of the Moon is hiding THIS incredible secret - and UFO hunter has shock 'PROOF'

      IT has been a source of mystery for generations – but what IS on the dark side of the moon?

      By Nicholas Bieber 

      IT has been a source of mystery for generations – but what IS on the dark side of the moon?

      Planet Earth only gets to see one side of the giant space rock, and what lies on the other half is unknown.

      Now a UFO enthusiast has claimed aliens are living in a supermassive network of tunnels and caves on our moon.

      The dark side of the moon cannot be seen from Earth

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      HIDDEN: The Dark Side of the Moon is hidden from the Earth's view - is it holding THIS secret?

      He suspects they are thriving in underground cities covering the mysterious "dark side" – which can never be seen from Earth.

      And now he has “evidence” in astonishing images from a lost lunar spaceship which has been found orbiting the moon after going missing eight years ago.

      The images, from Chandrayaan-1, appear to show a network of lava tubes snaking under the surface of the satellite, with thousands of caves scattered all over.

      It was created by streams of magma which ran dry, but now Jesse – who runs YouTube channel UFO News – believes they are homing an entire civilisation.

      First picture of dark side of the moon

      NASA

      OUT OF VIEW: The 'Dark Side' was pictured for the first time – by the Russians – in 1959

      An alien civilisation could be living much closer to home that we previously thought

      Jesse, alien investigator

      “The presence of enormous caves on the moon suggests that an alien civilisation could be living much closer to home that we previously thought,” the alien enthusiast told Daily Star Online.

      “We find it fascinating that an extensive network of caves and tunnels, some of which are large enough to house entire cities, are covering the surface of the moon.

      “Why is it that these caves have slipped under the radar of public interest for so long? Is it possible that NASA could be privately discouraging the exploration of these structures in order to suppress public interest?

      “NASA has admitted that these caves could be used as potential locations for a human colony on the moon. It makes us wonder if they might have already investigated them without public knowledge?"

      Lava tubes on the moon

      NASA

      ALIEN CITIES: It is claimed extra terrestrial life is lurking in underground tunnels

      It is a known fact that craters are covering the moon, and have been created by meteorites that have peppered its surface.

      But conspiracy theorists like Jesse believe the aliens are hiding out on the shadows there, and in the tunnels which connect to them.

      “Prior to the invention of satellites, the dark side of the moon would have been a convenient location for an alien civilisation to live and remain hidden from view,” he told us.

      “As our technology evolves, such a civilisation would likely be forced to use new tactics to remain hidden.

      “These caves and tunnels would make the perfect location for an alien civilisation to take refuge from the prying eyes of humanity."

      Craters on moon

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      HIDING: Jesse suspects the aliens are hiding from us in the shadows of these craters

      The "far side of the moon" which Jesse believes is inhabited by extra terrestrial life has long been dubbed the "dark side".

      This is because it can never be seen from our planet, as it spins at the same rate as it orbits the Earth, meaning it is kept hidden from our view.

      It was only pictured for the first time – by the Russians – in 1959.

      Jesse told us: “Many of these massive caves reside on the dark side of the moon, out of view of ground based telescopes.

      “Buried deep within the ground, the caves offer protection from the sun and the harsh realities of space.

      “In our most recent video on UFO News we included pictures of what appear to be the surface marks of these tunnels crisscrossing the surface.

      Craters and tunnels on moon

      NASA

      PROOF? Jesse says the evidence lie in pictures like these of the tunnels and craters

      “These well established pictures serve as new evidence that a super highway of interconnected lava tubes are being used as a highway system to allow an alien civilisation to move about the moon undetected.

      “Until NASA is willing to do some direct investigation of these objects using high definition cameras, we are going to take their silence as a nod in the direction that aliens are indeed on the moon.”

      The cube-sized satellite where the new images of the moon have come from first went missing in 2009, after being successfully launched in October 2008.

      It is roughly the size of a smart car, measuring 1.5 metres tall on each side, and had completed 3,400 orbits around the moon when, less than a year later, radio contact was lost.

      But this year it was announced the probe has been found orbiting 200 kilometres above the lunar surface by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

      Tunnels on Dark Side of the Moon

      VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE

      LOST SPACESHIP: This is the eerie picture of the dark side of the moon from the missing probe

      Jesse's suspicions come 10 years after the "Apollo 20 hoax" - which saw claims that NASA carried out a secret lunar mission.

      Videos surfaced on YouTube from a user claiming to be a retired American astronaut who commandered the mission.

      The clips appeared to show proof of the existence of intelligence, alien life on the moon, and included a picture of a female alien - nicknamed Mona Lisa - hibernating.

      But all the videos were posted on the video sharing site on April 1 - April Fools' Day - hinting the story was nothing more than an elaborate prank.

      Mona Lisa

      YOUTUBE

      MONA LISA: This image of a hibernating alien was part of an Apollo 20 hoax on April Fools' Day

      http://www.dailystar.co.uk/ }

      01-04-2017 om 23:30 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.He used to be one of the biggest rock stars of the ’90s. Now he studies UFOs.

      He used to be one of the biggest rock stars of the ’90s. Now he studies UFOs.

      http://www.kansascity.com/ }

      01-04-2017 om 23:12 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Annual Canadian UFO report released with only 4 per cent of sightings unexplained

      Annual Canadian UFO report released with only 4 per cent of sightings unexplained

      In total, there were 1,131 sightings of unidentified flying objects reported across Canada in 2016.

      Chris Rutkowsky is a science writer and research coordinator at Ufology Research, which publishes the annual Canadian UFO survey. He said that the record-low unexplained sightings are likely the result of more careful scrutiny of raw report information available.
      Chris Rutkowsky is a science writer and research coordinator at Ufology Research, which publishes the annual Canadian UFO survey. He said that the record-low unexplained sightings are likely the result of more careful scrutiny of raw report information available. 
       (CHRIS RUTKOWSKY)  

      WINNIPEGBright lights, airplane near-misses and light-fingered aliens with a penchant for cool shades are all part of the annual report on UFO sightings in Canada.

      The 2016 Canadian UFO Survey produced by Winnipeg-based Ufology Research was released this week. In total, there were 1,131 sightings of unidentified flying objects reported across Canada.

      In a first for the 28 years the study has been conducted, only 4 per cent of the sightings could not be explained. Study author Chris Rutkowski said that record-low rating is likely the result of more careful scrutiny of raw report information available.

      Summer is the big time of year for UFO sightings and mostly they were simply lights that people saw in the sky.

      The provinces with the largest populations had the most reports, so Quebec led the country with 38.5 per cent of the sightings, while Ontario had 26 per cent and British Columbia had 17 per cent.

      The most popular shape of UFO reported in 2016 was a simple point source of light (57 per cent). Other shapes reported were triangle (4 per cent), ball (9 per cent), cigar (3 per cent) and fireball (5 per cent). The classic “flying saucer” was only reported 48 times.

      As for what the study calls “unknowns,” they included such cases as the “gigantic, disc-shaped object with searchlights” that was seen moving over the mountains in North Vancouver and the boomerang-shaped “cluster of stars” that moved across the sky near St. Thomas, Ont.

      There was also the commercial airplane over Toronto that had a near miss with an object while on a routine flight on Nov. 14.

      “The flight crew noticed an object directly ahead on their flight path. The object appeared to be solid, approximately five to eight feet in diameter and shaped like an upright doughnut or inner tube,” said the study.

      “Cabin crew members received minor injuries when evasive action was taken. While the object was not likely a balloon and was suggested to be a drone, it was noted that drones could not fly at that altitude and distance.”

      The study said the Transportation Safety Board ruled the incident as “a near collision with an unidentified airborne object.”

      Close encounter cases are in the minority, but high on the strangeness scale.

      Those included a man in Cornwall, P.E.I., who reported that a thin, six-foot-tall, long-fingered white alien in a black suit spoke to him in his bedroom before leaving by walking through a wall.

      A man in Lanaudiere, Que., said he was transported into a field of plants and plunged into a bathtub “where he was surrounded by three green, big-eyed humanoid creatures who communicated with him telepathically.”

      Not all close encounters are so dramatic, however. One person in Tecumseh, Ont., reported that an alien stole his sunglasses and belt, while someone from Rimouski, Que., filed a report which read simply: “They contacted me!”

      https://www.thestar.com/ }

      01-04-2017 om 23:05 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA IS READY TO ANNOUNCE ALIEN LIFE: ALL PROTOCOLS ARE SET UP

      NASA IS READY TO ANNOUNCE ALIEN LIFE: ALL PROTOCOLS ARE SET UP

      In a universe that is practically infinite, it would be extremely egocentric of anyone to suggest that life on earth represents the only intelligent life in the universe. Many people, researchers included, pose the argument that in all these years of technological prosperity of the human civilization, no sign of life has been found in outer space despite the best efforts of organizations like SETI. This problem is further propounded with Drake’s Equation. 

      The Drake equation estimates, roughly, how many planets may be inhabited by intelligent life. It seeks to quantify the question, “Are we alone?” So far, the conclusion of the equation is that with so many habitable planets out there, it is astonishing that no contact has been established with extraterrestrial life in all of human history. Therefore, one must conclude that there is no intelligent extraterrestrial life in the universe.

      There is one problem with the Drake Equation. The equation overestimates the human being’s competency in collecting data from space. Scientists, despite their admirable persistence and best efforts, have only been able to explore an infinitesimally small volume of the universe. The conclusion that humans have not discovered aliens yet means there are no aliens is analogous to the someone scooping up the ocean water in a glass and saying there are no whales in the ocean because none are swimming in their glass. With the recent discovery of the exoplanet system TRAPPIST - 1, the odds of finding life on other planets have never been higher. The question now arises about how one should contact an alien civilization if and when the presence of intelligent life has been established. The book by NASA titled ‘Archaeology, Anthropology and Interstellar Communication’ focuses on this scenario. It would be difficult to determine whether the aliens are peaceful or barbaric; whether they are conquerors or explorers; whether they relish human meat or not.

      The “Hollywood scientist” Neil Degrasse Tyson posits that the human body is made up of the same matter that is abundant in the universe and it is unlikely that intelligent life did not come into existence on other planets. When coming in contact with such a civilization, the very first impediment is to find a common “language.” One can reasonably assume that aliens do not speak the tongue of humans. They might not use sound as their method of communication at all. The book by NASA tackles this issue and proposes some ways in which human beings could communicate with the aliens.

      The question of whether or not we are alone is as old as time itself. The question should now be restated as whether or not we are going to ever come in contact with an alien civilization. And if we do, would we have found in them an ally or a foe?

      Inspired by:

      http://www.ancient-code.com/nasa-is-already-prepared-to-announce-alien-life-protocols-are-in-place/

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      01-04-2017 om 22:57 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA Admits: We’re in Contact With No Less Than 4 Different Alien Species (Just Forgot to Mention It)

      NASA Admits: We’re in Contact With No Less Than 4 Different Alien Species (Just Forgot to Mention It)

      Yes, you got that right – NASA admits that it’s in contact with alien species. They just forgot to mention it! Weird, right? Well, not really. Just take a look at the article below to find out more about this. According to the recent reports, Trish Chamberson, an official spokesperson from NASA has confirmed the existence of extra-terrestrial life and has claimed that aliens have been visiting planet Earth for thousands of years.

      NASA SPOKESWOMAN CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF ALIENS

      This is how the story goes – during the two-hour briefing, Trish Chamberson, an official spokesperson from NASA, confirmed that a number of theories which had previously been dismissed as groundless speculation from fringe enthusiasts are actually grounded in reality. Trish Chamberson, an official spokesperson from NASA, also made various sensational allegations in the course of the interview, claiming that the alien species known as the Greys have been visiting Earth for thousands of years and that they may have had a hand in the construction of megastructures such as the ancient pyramids of Giza and various other buildings dotted around the world.

      ALIEN CONTACT?

      “There are so many films, documentaries and TV programs on aliens, that we thought everyone was aware of them by now.”

      And, after that, Trish Chamberson went on to confirm various theories about alien mining operations in the solar system. She also says that one of the mines was on the far side of the Moon and that various planets in the solar system were being assessed for minerals. Trish also said that aliens have begun to mine Jupiter, which is why observers have been able to see several apparently new rings appearing around the gas giant.

      “Sorry. We just kinda assumed everyone knew about it.”

      This is also very important for you to know – she also alleged that NASA is in regular contact with no less than four different and entirely separate alien species from various locations in the galaxy. Trish Chamberson also mentioned that all contact with the alien species has been amicable. While the aliens have raised no serious bone of contention with humanity, she has alleged that they have expressed concern about the proliferation and testing of nuclear weapons which has serious consequences not only for life on Earth but for races of peoples all over the galaxy.

      “The aliens are actually harmless and only interested in the planet’s natural resources.”

      But, she didn’t confirm that alien species are responsible for the abductions of human beings. Yes, Chamberson mentioned that the aliens are completely harmless, and their only interest in Earth relates to the planet’s natural resources.

      “We were so busy back-engineering their technology, we simply forgot all about it. They even have a base on the far side of the moon, and are currently mining several planets in our solar system for minerals. They’ve only started on Jupiter recently, hence the new rings around it. It’s all good though, they’re a nice enough bunch. They don’t talk much though, but always complaining about our Nuclear weapons, claiming they affect parallel universes every time they’re triggered.”

      by disclose.tv

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      01-04-2017 om 22:46 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.SHOCK NASA STATEMENT: 'A CATACLYSMIC event has occurred in space but we have NO IDEA what'

      SHOCK NASA STATEMENT: 'A CATACLYSMIC event has occurred in space but we have NO IDEA what'

      NASA has reported a cataclysmic event is taking place in space, but experts are still investigating what exactly has happened.

      Mystery X-ray flashes beamed towards Earth before vanishing just 24 hours later, leaving scientists to investigate the source.

      The phenomenon, which stemmed from a galaxy 10.7 billion lightyears away, was captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

      Initial findings suggest it came from a "completely new type of cataclysmic event".

      A NASA spokesman said: "A mysterious flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained. 

      "This source likely comes from some sort of destructive event in space, but may be of a variety that scientists have never seen before."

      Report co-author Kevin Schawinski, of ETH Zurich in Switzerland, said: "We may have observed a completely new type of cataclysmic event.

      “Whatever it is, a lot more observations are needed to work out what we’re seeing.”

      Cataclysmic

      GETTY

      NASA is not certain what caused the event to happen.

      Catclysmic-3

      NASA

      A still Image of CDF-S transient.

      Franz Bauer of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago said: "Ever since discovering this source, we’ve been struggling to understand its origin.

      “It’s like we have a jigsaw puzzle but we don’t have all of the pieces.”

      The X-ray source, located in a region of the sky known as the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S), has remarkable properties. 

      Prior to October 2014, this source was not detected in X-rays, but then it erupted and became at least a factor of 1,000 brighter in a few hours. 

      After about a day, the source had faded completely below the sensitivity of Chandra.

      Thousands of hours of legacy data from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes helped determine that the event likely came from a faint, small galaxy about 10.7 billion lightyears from Earth. 

      For a few minutes, the X-ray source produced a thousand times more energy than all the stars in this galaxy.

      We may have observed a completely new type of cataclysmic event.

      Kevin Schawinski

      Two of the three main possibilities to explain the X-ray source invoke gamma-ray burst (GRB) events.

      GRBs are jetted explosions triggered either by the collapse of a massive star or by the merger of a neutron star with another neutron star or a black hole. 

      If the jet is pointing towards the Earth, a burst of gamma rays is detected. 

      As the jet expands, it loses energy and produces weaker, more isotropic radiation at X-ray and other wavelengths.

      Possible explanations for the CDF-S X-ray source, according to the researchers, are a GRB that is not pointed toward Earth, or a GRB that lies beyond the small galaxy. 

      A third possibility is that a medium-sized black hole swallowed a white dwarf star.

      Co-author Ezequiel Treister, also of the Pontifical Catholic University, said: "None of these ideas fits the data perfectly.

      “But then again, we’ve rarely if ever seen any of the proposed possibilities in actual data, so we don’t understand them well at all.”

      The mysterious X-ray source was not seen at any other time during the two and a half months of exposure time Chandra has observed the CDF-S region, which has been spread out over the past 17 years. 

      Moreover, no similar events have yet to be found in Chandra observations of other parts of the sky.

      If the X-ray source was caused by a GRB triggered by the merger of a neutron star with a black hole or another neutron star, then gravitational waves would also have been produced. 

      If such an event were to occur much closer to Earth, within a few hundred million light years, it may be detectable with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).

      A paper describing this result appears in the June 2017 issue of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and is available online.

      http://www.express.co.uk/news }

      01-04-2017 om 22:25 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien LIFE could be hidden on Mars, NASA sensationally announces

      Alien LIFE could be hidden on Mars, NASA sensationally announces

      LIFE on Mars could still be discovered, US space agency NASA has confirmed.

      Scientists are investigating if the most simplistic forms of alien life developed in vast oceans that once covered the Red Planet.

      They believe if they did, there may still be survivors in water that has remained beneath the surface.

      NASA made the announcement as it unveiled the results of studies into what exactly stripped Mars of its atmosphere which meant it could no longer hold the oceans like they are here on Earth.

      The study found it had been systematically stripped of its atmosphere by solar winds in the early years of our solar system.

      The research, published in journal Science today looked at data collected by the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) space probe which is orbiting the planet.

      A NASA spokesman said: "It's possible microbial life could have existed at the surface early in Mars’ history. 

      "As the planet cooled off and dried up, any life could have been driven underground or forced into rare surface oases."

      Mars-Life

      GETTY

      Simplistic forms of life could be hidden in underground water on Mars.

      As the planet cooled off and dried up, any life could have been driven underground or forced into rare surface oases.

      NASA spokesman

      Elsayed Talaat, MAVEN Program Scientist, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, said: "This discovery is a significant step toward unraveling the mystery of Mars' past environments.“ “In a broader context, this information teaches us about the processes that can change a planet’s habitability over time.”

      The researchers found that solar winds stripped Mars of noble gas argon and carbon dioxide (CO2).

      The spokesman added: "CO2 is of interest because it is the major constituent of Mars' atmosphere and because it's an efficient greenhouse gas that can retain heat and warm the planet.”

      The team made its estimate using data from the Martian upper atmosphere, which was collected by MAVEN's Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS). 

      This analysis included measurements from the Martian surface made by NASA's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Curiosity rover.

      01-04-2017 om 22:11 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.DID ALIENS DISCOVER A NEW VACATION HOTSPOT? UFO REPORTS TAKE A DIP

      DISCOVER A NEW VACATION HOTSPOT? UFO REPORTS TAKE A DIP

      Picture

      Illustration by Raphael Terra

      by Roger Marsh

      Could those pesky aliens have discovered better beaches on another planet? Maybe there was a galaxy-wide UFO recall and everyone’s in the shop getting upgraded flux capacitors.

      Domestic UFO reports for the first quarter 2017 are down a staggering 32 percent as compared to the previous five years, according to Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) Director of Research Robert Powell.

      The MUFON witness database at mid-day March 31, 2017, is showing 992 UFO reports where the case occurred during January, February or March. During the five-year period 2012 through 2016 within the same three months, MUFON averaged receiving about 1,460 cases – showing a 32 percent dip in UFO reports.
      “We have no current explanation on why the drop in UFO reports,” Powell said Friday afternoon. “One can speculate that people are seeing fewer UFOs or that they are just not reporting them.”

      Powell pointed out the fact that mobile devices like tablets and smartphones recently overtook computers near the end of 2016. 

      "James Titcomb reporting for the Telegraph," Powell said, "reports that our mobile devices finally tipped the scale as far as how people are viewing and engaging with websites. The way people are viewing our UFO reporting document is now very challenging and must be upgraded to keep up with technology."


      National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) Director Peter Davenport confirmed today that his witness database is experiencing the same drop.

      "NUFORC averaged about 1,402 cases during the first quarters 2012 through 2016," Davenport said. "The first quarter 2017 is showing just 954 cases – about a 32 percent drop as well."

      The two UFO databases often follow the same patterns.


      “Peter and I have traded stats over the years,” reports MUFON Communications Director Roger Marsh. “If he calls and says he’s having a surge in reports in general, or with one particular shape, that wave is always mirrored in the MUFON database. While some people report into both databases, most reports are actually unique to the database. We’ve seen dips and highs in the past, and they usually run in two to three-month cycles.”

      No one is ever quite sure why the rise and fall in UFO reports.

      “There is a direct correlation between UFO television programming and UFO reporting,” MUFON Executive Director Jan C. Harzan said. “The shows apparently make people aware that they have a place to file a report. When one of our “Hangar 1” episodes is playing on the History channel – there is always an increase in reporting - although that surge does tend to be people recalling older cases.”

      The top five reporting shapes in 2017 to date are Sphere (186), Star-like (106), Circle (100), Triangle (73) and Disc (64).

      http://www.mufon.com/ }

      01-04-2017 om 22:01 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.British Tabloids Jump On Reports Of Shape-Shifting UFOs

      British Tabloids Jump On Reports Of Shape-Shifting UFOs

      Reminder: Most UFO sightings are eventually explained away as natural or man-made objects.

      FAISAL HUSSAIN / NOWYOUKNOW / YOUTUBE
      The top row are screen grabs from a video taken in January 2017 of a reported UFO over Liverpool, UK. The bottom row shows a very similar reported UFO in March 2017 over Gloucester, UK.

      If some British tabloids are to be believed, UFOs have been lighting up the British skies these days, as if the night skies were an immense Christmas tree. 

      As reported in The Express, “thousands of people across the globe are seeing mysterious shape-shifting UFO.”

      Of course, an unidentified flying object typically turns out to be something other than an ET spacecraft once we take a closer look. In this instance, on March 12, Rob Wheatman, a resident of Gloucester,  captured an odd aerial phenomenon on video, as seen below.

      “I saw it as a sparkling ‘star’ from the garden in Elmbridge, due south,” according to GloucesterLive. “What alerted me was an orange light that came from it and traveled at speed north east. I grabbed my video and luckily it has a 40x zoom and that’s when I got the images of the bizarre light you saw.”

      While there doesn’t seem to be any outward appearance of fakery going on here, there tends to be an immediate attitude either on the part of individuals who offer alleged UFO videos or from media sources that have a tendency to stretch the idea of credulity with descriptions like “[t]his apparently intergalactic lightshow was filmed above Gloucester last night, and it’s got us, and the cameraman, baffled. What it shows is anyone’s guess...We’re pinning our money on aliens. Definitely aliens.”

      Once again, let’s offer this reminder: The vast majority of UFO sightings are eventually explained as natural or man-made objects. 

      We consulted a photo analyst who was unimpressed with the sightings. 

      “In this Gloucester video, I noticed first that the object was not in focus. That’s why it looked like a diamond shape. This is a common appearance of out of focus objects with some cameras,” according to Marc D’Antonio, chief photo and video analyst for the Mutual UFO Network.

      “In that video, the cameraman stated he was looking ‘due south.’ I believe that, due south at some point during the night, you will see Sirius, the brightest star in the northern sky. Because a star is ever only a point source, the slightest disturbance to the air between the camera and edge of the atmosphere in the direction being imaged will cause the image to dance around. This is called atmospheric scintillation,” D’Antonio told The Huffington Post.

      In addition to his work as a video analyst, D’Antonio is CEO of FX Models, where he builds miniature versions of classified objects for his clients that include the U.S. Navy, Congress and the joint chiefs of staff. He knows a thing or two about things that are real, faked or simply misidentified.

      HuffPost asked D’Antonio to look at another reported UK UFO video from January. This video begins with an object over Liverpool looking remarkably like the object in the first video above from Gloucester:

      ”In the second video, I noted that the object was out of focus at times. The cameraman stated that the object didn’t move, yet it absolutely did, moving over time from a position to the right and above a branch to a position just off the tip of that branch,” D’Antonio said.

      “It had changed direction to reveal its nature ― it was an aircraft, landing lights on when it turned on final approach to a nearby airport. Landing lights can be seen up to 90 miles away and will persist for up to 4-5 minutes, then fade out as the aircraft makes its final turns. In my opinion, the first video showed an astronomical object ― likely Sirius ― and the second video showed a likely aircraft on landing approach.”

      Incidentally, the objects in question in these two videos are quite similar to a diamond-shaped “UFO” videotaped in 2015 over another UK town, Tynemouth. In that case, it was determined that the object was, in fact, the bright star Sirius. 

      If you happen to spot something in the night sky that, at first, seems out-of-this-world and tempts you to consider that you’re lucky enough to witness visitors from far away, remember that you’re more than likely seeing something that is truly astronomical in nature. 

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ }

      01-04-2017 om 21:26 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.British Tabloids Jump On Reports Of Shape-Shifting UFOs

      British Tabloids Jump On Reports Of Shape-Shifting UFOs

      Reminder: Most UFO sightings are eventually explained away as natural or man-made objects.

      FAISAL HUSSAIN / NOWYOUKNOW / YOUTUBE
      The top row are screen grabs from a video taken in January 2017 of a reported UFO over Liverpool, UK. The bottom row shows a very similar reported UFO in March 2017 over Gloucester, UK.

      If some British tabloids are to be believed, UFOs have been lighting up the British skies these days, as if the night skies were an immense Christmas tree. 

      As reported in The Express, “thousands of people across the globe are seeing mysterious shape-shifting UFO.”

      Of course, an unidentified flying object typically turns out to be something other than an ET spacecraft once we take a closer look. In this instance, on March 12, Rob Wheatman, a resident of Gloucester,  captured an odd aerial phenomenon on video, as seen below.

      “I saw it as a sparkling ‘star’ from the garden in Elmbridge, due south,” according to GloucesterLive. “What alerted me was an orange light that came from it and traveled at speed north east. I grabbed my video and luckily it has a 40x zoom and that’s when I got the images of the bizarre light you saw.”

      While there doesn’t seem to be any outward appearance of fakery going on here, there tends to be an immediate attitude either on the part of individuals who offer alleged UFO videos or from media sources that have a tendency to stretch the idea of credulity with descriptions like “[t]his apparently intergalactic lightshow was filmed above Gloucester last night, and it’s got us, and the cameraman, baffled. What it shows is anyone’s guess...We’re pinning our money on aliens. Definitely aliens.”

      Once again, let’s offer this reminder: The vast majority of UFO sightings are eventually explained as natural or man-made objects. 

      We consulted a photo analyst who was unimpressed with the sightings. 

      “In this Gloucester video, I noticed first that the object was not in focus. That’s why it looked like a diamond shape. This is a common appearance of out of focus objects with some cameras,” according to Marc D’Antonio, chief photo and video analyst for the Mutual UFO Network.

      “In that video, the cameraman stated he was looking ‘due south.’ I believe that, due south at some point during the night, you will see Sirius, the brightest star in the northern sky. Because a star is ever only a point source, the slightest disturbance to the air between the camera and edge of the atmosphere in the direction being imaged will cause the image to dance around. This is called atmospheric scintillation,” D’Antonio told The Huffington Post.

      In addition to his work as a video analyst, D’Antonio is CEO of FX Models, where he builds miniature versions of classified objects for his clients that include the U.S. Navy, Congress and the joint chiefs of staff. He knows a thing or two about things that are real, faked or simply misidentified.

      HuffPost asked D’Antonio to look at another reported UK UFO video from January. This video begins with an object over Liverpool looking remarkably like the object in the first video above from Gloucester:

      ”In the second video, I noted that the object was out of focus at times. The cameraman stated that the object didn’t move, yet it absolutely did, moving over time from a position to the right and above a branch to a position just off the tip of that branch,” D’Antonio said.

      “It had changed direction to reveal its nature ― it was an aircraft, landing lights on when it turned on final approach to a nearby airport. Landing lights can be seen up to 90 miles away and will persist for up to 4-5 minutes, then fade out as the aircraft makes its final turns. In my opinion, the first video showed an astronomical object ― likely Sirius ― and the second video showed a likely aircraft on landing approach.”

      Incidentally, the objects in question in these two videos are quite similar to a diamond-shaped “UFO” videotaped in 2015 over another UK town, Tynemouth. In that case, it was determined that the object was, in fact, the bright star Sirius. 

      If you happen to spot something in the night sky that, at first, seems out-of-this-world and tempts you to consider that you’re lucky enough to witness visitors from far away, remember that you’re more than likely seeing something that is truly astronomical in nature. 

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ }

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.British Tabloids Jump On Reports Of Shape-Shifting UFOs

      British Tabloids Jump On Reports Of Shape-Shifting UFOs

      Reminder: Most UFO sightings are eventually explained away as natural or man-made objects.

      FAISAL HUSSAIN / NOWYOUKNOW / YOUTUBE
      The top row are screen grabs from a video taken in January 2017 of a reported UFO over Liverpool, UK. The bottom row shows a very similar reported UFO in March 2017 over Gloucester, UK.

      If some British tabloids are to be believed, UFOs have been lighting up the British skies these days, as if the night skies were an immense Christmas tree. 

      As reported in The Express, “thousands of people across the globe are seeing mysterious shape-shifting UFO.”

      Of course, an unidentified flying object typically turns out to be something other than an ET spacecraft once we take a closer look. In this instance, on March 12, Rob Wheatman, a resident of Gloucester,  captured an odd aerial phenomenon on video, as seen below.

      “I saw it as a sparkling ‘star’ from the garden in Elmbridge, due south,” according to GloucesterLive. “What alerted me was an orange light that came from it and traveled at speed north east. I grabbed my video and luckily it has a 40x zoom and that’s when I got the images of the bizarre light you saw.”

      While there doesn’t seem to be any outward appearance of fakery going on here, there tends to be an immediate attitude either on the part of individuals who offer alleged UFO videos or from media sources that have a tendency to stretch the idea of credulity with descriptions like “[t]his apparently intergalactic lightshow was filmed above Gloucester last night, and it’s got us, and the cameraman, baffled. What it shows is anyone’s guess...We’re pinning our money on aliens. Definitely aliens.”

      Once again, let’s offer this reminder: The vast majority of UFO sightings are eventually explained as natural or man-made objects. 

      We consulted a photo analyst who was unimpressed with the sightings. 

      “In this Gloucester video, I noticed first that the object was not in focus. That’s why it looked like a diamond shape. This is a common appearance of out of focus objects with some cameras,” according to Marc D’Antonio, chief photo and video analyst for the Mutual UFO Network.

      “In that video, the cameraman stated he was looking ‘due south.’ I believe that, due south at some point during the night, you will see Sirius, the brightest star in the northern sky. Because a star is ever only a point source, the slightest disturbance to the air between the camera and edge of the atmosphere in the direction being imaged will cause the image to dance around. This is called atmospheric scintillation,” D’Antonio told The Huffington Post.

      In addition to his work as a video analyst, D’Antonio is CEO of FX Models, where he builds miniature versions of classified objects for his clients that include the U.S. Navy, Congress and the joint chiefs of staff. He knows a thing or two about things that are real, faked or simply misidentified.

      HuffPost asked D’Antonio to look at another reported UK UFO video from January. This video begins with an object over Liverpool looking remarkably like the object in the first video above from Gloucester:

      ”In the second video, I noted that the object was out of focus at times. The cameraman stated that the object didn’t move, yet it absolutely did, moving over time from a position to the right and above a branch to a position just off the tip of that branch,” D’Antonio said.

      “It had changed direction to reveal its nature ― it was an aircraft, landing lights on when it turned on final approach to a nearby airport. Landing lights can be seen up to 90 miles away and will persist for up to 4-5 minutes, then fade out as the aircraft makes its final turns. In my opinion, the first video showed an astronomical object ― likely Sirius ― and the second video showed a likely aircraft on landing approach.”

      Incidentally, the objects in question in these two videos are quite similar to a diamond-shaped “UFO” videotaped in 2015 over another UK town, Tynemouth. In that case, it was determined that the object was, in fact, the bright star Sirius. 

      If you happen to spot something in the night sky that, at first, seems out-of-this-world and tempts you to consider that you’re lucky enough to witness visitors from far away, remember that you’re more than likely seeing something that is truly astronomical in nature. 

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ }

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      The Mysterious Washington D.C. UFO Sightings

      DC UFO sightings

      As hard as it is to imagine now, there was once a time when UFOs were given serious, front-page coverage in US national news, and when the Air Force would hold press conferences at the Pentagon to brief the public on what it knew.

      All of this began to change after a highly-publicized pair of UFO sightings over the nation’s capitol in the summer of 1952.

      http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

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      https://www.scientias.nl/ }

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      01-04-2017 om 01:18 geschreven door peter  

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      NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) DECLASSIFIED UFO FILES

      Background

      According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC):

      The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was created as an independent agency by Congress in 1974 to ensure the safe use of radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while protecting people and the environment. The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection and enforcement of its requirements.

      Over the years, many UFO reports have surfaced regarding unidentified craft being seen over sensitive nuclear installations. It only makes sense, that the NRC would be a prime target under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for documents relating to the phenomena.

      The documents were received relatively quickly. They were requested by The Black Vault on February 27, 2017, and were declassified and released to me on March 23, 2017.

      Most surprising, there is new information never-before-seen within these records. It is revealed that a former security guard of the Cooper Nuclear Station witnessed a UFO sometime between the years 1986 and 1989. The report described the UFO encounter as the following:

      While posted at the intake structure one night, he observed an “unidentified flying object” fly down the Missouri River about 150 feet in the air and hover in front of the intake. He observed it for a few moments and then contacted a fellow security officer who also observed it (he could not recall the individual’s name exactly but his first name was [REDACTED] and his last name was either [REDACTED ]. After they together observed the UFO, it turned and went back up the river and did not come back that shift. He and the other officer shared their observation with their peers who did not believe them.

      The next evening he again was posted at the intake and observed the UFO return again. This time he didn’t call anyone until the UFO had traversed into the protected area and hovered above the protected area just north of the Reactor Building. He said it was roughly triangular in shape with a circle of rotating lights on the bottom. He could not hear any propulsion noise from the UFO. He believes that it was roughly 1/3 the size of the Reactor Building. Once the UFO hovered in the protected area. He called the security break room and most of the officers on shift observed the UFO.

      Interestingly, after the report was taken by the NRC, the documents were compiled and sent to Cooper Nuclear Station in 2010. Although no formal response was requested, Cooper Nuclear Station was told only to tell employees there that were on a “need to know” basis.

      The declassified records also include reports submitted by the public to the NRC about UFO activity, and even alien technology. The NRC gave the standard response to all of the letters sent in, that the NRC mission did not include the topics they were writing about.

      The declassified documents can be seen below, in their entirety. They are unedited and appear exactly how they were received by The Black Vault from the NRC.

      Document Archive

      Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Declassified UFO Files [43 Pages, 6.4MB]

      Read more: http://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/nuclear-regulatory-commission-nrc-declassified-ufo-files/

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      01-04-2017 om 01:00 geschreven door peter  

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Exclusive full interview of former Arizona governor discussing his Phoenix Lights UFO sighting (Video)

      Exclusive full interview of former Arizona governor discussing his Phoenix Lights UFO sighting (Video)

      In 2006, former Arizona governor Fife Symington admitted to being a witness to Arizona’s most famous UFO sighting, and that he believed it to be of extraterrestrial origins. His statements made worldwide news. In association with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Phoenix Lights UFO event, James Fox, the documentarian that first obtained Symington’s confession shared never before seen footage from the interview during his presentation at the 2016 International UFO Congress. Now, with Fox’s permission, we present the interview here for our readers.

      Fife Symington discussing his Phoenix Lights UFO sighting. (Courtesy: James Fox)

      Fife Symington discussing his Phoenix Lights UFO sighting.

      (Courtesy: James Fox)

      In the newly released footage, Symington says he believes the UFO sighting was escalated up the chain of command.

      “Issues like this go up the chain of command all the way to the Pentagon,” explains Symington. “We called the Pentagon…I think they knew there had been sightings, but they weren’t talking about it.”

      As for the official Air Force response that the UFOs were flares, Symington says that is “total bunk.”

      “I have seen high altitude flares before. There is no way they were flares.”

      When it comes to what flew over Phoenix in March of 1997, Symington says, “It has never been explained.

      James Fox presenting at the 2017 International UFO Congress in February. (Credit: OpenMinds.tv)

      James Fox presenting at the 2017 International UFO Congress in February.

      (Credit: OpenMinds.tv)

      What is now referred to as “The Phoenix Lights,” was a flap of UFO sightings on March 13, 1997. It has kept Arizona buzzing ever since. Over 1000 witnesses reportedly came forward, including former Arizona Governor Fife Symington.

      Symington first admitted to seeing the object during this interview with Fox. Fox provided Symington with testimony from several witnesses who were disappointed with the way Symington dealt with the incident in 1997. Symington then admitted to Fox he had also seen the object, and he agreed it was unworldly. Fox was not expecting this response.

      After the interview, news of Symington’s confession leaked and he was asked to share his experience with CNN and other news outlets.

      View James Fox’s UFO Congress presentation here: James Fox – The Phoenix Lights 20 Years Later: Meet the Witnesses.

      Get information on what Fox is working on now at 701themovie.com.

      http://www.openminds.tv/ }

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Man in Manchester Captures ‘UFO’ Video

      Man in Manchester Captures ‘UFO’ - Video

      ENGLANDA man in Manchester on Thursday presented a video containing an unidentified flying object.

      Andy Dunni says he used his cellphone camera to capture the sighting.

      The 3-minute video shows a white round light that appears to make maneuvers not yet known to human pilots.

      Another UFO seems to show up seconds later, as the man taking the video tries to communicate with them.

      “I have been seeing unexplainable stuff nowadays,” he says.

      Just last week, another man in North West England reported seeing a transparent flying creature he dubbed as a “pegasus”.

      The Manchester man claims he has had different sightings besides UFOs, such as orbs.

      In July 2014, a Philadelphia Temple University professor said that aliens are already living in our planet and that they are forcing human women to raise their hybrid babies.

      The same year, NASA wrote a book suggesting that aliens could have already visited Earth.

      http://cryptozoologynews.com/ }

      01-04-2017 om 00:38 geschreven door peter  

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      Close encounter cases are in the minority

      Bright lights, light-fingered aliens: all part of annual report on UFO sightings

      THE CANADIAN PRESS 

      Bright lights, airplane near-misses and light-fingered aliens with a penchant for cool shades are all part of the annual report on UFO sightings in Canada.

      The 2016 Canadian UFO Survey produced by Winnipeg-based Ufology Research was released this week. In total, there were 1,131 sightings of unidentified flying objects reported across Canada.

      In a first for the 28 years the study has been conducted, only 4% of the sightings could not be explained. Study author Chris Rutkowski said that record-low rating is likely the result of more careful scrutiny of raw report information available.

      Summer is the big time of year for UFO sightings and mostly they were simply lights that people saw in the sky.

      The provinces with the largest populations had the most reports, so Quebec led the country with 38.5% of the sightings, while Ontario had 26% and British Columbia had 17%.

      The most popular shape of UFO reported in 2016 was a simple point source of light (57%). Other shapes reported were triangle (four per cent), ball (nine per cent), cigar (three per cent) and fireball (five per cent). The classic “flying saucer” was only reported 48 times.

      As for what the study calls “unknowns,” they included such cases as the “gigantic, disc-shaped object with searchlights” that was seen moving over the mountains in North Vancouver, and the boomerang-shaped “cluster of stars” that moved across the sky near St. Thomas, Ont.

      There was also the commercial airplane over Toronto that had a near miss with an object while on a routine flight on Nov. 14.

      “The flight crew noticed an object directly ahead on their flight path. The object appeared to be solid, approximately five to eight feet in diameter and shaped like an upright doughnut or inner tube,” said the study.

      “Cabin crew members received minor injuries when evasive action was taken. While the object was not likely a balloon and was suggested to be a drone, it was noted that drones could not fly at that altitude and distance.”

      The study said the Transportation Safety Board ruled the incident as “a near collision with an unidentified airborne object.”

      Close encounter cases are in the minority, but high on the strangeness scale.

      Those included a man in Cornwall, P.E.I., who reported that a thin, six-foot-tall, long-fingered white alien in a black suit spoke to him in his bedroom before leaving by walking through a wall.

      A man in Lanaudiere, Que., said he was transported into a field of plants and plunged into a bathtub “where he was surrounded by three green, big-eyed humanoid creatures who communicated with him telepathically.”

      Not all close encouters are so dramatic, however. One person in Tecumseh, Ont., reported that an alien stole his sunglasses and belt, while someone from Rimouski, Que., filed a report which read simply: “They contacted me!”

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.More than 1,000 UFO sightings in Canada in 2016: Report

      More than 1,000 UFO sightings in Canada in 2016: Report

      (mscornelius/Getty Images)

      (mscornelius/Getty Images)

      BRAD HUNTER, TORONTO SUN

      A light-fingered alien stole one man’s hat and sunglasses.

      Another man reported he found himself in bathtub in a field “surrounded by three green, big-eyed humanoid creatures who communicated with him telepathically.”

      Break out the tinfoil hats, the annual UFO report has landed.

      The 2016 Canadian UFO Survey — produced by Winnipeg-based Ufology Research — was released this week. In total, there were 1,131 sightings of unidentified flying objects reported across Canada last year.

      Study author Chris Rutkowski said for the first time in the 28 years the study has been conducted, just 4% of the sightings could not be explained.

      He said the record-low is likely the result of more careful scrutiny of raw report information available.

      In addition to the usual claims by astro-nuts, there was at least one legitimate unexplained encounter with the unknown.

      There was also the commercial airplane over Toronto that had a near miss with an object while on a routine flight Nov. 14.

      “The flight crew noticed an object directly ahead on their flight path. The object appeared to be solid, approximately five to eight feet in diameter and shaped like an upright doughnut or inner tube,” the study reported.

      “Cabin crew members received minor injuries when evasive action was taken. While the object was not likely a balloon and was suggested to be a drone, it was noted that drones could not fly at that altitude and distance.”

      The Transportation Safety Board ruled the incident as “a near collision with an unidentified airborne object.”

      Among the study’s other findings:

      - Summer is when most UFO sightings occur

      - Quebec and Ontario had the most sightings, with 38.5% and 26% respectively

      - the most popular shape for UFOs were a simple point source of light (57%)

      But it’s the personal, er, encounters that top the weird scale, the study found.

      A man in Cornwall, PEI, reported that a thin, six-foot-tall, long-fingered white alien in a black suit spoke to him in his bedroom before leaving by walking through a wall.

      Someone from Rimouski, Que., filed a report which read simply: “They contacted me!”

      — With files from The Canadian Press

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      Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.NASA reveals the robotic ICEBOTS set to tunnel through the icy surface of Europa to hunt for alien life in its underground oceans

      NASA reveals the robotic ICEBOTS set to tunnel through the icy surface of Europa to hunt for alien life in its underground oceans

      • NASA unveiled a team of robots that could make the trip to Europa in 10-15 years
      • Robots were designed to withstand cryogenic temperatures and rugged terrain
      • One can burrow miles into icy ground and another is a folding robotic arm
      • Another can remove ice pieces and the last one can gather samples 164ft away 

      Because Jupiter's moon, Europa, has oceans lying beneath its surface, it said to be one of the most likely places in the solar system for life to thrive – researchers just have to burrow through miles of ice to find out.

      Now, NASA has unveiled a team of robotic prototypes equip with special tools to penetrate the frozen terrain and search for signs of living microbes.

      The squad of 'icebots' includes a machine that tunnels through the icy surface, a folding boom arm, an ice gripping claw and a projectile launcher capable of grabbing samples up to 164 feet away.

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      The team of 'icebots' includes a machine that tunnels through the icy surface, a folding boom arm, an ice gripping claw (pictured) and a projectile launcher capable of grabbing samples up to 164 feet away

      The team of 'icebots' includes a machine that tunnels through the icy surface, a folding boom arm, an ice gripping claw (pictured) and a projectile launcher capable of grabbing samples up to 164 feet away

      NASA'S ICEBOTS 

      NASA has unveiled a set of robotic prototypes that it said could one day travel to Europa. 

      One prototype was inspired by so-called 'melt probes' used here on Earth – dubbed the ice-gripping claw.

      A rotating saw blade on the bottom of the probe slowly turns and cuts through the ice.

      The robot tosses the pieces back onto its body, where they melt due to the plutonium and pumped out behind it.

      Researchers looked at the use of robotic arms, which are essential for reaching samples from landers or rovers.

      The folding boom arm, when unfolded, extends almost 33 feet (10 meters).

      For targets that are even farther away, a projectile launcher was developed that can fire a sampling mechanism up 164 feet (50 meters).

      Also designed a rover with lightweight commercial wheels fixed to a rocker bogey suspension system.

      Since 2015, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, has been developing new technologies for use on future missions to ocean worlds.

      The new prototypes were created as part of the Ocean World's Mobility and Sensing study, a research project funded by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington.

      And each of the technologies are specifically designed to gather samples from and below the surface of an icy moon.

      'In the future, we want to answer the question of whether there's life on the moons of the outer planets - on Europa, Enceladus and Titan,' said Tom Cwik, who leads JPL's Space Technology Program.

      'We're working with NASA Headquarters to identify the specific systems we need to build now, so that in 10 or 15 years, they could be ready for a spacecraft.'

      The team has conducted extensive research to understand the harsh elements these robotic helpers would face millions of miles away.

      This includes temperate reaching hundreds of degrees below freezing and rovers crossing icy terrain that behaves like sand.

      'Robotic systems would face cryogenic temperatures and rugged terrain and have to meet strict planetary protection requirements,' said Hari Nayar, who leads the robotics group that oversaw the research.

      'One of the most exciting places we can go is deep into subsurface oceans - but doing so requires new technologies that don't exist yet.'

      Now, NASA believes they are headed in the right direction with their latest set of robotic tools, which could one day make their way to Europa.

      NASA tests robots that can drill through and collect ice

      Brian Wilcox, an engineering fellow at JPL, designed a prototype inspired by so-called 'melt probes' used here on Earth - which the  team calls, ice gripping claw 

      These probes have been used to melt through snow and ice to explore subsurface regions since the late 1960s.

      However, the machine's downfall is that it does not use heat efficiently.

      Europa's crust could be 6.2 miles deep or it could be 12.4 miles deep (10 to 20 kilometers) and if a probe doesn't manage its energy, it would have to cool down until it stopped frozen in the ice.

      Brian Wilcox, an engineering fellow at JPL, designed a prototype inspired by so-called 'melt probes' used here on Earth - which the team calls, ice gripping claw These probes have been used to melt through snow and ice to explore subsurface regions since the late 1960s

      Brian Wilcox, an engineering fellow at JPL, designed a prototype inspired by so-called 'melt probes' used here on Earth - which the team calls, ice gripping claw These probes have been used to melt through snow and ice to explore subsurface regions since the late 1960s

      The robot would toss the pieces off ice back onto its body, where they would be melted by the plutonium and pumped out behind it
      Removing blocks of ice would ensure the probe drills at a steady pace through the ice without being blocked

      The robot would toss the pieces off ice back onto its body, where they would be melted by the plutonium and pumped out behind it. Removing blocks of ice would ensure the probe drills at a steady pace through the ice without being blocked 

      But Wilcox believes he has solved the issue with a capsule insulated by vacuum - the same way a thermos bottle is insulated.

      Instead of radiating heat outwards, it would retain energy from a chunk of heat-source plutonium as the probe sinks into the ice.

      He suggested adding a rotating saw blade on the bottom of the probe, which would slowly turn and cut through the ice.

      The robot would toss the pieces off ice back onto its body, where they would be melted by the plutonium and pumped out behind it.

      Removing blocks of ice would ensure the probe drills at a steady pace through the ice without being blocked.

      After deployment from a boom arm or a projectile launcher, the claw could anchor itself using heated prongs that melt into the ice and secure its grip. This ensures that a drill's bit is able to penetrate and collect a sample 

      After deployment from a boom arm or a projectile launcher, the claw could anchor itself using heated prongs that melt into the ice and secure its grip. This ensures that a drill's bit is able to penetrate and collect a sample 

      OCEANS ON EUROP 

      A Hubble spotted giant plumes of water 125 miles high erupting from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, raising hopes it could hold life in a vast underground ocean engulfing the moon, NASA revealed last week. 

      Alien ocean: NASA's mission to find water on Europa
      The new images 'indicate a global saline liquid water ocean engulfs the moon at the present time hidden under miles of ice,' NASA said. 

      It increases the possibility that missions to Europa may be able to sample Europa's ocean without having to drill through miles of ice.

      The flyby is expected to help scientists map its composition and work out the makeup of its icy shell and ocean.

      The space agency is now planning two meetings to discuss the Europa Lander report, which will take place on 19 March and 23 April. 

      The ice water could also be sampled and sent through a spool of aluminum tubing to a lander on the surface.

      And once there, the water samples could be checked for biosignatures.

      'We think there are glacier-like ice flows deep within Europa's frozen crust,' Wilcox said.

      'Those flows churn up material from the ocean down below.' 

      'As this probe tunnels into the crust, it could be sampling waters that may contain biosignatures, if any exist.'

      Researchers also looked at the use of robotic arms, which are essential for reaching samples from landers or rovers.

      For targets that are even farther away, a projectile launcher (pictured)  was developed that can fire a sampling mechanism up 164 feet (50 meters). Both the arm and the launcher could be used in conjunction with an ice-gripping claw

      For targets that are even farther away, a projectile launcher (pictured)  was developed that can fire a sampling mechanism up 164 feet (50 meters). Both the arm and the launcher could be used in conjunction with an ice-gripping claw

      On Mars, NASA's landers have never extended beyond 6.5 to 8 feet (2 to 2.5 meters) from their base.

      And for a longer reach, you need to build a longer arm.

      However, the JPL team though of using a folding boom arm, which when unfolded, extends almost 33 feet (10 meters).

      For targets that are even farther away, a projectile launcher was developed that can fire a sampling mechanism up 164 feet (50 meters).

      Both the arm and the launcher could be used in conjunction with an ice-gripping claw.

      JUPITER'S ICY MOON EUROPA 

      Jupiter's icy moon Europa is slightly smaller than Earth's moon.

       Europa orbits Jupiter every 3.5 days and is tidally locked - just like Earth's Moon - so that the same side of Europa faces Jupiter at all times. 

      Unlike on Earth, Europas  ocean is deep enough to cover the whole surface and being far from the sun, the ocean surface is globally frozen over

      Unlike on Earth, Europas ocean is deep enough to cover the whole surface and being far from the sun, the ocean surface is globally frozen over

      It is thought to have an iron core, a rocky mantle and a surface ocean of salty water, like Earth. 

      Unlike on Earth, however, this ocean is deep enough to cover the whole surface of Europa, and being far from the sun, the ocean surface is globally frozen over. 

      Many experts believe the hidden ocean surrounding Europa, warmed by powerful tidal forces caused by Jupiter's gravity, may have conditions favorable for life.

      This claw could someday have a coring drill attached to it and if scientists want pristine samples, they'll need to bore through up to eight inches (about 20 centimeters) of Europa's surface ice - which is thought to shield complex molecules from Jupiter's radiation.

      After deployment from a boom arm or a projectile launcher, the claw could anchor itself using heated prongs that melt into the ice and secure its grip.

      This ensures that a drill's bit is able to penetrate and collect a sample.

      This coming July will mark a 20-year legacy of NASA rovers traveling across Martian desert.

      Researchers found that granular ice in cryogenic and vacuum conditions behaves more like sand dunes, with loose grains that wheels can sink into. JPL researchers turned to designs first proposed for crawling across the moon's surface

      Researchers found that granular ice in cryogenic and vacuum conditions behaves more like sand dunes, with loose grains that wheels can sink into. JPL researchers turned to designs first proposed for crawling across the moon's surface

      And although it would see the agency has gained the experience in designing rovers for missions, building one for an icy moon is different from any others before.

      Places like Saturn's moon Enceladus have fissures that blow out jets of gas and icy material from below the surface. 

      They'd be prime science targets, but the material around them is likely to be different than ice on Earth.

      Instead, tests have found that granular ice in cryogenic and vacuum conditions behaves more like sand dunes, with loose grains that wheels can sink into. 

      JPL researchers turned to designs first proposed for crawling across the moon's surface. 

      AI SET TO FIND ALIENS

      NASA has developed an AI that will be used to power submarine-like drones through extraterrestrial water worlds - specifically Jupiter's moon Europa. 

      The technology would let these unmanned machines plot their own course, based on what is detected in the water around them. During test, the fleet of drones showed it can seek out changes in temperature and salinity. 

      To plot their routes, forecasts of t hese ocean features were sent to the drones from shore. The drones also sensed how the ocean actively changed around them. 

      Experts believe the technology should be used to look for fissures in a planet's surface known as hydrothermal vents when it explores alien worlds. 

      Because these are found on ocean basins, he believes it is our best changes of finding a planet that can support life.

      They tested lightweight commercial wheels fixed to a rocker bogey suspension system that has been used on a number of JPL-led missions.

      Each of these prototypes and the experiments conducted with them were just starting points. 

      With the ocean worlds study complete, researchers will now consider whether these inventions can be further refined. 

      A second phase of development is being considered by NASA. 

      Those efforts could eventually produce the technologies that might fly on future missions to the outer solar system. 


      {http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ }

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    • www.ufo.be
    • www.caelestia.be
    • ufo.startpagina.nl.
    • www.wszechocean.blogspot.com.
    • AsocCivil Unifa
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