Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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31-10-2020
Doubts over a ‘possible sign of life’ on Venus show how science works
Doubts over a ‘possible sign of life’ on Venus show how science works
Further searches for reported hints of phosphine have been turning up empty
Earth’s neighbor planet Venus, shown here in an artist’s impression, is under the microscope after a contested report of phosphine in its clouds.
It was one of those “big, if true” stories. In September, scientists reported that Venus’ atmosphere seems to be laced with phosphine, a possible sign of life.
Now there’s increasing emphasis on the “if.” As scientists take fresh looks at the data behind the Venus announcement, and add other datasets to the mix, the original claim of inexplicable amounts of phosphine is being called into doubt. And that’s a good thing, many scientists say.
“It’s exactly how science should work,” says planetary scientist Paul Byrne of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, who studies Venus but was not involved in any of the phosphine papers. “It’s too early to say one way or the other what this detection means for Venus.”
Here’s a closer look at efforts to get from “if” to “true:”
The big claim
On September 14, astronomer Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in Wales and colleagues reported that they had seen signs of phosphine in Venus’ clouds using two different telescopes (SN: 9/14/20). The phosphine seemed to be too abundant to exist without some kind of source replenishing it. That source could be strange microbes living in the clouds, or some weird unknown Venusian chemistry, the team said.
Greaves and colleagues first spotted phosphine with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii and followed up with the powerful ALMA telescope array in Chile. But those ALMA data, and particularly the way they were handled, are now being called into question.
Reading the data: Real molecules or random wiggles?
The key Venus observations were spectra, or plots of the light coming from the planet in a range of wavelengths. Different molecules block or absorb light at specific wavelengths, so searching for dips in a spectrum can reveal the chemicals in a planet’s atmosphere.
Phosphine showed up as a dip in Venus’ spectrum at about 1.12 millimeters, a wavelength of light that the molecule was thought to be absorbing. If Venus’ spectrum could be drawn as a straight line across all wavelengths of light, phosphine would make a deep valley at that wavelength.
But real data are never that easy to read. In real life, other sources — from Earth’s atmosphere to the inner workings of the telescope itself — introduce wiggles, or “noise,” into that nice straight line. The bigger the wiggles, the less scientists believe that the dips represent interesting molecules. Any particular dip might instead be just a random, extra-large wiggle.
That problem gets even worse when looking at a bright object such as Venus with a powerful telescope like ALMA, says Martin Cordiner, an astrochemist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Cordiner uses ALMA to observe other objects in the solar system, like Saturn’s moon Titan, but was not involved in the Venus work.
“The reason those bumps and wiggles are here at all is because of the intrinsic brightness of Venus, which makes it difficult to get a reliable measurement,” Cordiner says. “You could think of it as being dazzled by a bright light: If there’s a bright light in your vision, then your ability to pick out fainter details becomes diminished.”
So astronomers do a few different things to smooth out the data and let real signals shine through. One strategy is to write an equation that describes the wiggles caused by the noise. Scientists can then subtract that equation from the data to highlight the signal they’re interested in, like fuzzing out the background of a photo to let a portrait subject pop. That’s a standard practice, says Cordiner.
But it’s possible to write an equation that fits the noise too well. The simplest equation one could use is just a straight line, also known as a first-order polynomial, described by the equation y=mx+b. A second-order polynomial adds a term with x squared, third-order with x cubed, and so on.
Greaves and colleagues used a twelfth-order polynomial, or an equation with twelve terms (plus a constant, the +b in the equation), to describe the noise in their ALMA data.
“That was a red flag that this needed to be looked at in more detail, and that the results of that polynomial fitting could be untrustworthy,” says Cordiner. Going all the way out to the power of 12 could mean a researcher subtracts more noise than is truly random, allowing them to find things in the data that aren’t really there.
To see if the researchers were a little overzealous in their polynomial fitting, astrophysicist Ignas Snellen, of Leiden University in the Netherlands, and colleagues reapplied the same noise reduction recipe to the ALMA data on Venus and found no statistically significant sign of phosphine, they report in a paper posted at arXiv.org on October 19.
Then the researchers tried the same noise filtering on other parts of Venus’ spectrum, where no interesting molecules should be found. They found five different signals of molecules that aren’t really there.
“Our analysis … shows that at least a handful of spurious features can be obtained with their method, and therefore [we] conclude that the presented analysis does not provide a solid basis to infer the presence of [phosphine] in the Venus atmosphere,” the team wrote.
Looking for other data — and getting no help yet
Meanwhile, scientists at ALMA discovered a separate, unspecified issue in the data that were used to detect the phosphine and took those data off the observatory’s public archive to scrutinize and reprocess, according to a statement from the European Southern Observatory, of which ALMA is a part.
“This does not happen very often,” says Martin Zwaan of the ESO ALMA Regional Center in Garching, Germany, but this isn’t a first. When issues are discovered, it is standard practice to reprocess the data. “In many cases, it does not affect the science outcome significantly,” Zwaan says. “In the case of the phosphine on Venus, this [outcome] has not been established yet.”
What can scientists do while they wait? One of the best ways to confirm the phosphine is to see an equivalent signal at a different wavelength in Venus’ spectrum. Unfortunately, the news isn’t great there either. In a paper to appear in Astronomy & Astrophysics, astronomer Thérèse Encrenaz of the Paris Observatory and colleagues (including Greaves and some other authors of the original paper) looked at archived data from an infrared spectrograph called TEXES that operates in Hawaii. Those observations could have spotted phosphine in Venus’ cloud tops, a lower part of the sky than what ALMA could see.
Greaves and colleagues had approached Encrenaz to look for phosphine in infrared wavelengths before the original paper came out, but those observations were cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. So Encrenaz looked through data she had collected between 2012 and 2015 — and found nothing.
“At the level of the cloud tops, there is no [phosphine] at all,” Encrenaz says. That doesn’t necessarily mean there’s no phosphine higher up in the sky — there’s just no clear explanation for how it would get there. “The reasoning in the paper by Jane Greaves was that phosphine was coming from the clouds,” Encrenaz says. “So there is a big problem.”
‘This is just what science looks like.’
There are still ways for Venus’ phosphine to pull through. If it varies with time, for instance, it might be there some of the times that astronomers look and not at others. It’s too early to invoke that scenario, though, Cordiner says. “There’s no point of talking about the time variability of a signal if it isn’t there.”
But this is not a crisis, says Clara Sousa-Silva, an astrochemist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., and a coauthor of the original paper. Other groups challenging the finding “is completely normal and what I expected (nay, hoped) would happen,” she wrote in an e-mail. “This is usually a phase of a project that I enjoy, and I am hoping people will realize this is just what science looks like.”
The silver lining in all of this is that it’s gotten people excited about Venus, says Byrne, who is a member of NASA’s Venus Exploration Analysis Group.
“These papers provide much value and a needed assessment of these extraordinary claims,” he says. “If nothing else, it has shone a light on just how little we understand about Venus. And the only way we get those answers is if we go to Venus.”
OP AARDE NEERGESTORTE METEORIET BLIJKT WONDERBAARLIJK VEEL ONGEREPTE BUITENAARDSE ORGANISCHE VERBINDINGEN TE BEVATTEN
OP AARDE NEERGESTORTE METEORIET BLIJKT WONDERBAARLIJK VEEL ONGEREPTE BUITENAARDSE ORGANISCHE VERBINDINGEN TE BEVATTEN
Vivian Lammerse
De steen werd zo’n 12 miljoen jaar geleden weggeworpen en blijkt te bestaan uit duizenden organische verbindingen.
Op 16 januari 2018 verscheen over het Midden-Westen van de Verenigde Staten een heldere vuurbol aan de nachtelijke hemel. De meteoor haastte zich door de lucht en landde vervolgens op een bevroren meer in de Amerikaanse staat Michigan. Wetenschappers en meteorietjagers wisten niet hoe snel ze zich naar de landingsplek moesten begeven om de brokstukken op te rapen, voordat de chemische samenstelling door blootstelling aan vloeibaar water zou worden aangetast. Ze kwamen op tijd. Want de neergestorte meteoriet geeft onderzoekers nu een ongekend inkijkje in een miljoenen jaren oude ruimterots.
Meteoroïde, meteoor of meteoriet? Meteorieten zijn simpel gezegd ruimterotsen die op aarde zijn gevallen. Wanneer rotsbrokken in de ruimte tegen elkaar botsen, kunnen er stukjes afbreken. Deze stukjes rots, meteoroïden genaamd, blijven door de ruimte zweven en komen soms op ramkoers te liggen met planeten of hun manen. Wanneer een meteoroïde door de atmosfeer van de aarde scheert en we hem vervolgens als een vuurbol of vallende ster waarnemen, wordt hij een meteoor genoemd. Alle stukjes van die meteoor die de reis door de atmosfeer overleven en op het aardoppervlak neerstorten, noemen we meteorieten.
Minder dan twee dagen na de landing vond meteorietjager Robert Ward het eerste stukje van de meteoriet op het bevroren oppervlak van Strawberry Lake, nabij de Amerikaanse plaats Hamburg. “Ik heb het hele weekend de meteoriet geanalyseerd, omdat ik zo benieuwd was wat voor soort meteoriet ik onder ogen had en waar hij precies uit bestond,” vertelt onderzoeker Jennika Greer. “Bij elke meteoriet die valt bestaat de kans dat het iets compleet nieuws en totaal onverwachts is.” De onderzoekers ontdekten dat de meteoriet een zogenoemde H4-chondriet is. En dat is zeldzaam. Slechts vier procent van alle meteorieten die op aarde inslaan, kunnen onder dit type geschaard worden.
Geluk De wetenschappers hadden geluk. Omdat de meteoriet neerkwam op een bevroren meer, behield hij zijn ongerepte aard. “Doordat het meer bevroren was is ie nooit in contact geweest met vloeibaar water,” vertelt onderzoeker Philipp Heck aan Scientias.nl. “Hierdoor is hij niet echt verontreinigd geraakt met terrestrische organische stoffen. Meteorieten lopen vaak scheurtjes op en eenmaal geland kan vloeibaar water gemakkelijk deze scheurtjes binnendringen. De Hamburg-meteoriet is echter één van de weinige meteorieten die dit lot heeft kunnen ontwijken. Dat is wat deze meteoriet zo opmerkelijk maakt.”
De betreffende meteoriet die in 2018 neerkwam op het Strawberry Lake in de Amerikaanse staat Michigan.
Afbeelding: Field Museum
De onderzoekers ontdekten dat de Hamburg-meteoriet een rijke voorraad buitenaardse organische verbindingen bevat. “Ik vond het verbazingwekkend hoeveel organische verbindingen er nog in deze meteoriet zaten, ondanks zijn thermische metamorfose,” zegt Heck. “Deze meteoriet bevat echt duizenden organische verbindingen. Dit soort organische verbindingen zijn waarschijnlijk door meteorieten aan de vroege aarde geleverd en hebben mogelijk bijgedragen aan de bouwstenen voor leven.”
Superpizza De gevonden verbindingen zijn waarschijnlijk zo’n 4,5 miljard jaar geleden in het moederlichaam gevormd, direct nadat deze het levenslicht zag. “Hij was op dat moment nog heet door aanwas en door het verval van radioactieve elementen die aanwezig waren in het vroege zonnestelsel,” legt Heck uit. Waarschijnlijk bevatte het moederlichaam miljoenen verbindingen die uiteindelijk, mede door temperatuurschommelingen, kelderden tot enkele duizenden. De onderzoekers gebruikten een breed scala aan analytische technieken en bestudeerden monsters uit verschillende delen van de meteoriet om een zo volledig mogelijk beeld van de ruimtebrok en de mineralen die hij bevat, te scheppen. “Je leert veel meer over een meteoriet als je verschillende stukjes ‘proeft’,” vertelt Greer. “Het is net een superpizza. Als je maar naar een klein stukje proeft, zou je kunnen denken dat de pizza alleen uit peperoni bestaat. Maar er kunnen ergens anders nog champignons en paprika’s te vinden zijn.”
Organische verbindingen De onderzoekers kwamen op die manier veel ongerepte, buitenaardse organische verbindingen op het spoor. “De organische verbindingen die we in de neergestorte meteoriet aantroffen, zijn in methanol oplosbare verbindingen,” gaat Heck verder. “De meest voorkomende zijn polaire koolwaterstoffen, gevolgd door zwavel- en stikstofhoudende verbindingen. We moeten echter nog veel werk verzetten om de verschillende verbindingen en processen die de organische stoffen hebben doorstaan, beter te begrijpen.”
Leven op aarde De meteoriet geeft ons een uniek inkijkje in de ongerepte organische verbindingen die ons meer zouden kunnen vertellen over de oorsprong van het leven. Veel wetenschappers denken namelijk dat meteorieten belangrijke mineralen naar de aarde gebracht kunnen hebben, waar uiteindelijk het leven zoals wij dat kennen uit voort is gekomen. “Ik denk dat het feit dat we alleen al in de Hamburg-meteoriet 2600 organische verbindingen hebben aangetroffen, aantoont dat veel meteorieten organische stoffen kunnen afleveren,” zegt Heck. “In onze studie troffen we een grote diversiteit aan organische stoffen aan. Er bestaan echter ook meteorieten, zoals de Murchison-meteoriet die 51 jaar geleden neerstortte, die veel minder heet zijn geweest en rijker zijn aan organische stoffen. Het zou goed kunnen dat zelfs ver voordat leven op aarde bestond, dergelijke meteorieten op aarde – en mogelijk ook op andere planeten – neerploften en bouwstenen voor leven afleverden.”
Meer over de Murchison-meteoriet De Murchison-meteorietis een grote meteoriet die in 1969 op de aarde neerplofte nabij Murchison in de staat Victoria in Australië. Het is een van de meest bestudeerde meteorieten vanwege zijn massa en omdat deze tot een groep meteorieten behoort die rijk is aan organische verbindingen. De Murchison-meteoriet – die ouder is dan de zon – blijkt namelijk organische moleculen, en dus bouwstenen van leven te bevatten. Hierdoor geeft de steen een goed beeld van hoe het zonnestelsel er in het begin uitzag.
Waar de Hamburg-meteoriet ooit het levenslicht zag? “We kwamen erachter dat de Hamburg-meteoriet ongeveer 12 miljoen jaar geleden uit zijn moederlichaam werd geworpen voordat hij in 2018 op het bevroren Strawberry Lake neerkletterde,” zegt Heck. “De meteoriet vond waarschijnlijk zijn oorsprong in de planetoïdengordel die zich ruwweg tussen de planeten Mars en Jupiter bevindt. We ontdekten dat de laatste belangrijke thermische gebeurtenis op het moederlichaam van de Hamburg-meteoriet ongeveer 3 miljard jaar geleden plaatsvond.”
Volgens de onderzoekers heeft de studie meerdere implicaties. “Het laat zien dat elke meteoriet die neerstort moet worden bestudeerd, want je weet maar nooit wat je gaat vinden,” zegt Heck. Bovendien hebben we nu een goed beeld van de zeldzame Hamburg-meteoriet, wat een belangrijk puzzelstukje toevoegt aan ons begrip over het zonnestelsel. “Het zal heel interessant zijn om deze in de toekomst te vergelijken met andere meteorieten die in vergelijkbaar detail zullen worden bestudeerd,” besluit Heck.
ALIENS KUNNEN ONS MOGELIJK VANAF HONDERDEN NABIJE PLANETEN SPOTTEN
ALIENS KUNNEN ONS MOGELIJK VANAF HONDERDEN NABIJE PLANETEN SPOTTEN
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Zouden ze – terwijl wij tot op heden vergeefs naar hen zoeken – al van ons bestaan weten?
Het is één van de vragen die zomaar in je op zou kunnen komen als je door dit nieuwe onderzoek bladert. In de studie wijzen wetenschappers 1004 nabije zonachtige sterren aan die mogelijk planeten bezitten die perfect zicht bieden op onze aarde. Eventuele aliens op deze planeten zouden niet alleen in staat moeten zijn om onze aarde te spotten, maar ook de signalen van leven in onze atmosfeer kunnen detecteren.
Het onderzoek “Wij stelden ons de vraag waar sterren gesitueerd moeten zijn, wil men vanuit de omgeving van deze sterren in staat zijn om de aarde voor de zon langs zien te bewegen,” legt onderzoeker Lisa Kaltenegger aan Scientias.nl uit. “We maakten daarbij gebruik van de sterrencatalogus van NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (kortweg TESS, red.).”
Op jacht naar exoplaneten TESS zoekt naar exoplaneten rond nabije sterren en maakt voor die zoektocht onder meer gebruik van data verzameld door de satelliet Gaia, die de afgelopen jaren de locatie en eigenschappen van talloze sterren nauwkeurig heeft vastgesteld. Door langdurig naar die sterren te turen, hoopt TESS er getuige van te zijn dat de helderheid van die sterren met enige regelmaat afneemt. Zo’n afname in helderheid kan vervolgens wijzen op de aanwezigheid van een planeet die – terwijl deze zijn baantjes rond de ster trekt – herhaaldelijk tussen de ster en TESS langs beweegt en daarbij een (klein) deel van het sterlicht tegenhoudt. Op deze manier zijn – voornamelijk door de gepensioneerde ruimtetelescoop Kepler – al heel wat exoplaneten ontdekt.
Op jacht naar de aarde En op vergelijkbare wijze zouden aliens dus ook onze aarde kunnen spotten. Voorwaarde is echter wel dat ze vanuit hun locatie in staat zijn om de aarde voor de zon langs te zien bewegen. Maar Kaltenegger en haar collega Joshua Pepper tonen nu met behulp van TESS’ sterrencatalogus aan dat er – alleen al in onze directe omgeving – meer dan 1000 sterren zijn die mogelijk planeten bezitten vanwaar een aardovergang zichtbaar zou moeten zijn. “Wij hebben ons gericht op de dichtstbijzijnde sterren die hooguit 326 lichtjaar van ons verwijderd zijn. Binnen die afstand hebben we 1004 van deze sterren gevonden. Sommige van deze sterren zijn slechts 28 lichtjaar van ons verwijderd, andere 326 lichtjaar. Dus licht heeft tussen de 28 en 326 jaar nodig om van die sterren naar ons of vanaf onze zon naar die sterren te reizen.”
Planeten Of er rond deze zonachtige sterren ook daadwerkelijk leefbare planeten te vinden zijn, is overigens nog onduidelijk. “Maar TESS zal deze sterren in 2021 gaan bestuderen en dan zullen we te weten komen of rond deze sterren planeten ter grootte van de aarde te vinden zijn en of ze ook echt aardachtig zijn.” Mochten dergelijke planeten bestaan en ook echt intelligent leven herbergen, dan zijn die intelligente aliens prima in staat om de aarde te spotten. “Ze kunnen er getuige van zijn hoe de aarde de zon één keer per jaar gedurende minstens 10 uur wat minder helder maakt,” aldus Kaltenegger.
Sporen van leven Slimme aliens zouden echter niet alleen in staat moeten zijn om de aarde te ontdekken. Vanaf hun planeten kunnen ze ook vaststellen dat er op die ‘Pale blue dot‘ waarschijnlijk leven is. “Zodra ze de aarde voor de zon langs zien bewegen, kunnen ze ook het zonlicht dat door de atmosfeer van de aarde sijpelt alvorens het hun telescopen – er even van uitgaande dat ze met telescopen naar ons kijken – bereikt, detecteren.” En uit het spectrum van dat licht kunnen ze afleiden waar die atmosfeer uit bestaat. En de samenstelling van de atmosfeer is grotendeels te herleiden naar het leven op aarde. Zo is het bijvoorbeeld aan organismen te danken dat de atmosfeer vandaag de dag (veel) zuurstof en methaan bevat. “Of ozon in combinatie met methaan,” stelt Kaltenegger.
Zoveel mogelijkheden Het idee dat er alleen al in onze nabijheid mogelijk heel veel planeten zijn vanwaar aliens ons kunnen spotten, is opwindend. “We weten dat grofweg elke vijfde ster een planeet herbergt die aardachtig kan zijn. Rekening houdend met die schatting zou je verwachten dat de 1004 sterren die we geïdentificeerd hebben, samen ongeveer 200 aardachtige planeten bezitten van waar we reeds gespot kunnen zijn. En dat is alleen nog maar in onze nabijheid – binnen 326 lichtjaar afstand. Ter vergelijking: onze Melkweg heeft een diameter van 100.000 lichtjaren.”
Contact Tegelijkertijd roept het echter ook een interessante vraag op. Want als er zoveel planeten zijn vanwaar aliens ons kunnen zien, waarom hebben ze dan nog geen contact gezocht? “Laten we die vraag eens omdraaien,” stelt Kaltenegger voor. “Waarom zouden wij andere beschavingen contacteren? En laten we daarbij even aannemen dat we uit heel veel beschavingen kunnen kiezen. Zou je dan gaan voor de beschavingen die geavanceerder zijn dan wij of de beschavingen die minder geavanceerd zijn? Als ik deze vraag tijdens mijn colleges stel, dan wil de meerderheid altijd een geavanceerdere beschaving contacteren.” Het lijkt niet ondenkbaar dat aliens er net zo over denken. En dan kun je je afvragen of wij – wanneer aliens voornemens zijn om contact te maken met een beschaving – wel hun eerste keus zijn. “Je kunt gemakkelijk beargumenteren dat wij nog niet zo’n geavanceerde beschaving zijn. We hebben weliswaar mensen naar de maan gestuurd, maar nog niet eens naar de dichtstbijzijnde planeet, laat staan naar de dichtstbijzijnde exoplaneet. Dus als wij zouden kunnen kiezen, zouden we een geavanceerdere beschaving contacteren. Waarom zouden we dan wel verwachten dat aliens – als ze bestaan – ons al gecontacteerd zouden hebben?”
Dat er nu een kaartje is met daarop de sterren die mogelijk planeten bezitten vanwaar aliens ons kunnen spotten, is wel belangrijk, zo stelt Kaltenegger. “Als wij op zoek willen gaan naar intelligent leven in het universum dat ons zou kunnen vinden en misschien toch wel contact wil leggen, dan is er nu een sterrenkaartje waarop we kunnen zien waar we onze zoektocht het beste kunnen aanvangen. En wie weet, misschien wil niet iedereen enkel geavanceerdere beschavingen contacteren?” Ten slotte kan het ook geen kwaad om eens even op een andere manier naar het universum te kijken. “Als we ons – normaal gesproken aardcentrische – gezichtspunt veranderen, ontdekken we altijd iets interessants.”
An image from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) shows molecular gas clouds around the region where the Milky Way's central, supermassive black hole is known to exist. That region, highlighted in red, looks dark and silent.
There's a beast hiding at the center of the Milky Way, and it's barely moving.
This supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (SgrA*), has a mass 4.15 million times that of our sun. It first revealed itself to scientists as a mysterious source of radio waves from the galaxy's center back in 1931; but it wasn't until 2002 that researchers confirmed the radio waves were coming from something massive and compact like a black hole —— a feat that earned them the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics. Just days before the team learned about their Nobel on Oct. 6, another group learned something new about the black hole: It's spinning more slowly than a supermassive black hole should, moving less than (possibly far less than) 10% of the speed of light.
Black holes, despite their awesome power, are extraordinarily simple objects. All the distinguishing features of the matter that forms and feeds them gets lost in their infinitesimal singularities. So every black hole in the galaxy can be described with just three numbers: mass, spin and charge.
Once researchers locate a black hole in space, measuring the mass is pretty straightforward —— just check how strongly its mass is tugging on nearby objects. To get the mass of SgrA*, scientists just observed its influence on the "S-stars," a collection of the Milky Way's innermost stars that get accelerated to incredible speeds as they whip around the black hole in tight orbits. And researchers assume that, like most large objects in space, black holes don't have strong electromagnetic charges.
(Planet Earth, for example, has some positively charged particles and some negatively charged particles, but they cancel each other out across the whole planet. The other planets and known stars work the same way. Researchers assume black holes are similarly neutral in charge.)
That leaves spin as the remaining measurable feature of SgrA*, and now researchers think they have evidence that the supermassive is an unusually slow spinner.
Spin matters for two main reasons.
First, as Live Science previously reported, a black hole's event horizon —— the shadowy region within which not even light can escape the monster's gravity —— grows as it gains more mass, reaching further and further from the singularity of the black hole. But as the black hole spins faster and faster, the event horizon shrinks. Very fast-spinning black holes should have smaller event horizons than slower-moving black holes of the same mass.
Second, spin is thought to play a role in the two white-hot jets of matter that sometimes launch into space at incredible speeds from a black hole's axis of rotation. Most Milky Way-sized galaxies have supermassive black holes at their center, and often these galaxies have enormous jets visible bursting from their cores.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an enormous relativistic jet, in blue, emerging from the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy M87. (The giant spiral galaxy itself appears as a bright point in the image, with the black hole too small to see.) The black hole's second jet extends in the other direction, and is hidden from view. (Image credit: Hubble Space Telescope/NASA)
But the Milky Way has no visible jets. That on its own implies that SgrA* probably isn't spinning very fast. Researchers think that a fast-spinning black hole stirs up the disk of accreting matter whirling just outside its event horizon, accelerating some of that matter to burst out as a jet. What scientists know about the quiet SgrA* already suggests it either has a small accretion disk, is barely spinning, or both.
In a new paper, a team of researchers attempted to measure SgrA*'s spin. Once again, they relied on the visible S-stars to learn what their big dark companion is doing.
Right now, the researchers found, the S-stars circle SgrA* on two orbital planes. If you were to draw their orbits around the black hole and view the system from the side, they'd form an X. SgrA* must be spinning at a rate less than 10% of the speed of light, they found, because any faster movement would have knocked the S-stars out of their X-shaped orbital planes by now.
That's because those orbits, the researchers wrote, are likely as old as the S-stars themselves. The stars still follow the orbits they were born with. If SgrA* were spinning very fast, that wouldn't be the case.
When heavy objects spin very fast in space, that spin influences anything in orbit around them. Over time, that massive object tugs on the orbits of those smaller objects, making them line up more and more with the rotating object's own direction of spin. The slower the spin is, the weaker the effect, and the longer it takes for those objects to line up in orbit around their hefty chief.
The stars are old enough that the spin should have noticeably tugged on them if it were very strong. With their orbits as pristine as the day they were born, the S-stars strongly suggest an upper speed limit for SgrA* at just one-tenth the speed of light. And it may be spinning much slower.
This result also would explain why SgrA* doesn't seem to have any visible jets, they wrote. A first close-up image of SgrA*'s shadow, expected to come in the near future from another research team, should help confirm this, they wrote.
Donald Trump has been dropping intriguing hints about his knowledge of UFOs lately - but will he use a big announcement to swing the election?Credit: Alamy Live News
Rising speculation about an imminent UFO disclosure isn’t being driven by internet gossip, but by hints dropped by President Trump himself.
Earlier this month on a Fox News show the president promised to take a "good, strong look" at UFOs, before launching into a statement about the formidable power of the US military, and weapons that he hoped would never have to be used.
Given the conspiracy theory that the Space Force was set up to counter an alien threat, the president’s bullish comments will only fuel the rumours about a real-life War of the Worlds.
The truth is out there
The president went further in an interview on his son’s TV show, Triggered.
When asked about Roswell – where UFO hunters believe an alien spacecraft crashed in 1947 – he cryptically responded: "I won't talk to you about what I know about it, but it's very interesting", adding "I'll have to think about that one" when asked if he’d consider declassifying it.
Mannequin depicting an alien at the Roswell International UFO Museum and Research Center New Mexico - arguably the most famous alleged UFO siting took place in the city in 1947Credit: Alamy
What makes these quotes even more extraordinary is the fact that less than three years ago the official position of the US government was that nobody was interested in UFOs and nobody was investigating.
UFO enthusiasts didn’t believe the denials and this time they were right. A series of bombshell revelations has exposed the shocking truth about America’s UFO secrets.
Warp drives and wormholes
It started in December 2017 with a New York Times exclusive, revealing the existence of a shadowy Pentagon project called AATIP – Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program – set up years earlier by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
AATIP is still shrouded in mystery, but in a letter to Congress the super-secret Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed that this multi-million dollar programme had conducted research into the sort of theoretical physics that would be needed for interstellar travel, including anti-gravity, warp drives and wormholes.
The Department of Defense claimed that AATIP focused on "next-generation aerospace threats" and it’s true there’s huge concern about things like hypersonic missiles and drone swarms controlled by Artificial Intelligence.
An intercontinental ballistic missile launching in Russia - the US set up AATIP in response to new aerospace threatsCredit: AP:Associated Press
But one of the AATIP research papers related to the Drake equation – used by astronomers to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy.
The implication was clear: if AATIP was about advanced aerospace threats, it wasn’t threats from Russia or China, but from somewhere much further away...
Verified footage of UFOs
The next bombshell was the release of three videos showing US Navy jets chasing UFOs.
Several of the pilots have spoken on the record about these sightings and when quizzed about these mid-air encounters President Trump praised the pilots, saying: "Some of them really see things that are a little bit different than in the past, so we’re going to see, but we’ll watch it".
A still from a video of a US Navy pilot chasing an 'unidentified aerial phenomenon' (UAP)Credit: AFP or licensors
In another interview he said: "That’s a hell of a video", adding: "I just wonder if it’s real."
It was real. On April 27 the Pentagon issued a press release confirming that all three films "were indeed Navy videos", adding that the phenomena observed remain "unidentified".
Aliens deactivating nukes
It turned out that there is – and has been for many years – an ongoing series of incursions into restricted military airspace, and over sensitive military installations.
It’s even claimed that UFOs have hovered over nuclear bases and deactivated the weapons, in what UFO hunters believe is a chilling warning to the human race.
American nuclear missiles have allegedly been deactivated by UFOs
In response to all this, the US Navy issued instructions to its pilots, telling them what to do if they encounter a UFO.
But they refuse to reveal what these instructions say – they’re classified.
Senior political figures have demanded action. Two powerful Senate bodies, the Armed Services Committee and the Intelligence Committee have taken a particular interest and classified briefings have taken place, though the senators involved have remained tight-lipped.
"I'm not going to get into any of the contents of the briefing. It was a classified briefing," was all Mark Warner – Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee – said, when quizzed by a reporter.
Senate Armed Services Committee member Jeanne Shaheen went a bit further when she admitted: "We have been briefed. It was a classified briefing so I'm not allowed to talk about it.
"But if you were to ask me personally do I believe there are UFOs, I think that there are events that have happened that have not been explained adequately".
UK kept in the dark
Whatever these senators were told about UFOs by the military intelligence briefers must have spooked them.
When the Senate Intelligence Committee published the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, a section had been inserted under the heading ‘Advanced Aerial Threats’, in which they demanded a report on the phenomenon from the Director of National Intelligence.
Navy pilots have encountered UAPs on more than one occasion Credit: US Department of Defense
In response to the committee’s demand that spy chiefs and the military get to the bottom of the UFO mystery, Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist authorized the creation of a new group called the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
Led by the Navy and with involvement from the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, no details of this shadowy unit will be made public, though a Pentagon press release dated August 14 offered some intriguing clues, when it stated: "The Department of Defense established the UAPTF to improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins of UAPs.
What does the United States know about UFOs that the United Kingdom doesn’t know?
Nick Pope
"The mission of the task force is to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security".
People who’ve been following developments closely have noticed that the word ‘threat’ crops up repeatedly in official statements and documents about UFOs.
So what does the United States know about UFOs that the United Kingdom doesn’t know?
All this high-powered activity suggests the Americans are aware of some profound truth about UFOs.
Nick Pope investigated aliens for the Ministry of Defence in the 1990s
But it’s not being shared with allies. The so-called Special Relationship doesn’t seem to extend to UFOs, which is unfortunate if there is a threat.
Officially at least, the UK is no longer researching and investigating UFOs.
The Ministry of Defence project I ran in the Nineties was axed at the end of 2009, despite our having had some influence over US policy: it was our rebranding of ‘UFO’ to ‘UAP’ in the Nineties that finally got the subject taken more seriously, and a US press officer recently acknowledged that the term UAP "was borrowed from the United Kingdom".
But the UK desperately needs to get back in the game, reopen investigations, and exchange information with the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force.
I formally call on the Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, to take these actions, in consultation with his US opposite number Mark Esper.
Will Trump reveal the truth?
Back in the US, as the election approaches, interest in UFOs is reaching fever pitch.
And celebrities are getting in on the act too, with pop princess Miley Cyrus revealing she had her own UFO encounter in California, confessing to being "chased down" and then making "eye contact" with an alien being.
Miley Cyrus is one of many celebrities who claim to have seen aliens in the flesh
Hers is the latest in a long line of celebrity saucer sightings, dating back to John Lennon seeing a UFO in New York in 1974.
Robbie Williams – who I met at a UFO conference in 2008 – has gone skywatching at the infamous Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, where numerous UFO sightings and paranormal events have been reported.
Despite the intense speculation, I don’t know whether or not President Trump will make any announcement about UFOs in the run-up to the election, or in his second term, if he wins.
And if Trump loses, we have yet to learn what Joe Biden would do – though interestingly, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, so she may already have been briefed.
The bombshell UFO sightings that rocked the US
As speculation about imminent UFO revelations reaches fever pitch, a series of bombshell sightings has rocked the US.
In January 2015, US Navy fighter jets from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt had a series of spectacular mid-air encounters with UFOs off the coast of Florida. As the F-18 Super Hornets chased the mystery objects, the elite military pilots captured the events on infrared cameras. On the soundtracks of two separate videos, the Top Guns can be heard whooping with excitement as they track the UFOs at incredible speed. The Pentagon confirmed these videos were real in April 2020 when they put them on a government website, along with another video taken in 2004 by a Navy pilot with the USS Nimitz task group, who chased a UFO described as being shaped like a Tic Tac. The two videos are named GOFAST and GIMBAL.
In February 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration released recordings of shocked commercial airline pilots describing how they encountered a UFO at 37,000 feet over the state of Arizona. The pilots described an incredibly bright light that wasn't an aircraft, and a subsequent investigation seemed to rule out military activity or weather balloons. Declassified UK Ministry of Defence UFO files contain several accounts of terrifying near-misses between airlines and UFOs, and the Civil Aviation Authority also has casefiles on such incidents.
In September 2020, cars were literally stopping on a New Jersey highway as astonished drivers honked their horns and got out of their cars, pointing and yelling in shock at the sight of a huge, saucer-shaped UFO. A video went viral on TikTok, but skeptics claimed that the mystery object was an airship, causing a furious row which is still raging. The video has since been posted multiple times on YouTube, with some of the clips having been viewed over a million times, showing the immense public interest in this subject.
In August 2014 in Houston, Texas, multiple photos and videos were taken showing a mystery object in the night sky. There were numerous independent witnesses and the pictures showed a disc-shaped craft with a ring of blue lights around the edge. The story even made the evening news as panicked locals heard the story and called in with details of their own sightings.
The island state of Hawaii has been the site of numerous UFO sightings over the years and some conspiracy theorists even think there's an alien base somewhere in the mountains. Ancient astronaut theorists believe that in the distant past, visiting extraterrestrials were worshipped as gods. In October 2016 a tourist was astounded when he captured a classic disc-shaped UFO hovering over the mountains at Waikane. The picture was passed to the Mutual UFO Network, a UFO-hunting organization that investigates thousands of sightings each year.
Aliens would certainly be the ultimate October Surprise, but whether or not we get official disclosure, government, military and intelligence community figures in the US have finally woken up to the fact that UFOs are a serious national security issue.
As for what happens next – watch this space.
Nick Pope worked for the Ministry of Defence for 21 years. From 1991 to 1994 he ran its UFO project.
The left image shows OSIRIS-REx’s collector head hovering over the Sample Return Capsule (SRC) after the probe’s robotic arm moved it into the proper position for capture. The right image shows the collector head secured onto the capture ring in the SRC. Both images were captured by OSIRIS-REx’s StowCam camera. (Image credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin)
NASA's pioneering OSIRIS-REx probe has bagged up its precious asteroid sample for return to Earth.
OSIRIS-REx has finished stowing the bits of the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu that it snagged last Tuesday (Oct. 20), successfully locking the material into the spacecraft's return capsule, mission team members announced Thursday (Oct. 29).
And the sample appears to be substantial — far heftier than the 2.1 ounces (60 grams) the mission had set as a target, team members said. Indeed, OSIRIS-REx collected so much material on Oct. 20 that its sampling head couldn't close properly; the head's sealing mylar flap was wedged open in places by protruding Bennu pebbles.
The OSIRIS-REx team noticed that issue last week when examining photos of the head and its collected sample; flakes of escaped asteroid material drifted through the frames. To minimize the amount lost, the team decided to expedite the precise and complex stowing procedure, which was supposed to happen next week.
So, over the course of 36 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct. 27 and Oct. 28), engineers directed OSIRIS-REx to deposit the sampling head, which sat at the end of the probe's robotic arm, into the return capsule; tug on the head to make sure it was secured properly; sever connections with the robotic arm; and lock up the return capsule via the locking of two latches.
This was all done while OSIRIS-REx was about 205 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth, meaning it took 18.5 minutes for each command to reach OSIRIS-REx, and another 18.5 minutes for each update from the probe to come back down to Earth.
"We wanted to only attempt stow one time, and we wanted to make sure we were successful," OSIRIS-REx mission operations manager Sandra Freund, of Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, said during a NASA news conference Thursday. "And we definitely were."
The change of plans required a last-minute reallocation of time on NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), the system of radio telescopes that the agency uses to communicate with its far-flung probes. Because the stow operation was so important and so involved, OSIRIS-REx needed a large block of continuous DSN time, which other NASA missions sacrificed for the greater good.
It's unclear exactly how much asteroid material now sits in OSIRIS-REx's return capsule, which will come down to Earth in September 2023. The team canceled a planned post-sampling weighing procedure that would have involved spinning the probe, because this maneuver would have resulted in more sample loss. (Moving the arm — to photograph the sample and conduct the stow operation, for example — imparted grain-liberating acceleration, mission team members explained. So they wanted to minimize such motions.)
But there's definitely a lot of asteroid material on board, said mission principal investigator Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona.
The sampling operation on Oct. 20 went extremely well, Lauretta said, and the head penetrated deep into Bennu's surface — perhaps 19 inches (48 centimeters) or more. The team is confident that OSIRIS-REx pretty much filled its sampling head that day, meaning it likely backed away from Bennu with about 4.4 lbs. (2 kilograms) of collected material.
The losses over the ensuing days appear minimal by comparison — probably "tens of grams" in total, Lauretta said. And recent photos of the sampling head showed that it was still packed. Mission team members could only see 17% of the head's volume in those photos, but they estimate that about 14.1 ounces (400 g) of Bennu material is jammed into that space, Lauretta said.
If that estimate is accurate, and if the 17% slice is representative of the entire sampling head, then OSIRIS-REx may have held onto more than 4.4 lbs. (2 kg) of sample. Lauretta's overall prediction is more measured than that, but it's still decidedly bullish.
"I believe we still have hundreds of grams of material in the sample collector head — probably over a kilogram, easily," Lauretta said during today's news conference.
That would be great news. Such a large amount would allow lots of research groups to study the Bennu dirt and rock, and to perform a wide variety of experiments with the pristine cosmic sample. As an example, Lauretta pointed to organic chemistry — specifically, analyses involving sugars.
Sugars are "expected to be present in very low abundances [on asteroids like Bennu], requiring several grams of sample to extract them from," Lauretta said. "And we thought that would not be feasible with the 15-gram allocation but something that does open up with the larger mass available for analysis."
(The OSIRIS-REx science team gets to analyze up to 25% of the returned sample. If the total sample ended up being the targeted 60 grams, the team would get to study up to 15 grams of it.)
If all goes according to plan, such experiments will reveal a great deal about the solar system's early days and the role that asteroids like Bennu may have played in helping life get going on Earth, by delivering lots of water and carbon-containing organic chemicals. Shedding light on such big questions is the chief goal of the $800 million OSIRIS-REx mission, which launched in September 2016 and arrived at Bennu in December 2018
The mission's next big steps involve gearing up for the return trip (though engineers are also trying to figure out if they can somehow get a rough mass estimate of the now-stowed sample). Orbital dynamics dictate that OSIRIS-REx must start heading for home between early March and May, and the current plan is to target the earliest part of that window, team members said today.
OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first asteroid-sampling mission, but it's not the first one in history. Japan's Hayabusa mission delivered small bits of the stony asteroid Itokawa to Earth in 2010, and that probe's successor, Hayabusa2, is scheduled to return a sample of the carbon-rich asteroid Ryugu this coming December.
Mike Wall is the author of "Out There" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien life.
Video of rocket body fragments captured over Haleakalā by an AMOS system camera.
Courtesy: AMOS Haleakalā
Thousands were mesmerized by a mysterious flurry of lights that appeared to float across Hawaiʻi’s evening sky on Saturday, October 24. Photos and videos of the string of lights flooded social media, leaving many to believe the sighting could be anything from a spaceship carrying extra terrestrials to a meteor shower.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy Professor Richard Wainscoat believes onlookers witnessed the reentry of a spent rocket booster used to launch Venezualan satellite, Venesat-1, back in 2008. The used rocket has been circling Earth since the launch, slowly losing altitude due to friction with the tenuous atmosphere in low-Earth orbit. On Saturday, the booster made its final orbits.
Reentry captured by ATLAS, an asteroid impact early warning system on Haleakalā. (Photo credit: ATLAS/Larry Denneau)
Wainscoat works with the Pan-STARRS telescope on Haleakalā, and said the reentry was predicted to occur over the Atlantic Ocean at 7:24 p.m. HST on October 24. He added that the object stayed in orbit a little longer than expected, and finally burned up in the atmosphere over Hawaiʻi, an occurrence that does not happen very often.
“Seeing a reentry is relatively rare for a specific location like Hawaiʻi, since we can only see the reentry if it occurs relatively close to us,” Wainscoat explained. Reentries are a common occurrence, with typically one to two per week taking place somewhere around the Earth. According to Wainscoat, although it’s possible for large solid pieces to survive reentry, most of the object will burn up, and any surviving debris will usually fall in the ocean or in uninhabited locations.
The reentry was also spotted by many of the sky-monitoring cameras at the Maunakea and Haleakalā observatories. The Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope cloud camera on Maunakea captured an image of the streaking debris, as did the all-sky monitor on the ATLAS telescope on Haleakalā. AMOS systems on Haleakalā and Maunakea captured the rocket re-entry, as well. The observations by AMOS are used for observations and analysis of meteors and fireballs to help astronomers understand the structure of the solar system.
Telescopes on Haleakalā and Maunakea also play a critical role in tracking potentially hazardous asteroids and assist with rapid follow-up observations to verify an asteroid’s orbit and if it poses any threat to Earth.
AMOS observatory on Haleakalā spotted disintegrating debris of the rocket booster
NASA has released a photo of the “Greater Pumpkin” galaxies and it is the perfect timing in regards to Halloween. The two galaxies, named NGC 2292 and NGC 2293, are located approximately 120 million light-years away from us in the constellation Canis Major and are beginning to collide.
The picture that was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope looks like a gigantic pumpkin with glowing eyes and a crooked smile. The “eyes” are actually a bunch of stars that are surrounding two supermassive black holes, while the faint blue-colored “smile” is a cluster of newborn stars. The “pumpkin’s” orangish color is a result of red stars.
In a statement, NASA further described the picture, “Hubble’s holiday offering is a pair of colliding galaxies that resemble the cartoon Peanuts character Linus’ imagining of the elusive Great Pumpkin,” adding, “’Great’ is an understatement in this case because the galaxy pair spans 100,000 light-years.”
Interestingly, when the two galaxies finish merging, they could form a gigantic spiral galaxy. In fact, while the “smile” is made up of a cluster of newly formed stars, it is actually the beginning of the formation of a spiral galaxy. The “smile” stretches from one galaxy to the next and was probably created from compressed interstellar gas when the collision began.
William Keel, who is an astronomer from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, has speculated that when the two merge together, it could turn out to be quite similar to the spiral galaxy known as UGC 2885 (or Rubin’s Galaxy) which is absolutely massive as it is two and a half times wider than the Milky Way and has ten times the amount of stars. It is located about 232 million light-years away from us in the constellation Perseus.
This photo comes a year after NASA posted an image to their Facebook page of our sun also looking like a giant pumpkin. In their description, they stated that the photo was taken by an ultraviolet light on their Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite back in October of 2014. The “jack-o-lantern face” was caused by increased activity of sun spots. That picture can be seen on NASA’s Facebook page as well as on their website.
Happy Halloween!
NASA Shares ‘Galactic Pumpkin’ Photo Captured By Hubble For Halloween
Hubble shared an image of two galaxies forming what astronomers dubbed the "Greater Pumpkin"
The image is a result of a collision between two galaxies, the NGC 2292 and NGC 2293
The galaxy pair is located 120 million light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a "galactic pumpkin" just in time for this year's Halloween. The Hubble captured an image of a pair of galaxies that looks like a Halloween decoration in space as they are in the early stages of a collision.
Described as the "Greater Pumpkin" by astronomers, the photo NASA shared on its Twitter and website shows what appears to be two eyes and a crooked smile inside a pumpkin-shaped head. The object emits a bright orange color, while the sector surrounding the "smile" is bluish.
The so-called "Greater Pumpkin" consists of two galaxies, identified as NGC 2292 and NGC 2293, that together span 109,000 light-years in diameter.
The orange color emitting from the two gala
xies is due to aging red stars, while the bluish hue of its smile is due to newborn star clusters scattered along a newly forming dusty arm. The "eyes" of the pumpkin, meanwhile, are actually concentrations of stars around a pair of supermassive black holes.
Check out the image of Hubble's "galactic pumpkin" below
Explaining the collision, Hubble astronomers said on the NASA website that galaxies lose their flattened spiral disks when they crash into one another, and their stars are gathered into a football-shaped volume of space, resulting in an elliptical galaxy.
Waarom de volle maan vanavond extra speciaal is: onze wetenschapsexpert ontwart feiten en fabels
Hebben katten en honden vannacht meer kans op een ongeval? Klopt het dat er tijdens een nacht met volle maan meer hersenbloedingen, nierstenen enzovoorts opduiken op de spoeddiensten van ziekenhuizen? Er bestaan al duizenden jaren heel wat gelijkaardige theorieën over volle maan. Onze wetenschapsexpertMartijn Peters bekijkt op basis van studies welke kloppen en welke niet, en vertelt er meteen bij waarom deze Halloween-maan extra speciaal is.
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Van alle gedaanten die onze maan aanneemt, is volle maan wellicht de bekendste. “Meestal krijgen we er zo twaalf per jaar te zien, mooi verdeeld over de maanden. Maar eens om de 2,7 jaar zijn er twee volle manen in één maand, waarbij die tweede de titel ‘blauwe maan’ krijgt, van het Engelse 'once in a blue moon’”, zegt Peters. “Die dertiende volle maan krijgen we vanavond te zien.”
Talloze eigenschappen zijn toegeschreven aan volle manen, van mensen die zich vreemder gedragen tot veranderen in weerwolven
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Maar daar blijft het niet bij. “Het is ook een 'micromaan’, omdat hij zich op de verst mogelijke afstand van de aarde bevindt: het zogenaamde ‘apogeum’, gemiddeld zo’n 405.500 km van de aarde. (In normale omstandigheden bevindt de maan zich op zo’n 384.400 km van de aarde, red.) De maan zal optisch dus kleiner zijn dan anders, maar dat verschil merk je amper op.”
Naast de bekendste is de volle maan ook de meest tot de verbeelding sprekende schijngestalte. “Talloze eigenschappen zijn toegeschreven aan volle manen, van mensen die zich vreemder gedragen — denk aan ‘lunatic’, het Engelse woord voor ‘krankzinnig’ — tot veranderen in weerwolven. Broodjeaapverhalen, maar er zijn ook beweringen die wél wetenschappelijk zijn getoetst.”
Bewering 1 – Volle maan heeft invloed op de aarde - JA!
“Dat klopt, want bij volle maan zijn er straffere getijden”, zegt Martijn Peters. “Eb en vloed ontstaan immers door de zwaartekracht van de maan. En als maan, zon en aarde zich op één lijn bevinden komt daar nog de zwaartekracht van de zon bij. Eb en vloed komen hierdoor 20 procent hoger en lager te liggen. Dat kan natuurrampen versterken, zoals overstromingen bij stormen of orkanen, doordat het water hoger komt te staan bij vloed.”
Zelfs al zou de volle maan de kans op een aardbeving verhogen, zou die volgens wetenschappers minder dan 1 procent zijn
Martijn Peters
Over de invloed van volle manen op aardbevingen spreken onderzoekers elkaar tegen. “Een studie zag géén verband bij meer dan 200 zeer zware aardbevingen (vanaf 8 op de schaal van Richter) in de voorbije vier eeuwen”, zegt Peters. “Een andere, waarbij wetenschappers keken naar tienduizend aardbevingen vanaf 5.5 op de schaal van Richter, concludeerde dat ze heviger werden bij volle of nieuwe maan. Oorzaak zou de verhoogde druk zijn die het getijde uitoefent op breuklijnen in onze aardkorst. Maar zelfs al zou de volle maan de kans op een aardbeving verhogen, zou die volgens wetenschappers minder dan 1 procent zijn. Haast verwaarloosbaar.”
Door diezelfde zwaartekracht van de maan valt er wél minder regen. “Dat zagen wetenschappers die weerdata van honderd jaar bestudeerden. Door de aantrekkingskracht zet de atmosfeer uit in de richting van de maan, stijgt de luchtdruk en daalt de kans op regen. Maar ook dat zal je zelf niet opmerken.”
Bewering 2 – Volle maan heeft invloed op ons lichaam - NEE!
Al in de Griekse Oudheid opperde de filosoof Aristoteles dat ons brein, dat voor 73 procent uit water bestaat, misschien vatbaar is voor de invloed van de maan. En tot op vandaag geloven velen dat ons lichaam zich vreemder gedraagt bij volle maan. “De wetenschap ontkracht dat”, stelt Peters. “Ten eerste is het effect van de zwaartekracht niet sterk genoeg om veranderingen in de hersenen te veroorzaken, en als die er zouden zijn, moet je die evengoed zien bij nieuwe maan, en daarover circuleren er geen vreemde verhalen. Studie na studie wijst uit dat er níet meer bevallingen, psychologische problemen, gewelddaden, misdaden en zelfmoorden plaatsvinden bij volle maan. Ook epilepsie- en hartaanvallen, spoedopnames, verkeersongelukken, mislukte operaties, hersenbloedingen, nierstenen enzovoorts zouden dan vaker voorkomen, maar niets is minder waar. Enkel over het effect op de nachtrust is er nog discussie.”
Opmerkelijke vaststelling: rond volle maan hebben katten en honden respectievelijk 23 procent en 28 procent meer kans op een ongeval
Martijn Peters
Bewering 3 – Volle maan heeft invloed op fauna en flora - JA!
Het planten- en dierenrijk ondervindt wel degelijk effect van een volle maan. “Opmerkelijke vaststelling na het bestuderen van bijna 12.000 dierenartsbezoeken: rond volle maan hebben katten en honden respectievelijk 23 procent en 28 procent meer kans op een ongeval, al is de reden niet bekend”, zegt Martijn Peters. “Even opvallend is een studie die aantoont dat mensen vaker gebeten worden door dieren tijdens nachten met een volle maan.”
Prooidieren blijken dan ook voorzichtiger te worden. “Wellicht omdat ze kwetsbaarder zijn voor roofdieren”, aldus Peters. “Zo kampt de das met ‘voortplantingsangst’ bij volle maan. Om te compenseren zullen roofdieren in de dagen na een volle maan sneller overdag jagen. Je past dus beter extra op.”
Het koraal van het Australische Groot Barrièrerif in Australië vindt het licht van de volle maan dan weer zeer romantisch. “Ergens in december lost het hele rif massaal eitjes en sperma en verandert de zee heel even in een winterwonderland.”
Tot slot is er ook nog de aanname dat er meer paddenstoelen opduiken rond volle maan. “Dat klopt dan weer niet, bewijst een studie uit 2011.”
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En de maan werd rood als bloed
En de maan werd rood als bloed
Het is een beetje stil rondom de onbekende planeet die zich in ons zonnestelsel bevindt. Een beetje stil misschien, maar verdwenen allerminst en de tekenen van die aanwezigheid blijven komen.
We kregen een vraag van een lezer of de planeet Nibiru misschien volledig van het toneel was verdwenen.
Ik ben al jaren een trouwe lezer van jullie website, ik wacht ook al jaren op het einde der tijden dat vele malen door jullie voorspeld werd. Maar nu sinds de COVID-19 crisis lees ik niets anders meer dan COVID-19 bullshit, mijn vraag is dan ook waar is planeet X oftewel Nibiru? Is deze opeens verdwenen of spelen jullie mooi in op de lopende hot topics??
Aangezien wij ook mensen zijn zullen wij inderdaad ook berichten over hot topics, zoals de lezer het noemt, in onze maatschappij en dat zeker als ze betrekking hebben op de nep corona pandemie.
Daarnaast voorspellen wij geen einde der tijden, we weten soms wel veel, maar zoveel nu ook nu weer niet. Wat we wel doen is regelmatig berichten plaatsen van onderzoekers die zich bezighouden met de planeet Nibiru en alles wat daarmee samenhangt. Aangezien ook zij mensen zijn, houden ze zich op dit moment ook meer bezig met actuele zaken zoals de nep coronapandemie en besteden minder tijd aan hun onderzoek, waardoor er ook automatisch minder nieuws naar buiten komt.
Ook hebben wij geschreven dat de vreemde verschijnselen die zich soms kunnen voor doen in onze huidige tijd erop zouden kunnen wijzen dat wij ons in de eindtijd bevinden.
Maar, dat alles betekent niet dat de planeet Nibiru en haar metgezellen van het toneel zijn verdwenen. Want midden tussen alle corona en de presidentstoestanden in Amerika komt Nancy Lieder toch wel met een interessant bericht.
En dat bericht heeft te maken met de rode luchten en het rode stof waar wij af en toe mee te maken hebben op aarde. Dit verschijnsel doet zich volgens Nancy voor sinds 2003 en dat was ook het moment dat de planeet Nibiru in ons zonnestelsel arriveerde.
Hierna volgen enkele feiten zoals die zijn verzameld door onderzoekers naar Planet X of Nibiru, voornamelijk op basis van oude teksten.
1) Mythologisch gezien ziet Nibiru eruit als een vurig beest die aan de hemel zal verschijnen als een tweede zon.
Openbaring 12:3
En er werd een ander teken gezien in den hemel; en ziet, er was een grote rode draak, hebbende zeven hoofden, en tien hoornen, en op zijn hoofden zeven koninklijke hoeden.
2) Nibiru is een magnetische planeet waardoor de aarde voor een deel zal kantelen wanneer deze passeert.
3) Men denkt dat Nibiru ongeveer vier keer groter is dan de aarde en 23 keer meer massief is.
4) Volgens de oude teksten is Nibiru gehuld in een wolk van rood ijzeroxide stof.
Volgens Zetatalk zweeft deze rode wolk als een gigantische staart achter de planeet aan en zal in de aanloop van de passage zich onder andere voor doen als extreem rode/oranje luchten vooral tijdens zonsopgang en ondergang.
In een later stadium, kort voor de werkelijke passage zal deze ijzeroxide in onze atmosfeer ervoor zorgen dat ook het water in de rivieren rood wordt en zwaar vergiftigd.
De mainstream verklaring van dit verschijnsel is dat we te maken zouden hebben met dingen zoals dat het afkomstig is van de industrie of dat het Saharazand is.
Onlangs zijn er echter berichten verschenen die aantonen dat dit verschijnsel zich niet alleen op aarde voordoet, maar bijvoorbeeld ook op onze Maan. En aangezien ze daar, in ieder geval aan de kant van de maan die wij hier op aarde zien, nog geen zware industrieën hebben en geen Sahara moet dit verschijnsel door iets anders worden veroorzaakt.
Maar voor roestvorming is nog wat meer nodig dan alleen water:
Roest is aantasting van metaal doordat het reageert op een combinatie van water en zuurstof. In het geval van ijzer ontstaat er dan ijzeroxide. Daarom wordt roesten ook vaak oxideren genoemd.
Er zou dan in ieder geval ijzer aanwezig moeten zijn op de maan en daarnaast zuurstof.
En aangezien dit volgens mainstream informatie niet het geval is, hebben we volgens Nancy hier te maken met ijzeroxide, afkomstig uit de enorme wolk die achter Nibiru aan sleept.
Maar, dit alles roept dan natuurlijk ook weer een andere vraag op en dat is de volgende: als er inderdaad sprake is van ijzeroxide in de staart van Nibiru, dan moet het ijzer ook ooit ergens in aanraking zijn geweest met zuurstof om dit te kunnen vormen.
Het antwoord op die vraag is niet gemakkelijk te vinden, maar in een artikel uit 1995 zegt Nancy Lieder het volgende:
The gases and dust curl toward the Earth, and are first noticeable as a fine red iron dust, turning the water a bitter blood red. Does this dust not burn in the available oxygen, and end as so many tiny flying star specs? This dust, already oxygenated, does not burn.
Oxygenation betekent dat er ergens zuurstof moet zijn toegevoegd, maar hoe en waar dit dan heeft plaatsgevonden wordt ons niet duidelijk. Duidelijk is wel dat dit dan buiten de aarde moet zijn gebeurd.
Ze heeft natuurlijk wel een punt dat roest zich niet op de maan kan vormen en dat is ook iets waar wetenschappers stom verbaasd over zijn. De verklaring van Nancy is uiteraard dat die rode stof daar ook afkomstig is van de staart van Nibiru.
Het geheel ziet er ongeveer als volgt uit volgens Nancy:
Wat weer erg overeenkomt met de vuurspuwende draken van de Chinezen.
De plaag waarde door het land, de rivier was bloedrood en overal was bloed. Zij die dronken van de rivier moesten onmiddellijk overgeven. Het stof beet zich vast in de huid van zowel mens als dier.
Door de gloed van de Verwoester was de aarde gehuld in een roodachtig licht. Het land was platgeslagen en verwoest door enorme hagelstenen die neer beukten op alles wat stond. Ze kwamen naar beneden in hete buien en achter hen aan kwam een soort vreemd gloeiend vuur dat over de aarde liep.
Het Griekse woord ‘seismos’ betekent aardschudding. Het gaat hier om een krachtige schok die de gehele planeet treft. Niet onwaarschijnlijk is dat de stand van de aarde gewijzigd zal worden. Jesaja profeteerde: ‘De aarde waggelt zeer als een beschonkene’ (24:19-20). Dan zullen alle bergen en eilanden van hun plaats worden gerukt. Grote kosmische brokstukken (meteorieten) zullen de aarde treffen. De zon zal zwart worden als een haren zak en de maan als bloed (vgl. Joël 2:32). Dit is een gelijktijdige verduistering van de zon en de maan. Astronomisch gezien kunnen deze twee dingen niet samengaan. Deze ingrijpende gebeurtenis kan daarom niet door de NASA voorspeld worden (zoals met de vier rode bloedmanen in 2014-2015). Dit zal iets buitengewoons zijn, dat door een direct ingrijpen van God zal gebeuren!
De gehele aarde zal bang zijn als de planeet waggelt! Triest is dat de mensen zich niet bekeren, terwijl ze weten dat Gods toorn is gekomen. Liever schuilen ze in de holen en rotsen der aarde. En in plaats van te bidden tot God, smeken zij tot de rotsen: ‘valt op ons en verbergt ons voor het aangezicht van Hem’ (vers 16). Wat een dwaasheid. Als wedergeboren christen kun je je dat bijna niet voorstellen, omdat Zijn liefde en vergevingsgezindheid zoveel groter is dan de hopeloze toestand van de mens. Ook nog tijdens de Verdrukking!
En om nog maar even bij de bijbel te blijven: Het lijkt meer dan duidelijk dat de eindtijd waarvan in het boek Openbaringen wordt gesproken, onze hedendaagse corona maatschappij is:
Opb 13:16En het maakt dat men aan allen, de kleinen en de groten, de rijken en de armen, de vrijen en de slaven, een merkteken geeft op hun rechterhand of op hun voorhoofd; Opb 13:17 en dat niemand kan kopen of verkopen dan wie het merkteken heeft: de naam van het beest of het getal van zijn naam. Opb 13:18 Hier is de wijsheid. Wie verstand heeft, laat die het getal van het beest berekenen, want het is het getal van een mens, en zijn getal is zeshonderdzesenzestig.
Raadsels. Gebeurtenissen die zich duizenden jaren geleden voor deden zullen zich misschien herhalen. Voor wie wil zien, zijn er overal tekenen te vinden.
Maar, om het spannend te houden: Hoe het nu precies verder zal gaan weet eigenlijk niemand.
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I found a woman figure standing at the end of a hill on Mars in a NASA gigapan photo today. Now I say woman, because her breast area is covered up and she has a pregnant belly stick out and a long flowing dress down to her feet. However, he stomach may be the norm for the species and may not be pregnant. The statue would be a historical and monumental discovery had it been found in Egypt today, but because its on Mars...archeologists dismiss it, refusing to believe their own eyes. This is 100% proof that important women ruled in the alien culture on Mars. That women had prominent positions and were highly valued.
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Glowing Orange Sphere Over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct 21, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing Orange Sphere Over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct 21, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 21, 2020 Location of sighting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Watch as a guy gets blown away by the incredibly close encounter of a glowing sphere UFO. The sphere is huge and its outer layer seems to change shape with some kind of electro static waves of sorts. This particular UFO has been seen around the world and even I have recorded it over my apartments a few years ago, just weeks after I saw it on TV news in Hong Kong too! This thing gets around. Not only is this 100% alien...this is one of the closest UFOs you may ever encounter first hand one day.
UFOs in Triangle Formation over Peoria, Arizona, USA June 30 2020, UFO Sighting News.
UFOs in Triangle Formation over Peoria, Arizona, USA June 30 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: June 30, 2020 Location of sighting: Peoria, Arizona, USA
The eyewitnesses must have been incredibly close or have a really great zoom on their phone. This shows us the glowing spheres close up. You can clearly see its not planets at all. The objects are flying in triangle formation...military formation. Some of them are even dark but still flying along their sides...which means its not lanterns, when lanterns are dark its because the candles die out after 1-3 minutes and they fall. No sound, no wings, no aircraft lights...there is only one thing these objects could be...UFOs. And seen in the hotbed of hotbeds for UFO sighting...Arizona.
UFO sighting after earthquake in Whittier, California
UFO sighting after earthquake in Whittier, California
Here’s one really interesting UFO sighting that was filmed in the night sky above Whittier, a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. This happened back July 5th, 2019 but it was just published on MUFON’s website today. This triangle formation appeared in the sky just after a huge earthquake.
Witness report:
Six lights observed ascending from earth in triangular pattern, moving in synchronization with one another, and disappearing into the dark atmosphere. About an hour to an hour and a half prior to the UFO sighting, in Whittier, CA., there was a short but strong Earthquake. The earthquake was like nothing I’ve felt before; much like a swinging motion or swaying of the earth, that only lasted for a few seconds, but was strong enough to cause the power lines above my friends house, to rock quite a bit. When it came time for me to depart from my friends house, it was around 9:25pm. I was headed to another one of my friends houses, which was only about a 6 or 7 minute car drive. As I entered the neighborhood, of my destination, I noticed some strange bright lights moving at a very steady pace, in a triangular pattern ascending into the sky, starting from right above the tree level of my current field of vision, and kept ascending until each individual light disappeared one by one, into the dark night sky above. There were six bright yellowish-orange, sphere-shaped lights all together. One light in the front, Two in the middle and three behind. By the way that it seemed to be moving, it was as if they were all attached by something solid. They never got any closer or further away from each other as they moved along the night sky.
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“The Moon is a key witness of the early conditions when life emerged on our planet. As the daughter of the Earth, she holds keys for understanding our origins and for preparing for the future exploration of the Solar System.”
Bernard Foing, ESA's SMART-1 Project Scientist
The fashionable theory is that the Moon is the result of a collision during the birth of the Solar System 4500 million years ago. When the Earth was nearly complete, a gigantic wandering asteroid the size of Mars supposedly collided with our planet, flinging vapourised rock and debris from both bodies into space. Some of it went into orbit around the Earth, and congealed to make the Moon.
The impact would have greatly altered the outer layers of the Earth too. So fuller understanding of both the Earth and the Moon depends crucially on confirming or refuting this theory.
If the story is right, then the Moon should contain less iron than the Earth, in proportion to lighter elements such as magnesium and aluminium. By gauging the relative amounts of chemical elements comprehensively for the very first time, SMART-1 can make a distinctive contribution to this momentous scientific issue.
D-CIXS (pronounced dee-kicks) is the instrument for the job. X-rays from the Sun cause atoms in the lunar surface to fluoresce, emitting X-rays of their own. The precise energy carried by each X-ray is a signature of the element emitting it.
“Surprisingly, no one has yet made the observations that we plan. That's why our small instrument on the small SMART-1 spacecraft has the chance to make a big contribution to understanding the Moon and its relation to the Earth.”
Manuel Grande, UK's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, D-CIXS Team Leader
OTHER THEORIES
1. Earth smashed into Planet Theia.
Known as the giant impact hypothesis, the reigning lunar origin theory holds that the moon formed when Earth collided with a planet half its size—roughly as big as Mars—some 4.5 billion years ago. (Scientists call this imagined planet Theia after the deity who gave birth to the moon goddess in ancient Greek mythology.) The crash caused debris from both celestial bodies to orbit Earth—then a ball of partly molten rock rather than the solid orb we know today—and eventually coalesce to create the moon. Dating back to the mid-1970s, this model implies that the moon is an amalgam of materials from both Earth and Theia. A study published March 25 in the journal Nature Geoscience called the giant impact hypothesis into question by showing that the moon’s composition is nearly identical to Earth’s, suggesting that another planet had little or no contribution after all.
2. The moon once filled the Pacific Ocean’s basin.
Charles Darwin’s son George, an astronomer and physicist, first proposed the fission theory of moon formation in the late 1800s. According to this hypothesis, a chunk of matter spun off from a whirling Earth early in the history of the solar system and became our planet’s satellite. Geologist Osmond Fisher took the concept a step further, proposing that the Pacific Ocean occupies the space once filled by the moon. It wasn’t until well into the 20th century that fission fell out of favor, partly because scientists determined that a force capable of dislodging a moon-sized piece of Earth would have destroyed the planet. Lunar rocks collected during the Apollo missions indicated that the moon was once hotter than Earth, offering more evidence against fission.
3. Earth ensnared a drifting moon.
According to the capture theory, the moon formed elsewhere in the solar system and happened to hurtle past Earth at just the right moment. As a result, Earth’s gravitational field “captured” the moon and brought it into orbit. Scientists now believe an object as large as the moon would have broken apart or bounced off after encountering the forces surrounding Earth. They also consider it unlikely that conditions would have allowed such an auspicious meeting.
4. Earth and the moon were twins.
The condensation or co-accretion hypothesis states that the moon and Earth were born at the same time, sprouting from a single cloud of material within the original nebula that created the entire solar system. This event would have taken place shortly after the Big Bang some 13 billion years ago. If co-accretion formed Earth and the moon, however, gravitational forces would have fused both celestial bodies or they would share more basic characteristics, experts now think.
5. Two moons crashed to form one.
In a study published last August, researchers speculated about another major milestone in the moon’s very early history—one that might account for its two very different faces. (The near side of the moon is low and flat, while the far side is high and mountainous.) The paper posited that a tiny second moon once orbited Earth before slamming into its sibling, roughing up the larger satellite’s surface. Scientists had previously believed that gravitational forces created the far side’s highlands.
“11 transient bright flashes were detected in Jupiter’s atmosphere using the UVS instrument on the Juno spacecraft. These bright flashes are only observed in a single spin of the spacecraft and their brightness decays exponentially with time, with a duration of ∼1.4 ms.”
As described in a new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, astronomers working on the Juno project – NASA’s tiny spacecraft that’s been orbiting Jupiter since 2016 – were looking at new data collected by its ultraviolet spectrograph instrument (UVS) when they spotted never-before-seen flashing lights. They had expected to see auroras but not flashes, according to the press release. They could be ‘sprites’ – tall, sinewy transient luminous events (TLEs) that occur in Earth’s upper atmosphere and are triggered by lightning discharges from thunderstorms below them – or ‘elves’, which are flat Emission of Light and Very Low Frequency due to Electromagnetic Pulse Sources, or sprite halos, which are flat sprites caused by weak ionization. Sprites, elves and sprite halos are generally red due to interaction with nitrogen, but the lights on Jupiter are blue or pink from the hydrogen in the gas giant’s upper atmosphere.
This illustration shows what a sprite could look like in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI)
Wait a minute, you say … the Moon has flashes too, but doesn’t have much of an atmosphere and no thunderstorms.
Good observation. The flashes on the Moon are referred to as Transient Lunar Phenomena which, although they’ve been reported for a thousand years, are irreproducible on Earth and doubted by many scientists. They could be caused by gas escaping from underground cavities, meteor showers, electrostatic discharge from the surface cracking or just reflections or distortions in observation lenses.
While sprites and elves were predicted to be found on Jupiter, Juno had found nothing but lighting until recently. This cause was ruled out for these new lights because they occurred 186 miles (300 km) above the altitude where most of the planet’s lightning forms, and because the colors were different.
Sprite on Earth observed from the International Space Station
Is this big news? Rohini Giles, Juno scientist and lead author, thinks so.
“Now that we know what we are looking for, it will be easier to find them at Jupiter and on other planets. And comparing sprites and elves from Jupiter with those here on Earth will help us better understand electrical activity in planetary atmospheres.”
That’s a good idea for the time when space probes travel at much lower altitudes and could be fried by electrical discharges.
Who would have thought a giant planet could have sprites and elves? This will make for some interesting sci-fi fairy tales.
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On Earth, sprites and elves appear reddish in color due to their interaction with nitrogen in the upper atmosphere
A rotating, solar-powered spacecraft, Juno, arrived at Jupiter in 2016 after making a five-year journey. Since then, it has made 29 science flybys of the gas giant, each orbit taking 53 days
A gigantic asteroid named Apophis (it’s also been nicknamed the “God of Chaos”) is picking up speed and may end up hitting us in the year 2068. If it does hit, since the asteroid measures more than 1,000 feet in width, the results would be catastrophic as the impact would be equivalent to 880 million tons of TNT.
Asteroid Apophis is composed of rocky materials with a mix of metallic nickel and iron. The fact that it is gaining speed increases the possibility of it hitting the Earth on April 12, 2068. They call this burst of speed the Yarkovsky effect, which is when sunlight heats up the dayside of a rotating asteroid and as it turns, the night side releases the heat which gives it a push through space.
When it was first discovered back in June of 2004 by astronomers Roy Tucker, David Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, experts claimed that there was no chance of it hitting us. Ever since its discovery, the asteroid has been studied as it orbits our sun (it completes a full orbit in less than one Earth year) and the new findings do suggest that there is a chance of it hitting us in 48 years.
(Not the asteroid Apophis)
David Tholen, who is one of the astronomers who first detected the asteroid, explained, “The new observations we obtained with the Subaru telescope earlier this year were good enough to reveal the Yarkovsky acceleration of Apophis, and they show that the asteroid is drifting away from a purely gravitational orbit by about 170 meters per year, which is enough to keep the 2068 impact scenario in play.”
In fact, it has been ranked the third-highest threat on NASA’s Sentry Risk Table, behind asteroid (29075) 1950 DA, and asteroid Bennu. According to the table, Apophis has a 1 in 150,000 chance of hitting us. The first two won’t hit for a long time as asteroid (29075) 1950 DA has a 1 in 8,300 chance of hitting Earth in the year 2880, while Bennu has a 1 in 2,700 probability of impacting us sometime between the years 2175 and 2199.
(Not the asteroid Apophis)
There is a lot more research that needs to be done in regards to Apophis’ orbit to know for sure whether or not it will hit us. Experts have changed their minds on whether or not it will impact us. Back when it was first discovered, they said that an impact was impossible, then there was a 2.7% chance, and now it will pass by us at a distance of just under 20,000 miles from our planet. What is known for sure is that this is the first time that scientists have been able to see and study in advance an asteroid of this gigantic size that may come very close to hitting us.
Researchers have stated that they will “know well before 2068 if there is any chance of an impact”. Let’s hope they’re right. Pictures of the asteroid Apophis can be seen here.
An asteroid named after the God of Chaos is gaining as it travels on a path twoards Earth – and could strike our planet in 48 years. Astronomers confirmed Apophis (circled) has accelerated on its path due to non-uniform radiation, which acts like a tiny thruster
Prior to the discovery, the impact was said to impossible, but the new findings suggest the asteroid has a chance of crashing into Earth on April 12, 2068. An impact would be equivalent to 880 million tons of trinitrotoluene (TNT) exploding all at once. (Pictured are images of the asteroid in 2012)
The asteroid contains nickel and iron and radar images suggest it is elongated with the two lobes, making it look something like a peanut (artist impression). Data estimates that there is a one in 150,000 chance of the asteroid hitting Earth in 48 years
NASA Whistleblower On NEO Asteroid Apophis is Apollyon in Revelation, Could Hit Earth, Angel to Bottomless Pit
NASA Whistleblower On NEO Asteroid Apophis is Apollyon in Revelation, Could Hit Earth, Angel to Bottomless Pit
NASA Whistleblower On NEO Asteroid Apophis is Apollyon in Revelation, Could Hit Earth, Angel to Bottomless Pit
Revelation Chapter 9 King James Version 9 Verse 1 KJV And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 9 Verse 11 KJV And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
October 30, 1938: Orson Wells and "The War of the worlds" radio show.
October 30, 1938: Orson Wells and "The War of the worlds" radio show.
Years ago, Sunday night was radio prime time. Enter Orson Wells. On Sunday, October 30, 1038 at 8 p.m, a voice announced:
“The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater on the air in ‘War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells.”
The broadcast was so good that people were in panic from coast to coast. In other words, many really believed that we were being invaded by aliens.
Let me recommend that you check out the whole show. It is one of the finest audio programs ever made.
I can understand why so many people bought into the Martian attack. Fantastic!
Glowing UFO In Forest In Guadalajara, Mexico Oct 8, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing UFO In Forest In Guadalajara, Mexico Oct 8, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 8, 2020 Location of sighting: Guadalajara, Mexico
The eyewitness and his family was visiting Hue Titan Canyon, a mountain forest in Guadalajara, Mexico. The family noticed a strange shiny object in the trees moving around and changing shape. It looks like an alien sphere that is exploring and analyzing the forest life. Aliens are not just interested in humans, but also care about all things in nature. Knowledge is what they seek. However this one is very close to the people...so I have to ask...who is watching who here?
Glowing Object Over Guatemala On Oct 27, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing Object Over Guatemala On Oct 27, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 27, 2020
Location of sighting: Guatemala
This seems strange, however its explainable. The shine of the craft is because its a white reflective material which makes the object impossible to record it in its true detail. I have found many alien structures on earths moon made of such material and this is how they appear to the NASA cameras too.
Guatemala is near the ocean, which has had a lot of UFO reports over the last decade...but most coming from Cuba and Costa Rica. I believe the UFOs come from underground bases under volcanos in that region.
White Orbs Seen In Sky Over London, England Oct 26, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
White Orbs Seen In Sky Over London, England Oct 26, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 27, 2020 Location of sighting: London, England
I have reported similar UFOs this week. Those are cloud orbs. They are dropped off by a mother orb..which is not much bigger, but produces over 100 other similar size orbs. At least thats what I get from past UFO video reports about a decade ago in Japan. Here its London, but I reported the same white orbs over Mexico, Hawaii, Colorado, California and Japan...all this week. So...you see...I have seen these orbs a lot in the last 15 years. And only seen a mother orb three times on video during that time. Rare...but the orbs you see in this video come from a mother orb releasing them one by one in this vicinity.
Bright unknown object flying towards camera while filming moving orb
Bright unknown object flying towards camera while filming moving orb
An incredible bright unknown object appears out of nowhere flying towards the camera at high speed while filming a moving orb in Deerfield, New York.
The strange event happened on October 29, 2020, when a fast moving orb was observed during a party in Deerfield New York on which they started to film the orb that seemed to communicate with the people. Every time a question was asked, the orb started to flash.
What could this bright object, that appears and disappears in a split second, have been and does it have anything to do with the fast moving orb over Deerfield, New York?
Did The Soviet Union Discover Aliens In The Deepest Lake In The World?
Did The Soviet Union Discover Aliens In The Deepest Lake In The World?
Case 1: The crew of a Russian submarine detect on the sonar 6 disc-shaped objects what appear to be alien spacecraft traveling in formation at a depth of about 260 meters.
The speed of the USOs are traveling is about 260 miles per hour, then the 6 objects come out of the water and take off at an incredible speed.
Case 2: Under the waters of Lake Baikal, 7 Russian divers are exploring the world deepest freshwater lake on a research mission, but 50 meters underwater, strange humanoid creatures appear and in an attempt to capture one of them, all the divers are pushed up to the top by an unknown force.
Who were these creatures and what can we learn from this encounter?
On October 28, 2020 NASA's Satellite Lasco C3 captured a massive winged UFO just as the alien craft passed the sun.
Skip to the slow motion clip at 0.30 minutes if you want to see clear images of the UFO.
It’s known that high energy particles hitting the camera all the time and sometimes it turns out that an unidentified object is just a camera reflection but in recent years enough evidence has been gathered to know that many objects near the sun are not always reflections or high energy particles but huge spacecraft mostly under under intelligent control.
This UFO was caught on tape in the sky above Guatemala. It looks like some kind of a flying-saucer shaped craft that “run off” at very high speed at the end of the video.
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Studying the End of the World: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Studying the End of the World: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Throughout the history of civilization, the concept of the apocalypse has been ever present, in one way or another. The envisioned revelation, the feared end of the world that will herald an age of purification through horrific and chaotic means, has been a part of every major religion and belief throughout the centuries. But one of the most interesting prophecies relates to the famous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which are described in the Bible’s Book of Revelation.
“…and behold, a black horse…”
Today we’re bringing you this concept in detail. Together we will envision this end of the world, this crumbling of civilizations at the hands of War, Famine, Pestilence, and Disease, and dissect this prophecy and its various interpretations throughout history.
Could there be a speck of truth in this vision? Did the Four Horsemen already thunder across the fields of the earth? Let’s find out.
When Seven Trumpets Shall Sound! The Origins of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
In the New Testament – the second part of the Bible – and in its last book, which is called the Book of Revelation, written by John the Theologian of Patmos, there is a chapter which relates to us the story of a doomsday revelation, of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse which descend on the earth to decimate the population.
Each of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse represent different aspects of the cleansing of the earth, by Russian painter Viktor Vasnetsov.
The most straightforward and widely agreed interpretation of this chapter is the description of a period in history when a large part of earth’s population would perish through a combination of wars, diseases, and hunger. In the Bible, these hardships are described as horsemen, riding in succession at the behest of Jesus, in the form of the Lamb of God. This title comes from the Bible, John 1:29, when John the Baptist exclaims: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.”
The chapter begins by describing a divine scroll, held by God in his right hand, and sealed with seven seals. Their opening, and the subsequent apocalypse, would usher the second coming of Jesus.
Each one of these seven seals represent a different aspect of the apocalypse: the first four relate to the horsemen, the fifth releases the martyr’s cries for the God’s wrath , the sixth ushers a series of cataclysmic natural disasters, while the seventh calls forth the seven angelic trumpeters, who carry seven vials of plagues and divine wrath, which they pour out on the sinful and the wicked. The Lamb of God, being worthy to open the first four seals, does so, and summons forth, one after another, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, setting in motion the ferocious cleansing of the earth.
“And I saw and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.”
– Revelation, 6:2
Throughout history, various sources often explained the first rider in various different ways, since his role is the only one not explicitly stated. While most interpreters agreed that the white rider symbolizes disease and pestilence, it wasn’t always the usual claim. There is a widely attested description that places this white horseman as a metaphor for righteousness.
In a world where sin is rampant, a righteous harbinger of justice and righteousness would seem a fitting purifier in an apocalypse. The crown that was “given unto him” could signify the rule of justice above all, or symbolize a truly just leader, if such a one can exist.
But the symbolism of disease and pestilence could still be the most plausible description. The aspect of a conqueror is cognate with the sweeping of a major plague (the Great Plague is a good example) and the crown would symbolize the ultimate rule of death above all else.
The first horseman, the White Rider, of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
But as the time progressed, and by the time of the beginning of the 16th century, many have come to interpret the white rider as the personification of the Second Coming of Christ, or even Christ himself. At the time of the major crisis and the break of Western Christianity with the reforms of Martin Luther, this came as a most logical and accepted explanation.
The white color of the horse and the rider was quickly connected with divine purity and absence of sin, and the bow he carried as the tool of divine punishment. Likewise, the white rider was interpreted as the Holy Spirit – pure and just.
Another popular view is much simpler – the white horseman could just be the personification of mass conquest. The passage, relating to the rider that “went forth conquering, and to conquer” could simply be that – a descent of a prophesied conqueror that will enslave the populace of the earth.
The Red Horseman of the Apocalypse
“And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”
– Revelation 6:4
The Red Horseman is widely connected with war. The translations often correlate in the descriptions: the horse is “fiery” red, and the rider bears an upright sword in preparation for battle. The red color is thought to symbolize the fire and blood of warfare, and the rider’s ability to make men kill one another clearly symbolizes constant and global warfare .
The second horseman, the Red Rider, of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
War as an apocalyptic aspect was always present throughout time and is the most straightforward herald of death.
In Matthew, 24:6-7, Christ states: “And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom…” This quote clearly relates to the ever-present aspect of warfare as a symbol of the final revelation.
Another interesting quote could also be adapted to the Red Horseman and warfare as the aspect of evil and the Antichrist:
“From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother, until man exists no more.”
The red horseman could also signify the sin of hatred and aggression as a contributing factor to the prophesized end of the world. And in a paradoxical turn of events, the Lamb of God releases that same aggression to smite the wicked with fire and sword. The prophecy of constant warfare that is supposed to descend on earth is clearly described with the red rider having divine authority to take peace from the earth .
The Black Horseman of the Apocalypse
“And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.”
– Revelation 6:5-6
Another easily interpreted figure, the black horseman was almost always universally described as a personification of Famine. The horse’s black color was widely attributed to negative aspects – mourning, carrion ravens, night, desolation, and bleakness – all of which are aspects of famine as well. The rider is said to carry in his hands a pair of balances.
This is the chosen translation of the original word – the Greek zugón – which generally means a “yoke”, as in a burden and a yoke for oxen. Both description carry negative connotations. The yoke is synonymous with servitude and slavery, and the pair of scales signifies the rationing and measuring of food. This was the common ancient practice of ascribing value to things.
The passage states that a single penny (orig. denarius) would be sufficient to acquire only a meager ration of wheat, and even less of barley. This is clearly an ancient view of what a famine would look like, since wheat was a staple of the diet and without it bread was lost.
The final part of the passage states that while the prices of wheat and barley are affected, the ones of oil and wine are not to be changed. This was interpreted in several different ways, and could signify a paradoxical aspect, in which the staple foods are gone, while wine remains – furthering the famine while leaving the luxuries which cannot feed a man.
One popular interpretation states that the black horseman signifies the Imperial, ruling oppression of the lower class. The rich rulers hold the scales and dispense what meager rations they deem sufficient, while the luxuries remain abundant and out of reach for the poor. A growing divide between classes and fellow men could be a perfect aspect of an end time revelation.
The Pale Horseman of the Apocalypse
“And I looked and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
- Revelation 6:8
The final, fourth horseman serves as a sort of epilogue, a dramatic crescendo that culminates with the most powerful and feared rider – Death itself. In the entire chapter, he is the only rider who was named, and the only one without a weapon – for he himself is a weapon. The rider and the horse are depicted as pallid, bearing the sickly and lifeless color of a corpse, and the ability to extinguish all manner of earthly life through various natural means.
The pale rider contains elements of all preceding ones and could be termed the most significant of the four. In his wake follows hell, the final culmination of all things horrific, seemingly ready to swallow all the wicked that will perish in the apocalypse.
The fourth horseman, Death, of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The part that states that power was given unto them over the fourth of the earth could be interpreted in various ways. While it could be that all four riders would wreak havoc over a quarter of the planet, it could also signify that each of the four would have a single quarter of the earth.
The passage states that the rider would kill with the beasts of the earth . This could be a hint to the animals and the nature that promptly retake the regions which are depopulated, signifying the ultimate reign of wild nature over the man.
Death Rides a Pale Horse – Apocalypse in Art
The prophecy of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse has long been the subject of inspiration for many artists, who chose that influential and critical subject as the source for monumental artworks. Throughout time, many artists portrayed the horsemen in the way they interpreted them, which also provides good insight into the prophecy.
One of the more popular depictions was made in 1887, by the renowned Russian painter Viktor Vasnetsov. His large painting, “Воины Апокалипсиса” , is a colorful and detailed, contemporary depiction of Death, War, Conquest, and Famine. They are given modern attributes and were intended to reflect on the populace of the time.
Some of the earlier, medieval depictions are much more dramatic and almost unsettling, certainly aimed at putting fear into the more doubtful believers. One such depiction was made between 1496 and 1498, by Albrecht Dürer, the renowned artist of the German Renaissance. His dramatic woodcut represents the four horsemen as elderly, ghastly, and emaciated men, whose equally unsettling stallions are trampling the sinful and gluttonous people below.
Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
A similar woodcut was made between 1851 and 1860, by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, a German painter, who portrayed a savage and merciless massacre of sinners by the four riders, all under the watchful eyes of the Lamb of God.
Until Man Exists No More
To date, the story of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse remains as a stark vision of the paradoxical, inherent nature of man. From its earliest forms it served as a warning for the wicked to change their ways, a plea for temperance and peace, for moderation and humility.
Yet we see that in the 21st century, much that was described in the Book of Revelation has come to pass. From countless famines, to plagues and pestilences, to endless wars and decadence – the apocalypse seems to have occurred several times over. Or is it yet to come?
Top image: 1796 painting "Death on a Pale Horse" artist depiction of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The discovery is teaching scientists about comet composition.
This image shows the outline of Skull-Top Ridge, the second landing site on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for the Rosetta spacecraft's Philae lander, which set down on Nov. 12, 2014.
Scientists have found the second place where a bouncing European lander touched down on a comet six years ago — a discovery that's shedding considerable light on the icy wanderer's composition.
The Philae lander, part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission, deployed from its mothership on Nov. 12, 2014 and headed down for the first-ever soft touchdown on the surface of a comet, the 2.5-mile-wide (4 kilometers) Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Philae managed to notch that milestone, but the landing didn't exactly go according to plan. The 220-lb. (100 kilograms) lander's anchoring harpoons failed to fire properly, and Philae bounced off Comet 67P in two different places before coming to a rest in a dark cave-like structure two hours after first contacting the surface. (The comet's gravitational pull is 50,000 times weaker than that of Earth, so things that bounce there tend to stay up a while.)
Philae couldn't snag enough sunlight in its final location to recharge its secondary battery, so the lander collected science data for only a few days. Still, the lander's varied observations have helped scientists better understand 67P and comets in general.
The Rosetta team quickly spotted Philae's first touchdown site in imagery captured by the Rosetta orbiter mothership, which began circling Comet 67P in August 2014. Philae itself was found in September 2016 after an extensive imagery search, but the location of the second touchdown site had remained elusive.
"Philae had left us with one final mystery waiting to be solved," ESA's Laurence O'Rourke, who led the successful hunt for Philae, said in a statement. "It was important to find the touchdown site, because sensors on Philae indicated that it had dug into the surface, most likely exposing the primitive ice hidden underneath, which would give us invaluable access to billions-of-years-old ice."
This animated graphic shows where the Philae lander bounced on its second touchdown, creating one of the "eyes" in a site now called "Skull-Top Ridge" on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. (Image credit: Images: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Analysis: O’Rourke et al (2020))
Touchdown at 'Skull-Top Ridge'
That mystery has now been solved, a new study reports. After analyzing reams of data gathered by the Rosetta orbiter and Philae — especially readings from the lander's magnetometer, which sits at the end of a 19-inch (48 centimeters) boom and registered every impact — a team led by O'Rourke has found the second touchdown site.
The spot lies just 100 feet (30 meters) from Philae's final resting place, the researchers report in the new study, which was published online today (Oct. 28) in the journal Nature. O'Rourke and his colleagues determined that Philae spent nearly two minutes at the second touchdown site, hitting the surface at least four different times in the process.
"The shape of the boulders impacted by Philae reminded me of a skull when viewed from above, so I decided to nickname the region 'skull-top ridge' and to continue that theme for other features observed," O'Rourke said. "The right 'eye' of the 'skull face' was made by Philae's top surface compressing the dust while the gap between the boulders is 'skull-top crevice,' where Philae acted like a windmill to pass between them."
This graphic presents the data collected by Philae’s ROMAP instrument — a magnetometer boom — during the time of the second touchdown on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Nov. 12, 2014, matched with imagery showing evidence of the key moments of Philae’s interaction with the surface. (Image credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Data: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/ROMAP; Analysis: O’Rourke et al (2020))
These impacts unearthed bright material that the researchers determined to be water ice. The freshly excavated stuff looked quite different than the rest of Comet 67P's surface, which has been weathered by the harsh space environment, team members said.
And one of the impacts gouged a 10-inch-deep (25 centimeters) dent into a Comet 67P ice boulder — a scar that betrays a very soft body. Indeed, the researchers calculated that 67P's ice-dust interior is "fluffier than froth on a cappuccino, or the foam found in a bubble bath or on top of waves at the seashore," O'Rourke said.
The study team further calculated a porosity of 75% for that wounded boulder, meaning that it's three-quarters empty space. That figure is consistent with the porosity value for Comet 67P in its entirety, which mission team members determined in a previous study.
Neither Philae nor the Rosetta orbiter is still operational. The lander gave up the ghost early on, and mission team members guided its mothership (by then low on fuel) to a soft, controlled crash on Comet 67P's surface in September 2016. But the new results show that the historic mission, which launched all the way back in March 2004, continues to bear scientific fruit.
"This is a fantastic multi-instrument result that not only fills in the gaps in the story of Philae’s bouncy journey but also informs us about the nature of the comet," Matt Taylor, ESA's Rosetta project scientist, said in the same statement, referring to the new study.
"In particular, understanding the strength of a comet is critical for future lander missions," added Taylor, who was not involved in the newly published research. "That the comet has such a fluffy interior is really valuable information in terms of how to design the landing mechanisms, and also for the mechanical processes that might be needed to retrieve samples."
But designers of comet-sampling missions may be in for a real challenge, planetary scientist Erik Asphaug noted in a "News and Views" piece about the Philae results that was also published today in Nature.
Asphaug pointed out that Philae's planned touchdown site — the locale that hosted its first bounce — was a flat plain. Such regions, while (theoretically) easier to land on, are often covered by many meters of "lag" deposits, dust particles too hefty to be carried off by water vapor and other volatile gases that are boiled off when comets pass close to the sun, Asphaug wrote.
The plains therefore aren't likely to harbor easily accessible pristine material left over from the solar system's earliest days. Rather, Asphaug wrote, the new results "suggest that the best places to sample comets will not be the flat plains, but along the newly exposed ridges, cliffs and boulder piles, which are more difficult to land on."
Mike Wall is the author of "Out There" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien life.
Most asteroids are made of plain rock or ice — but not ’16 Psyche’.
Representation of the Psyche asteroid. Image credits: Arizona State University.
According to recent observations perform using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the chunky asteroid from the solar system’s main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is mostly made of nickel and iron. This makes it an extremely atypical asteroid and a very valuable one — it’s worth as much as $10,000 quadrillion in raw resources by some estimates, or almost 70,000 times the value of the global economy in 2019.
Billionaires: ‘hold my beer’
Psyche spans 140 miles (225 km) in diameter, making it one of the largest objects in the main asteroid belt. In fact, Psyche is so large it was easily discovered using 19th-century technology in 1852.
Scientists previously had some hints that Psyche is a dense, largely metallic object. This assumption has now been confirmed thanks to observations at two specific points in the asteroid’s rotation that offered a view of both sides of Psyche at ultraviolet wavelengths.
For the first time, astronomers have recorded iron oxide ultraviolet absorption bands in any asteroid. This is a clear indication that oxidation is occurring on the surface of the asteroid. Its high density suggests that the oxidated metals are nickel and iron. In fact, the entire asteroid might be the leftover core of a failed planet that never succeeded in forming into one.
“We’ve seen meteorites that are mostly metal, but Psyche could be unique in that it might be an asteroid that is totally made of iron and nickel,” Dr. Tracy Becker, Southwest Research Institute planetary scientist and co-author of the new study, said in a statement. “Earth has a metal core, a mantle and crust. It’s possible that as a Psyche protoplanet was forming, it was struck by another object in our solar system and lost its mantle and crust.”
The oxidation is believed to be caused by the solar wind. This flow of charged particles from the sun’s corona is responsible for the beautiful tails of comets, the formation of auroras in Earth’s atmosphere, and, in this case, the space weathering of Psyche.
Such metal asteroids are extremely rare, which is why Psyche was shortlisted in 2017 for a mission to study it closely using a spacecraft. The mission, which will be operated by NASA, is slated for a 2022 launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The unmanned spacecraft would become the first to visit a body almost entirely made of metal, learning more about the asteroid as well as the solar system.
Since Psyche is believed to be as old as the solar system itself, findings from the mission could enrich our understanding of how planets form. Besides the scientific value of the mission, if you take into account the size of the asteroid and its metal composition, its total economic value could add up to $10,000 quadrillion, or $10 million trillion. That’s quite the incentive to visit the asteroid — provided, of course, we one day develop the technology to mine and retrieve metals from such asteroids.
“To understand what really makes up a planet and to potentially see the inside of a planet is fascinating,” Becker said.
“Once we get to Psyche, we’re really going to understand if that’s the case, even if it doesn’t turn out as we expect … any time there’s a surprise, it’s always exciting,” he added.
Photograph and tracing of horse egraved in Aitzbitarte Cave. Credit: Garate et al, PLOS ONE.
Spanish researchers reported today the discovery of rock art in a cave system in the Basque Country, in northern Spain. The 27,000-year-old art, which includes engravings of bison and horses, is characteristic of a cultural style common across Europe but which was never before seen in the Iberian Peninsula until now.
Video: Bison engravings discovered in Spanish caves reveal a common art culture existed across Europe over 25,000 years ago
In this video, a cave explorer goes around the Aitzbitarte caves in Spain, in which bison engravings discovered in Spanish caves reveal a common art culture existed across Europe over 25,000 years ago.
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A clash of two cultures
“Western Europe has the biggest density of Palaeolithic cave art in the world, including the famous Altamira andLascaux caves. It is especially concentrated in Northern Spain and Southwest France. Despite this, there was a void in what nowadays is the Basque Country. A decade ago, we started several survey projects in order to understand this absence. Consequently, we found more than 20 new [samples of] cave art — that is four times more than we knew before, including the four caves of Aitzbitarte hill,” Diego Garate of the Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria in Spain told ZME Science.
Undetermined animal at the bottom of the ramp in Aitzbitarte III.
Credit: Garate et al, PLOS ONE.
Garate first performed surveys in the Aitzbitarte cave complex in Basque Country in 2015. Deep inside cave number five, the researchers found that the walls were covered in recent graffiti. Remarkably, next to them were also ancient cave paintings engraved thousands of years ago.
“Suddenly, under an ‘exit’ and an arrow written on the wall, a so some fine tracings that were not so recent. After some minutes I was able to see a bison drawing. This is how we started watching all the walls looking for other engravings,” Garate said.
“Some of them are in dangerous places, even after descending vertical slopes of 15 meters. Paleolithic people were very habituated to the underground landscape. This difficult access to the decorated areas was a real challenge when documenting and studying the artworks,” he added.
Scientists had been exploring the Aitzbitarte caves since the end of the 20th century. So far, they’ve recovered thousands of stone tools and butchered bones, suggesting the caves sheltered hunter-gatherers continuously over the span of ten thousand years.
When compared to other cultures, the Aitzbitarte cave art bears a striking resemblance to the style of the Gravettian cultural complex. An Upper Palaeolithic (Late Old Stone Age) culture, the Gravettian culture succeeded the Aurignacian to dominate much of Europe from around 29,000 BC.
The Gravettian people are famous for the many Venus figurines they created, which are widely distributed across Europe and into Siberia. Another famous prehistoric discovery of this period is represented by hand stencils in Cosquer Cave close to Marseilles, in the south of France.
Bird’s head (left) and detail of bison. Credit: Garate et al, PLOS ONE.
Back at Aitzbitarte, Spanish researchers described Paleolithic animal engravings drawn in a Gravettian style in which the horns and legs lack proper perspective, and pairs of limbs are consistently depicted as “double Y” figures.
“We have compared these figures with others found in Europe using multivariate statistics and have concluded that their distribution coincides with the dispersion of the most frequent tools in the region about 27,000 years ago. The diffusion of this style largely agrees with finds of Noailles burinsand Isturitz points, tools that appeared in the Western Pyrenees between 31,000 and 29,000 years ago and later spread towards southern France and finally reached the Mediterranean, where the most recent figures in this style are found,” Garate told ZME Science.
“These peculiarities differentiate them from other cave art in northern Spain. To give an example, while in Aitzbitarte they were engraving bison with these specific conventions, in the rest of the Cantabrian region they were painting red deer by applying the pigment with their finger-tips, however, certain details are common to different styles, such as the way of representing horses and the absence of perspective in both front and back legs. Therefore, despite the existence of particularities in each region, long-distance cultural exchange networks also existed,” the researcher added.
In the future, Garate plans on exploring other caves in the region. He is sure more forgotten cave art is waiting to be found.
“These are the first remains of human artistic ability and some of them have been named World Heritage by UNESCO. Without a doubt, knowing them helps us understand who we are,” he said.
Astronomers have detected a rogue planet hurtling through space without orbiting a sun. This planet, believed to likely be roughly the mass of Mars, is the smallest of its kind discovered to date and could only be observed indirectly with a technique called gravitational microlensing, a technique often used to detect exoplanets.
The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) in Poland first reported the existence of sunless, free-roaming planets in 2011, but this one would be the smallest-ever discovered, emitting a measurable signal for a mere 42 minutes. The discovery was published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters on Thursda
“This is the shortest microlensing event ever found, so the lowest mass planet ever found by microlensing” said Przemek Mróz, the first author of the paper and a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech. “This is really exciting because it's such a tiny piece of rock.”
Discovering an ordinary exoplanet typically requires observing the star that it orbits, inferring the presence of the planet in the form of changes in the light that the star emits over time. But these free-roaming exoplanets don’t have a nearby light source, so the astronomers used a method underpinned by Einstein’s theory of relativity: gravitational microlensing.
Planets bend the space-time fabric around them through their gravitational fields. When the Earth, an exoplanet, and a star are in a straight line, the exoplanet between Earth and the star acts like a magnifying glass, making the star appear brighter. The time these three objects stay in a line depends on how massive the exoplanet is, among other factors, so the duration of a signal can be used to estimate the planet’s mass.
Because it’s an exceedingly rare event for these three space objects to line up perfectly, and because OGLE has already observed multiple rogue planets using gravitational microlensing, these types of planets may be as common as stars throughout our galaxy, Mróz said.
OGLE began in 1992 as a project to search for dark matter using microlensing but has transitioned to searching for rogue planets in the past decade, Mróz said. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though, the OGLE telescope has not been making observations regularly from where it is housed in Chile. So Mróz and his colleagues decided to look through archival data for extremely brief gravitational microlensing signals.
In July, they found a 42-minute observation from 2016. Next, they compared their observation to data from a Korean telescope that happened to be observing the same part of the galaxy on that night and confirmed the signal wasn’t just a fluke in their instruments. The planet they found was between the mass of Mars and Earth and could not have been orbiting a star within 8 astronomical units—for reference, Saturn is 9.5 astronomical units from our Sun. Ruling out any star in this planet’s orbit for certain would be a challenge, Mróz said, since it would take years of observation for the planet to even make one trip around a star at that distance or greater.
Scientists believe these rogue exoplanets can come into existence through a couple of processes: they may form when clouds of gas collapse inward, or the planets may have been ejected from orbiting a star. In a few billion years, for example, our Sun will have lost mass and its gravitational force will have decreased to the point where Uranus and Neptune will be released from orbit and will drift into outer space.
Mróz said that he and his colleagues are continuing to analyze archival data and to look for even more low-mass rogue planets.
“Generally, the concept of free-floating planets is one I think is interesting—that you have a planet that is wandering through the galaxy without a star,” he said.
“It always strikes me that thanks to using Einstein's theory, we can detect such tiny pieces of rock floating in space. That's really cool.”
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President James Earl Carter Saw UFO
When Governor of Georgia at a Southern Governors’ Conference President Carter states, “I don’t laugh at people any more when they say they’ve seen UFOs. I’ve seen one myself. “It was the dandiest thing I’ve ever seen. It was big; it was very bright; it changed colors and it was about the size of the moon ….” 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 objects in the sky.” If I become President, I’ll make every piece of information that this Country has about UFO sightings available to the public and scientists.”
[Later, after he had been elected to the Presidency, he changed his mind.]
Huge Mother-ships Indicate Extraterrestrial Life
Huge Mother-ships Indicate Extraterrestrial Life
Believed to be first photo of a UFO, courtesy of Sam Sherman.
Reports of large, cigar or cylinder shaped, aircraft carrier sized UFOs also known, as ‘Motherships’ appear to have started as early as 1870, with a wave of sightings in 1896-7 with sightings throughout the Midwest United States.
The first Zeppelin flew in 1900 in Germany. A wave of sightings was reported over England in 1909. During World War I hardly a night would go by without numerous reports of German Zeppelin activity over the UK, but the Germans only had one Naval Zeppelin and five Army airships in service when war was declared. Historian Dr. David Clarke claims that within a few months most of the Zeppelins had been destroyed or wrecked. German records reveal Zeppelin activity was very limited anywhere near the UK, yet pilots and other military personnel reported thousands of sightings of huge cylinder shaped airships over England.
Captain Stansfield of the trawler SS Ape and many of his crew on December 15, 1914, reported sighting a black airship. After the war airship records were read and all German airships were in their hangars due to bad weather. On September 6, 1914, Flight Commander C. E. Rathborne of the Felixstowe Naval Air Station, Suffolk, returned from an early morning patrol in his seaplane to make perhaps the first report of a UFO by a military officer. “At 5:35 AM, whilst on patrol, I sighted an airship steering south-southeast, with a silver-colored envelope on the horizon while flying at 1,300 feet, 27 miles south of Orfordness.” Scottish Command Intelligence estimated the total number of reports of “enemy signaling” to be as high as 2,000 during 1914 alone. By January 31, 1916, nine Naval Zeppelins had been built and were ordered to bomb central England.
The Zeppelin fleet over the North Sea.
The Zeppelin scares and rumors generated thousands of reports of phantom airships that, based on their records, seldom ever flew near England.
Based on the descriptions of cylinder shaped craft, it appears many of the reports may have been Mothership UFOs. Often English pilots would pursue the zeppelins across the sky but they had little chance of catching them. The zeppelins would be at a considerable altitude and the Zeppelin’s cruising speed was often comparable to that of the airplane chasing it. To make matters worse, if a pilot did manage to catch up to the airship, the zeppelins were bristling with machine guns.
The British National Archives has a World War II report discovered by UFO researchers David Clark and Andy Roberts from RAF 61 Squadron. Aircraft Commander J, Captain W/O Lever reports, “The object was seen by the entire crew of the above aircraft during raid on TURIN, the night of November 28/29th, 1942.
They believe it to have been 200-300 feet in length and its width is estimated at 1/5th or 1/6th of its length. The speed was estimated at 500 mph, and it had four pairs of red lights spaced at equal distances along its body. These lights did not appear in any way like exhaust flames; no trace was seen. The object kept a level course.
Illustration of Mother-ship in World War II
The crew saw the object twice during the raid and brief details are given below. After bombing, time 2240 hours, aircraft height 11,000 feet. The aircraft at this time was some 10/15 miles southwest of Turin traveling in a northwesterly direction. The object was traveling southeast at the same height or slightly below the aircraft. After bombing, time 2245 hours, a/c height 14,000 feet. The aircraft was approaching the Alps when the object was seen again traveling west-southwest up a valley in the Alps below the level of the peaks. The lights appeared to go out and the object disappeared from view.”
“The captain reports that he saw a similar object three months ago North of Amsterdam. In this instance it appeared to be on the ground and later traveling at high speed at a lower level than the heights given above along the coast for about two seconds; the lights then went out for the same period of time and came on again, and the object was still seen to be traveling in the same direction.”
Rhode Island Mothership
Cumberland — Mothership photo was taken by Joe Ferriere a radio announcer with his Pho-Tak 620 Reflex camera on July 3, 1967, 7:15 PM. He took seven photos of the Mother-ship with 620 films. The belly hach opened up and disc aircraft were launched.
British author Nick Redfern states, British Military records reveal that a fleet of flying discs — called ‘Foo Fighters’ — were launched from huge cigar-shaped Mother craft during B-17 daylight raids over Germany in 1943. The huge aircraft-carrier sized Mothership cut through a flight of B-17 bombers launching its discs in front of the B-17 amazed aircrews.
George Adamski allegedly took this photo showing the launch operation from the Mother-ship.
During the 1950s and 1960s so called Mother-ships were seen in fairly large numbers. These are exceptionally large craft usually cylinder or cigar shaped craft although some are reported to be disc shaped. The Mother-ships are essentially modern-day aircraft carriers.
They are usually described as being hundreds to thousands of feet in length, and were often reported launching smaller disc shaped craft. The operations were similar in size and complexity to launches and recovery of craft like our own aircraft carriers. Usually these operations would be seen in the early evening with recovery of the scout discs occurring later in the evening. The scout disc craft apparently carried out abduction operations, scavenging for food and minerals. The disc shaped craft have often been reported above power lines or power stations. We can speculate that they are able to recharge their propulsion systems using electrical power. Occasionally, these operations cause power outages. These Mother-ships suggest an extraterrestrial origin for such large craft.
Astronaut Photography of Mother-ship from Earth
Photo Courtesy of NASA
The region above where Mother-ship was near Greenland over the Atlantic Ocean. ISS Astronaut Photography of Earth from the NASA website where this photo was studied. Below is enhancement of above Mothership traveling above the atmosphere?
Object appears metallic with dark rings at both ends. Analysis and discovery of unusual features was by Steve Tobias UFO Researcher USAF Veteran
Mars Images Suggest Life
Russian Colonel Dr. Maria Popovitch whose husband Pavel is a general and cosmonaut claims, “The last transmissions from the Soviet Phobos 2 satellite was an image of a gigantic cylindrical Mother-ship photographed on 25 March 1989.
Mothership over Mars taken by USSR
After that last frame was transmitted to Earth, the probe mysteriously disappeared. One transmission showed an oblong like a marquise shaped shadow on the surface of Mars. According to Dr. John Becklake of the London Science Museum the shadow is something that is between the spacecraft and Mars. He stressed that the object was seen by both the optical and the infrared (heat seeking) cameras. The spindle shadow is inconsistent with any possible shadow cast by the moon Phobos and is similar to a giant, hovering cylinder- shaped mother craft.
Cylinder craft are also being observed flying over the Mar’s Rovers on a fairly regular basis.
EXETER New Hampshire — Adam Dolge writes, “There was something odd in the sky last week, something that caused a Navy veteran with 10,000 hours of flight experience to have his own close encounter. The former flight engineer, who wished to be identified only as “David”, said of the experience, “this was like nothing I’ve ever seen before.” What the retired Navy chief petty officer said he saw on July 20, 2005, could only be classified as a UFO, an unidentified flying object. It was a bright and sunny afternoon, about 3:15 p.m., and David was outside and at bottom of his glass he saw a large cigar-shaped object hovering in the sky. David said windows were equally spaced around the object; however he didn’t see anyone or anything inside. The size of the object was enormous. He said it was about the size of two USS Nimitz aircraft carriers.
New Hampshire Huge UFO sighting
The image above is a colorized version with windows inserted of July 3, 1967, 7:15 PM,
. “But, the instant I put my glass down, I said, ‘that’s not a blimp.'” The object moved from west to east, very slowly for something that size, he said. His initial instinct was that the object was moving at about 100 knots, but something that big shouldn’t be able to stay in the air if it’s going that slow, he said. The object began changing colors from bright silver to an orange-ish red. Thanks to Brian Vike
George Adamski allegedly took this photo showing the launch operation from the Mother-ship.
During the 1950s and 1960s so called Mother-ships were seen in fairly large numbers. These are exceptionally large craft usually cylinder or cigar shaped craft although some are reported to be disc shaped. The Mother-ships are essentially modern-day aircraft carriers.
They are usually described as being hundreds to thousands of feet in length, and were often reported launching smaller disc shaped craft. The operations were similar in size and complexity to launches and recovery of craft like our own aircraft carriers. Usually these operations would be seen in the early evening with recovery of the scout discs occurring later in the evening. The scout disc craft apparently carried out abduction operations, scavenging for food and minerals. The disc shaped craft have often been reported above power lines or power stations. We can speculate that they are able to recharge their propulsion systems using electrical power. Occasionally, these operations cause power outages. These Mother-ships suggest an extraterrestrial origin for such large craft.
F-89 Jet Fighter Found in Lake Superior
Port Huron – Divers from the Great Lakes Dive Company claim to have located a US Air Force F-89 Scorpion jet fighter that disappeared in 1953, over Lake Superior. The F-89 with tail number 51-5853A was piloted by 1st Lt. Felix Moncla, Jr, with Second Lt. Robert L. Wilson as the Radar Intercept Officer. The divers using sophisticated side scan sonar have located two possible aircraft and a third unidentified object in deep water. The wreckage of the plane and object that the F-89 collided with it until now has never been found.
I spoke with a radar operator who worked in the Air Defense Command radar site on November 23, 1953. During the evening radar picked up an unidentified target over Lake Superior. Kinross Air Force Base nearby alerted the 433rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Truax Field, in Madison, Wisconsin, and an F-89 C all-weather interceptor was scrambled. U.S. Air Force accident report records indicate that the F-89 was vectored WNW, then W, climbing to 30,000 feet. While on a westerly course, the F-89 was cleared to descend to 7,000 feet, turning ENE and coming steeply down to the unknown target from above. The last radar contact placed the interceptor at 8,000 feet, 70 miles off Keeweenaw Point. The F-89 was trying to intercept and investigate an unusual radar blip when it crashed. Radar operators watched as the “blips” of the UFO and the F-89 merged on their scopes, in an apparent collision, and disappeared. No trace of the plane was ever found. The U.S. Air Force claimed the F-89 was launched to intercept a Royal Canadian Air Force C-47, later the fighter jet had collided with the Canadian transport plane, but the RCAF then, and the CAF today deny any of their planes was over the lake on that date.
F89
The same day an F-89 from the same squadron crashed and also had some kind of catastrophe that didn’t give the crew time to eject. Despite repeated engine changes, problems persisted, compounded by the discovery of structural problems with the wings that forced a refit of 194 -A, -B, and -C models. When I chased a UFO we flew faster than the red lined speed limit of our aircraft during the thrill of the chase. The underwater F-89 is missing a wing.
Great Lakes Dive Company representative Jimenez claims that the plane is mostly intact and lying upright in deep water and in searching the general vicinity of the wreck, we found an unidentified object that apparently hit the F-89. One wing of the aircraft is missing and is likely the point of contact. Jimenez declined to identify the other object. A documentary on the history, search and discovery of the F-89 and the mystery object is being filmed.
Alien Raptors
Derek Tyler writes this is what the Raptors look like. In the, a figure of one is standing beside one of the original Raptors from the age of dinosaurs, for comparison. They are traditionally quite happy to dine on humans, but it is reported that their Queen has looked down the two main possible timelines for the future and seen that their long-term prospects are better if they stop targeting us and work with us instead. Their spacecraft are cigar shaped, with a red light at each end and a flashing red light in the middle. The Raptors appear like a humanoid reptile is likely to look.
Hunter Biden’s Story
The Delaware Computer repair shop owner, John Paul Mac Isaac, told The New York Post a man who he cannot identify left the Mac Book Pro in April 2019 that was owned by Hunter Biden the son of Vice President Jo Biden. He never returned, and Mr. Isaac eventually took custody. He gave a download of the contents to the FBI and lawyer Rudolph Giuliani who provided the data to the N.Y. Post. Allegedly his investment firm was given one and one half Billion dollars by China. The hard drive also held explicit sex scenes involving drugs and criminal activity according to the FBI.
Gulani’ss lawyer, told Fox News on Wednesday that the hard drive contains 40,000 emails, thousands of text messages, photographs and videos. Hunter Biden’s attorney has not disputed that his client used the laptop.
Reportedly the FBI found evidence of this crime with proof the laptop computer belonged to Biden and was not a Russian disinformation plot..
The emails allegedly contained evidence of pay-to-play corruption where Hunter Biden sold access to Joe Biden whereby Joe Biden manipulated foreign policy to financially benefit his son and his business partners.
This lie about the laptop being part of a Russian disinformation campaign collapsed for good when Fox News broke the bombshell story that the FBI subpoenaed the laptop from the Delaware computer store where it was dropped off for repairs and never picked up as part of a money laundering investigation.
Fox News exclusively reported, “The FBI’s subpoena of a laptop and hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden came in connection with a money laundering investigation in late 2019, according to documents obtained by Fox News and verified by multiple federal law enforcement officials who reviewed them.”
Fox News also put the fake news media nonsense about the laptop not being the original source of the emails to bed by naming the FBI agent who signed out the laptop as well as the investigation code.
“Multiple federal law enforcement officials, as well as two separate government officials, confirmed the authenticity of these documents, which were signed by FBI Special Agent Joshua Wilson. Wilson did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment,” Fox News also reported.
Fox News reported, “The document has a ‘Case ID’ section, which is filled in with a hand-written number: 272D-BA-3065729.”The FBI cannot open a criminal investigation unless there is a strong predicate to suspect illegal activity.. “The FBI cannot open a case without predication, so they believed there was predication for criminal activity,” a source told Fox News. “This means there was sufficient evidence to believe that there was criminal conduct.”
The source continued that since an investigation was opened and a subpoena was issued, that meant the FBI had a strong reason to believe there was evidence of a criminal scheme on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
“If a criminal case was opened and subpoenas were issued, that means there is a high likelihood that both the laptop and hard drive contain fruits of criminal activity,” the source added. The FBI came into possession of this laptop in December 2019.
That meant while impeachment was taking place and the Democrats were claiming Donald Trump invented the fact that Joe and Hunter Biden needed to be investigated for corruption, the FBI hid the fact that it opened a money laundering investigation that touched on Hunter Biden’s business activities.
The FBI had evidence that would prove President Trump’s innocence.
Hunter Biden business associate’s text messages indicate meeting with Joe Biden and messages proving a portion of the money was given to the Chairman that is assumed to be Joe Biden.
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Hunter Biden’s e-business partner Tony Bobulinski was warned “don’t mention Joe” in a 2017 text exchange which emerged following Bobulinski’s bombshell statement to The Post.
He is expected to appear in the Senate and FBI to testify and has already appeared on TV numerous of times and turned his phone over to the FBI . The former business partner on Thursday directly implicated Joseph R. Biden in his son Hunter’s foreign deals to cash in on his father’s political position.
Hunter Biden’s business partner played key role in meeting between Chinese businessmen, Obama staff Vice President-elect, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., stands with his son Hunter during a photo.
A former business partner on Thursday directly implicated Joseph R. Biden in his son Hunter’s foreign deals to cash in on his father’s political clout. “It was made clear to me that Joe … A high-powered delegation of Chinese communist industrialists was able to gain access to senior Obama White House officials during a 2011 U.S. visit thanks to Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s principal business partner, newly disclosed emails show.
The emails show that the Archer-Hunter Biden team was using the White House and Hunter’s father, then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden, as springboards for lucrative deals in China that followed. He frequently flew on Air Force 2 plane with his father.
Hunter resigned in April 2019 from the board of Burisma Holdings, the Ukraine natural gas company where he served with his business partner, Devon Archer. Burisma hired Hunter Biden after his father was named the White House’s point man on Ukraine. He and Mr. Archer earned millions of dollars from Burisma, a Senate report released last month found. Allegedly, Russian Moscow mayor’s wife gave Hunter for four million dollars for unknown favors. Finally, Joe is the real Manchurian candidate as he is owned by the Communist Chinese government and has already sold us out to them. Washington Time, Fox News, and New York Post
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Filer’s Files 44, 2020 Huge Motherships Indicate ET Life - PART II
Cranach, Canada disk on October23, 2020
Filer’s Files 44, 2020 Huge Motherships Indicate ET Life - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Sightings are from MUFON CMS
Arizona Light
Sedona– On October 20, 2 20, my Oculus all sky camera was running all night in hopes of capturing an Orionid Meteor. In the morning as I reviewed my video I noticed this string of 5-6 lights that appeared than vanished. I slowed down this video to 1/8 normal speed and booster contrast a bit and brightened the video and a still from it I made.
Arkansas Lights
Huntsville — On October19,2020,
This video was taken from a game camera on our family hunting property. Notice the quick change of direction at the very end of the video. The deer in the video moves it’s head upward causing the video to start. I’m presuming the “UFO” did not make noise because the deer did not look up as it flew over.
California Object
I will not divulge my identity nor my exact location. However, I will let you know this happened in Southern California. On January 20, 2020
I fell asleep while watching TV. I awoke at about 2 AM to the sound of someone talking on TV. It wasn’t very loud and I thought that I should turn off the TV. Then, I noticed something moving out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look and saw a black mass hovering over our table in the kitchen area. It was completely silent. Panic set in. I was petrified at what I saw. I could not breathe nor move; I was frozen in fear. I tried to get out a scream, but couldn’t. I tried and tried then eventually I found myself screaming over and over again. My wife, who was asleep in the other room, ran into the living room. While she was entering the room, I saw the black mass in our kitchen shrink and then disappear completely. Unfortunately, my wife had just missed it.
Note: This is an interesting case and one for the Xfiles. It is certainly a paranormal eve. Thanks to Will Pucket/www.ufosnw.com/newsite/
Michigan Light as
Brighton — I was looking up at the sky since there are animal traps on my roof to catch the flying squirrels in my attic. The moment I looked up to view the trap, I saw come over my house a completely white object with 2 shapes to it on October16, 2020. O ne end was rectangular, and one end was rounded. The sky was blue with no clouds. This object sped up a little, then slowed down, the sped up a little, then slowed down and then stopped. It then disappeared. The total time span was about 15 seconds. There was absolutely no sound.
New Jersey Object
North Wildwood– On September 30, 2020 my boyfriend were taking a few pictures of the moon over the ocean from our porch. Like we do on many occasions. But we never had the anomalies that we had on this particular night. We are not sure what they are but feel it is worth a look. I am providing the unedited photos and the photos with anomaly circled.
Air National Guard Base – My mother & I went to visit my Mothers Brother, Jack at the Air National Guard Base in New Jersey at night on a weekend in the summer of 1962 or 63, I think! After going outside, we observed a glowing white Orb moving slowly toward the Base & went behind the tower. We waited to see it come out the other side but it didn’t come out of the other side but suddenly, it shot straight up at astonishing speed into the sky, out of sight! I was about 12 or 13 years old at the time but we never reported the sighting because we thought it might be something connected to the Base & who would believe us anyway! But, since watching your show Hanger 1
New York Dark Objects
Mary — Three 3 black orbs and helicopter.
Photo courtesy of MUFON.com
Taken on Oct 16, 2020
Ohio Cylinder
Waverly –– October23, 2020,
it was a white cigar shaped object flying in a straight line with no sound no visible appendages.
Oregon Lights
Newberg – On October14, 2020, 6:09 am Newberg Oregon. I took my 2 dogs out to pee. I noticed the stars out; it was still dark outside, cold and clear with some light thin clouds in the sky. I noticed some star constellations, they were very bright. Orisons Belt, then I looked left and saw one of the dippers. Then looked toward the west and saw over 30 stars in a row. A straight line and the line were moving. An example is an open strand of pearls and if you were pulling them in a straight line. They were moving toward 30degrees. There was a cloud I could not see through, a thin cloud. I was not able to see them once they moved behind the cloud. I told my husband in a frantic tone “there are UFO’s in the sky” I ran downstairs to film. I tried videoing the lights, 3-5 times, but it was so dark and they were not showing up. Maybe with good photo editing, they can be seen. Anyway, my husband ran outside and watched as the last 20-30 were heading into the cloud bank. What was really strange (it was all strange) the last light was not at the same distance as all the other lights before it in line. It was “falling behind”. Then it got light out within a few minutes and it was over.
Tennessee Flame
Nolensville – On October18, 2020, me and my family observed a glowing gold object with a flame line top. It looked a bit like the comet hale bop but it was more defined and pencil like in shape. It was glowing/blazing very bright. At first I thought it might be a comet but I couldn’t find anything online about that. We tried to take pictures of it and the cameras on our phones behaved strangely and we couldn’t get a good shot. While we were trying to fix the problem it disappeared right in front of us. It briefly reappeared for a minute a few minutes later and disappeared again. There were some clouds but the object appeared to be in front of the clouds illuminating them. Earlier we had gone for a drive and had a strange experience where it took us an hour and a half to get to Shelbyville from our home and only 45 minutes to get back. We remarked on how time felt strange and how it seemed like it took so much longer to get there. We did not stop either way as it was just a drive. It didn’t make sense for it to be so vastly different as the route was basically the same. My husband made a comet t that perhaps it was aliens. We returned home at 5:00 pm and saw this strange object at 8:00 PM. I did get some crappy photos of it when it appeared again the 2nd time but the color on the photoA does not match what we saw. It was a Brilliant gold color- with an orange cast- very vibrant. The photos makes it appear white and it was not that color.
Texas Lights
Willis– On October 21, 2020, this was a perfect triangle that I have seen over multiple evenings and have hours of video and pictures taken from my iPhone 11 X Pro. This was also seen on one of the nights by three other people that were with me. Two nights with my wife I used a heavy duty flashlight last night, after and it responded in kind by flashing its lights in response to me
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australian Moon Lights
Newcastle— Darren Delaney, Newcastle NSW Australia
Photos of the moon taken on September 8,,
Canada Disk
Co roach — On October1, 2020,
A coworker had stopped to take a picture of the drilling rig he was working on, South of Coronach, Sask. at the Westmoreland Coal mine. After he took the picture, he looked at it to check the quality. He noticed the object in the upper right and a second to the left of the derrick. He had shown me the picture in September, after we had a conversation about the possibility of extra terrestrial life. I asked if anyone else saw the picture or the objects, and he told me “No”. I then asked if he had reported it. He told me he didn’t say anything for fear of being ridiculed. He told me that he didn’t see or hear anything in the sky before or after he had taken the picture. I asked if there were any planes or vapor trails in the sky and he said “No”.
France Light
Vannes— I go out on my terrace and raise my head to heaven, I believe hallucinated and immediately call my wife after different. Research, I concluded the first day everything was in a single file for about fifty objects, but the day after tomorrow rebel but this time objects have random speeds and changing directions on April 25, 2020.
Germany Lights
Idsten — On Saturday evening (approx. 0750 AM) October17, 2020,
I spotted a glowing object flying above our hometown valley from my balcony. I immediately called my wife and daughter to come and see it. We observed the object flying in circles above the valley. My wife went in to get our spyglasses. Through the spyglass we could very clearly see that the glow came from an object above the clouds. I tried to film the object with my mobile but it was impossible. We informed my mother who lives just a few streets away to see it as well. She came and saw it. My wife then got our night vision equipment, a spyglass with night vision used for deer stalking. Through this device we could see that there were actually two objects flying in circles. I then placed my mobile phone camera in front of the ocular of the night vision equipment and was actually able to film it. I sent the videos to our elder daughter who lives in Wiesbaden and she told us that she saw three lights hovering over Wiesbaden on her way home from work. She even talked to people in the streets about It.; hence, there must be more witnesses.
UK/England Flashing Light
Bellevue, Washington (Over Cougar Mountain): September 20, 2020I saw the same thing as posted on your site Sept 11, 2017 over Bellevue/Cougar Mountain on Sep 20 this year. Has this sighting been solved or identified? I have a few photos. See one of them above.
Additional Details Provided by Witness:
I saw it in person. It made no sound and was moving east. I was standing at around 1,400 feet when I took photos. In photo with tree, lower left is corner of one story house/roof. My wife and I both saw and each took photos. The photos were from mobile phone cameras. I am guessing that the object was 15 feet long. The four “wheel” looking appendages did not pivot or change angle. It remained upright, that is with four “wheels” oriented as they are in photo. The interior of the “wheels” looked silver. It did not produce its own light and just seemed to reflect sunlight. There was no exhaust or discharge of any kind. The “Body” looked mostly red. I am guessing it was traveling at 30 MPH. It did not turn or change direction. There was very slight wind at time. (Clearly it was moving under its own power.) I saw no tow plane or anything else in the sky. The path was over a very densely populated area and just south of I-90 (though would have been visible looking up from that interstate). My first thought was that it was a massive drone or a flying cartoon car (LOL). I still have no idea. I asked friends who work at Amazon in Seattle for any Intel on beta tests for drones or the like, but came up empty.
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Driver caught a UFO over Columbus, Ohio TODAY!
Driver caught a UFO over Columbus, Ohio TODAY!
This strange unidentified flying object was filmed over Columbus, OH today (29th October 2020). What do you think it is?
Witness report:
My daughter was moving from franklin County Columbus to Fairfield County Lancaster.As we were traveling 3 very bright large lights caught my eye off on the left side (driver) . The one on the bottom went out and when it re appeared it was on my right side (passenger side. I kept watching for a few minutes because it was just sitting in the sky that’s when I told my daughter to record.the lights. As you can see by the camera and our voices we didn’t know what we were looking at. It traveled from way far in front of us to directly over us in a matter of seconds we couldn’t get the entire bottom of the object because we were in traffic and it passed right over us.we were looking directly under it all you could see were the lights the top was as if it were transparent it was dark but I could see a shape of it.
At one point it looked like a giant drone but with all the lights that was underneath you should of been able to see exactly what it was but you couldn’t. I say drone because I seen something that went straight up into the air it was so dark you really had to be looking directly at it to even see it. The only shots we got of this this was when it was coming in our direction and it was low in the sky as if it was going to land somewhere behind us in the fields. I wish I could of gotten a better shot of this thing but I showed it to someone who works at the airport and they said those weren’t airplane or helicopter lights. I tried to download it tom my computer to see if I could get a better look at this thing but wasn’t able to maybe someone at your agency could enhance the video to make sense of what we saw.
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Bright lights in the sky above Joshua Tree, California 20-Oct-2020
Bright lights in the sky above Joshua Tree, California 20-Oct-2020
This UFO sighting was published on MUFON’s website today. It shows strange bright lights that were hovering in the sky above Joshua Tree in California on 20th October 2020. Also some strange noise was recorded on video!
Witness report:
Several hours of lights appearing, multiplying disappearing. These three all come from one 12 minute long video. We were camping in the desert and it was a dark night with a crescent moon. We had just sat down to our dinner at our picnic table, when these lights appeared out in the desert. Media File 1. We see lights multiply, disappear. We are talking to nearby campers at Belle Campground. They said that they had never seen anything like it. This video is the last in sequence of these three. Media File 2. Earliest appearance from the same 12 minute long video. 7:22 pm time stamp. You hear the loud buzzing noises on audio. Never heard this before or since on my phone. Media file 3. Another appearance that happened before #1: showing them appear and disappear. We were at this spot about one year ago, under the Hunter’s Moon, and looked for lights, but saw nothing unusual. Dr. Greer had been doing CE5 in Joshua Tree, for several nights previous to our arrival on 10-20-2020. We camped here for several more nights and saw nothing unusual. Actress Roma Downey posted a video of the lights that night on her Twitter, so she saw them too.
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Throughout all of the cases of strange UFO sightings and encounters, some of the most intriguing and indeed spectacular are those people who claim to have been actually physically abducted by these entities. There are numerous cases of this happening, and these so-called “abductees” almost always come back with weird stories to tell that elude conventional explanations. Such cases can be quite frightening and hold tantalizing clues, and some are even more bizarre and believable than others. One very amazing case of an alien abduction comes to us from Australia, and it is a very odd case encompassing UFOs, aliens, strange physical effects and marks, and multiples witnesses, which all combine to make it all one of the most compelling such accounts there is.
In the hours just after dark on August 8, 1993, a 27 -year-old housewife and mother of three children by the name of Kelly Cahill was driving with her husband between Belgrave and Fountain Gate, in Victoria, Australia, in order to attend a birthday party later that evening for Kelly’s friend’s daughter. At around 7 PM, they were passing the quiet foothills of the Dandenongs mountain range, approaching the outer Melbourne suburban housing estate where the friend lived. Since it was a fairly remote and dark road there were few other cars around, although on this evening Kelly would claim that there was another vehicle down the road behind them with a man and a woman within. It was a quiet, peaceful night, and other than that there wasn’t much to see, and so Kelly sat back watching the evening float by her passenger window. Yet something would come up out of the dark that would snap her awake.
Kelly Cahill
As Kelly looked out over the rural, increasingly mountainous landscape, she allegedly saw a “ring of orange lights” sitting on the ground in a nearby paddock. As she watched this mystery object wondering what it could be they passed by and she told her husband that she had just seen a UFO, but he didn’t seem to really believe her, saying it was probably just a helicopter. They sort of just put it out of their minds and went about going to the friend’s party and having a normal evening before heading back for the drive home. As they did they would both then see what appears to have been the same object Kelly had seen earlier, only this time it was hovering over the road right in front of them. Kelly would later tell UFO researcher Robb Tilley of what happened then:
Anyway, we were driving back down the road in the same stretch. Both of us,just me and my husband . . . we both saw this ring, mind you … . in front of us, hovering above the road. It was just something sitting there. . . . I couldn’t tell what it was. We were at first far away, but as you got closer to it was sort of . . . well, it wasn’t like the orange light in the field. It was a round shape with some sort of glass around, or what looked like windows and lights around the bottom. Because it was dark, you couldn’t really tell at first. But as we got closer and closer, there was no noise or anything. Even my husband’s going. “You’re right! That’s something. That’s very, very strange.” And I swear we saw people in there, and then just as I said to him, “I swear there’s people in there,” it just shot off to the left as fast as it could go. I mean it just disappeared. Within a split second it had gone.
We kept driving and about a kilometer ahead, all of a sudden, there’s this really, really bright light in front of us, and I’ve got my hand up, up above my brow, to look out the window, because it’s that bright, but I can’t see anything. I said to [my husband], “What are you going to do?” He said, “I’m going to keep driving.” From there, that is the last we remembered until . . . I knew I was going to see a UFO, you know, I just knew, because of what we had seen, I’d seen it twice in one night and he had seen it once . . . and the adrenalin is pumping, the heart is thumping, I’m so excited. All of a sudden I’m sitting in the car, and I’m saying to my husband, “What happened?” And he says to me, “I don’t know. We must have gone around a corner or something.
They both felt very strange at this point, as if they had had a blackout, but they weren’t sure quite why they felt this way but it was unshakeable. There was also apparently a “smell like vomit” permeating the vehicle, although there was no sign that either of them had thrown up. They had the very surreal sense that something was not quite right, and that something had happened to them, and as they talked about this it got even stranger still when Kelly saw a tall dark figure pass by along the side of the road that she did not think was human. It was not until they got home that they realized that they were both missing an hour of time, and Kelly noticed an odd triangular mark right above her navel and a scar above that, neither of which she had had before that night.
On top of this, they both experienced inexplicable headaches, nausea, stomach pain, and severe muscular fatigue over the coming weeks, during which time Kelly began menstruating out of cycle and fell so sick she could barely walk. Her husband would rush her to the hospital, where they were told that she had a womb infection. As all of this was going on, Kelly began to have little fragments of memory come back to her from that lost time, little flickers that floated up from her subconscious like fleeting, half-forgotten dreams. First she remembered going into an intense, blindingly bright light, then there were faint images of shadow figures moving in that light, and then one day when they were driving past the same spot she felt a sudden sense of overwhelming terror and it all came back to her. She would say of this:
On the way home from bingo that night, we went along the same road, and as we passed a certain spot I just got this incredible feeling of terror go through me, I mean absolute terror. All of a sudden I just started remembering, and by the next morning I had remembered just about everything that happened, except there’s still missing time that I can’t. What we had actually done, we had driven into the light, but the road curved, and the light we had thought was in front of us was actually to our right-hand side. It was in the field, and it was massive… the “size of a house” or perhaps close to 5O meters. So it was very big. Why I knew it was very big was because we could have driven for five minutes. The road sort of wound around this part. You could have driven for five minutes and not had it out of your sight the whole time.
She remembered that her and her husband had then stopped the car and gotten out to get a better look at the light. At this point she somehow noticed that there was another car that had stopped down the road, and that three people had stepped out of it. She turned her attention back to the otherworldly craft in front of them, and that’s when she saw a very tall, thin black figure, estimated as about 7 feet tall, and possessing luminous red eyes, which she describes as “burning red, like . . . fluorescent stop lights, I suppose, that sort of real burning red.” The entity was approaching them, and she felt overwhelmed with a cold, gripping terror. She would explain of what happened next:
All of a sudden I started screaming out [to my husbands. . . . Now this has really got me baffled because of the fact that a human being doesn’t know this, so I don’t even know how I came out with this, but I started saying, “They’ve got no souls.” And then I started screaming, “THEY’VE GOT NO SOULS!” Then all of a sudden there were heaps of them in the field, not just one, a whole heap of them, and they started coming towards us . . . faster than a man could run, and they were gliding off the ground. They got halfway across the field. They split up. Some of them went towards the other people [two or three, Kelly thought]. and some of them [the rest] came towards us. Kelly found herself screaming to the other people down the road, “They’re evil! They’re going to kill us!” I was hysterically terrified. . . . I had never felt terror like that. Not even in my worst nightmares had I experienced terror like that. The next thing I know, I felt this oomph! in my stomach, right across here like I was winded, but I was thrown right back, and I was on my back on the ground. I sat up, with my head between my knees. Here, I’m trying to stay conscious. I couldn’t see. My eyes. . . . It was all black.
She says that during this encounter she was only vaguely aware of her husband nearby, who was mostly silent, and that the creatures kept sending telepathic messages into her mind assuring her that they meant her no harm. Despite these insistent assurances, she felt with every fiber of her being that they were actually all evil somehow, and she says she suddenly felt a surge of anger overcome and usurp the uncontrollable fear that had paralyzed her. She remembers shouting at the beings to go away and cursing and threatening them, and the next thing she remembers is being back in her car, any other memories just a whirlwind of shards and pieces. In the coming weeks she would have extremely vivid dreams of being she had seen, as well as of being within their ship and speaking with them. She would say of one of these “dreamings” as she calls them as follows:
When after I did remember it, I had another dream, and these dreams seemed very physical. I know I’m dreaming, and I’ve got to wake up out of them. . . . In this particular one, I felt as if my legs were being pulled off the bed, and it was like I was paralyzed from my waist down, and my legs were being pulled over to the side; yet I could almost use the top of my body. Then I’m grabbing a pillow, trying to hit my husband, to wake him up. . . . I’m fighting this. I’m not going to let this thing drag me off the bed by my legs. Then I woke up and saw it standing there again! This time the hood covered the eyes, and it didn’t scare me. . . . I was still terrified, but it didn’t scare me quite as much, because each time it scared me, it was that same power like I felt out in the field that night.
During all of this, her husband remained unable to remember anything of what had happened, and it was all very bizarre to say the least. Kelly would contact Sydney-based researcher Bill Chalker, of the UFO Investigation Centre, who would launch a full, in-depth investigation into the events along with a group called Phenomena Research Australia [PRA]. They were not only able to track down other witnesses in two other cars who had passed that night and seen the UFO at the time as well, but also locate the three people described by Cahill who had also been approached by the strange entities on that fateful evening, who all also just so happened to have triangular marks on their bodies very similar to the one Kelly had. In addition to this, upon investigating the site of the UFO landing, Chalker and his team claimed that they had managed to find various physical evidence such as chemical and magnetic anomalies, as well as unusual radiation and magnetic readings and strange marks in the field that could not be explained.
In the meantime, the whole bizarre tale had hit the news, and Kelly Cahill would become a bit of a celebrity, appearing on TV shows, at UFO conferences, and writing a book about it all in 1997 called Encounter: The True Story. She would add other details to her account over the years, claiming that she had been menaced by an unmarked black helicopter, and to have forged a telepathic link with the aliens, who warned that they planned to invade Earth. Although her story may sound fantastical and almost absurd to some, she has long been seen as a rather reliable witness, as she no history of mental illness, no reason to lie, no prior connection to the UFO field, and was largely praised by neighbors and family as being an honest, sincere woman. Indeed, this perceived reliability, as well as the corroborating reports and the physical evidence left behind, have made Kelly Cahill’s case very significant in the UFO field, with Bill Chalker saying of this:
Here we have a striking situation. Two groups of persons unknown to each other have witnessed the same UFO encounter and entities. They also experienced missing time, and each group has been available to competent investigators. Independent witnesses have provided information which enable cross-checking and correlations to reveal a remarkable amount of similar information. The result is a compelling case for the reality of the strange events described. The ontological status of the events is further strengthened by a range of apparently related physical traces, including ground traces, a magnetic anomaly, and effects on some of the witnesses.
Indeed, the case of Kelly Cahill has become one of the most intriguing and baffling UFO cases Australia has ever seen, yet it remains a frustrating nut to crack. The main problem is that, although Phenomena Research Australia claims to have compiled a detailed report on all of the data and information pertaining to the case, this report has never been released to the public and remains under wraps. The names of the supposed other witnesses have also never been revealed, and they have never been interviewed by independent, mainstream sources. Indeed, even the name Kelly Cahill is a pseudonym, and so there is a thick cloud of mystery obscuring the real truth. In the end, we may never know exactly what happened out there on that lonely road, and it remains a strange mystery that will perhaps always elude us, as well as one of the most bizarre alien abduction accounts Australia has ever seen.
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Bats get blamed for a variety of human problems from rabies to viruses (including the coronavirus) to vampirism, even though most of the transmissions are caused by humans themselves – eating them, touching injured bats, disturbing their caves, etc. It’s long past time we humans show bats a little more respect and a new discovery gives an excellent reason why – it turns out vampire bats in the wild prevent the spread of illnesses within their colony by practicing social distancing. Feeling a little ashamed right now?
“We tracked this unintentional “social distancing” effect hour-by-hour in a wild colony of vampire bats. Using bat-borne proximity sensors, we compared changes in the social network connectedness of immune-challenged “sick” bats versus “control” bats over time.”
Vampire bat
In a study published in the journal Behavioral Ecology, Simon P Ripperger of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University and study lead author describes how his team captured 31 adult female vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) from a roost in Belize, injected 16 with the immune-challenging substance lipopolysaccharide to make them “sick,” and injected the other left 15 with saline as a control group. Next, they attached proximity sensors and released them back into the wild. Then it was time to sit back and watch the monitors.
“Compared to the control group, “sick” (LPS-injected) bats associated with fewer groupmates (lower degree centrality), spent less time with others (lower strength centrality), and were less socially connected to more well-connected groupmates when considering both direct and indirect connections (lower eigenvector centrality), and these effects declined after the treatment period. During the 6 h of the treatment period, a “sick” bat associated on average with four fewer associates than a control bat.”
The “sick” vampire bats were observed spending less time interacting with the other bat in the colony, including participating in grooming their available partners, while the control bats continued normal associations. In other words, the sick bats self-isolated or practiced social distancing. This was more than just the normal behavior seen in most animals where the others in a group avoided the sick one – this was a conscious decision by the sick to stay away from the well until they felt better. While the lipopolysaccharide was not contagious, this data allowed the researchers to predict that this behavior would help reduce the spread of a contagious disease among the bats.
“The sensors gave us an amazing new window into how the social behavior of these bats changed from hour to hour and even minute to minute during the course of the day and night, even while they are hidden in the darkness of a hollow tree.”
As Ripperger indicates in the press release, frequent testing/monitoring of the vampire bats gave the surgeons an unprecedented way of tracking the “disease.” So, social distancing and testing helped keep the healthy bats safe while allowing the team to closely monitor their progress.
Leave it to vampire bats to show up humans. If those pointy little teeth didn’t tear them, they’d probably wear masks too.
Nieuwe satelliet van NASA en ESA brengt alle oceanen in kaart en moet impact van klimaatverandering nauwkeurig(er) meten
Op 10 november zal de Copernicus Sentinel-6 ‘Michael Freilich’-satelliet vanop Cape Canaveral worden gelanceerd die de oceanen perfect in kaart zal brengen. Dankzij die satelliet moet het onderzoek naar de stijgende zeespiegel en de impact van de klimaatverandering weer een stuk vergemakkelijkt worden.
De Sentinel-6-missie is er eentje waarbij het Amerikaanse en Europese ruimtevaartagentschap (NASA en ESA) samenwerken. Verder nog nemen het National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – de instantie in de VS die zich bezighoudt met meteorologie en oceanografie – en het EUMETSAT - de Europese organisatie voor de ontwikkeling en het beheer van weersatellieten – deel. Het doel van de missie is om de oceanen permanent in de gaten te houden. Alleen zo kan de stijging van het zeeniveau goed gemonitord worden.
De Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is overigens de eerste van twee identieke satellieten die achtereenvolgens worden gelanceerd om de nauwkeurige metingen mogelijk te maken. De satelliet zal iedere 10 dagen 95 procent van de ijsvrije oceanen op aarde in kaart brengen en cruciale informatie verschaffen voor operationele oceanografie en onderzoek naar het klimaat.
Waar de naam van de satelliet vandaan komt? De satelliet is hernoemd naar Michael H. Freilich, voormalig directeur van de Earth Science Division van NASA. En dat is bijzonder, want het gebeurt niet vaak dat satellieten vernoemd worden naar mensen. Freilich werkte bijna vier decennia als oceanograaf en bij NASA volgde hij op welke satellieten de aarde in de gaten hielden. Alleen al in 2014 kwamen bijvoorbeeld vijf NASA-aardobservatiemissies van de grond. “Deze eer toont het belang van Mike’s nalatenschap aan”, aldus NASA-chef Jim Bridenstine. “Mike’s bijdragen aan NASA zijn van onschatbare waarde geweest, en we zijn verheugd dat deze satelliet die zijn naam draagt, nieuwe kennis zal vergaren over de oceanen waarvoor hij zo’n blijvende passie heeft.”
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Cloud Orb Fleet Seen Over Mexico, May Be Monitoring Covid Spikes This Winter! Oct 22, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Cloud Orb Fleet Seen Over Mexico, May Be Monitoring Covid Spikes This Winter! Oct 22, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting:Oct 22, 2020 Location of sighting: Valdequirico, Mexico
Watch this video and you will see a whole fleet of cloud orbs going in all directions. Not if these were balloons, they would all go one direction...the direction the wind is blowing. However that is not the case here. They move with deliberate motions...they have intelligence. There are no wings...ruling out planes, birds. This is absolutely alien in origin. A whole fleet of UFOs means something big is about to happen. Maybe they were dropped off to monitor a spike in Covid19 infections in Mexico. Aliens...they love to gather information. Its like gold to them.
Mysterious Purple Light Over Sweden On Oct 27, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Mysterious Purple Light Over Sweden On Oct 27, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 27, 2020 Location of sighting: Sweden
A person in Sweden was driving home at night and come some car cam footage of a mysterious purple/pink glow lighting up the night sky. This is very strange and as the eyewitness suggests...perhaps its a UFO that has landed over in that area or is lurking in the clouds. One thing is clear...this is absolute proof that there are aliens over there!
Glowing White Disk Seen Moving Over El Paso, Texas At Moment City Imposes Covid Curfew Rules, Oct 27, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing White Disk Seen Moving Over El Paso, Texas At Moment City Imposes Covid Curfew Rules, Oct 27, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 27, 2020
Location of sighting: El Paso, Texas, USA
Watch this huge glowing object flying over the city of El Paso, Texas just a few nights ago. The object goes in and out of focus, but at times we can clearly see the craft. The object is white and cloud like, but moves with deliberate actions, which is proof its intelligently controlled. This UFO was probably monitoring how the public is taking the new curfews that El Paso has placed on the city 2 days ago. Its got to be causing a lot of stress and panic for the public, and aliens want to record how humans handle such moments. Such a moment might exist in the future when aliens themselves come down to greet the public.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
As I was recording what appeared to be a UFO , I caught something else that I did not see at the moment until I saw the video a few days later and noticed out the corner of my eye while watching the flying object ,something moved ... I am Lost For Words on what it could be but looks like a tall stick figure move right then left then right again walking all the way behind a trailer bed and disappear ... what the hell is it ??? What do you guys think .. please comment your thought I have shown it to a few people and they are all blown away and can not explain it...
Tear Drop UFO Rests In Sky Over Chester Springs, Pennsylvania Oct 19, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Tear Drop UFO Rests In Sky Over Chester Springs, Pennsylvania Oct 19, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 19, 2020
Location of sighting: Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, USA
This dark UFO is very similar to another UFO I reported yesterday that was over the Philippines not long ago. The UFO is dark, tear drop shaped and moves silently and slowly. Very similar in appearance to the Dark Knight Satellites. This is an awesome video that is 100% proof that aliens exist. I just can't believe that its just hanging there over the hilltop. Wow! Fantastic capture of a real alien craft.
Morphing Orbs hovering above Joshua Tree National Park, California
Morphing Orbs hovering above Joshua Tree National Park, California
Witness:
We were camping in Joshua Tree at Belle Campground, California on 10-20-2020. Around 7:20 pm when we observed bright lights in the sky. They looked like bright gold slightly orange lights.
Started as 3 lights, turned into 4. Others appeared. disappeared, came back, multiplied into 3 or 4, lights separating and moving in relation to each other, in triangular patterns at times. Sometimes one morphing into 3 or 4 in a matter of seconds, at times 2 sets of 4. This happened 3 separate times from 7:20-10 pm.
Then we heard plane or helicopter sounds, and upon looking thru binoculars we saw plumes of something above the lights. They looked larger and possibly different in shape, too. Other campers saw the lights. The people in the adjacent campsite commented that they had never seen anything like it. Mufon reports here and here.
Remarkable:
Dr. Greer had been doing CE5 in Joshua Tree, for several nights previous to our arrival on 10-20-2020 while actress Roma Downey was in Joshua Tree and saw the lights too and posted a video of the lights on her twitter.
For the first time ever, scientists have identified water on the moon’s sunlit surface using SOFIA, an airborne observatory. Water on the moon also appears more widespread than previously thought.
Eureka! For the first time ever, scientists have identified water on the moon’s sunlit surface. They also found that water is more common on the moon than previously thought, with pockets of ice hiding in some of its darker, shadow-covered regions. A team of project scientists and leaders announced the news and discussed the exciting revelations during a conference held by NASA earlier today (Monday, October 26, 2020). Speakers also referenced the agency’s ambitious Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts at the moon’s south pole in the year 2024.
Scientists have been finding signs of water on the moon since 2009 and, in 2018, confirmed the presence of water ice at the moon’s south pole, in craters that are in perpetual shadow. This water was already considered a possible future resource for astronauts on the moon. The announcement made today comes from two new studies that have detected water at one of the largest crater formations on the sunlit surface on the moon, and also revealed that the lunar surface could be harboring plentiful patches of hidden ice in “cold traps,” permanently shadowed areas on both sides of the moon.
Previous observations identified ice based on its spectral signature – the distinct “barcode” of its chemical composition – but that data doesn’t distinguish between water and hydroxyl bound to minerals on the lunar surface. With these new observations, researchers were able to single out the unique chemical signature of water near Clavius Crater, one of the largest crater formations on the moon. Paul Hertz, who leads NASA’s astrophysics division, said in a statement:
We had indications that H2O – the familiar water we know – might be present on the sunlit side of the moon. Now we know it is there. This discovery challenges our understanding of the lunar surface and raises intriguing questions about resources relevant for deep space exploration.
The Clavius crater on the moon as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The SOFIA observatory has detected water ice in shadowed regions of this sunlit lunar location.
How the water then gets stored also raises some intriguing questions. The water could be trapped in tiny beadlike structures in the soil that form out of the high heat created by meteorite impacts. Another possibility is that the water could be hidden between grains of lunar soil and sheltered from the sunlight. Casey Honniball, the lead author who published the results from her graduate thesis work, said:
Without a thick atmosphere, water on the sunlit lunar surface should just be lost to space, yet somehow we’re seeing it. Something is generating the water, and something must be trapping it there.
The new discovery comes from an airborne observatory called the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, aka SOFIA, which rides aboard a German-American aircraft that made its first flight in 2007. The instrument used to pick up the specific wavelength unique to water molecules is called the Faint Object infraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope, or FORCAST.
FORCAST is packed aboard a modified 747 jet plane that carries its instruments up above most of Earth’s atmosphere, which offers some unique advantages. Earth’s atmosphere is both turbulent and turbid. For example, only radio and visible light pass easily through the different atmospheric layers, meaning that other wavelengths of light, such as infrared, are not easily captured using ground-based cameras. Infrared light, in particular, is absorbed at many wavelengths by water vapor in the Earth’s atmosphere, so most infrared telescopes are at high elevations in dry places, above as much of the atmosphere as possible. SOFIA’s instruments focus on infrared light, studying objects in our own solar system and beyond.
Unlike infrared telescopes in space – such as the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory (both now retired) – SOFIA is relatively easy to upgrade since it returns routinely back to Earth, where it’s operated and maintained as necessary at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. Each of the observatory’s flights lasts approximately 10 hours. SOFIA was grounded in mid-March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and only began flying again in mid-August, according to NASA statements. SOFIA has also struggled in the budgetary process over the past decade, as presidential budget requests have repeatedly selected the project for cancellation; Congress has reinstated it each time.
The announcement is relative to predictions that – beneath the surfaces of Mars, Venus and our own moon – there are majestic volcanic caves, or lava tubes, formed by flowing magma and covered in tiny crystals. These lunar caves could provide shelter for future lunar explorers, and NASA has been testing an exploratory cave rover toward that end. In any case, this new water discovery could prove monumental in humanity’s plans to not only return astronauts to the moon, but also to create long-term habitats on the lunar surface as well as a jumping-off point to Mars.
Hertz and Honniball were two of four speakers during today’s news conference. They were also joined by Naseem Rangwala, project scientist for the SOFIA mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California, and Jacob Bleacher, a chief exploration scientist.
Bottom line: For the first time ever, scientists have identified water on the moon’s sunlit surface; they also have indications that the water is more widespread than previously thought. The discovery comes from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
At the centre of many galaxies there is a supermassive black hole, which can be anything between 1,000 and one billion times the mass of our sun.
But not all these supermassive black holes are active, feeding on galaxies and shining brightly - and the reason why is a mystery.
Now, researchers have come closer to solving the mystery, by discovering a previously unknown way that supermassive black holes can 'feed'.
The team studied the central black holes within special 'jellyfish galaxies', which are named after their long tentacles of gas and stars.
They found that the mechanism that produces the 'tentacles' that give these galaxies their nickname also makes it possible for the gas to reach the central regions of the galaxies, feeding the black hole and causing it to shine brilliantly.
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This image shows a jellyfish galaxy, nicknamed JW206. Material is seen streaming out of the galaxy in long tendrils. Red shows the glow from ionised hydrogen gas and the whiter regions are where most of the stars in the galaxy are located
WHAT ARE JELLYFISH GALAXIES?
Jellyfish galaxies have extremely long tentacles of stars and gas – extending for tens of thousands of light years.
These tentacles are made by a process called ram pressure stripping, which occurs in galaxy clusters.
When galaxies move through superheated plasma that can be found in galaxy clusters, they experience a pressure that depends on the density and the speed of the galaxy.
This pressure can strip gas out of the galaxy, creating the extremely long tentacles.
An Italian-led team made the finding while observing jellyfish galaxies using the MUSE (Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) instrument on the Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.
'These MUSE observations suggest a novel mechanism for gas to be funnelled towards the black hole's neighbourhood,' said Dr Yara Jaffé, co-author of the study, from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
'This result is important because it provides a new piece in the puzzle of the poorly understood connections between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies.'
When a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy is active, it is called an active galactic nuclei (AGN).
On average, less than a tenth of galaxies are found to have AGN at their centre.
However, the new study found six out of seven of a special type of galaxy feed brightly shining supermassive black holes.
These galaxies, known as jellyfish galaxies, have extremely long tentacles of stars and gas – extending for tens of thousands of light years.
Scientists found that the mechanism that produces the 'tentacles' that give jellyfish galaxies their nickname also makes it possible for the gas to reach the central regions of the galaxies, feeding the black hole and causing it to shine brilliantly
The team studied the central black holes within special 'jellyfish galaxies', which are named after their long tentacles of gas and stars. This image shows a jellyfish galaxy in the three-dimensional view of the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope.
These tentacles are made by a process called ram pressure stripping, in galaxy clusters.
'This strong link between ram pressure stripping and active black holes was not predicted and has never been reported before,' said team leader Dr Bianca Poggianti from the INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padova in Italy.
'It seems that the central black hole is being fed because some of the gas, rather than being removed, reaches the galaxy centre.'
But this is only the beginning - the study is part of a much more extensive experiment looking at many more jellyfish galaxies, which is currently in progress.
An Italian-led team made the finding while observing jellyfish galaxies (pictured) using the MUSE (Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) instrument on the Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile
'This survey, when completed, will reveal how many, and which, gas-rich galaxies entering clusters go through a period of increased activity at their cores,' says Dr Poggianti.
'A long-standing puzzle in astronomy has been to understand how galaxies form and change in our expanding and evolving Universe.
'Jellyfish galaxies are a key to understanding galaxy evolution as they are galaxies caught in the middle of a dramatic transformation.'
New work reveals the intricate relationship between so-called jellyfish galaxies, and the magnetic environment through which they move.
View larger. | The galaxy JO206 and its ordered magnetic field (green lines) along its gas tail. The pink objects characterize H-alpha emission, a type of emission that suggests the formation of new stars.
Jellyfish galaxies are thought to take on their unique structure when they travel through the centers of galaxy clusters. As they move through, their motion pushes interstellar gas in the opposite direction, forming a gas tail that gives jellyfish galaxies their appearance of “tentacles” (really, stars and gas) and hence their name. Earlier studies indicated rapid star formation in the gas tails of jellyfish galaxies. And so astronomers began wondering about the role played by the jellyfish galaxies’ magnetic fields, especially since magnetic fields’ contribution to the process of star formation is an area of active research.
But the tails of jellyfish galaxies have been difficult to study due to their low brightness. That’s why galactic astronomers might have issued a satisfied collective “hmmmm!” this week (October 26, 2020), when a team in Europe announced the results of their careful analysis of the magnetic field structure of the tail of a jellyfish galaxy known as JO206. They found the magnetic field aligned very precisely along the galaxy’s “tentacles,” or tail, where active star formation is taking place.
The German-Italian team that conducted the study had their results published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Astronomy. Lead author was Ancla Müller from the Ruhr University Bochum. Müller explained:
As the galaxy falls on the center of the galaxy cluster, an interaction takes place with the medium between the individual galaxies and its magnetic field.
The magnetic fields of galaxies are an area of active research. Here’s an image from SOFIA showing celestial dust grains, which are aligned perpendicular to magnetic field lines at the center of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
Image via NASA/ SOFIA/ L. Proudfit; ESA/ Herschel; Hubble Space Telescope.
In order to explain this interaction, the team used computer simulations together with their polarization data observed with the VLA, to develop a theory. Their scenario involves the jellyfish galaxy JO206 rushing at high speed to the center of the galaxy cluster, causing its own magnetic fields to interact with those in the cluster. Meanwhile, hot winds from the space between the galaxies is collecting, they said, as accumulations of plasma (not solid, not liquid, not gas, but a fourth state of matter) on the outside of the newly formed tail of the jellyfish galaxy. Co-author Christoph Pfrommer of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics in Potsdam explained that the magnetic layer surrounding the tail protects it from falling apart:
As the jellyfish galaxy flies through the galaxy cluster, its magnetic field wraps around the galaxy like a mantle and is further strengthened and smoothed by the high speed of the galaxy and by cooling effects.
Ancla Müller added:
This would provide enough material for star formation. It should be fascinating to see whether this picture can be confirmed by further measurements on other objects.
Astronomer Bianca Poggianti of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics – whose earlier study had shown that stars can form in the gas tails of jellyfish galaxies, and who is a co-author on the current paper – concluded:
To verify the hypotheses suggested by the observations of the jellyfish galaxy JO206 we are observing other galaxies with similar tails using radio telescopes in Australia, South Africa and the United States.
The observation of the magnetic field of JO206 is the first and so far the only investigation of its kind in a jellyfish galaxy. We need more observations to understand if the discovered phenomenon is common or exceptional. This will also allow us to understand what connection exists between the magnetic field and the star formation outside the galaxy disks.
Here’s another jellyfish galaxy. This one is called ESO 137-001. This image was obtained using Hubble Space Telescope observations, combined with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Bottom line: A team in Europe announced the results of their careful analysis of the magnetic field structure of the tail of a jellyfish galaxy known as JO206. They found the magnetic field aligned very precisely along the galaxy’s “tentacles,” or tail, where active star formation is taking place.
China chooses landing site for its Tianwen-1 Mars rover
China chooses landing site for its Tianwen-1 Mars rover
China has curiously chosen a prime touchdown map for its Tianwen-1 Mars rover earlier than the spacecraft’s arrival at the Purple Planet in February 2021.
Tianwen-1, consisting of an orbiter and a lander-rover duo, is presently on its arrive to Mars following initiate on a Long March 5 rocket on July 23. Mission team participants own already tested its science instruments.
The most modern legitimate substitute from China acknowledged that Tianwen-1 had traveled a total of 85.12 million miles (137 million kilometers) as of Sept. 11 and became as soon as 9.5 million straight-line miles (15.3 million km) from Earth at the time.
China has already acknowledged that the rover will are trying and land in a designated home of Utopia Planitia, a large basin formed by a gargantuan affect a ways assist in Mars’ history. The house is to the south of NASA’s Viking 2 touchdown map and northwest of the distance where the American home company’s Mars InSight lander touched down in November 2018.
A portion of Mars' Utopia Planitia impact basin, as photographed by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. China's Tianwen-1 Mars rover will touch down in a section of Utopia Planitia in 2021. (Image credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona)
Nonetheless knowledge printed in an editorial (in Chinese language) within the legitimate China House Info newsletter following initiate in July affords a explicit major touchdown map. The article reported touchdown coordinates of 110.318 degrees east longitude and 24.748 degrees north latitude, for the interval of the southern section of Utopia Planitia. On-line versions of the article own since been edited to favor the coordinates; alternatively, these remain printed by sources citing the article.
The home looks to provide a relatively safe put for a touchdown strive nonetheless is furthermore of substantial scientific hobby, consistent with Alfred McEwen, director of the Planetary Image Evaluation Laboratory at the University of Arizona and the important investigator of the worthy HiRISE digicam aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
McEwen described the positioning as odd southern Utopia Planitia, alongside side that it is “largely flat and tender nonetheless with craters, aeolian [wind-sculpted] ridges, and just a few boulders.”
The home has been “interpreted as coated by mud flows by some scientists, so outdated deep groundwater may perchance furthermore own existed, and this may perchance furthermore very well be a attention-grabbing discipline to stare with a rover,” McEwen instructed House.com.
McEwen added that he’s not mindful of any proof suggesting that there may perchance furthermore very well be water ice at or arrive the bottom of the Tianwen-1 touchdown map.
The yet-to-be-named, roughly 530-lb. (240 kilograms) solar-powered Tianwen-1 rover will compare the bottom soil traits and seemingly water-ice distribution with its Subsurface Exploration Radar instrument. China’s Chang’e 4 rover makes use of a the same instrument to glimpse beneath the bottom of the a ways aspect of the moon.
The Mars rover will furthermore analyze ground cloth composition and traits of the Martian climate and atmosphere on the bottom.
China has twice landed on the moon, with Chang’e 3 in 2013 and Chang’e 4 on the a ways aspect in 2019. Nonetheless Tianwen-1 is China’s first honest interplanetary mission, and touchdown on Mars, with its skinny atmosphere, remoteness and varied gravity discipline, items fresh and elevated challenges.
After arrival in Mars orbit in February subsequent One year, Tianwen-1 will use two to three months making ready for the rover’s touchdown strive, the usage of excessive- and medium-option cameras to assess the positioning and the conditions.
This may perchance then strive entry, descent and touchdown. The spacecraft will destroy free the orbiter and enter the atmosphere, being slowed by a conical aeroshell. Subsequent, a parachute will additional expressionless the craft earlier than retropropulsion rockets provide the closing deceleration for the descent onto the Martian ground.
The low elevation of Utopia Planitia ability there’ll seemingly be more time and atmosphere for the entry spacecraft to expressionless down and safely tumble to the bottom.
If it lands efficiently, the Tianwen-1 rover is expected to be in operation for approximately 90 Martian days, or sols.
The Tianwen-1 orbiter will provide a relay communication hyperlink to the rover whereas performing its possess scientific observations for one Martian One year. (One sol is ready 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. One Martian One year is 687 Earth days.)
Astronomers are vetting a "shifting and stacking" technique that could aid the hunt for the putative world, which some researchers think lurks undiscovered in the far outer system, way beyond Pluto's orbit.
The strategy involves shifting space-telescope images along sets of possible orbital paths, then stacking the photos together to combine their light. The technique has already been used to discover some moons in our solar system, and it could potentially spot Planet Nine — also known as Planet X, Giant Planet Five or Planet Next — and other extremely farflung objects, researchers said.
"You really can’t see them without using this kind of method," Malena Rice, an astronomy Ph.D. student at Yale University in Connecticut, said in a statement. "If Planet Nine is out there, it’s going to be incredibly dim."
Rice is lead author of a new study that put the method into action. She and co-author Greg Laughlin, an astronomy professor at Yale, shifted and stacked images captured by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which hunts for alien worlds from Earth orbit.
In a test, the researchers found the faint signals of three known trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) — small bodies that circle the sun beyond Neptune's orbit — in shifted and stacked TESS images. The scientists then conducted a blind search of two distant patches of sky, turning up 17 new TNO candidates.
"If even one of these candidate objects is real, it would help us to understand the dynamics of the outer solar system and the likely properties of Planet Nine," Rice said. "It’s compelling new information."
The researchers are currently working to confirm the 17 candidate TNOs, using imagery captured by ground-based telescopes.
TNOs are bread crumbs that could lead to the way to Planet Nine. Researchers have inferred the hypothetical world's existence from the odd orbits of some TNOs, which they say are clustered in a way that strongly suggests sculpting by a big, farflung "perturber." The data indicate a planet five to 10 times more massive than Earth, orbiting the sun hundreds of times farther away than our world does.
The new study has been accepted by The Planetary Science Journal. Rice presented the results today (Oct. 27) at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences, which is being held virtually this year.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 4:20 p.m. EDT to clarify that Rice, not Laughlin, is lead author of the new study.
Mike Wall is the author of "Out There" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien life.
Captured by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s SamCam camera on Oct. 22, 2020, this series of three images shows that the sampler head on the NASA spacecraft is full of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu. Some of these particles are slowly escaping the sampler head. Analysis by the OSIRIS-REx team suggests that bits of material are passing through small gaps where the head’s Mylar flap is slightly wedged open.
The agency's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touched down on an asteroid named Bennu on Oct. 20 and puffed nitrogen gas at the space rock to blow pieces into the arm's sampling head before backing away to safety. When OSIRIS-REx scientists were able to see images of the sampling head on Oct. 22, they realized that the maneuver had been so successful that asteroid rubble blocked the flap designed to close off the material in the arm.
Some of the spacecraft's precious haul started leaking away.
So, in a procedure that's become familiar for the OSIRIS-REx team, the mission's scientists and engineers reevaluated their plans. Originally, the spacecraft was scheduled to make a careful pirouette over the weekend that would tell scientists precisely how much weight OSIRIS-REx had picked up in its encounter. But without the flap fully closed, that spin would result in the spacecraft losing more space rock.
To prevent this, the mission staff decided to skip that step and instead go ahead and stow the sample, a days-long maneuver that starts today, rather than waiting until Nov. 2 as had been previously planned. The process will tuck the spacecraft's sampling head securely into its sample return capsule for safe travel to Earth.
An artist's depiction of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft stowing its sampling head. (Image credit: NASA/University of Arizona, Tucson)
The OSIRIS-REx (short for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) mission isn't done studying Bennu, however. The mission is scheduled to remain at the space rock until the middle of next year before turning back to Earth, where it will deliver its cargo in 2023.
Email Meghan Bartels at mbartels@space.com or follow her on Twitter @meghanbartels.
While the mainstream media gushes over the announcement that NASA found more water on the Moon– even though it will take massive amounts of energy to extract it from giant mounds of soil — another discovery announced just before the water revelation received less attention despite being more mysterious.
“I’ve studied a lot of craters on the Moon, this is different. This is not like your regular [crater]. It looks like there is an object inside.”
Apollo lunar scientist Peter Schultz revealed during Science Channel ‘NASA’s Unexplained Files’ program that NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was taking a picture of Mare Insularum (Sea of Islands), an ancient volcanic basin, and captured a nearby 130-foot-wide crater. The shape was non-circular, eliminating it from being an asteroid impact. But … there was a 580-foot-long (17.6 meters) resting in the bottom of it. The shape of the object and the location reminded some NASA old-timers of a seismic experiment during the Apollo moon missions that failed at the last minute. Could this be part of it?
Mare Insularum
“The plan was to measure shock waves from impact in order to find out more about the inner structure of the moon. We had seismographs on the surface of the moon that would have recorded the effects of the S-IVB. It was very valuable for those who tried to develop a picture of the inner mass of the moon from the seismograph and how it was.”
A video of the late Col. Al Worden, command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971, describes the experiment conducted during the following Apollo 16 mission in 1972. The S-IVB is the Saturn rocket booster that puts the spacecraft in lunar orbit before it is detached and crashes on the surface. Not wanting to waste a good crash, NASA saw it as a way to capture data on the mass of the Moon.
Apollo 16 launch
Unfortunately, NASA lost contact with the booster just before impact. However, the 15-ton booster was thought to be solid enough that it could survive the 500 mph (800 kph) impact, so astronomers and lunar researchers keep scanning photos and data for it. nearly 50 years later, they found it.
Is this a big deal? Definitely. It means there could be more remnants of spacecraft on the lunar surface – both from Earth and possibly from extraterrestrials. The booster, if it can be examined, could provide valuable data on conditions on the Moon for future missions. Finally, it’s one more memorial to those revolutionary, history-changing Apollo moon missions.
Squatting out in the dry lake bed of a desert wasteland in the Mojave Desert near Landers, California, is a massive solid granite rock that looms over the parched earth around it like some monolith from a lost civilization. Rather aptly named simply “Giant Rock,” the immense boulder is seven stories high and covering 5,800 square feet of land, making it one of the largest free standing rocks in the world. It is a formidable sight, and it is perhaps fitting that this place has long been held as sacred by the Native American tribes of the region, often seen as the heart of the Mother Earth, the people of this land once convening here to celebrate the changing of the seasons and shamans coming out across the forbidding desert to draw from its power. In more modern times, Giant Rock is also the scene of a strange tale that involves secret underground cities, aliens, a mad prophet, and a time machine.
During World War II, a German immigrant and desert prospector by the name of Frank Critzer became rather fascinated with Giant Rock, and went about tunneling beneath it looking to mine any riches he could find buried in the earth there, and he would eventually carve out rooms to use as a full time subterranean residence there. He became known as the eccentric mad loner who lived out under the rock, and he didn’t really have any friends until he met a former pilot, aircraft mechanic and flight inspector named George Van Tassel while in town pumping gas at a garage. The two got along well, becoming quick friends, and that was when Critzer began to tell him of the strange things he had experienced while living out in the desert under that mystical sacred rock.
Giant Rock
According to Critzer, his mining had uncovered strange tunnels down there in the gloom, which seemed to have completely smooth sides as if fashioned from glass and which plummeted down into the sheer blackness of the earth below to the unknown. Critzer claimed that these mysterious tunnels often emanated a strange buzzing sound somewhat akin to static, which had become so insistent that he had even built a special radio in an effort to distinguish the frequency of the constant drone. Critzer was certain that these were no normal naturally formed tunnels, and expressed his desire to explore them further, but he would never get a chance. In 1942, he fell under suspicion of being a German spy, and was confronted by authorities determined to take him in for questioning. The stubborn old loner refused to budge, and at some point during the tense standoff the police used a gas grenade to flush him out, which unintentionally ignited some mining dynamite that was lying around and erupted into a huge explosion that killed Critzer but left the rock itself relatively unfazed. The siege had ended in tragedy for Critzer, but for Van Tassel it had opened up an opportunity.
In 1947, Van Tassel moved with his family from his home in Barstow, California in order to start a new simple life out in the desert, and remembering the odd mysteries he had heard from Critzer he decided to move to Giant Rock. He moved in to Critzer’s cave home under the rock and leased the small nearby derelict airport from the Bureau of Land Management. He fixed up the airstrip and built a diner, shop, guest ranch and gas station there, turning it into a proper airport once again and the rock into a minor tourist attraction, and in the meantime he also held meditation sessions at Giant Rock to capitalize on the New Age idea that it was a sort of natural Earth power point. He also spent his free time poking around in the caves and tunnels under the rock, and it was these excursions that would take his life in a bizarre new direction.
There’s no way to really ease into it, so we’ll just come out and say it- it was aliens. Van Tassel claimed that he had not only found the strange tunnels mentioned by Critzer, but also that they were made by extraterrestrials, and through their crystalline structure he had managed to pick up messages from aliens from the planet Venus. Sometimes these incidents were just telepathic messages, but at other times he said that he had somehow astrally projected to meet the aliens themselves and ride aboard their ships. On one such occasion, an alien named Solganda brought him aboard their ship and taught him various advanced secrets on how to extend human life and heal any disease or ailment, and they also allegedly gave him blueprints for how to make a building that would serve as a “time machine for basic research on rejuvenation, anti-gravity, and time travel” that would “recharge energy into living cell structures, to bring about longer life with youthful energy.” He called this device the “Integratron,” and became absolutely obsessed with making it a reality, starting construction in 1954.
The Integratron
Van Tassel gathered together others who he told about his alien encounters and began work on what was to be a domed structure made up of non-ferromagnetic materials: wood, concrete, glass, and fiberglass, lacking any metal pieces whatsoever except a spinning copper wire core and a rotating metal structure on the outside he called an “electrostatic dirod.” As construction was going on, Van Tassel began holding annual UFO conventions in order to raise money for the project, with some of these gatherings attracting thousands of people, at its peak drawing in over 10,000 attendees. These conventions brought in many famous UFO contactees, and made Van Tassel so well known that he started The Ministry of Universal Wisdom and The College of Universal Wisdom in order to share the telepathic messages he was constantly receiving from the aliens, and he also wrote four books over the years, I Rode A Flying Saucer (1952, 1955) Into This World and Out Again (1956), The Council of Seven Lights (1958), Religion and Science Merged, and When Stars Look Down.
This would go one for over two decades, with Van Tassel devoting all of his time to these conventions and the building of the Integratron, but he would sadly never see it in its completed form. In 1978, just a few weeks before the machine was to be officially unveiled, Van Tassel would die from a heart attack, having never seen the fruits of all of his hard work or whether his Integratron would even work at all. To this day curiosity seekers and New Agers make pilgrimages to this desolate place, wanting to see the structure themselves or perhaps hoping to see UFOs and aliens. Whether any of Van Tassel’s visions were true or whether his machine ever had any hope of actually working, it is all a very curious tale and historical oddity that still serves to spark the imagination.
There have been UFO and alien encounters of all types over the years, from beings and craft of all shapes and sizes, but every once in a while there will be a spate of encounters and sightings that truly stick out as something truly odd. Whether it is because of some bizarre details or behavior, these cases certainly manage to lodge themselves firmly into the weirdest of the weird. One such series of events apparently happened in the country of Malaysia in the 1970s and 80s, and involves an intense wave of grumpy, action figure sized aliens and their tiny, toy-like spaceships.
What seems to have been an invasion of sorts carried out by aliens of very diminutive proportions began in the summer of 1970, in the city of Johor Bahru, in the country of Malaysia. On this day four young schoolboys were out in the playground when they spied a silver, disc-like object around the size of a dinner plate land and disgorge a group of five tiny humanoid beings, which each stood only around 5 inches in height and were dressed in some sort of reddish, one-piece outfits. As the kids looked on in astonishment, the miniscule little men reportedly crawled down a hole and the miniature craft they had ridden in just sort of vanished into thin air. When the boys went to investigate, they say they found a small burnt patch of grass, but nothing more. The schoolkids excitedly told their headmaster about the strange encounter, and soon more reports would emerge of similar creatures in the area.
On August 19, 1970, a miniature UFO was seen by schoolkids to land just outside of the playground of the Stowell Primary School in Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, after which a door opened and a gangplank of sorts extended out of it. There was then seen a procession of little 3-inch tall humanoids with little antennae protruding from their heads and dressed in blue suits, with one of them in bright yellow. These tiny humanoids marched down the plank and mostly ignored the gawking kids as they went about building some sort of antennae like device until one of the boys tried to catch one of them. At that instance, the one in the yellow suit, possibly their leader, reportedly drew out a weapon of some kind and shot the boy in the hand with a laser beam, after which the kids recoiled away and told their teachers to come see it for themselves. However, the craft was gone when they arrived, with no sign of what had happened. Later that same day, the little UFO was seen again by one of the schoolchildren, and yet again one of the humanoids shot at him, this time causing him to black out. When he was found lying in the bushes the UFO was gone, but there was a mysterious red welt on his hand where he claimed the mini-laser gun had hit him.
After these initial reports, many of the children in the area began to report these small UFOs and their enigmatic occupants, with the craft never more than a few feet in diameter and the beings between 3 to 6 inches tall. There were also several other attempts to catch the entities, but they always either managed to escape or shot their attackers with their weapons, sometimes leaving cuts or burn marks upon the skin, including a cut incurred by the son of the local police chief. Reports like this went on throughout the summer of 1970, after which the miniature aliens seemed to have gone away. However, this wasn’t meant to last.
The year 1973 would see a resurgence in cases of miniaturized UFOs and aliens in Malaysia, largely concentrated around schools. The first of these supposedly happened at a schoolyard in Gambang, near Kuantan, where two school boys managed to catch a 3-inch tall humanoid, and on this occasion a teacher would come over and see the little man for himself before it managed to squirm out of captivity and run off. Not long after this, kids playing football at a playground at Bukit Mertajam saw a silvery craft only 2-feet across land near the field, which was enough for the kids to stop their game and go take a look. This seems to be something the tiny aliens did not appreciate, as they promptly fired on the boys with bright “beams of light” to send them scattering before flying away in their craft. Later that same year another of these little UFOs would be seen at a field in Ipoh, and this time it would be seen by some of the teachers as well as it flew off. There was also a sighting at Miri, Sarawak, in which the witnesses, again schoolboys, saw a 6-inch tall little man in a white space suit trying to cut a fence with some sort of welding instrument. As soon as the alien knew it was being watched it ran off and was lost in the brush. Interestingly there would be many other sightings of these creatures in the white suits, by both locals and some people on vacation as well, as a group of the entities was supposedly seen walking along a resort beach in the area of Miri.
After this the sightings would trail off until mini-UFOs hit the news again in 1976. In an article for Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 26, No. 5, Jan. 1981, UFO researcher Ahmad Jamaludin would report that there had been a spectacular sighting of one of the tiny humanoids at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base, just outside of the town of Kuantan, Malaysia. The first sighting was made by a 9-year-old witness who saw the creature drinking water from a drain on the base. He said of its appearance, “it had two feelers on the head and held a steel-like rod in its hand. A pistol was hanging from its waist. It was brown in color and looked like a man.” The boy said that he went back later that evening with two of his friends and they all managed to see the same being. They then told their teacher about it, and he would oddly say of it, “There was no sign of the creature in the area, but I saw a Red Indian-like wigwam beautifully weaved out of grass. It was partly crushed.”
After this, things would go quiet again until 1979, when once again sightings of these impish aliens would fire up once more. It would seem that the aliens were getting a bit more aggressive than before, as in one report a boy had his whole arm paralyzed by one of the creature’s ray guns and in another report three boys and two adults claimed to have been blinded by a beam fired from one of the diminutive UFOs at a place called Kulim. Reports would then stop again, and the last official sighting of the miniature alien invaders allegedly happened in 1985, when a group of seven 6-inch tall humanoids was spotted by some schoolkids near a stack of wood at a school in Paka, Terengganu. Showing that these kids had learned nothing from previous reports of the little entities firing weapons, one of the boys reached out towards one of the creatures and was promptly shot by a beam of light that made his hand very itchy.
After this, the invasion of little people in Malaysia seems to have subsided, leaving us with many questions. What were these creatures and where did they come from? Why Malaysia, and why did they always seem to land at schools and appear to mostly children? Why were they so aggressive and why did kids keep trying to catch them? Was this all a big ongoing prank or something more? It is very likely we will never have the true answers to any of these questions, and we are left to wonder.
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Glowing Object Over Brechin, Lagoon City Canada, Ontario Oct 23, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing Object Over Brechin, Lagoon City Canada,Ontario Oct 23, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 23, 2020 Location of sighting: Ontario, Canada
This UFO was spotted while a person was working at the time of the recording and thats why the video is so short. The object is seen slowly moving around and does look similar to a tiny glowing cloud in the wind. However I believe it to be a UFO. The object seems to change direction slightly which clouds should not be able to do. This is an amazingly rare Canada sighting.
Black Knight Satellite UFO Silently Moves Over Philippines, April 18, 2019, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Black Knight Satellite UFO Silently Moves Over Philippines, April 18, 2019, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: April 18, 2019, but reported this week
Location of sighting:Sta Rosa Laguna, Philippines
This object seems to be drafting through the sky, however when I make a close up of it...I find it baffling. The object has an opening on tis top. It has a brownish red tint and the open on its top has a few long spikes on it. The shape reminds me of one of the dark knight satellites I reported about 10 years ago from a NASA index. This is 100% alien, no doubt about it. I have heard of the UFOs over the Philippines, but this is the clearest video I have ever seen from there.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
4/18/2019 - 6:25 PM Video taken by Galaxy S8 I have no idea what it is but it looks like a person floating through the sky wtf.
Creature With Tenticals Found On Mars, Oct 28, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Creature With Tenticals Found On Mars, Oct 28, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Screenshot below is a white fungus I found a few days ago...I think it feeds off this...its growing out like a plant.
Date of discovery: Oct 28, 2020 (Taiwan Time)
Location of discovery: Mars
Source: Gigapan (coming in a few days)
I found this strange creature with tentacles in a Mars photo today. The animal has an exoskeleton and looks like a cross between a scorpion and a tortoise. Also there is a lot of white fungus like growth in the area. I believe that this animal may live off the liquid inside these fungus tubes. 15 years ago I found a color photo of the Mars rover and its deep tracks behind it. Behind the rover in the tracks I saw a single white fungus plant, broken off at the point the rover cut through it. It had a straw like opening and a white liquid was driving down from it and streaming into the tracks 3 inches below. The tracks were deep in the dirt...about 3 inches...which is unusual and thats why I took a look at the tracks and found it. I did not record the photo URL so it is still lost...out there. I believe this animal is eating the white liquid inside those fungus plants.
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Mysterious appearance seen in the sky over Boise, Idaho
Mysterious appearance seen in the sky over Boise, Idaho
Astrange anomaly which seems to change in shape and color hovered for prolonged period of time then moved erratically in the sky over Boise, Idaho on October 25, 2020.
It spent first 3 or so minutes hovering in place, then began moving in circular and diagonal paths around the sky, not overly quickly and not in a significant distance, but very clearly moving, hovering, and repeating, then it moved erratically in the sky.
The witness who watched the mysterious appearance for approximately 15 minutes said that it also was flashing in various colors before it disappeared. Mufon report here.
Mysterious appearance seen in the sky over Boise, Idaho
Mysterious appearance seen in the sky over Boise, Idaho
Astrange anomaly which seems to change in shape and color hovered for prolonged period of time then moved erratically in the sky over Boise, Idaho on October 25, 2020.
It spent first 3 or so minutes hovering in place, then began moving in circular and diagonal paths around the sky, not overly quickly and not in a significant distance, but very clearly moving, hovering, and repeating, then it moved erratically in the sky.
The witness who watched the mysterious appearance for approximately 15 minutes said that it also was flashing in various colors before it disappeared. Mufon report here.
Specialists May Have Found A Link Between UFO Sightings And Nuclear Missile Sites
Specialists May Have Found A Link Between UFO Sightings And Nuclear Missile Sites
A team of specialists find in Bariloche, Argentina, a possible link between a massive amount of UFO sightings in the area and a secret nuclear project.
NASA FINDS BEST EVIDENCE YET THAT THERE IS WATER ICE ON THE MOON
LUNAR WATER
NASA FINDS BEST EVIDENCE YET THAT THERE IS WATER ICE ON THE MOON
This is groundbreaking for future plans to build a lunar base.
NASA HAS THE BEST EVIDENCE YET THAT THERE IS WATER ON THE MOON — and it appears far more abundant and more accessible than scientists first realized.
Trapped in ice, the evidence offers welcome justification for NASA’s ambitious program to not only return humans to the Moon by 2024, but to also establish a long-term, manned lunar base operating on a similar basis to the International Space Station.
As part of NASA's upcoming Artemis mission, the space agency wants to build a permanent lunar base on the Moon that will help astronauts reach further destinations like Mars. However, in order to do that, future astronauts would need to find resources on the Moon that can help accommodate their stay. Chief among them: water.
In a pair of studies published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists report both the 'unambigious' detection of molecular water and small, icy water traps that are much more spread out across the lunar surface than previously believed.
In terms of the exact amount of water found, Casey Honniball, one of the scientists who took part in the research and a postdoctoral fellow at NASA, said: "The amount of water is roughly equivalent to a 12 ounce bottle of water within a cubic meter of lunar soil." However it is important to note that the water is seemingly distributed across the lunar surface, and there may be differences across regions, she added. Honniball made the comments during a press conference to announce the discovery Monday.
A WATERY WORLD
In 2018, scientists discovered evidence of water ice on the Moon's surface, mainly at lunar crater in the Moon's southern pole. Some of the water ice was also apparent at the northern pole, where temperatures never reach above -250 degrees Fahrenheit.
But the new discovery find ice water may be much more abundant across the lunar surface — occupying an area some 40,000 km squared, or about the same area as the country of Switzerland. Importantly, water also appears to exist in areas lit by sunlight — a key distinction from the implication of the 2018 results that water existed only in extremely cold, dark regions on the Moon.
Paul Hayne, a researcher at the Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences Department at the University of Colorado, and lead author of one of the new studies, noticed cold shadows in images of the Moon collected by NASA's Reconnaissance Orbiter and decided to investigate it further.
"If you could keep zooming in forever, at one point would you stop seeing those shadows," Hayne tells Inverse.
By further analyzing the image, the team behind the new study discovered that besides the large permanently shadowed craters on the Moon, there are tens of billions of other smaller cold traps that had not been mapped before across the lunar surface. Some of these are the size of a penny, the data suggest.
"What surprised us is just the sheer number," Hayne says. "Tens of billions of them and spread out throughout the poles."
The new discovery also showed that these shadowed areas can be found within a centimeter of sun-lit areas on the Moon, meaning that they are a lot more accessible than previously believed.Astronauts may not need to venture to the areas of the Moon where temperatures are freezing.
Instead, they could be standing in the relatively warm sunlit areas and still be able to have access to the frozen water.“It definitely expands the possibilities,” Hayne says. “What this discovery does is also expand the real estate on the lunar surface where a base could be viable.”
The studies also find clear evidence that the signs of water the scientists in 2018 found are indeed water, not of hydroxyls. Hydroxyls are used in household chemicals, like drain cleaner, according to Honniball.
HUMANS' FUTURE ON THE MOON
The scientists behind the two studies reinforced the idea that water is "extremely critical" to deep space exploration. It could be used for drinking water, and for other purposes they said. But water is heavy, Jacob Bleacher, a NASA researcher involved in the work, said during the same conference. That makes it hard to transport from Earth to the Moon, or further into space.
"Finding water that is easier to reach is really important to us," Bleacher said.
Knowing how much water is on the Moon, how it is stored, and whether it is replenished over time are important questions to answer for any future human exploration or stays on the Moon, Bleacher added. Ultimately, scientists hope to establish a lunar water resource map, he said.
SOFIA, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, was critical to these new results. But SOFIA was not supposed to study the Moon. It was a shock when, during a test, the scientists operating the observatory found these clear signals of water across the Moon's surface, Naseem Rangwala, project scientist for the SOFIA mission, said during the conference.
An important implication of these results is that when planning a future lunar base, scientists may no longer be restricted to exploring the rims of lunar craters previously known to have ice water. Scientists also noted in the press conference that there is likely similar abundance on the far-side of the Moon as seen here on the near-side.
The discovery offers up new questions about how water can persist on the harsh conditions on the lunar surface, Paul Hertz, Astrophysics division director at NASA, added. The Moon has no atmosphere, and the surface is thought entirely inhospitable due to the harmful affects of solar radiation. But the new results suggest lunar water may withstand solar radiation because it is stored in the form of glass-like beads.
If water can persist — and replenish — across the Moon, then it is possible future lunar explorers could mine and use Moon water as we use water here on Earth, from growing crops to drinking cocktails.
Abstract 1:
Widespread hydration was detected on the lunar surface through observations of a characteristic absorption feature at 3 µm by three independent spacecraft1,2,3. Whether the hydration is molecular water (H2O) or other hydroxyl (OH) compounds is unknown and there are no established methods to distinguish the two using the 3 µm band4. However, a fundamental vibration of molecular water produces a spectral signature at 6 µm that is not shared by other hydroxyl compounds5. Here, we present observations of the Moon at 6 µm using the NASA/DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Observations reveal a 6 µm emission feature at high lunar latitudes due to the presence of molecular water on the lunar surface. On the basis of the strength of the 6 µm band, we estimate abundances of about 100 to 400 µg g−1 H2O. We find that the distribution of water over the small latitude range is a result of local geology and is probably not a global phenomenon. Lastly, we suggest that a majority of the water we detect must be stored within glasses or in voids between grains sheltered from the harsh lunar environment, allowing the water to remain on the lunar surface.
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Water ice is thought to be trapped in large permanently shadowed regions in the Moon’s polar regions, due to their extremely low temperatures. Here, we show that many unmapped cold traps exist on small spatial scales, substantially augmenting the areas where ice may accumulate. Using theoretical models and data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we estimate the contribution of shadows on scales from 1 km to 1 cm, the smallest distance over which we find cold-trapping to be effective for water ice. Approximately 10–20% of the permanent cold-trap area for water is found to be contained in these micro cold traps, which are the most numerous cold traps on the Moon. Consideration of all spatial scales therefore substantially increases the number of cold traps over previous estimates, for a total area of ~40,000 km2, about 60% of which is in the south. A majority of cold traps for water ice is found at latitudes > 80° because permanent shadows equatorward of 80° are typically too warm to support ice accumulation. Our results suggest that water trapped at the lunar poles may be more widely distributed and accessible as a resource for future missions than previously thought.
We’ve suspected there was water on the moon for about a decade, but there was some room for interpretation. Well, not anymore.
“It’s actually 40,000 square kilometers,” Paul Hayne, one of the study authors, tells me, pointing out a typo in a press release. That’s 40,000 square kilometers that could host water on the moon.
The surface of the moon is pockmarked with water traps. Image credits: NASA.
The moon has a swarm of shadowy traps — traps where the sun never shines, cold enough that they could host water. It’s not the first time something like this has been speculated by researchers. In 2009, NASA scientists found water molecules in the polar regions of the moon.
But the 2009 study couldn’t really tell whether it was really (frozen) water or if there water is entrapped in lunar rocks. If this were the case, then the rock-embedded water (in a form called hydroxyl) wouldn’t really be of much use to potential moon missions. Now we know: it’s not.
As my colleague Rob points out, water has a distinct chemical signature that hydroxyl doesn’t, but it’s not always visible: you have to use the right instruments to see it. Casey Honniball and colleagues analyzed data from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne telescope that observed the Moon at 6 micrometers (or microns) wavelengths. At this wavelength, the chemical signature of water becomes detectable, which confirmed that the 2009 study was on the money — it is indeed molecular water, not water that’s trapped in geological structures.
We’ve suspected there was water on the moon for about a decade, but there was some room for interpretation. Well, not anymore.
“It’s actually 40,000 square kilometers,” Paul Hayne, one of the study authors, tells me, pointing out a typo in a press release. That’s 40,000 square kilometers that could host water on the moon.
The surface of the moon is pockmarked with water traps. Image credits: NASA.
The moon has a swarm of shadowy traps — traps where the sun never shines, cold enough that they could host water. It’s not the first time something like this has been speculatedby researchers. In 2009, NASA scientists found water molecules in the polar regions of the moon.
But the 2009 study couldn’t really tell whether it was really (frozen) water or if there water is entrapped in lunar rocks. If this were the case, then the rock-embedded water (in a form called hydroxyl) wouldn’t really be of much use to potential moon missions. Now we know: it’s not.
As my colleague Rob points out, water has a distinct chemical signature that hydroxyl doesn’t, but it’s not always visible: you have to use the right instruments to see it. Casey Honniball and colleagues analyzed data from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne telescope that observed the Moon at 6 micrometers (or microns) wavelengths. At this wavelength, the chemical signature of water becomes detectable, which confirmed that the 2009 study was on the money — it is indeed molecular water, not water that’s trapped in geological structures.
But this is just one of the puzzle pieces published today. In the other one, Paul Hayne and colleagues explored phenomena called “cold traps”.
Where the sun doesn’t shine
Imagine standing on the surface of the moon, near one of its poles, Hayne explains. You’d see a lot of shadows — shadows where the sun doesn’t shine, that are cold enough to preserve frozen water even without a lunar atmosphere.
“All of this area could harbor water ice, because these are regions where the temperature is so low (less than -163 °C) that ice is stable for billions of years.” There’s a lot of area that could hold water, but it’s not clear just how much there is. “However, we do not yet know how much is there.”
THe shadowed Shackleton Crater near the moon’s south pole is one location where scientists have found deposits of water ice. The ice can not only be used by lunar astronomers, but it has the potential to reveal insights about the moon’s history, (and the Earth’s) history.
Image credits: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Leonard David’s Inside Outer Space.
Hayne and colleagues found that cold traps could vary drastically in size, down to just 1 centimetre in diameter. The smaller ones are much more common, Hayne notes, and all traps are more common in the polar areas. where light falls at more of an angle.
“Our findings suggest that water deposits in the micro cold traps are much more geographically widespread in the polar regions,” he explains.
What this all means
The immediate significance of this discovery is practical: if there’s a lot of water on the moon, then there’s a lot of water that could be used in lumar missions — and having access to water is an excellent starting point for a prospective lunar base, or even a research station.
“This discovery should make it easier to perform extraction and utilization for both science and exploration missions in the future,” Hayne also explains.
But the fact that the moon could host water is only a part of the story; where did that water come from in the first place?
Water may have been delivered to the Moon over geological timescales by an astronomical bombardment, Haynes says. Understanding where it came from could even reveal where the water on Earth is sourced. But if we really want to figure that out, remote observations just won’t do.
“The mostly likely sources based on current understanding are:
1) comets,
2) asteroids and interplanetary dust,
3) solar wind protons, and
4) volcanic outgassing from the Moon itself.
We will need to get down on the surface and analyze the ice deposits directly in order to understand which of these sources dominates. This also would shed light on the origins of Earth’s water.”
UFO sighting: Alien 'monolith' base found on Mars moon Phobos - claim
UFO sighting: Alien 'monolith' base found on Mars moon Phobos - claim
UFO watchers have been excitedly sharing a European Space Agency (ESA) image purportedly showing an alien moon base first posited by NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Legendary NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin gave an interview on C-Span seven years ago. In this, the iconic Apollo 11 crew member stated: "Visit the moon on Mars.
"There is a monolith there. A very unusual structure on this little potato-shaped object that goes around Mars once every seven hours.
There is a monolith on Phobos
Buzz Aldrin
"When people find out about that, they are going to say 'who put that there?'
"'Who put that there?' Well, if you choose, the universe put it there."
This shock interview encouraged etdatabase.org conspiracy theorist Scott Waring and other UFO enthusiasts to search for alien life evidence around Mars.
Alien life hunters have been scouring for this monolith the decorated NASA astronaut spoke of ever since.
Now Waring believes he has found the legendary alien monolith on a verified European Space Agency (ESA) image of the Mars moon Phobos.
He wrote: "This ESA image was just put up for the public to see on December 6, 2016, so it's the newest out.
There was only 25 percent of the moon visible because there was a shadow over its other quarter."
The self-styled UFO expert used sophisticated photo software to lighten the high-definition image.
Waring said: "Low and behold, I made a huge discovery – the Buzz Aldrin alien monolith."
UFO sighting: Scott Waring and other UFO enthusiasts are searching for alien life around Mars
(Image: NASA)
He believes his dubious disco very is actually adding to evidence the ESA and US space agency NASA are involved in a conspiracy to suppress knowledge of intelligent alien civilisations in our solar system.
He said: "The monolith is far larger than any of us thought.
"We all assumed the alien base was this tall rectangular structure discovered five years ago, but it wasn't.
"That was nothing. This new structure is very big and must have been smudged-out using photoshop on most other Phobos photos in existence.
"ESA editors must have missed this one, because it is 100 percent evidence aliens constructed it and used the Mars moon as a space station.
"This means the Mars moon structure or ship is approximately 1.4 miles long (2.2km).
The bizarre and blurry Mars image triggered many comments on the etdatabase YouTube channel.
Javier Cabral appeared convinced by Waring's claims, commenting: "Thanks for showing what others hide from us."
However, MajMat remained a little more sceptical about the ESA photo's provenance, writing: "It looks very strange but it could be a natural formation, as there are lots of other straight lines on Phobos."
If there are in fact extraterrestrials in other parts of the universe, they may be able to spy on us depending on where they are living.
While this sounds like a creepy sci-fi movie, we’re actually doing the same thing by searching the universe for other intelligent life, so it’s very possible that other lifeforms may be doing the same. According to a new study, more than 1,000 nearby stars are in a great position to spy on our planet.
In a statement, Lisa Kaltenegger, who is an associate professor of astronomy at Cornell and director of the university’s Carl Sagan Institute as well as the lead author of the study, explained this further, “If observers were out there searching [from planets orbiting these stars], they would be able to see signs of a biosphere in the atmosphere of our Pale Blue Dot,” adding, “And we can even see some of the brightest of these stars in our night sky without binoculars or telescopes.”
Kaltenegger and Joshua Pepper, who is an associate professor of physics at Lehigh University and the co-author of the study, decided to think of Earth as a place for other intelligent life to study and they came up with some very interesting results.
By analyzing data gathered by TESS as well as Europe’s star-mapping Gaia spacecraft, they focused on stars that were located within a distance of approximately 300 light-years away from us and are positioned so that they can view Earth cross in front of our sun. They found 1,004 main-sequence stars (similar to our own sun) that may possibly have Earth-like planets orbiting them within the habitable zone. And 508 of those stars have a guaranteed “minimum 10-hour-long observation of Earth’s transit” when we pass in front of our sun.
Their study focused on just stars so the number of exoplanets that could be orbiting the more than a thousand suns with a decent view of Earth is yet to be determined. With the help from TESS and other technology, we’ll hopefully get an answer to that mystery in the near future. “If we’re looking for intelligent life in the universe that could find us and might want to get in touch, we’ve just created the star map of where we should look first,” Kaltenegger stated.
With 1,004 suns, there would most probably be at least a few planets orbiting some of them, so if there were aliens living on those planets, maybe they are spying on us. I wonder what they’re thinking…
Artist's impression of an exoplanet transiting a red dwarf star.
This illustration highlights the Moon’s Clavius Crater with an illustration depicting water trapped in the lunar soil there, along with an image of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
(SOFIA) that found sunlit lunar water.
Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.
SOFIA has detected water molecules (H2O) in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth, located in the Moon’s southern hemisphere. Previous observations of the Moon’s surface detected some form of hydrogen, but were unable to distinguish between water and its close chemical relative, hydroxyl (OH). Data from this location reveal water in concentrations of 100 to 412 parts per million – roughly equivalent to a 12-ounce bottle of water – trapped in a cubic meter of soil spread across the lunar surface. The results are published in the latest issue of Nature Astronomy.
“We had indications that H2O – the familiar water we know – might be present on the sunlit side of the Moon,” said Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Now we know it is there. This discovery challenges our understanding of the lunar surface and raises intriguing questions about resources relevant for deep space exploration.”
As a comparison, the Sahara desert has 100 times the amount of water than what SOFIA detected in the lunar soil. Despite the small amounts, the discovery raises new questions about how water is created and how it persists on the harsh, airless lunar surface.
Water is a precious resource in deep space and a key ingredient of life as we know it. Whether the water SOFIA found is easily accessible for use as a resource remains to be determined. Under NASA’s Artemis program, the agency is eager to learn all it can about the presence of water on the Moon in advance of sending the first woman and next man to the lunar surface in 2024 and establishing a sustainable human presence there by the end of the decade.
SOFIA’s results build on years of previous research examining the presence of water on the Moon. When the Apollo astronauts first returned from the Moon in 1969, it was thought to be completely dry. Orbital and impactor missions over the past 20 years, such as NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, confirmed ice in permanently shadowed craters around the Moon’s poles. Meanwhile, several spacecraft – including the Cassini mission and Deep Impact comet mission, as well as the Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan-1 mission – and NASA’s ground-based Infrared Telescope Facility, looked broadly across the lunar surface and found evidence of hydration in sunnier regions. Yet those missions were unable to definitively distinguish the form in which it was present – either H2O or OH.
“Prior to the SOFIA observations, we knew there was some kind of hydration,” said Casey Honniball, the lead author who published the results from her graduate thesis work at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in Honolulu. “But we didn’t know how much, if any, was actually water molecules – like we drink every day – or something more like drain cleaner.”
Scientists using NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, discovered water on a sunlit surface of the Moon for the first time. SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that allows astronomers to study the solar system and beyond in ways that are not possible with ground-based telescopes. Molecular water, H2O, was found in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth in the Moon’s southern hemisphere. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.
Credits: NASA/Ames Research Center
SOFIA offered a new means of looking at the Moon. Flying at altitudes of up to 45,000 feet, this modified Boeing 747SP jetliner with a 106-inch diameter telescope reaches above 99% of the water vapor in Earth’s atmosphere to get a clearer view of the infrared universe. Using its Faint Object infraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST), SOFIA was able to pick up the specific wavelength unique to water molecules, at 6.1 microns, and discovered a relatively surprising concentration in sunny Clavius Crater.
“Without a thick atmosphere, water on the sunlit lunar surface should just be lost to space,” said Honniball, who is now a postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “Yet somehow we’re seeing it. Something is generating the water, and something must be trapping it there.”
Several forces could be at play in the delivery or creation of this water. Micrometeorites raining down on the lunar surface, carrying small amounts of water, could deposit the water on the lunar surface upon impact. Another possibility is there could be a two-step process whereby the Sun’s solar wind delivers hydrogen to the lunar surface and causes a chemical reaction with oxygen-bearing minerals in the soil to create hydroxyl. Meanwhile, radiation from the bombardment of micrometeorites could be transforming that hydroxyl into water.
How the water then gets stored – making it possible to accumulate – also raises some intriguing questions. The water could be trapped into tiny beadlike structures in the soil that form out of the high heat created by micrometeorite impacts. Another possibility is that the water could be hidden between grains of lunar soil and sheltered from the sunlight – potentially making it a bit more accessible than water trapped in beadlike structures.
For a mission designed to look at distant, dim objects such as black holes, star clusters, and galaxies, SOFIA’s spotlight on Earth’s nearest and brightest neighbor was a departure from business as usual. The telescope operators typically use a guide camera to track stars, keeping the telescope locked steadily on its observing target. But the Moon is so close and bright that it fills the guide camera’s entire field of view. With no stars visible, it was unclear if the telescope could reliably track the Moon. To determine this, in August 2018, the operators decided to try a test observation.
“It was, in fact, the first time SOFIA has looked at the Moon, and we weren’t even completely sure if we would get reliable data, but questions about the Moon’s water compelled us to try,” said Naseem Rangwala, SOFIA’s project scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. “It’s incredible that this discovery came out of what was essentially a test, and now that we know we can do this, we’re planning more flights to do more observations.”
SOFIA’s follow-up flights will look for water in additional sunlit locations and during different lunar phases to learn more about how the water is produced, stored, and moved across the Moon. The data will add to the work of future Moon missions, such as NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), to create the first water resource maps of the Moon for future human space exploration.
In the same issue of Nature Astronomy, scientists have published a paper using theoretical models and NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data, pointing out that water could be trapped in small shadows, where temperatures stay below freezing, across more of the Moon than currently expected. The results can be found here.
“Water is a valuable resource, for both scientific purposes and for use by our explorers,” said Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. “If we can use the resources at the Moon, then we can carry less water and more equipment to help enable new scientific discoveries.”
SOFIA is a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center. Ames manages the SOFIA program, science, and mission operations in cooperation with the Universities Space Research Association, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, and the German SOFIA Institute at the University of Stuttgart. The aircraft is maintained and operated by NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703, in Palmdale, California.
Unknown Spacecraft Falls On Dominican Republic, Oct 9, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Unknown Spacecraft Falls On Dominican Republic, Oct 9, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of crash: Oct 9, 2020
Location of crash:Dominican Republic
Wow, this thing is huge and still burning. Look at that fire in the opening as you watch the video. Its just amazing that this thing didn't kill someone hewn it fell. Notice the corned all around it had caught on fire and the people had put it out. Is this object a man made rocket part? There is a high probability of that, but if its man made, why didn't NASA or some other agency warn the public in that area of the world? Because there was no warning...I believe there is a big probability of this being alien technology.
If this was from one of the SpaceX rockets...Elon Musk would have warned people in that area of the world. Elon would not just ignore something that big and dangerous to harm someone. So it can't be SpaceX. So...is it a rocket part? If so...which country is responsible for it? If not...then its 100% alien technology.
Mysterious Humanoid In Sky Over Bronx, New York On Oct 22, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Mysterious Humanoid In Sky Over Bronx, New York On Oct 22, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 22, 2020 Location of sighting: Bronx, New York, USA
The eyewitness recorded a strange object over the Bronx this week. It was turning slowly and almost looks like a humanoid floating through the sky. If you notice the close ups above...there is one that looks like a persons figure in a running stance. UFOs over New York are not uncommon. As a matter of fact John Lennon stated many times in interviews that one came very close to his penthouse balcony. This strange object very well could be an actual alien entity that wants to mimic humans and maybe...later walk among us without anyone even noticing. Only in New York could that happen.
I like how brave Miley Cyrus is on coming out and telling the public about her sighting. There have been many UFO sightings over California and lots of celebrities who have seen them.
US President Ronald Reagan was governor of California at the time of his two sightings back in California. First he was driving with his wife to down the coast to get to a Hollywood party, but was late because they stopped to watch a UFO over the ocean. The second was in 1974, when he was in his plane over Bakersfield, CA and him and his pilot saw a glowing light. Reagan stated: “I was in a plane last week when I looked out the window and saw this white light. It was zigzagging around. I went up to the pilot and said, ‘Have you seen anything like that before?’ He was shocked and said, ‘Nope.” And I said to him, ‘Let’s follow it!’ We followed it for several minutes. It was a bright white light. We followed it to Bakersfield, and all of a sudden to our utter amazement, it went straight up into the heavens. When we got off the plane, I told Nancy all about it”
Even singer and song writer John Lennon saw a UFO in New York out their penthouse window. What I'm saying is that some UFOs have time travel...which means they travel at faster than light speed. They know the future and past, but will come back to the past to visit some people, but historic records mostly has information about famous people...they are recorded the best in history and most easily to find their locations. And of course...most interesting to see first hand in person. Miley Cyrus...she wasn't lying to get attention or drugged out of her mind. She saw an alien in a UFO, because the alien was interested in her. Often such a visit means something important is going to happen in that persons future...for Governor Reagon...he became US president. For John Lennon...he inspired the make love not war movement and was assassinated. It looks like Miley is going to do something historic in the future.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
News states:
Miley Cyrus stated, “I had an experience, actually. I was driving through San Bernardino with my friend, and I got chased down by some sort of UFO. “I’m pretty sure about what I saw, but I’d also bought weed wax from a guy in a van in front of a taco shop, so it could have been the weed wax. She adds that the UFO, which was ‘glowing yellow’ and looked like a flying snowplough, was also seen by other people in the same vicinity. Cyrus admitted she did feel disturbed by the encounter, but not threatened.“I didn’t feel threatened at all, actually, but I did see a being sitting in the front of the flying object. “It looked at me and we made eye contact, and I think that’s what really shook me, looking into the eyes of something that I couldn’t quite wrap my head around.”
Orange Orb Seen Over Burbank, California Baffles Eyewitnesses, Oct 24, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Orange Orb Seen Over Burbank, California Baffles Eyewitnesses, Oct 24, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 24, 2020 Location of sighting: Burbank, California, USA
I love the ladies comments during as they waited to see if it would fly away, but instead...as the lady said..."or it disappears!" Which it did and that was unexpected. Even I was expecting it to fly away. It is seen moving about in the sky a little bit, but also moves away from the eyewitnesses. Strange, I feel that the craft wanted to be seen, but soon got nervous that they would frighten the ladies and it cloaked. One of the ladies did express some worry, which could be sensed by telepathy which some alien species do have.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I was walking my dogs when I saw a light overhead, it looked like it was sort of like a kite on fire, or like a fireball, it was glowing, it was not a drone and not high enough to be a plane, it kept moving across the sky to the NE and then it just vanished. A neighbor came out and videod it. I have 2 still pics of it.
Science-Based Evidence May Indicate That UFO Landed In US Farm
Science-Based Evidence May Indicate That UFO Landed In US Farm
In a farm in Delphos, Kansas, a man sees a strange object leaving a bright ring on his land. Tests lead by a team of scientists show that there’s something wrong with the soil.
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Famous American Singer-Songwriter Shares Her UFO and Alien Encounter
Famous American Singer-Songwriter Shares Her UFO and Alien Encounter
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Miley Cyrus, an American singer-songwriter, claimed that she was chased down by an apparent UFO during a car ride with a friend in San Bernardino, California.
Miley said that she’s pretty sure about what she spotted but revealed she had also bought weed wax from a guy in a van in front of a taco shop, so she also thought it could have been the weed wax.
She described the UFO that escorted her as a flying, yellow-glowing snowplow. The singer said that her friend also noticed it, along with other people at the scene. Miley explained that there were multiple cars on the road that stopped to take a look, so she thought what she saw was real.
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The American pop singer said she was shaken for like five days following the incident. She also could not look at the sky the way she used to before because of fear of aliens who might make a comeback.
Miley explained that she didn’t feel threatened, but she noticed something sitting in the front of the UFO. She added that the mysterious being was looking at her, and they made eye contact. The eye contact with something that she couldn’t wrap her head around was what shook her.
It’s an “exciting new discovery” that NASA has been hyping up for since last week.
Water has been confirmed for the first time on the sunlit surface of the Moon — not just in the form of ice limited to the shadowed surfaces of larger craters as previously thought.
In other words, even when exposed by the warming radiation from the Sun, water is capable of surviving there. It’s a tantalizing result, and one that could have huge implications for human settlement of the natural satellite, but plenty of questions remain: we still don’t know if the water is accessible to use as a resource.
A pair of papers published by the journal Nature detail the discovery, which was made using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
Using SOFIA, the team identified liquid water’s unique fingerprint near the southern pole of the Moon. It’s not there as “puddles of water,” as Casey Honniball, postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and lead author of one of the studies, described during a live stream, but spread out molecules of H2O.
It’s also not an awful lot of water: about 12 liquid ounces in a cubic meter of soil. It might also be quite tricky to extract as it’s completely mixed in with the soil.
The scientists suggest the water could have come through either the solar winds,or from impacting micrometeorites that may have contained water on their own.
The second paper found that the Moon is dotted with “billions” of tiny craters, creating shadowed regions all over its surface. The researchers concluded that these regions are technically cold enough to hold frozen ice.
These mini craters would also be far easier to access by astronauts. That means the discovery has major impacts on NASA’s plans to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon as soon as 2024 and establish a permanent human presence by the end of the decade.
“If we find that it’s abundant enough in certain locations, it would be easier to access versus going into these very cold, very dark places,” Honniball told The Verge.
In addition, water wouldn’t need to be brought there as payload on rockets, a highly expensive process.
SOFIA, a collaboration between NASA and the German Aerospace Center, is at its core a massive telescope mounted to the inside of a gutted 747 jumbo jet. A large door cut into the side of the body of the plane allows an 8.2 foot diameter telescope to make infrared observations at altitudes of over 40,000 feet — well above the atmosphere’s obscuring water vapor.
SOFIA hunts for a number of different celestial events, including the birth and death of stars, the formation of new solar systems, and the identification of complex molecules in space.
NASA had to ground SOFIA in mid-March due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with flights resuming only in early June. The project even faced existential threats to its funding when no funding was allocated for SOFIA in NASA’s fiscal year 2021 budget proposal.
UFO Exposed On Google Earth Due To Melting Ice In Antarctica
UFO Exposed On Google Earth Due To Melting Ice In Antarctica
ByDave Basner
The melting polar ice caps are causing many problems, from rising sea levels to extreme weather events to the extinction of certain species and the loss of fresh water for the world. However, they also might have just uncovered proof of extraterrestrial life. That's according to one conspiracy theorist who claims the receding ice has revealed a flying saucer on Google Earth.
YouTuber MrMBB333 was sent the coordinates of the craft by a follower and created a video showing the strange, seemingly perfect circular shape, which is partially obscured by rocks. He states, "This appears to be a 60-foot-wide disc sticking out of the ground apparently being recently revealed by the melting snow and ice. There is the object, it looks like it was intelligently designed."
To support his theory, he alters the colors of the image and proposes that there is an "elevated circle" on the top of the structure.
Commenters are mostly in agreement, with one claiming, "It doesn't look stuck in the ground, it looks like it's hovering," while another added, "The black area under it looks like a shadow and if you look to your left, you will see a light source which looks like it's coming from inside the cave or tunnel."
Skeptics, though, think otherwise, with one stating, "It is just a small pool of water. If you look around at the other features locally you will notice that the other bodies of water also have a similar hue."
Russia's TASS Confirmed Voronezh UFO Incident On This Day In 1989; All You Need To Know
Russia's TASS Confirmed Voronezh UFO Incident On This Day In 1989; All You Need To Know
Russia confirmed the report of sightings of three aliens in the city of Voronezh arriving on the “banana-shaped” object (UFO) on October 9, 1989, 31 years ago.
On this day, October 9, 1989, 31 years ago Russia’s press agency TASS claimed that the extra-terrestrial contact on earth had already been made as it confirmed the report of sightings of three aliens in the city of Voronezh arriving on the “banana-shaped” object (UFO). “Scientists have confirmed the recent unidentified flying object recently landed in a park in the Russian city of Voronezh,” the release by TASS read. “They identified the landing site and found traces of aliens who made a short promenade about the park,” it added, claiming that two pieces of unidentified rocks were left behind which cannot be found on Earth.
According to a TIME report from the October 23, 1989 issue, a strange encounter between a milkmaid and a “cosmic creature” was reported to have happened in the Russian region of Perm, close to the Ural mountains. Soviet newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda claimed that the Russian researchers registered the “influence of energies” after a geologist made claims of the discovery of the flying saucer in the region. When enquired, TASS and several other Soviet news outlets stood by the existence of aliens' claims in the Voronezh UFO incident of 1989.
Genrikh Silanov, head of the Voronezh Geophysical Laboratory, was reported by Tass as saying that Russians scientists found a 20-yard depression with four deep dents at the site, suspecting that it was intact a UFO, adding, two abnormal rocks sent scientists in a jiffy. “At first glance, they looked like sandstone of a deep-red color. However, mineralogical analysis has shown that the substance cannot be found on Earth,” AP cited Silanov’s statement in the TASS report. “However, additional tests are needed to reach a more definite conclusion,” he added.
UFO used ″biolocation″ tracker
Silanov said that the machine possibly a UFO used ″biolocation″ tracker. TASS report cited residents as eyewitnesses to the strange object that resembled a shining ball or disk 300 miles southeast of Moscow. Residents also reported sighting of small robot-like creatures similar to humans. “The aliens were three or even four meters (9 to 12 feet) tall, but with very small heads,″ TASS quoted witnesses as saying. ″They walked near the ball or disc and then disappeared inside.″ However, in a TIME report, writer Howard G. Chua-Eoan explained that the policy of glasnost — or ‘openness’ led the soviet media to be more expressive about events such as the Petrozavodsk phenomenon that involved 48 unidentified objects and the Voronezh UFO watch.
You can't send a spacecraft to the outer solar system with no rocket.
The core stage of the SLS rocket for NASA's Artemis 1 mission, complete with four engines, seen in Louisiana in January 2020 before shipment to Mississippi for testing.
NASA is choosing between human missions to the moon and a robotic mission to Jupiter's icy moonEuropa as the agency manages its limited supply of megarockets in the coming years.
The agency began developing its Space Launch System (SLS) in 2010, intending for the rocket to be the agency's primary vehicle for crewed and deep-space missions. But work has been slow, and NASA and Boeing, which builds the vehicles' two main stages, are only now testing the core stage of the first SLS. It won't fly until late next year, when it makes the first flight of NASA's Artemis lunar-exploration program — an uncrewed trip around the moon known as Artemis 1. The schedule will therefore be tight for the third Artemis launch, which aims to land two astronauts near the moon's south pole in 2024.
Meanwhile, engineers are building the Europa Clipper spacecraft, designed to learn enough about the moon's ice shell, subsurface ocean and geology to help scientists determine whether the hidden ocean may suit the needs of life as we know it. And Congress has mandated the agency also use an SLS rocket to launch Europa Clipper — without consideration for whether one may be available.
"We have a requirement right now by law that says that we're going to launch this vehicle on an SLS rocket," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said during a steering committee meeting of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' planetary science decadal survey, an independent report that determines NASA's priorities, held virtually on Oct. 16.
And that's a major scheduling problem. NASA can't just whip up an SLS rocket from thin air: The agency needs to contract with different companies for different parts of the megarocket and allow time for manufacturers to deliver on those contracts.
For each massive core stage at the heart of an SLS rocket, for example, Boeing needs more than a year of preparation time plus three years of manufacturing and testing time, according to a NASA document reported by NASA Spaceflight. That means even if NASA signed its next contract today, the resulting rocket likely wouldn't be ready to fly until 2025.
The initial NASA-Boeing contract covered the core stages for Artemis 1 and 2; an agreement made in October 2019 transferred money for Boeing to begin work on a third core stage, according to a NASA announcement made at the time. The agreement was meant to pave the way for a full contract for core stages for up to 10 Artemis missions to be finalized within a year's time, the announcement continued, while allowing Boeing to begin work soon enough to meet the 2024 timeline for Artemis 3, the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.
And future SLS core stages are in the works, the company has confirmed. "The team is not just working on one rocket," John Honeycutt, NASA's SLS program manager, said during a news conference held in conjunction with the International Astronautical Congress on Oct. 13. "We've made great progress on Artemis 2 and 3."
But with NASA prioritizing Artemis 3, that still leaves Europa Clipper waiting for a ride. As of aSeptember status report, the Clipper team is planning to have the spacecraft ready for launch in early 2024, the same year Artemis 3 is targeting launch.
In terms of rocket science, right now, Europa Clipper can launch on a commercial vehicle, like SpaceX's Falcon Heavy or United Launch Alliance's Delta-IV Heavy rocket, although the mission would then need a longer cruise time to reach its destination.
"Because of that, we're planning to build the Europa Clipper and then put it into storage, because we're not going to have an SLS rocket available until 2025," Bridenstine said. "That's the current plan. I don't think that's the right plan, but we're going to follow the law."
Storing Europa Clipper, which is a $3 billion project, will cost the agency between $3 million and $5 million per month, according to calculations made by NASA's Office of Inspector General and reported to congressional leaders in August 2019.
In addition to getting the spacecraft off the ground sooner, a commercial launch for Europa Clipper would save the government money — $1 billion according to NASA's Office of Inspector General or $1.5 billion, according to a document summarizing changes included in President Donald Trump's budget request for the fiscal year 2021, which started at the beginning of October although the year's budget is still in congressional limbo.
Typically, NASA is free to launch its missions on whatever rockets the agency deems fit. But in the case of Europa Clipper, Congress wrote it into the appropriations bills funding the agency that the mission must launch on SLS.
That edict has led to the agency's current pinch: with the moon missions accelerated to land humans in 2024 as part of theArtemis programalso relying on SLS rockets, the agency doesn't have enough launch vehicles to meet the schedules of both programs.
"We have a lot of demand for the SLS rocket going forward; when we think about doing a mission to the moon every year, we don't have extra SLS rocket sitting around," Bridenstine said. "So when we take an SLS rocket to launch Clipper, for example, then that takes away a moon mission. And there are other opportunities to launch Clipper, but there are not other opportunities at this point to launch moon missions with humans."
TheEuropa Clipper team has warnedthat continuing uncertainty about the launch vehicle may begin to slow work on the mission, as engineers have to postpone work that would make the spacecraft incompatible with one launch vehicle or another.
Later in the same decadal survey meeting, when the steering committee heard from staffers supporting congressional committees that deal with NASA issues, Europa Clipper's launch vehicle woes came up again.
"All I can really say is, it's the law," Joel Graham, a professional staff member for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, said during the meeting when asked about the situation. "We fully support putting it [Europa Clipper] on SLS."
Graham hinted that frustration with the arrangement should be directed to the companies building SLS components rather than Congress. "I would certainly hope that our suppliers can meet that and provide the vehicle for it," he said. "I think we can all agree that's the best vehicle to send it on."
A House committee representative was more open to flexibility on the matter. "Our authorization bill includes language on just looking at the options and sort of the pros and cons of the various options," said Pamela Whitney, a staffer with the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. "Obviously, there is policy in place, but we also understand there are various other factors that are in play right now."
Email Meghan Bartels at mbartels@space.com or follow her on Twitter @meghanbartels.
What is creating the bubbling, gaseous atmosphere on Jupiter's moon Io? Scientists think they finally have the answer: volcanoes.
Io, the solar system's most volcanically active world, is one of four Galilean moons — the four largest moons of Jupiter, which were discovered by Galileo in the 17th century — and one of 79 total known satellites around the planet.
Io's atmosphere is known to be primarily made up of sulfur dioxide, but the source of this gas has long been a subject of debate.
“It was not known which process drives the dynamics in Io’s atmosphere,” Imke de Pater, graduate professor in the astronomy and earth and planetary science departments at the University of California, Berkeley, said in a statement. “Is it volcanic activity, or gas that sublimates from the icy surface when Io is in sunlight?"
A new study led by de Pater offers an answer.
"What we show is that, actually, volcanoes do have a large impact on the atmosphere,“ de Pater said.
This composite image shows Jupiter’s moon Io in front of an image of Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. In a new study, scientists have shown how the sulfur dioxide in the moon’s atmosphere comes from volcanism. (Image credit: Image courtesy of ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), I. de Pater et al.; NRAO/AUI NSF, S. Dagnello; NASA/ESA)
Io's atmosphere is about a billion times thinner than our own planet's, which has allowed scientists to peer at the moon's surface, which is littered with lava lakes, liquid rock and sulfuric ice.
NASA's Jupiter-orbiting Juno mission, which will end next July, mainly observed Jupiter itself, so, instead of using an orbiting probe, de Pater has been studying Io using radio telescopes including ALMA (the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) in Chile and optical and infrared telescopes like the Keck scopes in Hawaii.
De Pater and her colleagues studied 30 years of observations of the moon's atmosphere and found that every 42 hours, as Io orbits Jupiter, the moon's atmosphere becomes seriously unstable. In this new study, the researchers found that, on March 20, 2018, as the moon was eclipsed by Jupiter, which caused temperatures to temporarily drop, sulfur dioxide gas levels seemed to drop dramatically.
The temperature drop likely caused the gas to, in essence, collapse back onto the moon's surface, the researchers determined. While Io's average surface temperature is about minus 202 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 130 degrees Celsius), this drop in temperature would have brought it down to minus 270 degrees F (minus 168 degrees C), which is below sulfur dioxide's freezing point.
The team further solidified these findings when, in September of 2018, after the moon emerged from the cold eclipse, sulfur dioxide emissions returned to where they were before. (This bounce-back happened quickly, in just about 10 minutes).
“As soon as Io gets into sunlight, the temperature increases, and you get all this SO2 ice subliming into gas, and you reform the atmosphere in about 10 minutes’ time, faster than what models had predicted,” de Pater said.
The researchers also found evidence of "stealth volcanoes," or volcanoes that emit no smoke or other particulate, in observations of low levels of sulfur dioxide in the moon's atmosphere. Additionally, the team noted widespread sulfur monoxide gas in Io's atmosphere in July, but only over active volcanoes.
With this data and by observing the moon going in and out of eclipse again, the team was able to see just how much of the moon's sulfur dioxide is caused by volcanism. 'When Io passes into Jupiter’s shadow, and is out of direct sunlight, it is too cold for sulfur dioxide gas, and it condenses onto Io’s surface. During that time, we can only see volcanically sourced sulfur dioxide. We can, therefore, see exactly how much of the atmosphere is impacted by volcanic activity," study co-author Statia Luszcz-Cook from Columbia University said in the same statement.
The team hopes to continue to study the moon, its atmosphere and volcanic activity to continue to solve mysteries about the world including what temperature its lower atmosphere is.
SpaceX's Starship is under construction at the company's Boca Chica facility, and a new photo suggests SpaceX is already planning trips to the Moon.
SPACEX MAY BE ABOUT TO UNVEIL A NASA-BRANDED PROTOTYPE OF ITS STARSHIP ROCKET, A NEW PHOTO SUGGESTS.
The image, shared by photographer Austin Barnard via his Twitter account Thursday, shows a white Starship nosecone emblazoned with the United States' flag and NASA's recently-revived "worm" logo. Barnard shared the image with the text "NASA Artemis Moon lander anyone?"
It's uncertain what SpaceX plans to do with the nosecone, but Artemis could offer hints. The project covers a wealth of lunar missions, including a crewed mission in 2024 that's expected to send the next man and first woman to the surface. NASA asked SpaceX, along with two other firms, to develop a lander for the mission. SpaceX's proposed plan makes heavy use of the Starship.
"My best guess is this will be a mock up lunar variant for the Starship presentation," Barnard wrote on Twitter, referencing the event expected to take place later this month. CEO Elon Musk has hinted that the event could show a more refined design for the Starship.
SpaceX has big plans for the Starship. The ship is designed to transport up to 100 people or 150 tons to space at a time, powered by a Raptor engine that uses liquid oxygen and methane as its fuel. Prototype versions have reached 500 feet in the air, and SpaceX now plans to reach 50,000 feet with its recent model. The company aims to host a crewed mission to Mars in the 2020s, with a goal of a city on the planet by 2050.
In April, NASA announced it had chosen three companies to develop human landers for Artemis: Jeff Bezos' firm Blue Origin, space technology firm Dynetics, and SpaceX. These fixed-price, milestone-based contracts are worth $967 million in total.
The goal is to develop and demonstrate a human landing system so that one of them can support the crewed mission in 2024. This work will build toward a more sustainable system by 2026. Following the April announcement, NASA started working with the teams in a 10-month base period ending February 2021, where they will continue developing their concepts with added NASA expertise. The agency is expected to choose up to two designs in early 2021 for the 2024 crewed mission.
Beyond crewed missions, Artemis will cover a wide range of Moon-focused projects. It will also cover a small spaceship orbiting the Moon called Gateway, which will help support missions to the surface. The project also covers the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, both of which are designed to carry crew to space. NASA has also chosen SpaceX to deliver supplies to the Gateway, using its larger Dragon XL capsule.
SpaceX proposed using multiple Starships for lunar missions. One would sit in low-Earth orbit as a propellant storage ship, supplied by tanker Starships. Another Starship designed for humans would fly to the propellant storage, refuel and continue to the Moon.
A lunar Starship.
NASA
The ship itself would offer "a spacious cabin," alongside two airlocks so astronauts can explore the surface. The concept render shows a lift to the surface. The Starship would use the Super Heavy booster to leave the Earth, while Starships in space could be used to transport crew between the moon's surface and the Orion spacecraft and Gateway spaceship.
Unlike the renders supplied in the April announcement, the new nosecone uses a more recent NASA logo. NASA's more minimalist "worm" logo was introduced in 1975, only to be retired in 1992 in favor of the more complex original "meatball" design. In April 2020, NASA announced it was reviving the logo. The first rocket to use the logo in the modern era was the SpaceX Falcon 9 that sent up the first crewed Crew Dragon mission in May.
THE INVERSE ANALYSIS – It seems SpaceX may indeed be preparing a lunar Starship concept, perhaps for its presentation this month. The event would highlight SpaceX's progress on its contract for NASA's Artemis project.
It would make a welcome change from last year's Starship event. Hours before the unveiling of the first full-size prototype, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine pointedly tweeted that SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule was "years behind schedule." Bridenstine clarified a month later, during a joint press conference with Musk, that NASA does want to see Starship become a success. With Crew Dragon launched and Starship playing its part in Artemis, this year's event will likely see a warmer reception.
THE STARSHIP’S JOURNEY, SUMMARIZED
November 2018 – BFR, first announced in September 2017, gets renamed to Starship.
December 2018 – Musk confirms the new ship has switched to stainless steel.
Er is water op de maan. Dat heeft NASA zonet bekendgemaakt. De ontdekking werd gedaan met de telescoop Sofia. De idee dat er water op de maan zou zijn, is niet nieuw, maar het bewijs daarvan wél. NASA voegde eraan toe dat het gedetecteerde water op zich niet voldoende is voor leven op de maan. Maar het is interessant voor toekomstige astronauten. Een tussenstop aan een permanent station op de maan onderweg naar Mars behoort tot de mogelijkheden.
Een team wetenschappers heeft voor het eerst het onomstotelijke bewijs van watermoleculen op de oppervlakte van de maan gevonden. Eerdere waarnemingen waren dubbelzinnig: het kon om water (H2O) gaan, maar ook om het moleculaire familielid, hydroxyl. De methode die nu gebruikt werd, leverde ondubbelzinnige bevindingen op. De ontdekking is gedaan met de Sofia, een speciaal vliegtuig met ingebouwde telescoop dat vanaf 12 kilometer hoogte het heelal bestudeert. “Volgens de studie van de Sofia zit het water waarschijnlijk in maanglas verpakt, waardoor het beschermd is tegen de zon”, legt onze wetenschapsexpert Martijn Peters uit. “Maanglas ontstaat als er meteorieten op de maan inslaan.”
Volgens een andere studie van NASA heeft de maan ruim 40.000 vierkante kilometer aan permanente schaduw in de kraters waarin verborgen zakken water in de vorm van ijs kunnen zitten. “De temperatuur aan die schaduwkanten van de maankraters is er zo laag dat er permanent ijs zou kunnen zitten”, zegt onze expert.
Er zou dus véél water op de maan kunnen zijn. Dat is dan weer mogelijk van groot belang voor toekomstige astronauten en ruimtemissies naar, bijvoorbeeld, Mars. Wetenschappers denken al aan een permanent station op de maan. “Als je water splitst in waterstof en zuurstof, dan heb je zuurstof om te ademen op je maanbasis en waterstof om je raket aan te drijven”, legt Peters uit. Ritje naar Mars? Even een tussenstop op de maan!
Of het water daadwerkelijk kan worden gewonnen en gebruikt, moet nog blijken.
Dat de maan waterijs bevat, was op zich al redelijk bekend, maar tot nu toe ging het daarbij vooral om diepe kraters op de noordpool en zuidpool van de maan. Zulke plekken zijn heel moeilijk begaanbaar. De NASA heeft nu vastgesteld dat er ook water voorkomt op plekken waar de zon op schijnt. Bovendien is er waterijs in zogenoemde ‘cold traps’, koude plekken in de schaduwgebieden op de maan. Sommige van die plekken zijn maar een meter groot, maar de maan heeft zo veel van zulke plekken, dat ongeveer 20 procent van al het ijs op de maan daar waarschijnlijk te vinden is.
Het bevroren water zit onder meer in de grote krater Clavius, die vanaf de aarde met het blote oog te zien is. Het gaat niet om grote plassen water: de Saharawoestijn heeft ongeveer honderd keer zo veel water als de maan.
Dat er waterijs verspreid is over de maan, is niet alleen erg aantrekkelijk voor bemande missies, het water kan ook iets vertellen over de geschiedenis van de maan. Vermoedelijk heeft elke plek waar astronauten landen wel water in de buurt, en bovendien is dat water eenvoudiger te winnen dan in een krater.
A truly fringe and controversial subject within the field of ufology is that of alien-human hybrids. There are certain factions of the field who feel that, for whatever reasons, that alien entities are experimenting to mix human and alien DNA to create strange new beings. It all sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, but there is much discussion on just this going on, no matter how absurd it might sound. Mostly this is all regulated to the far fringes of the UFO field, but on occasion it comes blasting to the forefront, and this is certainly the case with an Oxford professor who claims that aliens are interbreeding with us to help save us from the end of the world.
It’s rare that you see the very fringe, outlandish idea of aliens hybridizing with humans taken seriously in the slightest bit by an academic, but that is oddly exactly what happened recently with an Oxford University professor by the name of Dr. Young-Hae Chi, a teacher of Korean at Oxford’s Oriental Institute. Since at least 2012 he has been lecturing on the idea that aliens are not only already here amongst us, where they remain invisible to our eyes, but that there are more than one species of the extraterrestrials and they are interbreeding with us and mixing amongst us.
Dr. Young-hae Chi
According to Dr. Chi, there are four main types of aliens here on Earth living among us as we speak, which he describes as “Small; tall and bold; aliens with scales and snake eyes; and finally, insect-like.” It is these insectoid aliens that he believes are the bosses, and outrank all other types. They are also the ones behind the supposed hybrid programs, wherein human and alien DNA are mixed in top secret experiments. He has also said that abducted humans are routinely forced to engage in “sexually oriented actions with aliens or even other human abductees under the influence of mind control.” And why would they do this, you ask? Well, according to him it is due to several reasons, but chief among them is because they are trying to find a way to help us survive through the catastrophic escalation of global warming in recent years. He has written of this in his book Alien Visitations and the End of Humanity:
One possibility is that they find our DNA valuable for the preservation of the stock. Secondly, to create species which can survive in the future climate conditions. Thirdly, some abductees report that these hybrids are of a very high intelligence, so are they producing these hybrids as a problem-solver, a future leader? It may be more or less assumed that the hybrid project is a response to the impending demise of human civilization. Not only scientists and theologians, but also non-human species who appear to be greatly concerned about the survivability of the human species. So, they come not for the sake of us, but for the sake of them, their survival, but their survival is actually our survival as well — the survival of the entire biosphere. Judging from the way the ETs are acting, they have a better view of our future, perhaps it is pointing to a pessimistic future.
He says that these aliens are all around us, but that we cannot see them for reasons he remains fairly vague about. He says that they are basically invisible to us most of the time, only choosing to show themselves to those they abduct, and has claimed:
If they are far, they shouldn’t be concerned about us. I don’t think they are from far away, they are just next to us, we can’t see them. We can use an analogy of fish which can think and perceive things only in the way they can and humans also perceive only in the way we can, so our perception of the world is limited by our organs.
As far as the hybrids are concerned, Dr. Chi has quite a bit of lore to offer on them, describing how they look more human-like with subsequent generations, saying “The first-generation hybrids still have physical features distinctive to aliens. But from the second generation … they have almost indistinguishable bodily features from those of humans, although they may still carry at least one fourth of alien genes.” Much of his hypothesis is additionally based on thousands of interviews he says he has conducted with alien abductees over the years. He even claims that the increase in UFO sightings and abductee reports in recent years directly correlates with the increase in greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, as this has sped up the need for them to create a “new model of Homo sapiens.” Of course he is aware of the skepticism these claims bring, and he has said of this:
As you might expect, most scientists are dubious. After all, there’s never been any good evidence that the abductions are taking place. No one seems to bring along a cell phone to make photos, or pocket an artifact from the saucers.
Dr. Chi has nevertheless held tight to his bonkers theory that aliens are implementing a breeding program to save us from the rigors of global climate change, and you can watch one of his far-out lectures on the matter here.
Is there anything to this, or is this just the delusional rantings and sci-fi imaginings of an out-of-touch individual? Whatever you may think, Dr. Chi continues to stand by his hypothesis and writes and speaks on it extensively. Is any of this worth looking into at all? In the end it remains a curious piece of strangeness to add to the pile of the already truly bizarre area of alien-human hybrids, and it is a wild ride whether real or not.
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The U.S. may be worried about the election, coronavirus and murder hornets, but Belgium is already beyond all of those and is now dealing with a new threat … female mutant self-cloning crayfish in a cemetery! Too long for a movie title but plenty scary for a Halloween headline across Belgium, with many media sources adding “American” to the description because that makes it scarier … and it’s true.
Marbled crayfish are banned by the EU
CREDIT: CTK / Alamy Stock Photo
“The crayfish is similar to the slough crayfish found in Florida in the US, with one important difference: it is parthenogenetic, which means it is able to reproduce without mating, and all offspring are female and genetically identical. That characteristic makes it easy for a large population to spring up quickly, which is what appears to have happened in Antwerp.”
The Brussels Times reports that marbled self-cloning crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) have taken over pools in the historic Schoonselhof cemetery in Antwerp where the bodies of 1577 British commonwealth soldiers killed in World War II are buried. They were investigated by Kevin Scheers from the Flemish Institute for Nature and Woodland Research, who immediately let everyone know he wasn’t there with a net and bucket to get rid of them.
Crayfish fishing
“It’s impossible to round up all of them. It’s like trying to empty the ocean with a thimble.”
These freshwater mutants were discovered somewhere around 1995, possibly in the Everglades, when people who kept crayfish as pets (have they tasted etouffee?) noticed that some female slough crayfish (Procambarus fallax) were reproducing with no male in the aquarium. Researchers confirmed that these were indeed an unexplained mutation – crayfish are not known to be parthenogenetic (reproduce without a mate and all offspring are genetically identical females) – and dubbed them the marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis).
Unfortunately, unscrupulous pet vendors seized upon this and made them popular. That was inevitably followed by unscrupulous pet owners tired of an overflowing aquarium (and not fans of etouffee) dumping them into local ponds. Marbled crayfish can live outside of the water, so the 10 cm (4 inch) crawled and ate their way across Europe after being introduced there in 1995. In 2014, the European Union instituted “a total ban on the possession, trade, transport, production and release” of marbled crayfish, but it was too late for the continent. They’ve also taken over Madagascar, which noticed them in 2018. They’re also banned in Idaho, Missouri, Tennessee, Michigan and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Marbled crayfish (Procambarus fallax)
“In Spain they tried some experiments with poison, but that is not permitted in Belgium.”
If poison isn’t an option and they’re reproducing too fast to capture, what can worried Belgium cemetery owners do? While all crayfish look alike, the Louisiana farmers who supply 95% of the crayfish consumed in the U.S. stick to Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish – the most popular) and Procambarus zonangulus (white river crawfish). Could Belgian be persuaded to try marbled crawfish soups, bisques, boils and étouffées? They also are used for fishing bait (bass like them). It’s possible that nature could take care of them (with assistance from humans) with the deadly crayfish plague caused by the North American water mold Aphanomyces astaci. The plague doesn’t affect all species of crayfish, so it may have to be genetically modified for marbled crayfish – and that opens a whole new can of “What could possibly go wrong?” worms.
Can they learn to love the crawfish boil?
Should Belgians learn to live with the mutant self-cloning marble crayfish and hope they stay contentedly in cemetery ponds? Or should they be prepared for the scary movie “Cloning Crayfish Consume a Cemetery!” to go from fiction to documentary?
RH Negative Bombshell: The Boy of Extraterrestrial Origin... The Real Indigo Child Documentary
RH Negative Bombshell: The Boy of Extraterrestrial Origin... The Real Indigo Child Documentary
Ann Andrews is a mother living in England with a unique experience to share about her life and her son, Jason. What sets Jason apart from the many other young children who are now being born with exceptional multi-dimensional abilities, is that Jason is not only an abductee, but is himself of extraterrestrial origin.
After years of uncertainty, Jason progressed from an initial standpoint of fear and to a point in his teens when he began accepting “their” teachings and to acknowledge who he is and what he is here to do All content on this channel is licensed, and or produced by Zohar Entertainment Group/Awakening Expo/Phenomena Magazine.
Huge Disk Hiding In Clouds Over Silay City, Philippines Oct 25, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Huge Disk Hiding In Clouds Over Silay City, Philippines Oct 25, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 25, 2020 Location of sighting: Silay City, Philippines
The eyewitness recorded a UFO hiding in the cloud over Silay City, Philippines this week. You can easily see the myst of the cloud the UFO is hiding in. The bottom clouds are rough and make a good base for it, but the top is clearly make to allow them to see through it so that they can see with their own eyes...the ground and life below. I'm sure aliens get tired of looking at computer screens and want to have a more live view...this is evidence of such an event.
Mysterious Glowing Orbs Over Oahu, Hawaii, On Oct 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News
Mysterious Glowing Orbs Over Oahu, Hawaii, On Oct 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 2020
Location of sighting: Oahu, Hawaii, USA
This eyewitness noticed some strange lights passing overhead and was fortunate enough to catch a few seconds of raw footage for us. From the video I see seven glowing orbs, however when I add light to several screenshots I see shadows behind them...other orbs with them. It looks like not 7 but closer to 15 objects in the sky. Some glowing, but most not. The objects are moving strongly fast and the eyewitness even has trouble keeping up with them. The Hawaiian island of Oahu is small and its most likely that these UFOs came from an underwater alien base not far off the coast.
Jet Investigates Possible Jellyfish UFO Over US City, Oct 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Jet Investigates Possible Jellyfish UFO Over US City, Oct 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 23, 2020
Location of sighting: City unknown, USA
The eyewitness refused to say the city that this UFO was taken in. However they do live in the United States. The person is not sure if its a UFO or balloon, but there is a huge jet flying very close to the dark object. The jellyfish shaped UFO is dark with a big mushroom head and what looks like tentacles on its bottom area. Its uncertain if its a UFO because of the poor focus, but its highly possible since a jet did deliberately fly over it to investigate. I believe the airport control tower may have requested a non military jet in the area to take a look on its way to somewhere.
Three UFOs Over Hillside At DeBeque, Colorado Oct 19, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Three UFOs Over Hillside At DeBeque, Colorado Oct 19, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 19, 2020 Location of sighting: DeBeque, Colorado, USA
Here is an interesting video from Colorado last week. The eyewitness noticed two glowing objects in the distance, but there is also a third to the far right. Colorado is famous of its large glowing white orbs, notorious for it even. These look like those same orbs appearing again. Often UFOs will appear in a location, after transporting from underground bases...and not move for a while. This fits past UFO sighting descriptions from police and other eyewitnesses years ago of the description of UFOs they saw. 100% alien.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
So two nights ago my girlfriend called me and told me to go outside and look to the east sky. What I saw was somewhat unusual. I’m not big into ufos but something about the way these lights were pulsating was strange to me. Made no noise and were moving very slow. What do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
On Sunday, October 25, 2020 Jaime Maussan and Carlos Clemente presented on the Mexican television channel Tercel Milenio images of extraterrestrial entities, shadow beings and other mysterious life forms captured by surveillance (night vision - infrared) cameras from all over the world.
Carlos Clemente who investigated the cases and analysed the images of all these strange beings comes to the conclusion that they are not spirits or humans but suggests that these entities are more likely multi-dimensional beings or other intelligent life forms who have the capacity to travel through space and time.
The 6 1/2 foot tall Salamanca Humanoids - Close encounter of the Third Kind
The 6 1/2 foot tall Salamanca Humanoids - Close encounter of the Third Kind
Five years after the closing of Project Blue Book, U.S. intelligence was still paying attention to UFOs. Declassified files from 1974 show something even stranger — monitoring of a Close Encounter of the Third Kind, a case involving 6 1/2 foot tall humanoid occupants of a disc-shaped craft.
The case occurred in Western Spain, in the province of Salamanca. A Defense Intelligence Agency analyst compiled an account of this and other strange sightings from that year, and sent them to European Command and other "parties interested."
The witness, Maxi Iglesias, claims U.S. officials visited the site to analyze trace evidence left behind, telling him they were from "NASA." For years, this was laughed off, but we now know officials really were monitoring the case.
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End of the world: NASA’s doomsday plan for planet-destroying event exposed
End of the world: NASA’s doomsday plan for planet-destroying event exposed
NASA has a plan to save mankind as the end of the world becomes more than just a possibility, a scientist revealed in a sobering interview.
First announced by the space agency in 2016, the Planetary Defence Coordination Office is part of NASA’s Planetary Science Division to plan against possible life-ending events. Their job is to catalogue and track Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHO) such as asteroids and comets. But the team is also running simulations should such a threat slip through unnoticed, to study the possibility of diverting a space rock, while also looking at the consequences if one does hit in the future.
YouTube channel “Wired” revealed the details of the project on their page last year.
Presenter Robbie Gonzalez said: “In Washington DC there’s this thing called the Planetary Defence Conference, which is actually going on.
“Here’s the thing, that asteroid is not real.”
NASA is planning for a end of the world scenario
(Image: GETTY)
PHO are objects that threaten Earth
(Image: GETTY)
I use supercomputers to model what happens when an asteroid or a comet hits the Earth
Cathy Plesko
The team are using supercomputers to play-out numerous outcomes in the hope it will help better prepare them for the future.
Cathy Plesko, who is in charge of watching over some of these scenarios, explained why the project is so important.
She said: “I’m a planetary scientist at Los Alamos and I use supercomputers to model what happens when an asteroid or a comet hits the Earth and how to stop one.
“Just like you have a fire drill or when you sit down on a plane and they tell you about the oxygen masks, we practice this every two years.
“We learn from practising, we learn from our mistakes.
Cathy Plesko is working on a supercomputer to defend the planet
(Image: YOUTUBE)
“We are doing this now because this is the first time we have really been capable of doing this and we’ve been buzzed a few times.”
Dr Plesko said much more work is needed before NASA is confident they can deflect an asteroid.
She added: “You can’t deflect a tornado or a hurricane, you can’t glue a fault shut to stop earthquakes.
“But with an asteroid or a comet, it looks like we are pretty much there.
“There is some technology that needs to be developed yet, a few things we still need to learn about how these objects are composed and how they respond to being hit by a kinetic impactor, or being ablated by a nuclear device, or shot with a laser.
“We still need to study that very carefully, that’s why we’re doing a lot of this on the computer. because if it goes sideways, I can push delete and go home for dinner.
“It’s better to do the homework before it’s an issue.”
Asteroid 101955 Bennu, formally known as 1999 RQ36, is a Potentially Hazardous Object listed on the Sentry Risk Table with the second-highest cumulative rating on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale.
Investigators have already warned the space agency that it could be devastating if they do not act.
According to a study by scientist Maria Eugenia Sansaturio, the 1999 asteroid may impact the Earth.
Dr Sansaturio warned in a report for the Solar System journal Icarus that there is a good chance of the asteroid striking.
She told Universe Today in 2010: “The total impact probability of asteroid 1999 RQ36 can be estimated as 0.00092, approximately one-in-a-thousand chance, but what is most surprising is that over half of this chance (0.00054) corresponds to 2182.”
However, NASA has a less destructive move for Bennu.
The space agency is currently running a mission with its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to find out more about the rock.
The spacecraft spent two years chasing Bennu down, before orbiting it for another two years and taking samples.
Then, in 2023, it will blast back to Earth to allow scientists from around the world to study it.
The mission team is particularly interested in learning the role that asteroids like Bennu – dark, primitive and apparently carbon-rich – may have played in creating life on Earth.
It will also help scientists to refine the odds of a strike on Earth.
Planetary systems with both super-Earths and Jupiter-type planets may be common, according to a new study. As in our own solar system, the giant planets would act as “bodyguards” protecting the smaller planets from asteroid impacts.
Artist’s concept of a planetary system with 2 super-Earths and 1 giant Jupiter-like planet. New computer simulations suggest that such systems may be common.
The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, has often been credited for helping life to exist on Earth, by deflecting dangerous asteroids from entering the inner solar system and colliding with our world. So what about in other solar systems? Do other Earth-type habitable planets also have, or need, larger Jupiter-like worlds protecting them? Is this Earth-Jupiter dynamic just a fluke, or is it a normal part of the development of planetary systems?
An international group of astronomers, led by Martin Schlecker of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), has just announced a new study showing that this kind of planetary arrangement may be more common that previously known. The results suggest that rocky Earth-type planets – at least super-Earths as in this study – will often be accompanied by larger Jupiters orbiting further out, just like in our own solar system.
The findings are detailed in a new peer-reviewed paper that has been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. The latest version of the paper, submitted on October 13, 2020, is available on arXiv.
The research focuses on super-Earths in particular, rocky planets that are just a bit larger and more massive than Earth but significantly smaller and less massive than Neptune. New computer simulations suggest that these planets will often form in their solar systems along with Jupiter-like planets in outer orbits, reminiscent of the arrangement in our own solar system. As Schlecker said in a statement:
We call such gas giants cold Jupiters. They grow at a distance from the central star, where water exists in the form of ice.
The smaller, rocky worlds are referred to as dry super-Earths, with thinner atmospheres and relatively little water or ice. Even Earth is considered to be a dry planet overall, since the oceans and other water and ice only make up very little of the planet’s volume. Schlecker said:
Also, the Earth is, despite the enormous oceans and the polar regions, with a volume fraction for water of only 0.12%, altogether a dry planet.
Comparison diagram of the scenarios of how, according to the simulations, icy super-Earths (a) or rocky (ice-poor) super-Earths form together with a cold Jupiter (b). The mass of the original protoplanetary disk determines the result.
This cold Jupiter and dry super-Earth dynamic is therefore quite similar to what we see in our own solar system, except that our planet is just a bit smaller than a super-Earth. However, we don’t know yet if this is also true for planets actually about the same size as Earth as well, since the study focused more on super-Earths.
How did the researchers come to these conclusions?
They made a statistical evaluation of new computer simulations involving 1,000 planetary systems in the process of evolving around sun-like stars. According to Christoph Mordasini, a paper co-author from the University of Bern:
During the simulations, the planetary embryos collected material, grew into planets, changed their orbits, collided or were ejected from the system.
Such simulations support the investigation of exoplanetary systems, since planets like cold Jupiters require a lot of time to orbit their mother star in their wide orbits. Simulations, on the other hand, are in principle independent of such limitations.
Super-Earths come in a range of sizes, as shown in this artist’s concept.
Observations of actual planetary systems had found something surprising: ones with a cold Jupiter almost always had a super-Earth as well. Schleckler explained:
We wanted to verify a surprising finding following observations made in recent years that planetary systems with a cold Jupiter almost always contain a super-Earth.
But the simulations seemed to show something different, that only about 1/3 of cold Jupiters should also have a super-Earth in the same system. Synthetic solar system models appeared to have even less, with only 10% of them having both types of planets.
Why the discrepancy? Scientists have several ideas, but a main one has to do with the rate at which giant Jupiter-like planets gradually migrate inward closer to their stars. According to current planetary formation theory, this should result in more gas giant planets in intermediate orbits, between the outer solar system and the inner solar system. These warm Jupiters should interfere with the orbits of inner super-Earths and either collide with them or cause them to be ejected out of their planetary systems. But that is not what has been observed. Therefore, scientists think that the rate is probably slower than first thought, which would allow more super-Earths to remain in close orbits around their stars, just as has been observed many times now.
In that scenario, more planetary systems should end up having both Jupiters and super-Earths.
Jupiter as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in February 2019. The giant planet has long been thought to be a “bodyguard” of Earth, protecting it from asteroid impacts with its immense gravity.
Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ SwRI/ MSSS (Processing: Kevin M. Gill)/ APOD.
The results are fairly general in nature, since current observations have not yet been able to specifically categorize the differences between different super-Earths. Some are thought to be mostly rocky, while others may have global oceans, depending on their size and mass. Nevertheless, the results of the simulations show that many planetary systems should have both a cold Jupiter and a dry super-Earth, as stated by Schleckler:
We found a significant excess of planetary systems containing both a cold Jupiter and at least one dry super-Earth, i.e. with little water or ice, and a thin atmosphere at most.
Which planetary systems do end up having both depends largely on the mass of the protoplanetary disk, the huge rotating cloud of gas and dust that planets form from around a newborn star. Medium mass disks, for example, would have too little material to form either super-Earths in the inner solar system or cold Jupiters farther out. However, super-Earths could form in the outer regions of the system, and contain large amounts of ice. If a protoplanetary disk is massive enough, then it could form both super-Earths closer to the star and cold Jupiters farther out from the star.
The new simulations have made some interesting predictions for how many planetary systems should have both types of planets. But verifying them and reconciling them with current observations will take time. Two upcoming telescopes will be able to help do that, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) of the European Southern Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Schleckler said:
Theoretical predictions must be able to fail in the face of empirical experience. With the next-generation instruments that are about to be deployed, we will be able to test whether our model will hold up or whether we have to go back to the drawing board.
Martin Schlecker at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, lead author of the new study.
It will be interesting to see if these computer models hold up, or not. Our own solar system, for example, has a Jupiter, but no super-Earths. Instead we have good ol’ Earth, which is a little smaller than the planets that the study focused on. If the results are verified, does that mean there may also be many planetary systems with both a Jupiter and an Earth-sized world as well? Could well be, but we will just have to wait a bit to find out!
Bottom line: Planetary systems with both super-Earths and Jupiter-type planets may be common, according to a new study.
WATCH THE MOON PHOTOBOMB THE SUN IN THIS RIDICULOUS VIDEO
WATCH THE MOON PHOTOBOMB THE SUN IN THIS RIDICULOUS VIDEO
Talk about stealing the limelight.
THE SUN IS A STAR, one that is constantly in the spotlight. It's not easy to steal attention away from the giant burning ball of plasma that lights up our world, but another, rather smaller cosmic object tried anyway.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recently caught the Moon being cheeky, photobombing the Sun during its closeup view.
Perhaps nobody knows the Sun better than the scientists who operate the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The space observatory has been staring at the star non-stop for 10 years now, snapping a picture of the Sun every 0.75 seconds, and beaming it back to Earth for analysis.
Over the past decade, the observatory has captured 425 million high-resolution images of the Sun.
But on October 16, the space observatory found its view interrupted as it tried to capture our star in all its glory.
The Moon was trying to steal the spotlight from the shinning star.NASA
What the observatory captured instead was a lunar transit. This is when the Moon passes between the observatory and the Sun, blocking the satellite's view of the star.
This particular lunar transit lasted for about 50 minutes, between 3:05 p.m. and 3:53 p.m. Eastern. When it was at its peak, the Moon was covering around 44 percent of the Sun.
The Moon didn't just ruin the Sun's closeup — it also distorted the solar observatory's instruments. During the transit, the Moon covered two of the observatory's guidance sensors, which caused its view of the Sun to be slightly jumbled up for a few short seconds.
But once the Moon was out of frame, the Sun appeared in just as sharp detail as ever.
The video holds other curious information, too. It reveals two regions in the lower half of the Sun, one on each side, that appear to be active — coinciding with the beginning of Solar Cycle 25.
Every 11 years or so, the Sun begins a new solar cycle, which is typically marked by periods of violent eruptions and magnetic explosions that can send flashes of radiation into space.
Changes in the solar cycle are measured by changes in the Sun's activity. Periodically, our star ejects boiling-hot plasma, in the form of solar flares and solar wind, across the Solar System. Halfway through each cycle, the Sun's activity starts increasing, meaning more solar flareups and outflow of radiation from our host star. As the solar cycle winds down, the Sun becomes less active.
The latest solar cycle appears to have kicked off in December, 2019, and will peak in the year 2025.
Around that time, more regions of the Sun will appear to be flaring up with solar eruptions.
Let's hope the Moon will not attempt another photobomb around that time, blocking our view of our host star's raging activity.
HET MEEST ONVERWOESTBARE DIERTJE OP AARDE IS ZOJUIST NOG ONVERWOESTBAARDER GEWORDEN
HET MEEST ONVERWOESTBARE DIERTJE OP AARDE IS ZOJUIST NOG ONVERWOESTBAARDER GEWORDEN
Vivian Lammerse
Een nieuw soort beerdiertje blijkt een voor menig organisme dodelijke dosis ultraviolet licht prima te kunnen verdragen.
Beerdiertjes zijn niet kapot te krijgen. Je kunt ze blootstellen aan extreme hitte, invriezen, in een vacuüm stoppen of compleet uit laten drogen: het doet het beerdiertje weinig. Dit maakt hen dan ook een van de meest onverwoestbare diertjes op onze planeet. Maar het kan nog extremer. Onderzoekers hebben namelijk op een universitaire campus een voorheen onbekende soort aangetroffen. En dit beerdiertje weet zelfs raad met de meest dodelijke dosis ultraviolet licht.
Meer over beerdiertjes
Beerdiertjes zijn microscopisch kleine organismen die onder meer te vinden zijn in de grond en op planten. Ze bereiken een lichaamslengte van ongeveer een halve millimeter en een breedte van ongeveer 1/5 millimeter, waardoor ze met het blote oog bijna niet te zien zijn. Beerdiertjes komen wijdverspreid in de natuur voor. Een pluk mos kan bijvoorbeeld al zeker duizenden exemplaren herbergen. Daarnaast zijn het taaie rakkers. Je kunt ze bijvoorbeeld meer dan dertig jaar invriezen: na ontdooiingpakken ze hun leven gewoon weer op.
De onderzoekers baseren zich op tamelijk gruwelijke experimenten. In de nieuwe studie speurden onderzoekers van het Indian Institute of Science hun campus af op zoek naar beerdiertjes die ze vervolgens blootstelden aan extreme omstandigheden. “Het belangrijkste doel van ons project was om verschillende mechanismen voor de waargenomen stresstolerantie bij beerdiertjes te gaan begrijpen,” vertelt Sandeep Eswarappa in een interview aan Scientias.nl. De onderzoekers hadden toevallig een kiemdodende ultraviolette lamp in hun laboratorium staan. En dus besloten ze de onfortuinlijke beerdiertjes onder deze wrede lamp – die regelmatig gebruikt wordt om korte metten te maken met moeilijk te doden virussen en bacteriën – te leggen.
Dosis De meeste soorten beerdiertjes bleken nog aardig taai. Een dosis van 1 kilojoule per vierkante meter – een dosis die voor bacteriën en rondwormen al na vijf minuutjes fataal is – bleek pas na ongeveer een kwartiertje dodelijk voor de Hypsibius exemplaris. De meeste beerdiertjes stierven echter na 24 uur. Een vreemde, roodbruine soort wist zich verrassend genoeg staande te houden. De onderzoekers besloten daarom de dosis ultraviolet licht vier keer te verhogen. En ook deze keer gaven de mysterieuze beerdiertjes zich niet zomaar gewonnen. Ongeveer zestig procent van deze kranige beerdiertjes leefde na toetakeling nog zeker een maand door.
Nieuwe soort De onderzoekers realiseerden zich dat ze een nieuw soort beerdiertje hadden ontdekt, onderdeel van het geslacht Paramacrobiotus. En die zat gewoon in wat mos op een betonnen muur. “Het zijn vleesetende beerdiertjes,” karakteriseert Eswarappa. “We gaven ze rondwormen als voedsel en ze bleken over een enorme eetlust te beschikken. Onder laboratoriumomstandigheden planten ze zich voor door middel van parthenogenese (maagdelijke voortplanting, red.).” Overigens is het ontdekken van nieuwe soorten beerdiertjes niet heel gemakkelijk. “Soms kan een bepaald monster heel veel beerdiertjes bevatten en soms geen één,” legt Eswarappa uit. “Zodra we een gebied hebben gevonden waar we weten dat ze zitten, is het gemakkelijker om ze te isoleren. Maar tot op heden is dit een spel met vallen en opstaan.”
Blauw Om erachter te komen hoe dit weerbarstige beerdiertje in staat was om de dodelijke dosis ultraviolette straling te overleven, voerden de onderzoekers nog een aantal aanvullende experimenten uit. Door middel van fluorescentiemicroscopie namen ze de beestjes wederom onder de loep. Tot grote verbazing van het team werden de roodachtige beerdiertjes onder het UV-licht blauw. “Het meest verrassende aan de studie was toen we ontdekten dat de beerdiertjes onder het UV-licht oplichtten,” zegt Eswarappa. “Dit was bovendien cruciaal. Want het bracht ons tot de theorie dat de beerdiertjes fluorescentie gebruiken om zich te beschermen tegen UV-straling.” Fluorescerende pigmenten die zich waarschijnlijk onder de huid van de beerdiertjes bevinden, transformeren het UV-licht in onschadelijk blauw licht, zo schrijven de onderzoekers. En dus biedt dit een hoge mate van bescherming. Paramacrobiotus met minder pigment stierven daarentegen ongeveer 20 dagen na blootstelling.
Een blauw gekleurd beerdiertje.
Afbeelding: Suma et al., Biology Letters (2020)
Het lijkt er dus op dat de nieuw ontdekte soort beerdiertjes een zogezegd fluorescerend ‘schild’ gebruiken om dodelijke UV-straling te kunnen overleven. En hoewel dit indrukwekkend klinkt, blijft Eswarappa koel. “Eigenlijk is het niet heel verwonderlijk,” zegt hij ontnuchterend. “We weten dat beerdiertjes bestand zijn tegen heel wat stressvolle omstandigheden.” Om de doeltreffendheid van het fluorescerende schild nader te onderzoeken, ontdeden de onderzoekers verschillende exemplaren van de nieuw ontdekte soort van hun fluorescerende pigmenten en hevelden deze over naar de bekendere H. exemplaris en verschillende rondwormen. De diertjes met deze opgetuigde schilden leefden vervolgens bijna twee keer zo lang als de exemplaren zonder schild.
Waarom? De grote vraag is natuurlijk waarom het nieuw ontdekte beerdiertje over dit wonderlijke maar doeltreffende schild beschikt. “De beerdiertjes leven in het zuiden van India,” legt Eswarappa desgevraagd uit. “In de zomer worden ze daarom gebombardeerd met hoge dosissen UV-straling. Mogelijk gebruiken de beerdiertjes dus het fluorescerende molecuul als een schild om schadelijke UV-straling te absorberen en onschadelijk licht uit te zenden, waardoor ze zichzelf beschermen.” Kortom, de beerdiertjes hebben mogelijk een manier gevonden om hoge dosissen UV-straling te verdragen die kenmerkend zijn voor de hete zomerse dagen in Zuid-India.
Hoewel beerdiertjes al bijna 245 jaar bestudeerd worden en ons inmiddels meer dan 1200 soorten bekend zijn, blijven we nieuwe exemplaren en verrassend kranige kenmerken ontdekken. Dat het taaie diertjes zijn, moge duidelijk zijn. Maar wist je dat ze mogelijk toch een achilleshiel hebben? Want hoewel beerdiertjes één van de meest veerkrachtige en weerbarstige organismen zijn die op onze aarde voorkomen, blijkt dat ze ook een zwakke kant hebben.
WIST JE DAT…
…er mogelijk ook beerdiertjes op de maan te vinden zijn? Ze liftten mee met de Israëlische maanlander die in april 2019 op de maan crashte. En mogelijk hebben ze die crash overleefd…
BUITENAARDS LEVEN: WAARSCHIJNLIJKER EN DIVERSER DAN WE DACHTEN!
BUITENAARDS LEVEN: WAARSCHIJNLIJKER EN DIVERSER DAN WE DACHTEN!
Monique Siemsen
Grijze slanke mannetjes met zwarte ogen die allerhande snode plannen met de mensheid voor hebben. Dat is ons beeld bij buitenaards leven. Een ongeloofwaardig beeld, zo blijkt.
“Er zijn aardig wat planeten zoals de onze, ook in de Melkweg. Planeten die ongeveer net zo groot en net zo warm zijn als de aarde. Het lijkt me plausibel dat we daar dan ook bacteriën zouden aantreffen. Die zijn vrij simpel om te maken.” Aan het woord is professor in de Submillimeter-sterrenkunde dr. Floris van der Tak van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Van der Tak werkt tevens voor SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research.
Bacteriën zijn er als de kippen bij Hij gelooft in het bestaan van buitenaards leven, maar hoe moeten we dat voor ons zien? “We moeten wel wat onderscheid maken als we kijken naar de kansen op leven buiten de aarde. Als het gaat om bacteriën, dan lijkt me dat niet onaannemelijk. Dat is geen complex leven en ook op aarde, waren zij er relatief snel bij. De aarde bestaat zo’n 4,5 miljard jaar en wordt al sinds 4 miljard jaar bevolkt door bacteriën, die er in tegenstelling tot complexer leven zoals planten en dieren, dan ook als de kippen bij waren. Sterker nog: als het gaat om gewicht bestaat het menselijk lichaam uit voornamelijk menselijke cellen, maar als we kijken naar aantallen, dan bestaan we voornamelijk uit bacteriën.”
“Planten en dieren kent de aarde nog maar een half miljard jaar. Als we over buitenaards leven praten, lijkt me de kans het grootst, dat we het dus over bacteriën hebben. Er zullen betrekkelijk veel planeten zijn, waarop dat leven voor komt. Ga je kijken naar complexer leven, zoals inderdaad planten en dieren: tja, dat is toch wel bijzonder. De kans dat je dat gaat aantreffen op een andere planeet, wordt al een stuk kleiner.”
Aarde is bijzonder, maar niet uniek “En dan hebben we het tenslotte nog over intelligent leven. Je kunt er over debatteren wat dat dan precies is, maar we hebben het dan over een beschaving, die over techniek beschikt. Dat we dat hebben op aarde is heel bijzonder, maar ik moet zeggen dat het me zeer sterk lijkt dat de aarde de enige planeet is in het universum, waar dat trucje gelukt is. Er zullen wel degelijk nog andere planeten zijn met intelligent leven. Dat dit intelligent leven echt nergens anders gelukt is, nee, dat is echt onwaarschijnlijk.” Een concept dat wellicht lastig te bevatten is en Van der Tak denkt dan ook niet dat dit leven eerdaags voor een kopje suiker aan de deur komt. “De beelden die we hebben van aliens, ufo’s en area 51: dat lijken me schrik-fantasieën. Zo’n alien vind ik, met een aantal kleine aanpassingen, toch wel mens-achtig. Deze aliens hebben ook vaak een agressief imago. Dat komt wellicht omdat de mensheid zichzelf vrij vaak agressief heeft opgesteld als we bijvoorbeeld denken aan kolonisatie. Ook zouden ufo’s bij ons in de lucht zijn waargenomen, die zweven dan boven de grond en verdwijnen weer, waar ze vandaan komen. Dan kom je als intelligent buitenaards leven dus helemaal naar de aarde toe, heb je een immense reis afgelegd, om op 100 meter voor aankomst op de aarde te zeggen: ‘Kom, ik zoef weer terug naar mijn eigen planeet.’ Dat lijkt me niet handig. Na zo’n reis, wil je toch ook wel even landen op de plek van bestemming, lijkt me.”
Buitenaards leven mogelijk zeer divers “Ik schaar deze beelden onder de samenzweringstheorieën die we niet al te veel serieuze aandacht moeten geven. Hoe planten, dieren of zelfs intelligent leven er uit zal zien op een andere planeet, is namelijk sterk afhankelijk van de omstandigheden op die planeet. De levensvorm zal zich daaraan hebben moeten aanpassen. We zien al aan de diversiteit op onze planeet dat er heel veel mogelijk is! Is het er heel zonnig en droog, dan vergt dit een andere levensvorm dan een bergachtig landschap. Bij het eerste denk je aan reptiel-achtigen, de tweede vergt een goed ontwikkeld soort berggeit. En zijn er veel vulkanen, dan zijn er organismen, die tegen goed bestand zijn tegen zeer hoge temperaturen. Er is dus veel mogelijk als het gaat om leven op andere planeten.”
Radiostilte uit de ruimte Of de mensheid binnen luttele generaties in contact zal komen met intelligent buitenaards leven, daar zet de professor wat vraagtekens bij. “We hebben tot nu toe geen aanwijzingen gevonden dat er beschaving in onze buurt is. We luisteren nu al zo’n 100 jaar naar de ruimte en vangen geen radiosignalen op. Dat wil niet zeggen dat ze er niet zijn, maar wel dat ze niet in een nabijheid worden uitgezonden die aan te reizen is. Een planeet waar beschaving is, bevindt zich dus in ieder geval niet in onze buurt,” aldus Van der Tak.
Een leven in de wolken Wel tamelijk in de buurt zijn Mars en Venus. Beide planeten zouden mogelijk levensvatbaar kunnen zijn. Dat wil zeggen voor bacteriën. Niet voor die grijze kereltjes. Op Mars is er ondergronds water ontdekt en bevindt zich methaan in de atmosfeer. Op Venus is er door de telescopen op Hawaii en Chili een stof waargenomen die lijkt op fosfine. “Gaaf nieuws, dacht ik meteen. Maar daar is nog wel wat meer onderzoek voor nodig.” Van der Tak is gematigd hoopvol. “Fosfine is fosfor met waterstof en wordt op aarde geproduceerd door bacteriën. Nu is het natuurlijk de vraag of de waargenomen stof inderdaad fosfine betreft en zo ja, of dit dan wel echt van bacteriën afkomstig is. Chemici kunnen uitzoeken of de stof echt op geen enkele andere manier ontstaan kan zijn. Wat het enthousiasme tempert, is dat de stof in wolken hoog in de dampkring van Venus is aangetroffen. Nu kan dat wel, dat er bacteriën in de wolken leven. Dat gebeurt op aarde ook. Maar dat zijn dan grondbacteriën, die met de verdamping in wolken terecht gekomen zijn en het daar niet lang volhouden. Er is veel zonlicht, maar weinig voedsel. Of bacteriën op Venus wel een leven lang in de wolken kunnen leven, is nog maar de vraag.”
Wat een buitenaardse bacterie voor een mens betekent Kunnen ze dit echter wel, dan heeft dat tamelijk grote implicaties. “Mars en Venus zijn verder dan een uurtje lopen, maar in principe niet ver weg. Relatief gezien, zijn ze eigenlijk om de hoek. Dan denk ik dat het een goed idee is, als we er heen gaan en heel voorzichtig de bacteriën meenemen en onderzoeken.”
Het onderzoek naar buitenaards leven is van betekenis voor de mensheid, besluit de professor. “Ons DNA zijn koolstofketens die genetische informatie dragen. Als we buitenaards leven onderzoeken, kunnen we antwoorden op de vragen krijgen hoe het leven ontstaat. Wat is leven? Wat zijn wijzelf? Buitenaards leven kan ons, mensen, mogelijk veel vertellen over wat wij zijn. En dat is belangrijk.”
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Interview prof. dr. F.F.S. van der Tak, bijzonder hoogleraar Submillimeter-sterrenkunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen – SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
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252 MILJOEN JAAR GELEDEN VERDWEEN BIJNA AL HET LEVEN VAN DE AARDE - EN NU WETEN WE WAARDOOR
252 MILJOEN JAAR GELEDEN VERDWEEN BIJNA AL HET LEVEN VAN DE AARDE - EN NU WETEN WE WAARDOOR
Vivian Lammerse
Het begon allemaal met een flinke stijging van de concentratie CO2…
Het leven op aarde heeft een lange, maar ook uiterst turbulente geschiedenis. Meer dan eens stierven talloze soorten uit en kromp de reeds sterk ontwikkelde biodiversiteit opnieuw tot een minimum, waarbij de loop van de evolutie telkens veranderde. De grootste massa-extinctie ooit vond ongeveer 252 miljoen jaar geleden plaats. En nu krijgen we dankzij een nieuwe studie voor het eerst een uniek inkijkje in de belangrijkste gebeurtenissen die hebben geleid tot deze mega-catastrofe.
Vulkaanuitbarstingen De grootste massa-extinctie aller tijden markeerde het einde van het Perm-tijdperk en luidde het begin van het Trias in. Talloze dieren werden onverhoeds van de planeet weggevaagd: ongeveer driekwart van al het landleven en zo’n 95 procent van het leven in de oceaan verdween binnen slechts enkele duizenden jaren. Tot nu toe werden altijd gigantische vulkaanuitbarstingen in het huidige Siberië als schuldige aangewezen. Grote hoeveelheden methaan zouden uit de zeebodem de atmosfeer in zijn gepompt en voor onleefbare situaties hebben gezorgd. De exacte oorzaak en volgorde van de gebeurtenissen die tot de massale uitsterving hebben geleid, bleven echter zeer controversieel.
Schelpen Een team van onderzoekers heeft daar nu voor het eerst verandering in gebracht. In een nieuwe studie zijn ze in staat geweest om de hele cascade van gebeurtenissen nauwgezet te reconstrueren. Hiervoor gebruikten ze de schelpen van gefossiliseerde armpotigen. “Dit zijn mossel-achtige diertjes die al meer dan 500 miljoen jaar op aarde voorkomen,” legt onderzoeker Hana Jurikova uit. “We hebben voor onze analyses goed bewaard gebleven fossiele armpotigen gevonden in de Nieuw-Zeelandse Alpen gebruikt. Deze schelpen zijn 252 miljoen jaar geleden afgezet op de bodem van ondiepe gedeeltes van de Tethysoceaan en hebben de omgevingscondities kort voor, en aan het begin van, de massa-extinctie goed vastgelegd.”
Borium De onderzoekers concentreerden zich met name op verschillende isotopen van het element borium in de kalkhoudende schelpen. Hierdoor slaagde het team erin om de veranderingen van de pH-waarden in de 252 miljoen jaar oude oceaan te bepalen. Omdat de pH-waarde van zeewater nauw verbonden is met de CO2-concentratie in de atmosfeer, konden de onderzoekers tevens de veranderingen in de atmosferische CO2 aan het begin van de massa-extinctie in kaart brengen. Vervolgens gebruikten ze een innovatief model om de impact van CO2 op het milieu te bestuderen.
Tijdlijn De bevindingen tonen aan dat vulkaanuitbarstingen vanuit de toen nog actieve vulkanische vlakte die de Siberische Trappen wordt genoemd, enorme hoeveelheden CO2 naar de atmosfeer transporteerde. Deze grote CO2-uitstoot duurde enkele millennia en leidde tot een sterk broeikaseffect, met extreme opwarming en verzuring van de oceaan tot gevolg. Dramatische veranderingen in chemische verwering op het land veranderden de productiviteit en de kringloop van voedingsstoffen in de oceaan, waardoor uiteindelijk al de zuurstof uit de zeeën verdween. En dit werd tal van dier- en plantensoorten fataal. “We hebben te maken met een trapsgewijze tragedie waarbij de stijging van CO2 in de atmosfeer een reeks gebeurtenissen in gang zette die vervolgens bijna al het leven in de zeeën uitroeide,” aldus Jurikova. “Deze domino-achtige ineenstorting van onderling verbonden cycli en processen leidde uiteindelijk tot de waargenomen immense massa-extinctie op de grens tussen het Perm en het Trias.”
Toekomst Het onderzoek trekt ook sombere lessen voor onze toekomst. Want ook op dit moment zijn de CO2-concentraties in onze atmosfeer bijzonder hoog en verzuurt de oceaan in rap tempo. “De uitstoot van de vulkaanuitbarstingen uit die tijd is niet direct vergelijkbaar met antropogene koolstofemissies,” zegt Jurikva. “En in feite zijn alle moderne fossiele brandstofreserves niet in staat om gedurende honderden jaren evenveel CO2 in de atmosfeer te pompen als 252 miljoen jaar geleden. Het is echter wel verbazingwekkend dat de CO2-uitstoot van de mensheid momenteel veertien keer hoger is dan de jaarlijkste uitstoot op het moment van de grootste biologische catastrofe in de geschiedenis van de aarde.”
Hoewel de meteoriet-inslag van 66 miljoen jaar geleden die tevens het einde van het dino-tijdperk markeerde tot nu toe als bekendste massa-extinctie werd gezien, krijgen we nu dankzij de nieuwe studie ook meer inzicht in eerdere noodlottige en wereldwijde catastrofes. En zo lossen onderzoekers steeds meer mysteries uit de geschiedenis van de aarde op.
WIST JE DAT…
…de grootste massa-extinctie ooit ook leidde tot een soort biologische wapenwedloop? En deze mondde uit in warmbloedige zoogdieren en vogels. De overlevende dieren moesten zich namelijk zien te redden op een barre en onverbiddelijke planeet. En omdat een paar van de overlevenden op primitieve wijze al endotherm waren, moesten alle andere ook endotherm worden om zo te kunnen overleven in de nieuwe en snel veranderende wereld.
NASA’s upcoming news conference on October 26, 2020, promises “an exciting new discovery about the moon,” with references to the agency’s ambitious Artemis program, a plan to send the first woman and next man to the lunar surface in 2024.
NASA wants you to get excited about the moon … or more specifically, about a mysterious new science result the agency plans to unveil via a news conference on Monday, October 26, 2020, at 16:00 UTC (12 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time). Tune in below:
More details are expected to be announced during the news conference. A NASA statement promoting the event promises “an exciting new discovery about the moon” and references the agency’s ambitious Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts at the moon’s south pole in the year 2024.
What could it be? It’s possible the announcement relates to water ice around the moon’s south pole, considered a possible future resource for astronauts on the moon. Scientists have also predicted that – beneath the surfaces of Mars, Venus and our own moon – there are majestic volcanic caves, or lava tubes, formed by flowing magma and covered in tiny crystals. These lunar caves could provide shelter for future lunar explorers, and NASA has been testing an exploratory cave rover toward that end.
The announcement also relates to an airborne observatory, called the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, aka SOFIA. The observatory rides aboard a German-American aircraft that made its first flight in 2007. The telescope itself saw first light in 2010.
SOFIA is an infrared telescope packed aboard a modified 747 jet plane that carries its instruments up above most of Earth’s atmosphere, which offers some unique advantages. Earth’s atmosphere is both turbulent and turbid. For example, only radio and visible light pass easily through the different atmospheric layers, meaning that otherwavelengths of light, such asinfrared, are not easily captured using ground-based cameras. Infrared light, in particular, is absorbed at many wavelengths by water vapor in the Earth’s atmosphere, so most infrared telescopes are at high elevations in dry places, above as much of the atmosphere as possible. SOFIA’s instruments focus on infrared light, studying objects in our own solar system and beyond.
Unlike infrared telescopes in space – such as the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory (both now retired) – SOFIA is relatively easy to upgrade since it returns routinely back to Earth, where it’s operated and maintained as necessary at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. Each of the observatory’s flights last approximately 10 hours. SOFIA was grounded in mid-March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and only began flying again in mid-August, according to NASA statements. SOFIA has also struggled in the budgetary process over the past decade, as presidential budget requests have repeatedly selected the project for cancellation; Congress has reinstated it each time.
Naseem Rangwala, project scientist for the SOFIA mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California, will be one of four speakers during Monday’s news conference. She’ll be joined by Paul Hertz, who leads NASA’s astrophysics division; Jacob Bleacher, a chief exploration scientist; and Casey Honniball, an astronomy postdoctoral fellow.
Revisit this page on Monday for updated coverage on NASA’s new moon discovery!
Bottom line: NASA wants you to get excited about a mysterious new science result the agency plans to unveil via a news conference on Monday, October 26, 2020; the discovery comes from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
Earlier this month, Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez split the 2020 physics Nobel Prize for decades of work on black holes. Click here to learn more about their monumental achievement and about the history of our understanding of these exotic objects in space.
Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez. They are joint winners of 2020’s Nobel Prize in physics for their work on black holes.
Image via Nobel Media.
Earlier this month (October 6, 2020), the Nobel Prize in physics was announced for two groundbreaking discoveries in astrophysics, both centered on black holes. Half of 2020’s prize went to mathematician Roger Penrose of the University of Oxford “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.” The other half went jointly to Reinhard Genzelof the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and Andrea Ghez of University of California, Los Angeles, “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.”
It was a great moment for black hole physics as well as for the astronomy and astrophysics field in general. And it’s a wonderful time to contemplate the fascinating history of black hole science.
Black holes are exotic objects in space. The classic scenario for black hole formation centers on a massive star that runs out of the internal fuel it needs to shine. The star collapses under the pull of its own self-gravity, leaving behind a high-density, compact object with an immense gravitational pull. A black hole is a place in space containing an object so dense and so compact that it forms a region around itself from which light cannot escape. The boundary of this region is known as an event horizon. Once past a black hole’s event horizon, the gravitational pull of the hole is inexorable.
If there is material in space near the black hole – and if this material draws too close – it’s pulled inside. But it doesn’t just drop all at once into the hole; instead, it forms a glowing disk surrounding the black hole called an accretion disk. Friction within the accretion disk can heat the disk to billions of degrees, causing it to emit radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum. Thus, although no light can escape a black hole, astronomers can observe black holes in space via their accretion disks.
What’s more, in the process of conservation of angular momentum, black holes can cause outbursts which come out perpendicular to the accretion disk. These outbursts are called jets by astronomers, and they can propel material out into space at relativistic speeds, that is, speeds that are a significant fraction of the speed of light (186,000 miles or 300,000 km per second). Astronomers can study black hole jets, too, to learn more about black holes.
Development of theories of black holes
All of the above was theory, developed in the 20th century. Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, published in 1916, contained the seeds of the modern concept of black holes, although the first ever mention of a similar concept is found in 1783, when an English natural philosopher by the name of John Michell theorized the existence of massive objects from which light cannot escape.
Einstein’s theory of relativity discusses the curvature of space-time as a result of gravity. This curvature causes an object to move along a curved path equivalent to a straight line in the absence of gravity. The theory allowed for the existence of matter packed in small and infinitely warped space. The theory was published as The Field Equations of Gravitation in 1915.
While serving in the German Army during World War I, astronomer and director of the Astrophysical Observatory in Potsdam Karl Schwarzschild was the first to solve Einstein’s field equations. His solution successfully described how space-time is curved, not just around a planet or a star, but also around theoretical high-density masses, such as black holes. In the space around an object that’s dense enough, and massive enough, gravity is so strong that even light – the fastest-moving stuff in the universe at 186,000 miles (300,000 km) per second – cannot escape. Thus it was Schwarzschild who first conceived of the event horizon, or boundary region around a black hole. Today, physicists speak of the Schwarzschild radius, which is (basically) the radius of a black hole’s event horizon. Schwarzschild’s solution to Einstein’s field equations also elegantly explained the concept of a singularity – the central point of a black hole – a point in space where all the laws of physics break down.
At first, this concept was considered a mathematical curiosity. Scientists, including Einstein, had no idea such objects could exist in nature.
But 50 years later, in 1965, Roger Penrose, working with the great theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, showed that the black holes can indeed exist in nature and that they can form through a stable and robust process. And in fact, for some stars, black holes are the ultimate fate, an unavoidable outcome of stellar collapse.
The momentous work by Penrose and Hawking opened a new era in the study of black holes. Penrose’s work was also pivotal in showing how black holes emit energy through the Penrose process, in the form of jets and outbursts.
In the meantime, it was physicist John Wheeler who, in 1967, popularized the term black hole. Wheeler summarized Einstein’s equations as:
Space-time tells matter how to move; matter tells space-time how to curve.
Observations of black holes
Astronomers didn’t discover the first stellar-mass black hole – Cygnus X-1 – until after the middle of the 20th century. A 1964 rocket flight revealed Cygnus X-1 as one of the strongest sources of X-rays that had yet been seen from Earth. By the 1970s, most astronomers believed Cygnus X-1 was indeed a black hole. It’s now thought to be a black hole with a mass some 14.8 times that of our sun and an event horizon with a radius of around 27 miles (44 km). That’s in contrast to our sun’s radius of about 433,000 miles (696,000 km).
Stellar-mass black holes are hard to find because of their quiescent nature. They might display short and unpredictable outbursts when some passing material strikes their accretion disks, after which they might go quiet for decades.
That is why it took the discovery of supermassive black holes at the centers of most galaxies, including our own Milky Way, to give black hole science its real boost.
Left: Cygnus X-1 as observed by the Chandra X-ray observatory. Right: Artist’s concept of black hole accreting matter from its companion star.
Image via (left) NASA/ CXC/ SAO; (right) NASA/ CXC/ M.Weiss.
Supermassive black holes
Today, astronomers believe that most galaxies harbor supermassive black holes in their centers. Supermassive black holes have masses equivalent to millions to billions of solar masses and are believed to form in the centers of galaxies around the same time as the galaxy is forming. Over 100,000 supermassive black hole candidates have been observed to date, many more than the number of known stellar-mass black holes.
Among the many observed black hole candidates, the one at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy is called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*, pronounced Sagittarius A-star). Two independent studies carried out in the last 25 years, led by Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel – joint winners of half of 2020’s Nobel prize in physics – mapped the stars orbiting an invisible object at the center of our Milky Way. Using the powerful telescopes at Keck Observatory in Hawaii and the Very Large Telescope in Chile, the teams focused on one star known as S0-2. S0-2 orbits closer to our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole than any other observed star.
Knowing the orbital period of the star S0-2, its very elongated elliptical orbit and the distance of its closest approach to our galaxy’s central black hole enabled scientists to calculate the mass of Sgr A* as the equivalent of 4 million solar masses. The teams were able to observe two full orbits of the star S0-2 around the central black hole, which further bolstered their claims and also proved, through observations, what Einstein, Schwarzchild, and Penrose had predicted in theory about black holes.
The region around Sagittarius A* in the center of our galaxy. Left: X-ray (blue) and infrared emission (red and yellow). The inset (X-ray only) shows the hot gas captured by the central black hole, Sgr A*.
µImage via NASA/ UMass/ D.Wang et al./ NASA/ STScI. Right: orbits of stars in the galactic center observed over 15 years. Image via Andrea Ghez/ UCLA Galactic Center Group.
Further validation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity came when, on April 10, 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released the first-ever image of a black hole in the relatively nearby (by cosmic standards) galaxy known as M87, visible in the constellation Virgo. The gargantuan black hole in M87’s center weighs a whopping 6.5 billion solar masses. The galaxy M87 and its famous jet – an energetic outflow of high energy particles from its center – had been observed for several decades. However, this was the first ever successful attempt at direct imaging of its black hole. The image shows a bright ring formed by the bending of light at the boundary of the black hole’s event horizon, caused by its extreme gravitational pull.
A follow-up of these observations came in September 2020, when the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released more images of M87’s black hole taken in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. These images reveal interesting and exciting information about the swirling of the bright ring caused by bending of light, and also a crescent-like feature which seems to be changing its orientation over the period of observations, giving the ring an appearance of wobbling.
These latest images by the Event Horizon Telescope team have opened a new window to our understanding of the physics of black holes and their gravity.
With this new knowledge and the emergence of more advanced ground- and space-based telescopes and technologies in the next decade or so, we are on the cusp a new, exciting era in the research in black hole physics and astronomy. We still have no observational evidence whether normal physics is valid inside black holes. Future observations of black holes and their surroundings will very likely add greatly to our understanding of black holes and may bring us new theories in physics and astronomy.
Snapshots of the M87* black hole obtained through imaging / geometric modeling, and the Event Horizon Telescope array of telescopes in 2009-2017. The diameter of all rings is similar, but the location of the bright side varies.
Bottom line:The 2020 Nobel prize in physics went to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez for their groundbreaking work in the observation and theory of black holes. This article traces the history of our understanding of black holes.
Some UFO and alien encounters can be even stranger than usual. In some cases we have accounts that just seem on the surface to be particularly absurd and outlandish, often leaving us with no idea what to make of them. Such accounts can serve to generate much controversy and debate, and one of these is certainly the time a farmer in Wisconsin supposedly met a trio of aliens that gifted him some pancakes from space.
One of the weirdest UFO encounter cases I’ve ever come across started on the morning of April 18, 1961, in a rural area of Eagle River, Wisconsin. On this morning, a 60-year-old chicken farmer by the name of Joe Simonton sat down out on his porch to enjoy his breakfast on a calm, peaceful morning, but the day was about to deviate into the strange. As he sat there eating and looking out over his chicken farm, Simonton allegedly had his peace ruined by a loud sound like “knobby tires on wet pavement” coming from behind the house. It was an odd enough sound that he went back there to investigate, and it was then that he saw a silver disc measuring about 12 feet high and 30 feet in diameter and with something like come “exhaust pipes” on the side came down out of the sky to hover over his property, and as it did things would get even more bizarre.
According to Simonton, a hatch opened on the bottom of the otherworldly craft, and out crawled three little dark-skinned men about 5 feet in height, dressed in what looked like two-piece black suits, turtlenecks, and helmets sitting atop their heads. Simonton would say the strange little men were “Italian-looking,” and they were holding something that looked somewhat like a jug. The beings approached him and gestured with their jug, and although they were completely silent Simonton was hit by the strong message in his mind that they wanted him to fill it with water. He took the jug from them, which he described as “a beautiful thing, a Thermos jug-like bottle quite unlike any jug I have ever seen here on Earth,” and filled it with water, and as he was doing that two of the entities took out a device that was sort of like a flameless gas grill. When Simonton returned with the water, the aliens were hard at work purportedly cooking something on their little grill, which on closer inspection looked something like pancakes. The creatures then popped a stack of the “pancakes” off of the grill, each of them roughly 3 inches in diameter and perforated with small holes, and gave it to Simonton, before saluting him and getting back into their craft to fly off at such speeds that it was “gone in two seconds.” The farmer was left there with this stack of alien pancakes in his hands, and he would later tell reporters:
If that was their food, God help them, because I took a bite of one of them and it tasted like a piece of cardboard. If that’s what they lived on, no wonder they were small. … When they left I stood there in the driveway with a pile of greasy pancakes and my mouth open wondering what the heck I just saw, what happened.
Joe Simonton
Although it sounds far too weird to be true, amazingly there were other eyewitnesses who saw the same UFO fly over the area, and this caused the whole thing to draw the attention of the United States Air Force and the National Investigating Committee for Aerial Phenomena. The mysterious pancakes were analyzed by the Food and Drug Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, who came to the rather mundane conclusion that they were made up of hydrogenated fat, starch, buckwheat hulls, soya bean hulls and wheat bran. Did that mean they weren’t from aliens? No, but it certainly didn’t paint them as anything that proved they were from otherworldly beings either. As this was going on, the story was being picked up in newspapers, with many of the reports decidedly tongue in cheek, and Simonton and his space pancakes were becoming a sort of laughing stock. However, he stuck by his story, and the Air Force investigator Dr. J. Allen Hynek would come to the conclusion that the man at least really believed what he was saying. Hynek would say:
There is no question that Mr. Simonton felt that his contact had been a real experience. Simonton answered questions directly, did not contradict himself, insisted on the facts being exactly as he stated and refused to accept embellishments or modifications. He stated he was sure that we wouldn’t believe him but that he didn’t care whether he was believed. He stated simply that this happened and that was that. He appeared quite sincere to me, did not appear to be the perpetrator of a hoax.
Simonton with his alien pancake
An odd detail to the case that doesn’t seem to be mentioned too often in articles on the matter is that in the days after the encounter Simonton would claim that dozens of his chickens got suck and died. He was sure that it had to do with the UFO he had seen, and told a local Judge Frank W.Carter about it, who would then write:
Simonton informed me that 23 chicken died since April 18th and thought maybe I that may have been caused by the alleged Saucer. He sells eggs to customers in town here, and the sheriff, County Agricultural Agent and myself drove out, from a Health standpoint, to see IF the eggs might’ be affected by Radiatiol. We took one diseased chicken to a local vet who “thought” the chicken MIGHT be sick from Food deficiency, and becoming cannibals, pecking at each other I where feathers drop off and kill each other. No Geiger was used however.
Making it all even odder still was that there were many rumors surrounding the case, including one perpetuated by pulp flying saucer magazine publisher and UFO researcher Raymond Palmer, who put out the rather bizarre theory that Simonton had been hypnotized by an Eagle River real estate broker and the whole thing planted in his head as a part of a real estate scam to get the farmer off his property so that a “miniature Disneyland” could be built. Right. In the meantime, as far as the U.S. Air Force was concerned, the case was labelled as simply “unexplained,” and then sort of swept away and forgotten. Considering that the pancakes are ling gone and the case has mostly faded away, we are left to wonder just what went on here. Was this a hoax perpetuated by Simonton or some sort of delusion? Or was there perhaps something more to it all? We will probably never know, and it remains one of the weirdest alien encounter cases there is.
For decades, stories of alien abductions, UFO encounters, Flying Saucer sightings, and Area 51 have led millions of people to believe that extraterrestrials are secretly among us. But what if those same millions of people are all wrong? What if the UFO phenomenon has much darker, and far more ominous, origins than the realm of outer-space? Since 2007, I have been carefully and quietly investigating the strange world of a secret group buried deep within the U.S. Government nicknamed the Collins Elite. In 2010, my book, Final Events and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife was published and told the story of my findings. It is the belief of the group that far from being extraterrestrial in origin, our purported alien visitors are, in reality, deceptive demons and fallen-angels; the minions of Satan, who are paving the way for Armageddon, Judgment Day, and the reaping and enslavement of our very souls. It’s important to note that I do not personally adhere to the beliefs of the Collins Elite, as I have consistently noted in just about every interview I did for the book. I wrote the book for one reason: because I found it fascinating there was a group in government that fully believes the UFO issue is demonic and – quite literally – hellish.
I was prompted to investigate the story of the Collins Elite after speaking, in 2007, with a man named Ray Boeche, who is a priest and also a former State-Director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in Lincoln, Nebraska. Back in 1991, Ray was contacted by a pair of physicists who were working on a classified Department of Defense program to contact what were described to Ray as “Non-Human Entities”” or NHEs. Initially, the NHEs – contact with whom was done in a mind to mind fashion only, and in a way that paralleled the government’s remote-viewing programs of the 1970s and 1980s – were believed to have extraterrestrial origins. That view changed radically when a deep and dark atmosphere enveloped the group. There were near-endless runs of bad luck, people attached to the program died under mysterious circumstances, and the group ultimately came to believe that the NHEs were not ETs after all, but deceptive and deadly demons, seeking to manipulate and control us, the human race. The two physicists were deeply troubled by all this, hence the reason why they contacted Ray Boeche, to determine if he was able to offer advice and guidance, given his background as both a priest and a ufologist. When Ray told me all this – and much more too – it prompted me to dig further into the work of this mysterious, shadowy think-tank-type organization, which I learned went by the nickname of the Collins Elite. Whether it has a more formal title I still do not know.
Beyond any shadow of doubt at all, the strangest belief of the Collins Elite was that relative to the Roswell affair of July 1947. In what is certainly a unique fashion, they came to believe that nothing – extraterrestrial or otherwise – crashed at Roswell. Rather, the group concluded that the event was “staged” – a “Trojan Horse”-type event provoked by demons trying to deceive us into accepting the idea that vulnerable ETs had crashed at Roswell, and who were responsible for the wave of Flying Saucer encounters that gripped the nation in the summer of 1947. For the Collins Elite, the “alien debris” and “memory metal” said to have been recovered at the crash site on the Foster Ranch, New Mexico, were nothing less than the result of diabolical “demonic alchemy.” In other words, the group formed an opinion that these strange entities “weaved” the materials, then had it manifest on the Foster Ranch, thus creating the image of a crash of something exotic from the skies. But, what of the bodies said to have been found at the site? Well, the Collins Elite had an answer to that issue too. Their members claimed to have read reports suggesting that no literal bodies were ever found at Roswell – at all. Rather, they maintained that certain “biological materials” were recovered. Is it possible that some equally strange form of diabolical alchemy was at work to create not just the so-called memory-metal that a number of players in the Roswell saga described seeing, but also to generate a type of extraterrestrial Jackalope, a creature that looks real and that exhibits prime evidence of DNA, flesh, bone, and skin, but that is, in reality, nothing more than a brilliant piece of hoaxing? This is most certainly what the Collins Elite came to accept as – ahem – gospel.
A park worker took a video of what some people are describing as the Loch Ness Monster of China. The man, whose name is Xiao Yu, works at the Changbai Mountain scenic park in Jilin Province and that’s where he noticed something strange in the waters of Tianchi Lake (or “Heaven Lake”).
He videotaped the strange black round object that was floating on the lake’s surface. It appeared to be about seven feet in width and remained still in the water for numerous minutes. His footage has some people claiming that what he captured was the mysterious creature that is said to live in the lake. In fact, reports of the Heaven Lake monster date back to 1962 when a person claimed to have seen two of the monsters chasing each other in the water. Interestingly, there have been other alleged sightings of the monster in Kanas Lake that’s located in a valley in the Altai Mountains in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Changbai Mountain and Heaven Lake
Yu films footage on a daily basis in order to document the weather that he shares to his Douyin account (China’s version of TikTok). However, on the morning of October 20th he noticed something out of the ordinary. “…I went to the Heaven Lake to film footage as usual,” he told MailOnline, “I didn’t notice it at first, but I suddenly saw a black dot.”
Since he took the video at an elevation of 500 meters (1,640 feet) above the lake, the object appeared rather small but according to Yu it was actually quite big. The mysterious object remained still in the water for numerous minutes before Yu decided to leave the location and go back to work.
He went on to say, “I had similar sightings before but they were clearly fishing boats,” adding, “But this time, I could not tell what it was. It definitely wasn’t a boat.”
Another picture of Changbai Mountain and Heaven Lake.
The lake measures 1.9 square miles and is situated on the border between China and North Korea. While the military from North Korea would sometimes fish on the lake, visitors aren’t allowed to go down to it which raises the question of what exactly was in the water. “The area by the lake is completely closed to the public. There would be absolutely no one there,” Yu explained.
Did he actually videotape the elusive Heaven Lake monster? You can decide for yourself as the footage as well as a still photo can be seen here as well as on his Douyin account.
A worker at a national park has filmed what he believed to be the famous lake monster in north-eastern China.
Eerie footage captured by the man shows a black round object floating on the surface of the Tian Chi, or 'Heaven Lake', at the Changbai Mountain in Jilin Province.
The alpine lake is renowned for having a mysterious beast - the Chinese equivalent to the Loch Ness Monster - said to be first sighted nearly six decades ago.
The mountain caretaker, Xiao Yu, told MailOnline that he spotted the seven-foot-wide creature while patrolling the scenic spot yesterday morning.
Eerie footage captured by the employee, Xiao Yu, shows a black round object floating on the surface of the Tian Chi, or 'Heaven Lake', at the Changbai Mountain in northeast China
Since the first reported sighting in 1962, dozens of people claimed to have witnessed what is said to be the Heaven Lake monster.
Xiao Yu, who has worked at the Changbai Mountain National Park as a souvenir shop assistant for the past decade, said he saw the unusual object in the middle of the lake on Tuesday morning.
He has also been documenting the area's weather with videos which he shares daily on Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok.
'Yesterday, I went to the Heaven Lake to film footage as usual,' Xiao Yu, 28, told MailOnline. 'I didn't notice it at first, but I suddenly saw a black dot.'
The footage, filmed from a viewing platform 500 metres (1,640 feet) above the lake, shows the black circular object remaining still on the water surface.
Xiao Yu, who has worked at the Changbai Mountain National Park as a souvenir shop assistant for the past decade, said he saw the foreign object in the middle of the lake on Tuesday
The park worker can be heard saying: 'An unknown object appeared at the Heaven Lake. The black spot looks small [on the video] but it is actually fairly big.'
The 'mysterious beast' remained visible for several minutes while the mountain caretaker was filming the video. He eventually left and headed back to work.
'I had similar sightings before but they were clearly fishing boats,' Xiao Yu added. 'But this time, I could not tell what it was. It definitely wasn't a boat.'
The protected lake, covering 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 square miles), lies on the border between China and North Korea.
The North Korean military would fish on the lake occasionally, the Chinese worker said, but visitors to the national park are strictly forbidden from entering the area.
'The area by the lake is completely closed to the public. There would be absolutely no one there,' Xiao Yu added.
Rumour of the monster in Heaven Lake started in 1962 when an observer reportedly saw two of the monsters chasing each other in the water using a telescope.
Another China's legendary lake monster is said to have been spotted in Kanas Lake, a freshwater lake situated in a valley of Altai mountain in Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region in north-west China.
Filer’s Files 43, 2020 Biological Weapons - PART I
Boomerang over Tampa, Florida on October 16, 2020
Filer’s Files 43, 2020 Biological Weapons - PART I
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
In special reports, this week’s files cover: Russia Says Underwater UFOs/USOs Are Real, A Different Shape for UFOs, Operation Highjump, Media UFO Cover-up, China Biological Weapons Attack
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Florida, Georgia, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Brazil, Canada, Eire, 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.
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Special Projects
Russian Make UFO Disclosure Statement – Underwater UFOs/USOs Are Real
Underwater Extraterrestrials: Declassified Russian Navy Records Say They’re Real!
The declassified documents contain Soviet era reports detailing many cases of possible USO encounters. Former naval officer and Russian UFO researcher Vladimir Azhazha believes these documents are of great value
Unidentified submerged objects (USOs) are not as famous as UFOs although they are often encountered, according to declassified Russian Navy records. The common trait of all USO phenomena is that they involve unexplained and technologically advanced objects, far superior to anything we’ve ever built.
One of the most interesting cases he examined involved a nuclear submarine on a combat mission in the Southern Pacific. During the routine operation, the submarine detected six unknown objects travelling in formation at speeds in excess of 230 knots (265+ mph). In comparison, the fastest submarine was the Soviet K-222, which reached about 44 knots (51 mph).
The submarine’s sonar determined the objects were heading straight for it so the captain gave the order to surface. The USOs followed them to the surface then flew away. Similar instances have been reported in the region of the Bermuda Triangle, as retired submarine commander Yuri Beketov recalls. On-board instruments often malfunctioned, indicating the presence of strong interference. Many believe this is a clear sign of USO/UFO presence.
“On several occasions the instruments gave reading of material objects moving at incredible speed. Calculations showed speeds of about 230 knots, or 265 mph. speeding so fast is a challenge even on the surface. But water resistance is much higher. It was like the objects defied the laws of physics. There’s only one explanation: the creatures who built them far surpass us in development,” said Beketov.
Both UFOs and USOs seem to concentrate wherever military operations occur, indicating their interest in humanity’s military arsenal.
Another USO hotspot is Lake Baikal in Russia. The world’s deepest freshwater lake has always had a certain mysterious nature and fishermen tell tales of lights being spotted in its deep waters. Multiple folk tales describe swimmers being dragged down by creatures lurking beneath Baikal’s calm waves.
Another of the Russian documents described the encounter between a group of military divers and several humanoid beings in silver suits. The divers were training in Lake Baikal at a depth of 150 feet (50 meters) when they came upon a group of unknown creatures. The divers went deeper in the pursuit of the humanoids. Three men were killed, while the other four were severely injured.
Vladimir Azhazha believes the issue should be thoroughly investigated.
“I think about underwater bases and say: why not? Nothing should be discarded,” says Azhazha. “Skepticism is the easiest way: believe nothing, do nothing. People rarely visit great depths. So it’s very important to analyze what they encounter there.”
Geraldo Fuentes writes, Petroglyphs in the Oklahoma panhandle describe them as “. Roman records call them “flying shields”. They have even been compared to huge Mexican hats and flying saucers. Disc shape UFOs have been the dominant style of sightings for a long time. It’s what we typically think of when we hear the word “UFO”.
In the last few decades, UFO sightings have included some huge triangles, wedges or “v” shapes, orbs and globes of light.
Now it’s cylinders, tubes or “cigar” shaped UFOs that are chic and high on the Paparazzi list. This “minimalist” design makes me feel uneasy… the simplicity of a silver metal cylinder seems to contradict the complexity of interplanetary space travel — at least as I can imagine it. But what else could they be?
The tubular type of space vehicle, if that’s what it really is, has been around for a while. It has been a frequent UFO shape described by airline pilots for a couple of decades. The wingless, cigar shaped object is often described as being metallic black or a dirty silver, windowless and sometimes trailing a greenish light from its stern. Their large size seems to confine them to higher altitudes. They are seldom seen near the Earth’s surface. Estimates of their length varies from hundreds of meters to over a kilometer. They can hover for hours then rapidly accelerate. These cigar shaped objects have even been observed harboring smaller, saucer shaped craft and orbs. Here are two typical sightings of cigar shaped UFOs: UFO Crashes into the Arctic Sea
WikiLeaks/FSB
A UFO crashed through the Arctic ice 6 years ago, and has been operating in the Arctic sea ever since, according to newly released documents made available from State Dept. e mails, by way of the FSB’s WikiLeaks division.
The villagers of Igloolik, Nunavut were asleep when a streak quickly crossed the sky and struck the ice with a bang. 200 villagers came out their doors, but there was nothing to see except black water steaming and bubbling through a round, 10 meter hole in the ice. It was a night late in November 2010 and no one wanted to linger long outside in the middle of a dark night. The truth of what had happened was almost unimaginable.
A UFO crashed through the Arctic ice 6 years ago, and has been operating in the Arctic sea ever since. This according to newly released documents made available from State Dept. e mails.
This is not the first time that the Canadian Navy has been forced to investigate UFO phenomena. The Shag Harbor UFO incident was the reported impact of an unknown large object into waters near Shag Harbor, a tiny fishing village in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 4, 1967. At least eleven people saw a low-flying lit object head towards the harbor at about 11:20 p.m… Multiple witnesses reported hearing a whistling sound “like a bomb”, then a “whoosh”, and finally a loud bang. The object was never officially identified, and was therefore referred to as an unidentified flying object (UFO) in Government of Canada documents. The initial report was made by local resident Laurie Wickens and four of his friends. Driving through Shag Harbor they spotted a large object descending into the waters off the harbor.
Once at a better vantage point, Wickens and his friends saw an object floating 1000 feet offshore. Wickens contacted the RCMP detachment and reported he had seen a large airplane or small airliner crash into the waters off Shag Harbor. The Canadian military became involved in a subsequent rescue/recovery effort. Assuming an aircraft had crashed, within about 15 minutes, 10 RCMP officers arrived at the scene as the object started to sink and disappeared from view. But by the next morning, the RCMP had determined that no aircraft were missing. Divers allegedly claimed they spotted a UFO conducting repairs at the bottom of harbor. The cause of the incident was never solved by the Canadian authorities.
Operation Highjump
Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1928 as he leads a team of explorers to the coldest continent on Earth to map the region and claim large tracts offer his explorations of Antarctica using airplanes and other modern technical resources. Byrd was afterward promoted to rear admiral for this achievement.
Admiral Byrd in an interview with Lee van Atta of International News Service aboard the expeditions command ship, the USS Mount Olympus, discussed the lessons learned from Operation Highjump which had been terminated unexpectedly by the US Navy. The interview appeared in the Wednesday, March 5, 1947 edition of the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, and read in part as follows:
Admiral Richard E. Byrd warned today that the United States should adopt measures of protection against the possibility of an invasion of the country by hostile planes coming from the Polar Regions. The admiral explained that he was not trying to scare anyone, but the cruel reality is that in case of a new war, the United States could be attacked by planes flying over one or both poles. This statement was made as part of a recapitulation of his own polar experience, in an exclusive interview with International News Service.
USS Mt. Olympus
Talking about the recently completed expedition, Byrd said that the most important result of his observations and discoveries is the potential effect that they have in relation to the security of the United States. ‘The fantastic speed with which the world is shrinking — recalled the admiral — is one of the most important lessons learned during his recent Antarctic exploration. I have to warn my compatriots that the time has ended when we were able to take refuge in our isolation and rely on the certainty that the distances, the oceans, and the poles were a guarantee of safety.’
Admiral Byrd in an interview with Lee van Atta of International News Service aboard the expeditions command ship, the USS Mount Olympus, discussed the lessons learned from Operation Highjump follows:
Ice-covered continent was in fact Atlantis that literally was sunk or hidden under the ice. Hitler sent an expedition in late 1938 and 1939 to Antarctica and built a base to launch aerial reconnaissance flights and submarines. Talking about the recently completed expedition, Byrd said that the most important result of his observations and discoveries is the potential effect that they have in relation to the security of the United States. ‘The fantastic speed with which the world is shrinking — recalled the admiral — is one of the most important lessons learned during his recent Antarctic exploration. I have to warn my compatriots that the time has ended when we were able to take refuge in our isolation and rely on the certainty that the distances, the oceans, and the poles were a guarantee of safety.’
At the end of World War II many Nazis escaped from Germany and traveled to Antarctica. In 1947 Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal sent a naval task force to Antarctic including Admiral Nimitz, Admiral Krusen and Admiral Byrd, called “Operation Highjump”. It was touted to be an expedition to find “coal deposits” and other valuable resources, but in actuality they were trying to find the underground base of the Nazis (Aryans) in Neuschwabenlandt.
According to Commander Bethune the pilot who flew Admiral Byrd a secret war was fought with heavy Navy loses caused by strange disc shaped craft
returned Douglas DC-3 R4D was 3 HOURS LATE. It was stated that he had “lost an engine” and had had to throw everything overboard except the films themselves and the results of magnetometer readings in order to maintain altitude long enough to return to Little America. Commander Bethune claimed there was a meeting with Nazis, Aryans, and Admiral Byrd to abstain the advanced technology but the Nazis refused. This is most certainly the time when he met with representatives of the Aryans and a contingent of Nazis. The task force came steaming back with their data which then became classified “Top Secret”.
Soviet Submarines Pursued by UFOs
Dr. Bruce Maccabee writes, “The following story was told to me by Dr.Vladimir Azhazha, (One the Leading Russian Experts on UFOs) while we were both attending a UFO symposium in Japan in 1990.”
“On one occasion a Soviet nuclear submarine, which was on a combat mission in the Pacific Ocean, detected six unknown objects. After the crew failed to leave behind their pursuers by maneuvering, the captain ordered to surface. The objects followed suit, took to the air, and flew away.”
Azhazha said that the captain of this sub assumed the objects were American subs. When he couldn’t shake them by maneuvering he decided to surface under the assumption that they would also and there would be communication during which time the captain could tell the Americans to “get lost.” Instead, when the captain and a crew member reached the sail (top) of the surfaced submarine he was astonished to see the objects rise out of the water and fly away. According to Azhazha the captain eventually became an admiral. He would not say the admiral’s name, but said it began with the letter “K”.
The Navy article stated: “On several occasions the instruments gave reading of material objects moving at incredible speed. Calculations showed speeds of about 230 knots, of 400 kph. Speeding so fast is a challenge even on the surface. But water resistance is much higher. It was like the objects defied the laws of physics. There’s only one explanation: the creatures who built them far surpass us in development,” Beketov said. Thanks to Dr. Bruce Maccabee.
Editor’s Note: Russian Submarines are now patrolling off the US Eastern Coast where an underwater UFO base is alleged to be located.
Media UFO Cover-up
Giant Boomerang Depiction
Poughkeepsie—More Proof of Media UFO Cover-up, reporter Greg Boone recounted his UFO experience while employed at the Poughkeepsie Journal newspaper in New York State. On August 25 1985, Boone, along with 10 other newsmen, received word from a photographer that a huge, boomerang-shaped UFO was slowly flying over the area. The photographer stated that the craft was headed south and it might be visible from the third-floor office windows.
The ten journalists rushed to the windows and watched in amazement as a dark shape with amber and red lights and about 100ft above the ground, slowly approached their building. “This thing got HUGE and believe it or not flew right over top of us by about 40 ft,” Boone recalled. “It had to be 200ft wide and was jet black.” Boone and his colleagues were certain that they had the story of the century.
“We had access to AP, Gannett etc. and USA Today which we mainly put out. No word came down from on high that not one word was to be mentioned.” Solid object, hovered, maneuvered, seen by tens of thousands, pictures taken, and no mention anywhere.
“The next day, some ‘menacing’ chaps showed up in our editorial office. I got in trouble for staring back just as menacingly. That night at the local watering hole where I would sit and do sketches after work another big menacing fellow waltzes in with a stack of papers and pictures eight inches high. Slams them on the bar and bellows a threat: ‘So! Somebody in here wanted to talk about UFOs?’
“He made a big mistake. My high school and college chums were at the bar that night and saw the huge boomerangs that were menacing. He was ceremoniously ushered out of the bar by about 3,000 pounds of very angry citizens.” Secret Black Projects of the New World Order by Tim Swartz
China Biological Weapons Attack
Philippine Fishing boat attacked by China
Communist nations often launch attacks when least expected like the Soviet Union moving nuclear armed missiles into Cuba in 1962 A Philippine fishing boat is sunk in its own territorial waters by increasingly predatory Chinese ships. The Chinese laser attack on a U.S. Navy aircraft flying over international waters on February 17, 2020, was unprovoked, unprofessional, and unsafe. Twenty Indian soldiers are murdered in a surprise cross-border attack: Jun 17, 2020, by the People’s Liberation Army.
The United States accused China of putting well more than a million minority Muslims in “concentration camps”. Peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong are beaten bloody by riot police on Beijing’s orders. A hundred unprecedented wildfires burning in the West Coast far above the normal number .Numerous persons were charged with arson. Officials continue to battle fires in most of the West Coast states.
Many Fires started by directed energy weapons
Large flashes from space satellites staring fires have been reported Newswars.com claims Beams of Light have been spotted starting West Coast Fires as Pentagon warns that China has weaponized spaceYouTube DUTCHSINSE captures what appears to be directed energy weapons on satellite imagery.
Within days of the occurrence, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper revealed China and Russia have satellites equipped with “directed energy weapons and more”.
High number of tornadoes and the greatest number of hurricanes to hit the US suggest China is using HAARP or (High-Frequency Active Auroral Research) to affect the weather and spread the drought.
China is also conducting clandestine biological weapons-related research and has failed to disclose past offensive germ weapons work, according to the U.S. a State Department report on Biological Weapons.
Biological weapons are toxic materials produced from pathogenic organisms (usually microbes or viruses) or artificially manufactured toxic substances that are used to intentionally interfere with the biological human systems. As of April, Nearly 1,300 people who died of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected,
World powers are no longer so eager to sit back and let Chinese President Xi Jinping walk all over them.
Australia’s farmers and miners are hit with trade sanctions after Canberra suggests that the virus, which came out of China, may have come from a China laboratory.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has apparently decided that now is the time to assert dominance over an economically prostrate post-pandemic world. But instead of just rolling over, a growing number of nations are fighting back.
India, for one, is clearly not intimidated. In response to China’s unprovoked attack, the largest democracy in the world has moved 30,000 troops to the Himalayan border. Many Indians are now boycotting “Made in China” products, a task made easier because online retailers like Amazon have been ordered by New Delhi to tell buyers where products are made. The Hindustan News claims China murdered 20,000 Indian troops.
Meanwhile, the people of the Philippines are up in arms over China’s expansionism into areas of the South China Sea claimed by Manila.
Hong Kong Riots
The sight of the 7.3 million free people of Hong Kong being crushed under the heel of the Communist boot is one the world will not easily forget. It has already prompted UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to offer British citizenship to 3 million Hong Kongers, not to mention take a tougher line toward China itself.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has apparently decided that now is the time to assert dominance over an economically prostrate world.
Negative perceptions of China have increased sharply in many of the world’s advanced countries, especially in Australia and Britain, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center released Tuesday.
The survey conducted across 14 countries showed a majority of people had an unfavorable view of China.
Biological Warfare Weapons
India is now the second country to surpass seven million coronavirus cases after the United States as of May 19. .the official message from where the virus started is the “heroic city of Wuhan” is back to normal and back in business, its schools and tourist sites reopened and its enterprises running at full capacity.
China has a surprisingly low level of Coronavirus disease among its people that started in Wuhan has not spread to Shanghai or Beijing its largest cities.
The Coronavirus is not the first serious disease from China. A Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus called SARS in Asia in February 2003. Allegedly it escaped from a military laboratory causing thousands of deaths in China. The mounting death toll exacted by SARS in China has triggered speculation that the virus could ultimately be traced back to a leak from military bio-weapon programmers. The illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained. The most recent human cases of SARS-CoV infection were reported in China in April 2004 in an outbreak resulting from laboratory-acquired infections killing 800 people in China
Although most reports favor a natural origin for SARIS as a bio-weapon link should not be ruled out, according to Mr. Richard Fisher, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington-based think-tank.Antibody (CBL-rAb-1570FY), Human IgG (CAT#: CBL-rAb-1570FY) is effective for treatment of SArs
‘While there is no reported evidence that SARS is indeed a weapon, there are plenty of ways that a real weapon with the properties of SARS could prove decisive in a military conflict,’ he said.
SARs is likely the basis for the latest coronavirus according to Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng’.
Ms Stephanie Lieggi, an East Asia expert at the California-based Centre for Nonproliferation Studies, said: ‘I have seen nothing in recent reports that would support any connection between SARS and biological weapons. The new coronavirus ‘ is likely a much stronger version of SARS.
But it is exactly the innocuous nature of SARS that could make it militarily useful for someone wanting to sow panic and prompt political instability, Mr. Fisher argued.
‘A seemingly ‘natural’ epidemic would lessen suspicion of the main ‘enemy state’ by the target country and its main allies,’ he said.
According to US intelligence sources, the People’s Liberation Army does have an offensive biological weapons program.
Biological weapons include viruses and toxins that can be used in wartime to kill or disable. Communist mission has always been to destroy democracy and this virus has killed millions worldwide.
The Washington Times quoted a senior Trump administration official in May alleging that China is engaged in a covert biological weapons program that includes building arms capable of attacking ethnic groups with pathogens.
“We are looking at potential biological experiments on ethnic minorities,” the official said on the condition of anonymity. For example blacks and Latinos seem more prone to get the corona virus. The Chinese may carry genes that make them more immune to this particular biological weapon. Only 50,000 cases and 15,000 dead in China compared to over a eight million cases in the US 219,916 deaths.
A Chinese general, Zhang Shibo, stated in a 2017 book, “New Highland of War,” that biotechnology advances were increasing the likelihood of offensive bioweapons, including the danger of “specific ethnic genetic attacks.” A report by the Chinese military’s National Defense University in 2017 included a section warning that biology is a new domain of warfare and that a future germ conflict could include “specific ethnic genetic attacks”. China is currently a signatory of the Biological Weapons Convention.
Chinese various DNA are different from other peoples. This can be an advantage in biological warfare in protecting your civilization from catching the disease. .
Kanatjan Alibekov, former director of one of the Soviet germ-warfare programs, said that China suffered a serious accident at one of its biological weapons plants in the late 1980s. Alibekov asserted that Soviet reconnaissance satellites identified a biological weapons laboratory and plant near a site for testing nuclear warheads. The Soviets suspected that two separate epidemics of hemorrhagic fever that swept the region in the late 1980s were caused by an accident in a lab where Chinese scientists were weapon zing viral diseases.[12]
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stated that she had received reports regarding transfers of dual-use items from Chinese entities to the Iranian government.
China’s extensive work with viruses, including laboratory research on bat corona viruses, has fueled concern that the virus that causes COVID-19 may have escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan.
Once released on the public large numbers of carriers were sent to numerous countries around the world including Italy where the decease spread throughout the world.
The Chinese government has denied that the coronavirus escaped from a laboratory.
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said this year that U.S. intelligence agencies were investigating whether the virus escaped from a Wuhan lab or originated naturally.
While key leaders in the US, UK, France, Italy, and Sprain have gotten sick none of the key leaders in China’s military nor government leaders have gotten sick suggesting they have some sort of built in immunity which is the mark of a biological weapon.
Dr Li Meng-Yan, who defected to the US after claiming she was being muzzled by China, She stated, “I need everyone to understand this is very critical for all of us.” She was lucky to escape once she found the weapon system. She published a report alleging the virus was created in a lab. Dr Li Meng-Yan, who defected to the US after claiming she was being muzzled by China, published a report alleging the virus was created in a lab.
The virologist claims lives could have been saved if the Chinese government hadn’t censored her work
Dr Yan is formerly a specialist at Hong Kong’s School of Public Health who said her supervisor first asked her to investigate a new “SARIS-like” virus in Wuhan on December 31 — but claims her efforts were later stifled.
After reportedly being told she would “be disappeared” if she spoke out, she fled to the United States.
She wrote that the coronavirus could have been “conveniently created” within a lab setting over a period of just six months.
She adds: “SARS-CoV-2 shows biological characteristics that are inconsistent with a naturally occurring, zoonotic virus.”
Naturally those virologists paid by China question her accusations. Real evidence of artificial manipulation and is highly speculative.”
U.S. intelligence agencies recently increased their knowledge of China’s covert biological weapons program with the help of a second defector from the People’s Liberation Army, according to people familiar with the incident.
The defector escaped from China and traveled to Europe, where he is under the protection of a European government security service, according to the sources. The PLA defector believes that Chinese intelligence has penetrated the U.S. government and is therefore wary of cooperating with the CIA and other Western spy agencies.
Still, the defector has provided some information about China’s biological arms program that has reached the U.S. government. No other details of the defection could be learned.
Letter from in Philadelphia
Hi George! David P. Calabro here writes, “On October 8, 2020, Trump was interviewed by Maria Bartriromo on Fox Business channel and said that the federal govt. now has a UFO task force approved to study and communicate with UFO extraterrestrials if they land on earth! Wow! This is besides the Space Force that our federal govt. has. Trump is moving fast on space projects and admitted about Aliens from other worlds and space craft UFO’s. This is great, the guy is great! He is the first one to do this George! If the American people don’t vote for him they are dumber than I thought. He just got cured of the corona virus and so are others! The Democrats should vote for the President on just those two facts I just told you!! They don’t know that they are actually voting for socialist communist party not for democrats. Do you see what I mean? Kamala Harris is a socialist, Bernie Sanders is a socialist, Antifa is communist socialist, but Biden keeps saying that he is a Democrat but he is the last of the democrat dinosaurs! There is no more democrat party! it’s Bernie Sanders socialist Communist Party. Thanks to .David P. Calabro ” author of ” The Meaning Of Life In A Nutshell”
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Filer’s Files 43, 2020 Biological Weapons - PART II
Boomerang over Tampa, Florida on October 16, 2020
Filer’s Files 43, 2020 Biological Weapons - PART II
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
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UFO Sightings in the United States
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California Object
Los Angeles – – Use of crop circle tones through a Bluetooth speaker and several hour of meditation one object appeared in the northwest horizon on May 28, 2020. While the object moved around my green laser pointer, I managed to video the object with my iPhone. I heard voices of Love coming in my head throughout the whole experience. The duration of the whole event last until dawn. Afterwards my forehead hurt for several days. I put up Wyze cameras in the back porch in June and started to get many orbs flying around my back porch. I have been catching the orbs and objects on a weekly basis. I know infrared cameras catch things that the human eye can’t see…
Florida Boomerang
Tampa– On October15, 2020, it came from behind my building, which is north. I was sitting on my balcony looking up at the clear sky, looking at the star constellation Ryan’s Belt when this light grey figure crossed my line of vision. I realize the shape was defined, very light luminous grey, no noise at all. Was not going very fast and was traveling in a straight line. It was less than a minute. I could not see it as it traveled south due to the building in from of my apartment. I went online to see if I could find any images of similar sightings and I found one that looked similar as far as shape and dim grey glow but the one attached looks like transparent clouds, my sighting looked solid & smooth and had a perfect shape. If I had to guess, it was /50 ft on each side of the V shape with 30-40 ft in width. Like I said, it was traveling south and that’s where MacDill Air Force base is,
Georgia Lights
Augusta– On October5, 2020, I was driving down the road to my mom’s house, and saw this thing in the sky. It seemed too low for a plane and really big. I got video on my phone, but really the video does it no justice as to how big it was.
It had four or five lights. A couple that were red, and a few white, that all blinked. It went the opposite direction of me, and then to my left. The light I was sitting at turned green, so I kept driving. Not sure what happened after that.
New York Light
Rona— I was looking out my window at around 3:50 am since it was a rather clear night and the stars were visible, nothing happened for a few minutes when as I was looking at a cluster of stars the craft just appeared and flew in a straight line above my house, it wasn’t like anything I’ve seen before. I have seen lights in the sky of many variations but I have never seen something so large, it was either black or reflective (hard to tell since it was really dark and appeared out of nowhere) and was in a smooth boomerang shape from what I could tell, there were two white lights on each side and a faint glowing trail that quickly disappeared behind it. Rome – On October15, 2020, recorded at around 4:30am
Oklahoma Object
Tulsa– On October 9, 2020, I was taking photos of an AWACS plane that was flying over my house Captured object in “live action photo: on my I Phone. The picture also has the 1.5 seconds before the actual photo was taken. However I don’t know if this function is included when sharing the photo or if it’s just the still photo. I have 4 pictures and the object is only in the first.
When the live action photo is played on the IPhone the object is moving very very fast from East to West in the Northern sky.
Oregon Lights
Newberg– On October14, 2020, 6:09 am Newberg Oregon. I took my 2 dogs out to pee. I noticed the stars out; it was still dark outside, cold and clear with some light thin clouds in the sky. I noticed some star constellations, they were very bright. First Orisons Belt, then I looked left and saw one of the dippers. Then looked toward the west and saw over 30 stars in a row. A straight line and the line were moving. An example is an open strand of pearls. And if you were pulling them in a straight line. They were moving toward 30degrees. There was a cloud I could not see through, a thin cloud. I was not able to see them once they moved behind the cloud. I told my husband in a frantic tone “there are UFO’s in the sky” I ran downstairs to film. I tried videoing the lights, 3-5 times, but it was so dark and they were not showing up. Maybe with good photo editing, they can be seen. Anyway, my husband ran outside and watched as the last 20-30 were heading into the cloud bank. What was really strange (it was all strange) the last light was not at the same distance as all the other lights before it in line. It was “falling behind”. Then it got light out within a few minutes and it was over.
Washington Flying Object
STRANGE SHAPED OBJECT PHOTOGRAPHED OVER COUGAR MTN NEAR BELLEVUE, WA.
Description:I saw the same thing as posted on your site Sept 11, 2017 over Bellevue/Cougar Mountain on Sep 20 this year. Has this sighting been solved or identified? I have a few photos. See one of them above.
South Wayne— Mom my daughter and I went for a walk to enjoy the fall weather and take pictures of the fall colors. Randomly taking pics of trees and whatever we could find including silhouettes of the tree on the cloudy sky. When we got back to the house she has me look at a pic of the sky that has super bright light in dark clouds. I tried to be optimistic about it saying camera flare or glitch hut the next pic was hard to do that with. The light was not only very bright through dark clouds but the second pic had a small branch in the way of the light blocking some of the light. The only way that could happen if it was an actual light in the distance. We went back 15 minutes or so later taking pics and videos of every direction and couldn’t find the light again it was just gone. I didn’t see it until after I looked through my pictures from that day. It was quiet and I would never have known it was there until I saw my picture.
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Canada Lights
Salt Springs—October16, 2020, Driving on the Highway NS 104 W I noticed this in the sky. It wasn’t a jet stream and stayed basically stationary or moving very slowly. It was in my view for 15 minutes until I took an exit which made its location unbearable to me. There was someone else pulled over photographing it. The color almost looked holographic. Adjusting the color of the photos it looks like it has an outline, the stream didn’t change length. It was slowly shrinking or fading before I lost sight of it.
Eire Object
Wexford – On October 19 2020,10, 2020I was mowing the grass with my 2 year old, he took interest in a jet flying overhead. After a min of him being fascinated I took a look as well. I spotted the jet and flying underneath a black dot both heading west, the black dot then turned north. I took 2 photos; it was so bright I could not really make out where the dot was. Maybe the craft use our jets as cover against radar?
UK/England Light
Wallsend — On October14, 2020,taking photos of Mars in my back garden. I noticed a glow in the sky next to Mars. Zoomed in on the photo and seen a blue/purple sphere that looks like the light reflecting on it from Mars’ surface.
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Planetary systems with both super-Earths and Jupiter-type planets may be common, according to a new study. As in our own solar system, the giant planets would act as “bodyguards” protecting the smaller planets from asteroid impacts.
Artist’s concept of a planetary system with 2 super-Earths and 1 giant Jupiter-like planet. New computer simulations suggest that such systems may be common.
The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, has often been credited for helping life to exist on Earth, by deflecting dangerous asteroids from entering the inner solar system and colliding with our world. So what about in other solar systems? Do other Earth-type habitable planets also have, or need, larger Jupiter-like worlds protecting them? Is this Earth-Jupiter dynamic just a fluke, or is it a normal part of the development of planetary systems?
An international group of astronomers, led by Martin Schlecker of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), has just announced a new study showing that this kind of planetary arrangement may be more common that previously known. The results suggest that rocky Earth-type planets – at least super-Earths as in this study – will often be accompanied by larger Jupiters orbiting further out, just like in our own solar system.
The findings are detailed in a new peer-reviewed paper that has been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. The latest version of the paper, submitted on October 13, 2020, is available on arXiv.
The research focuses on super-Earths in particular, rocky planets that are just a bit larger and more massive than Earth but significantly smaller and less massive than Neptune. New computer simulations suggest that these planets will often form in their solar systems along with Jupiter-like planets in outer orbits, reminiscent of the arrangement in our own solar system. As Schlecker said in a statement:
We call such gas giants cold Jupiters. They grow at a distance from the central star, where water exists in the form of ice.
The smaller, rocky worlds are referred to as dry super-Earths, with thinner atmospheres and relatively little water or ice. Even Earth is considered to be a dry planet overall, since the oceans and other water and ice only make up very little of the planet’s volume. Schlecker said:
Also, the Earth is, despite the enormous oceans and the polar regions, with a volume fraction for water of only 0.12%, altogether a dry planet.
Comparison diagram of the scenarios of how, according to the simulations, icy super-Earths (a) or rocky (ice-poor) super-Earths form together with a cold Jupiter (b). The mass of the original protoplanetary disk determines the result.
This cold Jupiter and dry super-Earth dynamic is therefore quite similar to what we see in our own solar system, except that our planet is just a bit smaller than a super-Earth. However, we don’t know yet if this is also true for planets actually about the same size as Earth as well, since the study focused more on super-Earths.
How did the researchers come to these conclusions?
They made a statistical evaluation of new computer simulations involving 1,000 planetary systems in the process of evolving around sun-like stars. According to Christoph Mordasini, a paper co-author from the University of Bern:
During the simulations, the planetary embryos collected material, grew into planets, changed their orbits, collided or were ejected from the system.
Such simulations support the investigation of exoplanetary systems, since planets like cold Jupiters require a lot of time to orbit their mother star in their wide orbits. Simulations, on the other hand, are in principle independent of such limitations.
Super-Earths come in a range of sizes, as shown in this artist’s concept.
Observations of actual planetary systems had found something surprising: ones with a cold Jupiter almost always had a super-Earth as well. Schleckler explained:
We wanted to verify a surprising finding following observations made in recent years that planetary systems with a cold Jupiter almost always contain a super-Earth.
But the simulations seemed to show something different, that only about 1/3 of cold Jupiters should also have a super-Earth in the same system. Synthetic solar system models appeared to have even less, with only 10% of them having both types of planets.
Why the discrepancy? Scientists have several ideas, but a main one has to do with the rate at which giant Jupiter-like planets gradually migrate inward closer to their stars. According to current planetary formation theory, this should result in more gas giant planets in intermediate orbits, between the outer solar system and the inner solar system. These warm Jupiters should interfere with the orbits of inner super-Earths and either collide with them or cause them to be ejected out of their planetary systems. But that is not what has been observed. Therefore, scientists think that the rate is probably slower than first thought, which would allow more super-Earths to remain in close orbits around their stars, just as has been observed many times now.
In that scenario, more planetary systems should end up having both Jupiters and super-Earths.
Jupiter as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in February 2019. The giant planet has long been thought to be a “bodyguard” of Earth, protecting it from asteroid impacts with its immense gravity.
Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ SwRI/ MSSS (Processing: Kevin M. Gill)/ APOD.
The results are fairly general in nature, since current observations have not yet been able to specifically categorize the differences between different super-Earths. Some are thought to be mostly rocky, while others may have global oceans, depending on their size and mass. Nevertheless, the results of the simulations show that many planetary systems should have both a cold Jupiter and a dry super-Earth, as stated by Schleckler:
We found a significant excess of planetary systems containing both a cold Jupiter and at least one dry super-Earth, i.e. with little water or ice, and a thin atmosphere at most.
Which planetary systems do end up having both depends largely on the mass of the protoplanetary disk, the huge rotating cloud of gas and dust that planets form from around a newborn star. Medium mass disks, for example, would have too little material to form either super-Earths in the inner solar system or cold Jupiters farther out. However, super-Earths could form in the outer regions of the system, and contain large amounts of ice. If a protoplanetary disk is massive enough, then it could form both super-Earths closer to the star and cold Jupiters farther out from the star.
The new simulations have made some interesting predictions for how many planetary systems should have both types of planets. But verifying them and reconciling them with current observations will take time. Two upcoming telescopes will be able to help do that, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) of the European Southern Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Schleckler said:
Theoretical predictions must be able to fail in the face of empirical experience. With the next-generation instruments that are about to be deployed, we will be able to test whether our model will hold up or whether we have to go back to the drawing board.
Martin Schlecker at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, lead author of the new study.
It will be interesting to see if these computer models hold up, or not. Our own solar system, for example, has a Jupiter, but no super-Earths. Instead we have good ol’ Earth, which is a little smaller than the planets that the study focused on. If the results are verified, does that mean there may also be many planetary systems with both a Jupiter and an Earth-sized world as well? Could well be, but we will just have to wait a bit to find out!
Bottom line: Planetary systems with both super-Earths and Jupiter-type planets may be common, according to a new study.
Take a video tour of asteroid Bennu’s remarkable terrain and read a list of 10 cool things scientists know about this pristine remnant from the early days of our solar system.
Captured on October 20, 2020, during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s sample collection event on asteroid Bennu, this series of 82 images shows the spacecraft’s field of view as it approaches and touches down on Bennu’s surface. The sampling event brought the spacecraft all the way down to the sample site, and the team on Earth received confirmation of a successful touchdown at 6:08 p.m. Preliminary data show the sampling head touched Bennu’s surface for approximately 6 seconds, after which the spacecraft performed a back-away burn.
On Tuesday (October 20, 2020), NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm and touched an asteroid – known as Bennu – to collect dust and pebbles from the surface. The aim of the OSIRIS-REx mission is to bring the sample back to Earth for study in 2023.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, about the size of a 15-passenger van, is currently orbiting the asteroid Bennu 200 million miles (321 million km) from Earth. When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018, its close-up images confirmed what mission planners had suspected: Bennu is made of loose material weakly clumped together by gravity, and shaped like a spinning top.
Scientists had expected Bennu’s surface to consist of fine-grained material, like a sandy beach, but the spaceship’s images showed instead a rugged world littered with boulders the size of cars, the size of houses, even the size of football fields. Using OSIRIS-REx’s high-resolution imagery and data from its laser altimeters – devices that use lasers to map Bennu’s terrain – NASA scientists have created the video tour, below, of Bennu’s remarkable terrain.
Bennu contains material from the early solar system and may contain the molecular precursors to life and Earth’s oceans. OSIRIS-REx engineers and scientists will use several techniques to identify and measure Tuesday’s sample remotely. If the October 20 sample collection event provided enough of a sample, mission teams will command the spacecraft to begin stowing the cargo to begin its journey back to Earth in March 2021. Otherwise, they will prepare for another attempt in January 2021.
On October 15, 2020, NASA released the following list of what we already know (and some of what we hope to find out) about this pristine remnant from the early days of our solar system.
Bennu is classified as a B-type asteroid, which means it contains a lot of carbon in and along with its various minerals. Bennu’s carbon content creates a surface on the asteroid that reflects about 4% of the light that hits it, and that’s not a lot. For contrast, the solar system’s brightest planet, Venus, reflects around 65% of incoming sunlight, and Earth reflects about 30%. Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid that hasn’t undergone drastic, composition-altering change, meaning that on and below its deeper-than-pitch-black surface are chemicals and rocks from the birth of the solar system.
2. And very, very old.
Bennu has been (mostly) undisturbed for billions of years. Not only is it conveniently close and carbonaceous, it is also so primitive that scientists calculated it formed in the first 10 million years of our solar system’s history, over 4.5 billion years ago. Thanks to the Yarkovsky effect – the slight push created when the asteroid absorbs sunlight and re-emits that energy as heat – and gravitational tugs from other celestial bodies, it has drifted closer and closer to Earth from its likely birthplace: the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on December 2, 2018, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a rangeof 15 miles (24 km).
3. Bennu is a ‘rubble-pile’ asteroid. But don’t let the name trick you.
Is Bennu space trash or scientific treasure? While “rubble pile” sounds like an insult, it’s actually a real astronomy classification. Rubble-pile asteroids like Bennu are celestial bodies made from lots of pieces of rocky debris that gravity compressed together. This kind of detritus is produced when an impact shatters a much larger body (for Bennu, it was a parent asteroid around 60 miles [about 100 km] wide). Bennu, for contrast, is about as tall as the Empire State Building (1,454 feet or 443 m). It likely took just a few weeks for these shards of space wreckage to coalesce into the rubble-pile that is Bennu. Bennu is full of holes inside, with 20% to 40% of its volume being empty space. The asteroid is actually in danger of flying apart, if it starts to rotate much faster or interacts too closely with a planetary body.
4. Asteroids may harbor hints about the origin of all life on Earth …
Bennu is a primordial artifact preserved in the vacuum of space, orbiting among planets and moons and asteroids and comets. Because it is so old, Bennu could be made of material containing molecules that were present when life first formed on Earth. All Earth life forms are based on chains of carbon atoms bonded with oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and other elements. However, organic material like the kind scientists hope to find in a sample from Bennu doesn’t necessarily always come from biology. It would, though, further scientists’ search to uncover the role that asteroids rich in organics played in catalyzing life on Earth.
5. … But also platinum and gold!
Extraterrestrial jewelry sounds great, and Bennu is likely to be rich in platinum and gold compared to the average crust on Earth. Although most asteroids aren’t made almost entirely of solid metal (but Psyche may be!), many do contain elements that could be used industrially in lieu of Earth’s finite resources. Closely studying this asteroid will give answers to questions about whether asteroid mining during deep-space exploration and travel is feasible. Although rare metals attract the most attention, water is likely to be the most important resource in Bennu. Water (two hydrogen atoms bound to an oxygen atom) can be used for drinking or separated into its components to get breathable air and rocket fuel. Given the high cost of transporting material into space, if astronauts can extract water from an asteroid for life support and fuel, the cosmic beyond is closer than ever to being human-accessible.
6. Sunlight can change the asteroid’s entire trajectory
Gravity isn’t the only factor involved with Bennu’s destiny. The side of Bennu facing the sun gets warmed by sunlight, but a day on Bennu lasts just 4 hours and 17.8 minutes, so the part of the surface that faces the sun shifts constantly. As Bennu continues to rotate, it expels this heat, which gives the asteroid a tiny push towards the sun by about 0.18 miles (approximately 0.29 km) per year, changing its orbit.
7. There’s a small change that Bennu will impact Earth late in the next century.
The NASA-funded Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team discovered Bennu in 1999. NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office continues to track near-Earth objects (NEOs), especially those like Bennu that will come within about 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers) of Earth’s orbit and are classified as potentially hazardous objects. Between the years 2175 and 2199, the chance that Bennu will impact Earth is only 1 in 2,700, but scientists still don’t want to turn their backs on the asteroid. Bennu swoops through the solar system on a path that scientists have confidently predicted, but they will refine their predictions with the measurement of the Yarkovsky effect by OSIRIS-REx and with future observations by astronomers.
Captured on August 11, 2020, during the second rehearsal of the OSIRIS-REx mission’s sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches asteroid Bennu’s surface. The rehearsal brought the spacecraft through the first three maneuvers of the sampling sequence to a point approximately 131 feet (40 meters) above the surface, after which the spacecraft performed a back-away burn.
Early Earth-based observations of the asteroid suggested it had a smooth surface with a regolith (the top layer of loose, unconsolidated material) composed of particles less than an inch (a couple of centimeters) large at most. As the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was able to take pictures with higher resolution, it became evident that sampling Bennu would be far more hazardous than what was previously believed: new imagery of Bennu’s surface show that it’s mostly covered in massive boulders, not small rocks. OSIRIS-REx was designed to be navigated within an area on Bennu of nearly 2,000 square yards (meters), roughly the size of a parking lot with 100 spaces. Now, it must maneuver to a safe spot on Bennu’s rocky surface within a constraint of less than 100 square yards, an area of about five parking spaces.
9. Bennu was named after an ancient Egyptian deity
Bennu was named in 2013 by a nine-year-old boy from North Carolina who won the Name that Asteroid! competition, a collaboration between the mission, the Planetary Society, and the LINEAR asteroid survey that discovered Bennu. Michael Puzio won the contest by suggesting that the spacecraft’s Touch-and-Go Sample Mechanism (TAGSAM) arm and solar panels resemble the neck and wings in illustrations of Bennu, whom ancient Egyptians usually depicted as a gray heron. Bennu is the ancient Egyptian deity linked with the sun, creation and rebirth. Puzio also noted that Bennu is the living symbol of Osiris. The myth of Bennu suits the asteroid itself, given that it is a primitive object that dates back to the creation of the solar system. Themes of origins and rebirth are part of this asteroid’s story. Birds and bird-like creatures are also symbolic of rebirth, creation and origins in various ancient myths.
This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on January 19, 2019, was created by combining two images taken on board NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Other image processing techniques were also applied, such as cropping and adjusting the brightness and contrast of each image.
Image via NASA/ Goddard/ University of Arizona/ Lockheed Martin.
10. Bennu is still surprising us!
The spacecraft’s navigation camera observed that Bennu was spewing out streams of particles a couple of times each week. Bennu apparently is not only a rare active asteroid (only a handful of them have been as yet identified), but, along with Ceres as explored by NASA’s Dawn mission, may be among the first of its kind that humanity has observed from a spacecraft. More recently, the mission team discovered that sunlight can crack rocks on Bennu, and that it has pieces of another asteroid scattered across its surface. More pieces will be added to Bennu’s cosmic puzzle as the mission progresses, and each brings the solar system’s evolutionary history into sharper and sharper focus.
Bottom line: Video of sample collection on asteroid Bennu, and 10 things to know about Bennu and the OSIRIS-REx mission.
Fans of “The Late Show with David Letterman” will remember a recurring segment called “Is this anything?” where the host and the bandleader Paul Schaffer would watch some strange event and then debate about whether it was anything to be impressed with, afraid of, etc. Ever since the millisecond-long fast radio bursts (FRBs) were detected by astronomers in 2007, space scientists and the general public have been trying decide if they’re anything. Are they signals from an alien civilization? Are they hyperflares from equally mysterious magnetars? If they repeat regularly, then what? Well, get ready to play again because the only known source of FRBs in the Milky Way just sent another burst. Is this anything?
It this anything?
“SGR J1935+2154, the host magnetar of the Galactic FRB200428 (ATel #13681, #13684), was reported to be radio-active again on 2020 Oct 8th by CHIME/FRB team (ATel #14074, #14080). There was one marginal detection of the magnetar’s pulsed radio emission at 408 MHz by the Medicina Northern Cross (ATel #13783) despite many attempts (ATel #13713, #13726, #13778, #13838). FAST observed this magnetar for one hour on 2020 Oct 9th at 1.25 GHz with a bandwidth of 460MHz and detected multiple radio pulses with fluence up to 40 mJy ms.”
That post on the pro astronomers bulletin board ‘The Astronomer’s Telegram’ reports than the CHIME/FRB team (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) was watching the Milky Way magnetar SGR 1935+2154 (30,000 light years from Earth) on October 8 when it emitted three millisecond radio bursts in three seconds, followed by a pulsed radio emission that matched the magnetar’s spin period. SGR 1935+2154 has been under close watch since April 2020 when it emitted its first FRBs, making it the first in the Milky Way and one of only two dozen magnetars ever discovered. Magnetars are neutron stars (collapsed super-giants) with unusually powerful magnet fields, and the discovery led astronomers to answer ‘Yes’ to the ‘Is this anything’ question – this is the first confirmed cause of FRBs. It may not be the only one, but it’s definitely the first.
It’s definitely something
“It’s really exciting to see SGR 1935+2154 back again, and I’m optimistic that as we study these bursts more carefully, it will help us better understand the potential relationship between magnetars and fast radio bursts.”
Astronomer Deborah Good of the University of British Columbia in Canada and a member of the CHIME/FRB, confirmed to ScienceAlert that this is something, especially since the three bursts occurred within one rotation period of the magnetar, with two of them close together. Good called this “a bit unusual” and something the CHIME/FRB team would analyze, but the report in ‘The Astronomer’s telegram’ reveals why this set of bursts could be a BIG something.
“Based on these results and the increasing bursting activities, we speculate that the magnetar may be in the process of turning into an active radio pulsar.”
Radio pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars that emit radio radiation from their poles in millisecond pulses. This means SGR 1935+2154 may be more than a magnetar – it may be the missing link between magnetars and radio pulsars.
Archaeologists uncover huge new cache of unopened sarcophagi dating back 2,500 years at Saqqara - two weeks after they recovered 59 coffins from the ancient necropolis
Archaeologists uncover huge new cache of unopened sarcophagi dating back 2,500 years at Saqqara - two weeks after they recovered 59 coffins from the ancient necropolis
Authorities announced the coffins were discovered at the famed necropolis near ancient capital of Memphis
The 80 sarcophagi are believed to be more than 2,500 years old, according to preliminary analysis
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly toured the area and viewed the finds earlier this week
Egypthas unearthed another trove of ancient coffins in the vast Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, announcing the discovery of more than 80 sarcophagi.
The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement that archaeologists had found the collection of colourful, sealed caskets which were buried more than 2,500 years ago.
Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly and Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khalid el-Anany toured the area and inspected the new discovery yesterday.
Egypt has unearthed another trove of ancient coffins in the vast Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, announcing the discovery of more than 80 sarcophagi. Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly toured the area and viewed the finds earlier this week (pictured).
Egypt has sought to publicise its archaeological finds in an effort to revive its key tourism sector, which was badly hit by the turmoil that followed the 2011 uprising. Pictured, the Egyptian Prime Minister looking inside one of the coffins
This photo from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shows Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly looking inside at one of the coffins discovered at an ancient burial shaft at a necropolis in Saqqara
Pictured, Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly (L), Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled el-Anany (C) and secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri (R) looking at a sarcophagus
Archaeologists also found colourful, gilded wooden statues, the ministry said.
Details of the new discovery will be announced soon in a news conference at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser, it said.
Egypt has sought to publicise its archaeological finds in an effort to revive its key tourism sector, which was badly hit by the turmoil that followed the 2011 uprising.
The sector was also dealt a further blow this year by the coronavirus pandemic.
As well as more than 80 coffins and mummies, there were various artefacts discovered inside the burial chamber presenred here before the Prime Minister
The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement that archaeologists had found the collection of colourful, sealed caskets which were buried more than 2,500 years ago
Located 19 miles south of Cairo, the vast burial complex of Saqqara — which features the step pyramid of Djoser and flat-roofed tombs — served the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis
More details of the new discovery will be announced soon in a news conference at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser, Egyptian authorities say
The dramatic find was unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqarah, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site
Ancient Egyptian burial rituals
Over thousands of years, ancient Egyptians developed elaborate and complex funerary practices that they believed were necessary to enter the afterlife.
The processes evolved over time, but many elements remained consistent through different ancient Egyptian dynasties.
The most classic form of mummification dates back to the 18th Dynasty that spanned the the period from 1549/1550 to 1292 BC.
First, the brain was removed. Some say this was by a metal hook inserted through the nose, while others say it was with a rod through the cranium which was used to liquefy the brain.
The brain would have then been drained out through the nose before the skull was filled with a mixture of tree resin and fragrances.
This stopped the decomposition of any residual brain tissue, and also suppressed the smell.
Then, the lumbar area was sliced open and the organs of the abdomen were removed. The heat was usually left. These were then heavily salted and placed in canopic jars.
The now-empty chest cavity was then filled with a mixture of aromatics.
All incisions into the body were then filled with a salt called natron which disinfected wounds.
The body was then put on a bed of natron for a period of between 35 and 70 days.
At the end of this period, the now dehydrated corpse was washed, oiled and covered with resin as adhesive.
The body was then wrapped in linen until it was fully covered.
Depending on the social status of the deceased, the mummy was sometimes then adorned with decorations, such as a mask or a shroud.
The mummy was then buried in a tomb, ready for the afterlife.
Just over two weeks ago Egypt revealed 59 sealed sarcophagi, with mummies inside most of them, in the same area of Saqqara.
The Saqqara site is located south of Cairo and the vast burial complex, which also features the step pyramid of Djoser, served the ancient capital of Memphis.
It also includes the famed Giza Pyramids, as well as smaller pyramids at Abu Sir, Dahshur and Abu Ruwaysh.
The ruins of Memphis were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1970s.
The plateau hosts at least 11 pyramids, including the Step Pyramid, along with hundreds of tombs of ancient officials and other sites that range from the 1st Dynasty (2920-2770 B.C.) to the Coptic period (395-642).
Earlier this month, one of dozens of ornately decorated sarcophagi was opened for the first time before assembled media.
The team slowly revealed mummified remains wrapped in burial cloth that bore hieroglyphic inscriptions in bright colours.
The majority of coffins housed mummified remains which initial research suggests would have been priests, top officials and elites in ancient Egyptian society.
All of whom would have likely been subject to ancient Egypt's complex burial rituals after they died, including having their brains removed with an iron hook.
Egypt's Minister of Antiquities and Tourism, Dr. Khaled El-Enany, said at the time: 'I can say most of the discoveries have been made by Egyptian teams on Egyptian soil. This is something I am immensely proud of.'
He said the mission had started re-excavating the site two months ago, and uncovered a burial shaft 36 feet deep. Inside, they found 13 intact coffins.
The team continued their excavations, discovering two more shafts - 32 and 39 feet deep - also filled with coffins.
All the coffins discovered so far are in good condition and bear their original colours.
'My colleagues in the Supreme Council of Antiquities discovered burial shafts filled with wooden, sealed and intact coffins,' El-Enany said.
'I am really impressed that Covid-19 did not stop them from digging to unveil more mystery and secrets about our great civilisation.'
The minister said that the coffins would be transported to the Grand Egyptian Museum to be displayed to the public.
Just over two weeks ago Egypt revealed 59 sealed sarcophagi , with mummies inside most of them, in the same area of Saqqara. This find adds to the enormous trove of historical finds in the African nation
Archaeologists also found colourful, gilded wooden statues, officials said. Details of the new discovery will be announced soon in a news conference at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser
Pictured: A man opens one of the sarcophagi during the unveiling event in front of the media earlier this month. 59 anthropoid painted coffins have been discovered so far
The majority of the coffins found at Saqqara so far have contained mummified remains (pictured) of priests, top officials and elites
A sarcophagus that is around 2500 years old is seen inside the newly discovered burial site near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, October 3
HOW ANCIENT EGYPTIANS EMBALMED THEIR DEAD
It is thought a range of chemicals were used to embalm and preserve the bodies of the dead in ancient cultures.
Russian scientists believe a different balm was used to preserve hair fashions of the time than the concoctions deployed on the rest of the body.
Hair was treated with a balm made of a combination of beef fat, castor oil, beeswax and pine gum and with a drop of aromatic pistachio oil as an optional extra.
Mummification in ancient Egypt involved removing the corpse’s internal organs, desiccating the body with a mixture of salts, and then wrapping it in cloth soaked in a balm of plant extracts, oils, and resins.
Older mummies are believed to have been naturally preserved by burying them in dry desert sand and were not chemically treated.
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) techniques have been deployed in recent years in find out more about the ancient embalming process.
Studies have found bodies were embalmed with: a plant oil, such as sesame oil; phenolic acids, probably from an aromatic plant extract; and polysaccharide sugars from plants.
The recipe also featured dehydroabietic acid and other diterpenoids from conifer resin.
A little more than a month ago, I wrote an article on the 13 ancient Egyptian coffins that were unearthed in the desert necropolis of Saqqara, located south of Cairo, Egypt (the article can be read here). The colorful coffins that date back more than 2,500 years (between 664 and 525 BC) were completely sealed and untouched.
After their initial discovery of the 13 coffins inside of a burial shaft that was 36 feet deep, experts continued digging and found two other shafts (32 feet and 39 feet deep) that contained several more coffins that were in good condition and still held their original colors.
Step Pyramid in Egypt.
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities revealed that more than 80 coffins have been discovered. Additionally, they found colorful, gilded wooden statues. The 28 statuettes were of the god Ptah-Soker and a carved bronze one depicting the god Nefertum which measured a foot tall and had precious stones embedded in it along with the name Priest Badi-Amun who owned it. In addition to those, several ushabti figurines and amulets were also found.
Earlier this month, on October 3rd, archaeologists opened one of the coffins as several people watched with excitement. The coffin revealed a mummy that was wrapped in ornate burial linen. Amazingly, the inscriptions and colorful designs were still present on the cloth after approximately 2,600 years.
Another picture of the Step Pyramid in Egypt.
It is believed that those who were buried in the coffins were top officials and other important members in Egypt during that time as well as priests from the 26th Dynasty. According to Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities and Tourism, Dr. Khaled El-Enany, the coffins will be brought to the Grand Egyptian Museum in order for the public to view them. Several pictures of the coffins can be seen here.
The Saqqara site where the coffins were located is part of the necropolis at the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis that includes the Giza Pyramids and smaller pyramids at Abu Sir, Dahshur, and Abu Ruwaysh. There are at least eleven pyramids located in the plateau that includes the Step Pyramid as well as hundreds of ancient tombs that date back between the 1st Dynasty from 2920 to 2770 BC and the Coptic Period from the years 395 to 642.
De sonde OSIRIS-REx van het Amerikaanse ruimtebedrijf NASA is er eerder deze week in geslaagd om zeer grote hoeveelheden deeltjes van de asteroïde Bennu te verzamelen, maar verliest ook monsters in de ruimte. Dat meldt NASA vandaag. De sonde "verliest een groot deel van de verzamelde massa", verklaarde Dante Lauretta, de chef van de missie, in een telefonische persconferentie.
Volgens de wetenschapper heeft de sonde 400 gram materiaal van Bannu meegenomen. Al 5 tot 10 gram is ontsnapt. Die zweeft rond de arm van de sonde en blijft daar hangen vanwege de microzwaartekrachtomgeving. Daardoor gedragen de deeltjes zich als vloeistoffen.
Zaterdag was er een meetoperatie van de massa gepland, maar die is geannuleerd. Met die operatie zouden de wetenschappers het risico lopen dat nog meer deeltjes ontsnappen.
De prioriteit is nu om de activiteiten van de sonde zo veel mogelijk te beperken en de monsters zo snel mogelijk op te slaan in een container in de sonde. Daarvoor moet het apparaat nog voorbereid worden.
De verzamelde deeltjes bevinden zich momenteel nog in een compartiment aan het einde van de verzamelarm van de sonde. Het sluitingsmechanisme van dat compartiment is geblokkeerd door de relatief grote deeltjes.
"We denken dat we op momenteel een klein deel van het materiaal aan het verliezen zijn, maar dat is meer dan ik zou willen, ik maak me zorgen sinds ik de foto's heb gezien", verklaart Lauretta.
De ruimterots Bennu bevindt zich op bijna 333 miljoen kilometer afstand van de aarde. De sonde die het materiaal van de asteroïde verzamelde, werkt helemaal zelfstandig. De afstand naar de aarde is zo groot dat de vluchtleiding niet kan ingrijpen. De wetenschappers achter de missie hopen dat ze minstens 60 gram kunnen ophalen. In 2023 moet de ruimtesonde op aarde landen. De missie kost zo'n 1 miljard dollar.
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Edgar Cayce: His Incredible Predictions Were 93% Accurate and Often Shocking
Edgar Cayce: His Incredible Predictions Were 93% Accurate and Often Shocking
COAST TO COAST AM INSIDER Archived Show – Kevin Todeschi, spokesperson for A.R.E., the organization which Edgar Cayce founded, talked about Cayce’s life and work as well as dream interpretation. Known as the Sleeping Prophet, Cayce gave out thousands of readings while in a trance state, and those concerning medical issues had a 93% accuracy rating, Todeschi reported.
Cayce believed that Atlanteans saved records of their advanced civilization in three locations– in the Yucatan, on the Bimini Islands and in the right paw of the Sphinx. Buried at the Sphinx is a written history of the world from the time of Atlantis to our current era, he predicted. A University recently got the OK to do some underground tunnelling to study parts of the Sphinx, Todeschi announced.
NASA Contractor Whistleblower Says Earth's a Sitting Duck, Aliens From 1,000 Stars Can Easily Detect Us, Greg Allison
NASA Contractor Whistleblower Says Earth's a Sitting Duck, Aliens From 1,000 Stars Can Easily Detect Us, Greg Allison
Greg shares his knowledge of space and gives his opinions, theories as to what it might actually mean, if an advanced civilization heard a message from Earth that appeared hostile. Also Mr Allison is former Army Special Forces and we talk about a Rumor of a Joint Military/Alien Underground Base in Alaska and a Couple Very Strange Experiences He had, one in Alaska, One around Area 51.
Mr. Allison is currently the Program Manager for the Huntsville Alabama L5 Society (HAL5) High Altitude Lift-Off (HALO) Program, and as President of the High Altitude Research Corporation (HARC). In these capacities Mr. Allison is actively developing cheap access to space technologies. Mr. Allison has worked on the International Space Station Program for Grumman as a systems engineer specializing in robotics, for the Mevatec Corporation as an electrical power systems integration engineer, and for Teledyne Brown Engineering as a payload integration engineer for external space station experiments.
Mr. Allison is currently working for Hernandez Engineering as a safety and product assurance engineer on such projects as Orbital Space Plane, X-37 and HyTEx. Mr. Allison also studies means to defend Earth from asteroids, and the construction of large-scale space stations.
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What Happened to This Man Will Amaze You...and Terrify You at the Same Time!
What Happened to This Man Will Amaze You...and Terrify You at the Same Time!
Witness of Another World is an intimate documentary that intends to unveil the mystery of a spectacular close encounter case witnessed by a lonely gaucho. Filmmaker Alan Stivelman, moved by the story of Juan Pérez, decides to investigate more about the event that forced him to take refuge in the countryside for fear of contact with the phenomenon.
Dr. Jacques Vallée, a well-known scientist and researcher, participates in this documentary having met Juan more than thirty years ago. This is the only case in the history of ufology in which a witness has been studied several times during a period of 40 years, with his life and the impact of the experience documented fully.
Stunning HiRISE images of the Mars Forbidden City on Mt Sharp in Gale Crater confirming the city structure photos I have shown from the Curiosity Rover. Amazing ruined city buildings seen from space.
The Forbidden City was first found/named by Joe White – ArtAlienTV – 2015 and these space views were published on YouTube first by ArtAlienTV – Oct 23rd 2020 Real scientists, by definition, are not meant to follow dogma, but to question it relentlessly and push the boundries of current knowledge.
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UFOs Seen Entering and Exiting Earths Sun, Oct 22-24, Two Videos, UFO Sighting News.
UFOs Seen Entering and Exiting Earths Sun, Oct 22-24, Two Videos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 22-24, 2020
Location of sighting: Earths Sun
Source: Helioviewer.org
I got a request from one of my Youtube subscribers a few days ago asking me to find a UFO near the sun. He loved my work and I told him I would get right on it. Today I found two! One entering our sun and one exiting our sun. This does reinforce my Hollow Sun Theory. A theory that says there is a whole mini solar system of mini moon size planets within our sun. One shot in from far away, only to disappear...the other shot out of the side of the sun during a solar explosion. Its huge boomerang wings still have me in awe of the craft. 100% proof that aliens are using a huge hollow space within our sun as a mini solar system.
Mysterious Craft Seen Then Shoots Away Over Frisco, Texas On Oct 23, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Mysterious Craft Seen Then Shoots Away Over Frisco, Texas On Oct 23, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 23, 2020 Location of sighting: Frisco, Texas, USA Source: MUFON
This UFO report just came in. It included a video and photo of the object. What really surprised me is that the object was seen and followed for a few seconds, the the UFO seemed to realize it was being recorded and shot away at high speed in the opposite direction. Great video of the incredible maneuverability of UFOs. Also the photo itself has a cross like shape to it from the side...very strange. The video is fantastic and terrific evidence, but its the high detailed photo that confirms its 100% an alien craft.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I was at a stop light and looked up to see a metal sphere shape moving right under the clouds in a fast steady direction-the object seemed to have a green light coming from it whether it be an aura or steady lights I can’t say, I just know I noticed it being a metal ball and there was green on it or around it shining. I tried to video it but my video didn’t record it and I almost got in a wreck so I had to move on and pulled over and when I looked back up it was gone! Later in the day I kept looking up obsessively to try and spot it again and saw a white glowing orb just hanging out in the sky above me and I was able to film that however that wasn’t nearly as exciting as seeing what I saw at the stoplight but regardless both sightings by me in one day! So my video is of second sighting with the basic white glowing orb but not the cool sphere unfortunately.
Glowing Objects Over Guildford, Great Britain, Oct 23, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing Objects Over Guildford, Great Britain, Oct 23, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 23, 2020 Location of sighting: Guildford, Great Britain
Source: MUFON
Watch this video below and see these red glowing spheres moving about. The objects are large, round and have no openings visible. If they were Chinese lanterns, they would be oval and a large opening would be visible on the bottom and the candle within would be seen. Lanterns also burn out in 1-3 minutes. None exists in this video. These are UFOs. These are a rare look at alien craft over Britain.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Event lasted for approximately 1 hour. I was just out for a walk around the local playing fields. I witnessed more than 10 large red-orange glowing orbs, like fireballs. The orbs appeared either singly or in pairs, at the same point in the sky each time, and they "popped out". No flashing or taillights and absolutely not helicopters or planes, which are both common appearances where I live and easily distinguishable. From the ground they had an apparent size roughly 1/4 that of a full moon, just bigger than an aspirin. Each pair of orbs moved in a west-to-east direction and disappeared after moving around 20 degrees eastwards. A few minutes later the orb(s) would reappear at the same original point and move in the same direction as the previous ones. There was also some strange pulsating lights in a cloud moving in a geometric pattern which accompanied the sighting. I was able to capture some footage on my phone but the quality is not great due to night-time and lack of tripod - and my total shock at seeing this!. The first video shows a pair of these orbs, the second shows the strange pulsating in the clouds, as well as another orb taken around 10 minutes after the first video.
Just in...Eyewitness Shares Three disk Sighting Near California Road, 1985, Drawings, UFO Sighting News.
Just in...Eyewitness Shares Three disk Sighting Near California Road, 1985, Drawings, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 1985
Location of sighting: Brownsville, California, USA
Source: MUFON report
Now here is a MUFON report just in, but its about a sighting that happened back in 1985...35 years ago. Why is this important? Because we learn from past sightings to compare, contrast and evaluate future sightings. The person really put their heart into this report...it had meaning, purpose and became a part of the persons life that changed them forever. They are opening up to us...and its up to us to give them our trust and attention.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
On a clear spring day just before sunset, the three witnesses were driving west along Hwy 20 from Hwy 49, below Camptonville, California. As we rounded a sharp curve just past the old stone quarry near Bullard's bar, we came upon three silver discs landed in a field to the right of the road. I pulled onto the right shoulder just as the large discs suddenly shot upward in powerful ascent. My friend [name removed/cms/rjl] and I felt compelled to jump out of the car and race to the center of the highway, where we stood staring excitedly up at the saucers - I did not feel any fear...I felt elated and awe-struck. I estimate the size of each disc to have been between 50 and 75 feet in diameter. Above us, the discs blocked out most of the sky. They appeared quite solid and metallic, with very definite mechanical features - including a central opening from which a powerful conical beam projected straight down from each disc. The beam color was brilliant bluish-white, and we were washed with the light, yet could still see the features beneath the discs. I don't recall any sound, but there might have been a wind - those details have grown very fuzzy over the 35 years since the encounter. I do recall that the three discs were locked into a tight triangular formation, with one disc forming an apex above the other two. When the discs reached above a hundred feet overhead, they briefly hovered. Then all together, they tilted about 45 degrees and shot off toward the south, which took them straight across the highway and over above the Feather River Canyon, which we overlooked out to our left. As the craft traveled over the canyon, the conical beams appeared to light up a big portion of the valley - the beams would have to have been extremely powerful to do so, especially considering that it wasn't quite dark yet. When the objects reached an angle of what might have been 60 degrees in the sky over to our left, they abruptly vanished, leaving three glowing purple clouds where each disc had disappeared. Those clouds remained visible and softly glowing for the entire half-hour that it took us to complete our drive home to Forbestown, where we were temporarily staying at the time. It should be noted that I am aware of a considerable amount of amnesia both during and after the encounter. I seem to recall a previous encounter which might have occurred about a half-hour before to the remembered encounter - I even have a general sense of approximately where that first encounter might have occurred - along Hwy 49 above Camptonville, California. I always felt that we were abducted - but I can't consciously remember it. Also, the third witness (my mother) remained in the car during the main event. She was paralyzed with fear, and couldn't or wouldn't look above the ground level, so she only saw the preliminary scene when the objects were just beginning to take off. She can't recall seeing the discs themselves, but she did see what she thought might be something like nozzles or cylindrical objects - possibly some details on the bottoms of the discs. I lost contact with [name removed/cms/rjl] after the sighting, and I have no knowledge of his whereabouts after 35 years. Mom is now 85 years old and slipping into dementia, so she is no longer available for a witness testimony. I now have no proof, apart from a rough sketch that I drew, and conversation remembered by family members, to whom I related the experience over the years. I was profoundly affected by the encounter, with a long-term improvement in my health and a complete change in my interests and beliefs. I became quite obsessed with UFOs and ETs after the encounter, and I've been researching ever since. I've made many trips back to the encounter site, as I tried to retrace the whole event - once I even took my whole family there during a reunion. I've had other, possibly related experiences going back to age three or before - I've written many of them down.
Grey Disk Caught Near Drilling Rig Over Saskatchewan, Canada May 22, 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Grey Disk Caught Near Drilling Rig Over Saskatchewan, Canada May 22, 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: May 22, 2020 Location of sighting: Coronach, Saskatchewan, Canada
Source: MUFON report
Aliens have a huge interest in human energy consumption and here we have a disk near an oil platform in Canada. Oil being the old school concept of energy is slowly being fazed out, but still being used. Electricity being cleaner is quickly replacing it. How we are still harming our planet and increasing global warming seems to be high on the interest list of aliens. Why? Because they were here before us and will be here after us...meaning...it always been their world, not ours.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
A coworker had stopped to take a picture of the drilling rig he was working on, South of Coronach, Sask. at the Westmoreland Coal mine. After he took the picture, he looked at it to check the quality. He noticed the object in the upper right and a second to the left of the derrick. He had shown me the picture in September, after we had a conversation about the possibility of extra terrestrial life. I asked if anyone else saw the picture or the objects, and he told me "No". I then asked if he had reported it. He told me he didn't say anything for fear of being ridiculed. He told me that he didn't see or hear anything in the sky before or after he had taken the picture. I asked if there were any planes or vapor trails in the sky and he said "No".
Astrange spherical object hovering over Mexico on October 17, 2020. The sphere spins and moves slowly through the sky.
The strange thing is that it looks like the object is surrounded by a cloud, which makes me wonder whether the photographer has captured a partially cloaked UFO disguised as cloud.
120,000-year-old human footprints found in Saudi Arabia offer glimpse into humanity's past
120,000-year-old human footprints found in Saudi Arabia offer glimpse into humanity's past
Footprints dating back 120,000 years have been discovered near an ancient lake in Saudi Arabia, which not only offer an insight into humanity's past, but also the previous climates of Earth.
The small, now dried up, lake, found in the Nefud Desert, was also frequented by mammals such as camels, buffalo and other animals.
In total, seven footprints in the area were identified as being from anatomically modern humans. In addition to the footprints, hundreds of fossils were found at the site.
UFOs flying over Guildford, United Kingdom 23-Oct-2020
UFOs flying over Guildford, United Kingdom 23-Oct-2020
Here’s one new UFO video filmed yesterday over Guildford in United Kingdom. Two bright unidentified flying objects are slowly moving across the night sky.
Witness report:
Event lasted for approximately 1 hour. I was just out for a walk around the local playing fields. I witnessed more than 10 large red-orange glowing orbs, like fireballs. The orbs appeared either singly or in pairs, at the same point in the sky each time, and they “popped out”. No flashing or taillights and absolutely not helicopters or planes, which are both common appearances where I live and easily distinguishable. From the ground they had an apparent size roughly 1/4 that of a full moon, just bigger than an aspirin. Each pair of orbs moved in a west-to-east direction and disappeared after moving around 20 degrees eastwards. A few minutes later the orb(s) would reappear at the same original point and move in the same direction as the previous ones.
There was also some strange pulsating lights in a cloud moving in a geometric pattern which accompanied the sighting. I was able to capture some footage on my phone but the quality is not great due to night-time and lack of tripod – and my total shock at seeing this!.
The first video shows a pair of these orbs, the second shows the strange pulsating in the clouds, as well as another orb taken around 10 minutes after the first video.
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White cigar shape UFO over Waverly, Ohio 23-Oct-2020
White cigar shape UFO over Waverly, Ohio 23-Oct-2020
This cylindrical UFO was seen and recorded in the sky above Waverly, a city in, and the county seat of, Pike County, Ohio. This happened on 23rd October 2020.
Witness report:
It was a white cigar shaped object flying in a straight line with no sound no visible wings.
A ghostly white saucer hovers over the peaks of El Chaltén in southern Argentina. As wind thrashes the nearby clouds, the saucer remains fixed above the craggy summit, anchored in the sky like a mothership surveying the hills below.
This eerie weather phenomenon is relatively common in mountainous regions like El Chaltén, or theRocky Mountains in the U.S., where high-speed winds ricochet over a tall peak, creating a distinct lens- or saucer-shaped cloud formation high in the sky. Still, photographerFrancisco Javier Negroni Rodriguez — whose photo above is a finalist in the Royal Meteorological Society's (RMS) 2020 Weather Photographer of the Year contest — had to wait the better part of a day to capture the cloud in its mysterious glory.
Another contest runner-up shows this 'monster' storm rearing its head over Umag, Croatia. (Image credit: Maja Kraljik)
"An hour before taking this photograph I was walking along the trails that surround the beautiful rock formation … [but] the day was very cloudy. Apparently, luck was not with me on this adventure," Negroni Rodriguez told the RMS. "Only for a moment, the clouds allowed me to see El Chaltén — and to my surprise, there was a spectacular and brilliant lenticular cloud with a beautiful and perfect figure that I had never seen."
This type of cloud forms when strong wind blows into the side of a mountain, skyscraper or other tall obstruction, according to theNational Weather Service. The mountain deflects the wind, forcing it into a wave that crests over the mountaintop, dips down on the other side, then rises up again. In the upward-moving parts of the wave, the air cools until it condenses into clouds. When the air descends again on the downward-moving side of the wave, the cloud evaporates. The result is a spooky, stationary cloud perched atop the crest of the wave, sculpted into a saucer shape by the wind constantly rising and falling within it.
This contest finalist captures a tornado tearing through rural Colorado. Photographer Tori Jane Ostberg calls it "the red terror." (Image credit: Tori Jane Ostberg)
Negroni Rodriguez's photo joins 25 other finalists in the RMS contest, which is co-sponsored by AccuWeather. While the alien cloud was not one of the three grand-prize winners announced on Oct. 17, it nevertheless rose to the top of more than 7,700 entries, according to the RMS. To see some of the other stunning finalists — including the big winners — click through this gallery.
NASA will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’swebsite.
This new discovery contributes to NASA’s efforts to learn about the Moon in support of deep space exploration. Under NASA’s Artemis program, the agency will send the first woman and next man to the lunar surface in 2024 to prepare for our next giant leap – human exploration of Mars as early as the 2030s. Understanding the science of the Moon also helps piece together the broader history of the inner solar system.
Briefing participants are:
Paul Hertz, Astrophysics division director at NASA Headquarters, Washington
Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters
Casey Honniball, postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Naseem Rangwala, project scientist for the SOFIA mission, NASA’s Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, California
To participate in the teleconference, members of the news media should contact Felicia Chou at felicia.chou@nasa.gov by 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, to receive the dial-in information.
As the world’s largest airborne observatory, SOFIA is a modified 747 that flies high in the atmosphere to provide its nearly 9-foot telescope with a clear view of the universe and objects in our solar system. Flying above 99% of the atmosphere’s obscuring water vapor, SOFIA observes in infrared wavelengths and can detect phenomena impossible to see with visible light.
For more information about NASA’s Artemis program, visit:
U.S. Alien-Hunters Identify 1000 Potential Watching Stations
U.S. Alien-Hunters Identify 1000 Potential Watching Stations
A scientific team of Americanalien hunters claims that if advanced lifedoes indeed exist on any one of a 1,000 different star systems, they could be watching Earth right now! American alien hunters are probably the world’s most active and advanced when it comes to this kind of hunting: they have the best equipment and are likely also the best funded. This team’s latest findings suggest new possibilities in the hunt for alien life . . .
American Alien Hunters Say: Someone’s Watching
Looking for exoplanets orbiting remote stars requires American alien hunters and astronomers to fix their telescopes on distant suns and monitor them for dimming, which occurs when a planet passes between the star and the telescope. By analyzing how the light changes as stars dim, scientists are able to determine the chemicals present in the passing planet's atmosphere. But while this method is revealing, it’s also exceptionally restricted as it only works for planets orbiting between Earth and the observed star.
According to a new study published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society “1,004 star systems are in a direct line of sight to our planet,” and all of them are all close enough to Earth that if any were, or are, inhabited by an advanced lifeform, “they could detect us.”
While alien hunters search for alien life, it could well be that alien life has been watching us on Earth for a very long time.
Dr Lisa Kaltenegger, a Cornell University astronomer, published a new paper asking some fascinating questions relating to possible alien life from the perspective of alien hunters. For example, which nearby stars are situated appropriately for any inhabitants to watch Earth cross (transit) the sun; and in those star systems, could those life forms detect signs indicating us inhabiting the Earth's surface? The results of Dr Kaltenegger’s study suggest a great number of nearby stars systems, if inhabited, might have their scientific equipment trained on us right now. And this has also created a lot of excitement among alien hunters.
Humans are bound to a location in spacetime in which we have developed five primary senses tuned for survival on planet Earth. When it comes to monitoring microscopic levels of universal existence, and possible life at vast distances in deep space, we build innovative tools to do these jobs. To assist in this new study the scientists used the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ( TESS), a scientific weapon on the frontline of space exploration. The scientists said this incredibly advanced satellite would see Earth as “a biosphere in the atmosphere of our Pale Blue Dot.”
Alien hunters use advanced satellites to monitor deep space for alien communication and for potential planets that could be watching us right now!
Where Could Some Of These Alien Astronomers Be Hiding?
The new alien hunters’ journal study looked at star systems within a distance of 326 light-years from Earth and discovered “1,004” are located in a position from which alien astronomers could see our planet. Furthermore, the researchers stated that “508 have viewing angles that would give them at least 10 hours of observational data every time Earth passed between that location and the Sun.” Based on the study these are the ideal conditions for spotting our little blue-green planet and the signs of life in its atmosphere.
An estimated 5% of these 1,004 stars capable of watching Earth orbiting the Sun are too young for intelligent life to have evolved. However, the research team of alien hunters say the other 95% belong to star categories that can “sustain life for billions of years,” which under the correct conditions is long enough for intelligent life to have evolved.
The Next Steps In The Scientific Quest To Find Alien Life
Most of the 1,004 stars are located at the maximum 326 light-year distance, but the closest one orbiting a sun is only 28 light-years distant from Earth. The alien hunters research team have identified several more that are on a trajectory to enter the Earth’s observation zone by 2044. To advance their research the scientific team of American alien hunters are now planning a reanalysis of the 1,004 stars identified in their paper with SETI' s Breakthrough Listening program. This program is capable of detecting communications from advanced alien civilizations. SETI scientists look for both microscopic and macroscopic life in outer space with space rovers, orbiters, field expeditions, and radio telescopes.
According to the SETI website, there are “one hundred billion” potentially habitable planets just in our galaxy, and many of the moons, like those orbiting Mars, Jupiter and Saturn , have environments that could also have supported biological life. If you think this is all highly speculative, you would be wrong. This is because with so many potentially life-supporting planets the SETI website says, “it ’s reasonable to imagine that at least some are populated by intelligent beings.” This is good news indeed for all alien hunters!
Top image: Could aliens on a distant planet in our solar system be watching us now? This is the big question that American alien hunters are asking in the latest published scientific study.
How does one lose a tectonic plate – those massive sheets of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle that form a broken shell for us to stand on when they’re not rubbing together and causing earthquakes and volcanoes? Like the toilet paper aisle at the grocery store, there’s been a lot of pushing and shoving amongst Earth’s plates, with many disappearing and others taking their place. Finding some of these lost plates usually leads to others, but there’s been an ongoing disagreement about a plate that may or may not have existed off the Pacific coast of North America. Given the appropriate name “Resurrection,” this lost plate may have finally been resurrected by geologists who get excited about this sort of thing.
“We believe we have direct evidence that the Resurrection plate existed. We are also trying to solve a debate and advocate for which side our data supports.”
How did geologists at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics resurrect Resurrection and why has there been a debate about its existence? There are currently seven major tectonic plates, 15 minor ones and dozens of microplates. The study of plate tectonics is just over 100 years old, but it really accelerated with the development of seismic tomography, which uses seismic data to locate ancient plates under the current one which have been subducted or shoved under other moving plates.
The benefit to finding these ancient plates is that they tell the history and location of ancient volcanoes, which caused ancient periods of climate change, which caused major changes in life on Earth. Geologists have long agreed that there are two ancient plates in the northern Pacific called Farallon and Kula, but some models show that they don’t match up to evidence of an ancient volcanic belt in Washington State and Alaska, leading some geologists to believe there’s a third ‘lost’ plate they’ve called Resurrection between them. Others refuse to accept this theory – hence, the debate.
“When ‘raised’ back to the earth’s surface and reconstructed, the boundaries of this ancient Resurrection tectonic plate match well with the ancient volcanic belts in Washington State and Alaska, providing a much sought after link between the ancient Pacific Ocean and the North American geologic record.”
In a paper published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin, Jonny Wu, assistant professor of geology at UH and Spencer Fuston, a third-year geology doctoral student, show how they used a new tomographic technique called slab unfolding to reconstruct what tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean looked like during the early Cenozoic Era, 40 and 60 million years ago. That model revealed Resurrection hiding under western Canada and Alaska. (Pictures and video here in the press release.)
(l-r) Jonny Wu, assistant professor of geology in the UH Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Spencer Fuston, a third-year geology doctoral student, applied a technique developed by the UH Center for Tectonics and Tomography called slab unfolding to reconstruct what tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean looked like during the early Cenozoic Era.
A 3D block diagram across North America showing a mantle tomography image reveals the Slab Unfolding method used to flatten the Farallon tectonic plate. By doing this, Fuston and Wu were able to locate the lost Resurrection plate.
This image shows plate tectonic reconstruction of western North America 60 million years ago showing subduction of three key tectonic plates, Kula, Farallon and Resurrection.
Wu and Fuston are too professional to say it to Resurrection disbelievers, so we will for them.
“We’re not saying it’s Resurrection … but it’s Resurrection.”
Of all of the strange things the UFO phenomenon has brought to us, one of the weirdest are the groups of people that are drawn to somehow revere and worship them. These groups pop up from time to time, warping UFOs into twisted religious cults, some of which turn out to be quite dangerous. Yet, others are merely odd, and one of the weirder of these was a UFO cult that sprouted up in California in the 1950s, which took its members on a wild mind trip and has quite the strange and creepy history.
The whole thing starts in 1954 in Los Angeles, California, when an Ernest L. Norman and his wife Ruth E. Norman came forward to start a very unique new group. Ernest himself was purportedly a child prodigy and self-proclaimed psychic with supposed telekinetic abilities, that is the power to move objects with his mind, as well as later according to him a scientist and an aeronautical engineer. He apparently met Ruth as he travelled the country as a medium putting war widows in touch with their husbands who had died during World War II. Ruth herself was a bit of a character, claiming to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene, so it was love at first sight, and the two got along splendidly. Both of them had been devout New Agers at the time they met, and after marrying within weeks of meeting, they set out to publish numerous New age books, some of which were channeled through Ernest via alien intelligences, including ‘transmissions’ from Mars and Venus, and before long they were forming their very own cult.
Ernest L. Norman and Ruth E. Norman
Ernest’s books were very popular among the New Age scene at the time, and as such they attracted many followers, and this evolved into the Unarius Academy of Science, with Unarius being an acronym for “Universal Articulate Interdimensional Understanding of Science”. The main goal of the group was to promote a new “interdimensional science of life” based upon “fourth-dimensional” physics principles, and they were heavily into this interdimensional aspect of existence. The main idea was that the soul is immortal, and that we are constantly reincarnated over many lifetimes, all of this controlled by interplanetary alien overlords, who would frequently give various channeled messages to followers but mostly through Ernest. Unarius touted itself as a scientific belief system, based on real laws of proven “fourth dimensional science,” and it all involved an elaborate world of a hodgepodge of half baked ideas on atoms, karma, reincarnation, past-life memories, channeling, vibrational energies, cosmic forces, and “spiritual planets.” If one could master these far-out concepts, they were said to be in full control of their life and able to heal themselves of any woe life could throw at them.
There were a lot of fringe and often insane ideas thrown around at the time, such as that Asian races were the progeny of ancient interstellar migrants who began colonizing Mars a million years ago, and it was all pretty wild to say the least. These alien masters, or “space brothers” were from an advanced galactic coalition of planets, and were said to be on track to inevitably arrive on Earth from the stars in 33 spaceships to improve humanity. These spaceships were predicted to land in 2001, after which the entire world would experience a spiritual and technological renaissance and evolution. It all sounds pretty neat, actually, neat enough to attract loads of the disillusioned and outcast. During these years. Earnest would publish several series of books supposedly channeled to him through these alien interdimensional beings, such as the Voice Series of books, which chronicled his astral travels to other planets, and in which he explained that planets such as Mars and Venus had “healing wards” where troubled souls could go to be cleansed. He also wrote his magnum opus The Infinite Concept of Cosmic Creation, which would go on to serve as his main teachings for his followers. He made much of the planet Venus, describing the planet’s inhabitants as beings of pure energy, and more technologically and spiritually advanced, with much to teach us. It was all written with heavy usage of official sounding technical jargon and pseudoscientific mumbo jumbo, so to the uninitiated it would seem to be very authorative and believable, which only served to gain it more respectability among the gullible.
Ernest would die in 1971, after which his wife, who took on the name of “Uriel” as the alien emissary on Earth, would take over operations and move the headquarters to the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, which was meant to not only be a meeting place for members, but also the final destination of the aliens they expected to arrive. Under Ruth’s guidance, the organization gained a larger public profile, and she became a bit of a minor celebrity, appearing on shows such as Late Night with David Letterman and The David Susskind Show, all while building her own studio for their purposes, which produced over 100 video programs that began airing on public access stations in the 80s. She claimed to be in constant communications with beings in the higher “nonatomic dimensions” or spiritual planes that they collectively called the Unariun Brotherhood, and this all fed into the beliefs of the group, with the idea being that these teachings could answer all questions about the universe and one’s existence.
Ruth Norman would pass away in 1993, but the movement would live on. Unfortunately, the planned alien coming did not come to pass in 2001 as promised, which caused a stir within the organization, but not its downfall. As these cults are wont to do, it was all explained away as humankind not being ready or some such nonsense, anything to avoid being wrong, and their activities continued, with chapters in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom right up into the present. In the end the Unarius Academy of Science has gone down as one of the stranger cults to pop up around the UFO phenomenon and aliens, but it will no doubt certainly not be the last
White UFO Shooting Through Clouds Over Colombia, Seen From Plane, Oct 14, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White UFO Shooting Through Clouds Over Colombia, Seen From Plane, Oct 14, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 14, 2020
Location of sighting: Colombia
Now here is something you don't often see when flying on a passenger jet. The eyewitness was flying over Colombia when they noticed a white craft flying below them through the clouds. The crafts color matches that of the clouds its darting through. It has no wings, no jet stream, no tail or plane lights. This object is a diamond disk...a flat diamond shape but thin like a disk. 100% proof of alien life in Colombia. This UFO probably came from one of the many alien bases in South America located under the ocean and under local volcanos.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I took the video flying over Colombia ... it was a silver sphere, it is very difficult to focus with the zoom and at the end of the video I turned sharply and lost focus.
Trailer: The Mothman Legacy 2020 - Recent Mothman Sighting at O'Hare International Airport?
Trailer: The Mothman Legacy 2020 - Recent Mothman Sighting at O'Hare International Airport?
One of the most frightening of American urban myths is the legend of The Mothman, a red-eyed creature seen by some as a harbinger of doom in 1960s rural West Virginia, where sightings of the winged demonic beast were first documented near an old munitions dump known by locals as TNT.
Many believe the Mothman to be a 1960’s phenomenon, an omen only appearing before tragedy, and disappearing after a flap of sightings and the subsequent Silver Bridge collapse in 1967.
But what if there’s more? What if the origins of this omen trace back much further and go much deeper than anyone realized?
And what if…the sightings never ended?
What to think about the USPS employee who saw a seven-foot-tall, red-eyed creature at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on September 24, 2020.
Manuel Navarette of UFO Clearinghouse received a report of the USPS employee who stated that she witnessed a seven-foot-tall, red-eyed creature after leaving work at the United States Postal Service (USPS) sorting facility in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport at around 11 pm on Thursday, September 24th.
The woman had just left work and was walking out to her car when she saw something standing at the far end of the parking (lot) where she usually park.
She saw that this was not some person but some red-eyed (creature), and what appeared to be a coat were actually wings which it spread out as it turned to look at her. At first she thought it was some kind of very, very large bird, but she never seen any bird that stood almost seven feet tall.
The being then began making a series of clicking noises which she described as a cross between a click and a chirping sound. The being then let out a loud metallic screech that she described to (me as sounding) like the brakes on a large truck or train." Read entire story at UFO Clearinghouse.
Daytime UFO video: Really fast metal object over Frisco, Texas 22-Oct-2020
Daytime UFO video: Really fast metal object over Frisco, Texas 22-Oct-2020
This fast metal object or sphere was filmed in the sky above Frisco in Texas on 22nd October 2020.
Witness report:
I was at a stop light and looked up to see a metal sphere shape moving right under the clouds in a fast steady direction-the object seemed to have a green light coming from it whether it be an aura or steady lights I can’t say, I just know I noticed it being a metal ball and there was green on it or around it shining. I tried to video it but my video didn’t record it and I almost got in a wreck so I had to move on and pulled over and when I looked back up it was gone! Later in the day I kept looking up obsessively to try and spot it again and saw a white glowing orb just hanging out in the sky above me and I was able to film that however that wasn’t nearly as exciting as seeing what I saw at the stoplight but regardless both sightings by me in one day! So my video is of second sighting with the basic white glowing orb but not the cool sphere unfortunately. I am also attaching a video I took a few weeks ago that may or may not have been a silver balloon-don’t know.
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When you’re a big pop star, you can say whatever you want these days and it will make the news. Demi Lovato just said she’s seen UFOs and communicated with aliens and the former Barney & Friends cast member is getting more attention than she ever received singing along with the annoying, over-stuffed purple dinosaur. But … is her close encounter overstuffed as well due to our celebrity-worshiping media and culture?
ddlovato The past few days I’ve spent in Joshua Tree with a small group of loved ones and @dr.steven.greer and his CE5 team. Over the past couple months I have dug deep into the science of consciousness and experienced not only peace and serenity like I’ve never known but I also have witnessed the most incredibly profound sightings both in the sky as well as feet away from me.
If you want to see UFOs, Joshua Tree National Park is a well-known place to spot them, with sightings dating back to the 1950s. Keith Richards went there in the 1970s with fellow musician Gram Parsons and some LSD to look for UFOs. (They didn’t see any that he remembers, but who knows – it’s Keith Richards!) Lovato didn’t go to Joshua Tree with LSD – she took a more reliable aid … Dr. Steven Greer, the well-known ufologist, disclosure-seeker, meditator and ET communicator. Lovato obviously paid for the privilege to be accompanied by Greer and she shows the fruits of her investment – photos and videos on Instagram.
“This is just some of the evidence from under the stars in the desert sky that can no longer be ignored and must be shared immediately.”
OK, we did the sharing part. Lovato also says we should download Greer’s CE5 app which she claims “will teach you the protocols to connect to life form beyond our planet!!” (her exclamations). Will you see (for a fee) the same orbs and lights she did out in the desert? Well, it seems that’s up to you.
“Ps, if it doesn’t happen on the first try – keep trying – it took me several sessions to tap into a deep enough level of meditation to make contact!”
Yes, just like Keith and Gram, Demi needed an altered form of consciousness to communicate with the ETs allegedly controlling her sighting. Lovato plugs meditation (as does Greer) and uses this as an opportunity to rally her followers to pressure government leaders to disclose their UFO and ET files and to “change our destructive habits destroying our planet” — both noble causes that the people (at least in the U.S.) are having frustratingly difficult times accomplishing. Her advice on meditation and ET communications applies here – keep trying on both counts.
Is Demi Lovato trying to get over her breakup with Max Ehrich, promote her latest recordings and acting gigs, advertise for Steven Greer, encourage meditation, reveal her UFO sightings and alien contacts, or all of the above? With the amount of criticism Tom DeLonge gets for the money-making side of his UFO and disclosure projects, it’s a fair question to ask Lovato and any other celebrities in similar situations. In Lovato’s defense, she has a lifetime of commitments to many good causes and meditation – both personal and mass – is deemed beneficial to many by many.
As for the other side of the experience she had with Steven Greer in Joshua Tree National Park, this is not Lovato’s first UFO revelation – in 2016, she told Elle magazine she had seen a “worm UFO” and in 2014 she admitted on a late night show that she believes aliens are real. Those are all interesting, but do they and the images and experiences she shared on Instagram convince you that she finally had a CE5 with real ETs?
Let’s hope Demi Lovato has more of these encounters, collects better evidence and uses her celebrity status to reveal it and push for disclosure.
A couple of days ago I wrote an article here at Mysterious Universe on the sensational and over the top story of the “alien underground base” at Dulce, New Mexico. You might think a story like that couldn’t be topped in the unlikely stakes. You would be very wrong. Check out the following. It was in the late 1980s when Ufologist Leonard Stringfield– still highly active in Ufology at the time – received the astonishing and terrible “facts” concerning an incident which supposedly occurred in early 1972, in Tong Li Sap, Cambodia, which is situated in south-east Asia, and when the Vietnam War was still raging. The story is told in Stringfield’s UFO Crash / Retrievals: The Inner Sanctum, which was self-published in July 1991. A group of expert marksmen were secretly and silently parachuted in late one night to an area that bordered closely on North Vietnam. The operation was a vitally important one: to take out a North Vietnamese facility that, U.S. Intelligence had been able to deduce, was clandestinely listening in on top secret conversations between high-ranking American personnel in South Vietnam. The team camped down for the night, fully prepared to make a full assault on the North Vietnamese team as dawn broke. It never happened. Rather, it didn’t happen the way that it was envisaged. The group made a skillful and stealthy approach on the area, using the dense foliage for cover. Only to find to their terror that something unearthly had changed the situation – and drastically so, too.
As the team got closer to the area in which the North Vietnamese unit was hunkered down, they suddenly found themselves confronted by a large, ball-like craft that sat atop three, sturdy, metallic legs. The craft suddenly began to hum – something which caused instant sickness, dizziness and disorientation on the part of the U.S. troops. Fighting the need to throw up and get out of the area quickly, they were suddenly rooted to the spot by a group of strange-looking, humanoid creatures that, today, we would call “the Greys” of UFO lore. Barely believing what they were seeing, the group was even more horrified by what the creatures were doing: handling various human body parts and placing them into large containers: arms, legs, torsos, heads; the grisly list went on and on. Some were the remains of white people, others were black. Several looked like Vietnamese. Managing to keep the sickness and dizziness under some degree of control, the team crawled forward on their stomachs. The commanding officer silently gave the order to fire: salvos of bullets slammed into bodies of the creatures – who barely seemed fazed by the assault. That is, aside from one, which was said to have been killed by a shot to the head. Several of the U.S. troops lost their lives, and others were left severely burned by the effects of an unknown weapon. The aliens then quickly retreated, loaded the containers into the craft, and vanished into the skies above.
In no time at all, another team was on the scene – “CIA types,” as one of the survivors told Stringfield. All of the surviving men were given certain, mind-altering drugs to try and make them forget the incredible affair – which, apparently, worked (so we’re told…). At least, for a while it worked. In the late 1980s, however, two members of the team started to experience dramatic and nightmarish flashbacks to those events of April 1972, which prompted one of the team to contact as many of the others who could be found. Two were dead, three could not be located, but the rest were able to meet up in August 1988 and decided that the story needing telling. After being approached with the story, Stringfield did exactly that: he published it for anyone and everyone that wanted to see it. Yep, that’s quite a story – and that’s the underestimation of the month. Possibly of the year. And I don’t care how credible the source might have been, let’s see some evidence. If it can’t be found, I suggest that we lay the whole thing to rest.
If you heard that the British government was holding photographs of a UFO taken in 1990 in Scotland that were scheduled to be released to the public in 2021, would you be interested? If you then heard that the British government decided for some undisclosed reason to ignore the rules andlock the photos up for another 50 years, would you be suspicious? Both of those happened a few weeks ago and ufologist Straiph Wilson was curious, then suspicious. Now he’s decided to take action.
A colourised image of the alleged UFO sighting in 1990
“That speaks volumes when the government does that. They’re trying to hide something. It’s one of the most important sightings in Britain, if not in the world. The pictures must be quite significant if we could get the two hillwalkers to come forward.”
Wilson, a former technician at Glasgow University and now an artist, told The Courier he’s been interested in the so-called Calvine incident ever since August 4, 1990, when two men claim to have seen a diamond-shaped UFO and watched it hover for 10 minutes before flying away at a high speed … with a number of military aircraft passing underneath it. One of the witnesses got the holy grail of UFO evidence – six color photographs of the craft in broad daylight – then did his duty as a good British citizen and turned them over to the Ministry of Defense. That was the last anyone ever saw of them … publicly.
“The analysis was nothing short of sensational. The photos hadn’t been faked. They showed a structured craft of unknown origin, unlike any conventional aircraft. There was no fuselage, no wings, no tail, no engines and no markings of any sort.”
Nick Pope saw them while he worked for the MoD and claimed he had a Fox Mulder-style poster of one on his wall … before a superior removed it. Pope is out of the MoD and has long been a proponent of disclosure, but sticks to his code of silence on classified information – even after the government announced last week that the six photos – scheduled to be made public in 2021 – would instead be kept super-classified until 2072. While Pope may be afraid to go against the government, Wilson isn’t … and he hopes the witnesses aren’t either.
“Back then people might have been scared of the government but I don’t think they’re scared now.”
In his interview with The Courier, he reached out to the still unnamed witnesses to come forward once again – assuming they’re still alive. If they are, they may not want to come forward for the same reason the government may not want to release the photos. It could be something personal or embarrassing to them or their families, or it could be something more sinister and dangerous. A threat from the enemy government that owned the UFO? A threat from the ETs that owned it? A fear of mass chaos?
Straiph Wilson took action. He’s hoping the witnesses do the same. Tom Delonge took action. He’s hoping his fans do the same. The only way to gain disclosure is through action. Demand answers from government officials by contacting them directly … again and again. Vote for candidates who support disclosure. Go out and look for UFOs yourself … and be prepared with a charged phone (or a good camera) and a steady grip on a wall (for support) and your nerves (for the courage).
You can’t find the holy grail by watching UFO shows on cable.
If you are one of the Calvine withnesses or know them, Straiph Wilson asks to contact him at info@straiph.co.uk.
Giants, Gods & Dragons: Does the Bible Say They Were Real and That They Are Coming Back?
Giants, Gods & Dragons: Does the Bible Say They Were Real and That They Are Coming Back?
Giants, Gods, and Dragons is a fresh look at the end of days, drawing on the worldview of the prophets and apostles, who understood that the spirit realm was far more real than we in the modern world believe.
In these programs and the new book, you’ll discover:
The identities of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Connections between Babel, Babylon, and what’s in your wallet
Three dragons that will walk the earth in the last days
The name of the first spirit to rebel against God (hint: it wasn’t Satan)
Why the “wild beasts” with the deadly Rider on the Pale Horse may be disease-causing viruses
The link between the fallen angels of Genesis and the Titans of Greek mythology
Gog of Magog’s true identity (hint: he’s not Russian)
The historic Nimrod and the true location of Babel
The connection between the reptilian figurines of Sumer and the ancient practice of human head shaping
Why the Jews of Jesus’ day and the early Christian church connected fallen angels and the Antichrist to the giant, dangerous Titans of Greek myth
Historic and prophetic links between the Watchers, Mount Hermon, the prophet Daniel, Jack the Ripper, the destroying angel called Apollyon, and the locust-like things that swarm out of the abyss during the Great Tribulation!
Ancient Alien Artifacts Site Found On Mars! Video, 100% Proof NASA Hides Evidence! UFO Sighting News.
Ancient Alien Artifacts Site Found On Mars! Video, 100% Proof NASA Hides Evidence! UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: Oct 21, 2020
Location of discovery: Mars
Guys This is 100% proof that NASA hides evidence of life from the public. I was searching through a Mars photo and found hundreds of ancient artifacts in just one photo, but I focus on about 12 of the best in this video below. So if you really want to see what NASA is hiding from the public and if you think you are ready to learn the truth about aliens, then watch the video I made below. Oh, and please support my effort by subscribing to my Youtube channel.
List of items found seen in video.
1. Old warrior head
2. Jar and cylinder
3. Casket and statue
4. Ancient Temple
5. Demon face at temple
6. Two other temple entrances into the hillside, 3 total.
7. Basketball shoe
8. Circle Face Over Temple entrance.
9. Demon face at temple entrance.
10. Arm with dragon armor on it.
11. Mantle over temple entrance.
12. Warn walking path into rectangle entrance into hill.
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Another UFO filmed over Area 51
Another UFO filmed over Area 51
This was filmed from Alamo, Nevada on 15th October 2020. What do you think it is?
Witness report:
On Oct 15 2020 I was observing Area 51 at 7:15 pm on a Thursday night. The weather was clear, moonless and steady breeze. The breezed picked up in a hour or so. and became quite windy. At 7:32pm I saw this Hoover UFO just hanging above the mountain terrain of Area 51. There had been previous white explosions going off from behind the mountains. But no noise. I recorded this UFO just sitting in mid air for about 2 minutes. I am having trouble loading the right file for this site. So if you seen my first post it goes along with this post. Its case number is 111909. I am unsure what this is. it could be as simple as a drone.. let me know.. thanks
Witness states: On Oct 15 2020 I was observing Area 51 at 7:15 pm on a Thursday night. The weather was clear, moonless and steady breeze. I than went from long time exposures to video and recorded this UFO in complete darkness.
From Black Mail box looking straight ahead om a SW direction, I recorded this UFO, although I am unsure what this is, it could be as simple as a drone hovering over Area 51, but the weird thing is that it sometimes appears it's two objects.
I drive 240 miles round trip every other week to catch a glimpse of what's going on out there and I recorded many craft flying over Area 51, with my Canon T6. I use long time exposures (13 seconds) (95/300mm) and occasionally video since this camera has a 300 mm zoom.
I also witnessed two white explosions behind the Area 51 mountain range, no sound was heard. The exercises stopped or paused at Area 51.. and it was impossible to get a good steady shot in complete darkness 14 miles away. It seemed like Area 51 closed down when the high winds came in. Mufon report 111909.
As soon as he saw the data, Paul Chodas knew something was strange about the near-Earth object that had been designated 2020 SO.
It should have been just another of the tens of thousands of space rocks that astronomers have spotted breezing through our neighborhood in space. This solar system rubble is mostly harmless, but scientists identify and track all they can in case an object appears to be on a collision course with Earth. As head of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, Chodas evaluates observations of these objects every day.
And to Chodas, 2020 SO didn't look like an asteroid. Instead, it looked like something much rarer: an abandoned rocket body that had once ferried a spacecraft to the moon.
"Even on the night it was announced, I said, 'I think this is such-and-such rocket stage. That's my guess, all circumstantial evidence points to that,'" Chodas told Space.com in late September.
Now, nearly a month of ongoing observations have confirmed that 2020 SO is moving more like a spent rocket stage than a space rock, buffeted by simply the sunlight hitting it.
"Our latest orbit calculations for this object clearly show that it is being affected by non-gravitational forces, presumably solar radiation pressure," he wrote in an email update, calling those calculations "very strong evidence" that the object is not a space rock.
"An asteroid is not easily pushed around," Chodas told Space.com during his original interview. "But an empty can, like a rocket stage, would be pushed around."
But he didn't need the ongoing observations to suspect that the erstwhile space rock was actually human debris, the spent Centaur upper stage of the rocket that, in 1966, sent a NASA mission calledSurveyor 2to the moon.
Chodas is one of the scientists who have had their eyes peeled for just such an object for more than a decade now. "We've kind of mused about whether [or] when this would this happen," he said. "I've over the years looked at asteroid orbits to see if any of them was in an orbit around the sun that was likely to have been associated with a launch."
And 2020 SO is the best match to date. Two characteristics in particular stand out about the object's journey: its slow speed and how closely its trajectory around the sun aligns with Earth's own orbit. Asteroids don't tend to behave that way — they travel much more quickly and without regard to Earth's own path around the sun.
Instead, Chodas said, 2020 SO's orbit shouts that it's a rocket body from a mission to the moon. "It was clearly not from a launch to Mars or Venus or any of the others because they would be in orbits that would carry them out toward those planets," Chodas said. "It has all of the hallmarks of a lunar mission," he said of the object's orbit.
How is NASA monitoring near-Earth objects?
In particular, 2020 SO looks like an object that was trying to land a spacecraft on the moon — gently, and therefore not particularly fast. "The spacecraft had to slow down, you want to approach the moon fairly slowly," Chodas said. "So the rocket body missed the moon and went into orbit around the sun, just barely." (Meanwhile, the Surveyor 2 spacecraft itself botched the soft landing andcrashed into the lunar surface.)
That's what caused the slow, near-Earth orbit that so stuck out to Chodas. "That's why I was suspicious in the first place that this could be a rocket body, and from a lunar mission," he said.
Chodas was thenable to rewind the orbit, so to speak, to determine when 2020 SO might have left the Earth-moon system. The answer? Late 1966. But the '60s, of course, were the height of the moon-bound space race, and between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, 10 missions launched to the moon that year.
But between the later launch date, the details of the trajectory needed to land softly on the moon rather than simply orbit it, and the relative size of the potential rocket bodies at play, Chodas was soon confident that 2020 SO is actually the Centaur upper stage used to launch NASA's Surveyor 2 mission on Sept. 20, 1966.
That identification isn't confirmed, he noted in his update email, although it's "looking increasingly likely," he wrote. He and his colleagues are still analyzing the forces that would have acted on the object over the past half century.
But the initial data is compelling circumstantial evidence, he said.
"This orbit is known so accurately that I can be very sure of the energy with which the rocket left the moon back in 1966, and the direction and geometry," Chodas said during the original interview. "Everything fits the Surveyor 2 mission — the velocity, the nearness to the moon, the date — everything matches to that launch, and it doesn't match to the other launches."
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Chang'e 6, a backup mission for this year's sample-return launch, is scheduled to head to the moon in 2023 or 2024; Chang'e 7 is planned to launch around 2024 with the dual aims of landing on the south pole of the moon and closely studying the region from orbit. An eighth mission is also in the works for later this decade.
The China National Space Administration's (CNSA) Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center last month opened a competitive call to relevant institutes to develop payloads for the five different spacecraft involved in the Chang'e 7 mission. (You can read it here, in Chinese.)
Attached documents show that the complex mission will consist of an orbiter, a relay satellite, a lander, a rover and a "mini flying craft." A Long March 5 rocket will be required to launch the 18,000 lbs. (8,200 kilograms) mission.
China intends for the orbiter to carry a high-resolution stereo mapping camera and synthetic aperture radar, a wide-band infrared spectrum mineral imager, a neutron- and gamma-ray spectrometer and a magnetometer. Together, these payloads will provide new data on the moon's topography, mineralogical composition, radiation environment and magnetosphere.
The relay satellite — a spacecraft similar to the Queqiao communications satellite facilitating the Chang'e 4 mission — will carry a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) system for Earth-moon VLBI measurements. This technique involves partnering with a ground-based telescope to effectively create a telescope with the diameter of the distance between the two detectors and thus make detailed radio astronomy observations. Another instrument will study neutral atoms in the Earth's magnetosphere, the tail of which extends well beyond the orbit of the moon.
The mission's lander will carry landing and topography cameras, instruments that are also present on China's Chang'e 3 and 4 landers. Additional payloads will study volatiles and isotopes and measure heat flow through the lunar soil. The lander will also include an extreme ultraviolet camera, a thermometer and a seismograph.
The rover will carry four science payloads. Teams will compete to provide a lunar penetrating radar, a magnetometer, a Raman spectrometer for accurate analysis of mineral composition and a panoramic camera for the vehicle.
Finally, the "mini flying craft" will carry a water-molecule analyzer to take measurements in permanently shadowed areas at the lunar south pole, where the sun's very low elevation angle means the surface inside craters never receives direct sunlight. Scientists propose that water ice in such areas could remain there for a long time, and if such ice is present, it could provide resources for future crewed missions.
Chang'e 7 is part of a new phase of Chinese moon missions that officials announced after Chang'e 4 successfully landed on the far side of the moon in early 2019.
Chang'e 7 will also pave the way for Chang'e 8, another lunar south pole landing mission planned for the late 2020s. That mission will include test technology for using local resources and manufacturing with 3D printing, according to Chinese press statements.
Chang'e 6, a backup to this year's Chang'e 5 lunar sample-return mission, will also launch around 2023 or 2024. If Chang'e 5 is successful, it will be redirected to the south pole.
Scientists Warn That What Killed Past Human Species Could End Us Too
Scientists Warn That What Killed Past Human Species Could End Us Too
One of the greatest mysteries in science is why there is only one species of humans in the world today. In the past, there were several and they often co-existed for considerable periods. These past human species are modern humans’ older ancestors. Now, researchers believe that they know why our ancestors disappeared. Since they could not adapt to climate change the past human species became extinct, unlike Homo sapiens .
Past Human Species Who Shared the Planet
For millennia there was more than one human species roaming the earth. Indeed, they often interbred with each other, and for this reason modern humans have genes of long-extinct past human species. A group of Italian researchers decided to examine why our ancestors vanished from the face of the earth and why we were the only ones to survive.
The researchers wrote in One Earth that ‘At least six different Homo species populated the World during the latest Pliocene to the Pleistocene.’ They focused on why Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, and Homo neanderthalensis , all went extinct. These species of homo disappeared, the authors of the study are quoted in Science Daily as saying, “despite technological innovations including the use of fire and refined stone tools and the formation of complex social networks.”
Stone tools and simple clothing weren’t enough to save past human species.
The Italian researchers hypothesized that climate change played a key role in the demise of species such as the Neanderthals. All of them had a climatic niche, that is a climate that they had adapted to successfully. H. sapiens were included in the study to determine why they survived, unlike their relatives. Researchers examined an extensive fossil database spanning over a million years. They developed a climate emulator to create a model of past climates and how they changed over 5 million years.
Climate Change and the Extinction of Past Human Species
Using factor analysis, the experts were able to calculate how the changes in temperature and rainfall impacted the climate niche of each species . For three species, H. heidelbergensis, H. erectus, and H. neanderthalensis , they found that ‘their climatic niche widths shrunk suddenly just before they vanished,’ reports One Earth .
This means that the climate changed, making their environment challenging and they could not adapt to the new environment. This contributed greatly to their extinction. In the case of the Neanderthals, this was “made even worse by competition with H. sapiens,” according to Dr. Pasquale Raia of Naples University.
Neanderthals had to compete with Homo sapiens too.
The data from the climatic simulator offers strong evidence that the three extinct species of Homo were not able to cope with rising or cooling temperatures. Raia is quoted by Science Daily as saying that “We were surprised by the regularity of the effect of climate change.”
While there is evidence, based on the geographical distribution of remains, that the archaic humans tried to move to more favorable climates they were not able to adjust to the new conditions. Dr. Raia is quoted by The Independent as saying that:
“It was crystal clear, for the extinct species and them only, that climatic conditions were just too extreme just before extinction and only in that particular moment.”
Why Modern Humans Survived
In One Earth the study’s authors wrote that ‘Our results show striking differences in vulnerability between H. sapiens and the significantly more vulnerable extinct species .’ It appears that our Homo sapiens ancestors were less vulnerable to environmental changes. They had a much wider climatic niche, that is to say, that they could endure and adapt to changing temperatures and environmental conditions. Their cognitive abilities and technologies, such as fire , meant that they could ‘mitigate the effects of climate change on their survival by effectively manipulating their own microclimates or moving rapidly to settle under better conditions’ states One Earth .
However, the study noted that climate change also often had a profound impact on H. sapiens and could again in the future. At a time of rapid climate change the results of the study on early humans’ extinctions are truly relevant. Dr. Raia is quoted by The Independent as saying that “It is worrisome to discover that our ancestors, which were no less impressive in terms of mental power as compared to any other species on Earth, could not resist climate change.”
A Thunderous Warning Message
Unlike in the past, the current changes in the climate are almost certainly linked to human activities. The Independent quotes Dr. Raia as stating that “I personally take this as a thunderous warning message.” The research shows that modern humans are as vulnerable as our ancient extinct relatives, such as the Neanderthals, to climate change . We too may one day be as helpless as they were when their environment changed. Just because we successfully adapted in the past , that does not mean that we can in the future.
Top image: Several past human species went extinct due to climate change.
NASA’s mission to land an unmanned craft on asteroid Bennu was a resounding success, the agency reported earlier today.
Artistic rendering of the asteroid and OSIRIS-REx. Image credits Kevin Gill / Flickr.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully completed its “touch-and-go” landing on Tuesday evening, with the confirmation message reaching ground control some 18 minutes after the actual event (due to the distances involved). All in all, the craft took the samples it set out to obtain, although we don’t clearly know how much material the probe recovered right away. We’ll have a rough idea in a few days, and we’ll know for sure after it makes the 200 million-mile trek back home, sometime in 2023.
Engineers at Lockheed Martin celebrated when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touched down and collected a sample of asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20, 2020.
Unmanned success
“Transcendental. I can’t believe we actually pulled this off,” said Dante Lauretta, the mission’s principal investigator, during NASA’s live broadcast of the operation. “The spacecraft did everything it was supposed to do.”
Although it only landed on the asteroid for a few seconds, the team is confident that the probe managed to collect the samples we require. The confirmation signal reached Earth at 6:11 pm ET. The team is now waiting to see if the collected sample is large enough — they were aiming for at least 2.1 ounces (60 grams) of material.
But why would we go to such lengths (pun intended) to get a handful of space dirt? Well, for starters, there is a real possibility that Bennu will crash into Earth sometime in the next century. It’s also been frozen in time from the early days of the Universe, so studying its nature and chemical make-up can help us gain a better idea of how planets formed, and maybe even information about the origins of life.
On a more practical side, Bennu will serve as a case study for future space travel. Such endeavors will need to stop at and mine asteroids for vital resources such as water, which can be split into oxygen to fuel the crew and hydrogen to fuel the engines. Bennu could help us better understand what asteroids to look out for in the future.
“Bennu is one of the most potentially hazardous asteroids, with a non-negligible chance of impacting the Earth at some point in the 22nd century,” Lauretta said in September.
“Part of our science investigation is about understanding its orbital trajectory, refining the impact probability, and documenting its physical and chemical properties so that future generations can develop an impact-mitigation mission, if that’s necessary.”
If all ends well, OSIRIS-REx will be the first-ever mission to return samples of rock from the birth of the solar system, giving researchers the chance to ask (and answer, hopefully) completely new questions about where the Earth and its neighbors come from.
You can watch NASA’s live broadcast of the craft landing on Benuu here:
There have long been tales of mysterious monsters and entities prowling the wilds of our world, and these have become fixtures in the world of cryptozoology, or the search for hidden and undiscovered animals. Yet, there are often strange things just as unusual that lie within the realm of trees and plants, which are every bit as bizarre and inexplicable. At times these can include trees and plants that seem to be very dangerous indeed, and here we will take a detour off into the brush and deep forests of the remote areas of our world, in order to come face to face with deadly cryptid plants.
With many of the deadly mystery plants supposedly encountered by explorers throughout history, we have something with which it is difficult to separate fact from pure myth. This is surely the case with a type of legendary grass common in Irish lore that is known as féar gortach, or literally “Hungry Grass.” Often said to be cursed or under the influence of some sort of entity such as fairies, Hungry Grass was said to cause an insatiable hunger, possibly even starvation, and profound weakness in anyone who walked across it, with the only way to pass safely being to carry some food. In some versions of the tale this grass is somewhat snake-like, and will actively wrap itself around unwary passersby. The grass was also said to corrupt and eat other crops, and was so persistent in lore that it was blamed in part for the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s. In some areas, such as a place called Hungry Hill, the grass was supposedly so plentiful that it was considered to be a death sentence to venture there, with those who entered never returning.
There are numerous other mythical supposed man-eating plants that are similarly within the shadows of legend, any reality they have uncertain. One of these is the so-called “Man-Eating Lotus of Nubia,” which was an enormous lotus tree renowned for its gorgeous flowers and also known to lure in prey with sweet, succulent fruit, only to lash out to kill and consume them. In an 1881 travelogue called Under the Punkah, explorer Phil Robinson told of how one of these man-eating plants had attacked his uncle. The uncle was reported as having emptied his firearm into the blood-thirsty tree, after which he had hacked away at it with a knife as it grabbed and stabbed at him with vines and branches. He was finally able to barely escape with his life, but one of his native guides had not been so lucky, and was devoured. Robinson described the Man-Eating Lotus:
This awful plant, that rears its splendid death-shade in the central solitude of a Nubian fern forest, sickens by its unwholesome humours all vegetation from its immediate vicinity, and feeds upon the wild beasts that, in the terror of the chase, or the heat of noon, seek the thick shelter of its boughs ; upon the birds that, flitting across the open space, come within the charmed circle of its power, or innocently refresh themselves from the cups of its great waxen flowers ; upon even man himself when, an infrequent prey, the savage seeks its asylum in the storm, or turns from the harsh foot-wounding sword-grass of the glade, to pluck the wondrous fruit that hang plumb down among the wondrous foliage. And such fruit! Glorious golden ovals, great honey drops, swelling by their own weight into pear-shaped translucencies. The foliage glistens with a strange dew, that all day long drips on to the ground below, nurturing a rank growth of grasses, which shoot up in places so high that their spikes of fierce blood-fed green show far up among the deep-tinted foliage of the terrible tree, and, like a jealous body-guard, keep concealed the fearful secret of the charnel-house within, and draw round the black roots of the murderous plant a decent screen of living green.
As similarly deadly flowering tree was known as the “Kumanga Killer Tree,” of Madagascar, which was first heard about by outsiders by the Czech explorer Ivan Mackerle in 1998. Natives claimed that this particular tree was found on only one part of the island and was said to have colorful flowers that exuded an extremely poisonous gas. The natives claimed to know where such a tree was and guided Mackerle to its location. During the trek, the expedition members were so concerned about the poisonous nature of the plant that they actually wore gas masks. When they arrived at the alleged Kumanga Killer Tree, they found no gas spewing flowers, but did find several animal skeletons under the tree. The lack of flowers, the natives explained, was due to the tree not being in bloom. Mackerle also uncovered a story of a former British army officer who allegedly took photographs of a tree on the island that had various animal skeletons strewn about its base. Whether this particular tree was either one of the aforementioned carnivorous trees or something new is uncertain. It is also unknown what became of these photographs, or if indeed they ever existed at all.
Interestingly, Mackerle only chanced upon this supposed discovery because he was in the region looking for yet another legendary man-eating tree, originally known from an old account brought back from the deepest jungles by the German explorer Carl Liche in 1878. The account describes in horrific detail the sacrifice of a village woman of the Mkodo tribe to a giant flesh eating tree. In a letter published in The South Australian Register in 1881, Liche described the unsettling scene that unfolded before him and his cohort, a man only known as Hendrick. Liche writes:
The slender delicate palpi, with the fury of starved serpents, quivered a moment over her head, then as if instinct with demoniac intelligence fastened upon her in sudden coils round and round her neck and arms; then while her awful screams and yet more awful laughter rose wildly to be instantly strangled down again into a gurgling moan, the tendrils one after another, like great green serpents, with brutal energy and infernal rapidity, rose, retracted themselves, and wrapped her about in fold after fold, ever tightening with cruel swiftness and savage tenacity of anacondas fastening upon their prey.
The tree itself was described as being around 8 feet in height, and having an appearance reminiscent of a pineapple, with eight long, pointed leaves that hung down from its top to the ground. The trunk of the tree was topped with a sort of receptacle that contained a thick liquid said to have soporific qualities that drugged potential prey and was believed to be highly addictive. Surrounding this receptacle were long, hairy tendrils with six white palpi resembling tentacles. The tree possessed white, transparent leaves that reminded Liche of the quivering mouthparts of an insect. This one account created great interest in the possibility that such a tree existed, prompting several expeditions to the region looking for it, of which Mackerle’s was one of them. Unfortunately, he was never able to find it, and the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar is largely confined to folklore.
Courtesy of Karl Shuker and Enigmas Magazine
Yet another supposed killer tree was first described in 1870 by the missionary Reverend Henry Callaway in his book The Religious System of the Amazulu. In the remote wilds of South Africa was said to lurk a tree or bush that the natives called the Umdhlebe, which was said to constantly be surrounded by the skeletons of the animals it consumed. It supposedly killed its prey through an extremely potent toxin, which could kill small animals such as birds instantly, and which had profound effects on humans as well. It was said that anyone approaching the tree would develop bloodshot eyes, fevers, and delirium, and if one were to get too close they would be stricken by a condition in which they would be unable to sleep or even sit down, and would pace relentlessly until they wasted away and died. Interestingly, the only way to cure this mystery sickness was supposedly to use the fruit of the tree to concoct a antidote, a feat which only a few could pull off.
Besides deadly trees, there have also been accounts of other types of predatory legendary plants, and one of the most frightening of these must be a vampiric, blood-drinking vine said to dwell in the deepest swamps of Nicaragua. The vine is referred to by the natives as “The Devil’s Snare,” and is described as being rather like an octopus in appearance. The plant was described by one naturalist by the name of Mr. Dunstan, who came face to face with its horrifying nature while spending two years studying the plants and animals of the region. In the account, Dunstan claimed to have come across the plant while in a swamp region near Lake Nicaragua. Dunstan, who was collecting plant and insect specimens in the area, suddenly heard his dog let out a high pitched whine of terror, pain, or both. Dunstan allegedly hurried to the source of the cries and found his dog enveloped by a network of rope-like roots and fibers. These fibers were of a dark, nearly black hue, and were covered with a thick gum that seemed to exude from some sort of pores. This gum was reportedly extremely adhesive and had a foul, animal odor. The ensnared dog struggled within this fibrous network and was wailing as if in a great deal of pain.
Once the startled Dunstan was able to recover from this gruesome sight, he tried desperately to cut the dog free with his knife, but found the vines to be surprisingly difficult to cut and to his horror found that the plant’s rope-like tendrils actively wrapped and curled themselves around his hands like sinuous fingers. Dunstan was able to extricate the animal only after an enormous amount of effort and he noticed that the grasping vines had left the skin of his hands red and blistered. He also noticed to his amazement that the dog was bloodstained and covered in spots that seemed puckered as if they had been sucked. The dog, though still alive, was extremely disoriented and had difficulty walking. The naturalist told the natives of his encounter and they explained that the vine was well known and feared in the area, warning him to stay well away from it. Undaunted, Dunstan tried to collect more information on the bizarre vine, but found it to be very difficult to approach or handle. However, through his observations he deduced where the plant’s remarkable suction abilities derived from and how it fed. He reported:
The plant’s power of suction is contained within a number of infinitesimal mouths or little suckers, which, ordinarily closed, open for the reception of food. If the substance is animal, the blood is drawn off and the carcass or refuse then dropped. A lump of raw meat being thrown to it, in the short space of five minutes the blood will be thoroughly drunk off and the mass thrown aside. Its voracity is almost beyond belief.
Dunstan also described how the plant was extremely hard to get off once it latched on, and could only be pulled away with a great deal of effort and possibly lost skin. He eventually gave up his studies on the vampire vine and very little else is known about it. Another supposed predatory vine was also reported in 1852 from the impenetrable, uncharted rain forests of interior Africa. According to Beachcombing’s Bizarre History Blog, one newspaper report of the era described the bizarre plant as follows:
According to some Italian journals, a new organised being has been discovered in the interior of Africa, which seems to form an immediate link between vegetable and animal life. This singular production of nature has the shape of a spotted serpent. It drags itself along on the ground; instead of a head, it has a flower, shaped like a bell, which contains a viscous liquid. Flies and other insects, attracted by the smell of the juice, enter into the flower, and are caught by the adhesive matter. The flower then closes, and, remains shut until the prisoners are bruised and transformed into chyle. The indigestible portions, such as the head and the wings, are thrown out by two aspiral openings. The vegetable serpent has a skin resembling leaves, a white and soft flesh, and, instead, of a bony skeleton, a cartilaginous frame filled with yellow marrow. The natives consider it a delicious food.
Finally, we have the strange story of an apparent giant, man-eating flower supposedly native to the forgotten South Pacific islet of El Banoor, a place said to be home to a man-eating flower known only as “The Death Flower.” The flower’s existence is mostly known of through the 1581 account of the explorer Captain Arkwright, who wrote of it in his journals of his travels. He described the plant as basically a huge, brightly colored flower with very large petals. The flower reportedly could release a soporific, sleep inducing aroma, whereupon the victim would lie down upon one of the petals. Once this happened, the flower would close and digest its sleeping prey alive. It seems like a fascinating account, but since it is only one report and the location of El Banoor is not specifically explained, it seems unlikely we will ever know for sure just how much veracity the account holds. Indeed, is there any truth to any of these, or are they tall tales told by travelers and explorers? We may never know for sure, and such accounts will perhaps always instill bafflement and a sense of wonder at what lies out there in the wild places of our world.
When most people think of sweat baths (the non-porn kind), they usually think of the ancient Romans or sometimes certain neighborhoods in New York City. However, archeologists trace the first (and possibly the best) steam rooms back to the Maya civilization which created the hot, steamy rooms in Mesoamerica somewhere around 900 BCE. Hot, steamy rooms in hot, steamy tropical lands? These rooms obviously had more ritual purposes than just cleaning out the pre-Columbian pores. A recent discovery in Guatemala reveals one unusual purpose of these steam rooms, the goddess associated with them and their connection to reptilian births. Wait … what?
“No other structure in Mesoamerica–sweat bath or otherwise–looks like this building. It would seem that when someone enters the front of the structure, they are entering the amphibian goddess who personified the sweat bath.”
You get the idea.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) archaeologist Ashley Sharpe co-authored a study, published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, which described the discovery of this unusual Maya steam bath and the search for its unique purpose. Maya steam baths themselves are not unusual – they generally have vented roofs and a firebox and were often built outside the homes of the elite. However, some have been found inside other buildings and had attached rooms for changing or recovering. Most were built for cleansing the body and the mind, helping heal the sick, talking to the gods or members of the underworld, or for other rituals. This particular one was different.
“Linking notions of birth to reptilian figures, however, is not uncommon among the Classic Maya as they express the verb ‘to birth’ as an upended reptilian mouth glyph. What we see at Xultun is an example where this reptilian goddess, as well as the ideas and myths she embodied, are expressed as a physical place.”
Boston University archaeologist Mary Clarke, main author of the study, reveals in a press release that this bath, discovered at the Xultun archeological site in modern Guatemala and named ‘Los Sapos’, was used for birthing – a tool that midwives believed aided in the process and produced healthier babies. To aid in the process, the steam bath was dedicated to a Classic Maya goddess (name not known but possibly ‘ix.tzutz.sak’) who is depicted “squatting in a toad-like position with legs ornamented with iguanas and cane toads.” The steam bath appears to have been built around 250 CE and used for 300 years before being buried. It appears to have been discovered about 300 years later and put back into use – not for steaming but for making offerings to the reptilian goddess that further solidified the purpose of the original bath.
She sounds hot!
“Because of the iconography on the outside of Los Sapos and because we know it was a sweat bath, we have a rare case where we can associate the offerings–an infant, figurines of women, and frogs and iguanas–with the role the structure played in the community.”
The offerings were found in an area that had been set on fire, so it’s difficult to determine if the infant had been a live sacrifice to the reptilian goddess, but human sacrifices were common to the Maya culture. Based on Clarke’s description of the reptilian goddess, that may have been the case.
“This supernatural figure is a ferocious embodiment of the Earth. When displeased, she may take revenge or withhold the things people need to survive. The offering at Los Sapos was both an attempt to appease this goddess and an act of resilience.”
The fire took place around 900 CE, at the end of the Maya civilization, so the people could have been negotiating with the gods to slow their demise. While the Maya are gone, their steam baths remain in the temazcal – round sweat lodges often run by shamans and popular in Mexico and Central America with tourists (when we could still be tourists … sigh).
Just be careful not to squat in one or you may get a surprise from the reptilian birthing goddess.
The Anunnaki Movie ~ The Mysterious Origins of Humanity
The Anunnaki Movie ~ The Mysterious Origins of Humanity
Welcome to The Anunnaki Movie! This is a special edition of The Sumerian Epic which combines Episodes 4 through 7 of the Sumerian Epic into a 2+ hour movie! Along with an additional 15 minutes of bonus footage never before seen in the original episodes!
The film continues the exploration of the Sumerian Mythology, and the curious interpretations around them concerning the Anunnaki, and the legends of human origin.
Even more curious, how these ancient Sumerian and Babylonian myths made their way into the modern world today, in the form of the Bible. Could the “God” of Genesis actually be describing an Anunnaki from an even older Sumerian Myth?
Our Moon is an Ancient Anunnaki's Ark That Arrived About 12,000 Years Ago, Constance Victoria Briggs via Leak Project
Our Moon is an Ancient Anunnaki's Ark That Arrived About 12,000 Years Ago, Constance Victoria Briggs via Leak Project
Our Moon is an Ancient Anunnaki’s Ark That Arrived About 12,000 Years Ago, Constance Victoria Briggs via Leak Project
The idea that the moon is like a weigh station or “ rest area”/checkpoint makes sense. Maybe that’s why some larger planets have more moons. Kinda like when traveling through borders, you stop in, state your reason for coming or WHO you will be visiting. And humans are also there working along side different races/ beings like a “NWO” type of treaty, plan or mission monitoring all incoming and outgoing traffic, Ashley May
I was about 6 years old when my parents woke me up to watch the moon landing and take off. As they took off, I asked my parents how did they film the take off if there’s no one left on the moon. They got really angry with me because as a kid, I shattered their reality. Dr. Jones
Fleet of UFOs Pass Over Walmart Over Oakland, California, Oct 18, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Fleet of UFOs Pass Over Walmart Over Oakland, California, Oct 18, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 18, 2020
Location of sighting: Oakland, California, USA
Source: MUFON
For the life of me I just could not see any wings on these objects in the sky, but just like the eyewitness...at first I thought it was a flock of birds, but its not. Guys, this is a lot of UFOs moving fast and low over Oakland, California three days ago. Something big is going on for so many UFO sightings world wide to be occurring. UFOs often try to disguise themselves with cloaks, clouds, fog, impersonating planes and even trying to look like birds. Be warned, sometimes what you see...are what aliens want you to see.
Scott C. Waring
MUFON Report:
A friend and I went on our break at Walmart when we noticed a silver looking object crossing the sky. The sun was reflecting off of it as it spun. At first I thought it was a helium balloon because of the color but then my friend said it stopped moving. I then went to activate my video recorder on my phone but then noticed a v shaped formation of white lights crossing the blue sky. I started recording them instead of the the silver thing. the V shaped suddenly changed into a C shape. as if on command. I knew they were not birds because they were moving too fast and these things didn't have wings flapping. They also stayed in perfect formation even when changing shape. They looked like tic tacs or oval shaped. No sound or exaust.
Guy Catches Long Slow UFO Over Milpitas, California, Oct 20, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Guy Catches Long Slow UFO Over Milpitas, California, Oct 20, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 20, 2020
Location of sighting: Milpitas, California, USA
Source: MUFON #111905
Here is a fun eyewitness video just in today. A person caught sight of a UFO shooting across the sky very slowly so it must be very high. It almost looks like a comet with its tail, but NASA says no comets will be seen this month. That is one massive object and its slow speed...makes it impossible to be a meteor and its even too slow to be a jet. The UFO was probably headed in the direction of the ocean to get to an under ocean floor alien base. I would love to see NASA attempt to tell us what this one is.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
At 09:28:27am I was walking my dog, at Albert Augustine Park in Milpitas, Ca. I observed a fire ball over my head. I started a video on my Android phone. It was traveling south. It looked like my previous case (106239) A Disk disguised as a Meteorite. I recorded until it was not visible with my eyes.
White Disk Recorded over South Korea Oct 11, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
White Disk Recorded over South Korea Oct 11, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 11, 2020
Location of sighting: Korea
This is absolutely fantastic! A person in South Korea uses his meditation skills to summon UFOs to him and this time he does it to show his best friend (his dog...so cute) that they are real. I have tried meditation (mentally calling aliens) and it worked the first time with an orb coming 2 meters from my face (camera on tripod focused opposite direction so missed it), but on no other occasions did it work for me. This is 100% proof that sending telepathic messages to UFOs and aliens works! Mentally calling a UFO with kind and thoughtful thoughts...works.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I told him to come to my factory. My friend wanted to meet him, so I recorded a video and sent it to my friend. I recorded it on October 11, 2020 at 9:14 AM. Anyone can communicate with him. It is very common with meditation. I can't say anything more. Because I don't have evidence, it's useless.
I told him to come to my factory. My friend wanted to meet him, so I recorded a video and sent it to my friend. I recorded it on October 11, 2020 at 9:14 AM.
Alien Spacecraft firing huge laser beam caught near the Sun
Alien Spacecraft firing huge laser beam caught near the Sun
NASA's Satellite Lasco C2 has transmitted images of an alien spacecraft near the Sun on October 12, 2020. A day later probably the same UFO, has been captured again, but now much further away from the sun.
The UFO which appears to be firing a huge laser beam into space is only visible in a single frame Skip to the slow motion clip at 1.50 minutes if you want to see clear images of the UFO at 1.55 and 2.42 minutes.
It’s known that high energy particles hitting the camera all the time and sometimes it turns out that an unidentified object is just a camera reflection but in recent years enough evidence has been gathered to know that many objects near the sun are not always reflections or high energy particles but huge spacecraft mostly under under intelligent control.
Hiko, NV: UFO Hovers over Area 51 – Video from Black Mail Box 15-Oct-2020
Hiko, NV:UFO Hovers over Area 51 – Video from Black Mail Box15-Oct-2020
This footage was filmed from Hiko, Nevada and it allegedly show a UFO activity in the sky aboveArea 51.
Witness report:
On Thursday Oct 15 2020 at 7:29pm, it was a moonless night with light winds but latter they picked up. I recorded many craft flying over Area 51, with my Canon T6. I use long time exposures (13 seconds) (95/300mm) and occasionally video since this camera has a 300 mm zoom. I am unsure But I think I zoomed into 300 mm to get the video shot and than focused it better. I suspect the 8 craft I caught flying over Area 51 were drones. I also have images of them. I saw a stationary object that appeared to be a drone coming down(digital image 531) and than hoovering(Video 0532). I than went from long time exposures to Video and recorded this UFO for about 2 minutes and 15 seconds. At the 2 minute mark it turned off its lights and never came back.
This video shows the craft hovering, although it some times appears its two crafts.. From Black Mail box looking straight ahead om a SW direction, its over Area 51. I also witnessed two white explosions behind the Area 51 mountain range, no sound was heard. It doesn’t appear I have caught them on my files. I stayed a little bit longer, but the wind picked up,, the exercises stopped or paused at Area 51.. and it was impossible to get a good steady shot in complete darkness 14 miles away. A late model Chevy car pulled up to Black Mail Box, after I was just about done.. I waited for the person to get out.. they never did. I left and went home early that night, you just cant shoot any thing reliable under those conditions. It seemed like Area 51 closed down when the high winds came in. I also reestablished the Black Mail Box back in June 2019.. so far its still there.
Note:
That was a Thursday nite,, it may appear, Bob Lazar Night which was Wednesdays, may have moved to Thursdays. Because I have shot nothing on Wednesdays in last few months. I drive 240 miles round trip every other week to catch a glimpse of what’s going on out there.
For centuries there have been legends and lore about mysterious spiritual entities commonly referred to as Fairies. Also known as Faeries, the Fae, and numerous other names, they permeate countless stories and legends since time unremembered, with appearances and origins as varied as the different cultures and people who believe in them. Most commonly depicted in popular culture as shimmering little flying forest spirit nymphs with wings, they are also mostly seen by the mainstream as benevolent and playful creatures. Yet, looking into the lore of fairies they are not always so, and stories abound of the darker side of these creatures, including mischief, murder, and kidnappings. One frequent theme in fairy lore is that they have a well-known reputation for abducting human beings, and far from mere legend and lore, this has reportedly happened for real many times over the centuries.
In some traditions of fairy abductions, the little folk were said to leave behind an entity called a “changeling,” which was a fairy imposter who merely looked like the person who was abducted to act like a placeholder and take the abductee’s place. In one such case from March of 1895, a young woman by the name of Bridget Cleary disappeared in Ireland, and after an extensive search for the woman her body was finally found not far from her home. Police would finger husband Michael Cleary, her father Patrick Boland, her aunt Mary Kennedy, her cousins Patrick, William, James and Michael Kennedy, and John Dunne as the killers, but under questioning they would weave a very strange tale indeed. According to them, the real Bridgette had in fact been abducted by fairies, who had then left behind a changeling in her place, a fact they uncovered when the creature became very ill for no reason. They then tied up the changeling and tortured it in order to find out where the real Bridgette had been taken to, but it died from its injuries. According to them, the police had found the changeling’s body and not that of the real Bridgette. It was a colorful story, but the police weren’t buying it and they were charged with murder.
In most cases the person is just sort of whisked away, and this often happens to the very young. Another case concerns a young woman by the name of Annie McIntire, also from Ireland.
According to an account in a 1909 edition of the Preston Herald:
Annie McIntire, a venerable county Derry woman, has a sublime faith in the fairies. When being examined at a meeting of the Limavady Pension Committee as to her age, she fixed the time of her birth as Hallowe’en in 1839 giving for her recollection of the fact the startling reason that she had been ‘stolen by the fairies’. In reply to the chairman the woman said she was as certain of her abduction by the fairies as the she was alive. After carrying off the infant, she continued, the ‘wee people’ indulged in revels and dancing, in the wood at Carrowkeel, which were fortunately overheard by her brother when returning from Carndomagh. The brother had a book [a Bible? difficult to see the fairies being frightened off by a penny dreadful], which he threw into the wood, and scattered the fairies when he lifted his baby sister in his arms and carried her back in triumph. Further questioned the witness said her mother relatives were overjoyed at her safe return and gave themselves up to feasting and merriment. This was the only incident by which witness was able to determine her age, of which no record appeared in the census of 1841 or that of 1851.
Indeed babies are traditionally prime targets for fairies, and in order to protect their infants people would often sprinkle them with holy water or hang bars or rods of iron over their cribs, as iron was said to ward fairies off, with even adults often carrying around iron when venturing into a fairy’s territory. This was among many precautions mothers would take to protect both themselves and their babies from fairies. 20th century fairy researcher W.Y. Evans-Wentz said of this:
The fairies were wont to take away infants and their mothers, and many precautions were taken to safeguard them till purification and baptism took place, when the fairy power became ineffective. Placing iron about the bed, burning leather in the room, giving mother and child the milk of a cow which had eaten of the mothan, pearl-wort (Pinguicula vulgaris), a plant of virtue, and similar means were taken to ensure their safety. If the watching-women neglected these precautions, the mother or child or both were spirited away to the fairy bower.
This does not seem to always work, though, and in another account we have a case from the site Irish Central from a witness called “Grace.” She writes:
Don’t believe in Fairy abductions? My Granny would have a sit down with you and soon set you straight. From the very day of her birth, Granny’s parents carefully lay their iron fire-poker across the basket she slept in. They were believer’s you see, in the Good People. Well, wasn’t everyone back then? But times have changed and now there are fewer who believe. Who knows, maybe the Good People like it that way. My Granny thinks so and she says she should know.
“I’ve lived one foot in our world and the other foot in theirs” so she says. You see, when Granny was but a few months old, the Good People tried to steal her away. Without a drop of whiskey on her breath, she’ll tell you that she was asleep in her wee basket when there was a commotion out back of her parent’s cottage. They lived in County Limerick at that time, it was a farm, with mainly sheep she says, and anyway, all hell had broken loose tween sheep and dogs and Granny’s Mam and Pop upped and ran outside to see the damage. As it happened, there was nothing to see, nothing at all. It had been nothing but bluster, for the sheep and dogs were only calm and dozey. Which was strange in itself.
Granny’s Mam was pretty canny, and she hightailed it back to the cottage to find Granny, still wrapped tight in her blanket, laying at the threshold at the front door. Fast asleep. Across the room from her basket. When she was older, Granny was told by her parents that the Good People had distracted them so they could steal her away for she was ‘touched’, having one blue eye and one green you see. Only they couldn’t get her out from the cottage on account she’d been baptized. Granny will tell you the iron bar did nothing to keep the Good People from reaching in her basket and what’s more, it wasn’t true, her being baptized. It’s what her parents told anyone who asked, but in truth, she was yet to be baptized and only a day or two after the ‘visit’ as Granny calls it, her parents took her on the quiet to the Priest for to get the job done.
So we can only guess that the Good People dropped Granny to the ground when they heard her Mam approaching. I think Granny enjoys telling the story and wears it as a kind of badge actually. It is remarked by many who have known Granny that she has lived a charmed life on account of her touch by the Good People. There could be something to that, she is nearing 100 years old after all and as bright and feisty as ever before.
Not all such abductions are of babies, but the victims are typically young, and some of the strangest reports of fairy abductions come from who have managed to come back to tell the tale. A very weird earlier report also has to do with what is called a “Fairy Circle,” a sort of portal between the land of the Fae and our reality, which in this account supposedly existed near the farm of Llwyn y Ffynon, near the Vale of Neath in South Wales. In 1755, two servants on the farm, a Rhys ap Morgan, and Llewellyn Walter, were walking towards the farm one evening when Rhys stopped and told his companion he could hear music playing, although Llewellyn could hear nothing. Rhys told the Llewellyn to continue back home while he went to go search for who was playing the music and talk to them. It was all very odd, since only Rhys could hear the alleged music, and Llewellyn suspected that he was just trying to get out of work, finally just leaving his friend to head home.
When morning came, Rhys was nowhere to be seen, and so Llewellyn told his boss what had happened the previous night. The area was searched, and they even searched the nearby alehouse, but there was no sign of Rhys, and suspicion began to fall on Llewellyn that he had done something to him. This would continue for a full year, before the story found its way to a local farmer who thought it might have to do with fairies. He asked Llewellyn to take him and some friends to the exact spot where Rhys had disappeared, and the farmer claimed that it was a fairy circle and that Rhys had been snatched away within it. At that moment Llewellyn could allegedly hear harp music that no one else could, and the farmer noticed that the servant’s foot was partly within the circle. When all present placed their feet within the circle, they found that they too could hear the music, and they could also see little child-sized figures dancing about along with the missing Rhys.
Llewellyn then grabbed his friend and pulled him out of the circle, after which Rhys said he wanted to dance a little more, as he had just gotten there. When asked what he meant, Rhys claimed to have been there for scarcely 5 minutes, despite the fact that a whole year had passed. Indeed, he had no inkling at all that he had been gone so long, and he also found himself unable to clearly remember his time with the little people in that circle. The next morning the circle was checked to find that it was trodden down and filled with tiny footprints the size of a person’s thumb. Oddly, after leaving the circle Rhys’ health would rapidly deteriorate, and he would die not long after. What happened here? Some of these cases can be quite harrowing, such as an account written of in the 1910 book The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by W.Y. Evans-Wentz. The case revolves around a witness who says that when he was a boy he was out with his brother and cousin when they were almost abducted by a group of fairies. He says of the bizarre experience:
One day, just before sunset in midsummer, and I a boy then, my brother and cousin and myself were gathering bilberries (whortleberries) up by the rocks at the back of here, when all at once we heard music. We hurried round the rocks, and there we were within a few hundred feet of six or eight of the gentle folk, and they dancing. When they saw us, a little woman dressed all in red came running out from them towards us, and she struck my cousin across the face with what seemed to be a green rush. We ran for home as hard as we could, and when my cousin reached the house she fell dead. Father saddled a horse and went for Father Ryan. When Father Ryan arrived, he put a stole about his neck and began praying over my cousin and reading psalms and striking her with the stole; and in that way brought her back. He said if she had not caught hold of my brother, she would have been taken forever.
From the same book is the story of a man who tells of his frightening encounter with what he calls the “gentry,” another word for fairy. One day as he was out near a place called Ben Bulbin he had a curious encounter with a fairy that seemed about to abduct him. He says of the rather odd series of events:
When I was a young man I often used to go out in the mountains over there to fish for trout, or to hunt; and it was in January on a cold, dry day while carrying my gun that I and a friend with me, as we were walking around Ben Bulbin, saw one of the gentry for the first time. I knew who it was, for I had heard the gentry described ever since I could remember; and this one was dressed in blue with a head-dress adorned with what seemed to be frills. When he came up to us, he said to me in a sweet and silvery voice, “The seldomer you come to this mountain the better. A young lady here wants to take you away.” Then he told us not to fire off our guns, because the gentry dislike being disturbed by the noise. And he seemed to be like a soldier of the gentry on guard. As we were leaving the mountains, he told us not to look back, and we didn’t. Another time I was alone trout-fishing in nearly the same region when I heard a voice say, “It is —— bare-footed and fishing.” Then there came a whistle like music and a noise like the beating of a drum, and soon one of the gentry came and talked with me for half an hour. He said, “Your mother will die in eleven months, and do not let her die unanointed.” And she did die within eleven months. As he was going away he warned me, “You must be in the house before sunset. Do not delay! Do not delay! They can do nothing to you until I get back in the castle.” As I found out afterwards, he was going to take me, but hesitated because he did not want to leave my mother alone. After these warnings I was always afraid to go to the mountains, but lately I have been told I could go, if I took a friend with me.
In some cases people have been reported as being gone for a length of time, only to somehow find their way back, usually dazed, confused, and with no clear memory of what has happened to them. One report from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries speaks of this, and explains how something about what it calls “Fairyland” as being a place in which time runs differently, and which has a way of preventing the abductee from being able to speak of it. It explains:
Persons in a short trance-state of two or three days duration are said to be away with the fairies enjoying a festival. The festival may be very material in its nature, or it may be purely spiritual. Sometimes one may thus go to Faerie for an hour or two; or one may remain there for seven, fourteen, or twenty-one years. The mind of a person coming out of Fairyland is usually a blank as to what has been seen and done there. Another idea is that the person knows well enough all about Fairyland, but is prevented from communicating the knowledge. A certain woman of whom I knew said she had forgotten all about her experiences in Faerie, but a friend who heard her objected, and said she did remember, and wouldn’t tell. A man may remain awake at night to watch one who has been to Fairyland to see if that one holds communication with the fairies. Others say in such a case that the fairies know you are on the alert, and will not be discovered.
Similarly we have a case from Ancient Origins, which relates the bizarre ordeal of a woman who disappeared near what is called a “Fairy Fort,” usually a mound, cairn of rocks or boulder that draws in fairies and has great significance for them. The report reads:
Finally, as an example of this darker aspect to fairy encounters this account from the Irish folklore archives demonstrates the upset and the confusion which many feel before they can even speak about what they believe happened to them. In this case a family happen to live close to an ancient fairy fort and one morning as a woman is using a spinning wheel she noticed a tiny person standing by the door of the house. When the woman stood up and walked to the door to investigate she was taken away by a group of small people. When the family arrived home and noticed their aunt had vanished they searched everywhere in the vicinity but found no sign of her. They searched the drains, the ditches and even the fairy fort itself. It was on the third day of her disappearance that one of the family was walking by the fort when they saw the aunt kneeling next to it. She had vanished while holding a carving knife and this was stuck in the ground next to her. The aunt could not speak for days after her return and it was only then that the family learned of her fairy abduction.
There are countless other reports along these lines, and it all goes to show that the Fae are not always the harmless little forest spirits they are so often depicted as in popular culture. Indeed, in the traditional tales and lore they are generally described as quite powerful beings to be respected, and they are certainly not always friendly by our definition. Such tales as we have looked at here serve to show us a different angle of the fairy phenomenon, and they certainly fire up the imagination whether real or not.
Today’s article is the third in a trilogy on how aliens might be trying to find ways to manipulate, infiltrate and ultimately control us. The first part was a look at how the Men in Black, Black Eyed Children and Women in Black are tied to this. The second part was on how the Contactees of the 1950s were clearly manipulated – and mind-controlled – by the so-called Space Brothers, who claimed to have been beneficial, friendly ETs. Now, we come to the matter of how the alien abduction angle is connected to all of this. It’s a phenomenon that was pretty much unknown until September 19, 1961. Yes, there were a few, earlier cases, but, for the most part, they were not publicized until after September 19. What, exactly, is so significant about that particular date? The answer is that it was the date of a now-historic UFO event which occurred to a married couple from New Hampshire. They were Betty and Barney Hill. At the time in question, the Hills were driving home from a vacation in Canada, when the journey suddenly took on strange and unearthly proportions. It was on a dark stretch of road that the Hills caught sight of a curious light in the sky; it even seemed to be monitoring or shadowing them. They watched it for a while, and then something really strange happened: the Hills became confused, experienced a sense of missing time – of several hours, no less – and after getting home suffered from weird and traumatic dreams. They were dreams which suggested Betty and Barney may have been taken on-board the craft and even experimented on by weird-looking, humanoid figures. In no time at all, the dreams became definitive nightmares. Something had to be done. And, it was.
Betty and Barney Hill
When things got really bad for the Hills, and the nightmares and stress began to overwhelm them (Barney, for example, developed stomach ulcers), they sought help; it was a very good idea, as that same help led to answers for what happened on that mystery-filled drive back to New Hampshire. They were put in touch with a neurologist and psychiatrist who operated out of Boston, Massachusetts, named Benjamin Simon. Clearly aware that the Hills were in deep states of anxiety, he elected to subject them to regressive hypnosis – with the permission of Betty and Barney, of course. What followed next can only be described as incredible. Both husband and wife told near-identical stories of being taken from their vehicle, onto what can only be described as an unidentified flying object, and subjected to a series of medical procedures – most of which were very intrusive and stressful. Frightening, even. The encounter went on for roughly two hours. So detailed were the memories of Betty and Barney that the time Benjamin Simon worked with the Hills went on for months. Such was the phenomenal reaction to the story of Betty and Barney Hill, it prompted author John Fuller to write a book on the subject, titled The Interrupted Journey – an appropriate title, indeed – and which was published in 1966. Since then, the alien abduction phenomenon has grown and grown and spread like wildfire.
Since 1961, there have been a huge number of cases of alien abduction. One of the typical aspects of alien abductions is that they can be extremely frightening. Abductees are subjected to traumatic experiments. And then they’re tossed off the craft and returned to their home or vehicle – depending on the location of the incident. Sometimes, this goes on for the abductees for decades, no less. Now, it’s time to get to the control angle of all this. I have spoken to a number of abductees who have – quite literally – become vegetarian or vegan overnight, as a result of the demands of the ETs. Whitley Strieber was warned off candy – or he would die. What I find intriguing, though, is the incredible speed that a particular part of a person’s life can be significantly altered – and as a result of alien activity. A case of control? And of altering minds at a whim? Yes. Similarly, I have several good friends who are abductees and who, after being kidnapped, developed deep concerns for the Earth and its environment. On this issue, a few words from me for Republicans: please don’t tell me there’s no such thing as global-warming, because I do not want to hear it. Not in the slightest.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong at all about giving up meat and / or candy. And being concerned for the Earth is vital. After all, we have nowhere else to go if we irreversibly fuck up our world. But, just like the rapid diet-changing, I’ve seen the environmental angle placed into the person’s mind in a very quick time. too. Hours, even. At the latest, overnight. The undeniable zeal that goes along with this is not a bad thing. But, I do wonder if this sudden change in lifestyle is down to the primary themes of these three, interconnected articles: infiltration andcontrol. There’s something else, too, that comes into play. I know of people who have been kidnapped by E.T.s , subjected to downright trauma, and shown images of a ravaged Earth in the near future. But, they still have a positive, emotional connection to their abductors. In many cases, abductees are the victims of Stockholm Syndrome – which I’ll get to now.
The BBC says of Stockholm Syndrome: “The term is most associated with Patty Hearst, the Californian newspaper heiress who was kidnapped by revolutionary militants in 1974. She appeared to develop sympathy with her captors and joined them in a robbery. She was eventually caught and received a prison sentence. But Hearst’s defence lawyer Bailey claimed that the 19-year-old had been brainwashed [my italics] and was suffering from ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ – a term that had been recently coined to explain the apparently irrational feelings of some captives for their captors [italics mine].” You can clearly see where I’m going with all of this. I know many people whose lives have been enriched by their abductions and their abductors. The fact is, though, this still all smacks of control and manipulation of the targeted person.
By far the most spectacular and intriguing of UFO reports are those cases in which one of these mysterious crafts has fallen from the heavens to come crashing down to earth. Of course the most well-known incident of this kind is the supposed UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, which is so famous that even people who have no knowledge of the UFO field have heard of it. Yet, it is by far not the only such case, and indeed UFO lore is littered with more obscure cases of alien spacecraft crashing in remote locations, the government coming in to whisk it all away, often alien bodies thrown into the mix as well, and of course government cover-ups. One such case that is perhaps even more obscure than most is the time fighter jets allegedly shot down a UFO over South Africa, after which it crashed into the Kalahari desert and was confiscated to disappear into the mists of history.
On May 7, 1989, at around 2 PM in the afternoon, a South African naval frigate off the coast of Cape Town allegedly radioed in a rather odd report to the Cape Town Naval headquarters. They claimed that they had picked up an unidentified object on their radar that was moving very rapidly towards the mainland at an approximate speed of 5746 nautical miles per hour, and other radar installations, including NORAD installations and D.F. Malan international airport at Cape Town were allegedly picking up the same thing. There were apparently efforts made to establish communications with the incoming object, but there was no response, and it then suddenly and abruptly changed course to shoot out over a remote area. In the meantime, visual confirmation was made, and it was described as looking like a silver disc.
Considering the course change, it was now assumed to be some sort of aircraft, but orders made over radio to cease its approach continued to go unanswered, and in response the South African military purportedly began making preparations to engage. Two Mirage fighter jets were scrambled, armed with what was referred to as “experimental aircraft mounted THOR 2 laser canons” supposedly designed to disrupt electrical systems, and as they approached the speeding object, warnings were ignored and so they were given permission to engage. Both fighters then fired upon it, and according to a report given by an “insider” to the UFO research group Quest International, which would later become UFO Truth Magazine, they made direct hits. The report reads of the incident:
At 13.59 GMT, the pilot of the fighter reported that they had radar and visual confirmation of the object. The order was given to arm and fire the experimental aircraft-mounted Thor 2 laser cannon. This was done. Squadron leader reported that several blinding flashes emitted from the object which had started wavering whilst heading in a northerly direction. At 14.02 is was reported that the object was decreasing altitude at a rate of 3000 feet per minute. Then at speed it dived at an angle of 25 degrees and impacted in desert terrain 80 miles north of the South African border with Botswana, identified as the central Kalahari desert. Squadron leader was instructed to circle the area until a retrieval team arrived.
A team of Air Force Intelligence Officers and technical specialists were supposedly soon on the scene in what was called “Operation Silver Diamond,” and the whole story gets even more bizarre from there. A crater was found to have been pounded into the earth, measuring approximately 150 meters in diameter and around 12 meters deep, within which sat a silver, saucer shaped object half buried at a 45-degree angle. All around it was scorched earth and rocks and sand fused together from an intense heat, and when the team approached, they reported that electronics failed in the vicinity of the object, to the point that one approaching helicopter flying over had severe technical malfunctions that caused it to make an emergency landing, and yet another went down to kill all aboard. The surface of the anomalous object was found to be completely smooth and undamaged, and was devoid of any markings or discernible seams, windows, or hatches, although they apparently did find one strange insignia etched into it ringed by odd hieroglyphics. On the bottom of the craft was found what appeared to be some sort of hydraulic landing gear, that had been fully extended, leading to speculation that a landing malfunction possibly caused by the fighter jet attack had caused it to go down. Yet, this was not the end of the weirdness.
As the team warily circled the apparently alien craft, there was reportedly a loud noise that issued forth from the craft, and a hatch of some sort cracked open on the side of it. A team was sent in to pry it all the way open, and from within allegedly climbed two humanoid entities, around 4 feet in height, with three fingered clawed hands, grayish-blue hairless and scaly skin, and dressed in tight-fitting grey suits. The creatures had oversized heads with large oval eyes and prominent cheekbones, and with slit-like mouths and no noticeable ears. Besides these two, one of the creatures would be found dead inside. The two entities who had emerged were dazed but alive, and they were reportedly quickly apprehended, although they were apparently very vicious and not easily subdued, with one of them supposedly inflicting deep gashes on one of the team with its formidable claws.
The craft was then supposedly whisked off to an Air Force base and the aliens detained in a cooled unit, which reportedly made them lethargic and more complacent, after which plans were purportedly made to have them moved to Wright Patterson Air Force Base in the United States for further tests and analyses. And that is pretty much where the story ends, with no further information on what became of the alleged spacecraft or its outlandish alien crew. The intelligence officer who blew the lid off of it, a Captain James Van Greunen, allegedly provided reams of top-secret documentation on the incident, as well as alleged recorded telephone conversations on the matter between top officials, before moving to Germany and going into hiding. It is all completely spectacular and like something out of a movie, an amazing case that has been referred to as “The African Roswell,” but of course there has been much skepticism aimed at it, even from within the UFO field.
One of the problems is that, although the case has been covered in various magazines and articles over the years, almost all of the information comes from the research done by Quest International, who were the first to be approached by the alleged informant. This does not necessarily mean that is all false, just that it is hard to independently verify their information. Also rather suspicious is that many of the supposed documents provided by Captain Van Greunen, while looking very official, on closer inspection were found to be riddled with spelling errors, inconsistencies, and discrepancies. The African UFO researcher and author Cynthia Hind examined some of the supposed documents and came to the conclusion that it was all just too sloppy for something so top-secret and official. Although it was all very elaborate and in depth, she came to the conclusion that it was all a complicated and well-thought out hoax, and she would write an article on it in UFO Times called Anatomy of a hoax. The UFO crash on the South African/Botswana border. Gruenen would deny these accusations. Perhaps even more damning than all of this is that there is just no evidence at all that such a crash off any kind happened in the area, let alone an alien spacecraft, and there are only reports from alleged military officials that cannot be confirmed or proven. This could all be due to a cover-up and suppression of the truth, but the UFO crash in the Kalahari is just not very extensively documented or supported by tangible evidence. However, Quest International director Graham W. Birdsall has remained convinced that something very strange happened out there in that desert, so we are left to wonder.
In the end there is no way to know just what happened on that day out in the middle of nowhere, if anything. There are few additional details, and anything beyond what I have mentioned here has not been forthcoming. If this was a cover-up, then they did a pretty good job of making sure it was pushed into the closet of obscure, forgotten cases, and we will frustratingly probably never know what truth it holds. Was this a hoax, scam, or disinformation, or did something really truly odd happen on that day? We can only speculate, and wonder if that ship isn’t sitting in some military warehouse somewhere.
Ruimtesonde maakt zich klaar voor precisielanding. Doel van de missie? Stukje ruimterots naar de aarde brengen -HLN.be
De Amerikaanse ruimtesonde OSIRIS-REx staat voor een van zijn grootste uitdagingen sinds zijn lancering in 2016. Het doel is om vandaag, omstreeks 23 uur, na een precisielanding zo’n 60 gram stof en stenen van planetoïde Bennu op te pikken. Wat zijn opdracht zo uitdagend maakt? Bennu draait zo snel om zijn as dat een dag er slechts vier uur duurt.
De ruimtesonde OSIRIS-REx – voluit is dat de Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer – maakt deel uit van het New Frontiers-programma van de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA. Dat programma brengt tal van ruimtevaartuigen met meetinstrumenten naar de uithoeken van ons zonnestelsel. Het materiaal van Bennu - dat pas op 24 september 2023 op aarde zal aankomen- zou een beter beeld moeten geven van het ontstaan van ons zonnestelsel.
OSIRIS-Rex zou overigens de eerste zijn die sinds de Apollomissies terug materiaal vanuit de ruimte naar de aarde brengt. Dat geldt tenminste voor de Amerikanen; Japan lanceerde een soortgelijke missie en die belooft eerder te finishen.
OSIRIS-REx houdt de planetoïde overigens al sinds 2018 - twee jaar na de lancering van de ruimtesonde - in de gaten. Zo leerde de ruimtesonde dat Bennu bezaaid ligt met rotsblokken zo groot als koeien. Ook ontdekte hij sporen van watermoleculen op de rots én vond hij de ideale plek om vandaag te landen. Die landing zal amper 16 seconden duren, net voldoende tijd om ongeveer 60 gram gruis op te zuigen.
Waarom Bennu – een planetoïde met een diameter van zo’n 490 meter en een hobbelig oppervlak - werd uitgekozen? De planetoïde staat met 334 miljoen kilometer niet zo ver van de aarde verwijderd. Een tweede (nog belangrijkere) reden is dat Bennu in bijna hetzelfde vlak rond de zon draait als de aarde. Daardoor is de planetoïde behoorlijk benaderbaar.
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Linda Moulton Howe: UFO Dogfight Resulted In The Disappearance of The Aircraft
Linda Moulton Howe: UFO Dogfight Resulted In The Disappearance of The Aircraft
COAST TO COAST AM INSIDER Archived Show – During the first half of the show, reporter and editor for Earthfiles, Linda Moulton Howe, shared her research into the famous Kinross F-89 jet fighter that disappeared over Lake Superior on November 23, 1953. She said the F-89 had been ordered to investigate a rapidly moving UFO being tracked on radar by Kinross AFB. According to reports from the time, the radar blip of the UFO “swallowed” the radar blip of the aircraft and it was never seen again.
Recently released photos taken by Great Lakes Dive Company show the remains of an F-89 at the bottom of Lake Superior, Linda explained, as well as a strange, teardrop-shaped object located 212 feet from the plane’s wreckage. Using a combination of Sharc2 side scan sonar and ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) technology, the company was able to verify the F-89′s tail number and get further details on the unknown object next to it.
In Linda’s interview, Great Lakes Dive Company spokesman Adam Jimenez described the “mystery object” as smooth, metallic and large, with the exposed area of the object measuring 8 feet by 15 feet. Jimenez said the forensic evidence seems to point to a low-speed, low-level collision of these two objects.
Antarctica 2020 Secret Tests... Have We Discovered A Parallel Universe?
Antarctica 2020 Secret Tests... Have We Discovered A Parallel Universe?
For many years, secret tests carried out at the Antarctic have revealed a number of strange discoveries. Magnetic anomalies and the existence of a parallel universe are the two hot topics of discussion. Other anomalies have also sparked researchers interests such as strange and unusual constructions, vast caverns and mysterious giant holes.
Whats really going on in Antarctica is highly shrouded in secrecy even to this day.
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The Voynich Manuscript: Who Wrote It and Where Did It Come From?
The Voynich Manuscript: Who Wrote It and Where Did It Come From?
The Voynich Manuscript is one of the most mysterious works to pass over the desk of many of humanities smartest de-coders. For centuries, no one has been been able to crack the code of its mysterious language and interesting artwork. Now, sitting at Yale University, people dedicate their careers to trying to solve its origins and its meaning.
Today, we will dig into this mystery, explore the manuscript’s colorful past, and look at some common theories. Can you crack the code?
The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown, possibly meaningless writing system. The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century, and it may have been composed in Italy during the Italian Renaissance.
The manuscript is named after Wilfrid Voynich, a Polish book dealer who purchased it in 1912. Some of the pages are missing, with around 240 remaining. The text is written from left to right, and most of the pages have illustrations or diagrams. Some pages are foldable sheets.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says Asteroid Could Hit US Day Before Election
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says Asteroid Could Hit US Day Before Election
If 2020 hadn’t already been bad enough due to pandemic. Now Neil deGrasse Tyson says that an asteroid could hit the US just 24 hours before the presidential election. An asteroid is heading for Earth at an estimated speed of 21,300mph (40,000 km/hr). It is formally known as “asteroid 2018VP1”.
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NASA has verified that it has a trajectory of potentially hitting the U.S. on Nov. 2nd. NASA estimated it to weigh about 35,273lbs (15999 kg). After hitting the Earth, it would release an estimated 0.42 kilotons of energy. NASA says the chances of it hitting Earth is about one in 240, or 0.41 percent. The asteroid is expected to come as close as between 7500 km and 410000 km of Earth.
It is a refrigerator-sized asteroid The space rock is seven feet in diameter. That is 7,500 times smaller than the meteor that killed the dinosaurs. So It is not big enough to cause any harm. If it hits our atmosphere, it would look really bright before breaking up into tiny pieces. So If the World ends in 2020, it won’t be due to the universe’s fault.
Triangle UFO Seen Near Moon in Reading, Pennsylvania On Oct 14, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Triangle UFO Seen Near Moon in Reading, Pennsylvania On Oct 14, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 14, 2020 Location of sighting: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
To see this UFO, you really need to make the video full screen. At that point you will notice when he zooms in...the UFO sometimes is a triangle, oval and diamond shape. You will also notice one and two thin propulsion lines on the bottom sometimes and also two on the right side of the craft. That is 100% a sign that this is an alien shape shifting ship.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I woke up to look outside the window & looking up at the stars noticed this light so I started recording in my eyes I could see a diamond shape it was just staying still but you can see it's fading away but in the camera lens it's a bright light as you see I point the camera at the moon it's bright yellow and the light bring white also you can see in the video that a star won't be to close to the earth and near the buildings that's a strange thing. What do y'all think?
White UFO Over Airport in South Plattsburgh, New York On Oct 11, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White UFO Over Airport in South Plattsburgh, New York On Oct 11, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 11, 2020 Location of sighting: Plattsburgh, New York, USA
A couple noticed a bright white light in the sky and began recording. The light moves slightly as if its watching something below. Its definatly not a plane or helicopter, because there are no wings, tail or propellers. She said it was silent, as many glowing white orbs are...matching past reports. UFOs love visiting airports...if you remember the O'hare incident...the UFO was seen for over 15 minutes diverting planes before it shot up and away, and the China UFO was so big it closed the whole airport. Aliens are highly interested in human transportation technology. It can tell them how close we are to being able to leave this planet to make cities on other planets.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
This was staying still in the sky, blinking lights and no noise. Although this was near an airport it began its decent far from the runway and it went behind the trees and never came back up. Obviously planes cannot hover in place but there was no sound to determine a possible helicopter. Any thoughts?
Mysterious Light Shoots Across Zhubei City, China, Oct 15, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Mysterious Light Shoots Across Zhubei City, China, Oct 15, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 15, 2020
Location of sighting: Zhubei, China
A person was looking out the 13th floor of their apartment building and recording when a bright white glow suddenly appeared and shot to the right. The cloud like object is seen resting below a much larger cloud when the person focuses on it and it shoots away. Almost as if the UFO detected a human noticing it. It looks like the UFO may have been monitoring the covid19 virus in Taiyan city. Covid is still rampant in China even though they don't report its true numbers. Aliens monitor true stats of countries to make an accurate prediction of where the world is headed in the future due to Covid19. Aliens love using data to make predictions.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
2020/10/15 11.36 in the morning at 13th Floor, No. 5, Taiyuan Science and Technology Park, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, filming a movie while waiting for the elevator, and viewing the movie in the afternoon Only found the suspicious light spot...
Planet sized object in space passing in front of the Sun
Planet sized object in space passing in front of the Sun
Once in a while the Moon slides directly between Earth and the Sun such that it appears to cover our star completely, temporarily blocking out its light and creating a total solar eclipse for those along the narrow path cast by the Moon’s shadow.
But sometimes the alignment is such that the Moon only partially covers the Sun’s disc and that is exactly what happened on October 16, 2020 when NASA,s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured such a partial solar eclipse in deep space.
Since the total transition took about an hour, we show the transition at an accelerated pace.
Former Senate Majority Leader Confirms Federal Government Covered Up UFOs For Many Years
Former Senate Majority Leader Confirms Federal Government Covered Up UFOs For Many Years
In the new UFO documentary “The Phenomenon,” former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says there’s more than one up there, but the US government has been hiding vital details about UFOs for years.
According to Reid, the federal government has covered up, placed braked pads on everything, and stopped it. He said that it’s a terrible move for our country.
Director of the new documentary James Fox asked Reid if there’s proof that still hasn’t disclosed. The latter replied that most of it hadn’t seen the light of day.
The film looks into the history of UFO sightings in the US and other parts of the world, including new information on the military-confirmed encounters involving US navy pilots. It also provides details of an incident in 1967 wherein an object appeared over a US missile base, and 10 of the missiles malfunctioned at the same time.
Reid, who was among the lawmakers instrumental in a classified but since-closed government-backed UFO program, has become more and more outspoken about the phenomena since leaving the office. He, however, stopped short of confirming proof of extra-terrestrial activity. He said on Twitter last August that he wanted the issue studied and stick to science, not fairy tales about space aliens.
The same view he pointed out in the new film. He said that nobody has to agree on the reason it’s there, but we should at least be spending some money to examine all this phenomenon.
Did Florida Man just see a real UFO? Some say it was the size of the moon
Moons over Miami – whether you think this is a sci-fi short story or the misspelling of a popular dish at Denny’s, we assure you it’s what a Florida Man may have seen yesterday. A moon-sized object appeared in the sky, but with an unusual shape & color.
A video posted in Florida depicts a strange light in the sky. Travis Bell, the lucky Florida man who caught the UFO sighting, posted his find on October 1. The UFO video lasts fifteen seconds.
“It wasn’t that long and bright on that side,” a woman says in the video. Above the water, a pink, rectangular light dangles in the sky behind a foggy cloud. She notes the shape is getting more defined. Then, Bell pans the video to the moon to prove it’s not the moon. When he turns the camera back, it’s gone.
The unusual shape in the sky garnered lots of attention. Commenters asked if they could feature him in videos & magazines. Of the eleven comments, there was one skeptic, suggesting it could be the reflection of a laser pointer.
Scott Waring
UFO enthusiast Scott Waring featured the Florida man’s UFO video on his blog. He posted it on October 5, relating the video contentsto his audience. He offered no additional explanation other than “The moon is clear and round, but the UFO is rectangle-shaped & pinkish.”
Scott Waring also elaborated on the Florida man capturing the moon before the UFO disappeared. “The eyewitnesses screamed out of confusion, fear & awe at what they had just seen,” he said.
Waring is known for giving explanations for UFO sightings. He’s previously explained on his blog how craters & other debris on planets in our solar system are remnants of ancient alien civilizations. He also delves into different types of UFOs on his site. However, Waring gave no explanation for the UFO sighting from Florida man.
UFO sightings in Florida
According to the National UFO Reporting Center, NUFORC, Florida claims the second-highest UFO sightings in the U.S., with 5,602 sightings clocked by the UFO research agency. However, Bay News 9 clarifies there could be a simple explanation: both states have a high number of aerodynamic and space exploration research places. Florida is also home to Cape Canaveral, the launch site for NASA.
The last listed UFO sighting by NUFORC is from September 4 in Lakeland, Florida. NUFORC describes the sighting as a “fireball” shape lasting four seconds. “Bright Falling Green Object In A Moonlit Early Morning Sky” is the caption of the incident from NUFORC. While that could be a flare, we have to wonder.
That doesn’t mean the UFO sighting from Florida man won’t be on the radar. NUFORC has a tip line and an online reporting form for people to fill out for UFO sightings. It just may take a while for this new sighting in Florida to end up on the list.
UFO uptick in 2020
Apparently, UFO sightings are on an upswing this year. They’ve fallen steadily since 2014. However, 2020 has given people more time to stare at the sky and see more phenomena. Florida is no exception.
Also, in May, the U.S. government announced the existence of UFOs. The Department of Defense released a series of footage from military sites depicting UFOs moving across the camera. At least one came from a training exercise off the Eastern Seaboard.
According to an article from The New York Times, the Pentagon even had its own alien defense program. Called the “Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program,” the program boasted a $22 million yearly budget (considering the overall U.S. defense budget, it’s actually small.) According to the Times article, it was shut down in 2012. Information on the program was declassified in 2020 along with the UFO footage.
Antarctica Testing Site Confirms Laser Equipped Experimental Aircraft via US Space Force Advanced Tech
Antarctica Testing Site Confirms Laser Equipped Experimental Aircraft via US Space Force Advanced Tech
Antarctica Testing Confirms Laser Equipped Experimental Aircraft via US Space Force Advanced Tech
Google Earth Pro 2020 Hi Resolution MAXAR Satellite Imagery Experimental Aircraft~ 73°47’9.77″S 4°32’30.62″W
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SpaceX orbits 60 more Starlink satellites, recovers booster, and catches fairing halves
SpaceX orbits 60 more Starlink satellites, recovers booster, and catches fairing halves
SpaceX has successfully orbited another batch of 60 Starlink satellites, landed the Falcon 9 booster that launched it, and caught both halves of the rocket’s payload fairing.
Starlink-13 is now the second time ever that SpaceX has simultaneously recovered a Falcon 9 booster and caught both fairing halves on the same mission, coming just shy of three months after the first success.
Falcon 9 streaks towards space with the 60-satellite Starlink-13 payload in tow. (SpaceX)
The first full-fairing catch came just shy of three months prior during SpaceX’s launch of ANASIS II military communications satellite for South Korea. SpaceX confirmed the back-to-back catch around an hour after Falcon 9’s July 20th liftoff, followed by onboard videos showing both catches.
For twin recovery ships GO Ms. Tree (formerly Mr. Steven) and GO Ms. Chief, the successful recovery effectively marked the first time that the pair achieved their design goal of whole-fairing recovery. Technically, SpaceX has already proven that fairing halves can be flown at least three times even after missed catches and ocean splashdowns, but avoiding saltwater immersion helps avoid corrosion and makes reuse far easier.
A step further, both of the Starlink-13 Falcon fairing halves SpaceX caught on October 18th had already launched twice before – the second and third times SpaceX has flown the same fairing half three times.
Meanwhile, around thirty minutes prior to Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief’s second fairing recovery hat trick, Starlink-13’s assigned Falcon 9 booster successfully landed aboard drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY). Designated B1051 and originally tasked with supporting Crew Dragon’s uncrewed orbital launch debut back in March 2019, Starlink-13 was the first stage’s sixth successful launch and landing, making it the second Falcon 9 booster to complete six flights.
For Starlink-13, the use – and successful recovery – of a five-flight booster and two-flight fairing likely means that the marginal cost of the mission to SpaceX was little more than the cost of propellant (
As an example of the impact of that extraordinary affordability, if SpaceX put the entirety of its latest $2B capital raise towards Starlink missions, it could likely complete 60-80 launches, placing some 3600-4800 new satellites in orbit. The entire first phase of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation – offering uninterrupted broadband internet anywhere on Earth – requires ~4400 satellites.
Coincidentally, Falcon 9 B1049 – the first booster to launch and land six times – was spotted just outside SpaceX’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) LC-39A launch facilities the day (Oct 17) before B1051 lifted off from the same pad. The booster appears to be more or less waiting for its next flight, implying that all post-flight processing has already been completed since its last launch on August 18th.
What Happens in a Zeptosecond? A Trillionth of a Billionth of a Second: Shortest Time Ever Measured
What Happens in a Zeptosecond? A Trillionth of a Billionth of a Second: Shortest Time Ever Measured
In the global race to measure ever shorter time spans, physicists from Goethe University Frankfurt have now taken the lead: together with colleagues at the accelerator facility DESY in Hamburg and the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin, they have measured a process that lies within the realm of zeptoseconds for the first time: the propagation of light within a molecule. A zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second (10-21 seconds).
chematic representation of zeptosecond measurement. The photon (yellow, coming from the left) produces electron waves out of the electron cloud (grey) of the hydrogen molecule (red: nucleus), which interfere with each other (interference pattern: violet-white). The interference pattern is slightly skewed to the right, allowing the calculation of how long the photon required to get from one atom to the next.
SPhoto: Sven Grundmann, Goethe University Frankfurt
In 1999, the Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail received the Nobel Prize for measuring the speed at which molecules change their shape. He founded femtochemistry using ultrashort laser flashes: the formation and breakup of chemical bonds occurs in the realm of femtoseconds. A femtosecond equals 0.000000000000001 seconds, or 10-15 seconds.
Now atomic physicists at Goethe University in Professor Reinhard Dörner’s team have for the first time studied a process that is shorter than femtoseconds by magnitudes. They measured how long it takes for a photon to cross a hydrogen molecule: about 247 zeptoseconds for the average bond length of the molecule. This is the shortest timespan that has been successfully measured to date.
The scientists carried out the time measurement on a hydrogen molecule (H2) which they irradiated with X-rays from the synchrotron lightsource PETRA III at the Hamburg accelerator centre DESY. The researchers set the energy of the X-rays so that one photon was sufficient to eject both electrons out of the hydrogen molecule.
Electrons behave like particles and waves simultaneously, and therefore the ejection of the first electron resulted in electron waves launched first in the one, and then in the second hydrogen molecule atom in quick succession, with the waves merging.
The photon behaved here much like a flat pebble that is skimmed twice across the water: when a wave trough meets a wave crest, the waves of the first and second water contact cancel each other, resulting in what is called an interference pattern.
The scientists measured the interference pattern of the first ejected electron using the COLTRIMS reaction microscope, an apparatus that Dörner helped develop and which makes ultrafast reaction processes in atoms and molecules visible. Simultaneously with the interference pattern, the COLTRIMS reactions microscope also allowed the determination of the orientation of the hydrogen molecule. The researchers here took advantage of the fact that the second electron also left the hydrogen molecule, so that the remaining hydrogen nuclei flew apart and were detected.
“Since we knew the spatial orientation of the hydrogen molecule, we used the interference of the two electron waves to precisely calculate when the photon reached the first and when it reached the second hydrogen atom,” explains Sven Grundmann whose doctoral dissertation forms the basis of the scientific article in Science. “And this is up to 247 zeptoseconds, depending on how far apart in the molecule the two atoms were from the perspective of light.”
Professor Reinhard Dörner adds: “We observed for the first time that the electron shell in a molecule does not react to light everywhere at the same time. The time delay occurs because information within the molecule only spreads at the speed of light. With this finding we have extended our COLTRIMS technology to another application.”
Contacts and sources:
Goethe University Frankfurt
Publication:
Zeptosecond Birth Time Delay in Molecular Photoionization. Sven Grundmann, Daniel Trabert, Kilian Fehre, Nico Strenger, Andreas Pier, Leon Kaiser, Max Kircher, Miriam Weller, Sebastian Eckart, Lothar Ph. H. Schmidt, Florian Trinter, Till Jahnke, Markus S. Schöffler, Reinhard Dörner.Science, 2020 DOI: 10.1126/science.abb9318
High Level UFO Disclosure, the Smoking Gun ET's & UFO's Are Visiting Earth, James Fox, Phenomenon
High Level UFO Disclosure, the Smoking Gun ET's & UFO's Are Visiting Earth, James Fox, Phenomenon
High Level UFO Disclosure, The Smoking Gun ET’s & UFO’s Are Visiting Earth, James Fox, Phenomenon
Director James Fox began his journalism career early in life as an assistant to his father, writer Charles Fox, a quadriplegic with Multiple Sclerosis. Together they travelled on many magazine assignments, interviewing such notables as Stephen Hawking and race car legend Dan Gurney for the likes of Rolling Stone, Car & Driver to Sports Illustrated.
James finished and sold his first documentary to Discovery by the time he was 28. He has since completed and distributed TV projects for Sci-Fi, TLC, National Geographic and History Channel.
Hey I was watching the live cam at Vatican city, Rome the other day and I noticed a dark oval UFO hovering over the main building...Saint Peters Church. Saint Peters Basilica was built in the Renaissance period back in 1506. Its believed Saint Peter himself is buried in the catacombs below the church.
This UFO may have been visiting the main building so that the crew of the craft could explore the most holy site in all of Europe. Millions of people flock to Vatican city each year to explore its magnificent buildings. I was there two years ago and St Peters church has hundreds of carved statues 2-4X bigger than life with magnificent marble floors and stain glass windows. None of which you notice on the outside so much.
I believe aliens were exploring, learning and gathering information in the main building in order to learn more about the beliefs of the Catholic church and they may have even met secretly with Pope Francis himself that day. This is 100% proof that aliens visit the Vatican.
This is the newest Nazca lines discovery in Peru this week. The people reporting it says is a cat, but it has very little resemblance to a cat. I think its a kangaroo. Made 2,000 years ago there were no kangaroos in Peru, but I believe some of the people were allowed into a UFO and taken to other places on Earth to observe and learn...one of them being Australia. Fossils of kangaroos go back 20 million years in Australia and I think this is proof that aliens not only visited people in Peru, but took them to other continents to see how the humans react and learn. This would also explain why pyramids are all over the world and yet, they had no ways of visiting the other continents. Aliens abducted them and helped them see the world, other continents, animals, plant life and even structure of other cultures. This Nazca line drawing is 100% proof that aliens abducted humans even 2,000 years ago. The humans tried to draw the kangaroo for the aliens to see to show them that they will remember what they had learned and seen in Australia.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
News states:
The Nazca lines, a Unesco World Heritage site, is home to designs on the ground - known as geoglyphs - created some 2,000 years ago. Scientists believe the cat, as with other Nazca animal figures, was created by making depressions in the desert floor, leaving coloured earth exposed. The cat then went unnoticed until plans were recently drawn up for a new path leading to an observation platform.
Ground View Of Alien Tech On USAF B-1 Bomber! Google Earth, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Ground View Of Alien Tech On USAF B-1 Bomber! Google Earth, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: Oct 17, 2020 Location of discovery: Dyess AFB, Texas, USA
Guys I found this the other day and one of my subscribers notified me that if I go to ground view it will be more visible. I tried it and yes it does give a better view of the USAF B1 bomber. It stands out very well and its clear that there really is a military B1 parked there. Very strange and absolutely amazing to see a US military plane with stealth technology. Why would they turn the cloaking on while its on the ground? Easy, maintenance crews and pilots often test every single area of the plane before its allowed to go back up in the air. Its best to do that in order to make the flight the safest possible.
Strange colorful and flashing UAP hovering over San Ramon, California
Strange colorful and flashing UAP hovering over San Ramon, California
Acolorful and flashing Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon has been captured while hovering over San Ramon in California.
Witness:
On September 20, 2020, first noticed it around 8;30pm and it looked like a large colorful flashing star-like light from the distance. We (family and a few neighbors) thought it could be a plane but it didn't appear to be moving.
A 42x zoom with a camera revealed it was a Saturn-like rotating object flashing many colors. The body and small dots (in a ring-shape) rotating around it were consistently changing colors.
The colors were flashing in a pattern that kept on changing. For example one of the sequential patterns it kept flashing was green, red, blue, yellow, purple, cyan, and white (many times in a row) and another pattern that it flashed was black and white.
It never emitted any noise, nor did it make any sudden movements. Over the 2 hour span, we watched the light, we soon realized it was slowly moving away and lowering to the horizon and we soon lost it behind the trees and never saw it again. Mufon case 111870.
Since the UAP was moving in the sky at approximately 500 feet and filmed with a 42x zoom, the object may be out of focus.
Similar UFO captured near Palm Springs, California and in Korea
Similar UFO captured near Palm Springs, California and in Korea
Coincidence or not but within several days a similar UFO has been captured near Palm Springs in California and over a rural area in Korea.
There is not too much information on the sighting in Korea, only that the photographer captured the object on October 16, 2020, but the photographer who captured the object near Mount Jan Jacinto, Palm Springs, California several days earlier, on October 13, 2020, states:
"I always wonder how with modern technology we get all these horrible recordings of UFOs until today when I witnessed my own, sorry for the quality was driving at high speed. Saw this on a route that I take to work very often I’ve seen clouds around the mountains very often but never like this."
I'm not sure whether the objects are real UFOs or blimps, but what makes it striking is that both objects have the same shape and color. It is possible that both witnesses captured the same flying object?
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - SETI - project looks for alien life in a one, main specific way - scanning for radio signals deliberately beamed towards earth from distant stars.
But two astronomers suggest that we may be missing evidence much closer to home.
Two scientists at Arizona State University have suggested that alien life may have 'left traces on the moon in the form of an artifact or surface modification of lunar features' - and that alien 'footprints' on the moon would last far longer than radio signals.
The detailed moon maps created by Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter may be the best place to look for alien life, say scientists - evidence such as trails or debris would remain there for millions of years, and be easier to 'catch' than radio signals
'Evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence could come from any signatures of non-human technology,' say the scientists in a paper published in Acta Astronautica.
The scientists say that any alien mission to our solar system is liable to have occurred long ago - but that the surface of the moon could preserve the signs for millions of years.
The photographs already captured by Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - currently mapping the moon's surface to 0.5m resolution - provides an easy, cheap way to look for these signs.
'Although there is only a tiny probability that alien technology would have left traces on the moon in the form of an artifact or surface modification of lunar features, it has the virtue of being close, and of preserving traces for an immense duration.'
Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is mapping the moon to 0.5m resolution - the scientists suggest that the huge number of images from the orbiter could be a good starting place for a search for alien life
'The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) would have a high impact if successful,' say the scientists, in a paper published in Acta Astronautica.
'Therefore it makes sense to widen the search as much as possible. To date, SETI has been dominated by seeking deliberately beamed radio messages.'
Just a few weeks ago I was contacted by a Los Angeles-based painter named Jo. She is intrigued by the Men in Black phenomenon, as well as the issue of the Black Eyed Children. Jo has an interesting (intriguing, even) theory concerning why the MIB, the BEC, and the Women in Black, seem to spend a great deal of their time trying to get into our homes, and engaging us in conversation – albeit in almost creepy ways. Jo explained to me that she has read all of my own MIB-themed books, as well as the books written on the Men in Black by Jim Keith, Albert Bender, Gray Barker, and Tim Beckley. As well as David Weatherly’s book on the Black Eyed Children. Me and Jo chatted for the best part of about two hours – and we needed that much time, too, such was the extent of Jo’s overall theory. In essence, it goes as follows: Jo (who has not had a BEC or an MIB/WIB encounter, I should stress) started by stating that most people who have a UFO encounter usually see something strange in the sky. Others have alien abduction experiences or Contactee-driven incidents. And that’s true, they do. Jo, however, is far more intrigued by a scenario that isn’t exactly completely new, but that is often reported. It’s well worth taking a look at.
Jo notes one particular thing that puts the Black Eyed Children – and the Men in Black and Women in Black, too – in a category very different to those of the black-eyed Grays and the Reptilians. Namely, that apart from a few differences, the WIB, the MIB and the BEC look a lot like us. Yes, sometimes the skin looks a bit weird: it seems to be overly smooth and line-free. Also on the matter of the skin, it’s often very pale. In other words, if you happened to see them in the evening (which, notably, is when most of these things tend to surface and lurk around) you might actually not notice their differences to ours. Jo takes things to another level. She believes (or, rather, she suspects) that the aliens are working on a program of what can only be termed infiltration. By that, she means the infiltration of us, the human race. And, eventually, to a worldwide level.
(Nick Redfern, Women in Black, 2016)
As Jo says, it’s all but impossible to infiltrate any aspect of our society when we’re talking about the likes of the aforementioned Reptilians and the Grays. Neither group could ever be mistaken for us, the human race. But, something that is superficially like us – and wearing the likes of pulled-down black fedoras, black wigs, black hoodies, sunglasses and make-up – just might be able to get away with it. Jo suggests that this may very well be why the WIB, the MIB and the BEC engage us in conversation. Jo ponders on a theory that I hadn’t thought about too much previously. She suspects that, by talking with us, these creepy creatures are trying to see how easy (or how difficult) it is for them to move among us and not be noticed. If they are able to speak with us and without causing any problems for them, then perhaps the aliens are doing a good job of infiltration. If, however, their words and appearances terrify us, then it’s clear that the human-like ETs have not yet managed to successfully camouflage themselves to the desired degree. Of course, there’s another angle that Jo left until the last: if there is some degree of careful infiltration of us, then what kind of agenda is at its heart? A friendly but subtle one? Or, in a worst case scenario, is it a sinister, dangerous agenda? They are both questions that we should ponder upon.
Alien encounters can truly run a wide range, from the almost believable to the outright absurd, and sometimes these encounters can happen to otherwise sane and upstanding witnesses. In some cases even the most upstanding and believable of witnesses have come forward with accounts that seem to veer right off into the outer edges of the fringe, and one of these must certainly be the time a British councilman reportedly came face to face with UFOs and an alien ballerina.
In 2004, an orthopedic technician and the future local Councilor for Winchester in Hampshire, England, a Mr. Adrian Hicks had just had lunch at a local bar in the town center, after which he went to a bookstore to pick up some books. It was just a normal Saturday afternoon in the city’s busy High Street district, and as Hicks walked along, he noticed a woman who caught his attention for reasons he could not at first understand. The lady was certainly a very pretty young blonde, but he would insist that this was not what had drawn his eyes to her. He would claim that she was dressed rather unusually in a white ballet outfit complete with a tutu, and she supposedly had a walk “like a penguin,” as well as oversized, oval shaped eyes. There was something about her that didn’t add up, the way she moved and some unidentifiable quality that convinced Hicks that she was perhaps not human. He would say:
I was near The Works bookshop when I saw this strange woman, a humanoid walking with a penguin-like gait. She had very large prominent eyes and was twirling her hands in a circular motion. She seemed friendly and totally at ease with us. She wasn’t scared, she was smiling, and seemed to be enjoying herself among us. She walked very slowly up the High Street. I remember she was very interested in the clock over Lloyds Bank. She was taking it all in. She was human enough to get away with it. Everybody’s heads were turning. It was staggering – I am not usually lost for words but I was that day. I know what human limbs look like – I set broken bones. Clearly she was not human- you could tell by the way her limbs moved. Her eyes, which were slightly pinky, were twice the size of human eyes. I know it all sounds so bizarre – especially her ballerina type dress. You couldn’t make it up could you? Her clothes were outrageous – maybe they are some kind of national dress of where she comes from. I was very confused and shocked. I was going to say ‘excuse me, you’re not from around here?’ but I thought it best to leave her alone. I think we have established contact, because I have seen this ‘being’ in the High Street. Other people will have seen her. I would like them to come forward. This was definitely a close encounter of the first kind.
Adrian Hicks and a sketch of the mystery woman
He would keep his sighting quiet for the next several years, as he did not want to ruin his election chances, but he finally came forward with it in 2009. Not only that, he would state that he believed that the mysterious woman was only one part of a greater alien presence in the area, all somehow linked to the nearby Chilcomb military base. Indeed, he would say that he had seen several UFOs around and above Chilcomb military firing ranges, and he was so obsessed with the “alien woman” that he even spent £400 out of his own pocket to have an artist make an impression of the humanoid. He has also gone on to become a staunch advocate of government disclosure on UFOs, and he has even go as far as to say that it is for this reason that he had decided to go into politics in the first place. He has gone on and on in posts and videos about an organization called Majestic, which is supposedly a sort of shadowy joint U.S. and U.K. group dedicated to suppressing the UFO and alien phenomenon. He has said that this group has covered-up the many UFO sightings he claims have happened around Winchester, and has explained of this and of the organization:
Majestic’s success in protecting mankind from the shock that we are far from alone in the universe has been completely successful. For the past 60 years the subject has been shrouded in secrecy. The magnificent job they have done in keeping from us, the ordinary citizens, that we are not alone, is in itself a truly remarkable achievement. An organization that started small but is now colossal, its dilemma is when to formally announce that extra-terrestrial contact has been established. There’s obviously some connection between the military and the UFOs. There are those that know what’s going on but my point is that it’s time the people were told what’s happening.
Amazingly, there have been others who have come forward with their own weird UFO experiences in the area since Hicks told his bizarre story. One Bernadette Ludlow would write a letter to the Hampshire Chronicle who claims that this has been going on around Winchester for decades. She writes:
SIR — I read with great interest your recent articles about Cllr Adrian Hicks and his revelation about bumping into an extraterrestrial walking up the High Street in 2004. Your article about this incident is most revealing, and what Cllr Hicks has said to the press should most certainly be listened to. Why, you may ask? The answer is simple. This is not the first time this has happened here in Winchester at all. It happened in 1976 and 1977, starting with one evening in November 1976. Joyce Bowles and Ted Pratt had an amazing encounter with aliens after the car they were travelling in shuddered to a halt on the Chilcombe Road outside Winchester. This was reported by the Daily Mail at that time, also that there were eight other sightings of glowing cigar shaped UFOs in the Winchester area that weekend. Both Joyce Bowles and Ted Pratt had other similar experiences on March 7, 1977, and again in June 1977. All were reported in the local and national press and all were in and around the Chilcombe area near Winchester. I think Cllr Hicks is a very brave person to come out with his amazing encounter with one of our visitors. Clearly there is something going on in the Chilcombe military range area that has great significance for us all.
1977 was apparently a pretty weird year for Winchester, as there were also countless reports at the time of residents picking up strange transmissions and voices over their TV sets at the time. Another witness claims to have seen UFOs around the Chilcomb Military Base as well back in the 60s, and also claims to have heard the otherworldly TV transmissions in 1977. The witness has said on the site collinandrews:
Regarding UFO activity at the Chilcomb Military Base and referred to by Councillor Adrian Hicks on this website, I witnessed a rocket type object glowing and with a flaming tail as it moved slowly horizontally across the top of the hill, from east to west and just below the Morestead road that runs over the hill. This was at about 2.0 am one night during 1960 while I was looking out from a high level ward in Winchester Hospital. There was no sound that I could hear from there. This was before the construction of the M3 motorway which is there now. I was in the same hospital where Mr. Hicks works which is on high ground with good views to its south and east.
The strange voice heard by thousands of people in 1977, was also heard by me. Like Colin Andrews we both lived in Andover, 14 miles north of Winchester, and like him I also heard the voice as it broke into a news program I was watching. The picture broke up first as the sound of the voice came up louder and took over. A few weeks later I heard on the news that it was said that some students cut into the underground cables to the transmitter and used the transmitter to send it out. My father was a radio ham at the time and he said not only would they have needed a lot of power but that the power that would be running along the cable, they would have had to have some BIG crocodile clips to clip onto the cable or get fried.
There have even been a few scattered people who have claimed over the years to have seen the same alien woman who Hicks claims to have seen. One of these was a caller to an episode of Coast to Coast AM in 2009, who claimed that he had encountered the same mystery woman and that she had asked him how to operate a car with an automatic transmission. The woman was described as wearing the same ballerina outfit, and having very large, oval shaped eyes. What is going on here? Is there anything to all of this? While there indeed have been quite a few UFO sightings documented from the Winchester area, we are left to wonder whether Hicks really did see that strange woman, and if she was really an alien or just a really strange lady. Whatever the case may be, it is certainly a wild story all the same, made even more so by the fact that it has been given by someone in a position to be traditionally considered to be a reliable witness.
Back in 2005 I wrote a book titled Body Snatchers in the Desert. There was a sequel from me in 2017: The Roswell UFO Conspiracy. Both books focused on the failure of a number of top secret balloon-based experiments in the summer of 1947 – and all in New Mexico. Some of those balloons were huge and based on Japanese plans. Not only that, some of the Japanese scientists involved were secretly brought to the United States (in a similar fashion to Operation Paperclip that secretly brought Nazi scientists to the United States in the post-Second World War period). Most of the experiments failed miserably. One of those same failed experiments became known – decades later – as “the Roswell incident.” Prisoners and handicapped people were used in the grim, nightmarish tests. And not a single extraterrestrial was ever to be seen. With that all said, let’s take a close and careful look at what was really going on in New Mexico in ’47 and how it all became intertwined with the legend of a certain, famous “crashed UFO.”
Nick Redfern’s well-worn edition of the U.S. Air Force’s “The Roswell Report”
During the latter stages of the Second World War, the Japanese military was working to perfect highly advanced balloons as weapons of war – to the extent that on 4 June 1945, a Japanese military spokesman states that the launches of its “Balloon Bombs” of the previous few months were merely precursors for something far more dangerous, including large-scale attacks with Japanese personnel manning the balloons. The new balloons, American experts estimated, would be at least sixty feet in diameter and would be able to carry a pressurized gondola containing four relatively small men to a significant height, as the balloons traveled upon their stratospheric flights across the Pacific to the United States. Similarly, declassified FBI, CIA, Air Force and British Government papers reveal that in the same time frame, the Germans were actively pursuing several new and novel aviation-based projects, including the construction of circular and elliptical shaped aircraft – a number of which are based upon the work of the Horten brothers. One of the most revealing document is a U.K. government file titled “Unconventional Aircraft.”
Out at the crash-site (Nick Redfern, 2010)
In addition, extensive wartime research was conducted by (A) the Japanese Government’s utterly deranged, evil Unit 731 and (B) Nazi scum involved in the extremely controversial area of human medical experimentation. A large body of that same experimentation was devoted to better understanding the effects of high-altitude exposure on human beings. At the close of hostilities, scientific, aviation and medical experts from Japan and Germany were secretly brought to the United States – where human experimentation and advanced aircraft research continues unabated and under the strictest security. As President Clinton’s Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments noted: At least 1,600 scientists and their dependents were recruited and brought to the United States by Paperclip and its successor projects through the early 1970s. The ACHRE also noted with respect to the time period in question that a number of potentially important collections could not be located and were evidently lost or destroyed. Similarly, the Committee revealed, a number of those same document collections related to experiments undertaken in the fields of biomedicine, defense and space exploration; and in the great majority of these cases only fragmentary data remained. Where programs were legitimately kept secret for national security reasons, states the Committee, the government often did not create or maintain adequate records, thereby preventing the public, and those most at risk, from learning the facts in a timely and complete fashion.
In the aftermath of the War, a number of military research sites recruited Paperclip scientists with backgrounds in aero-medicine, radiobiology and ophthalmology, including the Air Force’s School of Aviation Medicine, from where experiments into total-body irradiation, space medicine, space biology and flash-blindness were undertaken; and the White Sands Proving Ground became home to the V2 rockets developed by – and captured from – Nazi Germany during the War. In addition, at the same time that the Paperclip personnel were actively being brought to the United States, the Air Force’s Aero Medical Center gave its top priority to the translation of manuscripts providing a complete picture of German aviation medicine. Further advances were made in the field of aviation in post-war America: on 26 May 1946, the Air Force awards to the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation a contract that establishes Fairchild as the responsible agency of the NEPA nuclear aircraft project; and the Holloman Balloon Branch, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, eventually went on to become a recognized component of the space-race, via its involvement in the Discoverer program. Crucially, the National Archives and Records Administration at Maryland made available a document concerning the early years of research at White Sands and Holloman: Little information was available on specific events with regard to range safety during this period, it was revealed. And on 1 July 1947, Major Curtis E. LeMay, Major General, U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Air Staff for Research and Development, ordered that research into the biological effects of radiation on Japanese individuals should begin.
In the summer of 1947 and against this backdrop of (A) nuclear and biological tests on human subjects; (B) revolutionary aircraft and balloon programs; and (C) an influx of scientific, medical and aviation experts into the United States from Japan and Germany, a series of events and accidents occurred in New Mexico that collectively become known as the Roswell incident. Witnesses at several crash sites reported seeing the remains of unusual-looking aircraft and small bodies, some with enlarged, bald heads and that could have “passed for Chinese.” On 19 August 1947, FBI Special Agent S. W. Reynolds informs Bureau director, J. Edgar Hoover, that in a meeting with an Air Force colonel, the colonel expressed his firm belief that the flying discs originated with a highly classified experiment of the Army or Navy. In the immediate wake of the Roswell affair, Dr. Lincoln La Paz of the University of New Mexico – and a wartime expert on Japanese balloons – became deeply embroiled in the Roswell controversy; the ramifications of the Nuremberg Code begin to reverberate and rumble within the United States; and, as the 3 November 1947 issue of the Biology Division Bulletin of the Clinton National Laboratory reveals, staff at Oak Ridge (home of the nuclear aircraft program) took an active interest in experimentation undertaken to determine the effect of radioactive iodine on dwarfs and those with Progeria – a condition that results in a small stature and an enlarged, bald head.
And, as a result of all the above combined, the now-famous legend of a crashed UFO was born in New Mexico in the summer of 1947.
Art Bell: The Theories as to Them Being Extraterrestrial Is Vastly Changing
Art Bell: The Theories as to Them Being Extraterrestrial Is Vastly Changing
COAST TO COAST AM INSIDER Archived Show - Whitley Strieber discussed his encounters with the ‘Visitors’ which he mined for his new book The Grays. His experiences strongly suggest to him that the visitors are coming to us from another dimension rather than somewhere out in the stars, or if they are from another planet they may use methods of dimensional travel.
Touching the skin of these beings can sometimes lead to an allergic reaction, he noted, and though they have spindly frames they can be incredibly strong. He described one instance where one of the creatures jumped on his back and was able to hold him down with an iron grip.
The Super Antarctica Megalithic Structures and Giant Pyramid Materializations
The Super Antarctica Megalithic Structures and Giant Pyramid Materializations
Researcher and author Billy Carson explores the evidence surrounding super sized megalithic structures located in Antarctica as well as huge underground bases and tall white aliens. Could these hidden sites of alien technology be connected to a giant black coloured pyramid craft that resides on the far side of the moon?
Described as a huge dark mass, this strange pyramid was seen to materialize on earth for a short time before disappearing and returning to the far side of the moon.
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Alien Tech On USAF B-1 Bomber! Google Earth, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Alien Tech On USAF B-1 Bomber! Google Earth, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: Oct 17, 2020
Location of discovery: Dyess AFB, Texas, USA
Hey everyone. I was looking for UFOs and alien bases using Google Earth today and came across something that just blew me away. I found something at Dyess AFB in Texas. Its a B1 bomber base. I use to work on B1 bombers back in Ellsworth AFB a Stratigic Air Command high security base. I found something at Dyess that I had never seen before...a single cloaked B1 bomber. If you rotate the map in a 360 degree angle, you will easily see the second B1 that is cloaked. It makes sense, you see the black paint already on the B1 is clocking technology that absorbs radar so it wont reflect a signal back and be seen, thus its nearly invisible. It really makes sense to use alien technology on a B1 and create the most perfect aircraft ever. This B1 has alien tech making it capable of becoming invisible.
I found a face on Mars, but this one has a doorway built into his chin. The face is a little bit similar to that of a human face, but the nose is smaller with one nostril and the ears are much higher and smaller on the forehead. The actual photo is on Gigapan and I made the false red photo into original color to see Mars as it really is. NASA often says under photos that they are placed into false color. Why, they never explain. But it seems to give people a sense of the red planet appearing reddish brown.
This face is about 1 meter across and the doorway is 1/4 that. The creature that created and lived in it was small, but clearly highly intelligent. It doesn't sound like the huge human eating aliens the movies make them out to be does it?
I was watching the North Carolina live cam and noticed hundreds of objects shooting past the cam from the same location. Then I soon noticed a long cloud tunnel passing over the distant city. I have seen cloud tunnels before back in 1990 and back then I saw a glowing ball shoot down the tunnels over Rapid City, SD. This time the UFOs seem to be coming fro the side of the tunnel. Very odd and I recorded it for others to see. Live cams are useful tools for UFO researchers. They need to be utilized more.
If you follow this cloud tunnel, you will find an alien base, one on each end of the tunnel. They make these tunnels on rare occasions when many ships must move from one base to the other on the same day.
On two separate occasions 3 Orbs from which 2 of them flew right overhead a car as well as a weird cluster of Orbs or maybe it was one big UFO were captured in the sky over New York.
The first event occurred on October 14, 2020 when a cluster of orbs or maybe it was a 1 giant UFO appeared in the sky over Syracuse, New York. The lights all stayed together hovering in 1 spot in the sky.
The second event occurred on October 17, 2020 when 1 big Orb and a smaller white Orb and black Orb appeared in the sky over Utica, New York. Then suddenly the smaller black orb and the big Orb flew right overhead the car to leave the photographer horrified. Mufon cases:11851 - 1183.
Perhaps the series of orbs over Syracuse was just a drone with led lights, although I'm not sure, however the orbs over Utica is inexplicable.
DoD Contractor Sees Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon with Strange Symbols
DoD Contractor Sees Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon with Strange Symbols
In August 2013, witnesses 1, 2 and 3 were driving on a remote logging road in Ontario, Canada. They had just finished hunting, and were on their way back to camp.
What followed is one of the most interesting close-up encounters with an unidentified object in recorded history.
The primary witness is an engineer and has contracts with the Department of Defense, something that has been verified by investigators Phil Leech and Robert Powell.
We spoke with Powell, now with the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), about the case, and why he believes it's so compelling.
The primary witness and witness 3 both went on the record to investigators – their testimony, along with a video they recorded, is covered in today's episode.
Black Orbs flying near a helicopter over Marcy, NY 16-Oct-2020
Black Orbs flying near a helicopter over Marcy, NY16-Oct-2020
Here’s one interesting video that was filmed on Friday, 16th October 2020. It shows 3 black UFOs or Orbs flying near a military helicopter over Marcy, New York.
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NASA’S CHIEF SCIENTIST IS ODDLY TERRIFIED BY FINDING LIFE ON MARS
NASA’S CHIEF SCIENTIST IS ODDLY TERRIFIED BY FINDING LIFE ON MARS
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VICTOR TANGERMANN
Life On Mars
Chief scientist at NASA Jim Green believes we’re just years away from finding life on Mars — thanks to the agency’s Mars rover and the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Rover, both scheduled to launch in 2020.
If the missions find life, Green is terrified of the implications.
“It will start a whole new line of thinking,” he told The Telegraph. “I don’t think we’re prepared for the results. I’ve been worried about that because I think we’re close to finding it and making some announcements.”
Finding ET
Both rovers are planning to drill into the Martian surface to take rock samples and analyze them for organic matter — something that could indicate the presence of living organisms on the Red Planet. If all goes well, the Mars 2020 rover will eventually send tiny test-tubes of samples back to Earth.
Green’s remarks come after ESA researchers announced the first -ever evidence of a “planet-wide groundwater system” on Mars back in February — water that could have allowed the planet to harbor life.
Big Questions
Evidence of organisms on Mars would raise a host of new questions about life beyond Earth, according to Green. Does life on Mars resemble life on Earth in any way? Could it have jumped from planet to planet?
“There is no reason to think that there isn’t civilizations elsewhere, because we are finding exoplanets all over the place,” told the paper.
Researchers at Caltech in the US have figured out how to record videos of light moving in three dimensions for the first time. The camera is capable of shooting videos at up to 100 billion frames per second.
To put that into perspective, the average smartphone is limited to just 60.
A three-dimensional video showing a pulse of laser light passing through a laser-scattering medium and bouncing off reflective surfaces. Credit: Caltech
Researcher Lihon Wang had previously developed technology that can reach blistering speeds of 70 trillion frames per second — fast enough to see light traveling by. But there was a problem with that. Just like the camera in a cell phone, it could only produce flat images.
Now, he decided to take it a step further and move into 3D.
The new device uses the technology that Wang has been exploring for years, and is fast enough to take 100 billion pictures in a single second. If the entire world took as many photos as possible in a single second, we still wouldn’t reach this performance. Wang calls this “single-shot stereo-polarimetric compressed ultrafast photography,” or SP-CUP.
With the CUP technology, all the frames of a video are captured in one action without repeating the event. This makes a CUP camera extremely quick. Now, Wang has added a third dimension to this ultrafast imagery, essentially making the camera “see” just as humans do.
When we look at our surroundings, we perceive that some objects are closer and others are farther away. This is possible because of our two eyes, as each sees objects and their surroundings from a different angle. The information from these two images is combined by the brain into a single 3-D image. The SP-CUP camera works in essentially the same way, Wang added in a press release.
A couple of days ago, I wrote an article here at Mysterious Universe on the Second World War-era controversy surrounding Shingle Street. It’s a small village in Suffolk, England that has a high degree of notoriety attached to it. Stephanie Cross at Country File Magazine says of this strange affair: “In May 1940, when a German invasion was thought to be imminent, the civilian population of Shingle Street was evacuated and minefields laid on the beach. And it was then that the rumours began: that a small German invasion force had landed at Shingle Street, a battle had broken out as defenders beat the invaders back to the water, and that the Germans had been burned alive with oil and petrol pumped on to the surface of the sea using special pipelines. Rumours of German invasion were rife along the south and east coast in the war, but such was the pitch of speculation on this incident that it led to questions in the House of Commons and, in 1993, the early release of classified documents. These revealed the ‘invasion’ was just a rumour – although the bodies of four dead German airmen had washed up on the beach, after their plane crashed into the North Sea.”
There’s another reason why I make mention of Shingle Street today. Specifically, it’s the location of the village. You’ll soon see what I mean. Ether Wave Propaganda says: “The Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Defence (CSSAD, a.k.a. the ‘Tizard Committee’) was instituted by the British Air Ministry in late 1934 to consider new technologies that the Royal Air Force might use to defend its territory against attack by bombers. The committee was initially comprised of its chair, scientist and longstanding government research administrator and Imperial College rector Sir Henry Tizard, the Air Ministry’s Director of Scientific Research Harry Wimperis, academic experimental physicist Patrick Blackett, Nobel Prize-winning physiologist A. V. Hill (who had been the head of a World War I research group responsible for improving anti-aircraft gunnery), and Wimperis’ assistant A. P. Rowe, who served as secretary.”
Moving on: Pan Macmillan provides the following words: “In 1936 Winston Churchill asked the physicist Sir Robert Watson-Watt to develop a ‘death beam’ or a ‘magic eye’ to counter the growing threat of German airborne aggression. Under the cloak of utmost secrecy, he and a small team of brilliant scientists moved into the manor. Stables and outbuildings were converted into workshops and the first receiver and transmitter towers were built. Just eighteen months later, RAF Bawdsey became the first fully operational radar station in the world.”
Now, there’s something called Cobra Mist, of which Wikimapia states: “Cobra Mist was the codename for an Anglo-American experimental over-the-horizon radar station at Orford Ness, Suffolk, England. It was known technically as AN/FPS-95, and sometimes referred to as System 441a, a reference to the project as a whole. The project was plagued by noise problems that could not be identified, and the project was shut down in 1973. The site and buildings are now occupied by a BBC broadcast transmitter.” Now, we come to an even more controversial story.
From the early 1970s to the early 1990s, more than a few employees of Marconi were found dead under dubious and disturbing ways. One of them was Jonathan Wash. At the time of his death, Wash was working for British Telecom – that had deep connections to Marconi. In 1985, Wash died after falling, or having been pushed, from a window in a hotel room in Ivory Coast, West Africa. It’s notable that Wash had suspicions leading up to his death that he was being spied on: watched and followed in a clandestine way. He shared his concerns with his family and friends, but it was all too late. Notably, the British Telecom facility that Wash worked at was a top secret research facility at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk. So, with all of the above stated, you may be wondering what the connection is between the Shingle Street controversy, the top secret Tizard Committee, the equally highly classified Cobra Mist project, and Marconi. Well, here’s the answer:
Geographically speaking, let me put all of the above into a shocking perspective for you: the distance from Martlesham Heath to Rendlesham Forest is only 11.3 miles. The journey from Shingle Street to the forest is, at its shortest, only 7.6 miles. A trip from those infamous woods to Bawdsey amounts to less than ten miles. How far might Orford Ness be from Rendlesham Forest? I’ll tell you: just 7.1 miles. In my book, The Rendlesham Forest UFO Conspiracy, I suggest that the famous series of events of December 1980 had nothing to do with aliens, but everything to do with secret military/government experiments involving holograms. As all of the above makes very clear, the whole area surrounding Rendlesham Forest has been steeped in ongoing secrecy since the 1930s. So, we’re talking about almost a century of classified activity. I suggest – given the close proximity to the forest and the extensive top secret programs that we know existed in the area – that the 1980 “UFO landing” was just yet another military experiment, and not a UFO event.
Scientists have discovered a ground-breaking bio-synthetic material that they claim can be used to merge artificial intelligence with the human brain.
The breakthrough, presented today at the American Chemical Society Fall 2020 virtual expo, is a major step towards integrating electronics with the body to create part human, part robotic "cyborg" beings.
Connecting electronics to human tissue has been a major challenge due to traditional materials like gold, silicon and steel causing scarring when implanted.
Scars not only cause damage but also interrupt electrical signals flowing between computers and muscle or brain tissue. The researchers from the University of Delaware were able to overcome this after various types of polymers.
"We got the idea for this project because we were trying to interface rigid organic microelectrodes with the brain, but brains are made out of organic, salty, live materials," said Dr David Martin, who led the study.
"It wasn't working well, so we thought there must be a better way. We started looking at organic electronic materials like conjugated polymers that were being used in non-biological devices. We found a chemically stable example that was sold commercially as an antistatic coating for electronic displays."
The polymer, known as a Pedot, has exactly the properties needed to interface electronic hardware with human tissue without causing scarring while also dramatically improving the performance of medical implants.
The versatile Pedot polymer was also recently discovered to be capable of transforming standard house bricks into energy storage units, due to its ability to penetrate porous materials and conduct electricity.
The latest research used a Pedot film with an antibody that stimulates blood vessel growth after injury and could be used to detect early stages of tumour growth in the body.
Pedot polymers could also be used to help sense or treat brain or nervous system disorders, while versions could theoretically attach peptides, antibodies and DNA.
"Name your favourite biomolecule, and you can in principle make a Pedot film that has whatever biofunctional group you might be interested in," Dr Martin said.
The researchers made a polymer with dopamine, which plays a role in addictive behaviours.
Several companies and research institutions are already working on technology to connect brains to computers, with Elon Musk's Neuralink perhaps the closest to achieving a commercial product.
The startup plans to reveal more details about its brain chips later this month, which could one day provide "full-bandwidth data streaming" to the brain through a USB-C cable.
Mr Musk has made several claims about Neuralink's technology, stating earlier this year that it "could extend range of hearing beyond normal frequencies" and even allow people to stream music directly to their brains.
Such technology is essential for humans to compete with advanced artificial intelligence, according to Mr Musk. Last month he warned that humans risk being overtaken by AI within the next five years.
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DEW Disclosure! Experimental Military Hypersonic Aircraft Deploy High Powered Lasers To Super-Heat the Atmosphere
DEW Disclosure! Experimental Military Hypersonic Aircraft Deploy High Powered Lasers To Super-Heat the Atmosphere
DEW Disclosure! Experimental Military Hypersonic Aircraft Deploy High Powered Lasers To Super-Heat the Atmosphere
Directed energy weapons (DEWs) are defined as electromagnetic systems capable of converting chemical or electrical energy to radiated energy and focusing it on a target, resulting in physical damage that degrades, neutralizes, defeats, or destroys an adversarial capability. Navy DEWs include systems that use High Energy Lasers (HEL) that emit photons, and High Power Microwaves (HPM) that release radiofrequency waves.
The U.S. Navy uses DEWs for power projection and integrated defense missions. The ability to focus the radiated energy reliably and repeatedly at range, with precision and controllable effects, while producing measured physical damage, is the measure of DEW system effectiveness. Conversely, capabilities to increase the resilience or survivability of platforms or Sailors from DEW threats are part of the Counter Directed Energy Weapons (CDEW) program.
Moon Anomalies Documentary! Most Astonishing Lunar Discoveries Ever Made
Moon Anomalies Documentary! Most Astonishing Lunar Discoveries Ever Made
There are some genuinely strange anomalies on the Moon that have yet to be fully explained. Lunar bases have been reported by astronauts, there are many other people who have pointed out numerous highly strange and irregular things about the moon. NASA has photographs revealing a large complex on the lunar surface that included numerous structures– towers, spherical buildings and mushroom-shaped buildings these have never been made public.
Remote viewers even found something astounding on the dark side on the moon. Watch thought provoking, educational, eye opening, extraordinary, awesome documentaries by subscribing and of course hit the bell button twice at the top tight of the screen. We will make each film expand the horizons of the viewers open to learning more about the world.
We hope you will become aware of many facts you may have been previously unaware of in this Moon Documentary.
BA Lakers Win Party Gets Fly Over By UFOs, Venice Beach, Oct 12, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
BA Lakers Win Party Gets Fly Over By UFOs, Venice Beach, Oct 12, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 12, 2020
Location of sighting: Venice Beach, California, USA
Watch this new video of people on Venice beach celebrating the Los Angeles Lakers NBA win. You will soon notice many glowing objects in the sky. The objects are not lanterns because lanterns fly much higher and have an opening on the bottom that is very bright and visible. I believe these UFOs came from the ocean. Since 75% of the earth is covered in water, it also makes sense if 75% of the alien bases are also located below the ocean floor. UFOs love celebrations of all kinds, because its a chance to see humans when they are relaxed and their true selves.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
October, 12, 2020 Venice Beach ca, typical Sunday funday, led up to an unusual display of lights in the sky, some say lanterns others say ufos what we do know is "we are not alone"🖖🏽👽
Project Camelot: The Reptilian Agenda via Cyrus Parsa
Project Camelot: The Reptilian Agenda via Cyrus Parsa
Project Camelot: The Reptilian Agenda via Cyrus Parsa
Parsa, is the Founder and CEO of The AI Organization, where he is also Director of Creative Analysis & Defensive Innovations. He has researched and investigated more than 1,000 AI, Robotics, 5G, Cybernetic and Big Tech companies.
White Oval UFO Confuses Eyewitness Over Australia, Oct 16, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White Oval UFO Confuses Eyewitness Over Australia, Oct 16, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 16, 2020
Location of sighting: Parramatta, Australia
This eyewitness noticed a white oval object in the Australian sky this week. The UFO moves radically and unpredictably changes directions. He is right about it not being a plane, certainly no plane I have ever seen before. This is a white oval UFO and it seems to be trying to evade the person watching it. Meaning the object knows its being watched. This is further proof that there are alien bases somewhere in the Australian outback, 6km below the ground.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
Saw this silvery pulsing oblect in the sky over Parramatta, No plane during the day has lights this bright! this was 1 of 4 objects that were flying in formation then broke up and went off in different directions.
100 Meter UFO Over Australia Lights Up At Night, Oct 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
100 Meter UFO Over Australia Lights Up At Night, Oct 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 16, 2020 Location of sighting: Australia
The eyewitness was looking out over the horizon at night in Australia when they suddenly noticed a long glowing object moving slowly in the distance. They recorded the event well showing us the object, but when I took a screenshot and enlarged it, its was clearly a alien ship. Its long and ha two teirs on it in the back, but the front is thiner and has an open mouth area. The front has a higher third tier on it for the command bridge. This is fantastic. I have often heard of the UFOs in Australia, but usually its just lights. Here we have a ultra rare close up of one. It looks big, about the size of a football field in length. Often aliens prefer desert warm locations due to lack of human contact out there. This one probably just exited an underground base 6km below the surface.
THE MOON MAY HAVE ACTED AS A PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR A YOUNG EARTH
THE MOON MAY HAVE ACTED AS A PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR A YOUNG EARTH
A shared magnetic field could have been key to supporting the origins of life on Earth.
AROUND 4 BILLION YEARS AGO, a massive object the size of Mars collided with a young, developing Earth.
The collision tossed vaporized particles from the Earth into space, which were then bound together through gravity to form the Moon.
This is just one theory of how the Moon formed. Since then, our planet and its only natural satellite have been inseparable since. A new study suggests that the Earth and Moon's relationship runs even deeper, and that the Moon may have shielded the Earth from losing all its atmosphere — allowing life to flourish on our planet.
The findings are detailed in a study published this week in the journal Science Advances.
When it first formed, the Moon was three times closer to Earth than it is today — some 80,000 miles away, For context, it is now 238,000 miles from Earth.
Lunar samples returned by astronauts during the Apollo missions revealed the Moon once had a magnetic field like Earth's, which acted as a shield from electrical charges.
An illustration of the Moon's magnetic field, which acts as a shield from charged particles in outer space.
NASA
In the new study, scientists simulated how the Earth's and the Moon's magnetic fields would have interacted some 4 billion years ago, when the pair were much closer to one another. What they found suggests the Moon was not merely Earth's close companion — it was our planet's protector.
“The Moon seems to have presented a substantial protective barrier against the solar wind for the Earth, which was critical to Earth’s ability to maintain its atmosphere during this time,” Jim Green, NASA’s chief scientist and lead author of the new study, said in a statement accompanying the research.
The magnetosphere of the Moon and Earth, the region of space that surrounds an object where charged particles are affected by that object's magnetic field, would have been magnetically connected at each of their polar regions.
As a result, the charged particles emitted by the Sun as solar wind would not have been able to penetrate the pair's shared magnetic field.
Without the Moon, Earth may not have been able to withstand the Sun's powerful radiation emissions, which constantly bombarded the young planet at the time. If these emissions had made it through the shield, it would have made it impossible for life to thrive on our planet.
Over time, however, the Moon slowly lost its magnetic field and its atmosphere.
Understanding the Moon's effect on the Earth's habitability helps scientists in their hunt for signs of life on other worlds. This study suggests an exoplanet's moon could affect the potential for life on that world.
The scientists behind this study plan to further validate their findings using data collected during NASA's upcoming Artemis mission to the Moon. One of the mission's goals is to return the first lunar samples from the Moon's South Pole, where it is believed that the Moon and Earth's magnetic field were most strongly connected.
“We look forward to following up on these findings when NASA sends astronauts to the Moon through the Artemis program," Green said.
"Significant samples from these permanently shadowed regions will be critical for us to be able to untangle this early evolution of the Earth’s volatiles, testing our model assumptions," he noted.
Abstract:
Apollo lunar samples reveal that the Moon generated its own global magnetosphere, lasting from ~4.25 to ~2.5 billion years (Ga) ago. At peak lunar magnetic intensity (4 Ga ago), the Moon was volcanically active, likely generating a very tenuous atmosphere, and, it is believed, was at a geocentric distance of ~18 Earth radii (RE). Solar storms strip a planet’s atmosphere over time, and only a strong magnetosphere would be able to provide maximum protection. We present simplified magnetic dipole field modeling confined within a paraboloidal-shaped magnetopause to show how the expected Earth-Moon coupled magnetospheres provide a substantial buffer from the expected intense solar wind, reducing Earth’s atmospheric loss to space.
Black V-shaped UFO flying at an incredible speed over Waupun, Wisconsin
Black V-shaped UFO flying at an incredible speed over Waupun, Wisconsin
Ablack V-shaped UFO too fast to see with the human eye and no sound has been recorded over Waupun, Wisconsin by a hiker who did not see the object until going back and looking at the video on October 9, 2020.
The UFO comes from behind the tree line and increase its angle to almost straight up.
The hiker ruled out a fly or a bug because it comes from directly behind the tree line and exits behind the tree line and it appears to be as wide as the pine trees.
Besides, something strange happened when he took the video. According to the hiker he had a very euphoric feeling when he was taking the video, like he almost knew something was with him.
What could this object have been? Military-designed antigravity craft or was it of alien origin?
Did UFOs Drain 2 Billion Gallons Of Water From A Lake In Chile?
Did UFOs Drain 2 Billion Gallons Of Water From A Lake In Chile?
Strange things have happened in Lago Colbún, Chile. The lake is known for constant UFO sightings and even the mayor of one of the closest cities in the area says that he has seen a UFO draining water from the lake.
AI PILOT THOROUGHLY BEATS HUMAN IN F-16 DOGFIGHT, MARKING MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI PILOT THOROUGHLY BEATS HUMAN IN F-16 DOGFIGHT, MARKING MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial intelligence defeated US fighter pilot in a clean sweep of simulated battles
Anthony Cuthbertson @ADCuthbertson
An AI pilot has defeated a US Air Force pilot in a virtual F-16 dogfight in a "coming of age" moment for artificial intelligence.
The US military's AlphaDogfight Trials was organised by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) - a secretive branch of the US Department of Defense responsible for the development of futuristic technologies.
It sought to demonstrate the "feasibility of developing effective, intelligent autonomous agents capable of defeating adversary aircraft in a dogfight."
The winning AI pilot, developed by Heron Systems, defeated other AI adversaries before going on to beat a human pilot wearing a VR helmet by a score of 5 - 0 in the final.
"We've gotten an opportunity to watch AI come of age [against] a very credible adversary in the human pilot," said Col. Dan Javorsek, program manager in Darpa's Strategic Technology Office.
"The AlphaDogfight Trials is all about increasing trust in AI. If the champion AI earns the respect of an F-16 pilot, we'll have come one step closer to achieving effective human-machine teaming in air combat."
The human pilot, who went by the name 'Banger', said that he was unable to match twisting techniques adopted by the AI pilot that he had not witnessed in human-to-human air combat.
"Standard things we do as fighter pilots are not working," he said during a live broadcast.
AI pilots have a significant advantage over human pilots, as they are not affected by the extreme G forces that occur when manoeuvring at high speeds.
They are also able to aim and fire to a superhuman level, though until now artificial intelligence has lacked the tactical thinking that humans are capable of.
The AI system was developed through deep reinforcement learning in order to overcome this and defeat the human pilot.
Darpa said the AlphaDogfight Trials is a precursor to its ACE program, which ultimately aims to use AI algorithms to fly real aircraft.
Creating art is an intensive and time-consuming process. It’s not just envisioning and designing the piece that’s challenging — the labor of painting also takes a lot of time. But what if robots could help with this, and maybe even expand an artist’s repertoire?
It may seem far-fetched, but in a new study, researchers paved the way for exactly this: they trained a swarm of robots to be used in producing art.
Image courtesy of María Santos.
María Santos was always fascinated by the intersection of engineering and arts. A musician herself, she loves to explore this overlap of seemingly different worlds, she tells ZME Science.
“During my PhD at the School of Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech, I was given the opportunity of combining my research on control theory and multi-robot systems with different forms of art,” she says.
It all started in a previous study with her doctoral advisor, Professor Magnus Egersted. The two first studied the expressive capabilities of robot swarms to convey basic emotions and then moved on to look at the individual trajectories executed by the swarm of robots.
Is there some artistic merit to this, or could this approach be applied in an artistic setting as a tool? Santos believes so.
“In this study we explore how the integration of such trajectories over time can lead to artistic paintings by making the robots leave physical trails as they move,” Santos explains in an email.
“We envisioned the multi-robot system as an extension of an artist’s creative palette. The presented painting swarm along with all its control knobs embody new means of interaction between artists and the piece of art, whereby artists can explore new creative directions, intuitively interacting with a robotic system while not having to concern themselves with aspects such as individual robot control or available paints to each robot.”
At first glance, using robots for art seems like a weird idea, but it makes sense once you look at it. Painting is typically labor-intensive, and despite the world around us becoming more and more automated, painting has remained exclusively a manual endeavor. The idea is not to have the robots create art, but rather for artists to use the robots as a tool to ease their workload or explore new artistic directions.
Image courtesy of María Santos.
The robots in the project move about a canvas leaving color trails, and the artist can select the areas of the canvas to be painted in a certain color — the robots will oblige in real time. It’s a bit like applying digital techniques into the real-life analog world and can serve as an interesting tool for artists.
The way Santos envisions the approach, the artist would control the swarm behavior, but not necessarily every individual robot.
“In this approach, the robotic swarm can be thought of as an “active” brush for the human artist to paint with, where the individual robots (active bristles) move over the canvas according to the color specifications given by the human at each point in time. Thus, the artist can control the collective behavior of the swarm and potentially some other general parameters (how much paint to release, how sharp the trajectories of the robots may be), but not the individual movements of each robot.”
This leaves a wide array of parameters the artist can influence to produce the desired effect, and explore different variations. It’s akin to how a composer writes variations on a theme, Santos tells me.
A video highlighting the technique, courtesy of María Santos.
In the experiments, the researchers used a projector to simulate the colored paint trail with a digital input, although they will soon replace this with a robot that handles actual paint. They found that even when the robot doesn’t have access to the desired color, it is capable to collaborate with other robots and approximate the color. This means the artist doesn’t need to worry whether the robots have access to all the possible colors.
Now, the researchers hope to collaborate with artists to see how this approach could be best tweaked to make it work in real life. The current pandemic, however, has proven to be quite a hurdle.
“We would love to get feedback from artists! In fact, when we started this project, our idea was to get artists to come to the lab and interact with the robotic swarm. This way we could see what they could come up with creatively in terms of generated paints, but also to get their input about which features would be most interesting to develop as the project progresses further.”
“However, due to COVID19, this part was infeasible during the last months, so we focus on studying the characteristics of the paintings as a function of different parameters in the swarm.”
Ultimately, the team hopes to develop this into a full-scale artistic project and allow artists and the public to experiment with it
“As of now, the artworks were created to evaluate the operation of the system, but we would love to exhibit them! Once we can get people back in the lab to try the system, we would love to see what people would come up with.”
Journal Reference:
Interactive Multi-Robot Painting Through Colored Motion Trails, Frontiers in Robotics and AI(2020). DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2020.580415
In a little more than two months from now, I predict, there will be a great deal of controversy surrounding the infamous Rendlesham Forest “UFO landing” of December 1980. The reason? It will be the 40th anniversary of the notorious affair. And, I’m sure that while most people in Ufology will be flying the flag of E.T., I’ll be explaining why the real story is one of highly-classified, military experiments of a down to earth nature. With that said, there may be a very good reason that prompted the people behind the experiments to choose that particular area of woods for their tests. Rendlesham Forest has a long history of ghostly encounters. Witchcraft and occult-based rites and rituals have been performed late at night in those dark woods. So-called “Alien Big Cats,” or “black panthers,” as they are mostly named, have been seen roaming through the woods on more than a few times. One of the earliest, credible cases on record is that of Jimmy Freeman, whose close encounter with a big cat occurred while driving past Rendlesham Forest late one night in the mid-1970s. While the precise date has been lost to the inevitable fog of time, the details are as fresh in the mind of Freeman today as they were on the night the incident occurred.
Given the fact that the encounter had occurred around 11:15 to 11:30 on what was a dark, cloudy and slightly misty night, Freeman was driving slowly and had his lights on full-beam as he negotiated the dark and winding roads. As a result, when something large and shadowy charged across the road in front of him, Freeman could not fail to see the creature for what it was. Long, sleek and black in color, Freeman is in no doubt that for a split second or two he had a brief sighting of a huge cat. Today, he says firmly: “If I live to be a hundred, I will tell the same: Rendlesham Forest has big cats.” Moving on…
On a cold winter’s afternoon in 1983, the then-soon-to-be-married Paul and Jane Jennings were blissfully strolling through those woods when they were terrified by the sudden manifestation in front of them of what Jane would describe succinctly as “a big black dog.” She elaborated that the pair had been walking along a pathway when, on rounding a bend, they came face to face with the phantom beast – something that prompted Jane to intriguingly add: “It was almost like it was waiting for us.” Far more shocking, however, was what happened next. Suddenly, the beast began to flicker on and off for four or five times, then finally vanished, literally, before the Jennings’ eyes amid an overwhelming smell that reminded the pair of burning metal. Not surprisingly, the terrified couple fled for the safety of their car and fled the area. The U.K.’s “phantom black dogs,” as they are popularly known, prompted none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – the creator of Sherlock Holmes – to write his classic novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Rendlesham Forest, as well as the Suffolk locales of West Wratting and Balsham, is reportedly home to an even more diabolical beast than the phantom black dog. It is a creature that has come to be known locally as the Shug-Monkey. Described as being a bizarre combination of giant dog and large ape, the creature is said to strike deep terror into the hearts of those souls unfortunate enough to cross its path. And you thought that UFOs were the strangest things to be found in Rendlesham Forest, right? Wrong. It’s a magnet for strange phenomena – and it has been for a long, long time. It is, however, Rendlesham Forest’s UFO connection that has made those woods world-famous. In many respects, it doesn’t really matter if you are a believer or a disbeliever in supernatural phenomena, such as large and mysterious cats, ghostly hounds and a weird ape-like beast. The most important thing to note is this:
Rendlesham Forest has a reputation of being distinctly creepy for reasons that go far beyond UFOs and aliens, as you have just seen. If you wanted to run a secret military project in an area of English woodland, then what better place could there be than Rendlesham Forest? The answer is simple: there is no better location. Here’s why: Those who do believe in the paranormal will likely say that tales of mysterious creatures seen in the woods only serve to reinforce the idea that aliens landed at Rendlesham – which is almost certainly what the people that concocted the experiments were counting on. Using an area of woods – for nefarious reasons – that already had a reputation for being drenched in unearthly phenomena, would amount to perfect planning. When the “UFOs” put in their appearances at Christmas 1980, it was just another addition to the already-bulging collection of tales of the unknown that came from within Rendlesham Forest. And, because of the eerie reputation that the woods had (and still have), no-one was thinking about secret experiments of government agencies. But, they should have been.
Giant UFO Object Interacted With the Sun - Who Is Out There?
Giant UFO Object Interacted With the Sun - Who Is Out There?
Ufologists are rarely shocked when it comes to new discoveries as most of what’s being discovered or reported these days is pretty standard stuff. But, when the announcement comes from NASA themselves, needless to say, it gets pretty hard to maintain your composure past this point.
So, when they went out in front of all the cameras to declare that a huge extraterrestrial UFO interacted with the sun to avoid a big solar storm we are all listening closely, to say the least. According to them, when it was first spotted the team figured that the spacecraft was heading towards them with ill intents so they were extremely scared as they were caught by surprise, but it quickly became clear that they were not the target at this time around.
As you can see from the pictures, the event took place somewhere between the Sun and Earth, with the images being taken and saved by the space probes around Earth…
US Big Panic: China tests swarm of ‘suicide drones’ launched from a truck and helicopters
China tests swarm of ‘suicide drones’ launched from a truck and helicopters
China has developed a new low-cost “suicide drone” that is despatched in a swarm to attack a target, according to mainland media reports.
It was commissioned as part of the government’s military-civilian fusion strategy, a People’s Liberation Army insider who requested anonymity told the South China Morning Post. The policy seeks to boost military development with civilian and private sector support.
A swarm of the fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles was tested last month by the developer, a research institute under state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, according to a video released by the company.
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It shows kamikaze drones being launched from a light tactical vehicle and from helicopters.
The drones were fired from a launcher mounted on a modified version of the PLA’s Dongfeng Mengshi light tactical vehicle.
Photo: Weibo
The company has carried out similar tests before. In November 2017 its research institute, the China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology, carried out what is believed to be the biggest such experiment, involving 200 of the small fixed-wing aircraft.
In the video, multiple drones are seen being fired from a launcher mounted on the back of a modified version of the PLA’s Dongfeng Mengshi light tactical vehicle, as well as at least two from helicopters.
The suicide drones seen in the footage appear to be similar to China’s first tactical attack drone, the CH-901.
Photo: Weibo
The unmanned aircraft appear to be similar to the CH-901, China’s first tactical attack drone and part of a series developed by state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The CH-901 is small – just 1.2 metres (3.9 feet) long and weighing 9kg (20lbs) – but it can spend up to 120 minutes in the air and head towards a target at a speed of 150km/h (93 miles per hour) before detonating.
While the military insider would not give any details on which type of drones were put to the test last month, he said China had improved drone technologies developed in 2012 and was now trying to integrate them with other new hardware.
The short video clip shows how a swarm of suicide drones could be rapidly deployed to a war zone, launched from both land and air, to attack a target. They are seen flying in formation, with their movement directed remotely from a tablet-like device.
Both Chinese and US media reports have suggested the PLA may already be using suicide drones, but the military insider said that it was still grappling with technical issues.
“They’re still in the early development stage and the technical problems are yet to be resolved,” he said. “One of the key concerns is the communications system and how to stop it from getting jammed. The military has found that the artificial intelligence it uses is too slow to react.”
Drone warfare is becoming more important, and China is one of many countries racing to develop the technology. The US has deployed drones for decapitation strikes in the Middle East, including to kill top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in January.
Witness REC's 70 ft.Tic-Tac slowly moving under the cover of Mt.San Jacinto in California, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Witness REC's 70 ft.Tic-Tac slowly moving under the cover of Mt.San Jacinto in California, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 2020
Location of sighting: Highway 62, Palm Springs, California, USA
This is an interesting video of a white tic tac shaped UFO. The UFO was seen as a person was heading to work along Highway 62 near Palm Springs. The wind farm is located in Palm Spring outskirts.
The eyewitness at first believes it to be a cloud and then soon realized it was probably a UFO. UFOs do have a high interest in human technology and wind farms are the newest in free energy harvesting to make a cleaner planet. UFOs have been seen before around wind farms and one even crashed into a windmill many years back. This white tic tac...thats an alien craft caught very close to Area 51, Nellis AFB and the famous Extraterrestrial Highway. A UFO hotspot.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitnesses states:
I always wonder how with modern technology we get all these horrible recordings of UFOs until today when I witnessed my own, sorry for the quality was driving at high speed. Saw this on a route that I take to work very often I’ve seen clouds around the mountains very often but never like this.
Metallic Disk Seen Landed In mountain Top In Mexico, Oct 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Metallic Disk Seen Landed In mountain Top In Mexico, Oct 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 2020 Location of sighting: Mountain in Mexico
I have to admit, at first I thought this was fake, but its not. As I watched on, I realized the people there were seriously trying hard to focus the camera on the hillside. Even stoping to take a moment to adjust the lens looking down, then back at the UFO on the hilltop. The conversation is in Spanish, but you can hear the seriousness in the tone. This is real. This is absolutely amazing and I wish we had more footage of it. I have heard for decades about the Mexican UFOs and even reported over 50 different reports of them over the last decade, but this is the best close up I have ever seen of one. This is a classic disk shape. This is metallic with a hump in the upper middle. This made my day. This is 100% proof of an ancient intelligent species living in Mexico. Probably waiting for the ground to open up so it could go to an underground base 4-6km below the surface.
Mystery as pilot reports jetpack flying around 6,000 feet high by airplanes near LAX
Mystery as pilot reports jetpack flying around 6,000 feet high by airplanes near LAX
Around 6 weeks ago, The War Zone reported on an unusual incident in the skies near Los Angeles International Airport, or LAX, in which the pilots of multiple airliners reported seeing "a guy in a jetpack" while on approach to land.
Now, On Wednesday afternoon, crew members on an airliner flying near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) once again spotted a person in a jetpack gliding at an altitude of 6,000 feet high.
China Airlines 006: “We just saw a bright object at 6,000.”
LAX Tower: “006 heavy can you say that one more time please?”
China Airlines 006: “We saw a flying object like a [this part is hard to decipher, but it sounded like] flight suit jetpack at 6,000.”
LAX Tower: “Was it a UAV or was it a jetpack?”
China Airlines 006: “Like a jetpack. Too shiny. It’s too far.”
Area 51 is the worst kept secret of the UFO Research Community, but what if the US Government wants it that way? Hundreds of miles northeast from Area 51 is the Dugway Proving Ground, a military base in Utah that has its own history of UFO sightings and secrecy. Is there evidence to suggest that this base is the real Area 51?
UFO sighting: NASA conspiracy claim as space station camera ‘tried to hide alien craft'
UFO sighting: NASA conspiracy claim as space station camera ‘tried to hide alien craft'
UFO hunters are added fuel to bizarre NASA conspiracy theory claims after a International Space Station (ISS) live stream was altered after the appearance of an apparent anomaly.
Remarkable new film footage has emerged from US space agency NASA which some purport depicts the arrival of aUFO travelling towards the ISS. The object in question appears white and vaguely rectangular in shape as it emerges over the horizon on the 80 second clip.
But what has intrigued alien life conspiracies is how the camera live streaming the arrival of Soyuz capsule from the ISS is how it scans to the right as the object nears.
There was a UFO following the Soyuz space capsule all the the way to the space station!
Scott Waring
UFO Sightings Daily blogger Scott Waring is among the small minority who suggest this is evidence of a UFO conspiracy theory by space agency NASA
He wrote: “When the Russian Soyuz capsule docked with the space station, just seconds later a oval white UFO appeared on the NASA live cam.
“The UFO is visible for a full 20 seconds before the cameraman notices it too and shrinks the view by zooming-in on the Soyuz capsule.
The apparent anomaly is almost certainly in fact just some space junk in orbit over Earth.
Space junk is ever-more worrying phenomenon, with a Russian satellite and a Chinese rocket narrowly missing each other 600 miles (960km) above Earth only this morning.
Estimates put their relative speeds at approximately 17,000mph and experts warned an impact would have scattered thousands of pieces of space debris into orbit.
The dead military satellite and rocket stage were expected to pass within 12 metres (40ft) of each other.
UFO sightings across Brazil went viral on social media in May this year followinf reports of a crashed alienspacecraft just north of Rio de Janeiro. Conspiracy theorists took to platforms like Twitter and Facebookm to share footage of bizarre lights in the skies. One video, in particular, alleged to show a UFO crash site in Mage forest, along the east coast's Guanabara Bay.
As the story gained traction, the hashtag #MageUFO began trending on Twitter.
Soon after, the hashtag seemingly disappeared and many of the shared video clips were taken down, leading people to speculate a coverup was in action.
According to the Brazilian news site UOL, local authorities and the Air Force had no record of unidentified flying objects around the time of the supposed crash.
So what exactly happened in Brazil last month and did alien UFOs really visit our planet?
Brazil UFO: Many people thought an alien spacraft crash landed in Brazil
(Image: GETTY/GOOGLE MAPS/CRISTOBAL)
Brazil UFO: Social media went into a frenzy over the Mage UFO story
(Image: TWITTER)
According to investigators from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), the Brazil UFO story was a well-constructed hoax.
The MUFON team said: "The case, which has been widely circulated on social media outlets, has been determined to be nothing more than an elaborate hoax."
My team and I have intensively investigated this alleged case
Ademar José Gevaerd, MUFON
He said: "My team and I have intensively investigated this alleged case and found out that it is a total hoax.
"It started with a fake audio about a supposed UFO crash published over the net, later assumed to be a fabrication by the female author.
"As time went on the story got bigger and bigger every day, with many alleged witnesses making all sorts of claims, all disconnected from each other, all exaggerated, and mostly lies."
According to Mr Gevaerd, some people claimed to have heard "telepathic" requests for help from the downed aliens trapped inside of their spacecraft.
UFO sighting: Thousands witness 'UFO crash' in Brazil amid Google Maps 'cover-up'
UFO sighting: Thousands witness 'UFO crash' in Brazil amid Google Maps 'cover-up'
MULTIPLE sightings of a UFO in Brazil has sparked a social media frenzy, amid claims that unidentified craft crashed in a nearby forest and was later covered up by Google Maps.
Mysterious lights seen by thousands of people in Brazil and captured in multiple videos has sparked a social media frenzy. Video footage showing an alleged UFO crashing in a nearby forest in Mage, Brazil just north of Rio de Janeiro, even led to Magé to trend on Twitter by Wednesday when several people began sharing videos of the glowing lights in the sky. In the videos, blue, red and yellow orbs can be seen moving around the sky, and one video shows the lights arranged in a triangular formation.
Stunned residents can be heard trying identify the lights in the sky, before several of the lights appear to land nearby.
Another video shows a group of five illuminated spheres in the night sky – a bizarre visual phenomenon which "many people saw".
Others posted footage of a floating red orb, as well as strange flashing lights in the horizon.
One witness Andre Di Mauro tweeted: “There are reports that something fell over there in a lake. But it doesn't seem to be a satellite."
Mysterious lights seen by thousands of people in Brazil and captured in multiple videos
(Image: IG)
In the videos, blue, red and yellow orbs can be seen moving around the sky
(Image: IG)
The numerous videos purportedly showing pulsating, ball-shaped objects over the skies of Brazil sparked a flurry of discussions about aliens.
However, according to Vice, dozens of the posts on the #MageUFO Twitter hashtag "disappeared" while on Reddit "posts concerning the Brazilian UFOs also began to disappear".
UFO enthusiasts then shared a Google Maps link of a forest in Mage that sparked claims of a Google Maps cover-up conspiracy.
The satellite image revealed a white image glitch in a bizarre shape in a wooded area north of Rio de Janeiro.
The numerous videos purportedly showing pulsating, ball-shaped objects over the skies of Brazil
(Image: IG)
A Google spokesperson tried to explain this mysterious pheneomon to Vice: "In this case, what people are seeing in the imagery is a reflection that is temporarily overloading the satellite's sensor.
"Essentially, the sun reflected off the surface of that building at just the right angle to briefly blind the satellite. This is a pretty common phenomenon known as saturation or blooming.”
Witnesses also allegedly heard loud explosions and gunshots near the crash site.
There is a surprising number of cases in which UFOs seem to have fallen from the sky to crash to earth. It would seem that sometimes these supposed aliens have their own technical difficulties or incidents, which for whatever reasons serve to bring them down to us in our realm. One very strange case of this supposedly played out in the country of Brazil, where a strange craft supposedly smashed down into the sea to leave wreckage behind, pieces of which have gone on to become some of the most extensively analyzed and most heatedly discussed alien evidence there is. Yet the story of how these fragments of a UFO came to our attention is almost as strange.
It started with a strange piece of mail. In September of 1957, Ibrahim Sued, society columnist for the Rio de Janeiro newspaper El Globo, received a letter that was quite bizarre and enigmatic to say the least. The sender claimed that he was a simple fisherman, who while out with some friends at Toninha’s Beach, at Ubatuba, in Sao Paulo Province, Brazil, had had an outlandish experience with a UFO that crashed into the sea. The sender describes himself as having been a skeptic about such things in the past, but now a believer after what he had seen, and as proof he even offered physical evidence, which was right there in the envelope with the letter. The name on the letter was illegible and impossible to make out, but this anonymous witness would write:
Dear Mr. Ibrahim Sued. As a faithful reader of your column, and an admirer of yours, I wish to give you, as a newspaperman, a “scoop” concerning flying discs. If you believe that they are real, of course. I didn’t believe anything said or published about them. But just a few days ago I was forced to change my mind. I was fishing together with various friends, at a place close to the town of Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, when I sighted a flying disc! It approached the beach at unbelievable speed and an accident, in other words, a crash into the sea, seemed imminent. At the last moment, however, when it seemed it was almost striking the waters, it made a sharp turn upward and climbed rapidly on a fantastic impulse.
Astonished, we followed the spectacle with our eyes, when we saw the disc explode in flames. It disintegrated into thousands of fiery fragments, which fell sparkling with magnificent brightness. They looked like fireworks, despite the time of the accident, at noon, that is, at midday. Most of the fragments, almost all, fell into the sea. But a number of small pieces fell close to the beach and we picked up a large amount of this material—which was light as paper. I am enclosing a sample of it. I don’t know anyone that could be trusted to whom I could send it for analysis. I never read about a flying disk being found, or about fragments or parts of a disk that had been picked up. Unless the finding was made by military authorities and the whole thing kept as a top-secret subject. I am certain the matter will be of great interest to the brilliant columnist and I am sending two copies of this letter—to the newspaper and to your home address.
Ubatuba, Brazil
There in the envelope were several strips of a dull gray metallic material which seemed to be scorched or oxidized somewhat, smooth but with a noticeable amount of wear and tear, and which were all dusted with a fine film of a powdered substance that somewhat resembled burnt charcoal residue. Not knowing what to do with the letter and its mysterious samples, Sued merely printed the letter in the newspaper out of curiosity, then put the mysterious pieces of weird metal aside and sort of ignored them until he was contacted by a Olavo T. Fontes, a Rio physician and Brazilian representative of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (A.P.R.O), who had heard of the letter through its publication in the paper. Fontes came out to Brazil and took a closer look at the samples, coming to the initial conclusion that one was cracked and had fissures suggesting that it had been forcefully blown off of a larger object, and it was surmised that the whitish substance was the result of the pieces being subjected to an intense heat. Sued offered to release the strange pieces to Fontes, who took them off to be analyzed further at the Mineral Production Laboratory. Fontes himself would say of the objects in a report to the Aerial Phenomenon Research Organization (APRO) in Tucson, Arizona:
I saw the samples sent by the unidentified correspondent—three small pieces of a dull-gray solid substance that appeared to be a metal of some sort. Their surfaces were not smooth and polished, but quite irregular and apparently strongly oxidized. The surface of one of the samples was shot through with almost microscopic cracks. The surfaces of all samples were covered in scattered areas with a whitish material. These whitish smears of a powdered substance appeared as a thin layer. The fine, dry powder was adherent but could be displaced easily with the nail. Mr. Sued said the material appeared to be lead at first sight—because of the gray color—but I could see that it could not be lead … the material was light … almost as light as paper.
It was found through a battery of different tests that the metal in the samples contained only the element magnesium, incredibly pure, which with our metallurgy techniques should have been impossible, as we simply don’t have the means to create a metal that is absolutely spectrographically pure. Two further spectrographic analyses turned up the same results, and X-ray diffraction work conducted at the Laboratory of Crystallography at the department’s Geology and Mineralogy Division also found that the samples were extremely pure magnesium of a type not found in nature and beyond our capacity to create, all of which caused Fontes to come to the conclusion that the samples were “fragments’ of an extraterrestrial vehicle which met with disaster in the earth’s atmosphere.” A.P.R.O. director Coral Lorenzen was so excited about the findings that she wrote to the Pentagon’s UFO spokesman, Air Force Maj. Lawrence J. Tacker dramatically telling him:
Our organization has in its possession the physical evidence which the United States Air Force denies having been able to acquire. It is, in fact, a portion of an extraterrestrial vehicle which met with disaster in the earth’s atmosphere. The catastrophe was witnessed by numerous human beings. The gratifying aspect of this case, however, is that we do not have to depend on the testimony of witnesses to establish the reality of the incident for THE MOST ADVANCED LABORATORY TESTS INDICATE THAT THE RESIDUAL MATERIAL COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF ANY KNOWN TERRESTRIAL TECHNIQUES.
All caps, very excited, indeed. The Air Force received one of the samples, but it was unfortunately accidentally destroyed as it was being prepped for analysis. They requested another sample, but since one of the other pieces had also been destroyed by the testing done on it there was only one fragment left and they were unwilling to part with it, instead locking it away in a safe. In 1967, the A.P.R.O. grudgingly allowed the piece to be taken in for analysis, but this would prove to be inconclusive and produce conflicting results, with one lab saying that the magnesium was not as pure as originally claimed and “not as pure as magnesium specimens readily available in the 1950s,” whereas another stated that the piece was produced through a “process that was unknown when the fragments were recovered.” Ultimately the sample was just too small to really tell much, and it created more questions than answers, leaving it as an anomalous mystery. University of Arizona metallurgical engineer Walter W. Walker would say of the fragment:
All chemical analyses to date have not verified the extraterrestriality of the Ubatuba magnesium…. Considering the poor pedigree of the Ubatuba physical evidence, a hoax cannot be ruled out… [though] nothing unequivocally identifying the material as terrestrial was found either. If one accepts that it is possible that a flying saucer has a soft, weak, technically pure, unalloyed, cast magnesium fuselage, then the metallographic evidence is consistent. The surface scale, the oxide intrusion into the grain boundaries and, particularly, the subscale from internal oxidation all suggest that the magnesium was exposed to the Earth’s atmosphere at elevated temperatures. The white Mg(OH)2 coating is consistent with the burning fragments falling into the ocean…. In summary, after all these years, I consider the Ubatuba magnesium fragment as unusual material of still unknown origin.
It all seems very exciting, in that these supposed pieces of a starship were so carefully analyzed and seemed so promising, but the fact is that they were never proven as one thing or another. Also, although there are more pieces said to exist somewhere, they seem to have mostly disappeared, and have become sort of a holy grail within the UFO community. We must also face the hard truth that the whole story rests on an anonymous letter with no way to verify who the sender was, what he really saw, or even if he is who he said he was. The whole case is built on this letter and its mysterious contents, but we don’t even know where it came from and there are no real first-hand witnesses to speak to. We are left to wonder how much veracity the case has, and just what exactly those mysterious fragments were, if anything. What do the results mean? There is no way to really know, because there is nothing left to test that we know of. Who sent the letter and was he for real? Again, a mystery. This is a case that will no doubt serve to fuel debate and speculation for some time to come, and it is one of those frustrating cases in which we seemed so close to proof, but ended up with merely another conundrum that will probably never find a concrete answer.
Stargate Disclosure: Inside the Top Secret Remote Viewing Program, Major Paul H Smith, Retired
Stargate Disclosure: Inside the Top Secret Remote Viewing Program, Major Paul H Smith, Retired
Paul H. Smith, Major, US Army (ret.), is the author of Reading the Enemy’s Mind: Inside Star Gate — America’s Psychic Espionage Program” and “The Essential Guide to Remote Viewing.” As a seven year veteran of the government’s ‘psychic espionage’ effort, Paul was originally assigned to the Army’s Center Lane remote viewing program starting in 1983 and later transitioned with the program to the Defense Intelligence Agency in early 1986. He was transferred out of the program in 1990 to participate in Desert Storm as a tactical intelligence officer with the 101st Airborne Division. During his years with what ultimately came to be known as the Star Gate Program, Paul served concurrently as an operational remote viewer, training instructor, unit historian, recruiting officer, and security officer.
Directly trained by the creators of remote viewing, Ingo Swann and Dr. Harold Puthoff of SRI-International, he was later the main author of the DIA “Coordinate Remote Viewing” manual, and was primary theory instructor for the unit, being involved in the training of other now-well-known viewers including Lyn Buchanan, Mel Riley, and David Morehouse. Smith retired from the Army in 1996 and started a commercial remote viewing training company, Remote Viewing Instructional Services Inc. in January 1997. Based in Austin, Texas for 17 years, Paul’s company continues to train students in Cedar City, in the heart of Utah’s glorious Color Country of national parks and Ancient American culture.
In 1999, he participated with Puthoff, Buchanan, Russell Targ, F. Holmes Atwater, and other researchers and remote viewing veterans to found the non-profit International Remote Viewing Association. He has served twice as IRVA’s president, and still serves on the Association’s board. Paul has been interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning, several times on the History Channel, A&E Network, and at various times by both Art Bell and George Noory on Coast-to-Coast AM, by Jeff Rense on “Sightings,” and numerous other international, national, regional, and local media outlets.
UFO (3 Views!) Shows Up At Space Station, Camera Turns Away, Oct 14, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
UFO (3 Views!) Shows Up At Space Station, Camera Turns Away, Oct 14, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Actual UFO is now focused in the above screenshot. I added shadows only. SCWLooks like a huge oval disk with a hump and the disk looks biomechanical which is evident from the uneven bumpy surface of the craft.
Date of sighting: Oct 13, 2020
Location of sighting: Earths orbit at space station
Guys, when the Russian Soyuz capsule docked with the space station, just seconds later a oval white UFO appeared on the NASA live cam. The UFO is visible for a full 20 seconds before the cameraman notices it too and shrinks the view by zooming in on the Soyuz capsule. This object is coming from Earths atmosphere. There was a UFO following the Soyuz space capsule all the the way to the space station! Talk about the neighborhood welcome wagon. I wonder what those astronauts aboard the Soyuz thought the moment they first laid eyes on that UFO following them. See, the proof is in the pudding, meaning, the video is coming from NASA and cannot be disputed. It was caught by accident and even the camera person tried to hide it. This is 100% proof that NASA knows and hides UFOs from the public view.
Silver Disks Seen Over New York City On Oct 12, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Silver Disks Seen Over New York City On Oct 12, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 12, 2020
Location of sighting: New York City, NY, USA
This is just an amazing video, but you have to make it full screen to really see its detail. The UFO at first is just a dark glint in the sky, but when I took a screenshot, I quickly realized that its was a silver disk. The disk is not alone, but seems to be a few others also seen in the video. The objects are hovering over a SmashBurger shop in New York City. Absolute proof of aliens in New York City.
Oh and remember...that John Lennon and his wife also saw a similar shaped disk back in 1974 in their penthouse apartment on top of the building in New York City. UFOs...love New York.
UFO Fleet Over Hidalgo, Mexico Changes Colors and Stays In Formation, Oct 10, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Fleet Over Hidalgo, Mexico Changes Colors and Stays In Formation, Oct 10, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 10, 2020
Location of sighting: Hidalgo, Mexico
Watch this video as mysterious lights over the city of Hidalgo, Mexico follow one another and change colors. The UFOs are staying in formation and seem to want to be seen. You can hear the concern and bewilderment in the voices of the spectators that caught sight of the event. Two eyewitnesses recorded footage which is seen in this video below. This is some great footage of UFOs in formation flying in patterns. Similar UFOs have been seen around the world and are becoming more and more popular due to cell phone cameras improving.
Hey, there are two UFOs in this Gemini 12 mission photo taken in Nov 11, 1969. That not the only thing. Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell were both part of the mission. Do you remember back in 2018 when Buzz Aldrin met with fans and one of them dared Buzz to take a lie detector test about him saying he saw UFOs in space? Well he did and Buzz Aldrin passed with flying colors. He really did see UFOs in space. Buzz Aldrin...an America hero....really did see UFOs in space and this photo from his five and a half hour mission in orbit is 100% proof of that. Want to see the UFO enlarged, watch my video I made below. Thank you Buzz...for your honesty, your commitment and your hard work to get the truth out to the public.
Satellite images taken in 1984 show objects such as ruins, strange artifacts and heavy machinery that currently are completely hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet.
The original 1984 Google Earth images are captured a very long time ago, but now, if you go back to the 1984 timeline on Google Earth, there is nothing left to see anymore. Of course, it is possible that the landscape has changed over the years through a natural process... although it does raise questions.
Looking at the original images, could it be that they have found ancient ruins and other strange artifacts on which they sent a secret expedition, inclusive heavy machinery, to explore this remote area?
Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Mr Trump in an interview to explain why the Department of Defense has formed the UFO task force and if there are UFOs.
Mr Trump answered that he heard it, and he’s going to have to check on it. He then quickly segued into a boast about the country’s military might, which some people on Twitter interpreted to be the president threatening aliens with the US weaponry.
He revealed the US had created a military that we’ve never previously had, in terms of equipment. Mr Trump said that he hoped the equipment and the weapons that we have wouldn’t be used.
He further announced that Russia and China are envious of what we’ve had – all built in the USA and rebuilt for $2.5trn. As far as the other question, he said that he’d have to check on it.
The snowcapped mountains of Pluto's Pigafetta Montes and Elcano Montes and the Alps on Earth are seen side by side in this view. (Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute, Thomas Pesquet/ESA)
Mountains on Pluto have snowcaps that may have formed from the top down as opposed to the bottom up, the reverse of how snow caps form on Earth, a new study finds.
When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in 2015, it revealed a surprisingly complex and diverse landscape on the faraway world. Pluto's frozen surface varies greatly, featuring regions dominated by different kinds of ices — from frozen methane to frozen nitrogen and even water ice.
"The bedrock of Pluto is made of water ice, but it is so cold that the ice is harder than rock," study lead author Tanguy Bertrand, a planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, told Space.com. "The mountains on Pluto are made up of this cold hard water ice."
At the mountain chains Pigafetta Montes and Elcano Montes in Pluto's dark equatorial Cthulhu region, scientists detected frosted peaks "strikingly resembling snowcapped mountain chains seen on Earth," Bertrand said. "Such a landscape had never been observed elsewhere in the solar system."
For example, the summits of Pigafetta Montes, which can rise nearly 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometers) above their bases, possess brightly reflective caps at altitudes above about 1 mile (1.5 km). Similar frosts were seen on crater rims and walls in the Cthulhu region.
The exact composition of this frost on Pluto was unclear. While researchers identified methane, it was unknown whether it is pure frozen methane, frozen methane diluted with frozen nitrogen or a mix of both. The uncertainty about the frost's composition made it unclear how it might have formed.
To help solve these mysteries, scientists in this new study examined high-resolution data from New Horizons, focusing on the composition of the frost at high altitudes. This new analysis revealed that the snowcap frost "is almost pure methane ice, with traces of nitrogen ice," Bertrand said.
The researchers also developed high-resolution computer simulations of Pluto's climate. They focused on how methane circulates around the dwarf planet.
On Earth, mountain snowcaps are formed when moist winds rise upslope and cool, as temperatures drop with increasing altitude. The rising moisture condenses as it gets colder, forming snow on the tops of mountains.
This diagram shows how snow caps form on Earth's mountains (top) and how scientists think they form on Pluto. (Image credit: Tanguy Bertrand et al)
"Methane is a trace gas on Pluto, as water vapor is on Earth, so initially it seemed logical that the high-altitude frosts seen on Pluto could form like on the Earth," Bertrand said.
However, "on Pluto, the opposite occurs," Bertrand said. "We discovered that a new and unique atmospheric process forms these snowy mountains on Pluto. It is remarkable to see that two very similar landscapes on Earth and Pluto can be created by two very dissimilar processes."
The new simulations revealed that atmospheric circulation on Pluto may concentrate methane gas a few miles above the plains of the dwarf planet. This, in turn, can result in methane condensing as frost on mountaintops.
Pluto's thin atmosphere gets heated by the sun and actually gets warmer as altitude increases, whereas its surface temperature remains uniformly cold, Bertrand explained. "Pluto's atmosphere has more gaseous methane at its warmer, higher altitudes, allowing for that gas to saturate and freeze directly on the mountain peaks tall enough to reach the enriched zone," he said. "At lower altitudes, the concentration of gaseous methane is lower, and it cannot condense."
Such activity might also help to explain how other methane reservoirs formed on Pluto, the researchers said.
"This discovery teaches us that there are still plenty of physical and dynamical processes out there in space that we do not know about, and that climates can be very different than that of Earth, despite forming similar landscapes," Bertrand said. "It is important to study Pluto and other planetary bodies because they are natural laboratories to explore and investigate the diversity of possible climates, which gives us more perspective on our own climate."
In addition, this work "also teaches us what is common and what is unique for planetary climates, and helps to understand where Pluto's climate, a dwarf planet's climate, fits in with the other climates we know of in the solar system — Earth, Mars, Venus, Titan, Triton," Bertrand said.
The scientists detailed their findings in a paper published Oct. 13 in the journal Nature Communications.
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When you reflect on big-time science at the moon, think small.
NASA's new megarocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), is scheduled to launch from Florida in late 2021 on its debut mission. That flight, known as Artemis-1, will send NASA's Orion spacecraft on an uncrewed trip around the moon — and loft more than a dozen tiny cubesats to test inventive technologies as well.
Among those bantam spacecraft are Lunar IceCube, Lunar Flashlight and LunaH-Map. And we can soon add to the moon mix Lunar Trailblazer, a smallsat mission headed for flight in 2024 as a hitchhiker payload on NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission.
The three NASA-sponsored cubesats and the smallsat are being readied for moonbound treks to help quench a thirst for new data about lunar water ice. Such data could help sustain an Artemis Base Camp for wide-ranging lunar exploration, NASA officials have said.
All that said, hunting for moon water remains no slam dunk.
Measurement strategies
A long-time advocate of cubesat investigation of the moon is Pamela Clark, director of the Cubesat Development Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. She is the science principal investigator on Lunar IceCube, which is being built at Morehead State University in Kentucky.
"All of these cubesat missions have the search for volatiles, especially water in various forms, as a primary goal," Clark said.
Lunar IceCube, for instance, will be placed in a nearly polar equatorial periapsis orbit (the point at which the orbiting craft is closest to the moon), with a "repeating" coverage pattern allowing it to observe swaths of the lunar surface at different times of day over several 28-Earth-day lunar cycles, Clark told Space.com.
Lunar IceCube will carry an instrument called the Broadband InfraRed Compact High Resolution Explorer Spectrometer (BIRCHES), which will prospect for water in ice, liquid and vapor forms.
While the coming smallsat and cubesat missions have differing observational and measurement strategies as they orbit the moon, Clark said that each spacecraft will provide a unique perspective on lunar water distribution. That collected data, when combined, "will greatly increase our understanding of the origin and history and current locations of volatiles as potential resources on the moon and analogous surfaces throughout the solar system," she said.
Lunar Flashlight has been developed by a team from JPL, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama and the University of California at Los Angeles. This mooncraft will use near-infrared lasers to shine light into shaded polar regions near the south pole to detect volatiles on the moon. Meanwhile, an onboard reflectometer carried by the briefcase-sized orbiter will gauge surface reflection and composition.
UCLA will be providing the ground data system, which will plan the instrument observations and process the data.
"The observations made by the low-cost mission will provide unambiguous information about the presence of water ice deposits inside craters that would be a valuable in-situ resource for future Artemis missions to the lunar surface," explains JPL's website about the mission.
Then there's Arizona State University's Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or LunaH-Map for short. The "H" in the probe's name is silent "because the hydrogen is hiding in the permanently shadowed regions," explains the ASU mission website.
The shoebox-sized LunaH-Map will chart hydrogen enrichments within permanently shadowed regions of the lunar south pole. The probe has a miniaturized propulsion system, attitude control, power and communications systems to maneuver into orbit around the moon. It will navigate into a low-altitude polar orbit, attaining its lowest point smack-dab over the lunar south pole.
Temperature profiles
The California Institute of Technology's Lunar Trailblazer is the "smallsat" of the bunch, a larger spacecraft intended to investigate lunar water and lunar geology. Lunar Trailblazer is outfitted with an instrument called the High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM3) from JPL, and another, the Lunar Thermal Mapper, from the University of Oxford in England.
In July 2020, Lockheed Martin Space was selected as the new partner for Lunar Trailblazer's flight system. The company will design and build the spacecraft, integrate the instruments, and work with rideshare services to ready Lunar Trailblazer as a secondary payload aboard IMAP's launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
"Our goal is to determine the form, abundance, and distribution of water on the moon, including water ice in the permanently shadowed regions," said Lunar Trailblazer principal investigator Bethany Ehlmann, a scientist at Caltech and JPL. Lunar Trailblazer is designed to provide the best maps of the distribution of water ice at the surface in the permanently shadowed regions via direct detection with the HVM3 imaging spectrometer, she said.
HVM3 data, paired with simultaneously measured temperature profiles, will allow researchers to zero in on the abundance of water and how temperature controls it, Ehlmann told Space.com.
Remaining unknowns
While researchers are confident the moon's polar regions are enhanced in volatiles, there remain some unknowns about the form and physical distribution of these volatile species.
For example, are there skating rinks of ice on those permanently shadowed crater floors? Or are those floors studded with ice-coated rock grains, or ice grains separate from rock grains?
Those are questions posed by Kirby Runyon, senior staff scientist for planetary geology and exploration at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland.
"We really don't know how the ice is distributed or how it's concentrated in the moon's polar regions," Runyon said. "Smallsats orbiting very low — just thousands of feet above the south pole's craters — can use neutron detectors and maybe radar to map out the ice. Once we know where it is and how it's concentrated, then surface vehicles can be designed to go mine it."
Experts agree that there's early need for more and finer data about the chemistry of lunar water ice, including possible contaminants, and the physical form of ice-regolith mixes. Without that information in hand, planning mining projects, setting up processing plants and establishing production checklists will remain pipe dream
The most important resource at the lunar poles are the areas of sustained illumination that can be found in both the north and south, said Samuel Lawrence, a planetary scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is also an emeritus chair of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), an advisory group to NASA.
Lawrence said that there are only a handful of these areas, which will enable NASA and its commercial and international partners to bootstrap existing or planned technologies available in the near term, particularly for power generation. That work, in turn, will enable sustained habitation for gradually increasing amounts of time.
"So, in a very real and immediate sense, it is actually the sustained illumination regions which are the most important near-term resources … and the reason why the Artemis program is targeting polar landing sites for the Artemis Base Camp," Lawrence said. But the global resource potential of the moon — meaning both polar and nonpolar resources — is vast, he added.
"Fifty years from now, people will be making a profit from lunar resources. We want American companies to be part of that story, and the steps we will take in the next decade are the first chapter in an exciting story," Lawrence concluded.
Leonard David is author of the recently released book, "Moon Rush: The New Space Race" published by National Geographic in May 2019. A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. This version of the story published on Space.com.
Struck by menacing ultraviolet radiation? Water bear don’t care. According to an intriguing new study, water bears, also known as tardigrades or moss piglets, have a newly discovered ability that allows them to survive in some of the most extreme environments in the universe — even in outer space. When they’re hit by UV light, these microscopic creatures absorb the radiation with a fluorescent substance, which emits back blue light.
This striking display of extreme survival was discovered in a new tardigrade species, dubbed Paramacrobiotus BLR, by researchers from the Indian Institute of Science. As a stroke of luck, the tardigrades were first discovered in moss growing on the walls of the campus.
The most extreme organisms on Earth
Tardigrades are the most indestructible known complex organism on Earth, and perhaps the cutest of all microorganisms.
To pull off these death-defying feats, tardigrades employ a couple of tricks. When faced with the prospect of annihilation, either due to lack of food or due to exposure to absolute zero temperatures, the water bear essentially dries out and retracts its head and its eight legs. It then enters a deep state of suspended animation that closely resembles death. Its metabolism slows to 0.01% of the normal rate and the body becomes almost devoid of water.
Additionally, the reddish-brown Paramacrobiotus tardigrades have another ace up their sleeve. When the Indian researchers exposed these tardigrades to 1 kilojoule per square meter of UV light — enough to kill bacteria and roundworm after just 5 minutes — they all survived. Even after the radiation dose was upped four times, about 60% of the reddish-brown bears still lived for more than 30 days.
In order to learn more about this strain of Paramacrobiotus, the researchers examined tardigrade samples with an inverted fluorescence microscope. Much to their surprise, under UV Light, the reddish tardigrades appeared blue due to fluorescent pigments located under the animals’ skin.
Not all tardigrades seem to have this ability. When Hypsibius exemplaris tardigrades were exposed to UV light for 15 minutes, all died within 24 hours.
The researchers also extracted some of these fluorescent pigments and sprayed them on Hypsibius exemplaris tardigrades and several earthworms to see if the UV-protection rubs off them. The creatures that were coated with the pigments survived almost two times better than those without the shielding. Bearing in mind the very hot summer days in southern India, the Paramacrobiotus tardigrades likely evolved the UV-shielding as a local adaptation.
SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE SOLVED THE MYSTERY BEHIND PLUTO'S SNOWCAPPED MOUNTAINS
SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE SOLVED THE MYSTERY BEHIND PLUTO'S SNOWCAPPED MOUNTAINS
This process has never been observed before on any other planetary body.
WHILE FLYING BY PLUTO IN THE YEAR 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft caught a glimpse of a landscape that seemed all too familiar. The famous dwarf planet revealed icy mountain tops that looked very similar to the ones found on Earth.
These frosty tips aren't merely uncanny — they have not been observed on any other world.
Since then, scientists have sought to discover how snow could form on Pluto's mountain tops, and whether it was through a process similar to that on Earth.
Now, an international team of scientists led by the French National Centre for Scientific Research may have discovered the atmospheric process behind Pluto's snowcapped mountains. It is starkly different than anything we may have expected from what we know about Earth's own weather systems.
The new findings are detailed in a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature.
NASA's New Horizon's mission captured these images of a newly discovered mountain range lies near the southwestern margin of Pluto’s Tombaugh Regio.NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Tanguy Bertrand, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA's Ames Research Center, and lead author of the new study, recalls seeing the images of Pluto's mountain tops and wondering how this snow could have formed, and whether it formed the same way it does on Earth's mountain tops.
"We wanted to know if Pluto’s atmosphere behaves the same as Earth’s atmosphere," Bertrand tells Inverse.
The team first looked at the New Horizon's images to uncover what the snow on Pluto is actually made of. Unlike the water that makes up Earth's snow, that found on Pluto is made of methane, a type of greenhouse gas which, on this icy planetary body, acts like water vapor does on Earth.
The researchers then simulated the atmospheric cycle that drives ice formation on Pluto using climate models similar to ones used to forecast weather on Earth.
"When we used this model, we discovered that the conditions on Pluto were completely different than the ones on Earth," Bertrand says.
On Earth, the lower part of the atmosphere is warm and wet, so water vapor forms in this region. The warm air rises from the bottom up, expanding and cooling on its way up. That leads to more moisture in the air.
The water vapor freezes on top of Earth's mountains, resulting in snowcaps.
On Pluto, the process is completely opposite.
Pluto's atmosphere is warmer at higher altitudes due to solar radiation. And the methane vapor is more abundant at higher altitudes. The methane only condenses to form snow on mountains that are high enough to reach this level of the atmosphere.
This climate mechanism may be unique to Pluto, and has never been observed anywhere else in the universe.
"Pluto is very interesting because there are many landscapes that remind us of Earth, sometimes much more than any other planet in the Solar System," Bertrand says. "Despite the fact that they have similar landscapes, there’s still plenty of dynamical processes in space that we don’t know about."
Now that they have solved the mystery of Pluto's snowcapped mountains, the scientists are turning their attention to other mysteries of the dwarf planet's atmosphere and geology. One enigma is what causes Pluto's steep, narrow ridges of ice, which resemble massive knife blades.
"Now that we know how methane forms snow on Pluto's mountain tops, maybe we are going to explore the formation of these dunes next," Bertrand says.
Abstract:
Pluto is covered by numerous deposits of methane, either diluted in nitrogen or as methane-rich ice. Within the dark equatorial region of Cthulhu, bright frost containing methane is observed coating crater rims and walls as well as mountain tops, providing spectacular resemblance to terrestrial snow-capped mountain chains. However, the origin of these deposits remained enigmatic. Here we report that they are composed of methane-rich ice. We use high-resolution numerical simulations of Pluto’s climate to show that the processes forming them are likely to be completely different to those forming high-altitude snowpack on Earth. The methane deposits may not result from adiabatic cooling in upwardly moving air like on our planet, but from a circulation-induced enrichment of gaseous methane a few kilometres above Pluto’s plains that favours methane condensation at mountain summits. This process could have shaped other methane reservoirs on Pluto and help explain the appearance of the bladed terrain of Tartarus Dorsa.
Some of the most outstanding and spectacular UFO encounters are those that leave behind some physical evidence or trace. This can take many forms, but typically it is very intriguing in that we have something left behind to remind us of their presence. This can sometimes be taken to extremes, and while UFOs mostly don’t cause a lot of damage there are those cases in which they cause chaos and collateral damage. Here we will look at some rare cases of when UFOs have, either intentionally or not, left behind devastation in the form of fire.
One of the stranger cases of a UFO connected to a fire comes to us from the country of South Africa. In September of 1965, two police constables by the names of John Lockem and Koos de Klerek were on patrol along the Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit highway, and that evening started out as just a normal, mundane shift for them. As the lane lines flickered by in the night and the evening danced by, they were ready for this to be just another uneventful shift, but that would soon change. At around midnight, their quiet daydreaming was interrupted by something very odd blooming into the headlights from the murky gloom ahead. The startled two constables caught sight of some sort of metallic object that they at first took to be some vehicle stopped on the road, but it very quickly became apparent that this was no normal car or truck.
The thing in the road appeared to be a copper-colored, domed, disc-shaped object about 30 feet in diameter, and as they approached it at first just sat there silently. After a few seconds, before the two men could even really process what they were seeing or what was going on, the disc suddenly launched up at great velocity into the air, while copious jets of flame erupted from beneath it to light up the night. It looked as if the fire was spouting from two tubes underneath the craft, with the flames actually bouncing about three feet up in the air from the asphalt, and the heat was so intense that the highway purportedly actually caught fire and the officers were unable to get closer. This fire apparently went on for some time before it subsided enough for the two policemen to approach, and they found that the asphalt had actually melted, and that there was a caved in portion where something very heavy had been. The scorched area was reportedly around 6 feet in diameter, and the heat had been so formidable that the gravel had actually separated from the tar.
According to UFO researcher John Hall, the two constables reported the incident, but it was sort of brushed under the carpet by the government, with a Lt. Col. J.B. Brits, District Commandant of Pretoria North, saying the event was “of a highly secret nature and an inquiry is being conducted in top circles,” and that was that. There has been no other word on it since, and it was only briefly covered in an article for the Associated Press, Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1965 and later in English by NICAP in 1969. Adding to the mystery of it all is that there were supposedly samples taken from the site that were sent off to be analyzed, but results have never been forthcoming and nothing more has been released to the public.
At least in this case the fire left behind by the object was contained, but this doesn’t seem to always be the case. One Reddit user called “Echatoner” claims to be a firefighter working in Utah, and one call he got would be something he would never forget. He claims that he was called to a wildfire just south of Dugway Proving Grounds and as he and his crew sped off towards the emergency with a convoy of four trucks, they saw a formation of eight black military helicopters that fell in with them as if they were escorting them. This went on for about 10 miles before the helicopters veered away to fly off, and things would only get stranger from there. The witness says:
A little while later we are parked and about to start hiking to the fire line when suddenly a thin column of smoke shoots probably about two hundred feet into the sky, it was a good mile away but the concussion was pretty significant when it hit us and the noise was still ridiculously loud. We thought it was probably no big deal, we knew we were near a strike zone. A good five minutes later an aircraft like nothing I have ever seen flew by us at maybe five hundred feet. It was flat black and sort of rectangular but with fins and wells on the underside. It was moving pretty slow and was dead silent so I have to assume it was some sort of stealth glider. It sounds ridiculous but it immediately reminded me of a huge, flying bat mobile, Time Burton era.
After that some military personnel got on our radio frequency and instructed us to leave the area immediately, when our crew chief asked who it was and why they signed off and the Incident Commander (the guy in charge of managing the entire situation) came on the radios and said we were evacuating the area. They sent us to a completely different fire about a hundred miles to the south and never told us why except that it was higher priority which was bullshit, it was already out when we got there and we just assisted crews in the mop up operation. The thing that confuses me about this is that if the army didn’t want us to see that shit or if it was dangerous why didn’t they keep us clear of the area in the first place? Either a communications breakdown or they had a now shit situation going down and had to get us out of there without warning.
The witness came away with the impression that the strange craft he had seen had caused the fire and riled up the military, but beyond that it is all a mystery. Was this a UFO, some experimental aircraft, or what? What connection did it have to the fire? We will probably never know. In 2019 there was a massive wildfire at Katon-Karagay national park, in East Kazakhstan, which quickly enveloped an estimated 82.2 hectares of wilderness, and before long there were rumors that the blaze had been caused by a UFO. One Vladimir Sanarov, inspector of flying-industrial service KazAviaForestGuard, would say of this:
According to the witnesses who saw this falling unidentified flying object and filmed in on the phone cam, an object fell from the sky and caused fire. Firefighters didn’t manage to put it out immediately as the locality is difficult to approach, it took three days to extinguish the fire. Liquidation works are underway. The main task is to prevent repeated fire.
One of the main theories is that this was all due to a rocket stage falling to earth, but considering that there doesn’t seem to be much further information on this we are left to speculate. A similar incident that also went down in 2019 comes to us from the Chilean port city of Dalcahue on the island of Chiloé. On September 25, 2019, reports began to come in from frightened residents who claimed to have witnessed strange a red ball glowing in the sky, and many of these local witnesses insisted that the object was causing fires. Some even claimed that they had seen the object faltering and crashing into the wilderness. At least six wildfires broke out in the region during this flurry of UFO reports, and firefighters on the scene described how the areas were permeated by a strange smell and smoke that was “not smoke from material but rather from stone, like Sulphur.” Alejandro Verges, Director of Chile’s National Office of Emergencies of the Interior Ministry (ONEMI), made a statement, saying:
The fires are attributable to an object that, so far, has not been identified. There cannot be six sources of fire in a radius of 200 meters and all of them isolated. It’s like if small balls of fire have fallen. Some burnt the roots and others burned a little more. It is very strange.
The main idea at the time was that the fires and sightings had been caused by a meteorite or space debris, but no sign of either of these were turned up. In fact, a follow up investigation carried out by Chile’s National Service of Geology and Mining led them to rule out the possibility that this had been caused by a disintegrating meteorite after not a shred of space rock was turned up at any of the fire sites. Searches also didn’t turn up any signs of metal that could have been from a fallen satellite or other space junk, and the Chilean fires and the UFO reports surrounding them have remained mysterious.
Perhaps one of the most well-known incidents involving mysterious fires and talk of UFOs occurred between 2003 and 2005, in the area of Canneto di Caronia, Siciliy, in Italy. It started in December of 2003, when a local resident reported that his television had inexplicably sparked and exploded, followed by various unexplained fires spontaneously erupting throughout the home at all hours. Before long, other residents of the area were reporting the same thing, with cars, mattresses, beds, furniture, fuse boxes, air conditioners, kitchen appliances, computers, and even wedding presents bursting into flame for no discernible reason, all confined to one delineated area. Some of these fires would start in the same place over and over again, and at least one witness said that his TV had caught fire on five separate occasions. In more serious cases, entire homes were burned to the ground by the mystery blazes, and these fires continued even after the utilities company cut power to the neighborhood. From January to March of 2004 a total of 92 fires were reported, and in none of the cases were officials able to find a rational cause. It was causing a panic, and 39 residents would be evacuated from the area during the scare, all fueled by strange reports of the flames acting oddly, appearing to move almost with purpose or jump place to place.
In the meantime, an interdisciplinary research group coordinated by Francesco Venerando Mantegna from the Sicilian Protezione Civile, reportedly found evidence of unusual electromagnetic activity in places where the fires had broken out, as well as strange reports of unexplained lights in the sky and a helicopter that experienced allegedly anomalous rotor damage. This soon had frightened locals whispering rumors of the fires being caused by ghosts, witches, demons, secret U.S. military tests of radiation weapons or “Tesla technology,” and of course UFOs, only further fueled by sightings of strange lights in the sky at the same time the fires were going on. The mayor of the town explained it as the result of “unknown electromagnetic radiation,” and one government report supposedly read that the blazes were “caused by a high power electromagnetic emissions which were not man-made and reached a power of between 12 and 15 gigawatts,” but no one knew for sure. One ufologist by the name of Nigel Watson would say of the fires and their connection to possible alien forces:
Spontaneous combustion of electrical appliances or interference with them is often associated with UFO sightings. There are literally hundreds of cases of cars stalling and their electrical systems being messed up in the presence of UFOs.’ In the town of Caronia, northern Sicily, there was a spate of appliances, machines, mattresses and electrical wiring suddenly bursting into flame. Geophysicists and electrical experts were puzzled by this phenomenon, but the villagers noted that this was an area that was suffering from a high concentration of UFO sightings.
What was going on here? It was eventually thought to be the work of arsonists, but no one was ever arrested and fire authorities never were able to explain how the fires had started. Curiously, the phenomenon would return to the area in 2014, and this time an arsonist named Giuseppe Pezzino was arrested, but it is unknown what connection this has to the 2003-2005 mystery fires. What happened at Canneto di Caronia? It is uncertain just how true any of these cases are, or if UFOs really were involved or not, but they serve to make us think, and show us that not all supposed alien encounters are of the benevolent variety. What was going on here? Who knows? They will likely never be solved for sure, and they serve to add more to the lore of this very strange phenomenon.
Over the last week or so I have written various articles on matters relative to the Majestic 12 documents, counterintelligence, spies, disinformation projects, and Deep Throat-like characters hiding in the shadows – and all in relation to how U.S. intelligence used the UFO subject to strange and alternative degrees from the late 1970s and into the 1980s. This provokes an inevitable question: was Soviet Intelligence doing something similar? Or, maybe, almost identical? In relation to that question, there’s no doubt that the Russians were doing something along those same lines. As we shall now see. Today’s revelations revolve around one of the 1950s-era Contactees, Orfeo Angelucci. Like George Adamski, George Van Tassel, Dana Howard, and Truman Bethurum, they all claimed close encounters with human-looking aliens who warned of the dangers of atomic weapons. With that said, let’s now see how Angelucci became a key figure in a Russia-based operation designed to infiltrate – and manipulate – the Contactee scene in the United States of the Fifties.
By the mid-1950s, Angelucci and his family were living in Twentynine Palms, San Bernadino County, California. And, with his book, The Secret of the Saucers, on the bookshelves, he was becoming a familiar face at UFO lectures and conferences. It was in this period that Angelucci caught the attention of the FBI – and for a very curious reason. As he became more adept at public speaking, and more comfortable about discussing his claimed encounters with aliens, Angelucci revealed something disturbingly eye-opening. It was something which soon had the Feds on his tail. According to Angelucci, as his profile as one of the Contactees grew and grew, he found himself approached on several occasions by what he described as a “subversive element.” This small group – “foreigners,” as he worded it – first approached Angelucci while he was engaged in a series of lectures along the east coast in the 1950s. Regular UFO enthusiasts, they were certainly not. They did their very best to try and encourage Angelucci to suggest to his listeners and readers that his alien comrades were communists. And, that communism was good.
In correspondence with Jim Moseley, Angelucci claimed that these mysterious characters bought him dinner on three occasions and plied him with plentiful amounts of booze, in plush, New York hotels and bars. Angelucci admitted to Moseley that he was “flattered” by the attention, but remained very uneasy about the agenda. Angelucci would later say of this curious affair: “Failing in their desperate attempts to convert me to communism and slant my talks along the Party Line, they invariably defiantly demanded: ‘Well, then, just what do you think is wrong with Communism?'” Shortly before Angelucci publicly revealed that a certain “subversive element” was mixing and stirring left-wing, extremist politics with extraterrestrials, the FBI came knocking on the front-door of the Angelucci home. While we don’t know the full story, we do at least have the bones of it, thanks to Jim Moseley. According to what Angelucci told Moseley, a pair of FBI agents visited Angelucci at his Twentynine Palms home, telling him that they had heard of the actions of this east coast group – from who, though, was something that the FBI was not prepared to reveal. The questions posed to Angelucci were many: How did he first meet the group? Did they give their names? Were they Americans? Did they offer him money to slant his tales down a politically-driven path? The list of questions went on and on.
Evidently, the meeting with the FBI shook Angelucci severely; in fact, so severely that he decided to release the following statement, probably to ensure that the FBI fully understood that he was not someone with communist leanings: “Communism is the negation of all that is honest and good in the world and in humanity. They would enslave the human mind. Their obstructiveness is willful and planned. We must eventually meet this murderous element at Armageddon; when it will be victory for one side or the other. Good will triumph, or evil! Every entity in the world and the adjoining planes is now aligned definitely upon one side or the other. No matter what the outcome of the conflict, the positive element of good will ultimately attain a greater life and progression; whereas the negative will meet death, destruction and a new beginning in a more hostile environment. As you have made your choice, so be it!”
So far as can be determined, Angelucci’s “foreigners,” who did their utmost to turn him onto communism, were never identified. It seems very likely, however, this was some kind of strange Soviet operation.
Orange UFOs were seen passing over a freeway two weeks ago. The UFOs were round, bright and orange. This color of UFOs have been seen around the world, but mostly over the ocean off Florida coast and around Costa Rica back in the 1970s. They are round, unlike Chinese lanterns which are long ovals with openings on the bottoms. I live in Taiwan and see lanterns every year...but have never seen a lantern like this before. Without an opening on its bottom...how do they put the candle in that powers the paper balloon? Its not lanterns. However I will place other videos below of similar craft seen, same color, same shape, same brightness. 100% alien no doubt about it.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
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A Middlebury couple, preferring to remain anonymous, told The Eagle that they observed four, slow-moving "glowing orange globes" while driving north in a car along U.S. Route 7 near the town of Pittsford. The sighting took place during the evening of Sept. 19. The couple saw the objects at approximately 8:30 p.m. and reported the sighting to local police and 911. The Vermont State Police dispatcher in Rutland confirmed to The Eagle that the alleged unidentified flying objects (UFOs) were sighted over Rutland County during the evening of Sept. 19 but could not provide specific details beyond what the couple reported. At the time of the sighting, the Vermont Air National Guard was not flying any of its fixed-wing or rotor aircraft, The Eagle learned. After first sighting the "globes", the couple turned their car around and drove southbound on Route 7 to get a better view. "The globes were flying in tandem," one of the pair said. "The sky was crystal clear and the stars were visible. But these things weren't stars or planets. They moved slowly and in a distinct pattern and direction. They were not erratic and appeared to be under intelligent control just like regular aircraft."
A glowing UFO was seen over Milton Keynes, England two weeks ago. The UFO was seen to shoot out green/blue lasers and had several smaller UFOs near it which were sometimes visible. I have read about many UFO incidences in Project Blue Book files that have described a single craft that had smaller orbs rotating around it. This fits the Project Blue Book descriptions. The lasers, the colors and the power of flashes emanating from it all point to this being a real UFO.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
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Tom Marvin, from Broughton, captured the incident on video. He said: "It first caught our attention as the beam shone through our bedroom window and it was really bright. My first thought was that it was a search light from a police helicopter but, after seeing the light shine as high into the sky as we could see, we knew it wasn’t. "When we looked again we thought it was a huge UFO-shaped drone going up and down through the beam. This drone let off another beam which was shining in all different directions."
Pilot films bright object which stays stationary at 10,000 feet
Pilot films bright object which stays stationary at 10,000 feet
More and more people are seeing strange lights in the sky around the world. These objects remain in the sky for a while before disappearing. Now a pilot noticed such a bright light in the sky over Iowa.
Flying my personal airplane across the country, 10-8-2020 , Thursday was day three and final day of the trip. I took off at 0400 hours. I was over Iowa.
After approximately 30 minutes into the flight I noticed a stationary light in the sky. To low to be a star, no blinking lights. It remained a constant distance from my aircraft to my front and high.
As dawn arrived and the sun broke from the horizon the light seemed to get lower in the sky. I was at 5,500 feet, it may have been at 10,000 feet and to my front by several miles away. As the sun rose the light was gone in an instant. Mufon case 111802
A giant star died, blasting its guts out into space. But before the star detonated, some stellar thief had already stolen the giant's skin. Now, astrophysicists think they've identified the culprit: another star blasting its own guts out nearby.
Supernovas are fairly common in space. Most very large stars end their lives as stellar explosions. When they die, hot clouds of gas spread across space. Those clouds are full of the heavy atoms the stars fused into being in the nuclear engines of their bellies. But usually there's hydrogen — the element that stars initially fuse into helium to get their engines started — in the clouds too: These simple, single-proton atoms remain in the outer skin of the star, where pressure and heat never got high enough to fuse them together into heavier elements. It's unspent fuel, in other words. Sometimes, however, that skin vanishes. Usually gravity from a nearby star —— such as a binary twin in the same system — strips that outer envelope of hydrogen away. Sometimes, however, it's not clear where all the hydrogen-rich skin went. For a long time, that was the case for the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A). But not anymore.
In a new paper, researchers describe a scenario that could produce a solitary, "stripped-envelope" supernova like Cas A's. Their story, like most skinless supernova tales, begins with two sibling stars in a tight binary orbit around one another. Critically, these siblings were born at the same time in the same place and at nearly the same mass. As a result, the two stars would also live for similar lengths of time, become swollen red giants in their old age, and die in short succession, one after the other.
If Cas A's sibling went first, that first supernova would have effectively sandblasted the surviving big red supergiant (in other words, Cas A), just as Cas A was nearing the end of its own life.
The researchers, a team at the ARC Center of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) in Melbourne, Australia, simulated how this would work.
"Snapshots" from the simulation show how a supernova blast could strip off a star's outer layer. (Image credit: Ryosuke Hirai)
Their simulations showed between 50% and 90% of the surviving star's outer skin of hydrogen gets blasted away in the wind of the first supernova, as long as the two stars orbit very close together.
"This is enough for the second supernova of the binary system to become a stripped-envelope supernova, confirming that our proposed scenario is plausible," lead study author Ryosuke Hirai, an OzGrav astrophysicist,said in a statement.
It's also possible for the first supernova to rip off just some of its sibling's envelope, causing that star to be in an unstable state; in this scenario, the instability leads to more hydrogen being expelled from the star before it goes supernova. The star would react like it had just been shot with a shotgun, convulsing and losing fuel to space before its demise, the simulations showed.
If this version of star death happens, it's likely rare, the researchers wrote — occurring in just 0.35% to 1% of supernovas.
And the scenario hasn't been confirmed, though the researchers think it might apply to two other known supernovas, RX J1713.7-3946 and G11.2-0.3.
But Cas A is the most exciting example for a simple reason: The simulation predicts that there should still be a signature of that envelope lost in the first supernova: a puff of hydrogen-rich gas drifting through space 30 to 300 light-years away from the supernova remnant. And in the case of Cas A, they found one such puff, just 50 light-years away — precisely fitting what their model predicted.
See amazing sun views from NASA's IRIS space observatory.
Scientists might have zeroed in on the phenomenon that heats the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, to mind-bogglingly hot temperatures.
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecrafthas captured the first clear images of nanojets, which are bright thin lights that move perpendicular to magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere. These jets, in turn, show the existence of nanoflares, which are believed to drive coronal heating on the sun, which can reach over a million degrees Fahrenheit.
Nanoflares are small, but move rapidly and are difficult to spot on the bright sun. Researchers saw the bright jets on April 3, 2014 during a "coronal rain event." This occurred when cooled plasma (superheated gas) fell from the corona to the much cooler surface of the sun.
This NASA video of images from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph shows nanojets on the sun captured on April 3, 2014. They may explain why the solar corona is so hot. (Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)
"Nanojets are considered a 'smoking gun,' key evidence of the presence of nanoflares," NASA said in a statement. "Each nanojet is believed to be initiated by a process known as magnetic reconnection, where twisted magnetic fields explosively realign. One reconnection can set off another reconnection, creating an avalanche of nanojets in the corona of the sun, a process that could create the energy that is heating the corona."
More studies are planned to learn how often nanojets and nanoflares occur, and how much energy they dump into the solar corona.
Two missions are peering at the sun up close, including NASA's Parker Solar Probe and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter. The hope is that by imaging the poles and dipping close to the sun, as these spacecraft will allow researchers to do, we will learn more about the processes that heat the solar corona.
Black holes are perhaps the strangest, least-understood objects in our universe. With so much potential — being linked to everything from wormholes to new baby universes — they have sucked in physicists for decades.
But as strange as these known objects are, even stranger types of black holes could be dreamed up. In one upside-down, hypothetical version of the universe, a bizarre type of black hole could exist that is stranger than an M.C. Escher sketch. Now, a team of researchers has plunged into the mathematical heart of so-called charged black holes and found a slew of surprises, including an inferno of space-time and an exotic fractal landscape … and potentially more.
There are all sorts of potential, hypothetical black holes: ones with or without electric charge, ones spinning or stationary, ones surrounded by matter or those floating in empty space. Some of these hypothetical black holes are known for certain to exist in our universe; for example, the rotating black hole surrounded by infalling matter is a pretty common presence. We've even taken a picture of one.
But some other kinds of black holes are purely theoretical. Even so, physicists are still interested in exploring them — by diving into their mathematical foundations, we can realize new relationships and implications of our physical theories, which can have real-world consequences.
One such theoretical black hole is an electrically charged black hole surrounded by a certain kind of space known as anti-de Sitter. Without getting into too much of the nitty-gritty, this kind of space has constant negative geometric curvature, like a horse saddle, which we know is not a good description of our universe. (A cosmos with anti-de Sitter space, all else being the same, would have a negative cosmological constant, which means that any matter would tend to condense into a black hole, versus the known accelerating expansion that is flinging the universe apart.
This horse-saddle space doesn't exist in our universe, But that's okay: It turns out that these exotic black holes still have surprisingly intricate structures worth exploring.
One of the reasons it's worth exploring is that charged black holes share a lot of similarities with rotating black holes, which certainly do exist in our universe, but charged black holes are mathematically simpler to grapple with. So by studying charged black holes we can gain some insights into real-world rotating black holes.
Also, physicists have found that when these black holes become relatively cool, they build up a "haze" of quantum fields around their surfaces. This haze sticks to the surface, pulled inward by the never-tiring gravity of the black hole itself, but pushed outward by the electric repulsion of the same black hole. A haze of quantum fields operating in stability on a surface is also known as a superconductor. Superconductors have real-world applications (namely, they can transmit electric current with no resistance), so seeing how superconductors play out in these exotic scenarios helps us understand their mathematical structures, which can potentially lead to new insights with actual applications.
In a study published Aug. 28 to the preprint database arXiv, a team of researchers has recently used the language of superconductivity to discover what lies farther beneath the surface of these hypothetical black holes.
Let's dive in.
The almost-wormhole
"Normal" charged black holes — those surrounded by a typical garden-variety space-time that you might find in our universe — have a few quirks on their inside. First, beyond the event horizon (the boundary of every black hole, where once you fall in you can't get out) lies something called an inner horizon, a region of intense quantum energies. Beyond that is a wormhole, a bridge to a white hole in some other lonely section of the universe (at least, according mathematics).
I should note here that we don't really know whether wormholes like this exist in real life, because the mathematics of charged black holes breaks down at the inner horizon, and nothing more can be learned until we develop new physics. Fortunately, the charged black holes surrounded by anti-de Sitter space, which for now we'll call superconductor black holes, avoid this problem.
The good news is that the inner horizon of a superconductor black hole breaks down, allowing you to smoothly sail past it without getting spaghettified as you would in an ordinary, stationary black hole. The bad news is that the wormhole bridge inside a superconductor black hole also tears itself apart, so you don't get to transport yourself to the distant stars.
But that doesn't mean that nothing interesting happens to you. Just inside what would have been the inner horizon, the interior of a superconductor black hole gets a little frothy.
Normally, particles in a real-life superconductors can oscillate, supporting waves sloshing back and forth in an effect known as Josephson Oscillations. And deep inside these black holes, space itself vibrates back and forth. If you were to physically fall into one of these beasts, you'd be in for a bumpy ride.
A strange universe
But once you made it past the vibrating space-time, what comes next is truly mystifying. The researchers discovered that the innermost regions of a superconductor black hole can feature an expanding universe in grotesque miniature, a place where space can stretch and deform at different rates in different directions.
What's more, depending on the temperature of the black hole, some of these regions of space can trigger a new round of vibrations, which then create a new patch of expanding space, which trigger a new round of vibrations, which then create a new patch of expanding space, and so on and so on at ever smaller scales.
It would be a mini fractal universe, repeating endlessly from large scales to small. It's downright impossible to describe what it would be like to traverse such a landscape, but it would surely be weird.
At the center of this strange fractal, chaotic mess is the singularity: the point of infinite density, the place where every bit of matter that ever fell into the black hole resides.
Unfortunately, even with their super-charged superconducting mathematical techniques, the researchers can't describe what happens at the singularity. All known physics breaks down, requiring new theories of gravity to fully describe.
Who knows what you'll find at the center of a superconductor black hole, but at least you'll enjoy the ride down.
China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe is seen by a tiny camera ejected from the spacecraft in a photo captured 15 million miles from Earth. (Image credit: CNSA)
China'sTianwen-1 spacecraft has beamed home some deep-space selfies snapped by a small camera jettisoned during its journey to Mars.
A small camera with wide-angle lenses on both sides was ejected from the outside of the spacecraft in the depths of outer space. The small camera took one image every second and sent the data to Tianwen-1, which then transmitted the images to Earth.
One image shows the gold, hexagonal body of the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter, two silver solar arrays and the conical aeroshell containing the mission rover, all against the blackness of deep space; A second image provides a more distant view of the spacecraft. Tianwen-1 is an ambitious mission that includes an orbiter as well as China's first Mars lander and rover.
Tianwen-1 also took images of the jettisoned camera as it tumbled away from the main spacecraft.
On Friday at 15:00 UTC Tianwen-1 also completed a deep space maneuver. The spacecraft’s main engine fired for over 480 seconds to adjust the spacecraft’s orbit and trajectory.
China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe is seen by a tiny camera ejected from the spacecraft in a photo captured 15 million miles from Earth. (Image credit: CNSA)
Chen Lidan, a chief designer of Mars Mission Control Team, told CCTV that the maneuver adjusted the orbital inclination of Tianwen-1 from 1 degree to 1.8 degrees to match that of Mars.
Tianwen-1 was 18.3 million miles (29.4 million kilometers) from the Earth on Friday, having covered a total flight distance of 116.8 million miles (188 million km).
Tianwen-1 launched on July 23 from Wenchang on a Long March 5 rocket. The spacecraft will arrive at Mars in February and enter orbit around the planet. The rover landing attempt will take place around April.
A still shot of the small ejected camera used by China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe to take a selfie in deep space. (Image credit: CNSA)
The six-wheeled, solar-powered rover is designed to operate on the surface for 90 Martian days (93 Earth days). The orbiter, which carries seven science payloads, is expected to carry out its own investigations for one Martian year, or two Earth years, while also acting as a communications relay between the rover and Earth.
The U.S. Navy recently admitted that, indeed, strangely behaving objects caught on video by jet pilots over the years are genuine head-scratchers. There are eyewitness accounts not only from pilots but from radar operators and technicians, too.
In August, the Navy established an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force to investigate the nature and origin of these odd sightings and determine if they could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security.
The recently observed UAPs purportedly have accelerations that range from almost 100 Gs to thousands of Gs — far higher than a human pilot could survive. There's no air disturbance visible. They don't produce sonic booms. These and other oddities have captured the attention of "I told you so, they're here" UFO believers.
But there's also a rising call for this phenomenon to be studied scientifically — even using satellites to be on the lookout for possible future UAP events.
Philippe Ailleris is a project controller at the European Space Agency's Space Research and Technology Center in the Netherlands. He's also the primary force behind the Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Observations Reporting Scheme, a project to facilitate the collection of UAP reports from both amateur and professional astronomers.
There's a need for the scientific study of UAPs and a requirement to assemble reliable evidence, something that could not be so easily ignored by science, Ailleris told Space.com.
It is necessary to bring scientists objective and high-quality data, Ailleris said. "No one knows where and when a UAP can potentially appear, hence the difficulty of scientific research in this domain."
New tools
Recent years have seen rapid advances in information and communication technologies — for example, open tools and software, cloud computing and artificial intelligence with machine and deep learning, Ailleris said. These tools offer scientists new possibilities to collect, store, manipulate and transmit data.
Ailleris points to another potent tool. "The location over our heads of satellites is the perfect chance to potentially detect something," he said.
Working in the space sector, it occurred to Ailleris that Earth-observation civilian satellites could be used to search for UAPs. One avenue is tapping into free-of-charge imagery collected by the European Union's Copernicus satellites, an Earth-observing program coordinated and managed by the European Commission in partnership with ESA.
Also, there are more and more Earth-scanning spacecraft being launched to take the pulse of our globe. Such work is no longer limited to major countries or powers, Ailleris said; private actors have also entered the planet-viewing scene.
"This evolution will stimulate forward-thinking ideas across different domains, including controversial topics," Ailleris said. "And why not the UAP research field?"
The "Gimbal" UAP, observed off the U.S. East Coast by a Navy jet in 2015. (Image credit: DOD/U.S. Navy)
UAP expedition
Working with Ailleris to employ satellite imagery to detect and monitor UAPs is Kevin Knuth, a former scientist with NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. He is now an associate professor of physics at the University at Albany in New York.
"We are looking into using satellites to monitor the region of ocean south of Catalina Island where the 2004 Nimitz encounters occurred," Knuth said, referring to UAP sightings reported by pilots and radar operators based aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
That area will also be the target for a 2021 UAP expedition carried out by Knuth and other researchers. The goal of the outing is "to provide unassailable scientific evidence that UAP objects are real, UAP objects are findable and UAP objects are knowable," according to the website for the project, which is called UAPx.
The UAPx team includes military veterans and physicists, as well as research scientists and trained observers that will use specialized gear to observe any would-be UAP.
"We are hoping to detect UAPs, determine their characteristics, flight patterns and any patterns in activity that will allow us to study them more effectively," Knuth told Space.com. "In addition to monitoring a region for UAPs, we are also looking into using satellites to obtain independent confirmation of prominent UAP sightings and to obtain quantifiable information about those UAPs."
The "GoFast" UAP, observed by a U.S. Navy jet in 2015. (Image credit: DOD/U.S. Navy)
Science problem
"I certainly think that UAP deserve to be studied, just like we would do with any other problem in science," said Jacob Haqq-Misra, an astrobiologist with the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science in Seattle, Washington.
In August, Haqq-Misra helped organize a NASA-sponsored interdisciplinary workshop, called TechnoClimes 2020, that sought to prioritize and guide future theoretical and observational studies of non-radio "technosignatures" — that is, observational manifestations of technology, particularly those that could be detected through astronomical or other means.
Haqq-Misra said his knowledge regarding UAPs stems from the public domain, such as the recently released Navy videos and Department of Defense comments. But otherwise, he has not conducted any of his own investigations into the problem.
"I also remain agnostic as to any particular hypothesis that might explain UAP, at least until we have more data to consider," Haqq-Misra said. "The non-human intelligence hypothesis is a popular one, but I don't necessarily have any indication that it is more probable than any other hypothesis at this point."
Logo of the UAPx expedition, which involves military veterans, physicists, as well as research scientists and trained observers. They want to provide unassailable scientific evidence that UAP objects are real, findable and knowable. (Image credit: DOD/U.S. Navy)
'Outlaws' of physics
Ravi Kopparapu is a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland who studies planetary habitability, climate modeling and chemistry in the context of exoplanet atmosphere characterization. He views the UAP/UFO phenomena as a scientifically interesting problem, driven in part by observations that seem to defy the laws of physics.
That said, Kopparapu said he's wary of bringing the term "extraterrestrial" into the conversation. "That's because there is absolutely no concrete evidence that I know of that points to them as being extraterrestrial," he said.
"There's a fundamental problem that we have right now to scientifically study UAP," Kopparapu said. "We do not have proper data collection of this phenomena that can be shared among interested scientists to verify claims and filter out truly unexplainable events."
Also, the entire UAP topic has been much maligned by being associated with ET, Kopparapu added. This association prevents a thorough scientific investigation by the science community, he feels, essentially because of a taboo surrounding ET claims.
"I think people immediately think about 'aliens' when they hear UFOs/UAPs, and I want scientists to not fall for that," Kopparapu said. "Be strictly agnostic and don't let preconceived ideas cloud judgments. Have an open mind. Consider this as a science problem. If it turns out these have mundane explanations, so be it."
Kopparapu and like-minded colleagues are proposing a completely unbiased, agnostic approach to study UAP, he said: "Let the data lead us to what they are."
Leonard David is author of the recently released book, "Moon Rush: The New Space Race" published by National Geographic in May 2019. A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. This version of the story published on Space.com.
The asteroid Bennu’s brittle boulders may make grabbing a sample easier
The asteroid Bennu’s brittle boulders may make grabbing a sample easier
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to collect material from the space rock
Almost two years after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx arrived at asteroid Bennu, scientists have completely mapped the asteroid. This false-color image of Bennu’s rocky surface provides clues to how solid its boulders are.
When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx arrived at near-Earth asteroid Bennu, scientists were dismayed to find a surface covered with hazardous-looking boulders.
But new research suggests that those boulders are surprisingly brittle. That’s potentially good news for the spacecraft, which is charged with grabbing a piece of Bennu on October 20 and returning it to Earth in 2023 (SN: 1/15/19). If the rocks are crumbly, that could lower the risk of damaging the spacecraft’s equipment.
That kind of rock also may be too fragile to survive the trip through Earth’s atmosphere without burning up. If so, scientists may be close to getting their hands on a never-before-seen kind of space rock, researchers report in a collection of papers published October 8 in Science and Science Advances.
Data taken from Earth before OSIRIS-REx launched suggested that Bennu’s surface would be sandy. So it was a shock to find a rough landscape strewn with boulders when the spacecraft arrived in 2018 (SN: 12/3/18).
“We had really convinced ourselves that Bennu was a smooth object,” says Daniella DellaGiustina, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona in Tucson and member of the OSIRIS-REx team. “As everyone saw from the first pictures, that was not the case.”
The team found a relatively clear crater, nicknamed Nightingale, from which to retrieve a sample of the space rock (SN: 12/12/19). Still, the worry remains that the boulders might pose a safety hazard for the sampling system, which was designed to handle pebbles only a few centimeters across.
From late April through early June 2019, planetary scientist Ben Rozitis of the Open University in Milton Keynes, England, and colleagues mapped the way Bennu’s boulders retain heat, a clue to the rocks’ structure. Denser materials hold heat better than finer-grained ones, like how a sandy beach cools quickly after sundown, but single large rocks remain warm.
This map shows where carbon-bearing minerals (represented by redder colors) are located on Bennu’s surface. The opportunity to analyze those minerals could help scientists figure out how carbon got to the early Earth.A. SIMON ET AL/SCIENCE 2020
Based on those maps — and maps of other surface properties, described in the series of papers released October 8 — Bennu’s boulders seem to come in two flavors: darker-colored rocks that are weaker and more porous and lighter-colored, denser rocks that are stronger and less porous. Even the denser rocks are much more porous and brittle than meteorites from similar asteroids that have been found on Earth. The least dense meteorites are about 15 percent porous; Bennu’s rocks seem to be between 30 and 50 percent porous, Rozitis and colleagues found.
“This is exciting,” says DellaGiustina, a coauthor of the new papers. The spacecraft and its instruments might “encounter some boulders at the sample site that might otherwise be difficult to ingest,” she says, but “if they’re porous and weak, then they might just break down,” making them easier to collect.
The lighter, denser rocks also appear to be shot through with veins of carbonate, which suggests that they were in the presence of flowing water at some point in their past (SN: 12/10/18). NASA chose Bennu as an asteroid to visit partly because it resembles carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, which scientists think are time capsules of the early solar system. Similar space rocks could have delivered water and organic materials to Earth billions of years ago.
But Bennu’s more porous rocks appear to be unlike anything in scientists’ current assortment of meteorites, Rozitis says. “This is one of the cool things about OSIRIS-REx — it’s quite likely it will pick up new material that isn’t in our meteorite collection,” he says.
That’s believable, says meteor scientist Bill Cooke of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Observations of meteors have shown that low-density space rocks and dust burn up higher in Earth’s atmosphere than higher-density rocks.
“The old conventional wisdom was that the low-density stuff was from comets, and the high-density stuff was from asteroids,” he says. But recent observations show that some of the low-density rocks come from the orbits of asteroids. “So it is very plausible that low-density stuff from Bennu … would ablate higher in the atmosphere and not have a chance to create meteorites at all.”
If Bennu represents a missing piece in our understanding of the solar system’s history, studying that material in labs on Earth “will help us fill in an additional piece of the jigsaw,” Rozitis says.
Today, most life on Earth is supported by oxygen. But ancient microbial mats existed for a billion years before oxygen was present in the atmosphere. So what did life use instead?
Purple microbial mats offer clues to how ancient life functioned.
Billions of years ago, life on Earth was mostly just large slimy mats of microbes living in shallow water. Sometimes, these microbial communities made carbonate minerals that over many years cemented together to become layered limestone rocks called stromatolites. They are the oldest evidence of life on Earth. But the fossils don’t tell researchers the details of how they formed.
Our team of geologists, physicists and biologists had found hints in fossilized stromatolites that arsenic was the chemical of choice for ancient photosynthesis and respiration. But modern-day versions of these microbial communities still live on Earth today. Perhaps one of these used arsenic and could offer proof for our theory?
So we joined a surveying expedition of Chilean and Argentinian scientists to look for living stromatolites in the extreme conditions of the High Andes. In a small stream deep in the Atacama Desert, we found a big surprise. The bottom of the channel was bright purple and made of stromatolite-building microbial mats that thrive in the complete absence of oxygen. Just as the clues we’d found in ancient fossils suggested, these mats use two different forms of arsenic to perform photosynthesis and respiration. Our discovery offers the strongest evidence yet for how the oldest life on Earth survived in a pre-oxygen world.
Modern organisms make oxygen during photosynthesis and use it in respiration, but other elements, like arsenic, shown here as As, can work too.
For the last 2.4 billion years, photosynthetic organisms like plants and blue-green cyanobacteria have used sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make oxygen and organic matter. In doing this, they turn energy from the Sun into energy to be used by life. Other organisms breathe in oxygen as they digest organic carbon, gaining energy for their respiration in the process.
Microbes in the ancient world also captured energy from sunlight, but their primitive machinery could not make oxygen from water or use oxygen for respiration. They needed another chemical to do this.
From a biochemical perspective, there are only a few possible candidates: iron, sulfur, hydrogen or arsenic. A lack of evidence in the fossil record and minuscule amounts of some of these chemicals in the primordial soup suggests neither iron, sulfur nor hydrogen would be likely candidates for the earliest form of photosynthesis. That leaves arsenic.
In 2014, our team found the first clue that stromatolites were produced by arsenic-assisted photosynthesis and respiration. We collected pieces of 2.72-billion-year-old stromatolites from the pre-oxygen world by drilling into an ancient reef in the Outback of Australia. We then took these samples to France and cut them into thin slivers. By measuring the X-rays that came off these samples when we bombarded them with photons, we made a map of the chemical elements in the sample. If two kinds of arsenic are present in the map, then it is a sign that life was using arsenic for photosynthesis and respiration. In these relics of ancient life we found lots of both forms of arsenic, but not iron or sulfur.
This was tantalizing, but we wanted more proof: a modern analog to help prove our arsenic theory. No researchers had ever found a microbial mat community living in a place completely free of oxygen, but if we found one, it could help explain how the first stromatolites formed when our planet’s oceans and atmosphere were lacking oxygen.
Samples taken from the microbial mats had high levels of arsenic and lithium, but no oxygen.
The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest place on Earth, flanked by volcanoes and exposed to extremely high UV radiation. It’s not too different from how the Earth looked 3 billion years ago and not exactly supportive of life as we know it. Here – with the help of a team that spanned four continents and seven countries – we found what we were looking for.
Or destination was Laguna La Brava, a very salty shallow lake deep into the harsh desert. A shallow stream, fed by a volcanic groundwater spring, led into the lake. The streambed was a unique, deep purple color. The color came from a microbial mat, thriving quite happily in waters that contained unusually high amounts of arsenic, sulfur and lithium, but missing one important element: oxygen.
A piece of the microbial mats living at the bottom of the oxygen-free stream.
Could these slimy purple blobs offer answers to an ancient question?
We cut a piece of the mat and looked for evidence of minerals. A drop of acid made the minerals fizz – carbonates! – this microbe community was forming stromatolites. So our team went to work, camping out at the site for days at a time.
We measured the chemistry of the water and the mat with our field equipment during day and night, summer and winter. Not once did we find oxygen, and back in the laboratory we confirmed that sulfur and arsenic were abundant. Looking through the microscope, we saw purple photosynthetic bacteria, but oxygen-producing cyanobacteria were eerily absent. We had also collected DNA samples from the mat and found genes for arsenic metabolism.
In the lab, we mixed up microbes from the mat, added arsenic and exposed the mix to sunlight. Photosynthesis was happening. The microbes used both arsenic and sulfur, but preferred the arsenic. When we added a minuscule amount of organic matter, a different arsenic compound was used for respiration and preferred over sulfur.
All that was left was to show that the two types of arsenic could be detected in the modern stromatolites. We went back to France, and using an X-ray emission technique made chemical maps from the Chilean samples. Every experiment we performed supported the presence of a vigorous arsenic cycle in the absence of oxygen in this unique modern stromatolite. This validates, beyond doubt, the idea that the fossil Australian samples that we studied in 2014 held evidence of an active arsenic cycle in deep time on our young planet.
Laguna La Brava is closer to the Martian environment than most places on Earth.
The harsh conditions of the Atacama are so similar to Martian and early Earth environments that NASA scientists and astrobiologists turn to the Atacama to answer questions about how life began on our planet, and how it might start elsewhere. The arsenic-cycling mats we discovered at Laguna La Brava offer strong clues to some of the most fundamental questions about life.
On board the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover that is currently hurtling through space is an instrument that can observe elements using the exact same process we used to make our element maps. Perhaps it will discover that arsenic is abundant in layered rocks on Mars, suggesting that life on Mars also used arsenic. For over a billion years, it did so on Earth. Under the harshest conditions life finds a way, and it is that way we are trying to understand.
Bottom line: Microbial mats existed for a billion years before oxygen was present in the atmosphere. New research suggests that arsenic was the chemical of choice for ancient photosynthesis and respiration.
Video: Microbes survive under seafloor for over 100 million years
Video: Deep sea microbes that laid dormant for 100 MILLION years are 'revived' in a lab after being fed certain minerals
This video shows interviews with Steven D'Hondt, Professor of Oceanology and Yuki Morono, Senior Scientist, at JAMSTEC, on their study that found 100 million-year-old sea microbes are alive and thriving, even with...
10,000-Year-Old Footprints Tell Amazing Story of Human Encounter with Megafauna
10,000-Year-Old Footprints Tell Amazing Story of Human Encounter with Megafauna
Archaeologists at White Sands National Park in New Mexico examining a 10,000-year-old track of human footprints, have made more fascinating discoveries. But they’ve also unearthed a trowel-full of unanswered questions about the timeworn mystery of the relationship between humans and ice age megafauna.
Archaeology Detectives: Following Fossilized Footprints to Retrace Ancient Footsteps
The Alkali Flat in New Mexico , U.S.A, is a huge salt playa (dry lake) known as the world’s largest gypsum dune field, caused as a warming climate shrank an ancient lake bed that was eroded by the wind to create dunes and salt flats. On these flats, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of thousands of human footprints dating from the end of the last ice age (about 11,550 years ago), as well as the prints of many Ice Age megafauna that stalked, and were stalked by, early humans.
In a 2018 Ancient Origins article we featured a paper that described the ancient “ghost tracks” of now extinct giant ground sloths , mastodon, mammoth, camel and dire wolf, that only become visible at the surface during specific weather conditions, and it was suggested that the humans stepped into the sloth prints as they stalked them for the kill. Moving in “large flailing circles” the giant sloth was thought to have risen up on its hind legs, sweeping its arms “to keep the hunters at bay,” and when it overbalanced its knuckles and claws thumped to the ground to steady itself. But now, in light of new evidence, this story has now changed significantly.
Top: Panorama of Alkali Flats at White Sands National Park in New Mexico during current times. (Footwarrior / CC BY-SA 3.0 ). Bottom: A paleontological landscape painting showing now-extinct Ice Age mammals that roamed the area of White Sands National Park during the end of the Last Ice Age, including mammoths, ground sloths, dire wolves, camelops and more.
Exploring the Longest Straight Track in the Ancient Americas
A new paper published in Quaternary Science Reviews greatly expands on the initial 2016 observations, presenting what is described as the “longest trackway of fossil footprints in the world.” According to PHYS.org this new discovery comes from White Sands National Park in New Mexico. The findings were made by an international team working in collaboration with staff from the National Park Service . Unlike all of the other human footprint trackways “this one is remarkable for its length, measuring at least 1.5 kilometers” (0.9 miles) and is exceptionally straight.
The linear nature of this particular track indicates that the individual did not, by even a meter, deviate from their determined course, and even more thought provoking was that the person returned on their own trackway a few hours later. Just like detectives piecing together the clues at a modern crime scene, the depths and twists of each of these footprints has been measured revealing details about every inch of the track, so accurate that they determined when the person had “slipped here, and stretched there.”
The photo shows the fossilized footprints of a double trackway. This is the remaining evidence of an outward and homeward journey of what is believed to have been a lone woman about 10,000 years ago. In the central image you can see child tracks in the middle of nowhere.
This ancient track is made up of small fossilized footprints which the researchers believe they were most likely made by a young woman, or possibly an adolescent male. From this one long, straight track they determined that because the ground was wet and slick with mud the person maintained what would have been “an exhausting speed, of over 1.7 meters per second,” compared with a comfortable walking speed of about 1.2 to 1.5 meters per second on a flat dry surface.
Do you know that popular allegorical religious poem Footprints In The Sand ? “When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you.” Well, it describes a person who sees two pairs of footprints in the sand, one of which belonged to God and another to him or herself. As the two pairs of prints become one, it is explained that this is where God was caring the person. Returning to the Alkali Flat, at several places on the outward journey a two-year-old child’s tracks were found as the carrier “set a child down, perhaps to adjust them from hip to hip, or for a moment of rest,” but while the child was carried outward, it was not present on the return journey.
Color depth-rendered 3D scans of some of the fossilized footprints uncovered. The distinctive curved shape is distinctive feature of someone walking while carrying a load.
All of the above discoveries were derived from the shapes, depths and twists of the footprints which were found to be broader on the outward journey, caused by outward rotation of the foot when its owner is carrying a heavy weight, while on the homeward journey they vary less in shape with a narrower form. Furthermore, between the time the person made their outward and return journeys, a giant sloth and a mammoth crossed the outward trackway, evident due to return journey footprints crossing those animal tracks.
In contrast to the story first published by the archaeologists, that the giant sloth moved in “flailing circles on its hind legs, sweeping its arms to keep the hunters at bay,” the sloth tracks show that it had been aware of the human’s passage and when it reached this trackway it reared-up on its hind legs “to catch the scent, pausing by turning and trampling the human tracks before dropping to all fours and making off. It was aware of the danger.”
While this unique trackway has already offered deep insights into human movement 10,000 years ago, it raises as many new questions. What was the person doing alone, moving at speed, with a child, out on the dangerous playa? What is for sure is that the child-carrying woman must have felt terribly vulnerable in this wild and unpredictable landscape. Whatever her motivation was, she made her journey, delivered the child, and returned.
Top image: After further analysis of the fossilized footprints, archaeologists have adjusted the narrative of the story they tell. During the end of the last ice age, a woman holding a child hurriedly walks along the shores of the ancient Lake Otero, leaving footprints in the mud.
Missing Link in Dinosaur Evolution Discovered in the Gobi Desert
Missing Link in Dinosaur Evolution Discovered in the Gobi Desert
Buried beneath the sands of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert for 68 million years, multiple skeletons of a new species of feathered, two-fingered, toothless dinosaurs have been unearthed by a team of researchers. Dubbed the Oksoko avarsan, this remarkable creature is thought to be a key ‘missing link’ and is already helping to demystify dinosaur evolution.
Two Digits and a Parrot’s Beak
The discovery of the group of new dinosaur skeletons, and their subsequent analysis, has helped to fill a range of gaps in the dinosaur evolutionary tree. While many dinosaurs have been found in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert , this one is extra special for a several reasons.
Achieving heights exceeding two meters, this dinosaur weighed about 45 kilograms (99 pounds). The Oksoko avarsan fed on plants and animals with its large, toothless beak, that is described as being similar to that of a parrot. This bizarre-looking ancient creature had two digits protruding from each forearm, similarly to a T-Rex.
This is the aspect of the discovery that the research scientists found most interesting, for these fossilized skeletons represent the first tangible evidence of digit loss in the three-fingered oviraptor family, an adaptation which the researchers say enabled the species to spread across vast distances during the Cretaceous.
This newly discovered species has just two fingers and no teeth, as can be seen in this skeletal anatomy of Oksoko avarsan.
This description of the dinosaur comes from a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science written by Dr. Gregory Funston, of the University of Edinburgh 's School of GeoSciences, Philip J Currie of the Dinosaur Museum in Canada and a team of researchers from Hokkaido University in Japan and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences . According to the paper, it was the fact that this creature had two digits which “revealed some unexpected trends.” These have already helped to answer the question of why oviraptors were so diverse before the mass-extinction event that eventually brought the dinosaurs to extinction.
The Gobi Desert is a large brushland region in East Asia, covering parts of Northern and Northeastern China, and of Southern Mongolia, and it is notable in history as hosting several important trading stations along the Silk Road . However, according to Amicus Mongolia , beneath the scattered layers of early medieval archaeology, many world-famous fossils have been recovered from Gobi Desert providing many clues into dinosaur evolution, including the “two fighting dinosaurs (Velociraptor and Protoceratops)”, the “crowded infant dinosaurs – Protoceratops”, “Oviraptorosaur laying its eggs”, “Giant carnivorous Tarbosaur and its baby” and “egg fossils of many different dinosaur species, and an embryo in egg.” Oviraptor, meaning “egg-plunderer,” is a genus of small Mongolian theropod dinosaurs that was visually the most bird-like of the theropod dinosaurs and had three fingers.
Image of skeletons discovered in the Gobi Desert. In the lower diagram, the different colors represent different individuals.
Perhaps one of the most fascinating dinosaur facts, provided by Amicus Mongolia , is that if one was to take into account all of the dinosaur research conducted on the planet over the last decade, when totaled, it is estimated that more than “80 genera of dinosaurs, or 1/5 (one fifth) of the over 400 dinosaur genera known to science, have been found in the Mongolian Gobi.”
However, no matter how stiff the competition is, this new species is an exceptionally rare and valuable find. Thanks to its two digits, Oksoko avarsan is thought to have adapted its diet and lifestyle, which ultimately enhanced its breeding success. The research team also concluded that these prehistoric creatures were social beings when young, as the excavators discovered a group of four juveniles together.
The team of scientists studied the slow reduction, and eventual loss of, the dinosaur’s third finger across the oviraptors' evolutionary history and concluded in the study that the newly discovered creatures’ arms and hands “changed drastically in tandem with migrations to new geographic areas, specifically to what is now North America and the Gobi Desert.” When attempting to answer why this bird-like creature lost its third finger, the researchers suspect this most likely occurred in relation to changes in its foraging or nesting patterns, display requirements or other social habits.
Top image: An artist’s impression of the Oksoko avarsan dinosaur. Source: ( Michaeol Skrepnick / University of Edinburgh)
It’s one thing to see a UFO. It’s quite another to see a 100-foot UFO in a daytime confrontation with military jets and get decent photographs of the encounter. It’s not surprising that a government in possession of said photos would be unwilling to release them it’s frustrating that said government would ignore a commitment to release them to the public after 30 years, and then not only renege on said commitment but vow to keep them hidden for another 50 years. That’s not the plot of a paranormal thriller but a real-life drama going on the UK right now as the infamous photos of a diamond-shaped UFO hovering over Calvine, Scotland, in 1990 were scheduled to be released in January 2021 but have beenlocked up again for 50 more years. Is it because this the smoking gun? The holy grail of UFO photos? The proof that we’re not alone? The thing that would change I-want-to-believers into believers?
“I soon got the story out of my predecessor and read the file myself. It was an extraordinary tale: two men had been out hiking near Calvine in Scotland.
Suddenly, they’d seen a massive UFO hanging in the sky above their heads, silent, motionless and menacing. Awestruck, they shot off six photographs before the object accelerated away at immense speed – vertically!
The shell-shocked witnesses sent the photos to a Scottish newspaper and a journalist contacted the MoD press office, looking for a comment.
Somehow – perhaps using a D-Notice or perhaps using some real-life Men-in-Black trickery – someone at the MoD managed to extract all the photos and the negatives from the newspaper, who never got them back.”
Nick Pope, the former Ministry of Defence official who ran its UFO project, told the story of the Calvine UFO to The Sun – a story he had intimate on-the-job knowledge of and could still not disclose everything due to its classified status.
“The analysis was nothing short of sensational. The photos hadn’t been faked.
They showed a structured craft of unknown origin, unlike any conventional aircraft. There was no fuselage, no wings, no tail, no engines and no markings of any sort.”
The incident was downplayed by the Defence Ministry and the photos were never returned to the witnesses, who said they also saw RAF jets flying at a lower altitude as the UFO sped off. Pope says he helped colorize the photos (and had one made into a poster, which was later confiscated) but the department was never able to explain them. That probably still holds true, but is that a sufficient reason to lock them up for 50 more years? The authorities in this case are the National Archives. A Freedom of Information Act complaint about this new action has been filed and is under investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office — the UK information watchdog. As always no comments by the National Archives nor the Ministry of Defence.
Will anything happen? It’s pretty doubtful. Nick Pope sticks to his policy of refusing to reveal classified information, and that’s probably a good plan considering the UK government is playing hardball. Does Tom DeLonge have any pull across the pond? He doesn’t have that much in his own pond.
We ALL want to believe.
Nick Pope had his “I want to believe” Calvine poster forcibly removed. Fox Mulder has never been able to update his. Are those signs of our chances for disclosure on the Calvine UFO files? On ANY X-Files? Perhaps Dana Scully can provide some hope.
“We do our work. The truth still lies in the X-Files, Mulder.”
Over the last week I’ve written several articles here that are focused on the Majestic 12 documents, Stan Friedman’s FBI file, espionage, counterintelligence, and disinformation. Most of it revolves around secret documents, leaked papers, spies and UFOs. And with the Russians poking their collective nose in too – but for reasons that, to this very day, still remain unclear. All of that brings us to another part of the story; a part that many of you may not be aware of. When, in the late 1980s, the story of the Majestic 12 documents got more and more complicated and multi-layered, Bill Moore – the co-author with Charles Berlitz of The Roswell Incident – quite reasonably tried to get his hands on his FBI file – if such a thing existed. It turns out that such a file did exist. It has to be said that it would have been a huge surprise if there wasn’t such a file on Moore, given all that had gone down with regard to crashed UFOs, bodies of aliens on ice, the FBI connection, and allegedly leaked top secret papers on extraterrestrial life. On November 16, 1988 – when the FBI’s investigation of the Majestic 12 papers was at its height – UFO investigator Larry Bryant approached the Center for National Security Studies.
Bryant explained that Moore was looking to try and obtain his FBI file and determine what it contained. There was a good reason for this: Moore had already been able to determine that a file existed on him, which at the time, ran close to sixty pages; but he was having trouble getting the papers declassified. Moore’s file got lengthier when the FBI’s Majestic 12 probe got ever more complicated, something that is hardly a surprise. Notably, some of the documents on Moore, the man himself learned, fell under the “B1” category of the Freedom of Information Act. Rather notably, B1 covers U.S. national security issues. That was quite a revelation. For Moore, though, not necessarily a good revelation. In a proactive fashion, and with regard to Moore’s file, Bryant put together an ad for publication in various military-themed publications. The ad was titled “UFO Secrecy/Congress-Watch.” It revealed that Moore’s FBI file was officially classified at a “Secret” level, and that it demonstrated another agency, beyond the FBI, was also watching Moore. The ad was published on November 23, 1988 in The Pentagram, an official U.S. Army publication. Bryant, in the ad, suggested those reading it should demand a congressional hearing in relation to the UFO phenomenon. Despite Bryan’s gung-ho approach, and help and advice from the Center for National Security Studies, Moore only managed to secure a small portion of his file.
One year later, 1989, Bryant tried to get a hold of any and all files that the FBI might have had on yet another figure in the Majestic 12 story: Stanton Friedman. The FBI got back to Bryant on August 2: “Mr. Friedman is the subject of one Headquarters main file. This file is classified in its entirety and I am affirming the denial of access to it.” Attempts to determine the length and the scope of the file fell flat. So, on August 28, Bryant filed a suit in the District Court for the Eastern District of Columbia. He said: “My complaint seeks full disclosure of the UFO-related content of the FBI dossier on Stan Friedman. Neither Stan nor I have been able to convince the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to loosen its grasp on that dossier, which Bureau officials assert bears a security classification.” Today, we know that the Friedman file is not too exciting at all. As this article demonstrates – combined with those I’ve written over the past few days – in the latter part of the 1980s, a great deal was going on behind the scenes in relation to Russians, FBI files, ufologists, and disinformation programs (such as the one that brought Paul Bennewitz down). Guess what? The story still isn’t over.
WETENSCHAP Zwarte gaten blijven wellicht de meest mysterieuze alsook indrukwekkende verschijnselen in de ruimte. Zo kan het een ster zonder aarzelen opslokken, tot er slechts een ‘spahettisliert’ overblijft: een adembenemend schouwspel dat astronomen onlangs konden registreren met behulp van de Very Large Telescope (VLT) en de New Technology Telescope (NTT) van de Europese Zuidelijke Sterrenwacht (ESO).
Een zwart gat is een gebied in de ruimte waar de zwaartekracht zo sterk is dat het alles in zijn buurt genadeloos opslokt, zelfs de meest heldere sterren. Zodra sterren zich in de buurt van zo’n zwart gat wagen, worden ze aan flarden getrokken. Dat proces – een tidal disruption event - wordt ook wel eens omschreven als ‘spaghettificeren’ omdat er daarbij niet meer dan een spaghettisliert van de ster overblijft. Bij het spaghettificeren van een ster komt er overigens immens veel energie vrij.
Toch is het niet makkelijk voor astronomen om getuige te zijn van zo’n schouwspel, te wijten aan al het stof en puin dat in de ruimte rondzweeft en het zicht belemmert. Met behulp van de twee telescopen van de ESO, en omdat de astronomen er dit keer vroeg bij waren, is het nu wél gelukt om het verschijnsel waar te nemen.
De onderzochte tidal disruption event werd AT2019qiz gedoopt en speelde zich af zo’n 215 miljoen lichtjaar hiervandaan (zo lang duurde het voor het licht om hier te geraken), in het sterrenbeeld Eridanus. Het verschijnsel werd gedurende zes maanden geobserveerd. Daarbij zagen de astronomen dat het eerst in helderheid toenam om vervolgens stilletjes uit te doven.
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Banned Disney UFO Documentary: Alien Encounters From New Tomorrowland
Banned Disney UFO Documentary: Alien Encounters From New Tomorrowland
“Alien Encounters From New Tomorrowland” BANNED DISNEY UFO DOCUMENTARY In March of 1995, without warning, Disney aired a family special. the documentary was so controversial that it was pulled from the airwaves and banned from ever being shown again. Robert Urich, the legendary Jim Street in S.W.A.T. (1975), is the host of this voyage around the UFO’s and its mystery.
From New Tomorrowland, in Disneyland, Urich talks about UFO, contacts, evidence of it arrives, abductions, military documents, and other things that surround this controversial thematic. From the 30′s years ahead, the UFOs always have been there very close to us, every day, every time. Exist the aliens?,in truth, they come to planet Earth? Could it be a fiction created by the military?
And the last and most important question: if they exist, would they will be our friends…or our enemies? Written by Chockys
Disney Film From 1959 Details Weather Control Using Chemtrails
Disney Film From 1959 Details Weather Control Using Chemtrails
Disney film from 1959 details weather control using chemtrails.
This Disney film, created in 1959, is called “Eyes In Outer Space” and is really eerie, given the theories about how the military is controlling our weather today. At about the 18 minute mark, the video talks about “Robot planes that seed the clouds from above” while an operator pushes buttons to control a storm. Another must see video!
UFOs Shutting Down Missile Silos! Can A Foreign Nation Pretend to Be UFOs to Destroy US?
UFOs Shutting Down Missile Silos!Can A Foreign Nation Pretend to Be UFOs to Destroy US?
Here is an interview I did several years back with Robert Salas who is an Airforce Captain and has a book out while still active on UFOs shutting down missile silos.
Robert Salas is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, class of 1964. He served seven years on active duty before separating from the Air Force in 1971. While on active duty he worked as a Weapons Controller, flew target drones, commanded inter-continental ballistic missiles as a launch officer, and a worked as an Air Force missile propulsion engineer on the Titan III program. From 1974 until his retirement in 1995 he worked for the Federal Aviation Administration as an aircraft structures certification engineer.
Since 1998 he has worked as a mathematics teacher. In 2005 he published the book Faded Giantwith co-author James Klotz which details his UFO incident while stationed at Malmstrom AFB, Montana in 1967. In 2013, he published “Unidentified – The UFO Phenomenon,” providing new details on the phenomenon as a whole. On September 27, 2010 he co-sponsored a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC where he and six other ex-military witnesses testified to the reality of the UFO incidents at U.S. nuclear weapons bases. In May 2013, he participated in the Citizen’s Hearing on Disclosure at the National Press Club, Washington DC. Mr. Salas has spoken at International conferences in Norway, France, England, Ireland, Germany, Costa Rica, Peru, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil.
Black Mysterious Craft Seen Over Los Angeles, California On Oct 4, 2020, Raw Footage, UFO Sighting News.
Black Mysterious Craft Seen Over Los Angeles, California On Oct 4, 2020, Raw Footage, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 4, 2020
Location of sighting: Los Angeles, California, USA
Watch as a bunch of guys stop on their bikes on a hilltop and watch a black object pass across the sky. One guy says, "hey theres no lights on that thing." Others asked, "What is that?" But this black object actually slows down and then speeds up again in a zig zag pattern. The UFO seems to be looking for something or scanning as many people below as they can. Alien tech can scan the human thoughts and emotions, not just scan for technology. Its not a miracle...its just an advancement of technology millions of years ahead of our own.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Black object was seen hovering over the city of Los Angeles 10/04/2020 Some said ufo others said its a witch im not sure but one thing is for certain we are not alone🖖🏽👽🛸
Four Glowing Orbs Over La Porte, Indiana, USA Oct 11, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Four Glowing Orbs Over La Porte, Indiana, USA Oct 11, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of Sighting: October 11, 2020
Location of sighting: La Porte, Indiana, USA
Source: MUFON #111775
Now this is some great raw footage of four glowing UFOs passing over the city of La Porte this week. The UFOs appear to each be large triangle shaped craft. Kinda like the secret USAF craft TR3B. They are flying in flight formation watching out for one another. Wow, I wish this guy had a zoom on his phone, it would blow my mind to see this close up. I love this video! Its not even possible to debunk this video, its 100% alien craft.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I see these lights often. Nothing else could have made these lights, just corn underneath the lights and a road. They don’t look military too me. Lights appear and fade out, lights change formation then a different light takes the front. I watched them go over my house then break formation and speed off in different directions faster then any plane I have seen.
Glowing White Orb Seen Dropping From Sky In Dublin, Ireland, Dashcam Footage, Oct 8, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing White Orb Seen Dropping From Sky In Dublin, Ireland, Dashcam Footage, Oct 8, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 8, 2020 Location of sighting: Dublin, Ireland
Watch as a glowing white orb defends from the sky over Dublin, Ireland. The orb must have someone or something significant to it in the area for it to come so close to the ground. This also happened over the holy temple of Dome of Rock a few years ago. These white glowing UFOs...are thought to be an ancient race of aliens. The kind of ancient aliens that were mistaken for gods, angels and demons thousands of years ago. What Ireland called little green leprechauns...we now know are actually just short green skinned aliens. All legends have a sliver of truth to them.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
Caught this UFO on the Dashcam while I was parked in my Car. As you can see a big white bright light slowly came into view and moved slowly across the sky. Considering my Dashcam caught it, it wasn’t too high in the sky. It also isn’t a plane or any other type of Aircraft. It moved all the way across the sky until it disappeared behind the horizon.
From the Hillary Clinton email... Location of buried Giant Nephilim?
From the Hillary Clinton email... Location of buried Giant Nephilim?
On 12/13/2018, Denetra D Senigar sent an email with the following subject: "Requesting documents pertaining to the resurrection chamber of Gilgamesh, the location of his body and the location of the buried Nephilim."
Why is Hillary Clinton so interested to the resurrection chamber of Gilgamesh?
What does she know about these giant?
What is she looking for?
You can read a possible answer to these questions at:
The Epic of Gilgamesh is, perhaps, the oldest written story on Earth. It comes to us from Ancient Sumeria, and was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cunieform script. It is about the adventures of the historical semi-mythic King Gilgamesh of Uruk (somewhere between 2750 and 2500 BCE).
RUSSIAN submarines are fighting a secret war with "alien" craft deep under the oceans, according to top secret Kremlin documents.
In scenes straight out of a Hollywood movie, Soviet subs are playing a game of cat and mouse with strange underwater craft, according to a new book called Russia's USO Secrets, by Brit investigator Philip Mantle, based on Russian documents and accounts from military veterans.
USOs (underwater submersible objects) are the UFOs of the oceansCredit: Splash News
It's possible that USOs could be alien technology
Credit: Eamonn and James Clarke
Describing a bizarre incident in the Bermuda Triangle in 2009, former nuclear submarine commander Yury Beketov said: “We repeatedly observed that the instruments detected the movements of material objects at unimaginable speed, around 230 knots (400 km per hour).
"It’s hard to reach that speed on the surface – only in the air [is it possible]… The beings that created those material objects significantly exceed us in development.”
The book also contains accounts from Russian veterans about their close encounters - including hostile acts - at sea during the Cold War.
They have described how UFOs would apparently appear in the sky before diving down beneath the waves.
The book uses these top secret Kremlin documents
Credit: Getty Images
Co-author Paul Stonehill translated the documents - including this KGB letter
In one terrifying incident, a captain ordered depth charges to be dropped into the path of a USO which changed direction and sped off.
Lieutenant-Commander Oleg Sokolov told students that while on duty he spotted a strange object through a periscope rising out of the water.
The book also reveals how another crew watched as a cigar shaped UFO shot three beams of light down into the Atlantic Ocean.
The UFO was about 200-250 metres long and slowly descended into the ocean making a strange hissing sound about half a mile from the submarine. But the object was not tracked on radar.
Marine scientists in the port city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, claim they spotted a huge "wheel" rotating below the Black Sea while they were deep sea diving.
A picture taken in Kazakhstan in April 1995
A list of cases from the KGB file release
In a 1951 incident, documented in records, a Soviet submarine encountered a gigantic underwater object heading towards the shores.
The captain ordered depth bombs to be dropped into the path of the USO but the object did not react to the attack and stayed on its course before darting towards the surface. At a depth of 50 meters it stopped its ascent, changed course and departed.
Russian sailors again observed a UFO in the Mediterranean in July 1978, according to the book.
The captain of Soviet motor ship Yargora immediately sent a radiogram to the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow telling them the object was shaped like a flattened-out sphere and was a white pearl color, files reveal.
Author Philip Mantle says researchers are taking the subject of USOs more seriously
Other UFOs have reportedly appeared over Soviet submarine bases forcing the Soviet General Staff to take them seriously.
The book also publishes the results of a study by the Anomalous Phenomena Commission of the Russian Geographical Society in Saint Petersburg which concluded that: "UFOs are real".
Author Philip, of Pontefract, West Yorks, told The Sun: "The USO phenomena looks set to be the future of UFO research in general.
"More and more researchers around the world are taking a closer look at the USO subject.
"It is strongly suggested that both Russian and American subs have encountered USO's in various parts of the world."
The book, Russia's USO Secrets: Unidentified Submersible Objects in Russian and International Waters, is written by Philip and co-author Paul Stonehill.
Uruk: the first city on the planet that could hide the secrets of humanity
Uruk: the first city on the planet that could hide the secrets of humanity
Uruk was a city that existed south of the valley of the rivers, on the banks of the Euphrates and from that point, its culture spread throughout Mesopotamia to become the first and most important city on the planet . Cradle of majestic and legendary kings like Gilgamesh. A God who was far removed from what we know as “human” and was closer to an extraterrestrial. But before talking about Gilgamesh, we have to mention the origins of one of the most mysterious cities of ancient times.
Origins and discovery of Uruk
It was discovered in 1849 thanks to William Loftus, although the most renowned archaeologists did not arrive at it until the next century; 1912-1913. Julius Jordan together with the East German Society discovered the Ishtar temple during that time, surprising him with its mosaics and adobe bricks.
But what surprised him the most were the ruins of the ancient wall that covered the entire city more than 3,000 years ago. C, which, according to later studies, reached more than 15 meters in height and had a length of more than 9 kilometers. Wall that was built by King Gilgamesh.
In the 1950s, Heinrich Lenzen found some tablets written in the Sumerian dialect and dated around 3,300 BC. C. and who described Uruk as the first urban center that used writing , as a common communication method, from day to day.
All these findings demonstrated, very contrary to what everyone believed at the time, that Uruk became, not only the first urban human settlement, but also the nucleus of society , with a flourishing economic power superior to anyone.
In addition, standing out in the succession of temples crowned in ziggurats and palaces, who came to house for 2,900 BC. C, at least 80,000 people, making it the first city on the planet.
Throughout its history, Uruk also lived through different stages, its foundation as a Neolithic settlement around 5,000 BC. C., becoming a powerful and influential city between 4,000 and 3,000 BC. C, until its disappearance after 700 AD. C.
Even so, the influence of Uruk was so powerful, that there is a period of time that bears his name, making it the most influential metropolis of human societies .
However, it is still unknown how Uruk came to be the epicenter of society and had so much dominance . His economic power was known, the perfect land that existed in the valley of the two rivers, which surely made him grow the best food in the area.
Possibly this attracted more people who joined urbanism, creating businesses with different regions, causing people to not have to fight for their subsistence, giving them the opportunity to dedicate themselves to other tasks, creating all kinds of activities, festivities, art and more. .
But it is also believed within theoretical circles, that he had a “divine” influence, that he did not belong to this planet.
Who gave origin to this city was Enmerkar , a being who has been in the eye of the hurricane since… always. Zecharias Sitchin, one of the greatest scholars of antiquity, even mentions Enmerkar’s dispute with the Lord of Aratta.
A dispute that ended with a great storm that unraveled a terrible drought that invaded Aratta, which Enmerkar wanted to take advantage of to take over his kingdom.
The lord of Aratta, according to history, declared the following: « Inanna , the queen of the lands , has not left her House in Aratta; he has not given Aratta to Erek. Inanna was a Goddess who moved in her “space ship”, and can be seen in representations as if she piloted some kind of ship uneiform tablets that were found in Nineveh, tell stories of giants, strange monsters and, of course, mysterious flying ships.
Of all these, the one that attracts the most attention is Gilgamesh, considerada la epopeya más antigua de la humanidad, incluso más que el Viejo Testamento, quién copió claramente su historia acerca de la creación, cambiando el nombre de Gilgamesh por Noé.
A being of 5,000 years ago who ruled Uruk despotically , and that certain historical texts show him as someone who really existed, but with a fantastic and unknown origin .
Unfortunately, its complete story did not survive the passage of time, but what can be intuited in the rest of the tablets found, show a story of struggle, life and death.
The Sumerians regarded Gilgamesh as “The man for whom all things were known . ” They said it was a hybrid between gods who “came from heaven” and humans. In addition, they mention that it had no defects; when the gods created it, two-thirds God and one-third human made it. Creating a perfect being.
As we have been able to observe, many parts of “our history”, told by archeology and orthodox and traditional history, hide many details from us about our origins. Uruk is a clear example of this, along with his stories about Gods that lead us to think if, really, there was no “influence” beyond what we know.
Filer’s Files 42, 2020 Underwater Humanoid Life - PART I
Scarborough, Canada disc on July 15, 2020
Filer’s Files 42, 2020 Underwater Humanoid Life - PART I
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
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In special reports, this week’s files cover: Underwater Humanoid Life, 1942: Cruiser Encounters a Large Disc, Flying Triangles and the Atlantic Ocean, Russian Encounters, Twenty percent of woman who had abortions actually attempt suicide, Strange Craft and Carbon 60.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Connecticut, Florida, .New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Washington D.C.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Brazil, Canada, 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.
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Underwater Humanoid Life
Numerous reports indicate UFOs are flying from underwater bases and that some type of aliens Sumerian Fish like gods exist.
Most have assumed they come from other planets, but they may be native this Earth and have developed an underwater civilization and advanced craft. Perhaps there are a sapient species or Maine humanoid native to the oceans of Earth. They appear like Humans from the waist up, but are fish-like from the waist down. A type of feet could exist so they are amphibious and can swim and also walk on land. Amphibians or example can operate efficiently on both the land and water like alligators and turtles. An alien species may have come to Earth from a water planet and adapted to our planet. The fact is there are thousands of sightings of mermaids and UFOs entering and leaving the water.
No matter whether you’re a fan of the Ancient Aliens television series or a lover of strange theories on the origin of man, you’re sure to have heard about the Sumerian Aliens.
Their role on humanity has been a topic of great controversy, but it’s hard to ignore the evidence found in ancient Sumerian texts.
Who were the Sumerian people and what were the Sumerian Aliens doing here on earth?
THE SUMERIANS Water Alien
Sumer, also known as the “land of the civilized kings”, was a flourishing civilization located in modern day Iraq (known as Mesopotamia in ancient times) around 4500 BC. Enki Water god
The Sumerians had a rather advanced civilization with their own elaborate language and system of writing. They also had extensive knowledge about our solar system, astronomy, and mathematics. We still use the same mathematical, time and calendar systems created by the Sumerians today. In addition to their advanced language and understanding of the cosmos, the Sumerian civilization also used advanced farming and watering techniques.
Much like their elaborate language system, the Sumerians also had a complex religious system, numerous god’s cosmology and rites. The Sumerians’ claimed these gods came from space or under the sea. According to their texts, each city in the civilization was guarded by its own god. Humans and gods lived amongst each other, and the humans were servants to these gods. Ancient Sumerian was not only home to these gods, but also home to the Nephilim described in Genesis. There have been several clay tablets collected from ancient Sumerian archaeological sites, but one in particular notes that the earth is the 7th planet (counting Pluto). How could a civilization from 6,000 years ago even know of Pluto’s existence? Many say that they gained this knowledge from the gods, and some believe that these gods were actually extra-terrestrials.
NAMMU – The Sumerian goddess of the primeval sea and the early abyss, a mother goddess. There is also a Babylonian goddess of the same name who is associated with fresh water but is a more minor deity. ‘Enki and Nammu are presented as the creator of human beings. The myth begins by describing the way of life the gods were leading prior to the creation of mankind. During that time, the gods had to work,
Enki the epic water god helps humanity and plays a major role in Akkadian, Babylonian, and Mesopotamian history of the Atrahasis, which is the Mesopotamian version of the Great Flood. In this myth, Enki was responsible for the creation those who would serve the gods. The gods were over worked and needed help. Enki along with Nammu created the human race. This race of humans multiplied quickly, and Enlil, the chief deity, became irritated. He was very compassionate in nature. His desire to nurture humans and favor their side over the gods, as well as a tendency towards solving rather than starting conflicts, balanced out his lustful deviance.
Enki was originally the patron god of the city of Eridu believed to be the first city ever created, according to ancient Sumerian beliefs. Though he is first noted as an Akkadian god, from around 2600 – 2350 BC, shrines to Enki have been found which date back to 5400 BC! In the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation myth found on ancient tablets. The universe was originally in a state of chaos. The chaos separated into fresh water, the male principle called Apsu, and salt water, the female principle called Tiamat. Apsu and Tiamat were the first gods and gave birth to Enki, their eldest child.
Akkadian/Babylonian mythology states the younger gods were made to do all the work to maintain creation, and grew tired of the daily grind. Not unlike some of the youth of today, they sought a way out of the hard work. As a result, they created other beings to do the work for them: humans. The humans were forged from the sacrifice of one of the younger gods. The gods became angered by humankind’s rowdy nature and their population explosion and sought to reduce their numbers. The main instigator of humankind’s extinction was the god Enlil. He tried to eradicate the humans firstly by drought and then by plague, but his plans were continually undermined by Enki.. Allegedly the gods are again angry with killing of millions of the human babies and have started great disasters.
The Sumerian Alien theory can be traced back to a tablet found in Nippur, which was an ancient city founded in 5000 BC. According to mythology, human-like, extra-terrestrial beings ruled over the earth.
These beings were referred to as gods, and they had the power to travel through the sky. While on earth, these beings would dig into the planet’s soil to make it habitable and to gather resources. Some say that the Sumerians gods were here simply to mine for gold. According to the text, Anu (who was the god of the gods) believed that the labor was too great. While making humans on Earth a form was made to live under the sea. Today the remains of numerous cities have been located under the ocean near Cuba, Azores, Bahamas, Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Egypt, India, Cambodia, China, and Japan.
PAVLOPETRI, GREECE
Enki, his son, proposed the idea of creating a man to help with the labor. Enki and his sister Ninki would work together to bring this idea to life – literally
His body and his blood were mixed with clay to create the first human being – in the likeness of the gods. It’s interesting to note that the
Underwater city PAVLOPETRI, GREECE
Sumerians believed Enki walks out of the sea on numerous days and taught humans to read, write, build cities, and develop laws mathematics.
You may have heard the term Annunaki, which looks familiar consider the god of gods’ name was Anu. The Annunaki were the Sumerian gods, or these extra-terrestrial, human-like beings.
The theories of the Annuaki being of extra-terrestrial origin are largely credited to Zecharia Sitchin, and opinions as to whether or not these theories hold water are controversial.
According to the Sumerian Aliens, extra-terrestrial beings some from wetter planets inhabited this earth long before man.
Interestingly, the first man was created in Eden, which is described as the garden of the gods in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible. It’s believed to be located somewhere between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The first humans were unable to reproduce, and were later modified by Ninki and Enki to make reproduction possible. This angered Enili, Enki’s brother, and started a conflict between the gods. According to Sumerian Alien theorists, this conflict is the reason why the Annunaki abandoned earth and left humans to fend for themselves.
The Sumerians were not the first civilization to speak of beings from the heavens coming down to earth. Many cultures around the world have similar stories, and often times, these beings granted these cultures invaluable knowledge.
In modern times according to Robert Temple, author of The Sirius Mystery, the CIA and other U.S. government agencies have been actively involved in suppressing the truth about the existence of amphibious humanoid extraterrestrials from the Sirius star system since at least the late 1960s when Temple began researching them. So careful has this cover-up been that there is no record whatsoever of any government interest in amphibious humanoid extraterrestrials, This NOS educational Q-and-A page is the first direct proof that the government is actively suppressing any hint of alien frog-people.
This conspiracy is exceptionally long-lived. It began in ancient times when the conspiracy destroyed all of the records of Babylon to try to suppress the Babylonians’ records of the amphibious humanoids, leaving us only a small mention in Eusebius’ discussion of earlier Greek historians’ discussions of the Babylonian priest Berossus’ summary of those Babylonian records:
The time it was first proposed by Robert Temple in his book The Sirius Mystery, the fact that the Dogon tribe of West Africa had knowledge of star systems that even the modern world had yet to confirm., The story is combined with their stories of entities from other worlds in this star system, was proof to some that humanity was indeed visited in the distant past by extraterrestrials who then sparked civilization as we know it by teaching the knowledge and wisdom of the universe.
. Throughout the history of shipping a steady series of stories of eye witness reports from well respected sea Captains and crews have claimed to have seen mermaids or mermen. This includes military personnel from many of the world’s Navies’
Mermaid may have tail attachment like swim fins
The Mermaids build coral-based cities on the ocean floor, and their houses have roofs of mussel shell that open and close with the flow of the water. Mermaids appear human except for tails that could be worn like swim fins. I have heard from Navy Seals that they encounter Mermaid like creatures swimming past them at high speed. Russian divers have reported similar encounters
In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Middle East, Europe, America, Asia, and Africa.
Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings. In other folk traditions ships are often mysteriously sunk and the crew claims they were hit by something powerful. Sometimes within the same tradition, there can be benevolent or beneficent humanoids saving the crews.
Sinking ship hit mysteriously
Although traditions about and sightings of mermen are less common than those of mermaids, they are generally assumed to co-exist with their female counterparts. The male and the female collectively are sometimes referred to as menfolk or me people.
The conception of mermaids in the West may have been influenced by the Sirens of Greek mythology, which were originally half-birdlike, but came to be pictured as half-fishlike in the Christian era. Historical accounts of mermaids, such as those reported by Christopher Columbus during his exploration of the Caribbean. While there is no evidence that mermaids exist outside folklore, reports of mermaid sightings continue to the present day.
In February 25, 1942, the Tromp, a cruiser belonging to the Royal Netherlands Navy, was on a wartime patrol in the Timor Sea, north of Australia when the Officer of the Deck heard a lookout’s warning cry “Aircraft, sir!” In 1942, the Japanese were conquering most of the Southwest Pacific Ocean theatre of war. . With the bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942, the Japanese invasion of Australia seemed imminent, so the Allies gathered together a motley collection of American, British, Australian, and Dutch warships, and ordered Admiral Thomas Hart to hold back the Japanese advance. This is what the Dutch cruiser Tromp was doing on the seas Southeast of Timor Island at 10 PM.
Lifting his Zeiss binoculars, the O.D. scanned the sea’s horizon as “a large aluminum disc flew towards the ship at tremendous speed. The UFO then circled the Dutch vessel for about three to four hours.”” Finally it (the UFO) flew off at an estimated 3,500 miles per hour (5,600 kilometers per hour). The officer on duty was unable to identify it as any known aircraft.” Two other sightings took place the same day. The first was the “Battle of Los Angeles”, in which silvery white UFOs overflew the southern California city.
Beau fighter
The second was the encounter between a Royal Australian Air Force Bristol Beau fighter and a bronze UFO over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, Australia. That makes three UFO incidents recorded at different points around the planet Earth on February 25, 1942. For more on the strange cruise of the Tromp, see the book The Flying Saucer Story by Brinsley LePoer Trench, page 69. Thanks to: Joseph Trainor UFO Roundup.
Iwo Jima UFO during World War II
Iwo Jima World War II LST-779, LST-808, LST-788, LST-760, LST-724 and LSM-264 beached at the foot of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 25 February 1945.
IWO JIMA — Bill Stephenson writes, I was standing in line to turn in my election bag when an elderly gentleman approached me and asked about the MUFON patch on my jacket. I explained what it was.
He went on to tell me about his experience on board an LST during the battle for IWO JIMA in 1945. He was on watch in the CIC room as a radar man when he noticed an object on the radar going 27,000 miles an hour. He also said the object was the largest object he has ever seen on radar. He called his Chief over to see, and he could not believe his eyes and he told the radar man to plot the object.
He asked the Chief, Should we call the other ships in the flotilla to see if they observed the UFO? The Chief replied, No don’t embarrass me.
Thanks to Carl Mecklenburg who is in his late 80’s.
Flying Triangles and the Atlantic Ocean
Triangle shaped UFOs are frequently reported above the Atlantic Ocean. Tony Todd a British police detective and Sergeant wrote the book, “Alien Investigator”. He states, “I have collected a substantial file of evidence to suggest that there are alien bases under the sea in the North Atlantic, and they are protected by a high-level international conspiracy”. From an alien point of view, it is a logical choice. To them it is good camouflage, and a mineral rich seabed which I believe is a major part of the attraction. In the winter of 1992, there were dozens sightings in Scotland and Iceland.
“On 20 December, an Icelandic Naval source telephoned to say that three large UFOs had been tracked coming down and entering the sea off the east coast of Iceland, close to Largeness. Other witnesses confirmed seeing these UFOs; they were also tracked on radar. The following day, Icelandic fishermen reported seeing large underwater craft, with flashing colored lights. They appeared to be tracked by (or be tracking) a glowing object in the sky direction which was travelling south in the general of Scotland. The underwater craft caused a great deal of damage to the trawler nets of the fishing boats.
Iceland Gunboat
On 23 December, two gunboats from the Icelandic Navy and a coast guard vessel were sent on observation to Largeness. They were joined by a fleet of NATO ships that were officially on a naval exercise despite the fact it was Christmas. Newspaper stories reported the fleet was tracking large underwater craft, thought to a new Russian super submarine. On Christmas Eve, the crew of two British submarines were suddenly recalled from leave and sent to rendezvous with the fleet.”
“UFOs were tracked coming down into the sea in the same quadrant as the first three, and again the fast-moving underwater craft were seen. Shortly afterwards an American ship was reported missing. All the NATO ships joined in the search, during which one of the British submarines mysteriously lost power and struck the seabed. Fortunately the power was restored and the submarine resumed action.” P. 215 -217. Note: Many varieties of fish live in the ocean waters surrounding Iceland, and the fishing industry is a main contributor to Iceland’s economy. Thanks to Tony Todd
Russian’s Claim Underwater UFOs/USOs Are Rea
Underwater Extraterrestrials: Declassified Russian Navy Records Say they’re real!
The declassified documents contain Soviet era reports detailing many cases of possible USO encounters. Former naval officer and Russian UFO researcher Vladimir Azhazha believes these documents are of great value. Unidentified submerged objects (USOs) are not as famous as UFOs although they are often encountered, according to declassified Russian Navy records. The common trait of all USO phenomena is that they involve unexplained and technologically advanced objects, far superior to anything we’ve ever built. One of the most interesting cases he examined involved a nuclear submarine on a combat mission in the Southern Pacific. During the routine operation, the submarine detected six unknown objects traveling in formation at speeds in excess of 230 knots (265+ mph). In comparison, the fastest submarine was the Soviet K-222, which reached about 44 knots (51 mph).
The submarine’s sonar determined the objects were heading straight for it so the captain gave the order to surface. The USOs followed them to the surface then flew away. Similar instances have been reported in the region of the Bermuda Triangle, as retired submarine commander Yuri Beketov recalls. On-board instruments often malfunctioned, indicating the presence of strong interference. Many believe this is a clear sign of USO/UFO presence. “On several occasions the instruments gave reading of material objects moving at incredible speed. Calculations showed speeds of about 230 knots, or 265 mph. speeding so fast is a challenge even on the surface. But water resistance is much higher. It was like the objects defied the laws of physics. There’s only one explanation: the creatures who built them far surpass us in development,” said Beketov.Vladimir Azhazha believes the issue should be thoroughly investigated. “I think about underwater bases and say: why not? Nothing should be discarded,” says Azhazha. “Skepticism is the easiest way: believe nothing, do nothing. People rarely visit great depths. So it’s very important to analyze what they encounter there.”
Both UFOs and USOs seem to concentrate wherever military operations occur, indicating their interest in humanity’s military arsenal.
Alien Base
Another USO hotspot is Lake Baikal in Russia. The world’s deepest freshwater lake has always had a certain mysterious nature and fishermen tell tales of lights being spotted in its deep waters. Multiple folk tales describe swimmers being dragged down by creatures lurking beneath Baikal’s calm waves.
Another of the Russian documents described the encounter between a group of military divers and several humanoid beings in silver suits. The divers were training in Lake Baikal at a depth of 150 feet (50 meters) when they came upon a group of unknown creatures. The divers went deeper in the pursuit of the humanoids. Three men were killed, while the other four were severely injured. Source
Pacific Ocean Underwater Mining
Underwater Mining
A 35 mile across terraformed on the Pacific Ocean sea bed a hundred miles east of Taiwan appears to be mining operations and structures shown on Google Earth. At the bottom of the underwater floor are tubes similar to those found on Mars.
Face of Posible Marine Humanoids Underwater
Labeled Central Basin Trough 17,580 feet deep is an apparent carved face. That can be found on Google Earth under the word Trough 500 miles east of Philippines. The apparent carving of the face is similar to the faces found on Mars and indicates alien intelligence wanted to know how they looked and lives here on Earth probably underwater Thanks to Google Earth
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 underwater base
43 766304 North 44 905025 West – Tracks and possible base
“Twenty percent of woman who had abortions actually attempt suicide’.
A study, conducted by David C Reardon of the Since Roe vs. Wade decision by the Liberal Supreme Court sixty one million (60,000,000) babies have been killed, ten times more Jews than Hitler killed. “Planned Parenthood abortion providers appeared under oath in court on Sep 04, 2019, and admitted supplying the cut up body parts of children in the womb to for-profit brokers like StemExpress. I have been receiving dire warnings that the killing of a million babies a year must stop and, God, Mother Nature or aliens are taking a born life for each unborn baby. The coronavirus plague, fires, hurricanes earthquakes, high temperatures, drought, and tidal waves are just the beginning.
Elliot Institute studied 173,000 American women who either had abortions or carried to term. Reardon was described in the New York Times Magazine as the “Moses” of the “post-abortion movement”.
Reardon found that women who aborted were 154% more likely to commit suicide than women who gave birth. Another survey cited by David Reardon in his book Aborted Women, Silent No More (Springfield, IL: Acorn Books, 2002) stated, “Up to 60% of women who had abortions had subsequent suicidal feelings, with 28% actually attempting 364,000 suicide ‘per year… Help stop one million women from attempting suicide in the next four years!-Elliot Institute is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to research, education and outreach regarding the effects of abortion on women, men, families and society.
Eliot Institute
Aborted Women, Silent No More is the book that is redefined the abortion debate, bringing post-abortion issues center stage.
A comprehensive review of the aftereffects of abortion, this book documents:
The physical and psychological after effects of abortion
Complete testimonies of 20 aborted women
A detailed national survey of 252 aborted women
It is a definitive work. Focus on the Family’s Librarian’s World recommends it as “an excellent resource recommended for all libraries.
An expose’ of the unscrupulous abortion merchants.” – Cal Thomas, syndicated columnist. Cuts through platitudes gives exploited women a voice.” – National Catholic Reporter
““This may be the most powerful book ever published on abortion.” — Conservative Book Club
“Quite simply indispensable. From this point on, any feminist who fails to acknowledge … abortion trauma can justly be accused of indifference to women’s pain.” — Juli Loesch, Feminists for Life, Harmony
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Strange Craft
The True Story of Major George Filer an Air Force Intelligence Officer and flyer’s Life with UFOs.
Filer belongs to the generation of pilots and airmen who first became aware of the strange aircraft showing up in the Earth’s atmosphere. These men – military professionals began to whisper amongst themselves about encounters with suspected extraterrestrial aircraft.
Award-winning investigative reporter John Guerra spent four years interviewing Filer, a decorated intelligence officer.
Filer’s most memorable case – the shooting of an alien at Fort Dix Army Base/ McGuire AFB in 1978 – is fully recounted. UFO information, for the first time, after decades of denying what its intelligence officers, pilots, and air traffic control personnel know to be true, the military finally admitted to what Filer describes in this incredible book. By John L. Guerra (Author) click on this link: https://amzn.to/2SmCKMy
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Filer’s Files 42, 2020 Underwater Humanoid Life - PART II
Scarborough, Canada disc on July 15, 2020
Filer’s Files 42, 2020 Underwater Humanoid Life - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Sightings are from MUFON CMS
California Lights
Oakley– On September 6, 2020 while watching the full moon in the backyard I noticed a white object in the sky that was moving erratically in circles and back and forth in the distance. I took out my phone and began to film it, as I did this, 2 other bright white looking objects appeared out of nowhere and rapidly flew past where I was filming. One of them left a light trail behind. The objects were not seen by me while I was initially filming. The two crafts or objects that are seen at the very beginning of the video near the bottom are the ones I did not see with my naked eye. Based on the video, they’re extremely bright and extremely fast and left a trail behind. I took a screenshot of the beginning of the video and they appear to be two separate types of crafts
Connecticut Light
Salem—On October3,2020, I was shooting a wedding (I’m a photographer) and while going through the images days later, noticed a strange object in the sky above my subjects. I have no idea what this is.
But the photo taken seconds before and after do not have this object in them.
Florida Object
Seen in Treasure Island beach
Fast flying object videotaped flying south just above the waves on October8, 2020,
Indiana Boomerang
Chandigarh — On October 5, 2020, evening time me and my 4 year son were on the top of the house. There was no Moon that night. We saw a big boomerang shaped craft above us. There was no noise. First I saw a big line of lights after that when the craft crossed around us I was able to see properly its shape and size. It was wide like three planes could easily adjust on his width. Its color was black and gray with 3 to 4 lights on both side. The lights were not sharp, not like a headlight. First I felt like I’m dreaming but the same time my son asked me what it is. The craft had a good speed not so fast but not like our planes. I am sure it was not from our Earth because the light was down side of the Craft not at the front, not like ours.
New Hampshire Object
Canterbury/Loudon 00 –Silver sphere in clouds moves slowly while shape shifting until it blasts away from me. Sun reflecting off it while it appears to be struggling to launch off. You can see it clearly in the video even though it is small. Video zoomed and slowed down. Pictures: 4 screenshots in a row showing square, rectangle, then the blast in 2 parts as it accelerates away. Second are the 2 shots of blast.
New Jersey Oblong Light
Glassboro– On August 12, 2020, Glowing Oblong object came from the sky and investigated my yard, my vehicles, and myself, at times being nearly transparent, and other times seem bright white, projecting a white beam below it. It would leave my yard at times, going back up into the sky, then come back down to resume what it was doing. I could not see it with the naked eye. It showed up on my infrared security camera over a period of five hours, constantly triggering my security alarm. When I went out on my porch to investigate, I saw it on my iPhone security app, but when I looked in the exact same spot at that moment, it was not visible. There was no sound, yet our outdoor cat did see it, looked at it as it got near it. At one point it crossed my back while I was sitting on my porch, but I felt no discomfort or heat. Eventually it slowly rose into the sky and disappeared
New York Objects
New York— I filmed a fleet of 10 to 12 UFO’S flying over restricted air space of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on Oct 4, 2020 at 6 pm EST. The one closest to me was chevron or cone shaped and was black while the others in the distance twinkled silver to the eye. I thought drones but anyone could drop bombs into Yankee Stadium via drones so no one is supposed to fly anywhere near it let alone 10 UFOs. They made no sound and my video is short because I didn’t believe I captured anything nothing showed on my screen. Please tell me what this is and if anyone else reported it. Thanks.
North Carolina Lights
Raleigh— I was taking the trash out to the car so I could drive it down to the dumpster. This was a few minutes after 10. On October5, 2020, as I was approaching the car I caught a glimpse of something and looked up straight ahead and that’s when I saw it. It was only a few hundred feet above tree top level just sitting there. It was a black (as far as I could tell at night could’ve been a dark grey) square shaped object with four greenish blue lights on the bottom. I would guess that it was at least 50 yards across. My adrenaline had kicked in at this point. I knew the object wasn’t anything that was public knowledge. Then my second thought was that it wasn’t even from this planet. It was silently hovering not making a movement and then there was this high pitched humming sound that I’ve never heard before and it was gone like something out of star trek. I completely lost my shit I was both scared and excited. The whole ordeal lasted about 30-40 seconds I managed to get one picture.
Ohio Object
Dayton— Was filming a jet doing practice exercises never noticed then but when I watched the video yesterday I noticed 2 extremely fast moving objects.
They were going in different directions at the end of the video attached is the video and 2 screenshots on June 21, 2019,
South Carolina Lights
Gafney— This object has been appearing since 1 September around the same location me and numerous neighbors have recorded photos of it.
It’s not a plane Not a star it’s just unexplainable and it keeps returning and as of the 30th there’s two as you can see it with the films
Washington D.C.
D.C. — On September 28,, 2020, I was watching the D.C. bald eagle live cam when I noticed the strange object traveling from right to left in cam view. It appeared to tilt a little while traveling. It appeared as a glowing oval-shaped object with a glowing outer ring. It went by fairly fast so had touse the DVR feature in the YouTube stream to take screen shots. I’ve included 3 screen shots of its movement from right to left. I was not able to answer most questions on the sightings form due to witnessing on a live cam. Due to the cam live stream being operated by the American Eagle Foundation I am required to make a copyright statement when using the images. Copyright American Eagle Foundation.
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Brazil Object
Florianópolis— this was witnessed by multiple people and even made “news” on a local Integra for the city of Florianopolis at the time (2018), called @floripamilgrau. This was recorded by a friend roughly at 27°37’00.3″S 48°31’41.7″W on a freeway. He did not stay there to see where the object ended up going on August 2, 2018
Canada Disc
Scarborough— I previously sent you a report for July 14, 2020. The following sighting occurred the following day: Once again, July 15, 2020 at 12:14 PM I was a work. I saw an object almost directly above my work roof at about one thousand feet plus? The object was almost stationary with some movements. It was a bright white object changing shape. This display is just incredible to see. Here is another UFO directly above my work roof again! I was alone and had not alerted any witnesses / coworkers. I just filmed and observed myself. The sighting was from 12:14 PM until about 12:24 PM. I lost sight of it now ascending higher moving further southeast quite high. There were three video clips taken along with some still shots from my other camera. Two of the pictures are a full 30X zoom. This is clearly strange photographic evidence.
United Kingdom Disc
Torquay, Devon – On September 12, 2020, a metallic object stops, hovers, vanishes over Cruise Ship. I had gone to Hopes Nose to photograph the four cruise ships that were anchored just offshore there. I had been photographing the ships from different locations around the coast all week and I had captured some great shots of them. I had also captured many anomalous objects near the ships. One of these unidentified objects had flown directly over the top of the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship which I had managed to photograph. It was very strange. I had a great vantage point of the ships from where I was standing at Hopes Nose and I had just started to take photographs of two of the ships with my Nikon P900 Camera when I spotted an anomalous object near the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship just like before. Whatever the object was it seemed to be metallic in nature and the sun was reflecting off of the right side of it. The object flew down towards the ship and then stopped and hovered there for a couple of seconds before it just seemed to disappear into thin air. I was really stumped by this as it was far too large to be a drone and there was no sound at all. What the hell did I witness and where did it go? The photographs were taken at 5:10 PM on the 12th of September 2020, from Hopes Nose Torquay Devon England.
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Filer’s Files 41, 2020 Structures on the Moon and Mars - PART I
UFOs taken on October1, 2020, over Claysville, New York
Filer’s Files 41, 2020 Structures on the Moon and Mars - PART I
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
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In special reports, this week’s files cover: Moon Structures. Mars Structures, Navy UFOs, Patricia Heaton’s Opinion, Strange Craft, and Carbon 60.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Canada, Malaysia, and Spain.
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.
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Special Projects
Moon Structures
This is important; people don’t seem to recognize its significance. The moon is probably the most mysterious celestial body in our galaxy, it doesn’t spin on its axis, is precisely the right size and distance to make a complete solar eclipse possible, has an incredible amount of both light and artifact anomalies and I am aware of more than one ancient legend saying that it wasn’t always there but rather brought here from somewhere else. Totally weird, all of it. Dr. Johnston has done an incredibly brave thing with this book and I can only hope that more people will read it and consider its possibilities.
In his book Johnston shows ancient structures and likely alien bases. Note series of drones.
Ken Johnston, Sr. reveals how he discovered the truth about alien bases on the moon and how and why NASA tried to cover it up. Ken takes you behind the sacred walls of our space program and leads us to the conclusion that we are, and have been, visited by extraterrestrials. He will also reveal, for the first time, how he wound up at the right place, with the right stuff, at the right time, to do the right thing! Ken did not want to see historical data that could change people’s perspective of the lunar landings, being destroyed. He took those pictures and kept them sealed in document protectors and secluded them in a safe place to ensure that their integrity was not lost. Now, after 47 years, Ken has made his personal archive available to the world so researchers can have access to the high definition digital copies of his first generation pictures at kenjohnstonmedia.com. He says that now that the TRUTH is out there he feels much safer. So many people have taken their part of the truth to their graves, lost forever. Now Dr. Johnston has prevented that from happening by donating HD copies of his entire personal ARCHIVE to the ROSWELL INTERNATIONAL UFO RESEARCH MUSEUM where it will continue to be available to the world.
Apollo Astronaut on the Moon with Earth behind
Bio: R. Ken Johnston, Sr, was one of 4 Civilian Astronaut Consultant Pilots from the Apollo Moon Program, Don Johnson is a retired aerospace engineer, former active duty US Marine, and “NASA Whistle Blower”. He refused to strictly follow orders and destroy a nearly-complete collection of 8? X 10? Glossy photo-prints from the Apollo program. These photos are not available from NASA at this time and are of a higher resolution than what is found on-line. Johnston was born at Fort Sam Houston US Army Air Corps Base in San Antonio, TX. in1942.
Moon Dom
Johnston was hired by Grumman Aircraft Corp. because of his training as a pilot with an avionics background for the Apollo Lunar Module testing. His duty was to assist with cockpit and instrument development and Astronaut training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Ken later worked at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, where all the moon rocks were stored, cataloged, and in some cases, distributed to scientists from around the world. As the Director of the Data and Photo Control Department he had access to all the original lunar pictures, film, and slides.
Moon Tower
When the lunar sample distribution wound down, he was instructed to destroy what remained of the photo archive, but Johnston kept one set as a personal collection for a work portfolio. This personal portfolio became known as “Ken’s Archive” and has been used by researchers from around the world to help them discover evidence of ET presence, past and present on the Moon.
Lee Guilmette writes: In the latter mid 60’s the Lunar Orbiter’s 5 missions took photographic images of 99.9 % of the entire surface of the moon. The image shows the Crater Tycho’s yawning mouth, 54 miles in diameter. A strange tower pokes out a tongue of stone 7,000 feet high. The crisp rim and untarnished rays is recent by moon standards. Surveyor 7 soft landed on comparatively smooth terrain just beyond the crest of the rim at upper left. With all the pocked craters on the moon and their relative closeness to one another, how did a 7,000 feet high stone tower stand alone to survive such heavy meteorite bombardments? The similarity of the tower-like stone tongues on either hemisphere of the moon are most intriguing. Are they beacons to reflect and transmit the rays of the Sun or broadcast receiver and transmission towers for linkage to the Universal radio waves? Thanks to LEE GUILMETTE
Lecture: Exclusive NASA Photos of Alien Bases on the Moon
Ken Johnston, Sr. reveals how he discovered the truth about alien bases on the moon and how and why NASA tried to cover it up. Ken takes you behind the sacred walls of our space program and leads us to the conclusion that we are, and have been, visited by extraterrestrials. He will also reveal, FOR THE FIRST TIME, how he wound up AT THE RIGHT PLACE, with the RIGHT STUFF, at the RIGHT TIME, to do the RIGHT THING! Ken did not want to see historical data that could change people’s perspective of the lunar landings, being destroyed. He took those pictures and kept them sealed in document protectors and secluded them in a safe place to ensure that their integrity was not lost. Now, after 47 years, Ken has made his personal archive available to the world so researchers can have access to the high definition digital copies of his first generation pictures at kenjohnstonmedia.com. He says that now that the TRUTH is out there he feels much safer. So many people have taken their part of the truth to their graves, lost forever. Now Dr. Johnston has prevented that from happening by donating HD copies of his entire personal ARCHIVE to the ROSWELL INTERNATIONAL UFO RESEARCH MUSEUM where it will continue to be available to the world.
In his book “Dark Mission,” Hoagland wrote this about the photo prints: “In scanning Ken’s priceless Apollo 14 C-prints, [I’d] discovered that the computer could “see” what the human eye could not—incredible geometric detail in the pitch black areas, like the lunar sky.
Mars Close and Sightings Increase
Water spay at the top center of Mars photo
Mars is often close to Earth when UFO flaps occur. Sightings fell dramatically in December and after Christmas suddenly increased. Despite their excellent record, the Mars Rovers are periodically shut down to avoid certain areas where interesting and extremely unusual images appear on the horizon such as this Spirit Rover shot above of bunker like structures. After passing these places the Rover operates without problems. There are also unidentified flying objects imaged by the Rovers. We were told in the past that there is no life on Mars because there is no water. Now water seems abundant as shown in this NASA photograph.
P. Skipper found this photo of white water spraying at top of photo.
This image shows what appears to be a log. Perhaps a petrified log that has turned to stone. In any case it seems unlikely that a rock would take this shape. These and hundreds of other features indicate Mars has life or at least at one time had forests and trees.
Japanese Satellite shows Anomalies on the Moon
John E. Combest writes, “I went to the web site for the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as listed in Filer’s Files #4 and made a detailed study of all the moon photos shown. About 1/5th of the photos have the RED and BLUE color layers misaligned, and about 6 photos are slightly out-of-focus so that no useful study could be made.
Nevertheless, I did find what appear to be artifacts (buildings and other structures) in several of the photos. I enlarged the area of each original photo to show the items of interest, and placed arrows and notations to point out those objects in each of the four attachments.
There is evidence that the Japanese (just like NASA) are practicing airbrushing and black-out to prevent public recognition of some objects, and I have pointed out those instances’.
In view of the length of time their satellite has been orbiting the moon, I am quite surprised that so few photos have been made available.
JAPANESE SPACECRAFT WILL SHOOT MARTIAN MOONS IN 8K RESOLUTION soon giving much better video/
Images courtesy of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Jaxa
High Speed Ahead for Falcon
Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) is an experimental hypersonic glide vehicle developed as part of the DARPA Falcon Project capable of flying at 13,000 mph (Mach 17.53, 21,000 km/h).[1][2] It is a test bed for technologies to provide the United States with the capability to reach any target in the world within one hour (Prompt Global Strike) using an unmanned hypersonic bomber aircraft.[3]
The Falcon HTV-1 program, which preceded the Falcon HTV-2 program, was conducted in April, 2010. The mission ended within nine minutes from launch.[3] Both these missions are funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help develop hypersonic technologies and to demonstrate its effectiveness.[4] Under the original plan, HTV-1 was to feature a hypersonic lift-to-drag ratio of 2.5, increasing to 3.5-4 for the HTV-2 and 4-5 for the HTV-3. The actual lift-to-drag ratio of HTV-2 was estimated to be 2.6.[5]
HTV-2 was to lead to the development of an HTV-3X vehicle, known as Blackswift, which would have formed the basis for deployment around 2025 of a reusable Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle, an unmanned aircraft capable of taking off from a conventional runway with a 5,400 kg (12,000 lb) payload to strike targets 16,650 km away in under 2 hours. The HCV would have required a lift-to-drag ratio of 6-7 at Mach 10 and 130,000 ft (40,000m).[6]
Editor’s Note: The US Space Shuttle program ended in 2010. The release of the information on these programs indicates the US is building a replacement craft. More than likely the earlier models have been flying into space on a regular basis. Rumors persist that secret classified aircraft were the cause of the Texas flap, but sightings have been reported in the area for fifty years.
Navy UFOs or USOs
Triangle craft over Atlantic Ocean
The Navy has been tracking UFOs in the air and under water since before World War 11. Many of these craft come out of the water at various places in the oceans, lakes, and rivers. Although they may come from other planets it is quite possible they are naiveté of Earth. It’s apparent they have overcome gravity in both the sea and sky. Water maul not be too different from atmosphere once a type of enclosure is placed around the craft or underwater base. Some abductees claim to have been flown into the ocean and taken to underwater facilities. The air pressure and facilities are said to be reasonable comfortable. The craft seem to be surrounded by a cushion of air that moves the water ahead of the craft. Submarines have clocked strange underwater craft moving at over a 200 knots/ The Navy has officially release reports of high speed Tic Tac like craft than drop from 100,000 feet to the surface in a few seconds.
Alleged UFO photo taken from the USS Trepang in March 1971.Similar craft to more modern Tic Tac sightings over the US Carrier Nimitz.
Navy Arctic UFO photos allegedly leaked by anonymous source in UFO’s July 16, 2015 8 Comments 39,000 Views
Several impressive photos of alleged UFOs over the arctic captured on camera by the Navy in 1971 have been leaked to UFO researchers, and their discovery has been getting worldwide media attention.
UFO researcher Alex Mistretta claims that the images were originally given to him by an anonymous source in Europe. Later, he discovered that they were also published in a French paranormal magazine called Top Secret.
Two of the images from the French magazine Top Secret. The caption reads: “(Top) On this photo, we identify without a doubt a triangular-shaped UFO. It seems to be in trouble. If the order that we have chosen for these pictures is correct, the UFO here seems to now go sideways before plunging into the ocean…”
(Credit: Top Secret/TheBlackVault.com)
To further investigate, Mistretta enlisted the help of John Greenewald, who runs the website TheBlackVault.com. He asked Greenewald to post the pictures in hopes that Greenewald and others may be able to find out more about the images.
After posting the story last week, it began getting international headlines. A Reddit user that goes by the name SqizCat was also able to find higher resolution copies of the images.
The images are fantastic. They seem to be of large objects aloft over the ocean, some, if not all, taken from the periscope of a submarine. The big question is are they real, and if so, what are they?
UFO photo taken from the USS Trepang in March 1971.
Alleged UFO photo taken from the USS Trepang in March 1971. This appears to be a structured craft and not a balloon/
Alleged UFO photo taken from the USS Trepang in March 1971.Visit TheBlackVault.com to see more of the images.
The Investigation
In his email to The Black Vault, Mistretta listed what his anonymous source told him.
The photos were taken from a United State Navy submarine.
Map of the area the photos were allegedly taken.
(Credit: Google Maps/TheBlackVault.com)
The location was between Iceland and Jan Mayen Island in the Northern Atlantic Ocean. (Jan Mayen belongs to Norway, and is only inhabited by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian military.)
They were taken in March of 1971.
The Submarine was the Navy’s USS Trepang (SSN 674) and the Admiral on board was Dean Reynolds Sackett. Obviously, the next step is to try and locate this Admiral Dean Reynolds, if he exists.
The Submarine came upon the object by “accident”, as they were in the region on a routine joint military and scientific expedition. Officer John Klika was the one who initially spotted the object with the periscope.
Greenewald looked into these claims and he says that he found that Admiral Sackett was onboard the USS Trepang at the time listed. He also found that Officer Kilka was also aboard. Further, he found that the USS Trepang was in the area the source claimed at the time the pictures were allegedly taken.
Image of the USS Trepang
(Credit: Hullnumber.com)
Mistretta wrote: “[Kilka] found the investigation interesting reading, and doesn’t know what the pictures represent. I believe them. I feel confident in saying the Trepang was not involved in the taking of the photographs.”
Although Mistretta now believes his source’s information to be inaccurate, Greenewald found clues that indicate the images may still be real, albeit not extraterrestrial.
Greenewald says, “When I first saw these, I noted there was something very Zeppelin-like about some of the photos, but, unlike the actual Zeppelin’s, it did not have a carrier for the occupants.”
Navy’s USS Trepang
(SSN 674)
By researching the USS Trepang’s whereabouts, he also found this on the site Hullnumber.com: “From 22 February to 22 March [1971], the nuclear attack submarine operated beneath the northern ice cap, conducting extensive tests to provide data for her weapons systems, as well as carrying out scientific experiments concerning the movement, composition, and geological history of the cap itself.” He searched the Library of Congress and found images of test balloons that look similar to what is in some of the images.
Greenewald’s discovery makes it possible, that the images are from test balloons being fired upon by Navy submarines being used in the 70s, Any photos are possibly misidentified objects.
Although the media has picked up on the story, few, if any, have mentioned the investigation work done by Mistretta, Greenewald, and Murillo.
Actress Patricia Heaton has denounced the Democratic Party’s platform for including what she called a “barbaric” position on abortion.
“I don’t understand why pro-life people want to know if they are ‘welcome’ to join the democrat party [sic],” the “Everybody Loves Raymond” co-star tweeted Wednesday. “Why would any civilized person want to support a barbaric platform that champions abortion for any reason through all nine months funded by taxpayers?” More than a million babies per year are aborted with tax payer funding much of the bill.
Democrat Mayor Buttigieg’s answer as a pass for partial-birth abortion.
“He said as long as a mother wants to abort a baby, at any age, she should be able to even if that means partially delivering a full-grown, 7 lb infant, who can recognize her mother’s voice, and then stabbing her neck and suctioning out her brain then selling the parts.,” she tweeted. Second trimester surgical abortions also involve dismembering a fetus and crushing its skull.
Note: In the next four years woman who has abortions will attempt suicides about a million times according to the Eliot Institute of California.
Strange Craft
The True Story of Major George Filer an Air Force Intelligence Officer and flyer’s Life with UFOs.
Filer belongs to the generation of pilots and airmen who first became aware of the strange aircraft showing up in the Earth’s atmosphere. These men – military professionals began to whisper amongst themselves about encounters with suspected extraterrestrial aircraft.
Award-winning investigative reporter John Guerra spent four years interviewing Filer, a decorated intelligence officer.
Filer’s most memorable case – the shooting of an alien at Fort Dix Army Base/ McGuire AFB in 1978 – is fully recounted. UFO information, for the first time, after decades of denying what its intelligence officers, pilots, and air traffic control personnel know to be true, the military finally admitted to what Filer describes in this incredible book. By John L. Guerra (Author) click on this link: https://amzn.to/2SmCKMy
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Filer’s Files 41, 2020 Structures on the Moon and Mars - PART II
UFOs taken on October1, 2020, over Claysville, New York
Filer’s Files 41, 2020 Structures on the Moon and Mars - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Sightings are from MUFON CMS
California Object
Madera — My girlfriend and I were on our way home from Monterey and when we were about 45 minutes from getting home a craft comes out of now where at an altitude of 150 feet. It was just slightly visible above the trees along the highway and I thought by the speed and angle it was coming down at I said to my girlfriend “That is going to be bad.
I was sure it was probably coming in for a crash landing and it had the wing span of a 737… it was only a second or so when I seen it coming but I only seen the lights and no structure. I didn’t realize that it was a UFO until about 15 seconds later when it shot out from behind the tree line the same way it came in but at twice the speed it came in. I was in the Navy and worked with f/18 super hornets and I can say with confidence that when it came down at when I first saw it was going around 220 mph, when it shot out from behind those trees it was going around 370 mph. That was when I realized it was a UFO. After it shot out from behind the trees it started flying beside my vehicle passing over the top of us and the side as well. It did that in a playful manner. I was no more than 150 ft away when it flew along my driver side. But I got as close as 40 ft or so from it at one point. Then it would take off really fast and in 20 seconds time be 5 to 8 miles away.
Florida Lights
Miami –Have been seeing a lot of black and white objects over Miami on September 27, 2020, I have seen then for several months… I have been seeing UFOs for years…. usually at night but last 5 months I’ve been seeing them on a weekly basis during day. I live 4 miles from Miami airport so I know it not drones….. I know what I’m seeing and its getting almost daily…. unfortunately I don’t have good camera only phone… because I could really show more but phone cant capture. on photos that are of downtown zoom in the clouds are strange there is something falling and look closer and you’ll see a row of lights and to the far right you’ll see something falling and to the right of that 2 bright glowing lights this is over downtown Miami. I have many videos many photos this is happening daily!!
Hawaii Object
Ihei, Lahaina, Kula, Maui — Many photos of orbs and other strange objects captured around 2013-2015 while living on Maui. I can only include 10 on this site. However I have well over 30 or more unexplainable photos. The context of pics adds to the mystery. Speaking to a field rep might be helpful. One looks like its shooting a strange beam at a birds head, one looks like a bubble, another cylindrical, many orb (light and dark) in same pic. Others have same Mickey Mouse head shape taken at same spot on different day, others a twin engine shape all taken same day, most are light, and dark orbs in same frame etc. Only 3 I have were taken at night. most all were taken during the day. Thank you
Illinois Light
Chillicothe — Central Illinois near Peoria Illinois Sept. 6th 2020 at 8pm I was driving my car on the lane I live on out in the country, I seen this and jumped out of my car to take this video 4 separate objects I was only able to get three on video. Showed this to my neighbor he says it’s a Chinese lantern It disappears in the clouds as a just a bright light then the light disappears and comes out the other side of a cloud as a black object it changes directions from north to north east. Not sure what to think as it got higher in the clouds and farther away I’d say at least 1000 feet or more altitude and more than a half mile away when it came out of the cloud. Would a Chinese lantern look this large from that distance? Sorry for the cursing near the end I was a little shocked when it came out of the cloud no longer as a light but as this black looking circular object.
I also posted to YouTube I’m just curious as to what this was I’m not convinced its a Chinese lantern Maybe a large balloon with a light the second one seemed to pick up speed and altitude also direction change from going north to Northeast There were 4 total all came from the same direction two I was able to catch on video The next day I found out my Neighbor that lives on the corner where I was at during the video capture also seen it. He didn’t seem to think it was anything to be concerned over he thought. It was a maybe Wedding Lanterns he was saying they sometimes have a metal disk at the top that gets burnt black from the candle below I would think this was much larger than any lantern but that’s why I’d like an expert opinion
New Jersey Lights
Egg Harbor — Just went in my backyard looked up and there are the pair of orbs I saw last night 1 large and 1 small. Same position, same situation as 9/30/20 – see previous report MUFON Case # 111634. Plane flew by while I took video. Very clear night earlier and no stars out at time first observed. Orbs till out there, I just checked at 7:46 pm. There are some clouds now and the smaller one is in and out, but they are in the same location as earlier.
New York Objects’
Claysville — A low humming sound can be heard in the audio with certain speakers. Also the baby says uh oh before the UFO flew away.
Photo courtesy of MUFON.com
Was taken on October1, 2020,
Pennsylvania Object
Philadelphia — September 26, 2020, something strange is flying or floating around over Grays Ferry Plaza in South Philadelphia. It seems to change shape, dip, and then rise. It was far away and came in close enough to see the details of it before I could pull out my phone. And then it sailed up and away. When it was closer (before I could record it), it looked like a string of large black shiny balls (but it wasn’t balloons, and was too large to be any type of kite and no tail was behind it). Then, as it got farther, it resembled a flock of birds flying in formation, but birds had been nearby when it was closer, and I could see the huge difference in size. So once it was in the clouds I realized it just appeared a lot smaller than it actually was so it could not have been birds. Then finally it stops in the clouds and just stays there.
South Carolina Lights
Rock Hill—On September 28, 2020, These objects are strange. We tried to debunk them as floating lanterns, or drones, etc., but still are believed that they are UAP’s. *** (attached are two videos: one being the full length video, and the second being a shorter clip of the multiples of UAP’s) ***
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Canada Orb.
Quebec City – There was cloud cover and the object was under the clouds at about 500 feet high. I too video and photos of the orb
Media was taken on April 2, 2020.
Malaysia Cylinder
Kuala lumped Kuala lumpier – On September 30, 2020. was driving past the iconic Petronas twin towers in Kl, the city I am currently living in and have been living in since 1996. When I stopped at the red light I wound down my windows to take a photo of the twin towers using night mode with a 3 second timer. In 2 shots I reviewed back I saw 2 lights at the top right hand corner of the 2 photos and it looks like a boomerang shaped craft with the yellow orange lights, one side is long while the other side is slightly less visible. In the 2 shots I took it looked like it was moving across d sky from the direction of the twin towers to the right side of the photo. I took a 3rd photo of the twin towers and the two lights were not inside that 3rd photo. Can someone take a look at the photos and tell me what’s going on?
Spain Object
Zumarrag –I was just trying to take a beautiful picture of the sunset. I felt something different that day in the sky but I couldn’t see clearly the object with my eyes. It was the picture with the phone which took perfectly the object
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Following an investigation report published in the New York Times, the Pentagon, in 2017, admitted that they conducted a secret project named AATIP (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program) to unravel the mysteries behind UFO sighting that happened in the US Naval bases.
Earlier this year, Pentagon officially released some UFO videos, and it made many people believe that alien existence on planet Earth is real. Even though President Donald Trump has never admitted the existence of aliens, his recent comments on America's military might have made many believe that he was actually threatening aliens.
Donald Trump's Comments on UFOs
In an interview on Sunday, Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump why the Department of Defense had set up a UFO task force. She also asked him whether he believes in the existence of UFOs.
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"Well, I'm going to have to check on that. I mean, I've heard that. I heard that two days ago. So I'll check on that. I'll take a good, strong look at that," replied Trump.
Soon, he started talking about America's military might, which many social media users consider an indirect threat to aliens who are planning to invade planet Earth.
"I will tell you this, we now have created a military the likes of which we've never had before, in terms of equipment. The equipment that we have, the weapons that we have, and hopefully — hope to god we never have to use them. Russia, China, they're all envious of what we've had. All built in the USA, we've rebuilt it, $2.5trn. As far as the other question, I'll have to check on it. I heard about it two days ago actually," added Trump.
Trump and Roswell UFO Crash
This is not the first time that Trump is making crazy remarks about aliens. Recently, in a Father's Day-themed interview with his son Don Trump Junior on his YouTube channel, the president claimed that he knows several interesting things about the Roswell UFO crash.
The Roswell UFO crash happened in 1947, and initially, it was reported that an alien spacecraft crashlanded on Earth. But later, the US military revealed that it was a weather balloon, and eventually, the authorities admitted that the wreckage was the part of a top-secret atomic project.
Continuing on my theme on the Majestic 12 documents, the mysterious “Falcon,”Stan Friedman, espionage and the FBI, and alleged leaked papers on crashed UFOs and dead aliens, today I thought I would share with you what specifically came after all of that. I’m talking about another Falcon-type character who claimed knowledge of the truth of Roswell, alien autopsies and more. In this case, the time-frame was not the 1970s-1980s, but the early 1990s. And the man who revealed the then-new Majestic 12 documents was a resident of Big Bear Lake, California: Timothy Cooper. Although no longer active in the UFO research community, Cooper provoked a wealth of controversy for saucer-seekers when it was announced what he had in his possession. It was all “thanks” to an enormous body of allegedly leaked and highly secret documentation that had been given to Cooper under circumstances worthy of All the President’s Men. Cooper was certainly no Woodward or Bernstein, but you get the point I’m making: Cooper said he had insider sources who were willing to significantly assist his UFO research by feeding him controversial papers on aliens and extraterrestrial spacecraft. Clandestine mail-drops in the dead of night were very much the order of the day. The primary informants were an elderly man named “Thomas Cantwheel”and a woman named “Salina.” The latter was said to have been Cantwheel’s daughter. Both of them, Cooper was told, had worked in the field of U.S. counterintelligence for decades. They were the careful keepers of untold numbers of sinister UFO-connected secrets, some supposedly connected to the 1962 death of uber-babe, Marilyn Monroe, and to the November 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. If you believe their words, that is.
It’s important to note that if you do a Google search on “Cantwheel” you will find only links that deal with UFOs, Tim Cooper, and Majestic 12. The reason for this is very simple: “Cantwheel” is not a real name and never has been. Yet, that’s the name Cooper’s source consistently signed off on his communications to Cooper. The closest real name is “Cantwell.” Even now, I’m still amazed as to why hardly anyone, back in the 1990s in the UFO research community, pointed out that “Cantwell” was a completely manufactured name. Over a period of time that ran close to a decade, Cooper’s informants provided him with what ultimately amounted to thousands of pages of saucer-themed material and additional data. They were focused on everything from Majestic 12 to alien autopsies, and from accounts of crashed UFOs to attempts by the U.S. military to replicate extraterrestrial technology.
One of the documents even alluded to the possibility that the May 22, 1949 death of James Forrestal – the first U.S. Secretary of Defense – was not the suicide that many assumed it was. Rather, the Cooper papers suggest, Forrestal had to be taken out of circulation to ensure that he didn’t go public on what he knew about flying saucers. What really set the Cooper-era Majestic 12 documentation apart from that which caught the attention of the Moore-Shandera-Friedman team in the 1980s, however, were the references to deadly viruses. Indeed, in several of the papers provided to Cooper there were references to plans to try and back-engineer an alien virus. This was way more controversial than the original Majestic 12 documents that reached Jaime Shandera and Bill Moore. Tim Cooper quit the UFO scene more than a few years ago. He has not returned. And no more leaked documents have surfaced. Who, precisely, Cantwheel and Salina were – and what their true agenda was in the matter of aliens (dead or alive) – remains a mystery. As does just about everything – from the 1970s to the 1990s – that relates to the matter of alleged leaked documents of a UFO-themed nature.
A Secret Space Program Insider on Secret Exploration and Operations on Exo-Planets
A Secret Space Program Insider on Secret Exploration and Operations on Exo-Planets
Secret Exploration And Operations On Exo-Planets…(A Secret Space Program Insider)
Emery Smith, a former US Air Force Surgical Assistant, has revealed more about his knowledge and face to face interactions with extraterrestrials he encountered while working on classified programs.
He encountered the extraterrestrials at Kirtland Air Force Base, and other classified facilities in New Mexico such as White Sands and Dulce; along with Denver, Colorado and Charlottesville, Virginia. Emery also reveals information in regards to his operations within the secret space program and visiting other planets.
Its a well known fact among UFO researchers that UFOs not only hide in clouds, but can even make the cloud to hide within. This perfectly shaped sphere clouds is clearly held together by a alien sphere within its center. Twitter user @pmxpvrtmx(Poppy) was so frightened that this might actually be a UFO, they changed their name on Twitter to @wizorwizoutu and made their account private. Clearly the fact that this has an alien appearance about it caused them to make such a drastic change. This is absolutely and undeniably a UFO cloaked in a cloud sphere.
Scott C. Waring
News states:
According to reports from the photographer, the cloud began to lose its shape as soon because it was photographed, then rapidly faded into the sky as if it never existed. "When I looked out of the window I saw a round ball-shaped cloud. I gazed at the cloud for ages then I rushed to require the photo, after I saw the cloud it had been an excellent more spherical shape, so I regret not taking the photo more quickly." Twitter user @pmxpvrtmx(Poppy) told the local Japanese news outlet, Rocket News 24.
This UFO sighting video was filmed back in November (23rd) 2019 but it was just posted in MUFON’s website today.
Witness report:
I see these lights often. Nothing else could have made these lights, just corn underneath the lights and a road. They don’t look military too me. Lights appear and fade out, lights change formation then a different light takes the front. I watched them go over my house then break formation and speed off in different directions faster then any plane I have seen.
In October 2017 a curious post appeared on the facebook page of ‘Art Bell’s Midnight In The Desert Feat Heather Wade’. It showed an apparent daylight scene of a ‘UFO’ in the desert with a helicopter hovering overhead. The text to accompany the photo read: “I’ve been holding on to these pictures for 10 years and it’s time I showed someone. I took pictures of this thing in July 2007 on out radar test range in the Mojave Desert. I’ve always been nervous to show anyone but here you go.”
My curiosity peeked I dropped the post of this message whom I shall call Keith Bradshaw (real name on file) a note in a private message asking for more details. Checking the next day the post had been removed but Keith did reply to my private message. Keith made it clear from the beginning that he was worried about releasing these photos as they had been taken illegally and he regretted posting one of them on facebook. It did however tell me that there were taken at China Lake in California at about 11.30 am.
Over the next several days Keith and I exchanged numerous private messages on facebook and he eventually told be the back story behind the taking of the photos in question. He also sent me five photographs in total. Here is what Keith had to say:
KEITH’S STORY
I grew up in a town called Ridgecrest which is a U.S. Naval base in the Mojave Desert. As a kid it was very easy to get onto the base and everyone in town had passes that would allow you through the gates to get to school, swimming pools, the movie theatre etc. Everyone knew someone who worked on the base so you would get to know where the different parts of the base were. They had the bombing range and the radar range. I grew up with a kid who after High School joined the Navy. After he retired he moved back to town and got a job working in the civil service on the base monitoring radar. He said it was the world’s most boring job but he did tell me about interesting things that went on out there. Things like them having jeeps and tanks scattered all over the desert and then flipping a switch and they all would disappear. Turns out that’s what fiber optic camouflage does. People would talk about unbelievable things that turned out to be true. Planes would come from all over the world to use the radar test range out there. I have pictures of that too. Planes with markings from other countries. While I was in between jobs in 2007 I went back to town to visit some of my old friends.
While I was in town I stopped by this friend’s house and after a few drinks he started telling me how that week he had been monitoring a flying saucer. When I asked him how he knew that’s what it was he told me- first of all, in all the years he had been doing that job he never had two generals and three other men with top security clearance recording and watching everything he did. He explained how it was very simple. There were two signals on the radar screen. One would appear very low in altitude, go up to a certain higher altitude and then click off. There would be a countdown for a certain amount of time- five; four, three, two, one and then it would click back on. When this happened the first time the people in the room got very excited. The object on his screen would lower in altitude until it was no longer on the radar, move to a different position and repeat the same thing over and over at different altitudes. All the while the other signal on the radar screen would remain constant.
Curious as to what it was he was monitoring he asked around. People that he knew who physically worked on the radar range and would see what was out there told him that believe it or not it was a flying saucer. They described it as being shiny like a mirror and smooth like glass all over inside and out. It had no doors or windows only a hole cut in the top (I got the idea that the hole had jagged edges like it was cut with something) they described the inside as only having three small seats surrounded by a bird nest of fiber optic cable. The seats were molded out of the floor rather than attached to the floor. This thing was one piece with no seams anywhere.
Keep in mind that description is just a rumour as to what it was like. He didn’t actually see it himself he was just told that’s what it was. Being in between jobs and having nothing to do the next day I made my way out there. ( I’m not telling you how I was able to get there but I will say I walked a very long distance) as I got closer I could hear a helicopter so I peeked up over a hill and down in the small valley below sure enough I could see this silver disc out there. There were a few tan-colored trailers and other military vehicles on the North End of the valley. This thing would wobble along close to the ground very unstable. I don’t believe anyone could have been riding on the inside but got the idea that helicopter was remotely controlling it.
It was very wobbly as it moved along close to the ground and then it would freeze in position, go up to a certain height and sit there for a few minutes perfectly still. It made no noise that I could hear over the helicopter. It would go back down and wobble to the next position. It looked like whoever was controlling it was having fun with it sometimes because they would do little tricks with it.
Like one edge would be pointing towards the sky and then it would do a U-shaped flip to where the other edge was pointing towards the sky then back down and wobble along the valley floor close to the ground to its next position.
At first I was too afraid to take any pictures but then it got really close to me so I started snapping some photos figuring that if I was going to be caught I might as well have some pictures. I also took a short video but then to save space on my camera I started deleting the blurry pictures. I spent maybe 10 minutes total watching this thing. I then turned around and got out of there as quickly as I could. I took my shirt off thinking the color of my skin would blend in with my surroundings better than the color of my white shirt. About halfway back I got scared and hid the camera in the desert.
That night I went back over to my friend’s house and when I told him what I had done he laughed in disbelief until I told him the path this thing followed from the North-West side of the valley to the South-East. When he realized I was telling the truth he got very angry and threw a plastic cup at me. He basically chased me out of the house telling me never to go get those pictures. I let them sit there for two days and then went back and got the camera. When I looked at the pictures there was no video and I realized that what I thought was a blurry picture was actually a blurry video that I deleted. I still kick myself for that one every time I think about it. A few years later I went back to town and ran into him at Walmart and he pretended he didn’t even know me. This is someone that I have known my whole life. We went to school together and played on the same Little League baseball teams.
I’ve been holding on to these pictures ever since. That is all there is. Sorry it’s not more exciting. I really don’t know how you would write an article about it. “
KEITH’S ALLEGED UFO PHOTOGRAPHS
Well, an interesting story and interesting set of alleged UFO photographs. Of course you cannot just take the photographers word for it that the photographs are what he says they are. With this in mind I sought out a number of people who could undertake analysis of these photographs. The first was Jason Gleaves in the UK and this is his full and unedited report with comes complete with five computer photographs highlighting the points in his report.
ANALYSIS IMAGE REPORT BY JASON GLEAVES
Metallic Disk Shaped Object Captured Near the U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California, U.S.
I was asked by Philip Mantle if I could conduct my own analysis on five interesting UFO images captured of a Disk Shaped Object (metallic in appearance) which appeared to be stationary appropriately 50-60 feet above a desert environment (location unknown at this point). Also in another image a helicopter (HH-1K Iroquois, helicopter (“Huey”) is also captured in flight above the right side of the object and appears to be passing slightly behind (speed unknown).
First appearance the images looked authentic but with technology of today and software (photoshop etc) you really can’t rely on image authenticity, no matter how good it looks.
More detailed enlarged and enhanced images of the metallic object appear to show sunlight and consistent reflections on the body of the object, plus in one of the images a dark oval shadow is clearly seen directly below the object again consistent where a shadow would be (without actually seeing where the Sun location/position is in relation to the object, it’s always difficult to give a more accurate Sun-object-Shadow location). I also produced a twin layer image overlay of two separate images (taken from approximately the same position/location) to see if the object had moved from its original position, I aligned the two images, to the best of my ability with similar reference points (background mountain range and cloud formation, horizon). Upon viewing the final enhancement of the overlay the Disk Shaped Object is clearly seen in two different positions, both at slightly different altitudes and one further away in relation to the other regarding their relevant positions within the two separate photographs.
A few days passed and a more detailed report and witness statement emerged giving the sighting location as (U.S. Marine Corps Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, U.S.) this is also consistent as to the type of military helicopters reported and documented being operational in that region, and similar to the Helicopter captured in the images.
Analysis by Jason Gleaves @Ufonly (Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Ufonly YouTube) I am Ex-Royal Air Force, BAE Airbus division, I contribute on numerous UFO pages and have carried out Photo/image/video footage analysis on UFO’s and anomalies for many ufologists within our community worldwide.
ANALYSIS BY DR BRUCE MACCABEE
Another and perhaps more well known expert in the analysis of alleged UFO photographs is Dr Bruce Maccabee in the USA. Bruce is well known for his work on analyzing alleged UFO photographs. Dr Maccabee received a B.S. in physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., and then at American University, Washington, DC, (M.S. and Ph.D. in physics). In 1972 he began his career at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland; which later became the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Dr. Maccabee retired from government service in 2008. He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater sound with lasers and various aspects of the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) and Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) using high power lasers.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
My immediate impression was that the orientations of the main rotor and tail rotor blades were very much the same. What would the chance of getting the same orientation in two pictures probably many seconds to minutes apart? See the pictures A and B below. Using the position change of distant land features I estimate that the camera pointing direction has rotated to the right by about 9 degrees (based on an assumed angular picture width of 35 degrees). The UFO has also moved to the right about 7 degrees and the helicopter moved about 11 degrees to the right. The helicopter image in B is nearly the same as in B, but the pictures are not identical.
PICTURE A
PICTURE B
The helicopter is about 10% farther from the camera in B and there is a helicopter body rotation to the left of some (10 or so?) degrees.
The lack of blur of the main rotor blades plus the nearly identical rotor blade orientation suggests a hoax with a model helicopter. The nearly identical position of the tail rotor blades also suggests a hoax but the blur of the tail rotor blades argues against a hoax unless one used a model with a rotating tail rotor. Note that the blur width of the edges of the tail rotor increases in going from the center (axle) outward to the end. This is exactly what one would expect of a rotating blade and is exactly what appears to be missing from the images of the main rotor blades.
PICTURE C
A “fast shutter” (very short exposure time) can “stop” a moving object so that it moves very little during the exposure time. Therefore, if one could establish that the exposure time was short enough to effectively “stop” the motion of the main rotor while not being fast enough to “stop” a much faster tail rotor, one could explain this situation. How fast would the shutter have to be? That depends upon the rotor rate and radius (distance of the end from the axle). Consider, for example, a rotor rate of 360 revolutions per minute or 6/sec, The outer end of the rotor travels at 6 x 2 pi radians per second = 37.7 radians/sec. Assume a radius of 15 ft. The outer end of a blade is traveling at 37.7 x 15 = 565 ft/second = 6,786 inches/sec. Assume the blade is 1 ft wide at the outer end. To avoid noticeable motion blur the blade should move less than 1/10 its width or less than about 1 inch during the shutter time. So, what is this shutter time needed to register the image of the blade without noticeable blur? The answer is (1/6786 sec/inch) x 1 inch = 0.000147 seconds, much faster than any typical video camera shutter.
This analysis raises questions: (1) the near identically of the image of the helicopter in two separated-in-time frames suggests a “set up” (hoax)’; (2) the lack of blade image smear suggests very fast shutter or hoax; (3) the tail rotor blur suggests real event because difficult to hoax the blur that increases with distance from the center; There appears to be a faint slightly dark shadow under the UFO in Picture A which is not in Picture B (consistent with real) and there is only the barest hint of a shadow under the UFO in Picture B that is not there in Picture A (consistent with real.
Need to know camera type, settings etc. This might be a real event, but have to explain helicopter imagery
After spending some time analyzing the available testimonial and pictoral evidence and considering the actions or activities of the object in question I conclude that there is not enough evidence to prove that the object was not simply an unusually shaped drone operating under control of the person(s) flying the helicopter.
ANALYSIS FROM TOBIAS LINDGREN
Tobias Lindgren
FIRST ANALYSIS
Now I have analyzed the pictures.
First I want to say that I have doubts if the object is really physical. It can be computer generated. As well as lack of basic data such as picture metadata, observation site, time, date, cardinal direction, and duration. If the unidentified object is physical, the following applies:
Roughly calculated distances in the picture. The references there are is the helicopter and the shrubs in the foreground. The helicopter is a Bell UH-1Y Venom, which is 17.8 meters long. The shrubs in the desert are about one meter high.
With these measures I can find out that the helicopter is about 20 times farther away from the photographer than the shrub. If the object is at the same distance as the helicopter, it has a diameter of about 6 meters and 12 meters if it is twice as far as the helicopter, but to me it is not likely. Accordingly I estimate the object was very close to the camera at the time the picture was taken.
If the object is at the same distance as the first bush, it is about 20 cm, but my assumption is that it is closer than that, less than half the distance from the camera to the shrubs, and then it will be less than 10 cm in diameter. The object’s reflected color on the underside shows only sand and ground colours, which is only to be seen between the bushes and the camera, no green from the vegetation. Same effect in the first picture without the helicopter. The dark spot on the ground, which my brain interprets as a shadow from the object, and the object itself is merely an unfortunate coincidence and has no relation, but creates the illusion of a long distance. The real shadows are aimed at the sun, and hard to spot.
However, the most crucial fact for the object to be placed close to the camera is the big sunflower / highlight that is on the object. The size of such is proportional to the distance.
Conclusion: High hoax factor. No obvious connection with the China Lake Naval Base, except for a similar environment. ”Photoshop” or physical object less than 10 cm. Such a small object could be a toy.
SECOND ANALYSIS
Hi.
The reason for the late answer is that we have just had our annual field investigation course in UFO-Sweden. It takes all of our time in October. Strange and interesting story, I have to say. Here we also see the risk of not having all the information.
It may be easy to believe that the previous analysis was poor and insufficient, but with the information available, the result will of course will come afterwards. What makes a person get so scared that you hide the pictures for ten years? No, I do not think the military is so stupid that they fly in an open space with a “flying saucer” if they want to keep it secret. It may be the total opposite instead which is to draw attention. But it may be to be all very conspiratory. Visually, I still think it does not feel right. The object (UFO) is blurry in a way that the rest of the pictures are not, and that tells me that something is not what it seems. It can still be, as I said before, that the object is so close to the camera that it is out of focus. Had the object been out of focus because of the distance, it should get something like a bit transparent due to atmospheric depth haze in the atmosphere.
I still have no idea what the object could be. Perhaps it might be a radio-controlled “toy” that the military testing, just as written in the witnesses story. The military obviously knows what it is because it’s no coincidence that it looks like it does, if it is not computer-generated images. I draw parallels with a Swedish hoax that went viral on YouTube a few years ago:
If this had happened in Sweden, UFO Sweden would have taken us to the location at “Ridgecrest” and knocked on all doors to look for more witnesses. In recent projects where we did this, it was found that 10 percent of all people had a story they did not mention before.
Regards
Tobias Lindgren
UFO-Sweden
Tobias Lindgren, UFO Sweden and AFU Board Member, born 1972, he lives in Norrköping, Sweden. His interest in UFO study began in the late 1970’s, but only became really active as an ufologist 10 years later. Had been the head of the UFO-Sweden Report Center from 2005 to 2015. In this position, he coordinated Swedish UFO investigations, distributing incoming cases among field investigators. He is now responsible for the UFO-Sweden website. He writes regularly for the “UFO-Aktuellt” Newspaper. He is UFO-Sweden’s image analyst. Tobias is also a skilled computer artist and combines his interests in illustration and computer engineering to illustrate the most recent cases very effectively. He has also studied computer science. mathematics and physics at Linköping University and more recently, visualization and geographic information systems. He is now employed as a GIS engineer at the Swedish Aviation Authority in Norrköping and works with flight information, airplanes and visualization.
As if that wasn’t enough yet more analysis was conducted in Brazil with the help of my colleague Thiago Luiz Ticchetti. The analysis was brief and to the point…
ANALYSIS FROM BRAZIL
We have already analyzed the photos. According to our specialists, unfortunately, they are fakes:
The reflection of the sun in the object does not correspond with the position of the sun observed in the shade of the vegetation.
The shadow of the object itself does not match the position of the sun
The helicopter is real.
All the images are without EXIF
Ricardo Varela: Researcher at the National Institute of Space Research (INPE), electronic engineer at the Federal University of Brasília, master and doctor in applied computing
Inajar Kurowski:Veterinary doctor, university professor, police officer and criminal expert of the Institute of Criminalistics of Paraná, with specialization in vehicular identification and forensic ballistics. He is also a postgraduate in science methodology and a master’s degree in environmental management. Administrator of specific courses in the area, he became a specialist in examining photos and films of flying saucers
SO WHAT ARE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS?
In an attempt to get to the bottom on these alleged UFO photographs the have been analysed by five different people from around the world. Jason Gleaves from the UK is of the opinion that they are the genuine article. Dr Bruce Maccabee from the USA is not sure whether they are fake or real and the same goes for Tobias Lingren in Sweden. And last but not least Ricardo Varela and Inajar Kurowski in Brazil left us in no doubt that they believe the photographs in question to be fake.
It is therefore my hope and intention that by releasing these photographs here that we may learn more about them. Perhaps other specialists will add their comments to those above or maybe someone will come forward who can offer testimony to either support the authenticity of the photographs or the opposite, show us that they are indeed fakes.
As yet the photographer does not want his identity revealing which is something I have honoured here but I do have his name on file. Perhaps the photographer will offer more information which will allow us to determine one way or the other the authenticity of the photographs. Until then I think it is only fair to say that the jury is still out. Are these photographs fake or genuine? We shall see.
Forty-three years ago was the last time the U.S. government considered creating an official commission to investigate and report on UFOs. Despite Washington’s efforts to dissuade the public from any interest in UFOs through the 1969 issuance of the University of Colorado’s Condon Report, UFOs continued to appear. Eight years later, with President Jimmy Carter in office, his administration thought the time was right to officially request that NASA look into the phenomenon.
As put by a NASA scientist in a memo issued around the same time, however, “undertaking a formal [UFO] study at this time appears fraught with perils.” Needless to say, the commission was never finalized, and the 1977 deliberations between NASA, the White House, and other governmental agencies are an almost-forgotten episode in the official history of American ufology.
Jimmy Carter, UFO Witness
The inauguration of Jimmy Carter as the thirty-ninth President of the United States ushered a new round of expectations in the UFO community. After all, it could be said he was a member of that community. President Carter, who was a former Georgia governor, peanut farmer, and U.S. Navy nuclear engineer, not only claimed to have seen a UFO but officially reported it. In terms of UFO data, President Carter’s sighting is not an impressive incident, falling into the category of nocturnal light. The sighting would surely be forgotten if Carter had not become the president.
Steven Spielberg mentions Jimmy Carter potentially releasing UFO information in this video.
The first account of Carter’s sighting appeared in October 1973—during that year’s big UFO flap—when dispatches from Georgia quoted the governor’s first statement on UFOs: “I’ve seen one myself.” The story was picked up in the press, prompting the International UFO Bureau in Oklahoma City and the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in Maryland to send UFO questionnaires to the Georgia State Capitol. Carter personally filled out both questionnaires and gave permission to use his name as a witness. According to the questionnaires, the sighting occurred “shortly after dark” in October 1969 when Carter and ten other “members of Leary Georgia Lions Club” were “outdoors waiting for a meeting to begin at 7:30 p.m.” The sighting lasted between ten to twelve minutes and the object, located at “about 30 degrees above the horizon,” was described as “about the same size as the moon, maybe a little smaller, varied from brighter/larger than planet to apparent size of the moon.”
President Carter’s UFO story reemerged as he gained prominence during the 1976 presidential campaign. On June 8, the National Enquirer published a short interview with Carter in which he said, “I am convinced that UFOs exist because I have seen one,” adding that “I’ll never make fun of people who say they’ve seen unidentified objects in the sky.” In that interview, Carter also made an important promise to the American public: “If I become President, I’ll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and the scientists.”
Ironically, the only ufologist to really investigate Carter’s sighting was skeptic Robert Sheaffer. The main clue was that Carter claimed to have seen the object while visiting the town of Leary to lecture at the local Lions Club. In his book, The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence, Sheaffer recounts that his effort to locate additional witnesses was difficult, but he was finally able to find one who remembered seeing, “like a blue light or something or other in the sky that night.”
However, Sheaffer soon discovered that there was a problem with the date given by Carter as the date of the sighting. Carter always said that in the sighting occurred in October 1969, but the Lions Club in Leary had disbanded in February of that year. Sheaffer eventually located the official records of the meeting at the Lions Club International Headquarters. The exact date of Carter’s speech in Leary was January 6, 1969, “nine months earlier than Mr. Carter’s recollection had placed it.” Furthermore, after computing the position of the planets for that date, Sheaffer discovered that “Venus was a conspicuous evening star, nearing its maximum brilliance. Venus was . . . at 7:15 PM, at about 25º elevation, in virtually the exact position where Carter had placed his UFO.”
The result of Sheaffer’s investigation was mostly ignored because it robbed the public of identifying the president as a witness to a genuine UFO. Yet, there is a high probability that what Carter saw could have been explained. The visual tricks that Venus can play in the eyes of the beholder have been known for decades by competent UFO investigators like Allan Hendry, who has characterized Venus as “the real champion” of the stars and planets that tend to cause UFO sightings.
The sighting, however, was only one aspect of President Carter’s link to ufology. The other was his campaign promise to release all the UFO data held by the government. Stanley Schneider, assistant to President Carter’s White House Science advisor Frank Press, later admitted to the New York Times that “public interest in this has been brewing for several months, slowly building up . . . It was getting to be more than we could handle.” In fact, so many letter about UFOs were sent to President Carter that Virginia ufologist Larry Bryant eventually published a book on the letters entitled, UFO Politics at the White House: Citizens Rally ‘Round Jimmy Carter’s Promise. One indicator of the campaign’s impact was revealed by U.S. News & World Report in its April 18, 1977 edition. Under the heading of “Official Word Coming on UFOs,” the magazine stated that “before the year is out, the Government—perhaps the President—is expected to make what is described as ‘unsettling disclosures’ about UFOs . . . based on information from the CIA.”
NASA’s UFO Past
In an attempt to achieve UFO disclosure, the White House had difficulty in developing a coherent policy, and thus, NASA became the logical candidate. Unlike the U.S. Air Force, NASA had never been officially involved in the UFO controversy, although a link between the two surfaced occasionally. Popular UFO articles, books, and movies often displayed UFO photos taken by NASA astronauts, but the great majority of these images were explained by prosaic phenomena such as lens flares, booster rockets, or items ejected from space capsules.
White House science advisor Dr. Frank Press (left) with President Jimmy Carter.
Image credit: American Institute of Physics
While NASA never officially investigated UFOs, it did produce a few UFO-related documents such as the Kennedy Space Center’s “NASA Management Instruction (KMI 8610.4)” of June 28, 1967, regarding “Processing Reports of Sightings of Space Vehicles Fragments.” The four-page-document signed by the space center’s director, Kurt H. Debus, contained procedures dealing primarily with manmade space vehicles, but KMI 8610.4 added that “reports of sightings of objects not related to space vehicles” were also included: “It is KSC policy to respond to reported sightings of space vehicles fragments and unidentified flying objects as promptly as possible.” The document provided definitions of “Space Vehicle Fragment” and “Unidentified Flying Objects,” and KSC personnel were instructed to “call in unidentified flying object reports to the Patrick Air Force Base Command Post.”
Additionally, NASA’s name appears often in connection with mysterious space crashes such as the one in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania in 1965, which later led to a lengthy Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against NASA by journalist Leslie Kean. The space agency also appeared as a “forwarding” office in several declassified documents from other government branches.
NASA’s Response to the White House
It was against this background that NASA found itself tasked with official UFO responsibility early on in the Carter administration. That segment of the population that believed Earth was being visited by aliens had not forgotten Jimmy Carter’s campaign promise. The president’s science and technology advisor, Frank Press, became the White House official in charge of the UFO problem, but outside help was sought when the White House became overwhelmed with UFO mail. Press stated in his July 21, 1977 letter to NASA administrator Robert Frosch “that the focal point for the UFO question ought to be NASA.”
President Carter giving the Robert Goddard award to NASA Administrator Robert Frosch.
Image credit: NASA
“There appears to be a national revival of interest in the matter with a younger generation becoming involved,” wrote Press, adding that “this is a public relations problem as much as anything else.” Press’s problems were twofold: First, the most immediate issue was how to deal with the growing number of correspondence regarding UFOs being received by the White House. Second, Press has to face the substantive issue of whether there was any truth to the UFO phenomenon and he believed that a new “panel of inquiry could be formed by NASA” to review the UFO evidence and “see if there are any new significant findings.”
First letter by White House science advisor Frank Press to NASA Administrator Bob Frosch stating that “the focal point for the UFO question ought to be NASA.”
Image credit: Huneeus Collection
Subsequent FOIA requests revealed that even before Frosch responded to Press on September 6, 1977 the U.S. Air Force was already meddling in the affair. One of the most significant and prophetic pieces of paper to come out of this period is a four-line letter written on September 1, 1977 by Colonel Charles H. Senn, the chief of the air force’s community relations division. The addressee was another former air force man, Lieutenant General Duward L. Crow, who was, at that time, the assistant deputy administrator of NASA. Along with an enclosed “UFO Fact Sheet and standard response to UFO public inquiries” that Crow had requested, Senn wrote, “I sincerely hope you are successful in preventing a reopening of UFO investigations.” Considering what took place in the ensuing months, when NASA literally turned down an official request from the White House, one does not need to be particularly conspiratorial to see that the air force was not a neutral party in this drama. Before Frosch’s response to Press was sent on September 6, the letter was rewritten twice by Crow.
Colonel Senn’s letter to retired Lieutenant General Crow, with a highly suggestive phrase about “preventing a reopening of UFO investigations.”
Image credit: NASA/Huneeus Collection
Bob Frosch’s letter was courteous, but not encouraging. The strategy for responding to UFO inquiries from the public through “form letters” and “information sheets” was discussed, as both NASA and the air force had discovered long ago that it was the most economical method. It obviously had its problems, continued Frosch, such as the lack of a “focal point for technical appraisal of sightings.” No quick action was to be taken regarding the proposed UFO panel or commission, wrote Frosch, “before . . . we should assure ourselves that an inquiry is justified.” His suggestion, therefore, was to name “a NASA project officer to review reports of the last ten years” and “provide a specific recommendation” by the end of the year.
Press’s response to Frosch a week later stated he was “pleased . . . that NASA can handle the public inquiries” so as to “relieve my staff of a responsibility we are not equipped to handle.” Frosch never said in his letter that NASA would handle the mail for the White House; instead, he had only referred to the air force and NASA’s experience in using form letters. Press agreed fully with Frosch that the NASA commission was something that should be weighed carefully and wrote, “I can understand your reluctance to commit the agency to a formal program.” He conceded that it was up to the space agency to review the UFO situation as it best saw fit.
NASA’s review of the UFO question was not a formal study, but an in-house analysis of the options available. The key document is a four-page memo, “UFO Study Considerations,” dated November 8, 1977 written by Dr. Noel Hinners, NASA’s associate administrator for space science. Dr. Hinners considered “the question of what NASA could reasonably do in both the short and the long term,” he wrote in his memo to NASA’s assistant administrator. The scientist went about his task in a straightforward manner, outlining succinctly the current UFO scene which included
“Widespread interest” with about half of the American population believing “something” exists;
Interest in forming a “specialized agency” in the United Nations;
A formal study group being set up by the CNES, NASA’s counterpart in France;
Several solid private UFO organizations in the USA “with responsible membership”;
An increase in reports of what Hinners referred to as “the near encounter type”; and
A wider acceptance within the UFO community of a government cover-up, meaning not only that the Government “knows far more than it has released,” but that it “may even have pieces of UFO hardware in hand.”
Dr. Hinners analyzed the problems facing a NASA UFO review: the “apparent lack of any tangible or physical evidence for laboratory analysis,” and the “absence of any sound scientific protocol for investigating the phenomenon firsthand.” The word “apparent” in the first line is to be noted while the word “absence” in the second line is questionable. After three decades of amateur investigations, by 1977, civilian UFO organizations had achieved a degree of this so-called “scientific protocol.” Other problems outlined by Dr. Hinners were the abundance of “secondary source materials” or “hearsay”; the prejudices on the part of investigators; hoaxes; “the delicate interface,” as Hinners put it, between the government and UFO witnesses; and “the danger of projecting an inaccurate NASA or Administration image.” Dr. Hinners’s conclusion was that, “all in all, undertaking a formal study at this time appears fraught with perils.”
First page of Dr. Noel Hinners’ key internal NASA document, “UFO Study Considerations,” of November 8, 1977. Image credit: NASA/Huneeus Collection
Dr. Hinners presented two choices to NASA. The first option was to reject the White House’s idea for “the Federal government and specifically NASA, to investigate the UFO phenomenon.” As Dr. Hinners opined, this option would give added fuel to the “charges of cover-up” by the UFO community, but it would also avoid “controversy . . . within the science community NASA deals with.” There were budgetary advantages too in keeping the current policy of form letters and not spending extra resources, but Hinners had the intelligence of pointing out that choosing this option “would also be begging the question.”
The second option was for NASA to consider creating a commission to investigate the topic. This option seemed almost identical to the early, positive days of the Condon Committee. Basically, Hinners’s thought was that the commission could request major UFO organizations “to submit their ‘best’ cases,” put “this material into a usable format,” update and revise it, and finally “ask for a peer review.” On the basis of this preliminary study, NASA would decide whether some form of permanent UFO investigative branch should be established. Hinners also recommended something that was later used by Bob Frosch in his final and formal rejection of the commission that, “as a minimum, having gone so far and this publicly, NASA should stand ready to investigate new hard evidence that might come in.”
In late November 1977, the White House decided to go ahead publicly with formally requesting a NASA UFO commission. The wire services carried the story and quoted David Williamson, NASA’s assistant for special projects, saying the agency was “not anxious” to study UFOs. Like Dr. Condon, Williamson appeared to disqualify any existence of UFOs before any official conclusion had been reached. “There is no measurable UFO evidence such as a piece of metal, flesh or cloth,” he said.
When Bob Frosch finally responded to Frank Press on December 21, 1977, nobody in Washington was surprised. The main theme was “the absence of tangible physical evidence available for thorough laboratory analysis” coupled with the willingness to analyze “any bona fide physical evidence from credible sources” submitted to NASA. Frosch also mentioned the lack of “a sound scientific procedure for investigating these phenomena” as a reason that a study “would be wasteful and probably unproductive.” The shadow of Dr. Condon, deceased since 1974, seemed to pervade this letter. Condon had concluded eight years earlier that science could not be expected to gain anything by studying UFOs. Frosch reached the same conclusion without even embroiling himself in a thousand-page report at a cost of over half a million dollars. After turning down the White House’s request, Frosch left a way out, just in case, writing, “I wish in no way to indicate that NASA has come to any conclusion about these phenomena as such; institutionally, we retain an open mind, a keen sense of scientific curiosity, and a willingness to analyze problems within our competence.”
In 1978, NASA released its revamped “Information Sheet No. 78-1” on UFOs. It stated that other than answering UFO-related mail sent to the White House, “NASA is not engaged in a research program involving these phenomena, nor is any other government agency.” The six-page document was an updated version of the old air force form letter, yet NASA added an interesting paragraph not to be found in the Pentagon’s counterpart: “Reports of unidentified flying objects entering United States air space are of interest to the military as a regular part of defense surveillance. Beyond that, the US Air Force no longer investigates reports of UFO sightings.” In other words, NASA provided an admission that NORAD and the U.S. military still keep an eye on UFOs with possible national security implications. The NASA document quoted extensively from the administrator’s letter about the “bona fide physical evidence” and lack thereof.
First page of the NASA Information Sheet Number 78-1 on “Unidentified Flying Objects,” the new revamped governmental form letter on UFOs to come out of the Carter failed ufological initiative.
Image credit: NASA/Huneeus Collection
It is interesting to see how quickly and effectively the government muzzled this revival of UFO interest. Although numerous FOIA lawsuits were being pursued by researchers, many months and even years would pass before some of these documents were obtained, processed, and publicized. But, the interaction between the White House, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force during this little known episode in President Carter’s administration offers a window into how the federal government deals publicly with ufology. The failed NASA UFO commission attempt by the Carter administration in 1977 is the last time the U.S. government even considered launching a new formal study. Given the current state of affairs in Washington, it’s extremely unlikely that a new effort will be attempted anytime soon, but the phenomenon itself is certainly not likely to go away.
Colonel Senn’s phrase becomes reality in this AP newswire story published in the NY Times on December 28, 1977, “NASA Refuses to Reopen Investigations of U.F.O.’s.”
Image credit: NY Times/Huneeus Collection
A version of this article originally appeared in Issue #23 (December/January 2014) of Open Minds UFO Magazine. Back issues can be found here.
The Glowing Vision of a UFO Observed Over Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador Comes to Life on New Royal Canadian Mint Collector Coin
The Glowing Vision of a UFO Observed Over Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador Comes to Life on New Royal Canadian Mint Collector Coin
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mint has added to its extra-popular Canada's Unexplained Phenomena series by telling the strange story of the 1978 UFO sighting in the skies of Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. The Clarenville Event is vividly illustrated on a new glow-in-the-dark collector coin that captures the moment an RCMP Constable and multiple witnesses observed the mysterious lights and oval shape of an unidentified flying object hovering near the city of Clarenville. The Mint is now accepting orders for this mesmerizing coin.
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Working with a canvas-like rectangular coin, East coast artistAdam Younghas recreated the events ofOctober 26, 1978, whenClarenvillemade UFO history. On that night, RCMP ConstableJames Blackwoodresponded to a call from astonished onlookers. When he arrived at the scene, witnesses directed his attention to a brightly lit object in the sky. Using binoculars and a high-powered scope, they observed the fin-tailed, oval-shaped craft as it hovered above the water near Random Island. It emitted no sound; and when the officer flashed the lightbar on his police cruiser, the mysterious craft instantly mimicked the lights. It remained in the area for nearly an hour before rising up suddenly and vanishing into the night, leaving no traces of its passage – except a credible eyewitness account.
"I wanted this piece to include all the elements of the 1978 experience while also incorporating the rugged yet whimsical coastline so often found in the Newfoundland landscape," explains Adam Young. "Light and line direction were also important aspects of the design, creating a circular visual flow throughout the composition. This has been an exciting artistic endeavour, which, throughout my research for the design, has caused me to tumble down the rabbit hole of other Canadian UFO sightings."
True to the scene described by witnesses that night, luminescent elements on the coins shine through when exposed to a black light. The rectangular $20 Fine Silver Coin - Canada's Unexplained Phenomena: The Clarenville Event has a limited mintage of 5,000 and retails for $129.95.
This new collectible may be ordered as of today by contacting the Mint at 1-800-267–1871 in Canada, 1-800-268–6468 in the US, or at www.mint.ca.
The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada's circulation coins. The Mint is one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, offering a wide range of specialized, high quality coinage products and related services on an international scale. For more information on the Mint, its products and services, visit www.mint.ca. Follow the Mint on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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In the early years of the flying saucer mystery, the U.S. Air Force was the only organization doing any sort of significant investigation. Then, in 1952, a number of private groups were organized and the first citizen investigators went into the field and endeavored to solve the mystery for themselves. The first of these to rise to global attention was the International Flying Saucer Bureau, founded by Albert K. Bender. They put out a quarterly publication called Space Review, and were taken seriously by their fellow enthusiasts. They didn’t last long, however, as Bender put an end to his creation in 1953 after telling his followers he had solved the mystery. He later informed them he’d been visited by three men wearing black suits and homburg hats, who’d threatened him into keeping silent about his discovery. The mythos of the Men in Black entered flying saucer lore and the Bender Mystery became a subject that is still being debated today.
Albert K. Bender was born on July 16, 1921 in Duryea, Pennsylvania. What the “K” stood for seems to be part of the mystery. He served stateside as a dental technician in the U.S. Army Air Forces from June 8, 1942 to Oct. 7, 1943. He was stationed at Langley Field, Virginia. After his service, he moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut with his mother and stepfather. His mother died shortly thereafter.
Bender lived in the attic, which had a bedroom and a den. He was employed as the chief timekeeper at the Acme Shear Company. It may have been a conscious nod to his profession or just an ironic coincidence, but Bender had twenty clocks in his living space that all would ring, chime and clang every fifteen minutes.
The clocks were just one of the many manifestations of Bender’s eccentric nature that increasingly expressed itself as he entered his late twenties. He was a fan of horror movies, ghost stories and the occult. He adorned his attic space with Halloween decorations, fake skulls, shrunken heads, rubber spiders and snakes, and his own macabre paintings. When friends came over, he put on recordings of spooky noises and enjoyed showing off what he called his “Chamber of Horrors.” His offbeat interests and living space were interesting enough that an article was written about him and published in the May 25, 1952 Sunday Herald, a local Bridgeport newspaper.
Flying saucers were added to Bender’s list of interests and they eventually became his chief interest. Bender and some friends formed the IFSB in April 1952 and its membership quickly grew beyond the borders of Connecticut. The first Space Review, put out in Oct. 1952, included a list of representatives in 14 states and one in Ontario, Canada. Bender had a letter announcing the formation of the group published in the Dec. 1952 issue of the Ray Palmer publication, Other Worlds. The letter captured the attention of Flatwoods Monster investigator, Gray Barker, who contacted Bender and expressed his desire to become a member. Bender convinced him to become the state representative for West Virginia.
Barker would later become the chief investigator for the organization and he became good friends with many in the group. By this time, the group had lived up to its name and was truly international. There were chapters in South America, Europe, and the IFSB was in contact with newly formed organizations in Australia and New Zealand. They inspired people all around the world to form their own groups and citizen investigators were here to stay. The IFSB, however, was not. Barker wrote about the events leading to its demise in his 1956 book, “They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers.”
According to Barker in his book, he received a letter from Bender dated Sept. 16, 1953. It contained the mysterious instruction not to accept any more memberships until he’d seen the Oct. issue of Space Review. He then received a letter on tape from New Jersey based member, Domonic Lucchesi. This was common among members as, according to Barker, a saucer investigator without a tape recorder “is considered almost a non-entity.”
Lucchesi described being present when fellow member August C. Roberts called Bender to cancel their planned visit because of car troubles. In the course of the conversation it came out that Bender was unsure whether there would be another issue of Space Review after October. Bender then said he’d discovered the secret of the flying disks and told Roberts about the visit by the three men. He said they confiscated his copies of back issues of the magazine and, as an American citizen, he was sworn to secrecy about his discovery.
In the Oct. 1953 Space Review, Bender announced, “The mystery of flying saucers is no longer a mystery.” He apologized for not being able to elaborate saying, “because of the nature of the information we have been advised in the negative.”
Barker got in touch with Roberts and suggested Roberts and Lucchesi go to Connecticut and speak to Bender in person. Barker emphasized it was important they remember everything that was said. They were sure Bender wouldn’t allow a tape recorder or a note pad and Barker suggested Roberts should slip away to the bathroom periodically where he could make notes unseen. He could tell Bender he’d taken a laxative or had bowel issues. Roberts complained he wasn’t a good actor and Barker suggested he should actually take a laxative.
Roberts and Lucchesi interviewed Bender and, while they didn’t get the answer to the mystery, they did get some interesting replies to some of their questions. He told them the government had known what the saucers were for two years and if they didn’t tell the public in the next five months, it would be four years before they did so.
After the Oct. 1953 issue, only three more issues of Space Review were published. These were for the members that didn’t want refunds. Flying saucers were not even mentioned and the articles focused solely on space. The IFSB was closed.
Barker was putting out his own magazine, The Saucerian, and he reached out to his readers to help him solve the Bender Mystery. Some of them speculated but no one came up with a convincing explanation.
The Aerial Phenomena Research Organization had formed in the fall of 1951 just prior to IFSB. APRO’s director, Coral Lorenzen, offered the suggestion in the Nov. 15, 1953 APRO Bulletin that a pulp magazine publisher (Ray Palmer?) had been funding IFSB and had backed out. Lorenzen reasoned that with no funds to run the organization, Bender had made up the story in order to be done with it. Barker assures the reader in his book that this was not the case.
David Houchin, curator of the Gray Barker collection at the Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library in West Virginia, came up with a theory during a Gray Barker tribute on the radio show “Exploring the Bizarre.” Houchin presents a scenario based on two letters to Bender that are housed in the collection. According to him, a man in Clarksburg suffered an epileptic seizure and was taken to the hospital. Someone had taken his wallet but he had Barker’s IFSB business card on him. An official visited Barker and interviewed him in an attempt to identify the man. Barker claims in his book that the official showed him FBI credentials while Houchin feels he was probably a local police detective. Barker got paranoid, called Bender and got no answer because Bender was on vacation. He then wrote to Bender that he’d been investigated by the FBI and others should expect the same. Barker also called Washington, DC based member Rev. S. L. Daw, and gave him the same information. Daw had been seeing flying saucers everywhere, was taking pictures and some of them were taken at a restricted site. The day after Barker called him, three actual FBI agents visited him and he wrote a letter to Bender to tell him about it.
Bender came back from his vacation to find Barker’s and Daw’s letter waiting for him. Houchin suggests this panicked Bender and he adopted Daw’s three-man scenario as an excuse to shut down the organization.
Barker played up the paranoia in his book and the MiB mythos took root. Bender wrote his own book, “Flying Saucers and the Three Men”, which was published by Barker through his Saucerian Books in 1962. In Bender’s book, the three men become three ethereal creatures with glowing eyes from the planet Kazik, pronounced with a long “a” and a silent “z.” Could Kazik have been what the mysterious “K” stood for in Bender’s name? Bender’s book was met with dubiousness by most in the flying saucer community.
There are now three major speculations making the rounds in UFOlogical and paranormal discussions on radio, the web and in literature. One is that Bender came up with a story to get out of the flying saucer business, one is that he was visited by MiB of either governmental or extraterrestrial origin and the third is that his interest in the occult caused him to call up some entities he couldn’t get rid of. Where one comes down on the Bender Mystery is a good indication of one’s place in the world of the paranormal.
"Mr. President, as we wrap up here, are there UFOs?" Bartiromo said.
"Well I'm gonna have to check on that," Trump replied. "I mean, I've heard that. I heard that two days ago, so I'll check on that. I'll take a good, strong look at that."
The president went on to discuss the military and later reiterated his promise to "check on" UFOs.
"I will tell you this," he said when asked about the UAPTF by Bartiromo. "We now have created a military, the likes of which we've never had before in terms of equipment. The equipment that we have, the weapons that we have — and hopefully, hope to God we never have to use them."
"Russia, China, they're all envious of what we've had," Trump added. "All built in the USA. We've rebuilt it, $2.5 trillion. As far as the other question, I'll check on it. I heard about it two days ago actually."
"In April, the Pentagon declassified three videos of 'unidentified aerial phenomena,'" Orecchio-Egresitz wrote. "The next month, the Navy released several incident reports from encounters with unidentified flying objects (UFOs) — a generic term for any aerospace asset that is unidentifiable, rather than confirmation as an actual aerial object piloted by extraterrestrials."
Trump has expressed skepticism when asked about UFOs in the past
"I think it's probably — I want them to think whatever they think," Trump told George Stephanopoulos. "They do say, and I've seen, and I've read, and I've heard, and I did have one very brief meeting on it. But people are saying they're seeing UFOs."
Over the last few days I have written articles on the Majestic 12 documents, the Paul Bennewitz affair, Stan Friedman’s FBI file, and (briefly) the mysterious “Falcon,” someone “on the inside” and who may have been the primary source for the aforementioned Majestic 12 documents. All of the above people and subjects were inter-connected in various ways. But, who was the Falcon? Well, let’s have a look. In 1999, Gerald K. Haines – in his position as the historian of the National Reconnaissance Office – wrote a paper titled “CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90.” It’s now in the public domain, thanks to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. It can be read at the CIA’s website. Haines’ paper detailed the history of how, and why, the CIA became interested and involved in the phenomenon of UFOs. Although Haines covered a period of more than forty years, I will bring your attention to one particular section of his paper, which is focused on the 1970s-1980s. Haines wrote: “During the late 1970s and 1980s, the Agency continued its low-key interest in UFOs and UFO sightings. While most scientists now dismissed flying saucers reports as a quaint part of the 1950s and 1960s, some in the Agency and in the Intelligence Community shifted their interest to studying parapsychology and psychic phenomena associated with UFO sightings. CIA officials also looked at the UFO problem to determine what UFO sightings might tell them about Soviet progress in rockets and missiles and reviewed its counterintelligence aspects.”
The Soviets, then, were camouflaging their secret rocket tests by spreading false and fantastic tales of UFOs. Haines also noted something that is absolutely key to the story that this book tells and particularly so with regard to the Majestic 12 papers: “Agency analysts from the Life Science Division of OSI and OSWR officially devoted a small amount of their time to issues relating to UFOs. These included counterintelligence concerns that the Soviets and the KGB were using U.S. citizens and UFO groups to obtain information on sensitive U.S. weapons development programs (such as the Stealth aircraft),the vulnerability of the U.S. air-defense network to penetration by foreign missiles mimicking UFOs, and evidence of Soviet advanced technology associated with UFO sightings[italics mine].”
What about those “U.S. citizens” that Haines referred to? Let us see. The 1970s and 1980s were the decades in which Paul Bennewitz was most active, at least in terms of his UFO research in and around Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was almost certainly one of those Americans who Haines was talking about and whose actions the CIA’s counterintelligence people were worried about. That the U.S. Air Force was very concerned by the possibility that Bennewitz was unknowingly being used by the Soviets, was reason enough alone to practically force-feed Bennewitz with almost unending, nightmarish horror stories of dangerous and deadly aliens under Dulce, New Mexico. And, then, have Bill Moore report back on the extent to which those same horror stories were destabilizing Bennewitz’s increasingly paranoid mind. All of this strongly suggests that Moore may have been as much a victim as Bennewitz was: both men may have been fed wholly bogus material. Interestingly, Haines actually references Shandera and Moore’s work on the Majestic 12 documents in the “Notes” section of his very own paper.
Another aspect on this particular part of the story: Maybe Moore was used, but not just by U.S. intelligence. It should be noted that, as Greg Bishop said, the Falcon had what was described as an eastern European accent. He may well not have been an American, which suggests the incredible theory that the Russians may have been running the program to learn all they could from Bennewitz. Or, maybe, there was more than one Falcon, which really serves to complicate matters. Based on private data provided to him by sources in the know, Greg Bishop has concluded that the Falcon was a man named Harry August Rositzke; he ran covert programs for the CIA, after cutting his teeth in the heart of the Second World War-era Office of Strategic Services. Rositzke, a Brooklyn native, was an expert on the matter of Soviet intelligence, the KGB, and Russia’s programs designed to destabilize the West with carefully crafted propaganda. Rositzke, who died in 2002 at the age of ninety-one, wrote a number of non-fiction books on the world of espionage, including The KGB: The Eyes of Russia and The CIA’s Secret Operations. Rositzke, it’s important to note, did not have a European accent. That revelation adds further weight to the possibility that there may have been competing Falcons; one, Rositzke, an American trying to protect U.S. government secrets. The other? An unknown European (or Russian) character posing as an American official, and using the same alias of the Falcon, and trying to further disrupt U.S. intelligence.
The final words go to Encyclopedia.com, who stated of Rositzke: “After he retired, Rositzke spent his time on his cattle farm and wrote books about spy activities between the United States and the Soviets, always maintaining that secret intelligence agents helped to stabilize political relations by providing America with much-needed information.”
I found a reptilian head on mars. The face is certainly unusual and even has a long tubular appendage coming out of its lower nose area. The mouth is open. Its ears are small, its eyes are small but its head is slightly elongated. The original color of the photos was fake red/brown, but I put it into natural color. The color of the face is unique. It has orange, blue and grey throughout it. This unique and strange reptilian face might explain the strange sculptures and civilization artifacts we have been finding on Mars. Such an unusual alien probably has a equally unique culture and way of life. One that we could never relate too. Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
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Alien Structure On Moon Measures 118km Across! Google Moon Map! Oct 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Alien Structure On Moon Measures 118km Across! Google Moon Map! Oct 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: Oct 11, 2020
Location of discovery: Earths moon, Drygalski crater edge
Source: Google Earth Moon map
Google Coordinates: 75°55'52.36"S 90° 4'6.03"W
I was looking over Google moon map which is easy to use. Just open Google Earth, then hit the button to switch to moon map. I found some highly unusual structures on the moon. The kind that NASA would never report about find for fear the public would learn about the existence of intelligent aliens so close to Earth.
Near Drygalski crater there is some smaller craters and I found some finger like structures in two long craters. The fingers were close to 7km long according to Google ruler. The length of the structures along the edge of Drygalski crater is 118km across! Now these are huge structures with absolutely smooth surfaces. More like a glass-like windows of structures for aliens to look out and see space. This is 100% proof that NASA hides alien evidence from the public.
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Possible Directed Energy Weapon caught beaming at Tyndall Air Force Base Space Wing, Florida
Possible Directed Energy Weapon caught beaming at Tyndall Air Force Base Space Wing, Florida
If its us beaming out to ourselves, testing some sort of laser.. creating a hot spot for some reason at ground level.. then we can move on and let them deal with moving to different frequencies to prevent civilians seeing it.
If its not us beaming down causing a hot spot on ourselves, then we've got problems.
October 9, 2020 350am Central time - This video from Dutschsinse documents (real time) a directed energy weapon beam which has been caught on Weather Satellite beaming down directly at Tyndall Air Force Base (space force communications base), along the coast of Florida, creating a hot spot at the location receiving the beam as well.
A beam of energy shooting down next to our Space Communications Wing base resulting in a physical hot spot being detected.
A second beam was captured beaming down to the SW Louisiana Lake Charles Nexrad Radar station.
It would appear both beams reside in the shortwave Infrared spectrum, and are targeting in on our United States radar systems along the coast of the Gulf. Targeting first at the Nexrad along the coast of Louisiana, then a 2nd beam down at Tyndall AFB (the beam location showing an actual hot spot on thermal return via GOES 16.
You might be surprised to learn that interstellar space isn’t just vacuum. It’s full of gases, elements, and dust – very thinly spread, to be sure – but the building blocks of stars and planets.
In this infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, winds flowing out from a fast-moving star (Zeta Ophiuchi) are making ripples in the dust in interstellar space.
Interstellar space – the space between the stars – isn’t just empty space. There’s a lot of “stuff” out there, including hydrogen (70%) and helium (28%), formed in the Big Bang that set our universe into motion. The other 2% of “stuff” in interstellar space is heavier gases and dust, consisting of the other elements made inside stars and spewed into space by supernovae. The material in interstellar space is very spread out. It’s denser in some places than in others, but a typical density is about one atom per cubic centimeter. Still, even the most dense regions of interstellar space count as vacuum, compared with our earthly air.
Our sun controls the conditions around our solar system, but outside of that is interstellar space and all that it contains.
Astronomers call this space between the stars the interstellar medium.
Diagram of the solar system showing planets, heliopause, and interstellar space. The numbers shown are astronomical units (AU), where 1 AU is the distance between the sun and the Earth.
Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech.
Why is interstellar space important?
The interstellar medium is where stars are made. Without it, we wouldn’t exist. If there weren’t thick and thin spots that condensed into thicker patches that eventually became stars, the whole universe would just be a cloud of boring, cold, lifeless gas.
The thick parts of the interstellar medium are called molecular clouds – often referred to as stellar nurseries – the places where stars are born. The first stars didn’t have planets because there weren’t any materials in interstellar space beyond hydrogen and helium. But, over the billions of years of our universe’s history, that has changed.
It changed because stars themselves make increasingly more complex elements in their interiors. When the most massive stars grow old and die, they explode as supernovae, releasing their elements into interstellar space. Thus it has become possible for stars to form with planets and for at least one planet we know of, Earth, to harbor living things.
Given the contents of interstellar space, and process by which stars and planets are born, it seems highly likely that other planets have living things, too.
This intriguing view of spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 was released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESO’s Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust – known as the Thackeray globules – silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula.
Our solar system, and spacecraft, in interstellar space
The sun is our local star. It’s about 870,000 miles (1.4 million km) across, approximately 100 times wider in diameter than our planet Earth. It would take more than 965,000 Earths to fill up the volume of the sun. Earth is one of the smaller planets in our solar system.
A stream of charged particles emanates from the upper layers of the sun’s atmosphere; this stream of particles is known as the solar wind. The sun – and its solar wind – create a kind of cavity that envelopes our entire solar system, known as the heliosphere. The heliosphere is like a balloon, with our sun and planets inside the balloon. Outside the heliosphere is interstellar space.
Neptune, the farthest of our solar system’s major planets, is 30 times the distance from the sun as Earth. We call the distance from Earth to the sun an astronomical unit (AU), so Neptune is at a distance of 30 AU.
The edge of the heliosphere is four times as far, at about 120 AU.
The heliosphere is moving through the space of our Milky Way galaxy. As it moves, the part of the heliosphere that faces the center of our galaxy receives more pressure than the side that faces away, so the heliosphere is stretched out into a teardrop shape.
View larger. | Illustration of the positions of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft – the farthest spacecraft from Earth – now both outside of the heliosphere, in interstellar space. Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, or the edge of the heliosphere, in August 2012. Heading in a different direction, Voyager 2 crossed another part of the heliopause in November 2018. The Voyagers revealed that the size of the heliosphere changes. It seems to “breathe” in a way related to the level of the sun’s activity, getting bigger when the sun is active, and shrinking when it’s quiet.
Presumably, every star creates its own bubble around itself. At the edges of all these billions of “heliospheres,” stars leak particles and electromagnetic radiation into space, further feeding the interstellar medium.
Once you have traveled past the inner edge of the heliosphere, there is a region called the termination shock that is like white-water rapids in a stream.
Finally it smooths out and you enter the heliopause, an area where the internal pressure of the sun’s effect balances with the outside pressure of the interstellar medium. It is very still, where you finally enter interstellar space itself.
About that “vacuum” of space …
When we talk about space, we often think of vacuum where there is absolutely nothing for us to breathe. Earth’s atmosphere is quite thick at sea level. It extends well above the International Space Station (ISS), but it is so thin that after a few hundred kilometers, it’s almost as if it isn’t there. Earth’s atmosphere may finally end around 6,700 miles (10,800 km) above Earth’s surface, or higher, depending on whom you ask.
On Earth at sea level, a cubic centimeter of air has 30,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules in it, or we could say 3 with 19 zeros after it, but for convenience, we write it as 3 times 10^19. So in a volume just a little bit smaller than a normal die, there is an unfathomable amount of molecules.
At Mount Everest’s peak there are is a bit more than 10^18 molecules in the same volume, and, at the altitude of ISS (~350 km or a little over 200 miles up), there are only 1 million (10^6) molecules per cubic centimeter – and the same for the thin atmosphere of the moon.
In comparison, interstellar space only has about 1 atom per cubic centimeter on average, although this number varies from 100,000 to as low as 0.01 depending on if you’re in a molecular cloud or in the space in between the clouds. Either way it’s about as close to an absolute vacuum as you can get (not counting intergalactic space where the number is even lower …).
The layers of Earth’s atmosphere.
Graphic via NOAA.
Bottom line: Interstellar space is the space between the stars in a galaxy. It’s not “empty,” but, overall, it’s as close to an absolute vacuum as you can get. Molecular clouds are places in interstellar space where the material is collected most densely. Within these clouds, new stars and planets are born.
In the Smoky Mountains, thousands of fireflies flash in unison. Researchers want to know how.
It’s a sight to behold: On June evenings in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains National Park, thousands of male fireflies all flash together in near-perfect harmony. These fireflies, also called lightning bugs, flash with a distinct rhythm: a few quick bursts of light followed by a several-second pause, then more bursts. In person, the display looks like a wave of light passing over the hillside.
A team of researchers from University of Colorado Boulder wanted to understand how relatively simple insects manage to coordinate such feats of synchronization.
Their new study, published September 23, 2020, in the peer-reviewedJournal of The Royal Society Interface suggests that, rather than flash according to some innate rhythm, the fireflies observe what their neighbors are doing, then adjust their behavior to match.
View larger. | Stacked photo of fireflies in Tennessee.
To date, scientists have struggled to explain how the fireflies’ synchronization works. University of Colorado researcher Raphaël Sarfati is lead author of the new study. Sarfati said in a statement:
Is it something hardwired in fireflies that makes them want to synchronize? Or is it something more context dependent, maybe based on their environment?
As study co-author Orit Peleg describes it, the firefly display is over almost as soon as it begins. Males belonging to the species Photinus carolinus only flash for about two weeks every June, and then just for a few hours a night. She said:
Studying them is a constant race against time.
Fireflies in the wild
For their research, the team drove to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee in June 2019. There, they set up two 360-degree cameras in a wooded area to map out the locations of the bugs flashing in their vicinity. The group also assembled a pop tent on site and introduced a few fireflies at a time to the isolated environment. Sarfati said:
It was, basically, like we were one of the fireflies in the swarm.
The researchers discovered that the fireflies don’t behave the same way when they’re alone as when they’re in a big group. For example, the team found that a single male firefly alone in the tent would flash without a good sense of rhythm, a few bursts here, a few bursts there. But with more fireflies in the tent, things began to change. Sarfati said:
When you start putting 20 fireflies together, that’s when you start observing what you see in the wild. You’ve got regular bursts of flashes, and they’re all synchronized.
That suggested to the researchers that the fireflies likely aren’t hardwired to flash with a particular pattern. Instead, their light displays seem to be more social. Bugs watch what their neighbors are doing and try to follow along.
The group’s findings, Peleg said, could help researchers learn more about a range of other synchronous behaviors in nature. She said:
This kind of synchrony occurs in many natural systems. The cells in our hearts all flex and contract at the same time. Neurons in our brains also synchronize.
The researchers noted that insect species that their glow to attract mates have found themselves competing for attention with human sources of light. Many species are on the decline around the world because there is more and more light pollution. Peleg said she doesn’t want to see the glow from these insects disappear:
There always was this last half an hour at night where we were tired and sitting in the forest, waiting for the fireflies to stop flashing. It was the most relaxing part of this work.
Bottom line: On summer evenings in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, thousands of fireflies flash in unison. Researchers want to know how they do it.
UFO experts hit out when it emerged a dossier into Britain’s most significant sighting is to be kept secret for another 50 years.
The file is said to contain astonishing colour photographs of a 100ft craft hovering over the village of Calvine in the Scottish Highlands in 1990.
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A colourised image of the alleged UFO sighting in 1990
A 30-year rule meant it was due to be declassified on January 1 — but the Ministry of Defence has now blocked release until 2072 without explanation.
Photographs were taken by two Perthshire hikers who watched the “diamond-shaped metallic craft” for ten minutes before it shot up vertically out of sight.
They also claimed to see military jets fly a series of low-level passes.
Where the UFO was spotted in the Highlands in 1990
Evidence collected and held on to by officials included the hikers’ six colour snaps.
A redacted version of the file has been released, including just a blurred photocopied image.
UFO investigator Nick Pope helped colourise the image, seen above.
Last night, Mr Pope said: “Despite an extensive investigation, we never found a definitive explanation for what was seen at Calvine.”
A UFO hunter added: “This is all so frustrating. The Calvine Incident is one of the most intriguing of all the UFO mysteries from that period.
“Under the 30-year rule, the file should have been released on January 1 2021, but if the ministry get their way it won’t be released until January 1 2072 — an 82-year closure.
“By the time the world gets to see the file, the two witnesses will be dead. It is crazy. What are the authorities trying to hide?”
The redacted file also omitted the names and contact details of the hikers.
Those who believe the “truth is out there” slogan of TV show The X Files are furious that, without access to those who reported the sightings, it remains impossible to get the full story.
A complaint lodged under the Freedom of Information Act about the National Archives withholding the documents is now under investigation by the UK information watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The National Archives refused to comment further. The MOD refused to comment at all.
Expert's view
By Nick Pope, ex-MOD UFO investigator
TESTS showed the photos hadn’t been faked. They showed a structured craft of unknown origin, unlike any conventional aircraft.
There was no fuselage, no wings, no tail, no engines and no markings of any sort.
Because the photos had been taken in daylight with the surrounding countryside visible, Ministry of Defence boffins could make some calculations about the mystery object’s size.
It turned out to be nearly 100 feet in diameter.
An enlargement of the photos revealed two military jets.
It wasn’t clear if they were escorting the UFO, trying to intercept it, or just there by coincidence.
UFOs are suspected to be carrying alien life on board
Truth-seekers spot 'UFO' being 'followed through sky' by mysterious orbs
Truth-seekers spot 'UFO' being 'followed through sky' by mysterious orbs
A man claims to have captured footage of a UFO being chased by orbs in the skies above Japan and the clip was debated by believers on conspiracy theory YouTube channel The Hidden Underbelly 2.0
Footage of an alleged "UFO" cruising through the skies near a volcano in Japan has sent conspiracy theorists wild, with some claiming it is being chased by smaller craft.
In the clip, recorded at Kagoshima City in Japan, a large bright object appears in the night sky above the urban area, with the silhouette of Sakurajima volcano behind.
As the shiny object zips from the right of the frame to the left, a group of smaller-looking lights that appear to be flying in a triangle formation appear and follow in its wake.
The footage was spotted by Chris M who sent it to the popular YouTube conspiracy theory channel The Hidden Underbelly 2.0 where it had since been viewed more than 1,000 times.
A bright object appears in the sky and is 'persued' by a cluster of other objects(Image: Hidden Underbelly 2.0 / YouTube)
In the caption, he explained: "These objects were seen by the viewers of this live stream that is set up to monitor the Sakurajima volcano."
Unsurprisingly, the clip drew an enthusiastic debate about whether the lights were UFOs or not.
"That's a fantastic capture, definitely one large one and then a smaller group following," commented one believer.
A second conspiracy theorist said: "Mother ship trying to fly away from her baby ships. In all seriousness though, it was very good footage".
"There's always UFO activity near volcanos, like the one in Mexico," wrote another fan.
A fourth viewer, speculating that it might be advanced technology, commented: "The concept that comes to mind when I see these clusters that change back to a singular light or appear to stutter is maybe they move at a frequency that is not native to our perception.
"Certainly wouldn't blow my mind If that were the case."
More cynical viewers claimed the footage was simply "drones" or perhaps a "reflection".
Some of the most sensational UFO accounts are those that revolve around these strange craft coming down to earth. The Dreamy Draw Recreation Area, in the U.S. state of Arizona, is a rugged desert park next to Piestewa Peak, formerly called Squaw Peak Mountain. The area is known for its quaint beauty, hiking and horseback riding trails, and opportunities for all manner of outdoor activities. Looking out over these vistas tales of UFOs and aliens might be the furthest thing from one’s mind, but if the local lore is to be believed this was the site of a very unusual case in which a UFO came crashing down to earth, complete with alien bodies and which according to some is still there somewhere.
The story begins in 1947, in fact not all that long after the more famous alleged UFO crash at Roswell. While the story has changed into slightly different variations over the years, the main lore has it that in October of that year, two men by the names of Silas Newton and “Dr. Gee” witnessed a strange object come thundering down to earth to crash near the mountain, and the curious pair went to investigate. They supposedly arrived to find strange wreckage and the area strewn with several bodies of four-and-a-half-foot tall humanoid creatures with oversized heads, all of them dead. The men purportedly then collected these bodies and stowed them in a meat freezer until they could figure out what to do with them and who to tell. Apparently, they wouldn’t have the chance to tell anyone, as the men were soon after visited by mysterious men in black suits, who whisked the bodies away and told the witnesses in no uncertain terms that they were not to say a word to anyone about what they had seen and found.
Dreamy Draw Recreational Area
After this, the story goes that the government moved into the area with U.S. Army personnel, and not only that, but the Army Corps of Engineers had then went about building the Dreamy Draw dam right over the remains of the fallen spacecraft. It is said that the place didn’t need a dam at all, and the only reason it was built at all was to cover up the evidence of the crash, at least according to the tale. The case is most well-known from the 1950 book Behind the Flying Saucers, by Frank Scully, but there have been numerous people since then who have stepped forward with further information on the otherworldly events. One letter sent into Legends Magazine is from an anonymous sender who has a lot to say about the site, and the letter reads:
I have more to add on the crash at dreamy draw. I’ve been hiking there for years and have noticed the bizarre features at the water retention site – built by the U.S. Army corps, – the dam area – which is off limits to all, has an “excessive” amount of posted signs – threatening 5yrs/$10,000 fine every 50 ft, there is also electronic monitoring of the “vault” – which is more like a concrete “bunker”- from WWII, this pillbox is located at the low point inside the “fake” retention area. Firstly, I’ve never seen any water there, for its location is not where watershed from squaw-peak mtn could be trapped. Why is it there? Behind a huge iron door inside the bunker, [I believe] grants entry to inside the vault to monitor / keep secure what is entombed within the dam structure itself. There is a spillway on the outside of dam – you can’t get near it – but its fake, made to look functional. Most of all, I know how un-thorough the government has been with crash site clean-up, maybe they couldn’t get everything – just west of secure area, there’s a hill with a rocky out-cropping and underneath in the shady areas, mold is growing – abnormally diverse and thick, shouldn’t even be there, I’ve counted 5 types/colors, its bizarre – nowhere on that mountain/trails, have I seen moss/fungus so pronounced.
Closer looking around the outcrop, I noticed the rocks in places, looked more like metal than rocks, silverish – some kind of liquid had made contact and dripped down inside the crevices, I pulled some of the rocks from the fissures and found it more abundant as it had clotted up in places. It looked organic, but nothing you could identify it with, this stuff now dried up was obviously a liquid at one time, must have been like soup, thicker than water – in the way it pooled down in the cracks of rock. The dried-goo was opaque/pearl green and I noticed it had reacted different to various rock types, the soft sandstone shale it bonded with/ dried on top, the harder quartz looked like a corrosive had made contact and pitted/dissolved areas like acid, this didn’t make much sense
I selected some of the more “choice” examples and decided to hike back to the truck with them – cradled in my right forearm. I placed them on a floor matte in the truck-bed & drove home. Driving down the freeway I started rubbed my arm-not thinking about it like a tickle/itch, after doing this for some time I said to myself – “what is it” like a insect bite or something, realizing those rocks had rested there for approx 10 min hiking back, it was like cleaning your battery posts and making contact with the acid on your elbow or something- there was a welt there and so I washed it in the kitchen sink, but then decided to shower, it vanished quickly. A few days later, “the rocks”- disappeared from the side of my house, I later found my girlfriend had put them out in the yard as landscaping decor – adding they looked cool there, and liked the “weird colors”. I only go hiking on the weekends, but haven’t been in a few weeks – its been hot! I been to the out cropping 4 times and every time I return, I’ve noticed something more to add to the story.
What is going on here and is this person for real? There have also been reports of people in the area of the dam reporting strange phenomena such as sudden spells of dizziness or inexplicable panic attacks, as well as those who claim to hear an inexplicable humming in the area. One witness calling himself Trevor Freeman has said of his own experience with this to Weird Arizona:
So I went to check this place out after school. It’s Monday afternoon, hardly anybody is around. I’m pedaling around on my bike and I find the dam. It’s fenced off pretty well and there are LOTS of No Trespassing signs everywhere. Pretty high security for an earthen dam with no water behind it! I take some pictures, look around, and I see the outfall of the dam buried in the bushes. I ride around to the other side and hike down into the low area. There’s a large concrete box with a fence on 3 sides. As I am getting down towards the bottom, I hear this steady, low-pitched humming noise. I can’t figure out what it is! Is there really a UFO buried beneath this thing? As I glance around to see if anyone’s watching, a plane crosses the sky. The place is not TOO far from the airport, but it’s still close enough to hear jets taking off. That’s probably what I heard. The lesson is that you’ll never realize how much weird stuff is out there until you start looking!
It is all very intriguing, and the idea that a UFO crashed here and was covered up by a dam really stirs the imagination, but there are definitely cracks in the tale. One is that the supposed UFO crash doesn’t seem to have ever been covered by any actual news agency at the time. Everything we know about it comes from unverifiable accounts, secondhand reports, and rumors, as well as brief mentions in Scully’s book Beyond Flying Saucers, as well as Timothy Good’s 1987 book Above Top Secret, and little else. Also a rather glaring hole in the story is that it seems that the dam was actually not built until 1973, which seems to put to rest the allegations that it was made to cover up a 1947 UFO crash. UFO researcher and journalist Alejandro Rojas has dug into the case by visiting the area and poking around, and he has come away frustrated, saying:
What I sought to do is figure out what happened at Dreamy Draw… all I could find is there were rumors, there was a witness who claimed to have seen something happen either in Cave Creek or Paradise Valley or Dreamy Draw. Unfortunately, before I could speak to this witness directly he passed away.
Yet the conspiracy theories and reports remain, and there are even those who insist that the dam was not built in 1973, but rather much earlier, with the date of construction itself said to have been altered in order to aid the cover-up. The same goes for newspaper reports, with it being suggested that the same mysterious men in black who visited the original witnesses also went about silencing any news stories that might appear. It has also been pointed out that the whole Dreamy Draw Dam area is very locked up and plastered with no trespassing signs beyond what one would expect for a dam. Is there anything to this story, or is it merely a piece of UFO urban legend? We may never know for sure, and although this is most likely a tall tale, it has still managed to enter the lore of UFO crashes.
Multiple Russian media sources have released shocking reports and photographs of a huge butterfly the size of a bird found living and seemingly thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – one of the most dangerous and radioactive places on Earth. Should the brave souls attempting to move back to their homes near the failed reactor get some bigger nets?
How big is too big for a butterfly?
“A butterfly with a wingspan the size of small bird was spotted in the Chernobyl exclusion zone by employees of the region’s Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, who reported the encounter on the organization’s Facebook page.”
While thousands of people have died or been affected by the radiation released during and after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 1986, scientists monitoring the exclusion zone around the remains of the plant – a “zone of alienation” extending 30 km (19 mi) in all directions from the plant where maintenance workers can only stay for five hours a day – say it has become a radioactive nature preserve where flora and fauna have survived and in many cases thrived due to the lack of humans. One group that did not is insects. Virtually all invertebrates disappeared from the exclusion zone, causing some animals and birds to look for other food or move. That’s why the bird-sized butterfly spotted in the area recently had people both excited about its existence but concerned about its seemingly mutant size. (See the photos here — those in the image at the top are not the ones in Chernobyl.) Fortunately, entomologists jumped in quickly with an explanation.
“The office of the science department visited an unexpected guest – a rare butterfly Blue Ribbon (Catocala fraxini). He’s still called the blue order tape. The butterfly is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine (vulnerable species)
This insect is one of the largest representatives of butterflies living in Ukraine and in general in Europe. The length of his front wing can reach 45 mm and the wingspan in flight is up to 110 mm. Butterfly is nice in flight.
Blue tape – active at night, flies to the light. You can see the scientists ′′ on the light “. When the rain stops, the butterfly will be moved to its favorite tree – poplars.”
The Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve issued a statement on social media identifying the butterfly as known a blue underwing (Catocala fraxini). With wings extending to 4.33 inches in flight, blue underwings are often mistaken for birds in areas where they still live. A species whose territory once covered Europe, it is now nearly extinct in the UK and a threatened species in Ukraine.
Should those working in Chernobyl protect themselves from these huge butterflies?
Why, when other insect species stay away from the exclusion area, has this monster butterfly returned? While it may look like a normal blue underwing, the researchers don’t know if it has been negatively affected or even mutated by the radiation. Insects initially disappeared from around the 2011 Fukushima disaster area in Japan, but butterflies have since returned and show signs of abnormalities. In particular, pale grass blue butterflies are smaller, grow more slowly and have higher mortality rates than before. Occurring almost 30 years later and with much more free and open media reporting on it, more is known about the effects of that disaster than Chernobyl, which still suffers from government secrecy.
The scientists at Chernobyl and Fukushima say they’re studying the radiation damage on wildlife to better prepare for future disasters. That’s not comforting at all. While it may be exciting to them that a huge bird-sized butterfly can live in a radioactive area, there’s still plenty of dead canaries in this coal mine.
UFO encounters happen all over the world, to all types of people, and some of these are stranger than others. Our tale here revolves around a humble factory worker by the name of Bruno Facchini, in the town of Varese, of northern Italy, about 55 km north of Milan. He was known locally as a good, honest, hardworking man who never made trouble and was not prone to tall tales, yet on April 24, 1950 he would gain quite the tale to tell. On this evening there was a serious thunderstorm, and so when it passed he stepped outside during his shift at work to check for any damage that might have been caused by the storm. When he got outside the storm had mostly moved off to become flickers on the dark horizon and some low grumblings from the thunder, but while the storm was gone something altogether odder was in its place. And so would begin one of the strangest UFO cases in Italian history.
Bruno Facchini
He says that he saw there not too far away a strange flickering glow or sparkle, which he at first took to be a damaged power transformer, but as he drew closer to investigate it turned out to be altogether weirder. He approached to see a somewhat circular, glowing object with a flattened top that sparkled and looked like a “crushed ball,” and as he approached even nearer, he could see that the object was “squared by vertical and horizontal stripes, placed at regular intervals.” On the top of the outlandish object was a greenish glow, and even more bizarre was that there was a rectangular open on the bottom of the craft, and a ladder that seemed to have dropped down from it. Bathed in the eerie glow of the object were several small figures, as well as another at the top of the ladder, all of them wearing what looked like grey diving suits of some kind, complete with helmets, masks, and tubes. He says that the two beings outside seemed to have been engaged with welding something on the bottom of their ship.
Facchini Incident Artist’s Impression
At first, he had the impression that these were human pilots who had crashed and were in trouble, and he says of what happened:
Next to a power line pole I saw a huge, round shape. From the illuminated disc, a ladder came down. A door opened. I could see inside the UFO, because a light diffused inside, there was another ladder leading to a higher level of the craft; on the walls, there were bottles connected together in rows and between them I could notice that there were gauges and tubes. In the middle [of the shape] there was a small ladder, lightened by a green light. Almost immediately, I understood that the light came from some sort of lamp handled by a standing man who seemed to be engaged in welding. He wore something like a diving suit and a mask. Driven by curiosity, I went closer, and I saw two other people, with the same clothing, moving slowly around the craft – I guessed that their diving suit was heavy and slowed down their movements. The craft, lighted by the welding tool, cast metallic reflections back.
I offered to help, but the only answer I received were some guttural sounds that were not understandable. I wondered what their intentions were. I had the feeling they were inviting me aboard. Suddenly I heard an uproar, like the amplified buzz of a bee, or a huge power generator. I saw another ladder in the interior of the craft, and all around, tubes, cylinders, and gauges. I understood that this was not a plane, and I was seized by panic, I started to run away. I was not so close anymore when I turned my head back. I saw one of the men raise some sort of apparatus he carried at his side and beam a ray of light in my direction. I started to run again, but immediately, I felt as if I was cut in two parts by some cutting tool or by a jet of compressed air and I fell flat. I kept running, but at the same time I had the impression of being reached by a blunt force or to be more precise, by a powerful jet of compressed air, and I fell to the ground, more than right on the edge of one of the border stones that bounded the fields.
They seemed not to be interested in my anymore. I am convinced they only wanted to scare me and had no intention to do anything wrong to me. They were busy in removing the scaffold and withdrawing the ladder. Then the door closed. All the lights went out. And the buzzing sound continued. Suddenly the sound became louder. The craft took off, gained speed and disappeared.
He now knew that these were no human pilots, and he was filled with horror and panic, and when he looked back, he could see the strange beings board their ship, which then shot up into the sky with tremendous speed and that buzzing sound that sounded like an angry beehive. The whole ordeal left him shaken and confused, and the following morning he went to the police to tell his far-out story. The skeptical officers who went to the scene were surprised to find large patches of burnt ground, as well as strange indentations and what seemed to be circular footprints of some type. There were additionally found shards of a strange, green metallic substance, which would later be analyzed to find that they were a sort of heat-resistant, “anti-friction” material composed of 74% copper, 19% tin, traces of Silver, Aluminum and Magnesium, and other trace elements, as well as some sort of unidentified lubricant.
Making this all even odder than it already is, around a week after his bizarre encounter, Facchini says that he began to have certain unusual physical symptoms, which he connected with the incident. He claimed that his back had become bruised and turned a sickly yellow, precisely where the beam had hit him, and he also complained of mysterious headaches and bouts of dizziness and nausea. A visit to the doctor would also supposedly turn up a strange black mark where the beam had hit. When he had an interview about his experiences in 1981, he claimed that he was still suffering from lingering physical effects such as headaches and inexplicable hot flashes and fevers, as well as profound psychological trauma. He has never backed down from his story, but we are left to wonder what happened to him. Was any of this real at all, or is it a delusion? With no hard evidence and those metal shards having since disappeared we are left to speculate, and it remains a very strange case with no concrete answers.
Most people who have an interest in UFOs will know how the controversial Majestic 12 documents surfaced. December 11, 1984 was a date destined to become infamous in the field of Ufology. On that day, a man named Jaime Shandera, who was a television producer at the time, received in the mail a thick, manila envelope. It was postmarked Albuquerque, New Mexico and lacked a return address. At the time, Shandera was working closely with Bill Moore – a writer who had spent a lot of time trying to uncover the true story of the Roswell “UFO crash” of July 1947. Greg Bishop says in his 2005 book Project Beta: “two more envelopes were inside, each enclosed within the next like Russian dolls.” Bishop added: “From the third one, a 35mm roll of film rolled out of a black canister. When developed, the black-and-white film revealed two sequences of eight pictures each – pictures of something that would pass into history as the notorious ‘MJ-12 document’ or ‘Presidential Briefing Papers.'” Those papers appeared to be nothing less than decades-old, highly-classified papers on a Top Secret program of the U.S. government. Those same papers revolved around crashed saucers, dead aliens, autopsies of extraterrestrial creatures, and a secret agency/think-tank known as Majestic 12. For the next few years, Moore and Shandera dug deep into the Majestic 12 papers. And, in 1987, they went public with the papers. The controversy began. And, more than thirty years later, those documents are still talked about. But, here’s the most important question of all: what was it that led Shandera and Moore to receive that roll of film? To answer that important question, we have to go back a few years earlier. That’s when it all really started.
In September 1980 – while promoting his newly-published book (with Charles Berlitz) The Roswell Incident – Moore took part in a number of radio-based interviews around the United States. At the end of one such interview, a secretary told Moore there was someone on the line who wanted to speak privately with Moore. The voice at the other end belonged to a colonel who was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, which is located in Sarpy County, Nebraska. The man said to Moore: “We think you’re the only one we’ve heard that seems to know what he’s talking about.” The colonel desired a meeting. And soon, too. Moore scribbled down the colonel’s number, promising to get back in touch as soon as possible. The proactive colonel didn’t wait for Moore to reach him, however. Instead, he contacted Moore – for a second time. Once again, the man trotted out those same sixteen words: “We think you’re the only one we’ve heard that seems to know what he’s talking about.” By now, Moore was more than intrigued. A meeting was quickly arranged. The pair was to rendezvous in an Albuquerque restaurant, one which was on Moore’s journey home, for good food and – hopefully – enlightening conversation. The mysterious informant was described by Moore as being elderly and gaunt. Greg Bishop said the man had a “hint of an Eastern European accent.” From that day on, the wizened old man would become known to Moore as the “Falcon.”
Greg Bishop says that, “…[Moore’s] new acquaintance told [him] that he represented a group of intelligence agents in the U.S. Government who were tired of the secrecy surrounding the UFO subject and were eager to release more accurate information to the public. They wanted to do this through a reputable researcher. He would be given small bites of the story over time, and could do with it as he wished. Would Moore be interested in participating in such a program?” Yes, Moore was interested. Very much so. But, there was the matter of a certain unholy alliance that Moore knew he would have to enter into; like it or not. He knew that if he didn’t play the game, then his chance of getting to the heart of what Uncle Sam knew of UFOs and aliens – dead, alive or even both – would irreversibly slip out of his grip. So, Moore agreed to do whatever had to be done. Everything soon took off. In the early 1980s, Moore found himself periodically on the receiving end of instructions to travel to certain locations around the United States, where he would meet with anonymous, insider-type characters, including, yet again, the Falcon.
On each occasion, seemingly highly-classified material on UFOs was handed over to Moore – always in manila envelopes and in various, widespread places. Those locations included a motel-room in upstate New York, and a certain building in the heart of Los Angeles, California. On one occasion, in April 1983, a friend of Moore, Nic Magnuson, picked up a collection of documents for Moore at Seattle, Washington’s Sea-Tac International Airport. The handover was made by “a short, elderly, balding man” who gave to Magnuson a newspaper that contained hidden within its pages one of those priceless manila envelopes. The collective documentation referred to such enigmas as “Project Aquarius,” “MJ12 [an alternative term for Majestic 12],” “communications with aliens,” even to decisions taken by elite figures in the domain of intelligence-gathering to keep the White House firmly out of the ufological loop. A secret that was so astounding that not even the president of the United States could be told the truth? Possibly, yes.
For Moore there was very little doubt the papers amounted to absolute dynamite. If they were true, that is. That was the biggest issue of all: were they genuine? Or, was Moore being used by people in the intelligence community; manipulative characters who were trying to push Moore away from his significant Roswell research and further down a pathway filled with questionable document upon questionable document? The questions were valid ones. It would not be long at all before Jaime Shandera would receive the Majestic 12 documents that caused so much controversy – and for so many years.
Security Camera Catches Strange Lights Los Angeles, California Oct 5, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Security Camera Catches Strange Lights Los Angeles, California Oct 5, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 5, 2020
Location of sighting: Los Angeles, California, USA
Source: MUFON #111767
I went over this video carefully and noticed that at first it appears to be a drone with four lights...but as the lights divided into two sets...quickly realized I was wrong. The objects seem to move as one mostly, but then divide up as they leave. Very strange, very confusing and the size, shape, pattern of movement all point to small alien drones.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I put up Wyze cameras in the back porch in June and started to get many orbs flying around my back porch. I showed serval friends who are in paranormal and we have come to the conclusion that this could be gate way to inter-dimensional beings. I have been catching the orbs and objects on a weekly baes. I know infrared cameras catch things that the human eye can't see.
Two UFO Over Okinawa, Japan Cause Girl To Burst Into Tears! Oct 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Two UFO Over Okinawa, Japan Cause Girl To Burst Into Tears! Oct 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 2020
Location of sighting: Okinawa, Japan
This is an interesting raw video of a little girl at home by herself and she is recording two glowing UFOs in the distance. She is speaking Chinese, which is one of the languages of Okinawa. Chinese, English and Japanese are dominate there. The little girl is sending texts on here photo or iPad while recording the UFOs. She says I see UFOs. They just know they are not airplanes. Those are UFOs. And she breaks into tears half way through the video. Perhaps movies or TV shows have put a bad picture in the girls head and her fears outweigh here curiosity. Nevertheless...she stays strong...and keeps recording as she sends vocal messages to someone. These do look like UFOs. I see no signs of them being aircraft.
White UFO Fleet Passes Over London Sept 19, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White UFO Fleet Passes Over London Sept 19, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 19, 2020
Location of sighting: London, UK
This eyewitness was very excited to capture his first ever UFO sighting in London. The eyewitness noticed many flying spheres glowing white passing in the sky above. One sphere passed over the rooftop of a building nearby. Absolutely fantastic raw video and 100% proof that aliens exist. Too big to be satellites and much too fast. No flashing lights and too slow to be planes. Wow, just incredible capture.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
I have been a sceptical believer in ufos or other life out there for quite some time now but this is the first I have ever seen with my own two eyes! It left me stunned and a little scared once I realised they were not lanterns and were moving together in a triangle/diamond formation. They were orange to the naked eye and did not flash or make sound that I could hear so it rules out planes and helicopters. I can not be in Too sure weather they were aliens or the government fooling with us but honestly you had to see it with you eyes to believe it, and if anyone has seen anything like this around the time I did please let me know.
Date of discovery: Oct 10, 2020, but occurred in Jan 29, 2018
Location of sighting: Stromboli, Sicily
Source: Stromboli Volcano Live cams and archives.
Guys, I really thought I was looking at this weeks live cam when I found this UFO exiting the mouth of the volcano. However I realized that I was in the old archives of the cam and the current cam is no longer working. But the UFO was so cool, I just had to make a video of it and share it with you.
The UFO is slightly blurry, as is the mountain surface itself. The UFO is not a bird, because a bird would be much closer and much more focused. This is far back. Its not a plane or helicopter because its size and location would put it in danger from the live volcano. The island was occupied by 500 people as of 2016, but current numbers are less due to its increased activity of the volcano. This is the perfect location for an entrance to an under ground base far below the ocean floor. The UFO itself is about 30-40 meters across. Thats huge. This may be the same underground base linked to the historical 3 decade alien contact case in Rocca Pia, Italy where locals said aliens came up from a city below the castle and chatted with them occasionally. They also said the alien base underground extended far out into the ocean floor area. I believe this Stromboli volcano alien base entrance is connected to the Rocca Pia alien base.
Skywatcher stunned by weird rotating spheres in the sky
Skywatcher stunned by weird rotating spheres in the sky
Askywatcher in Glendora, California recorded a series of strange rotating spheres in the sky. At a certain moment when the orbs stopped, the orb on the left releases some entities.
My wife and I were cleaning the garage when I noticed a light on the foothills that kept getting super bright then disappear. I watched it for about 2 mins or so and went to grab my scope to set up.
I have seen several anomalies in the foothills since August 1st, so that why I purchased a scope. Anyways I set it up and for the first 4 mins or so was to get my scope lined up in the area I saw the light.
When I was able to see the light again under the scope and that's when I got excited and just tried to focus as much as I could on the object. I am 1.3 miles away from Punk out trail in Glendora and my house is right up against a busy road (that's why you hear cars passing by).
Once under my scope I noticed 2 orbs moving through the foothills moving to the left. That's when the 3rd orb appeared and it looked like a triangle formation rotating counter clockwise at it panned left.
When the objects stopped if you pay attention to the orb on the left some entities come out. In the video you see an entity fly out then go back. This happens on other occasion as well. When I zoomed in closer and focused as best as I could the right orb you can see something flickering on the top of it.
When I mention for my wife to call the Glendora PD to see if anything should be up there within that minute the object broke up into red, white and blue lights and looks like the shifted shape and panned left to disappear.
On October 9th I went to the forest rangers in the area to check and see if it is possible for OHV or other vehicle up there. They said it would be very difficult and that's when I showed them the video. They said there is no way for any vehicle to do what is on my video and they were just shocked.
Video starts with the original footage, zoomed in version starts at 5.26 minutes.
UFO Documentary Updates the Debate Through Recent Pentagon Disclosures
UFO Documentary Updates the Debate Through Recent Pentagon Disclosures
The fascination with UFOs is nothing new, but it has gained renewed interest and speculation. Enter “The Phenomenon,” a documentary featuring the former officials that put weight on the notion the government knows much more than it has shared to the public, and the truth is out there.
The most notable names include former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. The Pentagon released videos of UFOs in April, which involved Navy pilots reacting in awe at the objects’ speed.
When asked about the proof that has been kept classified, Reid responded that most of it hadn’t seen the light of day.
Reid has been talking about a Defense Department unit called Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which devoted to looking into UFOs wherein existence hadn’t been acknowledged before the 2017 report in the New York Times.
The documentary director James Fox produced his first UFO documentary in the 1990s and, more recently, directed “I Know What I Saw.” Fox spent years going back and probing reported UFO events through the decades in several places worldwide, including an Australian UFO sighting in the 1960s and a Zimbabwe sighting in 1994.
“The Phenomenon” provides various examples of UFOs moving inexplicable ways and offers insight from notable UFO researchers, including Jacques Vallee, who gave inspiration for the Lacombe character in Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” It includes old interviews with the late astronaut Gordon Cooper, who shared his mysterious sighting in 1951 while flying fighters in Germany. It also features former President Gerald Ford, who expressed his desire for greater transparency regarding the issue while still a congressman.
That documentary and countless other films reflect how extraterrestrial or alien visitors’ prospect remains alternately thrilling and terrifying as invoked through the prism of science fiction. The unknowns still immensely outnumber what can be determined with any certainty, even after observing the skies for decades.
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SOMMIGE PLANETEN ZIJN VEEL GESCHIKTER VOOR LEVEN DAN DE ONZE
SOMMIGE PLANETEN ZIJN VEEL GESCHIKTER VOOR LEVEN DAN DE ONZE
Vivian Lammerse
Maak kennis met de ‘superleefbare’ planeten!
Het klinkt misschien een beetje vreemd, maar onze aarde is niet de meest gunstige planeet voor leven. Er bestaan waarschijnlijk planeten waar de omstandigheden nóg beter zijn. In een nieuwe studie hebben onderzoekers twee dozijn exoplaneten ontmaskerd die mogelijk geschikter voor leven zijn dan de onze. En dit zijn de zogenaamde ‘superleefbare’ planeten.
Kopie van de aarde In de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven op andere planeten, zoeken onderzoekers vaak naar planeten met dezelfde kenmerken als de aarde. Maar de onderzoekers uit de huidige studie beweren dat we misschien helemaal niet moeten zoeken naar een tweelingzusje van onze planeet. “We moeten oppassen dat we niet vastlopen in onze zoektocht naar een tweede aarde,” zegt Schulze-Makuch. “We denken vaak dat wij op de beste planeet wonen. En het klopt inderdaad dat onze aarde over een groot aantal complexe en diverse levensvormen beschikt waarvan veel kunnen overleven in extreme omgevingen. Toch betekent dit niet gelijk dat we ook het beste van alles hebben.” Het betekent dat er mogelijk planeten bestaan waar de omstandigheden voor leven beter zijn dan op onze thuisplaneet. En in het onderzoek beschrijven astronomen de kenmerken van zo’n ‘superleefbare’ planeet. Zo zou deze bijvoorbeeld een stukje ouder, een beetje groter, iets warmer en mogelijk natter zijn dan de aarde. Bovendien zou leven ook makkelijker kunnen gedijen op planeten die rond langzamer veranderende sterren cirkelen met een langere levensduur dan onze zon.
Ster Hoewel de zon het centrum van ons zonnestelsel is, heeft hij een relatief korte levensduur van minder dan 10 miljard jaar. Omdat het bijna 4 miljard jaar heeft geduurd voordat er enige vorm van complex leven op aarde verscheen, zouden veel vergelijkbare sterren zonder brandstof kunnen komen te zitten voordat complex leven de kans krijgt om zich te ontwikkelen. Daarom bestudeerden de astronomen in hun studie ook andere sterren, waaronder K-dwergsterren (zie kader).
Meer over K-sterren Het is niet voor het eerst dat onderzoekers opperen dat er leven op planeten kan voorkomen die rond K-sterren cirkelen. Ook andere wetenschappers hebben datzelfde vermoeden. K-sterren (ook wel oranje dwergsterren genoemd) zijn niet te heet, niet te koel en vooral – in tegenstelling tot rode dwergen; de meest voorkomende sterren in het heelal – niet te gewelddadig. Daarnaast leven oranje dwergen erg lang; ze kunnen wel tussen de 20 miljard en 70 miljard jaar oud worden. Dankzij de lange levensduur is er dus voldoende tijd waarin eventueel leven zich zou kunnen ontwikkelen. Oranje dwergsterren hebben dus eigenlijk eigenschappen die tussen de zeldzamere, meer lichtgevende maar kortlevende G-sterren (sterren zoals onze zon) en rode dwergsterren in zitten.
De onderzoekers beweren dat K-sterren veelbelovende doelwitten zijn in de zoektocht naar superleefbare planeten. Dankzij de lange levensduur heeft een planeet die zich rondom een K-ster bevindt, voldoende tijd waarin eventueel complex leven zoals op aarde zich zou kunnen ontwikkelen. Een planeet moet echter ook niet te oud zijn, zodat zijn geothermische warmte is uitgeput en de beschermende aardmagnetische velden zijn verdwenen. Hoewel onze aarde ongeveer 4,5 miljard jaar oud is, veronderstellen de onderzoekers dat leven zich het beste kan ontwikkelen op een planeet die tussen de 5 miljard en 8 miljard jaar oud is.
Grootte en massa De grootte en de massa van een planeet zijn ook van belang. Een planeet die 10 procent groter is dan de aarde beschikt bijvoorbeeld over meer bewoonbaar land. En een planeet met een massa van ongeveer 1,5 keer die van de aarde heeft naar verwachting een langere inwendige warmteproductie door natuurlijk verval van radioactieve isotopen. Bovendien heeft zo’n planeet waarschijnlijk een sterkere zwaartekracht zodat de atmosfeer gedurende een langere periode behouden blijft.
Water Daarnaast is natuurlijk het voorkomen van water op een superleefbare planeet essentieel. Water is per slot van rekening de sleutel tot leven. De onderzoekers beweren dan ook dat een beetje meer ervan dan op aarde zou helpen, vooral in de vorm van wolken en vochtigheid. Ook een iets hogere temperatuur levert een belangrijke bijdrage. Zo stellen de onderzoekers dat een oppervlaktetemperatuur van ongeveer 5 graden Celsius hoger dan op aarde, samen met extra vocht, betere omstandigheden biedt voor leven om te gedijen. Een goed voorbeeld hiervan zijn tropische regenwouden. Hogere temperaturen en en een hogere luchtvochtigheid dragen hier immers bij aan een grotere biodiversiteit dan in koudere, droge gebieden.
Kandidaat-planeten Dankzij de studie weten we nu beter welke ‘ingrediënten’ samen een superleefbare planeet vormen. De onderzoekers besloten daarom ook meteen een aantal planeten op te sporen die aan de gestelde criteria voldoen. De onderzoekers ontdekten 24 veelbelovende planeten. Deze 24 kanshebbers zijn echter allemaal meer dan 100 lichtjaar van de aarde verwijderd. Bovendien voldoet geen aan alle opgesomde criteria, al beschikt één planeet over vier van de genoemde kenmerken.
Omdat de kandidaat-planeten zich allemaal op geruime afstand van de aarde bevinden, kunnen we er niet zo gemakkelijk een kijkje nemen om de omstandigheden van dichtbij te bekijken. Maar mogelijk zijn de 24 genoemde planeten wel interessant voor de aankomende James Webb-telescoop, de LUVIOR ruimtetelescoop en planetenjager PLATO. “Dankzij de volgende generatie ruimtetelescopen zullen we meer informatie kunnen verzamelen,” zegt Schulze-Makuch. We moeten dus nog even geduld hebben. Maar in ieder geval hebben we nu een aantal goede kandidaten ontmaskerd voor toekomstige onderzoek naar leven.
WIST JE DAT…
…onderzoekers al wel een aantal mogelijk leefbare planeten in het vizier hebben? Bijvoorbeeld de in 2015 rond de rode dwergster ontdekte planeet K2-18b. K2-18b bevindt zich in de leefbare zone, kent een gematigde temperatuur en als klap op de vuurpijl ontdekten onderzoekers vorig jaar september waterdamp in de atmosfeer van de superaarde. En dat leidt tot de opwindende veronderstelling dat deze planeet zomaar eens leven zou kunnen herbergen.
Secret UFO dossier about famous UK sighting restricted from public for another 50 years
The secret file is said to contain incredible colour photographs of the infamous sighting in 1990, where two hitchhikers claim they saw a 100ft craft hovering over Calvine in Scotland
By Jamie Hawkins
Two hitchhikers captured this photo of an alleged UFO in Calvine in 1990
(Image: Cynon Valley Leader)
A secret dossier that details one of Britain's most famous UFO sightings is to be kept secret for another 50 years.
It apparently contains incredible colour photos taken in 1990 that allegedly show a 100ft craft hovering over Calvine in the Scottish Highlands.
Two hikers were walking in the area when suddenly they say they saw a diamond shaped aircraft over the landscape before speeding off into the distance.
The two hikers took pictures of the craft and immediately contacted journalists from the Scottish Daily Record Newspaper.
After viewing their photos, the journalists chose to share both pictures and negatives with the Ministry of Defence.
A 30-year rule meant the file was meant to be declassified in January next year, but the Ministry of Defence has now blocked its release for another 50 years, until 2072.
The UFO dossier cannot be released until 2072(Image: Getty Images)
UFO investigator Nick Pope helped colourise the famous image, and hit out at the MOD's decision to delay the dossier even further.
Another UFO hunter told The Sun : “This is all so frustrating. The Calvine Incident is one of the most intriguing of all the UFO mysteries from that period.
“Under the 30-year rule, the file should have been released on January 1 2021, but if the ministry get their way it won’t be released until January 1 2072 — an 82-year closure.
“By the time the world gets to see the file, the two witnesses will be dead. It is crazy. What are the authorities trying to hide?”
The sighting was one of Britain's most famous(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Gwrych Castle in Abergele, Wales is miles up the coast from Puffin Island, where well-known UFO hunter Russ Kellett believes a spaceship was found in the 1970s.
Mr Kellett believes the spaceship and alien visitors were covered up to avoid panic.
A source told the Daily Star: "The celebs will be braced for horrible trials and wet weather.
Gwrych Castle is supposedly haunted and parts of the building had fallen into disrepair(Image: Daily Post Wales)
"But they could get something far more terrifying – an alien invasion."
Locals of the area have previously claimed that the castle itself is haunted by the potential for an alien sighting will add a whole other dimension to procedings.
"If there are any extra-terrestrial visitors, it will certainly make for good telly," noted the source.
In 1988, a trio of joggers believe they sighted a flying saucer above the village of Dwygyfylchi in North Wales.
This was followed by three separate sightings of what appeared to be an alien spacecraft above Abergele, according to a retired police officer in 1998.
Does the Russian space program know something (or some things) that NASA doesn’t? If recent interviews with cosmonauts are any indication, that answer is a resounding “Da!” – especially if the subject is the existence of life on other planets. First, cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, at the time a crew member on the International Space Station, records five UFOs near the ISS and reports them on Twitter as nonchalantly as he might tweet a photo of his latest freeze-dried space meal. Next, Russian astrobiologists report the discovery of phosphine in the upper atmosphere of Venus – a strong indicator of the presence of life. This is followed by cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, in an interview discussing his preparation to becoming an ISS crew member, revealing that cosmonauts are trained on how to communicate with any space aliens they encounter.
And now, there’s this:
“Therefore, when the human being reaches Mars, then he will probably find some life, very similar to the Terran, but already more adapted to the conditions of Mars.”
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev
In an interview with Sputnik News, Oleg Artemyev explained why he believes humans will encounter life forms on Mars similar to those on Terra (Earth). Artemyev is an experienced cosmonaut – he’s spent 356 days in space as a flight engineer on Expeditions 39 and 40 to the International Space Station (including three spacewalks) and was the Commander of Soyuz MS-08. While it doesn’t appear he himself has encountered aliens in space or on Earth, Artemyev is confident that his counterparts will when they get to Mars. What makes him so certain?
“I believe that in fact there is already life on Mars and that it is very likely that we have already introduced it. Since all those vehicles, rovers and stations that reached Mars – however much we have processed, cleaned or quarantined them – still so in some hidden place they brought with them the simplest microorganisms.”
Oleg Artemyev is a realist – there’s no way any spaceship, no matter how well they’re sanitized on Earth, can leave the planet without microbes in and on it. The Soviet Union/Russia has been flying by or orbiting Mars since the 1960, landing on it with probes since 1971. The United States as gone further and put rovers on the planet since the 1990s, spreading the microbes around. The ISS missions have proven that microbes and tardigrades (those cute ‘water bear’ micro-animals can survive and thrive outside of the station. All Artemyev is doing is connecting some obvious dots and drawing a conclusion … when humans set foot on Mars, they stand a good chance for finding creatures from Earth living and possibly thriving there, albeit not in the form they had when they left due to the vastly different conditions on the Red Planet.
Is Oleg Artemyev right … or at least on the right track? The best argument against his reverse-panspermia theory is that Mars’ environment and the trip there would be just too much to allow even a microbe to survive. That’s not much of an argument, considering the concern NASA, Roscosmos and other space programs have over cleaning their spacecrafts – especially after they return to Earth.
Here’s another question – if humans find the descendants of Earth life on Mars, will it be happy to see us? Beg us to take them home? Or will the message cartoonist Walt Kelly made famous in his Pogo comic strip reign true on Mars as it still does on Earth?
An Albuquerque, New Mexico physicist who died in 2003, Paul Bennewitz spent a significant amount of time digging into U.S. Air Force- and National Security Agency-based top secret projects which, from the late-seventies to the early-eighties, were housed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Bennewitz wrongly believed those projects were connected to the activities of sinister extraterrestrials. The aliens soared across the skies above Kirtland AFB by star-filled, moonlit nights, demonstrating their extraterrestrial invulnerability and power, Bennewitz concluded. It’s hardly surprising that, for years, Bennewitz was put under deep surveillance by the U.S. military and a numbers of intelligence services. He was, as a consequence of his digging, bombarded by the murky world of officialdom with a mass of disinformation and faked UFO-driven stories in order to divert him from his research. It worked. In fact, and to Bennewitz’s eternal cost, it worked just too damned well. By the mid-eighties, he was heading for complete mental disintegration.
The intelligence community cared not a bit that Bennewitz thought their secret operations were UFO-related – precisely because the UFO connection was one of Bennewitz’s very own making. There was, however, deep concern on the part of the world of officialdom that by digging into classified activities at Kirtland in search of UFOs, Bennewitz just might inadvertently reveal – to the spies of the Soviet Union, in a worst-case scenario – information and technology that had to be kept secret at all costs, even if those costs included Bennewitz’s own sanity and health. Which, ultimately, they did. And, so, a grim and undeniably bizarre plan was put into place. U.S. agents learned the essential parts of Bennewitz’s theories from the man himself, by actually breaking into his home while he was out and checking his files and research notes.
Bennewitz’s beliefs were astounding and controversial: aliens were mutilating cattle as part of some weird genetic experiment. The E.T.s were abducting American citizens and implanting them with small devices for purposes disturbingly unknown. Those same aliens were living deep underground in a secure fortress below the Archuleta Mesa at Dulce, New Mexico. And everyone was soon going to be in deep and dire trouble as a direct result of the presence of this brewing, intergalactic threat. So, the intelligence community gave Bennewitz precisely what he was looking for: confirmation that his theories were all true, and more. It’s important to note, though, that this was all just a carefully-planned ruse to bombard Bennewitz with so much faked UFO data in the hope that it would steer him away from the classified military projects of a specifically non-UFO nature that he had uncovered. And, sure enough, it all worked very well. For the government. Far less so for Bennewitz.
When Bennewitz received conformation (albeit carefully controlled and utterly fabricated confirmation) that, yes, he had stumbled upon the horrible truth and that, yes, there really was an alien base deep below Dulce, the actions of the Intelligence community had the desired effect: Bennewitz became increasingly paranoid and unstable, and he began looking away from Kirtland (the hub of the down-to-earth secrets of the NSA and the Air Force that had to be kept) and harmlessly towards the vicinity of Dulce, where his actions, research, and theories could be carefully controlled and manipulated by the government. At this time American Intelligence brought Bill Moore into the secret scheme and asked him to keep them informed of how well – from their perspective – the disinformation operations against Bennewitz were working. They worked all too well. Bennewitz had a breakdown, required treatment, and from then on pretty much walked away from the world of UFOs, aliens, cattle mutilations and the rest of the controversy. The plot to destabilize Bennewitz achieved its goal.
Antarctica Bombshell! Melting Ice Reveals Undeniable 60ft Wide Disc Stuck in the Ground! "Ancient Craft?"
Antarctica Bombshell! Melting Ice Reveals Undeniable 60ft Wide Disc Stuck in the Ground! "Ancient Craft?"
Melting Ice Reveals Undeniable 60ft Wide Disc Stuck in the Ground of Antarctica! “Ancient Craft?”
* This video is simply my opinion of this observation in Antarctica sent to me by a man named Chuck W. This is the way I interpret what I see here, if you don’t agree with my interpretation that is your choice.
This is the first time I have seen this area and do believe based off of my experience there is indeed a solid object here, not water. That is my opinion, thats all…you may go to the coordinates yourself and make your own assessment. I find this very fascinating. Thanks
Anunnaki Burial Site Discovered... It's Incredible, 285,000 Years Old!
Anunnaki Burial Site Discovered... It's Incredible, 285,000 Years Old!
You’re probably likely to ask yourself how anyone could possibly know the date of ancient ruins. Well, since carbon dating wasn’t going to work in this circumstance considering that the stone would obviously be much older than the site itself.
Researcher Michael Telliger had to use a different method of reading layers that take thousands of years to naturally form on the exposed rock. So where the rocks were placed together, no layer would form and that’s how they were able to come up with the number of 285,000. A site said to have association with the Anunnaki.
Michael Tellinger is a South African author, politician, explorer and founder of the Ubuntu Party which supports the supply of free resources across society. He has led a campaign against banks and central banks. He is also a promoter of pseudoarchaeology influenced by Zecharia Sitchin’s ideas of ancient astronauts. Wikipedia
I found an angelic UFO shooting past our sun this week. A solar explosion began on the right side of our sun and this alien craft also noticed it, because it shot straight for it at incredible speed. The craft must be feeding off of the solar matter in order to survive. Yes you heard me right, this object might be a living animal. Huge of course, but living and needs food. Yet it could also be a ship that is harvesting materials that are normally deep within the sun, but get shot out periodically. So many things right here in our own solar system happening involving other life forms. We need NASA to stop hiding the truth and start telling us the truth.
Black Disk Seen Near Military Radar Plane, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oct 9, 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Black Disk Seen Near Military Radar Plane, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oct 9, 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 9, 2020
Location of sighting: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Source: MUFON #111757
A person caught a black disk on their phone this week when taking photos of a Awacs radar plane. The disk is huge and was moving very fast, because it was only in a single photo during a burst. This is 100% proof that aliens are interested in US military technology.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
was taking photos of an AWACS plane that was flying over my house Captured object in "live action photo: on my I Phone. The picture also has the 1.5 seconds before the actual photo was taken. However I don't know if this function is included when sharing the photo or if its just the still photo. I have 4 pictures the object is only in the first. When the live action photo is played on the IPhone the object is moving very very fast from East to West in the Northern sky.
Archeologists discover ancient Crystal Radio Transmitter inside unearthed stone turtle
Archeologists discover ancient Crystal Radio Transmitter inside unearthed stone turtle
Archeologists have unearthed some very strange things in an ancient Hindu temple called Sra Srang in Cambodia and this is ground breaking because it changes everything we know about ancient statues and temples.
This looks like just a stone turtle right? But when they when they tapped on this, its shell began cracking on top, and the crack developed into a nice little rectangle.
PraveenMohan got the footage of how archeologists slowly inserted a sharp blade into the crack, and then started to move the blade all around the crack, and made the crack bigger, and then they opened this stone statue like a container. Inside, is a large rectangular hole, which had a strange gel like substance, almost like wet silica gel.
PraveenMohan: You can see how archeologists are taking a small sample out of this, and are trying to figure out what it is. What is this gel? And why has this been safely placed into this stone container, and why was it buried in the temple premises?
Experts confirm that this is at least 1,000 years old, but it could be much older.
But archeologists have found something even more strange, they found another stone turtle, which was also buried in dirt. And they were able to open that also, it had a triangle shaped lid on its shell. And what they found inside is shocking. They found neatly polished crystal quartz stones.
And they found hundreds of neatly polished crystal quartz stones buried on site. I mean look, this is the original footage from the excavation site, the crystals fill up 2 plastic bags, and this is how they look after lying in the dirt and marsh for 1000 years, imagine how they would have looked when they were cut back then.
As soon as these were found, locals started to come in and pray in large numbers, because they felt a strange energy radiating from them. Cambodians are very spiritual people and they performed all sorts of rituals on these artifacts and crystals.
But is this just spiritual energy radiating from them, or is there science behind all this? I mean why did ancient builders cut hundreds of crystal quartz stones, polish them, and safeguard them?
Today, we use the same material in semiconductors for transistors, integrated circuits, the first radio communication devices we used were made purely using crystal quartz. Is it possible that the ancient builders were using some type of a radio communication device?
But inside the turtle container they also found something even more strange. They found thin bronze wires. Archeologists are baffled by this and they just dismiss it by saying these were just threads used for religious purposes. No Hindu or Buddhist ritual ever uses bronze threads, this is unheard of.
These are bronze wires and ancient builders were using it for some other reason. Bronze is not a metal, it is an alloy made of multiple metals like copper and tin, and ancient builders made them into thin wires. What else could possibly be the use of these bronze wires, other than some type of electric or electronic purpose?
Is it just a coincidence that they found crystal quartz and bronze wires side by side? Look at the crystal radio sets we used some decades ago, these were simple devices made with wires and crystal quartz. I mean the only thing missing is an antenna, and they could make a crystal radio device with these items and start receiving signals.
The archeologists also found strange very high quality metal objects which show almost no deterioration. In spite of being buried for such a long time, they had no trace of rust or decay. Is it possible that these high quality metal rods with three prongs sticking into the air, were used as antennas used for radio communication in ancient times?
The International Space Station is the largest man-made construction put into space and is said to be used by NASA for specialised scientific research, but with so many UFO sightings linked to the ISS from astronauts with decades of experience, is there another reason why this platform exists in the first place?
The Great Pyramid: New Theory on God Symbolism and the Hidden Chambers
The Great Pyramid: New Theory on God Symbolism and the Hidden Chambers
e Great Pyramid: New Theory on God Symbolism and the Hidden Chambers
Architecture is language of form, of three dimensional images reflecting the function of a building and the time it was built. At best it demonstrates the builders’ beliefs regarding life and the world around them. One building never ceases to be an object of discussion: Khufu’s pyramid in Egypt.
Many Egyptologists believe the inside was subject to some rather remarkable plan changes. Of the three known chambers: The Subterranean Chamber, The Queen’s Chamber, and theKing’s Chamber , the first two are generally believed to have been abandoned during the building period.
However this article suggests that none of the chambers were abandoned and no change of plans were needed. I must emphasize that I am an architect, not an Egyptologist. My knowledge of ancient Egyptian history is limited. But I do think that understanding of form also matters.
I couldn’t believe that such a colossal building as the Cheops/Khufu pyramid was built in a way that made it subject to plan changes during construction . And suddenly the connection struck! I saw before me a drawing of the pyramid’s chambers and realized that there was a chamber in the ground, one was at the end of a horizontal corridor (in Danish we use a term literally meaning water-level for this) and one had air channels. Could it be as simple as a representation of the four elements?
The pyramid was built several thousand years prior to the Greek theories of the elements but the major gods of the area at the time of Cheops/Khufu were nature gods : the sun god Ra, the air god Shu, the earth god Geb, among others, and I was back on track…The chambers are all formed exactly as they were intended from the start.
Through the symbolism I deduced from the forms and positions of the known chambers, I believe that it is possible to comprehend the principal ideas of the pyramid’s layout. The chambers fit into a system based on the order of the major gods of the area in the 4th dynasty, around 2500 BC. Furthermore the details of the pyramid reveal that there must be another hitherto unknown chamber higher in the pyramid.
The chambers.
(Niels Bjerre Jørgensen)
The place, the priesthood, the gods
Annu is a city some 30 km (18.64 miles) northeast of the great pyramids at Giza. The Bible called it On and the Greeks Heliopolis - city of the Sun. Annu housed a temple and a priesthood which represented the nation’s most influential religion: sun worship.
In Khufu’s time their beliefs and gods were dominant – so these are relevant to the pyramid’s creation. The first five gods of the Heliopolitan creation myth are nature-gods, born in the following sequence:
ATUM who organized the chaotic waters and created the world. At some unknown point in time he merged with the sun god Ra into RA-ATUM
SHU God of Air. The first born child of Atum.
TEFNUT Goddess of Mist and Rain. With Shu she gave birth to the next two:
GEB God of Earth.
NUT Goddess of the starry sky and born last of these gods.
The chambers and elements of the gods.
(Niels Bjerre Jørgensen)
Gods and Chambers in the Pyramid
The three known chambers form obvious links to earth, water, and air, (GEB, TEFNUT and SHU) in their locations. GEB’s chamber’s deep in the ground. TEFNUT’s chamber’s at the end of a horizontal, or water level corridor with a sunken floor, and SHU’s chamber has open air shafts .
Examining the architecture closer expands the concept: there must be five chambers in total. The sun god Ra-Atum and Nut, goddess of the starry sky, also had chambers in their honor. Furthermore, it is possible to deduct their approximate locations from the pyramid’s many details.
Did ancient Egyptians have a belief comparable to the Greek theory? The Heliopolitan creation myth operates with gods who were personifications of what resembles the later Greek elements, but the Egyptians had five elements because it included the starry sky in a way resembling the ‘ether’ of the universe, which Plato is credited for inventing.
The creation myth had it (in almost correct order), and the pyramid’s chambers show it. Earth is the heaviest element and thus at the bottom, water upon it, the air above both, and the fire (sun) even higher. Even higher again: the starry sky.
You may object that water wasn’t Tefnut’s element. Her realm was water in the forms of mist and rain. But actually this makes her forms of water more interesting in a vertical ordering of the elements according to weight because rain is water falling from the air and mist is water rising from earth.
Also to be demonstrated in the interior, the Egyptians distinguished between the location of the fire element itself - the sun - high above the air, and the effect here on earth below the air in the form of burning, lighting, warming fire.
In the later Amarna period (18th dynasty), reliefs depict how the sun’s rays hand over the ankh sign of life to king Akhenaten and his family. We can even see how cut-off flowers seem to regain life in the sunlight. This form of fire is represented by the Great Gallery, which is not a proper chamber, but clearly more than a corridor.
Pharaoh Akhenaten (center) and his family worshiping the Aten, with characteristic rays seen emanating from the solar disk.
The Subterranean chamber measures roughly 8 by 16 meters (26.25 by 52.50 ft.), longest in the east-west direction. In the eastern half a square hole, turned 45 degrees, is dug deep into the bedrock and probably once reached ground water. From the southern wall a small square corridor proceeds a little southwards then ends . In the western half a considerable amount of bedrock is left, giving an unfinished impression.
Many believe that this chamber was originally intended as burial chamber but was abandoned during construction, thus the pile of bedrock. If, however, the chamber follows the order of the elements this is the earth chamber, Geb’s chamber. What better way to demonstrate this than by including bedrock?
A closer look reveals that this actually would have been the burial chamber, if Khufu was buried here at all. It was customary to bury the body in an underground chamber and have an offering chamber above it because it was the earth god Geb who received the body of the deceased. There is even a flat area 2 by 5 meters (6.56 by 16.40 ft.) where it would be possible to assemble a coffin or sarcophagus.
The Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt c. 500 BC (c. 2000 years after Khufu). He wrote that he was told the king lay buried beneath the pyramid on an island in a water-filled chamber, into which the water came through a brick canal - an astonishingly precise description of how the chamber may have looked.
And if you look at the bedrock left in the chamber it’s an ‘island’ onto which the coffin was placed. The vertical shaft probably acted as a well to obtain water. A frame of wood, eventually tightened by clay, would restrain the water from running back. There even is a ledge it could rest on. With the right amount of water it would look as if the water flooded in from the canal in the southern wall, as demonstrated in the drawing below.
Some believe that Herodotus referred to the existence of another subterranean chamber and others say he was misinformed. But as you can see, it is not necessary to search for another chamber. You just have to place a wooden frame in the well and hoist some water up.
The proper name for the Queen’s chamber would be Tefnut’s chamber. Tefnut’s realm is water as the element between the elements earth and air, which is why her chamber is situated below the air god Shu’s chamber but above the earth god Geb’s chamber.
Danish architect Hubert Paulsen has shown that a hexagon can be inscribed onto the Queen’s chamber . When it is, the center of the hexagon will almost exactly be situated in 1/6 of the pyramid’s original altitude of 280 cubits. The hexagon was a known geometric figure to the ancient Egyptians.
In place of a hexagon, it’s also tempting to inscribe a six-pointed star (something that may not have been known at the time of the pyramid’s construction). This is useful to demonstrate my ideas. The symbol consists of two triangles. One pointing up, and the other pointing down suggesting that magic combines what is above with what is below, like the Tefnut element of water. Maybe they did not use this symbol, but it may also explain the reference to a hexagon in Tefnut’s chamber.
Drawings of the chamber with a hexagon or six-pointed star.
(Niels Bjerre Jørgensen)
A little before you enter the chamber the floor drops suddenly one cubit (one cubit measures 52.36 cm/20.61 inches). This is one of the facts that has led many to assume this is another unfinished chamber. But if the ‘missing’ layer of flooring is added to the drawing it doesn’t fit with the hexagon or the star. If instead 21 cm (8.27 inches) of water is added, it fits completely!
The Queen’s or Tefnut’s chamber with the famous niche.
There is a famous mysterious niche in the eastern wall which some say used to hold a statue. Others hoped it concealed an entrance to a hidden chamber and forced their way through the back wall. Nobody realized that the niche itself is the decoration.
You should look at it as negative space - as if it consists of five boxes on top of each other. This way it tells us there are five elements/gods and five chambers in the pyramid. Almost as a confirmation, the niche is placed so that the side wall of the second “box” aligns with the midline of the chamber, seen from east or west. It is also the pyramid’s midline.
To understand the meaning of the ‘boxes’ it’s necessary to look at the side of the second box, the middle element, which align with the pyramids midline.
( Niels Bjerre Jørgensen)
Here in the Queen’s chamber we find another inexplicable construction. The “air shafts” continue high above the chamber and may even have reached the outer surface; but they did not originally open into the chamber. This was done in 1832 by an archaeologist who deduced their existence from the air shafts in the King’s Chamber. The southern shaft, we know now from Gantenbrink’s robot exploration , is blocked high in the pyramid by a stone with remains of copper mounts.
Such copper mounts can hardly have had any other purpose than being for ropes, making the blocking stone a kind of removable cork. If the shafts were permanently closed during the building, they would most likely have used stones without copper mounts. I can imagine several reasons for having the shafts the way they were, but none that fits to theories of an abandoned chamber.
The shafts could be used to demonstrate how water penetrates rock. Their grooves are cut on top of the second layer of stones in the wall and water that was poured down the shafts would probably sieve between the second and third layers and run down the wall to the water on the floor. Or the Gantenbrink cork may have hindered the shaft from being filled with sand.
SHU’s Chamber – AIR (The King’s Chamber)
In this, the highest position of the known chambers, we find open air shafts. It must be SHU’s chamber. In the Book of the Dead , written on the wall of a later king’s pyramid (Pepi II from 6th dynasty), we find:
“O Great Company of the gods who dwell in Annu (Heliopolis), grant that Pepi Nefer-ka- Ra may flourish (literally ‘germinate’), and that his pyramid, his everlasting building, may flourish, even as the name of Temu [ATUM] , the chief of the nine gods, doth flourish. If the name of Shu, the lord of the upper shrine in Annu, flourisheth, then Pepi shall flourish, and his pyramid, his everlasting building, shall flourish! If the name of Tefnut, the lady of the lower shrine in Annu, flourisheth, the name of Pepi shall be established, and this his pyramid shall be established to all eternity! If the name of Seb [GEB] flourisheth at the “homage of the earth”, then the name of Pepi shall flourish, and this his pyramid shall flourish, and this his building shall flourish unto all eternity! If the name of Nut in the House of Shenth in Annu flourisheth, the name of Pepi shall flourish, and this his pyramid shall flourish, and this his building shall flourish unto all eternity!”
This almost contemporary sequence from the Old Kingdom seems to indicate that in Annu shrines for Shu and Tefnut were placed as ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ shrines. Maybe the sequence actually speaks of the Great pyramid and its chambers.
In a country stretching from Nubia to the Mediterranean Sea, it was a minor deviation to describe Khufu’s pyramid as if it actually lay in Annu, or just outside. As the theory of this article points out, the gods of Annu may also have been so closely connected with the pyramid, being a temple honoring them, that they were practically identified with each other. Mentioning Geb’s chamber as “the homage of the earth” is wonderfully poetic, when you remember the way it was staged.
To enter Shu’s chamber you have to pass through The Grand Gallery and the Ante chamber. First, we concentrate on the so-called “construction chambers” directly above the chamber. The generally accepted theory of why these strange layers of stones and in-between spaces were made claims they were made to reduce pressure on the chamber’s ceiling.
The King’s chamber with antechamber and “construction chambers” above it. From J. & M. Edgar: ‘The Great Pyramid Passages and Chambers.’
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But why not increase the space between the layers, if reducing weight was the issue? This is another “Well we cannot think of a better reason” - theory that should never have been accepted. The Queen’s chamber was built first, has no such weight relieving chambers, but still stands in spite of a much bigger pressure, being lower in the pyramid.
We are so accustomed to building for practical purposes that we often forget to consider other reasons. If we assume a symbolic meaning with these small chambers in honor of Shu they suddenly become a logical addition to Shu’s chamber.
There are five cavities, one for each god/element/chamber in the pyramid. Note that these small chambers are defined by having their ceilings made into flat levels. Emphasis on ceiling means linking the chamber in question to the lighter elements, or the gods themselves. Which is why these small chambers quite certainly are symbolic and meant to honor the gods .
The upper cavity has a pointed ceiling seen from east or west. The highest real chamber in the pyramid, belonging to Nut, was probably situated in the pyramid’s peak. Its walls - or its ceiling, if you like - consisted solely of the pyramid’s casing stones, maybe supported by a wooden structure. When an earthquake made the casing stones slide off, Nut’s chamber disappeared.
The three lower cavities have granite sides seen from east or west as well as granite floors and ceilings. So have the three known real chambers. It seems reasonable to connect these three lower cavities to the known chambers. Symbolically the hard granite may represent the physical world - the three elements we live in - earth, water, and air.
This theory of the possible construction method of the Khufu Pyramid is in the second part of this article here.
Top Image: The Pyramid of Cheops illuminated by the sun in backlight, with people entering inside to visit it. The area with the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt. Source: Alfredo /Adobe Stock
Scientists with the European Space Agency say that the Mars Express orbiter has found evidence of three more salty lakes below Mars’ south pole. The discovery comes two years after the first lake was detected in 2018.
At its surface, Mars is a cold, dry, desert world, where the only water appears to be in the form of vapor, ice or frost. But what about deeper down, below the surface, where temperatures are warmer? In 2018, the European Space Agency’s Mars Expressorbiterfound the first evidence for subsurface liquid water on Mars, below the planet’s south polar ice cap. It was an exciting discovery, a lake below the red Martian soil that could, possibly, support life. Now, additional data from Mars Express havw not only confirmed that lake, but found three more smaller lakes in close proximity to the first one, researchers haveannounced.
This newest peer-reviewed discovery was published in Nature Astronomy on September 28, 2020. As described in the abstract:
The detection of liquid water by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) at the base of the south polar layered deposits in Ultimi Scopuli has reinvigorated the debate about the origin and stability of liquid water under present-day Martian conditions. To establish the extent of subglacial water in this region, we acquired new data, achieving extended radar coverage over the study area. Here, we present and discuss the results obtained by a new method of analysis of the complete MARSIS dataset, based on signal processing procedures usually applied to terrestrial polar ice sheets. Our results strengthen the claim of the detection of a liquid water body at Ultimi Scopuli and indicate the presence of other wet areas nearby. We suggest that the waters are hypersaline perchlorate brines, known to form at Martian polar regions and thought to survive for an extended period of time on a geological scale at below-eutectictemperatures.
Subsurface water on Mars! This radar map from Mars Express shows 4 subsurface lakes – 1 big and 3 little, colored blue – beneath the red planet’s south pole. Scientists announced the large central lake in 2018. The 3 newly discovered, smaller lakes surround it.
Image via ESA/ Ars Technica Image via ESA/ Ars Technica.
Elena Pettinelli, a planetary scientist at the University of Rome and one of the paper’s lead co-authors, said in a statement:
We identified the same body of water, but we also found three other bodies of water around the main one. It’s a complex system.
The lake found in 2018 is about 18 miles (30 km) across, and the three new lakes around it are smaller, a few kilometers across each. Altogether these lakes cover an area of about 29,000 square miles (75,000 square km), or about 1/5 the size of Germany.
Since these lakes are deep below ground, how did the scientists detect them?
All four lakes were discovered by Mars Express, which used the MARSIS radar instrument. Just like on Earth, the radar can penetrate rock and ice to show what lies beneath the surface. One of Mars Express’s main tasks has been to search for subsurface ice deposits, which are plentiful on Mars.
Scientists have long thought that there may be subsurface lakes as well, similar to subsurface glacial lakes on Earth, such as Lake Vostok in Antarctica. Even if the temperature wasn’t warm enough, salts in the lakes could keep them liquid, like brines, and that is exactly what scientists think has been found. Pettinelli said:
From a thermal point of view, it has to be salty.
The first and largest lake was identified from 29 radar observations by Mars Express from 2012 to 2015. The new study revealing all four lakes was based on many more observations, 134 in all.
Radar image from Mars Express in 2018 showing the first detected largest lake beneath the south polar ice.
Image via ESA/ NASA/ JPL/ ASI/ Univ. Rome/ R. Orosei et al 2018.
The location of the subsurface lakes near the south polar ice cap.
Scientists are doubtful that there is enough heat below the surface to maintain the lakes in liquid form, so that would mean they must be salty. Could life exist in these lakes? It would depend on just how salty they actually are. On Earth, life can exist in lakes that have up to five times the amount of salt as sea water. But lakes with salt content approaching 20 times are pretty much lifeless. According to Priscu:
There’s not much active life in these briny pools in Antarctica. They’re just pickled. And that might be the case [on Mars].
Pettinelli is a bit more optimistic however, saying:
There may have been a lot of water on Mars. And if there was water, there was the possibility of life.
The new findings support the previous discovery, and the scientists involved seem confident of their conclusions, but there are still some other scientists who are not convinced yet. As Mike Sori, a planetary geophysicist at Purdue University, said:
If the bright material really is liquid water, I think it’s more likely to represent some sort of slush or sludge.
Jack Holt, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, expressed a similar view:
I do not think there are lakes. There is not enough heat flow to support a brine here, even under the ice cap.
Holt is on the science team for the Mars Shallow Radar sounder (SHARAD) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). SHARAD has also been studying Mars’s subsurface, primarily to look for ice deposits.
Elena Pettinelli at the University of Rome, one of the lead co-authors of the new study.
A definitive determination will require further observations. One possibility is the Chinese Tianwen-1 mission, which will reach Mars in February 2021. The mission consists of an orbiter, lander and rover, and the orbiter will be able to conduct radar observations of the Martian subsurface, similar to Mars Express.David Flannery at the Queensland University of Technology said:
Its capabilities are similar to MARSIS and SHARAD.
If the lakes really are liquid water, it’s possible that they are leftover pools from former seas or large lakes that used to exist on Mars’ surface. There is now abundant evidence, including from rovers such as Curiosity and Opportunity, that the Martian surface used to be dotted with numerous lakes, including salty ones. If there are subsurface lakes beneath the south pole (and north pole?), what about at lower latitudes and near the equator? It will be very interesting to see what additional observations reveal.
Bottom line:Scientists in Europe say that the Mars Express orbiter has found evidence of 3 more salty lakes below Mars’ south pole.
Sonar equipment aboard a Loch Ness tour boat picked up an unusual and rather sizeable object in the water that some suspect could be the site's legendary monster. According to alocal media report, the intriguing anomaly was spotted as Ronald Mackenzie of Cruise Loch Ness was leading a small tour of the location last Wednesday afternoon. As his guests were watching a sea eagle flying in the area, the captain looked down and "saw on the sonar something more eye-catching."
In the middle of Loch Ness at a depth of approximately 558 feet was a curious spot on the sonar that, by Mackenzie's estimation, measured around 33 feet in length. After a few seconds, the boat passed over the oddity and, as such, the equipment lost sight of it. Fortunately, the equipment captured a snapshot of the potential underwater sighting which left the ship captain scratching his head. "I’ve been on the loch since I was 16 years old," he said, "and I have never seen anything like it."
Mackenzie went on to stress that "we have real state-of-the-art sonar on the new boat. It doesn't lie. It captures what's there." To that end, a sonar expert who examined the image concluded that it is "100 per cent genuine." As one might imagine, the remarkable sonar return has generated an enthusiastic response from Nessie hunters, including longtime Loch Ness observer Steve Feltham, who described the image as the "most compelling" evidence he's seen over the course of his decades-long search and marveled that "it is extremely exciting."
Amazingly, it would seem that the image has not just captured the imagination of Nessie researchers as, in response to the news, Irish bookmaker Paddy Power announced that they were slashing the odds of the monster being proven to be real this year from 10/1 to 4/1. The company went even further for next year, setting the odds of Nessie being discovered in 2021 at a jaw-dropping 2/1. According to a spokesperson for the company, the newly-adjusted odds are "the shortest price they've ever been" that the legendary monster's existence will be confirmed.
The 'solid and pretty big' sonar contact (circled in red) was picked up by a boat owned by Cruise Loch Ness
Thriving: The mystery creature is likely to feed on trout and eels at the bottom of the loch, which has the largest volume of freshwater in Britain
There was 18 'confirmed,' sightings of the Loch Ness monster last year, but the most iconic image relating to the legend is Robert Wilson's, above, taken in 1934
UFO encounters sometimes seem to happen all of the time, to people all over the place and from all walks of life. Yet the ones that really seem to capture our attention and imaginations are the ones that happen to well-known figures and celebrities. Indeed, in this culture of celebrity these cases tend to absolutely fascinate, and show us that it is not always some nobody out in the sticks who meets up with otherworldly forces. Here we will look at a selection of some very high profile actors and musicians who have allegedly had encounters with UFOs and aliens just as bizarre as anyone else’s.
A very famous actor who has actually garnered quite the reputation for being a complete UFO nut is Canadian actor Dan Aykroyd, of Ghostbusters fame. He’s apparently pretty hardcore into it, and Ackroyd is also known for being rather an expert on the subject. Not only is he intensely interested in the UFO phenomenon, but he has become a sort of champion of pressuring for full disclosure from the government on the truth of the phenomenon, and has just so happened to have had his own sightings on more than one occasion. In a 2015 episode of The HuffPost Show with host Marc Lamont Hill, the topic turned to the strange and he talked candidly about the U.S. Air Force’s UFO alleged cover-up and some details about his own personal UFO sightings. When asked if he truly believed in UFOs, Aykroyd answered:
I do, absolutely, and I’m not alone. I have seen four, and I can’t say that they are alien craft and neither can the Air Force. The Air Force has been very interested in this. They don’t deny the existence of these hyperdynamic, super aerodynamic craft. They don’t deny. Their anguish comes in that they can’t tell you. They want to tell you anything but that they are extraterrestrial. Any excuse at all, even if they are unknown or unsolved. The Air Force cannot just come out and admit that there are extraterrestrial beings far in advanced of our culture that have built these machines. They are very interested in what is going on, but like us, they don’t know. I believe that there are probably many species coming and going and that the Air Force is very interested, but they can’t come out and say. Because then you’re going to go, ‘well wait a minute, the parish priest, the cop on the street, the President — you don’t got the power. They’ve got the power!’ You’d have complete breakdown of society.
On the show, Aykroyd went on to give some further details into his own strange UFO sightings, saying:
Two specifically were definitely aerial constructs of some kind. One of them with a light, and one of them dull gray, and they were structures – one of them going very slow, one of them hovering over me. Then there were the two that my wife and friends and I saw – a high altitude sighting many years ago in Martha’s vineyard. Two flying side by side. They were at about 100,000 feet up, and they were going fast.
Dan Aykroyd
Aykroyd has also gone on and on about UFOs on his Facebook page, often referencing research and books and talking about his conspiratorial ideas about government cover-ups. He actively plugged the 2014 book The FBI-CIA-UFO Connection: The Hidden UFO Activities of USA Intelligence Agencies on his page, which goes over the vast research done on declassified documents by a physicist named Dr. Bruce Maccabee, who spent thirty-six years at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Aykroyd would say in a Facebook post of the book:
Ex-Naval Surface Warfare employee and physicist Dr. Bruce Maccabee has assembled the most extensively and meticulously researched body of documentary evidence ever compiled on the U.S. government’s genuine interest in the UFO phenomena. The USAF has NEVER denied the existence of these super-performance aerodynamic vehicles. The Air Force’s continued anguish over PUBLIC disclosure is not due to the military’s genuinely admitted reality of these machines’ existence but due to the government’s struggle to categorize the phenomena as being ANYTHING but extra planetary in origin.
Another big name actor who has had his own experience is Russel Crowe, who while hanging out with a friend in the suburb of Woolloomooloo, in Sydney, not only saw a UFO, but claims to have actually filmed it. Apparently he and his friend were out watching and photographing fruit bats when they saw two mysterious crimson flashes or streaks floating across the sky. Never mind the mystery of why an A-list Hollywood star was out randomly taking pictures of fruit bats, what was this unidentified object he says he saw? Crowe captured images with his camera and put together a time lapse sequence that seems to show them flying across the sky, and he would later excitedly post the images to his Twitter account with the words “UFO? Time Lapse Photos Outside RC’s Woolloomooloo Office (THESE ARE REAL!)” He would insist that the photos were not due to camera flash or any sort of artifact on the lens or lens flare. A lot of people have been quick to point out that the images are inconclusive and it could all just be a publicity stunt, but Crowe has always alleged that the photos are of actual UFOs.
Russel Crowe
Actor Kurt Russel also had a bizarre encounter while piloting a small plane towards an airport in Phoenix, Arizona. As he approached, he claimed to see a triangular formation of lights not far from his plane. At the time he was with his son Oliver, and they both saw the strange phenomenon and at the time they did not realize what they were seeing. It would not be until years later that Russel was watching a program about UFOs and realized that his sighting had happened during the famous Phoenix Lights mass UFO sighting in 1997. In fact, it is even believed that Kurt Russel was one of the first pilots to call their sighting in. Russel has explained of that night:
We were on approach. I saw six lights over the airport in absolute uniform in a V shape. Oliver said to me – I was just looking at him, I was coming in, we’re maybe a half a mile out – and Oliver said, ‘Pa, what are those lights?’ Then I kind of came out of my reverie and I said, ‘I don’t know what they are,’” Russell recalled, “‘Are we okay here?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna call in,’ and I reported it.
A more obscure actor, at least in this day and age is the great Jackie Gleason, who outdoes these other reports in that he is rumored to have actually seen alien bodies. A lot of younger readers might not recognize the name, but in his day the comedian, actor, and writer Jackie Gleason (1916- 1987) was a legendary icon. Probably best known for his character Ralph Kramden in the hit television series The Honeymooners and his role as Sheriff Buford T. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit series of films, Gleason had a long and storied career, appearing in countless movies and TV shows in the 1950s and 60s, including his own The Jackie Gleason Show, also launching a successful music career, and he was a very famous and well-known stalwart of the entertainment industry and a household name. Behind the scenes, though, he had an array of unconventional hobbies that many people did not really know about and which he tried as much as possible to keep out of the public eye.
Jackie Gleason
You see, Jackie Gleason was a complete an unrepentant paranormal and UFO geek. He spent hours reading about all areas of parapsychology, Forteana, aliens, and the unexplained, and obsessively collected books on such things, in particular UFOs. Indeed, he is widely known as having had one of the largest private collections of books on UFOs in the country, which would be donated to the University of Miami after his death. In the biography The Life and Legend of Jackie Gleason, author William A. Henry III explains of this intense interest and fascination thusly:
Jackie Gleason had a lifelong fascination with the supernatural. He would spend small fortunes on everything from financing psychic research to buying a sealed box said to contain actual ectoplasm, the spirit of life itself. He would contact everyone from back-alley charlatans to serious researchers like J.B. Rhine of Duke University and, disdaining the elitism of the scholarly apparatus, would treat them all much the same way. Gleason was a frequent insomniac. He would stay up high the night reading (or rereading) some of the hundreds of (UFO and paranormal phenomena) volumes in his library.
It was partly this interest that led to his friendship with former president Richard Nixon, who was also interested in UFOs. Gleason had also long supported Nixon’s campaigns and was a staunch Republican, and as Nixon had a vacation compound not far away from Gleason’s Florida home the two would strike up a friendship to become frequent golfing buddies, chattering about UFOs and other weird stuff the whole time. It was after one of these golf outings on February 19, 1973 that Nixon apparently showed up alone at Gleason’s door in the middle of the night and allegedly excitedly told Gleason to get dressed because he wanted to show him something, after which the comedian was taken to Homestead Air Force Base in Florida and guided by armed guards to a top-secret, highly secured remote installation. Things would purportedly get very strange from here.
Gleason was reportedly led into an underground area through sterile corridors and past several ominous laboratories, at one point passing a weird twisted metal mass encased in glass that Nixon told Gleason was the remains of a UFO. Gleason supposedly wasn’t sure what to think of this, and at first thought the president was just joking around, but he would soon find that this was no joke as he was led into a large chamber area where there were “six or eight of what looked like glass-topped Coke freezers.” Within each of these freezers was allegedly the mangled remains of tiny humanoid bodies, according to Gleason “only about two feet tall, with bald heads and disproportionately large ears.” These, he was told, were the remains of the occupants of a UFO that had crashed “nearby,” and to say it was shocking to the great comedian would be an understatement. It is unclear how much truth any of this holds, a it is mostly known from the memoirs of his jilted, vindictive ex-wife, but it is very odd and entertaining all the same.
The list of celebrity encounters with aliens and UFOs doesn’t stop at actors, and the music world is full of such stories. One of the famous and indeed most bonkers accounts comes from the former lead singer for Van Halen and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Sammy Hagar. According to him, back in the 1970s long before he was famous he had a very vivid dream in which he was apparently visited by two extraterrestrials who plugged him into a machine and tapped into his mind, reading his thoughts and at the same time downloading information into him. He apparently then began to wake up, which prompted the aliens to unplug the machine and shout some sort of cryptic numerical equations at him, after which he woke to hear a “POW” as the room turned white for a few moments. Although this all happened in a dream, Hagar was very quick to insist that it in fact was real, and that actual aliens had infiltrated his mind to go about their business within his dream. In an interview with MTV he would describe of the incident:
I was lying in bed one night dreaming. I saw a ship and two creatures inside of this ship. I couldn’t see their faces. I just knew that there were two intelligent creatures, sitting up in a craft in the Lytle Creek forest area about twelve miles away in the foothills above Fontana. And they were connected to me, tapped into my mind through some kind of mysterious wireless connection. It friggin’ happened. It was real. They were plugged into me. It was a download situation ..Aliens were plugged into me … Either a download or an upload. At the time, I didn’t know how to fucking explain it. But they were downloading or uploading – that’s the simplest way to put it. They were tapped into my brain and the knowledge was transferred back and forth. I could see them and everything while it was happening … Like an experiment: ‘Let’s see what this guy knows’.
Oh, I could see them – two guys on this little hillside. They were playing with a numerical code but it wasn’t from our numerical system. And then, suddenly, this telepathic connection broke. And I could actually see them go back to their ship in a beam of light – zap, like lightning. For a second there was an infinity of white. I couldn’t move. And then it was over. It scared me nearly to death. It was an experience I couldn’t understand. My ego was telling me: They’re programmed you to be a rock star! So I used it as a tool to write songs about outer space and the future, songs like Crack In The World and Silver Lights, which is about the second coming of Christ – Jesus coming back in a spaceship.
Sammy Hagar
Pretty wild to say the least. Just as well-known and also with his own completely bizarre story is the legendary John Lennon, who once told his friend, magician Uri Gellar, a rather astounding tale. Lennon told him that as he was lying in his bed one day he had noticed a bright light seeping through the cracks of the door to the room, and when he got up to see what was going on it had gotten very weird very quickly. He told Gellar that the door opened and into the room stepped four “bug-like” aliens that then used some sort of telepathic power to push him back and then left behind a strange egg-like device. According to Gellar, Lennon would purportedly excitedly tell him:
About six months ago, I was asleep in my bed, with Yoko, at home, in the Dakota Building. And suddenly, I wasn’t asleep. Because there was this blazing light round the door. It was shining through the cracks and the keyhole, like someone was out there with searchlights, or the apartment was on fire. That was what I thought — intruders, or fire. I leapt out of bed, and Yoko wasn’t awake at all, she was lying there like a stone, and I pulled open the door. There were these four people out there. Well they didn’t want my f—in’ autograph. They were, like, little. Bug-like. Big bug eyes and little bug mouths and they were scuttling at me like roaches.”
I’ve told this to two other people, right? One was Yoko, and she believes me. She says she doesn’t understand it, but she knows I wouldn’t lie to her. I told one other person, and she didn’t believe me. She laughed it off, and then she said I must have been high. Well, I’ve been high, I mean right out of it, a lot of times, and I never saw anything on acid that was as weird as those f—in’ bugs, man. I was straight that night. I wasn’t dreaming and I wasn’t tripping. There were these creatures, like people but not like people, in my apartment.
They did something. But I don’t know what it was. I tried to throw them out, but, when I took a step towards them, they kind of pushed me back. I mean, they didn’t touch me. It was like they just willed me. Pushed me with willpower and telepathy. I don’t know. Something happened. Don’t ask me what. Either I’ve forgotten, blocked it out, or they won’t let me remember. But after a while they weren’t there and I was just lying on the bed, next to Yoko, only I was on the covers. And she woke up and looked at me and asked what was wrong. I couldn’t tell her at first. But I had this thing in my hands. They gave it to me. I’ve been carrying it round ever since, wanting to ask somebody the same question. You have it. Maybe you’ll know. I’ve never seen anything like it. Keep it. It’s too weird for me. If it’s my ticket to another planet, I don’t want to go there.
At this point, Lennon allegedly produced from his pocket a small, metallic egg-like object and gave it to Gellar. It was supposedly completely smooth and with no markings or any sort of seams. Gellar supposedly still has it, and he has never quite figured out just what in the world it is. Joining the ranks of famous musicians who have seen aliens or UFOs is the legend David Bowie, who between having his demon-infested swimming pool exorcized and carrying talismans around to prevent witches from stealing his semen also saw his fair share of alien spacecraft. Apparently Bowie went through a phase in which he was dating a girl who would regularly bring him to meditation and UFO watching sessions, and during this time he apparently saw UFOs on many occasions. He reportedly once said of this
We did see UFOs – absolutely. I made sightings six, seven times a night for about a year when I was in the observatory. We had regular cruises that came over . . . they would be stationary for about half an hour, and then after verifying what they’d been doing that day, they’d shoot off.
David Bowie
Not as famous in the U.S., but practically a household name in England is the singer songwriter Robbie Williams, who has allegedly had scores of weird UFO experiences. He has sighted them on many occasions, and he has said of some of the weirder of these cases:
I was at the Beverly Hills Hotel and I was lying on my sun lounger outside at night, looking up. Then, about 300 foot above me, there was this square thing which just passed over my head silently and then shot off. The next one was the weirdest one yet. I’d just written a song called Arizona, and it’s all about alien contact and I was playing that. I stood on the balcony and there was this big ball of gold light that turned up – we thought it was Venus or Mars or something. Then the song stops playing and it disappears. But then we put Arizona on again and the ball turned back up. It happened four times. After that a massive electrical storm started and these two big massive balls of light started dancing in the sky. It was like a whole light show for about an hour. It’s absolutely bonkers. Seriously, I want to go out and investigate these things. I’m stopping being a pop star and being a full-time ufologist.
These are all certainly spectacular accounts, made even more so by the fact that they have been given by some of the most famous and beloved stars of song and film. Whether any of it is true or the result of drugs and delusion is anyone’s guess, but it is all certainly odd and alluring to hear these mega-stars coming forth with their tales. At the very least it adds another layer to the already eccentric world of fame, and such stories serve to draw in curiosity and wonder.
Over the years I’ve written a number of books on the Men in Black mystery. They are On the Trail of the Saucer Spies, The Real Men in Black, Men in Black, Women in Black, and The Black Diary. As a result of the fact that I write a lot on this strange subject, I occasionally get asked if government agencies ever take an interest in the MIB mystery. The answer is: yes, they do. Sometimes, it’s a deep interest, no less. For example, in the late 1950s the FBI wanted to see a copy of Gray Barker’s1956 UFO/MIB-themed book, They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers. It just happens to have been the very first book on the MIB subject ever published. The story goes as follows: On November 22, 1958, an inquiring citizen of Oklahoma City contacted J. Edgar Hoover about certain claims Barker had made, in his book, about the FBI and the MIB. The letter-writer said: “Recently many rumors have been printed in UFO periodicals, concerning reports that Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have discouraged certain saucer investigators, particularly Mr. Albert Bender of Bridgeport, Connecticut, from further research into the secret of these elusive discs. Since you are the Director of the FBI, I would like to know whether or not these reports are factual or whether they are just rumors.” Hoover’s response to the letter-writer was swift and right to the point: “I am instructing a Special Agent of our Oklahoma City Office to contact you concerning the matter you mentioned.” A note from Hoover to the special agent in charge at Oklahoma City added: “An agent of your office should contact [the letter writer] immediately and secure copies of or information concerning the periodicals described.”
Nick Redfern’s MIB-themed books (U.S. and overseas editions)
In a memorandum to Hoover dated December 9, 1958, the Oklahoma office of the FBI reported that the periodical in question was titled the Saucerian Bulletin and was published by Gray Barker (it was previously just called the Saucerian). The FBI further noted for Hoover’s attention that the Saucerian Bulletin reported that the three men responsible for silencing Albert Bender were from “the FBI, Air Force Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency.” Director Hoover was far from happy with this – and that’s putting things mild. An FBI report of December 12 reads as follows: “Bender formed the International Flying Saucer Bureau in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1952 to look into the flying saucer mystery. In 1953 Bender allegedly stated that he knew what the saucers are. Then ‘three men in black suits’ silenced Bender to the extent that even today Bender will not discuss the matter of his ‘hush-up’ with anyone.” A month later, on January 22, 1959, Hoover was still on the trail of Barker, Bender and the Men in Black and wrote in a memorandum to one of his special agents: “The Bureau desires to obtain a copy of the book written by Gray Barker entitled They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers. Reportedly, the book was published by University Books, Inc., Illinois. Contact this publishing house and if possible, obtain a copy of this book.”
Three weeks later, a copy of Barker’s book was in Hoover’s very own hands, as were all available copies of Bender’s Space Review. The FBI subsequently noted that its files contained “no information pertaining to the hush-up of Bender.” On the subject of Bender’s Space Review journal the FBI noted: “This magazine contains numerous articles and squibs concerning the sighting of flying saucers throughout the world. It does not appear to have any security significance.” Collectively, this all demonstrates that whoever Bender’s (and Barker’s) mysterious black-garbed visitors were, they were definitely not FBI agents, as Barker had suggested in They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers. The FBI were as puzzled as everyone else. In other words, the real Men in Black remain as mysterious and elusive as they always have been.
A new style of rock art has been discovered in Australia by archaeologists. The art depicted the harmonious relationship between humans and animals in ancient times. This style of rock art has been named Maliwawa Figures in reference to the area in which the drawings were located.
These drawings have been referred to as the missing link in Aboriginal art between the realistic drawings of animals from around 12,000 years ago and the stick figure paintings from approximately 4,000 years ago (also called X-Ray art). It is believed that these newly discovered Maliwawa Figures date back between 6,000 and 9,400 years ago.
For the past 12 years, Paul Taçon and his team discovered 570 examples of Maliwawa Figures at 87 different sites within an 80-mile location in Arnhem Land which is an area of vast wilderness in the northern part of Australia that has rugged coastlines, rivers, remote islands, and waterfalls. It is just slightly less than 100,000 square kilometers (just under 39,000 square miles) which means that this incredible wilderness is larger than Hungary, Portugal, and Austria.
Arnhem Land
In an interview with BBC, Taçon, who is the Australian Research Council laureate fellow and Griffith University chair in rock art research as well as an author of the study, described the uniqueness of their discovery, “We came across some curious paintings that are unlike anything we’d seen before.”
The most significant aspect of the art is that it depicts such a great relationship between humans and animals. In fact, of the hundreds of drawings uncovered so far, only one showed a hunting scene. According to their paper, “Animal-human relationships appear to be central to the artists’ message.” “The artists are clearly communicating aspects of their cultural beliefs, with an emphasis on important animals and interactions between humans and other humans or animals.”
Interestingly, the majority of the Maliwawa Figures measure at least two and a half feet in height with some of them being life-size. While they were drawn with red outlines, several of them had some detailed work done inside of the lines which could indicate that more than one artist helped to create the art. The paper read in part, “It is even possible only a couple of artists made most of the paintings.” “We know… that individual rock art artists can produce a remarkable number of paintings in their lifetime.”
One of the animals depicted in the rock art was a dugong.
Some of the animals depicted in the drawings include bilbies which have never been seen before in any known Indigenous rock art. What’s even more interesting is that bilbies weren’t believed to have lived in Arnhem Land. At one point they inhabited about 70% of Australia but not in that specific northern area, although since the rock art depicted the animal, it’s very possible that they did live in Arnhem Land at one point in time.
Another interesting figure was of a dugong which is the oldest-known drawing of the marine mammal. Several pictures of the rock art can be seen here.
Scene of two male Maliwawas with ball headdresses reaching down to a shorter indeterminate human figure with a snake behind the male on the right and behind the left male a female and a macropod, Namunidjbuk.
Photo by Paul Taçon.
Digital tracing of panel of three bilby-like animals, Awunbarna.
Image by Fiona Brady.
Maliwawa dugong above and to the left of a small Maliwawa macropod, Namunidjbuk.
Photo by Paul Taçon.
Large male Maliwawa human figures from an Awunbarna site.
Photo by Paul Taçon.
Large male Maliwawa human figures from an Awunbarna site.
Photo by Paul Taçon.
Maliwawa macropod, Namunidjbuk.
Photo by Paul Taçon.
Their paper was published in the journal Australian Archaeology and can be read in full here.
A couple of days ago I wrote an article here at Mysterious Universe on the FBI’s file on the late ufologist Stanton Friedman, which the FBI has now uploaded to its website, The Vault. As I noted in that same article, the file contains almost nothing on Stan’s UFO-based writings and/or research. Indeed, there’s no evidence that the FBI took any kind of specifically significant interest in Stan. Most of the file is on other, fairly mundane issues. With that said, I thought today I would show you a few more examples of other people in Ufology who had files opened on them, but who were watched for reasons far beyond UFOs. The Freedom of Information Acts of the United States and Australia have both allowed for the declassification of significant files on people in Ufology, but where UFOs were specifically not the primary reason for the secret watching. For example, Contactee George Van Tassel had an FBI file opened on him that runs to – wait for it – no less than319 pages! That’s almost five times larger than Stan’s file. Van Tassel was primarily watched because of his politics – the FBI file makes that abundantly clear. There was also another reason, too. It was a very odd one. In April 1965, rumors flew around the FBI that Van Tassel had perfected a futuristic device which could cause blindness. It was a device connected to an unnamed “…ultra-rightist with tendency toward violence.” The story ultimately fizzled out, however, and the FBI moved onto other things. It was also in 1965 that the FBI finally closed its “George Van Tassel File,” referring to the man as “…an eccentric, self-ordained minister of a quasi-religious organization” and “…a mental case.” You can now read thewhole Van Tassel file at The Vault.
As for Van Tassel’s fellow-Contactee, George Adamski, it wasn’t Flying Saucers and aliens from Venus that bothered the FBI. It was Adamski’s rants against the U.S. government that got the FBI angry and concerned. In his early lectures Adamski would regularly champion the Russian way of life – and its military power. For example, check out these words from Adamski, which were spoken at one of his earliest presentations: “If you ask me [the aliens] probably have a Communist form of government and our American government wouldn’t release that kind of thing, naturally. That is a thing of the future – more advanced.” Adamski also said (while the FBI quietly listened and took note): “Russia will dominate the world and we will then have an era of peace for 1,000 years.” And there’s this from the FBI’s file on Adamski, too: “…the United States today is in the same state of deterioration as was the Roman Empire prior to its collapse and it will fall just as the Roman Empire did.” It’s clear from reading the whole file that the FBI thought Adamski’s claims of alien encounters were ridiculous and of no concern. What the FBI was worried about was this: Adamski, in the early to mid 1950s, had a huge following. His lectures brought in huge audiences. And all of his massive numbers of disciples were being told that Communism was a very good thing and that the U.S. was on its way out. And that is why the FBI opened a lengthy file on Adamski. Now, let’s take a trip to Australia.
Australia’s Freedom of Information Act has revealed that the vast majority of all the spying on the nation’s alien-seekers in the early days of the Cold War was undertaken by the ASIO: the Australian Security Intelligence Organization. The Queensland Flying Saucer Research Bureau was quietly and secretly watched during the 1950s. One extract from the ASIO file says: “The Queensland Flying Saucer Research Bureau is an organization with a present membership of 163 which meets regularly on the second Wednesday of each month in the Canberra Hotel and conducts a discussion group on the first Wednesday of each month in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. The members are of great diversity in outlook, politics and religion.” The file continues: “There is some Communist influence [italics mine] in the Bureau due to the presence of the Secretary, Gordon Leslie Jamieson and members of the Souwer family of Slacks Creek, to whom he is related by marriage.” Of the Queensland Flying Saucer Research Bureau, ASIO recorded: “At present the Queensland Bureau does not appear to constitute any serious concern, mainly due to the control exercised by the President…but its activities will be constantly watched.” The ASIO concluded: “With Soviet contact and any increased Communist Party of Australia membership, the Bureau could become of far greater interest.” Vegetarians, swingers and nudists were also parts of the Australian UFO scene at the time – and, believe it or not, they too were watched for their “alternative” lifestyles. Once more, though, it was largely the communist issue that led intelligence agents to open files on Australia’s UFO groups.
An extract from the FBI’s file on “Men in Black” writer Gray Barker (FBI, 1959)
Gray Barker, the first person to write a book on the Men in Black Phenomenon (1956’s They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers), had a file opened on him in the late 1950s. The reason: someone who had read his book sent a letter to J. Edgar Hoover, demanding to know if the U.S. government really did silence people who got too close to the truth about UFOs (the person’s name is deleted in the declassified file). Hoover quickly demanded that one of his special-agents get a copy of Barker’s book as soon as possible, which – as the files show – is exactly what happened. Barker was terrified when he found that the FBI was onto him and that they even had a copy of the Barker book. The files makes it clear, though, that Hoover wasn’t specifically interested in Barker’s Men in Black. Rather, Hoover was outraged by Barker’s claims that the U.S. government threatened ufologists. I could go on and on with more and more examples of how – just like Stan Friedman – files were opened on Ufologists, but when UFOs were specifically not the primary reason for the surveillance. Keep that in mind if, one day, you decide to apply to see if you have your very own FBI file. If such a file does exist, the chances are that the file will be far more about politics than black-eyed dwarfs from Zeta Reticuli.
WETENSCHAP & PLANEETWetenschappers van de universiteit van Yale suggereren in een nieuwe paper dat er mogelijk miljoenen stukjes van de planeet Venus te rapen zijn op de maan. Dat is goed nieuws, omdat astronomen daardoor de kans krijgen om de geschiedenis van de planeet, waarvan het oppervlak niet toegankelijk is, ‘eenvoudiger’ te onderzoeken.
De planeet Venus spreekt al jaren tot de verbeelding. Wetenschappers vermoeden dat er ooit een aarde-achtige omgeving was, met de aanwezigheid van water. Vorige maand nog werd een onderzoek gepubliceerd waarin werd aangekondigd dat sterke aanwijzingen voor leven werden gevonden in de dampkring van de planeet. Venus geeft haar geheimen echter niet zomaar prijs. De omstandigheden op de planeet zijn verre van ideaal voor geologisch onderzoek, het is er heet en de zuurtegraad is hoog. De planeet wordt dan ook vaak vergeleken met de hel. Bodemstalen verzamelen is er dan ook bijna onmogelijk. Dat er stukjes Venus te rapen zijn op de maan zou nieuwe mogelijkheden bieden aan astronomen en geologen, klinkt het.
Onderzoekers van de universiteit van Yale delen hun vermoeden in een nieuwe paper, die zal worden gepubliceerd in het vooraanstaande vakblad Planetary Science Journal. Volgens de astronomen Samuel Cabot en Gregory Laughlin zweven er meer dan tien miljard brokstukken van Venus rond in ons zonnestelsel, losgeslagen door asteroïden en kometen. Zij suggereren dat verschillende van deze brokstukken geland kunnen zijn als meteorieten op de maan. “Deze oude rotsen worden veilig bewaard op de maan. Brokstukken die ooit ingeslagen zijn op de Aarde, zijn naar alle waarschijnlijkheid zeer diep begraven door de geologische activiteit. Op de maan zouden deze veel beter bewaard zijn”, vertelt Cabot in een mededeling.
De astronomen suggereren dan ook dat bij een volgend bezoek aan de maan meer ‘maangrond’ moet worden teruggebracht naar de Aarde. Chemische analyse kan dan bepalen of er restanten van Venus tussen zitten. “Een oud fragment van de planeet Venus zou een schat aan informatie bevatten”, zegt Laughlin daarover. “De geschiedenis van Venus is nauw verbonden met belangrijke onderwerpen in de astronomie, waaronder de vroegere banen van asteroïden en kometen, de atmosferische geschiedenis van de planeten dichtst bij de zon, en de aanwezigheid van vloeibaar water”, klinkt het.
How do you look at the universe differently? How can you broaden you views of the reality around us? Perhaps like me you will search for the secret messages that ancient alien cultures have left behind. These messages scream out We Existed! Just as Mount Rushmore National Memorial has the faces of four heroic US presidents carved into its rocky surface.
Some will claim its pareidolia...which is seeing faces which aren't there. I call that fake news. The CIA has been trying to spread this misinformation to confuse and control what the public thinks about. They have been successful at spreading it, but I cannot be controlled by them. So today I will show you a face I discovered on Planet Pluto. The actual face of aliens that once claimed that planet as their own and may still be living under the surface in underground cities.
Ask yourself, why do you believe you see what you do? Is it because of fear of others laughing at you? Fear that they will look down on you? Fear that it may be real? Whatever you see, always be true to yourself.
My goal on this site has always been...to raise the level of awareness of humanity of the reality around them.
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UFO Fastwalker captured by drone over Milford, New Hampshire
UFO Fastwalker captured by drone over Milford, New Hampshire
“Fastwalker” is a term used by NORAD and branches of armed forces to describe unidentified aerial phenomena moving and/or changing directions at high speed far beyond what current aerospace technology is capable of.
These mysterious Fastwalkers have only been spotted in recent years and mainly captured by amateur drones from around the world.
Now, on October 4, 2020 such a Fastwalker has been caught by a drone while flying at approximately 200' in altitude, moving very fast and in a straight line from South to North direction over Milford, New Hampshire.
What are those objects flying through our atmosphere at such incredible speed that they are not visible to the naked eye.
"Fastwalkers" it remains an unsolved mystery!
The video starts with the UFO Fastwalker in real-time, each subsequent clip slowed more than the previous.
Cigar-shaped shapeshifting UFO over Florianópolis, Brazil 2020
Cigar-shaped shapeshifting UFO over Florianópolis, Brazil 2020
his interesting UFO footage was filmed over Florianópolis, the capital of southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, on 25th August 2020.
Witness report:
A cigar shaped objected that seem to hover and slowly shapeshift. this was witnessed by multiple people and even made “news” on a local Instagram for the city of Florianopolis at the time (2018), called @floripamilgrau. This was recorded by a friend roughly at 27°37’00.3″S 48°31’41.7″W on a freeway alike road. He did not stayed there to see where the object ended up going.
The discovery of near-perfectly preserved billion-year-old Martian dunes is helping scientists to unravel the geologic and climatic history of the red planet.
Here is a region on Mars where sand dunes have been compacted over time into solid rock. This image, taken by the HiRISE high-resolution camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, zooms in on the now-solid sand dunes in Melas Chasma, part of the extensive Valles Marineris canyon network on the red planet.
On October 5, 2020, a team of scientists announced the discovery of a group of one-billion-year-old Martian sand dunes in the planet’s Valles Marineris region. This rare find of paleo-dunes led scientists to a second big discovery. That is, climate, atmospheric pressure and landscape evolution on Mars have remained relatively consistent over the past billion years.
The research – led by planetary geologist Matthew Chojnacki at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona – was published in a paper in the peer-reviewedJournal of Geophysical Research Planets. A statement from Chojnacki and his colleagues explained that extensive mapping of sedimentary rock deposits within Melas Chasma – the widest segment of the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars – provided the evidence needed to date the dune fields and to form an understanding, not only of what Mars was like 1 billion years ago, but of how the red planet’s climate has evolved over time. They said that the evidence included both lithification – the process by which loose sediments are compacted into solid rock – and the burial of those dunes by wind over time.
Through this work, they said, they learned that these unique paleo-dunes on Mars had been untouched by the same sorts of geologic forces – such as the shifting of great land plates (plate tectonics) and erosion by wind and water – that so altered Earth’s surface over the past billion years.
Matthew Chojnacki is a research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. On October 5, 2020, Chojnacki published a paper detailing the discovery of preserved billion-year-old sand dunes on Mars, which are helping scientists to unravel the mysteries of the red planet’s geologic and climatic history.
Chojnacki said in the statement that the condition of the Mars sand dunes was an indicator of well-preserved “old” age, in comparison to Earth dunes:
We identified and mapped extensive dune fields in the canyons of Valles Marineris which show clear evidence for lithification and burial. This level of preservation is rare for terrestrial [Earthly] sand dunes due to ongoing erosion and tectonics.
Chojnacki admitted that analyzing and dating dune fields on Mars is no easy task, as all of the scientific work has to be done from afar. He told EarthSky that one challenge scientists faced in dating the duneforms was what they didn’t have: physical samples. But, he noted, the absence of samples didn’t stop the team from achieving significant results:
Dating of planetary surfaces is extremely challenging without physical samples. Planetary scientists often use the accumulated craters on the surface compared with the anticipated flux of impactors to estimate a surface age (older surfaces accumulate more craters). These deposits did not show many craters, indicating they must be relatively young. We also looked at erosion rates or how quickly landforms are worn away by wind and other factors. Using these two techniques we estimate these dune deposits to not be older than a few billion years (or they would’ve accumulated more craters) but not younger than about one billion years (or erosion would have erased them from the surface).
A closeup of contemporary, active sand dunes on the surface of Mars, taken by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. HiRISE is capable of zooming in to see objects on the Martian surface as small as a table, and in this image, clearly captures the morphology, or form, of active sand dunes, including wind patterns and wind direction that have pushed and pulled loose sand to create piles and patterns.
Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ University of Arizona.
Chojnacki said that the aeolian processes impacting these particular dunes – that is, the ways in which sediments on this part of Mars’ landscape might have been eroded or moved by wind – revealed significant information about the evolution of wind and atmospheric pressure on Mars over time. He said:
We can see that modern sand dunes in the area are oriented in very similar directions to those in the rock record. This indicates the major wind directions that are responsible for the dunes’ shape have not changed substantially over time. We also see very similarly sized and spaced sand dunes from the two time periods. This may indicate the atmospheric pressure wasn’t significantly different.
In other words, the Mars of a billion years ago was pretty similar to the Mars of today, at least as far as wind patterns and atmospheric pressures are concerned.
The data from the study, collected using instruments aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Odyssey Orbiter, are helping scientists to better understand the geologic history of Mars, and how it differs from that of Earth. Chojnacki said:
Sand dunes are migrating, driven by wind on Mars just as on Earth. The sand that makes up terrestrial dunes often can be converted into rock, but often factors like water or vegetation prevent the full shape of the dune to be preserved. We found groups of sand dunes on the surface of Valles Marineris, Mars, that were also turned into stone sometime in the past, but many of these retained their shape. The fact that sand dunes once migrated across the Martian surface and are now preserved in the rock record tells us something about the conditions that led to their preservation and how those differ from that of the Earth.
Similar to those that form on Earth, contemporary Martian sand dunes are not uncommon on the red planet, a desert landscape with many similarities to the deserts found on Earth, although much colder. Ancient duneforms, on the other hand, have until recently been a rare find on Mars, and are most often uncovered as eroded pits.
“Ghost dunes” in Noctis Labyrinthus on Mars. The crescent-shaped pits are the remains of active sand dunes from billions of years ago.
In April 2018, EarthSky reported the discovery of ghost dunes – pit-like depressions left behind when dunes erode away – by scientists at the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Uncovered in the Noctis Labyrinthus region, west of Valles Marineris, these ghost dunes proved that wind patterns on Mars changed over time, shaping and reshaping the landscape, similar to what wind patterns on Earth do in places like the Sahara Desert.
While there are marked similarities between Mars and Earth – including the wind-driven formation of sand dunes – the processes of surface erosion and landscape evolution differ greatly. That’s good news for scientists studying the geologic and climatic history of Mars. Chojnacki commented:
Water and tectonics that constantly reshape the surface of Earth are not currently a factor on Mars. Thus there’s an opportunity to learn from the geologic record of the red planet. The ancient dune fields found within Valles Marineris – with their complex variety of landform shapes, degree of preservation, and context – reveal the richness of regional geology. These results inform us that wind-driven sand transport, deposition, and lithification have occurred throughout much of Mars’ recent history and illustrate how landscape evolution there greatly differs compared with that of Earth.
Bottom Line: The discovery of near-perfectly preserved billion-year-old sand dunes on Mars has revealed big news to scientists about the geologic history of the red planet: its climate, atmospheric pressure and landscape evolution have remained fairly consistent all this time.
Bright fireball widely seen over northeastern Mexico
Bright fireball widely seen over northeastern Mexico
Posted by Deborah Byrd in ASTRONOMY ESSENTIALS | TODAY'S IMAGE
A fireball is an especially bright meteor from space. It can start out icy and burn up entirely in our atmosphere, or rocky … in which case a meteorite sometimes falls to Earth’s surface. This bright fireball blazed over northeastern Mexico on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
Startled sky observers in northeastern Mexico looked up around 10:14 p.m. local time on Tuesday (October 6, 2020) and witnessed a bright fireball – an especially bright meteor – falling through Earth’s atmosphere. The meteor was also caught on some security cams, webcams and doorbell cams. In part because it was visible over the city of Monterrey (population 1.1 million) – in the Mexican state of Nuevo León– the meteor was widely seen. What is more, although EarthSky has not confirmed this, newspapers in Monterrey reported that the meteorite, or chunk of space rock left after the meteor’s fall, landed in a small town in the neighboring state of Tamaulipas. The video above is from a daily newspaper distributed in Monterrey, calledEl Norte.
The fireball was most visible above the states of Nuevo León, Coahuila and Tamaulipas, which border the U.S., around 10:14 p.m. local time, according to the Global Atmospheric Monitoring Agency, part of Mexico’s Institute of Geological and Atmospheric Research.
Bright fireballs such as this one are common if you consider Earth as a whole. They happen frequently. However, from any one spot on Earth’s surface, catching sight of a bright fireball like this one can be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Some of the larger rocks from space fall into the ocean each year, while smaller ones tend to burn up completely in Earth’s atmosphere.
Northern Hemisphere autumn is also a good time to watch for meteor showers. There are at least two meteor showers going on now: the Draconids and the Taurids. However, meteors that happen in annual showers are different creatures entirely from meteors that start out as space rocks and sometimes fall to the ground. Meteor showers stem from icy debris left behind in the orbits of comets. These particles of debris are approximately the size of rice grains, and it is so fragile that it vaporizes entirely in our atmosphere, never reaching the ground. Thus the meteor seen over Monterrey – and this week’s meteor showers – are not related.
The Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. The city of Monterrey is located approximately in the middle of this state, which shares a very short stretch of border with Texas.
Video still of the October 6, 2020, meteor over Monterrey, Mexico.
In a double-whammy from nature this week, Hurricane Delta also made landfall this week – early in the day on October 7 – along the Gulf Coast in northeastern Mexico.
Bottom line: A fireball – an especially bright meteor from space – blazed over northeastern Mexico on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. Special thanks to EarthSky friend and veteran astrophotographer Raul Cortes Espinosa for the heads up!
“The Big Bang was not the beginning. There was something before the Big Bang and that something is what we will have in our future.”
“We are seeing them. These points are about eight times the diameter of the Moon and are slightly warmed up regions. There is pretty good evidence for at least six of these points.”
Would you argue with a Nobel Prize winner in physics? How about the late Stephen Hawking? Then good luck disputing this theory by Sir Roger Penrose, who won this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics for his work proving that black holes exist. In congratulatory interviews, Sir Penrose has discussed his belief in “Hawking points” – radiation leaked by evaporating black holes (a Stephen Hawking concept) which remains as an anomalous region in space after the black hole is gone.
Penrose then adds his own spin on Hawking points:
“The existence of such anomalous regions, resulting from point-like sources at the conformally stretched-out big bang, is a predicted consequence of conformal cyclic cosmology, these sources being the Hawking points of the theory, resulting from the Hawking radiation from supermassive black holes in a cosmic aeon prior to our own.”
Stephen Hawking
“In a cosmic aeon prior to our own.” In other words, in a universe prior to the one that began with the Big Bang. In his recent paper published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Penrose links these Hawking points to his own theory of conformal cyclic cosmology – the that the universe dies and is reborn infinitely, with each being created by its own Big Bang. He suggests that not everything is destroyed in the death of a universe and believes that Hawking points are survivors of a previous one.
“I think it’s a bad thing to get a Nobel prize too early. I know scientists who got their prize too early and it spoiled their science. If you’re going to get a Nobel prize for science it’s good to get in when you’re good and old, before you’re absolutely clapped out, when there is still something to do, that’s my advice.”
Before you attempt to disprove Sir Roger Penrose’s theory on Hawking points, consider that he’s been working on it since the 1964 publication of his paper, “Gravitational Collapse and Space-Time Singularities”, and spent much time working with Stephen Hawking, including together winning the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1975 and the Wolf Foundation Prize for Physics in 1988. Despite all of those awards and one-half of the 2020 Nobel for Physics (the other half was awarded jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for their work on black holes), Sir Penrose’s theory, like that of the Big Bang in general, is controversial and not universally accepted – in this or any previous universe.
“Sadly, this award was too much delayed to allow Hawking to share the credit with Penrose.”
In an interview with The Telegraph, Professor Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, agrees with Penrose’s idea that it’s better to get the award late in life, but this one was sadly too late for Stephen Hawking to share with him.
“If they had been called upon by the president to launch [the nukes] they couldn’t have done it.”
Former U.S. Senator Harry Reid – known for instituting the secret Advanced Aerospace Weapon Systems Applications Program (AAWSAP) in the Defense Department to study UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) – appears in a newly-released documentary on UFO cover-ups by governments worldwide. In this case, Reid is referring to numerous accounts by military personnel working at nuclear missile sites of UFO sightings over them and some actual interference by the UFOs, including full shutdowns of the launch systems, resulting in the security crisis Reid describes in a trailer for the documentary.
“Including shocking never-before-seen testimony from high-ranking government and military officials, NASA Astronauts, and riveting footage, the timely film includes bombshell reveals about UAP incursions at nuclear weapon facilities and the monumental events behind the NY Times’ recent disclosure of UFO videos and The Pentagon’s classified UFO Program. Providing eye-opening evidence that mankind is not alone in the universe, Senator Harry Reid says “The Phenomenon makes the incredible credible.”
Harry Reid
Director James Fox is known for “UFOs: 50 Years of Denial?” and “I Know What I Saw,” and the newly-released “The Phenomenon” is expected to build on that base of UFO research and exposure – in particular, UFOs allegedly disrupting operations at nuclear weapons facilities. One such incident was reported by Captain David D Schindele, a Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile launch crew commander at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. In 1966, after UFOs were seen around the base, 10 ICBMs suddenly switched to ‘off-alert’ and could not be launched until they were reset. Schindele says he reported it up the chain of command, but he and the others who either saw the UFOs or the unexplained shutdown or both were told to never speak about to anyone for the rest of their lives. Schindele didn’t – until he mentioned the incident in an interview in 2010 and then in great detail in his tell-all book in 2017.
“Nobody has to agree why it’s there, but shouldn’t we at least be spending some money to study this phenomenon? Shouldn’t we study the stuff? The answer’s yes. And that’s all this was about. And why the federal government all these years has covered up, put brake pads on everything, stopped it. I think it’s very, very bad for our country.”
Harry Reid has long been a proponent – both publicly and privately – of UFO and alien disclosure by the U.S. government, and hinted there is real physical evidence being hidden after the recent videos of UFO encounters with military pilots were released and eventually confirmed. When asked what “stuff” or other confirmed UFO sightings he’s referring to, Reid says “most” of it “hasn’t seen the light of day.”
Still image from the footage of the “tic-tac” UFO
There have been encounters between military pilots and UFOs since there were military pilots, and many can eventually be explained by mistaken aircraft (there’s and ours), equipment anomalies, poor visibility and other causes. That doesn’t cover all of them, but what Reid is referring to are special cases concerning nuclear missiles and weapons – a main reason for the Cold War with the Soviet Union. And Captain Schindele’s encounter is not the only one – American Military News reveals that Robert Hastings, who Schindele first told of his encounter in 2010, claims he’s heard of at least 120 former U.S. service members who witnessed UFOs flying around nuclear weapons facilities and/or deactivating equipment. Whether this is aliens, a foreign country, homegrown saboteurs or something else, this is a security risk that should be dragged kicking and screaming into the daylight already.
Will Harry Reid do the dragging? It’s worth remembering that he backtracked on his comments about the government having already recovered alien materials.
Just a couple of days ago, the FBI placed their file on the late UFO researcher/author/nuclear physicistStanton Friedman onto their website, The Vault . The file runs to 61 pages. Don’t get too excited, however: there isn’t much at all in the material that will have ufologists foaming at the mouth. There is one interesting part of the file, though. It states that Friedman “…on February 27, 1984, contacted the Chief of Freedom of Information Privacy Acts (FOIPA) Section, Records Management Division of the FBI and requested information regarding weekly intelligence conferences with a proposed study of flying saucers. At the time Friedman made this request, he provided specific file numbers of FBI HQ files in which this information was contained. It is not known how Friedman obtained these file numbers [italics mine].” That’s really the only part of the file that is of any particular interest. The rest is all of a bureaucratic nature. I did wonder – before I dug into the file – if there might have been something related to the bogus Majestic 12 documents that got so many ufologists foaming at the mouth in the late 198os. After all, Friedman’s colleague Bill Moore (co-author with Charles Berlitz of the 1980 book, The Roswell Incident) had a file opened on himself by the FBI. And the FBI also opened a file on the MJ12 papers. Clearly, however, the FBI wasn’t interested in Friedman’s research into the MJ12 documents. So, does that mean the FBI had zero interest in those controversial, alleged 1947-period papers? No.
We do know something of deep interest though, thanks to the staff of the Bureau Co-Director within the Office of Information and Privacy. In correspondence (back in the 1990s), I was informed by office staff of the existence of an FBI “Main File” on Majestic 12,. It’s now in what is termed “closed status.” The title of the file is not something along the lines of “Potentially leaked document” or “Questionable document,” as one might imagine, given the strange story. Rather, the file title is nothing less than – wait for it – “Espionage.”Almost certainly, the reason why the FBI titled their MJ12 file “Espionage” was for the following reason: at one point in 1988, the FBI pursued the admittedly intriguing theory that the MJ12 documents might have been created by Russian disinformation experts and counterintelligence agents. Now, we come to the next stage. It helps to explain what was going on behind the scenes and expands on the above.
In 1999, Gerald K. Haines – in his position as the historian of the National Reconnaissance Office – wrote a now-declassified paper titled “CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90.” Haines said that in the 1970s and 1980s there were “…concerns that the Soviets and the KGB were using U.S. citizens and UFO groups to obtain information on sensitive U.S. weapons development programs (such as the Stealth aircraft),the vulnerability of the U.S. air-defense network to penetration by foreign missiles mimicking UFOs, and evidence of Soviet advanced technology associated with UFO sightings[italics mine].”
Directly connected to the Soviet theory is the fact that, as U.S. Intelligence learned to its consternation during both the 1970s and the 1980s, an unclear number of unnamed UFO researchers – with important links to the U.S. defense industry – had been compromised by Soviet agents. It went like this: those saucer-seekers who just happened to work in the field of defense, and who had been caught tightly in a Kremlin web, would secretly provide the Russians with top secret data on the likes of the F-117 Nighthawk “stealth fighter” and the B-2 Spirit “stealth bomber” – which, at the time, were still highly classified and in test-stage out at the likes of none other than Area 51. In return, the KGB would provide those same American researchers with sensational documents on crashed UFOs and dead aliens. The plan that Moscow had in mind was for the Russians to get their eager hands on real, top secret, non-UFO-themed U.S. military/intelligence documents that could be used to advance Russian military aviation programs. But, those UFO investigators who worked in the defense world would receive nothing but faked garbage from their Soviet handlers, such as – you’ve got it – the Majestic 12 documents. That was the theory U.S. intelligence was concerned by. You can learn the the whole story in my 2019 book, Flying Saucers from the Kremlin.
There’s no doubt there is a fascinating back-story concerning the MJ12 documents (that still has yet to be fully resolved). As the FBI’s file on Stan Friedman shows, though, the Bureau seemingly had no interest in Stan and his MJ12 research, even at the height of the FBI’s investigations into those inflammatory papers in late 1988.
Ever since we have ventured off of our world and into space we have uncovered various mysteries and shed light on how the universe works. It has been a great time of scientific discovery, and we have made great strides in pushing out into the vast solar system that once was just flickers within our imagination. Yet for all that we have uncovered and all of the questions we have answered there have been perhaps even more questions and mysteries posed. Some of the stranger of these are the myriad stories of alien forces beyond our understanding lurking in the background of these space travels of ours, with all manner of unusual claims made by astronauts and amateur space watchers. One odd incident concerning this is claimed to have happened during a fateful space shuttle mission, during which, according to some, aliens crashed the party and ruined everything.
On February 25, 1996, Space Shuttle Columbia was engaged with mission STS-75, the 75th Space Transportation System mission flown by NASA’s four space shuttles. The 15-day mission had the primary objective of deploying the Tethered Satellite System Reflight (TSS-1R) experiment, which entailed using a joint NASA/Italian Tethered Satellite System in order to harness a new source of spacecraft power by utilizing a special electrodynamic tether system to collect power within the electrically charged ionosphere. The idea was that the cables would conduct electricity from the ionosphere and convert it into power, thus paving the way to a cheap energy source for satellites, space stations, and spacecraft. In order to achieve this, the plan was to deploy the satellite and 20.7 kilometers (12.9 mi) of tether and then measure how much current could be gathered, as well as monitor the physics of the tether’s movement and various other factors. It was meant to be a fairly groundbreaking mission, but something would go wrong.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Over a period of 5 hours the astronauts carefully unreeled the satellite on its thin tether to a length of 19 kilometers, after which they had only one kilometer to go before they planned to stop it and begin their experiments. However, as the shocked 7-man crew of the Columbia looked on, the tether began to ripple, before finally snapping to send a long portion of it, as well as the satellite attached to it, drifting off into space. Although a lot of data had still been gained from the mission, the loss of the satellite and tether was a crushing blow and launched an extensive investigation into the incident. According to NASA, the reason would be found to have been a weakening of the cable due to pinholes in the insulated cover of the tether, which had allowed air trapped beneath to seep out into space, and these air bubbles were then transformed into plasma from the roughly 3,500 to 5,000 volts of power coursing along it. This in turn caused a local explosive electrical discharge from the copper wire in the tether to a nearby electrical ground, causing the cable to snap. However, this official view would be challenged.
During the unfortunate incident, astronauts had filmed the whole thing, and as soon as the video became available to the public people started noticing something very odd about it. The video footage shows what appear to be a series of bright spots or lights whizzing about the area, in particular seeming to swarm around and hover about the tether. Those who saw this quickly came to the conclusion that these were UFOs, and stated that obviously these UFOs had been attracted to the tether for some reason and had caused it to break. The objects became even more pronounced when enhanced videos began circulating not long after the original footage was released. Still other more far out theories emerged as well, such as the claim that these were not UFOs, but rather some sort of lifeform living in space, a sort of “space amoeba” of sorts. These creatures are theorized as living in the void and feeding on space debris or electrical energy, and it is just about as weird as it sounds. The site Secrets of the Universe explained of these hypothetical organisms and their relation to the tether incident:
They exist in a spectrum not visible to the naked eye under normal conditions. They appear to be totally harmless, feeding off electrical or other energy. If you look closely at the footage you will observe them increasing in brightness near electrical storms. With this in mind it is not in the least surprising to find them swarming around the electrodynamics tether which is NASA’s attempt to harness the very energy that they feed on.
One of the mystery objects filmed near the broken tether
It is all very entertaining, but as soon as these conspiracy theories began making the rounds NASA and the astronauts who had actually been on the mission were quick to dismiss the possibility that these were aliens of any kind. It was all explained by astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz as “a little bit of debris that kind of flies with us,” meaning ice crystals and other miscellaneous tiny objects that sort of fly along with the shuttle in the weightlessness of space. In addition to this, a water dump from the shuttle, which is a completely normal and routine procedure, had been carried out not long before the experiment began, meaning there was more of this debris surrounding the shuttle than usual. It is perfectly harmless and the particles are miniscule, but when illuminated by the sun, compounded by the effect of the camera’s image intensifier circuit, which is known to distort bright objects, the objects seem much larger, more robust, and brighter in the video footage than they really are. The telephoto lens of the camera is also used with a circular mirror that has a hole in the middle, which can leave an artifact on the images. One of the astronauts, Tom Jones, made a lengthy statement about the incident trying to clear up the confusion and also dispel the idea that NASA was hiding evidence of aliens in any way. He told Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine:
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. I was on the shuttle Columbia — STS-80 — and even made a blog entry, ‘Did UFOs Visit The Shuttle Columbia?’ Because when we came back from that mission in 1996, NASA got several queries from people who were watching the video — NASA TV back then — and said, ‘Hey, we saw spaceships on the shuttle video. What’s NASA got to say about that?’ I looked at the video and I said, ‘Oh, I know what this is — this is just ice crystals floating along beside the ship for the first couple of days of the flight.’ What looked to some people like a spaceship streaking across the star field, was — to us, looking out the windows — a complete non-event. And yet, it was very significant to people who were watching. Certainly, nothing in the way of spaceships.
Now, I’m aware that there have been a couple of astronauts in the past who’ve spoken out and said they know from other people that there’s evidence of UFOs and spaceships that have visited the Earth and that the government might be withholding it. They all seem to be secondhand, or they seem to be sightings of things that they’ve seen in orbit that, perhaps, they couldn’t explain at the time. And that’s where the story seems to peter out.
Also curious is that NASA made no mention at all of any such objects surrounding the shuttle or the tether in any of their mission reports, and it seems as though perhaps this really was a mundane occurrence. Yet conspiracy theories are not quick to die, and there are certainly those who do not buy the official statements. For them this is all a cover-up and an effort for NASA to spread disinformation and bury the truth. Such theories point to the constant perceived opaqueness of NASA and the numerous times the agency has cut feed to cameras at the slightest whiff of something odd. Is NASA up to something? Are there really strange forces at work up there in space? What really happened during the STS-75 incident? Was this just misidentified ice crystals or something else? Amazingly enough it is still being debated, and if anything it shows that there are plenty of mysteries that are being generated by our being in space, whether real or imagined.
I found some interesting things in a Mars gigapan photo today. I found a pyramid, bowed head statue, face, sphinx. The location itself is unique because it on top of a hill and there is no mess of broken pieces anywhere. It has been cleaned, because it is a sacred site. That is why the statue has a bowed head. Its sacred. There is also a dark face looking up to the sky which almost looks human. An the sphinx-like statue near the pyramid. All of this combined means ancient holy site.
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Silver UFO Seen Over Mount Umunhum, California Has Four US Military Fighter Jets Shooting Near it, Oct 4, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Silver UFO Seen Over Mount Umunhum, California Has Four US Military Fighter Jets Shooting Near it, Oct 4, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 4, 2020
Location of sighting:Mount Umunhum, California, USA
Source: Tiktok
This UFO video was uploaded by a person on Tiktok going by user name @bijankhaz this week. The video has gotten over 2.2 million views and has people questioning if its real or not. The video looks real and you can hear others asking where it went because its hard to see. The camera guy zooms in on it nicely and even catches sight of a fleet of US military fighter jets heading in its direction. The video is cut short so we don't get to see what happens, but clearly the US military was interested in it and saw it on radar. 100% proof UFOs are over California this week. The UFO is seen with a hole in it...but its not a hole, its flying on its side and that is its hump or cockpit of the disk.
Hey everyone, I found two UFO near earths moon in a historical NASA archive. The photo does not have the mission or date its from, which is highly unusual since 99% of the photos list at least the mission its from. The two UFOs appear to actually have been one, but they separated to cover more area. The top of the UFO is a flower petal disk seen from the side with about five petals. The bottom of the UFO which separated is long and has a smaller thick disk on its head with two dark windows. I see why NASA would keep this one hidden in the history archive out of the reach of most people. It shows actually alien craft. The crafts hull is uneven which is a sign that they were made biomechanically...meaning they were a merger of technology and biology...they were grown. Its faster and easier and aliens are often too lazy to actually make their own ships.
Trailer: The Phenomenon 2020 - The new benchmark for UFO disclosure
Trailer: The Phenomenon 2020 - The new benchmark for UFO disclosure
Director James Fox’s explosive documentary is being hailed as the most credible and revealing film ever made about the long-standing global cover-up and mystery involving unidentified aerial phenomenon.
Image credit: The Phenomenon 2020.
Including shocking never-before-seen testimony from high-ranking government and military officials, NASA Astronauts, and riveting footage, the timely film includes bombshell reveals about UAP incursions at nuclear weapon facilities and the monumental events behind the NY Times’ recent disclosure of UFO videos and The Pentagon’s classified UFO Program.
Providing eye-opening evidence that mankind is not alone in the universe, Senator Harry Reid says “The Phenomenon makes the incredible credible.”
Former Senior CIA Officer Jim Semivan, calls it “The most important documentary of the year and the most accurate examination of the world's greatest mystery.”
Dr. Jacques Vallee says “70 years of secrecy has led to this. The most credible documentary ever made about UFOs.”
Lue Elizondo, Former Director of the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), says The Phenomenon sets a new benchmark for disclosure and is the most accurate and informative documentary ever made about UAPs.
Did The Soviet Union Discover Aliens In The Deepest Lake In The World?
Did The Soviet Union Discover Aliens In The Deepest Lake In The World?
Under the waters of Lake Baikal in 1982, 7 Russian divers are exploring the world deepest freshwater lake on a research mission, but 50 metres underwater, strange humanoid creatures appear and in an attempt to capture one of them, all the divers are pushed up to the top by an unknown force. Who were these creatures and what can we learn from this encounter?
'It’s not a question of belief': the film examining government UFO records
'It’s not a question of belief': the film examining government UFO records
The Phenomenon studies the history of UFO claims from the 1940s to this summer’s revelation of a Department of Defense investigation into military sightings
The question of unexplained phenomena and Unidentified Flying Objects have long fascinated the public, as the subject of feverish American news coverage in the years post-second world war and too many films and investigative documentaries to count, all landing on speculation without certainty. But the frenetic, oxygen-sucking rollercoaster of headlines in the Trump administration has overshadowed a cascade of strange evidence released by the government in recent years: in 2017, the New York Times revealed the existence of a shadowy, partly classified government program, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), which investigated UFO reports from deep within the Pentagon.
This is the grounding fact presented in The Phenomenon, a documentary from longtime UFO enthusiast James Fox which updates longstanding extraterrestrial theories with recent government regulations. Though the government said at the time that the program, which started in 2007 largely at the request of then Senate majority leader Harry Reid, was shuttered due to lack of funding in 2012, the New York Times later confirmed its continued existence as a renamed Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force, within the Office of Naval Intelligence.
The barrage of bureaucratic titles couched a startling revelation: for more than a decade, the Pentagon had conducted classified briefings for congressional committees, aerospace company executives and other government officials, based on sightings, video footage, and radar logs by military pilots of “unexplained aerial phenomena” which seemed to transcend existing flight technology – no visible engine at 30,000ft, hypersonic speed.
Numerous experts and astrophysicists have cautioned that just because an object is unidentified or unexplained doesn’t mean it’s extraterrestrial; some of the unexplained incidents could be attributed to bugs in display systems’ code, atmospheric effects, and neurological overload during high-speed flight as much if not more than extraterrestrial contact. But The Phenomenon, leaps from the confirmed existence of the government program to an earnest, at times breathless consideration of the existence of extraterrestrial encounters. “There’s clearly a preponderance of evidence from around the world that there are structured craft, physical craft, that are displaying flight characteristics that are so far beyond anything conventional,” Fox, who does not shy away from his belief in the otherworldly, told the Guardian of the military reports. “I’m absolutely convinced that these objects are real.”
The Phenomenon, narrated by actor and voiceover staple Peter Coyote (a veteran of numerous Ken Burns’ projects) speaks to such high-ranking government officials as Reid, who left the Senate in 2017, and former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, as well as longtime UFO researcher Jacques Vallee, who inspired the character of Lacombe in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The film traces the relatively recent history of UFO fixation – the US military repeatedly investigated UFOs beginning in the late 1940s, as sightings of unidentified discs other incidents lit up mainstream news reports (Oregon farmers who photographed a supposed UFO in 1950 were featured in a Life magazine, for example). From 1947 until 1969, the air force investigated more than 12,000 UFO claims; though a 1952 study code-named Project Blue Book concluded that most of the sightings could be explained by stars, clouds, conventional aircraft or spy planes, 701 sightings remained unexplained.
The Phenomenon plumbs that unexplained terrain with years of first-person accounts, from an old interview with the late astronaut Gordon Cooper, who recalled his own brush with an unexplained object while flying fighters in Germany in 1951, to audio footage of former president Gerald Ford who, as a congressman from Michigan, desired greater transparency on UFO research. Fox combines vintage news interviews with children who reported sightings – in Zimbabwe in 1994, at an Australian school in the 1960s – with recent interviews of the subjects, who revisit their memories with a combination of bafflement, emotional clarity and confusion.
The renderings of these accounts can sometimes overshadow the trove of records unveiled in recent years by the Pentagon, including video footage released this year of military pilots wondering aloud, “Wow, what is that?” to “unidentified aerial phenomena” spotted by a plane’s camera in early 2015. (The Times spoke to five navy pilots about incidents with said phenomena off the coast of Virginia from 2014-2015, including a near-crash that triggered the filing of a safety incident report, though none of the pilots speculated on the objects’ provenance).
If some first-person accounts are to be believed – the Navy reports witnessing craft which required no wings for lift, exhibited flight beyond combustion technology, and the capability of hyper-change in speed with hairpin turns – the observations “make it very challenging to come up with any kind of prosaic explanation”, Christopher Mellon, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence under the Clinton and Bush administrations, told the Guardian.
Photograph: YouTube
Most UFO sightings “ultimately do have prosaic explanations”, Mellon said. “And there are other cases in which we may yet develop explanations having to do with the Russians or Chinese or atmospheric phenomenon or something. But after all that winnowing, there is still a significant number of cases that are very difficult to explain.”
The government program and its known records have rendered the question “do you believe in UFOs?” obsolete, according to the Times’ investigators – “their existence, or nonexistence, is not a matter of belief”. UFO means, simply, that we don’t know what these incidents are – not necessarily alien, but a matter of government record, as fact. “It’s not a question of belief, it’s not a question of whether this is happening,” said Mellon. “Our government and our defense department have publicly acknowledged that this is real and that this is happening.” The observations released by the military seem to suggest advanced military technology, enough to have concerned the Department of Defense – which announced a new taskforce into the matter this August – as well as the Office of Naval Intelligence and members of two Senate committees. “The challenge now is to figure out where they’re coming from, how they’re made, and what the intent is,” said Mellon.
Both Fox and Mellon acknowledged the difficulty in entertaining the idea of confirmed UFOs, and some of The Phenomenon’s more fantastical claims, without skepticism. Indeed, the idea suggested by the film that governments from the US to Russia to Australia have systematically suppressed coverage, research or speculation of UFO sightings seems dubious, if not outright dangerous, given the very real threats rampant conspiracy theories, which often invoke the military and/or space, pose to American democracy in the Trump era. Mellon agreed that “there is a problem with disinformation in this area, and unfortunately there’s a lot of junk and hoaxes as well as just information from people seeing something they’re not understanding, that has an explanation based in science or a classified program”.
But he noted that “all of the serious people involved in this issue want to take a hard-nosed scientific approach to this topic – we need more and better data” based on “trustworthy” and “authentic” reports released by government departments — “it’s information that the government is surfacing from our own military”.
The Phenomenon, like the many extraterrestrial documentaries before it, ultimately can’t stake a claim on certainty; instead, it concludes with a call for consideration. “I’m not screaming from the hilltops ‘ET is here!’” said Fox. “I’m just saying, ‘Hey, look, there’s a serious situation going on, and this demands not only government transparency, but further investigation.’”
The Phenomenon is available to rent digitally in the US now with a UK date yet to be announced
Rh-Negative Blood: An Exotic Bloodline or Random Mutation?
Rh-Negative Blood: An Exotic Bloodline or Random Mutation?
Most people who have the Rh blood type are Rh-positive. There are also instances, however, where people are Rh-Negative. Health problems may occur for the unborn child of a mother with Rh-Negative blood when the baby is Rh-Positive. This has led some to suggest that Rh-Negative blood must be of a non-human origin. Theories range from supernatural ones such as being of divine descent or membership in a divinely chosen people-group, to more scientific or pseudoscientific explanations such as interbreeding with extraterrestrials. The majority of scientists who have studied the blood type have concluded that it is most likely just a random mutation. This explanation seems to be the one most consistent with available evidence and the one that is most able to withstand Occam’s Razor.
What is unusual about Rh-Negative blood is that the gene for it is surprisingly common despite being potentially harmful. When a woman who is Rh-Negative is pregnant with a child that is Rh-Positive, the mother’s immune system creates protective anti-bodies to the Rh-Positive blood, and her blood essentially becomes toxic to the child. To some people, this looks like the mother’s body is rejecting the baby - which has led them to suggest that perhaps the reason for the rejection is incompatibility based on the mother and child being of different species. Others suggest that lineages with the gene for Rh-Negative blood are merely special in some way and were not meant to be mixed with lineages which are predominantly Rh-Positive.
One population which contains an unusually high frequency of the gene for the Rh-Negative blood type are the Basques from northeastern Spain. The Basques have the highest incidence of the gene out of any population in the world. The Basques also speak a non-Indo-European language and have genetic markers that pre-date the rise of agriculture. This has led to speculation that Rh-Negative blood is related to Cro-Magnon ancestry going back to the upper Paleolithic period in Europe.
Among the more exotic theories is the idea that the Rh-Negative gene represents a separate branch of humanity that intermarried with the branch that came out of Africa. One blogger has gone as far as to say that those with Rh-Negative blood are descendants of the Hyperborean race, which they believe to be the original human race. Followers of this idea believe that this race was blonde-haired and blue-eyed and included most major spiritual teachers in history, including Jesus.
Some people who are not satisfied with the idea that those with RH- blood are another form of humanity have suggested that the trait originates from extraterrestrials either interbreeding with humans or creating humans through genetic engineering.
The Role of Genetics in Rh-Negative Blood
This unusual trait can, however, also be explained in terms of relatively mundane human genetics and natural selection. One possibility is that the gene for Rh-Negative blood has some sort of selective advantage that outweighed the negative consequences of having Rh-Negative blood.
A well-known example of this phenomenon would be the case of sickle cell anemia and malaria. A large percentage of the population in west Africa where malaria is common consists of carriers of the gene for sickle-cell anemia, although they don’t have the disease themselves. The reason is that just carrying the gene for sickle cell anemia gives the person carrying it immunity to Malaria. Although sickle-cell anemia is harmful, even deadly, carrying the gene gives a selective advantage and therefore it is much more common than would be expected.
Sickle-cell disease is inherited in the autosomal recessive pattern.
Scientists studying the effects of Rh-Negative blood have found that individuals carrying the gene for Rh-Negative blood are more resistant to certain parasites such as toxoplasma, which can threaten unborn children. It has also been found that there are more carriers of the gene in areas where toxoplasma is more common. This suggests that carriers of the gene for Rh-Negative blood might be more common than expected because there is a positive selective advantage, greater resistance to parasites, that outweighs the negative, possibly having a pregnancy where the mother’s blood endangers the unborn child.
Dividing Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular human parasite.
As a result, it could be that some populations contain a higher occurrence rate of the gene not because of a unique lineage but because they are adapted to a region with a high prevalence of certain parasites such as toxoplasma. This would explain why the gene occurs in high frequency in populations that are not really connected other than the fact that they are Homo Sapiens, such as Basques and certain Jewish populations.
The Basques have an ancestry that, with other European groups, goes back to the European Upper Paleolithic. Yet the Jews ultimately descend from relatively recent Middle Eastern populations. This would make sense if the reason for the prevalence of the gene was because both the ancestral Basque and Jewish populations originated in an environment with similar selective factors rather than being of a common lineage.
Although it could still be that there is a common, unique ancestral lineage connecting populations with high prevalence of Rh-Negative blood, the fact that the populations where the gene occurs in high prevalence appear otherwise unrelated to each other makes it less likely and in need of more evidence.
Could Rh-Negative Blood Come from Extraterrestrials?
The extraterrestrial explanation is even more problematic because the Rh-Negative gene is clearly a variation of an otherwise completely human gene. Unless it was specifically engineered by extraterrestrials from a pre-existing human gene, it is unlikely that it comes from anything other than Homo Sapiens .
The other problem with the Rh-Negative blood type being the result of hybridization with extraterrestrials is that extraterrestrials are likely to have a completely different biology and genome than human beings. Their genome might not even be based on DNA - but something else such as RNA, or some exotic form of genetic storage that never evolved on Earth. This would make any viable hybrids very improbable if not impossible. As the astronomer Carl Sagan would have put it, it would be easier to make a human-tulip hybrid, than a human-extraterrestrial hybrid.
An artist’s representation of an extraterrestrial.
The unlikelihood and uncertainty of the other options make the explanation that the Rh-Negative blood type is just a mutation that became common in some populations due to a selective advantage the most likely option. It is also the one that most easily survives the application of Occam’s Razor. If this blood type was because of another human species, let alone extraterrestrials, many more unnecessary assumptions that are difficult to verify have to be made. As a result, the evidence currently points toward little more than an ordinary mutation as the cause of the Rh-Negative blood phenotype.
An interesting question was put to me just a few days ago. It revolved around my book published earlier this year: The Rendlesham Forest UFO Conspiracy. It’s a book that suggests the famous events of December 1980 in Suffolk, England woods had nothing to do with aliens, but everything to do with secret experiments. The question went approximately like this: How do you think the UFO community might respond if it’s proven there was no extraterrestrial presence in the forest? Well, that’s a good question. Right now, we don’t have hard evidence that the whole thing was a test of advanced technologies to see how military personnel might respond in extremely strange and alternative situations. What we do have, however, as I note in my book, is a large amount of data and information that points in that very direction. To a degree, I can answer the question by looking at the responses that surfaced when the book was published. It was clear to me that more than a few people who had spent a lot of time onthe Rendlesham case simply didn’t want to even look at the information I had found. “Nick’s a wanker,” was one of the more concise responses LOL! Another, which was put forward by four people (it’s entirely possible there may have been others, too) was that I had sold my soul and I was now secretly working for “the government.” You know: the dreaded “Them” (also know as “they” in conversation). Others were just confused by the fact that I had made a full-turn on the incidents of December 1980. One even said he was “hurt” by my change of mind. Jeez. That was one of the craziest things said.
All of the above is pretty much what I expected. There is, however, a serious, important issue here. In fact, there are several issues. They all revolve around the emotional response to the book. One: several people who took me to task on Facebook, openly admitted they had never read the book. That also happened with my 2017 anti-UFO book on Roswell. It’s hardly the rational approach to take, though. Two: when my Rendlesham book was published there was a real sense of denial on the part of more than a few. That’s unfortunate, because focusing on one theory just because it’s cool and exciting (the E.T. angle, of course) , is very stupid. Three: If you saw some of the debates on Facebook, you’ll know there was an interesting revelation. Almost immediately after the book was published, a few researchers of Rendlesham quietly emailed back and forth on one specific subject: would my book affect potential, upcoming events (conferences, lectures, etc.) when the 40th anniversary comes along at the end of this year? Of course, the idea that a book could have an adverse affect on conference tickets at a gig – or several gigs – is ridiculous. But, that’s how some paranoid types in the community responded. Now, we come to the most important angle of all this.
If the incidents in Rendlesham Forest in December 1980 really were the manipulative work of government and military agencies, then we should strive to find the answers and expose the affairs for what they were – which is what I’m doing and have been doing for a long time. Like it or not, there is good evidence that Rendlesham – as a highly-classified experiment – was not alone. Indeed, it’s clear that some of the prime UFO events of the last sixty or so years were staged. I’m talking about the Antonio Villas Boas event of 1957, the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill case, the Hickson-Parker incident of 1973, and the Bennewitz story of the late 1970s/early 1980s. Ufology has been duped – and on a massive scale.
Finally: why haven’t we, the UFO community, solved these cases and exposed them for what they really were (and still are)? After all, it’s not as if there’s not enough people in the UFO field to find the truth. There’s plenty of us. I’ll tell you why: secret experiments are not as exciting – or as enticing – as aliens. So, they are largely ignored. And the manipulators behind all of this know that only too well. So, they quietly and successfully continue with their mind-meddling behind a UFO camouflage. It really is that simple.
The thought of one black hole is disconcerting – even with the potential that it could be a portal to time travel. The thought of a supermassive black hole sucking in stars takes it up a notch – even with the idea that most are located at the center of a galaxy, as is the case with our own Milky Way. A new discovery by astronomers using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) may require a better superlative than “supermassive” – they’ve located a supermassive black hole in the act of consuming SIX galaxies at once. No, “super-duper-massive” isn’t even a good try. Let’s see if the tale of the finding inspires one.
“The cosmic web filaments are like spider’s web threads. The galaxies stand and grow where the filaments cross, and streams of gas — available to fuel both the galaxies and the central supermassive black hole — can flow along the filaments.”
Astronomer Marco Mignoli of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) in Bologna and lead author of the research published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, makes this event sound like a common garden discovery of spiders, webs and perhaps a huge mantis caught in the middle. Now, imagine the mantis eating the web like spaghetti and sucking the spiders into its gaping jaws along with it. That’s a better picture of this black hole which existed in the first billion years of the universe, had a mass of a billion suns and controlled this web of six galaxies that was the size of 300 Milky Ways. Super-ginormous?
“Our work has placed an important piece in the largely incomplete puzzle that is the formation and growth of such extreme, yet relatively abundant, objects so quickly after the Big Bang.”
In the study’s press release, co-author Roberto Gilli, also an astronomer at INAF, explains that the team was looking for an answer to how black holes formed after the Big Bang – when stars were too young to be huge and too young to die and collapse into black holes. If black holes were created by the Big Bang, how did they find enough to eat to feed their teenage growth spurts?
“The new-found structure offers a likely explanation: the “spider’s web” and the galaxies within it contain enough gas to provide the fuel that the central black hole needs to quickly become a supermassive giant.”
The key to this discovery is the Very Large Telescope, which enables astronomers to see dim galaxies from the early days of the universe. Co-author Colin Norman of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore says they were always there – astronomers just needed the power to see them.
We still need a name for what the astronomers now call SDSS J1030+0524 – a luminous quasi-stellar object. Super-quasi-normous black hole? Incredibly hulky black hole? Bottomless pit of a black hole? It’s no wonder astronomers stick to password-like designations.
Erich von Daniken: Ezekiel's Incredible Encounter... A Highly Detailed Account of Advanced Technology
Erich von Daniken: Ezekiel's Incredible Encounter... A Highly Detailed Account of Advanced Technology
Erich von Daniken: Ezekiel’s Incredible Encounter… A Highly Detailed Account of Advanced Technology
Of the many accounts in the Bible of strange happenings and otherworldly occurrences, the story of Ezekiel is one of the more fascinating, especially when looked at through the lens of modern technology. When biblical texts are interpreted through this perspective in general, an interesting picture emerges of the possibility that our ancient ancestors were actually visited by an advanced race, rather than gods.
Erich von Daniken reveals a detailed account of Ezekiel’s encounter.
Hey, I was looking over a gigapan Mars photo when I realized I was looking directly at a Mars statue. The statue is similar to that of an Egyptian sphinx except this one is higher and this one has a halo around its head an a long robe. Also below the front of the robe, is a huge doorway in the shape of a cross. You can even see the face, hair, shoulders of the person. Its obvious that this structure was a sacred location for the people who made it.
The structure is about 1.5 meters tall, so the beings who would enter it would be about 10cm tall. Not just 100% proof of aliens, but proof that aliens rely upon religion.
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Disc shaped alien spacecraft flying through the northern aurora
Disc shaped alien spacecraft flying through the northern aurora
Awhile ago a cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured footage of the auroras over the Antarctic when 5 UFOs appeared moving through space.
Now, another recent recording from the ISS live feed shows a disc shaped UFO flying through the northern aurora.
The short footage captured by Pedro Ramirez and edited by El Peleon Enmascarado starts at the moment the UFO comes into view.
Then, the camera zooms in following the UFO. By reducing the playback speed of the footage, the UFO becomes clearly visible.
More and more astronauts are coming forward saying that they have seen UFOs in space. Watching this alien spacecraft then we know that they exist and that they are here, besides, this footage also confirms the statements of astronauts when they are talking about UFOs in space.
Formerly Secret Government Files Show Dozens of UFO Reports
Formerly Secret Government Files Show Dozens of UFO Reports
A few weeks after a strange circle of lights was spotted above Tenbury, it has been revealed in previously confidential Government files that dozens of UFO sightings have been reported in the county.
No explanation has been offered yet for the recent UFO sighting in Tenbury.
The files reveal 21 reports of UFOs made by witnesses between 1997 and 2009 across Worcestershire.
Several reports feature teddy bear-shaped objects, red and yellow stars, and moon-sized balloons.
In August 1997, a UFO about the size of an aircraft was seen travelling across the sky at tremendous speed.
In 1998, too bright, oval-shaped objects were observed slowly moving across Evesham’s sky and round, white, erratic objects in Kidderminster.
In Bewdley, Hereford, and Worcester, witnesses also reported seeing a black teddy bear-shaped object moving quickly through the sky. Very bright round UFOs and shooting stars initially moving slowly then rapidly were also reported in the early morning in Worcester in 1999 and 2001.
On New Year’s Eve in 2001, a star-shaped object was reported pulsating and then vanishing in Malvern.
A yellow and red big, round, bright star moved upwards in April 2002 in Worcester.
A helium-type balloon about a moon’s size with blue and red lights was observed moving across the sky in Worcester in 2003. In the same year, seven to eight spherical UFOs moved in a straight line above Droitwich.
In 2009, noiseless lights flying fast in a V-shape was spotted splitting up and disappearing, leaving no visible trail in Malvern.
The final UFO sighting report in the file involves an orange craft hovering above Evesham in October 2009.
The Ministry of Defence said that it stopped taking UFO sighting reports after 2009.
SOMETHING PEELED AN ENTIRE LAYER OFF THIS STAR LIKE A GIANT ORANGE
SOMETHING PEELED AN ENTIRE LAYER OFF THIS STAR LIKE A GIANT ORANGE
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DAN ROBITZSKI
Bare Bones
Before the star Cassiopeia A exploded in a supernova, something had already come by and stripped it bare.
The clouds of gas expelled by the supernova, Live Science reports, are missing hydrogen, which usually forms the outer layer of a star while heavier elements stay toward the core. Now, scientists think they know why: Cas A may have been too close to the earlier supernova of its neighbor, an explosion that would have been strong enough to blow the hydrogen layer away.
Going Together
An international team of astronomers modeled how when one star in a binary system blows up, it can essentially “sandblast” the other one, as Live Science put it. Their research, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, matches the existing data on what happened to Cas A and similar binary supernovae.
“This is enough for the second supernova of the binary system to become a stripped-envelope supernova,” lead author Ryosuke Hirai, a researcher at The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, said in a press release, “confirming that our proposed scenario is plausible.”
Controlled Demolition
The first supernova taking away Cas A’s outer layer of hydrogen also likely sent it into a wildly unstable state, Live Science reports, potentially speeding up its own death.
The new research is only a model. But just as those models predicted, the researchers found a cloud of hydrogen 50 million lightyears away: a shattered remnant from the first explosion.
If life does exist on Venus, NASA may have first detected it back in 1978. But the finding went unnoticed for 42 years.
Life on Venus is still a long shot. But there's reason to take the idea seriously. On Sept. 14, a team of scientists made a bombshell announcement in the journal Nature Astronomy: Using telescopes, they'd detected phosphine, a toxic gas long proposed as a possible sign of alien microbial life, in the upper part of the planet's thick atmosphere. The detection was a landmark in the long hunt for life elsewhere in the solar system, which has mostly focused attention on Mars and a few moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Meanwhile, Venus, hot and poisonous, was long considered too inhospitable for anything to survive. But now, digging through archival NASA data, Rakesh Mogul, a biochemist at Cal Poly Pomona in California, and colleagues have found a hint of phosphine picked up by Pioneer 13 — a probe that reached Venus in December 1978.
"When the [Nature Astronomy paper] came out, I immediately thought of the legacy mass spectra," Mogul told Live Science.
Mogul and his coauthors were broadly familiar with the data from the missions, he said. "So, for us, it was a natural next step to give the data another look. As such, after consulting with my co-authors, we identified the original scientific articles, and promptly started looking for phosphorous compounds."
The discovery, published to the arXiv database Sept. 22 and not yet peer reviewed, doesn't tell researchers much beyond what was reported in Nature Astronomy — though it does make the presence of phosphine (made up of a phosphorus atom and three hydrogens) even more certain, they said. The 1978 data comes from the Large Probe Neutral Mass Spectrometer (LNMS), one of several instruments that descended into Venus' atmosphere as part of the Pioneer 13 mission.
An image shows how Pioneer 13's large probe, which carried the LNMS, might have looked as it plunged through Venus's clouds.(Image credit: NASA)
Pioneer 13 dropped a large probe (the LNMS) into Venus' clouds; suspended from a parachute, the probe collected data and beamed it back to Earth as it plummeted toward its robotic death. (Three smaller probes also dropped from Pioneer 13 without parachutes.) The LNMS sampled the atmosphere and ran those samples through mass spectrometry, a standard lab technique used to identify unknown chemicals. When scientists first described the LNMS results in the 1970s, they didn't discuss phosphorus-based compounds like phosphine, focusing instead on other chemicals.
When Mogul's team reexamined the LNMS data from Venus' lower and middle clouds (a potential habitable zone on the planet), they found signals that look a great deal like phosphine, the researchers wrote. The scientists also found definitive evidence for atoms of phosphorus in the atmosphere, which likely came from a heavier gas such as phosphine.
LNMS wasn't built to hunt phosphine-like compounds, and would have had a hard time distinguishing the gas from other molecules that have similar masses. But Pioneer 13's sample did have evidence of some molecule present in the gas that had the same mass as phosphine — in amounts that match the levels described in the Nature Astronomy paper.
"I believe that evidence for [trace chemicals that could be signatures of life] in the legacy data were sort of discounted because it was thought that they could not exist in the atmosphere," Mogul said. "I think many people are now revisiting the notion of Venus as a fully oxidizing environment." (A "fully oxidizing environment" wouldn't include phosphine or most other chemicals seen as signs of life.)
Mogul and his colleagues also found hints of other chemicals that shouldn't arise naturally in Venus' clouds — substances like chlorine, oxygen and hydrogen peroxide.
"We believe this to be an indication of chemistries not yet discovered," they wrote, "and/or chemistries potentially favorable for life."
What's needed, they wrote, is further, sustained exploration of Venus.
"We need a more sustained approach for exploration like that of Mars," Mogul said.
NASA and the European, Indian and Russian space agencies have plans for Venus probes that might be helpful, he said.
"However, when considering the past, current, and future habitability of Venus, we would need longer-term chemical and geology studies to understand the sources of any potential chemical [anomalies] in the clouds," he said. "This could be from orbital probes, balloon-suspended probes in the clouds, and/or heat-stable lander probes."
The phrase "heat-stable" is important, given the planet's habit of killing any robot that lands on its sizzling hot surface.
For just about as long as there has been talk of UFOs and aliens, there has been that of these entities whisking people away for mysterious purposes. One of the weirder features of the alien abduction phenomenon are those cases in which some sort of physical evidence has been left behind on or in the bodies of the victims, and this can take many forms. Everything from burns, to strange lesions or rashes, to unidentifiable hairlessness, to myriad unexplained physical symptoms of all varieties have been seen in the alleged victims of UFO abductions, but some of the most remarkable of all are those instances in which some sort of foreign object has been left behind within the body of the abductee for purposes unknown. They are called “alien implants,” and can be simply small pieces of metal, strange wires, or other more sophisticated constructs like tubes or something akin to computer chips. Such implants have long been seen as very bizarre and fringe even within the UFO field, but there have been some seemingly very reliable witnesses to the phenomenon, and one of these must certainly be the surgeon who specialized in removing these outlandish otherworldly devices.
Roger Krevin Leir started out as a well-respected podiatric surgeon from California, who was not always known for his involvement with aliens and UFOs. He gradually picked up an interest in Ufology over the years and became a member of his local chapter of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), attending conferences, but at the time is was more a hobby than anything else. It was at one conference in particular that his life would be changed forever. In 1995, Leit attended a MUFON conference and was presented the X-rays of a woman who claimed to have been abducted by aliens. The X-rays were strange, and since Leir was a doctor they were shown to him to see what he thought. They appeared to show some sort of small metal objects embedded within her, and he went about having them surgically removed out of sheer curiosity.
Roger Krevin Leir
What he found was that the objects were two tiny metal shards that when analyzed by a laboratory showed them to be composed of aluminum and a type of iron typically found in meteorites. There could be found no traces of scars to show a point of insertion, nor was there any inflammatory tissue or rejection reaction by the body to these foreign objects. How did these objects get there and what were they? Leir was perplexed, and when he removed similar objects from a second patient he knew that there was something very strange going on. He decided to devote his time to studying this bizarre phenomenon, and would open a practice especially for this purpose, as well as a nonprofit research organization dedicated to it, called A&S Research, even hiring a dentist, a radiologist and a general surgeon to be a part of his team. What he would find over the course of at least 17 such implant extractions over his career would open his eyes to a whole new, bizarre world.
According to Leir, these implants really ran the range of strangeness. Some were composed of strange metals or elements, including Rare Earth Metals such U-236, as well as a single isotope of Uranium existing by itself, a very rare element known as Iridium, alloys with non-terrestrial isotopic ratios suggesting they came from space, and other strange anomalies. Implants would sometimes demonstrate odd qualities such as unknown odd crystalline structures and advanced constructs such as carbon nano tubes, carbon nano strands and carbon nano fibers, as well as an oily hard outer covering that seemed to prevent the body from rejecting them. The implants often displayed unusual magnetic properties, and some were claimed to emit radio waves of “deep space frequencies” in the FM band, as well as electromagnetic fields in excess of ten milligauss, with some implants continuing to transmit even after removal. There was never any visible point of entry into the body, and Leir claimed that these implants would sometimes move during surgery, as if trying to avoid being removed. The implants also had a high resistance to ordinary cutting techniques such as metallic sawing, or severing with a cutting instrument, forcing Leir to resort to cutting them with lasers at times. Some cases were particularly odd, such as one in which the implant broke and then reassembled itself after removal. Leir would write of this outlandish case in an article in X News Magazine as follows:
Case number 15 involved a male patient who was married with several young children and a resident of Southern California. He had a long history of abductions and they involved both his wife and family. One morning he awoke with pain in a toe and several small dots of blood on the bed sheet. This had occurred during the night and he made an appointment the following day with me in my office, as an ordinary foot patient. He withheld the fact that he was an abductee. He finally related to me the story about his last nights incident and confessed he had seen me on television. After examination I became suspicious that he did have a foreign body in his toe and suggested an x-ray. At the time there were no wounds or signs of blood. The x-rays proved positive for a metallic foreign body and because of his pain, it was recommended that it be removed. On his follow up visit he told me about his many abduction experiences and why he chose me as his specialist. The patient was given a copy of our extensive questionnaire and was told to fill it out and return them to me. Following that his surgery was scheduled.
The following is a partial list of unusual events associated with his surgery: 1. All of our surgeries are performed with the use of an X-ray device called a C Arm. This allows the surgeon to see the object on two television screens and we can visualize the instruments we are using to remove it while they are inside the body. This was the first object that broke into several smaller pieces during the process of removal. Each piece was placed on surgical gauze and then transferred into the container filled with the patient’s own blood serum. We had removed all the pieces except for one final piece. When we revisited the TV screens we noticed the final segment that was left was gone. After an adequate time of searching for it we simply gave up because it was not there and had simply vanished. 2. After three days went by, I reexamined the container holding the individual segments of the object and noticed they were all lined up in a straight line on the bottom of the container. I re-sealed the container and shook them up, placed the container on a table and waited about 15 minutes. Reexamination was shocking as they had again re-assembled themselves in the order they were in the x-ray. I called our camera operator. He came and we filmed this several times. We have no explanation for this metallic behavior and can only conclude that the alloys were some kind of memory metal.
One of Leir’s extracted implants
Making it even odder still was that in some cases the implants were estimated to have been within the subject for decades, meaning they predated any of the technology behind them should have been possible, and all of this convinced Leir that these were devices that had been planted there within the body by extraterrestrials for inscrutable purposes. His main theory as to their purpose was that they were possibly used for tracking people or monitoring physical changes, but it was anyone’s guess. He was very aware that his work was drawing some amount of criticism and skepticism, but he would claim that he had pursued his finding through the most stringent scientific methods. Leir would say of his surgeries and analyses:
To date our research team through our non profit, research organization, A&S Research has performed 17 surgeries for removal of objects from alleged alien abductees suspected of being alien implants. The implants have undergone rigorous examinations by both biological and metallurgical scientists associated with some of the world’s most prestigious laboratories such as Los Alamos National Labs, New Mexico Tech, University of Toronto, York University, Southwest Laboratories, Seal Laboratories and numerous others with the same validation. The discoveries have been both earth shattering and prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that these objects are non-terrestrial in origin and have been placed in humans all over the world by advanced species for reasons we still do not understand. It is my opinion that someone, or some entity, from somewhere else, is implanting these devices into human beings so that they can possibly monitor genetic changes which are occurring in the human body.
Leir would go on to write several books on the subject, including his hot-selling The Aliens and the Scalpel and Casebook: Alien Implants, as well as numerous articles, and he would appear in countless radio and television shows, cementing his place as a revolutionary pioneer into the phenomenon of alien implants within the UFO community. He also was the subject of the documentary Patient Seventeen, by investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, who filmed one of Leir’s actual surgeries to remove an implant from a man’s thigh. The implant was then sent to be analyzed, although the results have remained inconclusive as to what the device is. Corbell, who went in skeptical and now has an open mind, has said of his experience with Leir:
I told Dr. Leir that I would film his surgery, but if he was lying, bending the truth or trying to deceive the public in any way by altering his results, that I was going to out him. I asked him if he was sure that he wanted me to film his work, and he said, ‘Yes, Jeremy. I’ve been doing this for more than two decades, and there’s something to this!’ I don’t think belief should play a role here at all. I might be sitting on the most astounding physical evidence of an off-world, non-terrestrial nanotechnological device from an advanced Alien intelligence…or not. But you can be sure that I’m going to find out. I owe that to Patient Seventeen and I owe that to Dr. Leir.
Of course, with such amazing claims there are also plenty of skeptics, both within the medical field and Ufology. The main skeptical argument is that these are merely ordinary objects such as pieces of metal or shards of glass that have gotten lodged with the body in a way similar to splinters, or even simply disconnected collections of fat cells., and Leir has also been criticized for being reluctant to allow other independent doctors to do their own analyses of the objects in question. Also damning is a 1999 program called Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, which found that Leir had at one point been put on probation for 3 years by the California Board of Podiatric Medicine for “repeated acts of negligence.” Sadly, Leir passed away in 2014 at the age of 79 shortly after Patient Seventeen wrapped filming, taking whatever secrets he had to the grave with him. We are left to ask whether Roger Leir was a fraud or for real, and what his alleged findings mean. What did he find in these patients, if anything? If these really are what he claimed they were, then what are they for, and who put them there? Whatever the case may be, the phenomenon of alien implants has not gone away, and there continue to be those who claim to have these devices lodged within them. What does it all mean? We may never know for sure.
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Mysterious Object Moving To And From The Space Station, Sept 30, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Mysterious Object Moving To And From The Space Station, Sept 30, 2020, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 30, 2020
Location of sighting:Space station
I found this in NASA space station archives and there is a small oval shaped UFO that comes towards the spaces station and apparently circles the ISS and then returns the way it came, but on the right side of the ISS. The UFO clearly is very interested in the space station and seems to have come in this direction for that one reason. The astronauts aboard the space station never said anything about it. I never heard any conversation at all. So I will just add music to it.
When I enlarged the UFO I found that it is egg shaped and has a bright green and yellow tint to it. This is absolutely 100% alien in origin.
Energy Entities Recorded Over UK On Oct 3, 2020, Raw Video, UFO Sighting News.
Energy Entities Recorded Over UK On Oct 3, 2020, Raw Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 3, 2020
Location of sighting: Preston in Lancashire, UK
Now at first this will appear to be spot lights, but as you watch, you will notice that it is something else. There is no light beam, no round or oval contact point on the clouds. Each beam is actually different in shape. The lights are not alien craft but energy beings that don't need a ship. They are traveling together as they usually do, but they are circling over an are for a bit. They only circle when they are noticed by humans below. They are as curious about us and our reaction to them as we are about them. 100% proof that advanced aliens are watching over the UK.
I took the video and added light to it to make the background sky and lights more visible...at the bottom of this post.
Plane Investigates UFOs Over Howard Beach, New York Oct 3, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Plane Investigates UFOs Over Howard Beach, New York Oct 3, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 3, 2020
Location of sighting: Howard Beach, New York, USA
At first this looks like the big dipper star constellation, but then they slowly move and change positions. They move closer and closer to the eyewitnesses as if its the UFOs watching them. This is a common theme in many past UFO reports. The absolute proof of this being alien craft is that they were seen on radar and a plane was seen in the video investigating the UFOs at 1:30 into the video. You can tell the plane by its flashing aircraft lights as it slows down near the UFOs. This is serious proof that aliens exist and are watching us back.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Dit gebeurde rond 22:15 uur. UFO's ???! We waren aan het rondhangen in onze achtertuin en keken naar de Volle Maan en Mars en de omringende sterren met de Sky View-app toen deze verschenen. De app identificeerde deze objecten niet die in een reeks leken te zweven. Er waren er ongeveer 5-6 waarvan ze allemaal geleidelijk verdwenen.
Three Glowing UFOs Seen Passing Over Homes In Philadelphia, Oct 3, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Three Glowing UFOs Seen Passing Over Homes In Philadelphia, Oct 3, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 3, 2020 Location of sighting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA At first the UFOs seem to be reflections from the street lights, however that is not the case. There are many glowing objects flying over the neighborhood. They are too low to be satellites and have no flashing lights so they are not aircraft. I am very surprised at the brightness of the UFOs. They must be close for them to shine so brightly. Excellent footage. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
Please look at watch we just witness over Philadelphia. Three UFO's spotted in the sky. While you're watching look as the 3rd one appears out of no where. Dont pay attention to the 2 moving spots that was just glare in my camera lens. Omg what is going on!
Fast moving Orbs near ABE airport Pennsylvania caught on camera
Fast moving Orbs near ABE airport Pennsylvania caught on camera
Witness noticed a series of fast moving orbs in the sky over Bangor, Pennsylvania on which he started to record the strange phenomenon.
Witness states:
My Dad first noticed none blinking reddish lights fly by his window and came down to ask me if I saw something fly by.
I said no but call me if you see it again. So within about 2 minutes he called me and I ran outside to see. I immediately ran in to tell everyone to hurry up and come look. Then I started to record them.
They came in groups of 2 and 3 and I believe they were big in size, fast moving and very bright.
I live by ABE airport and see planes and just about everything before. I know what lighted blimps, Chinese lanterns, tracer rounds, A-10s, shooting stars and planets all look like but something like these orbs I've never seen.
They flew in a direction that I don’t see planes flying and a group of them flew by a commercial airplane that was dropping altitude to land. So whoever was flying or on that plane had to see them too. Mufon case 111692.
Although the orb phenomenon often is associated with paranormal activity in the way that some orbs could be connected to spirit beings and the afterlife, it is more likely that the fast moving orbs over Bangor, Pennsylvania are UFOs either man-made or of alien origin.
Was Space Force delayed nearly 20 years to facilitate a S pace Pearl Harbor?
Was Space Force delayed nearly 20 years to facilitate a Space Pearl Harbor?
The recently established United States Space Force is widely considered to be the brainchild of President Donald Trump, which has subsequently aroused suspicion, if not outright opposition, by those believing it to be a grandiose vanity project with no genuine national security significance.
However, the first proposal for a Space Force dates back to a bipartisan "Space Commission" established during the Clinton administration that delivered a detailed report on January 11, 2001, recommending a new military space service to be called "Space Corps".
The chief goal of the Space Corps would be to prevent a future "Space Pearl Harbor".
On September 10, 2001, Rumsfeld appeared on live television, saying that the Pentagon could not account for 2.3 trillion dollars in the fiscal year 1999. This was money that could not be tracked by the Pentagon Inspector General, who had described similar anomalies with the Pentagon budget in 1998 and 2000.
The missing 2.3 trillion dollars probably were used to finance a black budget space program.
This is an audio version of an article published on Exopolitics.org on October 1, 2020, and is narrated by the author Michael Salla, Ph.D.
For links and references go to: https://exopolitics.org/was-space-force-delayed-nearly-20-years-to-facilitate-a-space-pearl-harbor/
Spectacular TR-3B UFO filmed over New York Mills 5-Oct-2020
Spectacular TR-3B UFO filmed over New York Mills 5-Oct-2020
This interesting footage of a possible TR-3B (triangle- UFO) was filmed over New York Mills, a village in Oneida County, New York, USA. Filmed on 5th October 2020.
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Forty-three years ago was the last time the U.S. government considered creating an official commission to investigate and report on UFOs. Despite Washington’s efforts to dissuade the public from any interest in UFOs through the 1969 issuance of the University of Colorado’s Condon Report, UFOs continued to appear. Eight years later, with President Jimmy Carter in office, his administration thought the time was right to officially request that NASA look into the phenomenon.
As put by a NASA scientist in a memo issued around the same time, however, “undertaking a formal [UFO] study at this time appears fraught with perils.” Needless to say, the commission was never finalized, and the 1977 deliberations between NASA, the White House, and other governmental agencies are an almost-forgotten episode in the official history of American ufology.
Jimmy Carter, UFO Witness
The inauguration of Jimmy Carter as the thirty-ninth President of the United States ushered a new round of expectations in the UFO community. After all, it could be said he was a member of that community. President Carter, who was a former Georgia governor, peanut farmer, and U.S. Navy nuclear engineer, not only claimed to have seen a UFO but officially reported it. In terms of UFO data, President Carter’s sighting is not an impressive incident, falling into the category of nocturnal light. The sighting would surely be forgotten if Carter had not become the president.
Steven Spielberg mentions Jimmy Carter potentially releasing UFO information in this video.
The first account of Carter’s sighting appeared in October 1973—during that year’s big UFO flap—when dispatches from Georgia quoted the governor’s first statement on UFOs: “I’ve seen one myself.” The story was picked up in the press, prompting the International UFO Bureau in Oklahoma City and the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in Maryland to send UFO questionnaires to the Georgia State Capitol. Carter personally filled out both questionnaires and gave permission to use his name as a witness. According to the questionnaires, the sighting occurred “shortly after dark” in October 1969 when Carter and ten other “members of Leary Georgia Lions Club” were “outdoors waiting for a meeting to begin at 7:30 p.m.” The sighting lasted between ten to twelve minutes and the object, located at “about 30 degrees above the horizon,” was described as “about the same size as the moon, maybe a little smaller, varied from brighter/larger than planet to apparent size of the moon.”
President Carter’s UFO story reemerged as he gained prominence during the 1976 presidential campaign. On June 8, the National Enquirer published a short interview with Carter in which he said, “I am convinced that UFOs exist because I have seen one,” adding that “I’ll never make fun of people who say they’ve seen unidentified objects in the sky.” In that interview, Carter also made an important promise to the American public: “If I become President, I’ll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and the scientists.”
Ironically, the only ufologist to really investigate Carter’s sighting was skeptic Robert Sheaffer. The main clue was that Carter claimed to have seen the object while visiting the town of Leary to lecture at the local Lions Club. In his book, The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence, Sheaffer recounts that his effort to locate additional witnesses was difficult, but he was finally able to find one who remembered seeing, “like a blue light or something or other in the sky that night.”
However, Sheaffer soon discovered that there was a problem with the date given by Carter as the date of the sighting. Carter always said that in the sighting occurred in October 1969, but the Lions Club in Leary had disbanded in February of that year. Sheaffer eventually located the official records of the meeting at the Lions Club International Headquarters. The exact date of Carter’s speech in Leary was January 6, 1969, “nine months earlier than Mr. Carter’s recollection had placed it.” Furthermore, after computing the position of the planets for that date, Sheaffer discovered that “Venus was a conspicuous evening star, nearing its maximum brilliance. Venus was . . . at 7:15 PM, at about 25º elevation, in virtually the exact position where Carter had placed his UFO.”
The result of Sheaffer’s investigation was mostly ignored because it robbed the public of identifying the president as a witness to a genuine UFO. Yet, there is a high probability that what Carter saw could have been explained. The visual tricks that Venus can play in the eyes of the beholder have been known for decades by competent UFO investigators like Allan Hendry, who has characterized Venus as “the real champion” of the stars and planets that tend to cause UFO sightings.
The sighting, however, was only one aspect of President Carter’s link to ufology. The other was his campaign promise to release all the UFO data held by the government. Stanley Schneider, assistant to President Carter’s White House Science advisor Frank Press, later admitted to the New York Times that “public interest in this has been brewing for several months, slowly building up . . . It was getting to be more than we could handle.” In fact, so many letter about UFOs were sent to President Carter that Virginia ufologist Larry Bryant eventually published a book on the letters entitled, UFO Politics at the White House: Citizens Rally ‘Round Jimmy Carter’s Promise. One indicator of the campaign’s impact was revealed by U.S. News & World Report in its April 18, 1977 edition. Under the heading of “Official Word Coming on UFOs,” the magazine stated that “before the year is out, the Government—perhaps the President—is expected to make what is described as ‘unsettling disclosures’ about UFOs . . . based on information from the CIA.”
NASA’s UFO Past
In an attempt to achieve UFO disclosure, the White House had difficulty in developing a coherent policy, and thus, NASA became the logical candidate. Unlike the U.S. Air Force, NASA had never been officially involved in the UFO controversy, although a link between the two surfaced occasionally. Popular UFO articles, books, and movies often displayed UFO photos taken by NASA astronauts, but the great majority of these images were explained by prosaic phenomena such as lens flares, booster rockets, or items ejected from space capsules.
White House science advisor Dr. Frank Press (left) with President Jimmy Carter.
Image credit: American Institute of Physics
While NASA never officially investigated UFOs, it did produce a few UFO-related documents such as the Kennedy Space Center’s “NASA Management Instruction (KMI 8610.4)” of June 28, 1967, regarding “Processing Reports of Sightings of Space Vehicles Fragments.” The four-page-document signed by the space center’s director, Kurt H. Debus, contained procedures dealing primarily with manmade space vehicles, but KMI 8610.4 added that “reports of sightings of objects not related to space vehicles” were also included: “It is KSC policy to respond to reported sightings of space vehicles fragments and unidentified flying objects as promptly as possible.” The document provided definitions of “Space Vehicle Fragment” and “Unidentified Flying Objects,” and KSC personnel were instructed to “call in unidentified flying object reports to the Patrick Air Force Base Command Post.”
Additionally, NASA’s name appears often in connection with mysterious space crashes such as the one in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania in 1965, which later led to a lengthy Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against NASA by journalist Leslie Kean. The space agency also appeared as a “forwarding” office in several declassified documents from other government branches.
NASA’s Response to the White House
It was against this background that NASA found itself tasked with official UFO responsibility early on in the Carter administration. That segment of the population that believed Earth was being visited by aliens had not forgotten Jimmy Carter’s campaign promise. The president’s science and technology advisor, Frank Press, became the White House official in charge of the UFO problem, but outside help was sought when the White House became overwhelmed with UFO mail. Press stated in his July 21, 1977 letter to NASA administrator Robert Frosch “that the focal point for the UFO question ought to be NASA.”
President Carter giving the Robert Goddard award to NASA Administrator Robert Frosch.
Image credit: NASA
“There appears to be a national revival of interest in the matter with a younger generation becoming involved,” wrote Press, adding that “this is a public relations problem as much as anything else.” Press’s problems were twofold: First, the most immediate issue was how to deal with the growing number of correspondence regarding UFOs being received by the White House. Second, Press has to face the substantive issue of whether there was any truth to the UFO phenomenon and he believed that a new “panel of inquiry could be formed by NASA” to review the UFO evidence and “see if there are any new significant findings.”
First letter by White House science advisor Frank Press to NASA Administrator Bob Frosch stating that “the focal point for the UFO question ought to be NASA.”
Image credit: Huneeus Collection
Subsequent FOIA requests revealed that even before Frosch responded to Press on September 6, 1977 the U.S. Air Force was already meddling in the affair. One of the most significant and prophetic pieces of paper to come out of this period is a four-line letter written on September 1, 1977 by Colonel Charles H. Senn, the chief of the air force’s community relations division. The addressee was another former air force man, Lieutenant General Duward L. Crow, who was, at that time, the assistant deputy administrator of NASA. Along with an enclosed “UFO Fact Sheet and standard response to UFO public inquiries” that Crow had requested, Senn wrote, “I sincerely hope you are successful in preventing a reopening of UFO investigations.” Considering what took place in the ensuing months, when NASA literally turned down an official request from the White House, one does not need to be particularly conspiratorial to see that the air force was not a neutral party in this drama. Before Frosch’s response to Press was sent on September 6, the letter was rewritten twice by Crow.
Colonel Senn’s letter to retired Lieutenant General Crow, with a highly suggestive phrase about “preventing a reopening of UFO investigations.”
Image credit: NASA/Huneeus Collection
Bob Frosch’s letter was courteous, but not encouraging. The strategy for responding to UFO inquiries from the public through “form letters” and “information sheets” was discussed, as both NASA and the air force had discovered long ago that it was the most economical method. It obviously had its problems, continued Frosch, such as the lack of a “focal point for technical appraisal of sightings.” No quick action was to be taken regarding the proposed UFO panel or commission, wrote Frosch, “before . . . we should assure ourselves that an inquiry is justified.” His suggestion, therefore, was to name “a NASA project officer to review reports of the last ten years” and “provide a specific recommendation” by the end of the year.
Press’s response to Frosch a week later stated he was “pleased . . . that NASA can handle the public inquiries” so as to “relieve my staff of a responsibility we are not equipped to handle.” Frosch never said in his letter that NASA would handle the mail for the White House; instead, he had only referred to the air force and NASA’s experience in using form letters. Press agreed fully with Frosch that the NASA commission was something that should be weighed carefully and wrote, “I can understand your reluctance to commit the agency to a formal program.” He conceded that it was up to the space agency to review the UFO situation as it best saw fit.
NASA’s review of the UFO question was not a formal study, but an in-house analysis of the options available. The key document is a four-page memo, “UFO Study Considerations,” dated November 8, 1977 written by Dr. Noel Hinners, NASA’s associate administrator for space science. Dr. Hinners considered “the question of what NASA could reasonably do in both the short and the long term,” he wrote in his memo to NASA’s assistant administrator. The scientist went about his task in a straightforward manner, outlining succinctly the current UFO scene which included
“Widespread interest” with about half of the American population believing “something” exists;
Interest in forming a “specialized agency” in the United Nations;
A formal study group being set up by the CNES, NASA’s counterpart in France;
Several solid private UFO organizations in the USA “with responsible membership”;
An increase in reports of what Hinners referred to as “the near encounter type”; and
A wider acceptance within the UFO community of a government cover-up, meaning not only that the Government “knows far more than it has released,” but that it “may even have pieces of UFO hardware in hand.”
Dr. Hinners analyzed the problems facing a NASA UFO review: the “apparent lack of any tangible or physical evidence for laboratory analysis,” and the “absence of any sound scientific protocol for investigating the phenomenon firsthand.” The word “apparent” in the first line is to be noted while the word “absence” in the second line is questionable. After three decades of amateur investigations, by 1977, civilian UFO organizations had achieved a degree of this so-called “scientific protocol.” Other problems outlined by Dr. Hinners were the abundance of “secondary source materials” or “hearsay”; the prejudices on the part of investigators; hoaxes; “the delicate interface,” as Hinners put it, between the government and UFO witnesses; and “the danger of projecting an inaccurate NASA or Administration image.” Dr. Hinners’s conclusion was that, “all in all, undertaking a formal study at this time appears fraught with perils.”
First page of Dr. Noel Hinners’ key internal NASA document, “UFO Study Considerations,” of November 8, 1977.
Image credit: NASA/Huneeus Collection
Dr. Hinners presented two choices to NASA. The first option was to reject the White House’s idea for “the Federal government and specifically NASA, to investigate the UFO phenomenon.” As Dr. Hinners opined, this option would give added fuel to the “charges of cover-up” by the UFO community, but it would also avoid “controversy . . . within the science community NASA deals with.” There were budgetary advantages too in keeping the current policy of form letters and not spending extra resources, but Hinners had the intelligence of pointing out that choosing this option “would also be begging the question.”
The second option was for NASA to consider creating a commission to investigate the topic. This option seemed almost identical to the early, positive days of the Condon Committee. Basically, Hinners’s thought was that the commission could request major UFO organizations “to submit their ‘best’ cases,” put “this material into a usable format,” update and revise it, and finally “ask for a peer review.” On the basis of this preliminary study, NASA would decide whether some form of permanent UFO investigative branch should be established. Hinners also recommended something that was later used by Bob Frosch in his final and formal rejection of the commission that, “as a minimum, having gone so far and this publicly, NASA should stand ready to investigate new hard evidence that might come in.”
In late November 1977, the White House decided to go ahead publicly with formally requesting a NASA UFO commission. The wire services carried the story and quoted David Williamson, NASA’s assistant for special projects, saying the agency was “not anxious” to study UFOs. Like Dr. Condon, Williamson appeared to disqualify any existence of UFOs before any official conclusion had been reached. “There is no measurable UFO evidence such as a piece of metal, flesh or cloth,” he said.
When Bob Frosch finally responded to Frank Press on December 21, 1977, nobody in Washington was surprised. The main theme was “the absence of tangible physical evidence available for thorough laboratory analysis” coupled with the willingness to analyze “any bona fide physical evidence from credible sources” submitted to NASA. Frosch also mentioned the lack of “a sound scientific procedure for investigating these phenomena” as a reason that a study “would be wasteful and probably unproductive.” The shadow of Dr. Condon, deceased since 1974, seemed to pervade this letter. Condon had concluded eight years earlier that science could not be expected to gain anything by studying UFOs. Frosch reached the same conclusion without even embroiling himself in a thousand-page report at a cost of over half a million dollars. After turning down the White House’s request, Frosch left a way out, just in case, writing, “I wish in no way to indicate that NASA has come to any conclusion about these phenomena as such; institutionally, we retain an open mind, a keen sense of scientific curiosity, and a willingness to analyze problems within our competence.”
In 1978, NASA released its revamped “Information Sheet No. 78-1” on UFOs. It stated that other than answering UFO-related mail sent to the White House, “NASA is not engaged in a research program involving these phenomena, nor is any other government agency.” The six-page document was an updated version of the old air force form letter, yet NASA added an interesting paragraph not to be found in the Pentagon’s counterpart: “Reports of unidentified flying objects entering United States air space are of interest to the military as a regular part of defense surveillance. Beyond that, the US Air Force no longer investigates reports of UFO sightings.” In other words, NASA provided an admission that NORAD and the U.S. military still keep an eye on UFOs with possible national security implications. The NASA document quoted extensively from the administrator’s letter about the “bona fide physical evidence” and lack thereof.
First page of the NASA Information Sheet Number 78-1 on “Unidentified Flying Objects,” the new revamped governmental form letter on UFOs to come out of the Carter failed ufological initiative.
Image credit: NASA/Huneeus Collection
It is interesting to see how quickly and effectively the government muzzled this revival of UFO interest. Although numerous FOIA lawsuits were being pursued by researchers, many months and even years would pass before some of these documents were obtained, processed, and publicized. But, the interaction between the White House, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force during this little known episode in President Carter’s administration offers a window into how the federal government deals publicly with ufology. The failed NASA UFO commission attempt by the Carter administration in 1977 is the last time the U.S. government even considered launching a new formal study. Given the current state of affairs in Washington, it’s extremely unlikely that a new effort will be attempted anytime soon, but the phenomenon itself is certainly not likely to go away.
Colonel Senn’s phrase becomes reality in this AP newswire story published in the NY Times on December 28, 1977, “NASA Refuses to ReopenInvestigations of U.F.O.’s.”
Image credit: NY Times/Huneeus Collection
A version of this article originally appeared in Issue #23 (December/January 2014) of Open Minds UFO Magazine. Back issues can be found here.
Nick Pope worked for the Ministry of Defence investigating UFO reports in the 90s. Now he is a UFO pundit, often speaking to media outlets around the world on the UFO topic. In this interview, we will discuss recent news and Nick’s thought on what will come of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s request for UAP reports from the US military.
Science has proven that “hominids” have lived on this planet for a very long time. It has also proven that Homo Sapiens Sapiens have not.
Our ancestors arrived here as interstellar prisoners approximately fifty thousand years ago.
The optimal conditions for our exile were:
no memory of former lives
no tools or technology
a planet hospitable to our life form far from intergalactic civilization
no direct contact or interference in development
periodic monitoring and assessment
Based on certain facts, there have been theories stipulated, in various timelines, which support the concept that our entire planet was created as a sort of prison.
According to one theory, it is a prison for the observation of our species. For another theory, Earth is a spiritual prison.
Let’s keep an open mind about this, as it is only natural that when a theory is brought forth, supporting something different than what was taught in school, most people dismiss it without even considering the evidence.
Researchers have discovered the true colors of a group of fossilized insects, trapped in amber approximately 99 million years ago in Myanmar. The ancient insects include cuckoo wasps, soldier flies, and beetles, all bursting in metallic blue, purple, and green colors.
Comparisons between original and altered metallic colors in cleptine wasps. Credit: NIGPAS.
Nature is very visually rich but fossils rarely retain evidence of an organism’s original color. Nevertheless, paleontologists are now finding ways of teasing out colors from well-preserved fossils, whether they be dinosaurs and flying reptiles or ancient snakes and mammals.
Knowing the color of extinct species is actually very important, as it can tell researchers many things about the behavior of the animals. Colors could have been used to attract mates or warn off predators or even help with temperature regulation, for example. Knowing more about them can also help researchers know more about ecosystems and environments.
For the new study, a research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) looked at 35 individual amber samples with fantastically preserved insects trapped inside. The fossils were found in an amber mine in northern Myanmar.
“The amber is mid-Cretaceous, approximately 99 million years old, dating back to the golden age of dinosaurs,” said Cai Chenyan, the lead author, in a press release. “It is essentially resin produced by ancient coniferous trees that grew in a tropical rainforest environment. Animals and plants trapped in the thick resin got preserved, some with life-like fidelity.”
Colors in nature usually fall under three main categories: bioluminescence, pigments, and structural colors. The amber fossils found retained structural colors, which tend to be intense and rather eye-grabbing (including metallic colors) and are produced by microscopic light-scattering structures located on the heads, bodies, and limbs of animals.
The researchers polished the fossils using sandpaper and diatomite powder. Some pieces of amber were polished into very thin slices, making the insects clearly observable and the surrounding amber matrix almost transparent in bright light. The images included in the study were edited to adjust for brightness and contrast.
“The type of color preserved in the amber fossils is called structural color,” said Pan Yanhong, a co-author of the study, in a statement. “The surface nanostructure scatters light of specific wavelengths” which “produces very intense colors,” said Pan, adding that this “mechanism is responsible for many of the colors we know from our everyday lives.”
Diverse structural-colored insects in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar.
Credit: NIGPAS.
Among all the fossils, the cuckoo wasps were particularly stunning, with their heads, thorax, abdomen, and legs featuring hues of metallic blue-green, yellow-red, violet, and green. The color patterns were a close match to cuckoo wasps alive today, according to the research. Other standouts included blue and purple beetles and metallic dark-green soldier flies.
The researchers used electron microscopy to demonstrate that the amber fossils have a “well-preserved exoskeleton nanostructure that scatters light.”
“Our observations strongly suggest that the color preserved in some amber fossils may be the same as displayed by the insects when alive, some 99 million years ago,” wrote the authors in the study. “This is moreover corroborated by the fact that metallic blue-green coloration is frequently found in extant living cuckoo wasps.”
Stone Age Rock Tombs Found Near Göbekli Tepe Provide More Ancient Clues
Stone Age Rock Tombs Found Near Göbekli Tepe Provide More Ancient Clues
Göbekli Tepe, in Turkey, is regarded as one of the most importantStone Agearchaeological sites in the world. It has changed our view of how civilization developed. Recently, archaeologists working not far from Göbekli Tepe have made further discoveries related to the Stone Age complex.
They have found a large number of Stone Age rock tombs that could help to solve some of the mysteries of this prehistoric complex and the area that surrounds it. The excavation of the Stone Age rock tombs is near to the place where a Stone Age figure known as the Balıklıgöl statue or Urfa man, dating to 9000 BC, was also found.
Experts from the Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality were collaborating with personnel from the Culture and Tourism Ministry, who were investigating the Kizilkoyun Necropolis area, when they discovered the Stone Age rock tombs. They came across the burial site in the Old Town of Şanliurfa, not far from where some stunning mosaics of hunting Amazons were previously unearthed. The rock tombs are believed to have been part of the same cultural area as Göbekli Tepe.
The Urfa Man Is Much Like The Eye-Idols Found At Göbekli Tepe
The enigmatic Urfa man figure appears to be related to the distinctive T-shaped statues found at Göbekli Tepe , in particular in their ‘”double V-shape neck design”, according to Ancient Origins . The haunting empty staring eyes of the Urfa man have been likened to the so-called eye-idols found at Göbekli Tepe. The Urfa man figure is about 6 feet (1.80 meters) high and was most likely used for ceremonial or religious purposes and was possibly an idol. Hurriyet Daily News states that it has been called by experts the “oldest naturalistic life-sized sculpture of a human.”
The Urfa Man with its empty eyes, which was found not far from the recently discovered Stone Age rock tombs in Turkey.
According to Zeynel Abidin Beyazgül, the mayor of the Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality, “a total of 662 shanty houses were demolished in the area and 61 rock tombs unearthed.” The rock tombs come in a variety of sizes and they appear to have been built later than Göbekli Tepe. However, it is believed that these tombs will provide evidence on the prehistoric site and its builders.
One of the so-called eye-idols found at Göbekli Tepe .
The Stone Age Mysteries of the Incredible Göbekli Tepe Site
Göbekli Tepe is a tell or massive earthen mound in the south-east of Turkey, a 30-minute drive from the city of Şanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe dates to approximately 10,000 BC and was built and used by Stone Age people. It is home to the world’s oldest megalithic structure , which is comprised of 200 monumental T-shaped standing stones arranged in circular formations. The function of the site is not known but it was probably religious, and many view it as the world’s oldest temple. Göbekli Tepe is providing new evidence for the development of civilization and has already proven that Stone Age societies were much more sophisticated than once thought. In 2018, the site was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, but much of it is unexcavated and there are still many mysteries surrounding this incredible site.
The massive Göbekli Tepe earthen mound in the south-east of Turkey, a 30-minute drive from the city of Şanlıurfa, where the Stone Age rock tombs were recently discovered.
This is what makes the recent finding of the Stone Age rock tombs so exciting. The Mayor of Şanlıurfa told Yeni Şafak “We believe that the excavations we will carry out in the area where artifacts similar to the discoveries in Göbekli Tepe are going to be very significant.” Any links between the tombs at Kizilkoyun, and the UNESCO Heritage site is important because it could throw new light on Stone Age civilizations. The Mayor is quoted by Turkish Express as saying that “the excavations around the Kızılkoyun Necropolis will contribute to solving the mystery in surrounding Göbekli Tepe .” The Göbekli Tepe burial site is famous for the variety of its burials and funerary art.
More Discoveries Expected From The Kizilkoyun Necropolis
Investigations at the Kizilkoyun Necropolis area Stone Age rock tombs will continue, and any artifacts found at the site will be interpreted to determine if they are connected to Göbekli Tepe . There is great hope that the digs at the rock tomb site will solve some of the Göbekli Tepe mysteries that are still unsolved.
The mayor is quoted by Hurriyet Daily News as saying that “Şanlıurfa is already preparing for more discoveries, let humanity expect new surprises.” The burial ground is only one of many historic locations in the Turkish city, known as Edessa in ancient times, a strategically important center to several empires in classical antiquity.
Top image: The Stone Age rock tombs recently found at the Kizilkoyun Necropolis area not far from Göbekli Tepe .
The search for a habitable exoplanet has been a frustrating one. Although we've found a bunch of rocky planets orbiting at the right distance from their star, further investigation has so far mostly yielded nothing but barren poisonous rocks lashed with deadly stellar flares.
But according to new research using computer modelling to explore the conditions that could exist on different types of exoplanets, there could be places out there where life absolutely thrives - even more than it does on Earth.
And it all has to do with oceans.
"Our work has been aimed at identifying the exoplanet oceans which have the greatest capacity to host globally abundant and active life," explained geophysicist Stephanie Olson of the University of Chicago.
"Life in Earth's oceans depends on upwelling (upward flow) which returns nutrients from the dark depths of the ocean to the sunlit portions of the ocean where photosynthetic life lives. More upwelling means more nutrient resupply, which means more biological activity. These are the conditions we need to look for on exoplanets."
Olson and her team used software called ROCKE-3D developed by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies to model rocky exoplanets. They modelled a range of different exoplanets to explore which would be the most likely to develop and sustain life, based on ocean circulation.
They found that thicker atmospheres combined with slower rotation rates and the presence of continents all produced higher upwelling rates.
"It shows us that conditions on some exoplanets with favourable ocean circulation patterns could be better suited to support life that is more abundant or more active than life on Earth."
We know that salty oceans are likely out there, beyond the Solar System. In addition to Earth, we know Mars was once rather watery, for instance. And there are the moons, too - Europa, Enceladus, Callisto and Ganymede number among the large moons in the Solar System that appear to have liquid oceans.
These nearby worlds don't meet the criteria laid out by the research, though. Mars is dry and has a thin whisper of an atmosphere, and the moons listed have barely-there atmospheres as well; we're also currently unsure of their continental status.
But there are a lot more exoplanets out there in the galaxy than there are moons in the Solar System. Last year, scientists released an estimate that up to 35 percent of all known exoplanets bigger than Earth should be rich in water.
So far, the first criterion in the search for habitable exoplanets has been whether a planet is in the "habitable zone" - where temperatures are not so hot that liquid oceans would vaporise, nor so cold that they would freeze.
This new research adds some parameters that could be employed on future searches, and may even inform the development of instrumentation optimised for detecting said parameters.
"In our search for life in the Universe, we should target the subset of habitable planets that will be most favourable to large, globally active biospheres," Olson said, "because those are the planets where life will be easiest to detect - and where non-detections will be most meaningful."
Although we’re all from here, Earth isn’t necessarily the best planet to live on in the Universe, according to new research. A new study lists two dozen such “superhabitable” planet candidates for further research.
Image via Pixabay.
It is quite an unexpected turn of events, but the planets identified in the new study all show some properties that could make it a better home for earthlings than Earth itself.
The study, published by researchers from Washington State University, also detail why these planets were chosen. Some are older, some larger, others wetter and slightly warmer than Earth. Some of them even orbit ‘better’ stars than our own Sun, and are expected to exist for longer.
Better than the original
“With the next space telescopes coming up, we will get more information, so it is important to select some targets,” said Schulze-Makuch, a professor with WSU and the Technical University in Berlin.
“We have to focus on certain planets that have the most promising conditions for complex life. However, we have to be careful to not get stuck looking for a second Earth because there could be planets that might be more suitable for life than ours.”
All the 24 maybe-superhabitable planets are over 100 light years away from Earth, so for the time being, they’re far beyond our grasp. However, with concentrated effort and data pooled from current and future telescopes, such as from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the LUVIOR space observatory, and the European Space Agency’s PLATO space telescope, we could glean enough data to see whether they’d be nice places to live.
Schulze-Makuch, a geobiologist with expertise in planetary habitability, worked with astronomers René Heller of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and Edward Guinan of Villanova University to first determine which criteria would make a planet superhabitable. Then, they dredged through data of the over 4,500 known exoplanets to see which would fit.
A habitable planet isn’t necessarily one that has life, but one that has the right conditions to sustain life as we know it — things like pleasant temperatures, liquid water, magnetic fields, and breathable atmosphere.
The team looked at systems with stars similar to our Sun (G-class stars) and planets orbiting them in the liquid water zone — not too far nor too close. But since G-class stars have a lifespan of just 10 billion years, and it took life on Earth 4 billion years to evolve, this means they’re not the best candidates for life, as they can consume their fuel before anything spawns on the planets that orbit them. That’s why the team also looked at the cooler, dimmer K-class dwarf stars, which have lifespans of 20 billion to 70 billion years.
While this gives the planets more time to develop life, the authors argue that we shouldn’t be looking at ones that are too old. In order to be habitable, a planet needs a protective magnetic field — the ones that don’t end up like Mars is today. Those magnetic fields are generated in their core, and they’re powered by geothermal energy — which itself is produced by radioactive decay inside the planet. The Earth is around 4.5 billion years old, meaning it hasn’t yet expended its cache of geothermal energy. The authors thus argue that we should be looking for exoplanets 5 billion to 8 billion years old.
As far as size is concerned, we should look for something slightly larger and heavier than our own. Exoplanets that are at least 10% larger than Earth would have more habitable land but provide almost the same experience as living here. One around 1.5 times heavier should be able to better retain its geothermal energy and have enough gravity to keep its atmosphere intact.
Size and mass also matter. A planet that is 10% larger than the Earth should have more habitable land. One that is about 1.5 times Earth’s mass would be expected to retain its interior heating through radioactive decay longer and would also have a stronger gravity to retain an atmosphere over a longer time period.
Another element they’d look for is more water, especially in the form of moisture, clouds, and atmospheric humidity. A surface temperature of around 5 degrees Celsius (8 Fahrenheit) higher than on Earth, alongside extra moisture, would probably be better suited to life as we know it today. They argue that these elements make rainforests on Earth more biodiverse than forests in colder, drier areas.
None of the 24 exoplanets meet all the criteria, but one of the candidates has four.
“It’s sometimes difficult to convey this principle of superhabitable planets because we think we have the best planet,” said Schulze-Makuch.
“We have a great number of complex and diverse lifeforms, and many that can survive in extreme environments. It is good to have adaptable life, but that doesn’t mean that we have the best of everything.”
The paper “In Search for a Planet Better than Earth: Top Contenders for a Superhabitable World” has been published in the journal Astrobiology.
A brutal attack on an Iron Age town in northern Spain during the mid-fourth or late third century B.C. left more than a dozen bodies — men, women and children — scattered and smoldering in the streets, as the town burned.
Injuries inflicted upon the people who died were horrific. One person was decapitated, two had severed arms, and the remains of nearly half of the individuals showed signs of mutilation, archaeologists recently discovered.
New analysis of the victims' bones — the first detailed investigation of their injuries — suggests that they were murdered by a neighboring community during either a calculated power grab or an act of revenge.
The site of the massacre was once a bustling, economically thriving town called La Hoya, located in northern Spain's Rioja Alavesa region. It was occupied from the 15th century B.C. to the third century B.C., and at its peak was home to about 1,500 people. Archaeologists uncovered the prehistoric settlement in 1935, and excavated it from 1973 until around 1990, uncovering about 15% of the site, the scientists reported in a study published today (Oct. 1) in the journal Antiquity.
Though only a fraction of La Hoya was excavated, it was immediately clear that something terrible had happened there. Burned skeletons — at least 13 complete and partial remains — were found lying in the streets and inside buildings. One adult male had been decapitated, though the archaeologists did not find his skull. Damage to his right clavicle and shoulder bone revealed that his attacker struck more than once, according to the study.
Bone injuries of another male victim suggested he had been stabbed repeatedly from behind; a teenage girl suffered an amputated arm, which was found a short distance from her body, still wearing five copper-alloy bracelets, the researchers reported. They found no signs of weapons near the bodies. Nor were there any defensive injuries, and the damage appeared to have been inflicted at close range. All of these clues pointed to a surprise attack.
"LHY6" and "LHY3," two of the La Hoya skeletons, were discovered in a street at the site. After the massacre, the town was likely abandoned and the bodies were not buried. (Image credit: Antiquity Publications Ltd/Photos by T. Fernández-Crespo)
Scattered craft items, hobbled livestock and vessels filled with recently harvested cereal grain suggest the attackers invaded La Hoya during a market day in the summer or early autumn. By deliberately choosing a time when public spaces would be crowded, the attackers would have ensured a higher number of casualties, according to the study.
Yet despite the display of abundant goods in La Hoya at the time of the attack, the city was unplundered and its riches untouched, hinting that the motivation for the violence was political rather than for economic gain, the scientists said.
Signs of trauma are visible on the right humerus and right femur belonging to "LHY1," one of the murdered individuals at La Hoya. (Image credit: Antiquity Publications Ltd/Photos by T. Fernández-Crespo)
A violent legacy
The Roman occupation of Iberia, beginning in 218 B.C., was brutal, and has long been credited with sparking cycles of regional violence and upheaval. Two Roman massacres in Iberian towns — Cerro de la Cruz in 150 B.C. to 130 B.C. and La Almoina in 75 B.C. — are known from archaeological evidence. In Cerro de la Cruz, the Romans enslaved 10,000 people and beheaded 500 of them; in La Almoina, they shackled and executed 14 unarmed men. There, one man was beheaded, another was pierced by a javelin, and several had all of their limbs cut off, according to the study.
However, the La Hoya carnage predates Roman conquest in northern Spain, so it's possible that political instability and deadly clashes between Iberian rivals were already well underway prior to the arrival of Roman forces, the scientists reported.
An attack on La Hoya, which was politically and economically important in the region, likely had dramatic repercussions on the balance of local power, "by either creating a power vacuum or by consolidating the position of a rival community," the study authors reported.
Because the bodies were left unburied, the village was probably abandoned after the slaughter. Some who have analyzed the La Hoya site previously suggested that the townfolk may have regrouped and continued to live in La Hoya for centuries after the massacre, according to the study. But the preserved aftermath of the attack and the condition of the remains make that scenario highly unlikely, "given the scale of death and destruction revealed by the excavations," the scientists wrote.
It often seems that the history of humanity is mostly just the history of warfare, and that’s especially true with the history of Europe, where entire ages are named for the wars and conflicts that took place in those time periods. No culture dominates both history and warfare like the ancient Romans, so one would believe that means the ancient Romans were the first Europeans to wage full-scale warfare. And one would be right … until now.
“Between the mid fourth and late third centuries BC, the site was subjected to a violent attack, its inhabitants killed and the settlement burned. Here the authors present osteological analyses for a massacre: decapitations, amputations and other sharp-force injuries affecting a wide cross section of the community. They interpret the massacre as an instance of conflict between rival local communities, contributing to a growing picture of the scale and nature of violence in Iron Age Europe.”
In a recent study published in the journal Antiquity, researchers led by Teresa Fernández-Crespo of Oxford University to a fresh look at remains discovered in the 1950s in La Hoya, an Iron Age town in what is now the Basque Country of northern Spain. Located in the Ebro River valley, La Hoya was a major town – the archeologists determined it had protective walls, streets and large buildings erected by the Berones, a Celtic culture. The Berones ruled the area from the 15th century BCE until about 300 BCE when they disappeared. New analysis of 13 remains gave Fernández-Crespo the definitive reason why.
“One adult male shows clear evidence of decapitation: his fourth cervical vertebra is completely bisected by an oblique cut, consistent with a single blow to the neck from left to right, at a downward angle.
“Although no clear defensive wounds have been identified, the most plausible explanation for the trauma observed is that it could have been inflicted during a face-to-face encounter in which the victim tried to confront his attacker.”
A male and a teenage female had their right arms amputated. The position of the female and her arm indicated it had been thrown away (with bracelets still on it) and she crawled to it until she died, either from blood loss or a stab in the back. Two more males had “sharp force injuries potentially inflicted from behind by bladed weapons – some swords and daggers were recovered in a nearby cemetery. (Photos here.) All of the skeletons showed signs the victims had been set on fire and were found unburied, indicating the perpetrators left them dead or dying in the streets.
As gruesome as the violence was, the cause was the real shocker. The archeologists found no evidence of raiding, pillaging or destruction of property in this thriving Iron Age marketplace. That leaves only one other reason for the massacre:
“Given the site’s location in a natural boundary area, the attack may have been a consequence of power struggles and territorial ambitions between neighbouring pre-Roman polities.”
Power and politics – of course. But the key phrase in the study is “pre-Roman.” La Hoya is the only known Iron Age Iberian site whose destruction occurred before the Roman conquest and occupation began in 218 BCE and warfare became the order of the day – Live Science reports that Roman massacres occurred in Cerro de la Cruz in 150 BCE to 130 BCE and La Almoina in 75 BCE.
It appears the massacre of La Hoya was so brutal and complete, the few survivors never came back. Who could have done this? The study concludes that pre-Roman Iberian Age societies waged political battles for power, dominance and destruction long before the rest of Europe became the war-mongering area it remains to this day. The last line of the study sums it up in terms George Orwell would enjoy … and modern humans should remember:
“Certainly, the Romans were not alone in being able to “make a desert and call it peace”.”
Make a desert and call it peace. Seen any of that lately?
LA Marzulli: The Mysterious Book of Enoch! The Nephilim and the Fallen Angels
LA Marzulli: The Mysterious Book of Enoch! The Nephilim and the Fallen Angels
COAST TO COAST AM INSIDER Archived Show – Author of The Nephilim Trilogy, Lynn Marzulli discussed his research into ancient manuscripts, UFOs, fallen angels and a race called the Nephilim. The Nephilim were giants of extraordinary size and strength who were the offspring of fallen angels and human women, Marzulli explained, citing the Book of Enoch’s account of the legendary race.
Remains of Nephilim as large as 14 feet tall were on display in the first century AD, he noted. According to Marzulli, the fallen angels (or inner-dimensional beings as he sometimes calls them) who fathered the Nephilim are still allowed access to our planet and in recent times have been mistaken for extraterrestrials.
Light Beings, Wormholes and Real Stargates With William Henry
Light Beings, Wormholes and Real Stargates With William Henry
Light Beings, Wormholes and Real Stargates with William Henry
COAST TO COAST AM INSIDER Archived Show – Investigative mythologist William Henry returned for a discussion on ‘Starwalkers,’ which he defined as light beings that are able to traverse the universe or connect with other dimensions, via wormholes or stargates.
Such travelers are described in ancient creation mythologies as well as depicted in ancient Egyptian & Sumerian art, he said. Further, Tibetan lamas were said to dissolve their bodies into pure energy and travel through the stars.
Hey I found some ancient stairs and railing statues in a Mars photo today. The stairs a perfectly shaped and even, but much of the stairs has long since eroded over time. However parts of the right side of the railing and carvings in it still exist. I colored the stairs yellow and the railing statues blue. When I took the stairs and flipped and adding to itself to make one whole staircase, the end result is exactly as you would expect...a stairway. Obviously these are the stairs of an ancient temple. The stairs would fit a person about 1.5 meters tall.
There were a few other structure. One large piece of machinery in the background. A curly snake like appendage coming from a statue and a primitive statue of two people in an embrace. Strange, but not really for any civilization.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Below I took the photo of the stairs, flipped it and added it to itself to make 100% finished stairs.
Strange snake like appendage on machinery. Below.
Huge structure of machinery in black visible below.
Two people or aliens in an embrace. Primitive art.
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White UFO Seen Over Caterbury, New Hampshire, USA, Oct 1, 2020, UFO Sighting News. MUFON
White UFO Seen Over Caterbury, New Hampshire, USA, Oct 1, 2020, UFO Sighting News. MUFON
Date of sighting: Oct 1, 2020 Location of sighting: Caterbury, New Hampshire, USA The eyewitness was driving through Caterbury when he noticed a silver orb near the clouds. He tried his best to record it, but keeping an eye on the road was clearly more important. Lucky for us, he also kept an eye and camera on the UFO. The object is round and does seem to be deliberately flying near the clouds. It may have been hiding within one of them and decided to move to a new cloud. At the end of the video is a close up in slow motion. This is 100% alien in origin. Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
Silver sphere in clouds moves slowly while shape shifting until it blasts away from me. Sun reflecting off it while it appears to be struggling to launch off. You can see it clearly in the video even though it is small. Video zoomed and slowed down.
Strange Craft Over New York, New York, Oct 4, 2020, UFO Sighting News. MUFON Report.
Strange Craft Over New York, New York, Oct 4, 2020, UFO Sighting News. MUFON Report.
Date of sighting: Oct 4, 2020 Location of sighting: New York, New York, USA Source: MUFON #111687 This new video has a triangle shaped UFO passing over New York yesterday. The UFO wasn't alone but had a whole fleet of craft following along with it. The objects were seen during sunset, which is the most common time of the day to see a UFO. These strange dark objects don't have any jets investigating them, so I believe that they did not show up on radar. Very odd indeed. Scott C. Waring - Taiwan Eyewitness states:
I filmed a fleet of 10 to 12 ufo's flying over restricted air space of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on Oct 4, 2020 at 6pm est. The one closest to me was chevron or cone shaped and was black while the others in the distance twinkled silver to the eye. I thought drones but anyone could drop bombs into Yankee Stadium via drones so no one is supposed to fly anywhere near it let alone 10 ufo's. They made no sound and my video is short because I didn't believe I captured anything nothing showed on my screen. Please tell me what this is and if anyone else reported it. Thanks.
Muhammad Ali Talks About Seeing UFOs On Johnny Carson Show, Gets Laughed At, Sept 7, 1973, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Muhammad Ali Talks About Seeing UFOs On Johnny Carson Show, Gets Laughed At, Sept 7, 1973, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of interview: Sept 7, 1973
Location of interview: Hollywood, California, USA
Guys, Muhammad Ali...the heavy weight boxing champion of the world, otherwise known as the Peoples Champion...has been my idol since I was in 1st grade, but I was only 5 years old at the time of this interview, so I missed it and its totally new to me...blowing me away. He was a poet, a man of character, an example to all striving to improve and rise to the top. But I found an old interview of him and Johnny Carson and out of nowhere with a straight face of concern...Ali brings up the subject of UFOs.
Ali opens up, changing the subject with the words, "I've been studying UFOs." At this point you hear laugh tracks as if he were joking, but his face is expressionless and dead serious. At a time when Muhammad Ali could have opened the publics minds to the possibilities of alien life, Johnny Carson makes jokes and the audience laughs it off.
Ali talks about having seen UFOs while out running in the early mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 3am and 5 am. But the audience laughs at him about it. He has had over 16 sightings of UFOs and probably more over his lifetime. He even said on the show that a person in Washington DC working for a UFO bureau named Harold Sulken who gave Ali some documents, photos and films of actual UFO. Who was Harold Sulken, and did he work for the US government? We may never know. But I would say he did, probably worked on Project Blue Book.
Ali took time away from doing an interview about a national fight that would have earned him more money and publicity, just to talk about a serious matter that he thought the world needed to hear. Again, Ali has impressed me...like the champion he always was and will be.
UFO video filmed over New Hampshire on 1st October 2020.
Witness report:
Silver sphere in clouds moves slowly while shape shifting until it blasts away from me. Silver sphere in clouds moves slowly while shape shifting until it blasts away from me. Sun reflecting off it while it appears to be struggling to launch off. You can see it clearly in the video even though it is small. Video zoomed and slowed down
NASA UFO sighting: Mysterious object above Earth on ISS live feed baffles viewers
NASA UFO sighting: Mysterious object above Earth on ISS live feed baffles viewers
A MYSTERIOUS UFO spotted on the NASA International Space Station live feed has sparked an online frenzy, with the baffling footage recording more than 50,000 views.
Mysterious footage of a UFO spotted on the International Space Station (ISS) live feed has sent the Internet into a meltdown. Footage posted online from the ISS live stream sees an object floating towards the Earth before disappearing out of sight. The mysterious UFO then reappears 30 minutes later and looks as if it is drifting towards the space station itself.
The nature of the strange object baffled viewers online who offered a range of theories concerning its origins.
The footage of the object, posted on the YouTube channel MrMBB333, has recorded more than 50,000 views at the time of writing.
The host of conspiracy channel, which is dedicated to mysterious sightings, suggested it could be a mysterious "man-made" object.
He said he first thought the bizarre object was the moon, but then claimed that the moon was bigger than the object seen in the ISS live feed.
Footage posted online from the ISS live stream sees an object floating towards the Earth
(Image: IG)
The nature of the strange object baffled viewers online who speculated about its origins
(Image: IG)
The host said: "It looks too small to be the moon.
"It looks like the same colour of the space station.
"We know the space station is man-made, it's metal alloy.
"That looks like the same colour.”
Social media users were left divided about the floating unknown object
(Image: IG)
Social media users were left divided about the floating unknown object.
One viewer disputed claims it was the moon, saying: "I could be mistaken but I don't think the moon would have crossed from one side to the other in 30 minutes."
Other users believed the object is some kind of extraterrestrial creature, saying: "The 'thing' from ISS camera looked like it was 'crawling' when it moved."
In a fun cosmic coincidence, researchers used old Kepler spacecraft data to discover an Earth-sized exoplanet with an orbital period of 3.14 days, a number that matches the mathematical constant pi.
Artist’s concept of K2-315b, which has on orbital period of 3.14 Earth-days, the same value as the mathematical constant pi.
Image via NASA Ames/ JPL-Caltech/ T. Pyle/ Christine Daniloff/ MIT.
If you love both exoplanets and math, you’ll love this. In recent years, scientists have discovered a growing number of Earth-sized worlds orbiting distant stars. Now scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have announced one whose orbital period matches the value of pi: that is, this planet orbits its star every 3.14 Earth-days. For those not mathematically inclined … pi is the numerical sequence that describes the ratio of the circumferenceof any circle to the diameter of that circle. No matter how big or little the circle may be, this ratio will always equal pi. And that makes pi one of the most important mathematical constants. The exoplanet is labeledK2-315b, but scientists are calling it the pi planet.
The pi planet was discussed in a new peer-reviewed paper published in The Astronomical Journal on September 21, 2020.
As Prajwal Niraula, lead author at MIT, noted in a statement:
Indeed, no one is suggesting that there is anything too bizarre about this, or that aliens are involved, since many exoplanets have been discovered with very short orbital periods like this. This one just happens to match the value of pi. Go figure.
The pi planet – K2-315b – is almost the same size as Earth; its radius is 95% that of our own planet. That’s also about the same size as Venus, and like our nearby sister world, it is a blisteringly hot place, with temperatures up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius). Not quite as hot as Venus, but still very inhospitable. It orbits a red dwarf (or M dwarf) star that is cooler than our sun and only about one-fifth as large, called EPIC 249631677, which is 186 light-years (57 parsecs) from Earth. The tight orbit of only 3.14 days means that the planet is moving fast around its star, at 181,000 miles per hour (291 km per hour). But even though scientists think that this world is rocky, like Earth, the close proximity to its star and resulting searing temperatures make it very unlikely to be habitable for any kind of life.
K2-315b was first discovered in 2017 in archival data from the Kepler Space Telescope (pictured here in artist’s illustration).
This would be too hot to be habitable in the common understanding of the phrase.
K2-315b was discovered in data first obtained by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope back in 2017, during the K2 extended mission, which ended in 2018. It was considered to be a candidate planet, but then subsequent observations by SPECULOOS (The Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars), a network of ground-based telescopes, confirmed it as a planet. There are four 1-meter telescopes at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, named after the four Galilean moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. There is also one more identical telescope called Artemis in Tenerife, Spain. The finding also shows how valuable archival data can be. As de Wit commented:
We now know we can mine and extract planets from archival data, and hopefully there will be no planets left behind, especially these really important ones that have a high impact.
While looking through the old data, Niraula found 20 dips of the star, which occurred when the planet transited in front of it from our vantage point. Those dips repeated every 3.14 days, indicating a probable planet orbiting the star. In order to be sure, however, the researchers needed to determine the best window of time in which to catch the transits. As another co-author, Benjamin Rackham, said:
Nailing down the best night to follow up from the ground is a little bit tricky. Even when you see this 3.14 day signal in the K2 data, there’s an uncertainty to that, which adds up with every orbit.
The four 1-meter SPECULOOS telescopes at the Paranal Observatory in Chile were used to help confirm the existence of the pi-Earth exoplanet.
Rackham had developed a new algorithm to try to predict when the transits would occur. As it turned out, February 2020 should be a good time to catch these transits, and it worked. The researchers saw three clear transits: two with the SPECULOOS’ telescopes in the Southern Hemisphere, and the third from Artemis, in the Northern Hemisphere.
The confirmation of this planet by SPECULOOS isn’t too surprising, since those telescopes are designed to detect Earth-sized planets around nearby dwarf stars. Another co-author, Artem Burdanov, said:
These ultracool dwarfs are scattered all across the sky. Targeted ground-based surveys like SPECULOOS are helpful because we can look at these ultracool dwarfs one by one.
The planet is also close enough that scientists using the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) should be able to analyze its atmosphere. There’s also a good chance that even smaller planets will be found. From the paper:
The confirmed planet is well suited for comparative terrestrial exoplanetology. While exoplanets transiting ultracool dwarfs present the best opportunity for atmospheric studies of terrestrial exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope, those orbiting mid-M dwarfs within 100 parsecs such as EPIC 249631677b will become increasingly accessible with the next generation of observatories.
Prajwal Niraula at MIT, lead author of the new study.
There will be more interesting planets in the future, just in time for JWST, a telescope designed to probe the atmosphere of these alien worlds. With better algorithms, hopefully one day, we can look for smaller planets, even as small as Mars.
While the orbit of K2-315b matching the beginning of the pi mathematical constant may be a fun coincidence, the discovery also shows, again, that there are many Earth-sized worlds out there waiting to be found. A quickly growing number have already been discovered, and scientists fully expect that many more will be as well in the years ahead.
Bottom line: Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet with an orbital period that matches the mathematical constant pi.
Was Bolivia-Peru the Sunset Land of the Sumerians?
Was Bolivia-Peru the Sunset Land of the Sumerians?
In an article on the Fuente Magna Bowl, April Holloway highlighted the evidence of Sumerian writing in South America. The Fuente Magna Bowl and Pokotia monument indicate that Sumerians may have formerly lived in South America.
The possibility that the writing on the Fuente Magna Bowl was used by the Sumerians, and the identification of Sumerian placenames on the Altiplano suggest that Bolivia and Peru may represent the "Tin Land of the West" or the "Sunset Land", of Sumerian inscriptions.
A figure on the Fuente Magna bowl.
(Courtesy of Bernardo Biados’s research team)
The Fuente Magna Bowl was found to have two types of scripts engraved on the inside.
(Courtesy of Bernardo Biados’s research team)
Kuga-ki
The Sumerians mention a land in the West called Kuga-ki where they mined valuable metals. Dr. A.H. Sayce said that Tin-land in Sumerian was KUGA-KI. Sayce made it clear that Sumerians claimed that they obtained tin from this land.
Prof. A.H. Sayce
The ancient Sumerians were great navigators. Sumerian Ships sailed to Egypt, Northeast Africa, and the Indus Valley in search of metals and goods to support their industry and popular demands for goods by the people. Samuel N. Kramer in The Sumerians , said that Egypt in the Sumerian inscriptions was Magan, and the Indus Valley was called Dilmun.
King Sargon in 2700 BC mentions that Kuga-Ki was part of his Empire. Prof. Sayce, in a paper named “Geography of Sargon of Akkad”, published in the journal Ancient Egypt , translated a document written by a 8th Century B.C., Assyrian official . The document stated that Sargon I , Empire included "the countries from the rising to the setting of the sun, which Sargon the . . . king conquered with his hand," included amongst many other lands "the Land of Gutium," "the land of the Muru (or Amorites)" and (Kuga-Ki) "the Tin-land country which lies beyond the Upper Sea (or Mediterranean)."
Bronze head of a king, most likely Sargon of Akkad.
Sayce believed that Kuga-Ki was probably located in Spain. The presence of the Fuente Magna Bowl suggests that Kuga-Ki was in South America instead of Spain. Since Kuga-Ki was west of the Mediterranean it was probably the name for some region in North or South America, because the Americas lie west of the Meditteranean Sea, while Spain lies on the Meditterranean.
A.H Verrill and R. Verrill, in Americas Ancient Civilizations , and J. Bailey in Sailing to Paradise , maintain that the area around Lake Titicaca may have been called Lake Manu by the Sumerians. According to the Verrills and Bailey, traditions claim that Sumerians made many visits to the land west of the Mediterranean, which they called the Kuga-ki. The traditions make it clear that Sumerians sailed to Kuga-ki in their Magur ships. Cuneiform tablets make it clear the Magur ships could carry 18.5 metric tons of precious metals.
Mining Operations
The Sumerians probably first made contact with Kuga-kivia, the Atlantic currents that take you from Africa to Brazil. Prospectors probably reached Brazil, and sailed down the Amazon river until they found large tin deposits in Bolivia-Peru. The major center for mining in Bolivia-Peru is and was Potosi.
Once they established mining operations in Kuga-ki, local people probably began to work in the mining operations and adopted many Sumerian customs, linguistic terms and the social technology of writing, i.e., the Proto-Sumerian script. This means that writing has a long tradition among the people of Bolivia-Peru as Clyde Winters writes in Ancient Scripts in South America .
Kingdom of the Antis
The Andes may have been the Tin land or Kuga-Ki of the Sumerians. The Andes mountains were originally called Antis. This area was formerly called Antisuyo, Kingdom of the Antis. This was also the homeland of the Antis Indians. In the Quechua language spoken by many Indians in the area, antis means copper. Antis was also the name for the native peoples who formerly lived in this part of South America.
Antis is probably of non-Quechua origin. The Chipaya language, another Native American language spoken in the area, is different from Quechua and Aymara. Some researchers claim Chipaya is closely related to the Maya languages which are spoken in Mexico.
This part of Bolivia is famous for the rich minerals found in the area. Many of these metals are found at the Bolivian Altiplano, near Lake Poopo, an inland sea, which was formerly connected to the Pacific Ocean by rivers now dried up.
“Salar de Uyuni is part of the Altiplano of Bolivia in South America. The Altiplano is a high plateau, which was formed during uplift of the Andes mountains. The plateau includes fresh and saltwater lakes as well as salt flats.”
The Bolivian Altiplano is the largest plain in the world. It contains two inland seas: Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopo. This area high in the Andes mountains makes it an apt location for Lake Manu or the ‘Cloud Lake’ of the Sumerians, where metals were mined in the Mountains of Sunset, the land situated west of the Mediterranean Sea.
Lake Poopo is fifty miles (80 km) long. The lake was surrounded by mountains on all sides and canals. Satellite pictures indicate that deep canals formerly existed near Lake Poopo. It is a shallow sea a few feet deep. Lake Poopo is a salty sea, sometimes known to dry up.
Kuga-Ki, The western Tin Land of the Sumerians
(Courtesy author)
Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopo are connected by the River Desagua dero. The companion Lake of Poopo, was Lake Uru. The city of Oruro is located near Lake Uru.
Rich Mountain
The metals found near Lake Poopo include copper, tin, gold and silver. Here we find metals being extracted in the cities of Oruro and Corocoro where gold and copper were mined. The names for these cities suggest a Sumer origin. In Sumerian the name for city is uru. The suffixes –oro for the cities around Lake Poopo, is strikingly similar to uru.
It is also interesting to note that a major center in this area for mining is Potosi. Potosi is famous for its tin deposits. At Potosi we find the Potosi mountain which is made of solid tin and was called Mount Catavi.
The Potosi area was a major center of mining. In the 1550’s, the Spanish began to exploit the silver found at Potosi Hill. The Spanish called Potosi Hill, Cerro Rico or “Rich Mountain”. As a result of the Spanish attempt to fully exploit the riches in this area “a horrific” number of Indians died in the mines. Hugh Thompson in The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland , vividly describes this tragedy.
Thompson says that “the mine consumed the labor-force of Bolivia’s Altiplano. If they didn’t die, they were ground down by the apology for a wage that was paid to them. Within a generation, the population of those parts of the Altiplano used for mine conscription was halved. Within another generation it had halved again. And still Potosi continued to exact its quota”.
Potosi, the first image in Europe. Pedro Cieza de León, 1553.
In modern history Potosi has been a center for the mining of tin, copper, lead and silver. Located near Tihuanaca, Potosi may have been a center of Sumerian settlement in ancient times like the cities of Oruro and Corocoro. Bailey suggests that Potosi may relate to the Sumerian term Patesi, the Sumerian term for ‘priest king’.
The metals mined on the Altiplano were transported along the Pilcomyo River (or Rio de la Planta today). The Sumerians may have transported metals from Bolivia across the Atlantic to ancient Sumer. A great route for the shipment of tin from Kuga-ki was down the River Plate, eastward across the Atlantic, past the Cape of Good Hope, via the Indian Ocean to enter the Persian Gulf and Red Sea.
Symbols
In addition to affinity between the symbols found on the Pokotia monolith, Fuente Magna bowl, and Incan weaving, we also find that these symbols are identical to signs engraved on Moche bricks. A common feature of Huanca or carved Inca stones are steps cut into the rock.
Clyde Winters in Ancient Scripts in South America: The Sumerians in South America , has shown that the Inca Throne, an immaculately carved set of shallow steps, is similar to Proto-Sumerian signs. Other signs from huacas or carved stones at Rodadero Hill and the White Stone at Chuquipalta relate strikingly to the writing found on the Pokotia and Fuente Magna bowl.
In addition to Sumerian influence on South American writing systems, it is interesting to note that the Pokotia statue and Tiahuanaco monuments share similar headdresses and rib impressions along the chest area. This indicates a relationship between the builders of these monuments.
Pokotia statue, left and Tiahuanaco statue, right.
In the region where Kuga-ki probably existed in South America we have the Aymara language. Aymara terms relate to Sumerian terms. This is not surprising given the decipherment of the Pokotia statue and the Magna Fuente bowl. These documents indicate that the Sumerians had established many aspects of their religion in Bolivia.
The linguistic evidence supports the view that the Sumerians living in Kuga-ki were miners. The Sumerian term for copper was urudu; this term agrees with the Aymara terms for gold 'ouri' and copper 'anta, yawri'. The similarity between urudu and, yawri and ouri suggest that the Sumerians may have been the first people in the area to exploit the metals found throughout the Titicaca area and Bolivia.
The presence of Sumerian terms in the Aymara language, Sumerian place names, and Sumerian writing on the Fuente Magna bowl and Pokotia statue make it obvious that Sumerian civilization was formerly widespread in South America. This leads me to believe that Bolivia and Peru may have represented Kuga-ki, the ‘Tin Land of the West’ mentioned in the Sumerian inscriptions.
Top Image: The Andes mountains at Sunset ( CC BY 2.0 )
If an apocalypse is a good sign of extraterrestrial life, does that mean Earth is inhabited by space aliens? That’s a good question with debatable answers that can only be addressed by civilizations on other planets looking at us. At least, that’s the case if you buy the argument presented by a leading astrobiologist who thinks an apocalypse would either be an unusually visible event form afar or a reason for an advanced civilization to send out visibly loud distress signals. This may sound like an alternative opening for the Superman saga, but it’s a real proposal in Scientific Americanby Caleb Scharf, the head of astrobiology at Columbia University, and it’s worth considering.
“For example, the trigger for that trauma might be when species approaches a particular level of planetary dominance. With their civilization reaching a tipping point of scale that is far more likely to produce detectable technosignatures for distant astronomers—whether as infrared excesses from waste energy or a flood of peculiar atmospheric compounds from polluting industrial processes.”
Is Scharf speculating what alien starwatchers are seeing from a small planet orbiting an average star in a spiral galaxy? He doesn’t say, but that’s one scenario he paints that could catch the eye of Earth astronomers or future space travelers looking for intelligent life. Of course, assuming we’re also an intelligent species, it should be apparent that a planet glowing from an apocalyptic event may not be the best place to visit for a while. On the other hand …
“Apart from passive technosignatures, like rapid climate change, the launch of interplanetary or interstellar spacecraft could, if beamed-light propulsion is utilized, produce potent signals detectable elsewhere in the cosmos. Communications with a growing population of exploration vehicles and settlements within a planetary system, or with probes launched to other stars, could also create a noisy beacon for other species to detect. Even efforts to terraform other worlds (and of course this is stretching the realm of possibilities a little), would present a rather shocking event to advanced alien observers steadily tracking the properties of a system.”
Scharf says a bright or loud signal may not be a bad sign but a busy signal (throwback reference for those who remember landlines) showing the advanced activities of a civilization. Communications is certainly something that could be a life-on-Earth signal we emanate, along with rocket or missile launches. So could large fires (we’re doing that), solar panels (that too) or intentional signals to other planets (we’re noisier than we thought). Are we sending an unintentional signal or an early apocalyptic one to others? This has already raised concerns with the increase in SETI projects. Conversely, if we see a signal, should that be the focus of future space missions?
“There is a catch though, and it relates to the well-worn ideas of the Fermi paradox. By the time a species is compelled into doing any of these things, and even before its planetary environment is pushed to a Klaxon-like tipping point, perhaps it simply fails. There is no Hail Mary, there isn’t even a noticeable last gasp, instead it all just shuts down.”
Just like on Krypton when Jor-El had just enough time to launch Kal-El/Superman before the planet was destroyed, these signaling ETs may be too late – if not now, probably by the time we not-so-advanced beings figure out a way to travel across light years. Perhaps that’s a warning – the technology that enables space travel is also destructive, and human nature has shown a decided trend towards the latter. Is that an Earth trait or one common to all similar life forms? Scharf offers a ray of hope:
“Even if they’re experiencing their own apocalypse, we would learn critical things about the properties of a great filter; that there might be time yet to slither past it, and that at least we still have a way to go.”
Slither? Forget looking for an apocalypse someplace else … is he implying something about a certain shape-shifting alien species on Earth surviving a human-created apocalypse?
One aspect of the UFO phenomenon that has tended to remain in the shadows compared to other reports are those of the Unidentified Submerged Object, or alternately, Unidentified Submarine Object, or USO, which entail those strange reports of unidentified craft under water. There have long been reports of strange mystery objects flying about at high speeds under the waves of our oceans, and while they are rarer and not as well known as their above ground brethren, they are perhaps even more inexplicable and just as enigmatic. Additionally, just as the above ground, traditional UFOs have their various stories of alien abduction, so do these inscrutable forces from under the sea.
One very remarkable case of an abduction carried out by an USO is that of a woman named Betty Andreasson Luca back in 1950. A housewife, mother and grandmother, she would claim that this experience had been uncovered through hypnosis, and that the strange incident had happened when she was just a child. She says that she was in her home on a perfectly normal evening when she was whisked away by a “wheel-like vehicle,” and once aboard she claims that it went speeding towards a body of water at dangerously high speeds. She braced for what seemed to be imminent, catastrophic impact as the craft hurtled towards the water’s surface with no sign of slowing down, but instead of the expected crash it smoothly submerged and continued on without issue or even so much as a shudder.
After some time of travelling underwater at great speeds, the sea blurring by outside, the craft then allegedly entered a submerged tunnel system, which had ice and icicles along its walls and was brightly lit through means she could not ascertain. She says the ship eventually reached an enormous underwater dome and base or facility of some kind, where she was shocked to see a collection of people in some sort of suspended animation within glass containers, frozen there like insects stuck in amber. She described hundreds and hundreds of these people, wearing clothing from different periods throughout history and placed in sets that approximated that time period, which made her think of this strange place as a “Museum of Time.” There were people of all ages encased like this, rows upon rows of them, along with animals as well, and it was a chilling sight, She was then sped off back to her home, and would forget the whole incident for decades until she had it uncovered by hypnosis in 1980 after experiencing vivid nightmares of the ordeal.
It is hard to know what to make of this report, and seeing as Andreasson has gone on to report other encounters with aliens she says are angelic servants of Jesus Christ, her tales have been met with some skepticism. Was she really taken deep undersea to this Museum of Time by a USO? Who knows? A similar encounter happened to a man by the name of Filiberto Cardenas back in 1979 in the vicinity of Hialeah, Florida. On January 3 of that year, Cardenas and his wife drove off to buy a pig for a roast the following weekend, but they had trouble finding one. At one point they got lost in their errand, and turned off onto a darkened rural road at night, and after some time the engine inexplicably stopped.
The couple checked the car, but it seemed to be in perfect working order, with them unable to find why it had suddenly just died without warning. It was then that they heard a sound like “a swarm of bees” and the car began to shiver and shake as if an earthquake was happening, and there was the glow of red and violet lights all around them dancing across the trees. Cardenas then explains that he was suddenly paralyzed by some unseen force and lifted into the air as his wife screamed in panic. He then lost consciousness, and when he awoke, he found himself in a strange seat, still paralyzed and within a shiny room, surrounded by humanoid beings with helmets on, who spoke with each other in a language that to him sounded like German. In front of him was a screen on the wall, across which flickered images of various points throughout Earth’s history and also what he assumed was the future, and when this slide show ended he was ushered into a smaller craft, which detached and went speeding towards what he took to be a beach. The ship then buzzed right over the sand and then plunged into the ocean, from which point things would get even more bizarre still.
The ship he was on approached an underwater tunnel that had illumination along it, as if from some sort of bioluminescence, and then they passed through to enter an area that was dry, a sort of cavern in an air pocket, where he saw large symbols of serpents on the walls. He was then taken from the ship and sat on a boulder, after which he was welcomed by a human man who said he was from earth and was employed by the aliens. Cardenas was then taken to a huge underwater city and then brought back to where he had started. Cardenas would claim that he had been shown many prophecies by the aliens, such as the 1980 election of President Ronald Reagan, the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, the demonstration by Chinese students in Tiananmen Square in 1989, the assassination in 1981 of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and the Gulf War against Saddam Hussein in 1990. Is any of this for real and are there underwater alien bases on our planet as described?
We also have the tale of Orlando Jorge Ferraudi, who in 1965 was out fishing on the northern coast of Argentina when he had an experience he would never forget. He claims that he suddenly felt as if he were being watched, and when he turned around he saw a very tall humanoid entity, standing 7 feet tall, with pale skin, light colored eyes, and wearing some sort of shiny, yellowish one-piece outfit. The being seemed to know that Farraudi was scared, and tried to ease him through telepathic messages. Farraudi would say:
It was a very dark night. This being was telling me mentally ‘Take it easy. Don’t be afraid. You mustn’t be scared.’ Then he turned around, taking my arm, and placed some kind of powder box on top of the wall. When opened, this box gave off a phosphorescent luminosity which enabled me to see more details. The entity’s garb was of a yellow-mustard color, had no wrinkles, zippers, or buttons, and it had a hood at the back of the head. He was repeating ‘Don’t be afraid, you will come with me, we will take a long trip..
The being then fiddled with his box for a moment and a large craft like “an inverted saucer” approached from the water, coming closer until it was hovering right in front of them. A door then opened and a ramp distended to them, upon which the tall entity gestured towards the opening. He found himself almost in a trance as he obediently entered the craft to find a young human woman about 18 years of age within, who also told him not to be afraid and that the alien was their friend. She told him that her name was Elena, and that she too had been whisked away aboard this ship not long before. The being then had them change clothes into a type of jumpsuit, and they were told that they would be going underwater to travel across the ocean to Africa.
Farraudi claims that along the way they stopped off at an immense underwater dome, which housed some sort of base, which he was told was for the purpose of “reconditioning the ships,” and he was also told that there were various experiments carried out here. According to the alien, Earth was a sort of zoo, and that most life on Earth had come from them doing genetic experiments. They were fed some sort of tasteless red, yellow, brown and green eggs, after which they were placed on some sort of stretchers and both fell into a profoundly deep sleep. When they woke up, they were told that the “results of the test” were good. They were informed that their pineal glands had been “reactivated,” and that this would enable them to receive mental messages from the aliens. They were then given loads of information on the alien home planet and how the ship worked, as well as various philosophical musings, and then Farraudi woke up back on the beach where he had started, at first without any memory of what had happened.
Such cases are truly bizarre, and offer us a rare glimpse into an area of the UFO phenomena that had always been more obscure and little-covered. Are there really such USOs operating in our world’s oceans? Do these beings have bases down in the deep sea as described in such accounts, and do they occasionally abduct humans from the surface just as more traditional UFOs do? Or are these just the imaginings and delusions of the witnesses? It is difficult to say, but when looking at the UFO and alien abduction phenomena, perhaps we should not only look up to the sky, but also down into the murky depths of our seas as well.
Anonymous: "Mind Blowing Events No One Can Seem to Explain"
Anonymous: "Mind Blowing Events No One Can Seem to Explain"
Anonymous: “Mind Blowing Events No One Can Seem To Explain”
From creepy unexplained events encounters unknown creatures and the paranormal, mind blowing and mysterious phenomenon ever seen caught on tape. Strange and unbelievable. Most mind blowing and creepiest of the internet videos and events.
In 1982, Ron Wyatt (of Memphis, Tennessee) and his sons found the Ark of the Covenant in Jerusalem. It was located directly underneath the place where Jesus was crucified. Ho’s blood was found on the Mercy seat of the Ark
The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony, and in a few verses across various translations as the Ark of God, is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. Wikipedia
White Orb Over Airport In Germany, Sept 20, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White Orb Over Airport In Germany, Sept 20, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: September 20, 2020 Location of sighting: Kelsterbach, Germany One of the interesting things about UFOs is they have a high interest in airports. Perhaps its to examine the latest in flight technology or perhaps its to examine how humans feel about flying. But many huge UFOs have been seen over airports around the world over the last few decades and it doest seem to be ending anytime soon. This white glowing UFO is very similar to the UFOs seen over the holy temple of Dome Of Rock in Jerusalem and also seen over the Rocky mountains in Denver, Colorado. No winds, landing lights or sounds of a propeller or jet engine. So its not a plane or helicopter. Looks alien to me. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
Kelsterbach, near Frankfurt international airport...too slow for a plane...! no flashing light signals...strange movements at the end of video until the object disappears...
Two UFOs really stand out because they are lower, but one UFO is higher up in the trees at the beginning of the video only. So there are three UFOs in all. Very interesting video and maybe he will catch sight of them again in the coming weeks. They eyewitness labels himself as an adventure and is currently living in Guangzhou, China. And the UFOs seemly came out of the thick forest. This is a sign that there is an alien base below the city of Guangzhou.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
Feel free to share. People gotta realize that we are not alone in the universe. And by the way, the next day I went to the same spot to take a photo of the scenery during the daylight, it's on my Facebook page if you want to see it.
Moon Size UFO Sits Over Miami, Florida On Oct 1, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Moon Size UFO Sits Over Miami, Florida On Oct 1, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 1, 020 Location of sighting: Miami, Florida, USA Eyewitnesses in Miami, Florida caught sight of a moon size object in the sky. But when they moved the camera in the opposite direction we saw the moon. The moon is clear and round, but the UFO is rectangle shaped and pinkish. The person turns to look at the moon to show where it is in comparison to the UFO and you can hear the eyewitnesses screaming. The camera person moves back to the UFO but its too late, its gone. It shot away right before the camera person focused back on it. The eyewitnesses screamed out of confusion, fear and awe at what they had just seen. Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Cloud Orb Caught Over Texas Aug 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Cloud Orb Caught Over Texas Aug 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: August 2020 but reported today.
Location of sighting: Van Aistyne, Texas, USA
This eyewitness caught a white orb a few months ago in Texas. The orb seems to move about slightly. White orbs are often seen darting in and out of clouds, but when there is a cloudless sky with a bright light blue background...then the orbs really stand out since they have nowhere to hide. Fantastic catch of a cloud orb over Texas.
Black Disk Recorded Over Trees In Dortmund, Germany Oct 3, 2020, Video UFO Sighting News.
Black Disk Recorded Over Trees In Dortmund, Germany Oct 3, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 3, 2020 Location of sighting: Dortmund, Germany This is a alien disk, otherwise known as flying saucer. The dome of the UFO is visible in the top screenshot. The interesting thing here is that in the video we see the craft wobble slightly as its moving. I have heard many reports about disks wobbling, but to see it happening is amazing. Germany is one of the countries that has handled Covid19 better than others. They have a lower death rate and better hospital strategies to deal with infected patience as well as extensive early testing. I also notice the shape is similar to the UFO in the US pentagon video that was released earlier this year. Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Strange Superbolide in the sky ejects 'Escape Pod' over Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil?
Strange Superbolide in the sky ejects 'Escape Pod' over Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil?
Asuperbolide was recorded in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina by the cameras of BRAMON, Clima ao Vivo and Heller & Jung Observatory in the early morning hours of October 1, 2020
According to Bramonmeteor, for 6 seconds, the meteor shone brightly and easily exceeded the brightness of the full moon until its last explosion which happened 22 km above the city of Vacaria, also in Rio Grande do Sul.
But there is something strange with this meteor.
One video fragment in the video clip below shows the meteor ejecting what looks like an escape pod moments before the meteor explodes.
Could it be that this was a UFO that ejected an escape pod or was it just the meteor that broke up?
Daytime UFO Sighting: Multiple objects over Brush Prairie, Washington 27-Sep-2020
Daytime UFO Sighting: Multiple objects over Brush Prairie, Washington 27-Sep-2020
Strange daytime UFO sighting was seen and filmed in the sky above Brush Prairie in Washington. This happened on 27th September 2020.
Witness report:
Multiple of something seen in the middle of a completely clear day. I don’t know what to even call this. UFO? Maybe a weird weather anomaly? All I know is it was a lot of something that appeared to be clouds at first. Except there were zero clouds in the sky on this day. My son and I were laying on the hammock doing some homeschooling and watching the planes fly by. Something caught my eye so I started recording. It looked like little orbs of energy floating along but once I zoomed in I could clearly see different directions and speeds of them. They would also just disappear from view. I’ve asked a lot of really smart people what they think (even some pilots) with no good answers. Everyone says the same thing “weird”. We have exhausted all other ideas, bugs, birds, ball lightening, geomagnetic storm…Im still at a loss and more curious than ever.
Scientists develop a new way to search for potentially habitable exoplanets by measuring the amount of phosphorus in their stars. Such planets should also have abundant phosphorus – necessary for life on Earth – increasing the chances for life.
Jets of energy erupting from a young newborn star (inset), within a star-forming cloud of gas and dust. Those jets are creating molecules of phosphorus – an element necessary for life as we know it – within the cloud.
Image via ALMA/ ESO/ NAOJ/ NRAO/ V.M. Rivilla et al/ Mario Weigand/ www.skytrip.de/ Science News.
When you think of life elsewhere in the universe, you might think first of SETI – the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – which focuses primarily on evidence for alien civilizations. But what about simpler forms of life, such as microbes or vegetation on a far-away exoplanets? To find signs of such simple lifeforms with our existing technologies, researchers have focused on analyzing the atmospheres of distant worlds for possible biosignatures, such as oxygen, methane or carbon dioxide. Now, it seems, there’s another element – phosphorus – that might also have a major role to play in the search for life elsewhere.
Phosphorus is one of the primary ingredients needed for life on Earth.
Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced earlier this month that they have been exploring a new way to narrow down which planets might be the most suitable for life. Their method is based on how much phosphorus the planets’ host stars contain.
The new peer-reviewed paper was published September 11, 2020, in TheAstrophysical Journal Letters.
A Southwest Research Institute scientist has identified stellar phosphorus as a probable marker in narrowing the search for life on exoplanets. Stars with phosphorus levels similar to the sun are considered more likely to host rocky planets with the potential to host life as we know it.
Natalie Hinkel, a planetary astrophysicist and lead author of the new study, said in a statement:
When searching for exoplanets and trying to see whether they are habitable, it’s important that a planet be alive with active cycles, volcanoes and plate tectonics. My coauthor, Dr. Hilairy Hartnett, is an oceanographer and pointed out that phosphorus is vital for all life on Earth. It is essential for the creation of DNA, cell membranes, bones and teeth in people and animals, and even the sea’s microbiome of plankton.
Hinkel has developed techniques to help find out which stars have exoplanets (which is by far most of them), and says that upcoming studies should focus on looking for phosphorus specifically.
Even though scientists can’t yet determine the specific elemental ratios for individual exoplanets, they can study the host stars for clues, since planets tend to have compositions similar to their stars. If a star contains a significant amount of phosphorus, for example, then it is likely that the star’s planets do as well. This is important, since phosphorus is needed for all known life on Earth, along with five other key elements: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.
Phosphorus can be found in Earth’s oceans, but it is the least available of all those elements, and so is considered to be the “ultimate limiting nutrient for life.” For all of the diverse life on this planet, Earth actually has a rather low abundance of phosphorus, another puzzle that scientists are trying to solve. Most of Earth’s phosphorus is locked up in minerals in the crust.
Phosphorus is one of the six main chemical elements needed for the building blocks of life as we know it.
Mono Lake in Eastern California. This salty lake – with salt pillars – is rich in carbonates and phosphorus, similar to lakes that scientists think helped with the evolution of life on Earth billions of years ago.
Hinkel decided to use the phosphorus abundance ratios in marine plankton and the Earth’s crust, as well as the bulk silicate mineral amounts of Earth and Mars as a base to compare with the carbon, nitrogen, silicon and phosphorus abundance ratios of nearby stars. She used the Hypatia Catalog, a publicly available stellar database that she had also developed. You can search through the database yourself to explore stellar abundance data for 9,434 stars. This kind of database is crucial, since little is known still about how abundant phosphorus is in different stars. Hinkel said:
But there’s so little phosphorus stellar abundance data. Phosphorus data exists for only about 1% of stars. That makes it really difficult to figure out any clear trends in between the stars, let alone the role of phosphorus in the evolution of an exoplanet.
Scientists don’t yet know how abundant phosphorus is among different stars, due to it being difficult to detect. In the light spectrum, it sits at the edge of the optical, or visual, wavelengths of light and infrared light, a region that typically isn’t observed a whole lot. It may be that phosphorus is very common in stars, but scientists are lacking the data to know for sure. As Hinkel noted:
Our sun has relatively high phosphorus and Earth biology requires a small, but noticeable, amount of phosphorus. So, on rocky planets that form around host stars with less phosphorus, it’s likely that phosphorus will be unavailable for potential life on that planet’s surface. Therefore, we urge the stellar abundance community to make phosphorus observations a priority in future studies and telescope designs.
Natalie Hinkel at SwRI, lead author of the new study. Here she is giving a plenary talk at the Cool Stars 18 conference in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 2014.
So in the matter of finding life that is similar to life on Earth in terms of its building blocks, the more phosphorus that’s out there the better. Of course, there may well also be life out there that is truly alien to anything we know of on our planet, but for the moment, the template of earthly life is what we have to go on. Phosphorus has also been found in the gas and dust clouds of newborn stars as well as comets.
Earlier this year, another study from researchers at the University of Washington suggested that carbonate and phosphorus-rich lakes helped to kick-start life on Earth. That would help explain how life started here, even though phosphorus is relatively scarce on Earth overall. These lakes – called soda lakes – can contain up to 50,000 times more phosphorus than seawater, rivers and other types of lakes. This would seem to make them ideal locations for life to originate and evolve. These lakes are known to host a wide variety of life, from microbes to flamingoes.
Phosphorus is essential for all life on Earth. Now by finding out how much phosphorus other stars and planets contain, researchers can begin to identify how many of those planets could support life (at least life as we know it). That is a promising and exciting development in the search for other inhabited worlds.
Bottom line:Scientists develop a new way to search for potentially habitable exoplanets by looking for phosphorus in their stars.
MOON’S ORIGIN STORY MAY HOLD CLUES TO A CRITICAL MOMENT IN EARTH'S HISTORY
MOON’S ORIGIN STORY MAY HOLD CLUES TO A CRITICAL MOMENT IN EARTH'S HISTORY
In the collision thought to have formed our natural satellite, 10-60 percent of our planet's atmosphere may have been lost.
AROUND 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO, the Solar System formed in the midst of the chaos of an early universe. As objects flung through the eddies of space, our own planet survived several massive impacts.
One such collision may have birthed the Moon, but not without a cost to Earth. In a recent study recreating the Earth's early history and the Moon's birth, scientists reveal that the collision may have also caused Earth to lose somewhere between 10 to 60 percent of its atmosphere.
The study was published Wednesday in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. The findings shed light on how these cosmic collisions affect the atmospheres of planets — and influence their habitability.
The researchers behind the new study ran more than 300 computer simulations of massive object collisions with rocky planets with thin atmospheres like Earth. They factored in the angle at which the objects hit the planet, the speed of the impact, as well as the size and mass of the colliding object.
A simulation showing the giant impact that may have formed the Moon, and caused Earth to lose a portion of its atmosphere. Jacob Kegerreis, Durham University
"The puzzle about how the Moon formed and the other consequences of a giant collision with the early Earth is something that scientists are working hard to unravel," Jacob Kegerreis, a researcher at the Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University, and lead author of the study, said in a statement. "“We ran hundreds of different scenarios for many different colliding planets, showing the varying impacts and effects on a planet’s atmosphere."
Previous research suggested impact collisions during the late stages of a planet's formation period can affect its atmosphere.
Expanding on this idea, the new study found that following the impact which created the Moon, the Earth lost a significant portion of its atmosphere.
HOW DID THE MOON FORM?
Scientists believe that around 4 billion years ago a massive object the size of Mars, dubbed Theia, collided with a young, developing Earth, also called the proto-Earth. The collision tossed vaporized particles from the Earth into space, which were then bound together through gravity to form the Moon.
The impact hypothesis is one of three key theories of how the Moon formed. The others suggest the Moon was either formed at the same time as Earth, or that it was captured by Earth's gravitational field.
“While these computer simulations don’t directly tell us how the Moon came to be, the effects on the Earth’s atmosphere could be used to narrow down the different ways it might have been formed and lead us closer to understanding the origin of our nearest celestial neighbor," Kegerreis said.
The study not only gives scientists new insight on how the Moon may have formed, but also details a new way to study how similar collisions lead to loss of atmosphere of young, rocky planets.
Through their different simulations, the researchers found these impacts can have different consequences on the fate of a planet's atmosphere depending on the size of the colliding object, whether it is made of iron, rock, or both, and the angle at which it crashes into the planet.
The collisions could also lead to significant atmospheric gains if the colliding object also has a thick atmosphere, according to the study. On the other hand, the impact may precipitate the total obliteration of a planet's atmosphere.
The atmosphere of a planet greatly affects its habitability. It is one of the main factors scientists look for when observing planets other than Earth to determine whether or not they could potentially host life.
A planet’s atmosphere needs to be thick enough to transfer heat and offer insulation. If the Earth didn’t have its atmosphere, for example, the temperature at the surface would reach as low as -20 degrees Celsius.
So while chaotic, the objects which collided with a young Earth had a major, lasting effect on life as we know it.
Abstract:
We present a new scaling law to predict the loss of atmosphere from planetary collisions for any speed, angle, impactor mass, target mass, and body composition, in the regime of giant impacts onto broadly terrestrial planets with relatively thin atmospheres. To this end, we examine the erosion caused by a wide range of impacts, using 3D smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations with sufficiently high resolution to directly model the fate of low-mass atmospheres around 1% of the target's mass. Different collision scenarios lead to extremely different behaviors and consequences for the planets. In spite of this complexity, the fraction of lost atmosphere is fitted well by a power law. Scaling is independent of the system mass for a constant impactor mass ratio. Slow atmosphere-hosting impactors can also deliver a significant mass of atmosphere, but always accompanied by larger proportions of their mantle and core. Different Moon-forming impact hypotheses suggest that around 10%–60% of a primordial atmosphere could have been removed directly, depending on the scenario. We find no evident departure from the scaling trends at the extremes of the parameters explored. The scaling law can be incorporated readily into models of planet formation.
Nikola Tesla was an alien and came from Venus? It’s crazy, but that says an FBI file
Nikola Tesla was an alien and came from Venus? It’s crazy, but that says an FBI file
For many this report can be hurtful, as it calls into question human capacity. However, Nikola Tesla, the great genius, would be listed as having come from Venus as a baby, according to an FBI file.
Nikola Tesla is a well-known scientist who made numerous inventions and discoveries such as the Tesla coil, alternating current (AC) electricity, neon lights, artificial rays, X-rays, and the rotating magnetic field, just to name. a few.
Its radio technology is used in today’s computers, smartphones, navigation systems, satellites, missiles, and spacecraft. Incredibly, in 1926, he predicted that people could eventually stay connected by seeing and hearing each other no matter where on the planet they were using a small device that could fit in a pocket, decades before the smartphone was created.
As we have reported on HiddenCode.com , Nikola Tesla has over 1,000 registered invention patents which included his 1905 patent called ” The Art of Transmitting Electrical Energy Through the Natural Environment “, which was based on his thoughts that the Earth was an electric generator that could supply an unlimited amount of electricity.
Man ahead of his time
It was obvious that Tesla was an incredibly smart man who was ahead of his time when it came to his work. In fact, it has been said that his inventions were 300 to 1,000 years ahead and that the world would be half a century behind where we are today were it not for Tesla.
However, this led some people to believe that he was such a unique individual that he did not even come from our planet. That is, an alien . A declassified FBI document called the “Interplanetary Sessions Newsletter” or “Interplanetary Sessions Bulletin” was written on June 14, 1957 and contained some incredible claims that Tesla was originally from the planet Venus .
The FBI document says:
“People from space have visited Tesla engineers many times, and we have been told that Tesla was a Venusian, brought to this planet as a baby, in 1856, and left with Mr. and Mrs. Tesla in a remote place. mountainous province of what is now Yugoslavia ”.
In addition, a woman named Margaret Storm, who was writing a book on Tesla’s life, received information through a device the scientist created in 1938 to carry out “interplanetary communication.” She allegedly even had contact with the “People from Space.”
The theory that Nikola Tesla originally came from Venus and was brought to Earth as a baby is certainly far-fetched even though many people believe that there are aliens living here on Earth (Area 51, for example).
But what’s even weirder is that the FBI had that information in one of their files, which ultimately raises even more questions, such as why did the “People from Space” reveal Tesla’s identity to the FBI and perhaps an even better question. is if the FBI really had close contact with aliens?
That Nikola Tesla is a possible Venusian is not the only “extraordinary” information in the FBI files. Another document also indicates that extradimensional beings would come into contact with our dimension. As you can see, you can find data that for some sounds absurd and that for others is revealing. And while the fact that it is printed in a file in the FBI vault gives it some credibility, it does not assure us that it is completely real data.
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Cigar-shaped UFO with small UFOs around – Clayville, New York – 1-Oct-2020
Cigar-shaped UFO with small UFOs around – Clayville, New York – 1-Oct-2020
This cigar-shaped UFO with some kind of a drones flying around was filmed over Clayville in New York on Thursday, 1st October 2020. It was published on MUFON website today.
What do you think about this footage? Real or just a CGI?
Witness report:
A low humming sound can be heard in the audio with certain speakers. Also the baby says uh oh before the ufo flew away.
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Filer’s Files 40, 2020 Many Colors Are Produced by UFOs - PART I
Valcel, Romania flying object on September 24, 2020
Filer’s Files 40, 2020 Many Colors Are Produced by UFOs -PART I
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
In special reports, this week’s files cover: President Ford’s UFO Investigation, Many Colors Are Produced by UFOs Giving Energy to the Atmosphere, Vietnam Veteran: UFO Threat to Pilots Must be Dealt With Now, The Air Force is Tracking UFOs, Electromagnetic Propulsion Drive Was Uploaded, New Air Force Fighter Aircraft, Directed Energy Weapons Starting Fires from Space, Chinese Propaganda Targeting Andersen AFB is an Attempt to Intimidate, Woman who had Abortions 28% actually attempted suicide, Strange Craft, and C-60.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Alabama, Indiana, Iowa. Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Korea, Malaysia, Romania, 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.
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Special Projects
Gerald Ford Wanted UFO Investigation
House Minority Leader Gerald Ford 0n March 25, 1966, proposed to Congress that they investigate the rash of reported sightings of unidentified flying objects in Michigan and other parts of the country. Ford said he believed a congressional inquiry would be worthwhile because the American people are becoming alarmed by the UFO stories. It didn’t hurt his political chances and helped make his name a household word. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr who served as the 38th president of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Before his accession to the presidency, Ford served as the 40th vice president of the United States .
Many Colors Are Produced by UFOs Giving Energy to the Atmosphere
UFOs come in a variety of colors and shades. Some are dark or black others are white with various colors in between. Observers often report a metallic appearance as light reflects off their polished surfaces. Others see that the UFO itself is luminous and some UFO propulsion systems create multiple colors particularly as they gain speed or slow to a hover. Additionally, the UFOs may use lights like our own aircraft for illumination, search, and safety.
UFOs are often seen with a corona of light that is probably caused by an electrical discharge affecting the atmosphere around them. Light is produced within atoms of matter; when the atoms become sufficiently agitated by collision among themselves or by absorption of electromagnetic radiation; electrons are elevated out of their normal energy states and create light. Cameras that can pick up infrared light often are able to record UFOs even when not visible to the human eye.
The most likely candidates for color emission of the gases in our atmosphere are helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon.
Brilliant white UFOs likely represent limited ionization of all the gases.
The colors surrounding the UFOs seem associated with speed or the rate of acceleration. The silvery grey is seen when the object is traveling slowly. Then comes the vivid red and at high acceleration the white, green, blue and purple appear.
The UFOs apparently develop huge amounts of energy similar to nuclear power plants and have the ability to create coronas or mists around the craft. Using atomic structure and spectroscopy the element responsible for the emission of photons of a particular energy and color can be identified.Red lights, with intense red glow probably results from neon or the red of argon. Luminous red colors do not appear to be lights covered by red glass like aircraft lights. Often the red appears to be part of the propulsion system. Glowing Orange Lights, sometimes reported as bright orange flames are probably the brilliant orange red of neon often seen in neon signs. Yellow, pale yellow lights are often reported. White lights can appear yellow at a distance due to atmosphere. Green lights and flashes often reported, sometimes green glow or reported green flames from craft probably the green line of neon. Green meteors reported are thought to be space craft entering atmosphere. Bluish green colors are probably the result of hydrogen atoms being excited by the UFOs. It is strongly suspected, that xenon is responsible for the “blue”“, brilliant blue,” and “luminous blue Greenish blue to blue colors reported. Blue or bluish ultraviolet are reported particularly by young people. Purple” would result from the blue of xenon and the red of argon.
Center portions of the craft are often described as having a red glow that likely represents part of the propulsion system. Witnesses report the craft were wrapped in a blue haze or a glowing red mist. Also the UFOs are reported as gradually increasing amount of energy to the gases surrounding them as they appear to pick up speed. At some point, the atmosphere would absorb enough energy to become luminous and the craft appear to glow.
Further increases in energy transfer would activate the other gases in inverse order of their thresholds and their light would simply be added to that from xenon. Xenon is the most easily excited of the atmospheric gases, and creates spectacular “brilliant blue”, and “luminous blue” that is often reported by observers. The “orange-red” or “fiery red” color is the brilliant orange-red of neon, so easily recognized in neon signs. The combination of the green line of neon, 5401 A, with the blue of xenon would yield the often reported “bluish green” or it may come from hydrogen, 4861 A0. “Purple” would result from the blue of xenon and the red of argon, 6965 A0.
Vietnam Veteran: UFO Threat to Pilots Must be Dealt With Now
Bob Shmidt writes, “I flew A-I Skyraiders in Vietnam for three years and my love of flying followed me into civilian life and for that I have no regrets.� Obviously I have clocked up a fair few hours in the cockpit, since honorable discharge from the Air Force I have owned and flown Cessna, Pipers and ultra-lights. Throughout the years I have been in situations where I found myself praying: ice, storms, and zero visibility. None of these were as frightening as a UFO encounter I experienced a decade ago, while high above San Diego. One clear June morning as I looked ahead of me I noticed movement out of the side of eye.
To my shock a huge UFO, twice the size of my Cessna 172 was traveling alongside me. I stared at the UFO for less than a minute and it just sped off and vanished in a second. As it did my plane lunged to the side violently and started to dip. I managed to stabilize things and spent the next two hours wondering what the heck I had just seen.
Here’s a dose of reality which might be hard to swallow for those wishing to stay in the cozy bubble our governments and media have created for us: Alien and UFO visits to earth are fact: totally irrefutable certainty. UFOs from other worlds are entering our air space all the time everyone that ‘needs’ to know it does. UFOs do present a serious risk to pilots, military, commercial, and private. It is essential that the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) make study of UFOs and the dangers they present as well as advised procedures in the event of a UFO encounter a non negotiable part of training to earn a Pilot’s License.
It is also essential that the FAA generally comes clean to pilots about UFOs in the skies. The FAA should also train tower personnel on UFOs and admit that those odd things that are observed form time to time, both on radar and visually are alien craft – so that all pilots can be informed of any nearby UFOs. Editor’s Note: Several military and civil air controllers contacted me claim they are instructed to deny a UFO is on radar and to turn aircraft away from any UFO.
The Air Force is Tracking UFOs.
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is a new branch of the Armed Forces. It was established on December 20, 2019 with enactment of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. The USSF was established within the Department of the Air Force, meaning the Secretary of the Air Force has overall responsibility for the USSF
Additionally, a four-star general known as the Chief of Space Operations (CSO) General Raymond serves as the senior military member of the USSF. If war breaks out between the United States and a competitor like China, it will almost certainly be fought in space, just as it would be fought on land, at sea, and in the air, the head of Air Force Space Command said in an interview.
“Space is a war fighting domain and we have to be prepared to fight a full range of operations,” General Jay Raymond said. “Look at what China did in 2007. They shot down a satellite using an ASAT. We have to be able to be prepared to respond to that full range. We don’t want this fight. It’s not a fight we want to get into. It’s not a fight that, in my opinion, anybody wins.”
This is the rub of using weapons in or from space. Once it begins, who gains an advantage? Every side would lose huge amounts of intellectual, technical, and monetary treasure once the fighting starts in space. We clearly believe the U.S. must be able to wage war in space.
Military leaders must think of space as a battleground. Indeed, the combat capabilities provided by advanced orbital systems increasingly are at risk. “Some would say that we’re not threatened in space”I want to disabuse everybody of that argument”.
Editor’s Note: The logical question that needs to be asked? Who is threatening advanced US orbital systems? Is General Raymond talking about the Chinese, the Russians, or even Extraterrestrials? The fundamental fact confronting us is the existence of a thousand UFO sighting reports each month. Some of these reports may be fraudulent, but most MUFON investigators have concluded that the majority of the reports are quite valid. The witnesses believe they see something real, external, artificial, and not normal types of aircraft. On logical grounds all possible explanations can be subdivided into two major categories, namely, a physically real, manufactured object that the witness could not relate to, or to something entirely different, such as obscure natural phenomena, or psychic projections.
We know that the best UFO reports are often observed by relatively experienced witnesses such as police, astronomers, and aircrews. We have obtained previously classified Air Force documents signed by General Nathan Twining Commander of the Air Material Command stating: The phenomenon is something real and not visionary or fictitious. Air Force Space Command operates satellites sensors that are able to pick up unidentified flying objects that are entering and leaving our atmosphere called Fastwalkers.” Several UFOs coming in from space are picked up each week.
North America’s early warning system is now been upgraded and in their 22,300 mile geosynchronous orbits, satellites help protect the United States and its allies by detecting missile launches, space launches, UFOs, and nuclear detonations.
Several hundred Fastwalkers (UFOs) within our atmosphere are tracked worldwide each month. The new satellites are able to track many more Fastwalkers with their improved infrared sensors designed to detect heat from missile and booster plumes against the earth’s background.
Insiders report there is a great deal of excitement as the UFOs sometimes trigger the early warning system setting off alarms that missiles have been launched. Computers keep track of over 6,000 satellites and pieces of debris in space. The Fastwalkers are also referred to as Uncorrelated Targets indicating they are not in the data base for objects in space. The Individual Target Event Database which is unclassified should be made available to MUFON and the Filer Research Institute so we can correlate ground based and aircraft sightings with satellite data.
The new Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system is a planned constellation of satellites and supporting ground infrastructure that will improve the ability to detect and track space objects in orbit around the Earth. The primary SBSS contractor, Boeing, characterizes some orbiting space objects as, “Potential future threats to the United States’ space assets.
Boeing Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system’s Satellite Operations Center in Los Angeles is operational. Their mission is to “develop, deliver, and sustain” capabilities that “ensure space superiority” for the United States Space Force Col. James Jordan, commander of the Space Situational Awareness Group in the Space Superiority Systems Wing states, When launched in spring 2009, SBSS will revolutionize the nation’s space situational awareness with enhanced performance by providing around-the-clock visibility to detect distant space objects without interference from weather, atmosphere or daylight.” The first “pathfinder” satellite of the SBSS system was launched in the spring of 2009 on a Minotaur rocket. The primary SBSS contractor, Boeing, characterizes some orbiting space objects as, “Potential future threats to the United States’ space assets.”
Electromagnetic Propulsion Drive Was Uploaded by Larry Reed
JACK SARFATTI
On Sep 20, 2020, at 3:48 PM, David Chester wrote: Keith, what link had a large .pdf? I wouldn’t mind skimming it. Still can’t find the theory, but apparently he says this:
“An electron exhibits a slight spin precession characterized by the inverse fine structure constant. Electric charge (spin precession) corresponds to a torsion field dislocation defect (loop closure failure).” ― Larry Reed, Quantum Wave Mechanics
I had been sharing work about Poplawski who found electromagnetism in the Einstein-Cartan theory context with torsion. He seems to be latching onto a geometrodynamics concept and combining it with these torus insights from Einstein-Cartan theory. For the antigravity effects, there are claims of metamaterials, but yeah, what about the details?
I have given many details on the conceptual key idea.
There is no viable alternative explanation of the Tic Tac observations using only mainstream theoretical physics of Maxwell and Einstein. We don’t even need too much quantum field theory – nothing exotic like string theory or quantum gravity is needed. It’s all low energy condensed matter physics with classical general relativity in engineering language for experimental physicists and electrical engineers.
Clearly not even wrong – waste of time when we have much more important work to focus on. The problem is most people in this field are amateur incompetents. We found this to be true at ISSO – nothing Joe Firmage was interested in worked as advertised.
I glanced thru the pptx file at the download site. Unfortunately, as is common with this type of work, the basic ideas are not presented or described clearly, so it is hard to figure out what the person is actually claiming and separating what is right from what is wrong. He has a lot of nice figures and a lot of high school algebra, as is also common with these types of treatments. I found no field equations, but it appears he is using the Maxwell-like (Heaviside) gravity for some of his results.
He may have some good ideas, but they are presented so diffusely and in such a confused fashion that one cannot even tell if they are right or wrong, i.e. “not even wrong”.
He also has a 724 page book, (last slide of pptx), Quantum Wave Mechanics, by Larry Reed (2019) and gives the ISBN. Unfortunately, at least for me, all 3 links were broken. I searched for it and could not find it on Amazon, which he had a link to. I found a copy of a (2018) version on Amazon that appears to have sold no copies. Abstract indicates author should get Nobel Prize for all his discoveries.
A comprehensive description of the nature of light, electricity, and gravity is provided in terms of quantum wave mechanics. Detailed models include the photon as a travelling electromagnetic wave and the electron as a closed loop standing wave formed by a confined photon. Electrons are of toroidal geometry generated by a spinning Hopf link as a result of an imbalance of electrostatic and magnetostatic energy. Electric charge is a manifestation of a slight precession characterized by the fine structure constant. The physical vacuum as a polarizable medium enables wave propagation and appears ultimately to be quantized at the Planck scale. Standing wave transformations for objects in motion are reviewed and Lorentz Doppler effects compared. The mechanism for generation of de Broglie matter waves for objects in motion is depicted including the inverse effect of induced motion of an object by synthesis of contracted moving standing waves.
Gravity is viewed as a frequency synchronization interaction between coupled mass oscillators. The acceleration of gravity is described by a spectral energy density gradient. Gravitons are shown to be phase conjugate photons. The metric of curved spacetime corresponds to the electromagnetic wave front interference node metric. Hence, the gravitational field becomes quantized.
He also has a large (~75MB), 8 paper pdf file on his web site that might be worth looking at for details. This was too large for me to want to download, as I am running short on storage space on my system.
New Air Force Fighter Aircraft
The Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance combat aircraft, intended to complement or succeed the F-22 and F-35 in the air superiority role, has already flown, having been rapidly prototyped through modern digital design, Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper revealed Sept. 15.
Roper made the revelation at the end of a talk at Air, Space & Cyber Conference in which he said the Air Force is at an inflection point in how it will master future uncertainty. He declined to give further details about the NGAD flights, except to say the aircraft has “Broken a lot of records.” In a press conference after his presentation, Roper said he was able to win approval only to reveal the flights, without giving away program details or discussing the aircraft’s performance, in order to reassure stakeholders inside and outside the Air Force that digital engineering is producing “real things…in the real world”.
“We don’t want the adversary to know” what the aircraft’s capabilities are“, or when they’ll show up”,
The NGAD “right now is designing, assembling, testing, and, in the digital world, exploring things that would have cost us time and money to wait for physical world results We built a full-scale flight demonstrator and we flew it in the real world,”.
In a later press conference, Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said “It’s a full scale flight demonstrator,” it’s more about how we … build airplanes faster, so we can be in a better place to compete” against China and Russia.
Directed Energy Weapons Starting Fires from Space
A Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) was caught on a live stream going right into a fire in California. Then there was another shown igniting a fire in Oregon. Now, there’s a black censorship line through the beam.
The video above has been brightened so the DEW can be seen well.
What is going on?! These beams have been seen since 2016, apparently starting fires. China and Russia have the capability to cause the fires and control the weather drying up the vegetation.
Youtuber Dutchsinse has discovered something unbelievable while looking at the fires in the Western United States and studying the earthquakes occurring around the world. When it’s first noticed, Dutchsinse called it “Some kind of ray or beam of some kind”. If you have trouble seeing, it at first, adjust the brightness on your device. But it is an incredible find.
After this, Dutchsinse discovered another DEW last night. That’s at least two nights in a row. This one appears to come from the ocean and into a fire that has just started in Oregon.
After this was discovered, Dutchsinse noticed that someone decided to “censor” the beam by literally putting a black censorship bar right over the heat signature. The energy beam which was beaming down has been BLACKED OUT ON PURPOSE— LOOK CLOSE?? To try to hide it… they tried to match the black of the background but.. because it’s a live feed grey black it’s impossible to perfectly match. So now we have a black line hiding the original beam
Beam Of Light Aimed At West Coast Fires As Pentagon Warns That China (they are however, not the only ones) Has Weaponized Space Beams from space are causing fires.
Pacific Air Forces is pushing back against a Chinese military propaganda video depicting an H-6K bomber targeting Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, calling it attempted intimidation in the region. The video, released Sept. 19, shows the bombers flying alongside fighter aircraft, and firing a missile at a Google Maps-style picture of Andersen’s flight line. “It is yet another example of their use of propaganda in an attempt to coerce and intimidate the region,” PACAF said in a Sept. 23 statement. “Maintaining the safety of our personnel and resources, as well as our allies and partners, is of the utmost importance and we remain committed to ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific for all nations.”
“Up to 60% of women who had abortions had subsequent suicidal feelings, with 28% actually attempting suicide’.
A study, conducted by David C Reardon of the Elliot Institute, studied 173,000 American women who either had abortions or carried to term. Reardon was described in the New York Times Magazine as the “Moses” of the “post-abortion movement”.
Reardon found that women who aborted were 154% more likely to commit suicide than women who gave birth. Another survey cited by David Reardon in his book Aborted Women, Silent No More(Springfield, IL: Acorn Books, 2002) stated, “Up to 60% of women who had abortions had subsequent suicidal feelings, with 28% actually attempting 364,000 suicide ‘per year… Help stop one million 400 hundred thousand women from attempting suicide in the next four years!-Elliot Institute is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to research, education and outreach regarding the effects of abortion on women, men, families and society.
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Another study in The British Medical Journal discovered that the rate of suicide in women after birth of a baby was 5.9 out of 100,000. Among women who had abortions, the rate was 34.7 for 451 successful suicides. Again, carrying a pregnancy to term was seen to reduce the suicide rate.
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Filer’s Files 40, 2020 Many Colors Are Produced by UFOs - PART II
Valcel, Romania flying object on September 24, 2020
Filer’s Files 40, 2020 Many Colors Are Produced by UFOs - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Sightings are from MUFON CMS
Alabama Object
HI GEORGE, hope all is well I have something to share with you. I have a family who has had years of Contactee experiences. The husband was getting ready for work. At 5am in Platteville Alabama he was opening gate and looked back to see this object stationary in the sky about his juniper trees. There was no sound. He used his new phone to take this picture. You’re welcome to publish it. I’d like to know if any others like it have been seen.
I’m still working on the John Reeves story should be an eye opener when I get it done. Stay safe. The son in that family is working on upgrading NASA he met Elon Musk and gets to work on his stuff, dam that’s cool. Everyone wears space for insignia hats or NASA, so I want one with Space Force. Kryptaglow Mike
Gulf Shores –On September 5, 2020, at night I’d always go out and sky watch using my PVS-7 NVGs. Most everything is a star-like dot. All sightings aside from a meteor were only viewable using NVGs. I saw a giant V formation (like a flock of glowing geese in space) going along extremely fast North to South and had to be at least 30 dots all in one line with slight deviance in formation. Very similar to the Lubbock Lights but bigger and 1, not 2 rows.
Indiana Lights
Hobart— n the summer of 1973 I was 12 or 13 years old (my birthday is in July) I was watching TV (the Six Million Dollar Man) it was a new TV show and the only thing my stepfather watched. (Until A-Team came out) My mother asked me to take out the paper trash to burn, we lived on a dead end street beside a very large swamp area, and we separated our paper to burn. We had a large mowed field next to our house before the swampy area started; we always burned our paper trash at the edge of it before where the ground got too wet. I reluctantly pulled myself away from the TV and ran out the back door grabbing the large paper grocery bag full of paper trash and a pack of paper matches. I ran to the edge of the field dropped the bag and flicked a few lit matches into it, waiting only a half second to make sure one lit the paper inside and ran back into the house to return to the TV show. My mother said “Ggreg, what IS that?” I looked to where she was looking and saw some flashing light in the distance/ It was not a plane, too slow, too low, a helicopter, no sound, not a blimp, too fast.
Shererville/Dyer – On September 15, 2020, we were traveling westbound on Route 30 when we noticed 2 bright glow-stick looking objects in the sky. The objects appeared to be orange/pink in color and glowing, it could have been the sun reflecting behind the objects. One of the objects was barely visible but the other was much more visible as it seemed closer. I began to record when we arrived at our destination. The object(s) were to the west of us and moving very, very slowly south, and they eventually just sort of faded away.
Iowa Object
Council Bluffs – On September 20, 2020, I was photographing the moon and caught sight of a flying object I did not recognize. I took 2 photographs. It’s in the first photo and not in the next. It was gone in the blink of an eye.
Kentucky Disc
Cave City – The object appears to have some sort of force field around the disc.
Photos were taken on September 4, 2020
Maryland Lights
Pasadena– On September 19, 2020, lights in the sky were white about 4or5 lights and were hovering the lights in the bay were red yellow and green and were also 4 or 5 lights and were straight up and down and there were multiple strings in the water and very many in the sky as I was watching I also saw one flying it was pretty low and the lights on it were red I took some videos with my phone but they are not very clear but you can see all the light
New Jersey Object
Teeterboard–UFO Monday Sep. 14, 2020 that is possibly a Blimp
Dan Johnson thought he’d give my last word on this video Blimps have messages and tail structures. This lighted area goes through its message, and then it turns off. On the video the light on the bottom of the UFO, stays on for about 10 seconds, runs through its message and then shuts off. I believe that what was seen was a blimp although no tail structure is apparent.
Brick – On September 18, 2020. at least one triangle craft is seen in the night sky. I was taking video at an outside performance and panned around the area. I did not notice the triangle craft until I went to edit my video the next day. When I zoomed in on my computer I noticed a vertical beam of light beneath the craft.
New York Lights
Bronx— On September 5,, 2020, a man took some pictures of a tree that had been felled by a storm on the previous day. Later when viewing the photo he found a blue spherical object in the background.
Note: The blue object may not be real and could be a reflection of the Sun on the lens of the camera.
Thanks to Will Pucket/www.ufosnw.com/newsite/
North Carolina Triangle of Lights
Denver – Can you tell me what these lights are? Photos taken on September 21, 2020
Triangle craft have three lights in this position.
Oregon Lights
Gleneden Beach— Best description is my still frame and videos from my phone, which I will submit. Dates of observation were 08/25, 08/26, 08/30, and 09/01. I have additional photos and videos, which I can provide at your request.
Utah Fling Objects
Oren — Human shaped flying figures. They glowed and flew in formation.
I have pictures of them. Photos were taken on August 8, 2020 at 1:17 AM.
Washington Lights
Snohomish— On September 19, last Saturday, I witnessed 3 lights moving like no other I have ever seen. I’m still freaked out
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Light
Ballina — Slightly same size as tennis ball not perfect in spherical shape. I’d say 30ft above my head a light appeared from nothing travelled 40 meters in North to be direction at approx 60kmper hr. all in a few seconds on July 28, 2020. Then after it disappears as fast as it came anther light does the same a bit more of a distance away same height length speed except it went east. Just before it happened my scalp felt nice n tingly very pleasant, best described as an electric ball. It’s like when you strike a match with lines around the flame. I’ve seen non reflective light before. Saw the same event again when I got home that night and the next over my neighbor’s roof.
Canada Lights
Oakville— It was September 24, 2003, at roughly 12:40 p.m. I was sitting on the front steps, facing NWW. Nearly directly above me and very high in the sky, I saw a vivid, crisp point of white light which I mistook for a bright star. I considered myself lucky to have seen it first for myself before hearing about a supernova. I noticed a dark red cylinder, the length of which was aiming more or less down the length of our road (NNE). This dark red cylinder had a bright white light at the left end.
Croatia Cylinder
Osijek — This bullet like object appeared after I was searching skies for tic tac s and rotating balls (at very low flight) on September 11, 2020,
Witch I had seen very often during last couple moths but never recorded them it was at my workplace. Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia
Korea Laser shot
Goyang — On 19th of September 2020 around 7:30 in the evening one small flying light got caught in the eye in nearby Seoul. This spot is where this flash light appears and presents itself as a UFO. The place where it is flying across has one infantry army division base and one air force unit on the hill. It means it is the area that any man-made aircraft including drone are not allowed to fly except military choppers. The lights are daringly flying between two military bases with no care at all. Some sort of laser light or spot light comes up from the ground and searches for the UFO light and gives quite a big blindingly bright flash like it might have been hit with no sound. Using Sony Fdr Axp55 I zoomed in this fast flying away object to its maximum almost 205x but when it flashes you can still see its bright light. Laser Light brightness was increased on computer. As in the Bible Luke 21:11 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. I think many more sightings will be reported. The things as its written will come to a presupposed end.
Malaysia Lights
Kuala Lumpur – on September 24, 2020, I looked at the sky and It was cloudy but lights appeared in the sky above my building. One was blue and two were orange. I took a phone call and next time I looked in the sky, about 10 minutes later, nothing was there anymore.
Romania Object
Valcele — On September 24, 2020
Saw strange object flying above city. Appears to have triangle shape.
UK/England Object
Bristol — It was 9:18 on 17 March 2020; we were in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Bristol airport was only receiving 2 flights a day. My wife is an immigration and customs official at the airport. In normal times planes and chemical trails across the sky would be commonplace. We have some fantastic views over the city. I saw this strange line going up vertically near a block of flats and showed my wife. I caught a glimpse of a black domed saucer like object sitting just above chemical trails. The object movement was pulse like, as it spurted for a distance, then slowed, then spurted again. It was vertical, so not similar to the aircraft that would normally fly over horizontally. No planes were flying in the area due to lockdown.
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Filer’s Files 39, 2020 Roswell UFO Crash - PART I
Roswell UFO Crash
Filer’s Files 39, 2020 Roswell UFO Crash -
PART I
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
In special reports, this week’s files cover: Secrets of the German UFO Scientists, PAPERCLIP, Roswell UFO Crash, Texas FBI Memo about Roswell Disc, General Ramey is holding His Message, Wilson: Telework May Be a Post-Pandemic Norm, India Found Ancient Drawings with Aliens, Mars Ancient Casket and Save Four to Five Million Lives when You Vote
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Tennessee.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, 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 a thousand UFO’s are visiting each month us in ever-increasing numbers.
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Special Projects
Secrets of the German UFO Scientists
ASA Werner von Braun (L) poses by a rocket with Debus ®
William F. Hamilton III writes, “In all probability the first saucer scientists were the German rocket scientists who were twenty years ahead of the rest of the world. Dr. Kurt H. Debus: was the Father of Kennedy Space Center
He and served a long tenure as the first center director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida — from 1962 to 1974. After the war, Debus became a prime asset for NASA. His accomplished work on a variety of programs, including launching satellites and the eventual moon mission, led to him becoming the first ever director of the Kennedy Space Center. German scientists essentially managed both the US and Soviet Space Programs.
SS Major Wernher Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German–born American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi German. After the war he became a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.
Hermann Julius Oberth (German:; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian -born German physicist and engineer and is considered the Father of Modern Rocketry. In letters to Major Donald Keyhoe, Oberth mentions his belief that saucers are spaceships manned by superior beings. He says that the marvelous aerodynamics of the saucers is accomplished by generating an artificial gravity field. This is the famous G-field theory. The saucers create their own gravitational fields which enables them to hover motionless above the earth, accelerate at tremendous speeds, or execute violent turns that would cause ordinary aircraft to disintegrate. Even with swift changes of speed and direction, the passengers would feel no effect. It would also explain the silence of UFOs in flight as the artificial G-field would drag the surrounding air along with it. And, because the air is not flowing pass the hull, it would eliminate heating caused by friction.
Statements have been made that saucer behavior defies the laws of physics. It seemed impossible that a manned craft could execute such tremendous accelerations from a hovering position to a high-speed linear velocity or in high-speed acute-angled turns. Inertial forces caused by such accelerations would tear apart an aircraft frame. And, often, the picture came to mind of a human pilot ending up flat as a pancake against the cabin wall. Gerald Heard, in his book, “Is Another World Watching?” hypothesized that the saucers were being flown by insects because only insects or robots could survive those wrenching turns. All of these concerns evaporate when one considers the physics of G-field propulsion since those on the craft are not affected by gravity. Our science appears to have missing explanations for the advanced technology. The Germans were working on various disc designs by the end of the World War 11.
In a revealing document published in Status Report VII by the late pioneering researcher Leonard Stringfield, a preliminary report refers to a recovered flying disc. The report does not specifically mention Roswell, but states that the data in the report was provided by the engineering staff of T-2 at the Air Material Command at Wright Field. One of the scientists examining the evidence is Dr. Theodore von Karmen, founder of Aerojet, and then head of the Army Air Forces Scientific Advisory Group. Dr. von Karmen was a leading authority on aerodynamics and had authored papers, both in English and German on the subject. Another renowned scientist mentioned in the report is Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, Director of the Manhattan Project and a leading physicist of his day.
In the opinion of these two famous scientists the interior of the craft contained a compartment with an atomic engine. The device was a donut-shaped tube approximately thirty-five feet in diameter, made of what appeared to be plastic material around a central core. A large rod centered inside the tube was wrapped in a coil and the investigators believed it to be the source of electrical potential which ionized the surrounding air around the craft. www.Amazon.com/books diagram.
Editors Note: I had the honor of working with Leonard Stringfield and discussing his work almost weekly particularly concerning Air Force operations.
Project PAPERCLIP
After World War II some 1600 key German scientists were brought to the United States in a project called PAPERCLIP. According to the Cantwheel documents it seems that the Germans (Von Braun’s group) were in a position to identify whatever they found whether they were a V weapon or advanced disc craft. About 100 of them were assigned to PAPERCLIP projects at Fort Bliss, White Sands during this period.
Ordway stated that they were issued special War Department ID cards that specifically stated that they were not to be held or questioned by authorities and had permission to leave the Fort Bliss test range sometime in early July 1947 for unspecified reasons.
General Donald Putt
It has been my belief for a long time that one group of Germans at Wright Field were brought into the classified UFO Program since they had a 25-year head start in advanced disc aircraft and rocket research. General Donald Putt was responsible for their employment at Wright Field (Putt is mentioned in Top Secret Project SIGN files as head of Air Force R&D in 1947-48 and was a student of Theodore von Karman). Flight records Generals Putt and Twining LeMay flew to New Mexico to see at least one of the crashed UFOs in July of 1947
The CIA’s PAPERCLIP files contained biographies of Germany’s top scientists (some were declassified for me in 1994) for possible recruitment in the U.S. PAPERCLIP was a illegal project to prevent Von Braun and approximately 200 other Germans from standing trial at Nuremberg for war crimes. Army and Air Force CIC deleted any information of their Nazi affiliation and SS positions (Von Braun was a SS Major) and the CIA misled the White House about their pasts.
The U.S. considered their knowledge as vital to National Security and defense for the Russians had captured and recruited some of Von Braun’s people to work on their missile and jet aircraft development projects. The Germans were also instrumental in creating the Russian’s atomic bomb program and ICBM projects. The Germans essentially ran NASA and missile research for the US for at least 20 years. As far as I know from reading Linda Hunt’s book on the German’s PAPERCLIP was a going concern as late as 1990.
I met a German woman who claimed to have been at White Sands scientist who described going for a hike with two other scientists and looking over the edge of a mountain into a valley spotted a disc with small humanoids picking up rocks. They watched for ten minutes and were spotted and the aliens jumped in the craft and flew away. They reported the incident but were told not to tell others.
Roswell UFO Crash
ROSWELL –Major Jessie Marc el the 509 Group Intelligence Officer was told about the crash and drove out to the Foster Ranch and rancher Bill Brazel showed him the debris sight near Corona, New Mexico on July 7, 1947. Later that night Marcel showed his wife and son some of the debris. Years later I had lunch with the son who was now an Army Colonel and Medical Doctor (Jessie Marcel) who told me he can vividly remember the strange writing on the debris. He said the debris was scattered on the floor and later his Mother swept it out the back door on to the ground. Later a cement area was placed over the ground and he thought some of the debris would still found under the cement. Later others at Roswell Air Base including Lieutenant Robert J. Shirkey saw the debris.
Major Marcel and Burnt Debris
Major Marcel showed the debris to his Commander William Blanchard, who then ordered a news release that stated the Army Air Force had recovered a Flying Disc. Colonel Blanchard ordered the debris to be immediately flown with Major Marcel aboard a B-29, to 8th Air Force Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas. The debris filled half the plane.
The debris packages were guarded by three guards. Marcel was met at the flight line by the second highest ranking officer at Carswell Army Air Base Colonel Thomas DuBose. Together they drove to General Roger Ramey’s office with one small debris package. Major Marcel with debris
Waiting for them was James Bond Johnson a Fort Worth Star Newspaper photographer who took these photos. James Johnson told me that when the officers arrived the package was securely wrapped and that the military men unwrapped the metallic burnt debris. The smell of the debris was very strong indicating to him that they had been in a severe crash.
General Ramey with message and Colonel DuBose with the debris.
Four of the 4 x 5 negatives are now stored in the Archives of the University of Texas. The actual debris had a series of wings and hieroglyphic writing throughout the debris
At some point later other simple radar reflector debris was exchanged for the real debris. A weather officer was brought in to verify the debris was from a weather radar reflector.
General Ramey, Colonel DuBose, and Major Jessie Marcel with the debris.
Shortly, General Roger Ramey the Commander of 8th Air Force at Carswell Air Force Base arrived holding a message in his hand. Six photos are taken of General Ramey, Colonel DuBose, and Major Jessie Marcel with the debris. Four of the 4 x 5 negatives are now stored in the Archives of the University of Texas. Blowup Photos courtesy of and RPIT
Several years ago the Roswell Photo Interpretation Team (RPIT) was formed with Neil Morris from University of Manchester, England to enlarge and evaluate these photographs of message.
General Ramey is holding His Message
The computer enhanced photos show that that appears to state, acknowledging “THAT A ‘DISK’ IS NEXT NEW FIND.” He then adds that “THE VICTIMS OF THE WRECK” and something else (possibly just “A WRECK”) had also been found near the recovery “OPERATION AT THE ‘RANCH’.” At the end it states that “YOU” (i.e. Gen. Vandenberg) had ordered the “victims” and/or the wreckage “FORWARDED” to “FORT WORTH, TEX.”
In the second paragraph, Ramey describes how the situation was being handled. Ramey first states that something “IN THE ‘DISC'”, probably the bodies of the “forwarded” “victims” (and possibly termed “AVIATORS”) would be flown by a B-29 Special Transport or C-47 to the “A1” (personnel director) of some “8TH ARMY****” division, most likely the head flight surgeon at Fort Worth given the context. Wright Field, Ohio, home of the AAF’s aeronautical labs, was to assess the Roswell crash object (possibly referred to as an “AIRFOIL”).
Finally Ramey outlines how the situation was being treated publicly and how they were going to cover it up. First he assures Vandenberg that the earlier highly inflammatory Roswell base press release (referred to as the “MISSTATE MEANING OF STORY”) was the work of an Army counter-intelligence team (“CIC/TEAM”), but that the “NEXT SENT OUT PR” (Press Release) would be “OF WEATHER BALLOONS.” Signed Ramey
Ramey finishes with the statement that the weather balloon story might be better accepted if they also added weather balloon radar target demonstrations. This apparently was the impetus for the national debunking campaign using the devices that followed over the next few days.
This was the actually crash of a so-called “flying disk” craft with a dead crew found on the inside, as corroborated by the testimony of military and civilian witnesses. The telegram held in General Ramey’s hand provides smoking gun proof of a “disk” crash and the recovery of “the victims of the wreck” Thanks to David Rudiack.
Debris
Clearly much of the debris has strange markings or writing on it. A close up of the debris shows some strange writing taken by photographer James Bond Johnson. If you compare the Mars symbols with the debris in General Ramey’s office there are striking similarities.
Neil Morris from the University of Manchester discovered that three symbols have now been cross matched on the debris footage beam. The details discovered in over fifty year old photographs indicate an object of much greater complexity than a simple radar reflector. Space ships like our own Moon Lander are made from surprisingly flimsy materials. The cross matching of these symbols indicates the debris is from an object alien to Earth, or at least to our methods of writing and symbols. All involved admit the debris shown was part of a disc recovered from the Foster Ranch near Corona, New Mexico in 1947.
Mac Brazil was the person who discovered the debris on the Foster Ranch that was a quarter mile long and several hundred feet wide. It was made up mostly of foil strips only darker in color. The strange thing was that you could take some of the debris and wrinkle it and lay it down and it would go back to its original shape. It was quite pliable but you could not crease or bend it like ordinary metal. It was almost like plastic but it was definitely metal. Some of the debris was like balsa wood and extremely light.
Brigadier General Thomas Dubos plainly stated the Weather Balloon story was a cover given under order of General Mc Mullen to “get the press off the military’s back”. I talked to General Mc Mullen’s son who also was a general who claimed he had no knowledge of story, but he enjoyed talking about his father. He told me his father had never discussed the Weather Balloons with radar reflector but was quite interested in the incident.
I spoke to Brigadier General Arthur Exon who had flown a plane at low level over one of the crashed saucer sites and noted more of less a disc shaped craft up against a hill. Exon further indicated that Truman was also a member of a top echelon group formed after the Roswell crash to control access to the wreckage, bodies, and information about the crash. He became Base Commander of Wright Patterson AFB where the debris was flown. He is highest ranking officer who definitely claims the Roswell crash was extraterrestrial. Brigadier General Arthur E. Exon is a pilot with 135 combat missions and over 300 hours of combat flight time during World War II. His aircraft was severely damaged by an exploding ammunition dump and he was forced to bail out over enemy territory. Captured, he spent just over a year in German prisoner of war camps.
Brigadier General Arthur Exo
According to General Exon, “Some of the Roswell craft was flimsy and was tougher than hell, and the [rest] was almost like foil but strong, it had them [the FTD analysts] pretty puzzled.” The lab chiefs at Wright Field set up a “special project” for the testing of the material. “They knew they had something new in their hands,” continued Exon, “the metal and material was unknown to anyone I talked to. Whatever they found, I never heard what the results were. Exon is
Also Astronaut Edgar Mitchell had grown up in Roswell and dozens of witnesses came to him to describe what they saw and the crash site and in the Rowell hangar. He was convinced it was not of this world. Allegedly one of three aliens lived for 15 years after the crash according to General Twining’s son.
I also spent time with the widow of General Ramey who indicated her husband was very upset that he had to lie about the weather balloon story. He graduated from West Point with the Honor Code taught not to lie. President Truman and Brigadier General Ramey had become good friends. I q uizzed President Truman’s library and they said he was staying with his sick wife in Independence, Missouri during July 4, 1947 week and could have been flown to Fort Worth secretly.
President Truman and wife Bess in Independence, MO
She was told “her husband had been visited by Truman on several occasions. She indicated they were quite friendly and Truman enjoyed piloting the planes. They were transferred to Washington DC and the General was promoted twice. General Ramey and his wife frequently dined with President Truman at the White House that was being renovated. President Truman had served in the military in World War 1 and enjoyed playing cards with Ramey. The President related how during the Second World War he had done everything he could to stop the holocaust of the Jews. Ramey felt he would be promoted to Chief of Staff of the Air Force when he had a sudden heart attack and died. She thought the President had met General Ramey in Fort Worth concerning the crash but didn’t know exactly how they met.I q uizzed President Truman’s library and they said he was staying with his sick wife in Independence, Missouri during July 4, 1947 week and could have been flown to Fort Worth secretly.
Over several weeks in July 1952, up to a dozen unexplained objects repeatedly streaked across the skies over Washington, D.C.—spotted by radar operators, professional pilots and other highly credible witnesses. The Air Force scrambled fighter jets, but the ‘saucers’ outran them and a jet crashed chasing them. Truman said, “We’ve had reports of flying saucers and other things going on.”I can assure you the flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on earth.” President Truman
Truman set up the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947. He was the first President in history to get a daily intelligence report (now know as the President Daily Briefing. General Landry his aid disclosed important UFO sightings were briefed daily and his quarterly UFO reports were briefed to President Truman orally, as to not leave a paper trail.
Texas FBI Memo about Roswell Disc
FORT WORTH � Another piece of data that proves the authenticity of the evidence is an FBI message sent on July 8, 1947, at 6:17 PM. The foremost feature of the teletype is that Major Kirton of the 8th Army Air Force Intelligence Office positively identifies as not being that of a RAWIN balloon and its radar target, though resembling them. We know from the photos and message that personnel at the 8th Army Air Force confirmed this was strange unidentified debris late on July 8, and that they had decided to fly the wreckage to Wright Field, Ohio where Air Force experts were gathered. Major Kirton was notifying the FBI of the latest developments
.According to the FBI memo the “disc” debris were being sent to Wright Field because personnel at Roswell and Fort Worth did not know its identity. We know that much of the exceedingly light debris was hand carried by Major Marcel. This rules out rockets, missiles, and most known aircraft that are made of relatively heavy metals. We can assume Major Kirton notified the FBI shortly before the message was sent at 6:17 PM. The best qualified people at two military bases were unable to identify the wreckage so it was being flown to the Wright Field aviation expert’s technical staffs that were standing by to inspect the debris wreckage. It is my belief a standard mundane military balloon and radar target would not be confused with the unidentified debris even though they were both light weight.
Later that evening, radio reporter Joe Wilson in Chicago stated he had spoken shortly before the broadcast with officials at Wright Field and they were _still_ _awaiting_ the debris arrival. Actual complete FBI message can be seen at: http://foia.fbi.gov/unusual.htm
We know that the landing marks of many UFOs indicate they are very light weight. In fact, most craft that operate in space are designed to be very light weight. For example, we know our Apollo 11 Eagle (Lunar Lander) was flimsy and light weight.
Radar Reflecter
Project Mogul has been confused with the crash has it was a top secret project by the US Army Air Forces involving microphones flown on high-altitude balloons, whose primary purpose was long-distance detection of sound waves generated by Soviet atomic bomb tests. The project was carried out from 1947 until early 1949. It was a classified portion of an unclassified project by New York University atmospheric researchers.
The parts of the Mogul balloon that were similar to the Roswell craft did not have hieroglyphic markings. Mac Brazel called them ancient Indian markings, others thought they looked Egyptian or similar to some found on Mars. Also they did not smell like the crash debris.
Men from Earth
Eagle Has Landed
Buzz Aldrin in his book “Men From Earth” stated, “But the Eagle was a featherweight locomotive. It could accelerate from zero to 3,000 miles per hour in two minutes during the ascent. The walls of the pressure cabin were so thin I could have jabbed a screw driver through them without a lot of effort. Everything had been stripped down to the extreme.” He also just released that a UFO accompanied Apollo 11 on the trip to the Moon.”
When looking at a Mars photo Scott C. Waring found a long casket similar to what you will find here on Earth. It’s a stone casket, much like the larger outer stone boxes for Egyptian golden sarcophagus. Has a top stone that is perfectly cut to match the lower case. The casket itself is about 2 meters across. There are also a few other discoveries in this photo that are ancient statues with large faces on them. Why did they make faces like theirs? To show pride in their heritage most likely. Thanks to Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
About one-third of Air Force employees may remain largely out of the office even after the coronavirus pandemic subsides, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. “Steve” Wilson said Sept. 16 during a panel at AFA’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference. The same day, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel, and Services Lt. Gen. Brian T. Kelly suggested that telework may also change the service’s long-term approach to temporary duty travel and permanent changes of station. The telework may save a great deal of money assuming people fulfill their work obligations.
India Found Ancient Drawings with Aliens
Many Indian Temples have what look like UFOs on the top
In India ancient pictures with detailed images of the cosmos, the aliens and their technology have been found in ancient Indian temples.
Across the Earth, archaeologists and historians find thousands of testimonies about a possible contact from extraterrestrial civilizations with the ancient people. This and the legend of the demigods from the sky, and the various rock paintings of the unusual people, pictures of alien ships, strange statues, as well as the unexplored parts from large machines. According to alternative scientific theories, year old paintings and archaeological artifacts can prove that the ancient ancestors of mankind actively communicated with aliens.
UFO Like Top of Temple
For example, one of the most ancient and advanced civilizations is India. In the temples in Chrome were found drawings that resemble more a fantastic film and literally show the horrific details about the cosmos and life in it. Local Indian authorities after the discovery of petroglyphs with aliens immediately turned to the Us Space Agency NASA for help. Local archaeologist George Bhagat said that the nature of the petroglyphs is not known to him. Found in India artifacts show that ancient people could visit an alien civilization. In addition, the drawings were done in natural colors.
It is interesting that the author portrayed not just aliens, but also space. It turns out that NASA is not just studying the drawings of the aliens, but also confirms the existence of the Anunnaki with Nibiru, in the case of the authenticity found in India images.
When looking at a Mars photo Scott C. Waring found a long casket similar to what you will find here on Earth. It’s a stone casket, much like the larger outer stone boxes for Egyptian golden sarcophagus. Has a top stone that is perfectly cut to match the lower case. The casket itself is about 2 meters across. There are also a few other discoveries in this photo that are ancient statues with large faces on them. Why did they make faces like theirs? To show pride in their heritage most likely. Thanks to Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
Save Four to Five Million Lives when You Vote
60% of women who had abortions had suicidal feelings, with 28% actually attempting suicide.
I’m sorry to hear of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday at the age of 87, prompting an outpouring of tributes and condolences from America’s political grandees. However, this is a wonderful opportunity to stop the killing of 4 to 5 million babies with beating hearts and selling of their body parts in the next four years. Planned Paranoid claims one million three hundred thousand babies were aborted last year and admitted in Federal Court to selling body parts. Six states have already passed legislation to stop abortions after six weeks of pregnancy when the heart is formed. This gives women time to abort or to allow the baby to live.
When the Death of a Fetus Is Murder. The ruling came in a San Diego case involving a robbery in 1991 in which a pregnant woman was shot after cashing a welfare check.
Researchers in Finland interviewed 600,000 women for a study that showed that women who became pregnant and had abortions were six times more likely to commit suicide than women who carried their pregnancies to term. The statistics show carrying a baby to term actually decrease ssuicide. One of the main arguments given for legalizing abortion is that would become suicidal if they were forced to carry their pregnancies to term. Ironically, this was originally how abortions were made available in many US states before Roe versus Wade – as Dr. Bernard Nathanson describes in his books Aborting America and The Hand of God.
Another study in The British Medical Journal discovered that the rate of suicide in women after birth of a baby was 5.9 out of 100,000. Among women who had abortions, the rate was 34.7. Again, carrying a pregnancy to term was seen to reduce the suicide rate.
Another study, conducted by David C Reardon of the Elliot Institute, studied 173,000 American women who either had abortions or carried to term. Reardon found that women who aborted were 154% more likely to commit suicide than women who gave birth. Another survey cited by David Reardon in his bookAborted Women, Silent No More (Springfield, IL: Acorn Books, 2002) stated, “Up to 60% of women who had abortions had subsequent suicidal feelings, with 28% actually attempting suicide’. Help stop one million one hundred twelve thousand women from attempting suicide!
Strange Craft
The True Story of Major George Filer an Air Force Intelligence Officer and flyer’s Life with UFOs.
Filer belongs to the generation of pilots and airmen who first became aware of the strange aircraft showing up in the Earth’s atmosphere. These men – military professionals began to whisper amongst themselves about encounters with suspected extraterrestrial aircraft.
Award-winning investigative reporter John Guerra spent four years interviewing Filer, a decorated intelligence officer.
Filer’s most memorable case – the shooting of an alien at Fort Dix Army Base/ McGuire AFB in 1978 – is fully recounted. UFO information, for the first time, after decades of denying what its intelligence officers, pilots, and air traffic control personnel know to be true, the military finally admitted to what Filer describes in this incredible book. By John L. Guerra (Author) click on this link: https://amzn.to/2SmCKMy
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Filer’s Files 39, 2020 Roswell UFO Crash - PART II
Roswell UFO Crash
Filer’s Files 39, 2020 Roswell UFO Crash -
PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Sightings are from MUFON CMS
Arizona Object (plane)
Casa Grande – On September 17, 2020, I stepped outside to let the dog out and heard a helicopter approaching from the west.
I looked up and saw it was a black helicopter but above it seemed to be a glowing jet, pretty high but no contrails and it looked transparent, but the nose had a slight glow. I figured it was because it was flying towards the sun but as it continued, it disappeared. I could barely hear the jet noise because of the helicopter but did hear a faint jet like emission.
California Object
Anaheim – I saw a bright white light traveling at a very high orbit. My wife pointed it out and I said, “It must be ISS”. About 10 seconds later the moving light appeared to make a slight course change. It came within two inches (relative to our arms out stretched and index to thumb.) of another stationary whitish light. The stationary light looked like any normal star. But as the moving light approached the stationary light it suddenly disappeared close to the Vega star. As I wrote this on September 14, 2020 at 11:14 the light still appears ejecting smaller balls of light. The object also appeared to brighten randomly.
Colorado Object
Buena Vista— Discovered object when reviewing sunset pictures from September 13, 2020, about10 miles south of Chaffee County. The pictures look as though an object emerges from a cloud before encountering an upcoming farming structure. It then elevated above the cloud passing the structure. Then seems to back track landing in front of or on top of the farm building structure. There is a light energetic orb surrounding the object that looks shiny, green, with grey coloring as a secondary layer.
Connecticut Light
New Haven – On September 6, 2020I just wanted to send this photo. I had a visual sighting of a foreign body in the night sky that moved close to the moon.
Please email me back with your finding. I am curious as to what this was.
Note: The witness photographed the planet Mars which was nearly in the same position of the moon at the location and time of the sighting. Thanks to Will Pucket/www.ufosnw.com/newsite/
Florida Lights
Pinellas — On September 11, 2020, my girlfriend and I went to a new spot called The Point which is a Pier. We both saw 2 bright spotlights in the sky to represent the 9/11 attacks. By the time we made it to The Point (about 500-600 Yards off shore via a walk on the bridge), we could see the 9/11 lights clearly and the overcast had pretty much vanished. We both clearly saw the lights in the distance and there was nothing around them. I looked up towards the 9/11 lights and saw what looked like rips in the darkness. 3 almost portal-like orbs surrounding the 9/11 lights. I didn’t want to freak her out, as I have had many visits with ET Craft. They literally morphed into ONE amazingly massive ball of “light” and took off from the 9/11 light are at unimaginable speeds.
Maine Flying Saucer
Six months ago I was going through some old slides when I noticed a speck in this photo, when I enlarged it I found what I think could be a UFO.
This photo was taken in Maine in September 1978.This photo is a series of 4 photos, but only this image has the UFO.
New Jersey Object
Youtube vide taken on September 15, 2020’ show what appears to be a disc.
Disc observed with witnesses using foul language. (Proven to be a blimp)
New York Fire Orbs
Whitesboro— I find it strange that it happened on 9/11and the next day It looked like a firry space invasion was happening. Pictures taken on September 11, and 12, 2020.
These are possible meteor shower or space debris.
Harrisburg – On September 11, 2020,
during the 9/11 tribute at 9:12 pm I saw strange lights
appearing around the beam from the Freedom Tower.
I saw a bunch of photos with the same thing I’m not crazy.
Tennessee Object
Nashville— Resubmitting because pictures did not load. This is my sixth MUFON report following my first intense sighting in late October 2016. On August 1, 2020, my wife, daughter, and I took our two dogs to Percy Warner Park for a walk. We took a trailhead into an interior loop. My daughter said, “Look a UFO”. I assumed she was kidding (24 y/o engineer who works in engineering).Maybe 250 feet in front of us at an altitude of 150-200 feet was a black diamond shaped object.. It was four to five feet across and fluttered like a leaf while moving forward. I had my (iPhone 8) and snap one picture before the object moved out of sight.
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Object
Petrie Brisbane — Two objects were noted later on 2 different photos from the same area on the same day. They could have been the same object that had moved.
Sightings were on June 12, 2020
Brazil Cylinder
Araguari— While living in mg Brazil I liked to photograph contrails and in there was no shortage of interesting contrail patterns daily. Looking at my photos on my laptop I noticed a strange object. At first I thought it might have been caused by some sort of malfunction. As I zoomed a pure black door with what looked to be 2 emissions coming out of two of the corners of this door/ portal.
Canada Red Bank of Lights
Calgary– on September 12, 2020, at 1:15am my wife and I witnessed a bank of lights in the NE sky from our bedroom. The lights were in a shape of a bow or boomerang. They were hovering under the clouds about 30 km from my location. The lights started to change shape, grouping together and phasing out. They would return a few minutes later and do similar actions for a few more minutes. Total duration was 15-17 minutes. We took multiple video and pictures
China Orb
Shanghai – On September 12, 2020, we typically see planes moving across the sky’s of Shanghai, and there is an international airport. This craft had no lights, no sound, seemed to be very high altitude and either the distance setting sun or the night lights helped to reflect off the crafts underbelly as it glided over. Given the apparent altitude, it was moving fast. (We had stepped outside of friend’s place, 35th floor penthouse, so the light pollution from below was not so bad, the skies have been super clear here)
UK/ England Cylinder
Littlehampton — I was front-seat passenger in a car which was being driven by my husband. We were in a small queue waiting for the level crossing gates to rise on North End Road. Something made me look, and I saw a shiny, silver object in the sky. The object was long, the same size all the way along, and the ends were slightly curved (convex). It wasn’t hovering, as that would imply a degree of motion – it was just hanging there, completely motionless, silent. Although I could not tell what size this object was, or at what height it was, if it had been a helicopter, then it would have to have been very low – and I would have seen features such as wheels, rotors, and a difference in size towards the tail end. I probably only looked at the object for about 20 seconds or so. Although I now live in West Sussex, I am originally from Ashtead, Surrey. All my life I have been used to seeing aircraft as Ashtead is right in the middle between Gatwick airport and Heathrow airport. He sighting was like this photo.
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NASAHet toilet werd afgelopen nacht gelanceerd naar het ISS.
WETENSCHAP & PLANEET Naar toilet gaan in het internationaal ruimtestation ISS zal nooit meer hetzelfde zijn. De astronauten krijgen een nieuwe pot, die maar liefst 20 miljoen euro heeft gekost.
Het was al van de jaren negentig geleden dat het toilet aan boord van het ruimtestation nog in het nieuw gestoken werd. Het zal nu een stuk comfortabeler zijn voor vrouwen.
Het ruimteschip met het nieuwe toilet aan boord werd vannacht gelanceerd in de Verenigde Staten. Het toilet is een beetje te vergelijken met dat in een mobilhome en is een stuk kleiner en lichter dan de huidige toiletten in het ISS: 71 centimeter groot en 45 kilogram zwaar.
Het toilet staat een beetje gekanteld zodat je er makkelijker op kan gaan zitten voor een grote boodschap. Ook de trechters die gebruikt worden voor een kleine boodschap, zijn aangepast
Tot nu toe moesten vrouwen kiezen tussen een kleine óf een grote boodschap. Op het nieuwe toilet kunnen ze allebei tegelijk, met dank aan de nieuwe vorm van de urinetrechters.
Om ervoor te zorgen dat de ontlasting niet uit het toilet wegdrijft door de gewichtloosheid in de ruimte, wordt luchtafzuiging gebruikt. Urine wordt gerecycleerd om water van te maken om te drinken en te koken.
Uittesten
De astronauten in het ISS zullen het nu enkele maanden uittesten. Als het goed bevonden wordt, zal het permanent aan boord blijven en ook geïnstalleerd worden in de Orioncapsules, die astronauten over enkele jaren opnieuw naar de maan moeten brengen.
NASA
NASA
De trechter voor het urineren.
Het extra toilet zal geen luxe zijn, want de populatie in het ruimtestation zal in de toekomst uitbreiden. Eind deze maand vertrekken vier nieuwe astronauten met een vlucht van SpaceX naar het ISS, waardoor ze er met zeven zullen verblijven in plaats van met zes, zoals tot nu toe het geval was. Vanaf volgend jaar worden ook de eerste ruimtetoeristen verwacht.
NASAHet toilet in het internationaal ruimtestation, met hokjes zoals op Aarde.
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Light Being caught on security camera on night vision mode?
Light Being caught on security camera on night vision mode?
In the morning of October 1st 2020, we got 3 notifications on our cellphone for motion detected in my friend's condo in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada.
But No one was in the house at that time, all the windows were closed, door was locked and the blinds were shut down and there was no sign of birds, insects or sheet of paper.
First event: 5:59am- camera detected a flying object in the left side moving upward and making a 180 degree turn and descend to passed in front of the camera.
Second event: 6:10am- camera detected an object on the far left, outside the camera angle but we can see the room being lighted by the object.
Third event: 6:41am- camera detected the same flying object going downward.
The video shows the first and third event.
Although it is said there was no sign of birds or insects, we may wonder whether the light being could have been a bat or a large insect.
China has revealed that it is working on a new rocket that could send astronauts to land on the moon.
The new launch vehicle was unveiled at the 2020 China Space Conference in Fuzhou, east China on Sept. 18. The new launcher is designed to send a 27.6 ton (25 metric ton) spacecraft into trans-lunar injection. Mass at liftoff will be about 4.85 million lbs. (2,200 metric tons), nearly triple that of China's current largest rocket, the Long March 5.
Notably, the new rocket will feature three, 16.4-foot-diameter (5 meter) cores, in a style similar to two American rockets: United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy and SpaceX's Falcon Heavy.
The as-yet-unnamed rocket will be 285 feet (87 m) long, with a three-stage central core, and it is being designed at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) in Beijing.
"The world is seeing a new wave of lunar exploration, crewed or uncrewed. International cooperation projects in crewed lunar exploration are intertwined and influencing each other," Zhou Yanfei, deputy general designer of China's human spaceflight program, told Chinese media.
China has not yet announced a date for a test flight or a potential lunar landing with the vehicle. However, Zhou added that a number of challenges remain in terms of crewed lunar landings.
"For example, we need our spacecraft to have the ability to reach the moon and return. But the transportation capacity of our Long March rockets cannot satisfy the demands. Currently our Shenzhou spaceships in low Earth orbit are unable to meet the needs of moon landing, either. Also, we need a lander for the mission," Zhou said.
China has not officially approved a program to put astronauts on the moon, but has been talking openly about such missions. Previous mission profiles involved a Long March 9 rocket, expected to be similar in size to NASA's Saturn V or the agency's developing Space Launch System (SLS). The roughly 33-foot-diameter (10 m) rocket would need new rocket body-technology and huge, high-thrust engines and it would make a test flight around 2030.
Superseding the Long March 9 with the new launcher, which first appeared as a concept in 2018, as the preferred method of getting the moon means China may be able to get there quicker.
The new launcher will use clusters of already-developed YF-100K engines and 16.4-foot-diameter rocket bodies similar to the Long March 5, meaning less development work and required breakthroughs.
The vehicle hasn't formally been named but is nicknamed '921 rocket' in China, in reference to the codename for the country's human spaceflight program, which was founded on Sept. 21, 1992.
Decades into its human spaceflight program, China still faces key challenges. China will begin launching modules for its space station next year, but looking further afield brings new barriers. Zhou notes that China lacks "survival ability under extraterrestrial circumstances. We do not have any experience in that yet. Neither do we have ground support capacity. So far our crewed space exploration missions have been focused on tasks in low Earth orbit."
China is also working on a range of new rockets to update its older models that use toxic hypergolic propellant. In addition, the country is looking to implement new capabilities, including rockets that can launch and land again, like the SpaceX Falcon 9. An emerging commercial sector also includes companies such as iSpace and Landspace, which are developing their own vehicles to compete for launch contracts.
While Venus is boiling-hot today, this wasn’t always the case. And the culprit, new research suggests, could be our largest neighbor.
Image credits Pablo Carlos Budassi via Wikimedia.
Jupiter, the colossus of our solar system, likely altered the orbit of Venus in the past, condemning it to a state of lifelessness. The findings come from a new study that aimed to understand why Venus’ orbit around the sun is so circular.
Big players
“One of the interesting things about the Venus of today is that its orbit is almost perfectly circular,” said UCR astrobiologist Stephen Kane, who led the study.
“With this project, I wanted to explore whether the orbit has always been circular and if not, what are the implications of that?”
Jupiter is by far the largest planet in our vicinity, with a mass over two-and-a-half times greater than that of all other planets in the solar system combined. As such, it can wield quite a lot of (gravitational) influence upon them.
During its early days, Jupiter moved towards the sun and then away from it again. This isn’t really a very peculiar case — observations from other systems show that giant planets follow such orbits pretty often during their formation.
In our corner of space, Jupiter’s motion affected the orbit of Venus. This put it on the path to becoming the planet it is today. Kane says that while it’s very likely that Venus lost some of its water due to other reasons, the passing of Jupiter irrevocably changed its climate and drained its reserves of liquid water. Researchers mostly consider any planet lacking liquid water to be incapable of spawning life, or at least, life as we know it.
“As Jupiter migrated, Venus would have gone through dramatic changes in climate, heating up then cooling off and increasingly losing its water into the atmosphere,” Kane said.
Kane created a model of the solar system during the early days of planetary formation, calculating where each of them was and how their gravitational pull influenced one another. This model showed that Venus used to have a much less circular (more ‘eccentric’) orbit than today. A planet’s eccentricity is denoted by a number between 0 and 1, with the first meaning perfectly circular and 1 meaning completely linear. Kane explains that a planet with an eccentricity of 1 would “simply launch into space”.
Currently, the orbit of Venus has an eccentricity of 0.006, making it the most circular in the whole Solar System. However, the model holds that this value used to be 0.3 before Jupiter came around. Kane says Venus had a much higher probability of being habitable at that time. The recent discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus — a gas that is typically produced by microbes — could be the signature of “the last surviving species on a planet that went through a dramatic change in its environment.”
Still, any surviving microbes would have needed to live in the clouds of sulfuric acid that drape the planet for over a billion years without liquid water.
“There are probably a lot of other processes that could produce the gas that haven’t yet been explored,” Kane said.
“I focus on the differences between Venus and Earth, and what went wrong for Venus, so we can gain insight into how the Earth is habitable, and what we can do to shepherd this planet as best we can.”
The findings “Could the Migration of Jupiter Have Accelerated the Atmospheric Evolution of Venus?” have been published in The Planetary Science Journal.
Solar storms pose risks for society, but more accurate space weather forecasts appear to be coming soon. A team of researchers in Japan has developed a physics-based method for predicting large solar flares, including powerful and potentially dangerous X-flares.
In the upper left, you see an X-class solar flare at the edge of the sun on March 7, 2012, captured when the sun was still rising to the peak of the last 11-year solar cycle (Cycle 24). X-flares like this one have the potential to send streams of charged particles toward Earth, which can disrupt earthly technologies.
This past summer, solar physicist Kanya Kusano of Japan, and his colleagues, published a new paper in the prestigious journal Science, outlining a new method for predicting potentially dangeroussolar flares. The method isn’t perfect; tests using solar observations acquired in 2008 to 2019 resulted in some false negatives and false positives. Yet, impressively, the method successfully predicted seven out of nine of the biggest X-class flares – the most powerful kind of solar flares – from the last solar cycle. The method also provided the exact location where each flare would begin and set limits on how powerful it would be. Graham Jones – who is based in Japan – had an opportunity to interview Kanya Kusano about this work. His interview is below.
About solar flares.
They are brief eruptions of intense high-energy radiation from the sun’s surface. They’re associated with sunspots, coronal mass ejections and other signs of high activity on the sun during its 11-year cycle. The current cycle – Cycle 25 – has now begun, scientists say. Activity on the sun creates what’s known as space weather. Accurate forecasts of space weather are important, because a big solar flare hurtle charged particles toward Earth and cause outages in our electrical power grids and disturbances of satellites in orbit.
Understanding when and why these powerful solar flares happen has been a difficult challenge in astrophysics. Much of the work has been on theoretical mathematical models, as scientists have tried to understand the exact physics behind solar flares and their resulting coronal mass ejections. All this work has the ultimate goal of predicting storms on the sun.
What sets Kusano’s team’s method apart is that it’s physical, rather than being based on models. In other words, these scientists used NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) data to make a 3-D picture – a magnetic map – of the sun.
Their approach opens a new direction for solar flare prediction research. Kusano spoke about about their work below.
Jones: What is the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, and what’s your role?
Kusano: The human environment is so extended, it even spreads into space. Our institute was established in 2015 to combine space science and Earth science. My background is in astrophysics, but I used to work for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, where I developed simulations of clouds and rainfall. I’m a theoretician, but I always try to apply theory to some kind of practical benefit. Space weather forecasting is a field where basic science and practical application should be combined.
Jones: What is a solar flare, and why do scientists study them?
Kusano: A solar flare a kind of explosion on the sun. The driving force is the energy stored in the sun’s magnetic field. This magnetic energy builds up slowly over a very long time, which then is suddenly released as radiation and high-energy particles.
It’s just like an avalanche on a mountain: the snow accumulates over many days until the gravitational energy is released in an avalanche.
The first reason we want to study these flares on the sun is that phenomena that occur suddenly are very interesting science subjects. What determines the onset of an explosion? A typhoon, which grows quickly from a low pressure system, is another example of an explosion in an atmospheric system.
The second reason is to protect our society. The distribution of solar flares is similar to earthquakes: we have many small solar flares, and a big one is very rare. However, when a big flare occurs, the impact on our economy and society may be enormous. Satellites may be damaged, and the electrical power grid may be damaged over a very wide area.
The only way to mitigate such kind of impact is with prediction.
Jones: Why has it taken so long to come up with a way to predict solar flares?
Kusano: Solar flares were discovered in 1859 by Richard Carrington, a British astronomer. People studied them for more than 100 years.
But in the last two or three decades, our knowledge has improved enormously because of very high resolution observations by satellite. We now understand that a solar flare is an explosion of magnetic energy.
However, what determines when the solar flare occurs? That is still a mysterious problem.
Jones: How are you solving this problem?
Kusano: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite provides magnetic data on the solar surface. It is impossible to directly observe the magnetic field in three dimensions, so we have developed software which can calculate the three-dimensional field from the surface data. Then we combine this with theory. Instability of the magnetic field is triggered by magnetic reconnection, where the field lines swap around. If we can find some position where a small amount of magnetic reconnection could trigger instability, then we can predict that a big flare should start from there. It is similar to that avalanche. If you have thick snow on a mountain, theory can tell us how small a crack could trigger an avalanche at any position.
Jones: Your latest paper is a proof of concept. How long will it be before you can start making forecasts of solar flares on a regular basis?
Kusano: Currently our scheme requires a big, heavy calculation. We use a supercomputer here in Japan. However, in order to produce one prediction, more than three hours of computation is required. It also takes more than several hours to get the SDO satellite data. In order to make our method work for creating practical, operational forecasts of solar flares we have to accelerate the data acquisition and computation.
I believe that within a couple of years we can make some kind of operational forecast using our scheme.
Jones: Many people worry about another large solar flare happening in a way that would affect our technologies on Earth – another event like the Carrington Event, the largest space super-storm in recorded history – which took place in 1859 before the advent of the electrical grids and Earth-orbiting satellites that are so susceptible to these events. Do you worry about a big solar flare happening?
Kusano: I do. I worry about an extreme event. We want to protect our society from a space-weather disaster. Our scheme can predict a solar flare several hours before the onset of the flare, but we cannot predict a solar flare in the next week.
There are many such kinds of risks we should be concerned about in our society. And maybe science is the only way to think about them.
Jones: Thank you, Dr. Kusano.
The sun’s activity runs on a roughly 11-year cycle, moving regularly from its most quiet period – solar minimum – to its most active – solar maximum – and back to quiet. This split image shows the difference between an active sun during solar maximum (on the left, captured in April 2014) and a quiet sun during solar minimum (on the right, captured in December 2019). December 2019 marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 25, and the sun’s activity will once again ramp up until solar maximum, predicted for 2025.
Bottom line: A team of researchers in Japan has developed a physics-based method for predicting large solar flares, including powerful and potentially dangerous X-flares. These flares on the sun – and their resulting coronal mass ejections – pose risks for earthly technologies. Accurate prediction of the flares has been a challenge, but this new method seems to offer a leap forward in creating more accurate forecasts of space weather.
The recently established United States Space Force is widely considered to be the brainchild of President Donald Trump, which has subsequently aroused suspicion, if not outright opposition, by those believing it to be a grandiose vanity project with no genuine national security significance. However, the first proposal for a Space Force dates back to a bipartisan “Space Commission” established during the Clinton administration that delivered a detailed report on January 11, 2001, recommending a new military space service to be called “Space Corps”. The chief goal of the Space Corps would be to prevent a future “Space Pearl Harbor”.
What is even more intriguing in tracking the historical origin of Space Force is that the Space Commission was headed by Donald Rumsfeld, a former Secretary of Defense (1975-1977), who has a mysterious history in UFO investigations, the study and reverse engineering of captured extraterrestrial technologies, and in recruiting individuals for secret space programs. Rumsfeld’s leadership of the Space Commission, and his second appointment as Secretary of Defense (2001-2006) under President George Bush, led to Commission members believing that legislation for creating a Space Force was imminent.
What happened eight months later completely derailed any hope for prospective legislation creating a Space Corps, the September 11 attack, which evidence suggests was a false flag attack orchestrated by the Deep State. Only a day earlier, Rumsfeld had admitted on live T.V. that the Pentagon couldn’t properly account for a missing 2.3 trillion dollars. This had led to much speculation whether one of the motivations for the September 11 attack was to prevent serious investigations into the missing trillions.
Given Rumsfeld’s leadership role in proposing the creation of a Space Corps, his subsequent second appointment as Secretary of Defense, and his exposure of the missing trillions, a question that can be asked is whether another key purpose of the Deep State in launching the September 11 attack, was to stop the creation of a Space Corps? If so, then it appears that a Space Pearl Harbor is a scenario that the Deep State has been facilitating since at least 2001, and they were laying the groundwork for U.S. officials acknowledging such a threat while effectively doing nothing to prevent it.
The Report opens by affirming that its members were appointed in a bipartisan basis by the ranking members from both parties sitting on the Armed Services committees of the House of Representatives and Senate. It concentrated on space security and emphasized the importance of preventing a “Space Pearl Harbor” from a major adversary:
“An attack on elements of U.S. space systems during a crisis or conflict should not be considered an improbable act. If the U.S. is to avoid a “Space Pearl Harbor” it needs to take seriously the possibility of an attack on U.S. space systems. The nation’s leaders must assure that the vulnerability of the United States is reduced and that the consequences of a surprise attack on U.S. space assets are limited in their effects.” Space Commission Report, pp. viii-ix
In order to fully prepare for future contingencies in space, and any surprise attacks, the Commission report called for the establishment of a “Space Corps” as a new military service within the Department of the Air Force that would later evolve into a separate department:
“A Space Corps within the Department of the Air Force may be an appropriate model in its own right or a useful way station in the evolution toward a Space Department. One model is the Army Air Force’s relationship to the Army during World War II. Existing Air Force space forces, facilities, units and personnel, and military space missions could be transferred to a Corps. A Space Corps could have authority for acquisition and operation of space systems, perhaps to include both DoD and Intelligence Community systems, while leveraging existing Air Force logistics and support functions.” (Space Commission Report, p.81)
What’s surprising here is the remarkable similarity in what the Commission recommended, with President Trump’s proposal for a Space Force that was presented 18 years later.
In Space Policy Directive-4, issued on February 19, 2019, Trump declared:
“the Department of Defense shall take actions under existing authority to marshal its space resources to deter and counter threats in space, and to develop a legislative proposal to establish a United States Space Force as a sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces within the Department of the Air Force. This is an important step toward a future military department for space.”
This two-step evolutionary process is an important clue that Space Force was not merely a spontaneous creation of Trump’s that appeared to be the case the first time it was raised by him in a “not really serious” manner at a speech at USMC Miramar Air Station in March 2018:
My new national strategy for space recognizes that space is a war-fighting domain just like the land, air and sea. We may even have a Space Force.… You know, I was saying it the other day cause we’re doing a tremendous amount of work in space. I said ‘maybe we need a new force, we’ll call it the space force.’ And I was not really serious, and then I said ‘what a great idea, maybe we’ll have to do that.’
The similarities between Trump’s Space Policy Directive-4 and the Space Commission Report 18 years earlier suggest that Trump was briefed by those familiar with the Report and the idea of a military space service still had serious backing within the Pentagon.
It’s important to emphasize the critical role played by Rumsfeld, who was appointed Chairman of the Commission, making its recommendations for a Space Corps. Rumsfeld’s importance is outlined by the reporter John Tirpak, who wrote about the Space Commission report for Air Force Magazine on March 1, 2001:
Over the past decade, military space has generated a stream of reports from blue-ribbon panels. However, the recommendations of this one could carry considerable weight because its chairman, Donald H. Rumsfeld, has become Secretary of Defense…. Rumsfeld resigned as chairman of the panel when President Bush tapped him to head the Pentagon, a scant two weeks before the commission published its final Report. However, the Report is said to reflect much of Rumsfeld’s thinking on space organization issues and could well serve as a blueprint for reorganization of military space.
Rumsfeld’s role led to General Ronald Fogelman, a newly retired USAF Chief of Staff (1994 -1997) and prominent member of the 2001 Space Commission publicly stating the creation of a Space Corps was imminent:
The commission’s chairman-Donald Rumsfeld-is now the Secretary of Defense, and so military space issues are fresh in his mind, said Fogleman. He added that some sort of restructuring likely will happen soon.
“If I were a betting man, I would bet you that in the [Defense Department] legislative proposal that comes to the Hill this year, this will be in there,” Fogleman said.
On September 10, 2001, Rumsfeld appeared on live television, saying that the Pentagon could not account for 2.3 trillion dollars in the fiscal year 1999.
This was money that could not be tracked by the Pentagon Inspector General, who had described similar anomalies with the Pentagon budget in 1998 and 2000. In my 2003 Black Budget Report, I explained how the missing trillions were part of a massive CIA run unofficial black budget created to fund a second Manhattan Project – a vast number of Unacknowledged Special Access Programs involving research and development of retrieved extraterrestrial technologies.
Rumsfeld said in his interview that he would wage a bureaucratic war to bring about changes to properly track money flowing through the Pentagon.
Rumsfeld’s remarkable admission was overshadowed the next day by the September 11 attack. His admission raises a number of possible explanations for this sequence of events and the effective shelving of a Space Corps for years to come.
One explanation is that Rumsfeld was among a group of “White Hats” wanting to expose or redirect some of the black budget money flowing through the Pentagon to fund new projects such as his proposed Space Corps that would prevent a future Space Pearl Harbor.
A second explanation is that Rumsfeld was a “Black Hat” fully briefed about the upcoming false flag attack and wanted to release the news about the missing trillions at a time when it would be completely overshadowed by the upcoming false flag attack and the global war on terror that would subsequently dominate the Bush administration.
Finally, Rumsfeld was a “Gray Hat” who had to simultaneously play the conflicting roles of running the Pentagon’s global war on terror, which effectively prevented a Space Corps being created, while behind the scenes doing what was possible to nurture the idea of a future Space Corps.
The latter explanation is strengthened by the circumstances surrounding Rumsfeld’s sacking on December 18, 2016, due to him backing successive troop withdrawals from Iraq, and opposition to the surge recommended by senior military advisors that was implemented by his successor, Robert Gates, in January 2007.
Whatever the precise relationship between Rumsfeld, the missing trillions, funding a Space Corps, and the September 11 attacks are, one thing is clear. The subsequent war on terror led to Pentagon prioritizing funding for military interventions throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Potential funding for the creation of a Space Corps was shelved, and it was resurrected nearly two decades later by President Trump.
In the meantime, China has secretly built a large Space Navy which will soon be capable of conducting the Space Pearl Harbor envisaged in the 2001 Space Commission report. China’s secret Space Navy was revealed by Lt General Steven Kwast (USAF ret.) in a September 2019 lecture:
China is our competition. Russia is our competition. They see the power of the economy of space … and they are rushing to that future…. China has already built the organization, and has the strategy, the doctrine and the technology, and the builders for their guardian force in space. They are building a navy in space with the equivalent of battleships and destroyers that will be able to maneuver and kill and communicate with dominance.
Will Space Force be funded and expanded in time to prevent such an attack from occurring? Will it be able to successfully integrate a small but highly advanced number of antigravity spacecraft that were part of a USAF secret space program developed and deployed in the 1970s?
Currently, the U.S. Congress has not passed defense appropriations bills necessary for funding new projects envisaged by Space Force for 2021. The delay has led to a rebuke of the Congressional delay by the Chief of Space Operations, General Jay Raymond, who is concerned that new Space Force projects will be delayed well into 2021.
Is this Congressional delay yet another stratagem by the Deep State to slow down the roll out of Space Force in order to facilitate a debilitating Space Pearl Harbor strike by China and/or another major adversary in the near future?
SPACEX AND NASA DETAIL A PACKED 12 MONTHS FOR CREW DRAGON: WHAT TO KNOW
SPACEX AND NASA DETAIL A PACKED 12 MONTHS FOR CREW DRAGON: WHAT TO KNOW
Having completed a crewed test flight, SpaceX's Crew Dragon is about to take on more missions for NASA — and it's not waiting around.
SPACEX AND NASA, FRESH FROM THE SUCCESS of their first crewed mission, are sending more astronauts into space together — and they're planning to launch three missions in the next 12 months.
The private space-faring company, whose CEO Elon Musk has spoken before about his goal to build a city on Mars, became the first firm to send humans into space as part of NASA's Commercial Crew program. This initiative is aimed at getting private companies to develop a capsule that can send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
The program resolved a major issue with NASA's crewed spaceflights. Since the shuttle program ended in 2011, NASA had to rent seats on Russian Soyuz rockets from Roscosmos. The missions cost around $80 million per seat, and launch over 7,000 miles from Houston at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
In 2014, NASA announced it would partner with both SpaceX and Boeing to bring these flights a little closer to home. It wasn't an easy task — the day before Musk unveiled the prototype of the ambitious Mars-bound Starship, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine pointedly declared on Twitter that the Commercial Crew program was "years behind schedule."
On May 30, 2020 SpaceX became the first of the two firms to send NASA astronauts into space. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley flew on the "Demo-2" mission, returning to Earth on August 3. SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said on the day of return that it was "an extraordinary mission, an extraordinary day for NASA, for SpaceX, and frankly, for Americans and anyone interested in spaceflight."
SpaceX's capsule returning to Earth.SpaceX
Fresh from the success of the first mission, NASA and SpaceX are planning a series of subsequent flights. Here's what to expect next.
OCTOBER 31, 2020: CREW-1 MISSION— On September 29, NASA's human spaceflight program head Kathy Lueders shared via Twitter that the first non-test flight is planned to lift off on October 31 at 2:40 a.m. Eastern. As with any other launch, delays are possible. The mission will lift off with a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The mission will send up four astronauts, one of which will be the first non-NASA astronaut to fly on Crew Dragon:
Shannon Walker, a Texas native who became a NASA astronaut in 2004.
Michael Hopkins, a Missouri native who became a NASA astronaut in 2009.
Victor Glover, Jr., a California native who became a NASA astronaut in 2013.
Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA. Noguchi is a Kanagawa native selected to be an astronaut in 1996 by JAXA's predecessor agency, NASDA.
The Crew-1 team.SpaceX
After the launch, SpaceX plans to send up a scheduled cargo Dragon capsule. This means there will be two Dragon capsules attached to the International Space Station for the first time.
MARCH 30, 2021: CREW-2 MISSION —This mission will send up four astronauts, including the first from the European Space Agency:
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, born in Killeen, Texas.
NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, born in Rouen in France.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, born in Tokyo.
NASA has publicly stated this mission will take place in spring 2021, while SpaceflightNow lists a tentative launch date of March 30.
Thomas Pesquet training with the team.Twitter/Thomas Pesquet
SEPTEMBER 2021: CREW-3 MISSION— Little is known about this mission. Benji Reed, senior director of human spaceflight programs for SpaceX, declared during a SpaceNews-attended conference that Crew-3 would take place later in 2021.
Michal Vaclavik, Czech representative at the European Space Agency, later confirmed via Twitter the mission is currently scheduled for September 2021. The mission will send up ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, born in Sankt Wendel in Germany. Further details about the mission, including other crew members, have yet to be released.
Following these three missions, Crew Dragon is expected to take on a variety of unique tasks – including sending up Tom Cruise for the first feature film to be shot in space. "Demo-2" was just the beginning.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the explosive final moments of a star as it goes supernova in a galaxy 70 million light years from the Earth.
Astronomers from Johns Hopkins University used images from the space telescope to track the fading light of the supernova to the spiral galaxy NGC 2525.
The supernova, formally known as SN2018gv, was first spotted in mid-January 2018 in the constellation of Puppis in the Southern Hemisphere.
The team created a time-lapse video using images of the supernova taken between February 2018 and February 2019 and show it gradually fading to obscurity.
At its peak the explosion would have been up to five billion times brighter than the Sun, eclipsing all other stars and galaxies around it.
This is the captivating galaxy NGC 2525. Located nearly 70 million light-years from Earth. Hubble has captured a series of images of NGC2525 as part of one of its major investigations measuring the expansion rate of the universe. The supernova can be seen on the left
The supernova, within galaxy NGC 2525, appeared like a very bright star located on the outer edge of one of its spiral arms when it was first observed.
Astronomers working on a project to measure the expansion rate of the universe first pointed Hubble towards the supernova in February 2018.
Supernovae like this one can be used as cosmic tape measures, allowing astronomers to calculate the distance to their galaxies.
Nobel Laureate Adam Riess from John Hopkins University used this supernova as a 'candle' to mark a point in space as part of the measurement of the expansion rate.
'No Earthly fireworks display can compete with this supernova, captured in its fading glory by the Hubble Space Telescope,' Riess said.
Supernovae are powerful explosions which mark the end of a star's life and this explosion is what is known as a Type 1a supernova.
This type of cosmic firework display originates from a white dwarf star that is in a close binary system accreting material from its companion star.
If the white dwarf reaches a critical mass - 1.44 times the mass of our Sun - then its core becomes hot enough to ignite carbon fusion.
This triggers a runaway process that fuses large amounts of oxygen and carbon together in a matter of seconds and the energy released 'tears the star apart'.
Pictured here is the region surrounding NGC 2525. Located nearly 70 million light-years from Earth, this galaxy is part of the constellation of Puppis in the southern hemisphere
On the left of this image a brilliant supernova is clearly visible in the image. The supernova is formally known as SN2018gv and was first spotted in mid-January 2018
Matter is ejected from the star in a violent explosion - reaching speeds of up to 6 per cent of the speed of light and emitting huge amounts of radiation.
Type Ia supernovae consistently reach a peak brightness of 5 billion times brighter than our Sun before fading over time.
TYPE 1A SUPERNOVA: AN EXPLOSIVE END TO A BINARY PAIRING
Supernova come in different types, from the explosion of a supergiant star to a star found in a binary system.
Type 1a supernovae involve a white dwarf in a close binary pairing with another star.
This type of cosmic firework display kick stars as the white dwarf accretes material from its companion star.
If the white dwarf reaches a critical mass - 1.44 times the mass of our Sun - then its core becomes hot enough to ignite carbon fusion.
This triggers a runaway thermonuclear process that fuses large amounts of oxygen and carbon together in a matter of seconds.
The energy released tears the star apart in a violent explosion.
Matter is ejected at speeds up to 6 per cent of the speed of light.
This matter also emits huge amounts of radiation.
Type Ia supernovae consistently reach a peak brightness of 5 billion times brighter than our Sun.
Then they begin to fade over time into relative obscurity.
Because supernovae of this type produce this fixed brightness, they are useful tools for astronomers, known as 'standard candles', which act as cosmic tape measures.
Knowing the actual brightness of the supernova and observing its apparent brightness in the sky, astronomers can calculate the distance to these grand spectacles and therefore their galaxies.
Riess and his team combined the distance measurements from the supernovae with distances calculated using variable stars known as Cepheid variables.
Cepheid variables pulsate in size, causing periodic changes in brightness.
As this period is directly related to the star's brightness, astronomers can calculate the distance to them.
The team are interested in accurately measuring the distance to these galaxies since it helps them better constrain the expansion rate of the universe.
This expansion rate is also known as the Hubble constant.
This value accounts for how fast the universe is expanding depending on its distance from us, with more distant galaxies moving faster away from us.
Since it launched, NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope has helped dramatically improve the precision of the Hubble constant.
Results from the same observing program led by Riess have now reduced the uncertainty of their measurement to an unprecedented 1.9 per cent.
Further measurements of the galaxy the supernova was found in will contribute to their goal of reducing the uncertainty down to 1 per cent.
Achieving this goal will allow them to pinpoint how fast the universe is expanding.
A more accurate Hubble constant may uncover clues about the invisible dark matter and mysterious dark energy that make up the majority of our universe.
NASAs Hubble Space Telescope is still working and has made more than 1.3 million observations since its mission began in 1990
The Hubble telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, via the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
It is named after famed astronomer Edwin Hubble who was born in Missouri in 1889.
He is arguably most famous for discovering that the universe is expanding and the rate at which is does so - now coined the Hubble constant.
The Hubble telescope is named after famed astronomer Edwin Hubble who was born in Missouri in 1889
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Hubble has made more than 1.3 million observations since its mission began in 1990 and helped publish more than 15,000 scientific papers.
It orbits Earth at a speed of about 17,000mph (27,300kph) in low Earth orbit at about 340 miles in altitude.
Hubble has the pointing accuracy of .007 arc seconds, which is like being able to shine a laser beam focused on Franklin D. Roosevelt's head on a dime roughly 200 miles (320km) away.
The Hubble telescope is named after Edwin Hubble who was responsible for coming up with the Hubble constant and is one of the greatest astronomers of all-time
Hubble's primary mirror is 2.4 meters (7 feet, 10.5 inches) across and in total is 13.3 meters (43.5 feet) long - the length of a large school bus.
Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope.
Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 25 years of operation, our view of the universe and our place within it has never been the same.
You can help NASA's newest planet-hunting mission do its otherworldly work.
The space agency just launched a citizen-science project called Planet Patrol, which asks volunteers around the world to sort through images collected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
"Automated methods of processing TESS data sometimes fail to catch imposters that look like exoplanets," Planet Patrol project leader Veselin Kostov, a research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, said in a statement.
"The human eye is extremely good at spotting such imposters, and we need citizen scientists to help us distinguish between the lookalikes and genuine planets," Kostov said.
TESS launched to Earth orbit in April 2018. The spacecraft searches for alien worlds using the "transit method," noticing the tiny dips in stellar brightness caused by planets crossing their host stars' faces. But such dips can have other causes, too — natural stellar variation, for example, or a transit by a companion star.
The TESS team uses algorithms to analyze the satellite's huge data set and weed out false positives. But computers are far from foolproof, so the researchers have enlisted some human help as well. Citizen scientists have already been scrutinizing TESS "light curves" — graphs of stellar brightness over time — through Planet Hunters TESS, a project run by the University of Oxford in England.
And now there's Planet Patrol. The new online project — a partnership involving NASA, the SETI Institute, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore and the citizen-science collaborative platform Zooniverse — asks volunteers questions about TESS images of potential exoplanets. Their answers will help mission team members to narrow down candidates for follow-up vetting.
"We're all swimming through the same sea of data, just using different strokes," Marc Kuchner, the citizen science officer for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said in the same statement, referring to the two TESS efforts.
Though Planet Patrol currently focuses only on TESS images, the project will eventually also include light curves, if all goes according to plan, Kuchner added.
Mike Wall is the author of "Out There" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom or Facebook.
One of the ways the people of the past left behind a record of their existence and of their lives are the various rock paintings that can be found around the world. These are people who lived before written history, when the best way to jot down a scene of their life was to inscribe it upon the rock, and many of these relics of the forgotten past have been uncovered. Yet, sometimes there are those pieces of rock art that go beyond merely offering a glimpse at another time, and show something truly mysterious, indeed.
Situated within the rugged, mountainous area of the Lombardy region, in the Province of Brescia, Italy, is a secluded valley called Valcamonica. One of the largest valleys of the central Alps, it stretches for 56 miles through rural fields, forests, and quaint medieval villages that have changed very little over hundreds of years and seem as if something from a fairy tale, several of which have been regularly voted as being among the most beautiful villages in Italy. The area is also teeming with flora and fauna, much of it unique to this place, and has been recognized as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve since 2018. In addition to this, the valley is rich in history, possessing numerous old castles and Roman ruins, and it has several UNESCO World Heritage sites, but Valcamonica is perhaps best known for having the largest, most extensive, and complete collection of prehistoric rock drawings, called petroglyphs, in the world.
Although the rock drawings were long known to locals, who mostly ignored them and referred to them as pitoti, or “scribbles,” they gained academic attention in 1914 when they were found by the alpinist and geographer Gualtiero Laen, after which the drew in more and more interest from scientists and anthropologists around the world. There are over 140,000 formally UNESCO recognized symbols and figures carved into the rock all over the valley, but there could possibly between an estimated 200,000 and 300,000 of them in total, encompassing over 8,000 years of history, dating from at least the 6th to 8th centuries BC in the Mesolithic Age (15,000 to 5,000 BC) up through to the Medieval times (476-1453 AD). They are a unique peek into the time before written history, with many of these carvings capturing in time images depicting the daily life and spirituality of these ancient humans, including animals, plants, and humans engaged in various scenes of everyday life, hunting, magic, religion, war, and navigation, all of them in exceptionally good condition and virtually undamaged by the years and elements, thus making them and the history they depict invaluable to the fields of prehistory, sociology and ethnology.
The expansive carvings have drawn in much curiosity and fascination since their presence became widely known. Notably they were used as Nazi propaganda during World War II, when Germans Franz Altheim and Erika Trautmann began associating the petroglyphs with Nazi ideologies, quickly spreading the idea that they depicted a mysterious ancestral Aryan race and providing their “proof” of their superiority. The carvings were also used for Italian fascist propaganda, and it wasn’t until after the war and in the 1950s that proper scientific research would start on them again. In 1979, the petroglyphs of Valcamonica were recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, becoming Italy’s first such designated site, and the carvings have instilled wonder and speculation right up into the modern day. Yet with such a mysterious place stuck in time, it is perhaps no surprise that there have also been many unsolved mysteries associated with it.
It has not gone unnoticed that there among all of the images of humans, animals, plants, and various geometric shapes are those that stand out as rather different from the rest and not a little out of place. In particular, there are a few petroglyphs that show figures that are drawn in such a way as to make their heads seem too small in proportion to the rest of their bodies, and making it odder is that they seem to be wearing what can only be described as some sort of protective spacesuit. These suited figures also have atop their heads what look very much like helmets that an astronaut would wear, complete with lines radiating outward as if to convey shining light. To make it all even more bizarre, the figures are depicted holding what look like some sort of mysterious tools or weapons like nothing seen in any of the other drawings, and in fact at no other place in the history of these carvings is anything else like it seen. The impression one gets is that these are figures in astronaut suits wielding advanced tools or weapons, but of course there is the conundrum that they are thousands of years old, long before any sort of outfit or electric lighting would be available.
So what do we make of this? Why would this one set of carving hold such anomalous looking figures so long ago? Considering their strange appearance and out-of-place nature, it is perhaps no surprise that the strange petroglyphs have been proposed as being evidence that ancient aliens one visited the area and were then depicted by the awestruck ancient people living here. However, others have proposed that the petroglyphs are merely stylistic artistic representations of some religious idea or even a battle between two men wearing some sort of armor. The images are so old and the people who etched them into that rock are long gone, so it is impossible to say for sure, but the images are certainly odd when compared to the other more mundane figures and scenes portrayed at Valcamonica. What are these images and what do they represent? Are they merely the whims of some long-ago artist, a mundane scene that has simply been misrepresented, or something more? There have been many such mysterious petroglyphs discovered around the world, and whatever the answer is, the ones at Valcamonica remain intriguing at the very least.
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Having Neanderthal genes could make you more at risk from severe coronavirus, a study has found.
A genetic quirk inherited from the extinct human species, who lived 40,000 to 400,000 years ago, could make people more susceptible to Covid-19.
This genetic variation is present in modern-day humans because our ancestors had sex with Neanderthals about 60,000 years ago, researchers say.
And those who have the variant, found on chromosome three, are up to three times more likely to need ventilation if they catch the virus.
In a study of 3,199 hospital patients with coronavirus in Italy and Spain, researchers found the genetic signature was linked to a more severe illness.
People infected with Covid-19 who carry a specific snippet of genetic coding bequeathed by Neanderthals are three times more likely to need mechanical ventilation.
Pictured: Svante Pääbo, director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and study author
Lead author Professor Hugo Zeberg, from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, said: ‘The increase in risk is 60-70 per cent if you carry one copy of the Neanderthal variant and three times the risk if you have two copies - one from your father and one from your mother.
WHO WERE NEANDERTHALS?
Neanderthals were a close human ancestor that mysteriously died out around 40,000 years ago.
The species lived in Africa with early humans for millennia before moving across to Europe around 300,000 years ago.
They were later joined by humans, who entered Eurasia around 48,000 years ago.
These were the original 'cavemen', historically thought to be dim-witted and brutish.
But in recent years, evidence points to a more sophisticated and multi-talented kind of 'caveman'.
It now seems likely that Neanderthals buried their dead, painted and even interbred with humans.
‘Later studies estimate the risk increase to be even higher, with twice the risk if you have one copy and up to a five-fold increase if you have two copies.’
The gene variant had first been found in the remains of a Neanderthal in Croatia from some 50,000 years ago, and continues to be found in millions of modern day humans.
Neanderthals were a species that lived alongside humans tens of thousands of years ago and were very similar in appearance and size but were generally stockier and more muscular.
This primitive relative of humans existed for around 100,000 years – much of that time alongside people and breeding with them – before going extinct around 40,00 years ago.
It is not yet known why the Neanderthal gene is associated with an increased risk of becoming severely ill, while scientists say it is something to be investigated ‘as quickly as possible’.
Not everyone has this variant – it is most common among people of South Asian ethnicity, of whom around 50 per cent have it.
It is less common in Europe, where about 16 per cent of people carry it.
Bangladesh has the highest number of carriers at 63 per cent.
Professor Zeberg and his fellow study author Dr Svante Pääbo said the Neanderthal genes are most common in people of South Asian ethnicity, particularly Bangladeshis, and considerably less common in Europeans
(Pictured: A map of where the genes are most common)
This difference may contribute to the differences in severity of Covid-19 that have been observed between different populations.
For example, individuals of Bangladeshi descent in the UK have about two times higher risk of dying from Covid-19 than the general population.
The researchers wanted to know whether the quirk had been passed over from Neanderthals or whether it had been inherited by both Neanderthals and present-day people through a common ancestor.
They concluded it must have come from inbreeding between Neanderthals and present-day humans because the last common ancestor between the groups would have lived 550,000 years ago - during which time the genetic variant probably would have been altered.
Neanderthals were a species that lived alongside humans tens of thousands of years ago and were very similar in appearance and size but were generally stockier and more muscular
(Pictured: A replica of a male Neanderthal head in London's Natural History Museum)
Author Professor Svante Paabo, from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, said: ‘It is striking that the genetic heritage from Neanderthals has such tragic consequences during the current pandemic.’
The scientists are keen to point out that there are also other factors that can influence a person’s susceptibility to having a severe reaction to the virus, including their age and the existence of other medical conditions.
Professor Zeberg, said: ‘Obviously, factors such as your age and other diseases you may have also affect how severely you are affected by the virus.
‘But among genetic factors, this is the strongest one.’
GENES THAT DICTATE BLOOD TYPE COULD AFFECT RISK OF SEVERE CORONAVIRUS
Another genetic difference that may put people at higher risk of developing severe coronavirus could be one that dictates someone's blood group, a study in June suggested.
Researchers at genetic testing company 23andMe found that people with type O blood were up to 18 percent less likely to test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Additionally, those who had the blood type, and had been exposed, were up to 26 percent less likely to contract coronavirus.
The team says this indicates a link between the genes that determined blood type and the severity of the virus. People who become seriously ill are the ones who are most likely to test positive, while milder patients may not realise they're ill.
For the study, the team recruited more than 750,000 participants, including 10,000 who reported having COVID-19.
Individuals with type O blood were between nine and 18 percent less likely than those with other blood types to test positive.
About 1.3 percent of 23andMe research participants with type O blood tested positive for COVID-19.
By comparison, 1.4 percent of those with type A blood and 1.5 percent of people with type B or type AB blood were confirmed to have the virus.
People with O-type blood who had been exposed to the virus, such as frontline health workers, were between 13 and 26 percent less likely to test positive.
Among those exposed, 3.2 percent with type O blood tested positive compared to 3.9 percent of people with type A blood, four percent with type B blood and 4.1 percent with type AB blood.
The findings, which have yet to be peer reviewed or published in a medical journal, held true when adjusted for factors such as age, sex, body mass index and underlying health conditions.
Researchers identified a variant in the ABO gene, responsible for difference blood types, that was associated with a lower risk.
'The study and recruitment are ongoing, with the hope that we can use our research platform to better understand differences in how people respond to the virus,' a statement on the 23andMe blog read.
'Ultimately, we hope to publish our research findings in order to provide more insight into COVID-19 for the scientific community.'
With over 34 million cases worldwide and more than 1 million deaths, COVID-19 is far from over. Many cities are experiencing a rise in their cases with no end in sight. While doctors are working frantically to find a vaccine for the deadly virus, a new report has surfaced that is very interesting to say the least.
According to a new study, people who carry the Neanderthal gene may be more prone to having severe symptoms if they catch the coronavirus. European scientists found that those who carry a certain cluster of genes experienced far worse symptoms than those without the genes. In fact, those who carried the gene were at a higher risk of being hospitalized or even having respiratory failure.
Hugo Zeberg and Svante Paabo (who work at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany) found that the genes came from a haplotype (or group) that was passed down from Neanderthals. These genes are present in approximately 16% of people living in Europe and about half of the South Asian population. Those living in Bangladesh are particularly at risk as an estimated 63% of the population carries that haplotype and they are approximately two times more at risk of dying from the virus compared to the general public. The gene is not present in African and East Asian populations.
This is really not surprising as it has been previously reported that Neanderthals and humans had frequent relations so the fact that some people today still carry their genes is to be expected. But those who carry the Neanderthal gene don’t need to panic as there are other factors that play into the severity of their symptoms if they catch the virus, such as their sex, age, and pre-existing medical conditions like heart problems, obesity, and diabetes.
In a statement, Paabo said, “It is striking that the genetic heritage from the Neanderthals has such tragic consequences during the current pandemic,” adding, “Why this is must now be investigated as quickly as possible.” Their research was published in the journal Nature and can be read in full here.
Andre Franke, who is the director of the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology at the University of Kiel, Germany, said that Paabo and Zeberg’s research won’t have any effect on COVID-19 treatments – at least not yet. He did, however, wonder why that particular haplotype has survived all the way down to some of today’s humans. “Perhaps it’s good for a very active immune system if one doesn’t have other risk factors,” he stated.
Obviously much more research needs to be done in regards to this deadly virus but every new detail brings scientists one step closer to hopefully finding a cure or at least a vaccine for COVID-19.
I wanted to take a look at the old discovery of a book on Mars I made many years ago. You can clearly see the side of the book with the pages reveled and the lines of the page edges. The cover of the book is thick and well defined. I wanted to revisit it and make sure the photo was still up. Often NASA removes photos after discoveries have been made in them. This one is of special interest in that it resembles an old family bible. Such a discovery is a sign that religion is not just a human thing, but a unlimited thing that we share across the universe. I also believe that Pope Francis, who has astronomers inside the Vatican, would also be interested in such a discovery. Such a discovery could only strengthen such religious beliefs. Proof that aliens belief in religion.
I messaged a tiktok user @goldninjatw got over 100,000 views the video they posted today. They said they got it from a friend who recorded it. In the 5 second video we see a semi truck pulling a trailer and on the trailer is a huge disk with windows all around it. The disk is very thick on its edge, but its center and thicker around its center. You can really hear the excitement and astonishment in the mans voice as he exclaims "UFO!" Also it looks like the driver was so distracted by the UFO that he may have driven right into a light pole in the center of the road. Sure hope he's ok. Absolutely alien technology in Chinese hands. Now the real question is...what are they going to use it for and what is it capable of doing? Scott C. Waring
White Disk Seen Over Topeka, Indiana On Oct 1, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White Disk Seen Over Topeka, Indiana On Oct 1, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 1, 2020
Location of sighting: Topeka, Indiana, USA
At first this appears to be just another blurry video, but at 30 seconds into it, the UFO comes into perfect focus. We see a huge alien ship thicker in the middle and thiner along its outer edges. Its a white disk on its side. Understand that the ship can alter its positions and the pilots will never notice a tilt or a angle because of the ships artificial gravity inside. This UFO has been seen around the world, but has never been this focused. Usually its seen at night and its a glowing ring when zoomed in, but here...we have an excellent view of the craft. This is an alien ship.
Disk Seen Over London, England On Sept 29, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Disk Seen Over London, England On Sept 29, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.
I added focus and light to these two screenshots.
Date of sighting: Sept 29, 2020
Location of sighting: London, England
This UFO comes into focus really well at about 20 seconds into the video. When I took some screenshots and cleaned it up, I noticed its not a donut shape after all, but a disk shape with some white sections. The white sections are not see through but do appear to be crossing the center of the craft. Also a few flashes come from the white center of the craft. It tilts from left to right, but never flips over. Its speed is much faster than a balloon. I do believe this to be an alien disk. The white area is like a window cockpit area. I am really surprised there are no fighter jets investigating this craft.
Ball of Light keeps returning over Gaffney, South Carolina
Ball of Light keeps returning over Gaffney, South Carolina
Witness:
This object has been appearing since 1 September around the same location. Me and numerous neighbors have recorded the strange phenomenon in the sky over Gaffney, South Carolina.
It’s not a plane, not a star, it’s just unexplainable and it keeps returning and as of the 30th there’s two as you can see it with the films.
Since the witnesses are convinced that this ball of light is not a man-made object or a star/planet we may wonder whether it is an Orb.
Many paranormal investigators do not consider orbs as paranormal evidence because there are too many natural world explanations for them.
However, it is a possibility that some orbs could be paranormal in nature. This may be particularly true of orbs seen with the naked eye, especially those that appear to have their own light source and unusual patterns of travel.
Besides it does seem that there is a conscious mind behind the orbs, it’s also known that some orbs can form figures or faces of the spirit inside the orb, like the black figure seen in the orb shown in the video.
Till today the ‘Orb’ phenomena cannot be explained.
This was the moment a mysterious 'UFO' was spotted in the skies above Staffordshire.
The strange object was captured by Eleanor Anne as she was snapping photos of the sunrise.
Hundreds of people took to social media to share their photos after the 'spaceship' was seen floating above Uttoxeter this morning and Stone, Hixon, Hopton and Stafford yesterday.
Some suggested it was the first sign that aliens were on their way to save humans from covid, while others were more sceptical.
However, there were no close encounters of the third kind, because the object was later revealed to be an oddly-shaped green hot air balloon known as Buddy who even has his own Facebook page.
Eleanor did a double-take when she opened her curtains this morning (September 22) to see a strange object flying towards her window, in Lower Loxley, near Uttoxeter.
Buddy the Balloon(Image: Buddy the Balloon)
She told BurtonLive: "Opening the bedroom curtains at 7am this morning, we had quite a shock when we saw strange UFO-like object in the sky over Lower Loxley.
"Disappointingly, on closer inspection we realised the aliens had not arrived to save us all and it was in fact a hot air balloon."
Another woman who shared a photo added: "Anyone know what this is? I mean it's 2020 and if aliens were coming I would not be surprised."
And a third said: "It's an alien invasion."
Most hot air balloons popularly seen are the traditional teardrop shape, but they actually do not have to be aerodynamically shaped.
A hot air balloon simply rises in the air and is carried along by the wind, so the shape does not significantly affect how the balloon flies.
As a result, balloons have been made in many shapes and sizes.
One man who spotted the balloon said: "I took the hounds out for a walk at about 5.30 on the common and saw it hanging in the sky. It's a hot air balloon obviously but the dogs couldn't stop staring at it."
A UFO was spotted and captured on camera doing erratic manoeuvres in the skies above Worcester. Photographer from Kempsey, Craig Mathias, 35, was capturing the sunrise images early on Sunday, September 27, when a flash distracted him. Using his camera, he zoomed in and observed what looked like an object falling from the sky, having two streaks of flames coming from either side of it.
The witness said that he had no idea what the strange object could be.
He did a bit of photography on a lovely morning using his 600mm lens. When he saw a flash, he zoomed in and observed something mysterious falling out the sky erratically around seven minutes.
The witness stated that he saw many planes before and was sure the UFO was not a plane. He could not explain it and thought it was either a module from a rocket or space junk.
The government recently published reports in Confidential Ministry of Defence files, including a series of UFO sightings in the skies above Worcestershire.
The reports were made between 1997 and 2009 and were made public following a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
In 1997, two reports of cigar-shaped UFOs were made in Kidderminster and Redditch four months apart.
In 1998, someone reported spotting a teddy bear-shaped object that sounded like a helicopter moving very fast through Bewdley’s sky.
In 2001, one Malvern resident reported observing a triangular object with star-shaped red lights and yellow and blue rays hovering and pulsating on New Year’s Eve before disappearing.
‘Cosmic Web’ of a Supermassive Black Hole Ensnares Six Galaxies
‘Cosmic Web’ of a Supermassive Black Hole Ensnares Six Galaxies
Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads, six galaxies feeding gas to a central supermassive black hole.
Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads are six galaxies feeding gas to a central supermassive black hole.
Astronomers have made a startling discovery in the early Universe: six galaxies suspended in the cosmic web of a supermassive black hole. The finding represents the first time such a grouping has been found when the Universe was young — just under a billion years after the ‘Big Bang.’
The cosmic web with its suspended galaxies seems to conform to the theory that supermassive black holes grew to monstrous sizes thanks to the fact that they sat at the centre of web-like structures with gas and dust to feed them.
“The title of our article — ‘Web of the Giant’ — may suggest the idea of the supermassive black hole as a giant black spider at the centre of the web, with that web providing both the trap and the path to carry the material that feeds the giant at the centre,” Marco Mignoli, an astronomer at the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) in Bologna, Italy, tells ZME Science. “The importance of our work is that we are the first group to discover the galaxies that inhabit the web.”
With the help of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive black hole, the first time such a close grouping has been seen within the first billion years of the Universe. This artist’s impression shows the central black hole and the galaxies trapped in its cosmic web. The black hole, which together with the disc around it is known as quasar SDSS J103027.09+052455.0, shines brightly as it engulfs matter around it. (ESO/L. Calçada)
The new observation of these six faint galaxies trapped in a web of filament ‘threads’ comprised of hot gas, stars, and galaxies surrounding a supermassive black hole, was made with the aid of the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and is described in a paper published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.
As is only fitting for a supermassive black hole ‘spider’, the web in which it sits is of tremendous size — 300 times that of the Milky Way. “From this filamentous structure, the giant black hole is probably accumulating material that has allowed it to grow extremely fast, reaching one billion solar masses in less than a billion years,” Mignoli, author of the paper, adds. “The galaxies stand and grow where the filaments cross, and streams of gas — available to fuel both the galaxies and the central supermassive black hole — can flow along the filaments.”
Supermassive Black Hole Feeding in the Early Universe
The light from this cosmic web has traveled to us from a time when the Universe was just 0.9 billion years old. This represents not just a time at which the first generation of black holes have formed from collapsing stars, but also the point where the faster-growing of these black holes have grown to truly monstrous sizes.
The question of how supermassive black holes managed to grow so rapidly has puzzled scientists for decades, with researchers unable to detect exactly how these black holes could obtain so much ‘black hole fuel’ so quickly. The findings seem to provide an answer, suggesting that the cosmic web and the galaxies within it contain enough gas to quickly grow the central black hole into a supermassive giant.
“[The study] provides confirmation of several theories, that these primordial supermassive black holes are found at the center of immense filamentous structures composed by hot gas and by galaxies that are actively forming stars,” Mignoli says. “Such structures — ‘cosmic webs’ — can provide the necessary material for the central black hole to grow extremely fast.”
Whilst this isn’t the first time astronomers have spotted a ‘cosmic web’, it is the first time its been occupied by a supermassive black hole ‘spider’ at its heart.
“Similar, early large scale structures have already been found, but none with a supermassive black hole at their centre,” Roberto Gilli, an astronomer at INAF in Bologna and co-author of the study, tells ZME Science. “Our work has placed an important piece in the largely incomplete puzzle that is the formation and growth of such extreme, yet relatively abundant objects so quickly after the Big Bang.”
What the researchers can’t be so sure of is how these black holes initially formed, the process by which they are ‘fed’, or how the cosmic web itself developed. “We have no observational evidence of from which seeds these giant black holes are grown,” Mignoli explains. “The structures are too far away, the gas flows too faint to be detected. And also from a theoretical point of view, there are problems that are too difficult to solve.”
One possibility is that cosmic webs such as that discovered by the team formed as a result of the gravitational influence of dark matter haloes. These bunches of mysterious substance — which makes up 90% of the matter in the known Universe — could have drawn together tremendous amounts of gas in the early Universe. From there, the gas and dark matter may have formed the matrix of a cosmic web.
Mignoli explains that one of the most intriguing lingering questions is what process allows material to be transported from an intergalactic scale to the size of a black hole’s accretion disc — in the order of parsecs.
Gilli offers some suggestions regarding this feeding process, albeit ones that are currently unsupported by observations: “According to theory, dense environments are a necessary but not sufficient condition,” Gilli explains. “[The feeding mechanism] could be related to gas availability in these dense regions: large reservoirs mean that there is enough gas to fuel the BH and grow fast. Some theories propose that direct gas streams through the web can fall directly into the black holes and grow them.”
Gilli also adds that another way by which supermassive black holes could gather tremendous mass is via galactic mergers. And, the researcher adds, the cosmic web could play a role in this process too. “Another way this web can aid black hole growth is through galaxy mergers: within these dense, filamentary environments, mergers of gas-rich galaxies are more frequent, and mergers normally destabilize gas within galaxies and allow it to fall within the black holes at their centres.”
Spider Hunting: Searching the Universe for more ‘Occupied’ Cosmic Webs
The galaxies observed by the team are some of the faintest ever studied by astronomers, and required employing the tremendous power of the VLT — located at the ESO’s Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert, Chile — for several hours. Thus, with the aid of the VLT’s MUSE and FORS2 instruments, the team was able to confirm the six galaxies were linked to a central supermassive black hole.
“Early supermassive black holes are among the most challenging systems in extragalactic astrophysics,” Gilli explains. “We designed this experiment more than 8 years ago in the hope of confirming theory expectations. Observations of such systems are painful and only by cumulating several years of effort we could finally confirm the existence of such a structure.”#
This image shows the sky around SDSS J103027.09+052455.0, a quasar powered by a supermassive black hole surrounded by at least six galaxies. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2. (ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
The aim now is to find more examples of such structures, which Gilli believes should be fairly common in the early Universe. Perhaps then we can start to answer the questions that surround the formation and evolution of such events.
“We’d like to confirm more structure like this and also to discover populations of SMBHs in the early Universe that should exist but are still missing from our census,” Gilli says. “There are billion-solar-mass black holes at galaxies’ centres and we still do not know where they come from. And there is even more mystery surrounding such systems in the early Universe.”
Mignoli. M., Gilli. R., Decarli. R., et al, [2020], ‘Web of the giant: Spectroscopic confirmation of a large-scale structure around the z=6.31 quasar SDSS J1030+0524,’ Astronomy and Astrophysics.
En het is niet ondenkbaar dat in deze meren Martiaans leven te vinden is.
In 2018 kwamen onderzoekers met een veelbelovende ontdekking op de proppen. Onder de ijskap op de Martiaanse zuidpool zou zich mogelijk een enorm ondergronds meer bevinden. De ontdekking werd gevolgd door verschillende pogingen om de vondst te bevestigen. En dat heeft geleid tot een nieuwe prachtige conclusie. Want onderzoekers zeggen nu hard bewijs te hebben gevonden voor meerdere ondergrondse zoutwatermeren op de rode planeet.
Eerdere studie Onderzoekers kwamen in 2018 het ondergrondse meer op het spoor met behulp van een radarsysteem aan boord van de Mars Express. De metingen suggereerden dat het waterreservoir ongeveer 20 kilometer breed is en tot 1,5 kilometer diep. Toch hield het team een slag om de arm. “De grootste onbeantwoorde vraag uit ons eerdere artikel was: is dit het enige bewijs voor het bestaan van vloeibaar water onder het ijs op de zuidpool van Mars?” zegt onderzoeker Enrico Flamini. “Op dat moment hadden we niet genoeg bewijs om deze vraag te kunnen beantwoorden. Maar onze nieuwe studie toont aan dat de destijdse ontdekking slechts het eerste bewijs was van een groots systeem van vloeibare waterreservoirs onder het Martiaanse oppervlak.”
Ontdekking In de nieuwe studie, gepubliceerd in Nature Astronomy, bogen de onderzoekers zich wederom over radargegevens verzameld door MARSIS. Dit is een wetenschappelijk instrument aan boord van het ruimtevaartuig Mars Express. Vervolgens volgden de onderzoekers een methodologie die vaak wordt gebruikt in radaronderzoeken naar subglaciale meren op Antarctica, Canada en Groenland. En daaruit blijkt dat er grote plassen vloeibaar water onder het Martiaanse oppervlak schuilgaan. “We hebben niet alleen de positie, omvang en de reflectie uit ons onderzoek uit 2018 bevestigd, we hebben ook drie nieuwe heldere gebieden gevonden,” vertelt onderzoeker Elena Pettinelli. Een prachtige ontdekking. “Zeggen dat deze resultaten mij blij maken, is een understatement,” zegt Flamini. “Het is precies wat ik had gehoopt. Het is echt een geweldig vondst!”
Systeem Het betekent dat er misschien wel een ondergronds systeem van zoutwatermeren op Mars bestaat. “Het hoofdmeer is omgeven door kleinere hoeveelheden vloeibaar water,” legt Pettinelli uit. “Vanwege technische kenmerken van de radar en de afstand tot het oppervlak van Mars kunnen we echter niet onomstotelijk vaststellen of deze allemaal met elkaar verbonden zijn.” De ontdekking is hoe dan ook bijzonder. “Hoewel het bestaan van een enkel subglaciaal meer kan worden toegeschreven aan uitzonderlijke omstandigheden (zoals de aanwezigheid van een vulkaan onder de ijskap) impliceert de ontdekking van een heel systeem van meren dat hun vormingsproces relatief eenvoudig en gebruikelijk is,” concludeert onderzoeker Roberto Orosei. “Deze meren bestaan waarschijnlijk al heel lang.”
Zout water De vraag is natuurlijk hoe het kan dat er vloeibaar water voorkomt op een planeet waar de temperaturen ver onder het vriespunt kunnen liggen. Dat het water toch vloeibaar blijft, is waarschijnlijk te danken aan zout – afkomstig uit Martiaans gesteente – dat in het water is opgelost. Ook de enorme druk die de ijskap op het ondergrondse waterreservoir uitoefent, zou een steentje bijdragen. “Laboratoriumexperimenten hebben aangetoond dat pekel gedurende lange tijd kan blijven bestaan, zelfs bij extreem lage temperaturen die normaal zijn voor de poolgebieden op Mars,” zegt onderzoeker Graziella Caprarelli. We denken dan ook dat elk proces dat leidt tot de vorming en bestaan van vloeibaar water onder het ijs op de polen, een vloeistof vereist die beschikt over een hoog zoutgehalte.”
Even more salty lakes found under Mars' south pole
Leven? Een logische vervolgvraag is of deze meren misschien ook sporen van leven herbergen. Omdat de meren waarschijnlijk al enige tijd bestaan, zijn de verwachtingen hooggespannen. “Om deze reden zouden de meren nog weleens sporen van levensvormen kunnen bevatten,” vertelt Orosei. “Deze levensvormen hebben zich mogelijk kunnen ontwikkelen toen Mars nog over een dichte atmosfeer, mild klimaat en vloeibaar water aan het oppervlak (vergelijkbaar met de vroege aarde) beschikte.” Bovendien is bekend dat pekel het vermogen heeft om microbieel leven in extreme omstandigheden in stand te houden.
Meer over leven in de ondergrondse Martiaanse wateren De zoektocht naar leven op de rode planeet is al enige tijd aan de gang. We moeten echter niet vergeten dat het oppervlak van Mars een hele ongastvrije plek is. Met een gemiddelde temperatuur van -60 graden Celsius en een atmosfeer die zo’n 100 keer dunner is dan die van de aarde is het onwaarschijnlijk dat er vloeibaar water te vinden is aan het oppervlak. En aangezien leven – zoals wij dat kennen – water nodig heeft, is het heel onwaarschijnlijk dat leven aan het oppervlak stand kan houden. De nieuwe ontdekking onthult echter dat vloeibaar water wel kan bestaan onder het ijs op de zuidpool van Mars. En dus is er een hele fascinerende mogelijkheid dat microbieel leven kan overleven en gedijen in subglaciale Martiaanse wateren. Ook in die diep onder het ijs gelegen wateren is het leven natuurlijk niet gemakkelijk, maar onderzoek op aarde heeft uitgewezen dat sommige stugge levensvormen zich er toch weten te redden. Waarom zou dat op Mars anders zijn? We moeten echter niet te vroeg juichen. De concentratie zout die nodig is om het water (onder de Martiaanse ijskap vloeibaar te houden, zou namelijk weleens fataal kunnen zijn voor al het microbiële leven dat lijkt op dat wat we aarde vinden.
Met de studie bevestigt het onderzoeksteam dat dikke ijskappen verre van uniforme landschappen zijn. Bovendien blijken ze heel wat verrassingen in petto te hebben. De ijskappen zouden dan ook moeten worden beschouwd als fysiek complexe, geologische formaties die het verdienen om in detail te worden onderzocht. Onderzoek naar de poolgebieden op Mars gaat dan ook door. De bedoeling is om meer ondergrondse meren aan het licht te brengen. Ook willen de onderzoekers de samenstelling van deze ondergrondse wateren achterhalen en bepalen of deze mogelijk nog sporen van leven herbergen.
En het is niet ondenkbaar dat in deze meren Martiaans leven te vinden is.
In 2018 kwamen onderzoekers met een veelbelovende ontdekking op de proppen. Onder de ijskap op de Martiaanse zuidpool zou zich mogelijk een enorm ondergronds meer bevinden. De ontdekking werd gevolgd door verschillende pogingen om de vondst te bevestigen. En dat heeft geleid tot een nieuwe prachtige conclusie. Want onderzoekers zeggen nu hard bewijs te hebben gevonden voor meerdere ondergrondse zoutwatermeren op de rode planeet.
Eerdere studie Onderzoekers kwamen in 2018 het ondergrondse meer op het spoor met behulp van een radarsysteem aan boord van de Mars Express. De metingen suggereerden dat het waterreservoir ongeveer 20 kilometer breed is en tot 1,5 kilometer diep. Toch hield het team een slag om de arm. “De grootste onbeantwoorde vraag uit ons eerdere artikel was: is dit het enige bewijs voor het bestaan van vloeibaar water onder het ijs op de zuidpool van Mars?” zegt onderzoeker Enrico Flamini. “Op dat moment hadden we niet genoeg bewijs om deze vraag te kunnen beantwoorden. Maar onze nieuwe studie toont aan dat de destijdse ontdekking slechts het eerste bewijs was van een groots systeem van vloeibare waterreservoirs onder het Martiaanse oppervlak.”
Ontdekking In de nieuwe studie, gepubliceerd in Nature Astronomy, bogen de onderzoekers zich wederom over radargegevens verzameld door MARSIS. Dit is een wetenschappelijk instrument aan boord van het ruimtevaartuig Mars Express. Vervolgens volgden de onderzoekers een methodologie die vaak wordt gebruikt in radaronderzoeken naar subglaciale meren op Antarctica, Canada en Groenland. En daaruit blijkt dat er grote plassen vloeibaar water onder het Martiaanse oppervlak schuilgaan. “We hebben niet alleen de positie, omvang en de reflectie uit ons onderzoek uit 2018 bevestigd, we hebben ook drie nieuwe heldere gebieden gevonden,” vertelt onderzoeker Elena Pettinelli. Een prachtige ontdekking. “Zeggen dat deze resultaten mij blij maken, is een understatement,” zegt Flamini. “Het is precies wat ik had gehoopt. Het is echt een geweldig vondst!”
Systeem Het betekent dat er misschien wel een ondergronds systeem van zoutwatermeren op Mars bestaat. “Het hoofdmeer is omgeven door kleinere hoeveelheden vloeibaar water,” legt Pettinelli uit. “Vanwege technische kenmerken van de radar en de afstand tot het oppervlak van Mars kunnen we echter niet onomstotelijk vaststellen of deze allemaal met elkaar verbonden zijn.” De ontdekking is hoe dan ook bijzonder. “Hoewel het bestaan van een enkel subglaciaal meer kan worden toegeschreven aan uitzonderlijke omstandigheden (zoals de aanwezigheid van een vulkaan onder de ijskap) impliceert de ontdekking van een heel systeem van meren dat hun vormingsproces relatief eenvoudig en gebruikelijk is,” concludeert onderzoeker Roberto Orosei. “Deze meren bestaan waarschijnlijk al heel lang.”
Zout water De vraag is natuurlijk hoe het kan dat er vloeibaar water voorkomt op een planeet waar de temperaturen ver onder het vriespunt kunnen liggen. Dat het water toch vloeibaar blijft, is waarschijnlijk te danken aan zout – afkomstig uit Martiaans gesteente – dat in het water is opgelost. Ook de enorme druk die de ijskap op het ondergrondse waterreservoir uitoefent, zou een steentje bijdragen. “Laboratoriumexperimenten hebben aangetoond dat pekel gedurende lange tijd kan blijven bestaan, zelfs bij extreem lage temperaturen die normaal zijn voor de poolgebieden op Mars,” zegt onderzoeker Graziella Caprarelli. We denken dan ook dat elk proces dat leidt tot de vorming en bestaan van vloeibaar water onder het ijs op de polen, een vloeistof vereist die beschikt over een hoog zoutgehalte.”
Even more salty lakes found under Mars' south pole
Leven? Een logische vervolgvraag is of deze meren misschien ook sporen van leven herbergen. Omdat de meren waarschijnlijk al enige tijd bestaan, zijn de verwachtingen hooggespannen. “Om deze reden zouden de meren nog weleens sporen van levensvormen kunnen bevatten,” vertelt Orosei. “Deze levensvormen hebben zich mogelijk kunnen ontwikkelen toen Mars nog over een dichte atmosfeer, mild klimaat en vloeibaar water aan het oppervlak (vergelijkbaar met de vroege aarde) beschikte.” Bovendien is bekend dat pekel het vermogen heeft om microbieel leven in extreme omstandigheden in stand te houden.
Meer over leven in de ondergrondse Martiaanse wateren De zoektocht naar leven op de rode planeet is al enige tijd aan de gang. We moeten echter niet vergeten dat het oppervlak van Mars een hele ongastvrije plek is. Met een gemiddelde temperatuur van -60 graden Celsius en een atmosfeer die zo’n 100 keer dunner is dan die van de aarde is het onwaarschijnlijk dat er vloeibaar water te vinden is aan het oppervlak. En aangezien leven – zoals wij dat kennen – water nodig heeft, is het heel onwaarschijnlijk dat leven aan het oppervlak stand kan houden. De nieuwe ontdekking onthult echter dat vloeibaar water wel kan bestaan onder het ijs op de zuidpool van Mars. En dus is er een hele fascinerende mogelijkheid dat microbieel leven kan overleven en gedijen in subglaciale Martiaanse wateren. Ook in die diep onder het ijs gelegen wateren is het leven natuurlijk niet gemakkelijk, maar onderzoek op aarde heeft uitgewezen dat sommige stugge levensvormen zich er toch weten te redden. Waarom zou dat op Mars anders zijn? We moeten echter niet te vroeg juichen. De concentratie zout die nodig is om het water (onder de Martiaanse ijskap vloeibaar te houden, zou namelijk weleens fataal kunnen zijn voor al het microbiële leven dat lijkt op dat wat we aarde vinden.
Met de studie bevestigt het onderzoeksteam dat dikke ijskappen verre van uniforme landschappen zijn. Bovendien blijken ze heel wat verrassingen in petto te hebben. De ijskappen zouden dan ook moeten worden beschouwd als fysiek complexe, geologische formaties die het verdienen om in detail te worden onderzocht. Onderzoek naar de poolgebieden op Mars gaat dan ook door. De bedoeling is om meer ondergrondse meren aan het licht te brengen. Ook willen de onderzoekers de samenstelling van deze ondergrondse wateren achterhalen en bepalen of deze mogelijk nog sporen van leven herbergen.
“At some point, yes, we will be putting humans into space. They may be operating command centers somewhere in the lunar environment or someplace else.”
“The lunar environment” is military-speak for the Moon, which makes sense since that quote came from Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw, head of the Space Force’s Space Operations Command and part of U.S. Space Command leadership, while answering a question this week at a conference sponsored by AFWERX, the “Air Force’s team of innovators who encourage and facilitate connections across industry, academia, and the military to create transformative opportunities and foster a culture of innovation.” This seems contradictory to recent stories that Space Force troops had been deployed in Qatar, itformalized agreements with NASA, it recruited a space horse and Space Force Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson, who said in February: “That opportunity to be an astronaut inside the Space Force today is almost zero.”
Anticipating the same reaction you just had, Shaw clarified his position and agreement with Thompson:
“First, space isn’t really all that habitable for humans. We’ve learned that since our early space days. And the second is, we’re getting darned good at this robotics thing in space.”
Did Shaw just contradict himself … and the Space Force’s latest recruiting programs looking for people whose “purpose on this planet isn’t on this planet”? Not really. He’s just saying that putting Space Force cadets in space is a long way off, while we already have sophisticated robots doing important and complex security functions is space.
We do?
We do?
“The best robots that humans have ever created are probably satellites. … They’re incredible machines, and we’re only getting better. With machine learning and artificial intelligence, we’re going to have an awful lot of automated and autonomous systems operating [on] Earth and lunar orbit and solar orbit in the days and years to come, doing national security space activity.”
Robots – both autonomous and human-controlled – along with drones, rovers, satellites and other sophisticated AI creatures doing the security work of Space Force cadets in space. This doesn’t sound like what President Trump had in mind when he announced the Space Force. The president would probably prefer Space Force cadets in a SpaceX capsule to the ISS before the election. He won’t be happy with Maj. Gen. Shaw’s answer to when this will happen:
“(It’s) anybody’s guess.”
If your autonomous vacuum cleaner seems unusually excited these days, it may have heard the Space Force is looking for a few good robots.
When it comes to the matter of UFO waves, just about everyone has heard of what went down in 1947, in 1952 (with the Washington, D.C. flap), the multiple encounters across the United States in 1973, and the invasion of the “Flying Triangle”-type UFOs that took place across the skies of Belgium from 1989 to 1990. But, what about the U.K.’s invasion of 1957, which saw countless UFO encounters and reports from Royal Air Force pilots and Air Ministry personnel? It’s a reality that 1957 was a significant year for UFOs in the UK, but due to the fact that most of the data was collected by the UK military – and stayed hidden for decades – the majority of the stories didn’t surface publicly. With that said, let’s now take a look at the story, which was truly amazing and that spanned most of the year. On March 26, 1957, there was an amazing encounter. The UK Air Ministry documentation (now in the public domain) states in part: “A report was received from Royal Air Force Church Lawford on 26th March, 1957 of a sighting of an unusual nature. The object moved at a speed timed at exceeding 1400mph [italics mine]. This in itself was unusual as the object had accelerated to this speed from a stationary position [italics mine]. No explanation has yet been found for this sighting but a supplementary report, including a copy of the radar plot, was requested and has been received from Church Lawford this afternoon.”
On the morning of April 4, 1957 – according to now-declassified British Royal Air Force documents housed at the National Archive, Kew, England – radar operators at Balscalloch, Scotland reported to RAF West Freugh, Wigtownshire that they had detected a number of “unidentified objects on the screens of their radars.” And it quickly became apparent this was no Cold War penetration of British airspace by Soviet spy-planes or bombers. As the mystified radar-operators watched their screens, they were amazed to see a large, stationary object hovering at 50,000 feet that then proceeded to ascend vertically to no less than 70,000 feet. According to the files: “A second radar was switched on and detected the object at the same range and height.” Most significant of all at this stage was the assessment by the radar experts of the incredible proportions of the UFOs: “It was noted by the radar operators that the sizes of the echoes were considerably larger than would be expected from normal aircraft. In fact they considered that the size was nearer that of a ship’s echo [italics mine].” Now, moving on…
At around 10.20 a.m., on the morning of April 29, 1957, two British Royal Air Force Hunter aircraft took to the skies from an RAF base called Odiham, which is located in the English county of Hampshire. The plan was for the aircraft to take part in a mid-air military training exercise. Things didn’t quite turn out as planned, however. When the planes reached a height of roughly 45,000-feet, one of the pilots found himself confronted by what can only be described as an undeniable, unidentified flying object. The official Air Ministry report on the affair states: “…when over Hayling Island Mission 28 No. 2 saw a large white object at 10 o’clock slightly above. The object was circular with a white slightly curving tail hanging below. The time was approx. 1110. Formation leader was informed and both pairs turned east onto a northerly heading to look for the object. At first the object was thought to be a parachute but later it was realized that the object must have been larger and at a greater distance because of the slow passing speed.”
At 8:38 p.m. on the same date the pilot of a Royal Air Force Javelin aircraft – also based at RAF Odiham – was vectored onto a UFO reportedly tracked on radar some twelve miles from his position. No visual contact was made by the pilot and he eventually returned to base. This particular affair received brief coverage in a number of newspapers – after one of the base staff tipped off a local reporter on what had gone down – and, as a result, an Air Ministry spokesman made a very brief statement to the press. It went as follows: “All we can say is that we are investigating the matter. Until inquiries are completed we have nothing further to add.” Also on the same day that the curious events at Odiham were unfolding, another significant UFO-themed event occurred, this one at RAF Ventnor on the Isle of Wight, just off the south coast of England. According to the Air Ministry’s own records, a member of the public, a Mr. L. Humfreys, telephoned RAF Ventnor to report that he could see two metallic-appearing objects to the south-east of Shanklin, at a height of what was estimated to be approximately 30,000 feet.
Mr. Humfreys – whose sighting was backed-up by three additional witnesses – said: “The object appeared as a steady, metallic, very bright pinpoint of light, with a suggestion of a smaller round object immediately behind.” At 8:10 p.m., staff at the nearby radar station at Beachy Head reported to RAF Ventnor that they were tracking two unidentified responses flying at a height of 25,000 feet. Almost one hour later, Beachy Head contacted Ventnor again, this time to report that RAF St. Margaret’s was also plotting two fast-moving targets, but were unable to ascertain their heights. One of the objects was reported to be traveling in a south-westerly direction, at a speed of between 750 and 800 knots.
One of the most fascinating of all UFO encounters – an incident that almost resulted in a mid-air collision between a UFO and a Meteor jet – occurred over Royal Air Force Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, on the night of October 21, 1957. Less than a week later, the UK media was chasing down the story. Describing RAF Gaydon as “one of the RAF’s top V-bomber stations,” the Sunday Express newspaper stated that the Air Ministry (today, the Ministry of Defense) had taken rapid steps to get to the heart of the mystery. Reportedly, the UFO was seen visually by the pilot and tracked by ground-radar personnel – and only a few minutes apart. Questions, unsurprisingly, were quickly being asked: could the UFO actually have been a Soviet spy-plane? It was certainly a scenario that the Air Ministry felt important enough to address. Although – as will become apparent – the description given by the pilot did not sound like that of the average Russian aircraft. Plus, six days after the event occurred, Air Ministry staff were still scratching their heads.
Such was his extremely close proximity to the UFO at one point, Flying Officer Sweeney was forced to take immediate “violent avoiding action” after he approached the unknown craft from the starboard side. As Sweeney got closer to the UFO it quickly extinguished its lights and vanished from view. It was, however, when he was at his closest to the object that Sweeney was able to take a careful, but quick, look at it before it disappeared. Oddly, he described the UFO as having a “blurred” outline. And, rounding off the year there was the encounter of December 2, 1957, which involved an unusual aerial craft that was sighted over Topler’s Hill near Biggleswade in Bedfordshire. One of those who saw the UFO was a Royal Air Force officer, Flight Lieutenant Jack Hunter, who expressed his amazement concerning what he had seen. There were more incidents throughout 1957. It would, however, take several articles to cover the whole wave of that year. What we can say, though, is that clearly something very strange was afoot in the skies of the U.K. in 1957 – and it involved the nation’s military to a significant degree.
Some of the most exciting UFO encounters on record have to do with large numbers of people seeing the same thing at the same time. These mass sightings always tend to evoke intrigue and curiosity, as they involve so many non-related people, and often very reliable witnesses simultaneously, creating a case that truly serves to inspire wonder. Such mass sightings are relatively rare within the UFO world, but they always serve to give even the skeptics pause, and are some of the more interesting accounts out there. One such case originates in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and it involves many reliable witnesses, a strange, otherworldly craft, and a possible insidious government cover-up.
One of the most intriguing mass UFO sighting flaps in U.S. history started as a normal day like any other in the small suburban town of Wanaque, New Jersey, but as the day came to a close a bizarre series of events would begin to play out. On the crisp and clear evening of January 11, 1966, at around 6:30 PM, calls began to come in from all over the area describing what seemed to be an extremely bright glowing light out over the nearby Wanaque Reservoir. Dozens of calls were coming in from panicked residents and workers at the reservoir describing more or less the same thing, with most reports saying it was a very bright light, larger and brighter than a star, mostly white but sometimes changing to colors such as red, blue and green. The mystery object was described as hovering over the frozen lake surface and roving about in what seemed to be a deliberate pattern at an altitude of between 250 and 1,000 feet, sometimes performing seemingly physics-defying maneuvers and sudden vertical drops and rises. Even weirder were the reports of the object projecting some sort of beam downwards to the reservoir, which was powerful enough to melt holes in the ice.
Wanaque reservoir
Before long, the police who were getting these calls were seeing the strange object for themselves, and one of these was police patrolman Joseph Cisco, who just happened to be near the reservoir when the reports began flooding in. He would then drive out there to investigate and look out over the water to see something very strange for himself, of which he said:
There was a light that looked bigger than any of the stars, about the size of a softball or volleyball. It was a pulsating, white, stationary light changing to red. It stayed in the air; there was no noise. I was trying to figure out what it was.
The object would then swoop in low and begin shooting a beam to the lake surface, and Cisco soon got a call from another officer on the radio saying in a panic, “Something landed in front of the dam. Something’s burning a hole in the ice! Something with a bright light on it, going up and down!” Another policeman who saw the thing was Sgt. Ben Thompson, who said it actually caused the water to rise below it and sucked together treetops, and yet another Officer George Dyckman would say “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.” Several other police officers being called to the area also saw the otherworldly object, including Patrolmen Edward Nestor and Jack Wardlaw, a Sgt. Bobby Gordon, Reservoir Police and Personnel George Destito, Charles Theodora, Fred Steines, and even Chief of Police Floyd Elson. Chief John Casazza of the Wanaque Reservoir Police would say of his own sighting:
It was a bright white light. As I said: just like on a locomotive. It was funnel-shaped. It seemed to come out of some object, like a funnel. In other words, it spread out as if it were focused through a telescope. It was narrow at one end in the sky and spread out into a very wide beam as it approached our upper gatehouse at the dam. The strangest part of it was that there was no noise attached to this object. None whatsoever. It was absolutely silent. A silent light.
News crews who started to trickle in also reported seeing the strange sight, with one reporter Howard Ball, with the Paterson News, saying:
I was near the junction of Colfax Road and Hamburg Turnpike… I saw a very extremely bright light… The thing that really brought my attention was, as I traveled along, a white starlight seems to come at me… then it stopped and it made a transverse movement to the west. No color, but if I’d give it a color I’d say brilliant blue-white, similar to the ignition of a magnesium and pure oxygen… really bright light.
One of the more prominent witnesses to the outlandish event was the town Mayor Harry T. Wolfe, who had made his way out to the reservoir along with Councilmen Warren Hagstrom and Arthur Barton and the Mayor’s 14-year-old son Billy out of sheer curiosity when the reports kept coming in a deluge. They would witness a light that was “a brilliance, a little brighter than a star” that seemed to emit a reddish or pale green light or yellowish light and which was moving “oddly” over the lake. Closer inspection showed that it was some sort of oval shaped object around 9 feet in diameter, coming in low over the water to shoot down a beam that put a hole in the ice as they looked on in astonishment. Councilman Hagstrom would say of what they saw on that night:
There was something up there that was awful bright. We don’t know what it was. We thought it was a helicopter, but we didn’t hear a motor. It looked like a helicopter with big landing lights on. We got goose bumps all over when we saw where the hole was.
Before long there were throngs of people gathered at the reservoir watching this thing go about its inscrutable business, and the mysterious object would do its strange act over the water for over an hour before finally speeding off into the night at great speed and without warning. Moments later it would be reported as hovering over Lakeland Regional High School and stopping at several other locations in the area before vanishing to leave residents in a state of shock. So many people had seen it, including many policemen and even city officials, and all of them agreed it was no normal aircraft or celestial phenomenon, but rather something truly unexplainable and baffling. To make it all even weirder still is that it would seem as if the strangeness was quite over yet. The object would make another brief appearance over the reservoir the following evening as well before seeming to go away for good, but it would make yet another appearance later that year.
In October of 1966, just as people were starting to try and put the whole bizarre incident at Wanaque reservoir out of their minds, a new spate of sightings emanated from the lake. At 9PM on October 10, the object was seen by several witnesses, including an off-duty police officer by the name of Robert Gordon, who saw it with his wife, Betty, who described it as a bright white light that moved with “a definite pattern” towards the reservoir. This sighting was soon joined by that of a policeman Sgt. Ben Thompson, who had quite a harrowing experience when the UFO allegedly flew right at him. He would say of this:
I saw the object coming at me. There was an extremely bright light. It was a bright white light, bright like when a light bulb is about to blow. It was very low. It appeared to be about 75 feet over the mountain. That would be Windbeam Mountain. It was traveling very quickly and in a definite pattern; first right, then up and down, then repeating the pattern. Distances are deceiving, but it might have covered an area of a half a mile. It went straight over my head, stopped in mid-air and backed right up. It then started zig-zagging from left to right. It was doing tricks. Making acute angular turns instead of gradual curved ones. It looked as big as a parachute. I got out of my car and continued to watch it for almost five minutes. It was about 200 to 250 yards away. It was the shape of a basketball with the center scooped out and a football thrust through it. Sometimes the football appeared to be perpendicular to the basketball and sometimes standing up on end. There were two different gadgets. It didn’t make much noise, but as it was moving, it raised the water beneath it. I watched it maneuver, stirring up brush and water in the reservoir, it was about 150 feet up…I had difficulty seeing because the light was so bright it blinded me.
Once again the police were flooded with dozens of calls of terrified residents seeing the object in the vicinity of the reservoir and it would be seen again on October 15 before finally disappearing again, this time apparently for good. In the wake of the UFO flap over Wanaque reservoir there would be some strange and sometimes ominous stories coming out of the area. It was reported that unknown men posing as military officials from the Air Force were doing the rounds in the area intimidating residents and discouraging people from talking about what they had seen, and some people even claimed that these mysterious men had confiscated photographs taken of the phenomena. The military would deny that these people were with them, or that they had had anyone in the area to investigate at all, and one Air Force Colonel Freeman would state, “We have checked a number of these cases and these men are not connected with the Air Force in any way.” Other witnesses would also insist that they had seen military helicopters and even jets in the area shortly after the initial sightings and in the months after, but the Air Force denied this as well, while at the same time making efforts to explain away the UFO sightings as misidentified aircraft or a weather balloon. What happened here, and did the military have any connection to these events or not? Were they trying to hide something or cover it up? No one knows.
The claims of mysterious officials confiscating photographic evidence is cited as being one of the reasons there is so little such documentation of the incident. Indeed, although the UFO was witnessed by so many people, including police and high-ranking officials, there is oddly only a handful of photographs of the alleged craft known to exist, most of which were later sent in anonymously to make it hard to ascertain who took them in the first place or whether they are real or hoaxes. One photo in particular, showing the object shooting a beam of light downwards, has become intensely debated and analyzed in the years since, with no real conclusion. Since we don’t know who took these photos and have no negatives, it is hard to say. What we do know is that the incident did happen, and so this odd lack of photographic evidence from such a well-documented mass sighting has been seen as proof that someone has tried to suppress the event.
Today there have been many proposed explanations, including helicopters with spotlights, atmospheric phenomena, Venus, weather balloons, or even ball lightning, but there are problems with these explanations in that so many reliable witnesses saw them and insist that what they witnessed was none of these things. One unidentified witness has said of this to researcher Anthony Bragalia, of UFO Explorations, as follows:
I remember the thing very well. I still do not know what it was. I think about it from time to time, but it’s no use because it doesn’t bring me any closer to knowing what it was. Maybe things that aren’t from here aren’t meant to be understood by us here. Ask anyone who will tell you, it was not a helicopter or something astronomical. It was…not…from our military or something we misidentified. It was a UFO, from somewhere else. The beams or ray thing that came out from the bottom of the globe was the thing that got to me. It made the light cut the ice out. It frightened us kids. And I’m sure the adults. Because we don’t have anything like that even today. The adults didn’t really speak much about it after the initial thing that I could tell. I’d talk about it with my friends some time later and one of them told me that people came around to not say anything.
Amazingly, there has apparently been very little follow-up investigation done into the case. It seems that no one ever went back to examine those holes in the ice, nor were there any water or radiation measurements taken, and the proper authorities don’t seem to have ever made any real efforts to interview witnesses. Most of what we know is from independent UFO researchers who pieced together what happened from newspaper articles of the time. We are left to wonder just what happened out over that expanse of frigid ice all of those decades ago and what it all means. Was this all the result of mundane phenomena and misidentification, or something else? Has there been some sort of cover-up put into effect that has managed to keep such a spectacular incident largely buried in history? If this was really an alien craft then what was it doing at that reservoir and what did it want? These are questions that linger, and which may never be satisfactorily answered, and the UFO wave of New Jersey’s Wanaque reservoir remains a very compelling case of a mass UFO sighting that has been largely forgotten.
It’s been a great month for planetary science. Scientists first discovered the chemical signature of phosphine on Venus, then found additional underground lakes on Mars. While no life has been conclusively found yet, science continues to take incremental steps toward proving what could be one of the most impactful discoveries in history: that we are not alone.
But in order to definitively prove that, science will have to conclusively find life first. The methods for doing so will differ dramatically based on whether the location is in the clouds of Venus or under the ice of Mars. Scientists have come up with a model to understand the conditions for any life to exist in the subsurface oceans of not only Mars, but any rocky body with underground liquid water.
The theoretical work, done by Dr. Manasvi Lingam at Florida Institute of Technology and Abraham Loeb of the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard, describes a model that uses well-established parameters for life. These include the thermal limits of life as we know it, the size of the object being studied, its surface temperature, and the amount of radionuclides available on the object. The outcome of the model is the size of an expected sub-surface habitable region.
Water map of Mars made by the Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer
Credit: NASA
This type of model has been described once before, back in 2013 when a team from the UK first proposed the idea. However, there were some additional constraints missing from that original analysis that the new paper hopes to tackle.
The defined thermal limits of life are relatively well understood, with extremophiles able to survive between 250-270K on the cold end and 395K on the upper end for some types of thermophiles likeMethanopyrus kandleri. The size of a body has an overall impact of the potential size of the biosphere, while the surface temperature directly impacts the subsurface temperature that life might be subjected to. Similarly the presence of anyradionuclidescould also have an impact on temperature in the subsurface region, as they can release heat as part of their decaying process.
A different constraint the paper discounts is pressure. There are some extremophile forms of life, such as Thermococcus piezophilus that can already survive at incredibly high pressures, and others, such as E. coli, which have been shown to rapidly develop pressure resistance when subjected to high pressures. With these considerations, the authors discount pressure affecting the development of life in the subsurface ocean of a rocky body.
There are some other considerations that could complicate the model but aren’t directly addressed in the paper. These include the forces of tidal heating, which has been put forward as a potential cause of liquid water onEnceladus. Whether or not that actually has an effect on the presence of life is not clear. And any life that may be present will not present itself in easily detectable ways. The authors point out that remote sensing of this kind of sub-surface life form would be all but impossible
The paper therefore suggests continuing to develop drilling technology to reach the kilometers of depth that these sub-surface oceans are likely located at. Currently no such technology exists, however further work, such as that being done for the Artemis program, could lead to such holes being dug on the surface of a nearby water-containing body – the Moon.
While the moon was once habitable, any life to be found there now would be only a fraction of the biomass available on Earth. In fact, each factor listed in the paper could have an order of magnitude impact on the biomass that is present in the sub-surface oceans of a rocky body. Even with the relatively limited total amount, the number of new planets, moons, and even asteroids and Oort cloud objects that this new model posits could support life is truly staggering. With any luck, planetary science will keep forging on ahead and we will be able to definitively answer whether or not there is in fact any other biology active in our solar system.
I found a huge doorway into a hillside on Mars in SOL 710. The doorway is thiner on the top and wider on the bottom. Its perfectly balanced and is clearly a door to an alien structure. The doorway is unique and unlike a typical rectangle door or curved cave entrance, this one is more advanced. I believe it to be a ancient tomb. The doorway is similar to that of ancient tombs here on earth. Undeniable proof that intelligent aliens once existed on Mars.
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Glowing Disk Caught During Sunset Over Mountain In Spain, May 5, 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing Disk Caught During Sunset Over Mountain In Spain, May 5, 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: May 5, 2020 but Reported today.
Location of sighting: Zumarraga, Spain
Source: MUFON #111613
UFOs often move too fast for the human eye to detect. Aliens rely on that technologic skill to avoid detection. However cell phones and cameras are getting more advanced and have a more perfect eye than our own. They capture every detail. So thats is our advantage. We too have tech skills to fall on. This is a perfect disk and caught in two different positions. Absolutely breathtaking. I have often said, if you want to see a UFO, watch a dozen sunsets. You will see at least one.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I was just trying to take a beautiful picture of the sunset. I felt something diferent that day in the sky but I couldn’t see clearly the object with my eyes. It was the picture with the phone which took perfectly the object.
Recent DNA Results of the Elongated Skulls of Paracas Peru indicate they were not Homo Sapiens
Recent DNA Results of the Elongated Skulls of Paracas Peru indicate they were not Homo Sapiens
The puzzle of why diverse ancient people, even on remote Pacific Islands, would use head-binding to create elongated heads is mystifying, this cultural practice may be traced back to mysterious ancestors with very complex genetics origins.
Image credit: Marcia K Moorf.
On the coast of Peru a mysterious people appeared about 3000 years ago and disappeared 1000 years later. Today we know of them as the Paracas, an Inca term to describe the area some 1500 years after the Paracas were no longer present.
Cranial deformation of human skulls was a phenomenon that existed on all inhabited continents, and especially the case about 2000 years ago among the elite of societies.
In general these were the elites of a society and cranial deformation was performed on new borns in order to make them look distinct from the general population. In Peru and Bolivia there were many societies with elongated heads, including the royal Inca family.
Were they some sort of elite race that roamed the entire planet? Why do anthropologists rarely talk about cranial deformation and know so little about it?
But now recent DNA testing of the early Paracas indicate that they did not originate in Peru and that they were in fact not Homo sapiens.
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Possible UFO video of a flying saucer over Brookings, South Dakota
Possible UFO video of a flying saucer over Brookings, South Dakota
This UFO video of a disc-shaped object was filmed back in September 2018 but it was just submitted today to MUFON’s website.
Witness report:
I observed an object floating in the sky for over an hour. I had my phone on me to take video. I saw this object in September of 2018 when I filmed it hovering in the sky for over an hour. Almost exactly a year later I saw the same object in the sky again in September of 2019.
Venus has had a somewhat complicated — and unfortunate — history. Planetary scientists suspect that billions of years ago, Venus was rather more like Earth: warm, pleasant, and flush with liquid water. But sometime in the past it lost its water and turned into a scorching-hot wasteland.
According to a recent paper, Venus was doomed from the start, but may have been accelerated in its path to dry-town through the gravitational influence of none other than the great bully of the solar system: Jupiter.
The early solar system was a total Wild West: lawless and chaotic. For starters, astronomers now strongly suspect that the giant worlds didn't form in their present orbits. We can identify this through the shaping and sculpting of orbits in the asteroid belt and in the distribution of the icy remnants past the orbit of Neptune. By piecing together the gravitational clues from the holdovers of the formation of the solar system, it's clear that the giant planets first formed much farther out, then migrated inward closer to the sun.
However, we don't have a clear picture of exactly how that migration happened. In some models, Jupiter slowly inches closer over the course of hundreds of millions of years, followed by Saturn and the rest. But in other models, Jupiter jumps almost to the orbit of Mars before slinking back out to its present position.
Either way, a dancing Jupiter caused havoc for the inner planets. The mass of that planet is so great — it's 2.5 times more massive than all the other planets combined — that any little shift in its orbit pulls and plucks on anything else in the solar system.
Take, for instance, Venus. Currently, Venus has one of the most perfectly circular orbits in the entire solar system. Its eccentricity (the measure of how elliptical an orbit can get) is only 0.007, meaning that at closest approach Venus is 66.5 million miles (107 million kilometers) from the sun, and at its farthest it's … 67.7 million miles (109 million km) from the sun.
But according to a recent paper appearing in the preprint journal arXiv, if Jupiter happened to migrate inward closer to the sun, it could have tugged Venus into an extremely elliptical orbit, creating an eccentricity of up to 0.3.
Since Venus no longer has that great of an eccentricity, something must have happened to circularize its orbit, and the authors of the paper suggest that it was ocean tides. If Venus had great liquid water oceans (which we suspect it did, since Venus and Earth are about the same size and had similar formation histories), then the tides on the oceans could have provided enough friction to stabilize the orbit of that planet into a nice, steady circle.
But that elongation of the orbit due to Jupiter may have had another catastrophic consequence: It could have hastened the transformation of Venus from tropical wetland to hellish nightmare.
If you're a planet trying to hold on to your liquid water oceans, an eccentric orbit is a real pain in the neck. We already know from studies of Earth's own history that variations in our planet's eccentricity (due to, you guessed it, gravitational tweaks and tugs from the other planets) triggered ice ages and glaciation events. Indeed, some deep-time climate variations are directly connected to changes in our eccentricity.
But still, despite the occasional frozen moment, Earth has been able to hang on to its water. Poor Venus suffered a worse fate, however. If Venus got sent into a highly elliptical orbit due to the presence of Jupiter in the early days of the solar system, it spent some of its year far away from the sun (nice and cool) and some of its year way too close for comfort.
All told, the researchers calculate, Venus may have suffered from more heat exposure than is healthy. The problem is that radiation intensity increases rapidly for even small inward shifts in orbital position. The more time that Venus spent closer to the sun, the worse it suffered.
Even worse, the closer Venus was to the sun, the more it was susceptible to ultraviolet radiation blasts from solar flares, which were especially prominent when our sun was a young upstart.
The combination of increased heat and increased exposure to high-energy radiation set in motion Venus' downward, hellish spiral.
Boiled alive
As Venus lost its oceans, the water vapor in the atmosphere trapped heat. The trapped heat caused more water to evaporate, which put more water in the atmosphere, which trapped more heat, and round and round it went in a vicious greenhouse cycle. With no liquids to lubricate Venus' joints, plate tectonics stopped, allowing carbon dioxide to leak into the atmosphere to dramatic excess, locking in its fate.
Eventually, Venus turned itself inside out and cooked itself to death, leaving our neighbor a nightmare world. And it may have been accelerated on that path by a wandering, plundering Jupiter.
Venus is more than a cautionary tale for our own greenhouse gas emissions. You may have noticed that astronomers are very interested in exoplanets — worlds outside the solar system — and whether they might be homes for life. Venus sits just on the inside edge of what's called the habitable zone of our sun, the range where the intensity of light is just right to allow for liquid water on a world's surface.
But Venus' surface is very much not habitable at all (though its clouds may be another matter), and this may be the fault of Jupiter. When we go to examine the possibility of life on other worlds, the authors of the paper conclude, we have to pay attention to any giant planets in those systems. They may have performed similar acrobatics as Jupiter did, ruining any chances of life persisting on the inner worlds.
Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask a Spaceman and Space Radio, and author of Your Place in the Universe. Sutter contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
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A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water
A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water
New radar data add to evidence of water under Mars’ south pole, but it’s not “a slam dunk yet”
New radar data from the Mars Express orbiter suggests that a possible lake 1.5 kilometers under the ice at Mars’ south pole (shown) is surrounded by pools of liquid water.
Fresh intel from Mars is sure to stir debate about whether liquid water lurks beneath the planet’s polar ice.
New data from a probe orbiting Mars appear to bolster a claim from 2018 that a lake sits roughly 1.5 kilometers beneath ice near the south pole (SN: 8/18/18). An analysis of the additional data, by some of the same researchers who reported the lake’s discovery, also hint at several more pools encircling the main reservoir, a study released online September 28 in Nature Astronomy claims.
If it exists, the central lake spans roughly 600 square kilometers. To keep from freezing, the water would have to be extremely salty, possibly making it similar to subglacial lakes in Antarctica. “This area is the closest thing to ‘habitable’ on Mars that has been found so far,” says Roberto Orosei, a planetary scientist at the National Institute for Astrophysics in Bologna, Italy, who also led the 2018 report.
Ali Bramson, a planetary scientist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., agrees “something funky is going on at this location.” But, she says, “there are some limitations to the instrument and the data…. I don’t know if it’s totally a slam dunk yet.”
Orosei and colleagues probed the ice using radar on board the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter. Short bursts of radio waves reflect off the ice, but some penetrate deeper and bounce off the bottom of the ice, sending back a second echo. The brightness and sharpness of that second reflection can reveal details about the underlying terrain.
The possible lake was originally found using radar data collected from May 2012 to December 2015. Now, in data collected from 2010 to 2019, the team once again found regions beneath the ice that are highly reflective and very flat. They say their findings not only confirm earlier hints of a large buried lake but also unearth a handful of smaller ponds encircling the main body of water and separated by strips of dry land.
“On Earth, there would be no debate” that a bright, flat radar reflection would be liquid water, Orosei says. These same analysis techniques have been used closer to home to map subglacial lakes in Antarctica and Greenland.
While much about these putative ponds remains unknown, one thing is certain: This new report is bound to spark controversy. “The community is very polarized,” says Isaac Smith, a planetary scientist with the Planetary Science Institute who is based in Ontario, Canada. “I’m in the camp that leans towards believing it,” he adds. “They’ve done their homework.”
One question centers on how water could stay liquid. “There’s no way to get liquid water warm enough even with throwing in a bunch of salts,” says planetary scientist Michael Sori, also at Purdue.
In 2019, he and Bramson calculated that the ice temperature — about –70° Celsius — is too cold even for salts to melt. They argue some local source of geothermal heat is needed, such as a magma chamber beneath the surface, to maintain a lake. That in turn has led to other questions about whether contemporary Mars could supply the necessary heat.
Smith — as well as the paper’s authors — thinks this isn’t a problem. As recently as 50,000 years ago, Smith says, the Martian south pole was warmer because the planet’s tilt (and hence its seasons) is constantly changing. Warmer temperatures could have propagated through the ice to create pockets of salty liquid. Alternatively, the ponds may have been there before the ice cap formed. Either way, at very high salt concentrations, once water has melted, it’s hard to get it to freeze again. “The melting temperature is different than the freezing temperature,” he says.
Even so, such liquid may be unlike any that most earthlings are familiar with. “Some supercooled brines at these cold temperatures are still considered liquid but turn into some weird glass,” Bramson says.
Resolving these questions will probably require more than radar. Multiple factors, such as the composition and physical properties of the ice, can alter the fate of the second echo from the bottom of the ice, says Bramson. Seismology, gravity and topography data could go a long way to revealing what lurks beneath the ice.
Whether anything could survive in such water is an open question. “We don’t know exactly what is in this water,” Orosei says. “We don’t know the concentration of salts, which could be deadly to life.” But if life did evolve on Mars, he speculates, “these lakes could have been providing a Noah’s Ark that could have allowed life to survive even in in present conditions.“
Tot die conclusie komt een team van Italiaanse wetenschappers op basis van radargegevens van de Europese ruimtesonde Mars Express in Nature Astronomy.
De ontdekking van het meer werd twee jaar geleden al bekendgemaakt. Sindsdien hebben de wetenschappers hun zoekgebied met een paar honderd kilometer uitgebreid. Dat heeft onder meer bewijs opgeleverd dat het ondergrondse zoutmeer dertig kilometer groot is en anderhalve kilometer onder de ijskorst ligt.
Daarnaast zijn nu drie kleinere watermassa’s rond het meer ontdekt. Deze intrigrerende ‘vijvers’ hebben afmetingen van een paar kilometer en staan los van het zoutmeer.
Radiogolven
Bij het onderzoek gebruikte het team onder leiding van Sebastian Emanuel Lauro van de Roma Tre-universiteit een radarmethode die vergelijkbaar is met hoe op aarde ondergrondse meren in het Antarctische en Canadese Noordpoolgebied worden opgespoord. Daarbij wordt gekeken hoe radiogolven weerkaatsen aan ondergrondse lagen van verschillende materialen.
Bij elke ontdekking van water op Mars wordt er al snel over gespeculeerd dat er wellicht nog levende organismen op de planeet te vinden zijn. Maar dit zoutmeer en de omringende ‘vijvers’ zijn daar waarschijnlijk niet geschikt voor. Als ze echt uit vloeibaar water bestaan, moet dat water vanwege de ijzige omstandigheden ter plaatse heel zout zijn – te zout voor levende micro-organismen.
Sommige planeetwetenschappers twijfelen er zelfs aan of er überhaupt water onder de ijskap van Mars zit. Het zou er zelfs te koud zijn voor een pekelmeer. Het heldere gebied dat op de radarbeelden te zijn is, zou eventueel wel op het bestaan van een ondergrondse slijklaag kunnen wijzen.
While extragalactic “rogue” planets – not orbiting any star – have been reported before, the new exoplanet is the first to be detected orbiting stars in another galaxy. And not just any galaxy … but M51, the beautiful Whirlpool, 23 million light-years away.
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), where the candidate exoplanet M51-ULS-1b was detected by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We see this galaxy face-on.
Image via NASA/ ESA/ S. Beckwith (STScI)/ the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
In recent decades, astronomers have found over 4,000 exoplanets, or worlds orbiting other stars. They range from small, rocky planets to huge gas giants, but they all have one thing in common. Every exoplanet found orbiting a star has so far resided in our own Milky Way galaxy. That makes sense, since the Milky Way’s own stars are the stars closest to us, cosmically-speaking. But now scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics – led by Rosanne Di Stefano – have used X-ray data to take the giant step across extragalactic space, to find the first evidence for a planet orbiting stars in another galaxy.
The planet, still a candidate at this point, appears to orbit a binary star system – two stars in a mutual orbit – in the glorious Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), a galaxy we see face-on, at a staggering 23 million light-years from Earth.
The extragalactic news was reported in The Physics arXiv Blog by Astronomy.com on September 24, 2020.
A new peer-reviewed paper detailing the discovery was submitted to arXiv on September 18, 2020.
Image of the Whirlpool Galaxy from Chandra. The M51-ULS-1 star system, seen in bright X-rays, is the orange dot in the center of the square.
The planet has been labeled M51-ULS-1b, and is estimated to be slightly smaller than Saturn. It orbits its stars about 10 times the distance from Earth to the sun. It was first detected on September 20, 2012, by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, but went unnoticed in the datasets at the time. It was only later found by Di Stefano and other colleagues.
It’s an exciting finding, but how did astronomers do it, especially when it can be difficult enough just to find planets in our own galaxy?
The answer is that this binary star system is rather unique. One of the two stars in the binary is simply a massive star. But the other one is thought to be a stellar remnant, either a neutron star or a black hole. The massive star is gradually being consumed by the neutron star or black hole companion, either of which would have extreme gravitational pull. The resulting dust releases huge amounts of energy in the form of X-rays, the same electromagnetic radiation used to take images of the inside of a human body or other objects. The amount of X-rays being released is so massive that this binary system is one of the brightest sources of X-rays in the entire Whirlpool Galaxy.
Also, whether the object emitting the X-rays is a neutron star or black hole, it is very small, smaller than a lot of planets. The team calculated that if a Saturn-sized planet orbited it, and transited in front of it from our vantage point – the way many exoplanets are discovered – it would entirely eclipse the object. As seen by Chandra, the transit lasted about three hours.
The extragalactic planet was first detected by the Chandra X-ray Observatory in 2012, but not noticed until much later (artist’s illustration).
Couldn’t the possible planet actually be another star? The researchers say no, since the binary system is too young for other white dwarfs or other stars to have evolved there. What about natural variations in brightness of the neutron star or black hole? Again, the team says this is unlikely, because the different light frequencies in the spectrum all dimmed and then brightened again at the same time, exactly what would be expected of an eclipse by a larger body passing in front:
It is approximately symmetric, and has a shape typical of transits in which the source and transiting object have comparable size.
The researchers now expect that additional planetary candidates will be found soon:
The archives contain enough data to conduct surveys comparable to ours more than ten times over. We therefore anticipate the discovery of more than a dozen additional extragalactic candidate planets in wide orbits.
Since our own galaxy alone is now estimated to contain billions of planets, maybe even more planets than stars, it is reasonable to conclude that other galaxies do as well.
This discovery is tantalizing, but it is not actually the first possible detection of a planet in another galaxy. As reported in EarthSky in February 2018, astronomers at the University of Oklahoma (UO) announced evidence for multiple planets in a galaxy 3.8 billion light-years away, which contains the quasarRX J1131-1231. The main difference with these is that they are free-floating “rogue” planets not orbiting any stars, and the evidence for them is less direct, using a quasar microlensing technique where the gravity from the quasar acts as a natural magnifying glass. The quasar magnifies the light coming from its galaxy, making it easier to detect distant features.
Rosanne Di Stefano at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who led the discovery team.
That discovery was also made using Chandra. Using microlensing models at OU’s supercomputing center, the researchers calculated there could be as many as 2,000 rogue exoplanets in that galaxy, ranging from the mass of the moon to the mass of Jupiter.
Millions or more rogue planets like these are also now thought to exist in our own galaxy, but whether they were ejected from their original planetary systems or just formed where they are isn’t known yet.
M51-ULS-1b, however, would be the first “regular” planet discovered in a nearby galaxy, one that orbits a star. That bodes well for the prospect of many more being found in the years ahead. If our galaxy, the Whirlpool Galaxy and others are filled with planets, then how many worlds might there be in the universe? It’s a mind-bending thought, especially when it was first believed there were about 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe, but more recent studies say there are at least 10 times that many, or 2 trillion galaxies. Wow.
Bottom line: Astronomers used X-ray data to make the first discovery of an an exoplanet – labeled M51-ULS-1b – orbiting a star in another galaxy. The planet appears to orbit in a double-star system in the Whirlpool galaxy (M51), 23 million light-years away.
Just in time for Halloween season, the year 2020 has one more trick up its sleeve: “zombie storms.”
As their eerie name suggests, according to the National Weather Service, the rare weather phenomenon occurs when strong tropical climates cause storms to come back from the dead.
Dead Rising
That’s essentially what happened to Hurricane Paulette. The storm landed in Bermuda weeks ago as a Category 1 storm, intensified to a Category 2, and then lost speed.
Then last week, Paulette joined the living dead by strengthening into a tropical storm once more, according to the National Hurricane Center. She made yet another reappearance about 300 miles off the Azores islands.
Hostile Conditions
Meteorologist Brandon Miller told CNN that “conditions can become hostile for a tropical storm to maintain its intensity, but if it doesn’t dissipate completely, it can revive days later when conditions become more favorable.”
He added that “2020 is a good candidate to experience a zombie storm because water temperatures are above average over a bulk of the Atlantic Ocean, and obviously we are seeing a record number of storms — which ups the chances one could regenerate.”
In other words, rather than dying out as they usually do when they hit land or cooler waters, storms are regaining energy from much warmer waters in the Caribbean.
Intensifying conditions caused by climate change might be making such freak occurrences more frequent, especially considering an “extreme amount of heating of the Gulf (of Mexico),” as Donald Wuebbles, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois, told Live Science.
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