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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The purpose of this blog is the creation of an open, international, independent and free forum, where every UFO-researcher can publish the results of his/her research. The languagues, used for this blog, are Dutch, English and French.You can find the articles of a collegue by selecting his category. Each author stays resposable for the continue of his articles. As blogmaster I have the right to refuse an addition or an article, when it attacks other collegues or UFO-groupes.
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
31-01-2022
Antarctica May Be Hiding Hundreds of Thousands of Fallen Meteorites
Antarctica May Be Hiding Hundreds of Thousands of Fallen Meteorites
An artificial intelligence program has estimated that there are hundreds of thousands of meteorites hidden on Antarctica and it has a pretty good idea of where to look for them.
Interestingly, almost two-thirds of all meteorites that have been found our planet came from Antarctica because the cold frozen ground preserves them and makes it is much easier to spot the dark-colored space rocks when surrounded by snow and ice. While many of the meteorites that fall on Antarctica end up in the ocean, a lot of them do end up concentrated on the “blue ice” areas of ice sheet surfaces. The blue ice areas are caused by wind and other factors that make the ice turn an azure color.
And if the meteorites remain on the surface, researchers can reach them during field missions. Almost all of the meteorites recovered from Antarctica have been located on blue ice areas.
The artificial intelligence program studied satellite data of the continent’s surface, as well as thermal, optical, and radar data in order to pinpoint where the undiscovered meteorites were most likely located. The program identified over 600 locations that may contain meteorites – many of which have not yet been explored.
While the program does not have 100% accuracy, it did identify almost 83% of areas in Antarctica that are already known to have meteorites, so it is pretty accurate. And since several of the more than 600 possible meteorite-rich areas are located near research stations, the experts will be able to explore many of those places.
In an interview with Space.com, Veronica Tollenaar, who is a glaciologist at the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, discussed the findings from the artificial intelligence program, “We found some unexplored areas with a great potential to find meteorites,” adding, “By visiting these locations and using new recovery techniques in the field, such as surveys with drones, we are about to enter a new era of Antarctic meteorite recovery missions.”
Furthermore, it is believed that the number of meteorites that have been found so far in Antarctica – over 45,000 of them – make up only 5% to 13% of all space rocks that have landed there as Tollenaar explained, “Our calculations suggest that more than 300,000 meteorites are still present at the surface of the ice sheet.” Their study was published in the journal Science Advances where it can be read in full.
A map showing the newly identified areas to look for meteorites on Antarctica can be seen here.
Collecting a meteorite on the Nansen blue ice area, close to the Belgian Antarctic research station Princess Elisabeth.
(Image credit: Field team of the BELARE 2019-2020 meteorite recovery expedition on the Nansen Ice Field.)
A newly devised "treasure map" to find meteorites in Antarctica, created with the aid of an artificial intelligence program. Also indicates the Antarctic research stations (as listed by COMNAP, https://www.comnap.aq/).
Should we thank our well-behaved Sun for our comfy home on Earth?
Some stars behave poorly. They’re unruly and emit powerful stellar flares that can devastate life on any planets within range of those flares. New research into stellar flares on other stars makes our Sun seem downright quiescent.
NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is a planet hunter. Its primary task is to watch stars for any regular dips in light. Those dips can signal the presence of a planet as it passes between us and the star. TESS is very successful at finding planets.
But TESS does more than identify exoplanet candidates. TESS’s keen-eyed cameras reveal a lot about the stars the planets are orbiting. One of the mission’s objectives is to study about 1,000 M-dwarf (red dwarf) stars closest to us. Red dwarfs are the most plentiful stars in our galaxy, so most exoplanets are probably orbiting red dwarfs. About 75% of the stars in the Milky Way are M-dwarfs and many of them host planets in their habitable zones.
But red dwarfs are complicated stars. On the one hand, they’re the longest-lived stars, so planets orbiting them can count on stable conditions for a long time. That long-lived stability is good for the development of life.
On the other hand, red dwarfs can emit powerful flares. Stellar flares can be hard on planets and can severely limit the possibility of life on planets around red dwarfs.
“Many of these red dwarf stars can emit flares 1,000 times larger than those from the Sun…”
Ward Howard, lead author, U of C Boulder.
This is an artist’s conception of a violent stellar flare erupting on the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, our nearest neighbour. Our Sun seems relatively calm compared to red dwarfs.
Credit: NRAO/S. Dagnello.
This puts planet-hunting in a new light. Planet hunting’s over-arching goal is finding planets in a star’s habitable zone where liquid water could exist on the surface. But our growing knowledge of flaring may make our understanding of habitable zones outdated.
The study is the first large-scale analysis of stellar flaring. It’s based on data collected at 20-second intervals, a rapid cadence for observations. The faster cadence gathers more granular data.
Our Sun emits flares, which can disrupt electronic systems on Earth and in satellites. The Sun is nothing compared to the stars in this study, even though red dwarfs are smaller than the Sun.
“The sun is very well behaved,” lead author Howard said in a press release. “Many of these red dwarf stars can emit flares 1,000 times larger than those from the Sun, and you can only imagine what that might do to a planet or to life on the surface.”
TESS is in its extended mission now. The 20-second observation intervals are more rapid than the two-minute intervals used in TESS’s primary mission. The rapid intervals give astrophysicists a better window into flares. They can watch as flares develop and measure the radiation more accurately. Howard and MacGregor discovered that flares are more complicated than thought, and some can burst multiple times.
“They have all sorts of weird structure in the light curves, which indicates that some of them are bursting multiple times,” co-author MacGregor said.
This figure from the study shows the difference between 20-second intervals and 2-minute intervals. The left panel shows both intervals binned to 2-minute intervals. The right panel shows how the 20-second cadence reveals more detail in the flares. Image Credit: Ward and MacGregor 2022.
“The new 20-second cadence mode reveals significant substructure in large flares that would have been missed at 2 min cadence,” the authors write in their paper. “Higher-cadence observations also remove degeneracy present at 2 min cadence between significantly different flare morphologies,” they say when discussing the above figure.
“We have historically had a very simple picture of stellar activity, where one loop breaks and we have one outburst of energy, and then it slowly dies away, and then we think about the frequency of that,” MacGregor continued. “That’s the model that’s been fed into everything we think about stars and their impact on planets, and it’s clearly just flat-out wrong.”
“It allows us to kind of have a statistical understanding of how often do certain things occur,” Howard said, adding that scientists have never before been able to determine how much radiation reaches planets during the peak of the superflares and how much complexity the flares have.
Astrophysicists describe stellar flares in two phases: the rise phase between the beginning of the flare and peak brightness and the decay phase. “Many large flares exhibit complex substructure during the rise phase,” the authors write, and the 20-second cadence helps reveal the complexity, while the slower cadence doesn’t. “We find 46% of the large flares in our sample exhibit complex structure in the rise phase (201 out of 440 flares), making this a common phenomenon at the 20-second cadence.”
This figure shows the rise phases of ten of the flares in the study—nearly half of the flares show complex substructures during the rise phase. Although exceptions exist, a greater degree of complexity generally correlates with longer rise times. Resolving the complex substructure in the rise phases of large M-dwarf flares is more difficult in lower-cadence observations. Image Credit: Ward and MacGregor 2022.
The study also found other flare morphologies that the authors describe as unusual yet frequently-occurring. One is the peak-bump flare. This type of flare has an initial highly-impulsive peak followed by a less-impulsive second peak. About 17% of the flares exhibit this morphology.
Another unusual type is the flat-top flare. Most flares have a very powerful impulsive peak, but flat-top flares have more constant emission levels at their peak. Previous studies show that these flat-top flares can peak for almost one hour, though the longest-lasting peak in this study was 26 minutes. 24 of the flares in this study—about 5%—are flat-top flares.
This figure from the study shows eight flat-top flares. The 20-second cadence observations helped identify these types of flares. Image Credit: Ward and MacGregor 2022.
Red dwarfs flare differently than our Sun. But the basics are the same. All stars have powerful magnetic fields, and sometimes those fields become entangled. The entanglement spawns powerful bursts of radiation and charged particles. The result is beautiful, looping, solar prominences. Prominences remain anchored to the Sun but extend thousands of kilometres into space.
“Our sun does this, and we can get beautiful images where you see these loops of emission protruding out of the surface of the sun, and then they break and stream out into space,” MacGregor said.
This is a solar eruptive prominence seen in extreme UV light on March 30, 2010, with Earth superimposed for a sense of scale. Credit: NASA/SDO
When a solar prominence breaks free from the Sun, it’s a flare. Most flares are accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CME), masses of solar plasma and magnetic fields. When the Sun emits a CME toward Earth and strikes our planet’s magnetosphere, we get beautiful light shows: the aurorae. We also get geomagnetic storms, and if they’re powerful enough, they can damage electrical grids and satellites. But that’s rare.
“So we see beautiful lovely green lights,” MacGregor said. “What we’re actually observing is the effect of our sun splitting apart molecules in our atmosphere and then the release of energy from that splitting of things like ozone and water.”
Things play out differently on red dwarfs.
Red dwarfs are smaller than stars like our Sun. But they can rotate more rapidly than larger stars, so they can have more powerful magnetic fields. This creates more powerful flares, and sometimes what astrophysicists call superflares. Superflares can be up to 30 times more powerful than our Sun’s flares—maybe even more potent than that.
That much energy can shred a planet’s atmosphere. Most planets orbiting in a red dwarf’s habitable zone are likely tidally locked. This paints an ugly picture for life. One side of a world would be regularly blasted by powerful flares, while the other remained dark. Could life survive there?
Maybe it could. Some evidence shows that red dwarfs emit their flares from higher latitudes and poles. But planets orbit their stars in the ecliptic, which might spare them from the worst effects.
This figure is from a 2021 study showing that red dwarfs emit flares from their polar regions. The black star marks the star’s pole. The red circle shows the flare latitude, and the red dot marks the active flaring. The yellow dashed line marks the maximum typical solar flare latitude. Planets orbiting in these stars’ ecliptics likely escape the worst effects of powerful flares. Image Credit: Ilin et al. 2021.
There are no firm measurements of how much radiation from red dwarf flares would reach any planets around the stars. The authors discuss this in their paper but can’t reach solid conclusions. Scientists work with a survival concept called D90—the UV dose needed to kill 90% of a hardy bacterium called D. Radiodurans. The authors find that “… 1/3 of our 1034 erg flares reach this limit during the 20-second peak epoch.” They also found that none of the flares were powerful enough to kill 100% of D. Radiodurans.
These numbers are preliminary, and there are assumptions behind them. The hypothetical planets subjected to the flares are unmagnetized and have no significant atmospheres. Magnetospheres of differing strengths and different types of atmospheres could strongly affect how much UV radiation from flares would reach a planet’s surface.
Our understanding of red dwarfs and their flaring is in the early stages. This study removes some guessing and conjecture and replaces it with some of our most detailed knowledge of flaring yet.
“It allows us to kind of have a statistical understanding of how often do certain things occur,” Howard said, adding that scientists have never before been able to determine how much radiation reaches planets during the peak of the superflares and how much complexity the flares have.
It doesn’t paint a pretty picture, though.
These results put our own neighbourly Sun in a pretty good light. The Sun’s flares are relatively calm and gentle compared to some powerful bursts from red dwarfs.
Complex life on Earth is only possible because of many variables that turned out just right. It looks like we can add the Sun’s relatively quiescent flaring to the list.
Guys, I made this video back in 2014, but since then I've gone through thousands of Apollo mission photos. My firm conclusion is that the moon landings were 100% faked. The surface of the moon is always smoothed and sandy, when it should be less even and less smooth, more detail on the ground, correct shadows, rather than shadows going opposite directions in the same photo, ect. SCW
I found this photo and was confused at why space didn't look like space, no stars, gasses or anything...nothing like what I see when I look at the live space station cam. The LEM (Lunar Excusion Module) also had perfect lighting which is odd for space. I decided to add a little light to the object to see if I could catch any UFOs in the background near it. However when I did, I found that the LEM had been photoshoped, superimposed upon the solid back background. I'm not sure what to make of this. It could be because NASA wanted that picture perfect moment and faked it, but what do you think?
Black cube-shaped object captured in the clouds over Texas
Black cube-shaped object captured in the clouds over Texas
Amotorist driving on a highway in Texas noticed an object in the sky on which he started to film the strange anomaly.
It is not the first time such a cube-shaped object appears in the sky over Texas, though the question is whether the phenomenon was a UFO or just a tall building, a mirage or a reflection in the window.
Anyway, take a look and decide for yourself what the object could have been.
Flashing UFOs over east coast of Canada – Nova Scotia | January 2022
Flashing UFOs over east coast of Canada – Nova Scotia | January 2022
Flashing lights over Nova Scotia, Canada. Filmed earlier this month.
Witness report:
Dad and I saw these lights flashing back and forth today (enjoy the live commentary). We didn’t notice the other flashing light to the right until watching this video. They continued to flash rapidly until eventually blinking at the same time and fading out to the left. When I slowed the video down I noticed a pattern from left to right – red, white, white, red,… Checked flight radar – no helicopters and only one plane around. I live in a pretty rural area with not a lot of air traffic.
In a major scientific step forward, scientists were able to regrow the amputated leg of a frog. With a mixture of different drugs, scientists in the United States triggered the regrowth of a leg in a species of African clawed frog named Xenopus laevis. This was a very important step forward as they said that it is a “step closer to the goal of regenerative medicine.”
The team of experts, which were based at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute and Tufts University, added a mixture of five drugs to the amputated area of the frog’s leg and left it there for 24 hours. Amazingly, after 18 months, the newly regrown leg was nearly completely functional. In fact, the frog was able to swim in the water and even reacted to being touched. Additionally, several of its toes regrew, but they weren’t webbed.
(Not the frog mentioned in this article.)
Since the limb grew back in months, it may indicate that frogs and possibly other animals have regenerative capabilities that lie dormant but can be awakened with treatments. “I think the way to really achieve regenerative medicine is to exploit the collective intelligence of the body’s cells. They already know how to build all of these organs. They did it during embryonic development. All that information is still there,” explained Mike Levin who is a Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology and director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts. “For me, the goal is to identify triggers, very simple kinds of stimuli, that will kick-start the cells and convince them to build whatever it is that you want them to build.”
James Monaghan, who is an associate professor in the department of biology at Northeastern University, described the results as being “impressive” and “exciting”. “Xenopus frogs are somewhere in between a salamander that regrows a limb nearly perfectly and a mammal that generates a scar after amputation. Adult Xenopus frogs regenerate a spike after amputation, but the spike lacks any pattern like a limb,” he explained, adding, “This study is significant because it shows that patterning, albeit not perfect, can be induced in a limb that typically regenerates only a spike.” (Pictures of the frog’s regrowth process of its leg can be seen here.)
As for what this means for humans regrowing their limbs, Monaghan stated, “An immediate translation of this strategy to humans is unlikely because a regenerative spike does not occur in humans as it does in Xenopus frogs. Yet, this work is exciting because it shows that endogenous regenerative processes can be enhanced by a short application of a drug cocktail.”
(Not the frog mentioned in this article.)
It is, however, an important step forward in scientists hopefully eventually being able to regrow human limbs. “Will we one day be able to regenerate a human digit or even a limb? Probably, but how long we need to wait is impossible to predict,” noted Ashley Seifert who is an associate professor of biology at the University of Kentucky who studies animal regeneration but wasn’t involved with the study.
(Note: UFO in picture above is not the one in this article.)
An interesting yet puzzling triangular UFO video appeared this week from Pakistan – interesting because it appeared to be triangular, puzzling because the witness claimed it remained nearly motionless for hours before it became too dark to see it. In this highly militarized country, was the witness looking at some sort of new aerial weapon, an unidentifiable drone, an extraterrestrial craft or something else?
Will we ever be able to see clear videos and photos of triangle UFOs?
“I saw this when I was landing my drone, it hovered for over 2 hours at this spot when eventually it got dark and I couldn’t see it anymore.”
The video was attributed to Arslan Warraich and first posted by The Hidden Underbelly 2.0 YouTube channel. (Watch it here.) According to the narrator, the sighting occurred on January 25, 2022. The witness stated his own drone was out of charge or he would have sent it aloft for better footage. (Had he known he was going to be there watching this UFFO for two hours, he might have had the opportunity.) Although he is allegedly an experienced drone operator, he seems amazed, impressed and frustrated by certain aspects of what he was recording.
“It did move but very slowly, never left the area, saw until the sky went completely dark. It had no lights nor was it reflecting the sunlight much.”
“This is unbelievable.”
“it’s just sitting there, not doing anything. I want it to do something, like whiz by or something.”
While the witness states (as does the headline) that this is a “black triangular shaped UFO,” it doesn’t look or behave like the typical triangular UFOs most often seen – moving in various directions and speeds, and with three visible lights. Those are most often thought to be secret tests of the alleged TR-3A Black Manta surveillance aircraft said to e a black project of the US Air Force. What Arslan Warraich said he recorded looks and acts nothing like that.
So … what is the UFO in the video?
Being stationary for two hours usually indicates a balloon, which this could be since it had no lights and was not reflecting any (although it seemed to be an overcast evening). Those same characteristics could eliminate a drone – conventional public drones generally can’t stay aloft that long and are bound by the PCAA in Pakistan to stay under 400 feet. Those rules do not apply to police or military surveillance drones – and the political situation in Pakistan would make this option highly likely … except the witness didn’t think so. Finally, it’s odd this witness watched for two hours without notifying anyone else. Also, searches don’t find any other similar reports of a triangular black UFO over Islamabad on this date.
Aliens?
Probably not. This one has the needle of the UFO Explanation Meter in the “Strange drone” quadrant near the “Strange balloon” section for now. As always, it’s great that more people are recoding UFOs and feeling comfortable in reporting them to paranormal sites. It would be greater if there were more official investigative and data collection sites available.
Now I get alot of people asking me about the cover photo at the top of my website. They seem to believe it's fake, but it's an actual screenshot from a NASA photo I found many years ago. So I want to show you again for those new viewers to my site.
When looking over the Apollo 15 panoramic images, I came across a photo that has a mothership in it. Its not a cloud. Clouds do not exist on the moon. So I enlarged the photo and saw that not only was it a ship, it looked a lot like the Star Ship Voyager from Star Trek.
Now this Ship sits inside the edge of Waterman Crater, very close to Tsiolkovskiy crater. Tsiolkovskiy crater is 185 km across long ways and about 160 across the short ways. Waterman is unknown. 15 of these ships would fit across the Tsiolkovskiy crater the short ways, therefore the mothership is just under 10.6 km in length.
This face was found by me today when I was looking at some recent astronomy photos taken by astronomer Edar Ivan. Sometimes the most amazing discoveries are left undiscovered...right in front of our own noses. This photo unknowingly contains a giant alien face in the nebula. To see it on its website, go there, pull the photo off and onto your desktop, then rotate the photo right two times...because the face is upside. Now...can you see it? You know an alien species has hit the top of evolution when they have the power to manipulate and shape entire nebulas!
The face is of an extraordinarily ancient species, 8-14 billion years old, because only an ancient species has the ability to manipulate a nebula this way. Since astronomers say the universe is 14.5 billion years old...we have a max age to work with. And since Earth is 4.5 billion, we know humans are not nearly capable of such things. So we have a below minimum age...Thus my estimate of a species that started living on a planet 8-14 billion years ago
White UFO "Orb" Sighted During Flight From Atlanta, Georgia To New York's LaGuardia Airport.
This was filmed somewhere over Southern New Jersey on January 26, 2022.
The witness stated the following: "I filmed an orb flying outside the plane I was on. I was heading back to NY LGA from Atlanta and saw this out the window. I have to say that at the beginning of the trip I asked for something to show up. It was a sunny day, clear sky and I was in the mood. I don't know if this is why this showed up but I would say its a nice coincidence. I have to say though, that I am starting to feel that these are not coincidences. " He went on to add. " I tracked the flight info and found that at 4:04 the plane as just east of Philadelphia over southern NJ. I was looking out the east side of the plane. Also, quite interesting, At the end when the orb is moving away, I could barely see it with my eyes because it was so small. The jitter in the video is me touching the screen to focus. At the instance I touched the screen the orb shoots away. It's almost as if it was aware that I was watching it and got spooked with my focus action. So, it's not the orb that was effecting the video, it was me doing the focus thing and I might have affected the orb." The witness used his iPhone 12 max to filmed this object...
This footage was emailed to me.. Thanks to Tom for sending this to me and allowing the use of your footage.
Black Triangular Shaped UFO Spotted Hovering Over Islamabad In Pakistan. January 25, 2022
The witness stated the following:
"I saw this when I was landing my drone, it hovered for over 2 hours at this spot when eventually it got dark and I couldn’t see it anymore." When asked if he had seen it move or leave he replied "It did move but very slowly, never left the area, saw until the sky went completely dark. It had no lights nor was it reflecting the sunlight much."
He added "This was around hours before the sunset, Saw this from my roof top."
When asked about the drone he had, this was his reply "I was landing my drone when I saw it, unfortunately had no juice in it or else I could’ve taken some epic footage!!" Indeed, that would have been some great footage...
Thanks to Arslan Warraich for allowing me the use of this footage and to view the original, unedited footage:
15% of humans have a rare bloodtype known as Rh negative. See what experts have to say about a possible link to extraterrestrial modification of humans in this collection of scenes from “The Prototypes.”
Everyone’s favorite spoon-bender (or least favorite or only one you know – he answers to all of them) has definitely decided it’s time to move towards becoming everyone’s favorite (or least … you get the idea) UFO and space alien whistleblower. Just one month after warning the world that ETs are already secretly here and are preparing to finally reveal themselves, he now claims a different group of “superior” beings are behind signals from a newly discovered mysterious neutron star and he’s warning NASA they’re on their way. Did someone at the space agency actually take his call?
Has he run out of spoons?
“A team mapping radio waves in the universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour and it’s unlike anything astronomers have seen before.”
Like any good magician (and even some bad ones), well-known psychic, illusionist, spoon-bender and TV personality Uri Geller opens with a bit of truth to lull us into a believing place. The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) just announced the discovery of a mysterious object 4,0000 light years away that is sending a periodic, low frequency but massive radio pulse every 18.18 min that astronomers worldwide are describing as “unlike anything” they have ever seen before. The researchers who found it think it could be a neutron star or a white dwarf with a highly unusual ultra-powerful magnetic field – a magnetar — but Uri called on NASA to set them straight.
“No doubt in my mind that this is connected to alien intelligence way way superior than ours. Start deciphering their messages! They are preparing us for a mass landing soon! #nasa #hoova #spectra #spectra #aliens.’’
That’s “way way superior” – Geller was obviously trying to convey in his own way-way a sense of urgency to people with PhDs in rocket science, astrophysics and subjects other than spoon-bending. How does he know these superior ETs are “preparing for a mass landing soon”? Hey, a good magician (and most bad magicians) never tell their secrets and Geller is obviously one of those. As always, he’s trying to squeeze the last drops out of his 15 minutes of fame and CIA connections which he earned participating in government parapsychology experiments in 1973 – nearly 50 years ago! Isn’t there a statute of limitations on these things?
“My dear friends …”
Uri apparently hopes that politeness counts when warning NASA of impending doom by invading extraterrestrials. It seems odd that only Uri could decipher these signals as messages when all of the scientists at NASA pegged them as radio blasts from a magnetar. Perhaps Uri misunderstood the study and thought they were looking for not a magnetar but a magna-STAR … which he obviously considers himself to be.
Then again … any story about Uri Geller brings out enough who believe what he says that he manages to maintain some modicum of relevance. If only he actually got a response from NASA …
Mysterious object just 4,000 light years away from Earth releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour – and is unlike anything astronomers have seen before
Mysterious object just 4,000 light years away from Earth releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour – and is unlike anything astronomers have seen before
Mysterious object unlike anything ever seen in space discovered by astronomers
'Spooky' item was observed releasing a giant burst of energy three times an hour
For one minute in every 20 the discovery is one of brightest objects in night sky
Object may be a neutron star or a white dwarf with ultra-powerful magnetic field
A mysterious object that is just 4,000 light years away from Earth is unlike anything ever seen before in space, astronomers have said.
They think it could be a neutron star or a white dwarf – collapsed cores of stars – with an ultra-powerful magnetic field, also known as a magnetar.
As it spins through the cosmos, the 'spooky' object sends out a beam of radiation, and for one minute in every 20 it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
Observations show it releasing a giant burst of energy three times an hour.
'Spooky': A mysterious object that is just 4,000 light years away from Earth is unlike anything ever seen before in space, astronomers have said. Pictured is an artist's impression of what the object might look like if it's a magnetar, which is an incredibly magnetic neutron star
WHAT ARE NEUTRON STARS?
Neutron stars are the collapsed, burnt-out cores of dead stars.
When large stars reach the end of their lives, their core will collapse, blowing off the outer layers of the star.
This leaves an extremely dense object known as a neutron star, which squashes more mass than is contained in the sun into the size of a city.
A neutron star typically would have a mass that's perhaps half-a-million times the mass of the Earth, but they're only about 20 kilometres (12 miles) across.
A handful of material from this star would weigh as much as Mount Everest.
They are very hot, perhaps a million degrees, highly radioactive, and have incredibly intense magnetic fields.
This makes them arguably the most hostile environments in the Universe today, according to Professor Patrick Sutton, head of Cardiff University's gravitational physics department.
The dense objects, in particular their cores, are key to our understanding of the universe's heavy elements.
The mysterious object that has just been discovered could also be a magnetar, which is an incredibly magnetic neutron star.
Astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, from the Curtin University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Australia, led the team that made the discovery.
Her team was mapping radio waves in the universe when they came across the potential 'magnetar'.
She said: 'This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations.
'That was completely unexpected. It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there's nothing known in the sky that does that.
'And it's really quite close to us — about 4,000 light years away. It's in our galactic backyard.'
Dr Hurley-Walker added that the observations match a predicted astrophysical object called an 'ultra-long period magnetar'.
'It's a type of slowly spinning neutron star that has been predicted to exist theoretically,' she said.
'But nobody expected to directly detect one like this, because we didn't expect them to be so bright.
'Somehow it's converting magnetic energy to radio waves much more effectively than anything we've seen before.'
Curtin University Honours student Tyrone O'Doherty discovered the object using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope in outback Western Australia.
He said: 'It's exciting that the source I identified last year has turned out to be such a peculiar object.
'The MWA's wide field of view and extreme sensitivity are perfect for surveying the entire sky and detecting the unexpected.'
Objects that turn on and off in the universe are not new, and astronomers call them transients, with some appearing over the course of a few days and disappearing after a few months, and others flashing on and off within milliseconds or seconds.
However, ICRAR-Curtin astrophysicist and co-author Dr Gemma Anderson said finding something that turned on for just a minute made the new discovery unusual.
This image shows the Milky Way as viewed from Earth. The star icon shows the position of the mysterious object astronomers have discovered
Curtin University Honours student Tyrone O'Doherty discovered the object using the Murchison Widefield Array telescope (pictured) in outback Western Australia
She explained that the mysterious object was incredibly bright and smaller than the sun, emitting the kind of radio waves that suggested it had an extremely strong magnetic field.
Dr Anderson added that 'when studying transients, you're watching the death of a massive star or the activity of the remnants it leaves behind.'
The researchers are now monitoring the object to see if it switches back on, and plan to search for ore of these unusual objects in the vast archives of the MWA.
'If it does, there are telescopes across the Southern Hemisphere and even in orbit that can point straight to it,' Dr Hurley-Walker said.
'More detections will tell astronomers whether this was a rare one-off event or a vast new population we'd never noticed before.'
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a joint project between Australia and South Africa, will be the world’s largest radio telescope.
More sensitive than any current radio telescope, it will enable scientists to study the universe in more detail than ever before.
The telescope will be located in South Africa and Australia, with the international headquarters located at Jodrell Bank, in the UK.
Nearly 200 mid-frequency dishes (including the existing MeerKAT facility which was officially launched in July 2018) will be located in the Karoo region of South Africa.
Artist's impression of the 3-mile (5km) diameter central core of Square Kilometre Array (SKA) antennas
Around 130,000 low-frequency antennas will be located in Western Australia.
Both sites are far from sources of radio frequency interference which will allow for very sensitive measurements to be undertaken.
The SKA will be made up of 2 instruments, SKA-mid (the dishes) and SKA-low (the antennas).
The signals from the dishes will be transported via optical fibre to a central computer where they will be combined using a technique called interferometry.
Similarly the signal from all of the antennas will also be combined and converted to scientific data that astronomers will use to study the universe.
Will humans be able to grow lost limbs back? Scientists regrow a frog's lost leg using a five-drug cocktail - and want to test the technique on mammals next
Will humans be able to grow lost limbs back? Scientists regrow a frog's lost leg using a five-drug cocktail - and want to test the technique on mammals next
Scientists performed growth experiments on African clawed frogs missing limbs
They used a five-drug cocktail applied in a silicone wearable attached to wounds
Over the course of 18 months, frogs had 'almost fully functional' limbs restored
Method marks a milestone in the ultimate goal of limb regeneration for humans
Scientists have regrown missing frog legs using a five-drug cocktail – and they aim to test their technique on mammals next.
On adult frogs, which are naturally unable to regenerate limbs, the team triggered leg regrowth using the drugs, applied in a silicone wearable attached to wounds.
Over the course of 18 months, the frogs had 'almost fully functional' limbs restored, including boneless toes, which they used to help them swim.
The US academics hope their method could bring the field a step closer to the goal of limb regeneration for humans.
Currently, regaining function through natural regeneration is out of reach for millions of patients who have lost limbs, either due to trauma, diabetes or other reasons.
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Scientists have regrown missing frog legs using a five-drug cocktail – and they aim to test their technique on mammals next. Pictured: an African clawed frog in the process of regenerating its lost right rear leg
On adult frogs, which are naturally unable to regenerate limbs, the US team were able to trigger leg regrowth usingthe five-drug cocktail applied in a silicone wearable called a BioDome (pictured)
Over the course of 18 months, the frogs had 'almost fully functional' limbs restored, including boneless toes, which they used to help them swim
The work has been conducted by experts at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts and Harvard University's Wyss Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.
'It's exciting to see that the drugs we selected were helping to create an almost complete limb,' said study author Nirosha Murugan, research affiliate at the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University.
'The fact that it required only a brief exposure to the drugs to set in motion a months-long regeneration process suggests that frogs and perhaps other animals may have dormant regenerative capabilities that can be triggered into action.'
The team performed their 'regenerative process' on African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) that were missing limbs.
Frog wounds were enclosed in a silicone cap, called a BioDome, containing a silk protein gel loaded with the five-drug cocktail.
The dome sealed in the solution over the stump for just 24 hours, setting in motion an 18-month period of regrowth to restore a functional leg.
Researchers performed their experiments on the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) . On adult frogs, which are naturally unable to regenerate limbs, the team were able to trigger regrowth of a lost leg using a five-drug cocktail applied in a silicone wearable bioreactor dome that seals in the elixir over the stump for just 24 hours. That brief treatment sets in motion an 18-month period of regrowth that restores a functional leg
HOW THE BIODOME WORKS
Animals naturally capable of regeneration live mostly in an aquatic environment.
The first stage of growth after loss of a limb is the formation of a mass of stem cells at the end of the stump called a blastema, which is used to gradually reconstruct the lost body part.
The wound is rapidly covered by skin cells within the first 24 hours after the injury, protecting the reconstructing tissue underneath.
'Mammals and other regenerating animals will usually have their injuries exposed to air or making contact with the ground, and they can take days to weeks to close up with scar tissue,' said David Kaplan at Tufts University.
'Using the BioDome cap in the first 24 hours helps mimic an amniotic-like environment which, along with the right drugs, allows the rebuilding process to proceed without the interference of scar tissue.'
Animals naturally capable of regeneration live mostly in water, so the BioDome helps mimic this amniotic-like environment for limb rebuilding to happen without the interference of scar tissue.
Each drug in the 'cocktail' fulfilled a different purpose, including tamping down inflammation, inhibiting the production of collagen which would lead to scarring, and encouraging the new growth of nerve fibres, blood vessels and muscle.
The new limbs had a natural limb's bone structure, a richer complement of internal tissues (including neurons) and several 'toes' that grew from the end of the limb, although these were without the support of underlying bone.
The regrown limb moved and responded to stimuli such as a touch, and the frogs were able to make use of it for swimming through water, moving much like a normal frog would.
Many creatures have the capability of full regeneration of at least some limbs, including salamanders, starfish, crabs and lizards.
Flatworms can even be cut up into pieces, with each piece reconstructing an entire organism.
Humans are capable of closing wounds with new tissue growth, and our livers have a remarkable, almost flatworm-like capability of regenerating to full size after a 50 per cent loss.
But loss of a large and structurally complex limb – an arm or leg – cannot be restored by any natural process of regeneration in humans or mammals.
The new limbs had a natural limb's bone structure, a richer complement of internal tissues (including neurons) and several 'toes' that grew from the end of the limb, although these were without the support of underlying bone. Pictured: one of the frogs begins to regenerate
Using the BioDome cap (pictured) in the first 24 hours helps mimic an amniotic-like environment
Instead, our bodies cover major injuries with an featureless mass of scar tissue, protecting it from further blood loss and infection and preventing further growth.
Previous work by the Tufts team showed a significant degree of limb growth triggered by a single drug, progesterone, with the BioDome.
However, the resulting limb grew as a spike and was far from the more normally shaped, functional limb achieved in the current study.
The team want to now regrow frog limbs that are even more functionally complete – with normal digits, webbing and more detailed skeletal and muscular features – before moving to mammals.
'It's exciting to see that the drugs we selected were helping to create an almost complete limb,' said study author Nirosha Murugan, research affiliate at the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University. Pictured: touch tests were used to assess the feeling in the frogs' new legs
HUMANS HAVE THE 'UNTAPPED' ABILITY TO REGENERATE BODY PARTS JUST LIKE SALAMANDERS, SCIENTISTS CLAIM
Like salamanders, humans have an 'untapped' ability to regenerate parts of their body such as a lost limb, according to researchers.
The axolotl, a Mexican salamander all but extinct in the wild, is a 'champion of regeneration' able to recreate almost any body part, including the brain.
Studying this unusual amphibian helped experts from MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, to conclude humans have an 'untapped' ability to regenerate.
They focused on understanding why the axolotl doesn't form a scar - or, why it doesn't respond to injury in the same way that the mouse and other mammals do.
They found that immune cells called macrophages promoted the growth of tissue cells in the salamander, but produced scarring in the mouse.
Those who take the view that the UFO phenomenon has no reality to it should take a look at some, hard-to-deny, cases involving military pilots. And, guess what? That’s the theme of today’s article: reports of UFOs by expertise pilots. We’ll begin with a 1973 military helicopter incident. One of the most notable UFO encounters ever recorded occurred shortly after 11:00 p.m. on October 18, 1973. That the prime witnesses were serving members of the U.S. Army Reserve only added to the credibility of the report. Having departed from Port Columbus, Ohio, their UH-1H helicopter was headed for its home base at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Aboard were Captain Lawrence J. Coyne; Sergeant John Healey, the flight-medic; First Lieutenant Arrigo Jezzi, a chemical engineer; and a computer technician, Sergeant Robert Yanacsek. All seemed normal as the crew climbed into the air and kept the helicopter at a steady 2,500 feet altitude. But approximately ten miles from Mansfield, they noticed a “single red light” to the west that was moving slowly in a southerly direction. Initially they thought the object might be an F-100 aircraft operating out of Mansfield. Nevertheless, Coyne advised Yanacsek to “keep an eye on it.”
These were wise words, as suddenly the unidentified light changed its course and began to head directly for them. Captain Coyne immediately swung into action, putting the helicopter into an emergency descent, dropping 500 feet per minute. Equally alarming was the fact that radio contact with Mansfield Tower could no longer be established, and both UHF and VHF frequencies were utterly dead, too. When it seemed that a fatal collision was all but imminent, the red light came to a halt, hovering menacingly in front of the helicopter and its startled crew. At that close proximity to the object, Captain Coyne and his team were able to determine that this was no mere light in the sky. Coyne, Healey, and Yanacsek agreed that the object before them was a large, gray-colored, cigar-shaped vehicle, which they described as being somewhat “domed,” and with “a suggestion of windows.”
(Nick Redfern)
They could now see that the red light was coming from the bow section of the object. Then without warning, a green “pyramid shaped” shaft of light emanated from the object, passed over the nose of the helicopter, swung up through the windshield, and entered the tinted, upper window panels. Suddenly the interior of the helicopter was bathed in an eerie green light. A handful of seconds later the object shot off toward Lake Erie. But the danger was still not over. To the crew’s concern, the altimeter showed an altitude of 3,500 feet and a climbing ascent of 1,000 feet per minute, even though the stick was still geared for descent. The helicopter reached a height of 3,800 feet before Captain Coyne was able to safely and finally regain control of the helicopter. Shortly thereafter, all radio frequencies returned to normal and Coyne proceeded on to Cleveland Hopkins Airport without further problems. Moving on…
One of the more interesting UFO-themed documents – that demonstrates post-Project Blue Book, 1969 interest in the UFO puzzle – focuses on those strange Flying Triangle-type UFOs, specifically over Belgium in the 1989-1990 time-frame. The story originates with the U.S. Department of Defense and is titled “Belgium and the UFO Issue.” Circulated widely among the U.S. Intelligence community, it reveals the following: “Numerous UFO sightings have been made in Belgium since Nov 89. The credibility of some individuals making the reports is good…Investigation by BAF [Belgian Air Force] continues.” In a January 1997 interview, Nick Pope told me of this affair: “I approached the Belgians to get a comparison after their sightings. I phoned the Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Brussels and he spoke to one of the F-16 pilots who had been scrambled to intercept a Flying Triangle over Belgium back in 1990. Well, the Air Attaché reported back to me that the corporate view of the Belgian Defense Staff was that they did believe that they were dealing with a solid, structured craft. Apparently, the word from the Belgians was: ‘Thank God it was friendly.’ If it hadn’t been, it was made clear to me that there was very little that the Belgian Air Force could have done anyway – despite the fact that the F-16 is no slouch.”
(Nick Redfern)
The late U.K. UFO researcher, Omar Fowler, with a model of one of the “Flying Triangles”
Now, let’s have a look at the U.K. and its pilots and UFOs. 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, 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.”
One of the most fascinating of all UFO pilot-based 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. The reports can still be found in the U.K.’s National Archive.
(Nick Redfern)
The National Archives, where the U.K. Ministry of Defense’s pilot-based UFO reports are held.
If you see Black Hawk helicopters streaking across the night sky over your state chasing a vaguely unidentifiable flying object, what would you think? Welcome to Durham, Connecticut, where a security camera filmed just such an event recently and the debate over what exactly happened is loud and somewhat inconclusive.
“Raw Security Camera Footage of the 2 Blackhawks escorting a tic tac glowing orb UFO. Recorded 6:45pm Thursday Jan 20, 2022.”
The video (watch it here) was first uploaded on January 23, 2022, on the YouTube channel AlienScientist with the above explanation. No other details were provided, leaving the 24-second video open for speculation. A number of commenters saw this as not two but three Black Hawks in some kind of military operation. While Connecticut does have military bases, any Black Hawks helicopters would most likely be coming from Sikorsky Aircraft (owned by Lockheed) – makers of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks and other military helicopters.
UH-60 Black Hawk
One commenter claiming to be a “Blackhawk instructor pilot” said it was “just 3 birds doing a NVG formation flight using standard SOP lighting for a multi ship flight.” That would be a night-vision-goggle” formation using “standing operating procedure” lighting. However, it seems strange – and dangerous – for the lead craft to be flying with no lights. That made most commenters lean heavily towards the “three helicopters” diagnosis … but that didn’t stop others from seeing a UFO chase.
“2 Blackhawks chasing a UFO in Durham CT 1/20/22”
One would think that the members of Reddit’s UFO subreddit f/UFOs would give the poster the benefit of the doubt, but many commenters surprisingly went right to the “three helicopters” conclusion as well. A number of commenters there point out that one can see a searchlight on the ground under the three crafts and a tiny dot of light on the lead one, suggesting it’s a chopper.
Of course, that didn’t stop The Daily Star from calling the unidentified aerial phenomena a “tic-tac UFO” – thus activating Internet scanners around the globe hoping the tic-tac UFOs are back to distract everyone from the latest bad news everywhere. Using the same video and lack of any additional information as everyone else, the Star and The Sun and other media sources went down the tic-tac rabbit hole.
“According to multiple flight trackers it was two Sikorsky UH-60M Blackhawk’s Registration numbers 20-21105 and 20-21106, We were tracking them on 8kun as we always do. They took of at Long Island MacArthur Airport at 6:16pm and flew in a zig-zag pattern over to Westover Air Reserve Base(I don’t think they landed but I’m not 100%). then flew around Mt Tom State Reservation and Skinner State Park mountain’s then flew straight back to Long Island MacArthur Airport.”
That would be a drop-the-mic analysis of readily available public evidence by a YouTube commenter except for one thing – the video sure looks like THREE flying objects … especially at the end when each one goes into a cloud.
It’s so much easier to identify close-up in the daylight.
So, what did this security camera record? Without any other information, questionable tracking data and no substantiated on-the-ground witnesses, the needle is on the ‘three helicopters with one doing something weird in a military operation’ side. It’s these types of second-hand sightings — security cam footage with no human witnesses – that make UFO analysis so difficult and frustrating. It’s why the Pentagon is sticking with pilot and radar sightings that are easier to verify … although obviously still difficult to diagnose.
At least the good folks of Durham can rest easier tonight. Or can they?
Imagine a place where all matter is squeezed in so tight that nothing at all can escape. Planets, moons even light in fact nothing at all! The gravitational force is so large that anything coming even remotely close to it is sucked in, this, in essence, defines a black hole. But how did they come to be? Check out these 7 facts below about these amazing objects.
1. X-ray astronomy discovered the very first black hole.
The very first black hole ever discovered named Cygnus X-1 was discovered way back in the 1960s, but it wasn’t actually identified as a black hole for at least another decade. NASA state that Cygnus X-1 is around 10 times bigger than our sun, a nearby giant star which is around 20 times bigger than our sun is bleeding due to the massive X-ray emission coming from the black hole.
2. What does a black hole look like?
A black hole is ‘black’ meaning no light can escape from it, this means it is impossible to see or sense a black hole using any of our instruments. The key (according to NASA), to actually see a black hole is to study the effects it has on its environment. Passing stars are ripped to shreds by the black hole due to the massive pull on them, when this happens the matter from the star gets brighter and hotter, glowing in X-rays.
3. How big is a black hole?
NASA says that there are at least three types of black hole ranging from ‘relative squeakers’ to black holes that dominate an entire galaxy. The smallest black holes are called Primordial ranging from the size of 1 atom to the size of a mountain, the most common black holes are Stellar black holes and can be up to 20 times the size of our sun – there are dozens of them in the Milky Way. Supermassive Black Holes are the really big ones at the centres of galaxies, more than 1 million times bigger than the sun.
4. The Milky Way has a black hole!
Are we in any danger you ask right? Well no, astronomers have confirmed we are ok you will be pleased to read, although our Milky Way almost definitely has a supermassive black hole in its centre. Don’t panic we are nowhere near this although we can see its effects from where we are.
5. How does a black hole form?
When our sun eventually dies it will go quietly, as the nuclear fuel burns away the sun will slowly fade into a white star, however that is not the case for bigger stars. When the massive stars run out of fuel gravity will overwhelm the star and it will loose its stable shape, this is called a supernova. The core that remains after the supernova collapses is called a singularity, which is basically a spot of infinite density with next to no volume… a black hole!
6. What is inside a black hole?
Imagine if a person fell into a black hole, while another person watches. From the watchers perspective, the person who fell into the black hole time goes much slower, or as Einstein put it time is affected by how fast you go. A black hole warps time and space on such a level that for anything inside it time is much slower from the outside, while from the perspective of inside time seems normal. Did you get that?
7. Science Fiction uses black holes all the time
Many, many films feature black holes. You must have seen most of them right? Interstellar features a journey through a black hole, Event Horizon explores black holes and the phenomenon that they create and of course, Star Trek features them heavily.
8. Black Holes Distort Time and Space Around Them
If you happened to fly near a black hole, its extreme gravitational pull would increasingly slow down time and warp space. You'd be tugged ever closer, gradually joining an accretion disk of orbiting space material (stars, gases, dust, planets) spiraling inward toward the event horizon or "point of no return." Once you crossed this boundary, gravity would overcome all chances of escape and you'd be super-stretched, or "spaghettified" as you plunged toward the singularity at the black hole's center — an inconceivably small point with a monstrous mass where gravity and density theoretically approach infinity and space-time curves infinitely. In other words, you'd be gobbled up and annihilated in a place that utterly defies the laws of physics as we understand them.
Take a simulated journey
9. Black Holes Come in Miniature, Middling and Mammoth Sizes
Middling-sized stellar-mass black holes are the most common type. They form when a massive dying star, or supernova, explodes and the remaining core collapses from the weight of its own gravity. Eventually, it compresses into a tiny, infinitely dense singularity that forms the center. In truth, then, black holes aren't really holes, but points of highly compacted matter with outsized gravitational footprints. Stellar-mass black holes typically weigh about 10 times more than our sun, though scientists have discovered a few that are significantly larger.
Supermassive black holes are the biggest in the universe, some with masses billions of times that of our sun. Scientists don't fully understand how they form, but these enormous celestial mind-bogglers may have appeared shortly after the Big Bang and are believed to exist at the center of every galaxy, even the tiniest ones. Our own Milky Way galaxy spirals around Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A*), which contains the mass of about 4 million suns.
Researchers have also recently discovered stealth black holes that appear to devour material and gases at a slower rate, meaning fewer X-rays are emitted so they're harder to detect. Astronomers also believe there are tiny primordial black holes formed in the seconds after the Big Bang. These mini-mysteries have yet to be observed, but the smallest may be more minuscule than an atom (but with the mass of an asteroid), and the universe may be swarming with them.
Supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (center) lies at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. This image, taken with NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory space telescope, shows light echoes (circled) from a recent X-ray outburst.
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10. There Are Too Many Black Holes to Count
The Milky Way galaxy alone is thought to harbor between 10 million to one billion stellar-mass black holes, plus supermassive Sgr A* at its heart. With 100 billion galaxies out there, each with millions of stellar-mass black holes and a core supermassive monster (not to mention other types being discovered), it's like trying to count grains of sand.
11. Black Holes Devour Things — and Regularly Spit Them Out
Rest-assured, black holes don't roam the universe like hungry predators, stalking planets and other space prey for dinner. Rather, these heavenly beasts feast on material that orbits too close, like this unfortunate star that scientists have watched being swallowed for the last decade (the longest black-hole meal ever recorded). The good news is that Earth isn't on a collision course with any known black holes.
But just because we're unlikely to be slurped down, doesn't mean we shouldn't worry. That's because Sgr A* (and presumably other supermassive behemoths) occasionally fling out planet-sized "spitballs" that could someday do us in.
How do spitballs escape a black hole's clutches? They're actually made of matter that slips from the accretion disk before passing the point of no return and coalesces into chunks. In the case of Sgr A*, these hefty pieces are spewed into our galaxy at up to 20 million miles per hour. Here's hoping one never zooms too close to our solar system.
12. Supermassive Black Holes Also Give Birth to Stars and Determine How Many Stars a Galaxy Gets
In the same way that planet-sized fragments are expelled from the accretion disk, a recent discovery shows that behemoth black holes occasionally unloose enough material to form whole new stars. Even more remarkable, some even land in deep space, well beyond their galaxy of origin.
And a 2018 study in the journal Nature suggests that supermassive black holes not only create new stars, they control how many stars a galaxy gets by directly impacting how quickly the process of star formation turns off. Star formation, perhaps strangely, stops more quickly in galaxies with smaller — in a manner of speaking — black holes at the center.
Learn more about black-hole star formation
13. It's Possible to Stare Into the Abyss
The new Event Horizon Telescope — powered by nine of the world's highest-resolution telescopes — recently took first-time photos of the event horizons surrounding two black holes. One is our own Sgr A* and the other is a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, 53 million light-years away. The image of the latter, now dubbed Powehi, astonished astronomers in April 2019, but the photo session also raised new interest in ongoing questions about what black holes look like and the mind-warping laws of physics that drive them.
14. Yet Another Black Hole Head-Scratcher
Astronomers in South Africa recently stumbled upon a region of distant space where supermassive black holes in several galaxies are aligned in the same direction. That is, their gas emissions all jet out as though they were synchronized by design. Current theories can't explain how black holes up to 300 million light-years apart appear to be acting in concert. In fact, the only way it's possible, say researchers, is if these black holes are spinning in the same direction — something that may have occurred during galaxy formation in the early universe.
Famous Black Holes
Cygnus X-1:a stellar-mass black hole and x-ray source that lies some 6,500 light-years away. It is a binary system that contains a blue supergiant variable star and the x-ray source thought to be the black hole.
Sagittarius A*: the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. It lies in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. This black hole contains the mass of about 4 million suns.
M87: this elliptical galaxy has a 3.5 billion solar-mass black hole at its heart. The black hole is surrounded by a disk of superheated material and has a jet of superheated material streaming away from the black hole that extends across 5,000 light-years from the galaxy’s core.
Centaurus A: this galaxy, which lies in the direction of the constellation Centaurus, is a giant spiral galaxy with an incredibly active nucleus. It contains a 55 million solar-mass black hole at its heart, with two jets of material that stream away from the galaxy at about half the speed of light across a million light-years of space.
3 UFOs over Ithaca, New York Seen Very Close Up! Video, Jan 26, 2022
3 UFOs over Ithaca, New York Seen Very Close Up! Video, Jan 26, 2022
Date of sighting: January 26, 2022 Location of sighting: Ithaca, New York, USA Source:MUFON
Watch this amazing video as several glowing objects are seen crossing the sky over NewYork this week. The objects are following each other and moving silently. Glowing powerfully, they are easy to make out in the darkness of night. Many alien craft want to be seen. Some say its the aliens way of easing humanity into knowing that they exist, little by little in order to not create panic.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I went sledding with some friends at 11:00 pm on Thursday January 26th at Ithaca College and about midway through at ~11:18 we witnessed three orbs come into view. At first we saw one moving light, and I knew it wasn’t a plane or satellite as it was moving pretty erratically. I initially thought it was a planet as I like to watch the night sky but as the moment unfolded I realized it was a UFO. Out of no where two more orange orbs came into view and stayed for approx. two minutes, the craft that showed up first (on the bottom) disappeared from view in an instant but the two that came afterward stayed a bit. They then proceeded to vanish around two minutes after they appeared.
I was really astounded by the experience. I’ll share the google drive video I have with anyone, I was not 100% sober so the full recording is a bit shaky. The last two orbs hung around the constellation Cassiopeia for the two minutes.
Look carefully and you will see some faces hidden among the Mars hillside. One face is like that of a lion made atop a rectangle entrance to a structure. It's a sphinx similar to that found in Giza, Egypt. The other face is nearby the first, built into the hill itself. The fact that there are two ancient faces so close in the same Mars photo is proof it's more than coincidence. These structures are 100% proof that an ancient alien species once existed on Mars and they had a high enough intelligence to make likenesses of themselves caved in stone, so they would not be forgotten...even thousands of years later.
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The Most Credible UFO Case From United Kingdom: It Happened In British Channel
The Most Credible UFO Case From United Kingdom: It Happened In British Channel
It’s difficult to say which UFO sighting is more credible. The world has witnessed incredible UFO footage and photographs in recent years. In 2007, one of the most under-reported yet significant sightings occurred over the British Channel Island of Alderney.
On April 23, 2007, two airline pilots witnessed a mystery mile-wide object hovering off the coast of Alderney. Captain Ray Bowyer (then 50) of British airline Aurigny was flying a robust turboprop airplane with 5 people on board. It was a short journey of 80 miles (130 kilometers) from Southampton, England to Alderney.
Captain Bowyer saw a “bright-yellow-light with a green area” 10 miles west of Alderney during a 40-minute flight at around 3 p.m. When he saw the light, he was only 30 miles away from the island and sailing at 4000 feet. He initially assumed it was a reflection of sunshine from a Guernsey glasshouse.
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On November 11, 2007, Ray Bowyer spoke to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. about his sighting.
(Photo courtesy of James Fox)
Captain Bowyer thought it odd that the plane remained immobile as it approached the brilliant light. He took out his binoculars for a closer look and was taken aback when he saw a massive, wide object. A cigar-shaped object with pointed ends was radiating bright yellow light, according to him. A dark grey band ran roughly one-third of the way down the right side, covering it.
“I assumed it was around ten miles distant, but it turned out to be about 40 miles away. “At first, I mistook it for a Boeing 737,” he explained. Captain Bowyer stated that the UFO was below the plane at a height of 2000 feet. He lowered the plane’s nose slightly to give the passengers a better view of the object.
Captain Bowyer was already in a dangerous situation. His mind split into two directions: closer to the object or away from it. He found the thing to be palpable, theeforre he opted to pass because he needed to protect the passengers. “I’m not implying that it was something out of this world. All I’m saying is that in all my years of flying, I’ve never seen anything like it,” he continued.
Meanwhile, he inquired about aviation traffic in the vicinity of the Jersey Air Traffic Control Centre. According to Paul Kelly, the on-duty air traffic controller, there were no other planes flying that route. However, something was identified around seven miles west of Alderney by radar. As a result of this information, Captain Bowyer was able to estimate the size of the object, which was estimated to be roughly a mile long.
The oddness didn’t stop there. Captain Bowyer encountered a second UFO after a few minutes, which was identical to the first but appeared to be smaller and further away. Both objects were discovered at a height of 2,000 feet. Surprisingly, while on route to Jersey, another Blue Islands airline pilot verified a similar sighting. The second pilot noticed the item while flying south of Sark Island at a height of 3,500 feet, according to Kelly.
The sighting lasted 15 minutes, according to Captain Bowyer, and he intended to explore it further, but he landed at Alderney to ensure the safety of his passengers.
On April 23, 2007, Captain Ray Bowyer flew a similar aircraft, as depicted in this illustration.
The bizarre UFO sighting was also corroborated by two visitors who stayed in a hotel at Sark during that time, according to BBC radio. They went out for an afternoon walk when they noticed weird things in the sky heading towards Alderney.
The item appeared on the radar for 55 minutes, according to reports from Captain Bowyer, the Blue Islands pilot, and Jersey Airport Radar Control, and a gradual movement was also detected. A similar UFO activity had been observed above the Alderney coast just a few weeks before the Alderney UFO event. However, the possibility of a UFO was ruled out by referring to it as an atmospheric occurrence.
The Alderney event caused quite a stir in the media. Guernsey Press initially reported this story on April 28. Meanwhile, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) started looking into the matter.
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On Oct. 16, 1957, Ray Bowyer witnessed a similar UFO near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico, which was documented by a US government employee.
Captain Bowyer disclosed on prime time television that he had been collaborating with Sheffield Hallam University’s Dr. David Clarke to discover more about his sighting. Miss Ella Louise Fortune, a Welfare Nurse at Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation at Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico, photographed an object that looked like a UFO on October 16, 1957, according to Bowyer.
Several theories have been proposed to refute the UFO theory, including the sun dog effect and most likely military aircraft. Troy Queripel, a Flybe airline pilot, speculated that it could have been military secret testing of new equipment. Captain Bowyer, on the other hand, refuted all of these claims. He assured that the objects were not created by aircraft or natural phenomena. In his 20 years of flying, he had never seen anything like that.
The Ministry of Defense ended its investigation into the Channels sighting after a month because there was no threat to the UK’s national defense. They came to the conclusion that the incident occurred over French airspace. The case has yet to be solved.
If it involves aliens, you can bet this podcast host will discuss it. For this list, we’ll be looking at times the host of the Joe Rogan Experience and his guests talked about extraterrestrial life. Our countdown includes Former CIA Agent Mike Baker on UFOs, Neil deGrasse Tyson on Stephen Hawking’s Warning, Christopher Mellon on UFOs, and more! What are your thoughts on aliens? Let us know in the comments!
MILITARY DESPERATELY TRYING TO RECOVER $100 MILLION STEALTH JET FROM BOTTOM OF OCEAN
MILITARY DESPERATELY TRYING TO RECOVER $100 MILLION STEALTH JET FROM BOTTOM OF OCEAN
WHOOPS.
LOCKHEED MARTIN/FUTURISM
$100 Million Rescue
Think you had a bad day at work? Just remember there’s a US Navy pilot out there who crashed a multimillion dollar jet — causing it to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
The US military is frantically searching for a $100 million F-35C fighter jet in the South China Sea after its pilot crashed into the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier while attempting to land, The Associated Press reports.
And that’s not exactly surprising, given the fact that the F-35, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, is the most expensive weapons system ever built, with an estimated lifetime cost of $1.6 trillion.
Luckily, the pilot was able to hit the eject button and safely yeet himself away from the crash.
His jet, however, ended up sinking.
“The US Navy is making recovery operations arrangements for the F-35C aircraft involved in the mishap aboard USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea,” LT Nicholas Lingo said in a statement seen by The Independent.
Race Against Russia
The F-35C Lightning II jet reportedly carried advanced radar and stealth tech, which makes it a pretty big target for US adversaries. It’s now up to the US military to make sure countries such as Russia and China don’t beat them to it.
However, we still don’t know if other countries — most notably China, given the proximity — are actually looking for it. Lingo added in the statement that the military could not “speculate on what the People’s Republic of China intentions are on this matter.”
The jet is designated as a NATO Joint Strike Fighter. That means Moscow would likely love to get its hands on it, considering the saber rattling it’s doing against NATO forces outside of Ukraine. So the US may also be hoping to get there before Putin snatches it up.
In the wake of their documentary special Scream: The True Story, the discovery+ series “Shock Docs” is back with a brand new upcoming episode looking at the real Fire in the Sky.
Based on Travis Walton’s book, The Walton Experience, the 1993 movie Fire in the Sky follows a community shaken by the sudden disappearance of a local logger. He reappears 5 days later, seriously disturbed and with bizarre claims he’s been abducted by aliens. The “Shock Docs” special “Alien Abduction: Travis Walton” examines the real-life Fire in the Sky.
Here’s everything you need to know about both new specials, with trailers below…
“The U.S. government has confirmed the existence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAPs) – aka UFOs- and is currently establishing a new commission to study these incidents in a more serious and open manner. While the government reports do not confirm or debunk the existence of alien life, it has reignited worldwide interest in the existence of extraterrestrials and sets the perfect stage to take a look back at two of the most well-documented alleged UFO abduction cases in history. In two all-new ShockDocs, discovery+ presents the real stories, recounted by the eyewitnesses and victims themselves, and supported by exclusive audio and hypnosis tapes, of the most fascinating and frightening close encounters ever to be reported.
“With new forensic technologies not available in the 60s and 70s, and access to the remarkably preserved physical evidence from these two cases, investigators re-examine the key pieces of evidence to see if they can prove that humans have had physical contact with extraterrestrials. The ShockDocs reveal new discoveries in both of these cases. In the Walton case, which took place in Arizona in 1975, unique tree ring growth may prove where the UFO was hovering and separately, the program uncovers details behind the man who led a complex plot to debunk Travis’s story. In the Hill case, which took place in New Hampshire in 1961, UFO expert Ben Hansen and his team run DNA testing on Betty Hill’s dress and corroborated parts of Betty’s examination story.”
“Even after decades, these are still active cases,” said Hansen. “We’ve been following up on leads and field research in the last few years that have uncovered incredible discoveries. As the world is hearing official confirmation of the existence of UAPs that may be of extraterrestrial origin, we now have to ask the next question: how up close and personal are these visits? And, no matter the agenda of these visitors, the vivid and dramatic details of the encounters in these historic cases should make everyone pause and wonder what might be coming.”
ALIEN ABDUCTION: BETTY AND BARNEY HILL
In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill are driving home to New Hampshire from a honeymoon trip when they make a shocking discovery and come face to face with a UFO. When they cannot shake the feeling that something more happened, the Hills undergo regressive hypnosis. Here they recall a terrifying ordeal of being abducted and experimented on by extraterrestrial beings aboard their UFO.
When their story is leaked to the press, Betty and Barney Hill receive global attention as the world’s first widely-reported alien abductees. They become pop culture figures through a best-selling book, magazine excerpts, and numerous media appearances. Decades later, in an intimate first-person interview their niece, Kathleen Marden, walks us through her lifelong mission to expose the truth behind the Betty and Barney Hill alien abduction. She has revisited their story by searching through documents, witness testimony and physical evidence to find the truth.
ALIEN ABDUCTION: TRAVIS WALTON
On November 5, 1975, a seven-person logging crew drives home after a long workday in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest when they suddenly encounter a UFO. One of the men, 22-year-old Travis Walton, gets out of the truck to investigate. His crewmates are horrified when they witness a bolt of blue light flash from the alien ship that knocks Travis to the forest floor.
Fearing Travis dead, the crewmates flee back to town and call the Sheriff. When a search of the area turns up no sign of Travis, puzzling questions arise. Was Travis truly abducted by aliens? Or did his coworkers murder Travis or have something to do with his disappearance and concoct the UFO story to cover their tracks?
The six crewmen pass polygraph examinations, but rumors persist. The Walton story becomes an international media sensation and pushes the residents of rural Snowflake, Arizona to the brink. Years later, the film Fire in the Sky brings awareness of the story to a whole new group of UFO investigators. They uncover physical evidence that may prove alien visitation of planet earth.
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AWESOME PHOTO SHOWS JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE IN DEEP SPACE HOME
AWESOME PHOTO SHOWS JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE IN DEEP SPACE HOME
IT'S AMAZING.
NASA
Parking Spot
Breathe easy, fellow space nerds.
The much-anticipated James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is unfurled and parked in its final orbit, roughly one million miles away from Earth.
While we’ll likely never see it up close and personal ever again, a remotely-controlled telescope has provided us with one of the first images of the Webb in orbit — showing the JWST as a distant dot that’s virtually indistinguishable amongst the stars and galaxies in the image.
Check out the photo for yourself below:
Credit: Virtual Telescope Project
Robot Astronomer
The stunning image itself was captured by a 17-inch telescope dubbed “Elena.” It’s managed by the Virtual Telescope Project 2.0, which provides astronomers access to two remotely-controlled robotic telescopes in Rome, Italy.
The photo was snapped just as the Webb arrived at its final destination at the Lagrange Point 2 (L2) — and if that’s not enough for you, they were able to cobble together a short video of it moving through the inky blackness of space.
Webb’s Future
NASA initially estimated that the Webb had enough fuel for a roughly 10 year mission. During that time, scientists hope that it’ll provide us with the most detailed — and hopefully revealing — images of deep space we’ve ever seen.
However, some experts believe it’ll be able to work for a lot longer than that.
“You’ve heard numbers around 20 years. We think that’s probably a good ballpark,” Keith Parrish, the JWST observatory commissioning manager at NASA, said in a press teleconference attended by SpaceNews after the Webb reached L2 on Monday. “This is capping off just a remarkable 30 days.”
So hopefully, we’ll have plenty more images of — and from — the Webb for a long time to come.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover continues to send back new information about the Red Planet on a frequent basis. The latest discovery brings news of an interesting carbon signature that we didn’t expect to see on Mars. Following analyzations of rock samples returned by the rover, NASA announced that several of the samples are rich in a carbon type that we see on Earth, too. The signature, NASA claims, is most often associated with biological processes, which could give more credence to the possibility of life on Mars.
NASA Curiosity Rover samples bring more intriguing news
Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Of course, like many previous samples recovered from the Red Planet, these new ones continue to raise new questions. It’s worth noting that the existence of the carbon type on Mars isn’t necessarily proof of ancient life. A new study says that the signature could be proof of ancient life. However, it could also just be the result of an interaction between carbon dioxide and ultraviolet light. Additionally, it could be the remnants of carbon left behind after a major cosmic event that happened millions of years ago.
With so many possibilities, the samples continue to give NASA and other scientists plenty to think about. “We’re finding things on Mars that are tantalizing interesting,” Paul Mahaffy, a former Curiosity investigator stated in an announcement on NASA’s website. “But we really need more evidence to say we’ve identified life.”
Mahaffy also noted that the team behind Curiosity is looking at other possibilities behind the carbon signatures they discovered in the Curiosity Rover samples. The scientists published their study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year. The authors break down their hypotheses as well as more information about the findings.
Letting go of Earth bias
Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech
It’s very easy to look at the data from these samples and to say that we’ve found proof of life. However, the reality of the situation isn’t that simple.
“The hardest thing is letting go of Earth and letting go of that bias that we have and really trying to get into the fundamentals of the chemistry, physics, and environmental processes on Mars” Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, an astrobiologist with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, wrote in the announcement.
Eigenbrode says that we have to really open our minds and think outside the box. Once we do that, we can start to truly decode the data that we’re discovering on Mars. If we don’t do that we could end up misinterpreting the data that the Curiosity Rover samples have provided. This could jeopardize any missions to the Red Planet in the future.
According to a new study that focused on numerous Martian craters, it is believed that the Red Planet has beenhit steadily with asteroids for at least the last 600 million years.
A team of scientists came up with this time frame based on the analysis of crater formations around the planet. They used a crater detection algorithm system to study 521 impact craters that all had a diameter that was more than 12 miles (19.3 kilometers). Interestingly, just 49 of those craters appeared in the last 600 million years; however, they were formed at a very steady rate. This information disputes previous work that indicated asteroid impacts were not consistent and happened in “spikes” throughout the last 600 million years that were caused by massive asteroids that broke up in space and sent many smaller chunks onto the planet.
In a statement, Anthony Lagain, who is a research fellow and planetary scientist at Australia’s Curtin University, went into further details, “When big bodies smash into each other, they break into pieces or debris, which is thought to have an effect on the creation of impact craters,” adding, “Our study shows it is unlikely that debris resulted in any changes to the formation of impact craters on planetary surfaces.”
Furthermore, the “Ordovician spike” that happened approximately 470 million years ago may have been “[crater] preservation bias rather than a real increase in the asteroid impact flux,” the authors noted. Their study was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters where it can be read in full.
A picture of one of the Martian craters can be seen here.
This new algorithm may even help scientists in studying lunar craters in greater detail as explained by Professor Gretchen Benedix, “The formation of thousands of lunar craters can now be dated automatically, and their formation frequency analysed at a higher resolution to investigate their evolution.”
It was previously reported that about 800 million years ago, the moon and Earth were hit with a gigantic meteor shower that sent between 40 and 50 trillion metric tons of meteoroids onto our planet. Researchers were able to calculate this by studying 59 lunar craters that measured at least 12 miles in width, thanks to data collected by the Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya.
It was later revealed that between 3.5 and 2.5 billion years ago when Earth was very young, it suffered a pretty steady bombardment of enormous asteroids about the size of a city with some of them even being as massive as a province. These giant impacts occurred about every 15 million years.
I guess Mars wasn’t the only planet that suffered a consistent pounding of asteroids.
An interesting encounter between a U.S. military pilot and a UFO over Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 2018 surface this week thanks to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by The Drive, and the cache received included FAA documents, a video of the UFO and an audio of the conversation between the Air Force pilot, who was flying a small private plane at the time, and the FAA. (See and hear them here.) An even more interesting comment on the YouTube video made a connection between the UFO and a famous group of aliens connected to New Jersey – the Biaviians. Let’s check out both – starting with the pilot’s account.
Atlantic City
The Drive does its usual excellent job of dissecting the FOIA package. The unidentified pilot was flying a Diamond DA40 light aircraft at more than 2,000 feet above Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 16th, 2018, when he saw the UFO and had a passenger in the plane who recorded it. He at first thought it was balloons, but changed his mind when the object climbed along with him, mirroring his actions. He didn’t think it was a drone – although the object had a “strange v-shaped antenna and a payload hanging off the bottom” that could have been a camera. The pilot himself used the term “unidentified flying object” and commented on how the object outmaneuvered his private plane. In response, the air traffic controller said this:
“You’re kind of rattled, aren’t you? You’re not the first, just so you know.”
The Drive notes that FAA records show several other UAS (unmanned aerial system), including one a few months before this one. That observation seems to connect the dots to a dot from the YouTube audio recording of the FAA conversation – the ‘dot’ being this comment:
“It’s the Biavians. Riley Martin has reported extensively of these sightings at the Jersey Shore over the years. He has witnessed them first hand. Unfortunately everyone thought he was a kook when he talked about them. R.I.P. Riley.”
Those who follow UFO contactees may remember Riley Lee Martin, who claimed he was abducted at the age of 7 in 1953. From Arkansas, he said he was taken by two aliens to their mothership near Saturn. He said he was abducted again at 18 and that time the aliens placed a headset on him and downloaded 144,000 different symbols, the history of humanity, alien insights, and more. Riley referred to these aliens as the Biaviians (from the planet Biaveh of the Taurus constellation — drawing here) and his primary contact and friend as O-Qua Tangin Wann or just Tan. He told his stories on both mainstream and paranormal shows like The Howard Stern Show (where Riley was part of the Wack Pack) , Coast to Coast AM, The Jerry Springer Show and his own The Riley Martin Show.
Can a drone outperform a private plane or was it an alien spacecraft?
Back at The Drive, they speculate this craft could have been a highly unusual drone, pointing to the fact that the FAA seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time documenting it. It’s getting harder for that organization to track airspace violations by drones that are being built in garages by private citizens.
Drones or Biaviian spaceships? If only Riley Martin were here to set us straight.
Recent studies of ancient ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica revealed that there was a massive solar storm approximately 9,200 years ago. The study, which was conducted by a research team that was led by Lund University in Sweden, showed that the mysterious solar storm happened during a time when the sun was actually rather quiet.
One of the long ice cores examined in the new study.
(Image credit: Raimund Muscheler)
This new information baffled experts as solar storms are thought to occur when our sun is most active during its sunspot cycle. However, the fact that a massive storm happened during a quiet solar time put that theory into question.
The discovery was made when experts studied drill cores, looking for rising amounts of radioactive isotopes beryllium-10 and chlorine-36 which are present in sediment and ice from when our planet is hit with high-energy cosmic particles. Raimund Muscheler, who is a geology researcher at Lund University, stated, “This is time consuming and expensive analytical work. Therefore, we were pleasantly surprised when we found such a peak, indicating a hitherto unknown giant solar storm in connection with low solar activity.”
To put this significant event into better perspective, if a solar storm of that magnitude were to occur in modern times, the effects on our planet today would be drastic. It would cause power outages, numerous communication systems would go down, and there would be radiation damage to our satellites.
“These enormous storms are currently not sufficiently included in risk assessments. It is of the utmost importance to analyze what these events could mean for today’s technology and how we can protect ourselves,” Muscheler noted.
While this was a massive solar storm that occurred almost 10,000 years ago, it isn’t the only large storm that has been discovered and reported. Back in 2019, it was revealed that a huge solar storm hit our planet about 2,600 years ago and was around ten times stronger than any in modern times.
There have been several documented massive solar storms that have hit Earth in the past, such as the Carrington Event that happened in 1859. If an event that like that were to happen today, power outages could last weeks, months, or even years. An even stronger storm occurred around 660 BC based on the discovery of radioactive atoms that were found in ice from Greenland. Another strong one happened sometime between 993 and 994 AD, while the strongest known solar eruption to have ever occurred was between 774 and 775 AD.
Let’s hope that massive solar storms like the ones I just mentioned don’t happen any time soon.
A massive solar flare (or coronal mass ejection) erupts out of the sun in 2017.
NASA is Already Designing Hardware for a Mars Sample Return Mission
NASA is Already Designing Hardware for a Mars Sample Return Mission
Testing is key to the success of any space mission, and the more complex the mission, the more testing is required to complete it successfully. The Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission is one of the most ambitious missions ever undertaken. It started with the Perseverance rover, which is currently exploring Jezero crater while occasionally stopping to fill sample bottles with interesting material. But the more impressive engineering feat is what happens next. NASA plans to launch a combination lander, rover, and ascent rocket that will land on the Martian surface, pick up the sample containers Perseverance has left behind, sterilize them, launch them back into space, and then return them to Earth.
That’s enough new achievements to make any engineer nervous, and when engineers get nervous, they tend to test things. In the case of MSR, the testing has already started. There are two main steps that the testing is currently focusing on: the landing and the beginning of the rocket ascent.
NASA video detailing the testing its engineers are doing on the MSR mission. Credit – NASA-JPL YouTube Channel
Taking enough equipment and fuel to launch a rocket of another planet for the time requires a lot of weight, so MSR will be the heaviest object landed on Mars. Various techniques for that difficult landing have been used over the years, but MSR will use the tried-and-true method of retro rockets for its final landing descent.
Unfortunately, there are plenty of problems that can happen when touching down, including rocks in the way, soft sand, or a strange landing angle. NASA engineers working on the lander have designed it with legs that can handle many of those hazards, but they need to be thoroughly tested before being deployed. Testing is currently ongoing by dropping a 1/3 scale model of the lander at various angles onto various types of ground.
Artist’s conception of the MSR mission rocket taking off from the surface of the red planet. Credit – NASA / JPL-Caltech
Utilizing high-speed cameras, they track how the lander the various drops it is subjected to and update computer models to reflect what happened in their testbed. The more unique test scenarios they can capture in the lab, the more likely the lander will have experienced it before. As testing progresses, it will eventually scale up to a full-size lander system to see how the real thing would respond.
The lander’s landing position is critical because it will have to launch a rocket up into the air. Early in the mission design, the team decided that it would be better to throw the rocket up in the air. That rocket, known as the Mars Ascent Vehicle, will take the samples back to orbit, eventually transferring to Earth via another rocket system sitting in orbit around Mars.
The MSR lander tosses a mock rocket into the air, which is then suspended by a crane. This toss will be critical to the success of MSR’s mission, as it will allow the samples to be returned back to an orbiter, and thence to Earth. Credit – NASA / JPL-Caltech
Testing for that ejection mechanism is also ongoing, with engineers at JPL throwing a 400 kg (881 lb) fake rocket 3.3 meters (11 ft) up in the air at an angle. To do this, the lander utilizes a piston system, but on Earth, it also gets help from a crane designed to mimic Martian gravity by offloading more than half the rocket’s weight. The crane is also conveniently placed to entirely suspend the rocket at the end of the test so that it doesn’t fall back down, crushing the test lander.
Even still, testing the Vertically Ejected Controlled Tip-off Release (VECTOR) system is dangerous, and everyone performing the testing does so from outside the building. Data collected from the tests will help compensate for different potential landing orientations of the lander itself and the modeling of the stressors the lander itself must be designed to withstand during the rocket’s ascent.
Typically these tests are performed in stages, which is also the case for most of MSR’s tests. In addition to eventually testing a fully sized lander, engineers will attempt to throw a larger rocket even further into the air later this year. There’s still a long way to go before the most complex Martian mission ever untaken is completed, but the process has already started.
The US Navy admitted to a F-35 crash while attempting to land on a US Navy aircraft carrier last week. The black box transponder has a ten day life and the Navy says that it's a race now to recover the jet before the Chinese do. It has the newest, hi tech devices in it, things highly classified and still top secret. Then...the US Navy announces it across all news media agencies around the world! Wait...they did what? Yeah...that gave it away right there. They wanted the news agencies to scream out the news so that China would go and recover the jet...thus satisfying China temporarily with the fake crash of the craft, which by the way...just happens to be 99.99% intact minus the cockpit pilot chair and canopy. Coincidence? I think not.
Do you remember back in April of 2001, when a US Navy EP-3E Aries II spy plane on routine surveillance mission over South China, was intercepted by several China fighter jets and was told to land in China or be shot down? So they flew to China...with the most high tech spy plane the US had and handed them the keys saying its yours, but we want it back in a few months...China gave it back...in boxes since they took everything apart and copied, every single item before eventually returning...most, minus software, computer chips, memory storage and so on. That was strange...like it was a gift all wrapped up for China to open. Not even a protest from the pilots before landing in China. Thats not normal for a US military pilot. I'm a USAF vet and I worked on may B-1 bombers and I can tell you, pilots are cocky and ready for a fight win or lose. They want it. They don't give in that easy in the US military unless ordered to do so.
So the US is making it look like its an accident to keep Taiwan safe from China since there must be a secret agreement with payment of aircraft every twenty years or so. But mostly its made to look like an accident to keep the US public out of it...keep the public in the dark so there is no protests, activist, anger over the who thing.
I totally get why the US is doing this, and honestly appreciate it since I'm living in Taiwan now, but...it does concern me...and makes me wonder...how many other secrets are US presidents giving away to the communists?
UFO Creates Cloud Around It Over Corpus Christi, Texas, Video, January 20, 2022
UFO Creates Cloud Around It Over Corpus Christi, Texas, Video, January 20, 2022
Date of sighting: January 20, 2022
Location of sighting: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Source: MUFON
Watch as this UFO appears in the sky during sunset and it realizes it has been seen and it quickly creates a puffy small white cloud around it. The cloud soon glows pinkish because of the sunset, but the UFO was seen creating it so we know it still exists within. This is 100% proof that UFOs do create UFOs to hide within.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
For context I first thought this was a cloud but after watching it for several minutes it kept growing and got really bright. After this large bright spot appeared it quickly disappeared. No other clouds were in the sky and the sun was already going down. No airplane incidents were reported on the news either. Very weird and I’m hoping someone can explain! I did not see the moon behind it, the sun was setting to my right and I do not know where the moon was. Stopped recording so I could phone a friend to determine if they could see it. I had called a friend to see if they had noticed it. He said he could find it in the sky but he lives about 20~ miles in a different direction. Girlfriend saw it though so I know I’m not crazy lol. It pretty much went away quickly after this video was shot. We didn’t see any scheduled launches. This direction is towards south padre though. There is a Naval Air Base in this direction as well but I didn’t see any planes in the sky.
UFO Over Mountains of Arizona! Video, January 22nd 2022
UFO Over Mountains of Arizona! Video, January 22nd 2022
Date of sighting: January 22, 2022
Location of sighting: Arizona, USA
A white UFO was seen over Arizona this week. The object appears to be a white thick disk and is tilted at a 45 degree angle. Bob Lazar who once worked inside Area 51 at a top secret location called Area S4 once said, that UFOs often tilt when moving. He said the tilting allows the UFO to move along the sky like a slide and tilting creates a different angle of propulsion force allowing it to do so. This UFO is a great example of that. You can easily see its tilted as it changes locations over the mountains.
Astronomers witnessed something incredibly strange in space that is “unlike anything” they have ever seen before. According to information provided by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), a team of experts who were mapping the universe’s radio waves noticed an incredibly odd space object that was emitting massive bursts of energy three times every hour.
As the object was spinning in space, a radiation beam was ejected from it which scientists were able to observe. The beam could be seen for one full minute and occurred every twenty minutes. Incredibly, it was one of the brightest radio sources ever witnessed in space.
In the release, astrophysicist and team leader Natasha Hurley-Walker went into further details, “This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations, that was completely unexpected. It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there is nothing known in the sky that does that,” adding, “And it’s really quite close to us – about 4,000 light-years away. It’s in our galactic backyard.”
Space is a mysterious place.
Scientists have previously documented space objects that “turn on and off” (these are called “transients”). They can occur at different frequencies as slow transients can happen for a few days and disappear within a few months (supernovas do this), while fast transients are extremely quick – some lasting just seconds or even milliseconds (pulsars do this).
However, the space object that was seen turning on for one minute had never been witnessed before. Since it is exceptionally bright, smaller than our sun, and sends out blasts of high-polarized radio waves, it is believed that the object contains a strong magnetic field. As for what it is, experts think that it may possibly be either a neutron star or a white dwarf.
Hurley-Walker went on to say that it could be a previously hypothesized space object known as an “ultra-long period magnetar”. “It’s a type of slowly spinning neutron star that has been predicted to exist theoretically.” “But nobody expected to directly detect one like this because we didn’t expect them to be so bright.” “Somehow it’s converting magnetic energy to radio waves much more effectively than anything we’ve seen before.”
Is it a magnetar?
While it remains a mystery, researchers are keeping a close eye on the object in case it decides to briefly turn back on. And if it does, they will be able to see it with numerous telescopes, such as the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope in Western Australia. “If it does, there are telescopes across the Southern Hemisphere and even in orbit that can point straight to it,” said Hurley-Walker. The research has been published in the journal Naturewhere it can be read in full.
Images showing where the mysterious object is located in space can be viewed here.
This image shows the Milky Way as viewed from Earth. The star icon shows the position of the mysterious repeating transient. Credit: Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker
(ICRAR/Curtin).
This image shows a new view of the Milky Way from the Murchison Widefield Array, with the lowest frequencies in red, middle frequencies in green, and the highest frequencies in blue. The star icon shows the position of the mysterious repeating transient.
Credit: Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (ICRAR/Curtin) and the GLEAM Team.
The new radio is transient in the sky, as it would have been seen at the MWA during the night in March 2018, when it was active. The source is shown with a large white star marker, but would be invisible to the naked eye. Image source: Stellarium
The location of the source in the sky in January 2022, marked with a large white star marker. At this time of year, it is above the horizon during the day.
Image source: Stellarium
Magnetar An artist’s impression of what the object might look like if it’s a magnetar. Magnetars are incredibly magnetic neutron stars, some of which sometimes produce radio emission. Known magnetars rotate every few seconds, but theoretically, “ultra-long period magnetars” could rotate much more slowly.
The turbulent heart of the Milky Way contains nearly 1,000 inexplicable magnetic filaments — ten times more than previously thought, a new image has revealed.
The strange strands, some of which stretch up to 150 light-years across, were first discovered by astronomers at Northwestern University back in the early 1980s.
Observations using radio waves have shown the filaments to be highly organised, appearing in pairs and clusters, with some evenly spaced out like strings on a harp.
The team believe that filaments are comprised of cosmic ray electrons gyrating the magnetic field at close to the speed of light, but their origins remain a mystery.
However, the identification of more of the strings, the researchers said, will now enable broad statistical studies that might allow them to unravel this puzzle.
The team have already ruled out supernovae as the source of the filaments, and suspect they may have been created by our galaxy's supermassive black hole.
The turbulent heart of the Milky Way contains nearly 1,000 inexplicable magnetic filaments — ten times more than previously thought, a new image (pictured) has revealed
A mosaic image of the heart of the Milky Way. The filaments can be seen as vertical slashes throughout
Observations using radio waves have shown the filaments to be highly organised, appearing in pairs and clusters, with some evenly spaced out like strings on a harp
THE FILAMENTS MAY HAVE THEIR ORIGINS IN THE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE AT THE HEART OF THE GALAXY
The new data gathered by the MeerKAT telescope has allowed Professor Yusef-Zadeh and his colleagues to better study the filament's magnetic fields, alongside the role that cosmic rays play in illuminating them.
They found that the radiation emitted from the filaments is very different to that seen from supernova remnants.
This suggests that the two phenomena have different origins.
The team think that the filaments may have been formed as a result of the past activity of the supermassive black hole that lurks at the centre of the Milky Way — rather than from the coordinated bursts of supernovae.
In addition, the filaments may be related to the vast, radio wave-emitting bubbles, which Professor Yusef-Zadeh and his team first reported discovering back in the September of 2019.
The study was led by Northwestern University astrophysicist Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, who spotted the first strands back in 1984.
'We have studied individual filaments for a long time with a myopic view. Just examining a few filaments makes it difficult to draw any real conclusion about what they are and where they came from,' explained Professor Yusef-Zadeh.
'Now, we finally see the big picture — a panoramic view filled with an abundance of filaments. This is a watershed in furthering our understanding of these structures.
'This is the first time we have been able to study statistical characteristics of the filaments. By studying the statistics, we can learn more about the properties of these unusual sources.
'If you were from another planet, for example, and you encountered one very tall person on Earth, you might assume all people are tall. But if you do statistics across a population of people, you can find the average height.
'That's exactly what we're doing. We can find the strength of magnetic fields, their lengths, their orientations and the spectrum of radiation.'
The new image of the Milky Way's centre was the result of three years' worth of sky surveys undertaken using the MeerKAT radio telescope at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) in the country's Northern Cape providence.
After a total of 200 hours of telescope time, the team were able to piece together a mosaic of 20 separate observation of different parts of the sky in the direction of the galactic centre, which lies some 25,000 light years from Earth.
Alongside the filaments, the final composite image also captures numerous other sources of radio emissions, including outbursts from stars, stellar nurseries and new supernova remnants.
'I've spent a lot of time looking at this image in the process of working on it, and I never get tired of it,' said paper author and astrophysicist Ian Heywood of the University of Oxford.
'When I show this image to people who might be new to radio astronomy […] I always try to emphasize that radio imaging hasn't always been this way, and what a leap forward MeerKAT really is in terms of its capabilities.
'It's been a true privilege to work over the years with colleagues from SARAO who built this fantastic telescope.'
The strange spatial strands (pictured), some of which stretch up to 150 light-years across, were first discovered by astronomers at Northwestern University back in the early 1980s
Alongside the filaments, the final composite image also captures numerous other sources of radio emissions, including outbursts from stars, stellar nurseries and new supernova remnants. Pictured: a rare, almost-perfectly spherical supernova remnant seen in the image
The new image of the Milky Way's centre was the result of three years' worth of sky surveys undertaken using the MeerKAT radio telescope (pictured) at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory in the country's Northern Cape providence
To get a clearer look at the filaments, the team used a special technique that allowed them to remove the background from the main image, isolating the strands.
'It's like modern art. These images are so beautiful and rich, and the mystery of it all makes it even more interesting,' said Professor Yusef-Zadeh.
The researchers said that they are particularly intrigued by how structured the filaments appear, with those in clusters seemingly spaced at equal intervals, each around the distance of that from the Earth to the sun.
'They almost resemble the regular spacing in solar loops,' commented Professor Yusef-Zadeh.
'We still don't know why they come in clusters or understand how they separate and we don't know how these regular spacings happen.
'Every time we answer one question, multiple other questions arise.'
This includes whether or not the filaments change over time or move, and what is causing the electrons to accelerate in the first place.
'How do you accelerate electrons at close to the speed of light?' Professor Yusef-Zadeh asked.
'One idea is there are some sources at the end of these filaments that are accelerating these particles.'
After a total of 200 hours of telescope time, the team were able to piece together a mosaic of 20 separate observation of different parts of the sky in the direction of the galactic centre — which lies some 25,000 light years from Earth. Pictured: the distribution of the strengths of magnetic fields in the final, composite image of the heart of the Milky Way
To get a clearer look at the filaments, the team used a special technique that allowed them to remove the background from the main image — isolating the strands, as pictured
With this latest study complete, the researchers are now working to identify and catalogue each filament in the image, noting its orientation, curve, magnetic field, spectrum and intensity, properties that may shine a light on the strands' nature.
'We're certainly one step closer to a fuller understanding. But science is a series of progress on different levels,' said Professor Yusef-Zadeh.
'We're hoping to get to the bottom of it, but more observations and theoretical analyses are needed. A full understanding of complex objects takes time.'
A pre-print of the researchers' article, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, can be read on the arXiv repository, as can an accompany paper presenting the full image created from the MeerKAT data.
'I've spent a lot of time looking at this image in the process of working on it, and I never get tired of it,' said paper author and astrophysicist Ian Heywood of the University of Oxford. Pictured: the complex, cirrus-like emission from the Galactic centre super bubble, which is crossed by a complex of many parallel radio filaments
The new image of the Milky Way's centre was the result of three years' worth of sky surveys undertaken using the MeerKAT radio telescope at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory in the country's Northern Cape providence
THE MILKY WAY'S OLDEST STAR
A star discovered in 2018 is thought to be one of the oldest in the Milky Way.
Scientists at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in Spain believe that it might have formed about 300 million years after the 'Big Bang'.
IAC researcher Jonay González Hernández said: 'Theory predicts that these stars could form just after, and using material from, the first supernovae, whose progenitors were the first massive stars in the Galaxy.'
Researchers hope the star, known as J0815+4729, which is in line with the Lynx constellation, will help them learn more about the Big Bang, the popular theory about the galaxy's evolution.
IAC director Rafael Rebolo said: 'Detecting lithium gives us crucial information related to Big Bang nucleosynthesis. We are working on a spectrograph of high resolution and wide spectral range in order to be able to measure (among other things) the detailed chemical composition of stars with unique properties such as J0815+4729.'
Scientists Puzzled by Weird “Strands” at the Center of Our Galaxy
Scientists Puzzled by Weird “Strands” at the Center of Our Galaxy
There are almost 1,000 of them — and we have no idea what they are made of and where they came from.
Image by Northwestern University/SAORO/Oxford University
Over the last 35 years, Northwestern University astronomy professor Farhad Yusef-Zadeh has been studying mysterious strands made up of cosmic ray electrons stretching up to 150 light years across the center of the Milky Way.
And now, with he help of his team, Yusef-Zadeh was able to find ten times more strands than previously discovered — which is striking, since we still have no idea what they are made of, nevermind where they came from.
Using the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory MeerKAT telescope, the team was able to get a panoramic view of almost 1,000 of these mysterious filaments, as detailed in a new study accepted into The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
“We have studied individual filaments for a long time with a myopic view,” Yusef-Zadeh said in a statement. “Now, we finally see the big picture — a panoramic view filled with an abundance of filaments.”
Needless to say, it’s a significant moment in his career-long investigation.
“Just examining a few filaments makes it difficult to draw any real conclusion about what they are and where they came from,” he added. “This is a watershed in furthering our understanding of these structures.”
To create the panorama, the team stitched together 20 separate observations made over 200 hours by the MeerKAT observatory. The resulting image is awe-inspiring, and “like modern art,” according to Yusef-Zadeh.
Credit: Northwestern University/SAORO/Oxford University
Despite the advancements and an abundance of questions left to answer, the team is willing to make some educated guesses.
The variation in the radiation emitted by the filaments for instance suggest they aren’t the leftovers of supernovae, but rather the result of past activity of the supermassive black hole suspected to be at the center of our galaxy.
“This is the first time we have been able to study statistical characteristics of the filaments,” Yusef-Zadeh said in the statement. For instance, the team discovered that magnetic fields are being amplified along the strands.
They are also spaced apart from each other at exactly the same distances.
“We still don’t know why they come in clusters or understand how they separate, and we don’t know how these regular spacings happen,” Yusef-Zadeh said.
But getting a full understanding will require “more observations and theoretical analyses,” he said, a process that “takes time.”
“Every time we answer one question, multiple other questions arise,” he added.
The very real story of how UFOs shaped Middle East culture
The very real story of how UFOs shaped Middle East culture
From The Arabian Nights to alien ‘sightings’ over Dubai, the fantastical has a big impact.
Photo credit: SIDDHARTH SIVA
In late 2020, retired Israeli space security chief Haim Eshed became—for a brief time, at least—the most celebrated figure in the world of ufology. Already respected in aeronautics circles, Eshed shot to wider fame following an interview in Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, in which he claimed that aliens have not only visited Earth, but have joined humans in an inter-species “Galactic Federation.” As luck would have it, this headline-grabbing revelation coincided with the publication of Eshed’s as-told-to book The Universe Beyond the Horizon, which made similar claims. It’s unclear whether the disclosures made news on other planets.
At around the time Eshed was drip-feeding the world tales of interplanetary collaboration—coordinated, perhaps, from an underground base on Mars—the US Congress got in on the act, instructing the Pentagon to deliver a report on the 144 unresolved sightings of UFOs (or unidentified aerial phenomena—UAP—in the current parlance) recorded by the military since 2004. The paper, which came out in June, amounted to a series of observations which could be summed up as: dunno. Perhaps, as Eshed has suggested, the Federation is withholding full disclosure in order to avoid “mass hysteria.”
Believers, for their part, have remained unfazed by the lack of definitive answers, pointing to grainy military footage of inverted pyramids flitting across the sky, or dark blobs plunging into the sea, as evidence that the truth is not only out there, but right here. Even Dubai, not traditionally known as a destination for alien joyriders, was reportedly treated to a visitation in 2020, this time in the form of a huge saucer-shaped object hovering over the Arabian Gulf. As self-styled UFO-hunter Scott Waring put it in a subsequent blog: “looks like there is an alien base not far off the coast of Dubai.”
The 2016 sci-fi film Aerials, which depicts similar objects looming menacingly over Dubai, is said to be the first full-on alien-invasion movie shot in the UAE—possibly because the region as a whole has had more immediate conflicts on its mind. According to Dubai-based filmmaker S.A. Zaidi, however, his movie grows out of a longstanding, widespread regional interest in the subject. “I belonged to UFO clubs,” he says of his childhood. “I was a part of that geek culture.”
Zaidi is quick to add, though, that having a passion for science fiction does not make a person—or indeed a region—more inclined toward tin foil hats. He also objects to the idea that the Middle East’s supposed penchant for conspiracy theories—which he calls a “cultural stereotype”—transforms every errant weather balloon or odd-shaped cloud into a scene from Close Encounters. “After Aerials came out, my father kept asking me, ‘what do you think will happen if aliens actually land?’ I told him, ‘dad, I don’t know. It’s just a film.’”
That said, Dubai’s “UFO” was by no means the first in the region—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Morocco are just some of the places that have reported sightings over the years (albeit mostly debunkable). The most notorious incident occurred in 1976, when glowing, fast-moving objects appeared in the skies over Tehran, and were deemed threatening enough that fighter pilots scrambled to intercept them.
More recently, The Washington Post ran an article on how UFOs have become a “national security worry” in the US. “The question is, what is it? What are its intentions? What are its capabilities?” said one former intelligence official in the piece, referring to the objects that have appeared on air-force pilots’ screens. Such comments may not point to mass hysteria, but they do suggest a kind of mass concern. As the late theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking put it: “meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus. That didn’t turn out so well.”
The aliens in Zaidi’s film Aerials are not of the city-incinerating variety—partly because he lacked the budget for global annihilation, partly because he was more interested in building a subtle tension, and partly because he doesn’t necessarily buy into the idea that aliens would come here with the aim of stirring trouble. “I’m not sure a race that had the ability to travel all this way would do it just to say, ‘hey, I’m going to take this laser out and zap you,’” he says. “Maybe they just came because they were interested.”
Zaidi’s reluctance to venture into fire and brimstone territory was also a matter of what he describes as cultural sensitivity. “When we made Aerials, maybe the region wasn’t ready for something like Independence Day, you know, where the beam comes down on the White House,” he says. “We have local landmarks in the film, Emirates Towers and so on, but we were not going to shoot lasers down on them. We were not going to show Dubai getting destroyed.” He pauses and adds: “Then again, your imagination takes you there whether you want it or not.”
Dubai-based filmmaker S.A. Zaidi says his alien-invasion movie grew out of UFO “geek culture.”
Back to the future
The day German academic Jörg Matthias Determann landed in Doha, he felt as though he’d stepped onto a different planet. “You see all these glass towers rising out of the sand,” he says. “From the inside of these air-conditioned buildings, you look out at this hot, inhospitable environment, and you almost feel as though you are in a city on Mars, some kind of future habitat, these glass containers where the heat and dust storms are being kept out.”
Determann, a professor of history specializing in science, technology, and society at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, believes the Middle East’s reputation as a “very traditional, conservative place” does not take into account its appetite for extravagant ideas. “Look at Dubai, which is about to open a Museum of the Future,” he says. “There is a broad interest in futuristic mega-projects here, a commitment to try things that haven’t been tried before. And there is a long history of this—rulers wanting to leave gigantic legacies, going back to the Pharaohs. The Emirates Mars mission is another of these mega projects.”
In his latest book, Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World, Determann traces a line from groundbreaking astronomers in ancient Mesopotamia to the burgeoning interest in space exploration today. Along the way, he draws our attention to various cultural aspects that have made the Middle East fertile ground for stargazing, ranging from religion to commerce to the fantastical stories in One Thousand and One Nights (which became known as The Arabian Nights in English)—the latter of which, he says, could be seen as the root of it all.
It seems odd to think of The Arabian Nights as the starting point for regional futurism, given that its tales tend toward talking donkeys and vindictive demons rather than interstellar travel. Yet the collection has undoubtedly influenced generations of storytellers, who in turn have wielded an influence of their own. “No matter where you grew up, you couldn’t escape the power of these stories,” Determann says. “So you’ve always had these broadly speculative elements to culture here—you see it in the architecture, and in the science fiction I’ve had the pleasure of reading.”
Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, the Egyptian author of the dystopian novel Malaz: City of Resurrection, is currently working on a book about extremely unpleasant aliens touching down in the desert between Egypt and Libya. “I like imagining other worlds, life on other planets,” he says. “I read the stories in The Arabian Nights as a child and was fascinated by the magic, the heroes, the kingdoms. It created another world here in the Middle East. Anyone who wants to understand how to build fantasy worlds should read The Arabian Nights.”
Medieval folk tales, however, are not the only thing fueling imaginative storytelling in the region—or, for that matter, the willingness to accept that alien life forms may actually exist. In his book, Determann argues that Islamic beliefs—which accommodate ideas of multiple worlds and the existence of sentient, invisible beings—have played an important part, too. “To believe in the Quran,” he says, “is to believe that we are not alone.”
Following close behind religion, meanwhile, is the Middle East’s age-old role as a center for global trade. “Doha and Dubai are not so much desert cities as port cities—there’s a long tradition of going to distant shores,” Determann says. “This leads to stories of adventurers sailing off to strange lands, encountering strange creatures. You can see the movement of this over time: from seaport to airport, trading center to global aviation hub. The next step could be the spaceport. The urge to explore the unknown—that is something you can see here very clearly.”
Even the multicultural makeup of Gulf cities, Determann adds, leads back to this spirit of adventure and exploration. “One of the things I love about here is the coming together of so many cultures, like the cantina in Star Wars. There is an openness to the stranger, the alien.”
Ayham Jabr, “Damascus Under Siege”
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Battlefield Earth
If the idea of aliens flitting around our planet represents a kind of superstition, then there are strains of Middle East culture that foster this, too. “Many people believe in magic, its ability to affect lives,” says Al-Mahdi. “They’ll go to a man who they think will help them marry or divorce or have a child. They’ll take a piece of paper with the name of a loved one written on it, put it in water and drink it so they will be married. People really believe this stuff. It’s not fantasy, it’s something that exists. So, yes, a lot of people believe in aliens.”
Maybe so, but there is also a broad streak of pragmatism and skepticism here, epitomized by S.A. Zaidi’s aunt, who used to berate him for wasting his time reading stories with titles like Ray of Death. “She kept telling me I fantasize too much, go back to your schoolbooks,” he recalls. “This is not practical.” Then there are people like Syrian artist and filmmaker Ayham Jabr, for whom science fiction has a very practical purpose—namely, the idea that “fantasy can help the artist or writer to deliver his point.”
“Sci-fi provides a way to bypass censorship and address taboo subjects. You can present criticisms in a story about Mars, or about alien invaders, which gives you plausible deniability.”
As with many of his peers, Jabr got hooked on science fiction as a kid. “My family are artists, actors, screenwriters, so multiple cultures were in front of my eyes,” he says, going on to recall the fantasy TV shows he watched, the books he read, the tales of Pharaohs and kings. He has no time, though, for the conspiracy theorists and myth makers who occupy the margins of ufology. “There are so many fake, cheap stories, such as the one about the pyramids being used as fuel tanks for alien ships,” he says. “For some, this isn’t seen as fantasy but as theory.”
Religion, Jabr continues, also fired up his childhood imagination, though not always in a positive way. “My interest was coming from fear,” he says. “All these stories about the afterlife, Judgment Day, angels, and demons.” Fear is the prevailing emotion in Jabr’s Damascus Under Siege, a series of surreal collages that depict sinister-looking spacecraft either looming over the Syrian capital or shooting lasers into it—a representation of the country’s civil war rather than the prospect of an alien invasion.
“Science fiction provides a way to bypass censorship and address taboo subjects,” says Determann. “You could write a realistic story set in the present that criticizes authority, but that might get you into trouble. Or you can present the same criticisms in a story about a society on Mars, or about alien invaders, or about the future, which gives you plausible deniability.”
Al-Mahdi, too, admits to cloaking political and social provocations in fantasy. “I like to write post-apocalyptic novels, to imagine the collapse of what we have now and start anew—you can chop and change things however you like, and it is the same with alien invasions,” he says. “If you look closely, you’ll see I’m criticizing current regimes.”
Not all fantasies, however, fit this mold. It’s unlikely that the makers of the hammy 1959 Egyptian flick Journey to the Moon intended much more than a bit of harmless escapism. The same could be said of Rex Chouk, the Saudi artist whose works include trippy images of flying saucers hovering over the desert. As for the alien-invasion film Aerials, Zaidi says this: “I’d like to be able to say that we had underlying messages, but the reality is I’m just obsessed with UFOs.”
Ayham Jabr’s “The Guardian of Life”
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Brave new world
In 2007, former Syrian culture minister Riad Agha stood before a science fiction symposium in Damascus and delivered an address that, in its own way, provided a direct rebuttal to Zaidi’s skeptical aunt. “Man is an imaginative being,” Agha said to the assembled geeks. “The more he excels in imagining, the more he excels in innovation and invention.”
For Determann, the truth behind this statement is apparent in everything from Abu Dhabi’s futuristic Masdar City to the emerging Saudi-UAE space race. “There are three things you need before you can explore space,” he says. “You need knowledge and technology, you need money, and you need imagination. Before you go to Mars, you have to imagine going there.”
In fact, Determann continues, potential engineers and astronauts should be encouraged to immerse themselves in sci-fi. “There’s an idea that you can use space research to build a high-tech, knowledge-based economy, which the Emiratis have really bought into,” he says. “So if the aim is to inspire young people to go into space and contribute to that economy, we have to start early, building up the fascination long before they’re ready to study physics at university.”
Jasem Mutlaq, founder of the Ikarus Observatory in Kuwait, would likely agree. “It’s rare that you’ll find astronomers who are not fans of science fiction,” he says. “I grew up in the 80s watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. But the biggest impact of all was in 1997, when Contact was released. I was literally in tears when the movie was over. I’ve been hooked ever since.”
Like Mutlaq, Al-Mahdi grew up on a diet of science fiction, though his career took a different turn. “I wanted to be an astronaut, that was one of my childhood dreams,” he says with a laugh. “In high school I was good at chemistry and physics, but I liked poetry and literature more. I went to an engineering college, but then left for the faculty of the arts. So I was torn. In the end, I put both things together.”
Here, Mutlaq offers a word of caution. For him, the intermingling of science and science fiction is a positive thing, but not to the extent that it blurs the line between fantasy and reality. “Following the footsteps of Carl Sagan, I usually do not fall prey to conspiracy theories, especially those related to aliens roaming around,” he says. “While recent videos of UAP encounters are intriguing, they are not conclusive evidence for beings who traveled thousands of light years to go zipping over coastlines for a couple of seconds.”
And while Mutlaq will continue to gaze into the stars from his observatory, to read his sci-fi books, and abide by the moral standards of Captain Picard, he has learned to keep his own fantasies in check. “Alien life has yet to be proven scientifically, so we shouldn’t fall prey to our whims and wishes,” he says. “We ought to understand the universe as it is, not as what we aspire it to be.”
Hidden secrets? An ancient virus? Evidence for aliens? An alien's body? What secrets and mysteries are hidden in Siberia?
Aliens filmed on camera? Would you believe it? Scary and frightening shots taken by eyewitnesses that will make you goosebumps, it is unlikely that we are alone in this vast universe.
Did you know that in Siberia in recent years have found an ancient virus that has been frozen for the last 30,000 years and the most interesting thing is that here scientists come across scary and strange creatures, animals that are able to resurrect, even aliens.
This huge, cold area hides many mysteries, which Ayhan Infire will tell you about in the video below.
Meet Deep Prasad. Deep is a 26 year old self taught prodigy working on quantum computing and with a deep interest in UFO’s. In this video we discuss how he combines those interests by attempting to solve the schrodinger many body equation at scale with quantum computing; we also discuss quantum biology, quantum sensing and what, if anything, the aliens have planned for us.
Strange Light That Can Only Be Seen With Night Vision & V Shaped UFO Sighted Over A Town In Germany
Clip One : This was captured in Porter County in Indiana on January 9, 2022. This bizarre light can only be seem with the use of the night vision and when in normal mode it's invisible. The witness stated "We see them quite often with our night vision camera and have several posted on our channel. This video shows what the sky looks like when the night vision camera is switched to the dusk setting." Thanks to Contact at 110 UAP Sightings for allowing the use of his footage and to view the original:
Clip Two:This was sighted on January 24, 2022 at around 11:00am over Göppingen near Stuttgart in Germany at the train station. In this footage this looks like a V shaped or Boomerang shaped craft but what do you guys think?
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The Murchison Widefield Array captured the Milky Way in radio frequencies. The lowest frequencies are red, middle frequencies are green, and the highest are blue. The star icon shows the mysterious object.
(CNN)- While mapping radio waves across the universe, astronomers happened upon a celestial object releasing giant bursts of energy -- and it's unlike anything they've ever seen before.
The spinning space object, spotted in March 2018, beamed out radiation three times per hour. In those moments, it became the brightest source of radio waves viewable from Earth, acting like a celestial lighthouse.
Astronomers think it might be a remnant of a collapsed star, either a dense neutron star or a dead white dwarf star, with a strong magnetic field -- or it could be something else entirely.
This image shows the Milky Way as viewed from Earth, and the star icon marks the location of the unknown object.
A study on the discovery published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations," said lead study author Natasha Hurley-Walker, an astrophysicist at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, in a statement.
"That was completely unexpected. It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there's nothing known in the sky that does that. And it's really quite close to us -- about 4,000 light-years away. It's in our galactic backyard."
Curtin University doctoral student Tyrone O'Doherty made the unusual discovery while using the Murchison Widefield Array telescope in the outback of Western Australia.
"It's exciting that the source I identified last year has turned out to be such a peculiar object," O'Doherty said in a statement. "The MWA's wide field of view and extreme sensitivity are perfect for surveying the entire sky and detecting the unexpected."
What remains of a massive star's death
Flaring space objects that appear to turn on and off are known as transients.
"When studying transients, you're watching the death of a massive star or the activity of the remnants it leaves behind," said study coauthor Gemma Anderson, ICRAR-Curtin astrophysicist, in a statement. "'Slow transients' -- like supernovae -- might appear over the course of a few days and disappear after a few months. 'Fast transients' -- like a type of neutron star called a pulsar -- flash on and off within milliseconds or seconds."
This new, incredibly bright object, however, only turned on for about a minute every 18 minutes. The researchers said their observations might match up with the definition of an ultra-long period magnetar. Magnetars usually flare by the second, but this object takes longer.
This is an artist's impression of what the object might look like if it's a magnetar, or an incredibly magnetic neutron star.
"It's a type of slowly spinning neutron star that has been predicted to exist theoretically," Hurley-Walker said. "But nobody expected to directly detect one like this because we didn't expect them to be so bright. Somehow it's converting magnetic energy to radio waves much more effectively than anything we've seen before."
The researchers will continue to monitor the object to see whether it turns back on, and in the meantime, they are searching for evidence of other similar objects.
"More detections will tell astronomers whether this was a rare one-off event or a vast new population we'd never noticed before," Hurley-Walker said.
“Spookachtig” ruimteobject zendt om de 18 minuten radiosignalen uit
Een Australische astronoom is bij het in kaart brengen van radiogolven in het heelal op een hemellichaam gebotst dat drie keer per uur enorme energiegolven uitstootte. Wetenschappers hadden zoiets nog nooit gezien. Nature publiceerde gisteren een studie over de verrassende ontdekking, die voorlopig een mysterie blijft.
Het tollende ruimteobject, dat in maart 2018 werd gespot, bleek om de 18 minuten ongeveer een minuut lang radiosignalen uit te zenden. Op die momenten was het de helderste bron van radiogolven die vanaf de aarde te zien was. “Een hemelse vuurtoren”, zo omschrijft CNN het.
Dit is een artistieke impressie van hoe het object eruit zou kunnen zien als het een magnetar is, of een ongelooflijk magnetische neutronenster.
Astrofysicus Natasha Hurley-Walker en haar team publiceerden de ontdekking in het gerenommeerde wetenschappelijke tijdschrift Nature, maar een sluitende verklaring ervoor vonden ze niet. “Dit object verscheen en verdween weer gedurende een paar uren tijdens onze waarnemingen”, zegt Hurley-Walker, die verbonden is aan de Curtin University in Australië. Flikkerende ruimteobjecten die aan en uit lijken te gaan, staan bekend als transiënten. Het geflikker kan in principe van een pulsar komen, een snel ronddraaiende neutronenster die in milliseconden of seconden aan en uit flitst. Of van een supernova, die een paar dagen te zien is en dan weer verdwijnt. Maar in dit geval flitste het hemellichaam elke 18 minuten aan en uit. “Dat was totaal onverwacht”, zegt Hurley-Walker. “Een beetje spookachtig ook voor een astronoom omdat, voor zover we weten, er niets aan de hemel is dat dit doet. En het is echt heel dicht bij ons, ongeveer 4.000 lichtjaar van ons. Dat is in onze galactische achtertuin.”
Het was Tyrone O’Doherty, doctoraatsstudent aan de Curtin University, die de ongewone ontdekking deed met de Murchison Widefield Array-telescoop (MWA), die opgesteld staat in de outback van deelstaat West-Australië. “Opwindend dat de bron die ik vorig jaar kon identificeren zo’n eigenaardig object blijkt te zijn”, zegt hij. “Het brede gezichtsveld en de extreme gevoeligheid van de MWA zijn perfect om de hele hemel in kaart te brengen en het onverwachte te detecteren.”
De Murchison Widefield Array legde de Melkweg vast in radiofrequenties. De laagste frequenties zijn rood, de middelste frequenties zijn groen en de hoogste zijn blauw. Het sterpictogram toont het mysterieuze object.
“Hij vond iets”, zegt Natasha Hurley-Walker, Doherty’s promotor van zijn doctoraatsthesis, over de ontdekking. Op beelden van de telescoop zien we in de melkweg een heldere stip die de locatie van het object markeert. “Net rechts daarvan is er een bron, en die is een superzwaar zwart gat dat stralen van radiogolven de ruimte inslingert met bijna de snelheid van het licht”, aldus Hurley-Wallker. “Toegegeven, dat is verder weg. Maar het geflikker dat we zagen is ongeveer net zo helder. Dat is dus echt extreem. En we hadden niet verwacht iets te vinden dat zo helder was. Op de een of andere manier zet het magnetische energie om in radiogolven, veel effectiever dan alles wat we eerder hebben gezien.”
Het gedrag van het object komt overeen met iets waarvan het bestaan wel is voorspeld, maar dat nooit is waargenomen: een soort langzaam draaiende neutronenster. Of het zou een overblijfsel kunnen zijn van een ingestorte ster die een dode witte dwergster met een sterk magnetisch veld werd, al is dat zeer onwaarschijnlijk. Wat het ook is, het is “echt extreme fysica”, volgens Hurley-Walker. “En het kan natuurlijk ook iets zijn waar we nog nooit aan hebben gedacht.
De onderzoekers zullen het object in de gaten blijven houden om te zien of het weer aangaat, en in de tussentijd zoeken ze naar bewijs voor andere soortgelijke objecten. “Meer detecties zullen astronomen vertellen of dit een zeldzame eenmalige gebeurtenis was of een grote nieuwe populatie die we nog nooit eerder hadden opgemerkt”, besluit Hurley-Walker.
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2 Blackhawks Escorting Glowing Orb in Durham, Connecticut! Video, Jan 21, 2022 UFO Sighting News
2 Blackhawks Escorting Glowing Orb in Durham, Connecticut! Video, Jan 21, 2022 UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting:January 21, 2022
Location of sighting: Durham, Connecticut, USA
Here we have two military helicopters escorting an unknown craft. The craft glows powerfully and appears to be orb shaped. This is a shocking encounter of both military and alien craft. It's not a typical meeting, this one is escorting the alien craft to the US military base nearby for some important conference. Most agreements made with aliens will involve trade...since technology is the most powerful commodity to the US military. Absolutely proof that the US military is working on an alliance with aliens.
The Milky Way is massive, but far more weighty is the volume of dark matter purported to pervade our home galaxy. And a pair of scientists have proposed that the cumulative force of dark matter in our galaxy is significant enough to affect interstellar spacecraft, according to a recent study shared on a preprint server.
While the study still requires peer review, it also says the Pioneer and New Horizons spacecraft were already affected, and so will planetary astronomy and astrophysics.
This could alter not only how we travel through deep space, but also how we study it.
Dark matter gravity on interstellar spacecraft
When an asteroid, comet, or even a spacecraft moves around the sun, our host star's gravity is the primary force in its motion. Out beyond Pluto, it's the entire solar system that serves as the main gravitational force. Even out in the Kuiper belt — the cloud of ancient primordial asteroids on the fringe of our solar system, any net-zero calculation of gravitational forces on a spacecraft is best calculated as a two-body problem: between the mass of the spacecraft, and that of the entire solar system. But all of that changes when you move too far away from the sun.
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If "an object is moving sufficiently far from the sun, then there is another gravitational force that can play an important role," wrote the authors of the study. The lead study author is Professor of Celestial Mechanics and Mathematics Edward A. Belbruno of Yeshiva University, who is also visiting research collaborator at Princeton University's department of astrophysical sciences. He worked in collaboration with NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green, co-lead author of the study who is due to retire early this year, according to a blog post from the agency. But together, Green and Belbruno analyzed a different force that comes into play for spacecraft that travel in interstellar space.
As you might guess, they found that this is the cumulative gravitational force of the Milky Way galaxy. But, surprisingly, the overwhelming majority of this force isn't generated by the disc, central bulge, and the stellar halo of our galaxy. While those are there, the primary force of gravitational attraction stems from dark matter. And, although "it is small," the collective force of all dark matter in our galaxy "can cumulatively add up and significantly affect the trajectory of motion over long periods of time."
An Interstellar Probe to analyze dark matter beyond the solar system
Ordinary, or "baryonic" matter comprises roughly 5% of the total energy of the observable universe, according to the study. Dark matter (non-baryonic matter), which we can't observe directly, comprises 25%. That's five times the energy — roughly the same difference in strength between the average human and a grizzly bear. Yikes! "The dark matter halo contains most of the mass of the Galaxy," wrote the study authors. "In the milky Way the dark matter is measured by observing the rotational circular motion of the Galaxy" around the galactic center, and measuring its velocity relative to radial distance has in the past revealed that the rotational speed of the galaxy "levels off" as you move away from the core. This is why even spacecraft as far away from the core as our solar system will be affected by the gravitational force of dark matter in our galaxy — just like everything else in the galaxy, almost independent of radial distance from the core.
"The existence of this force has many implications for planetary astronomy and astrophysics," since tracking the motion of alien worlds beyond our solar system has become a core practice of these fields. But, and perhaps most exhilarating to consider: "It may be possible to detect" this cumulative gravitational force of dark matter "on a proposed mission called Interstellar Probe", suggest the authors. There's a lot going on in space travel, especially with the James Webb Space Telescope's mounting success, not to mention SpaceX, NASA, and China. But on the macro-scale and the future awaiting us beyond the solar system, we're only just beginning.
METHANE has been detected on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus and the levels detected are consistent with that of microbes.
A new study suggests that this could be sign of life on Enceladus or just evidence of a chemical process we don't yet understand.
Saturn's Enceladus moon is thought to have a subsurface ocean
Credit: Getty - Contributor
Beneath the moon's icy surface, there's thought to be a salty subsurface ocean.
This water bursts through the icy crust sometimes in giant plumes.
Nasa, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency sent a space probe called Cassini to dive through these plumes.
This is how large amounts of methane were detected as well as other molecules like dihydrogen and carbon dioxide.
An illustration of the interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus showing a global liquid water ocean between its rocky core and icy crustCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Researchers think Enceladus's seafloor could have hydrothermal vents similar to ones found on Earth.
We know that the Earthly hydrothermal vents are surrounded by microbes that consume dihydrogen and carbon dioxide and produce methane.
As part of a new experiment, a research team ran models to see what could be the most likely explanation for the large amounts of methane.
They planned out several different scenarios in which microbes would and wouldn't survive and compared them to the results the Cassini probe detected.
Saturn could have up to 82 moonsCredit: Getty - Contributor
Régis Ferrière, co-lead study author, said: "In summary, not only could we evaluate whether Cassini's observations are compatible with an environment habitable for life, but we could also make quantitative predictions about observations to be expected, should methanogenesis (by microbes) actually occur at Enceladus' seafloor.
"Obviously, we are not concluding that life exists in Enceladus' ocean.
"Rather, we wanted to understand how likely it would be that Enceladus' hydrothermal vents could be habitable to Earthlike microorganisms.
"Very likely, the Cassini data tell us, according to our models. And biological methanogenesis appears to be compatible with the data."
Astronomers will continue to research Saturn's Enceladus moon to find out more.
The full study has been published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
Enceladus – the key facts
Here's what you need to know...
Enceladus is Saturn's sixth-largest moon, with a diameter of 310 miles
It's roughly one-tenth the size of Saturn's largest moon, Titan
The moon is largely covered by fresh and clean ice, making it highly reflective
This also means it's very cold, with surface temperatures at noon reaching -198C
The moon was first discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on August 28, 1789
But we learned much more about it after Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft fly-bys. in the 1980s
In 2014, Nasa found evidence to suggest there was a large subsurface ocean of liquid water on Enceladus
And in 2018, scientists discovered complex macromolecular organics on the moon's jet plumes
This has given scientists hope for finding evidence of alien life on the moon
A Series Of Mysterious Cattle Killings Swept Through Argentina
A Series Of Mysterious Cattle Killings Swept Through Argentina
A series of mysterious killings of cattle on a farm in Argentina have raised fears that the Chupacabra may be behind these horrific murders.
According to local media reports, a curious incident occurred on the farm of the farmer Hugo Valenzuela, located near the city of Eskina. On three separate occasions in the past two months, he found cows slaughtered in an unusual way: their tongues, udders and reproductive organs were removed with uncanny precision.
“There are no signs of bleeding,” Valenzuela wonders. Longtime researchers will no doubt recognize these aspects of the case as classic signs of a cattle murder mystery. In this regard, the farmer also noted that no other animals approached the remains of the slaughtered cows and that there were no witnesses to the chilling killings, despite a neighbor who was only 1,300 feet from the scene of the attack.
“When it happens once or twice, you perceive it as something curious or strange,” the farmer reflects. However, initial bewilderment has turned to anger as he now hopes to get answers after losing his third cow in two months and resulting in significant financial damage.
Valenzuela is considering installing cameras to catch the perpetrator, or if another attack occurs.
While seasoned livestock mutilation investigators may speculate that some government conspiracy is behind the phenomenon, the farmer and others in the area point to a completely different suspect: the notorious chupacabra.
Their reasoning is that a man would not attack a cow in the way that Valenzuela’s cattle were killed, removing only some of the organs. The notorious blood-sucking cryptid was also charged with a similar string of murders in neighboring Chile last year.
While backward villagers blame the mythical Chupacabra for what is happening, this phenomenon goes far beyond the usual “terrestrial crimes” and “Chupacabra tricks” – organs are removed using high-tech tools, incisions are made on a living but immobilized animal, organs are taken from still living animals, but there is no blood, no noise.
These are not the tricks of the Chupacabra, this is the work of creatures for whom the suffering of an animal is nothing, especially since the same cases have happened to people.
Aliens Can Use Asteroids And Viruses In The War With Humans
Aliens Can Use Asteroids And Viruses In The War With Humans
Asteroids and viruses can be used as weapons by extraterrestrial civilizations that may seek to colonize the Earth in order to get all of its resources.
Such a statement, was made in an interview with The Sun Online by Professor Paul Springer from the US Air Force College in Alabama.
At the same time, he compared potential alien invaders with Europeans who came to the New World 300 years ago and actually exterminated the local inhabitants there.
So the aliens, in his opinion, can try to destroy earthlings in order to get the resources available on the planet.
Paul Springer is sure that any civilization acts solely in its own interests, which may not include good will, so you need to prepare for any scenario.
The specialist also explained that the alien invaders may have weapons that are much superior to the earth.
For example, they can use special lasers for pinpoint strikes against ground targets. Or they may have asteroid bombardment technology. Another option for the invaders is to spread viruses that act exclusively on people to cleanse the planet.
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UFO Researcher Found Huge Alien Base On Mars
UFO Researcher Found Huge Alien Base On Mars
According to him, NASA is hiding a mysterious building.UFO researcher Scott Waring continues to search for alien life in photographs of the surface of celestial bodies.
As stated by the Daily Star, he made a “new shocking discovery”: in his opinion, on the surface of Mars, it turns out that an alien base has been hiding for a long time, which extends for 25 kilometers.
“Found a 25-kilometer base on Mars. 25 kilometers, judging by the ruler on the map. It is located near the ridges of Sulci Gordii. NASA doesn’t want anyone to know about it,” Waring said on his Twitter page.
He claims to have gone through tens of thousands of photos and over 3 – 4 dozen indexes that he “didn’t even know existed”.
Scott explains he can see other less detailed structures that have been intentionally all blurred out, leaving just one.
He said: “I believe the person editing this photo, this particular photo, missed it on purpose because there are less detailed structures all around it that are blurred out.”
This is not the first alien base that Waring has allegedly found outside of Earth. Prior to this, a UFO hunter had already “found” such objects on the Moon, and shortly before that, he “discovered” a spaceship there as well.
There are very few people who think to help mankind without considering any profit in return. After great inventor Nikola Tesla, Baltimore engineer Otis T. Carr was the only person who believed in Tesla’s free energy concept. He wanted to create a spacecraft that would run on free energy and take humans to Moon and other planets. His friendship with Tesla lasted until his death in 1943. He was a protégé of Tesla who constructed a number of fully functional flying saucers in the late 1950s.
Carr was born in West Virginia in 1904. He left school at the age of 13 and self-educated himself. He met Tesla for the first time in Manhattan in 1925 while working as a hotel clerk. The two men talked about the developments in technology and discussed energy productions. Carr, who reportedly discovered free energy, was inspired by Tesla.
Otis Carr holding Utron Electric Accumulator, 1957.
During an interview with The New York Herald Tribune in 1911, Tesla said:
“My flying machine will have neither wings nor propellers. You might see it on the ground and you would never guess that it was a flying machine. Yet it will be able to move at will through the air in any direction with perfect safety.”
Unfortunately, Tesla never had an opportunity to convert those ideas into a reality due to political and budget issues, but his disciple Carr claimed to have achieved harnessing power from gravity and built a spacecraft using it.
Schematic drawings for Otis T. Carr’s planned “Free Energy Research Institute” in Baltimore County, Maryland, 1958. Carr convinced investors to back him in his schemes to create Tesla-inspired flying saucers, antigravity devices, and free energy machines. Image credit: Rutgers University Press
In the 1950s, Carr was searching for investors for his saucers and free energy program. He became friends with a Baltimore man named Ralph Elsmo, who owned an advertising enterprise. After finding out about Carr’s ideas, Elsmo offered him a place to developing inventions using Tesla technology. Later, he set “OTC Enterprises, Inc.” In 1957, Carr was promoted by advertisers as the greatest scientist and was called a creator of the solution to power sources, free energy produced by the “Carrotto Gravity Motor.”
His most controversial invention was powered by the Utron Electric Accumulator, described as a fourth-dimensional space vehicle or the OTC-X1 spacecraft, in other words, a flying saucer.
Carr demonstrated his model of the spacecraft that he expected to fly to Moon
Carr could not have developed this technology if Tesla had not shared his ideas of antigravity propulsion with him years ago. In 1958, Carr claimed to have produced an anti-gravity technology that could be applied in a spacecraft. He asked for funding of around 20 million dollars to construct manufacturing facilities and build a machine (OTC-X1) that could fly to the Moon or any other planet in the solar system.
Prototype OTC-X1
He even approached the Pentagon and pitched them his OTC-X1 concept. Being interested, the Pentagon sent a team to investigate Carr’s offer. They visited his office in Baltimore and found his model useless. In 1958, the FBI started an investigation into Carr’s new spacecraft model, as they were concerned that it might attract the Soviet Union, but someone tipped them about criminal activity. They had reports of him selling some unregistered stock.
During a Project Camelot, Carr and technician Ralph Ring had been working closely on the design of flying saucers. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the two of them built a flying saucer powered by rotating electromagnets in conjunction with a number of small, ingenious capacitor-like devices called “Utrons.” They constructed several small-sized ships and a 45-foot craft that flew 10 miles at the speed of light.
“I was with two other engineers when we piloted the 45′ craft about ten miles. I thought it hadn’t moved – I thought it had failed. I was completely astonished when we realized that we had returned with samples of rocks and plants from our destination. It was a dramatic success. It was more like a kind of teleportation.”
“You must always work with Mother Nature. Force is never necessary. The laws of the physical universe are really very simple,” Ring said.
According to Carr, “Any vehicle accelerated to an axis rotation relative to its attractive inertial mass, immediately becomes activated by free-space-energy and acts as an independent force.”
On April 15, 1959, hundreds of people gathered in Oklahoma city for Otis Carr’s disk launch. They were invited to the launch of his 45 feet craft that would rise 400-600 feet in the air. However, the launch was postponed as Carr had been admitted into hospital, diagnosed with a lung hemorrhage.
Design of OTC-X1
Carr attracted the attention of World War II veteran US army officers Wayne Aho and Daniel Fry who accompanied him and helped his project to keep going. He claimed to launch for the Moon on December 7, 1959.
In 1947, Carr prepared the documentation, and later, in 1959, received a US patent No. 2.912.244 for a project of OTC-X1 spacecraft despite the fact that the United States Patent and Trademark Office had not recognized the idea of “perpetual motion machines” for a long time, and Carr’s device used just such a principle.
In 1960, Carr was found guilty of selling unregistered stock in Oklahoma and in January, he was charged in fraudulent of $50,000. He was sent to prison for 14 years and meanwhile, his lab was destroyed and all his prototypes were ceased by the government. His team members were asked not to make any contact with each other. After that, Carre lived in Pittsburgh until his death in 1982, continuing to try to interest investors in his technology.
Otis Carr was a victim like Tesla, who was left unnoticed and broke at the end of his life. People often talk about the intervention of the government and other forces opposing the advancement of Carr’s flying saucers. Besides, opponents of alternative energy regularly report fraud on the part of Carr.
At times, the field of Cryptozoology can be a violent one. Occasionally, a deadly one. With that said, let’s have a look at some of the most dangerous monsters out there.We’ll begin with the Nyalmo. You may not have heard of that one. It is, however, a form of Yeti (also known as the Abominable Snowman). The Nyalmo, though, is a creature that should not to be approached. As legendary cryptozoologist Bernard Heuvelmans said: “The Nyalmo are real giants, between 4 and 5 m high, with enormous conical heads.” He continued: “They wander in parties among the eternal snows above 4000m. In such empty country it is hardly surprising that they should be carnivorous and even man-eating [italics mine].” Heuvelmans asked of the Nyalmo: “Do they really exist, or are they just a myth?” He admitted to having heard of accounts of Yetis with feet around 45 to 60 cm in length, but was careful to qualify this by stating that: “…the evidence is far too slender for us to draw any satisfactory conclusions. Possibly the Nyalmo are an invented addition based on the belief that yetis increase in size the higher you go.” Now, there is the equally dangerous beast, the Kushtaka.
(Nick Redfern)
What lurks in the mountains?
In 2014, one of the most intriguing Bigfoot-themed books was published. The author was Dennis Waller. The title of his book was In Search of the Kushtaka: Alaska’s Other Bigfoot. This is an excellent read for anyone fascinated by cryptozoology in general and Bigfoot in particular. Waller’s title is not your average Bigfoot book. And that’s not a bad thing at all. As the book demonstrates time and again, the Kushtaka phenomenon is not just strange. Simply put: it’s very often downright too strange. We never, ever, find a body. The beast is seemingly impervious to bullets. There are reports of the creatures vanishing before the witness – and by “vanishing” I do mean that literally. There is, however, something very strange about the Alaskan beast. It has astounding abilities, including the power to seemingly vanish (and reappear) at will, to shape-shift, to take on the guise of a deceased person, and to engage in telepathic communication. It can also manipulate space and time. Many might be inclined to relegate such tales and claims to the worlds of folklore and myth-making – and all without giving matters any degree of second thought.
(Nick Redfern)
On the road
Waller takes us on a fascinating journey that does not deny the legends and folklore that have become part of the Alaskan Bigfoot puzzle. It is, however, a journey that – to make its point – also encompasses science. On this latter issue, Waller delves deeply into the domain of String Theory, quantum physics, and multiple-dimensions. In other words, ancient legend may have been borne out of a science that – to a significant degree – still very much eludes us to this day. It’s also a science that spills over into the realms of Shamanic activity, altered states of mind, the afterlife, and creatures that very possibly feast on human life-energy [italics].
Now, it’s time to take a look at the Wendigo. A terrifying thing that appears prominently within the lore of the Algonquin people – the most widespread and populated of the Native American groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds – the Wendigo is an evil, cannibalistic, and rampaging creature with the ability to possess human sous and minds [italic mine], forcing them to do their dark bidding. Humans have the ability to transform into a Wendigo, especially if they have engaged in cannibalism. Notably, in centuries past, those who were suspected by the Algonquion of being Wendigos were decapitated after death, to prevent them from rising from the grave and going on slaughtering, people-eating rampages. Many of the reports of the Wendigo are focused around large forests, freezing cold and wintery environments, and dark woods. In light of that, there is a theory that the stories of the Wendigo are the result of (a) a distortion of real events, involving Native Americans who were forced to resort to cannibalism when food was scarce in the winter months; and (b) tales told to try and dissuade people from cannibalism, by making them think that eating human flesh would turn them into Wendigos. Now, let’s look at Bigfoot.
It’s not every day that a U.S. president makes comments and observations on Bigfoot. But, as incredible as it may sound, President Theodore Roosevelt may have done exactly that in the pages of his 1890 book, The Wilderness Hunter. The president, who was also a keen hunter and an avid outdoors-man, told a story that sounds eerily, and chillingly, like a close encounter with a killer-Bigfoot. An extract from his amazing, more than a century old, story follows: “Frontiersmen are not, as a rule, apt to be very superstitious. They lead lives too hard and practical, and have too little imagination in things spiritual and supernatural. I have heard but few ghost stories while living on the frontier, and those few were of a perfectly commonplace and conventional type. But I once listened to a goblin-story, which rather impressed me. A grizzled, weather beaten old mountain hunter, named Bauman who, born and had passed all of his life on the Frontier, told it the story to me. He must have believed what he said, for he could hardly repress a shudder at certain points of the tale; but he was of German ancestry, and in childhood had doubtless been saturated with all kinds of ghost and goblin lore.”
(Nick Redfern)
Roosevelt added: “So that many fearsome superstitions were latent in his mind; besides, he knew well the stories told by the Indian medicine men in their winter camps, of the snow-walkers, and the specters, [spirits, ghosts & apparitions] the formless evil beings that haunt the forest depths, and dog and waylay the lonely wanderer who after nightfall passes through the regions where they lurk. It may be that when overcome by the horror of the fate that befell his friend [italics mine], and when oppressed by the awful dread of the unknown, he grew to attribute, both at the time and still more in remembrance, weird and elfin traits to what was merely some abnormally wicked and cunning wild beast; but whether this was so or not, no man can say.” According to Roosevelt, the mysterious creature attacked Bauman’s friend and “…broke his neck by wrenching his head back with its fore paws, while it buried its teeth in his throat [italics mine]. It had not eaten the body, but apparently had romped and gamboled around it in uncouth, ferocious glee, occasionally rolling over and over it; and had then fled back into the soundless depths of the woods.”
Finally, we’re about to focus on a monster that first surfaced in very strange ways – and not too long ago: the Slenderman. Imagine the scene: it’s the dead of night and you are fast asleep. Suddenly, though, things change radically and you find yourself far from asleep: you are now wide awake but unable to move. You are completely paralyzed. You try and cry out but it’s no use. Your heart pounds and your head spins chaotically. Worse still, you see hunched over in the shadows of the bedroom an eight-to-nine-foot-tall, skinny and emaciated creature. It is dressed in an old-style black suit, has a pale face that lacks eyes, a nose, ears and a mouth. As for its arms and legs, they are almost like those of a spider: long, thin and spindly. Rubbery, octopus-like tentacles protrude from its torso; they wave and flicker ominously in your direction. To your horror, the night-fiend slowly moves toward you and leans over. Its foul breath makes you wretch. It whispers that you are about to die. Or, that it is coming to take your soul. Maybe you will be its eternal slave in its forested, ancient abode. Now in a state of complete terror, you finally manage to cry out and wake up in a cold sweat. The terrible thing is suddenly gone. You have just had a trauma- and fear-filled encounter with the Slenderman.
(Nick Redfern)
A modern day monster
The Slenderman had a strange start: he began “life” purely as an Internet creation, specifically the work of a man named Eric Knudsen. In June 2009, Knudsen, via the pseudonym of “Victor Surge,” uploaded a couple of doctored photos of the Slenderman to the forum of the Something Awful website. In no time at all, others began writing – and posting online – their very own tales of the Slenderman. Short stories, blogs, novels, online games, chat-rooms, and more soon followed. Then, something menacing and sinister happened: people, all across the world, began to see the Slenderman. Not just on the Internet, not in novels or in the pages of comic-books, but in their homes. In their bedrooms. In mysterious woods. In dreams that rapidly escalated into full-blown nightmares. The Slenderman came to life in the form of a Thought-Form. All of the five monsters above are very different creatures. There is, however, one connection between them all: they should be avoided at all costs.
Is there a lake under the South Pole on Mars? This has been debated since scientists first detected what they thought was a lake about a mile underneath the Martian south pole back in 2018, but the debates and theories have continued on to this day.
In 2020, it was reported that three additional salty lakes were found around the same area as the original South Pole one was detected. But the excitement turned to disappointment in August of 2021 when it was revealed that the “polar lakes” may have just been frozen clay.
And now, a new study conducted by planetary scientists from the University of Texas has claimed that the reflections of the radar images from the Martian South Pole may be nothing more than volcanic rock. In fact, the reflections from the South Pole are the same as those detected at volcanic plains in other locations on the Red Planet. Instead of there being a lake underneath the Martian South Pole, the authors of the study said that the volcanic rock claim is a “more plausible explanation”.
To test their theory, Cyril Grima put in an imaginary ice sheet across a radar map of the planet to see how the surface would look underneath a mile of ice. At that point, they compared the features with those detected underneath the polar cap. “For water to be sustained this close to the surface, you need both a very salty environment and a strong, locally generated heat source, but that doesn’t match what we know of this region,” he explained. His map was based on data collected over three years from a radar instrument called MARSIS on board the European Space Agency’s Mars Express.
The same thing has been detected here on Earth with rocks from iron-rich lava flows reflecting in a similar way to those at Mars’ volcanic plains.
While Mars may have had oceans many millions of years ago and could possibly still have pockets of water ice today, more research needs to be conducted. Isaac Smith, who is a Mars geophysicist at York University but was not involved with the study, gave his opinion about the new research, “I think the beauty of Grima’s finding is that while it knocks down the idea there might be liquid water under the planet’s south pole today,” he said that it “gives us really precise places to go look for evidence of ancient lakes and riverbeds and test hypotheses about the wider drying out of Mars’ climate over billions of years.”
Giant Elon Musk rocket is about to CRASH into the Moon after ‘7 years of chaos’
Giant Elon Musk rocket is about to CRASH into the Moon after ‘7 years of chaos’
Harry Pettit, Deputy Technology and Science Editor
A FOUR-TONNE chunk of a SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the Moon, according to online space junk trackers.
The out-of-control booster was launched from Florida in February 2015 as part of the rocket firm's first interplanetary mission.
ArsTechnica reports that the Falcon 9 second stage completed a long burn of its engines before deploying the NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory on a journey to a point more than 1 million km from Earth.
It did not have enough fuel left to take it back into Earth's atmosphere, leaving it on a chaotic orbit around our planet.
Now, space trackers have calculated that the rocket part's will intersect with the Moon at 2.58 kilometres per second within weeks.
The impact is estimated to occur on March 4, 2022, according to Bill Gray, who writes the popular Project Pluto software to track near-Earth objects.
"This is the first unintentional case [of space junk hitting the Moon] of which I am aware," Gray wrote last week.
The astronomer recently put out a call to space-watchers to make observations of the booster to help refine his calculations.
What is SpaceX?
Here's what you need to know...
SpaceX is a cash-flushed rocket company that wants to take man to Mars.
It was set up by eccentric billionaire Elon Musk in 2002 and is based in Hawthorne, California.
SpaceX's first aim was to build rockets that can autonomously land back on Earth for refurbishment and re-use.
The technology makes launching and operating space flights more efficient, and therefore cheaper.
SpaceX currently uses its reusable Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets to fly cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) for Nasa.
It also carries satellites and other space tech into orbit for various government agencies and multinational companies.
The company took astronauts to the ISS for the first time in 2020 and flew its first all-civilian crew there a year later.
Future missions will fly tourists and astronauts to the Moon and Mars.
Musk has repeatedly said he believes humanity must colonise Mars to save itself from extinction.
He plans to get a SpaceX rocket to the Red Planet by 2027.
He's hoping to nail down the exact time of the crash ahead of schedule.
Unfortunately, it won't be possible to see the impact live as the tumbling rocket part is expected to hit the Moon's far side – the part that faces away from Earth.
Instead, astronomers will rely on images snapped by satellites including Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to view the aftermath of the crash.
By analysing the resulting crater, scientists hope to observe subsurface material ejected by the crash to shed light on the Moon's composition.
As part of its LCROSS mission, in 2009 Nasa deliberately smashed a rocket booster into the Moon in hopes of learning something from the debris it left behind.
"In essence, this is a "free" LCROSS… except we probably won't see the impact," Gray wrote.
SpaceX's 2015 mission, dubbed DSCOVR, was its first to leave Earth's orbit, meaning the rocket's second stage couldn't be directed into the atmosphere.
That tactic is regularly used by the company and Western space agencies to reduce debris by ensuring that it burns up as opposed to remaining in orbit.
A Falcon 9 lifts off from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on February 11, 2015Credit: SpaceX
In other news, Boeing has sunk $450million into a flying taxi startup that hopes to whisk passengers across cities by the end of the decade.
Personalised smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to U.S. consumers this year.
Scientists are embarking on a mission to unravel the mystery behind dozens of grisly child mummies buried in an underground tomb in Sicily.
And, police have caught an Italian mafia henchman who'd be on the run for 20 years after spotting the fugitive on Google Maps.
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Op hol geslagen SpaceX-raket op ramkoers met de maan: “Eerste keer dat ruimteafval onbedoeld maan zal raken”
Een Falcon 9-raket van het Amerikaanse bedrijf SpaceX zweeft al zeven jaar “chaotisch” rond in de ruimte en ligt nu op ramkoers met de maan. Volgens experts zal de onvermijdelijke botsing over een paar weken plaatsvinden en zal ze niet vanop de aarde te zien zijn. Het is de eerste keer dat een stuk ruimteafval ongepland de maan zal raken, zegt data-analist Bill Gray.
Wat is er precies aan de hand en is de botsing gevaarlijk? Bekijk hier de uitleg van wetenschapsexpert Martijn Peters:
De Falcon 9-raket werd in 2015 vanuit Florida gelanceerd als deel van de missie om een weersatelliet de ruimte in te sturen. Maar de tweede trap van de raket sloeg op hol. Die had niet voldoende brandstof om terug te keren naar de aarde, maar “had ook geen energie meer om te ontsnappen aan de zwaartekracht van het aarde-maan-systeem”, zegt meteoroloog Eric Berger op Ars Technica. “Vandaar dat ze sinds februari 2015 een enigszins chaotische baan volgt”, voegt Berger eraan toe.
Ruimtevaartspecialisten denken dat de rakettrap - zo’n vier ton ‘ruimteafval’ - binnen enkele weken de maan zal raken met een snelheid van ongeveer 2,58 km/s. Volgens data-analist Bill Gray zal de clash heel waarschijnlijk op 4 maart gebeuren aan de achterkant van de maan, ergens aan de evenaar. Om 7.25 uur ET, berekende hij, dat is 13.25 uur onze tijd. Volgens Gray kwam de rakettrap “op 5 januari al dicht bij de maan”, maar zal er “zeker een inslag zijn op 4 maart”. Voor zover Gray weet, zal het de eerste keer zijn dat een stuk ruimteafval de maan onbedoeld raakt. De exacte plaats waar de raket zal inslaan, blijft onduidelijk door kleine onvoorspelbare factoren, die de baan van de raket nog licht kunnen wijzigen.
Vanop onze planeet zullen we volgens Gray de clash niet kunnen waarnemen, omdat “het grootste deel van de maan in de weg zit”. En zelfs als de inslag aan ‘onze kant’ van de maan zou plaatsvinden, dan zal dat een paar dagen na nieuwe maan zijn. Bij nieuwe maan staan de zon en de maan op dezelfde positie ten opzichte van de aarde en kunnen wij de maan niet zien, enkel haar schaduwkant.
Ook Jonathan McDowell, een astrofysicus aan de Harvard Universiteit, meent dat de inslag op 4 maart zal plaatsvinden. Hij voegt eraan toe dat dit “geen big deal” is.
Toch hopen ruimtevaartliefhebbers wat te leren uit de crash van de rakettrap op de maan. Berger denkt dat dit mogelijk zal maken ondergronds materiaal te observeren dat door de impact aan de oppervlakte zal komen. Ook Gray “hoopt op een maaninslag”, zo zegt hij. “We weten al wat er gebeurt als afval de aarde raakt en daar valt niet veel van te leren.”
I found a monolith in an old NASA photo. This is from the Lunar Orbiter 1 mission frame 1038. Its from August of 1966, unmanned mission. The monolith sits at an angle and is pointed at an angle...which may mean its a triangle craft that was crashed landed on the surface of the moon. It's been intelligently made, therefore it has a purpose...most likely a structure or ship...or both. The object is huge, about .5km long.
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Thousands of Crows Take Flight Over Washington, Bad or Good Omen, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Thousands of Crows Take Flight Over Washington, Bad or Good Omen, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of video:January 25, 2022
Location of event: Bothell Washington, USA
Two different eyewitness videos of thousands of crows were recorded yesterday. Crows are often seen as a symbol of death or doom. If you see a crow, it is a sign that someone close to you may soon die. A bad omen if you will. Maybe so, maybe there is something to superstition...a grain of truth that keeps it passed down. But lets face it, birds are sensitive feeling things far easier than us. If something were about to happen, something big, life changing, dramatic and frightening...its highly possible some animal species would know beforehand. This is what it looks like in Bothell, Washington this week, when thousands of crows took flight over the city. It may very well may be a warning of something to come. Only time will tell. Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
UFO filmed over Edwards AFB, California On Jan 24, 2022, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO filmed over Edwards AFB, California On Jan 24, 2022, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: January 24, 2022 Location of sighting: Edwards AFB, California, USA Source: MUFON
This video just in today. An eyewitness recorded a glowing object in California. The object was reported over Edwards Air Force Base and may have been aliens investigating the US military. There are hundreds of reports of not just UFOs, but also alien encounters at US military bases. These are usually covered up or ignored by the US government as being nothing more than a weather balloon or the reflection of Venus. This is an alien craft observing, recording and researching the reactions they get when flying over a USAF base.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
My wife was driving northbound on the 14 near Edwards AFB at 17:56 today 1/24/22. She recorded a strange 3 light craft in the sky and drove right underneath it. It was stationary or moved very slowly from the video and what she told me. She said the three bright lights on each corner were “kind of like iron man’s thrusters”, almost as if they are causing optical effects from heat generation. I work in aerospace so I can differentiate aircraft. I looked at her video and checked the flight radar for that timeframe and there were no aircraft above the highway.
If a time traveler took you to the future 100 years, what would you see? Video, UFO Sighting News.
If a time traveler took you to the future 100 years, what would you see? Video, UFO Sighting News.
In this emotionally moving scene from Doctor who series...Doctor Who travels to France to try to visit the artist Van Gogh, in hopes that he can inspire and influence him not to take his own life at age 37. The attempt failed, but for a moment in the future, he realized his greatness.
Van Gogh, selling only one painting in his lifetime, wanted to be married, but no friendship ever worked out for him. A painting he gave to a friend, was used to fix a hole in a chicken coop for years. The world itself...ignored his greatness, never truly appreciating him. Only after his death, was his art seen for it true greatness. So...clearly during his lifetime...the world was wrong about him.
This begs the question, if a time traveler took you 100 years into the future to show you how your life has influenced and changed the world...what would you see? Would you come back, inspired to try harder, to transform your pain and passion into something great?
3Km Alien Base Found On Mars, Google Mars Map, UFO Sighting News.
3Km Alien Base Found On Mars, Google Mars Map, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: Jan 24, 2022
Location of discovery: Mars
Google coordinates: 21°32'55.66"S 69°50'7.26"E
I found a huge ancient alien base on Mars using Google Mars map. The structure measured 3.8km across! Its huge and cube-like, but NASA did have those photos in false color and they used a smoothing program to take the detail out of it before creating the map. NASA does not exist to help the public learn about space. NASA exists to keep the public in the dark about the existence of intelligent aliens in our own solar system. This structure is at least .5km high, but looks like it could be 1 full km. It's not hard for NASA to hide the truth, since they have full access to all photos coming from Mars. Then they edit out the structures and then tone down the detail and add false color...all to hide these structures from you. But don't worry, I'm here for you, I'm on the job.
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Strange UFO activity over Corpus Christi, Texas 20-Jan-2022
Strange UFO activity over Corpus Christi, Texas 20-Jan-2022
This strange aerial phenomenon was filmed in the sky above Corpus Christi, Texas on 20th January 2022.
Witness report:
For context I first thought this was a cloud but after watching it for several minutes it kept growing and got really bright. After this large bright spot appeared it quickly disappeared. No other clouds were in the sky and the sun was already going down. No airplane incidents were reported on the news either.
Very weird and I’m hoping someone can explain! I did not see the moon behind it, the sun was setting to my right and I do not know where the moon was. Stopped recording so I could phone a friend to determine if they could see it. I had called a friend to see if they had noticed it. He said he could find it in the sky but he lives about 20~ miles in a different direction. Girlfriend saw it though so I know I’m not crazy lol. It pretty much went away quickly after this video was shot.
We didn’t see any scheduled launches. This direction is towards south padre though. There is a Naval Air Base in this direction as well but I didn’t see any planes in the sky.
The Piri Reis Map: Where’s The Lost Map Of Columbus?
The Piri Reis Map: Where’s The Lost Map Of Columbus?
In 1929, a map rolled up on a dusty shelf in a library at the Topkapi Palace in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), Turkey. The map is now famous as the “Piri Reis Map,” which has sparked a heated debate worldwide.
When discovered, the Piri Reis Map drew immediate attention as it was one of the earliest maps of America and the only 16th-century map that shows South America in its proper longitudinal position about Africa.
The map is drawn on gazelle skin and was compiled in 1513 by Ahmed Muhiddin Piri, better known as Piri Reis, who was an Ottoman-Turkish military admiral, navigator, geographer, and cartographer.
Approximately one-third of the map which survives shows the western coasts of Europe, North Africa, and the coast of Brazil. Various Atlantic islands, including the Azores and Canary Islands, are shown, as is the mythical island of Antillia and possibly Japan.
The most puzzling aspect of the Piri Reis Map is its depiction of Antarctica. The map not only shows a landmass near present-day Antarctica, but it depicts Antarctica’s topography as not being masked by ice and in great detail.
But according to the history books, the first confirmed sighting of Antarctica occurred in 1820 by the Russian expedition of Mikhail Lazarev and Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. On the other hand, it has been estimated that Antarctica has been covered with ice for around 6000 years.
Now many people have raised the question, how could a Turkish admiral from half a millennium ago map a continent’s topography that has been covered with ice for thousands of years?
Reports have been published claiming that the Ottoman Empire knew some form of ancient Ice Age civilization. However, these claims are generally considered pseudoscholarship, and the scholarly opinion is that the region sometimes thought of as Antarctica is more likely Patagonia or the Terra Australis Incognita (Unknown Southern Land) widely believed to exist before the Southern Hemisphere was fully explored.
On the map, Piri Reis gives resource credit to a map drawn by Christopher Columbus, which has never been discovered. Geographers have spent several centuries unsuccessfully searching for a “lost map of Columbus” that was supposedly drawn while he was in the West Indies.
After discovering the Piri Reis map, an unsuccessful investigation was launched to find the lost Columbus source map. The historical importance of the Piri Reis map lies in its demonstration of the extent of Portuguese knowledge of the New World in 1510. The Piri Reis map is currently located in the Library of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, but is not currently on display to the public.
The display may be a clue to understanding other planetary systems.
An artist's depiction of zodiacal light at the surface of the planet Kepler-1229 b.
(Image credit: SHAO/Yue Xu)
Watch the sun set from a particularly dark patch of Earth and you may spot a triangle of what scientists call zodiacal light extending from where our star passed below the horizon.
Zodiacal light in Earth's skies is created when sunlight bounces off the dust that fills the solar system, the remains of pulverized asteroids and flurry left by passing comets. And according to new research by a team of astronomers and high school students based in China, a similar phenomenon occurs in the skies of at least a few potentially habitable exoplanets. The light could be one more clue for scientists seeking to puzzle out what those exotic neighborhoods might look like
"If we can detect zodiacal light from a distant planet system, then this system likely has components like asteroids and comets, which can't be easily detected directly in other ways," lead author Jian Ge, an astronomer at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in China, said during a news conference held virtually on Jan. 13 by the American Astronomical Society. Ge had been scheduled to present the research at a meeting organized by the group that was canceled due to COVID-19.
Ge and his colleagues — including a team of high school students — evaluated 47 different potentially habitable worlds studied by NASA's Kepler space telescope, which ended operations in 2018. For each planet, the team gathered a host of data, from sources including the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope and more.
These data helped the researchers determine which planetary systems were brighter in infrared light — wavelengths we feel as heat — than they might have expected. Next, the team checked whether other factors, such as background stars, might be to blame. The process left three planets where the researchers say zodiacal light may shine: Kepler-69c, Kepler-1229b and Kepler-395c, all of which are classified as "super Earths."
Exactly what skywatchers would see at the surface of these alien worlds likely varies from planet to planet, Ge noted during the news conference.
"You can imagine the zodiacal light may look very red," he said of Kepler-1229b, which orbits a red dwarf star.
An artist's depiction of zodiacal light at the surface of the planet Kepler-69 c. (Image credit: SHAO/Yue Xu)
Kepler-69c, meanwhile, may be a "super Venus" world, larger than our next-door neighbor but equally inhospitable. "We can imagine that this planet's atmosphere and surface look like those of our Venus," Ge said. "It may have a runaway greenhouse effect on its surface, and the atmosphere may be thick and hot, while the surface would be extremely dry." (A thick atmosphere would likely make the zodiacal light more difficult to see.)
Right now, with only three candidates among 47 planets, the researchers can't say that zodiacal light is a particularly common sight on potentially habitable worlds, but that may change when astronomers can use more powerful observations than those of NASA's WISE mission, Ge said.
"When the sensitivity improves, we may see more systems that have weaker dust emissions," Ge said.
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Tomb of ancient Egyptian King Djoser who lived more than 4,500 years ago is restored to its original glory of stunning turquoise stones, hieroglyphic carvings and labyrinth of corridors
Tomb of ancient Egyptian King Djoser who lived more than 4,500 years ago is restored to its original glory of stunning turquoise stones, hieroglyphic carvings and labyrinth of corridors
The South Tomb was constructed to honor King Djoser who ruled ancient Egypt some 4,500 year ago
However, the pharaoh's body was not laid to rest in the tomb, but in the Step Pyramid that sits nearby
The tomb consists of stunning tiles and a labyrinth of corridors, decorated with hieroglyphic carvings
Officials have been working at restoring the site for the past 15 years and it is now open to the public
The elaborate tomb of King Djoser, a pharaoh who lived more than 4,500 years ago in ancient Egypt, has been opened to the public following 15 years of extensive restorations.
The structure - known as the South Tomb - is largely underground and includes a labyrinth of corridors, decorated with hieroglyphic carvings and tiles.
However, the pharaoh was not buried in the South tomb, but was laid to rest in the famed Step Pyramid nearby, which was built by his personal architect Imhotep.
The South tomb, built between 2667 BC and 2648 BC, is thought to have been constructed for symbolic reasons, or perhaps to hold Djoser's internal organs, said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
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The structure - known as the South Tomb - is largely underground and includes a labyrinth of corridors, decorated with hieroglyphic carvings and tiles
The two structures make up part of the Saqqara complex near Cairo - one of the country´s richest archeological sites.
The Step Pyramid is the oldest known pyramid and one of the first examples of monumental architecture from the ancient world, according to UNESCO.
And the massive structure is believed to have been the inspiration for the Pyramids at Giza.
The South tomb, however, features stunning turquoise stones lining the inside walls that also feature intricate carvings.
Kin Djoser, who ruled for about 19 years, is know for his use of stone architecture, which can be seen in the South tomb, along with the Step Pyramid and ancient ruins in Memphis - the capital city southwest of what is now Cairo
The South tomb, built between 2667 BC and 2648 BC. Pictured is a path leading to the opening of the massive tomb
The opening leads to a stairway that descends about 98 feet below the surface and leads to the burial shaft (pictured)and then to the labyrinth of corridors
A large structure sits above the desert landscape, in which visitors walk through to enter the tomb.
The opening leads to a stairway that descends about 98 feet below the surface and leads to the burial shaft and then to the labyrinth of corridors.
However, the burial vault, according to experts, is too small to hold adult human remains, revealing the tomb was never built as King Djoser's resting place.
The South tomb is thought to have been constructed for symbolic reasons, or perhaps to hold Djoser's internal organs
Kin Djoser, which ruled for about 19 years, is know for his use of stone architecture, which can be seen in the South tomb, along with the Step Pyramid and ancient ruins in Memphis - the capital city southwest of what is now Cairo
Kin Djoser, who ruled for about 19 years, is know for his use of stone architecture, which can be seen in the South tomb, along with the Step Pyramid and ancient ruins in Memphis - the capital city southwest of what is now Cairo.
The South tomb was crumbling due to neglect, fierce desert winds, and eventually damaged by an earthquake that hit the area in 1992.
Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism said the opening of the South Tomb marked the completion of restoration work that started in 2006 and included reinforcing of the underground corridors, refurbishing the carvings and the tiled walls, along with installing lights throughout the once dark tunnels.
In addition to the South Tomb, the Saqqara plateau hosts at least 11 pyramids, including the Step Pyramid, as well as hundreds of tombs of ancient officials and other sites that range from the 1st Dynasty (2920 B.C.-2770 B.C.) to the Coptic period (395-642).
Pictured are just some of the intricate hieroglyphics that line the inner walls of the massive South tomb
Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism said the opening of the South Tomb marked the completion of restoration work that started in 2006 and included reinforcing of the underground corridors, refurbishing the carvings and the tiled walls, along with installing lights throughout the once dark tunnels
The inside of the tomb is designed like a labyrinth with corridors that and hallways throughout
The Saqqara site is part of the necropolis of Egypt´s ancient capital of Memphis that 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.
Egypt has publicized a string of recent archaeological finds over the past year 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 by the global coronavirus pandemic.
The Step Pyramid, built around 4,700 years ago, measures 200ft high (60m) and is believed to be the first pyramid in Egypt and the oldest building in the world.
Egypt has publicized a string of recent archaeological finds over the past year 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 by the global coronavirus pandemic
The Step Pyramid (pictured), built around 4,700 years ago, measures 200ft high (60m) and is believed to be the first pyramid in Egypt and the oldest building in the world
It was built entirely out of stone by the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep in the vast Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, and was believed to be the final resting place of King Djoser, founder of the Old Kingdom.
Dosjer's pyramid was a revolutionary concept, the pyramid prototype providing the blueprint for all future Egyptian developments, including the three that stand beside the Sphinx at Giza 12 miles to the northwest.
The step pyramid is made up of six mastabas (rectangular structures) stacked on top of each other.
Dating to 2,680 BC, the Djoser pyramid was designed and built under the direction of Imhotep, described by some as the world's first architect and Djoser's vizier.
The Step Pyramid had its own series of extensive renovations and reopened to the public in March 2020.
The Step Pyramid: Famed structure built more than 4,7000 years ago is believed to be the first ever pyramid built by ancient Egyptians
The step pyramid of Djoser measures almost 200ft high (60m) and is believed to be the first pyramid in Egypt and the oldest building in the world.
It was built entirely out of stone by Imhotep in the vast Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo to be the final resting place of King Djoser, founder of the Old Kingdom from the third dynasty.
Dating to 2,680 BC, the Djoser pyramid was a prototype providing the blueprint for all future Egyptian developments.
The step pyramid is made up of six mastabas (rectangular structures) stacked on top of each other.
Some scholars believer Djoser ruled Egypt for almost two decades.
It was hit by an earthquake in 1992 and restoration project started at the end of 2006 but slowed down after the revolution of 2011.
It resumed with vigor in 2013 and has now been reopened to the public.
The crumbling pyramid was shut in the 1930s over safety features.
There are huge pyramids in Egypt and other places around the world, but there’s only one Great Sphynx (the one on the photo above) … or are there more? Not one but TWO giant sphynx statues were discovered recently in western Luxor – proving that Egypt’s sifting sands have many submerged secrets yet to be seen.
“The Egyptian-German archaeological mission headed by Dr. Horig Sorosian succeeded, during the current archaeological season, during the ongoing work of restoring the statues of Memnon and the funerary temple of King Amenhotep III, known as the “Temple of Millions of Years” on the western mainland in Luxor, in revealing a group of huge stones for two royal statues in the form of the Sphinx. and the goddess Sekhmet, in addition to revealing the remains of walls and columns decorated with ceremonial and ritual scenes.”
Experts have been looking into the site since 1998
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of two 26-feet-long “colossal limestone statues” of King Amenhotep III in the form of a Sphinx in a back area of the once-enormous mortuary temple of Amenhotep III, which was ironically called the Temple of Millions of Years – it was destroyed by an earthquake 200 years after his death in 1350 BCE. (Photos can bee seen here.)
Two large sphinx statues were discovered during the restoration of a temple in Luxor, Egypt.
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
A non-sphinx statue of Amenhotep III
“Dr. Horig Sorosian, head of the mission, emphasized the importance of this discovery, as the discovery and discovery of two huge statues in the form of the Sphinx confirms the presence of the beginning of the procession road, which lies between the third edifice of the temple and the courtyard of the columns, in which the celebrations of the Beautiful Valley Festival were held every year.”
Having a long life and a peaceful 39-year-reign, Amenhotep III had plenty of time to build his temple honoring himself – the “the beloved of the god Amun-Ra” as attested by an inscription on the chest of one of the sphinx statues. At 26 feet (8 meters) in length, these sphinxes of Amenhotep III were huge, but would still be dwarfed by the Great Sphinx of Giza – which measures 73 meters (240 feet) long, 20 meters (66 feet) high and 19 meters (62 feet) at its widest point. However, their size vaults them into a tie for the #2 spot on the list of largest sphinxes with the so-called “Alabaster Sphinx” of Memphis, discovered in 1911 buried in the ruins of the Great Temple of Ptah at Memphis and still unidentified. Rumors of the discovery of a sphinx the size of the Great Sphinx circulated in late 2021 but the were denied by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
“This is in addition to the discovery of a number of inscriptions on a sandstone wall with scenes representing celebrations for Valentine’s Day – a dam and a small black granite statue of an employee sitting perhaps next to his wife. Studies have indicated that it is likely that this statue dates back to the post-Amarna period when the works continued Restoration in this temple by artists and writers.”
No, not THAT February 14th Valentine’s Day – Egypt has its own day of love celebration on November 4 which this press release dates back to the post-Amarna period starting in 1332 CE with the reign of Tutankhamun. Not called “Valentine’s Day” back then, it seems to have been popularized in the 1950s, possibly as a modern Islamic alternative to the Christian capitalistic chocolate-consuming celebration, although Egyptians also celebrate that one.
Dr. Horig Sorosian announced that all of the statues and pieces of statues, columns and other remains will be grouped with those found previously at the site and eventually be displayed in their original locations in the places in the Temple of Millions of Years for historians, Egyptologists and tourists to view.
And for sphinx fans to cheer: “We’re at #2! We’re at #2!”
A granite bust of the goddess Sekhmet, a goddess of war also associated with healing who is often depicted as part lion.
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Inscriptions on the remains of a wall or column.
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
It's not the first artefacts experts have uncovered at the site
Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14,200,000 square kilometres, it is the fifth-largest continent and nearly twice the size of Australia. It is by far the least populated continent, with around 5,000 people in the summer and around 1,000 in the winter. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km in thickness, which extends to all but the McMurdo Dry Valleys and the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula. Wikipedia
It’s really happening. The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully reached its orbital destination in space, 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from Earth. A final 5-minute thruster firing on January 24, 2022 put JWST in its halo orbit at the Sun-Earth Lagrange 2 (L2) point. The formal commissioning process can now begin.
“We’re excited to announce today that Webb is officially on station at its L2 orbit, capping off a remarkable 30 days,” said Webb’s commissioning manager Keith Parrish in a January 24 news conference. “It’s an incredible achievement by our team.”
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket launches with the James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb) is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot (6.5 meter) primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic history—from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Since it launched on December 25, Webb has been undergoing the nail-biting and complicated unfolding and deploying while cruising through space. Everything so far has gone perfectly.
“During the past month, JWST has achieved amazing success and is a tribute to all the folks who spent many years and even decades to ensure mission success,” said Bill Ochs, Webb project manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, in a blog post. “We are now on the verge of aligning the mirrors, instrument activation and commissioning, and the start of wondrous and astonishing discoveries.”
Parrish reiterated how efficient the launch by the Ariane 5 rocket and the course correction maneuvers have been, potentially giving the JWST mission twice the lifetime as originally announced, as long as 20 years.
“We used a tiny amount of fuel in today’s maneuver,” he said, “We’re very, very happy with our estimated lifetime, and it’s going to extensively exceed our 10 year estimate. Everybody’s thrilled by it. It’s just a degree of how thrilled.” Parrish added that the team will review the data and put an exact number on that lifetime over the next few months.
The orbit of JWST at L2. Credit: NASA
Parrish said approximately once every 21 days, the telescope’s orbit around L2 will need to be tweaked by briefly firing JWST’s thrusters.
The telescope team will now begin the months-long process of calibrating its mirrors and turning on the science instruments.
Lee Feinberg, JWST’s Optical Telescope Element Manager said the 3-month process of aligning the 18 mirror segments to act as one large 6.5 meter telescope will begin in about a week, after the primary near-infrared camera, NIRCam, is cold enough to turn on. That instrument will help align the mirrors.
“We’ll look at a bright, isolated star,” Feinberg said, “and we’ll get 18 different images — which will all be blurry because the individual mirror won’t be aligned. Then we can begin the slow process that we call phasing, which will align the mirrors to work as one.”
Shown with its primary mirror fully deployed, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most technically complex space science telescope NASA has ever built. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
Feinberg said the mirrors will be aligned to within 1/5000th the width of a human hair. He also revealed the identity of the star they will use: HD 84406, a G-type main sequence star that is a lot like our own Sun.
“It’s a Ursa Major near the bowl of the Big Dipper,” he said noting that the star is not visible to the naked eye, but it can be seen with binoculars.
While everything has gone well so far, there is still a lot of work to get the telescope ready for action.
“We’re a month in and the baby hasn’t even opened its eyes yet,” said Jane Rigby of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. “Everything we’re doing is about getting the observatory ready to do transformative science. That’s why we’re here.”
Clip one: This was captured on January 22, 2022 over São Paulo in Brazil. In the footage we can see this fiery red UFO orb just flying over his head and i have to say that this guy has great timing as he is in the right place at the right time... This isn't the first the he has filmed something over São Paulo as he has filmed a group of blue orbs flying around an apartment block, check out the the footage if you missed it:
Clip Two:This footage was taken on January 13, 2021 at around 6:00 PM Pacific Time in Victorville, California. I can't tell if this is three orbs or one solid craft but the witness is sure that this is the Top Secret TR-3B craft but what do you guys think?
Thanks to S. G. for allowing me the use of his footage and to view the original:
Hidden UFO Found On Google Map, South Africa! UFO Sighting News.
Hidden UFO Found On Google Map, South Africa! UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: January 20, 2022
Location of discovery: South Africa
Google coordinates: 25°53'41.03"S 27°48'5.82"E
I was exploring on Google Map when I came across a metallic disk landed in South Africa. It's hidden in a grove of trees and far from any city. The object looks like a classic disk with a pointed hump at its center. One photo even shows a huge circle around it...similar to that of a crop circle, but then disappears in the next photo months later. It looks like this is a landing location of an alien craft that attempted to hide its existence from the world. The pilot has created a dirt road to the area and is probably in a city nearby manipulating the direction the human race will go by introducing new technology, cures, ideas and such. This needs further investigation. We need someone on location. I'll ask around to see if it's possible to get more info on it.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
South Africa’s ‘Crashed UFO’ (Picture: Google Maps)
Watch this amazing discovery by Youtuber Gina Hill. She caught two groups of brown UFOs exiting our sun. She used a NASA ISWA site where she found the evidence. As the sun begins to have a small solar explosion...suddenly in a single frame of the video are six small brown rectangles. Had this been a glitch in the program, it would be black or white, but brown? I have never seen this color on the photos. This is new, this is something important, this is alien ships exiting our sun! Now this back up my theory about the sun having a hollow space within it, where there could be the legendary planet X that we have all heard about. There may even be a mini solar system within it of several planets and moons. Brown objects exiting our sun in groups of six...that screams alien fleet.
It's amazing that satellites caught so many crop circles over the years.
The crop circles found by a Chinese researcher are mapped and published on November 14, 2018, below is the link showing the crop circles captured over the years. µ
This strange sighting of a possible triangle-shaped UFO was filmed over Edwards Air Force Base in California on 24th January 2022.
Witness report:
My wife was driving northbound on the 14 near Edwards AFB at 17:56 today 1/24/22. She recorded a strange 3 light craft in the sky and drove right underneath it. It was stationary or moved very slowly from the video and what she told me. She said the three bright lights on each corner were “kind of like iron man’s thrusters”, almost as if they are causing optical effects from heat generation. I work in aerospace so I can differentiate aircraft. I looked at her video and checked the flight radar for that timeframe and there were no aircraft above the highway.
An astronomer has captured footage of a huge asteroid 3,451 feet in diameter as it made its closest approach to Earth in almost 90 years.
Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) could be seen as a small white dot as it travelled towards our planet at around 19:00 GMT on Monday (January 17).
The following evening, at 21:51 GMT (16:51 EST) on January 18, the asteroid made its closest approach to Earth since 1933, coming within 1.2 million miles of our planet.
The clip was captured by Gianluca Masi, an astrophysicist and manager of the Virtual Telescope Project, provided by the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory in Italy.
Another eight so-called near-Earth objects (NEOs) are set to pass safely by Earth this month, according to NASA.
This image, a still from the footage, comes from a single, 60-second exposure, remotely taken with the 'Elena' robotic unit available at Virtual Telescope
The telescope tracked the fast apparent motion of the asteroid. This is why stars show as long trails, while the asteroid looks like a sharp dot of light in the centre of the image, marked by an arrow
ASTEROID 7482 (1994 PC1)
The space rock 7482 (1994 PC1) was first discovered in 1994.
It was spotted by RH McNaught using the Siding observatory in Australia.
It orbits the Sun every 572 days, although has an eccentric orbit taking it from 0.9 to 1.8 AU from the star.
One AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
The last known approach this close was in 1933, when it was 699,000 miles from the Earth.
'We captured several images of the potentially hazardous asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 while safely approaching us,' said Masi.
'We made a still picture and nice animation. The image above comes from a single, 60-second exposure, remotely taken with the "Elena" robotic unit available at Virtual Telescope.
'The telescope tracked the fast apparent motion of the asteroid, this is why stars show as long trails, while the asteroid looks like a sharp dot of light in the centre of the image, marked by an arrow.
'Using all the images of the sequence, we could make the animation below, showing 1994 PC1 in motion against the stars.'
NASA puts the diameter of asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) as 3,451 feet (1.052km), much larger than the tallest building on Earth, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which measures 2,722 feet.
Following its close approach on Tuesday, 7482 (1994 PC1) won't be this close to Earth again until the year 2105, according to NASA JPL-Caltech's Solar System Dynamics.
Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1), which orbits the sun every 1.5 years, was first discovered in 1994 by astronomer RH McNaught using the Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia.
Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) was first discovered by Australian astronomers in 1994 and made a close approach of Earth this week
NASA puts the diameter of asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) as 3,451 feet (1.052km), much larger than the tallest building on Earth
Its orbit is very well known, according to astronomers, and varies from 0.9 AU to 1.8 AU, where 1 AU is the distance between the Earth and the sun.
It is a common stony S-type asteroid, and every close approach gives astronomers the chance to study the surface and learn more about these ancient space rocks.
NASA and other agencies regularly track more than 28,000 known asteroids as they orbit the Sun, and occasionally cross Earth's orbit.
The massive asteroid, more than twice the size of the Empire State Building in New York, came within 1.2 million miles of the Earth
Sun (yellow) · Earth (blue) · 1994 PC1 (magenta)
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPACE ROCKS
An asteroid is a large chunk of rock left over from collisions or the early Solar System. Most are located between Mars and Jupiter in the Main Belt.
A comet is a rock covered in ice, methane and other compounds. Their orbits take them much further out of the Solar System.
A meteor is what astronomers call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris burns up.
This debris itself is known as a meteoroid. Most are so small they are vapourised in the atmosphere.
If any of this meteoroid makes it to Earth, it is called a meteorite.
Meteors, meteoroids and meteorites normally originate from asteroids and comets.
DEFLECTING AN ASTEROID WOULD REQUIRE 'MULTIPLE BUMPS', STUDY SAYS
Deflecting an asteroid such as Bennu, which has a small chance of hitting Earth in about a century and a half, could require multiple small impacts from some sort of massive human-made deflection device, according to experts.
Scientists in California have been firing projectiles at meteorites to simulate the best methods of altering the course of an asteroid so that it wouldn't hit Earth.
According to the results so far, an asteroid like Bennu that is rich in carbon could need several small bumps to charge its course.
Bennu, which is about a third of a mile wide, has a slightly greater chance of hitting Earth than previously thought, NASArevealed.
The space agency upgraded the risk of Bennu impacting Earth at some point over the next 300 years to one in 1,750.
Bennu also has a one-in-2,700 chance of hitting Earth on the afternoon of September 24, 2182, according to the NASA study.
Scientists have been seriously considering how to stop an asteroid from ever hitting Earth since the 1960s, but previous approaches have generally involved theories on how to blow the cosmic object into thousands of pieces.
The problem with this is these pieces could potentially zoom towards Earth and present almost as dangerous and humanity-threatening an issue as the original asteroid.
A more recent approach, called kinetic impact deflection (KID), involves firing something into space that more gently bumps the asteroid off course, away from Earth, while keeping it intact.
Recent KID efforts were outlined at the 84th annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society held in Chicago and led by Dr George Flynn, a physicist at State University of New York, Plattsburgh.
'You might have to use multiple impacts,' Dr Flynn said in conversation with The New York Times. 'It [Bennu] may barely miss, but barely missing is enough.'
Researchers have been working at NASA's Ames Vertical Gun Range, built in the 1960s during the Apollo era and based at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley, for the recent KID experiments.
They fired small, spherical aluminum projectiles at meteorites suspended by pieces of nylon string.
The team used 32 meteorites – which are fragments of asteroids that have fallen to Earth from space – that were mostly purchased from private dealers.
The tests have allowed them to work out at what point momentum from a human-made object fired towards an asteroid turns it into thousands of fragments, rather than knocking it off course as desired.
'If you break it into pieces, some of those pieces may still be on a collision course with Earth,' Dr Flynn said.
Carbonaceous chondrite (C-type) asteroids, such as Bennu, are the most common in the solar system.
They are darker than other asteroids due to the presence of carbon and are some of the most ancient objects in the solar system – dating back to its birth.
According to the findings from experiments at AVGR, the type of asteroid being targeted (and how much carbon it has in it) may dictate how much momentum would be directed at it from any human-made KID device.
From the experiments, the researchers found C-type meteorites could withstand only about one-sixth of the momentum that the other chondrites could withstand before shattering.
'[C-type] asteroids are much more difficult to deflect without disruption than ordinary chondrite asteroids,' the experts concluded.
'These results indicate multiple successive impacts may be required to deflect rather than disrupt asteroids, particularly carbonaceous asteroids.'
Therefore, around 160 years in the future – when Bennu is most likely to collide with Earth, according to NASA – a KID device would have to give it a series of gentle nudges to prevent it from breaking up and sending dangerous splinter fragments flying towards Earth.
NASA's recent study about Bennu, published in the journalIcarus, did point out there is more than a 99.9 per cent probability Bennu will not smash into Earth over the next three centuries.
'Although the chances of it hitting Earth are very low, Bennu remains one of the two most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system, along with another asteroid called 1950 DA,' NASA said in a statement.
NASA says none of the known asteroids are expected to collide with the Earth at any point in the near future, but there are asteroids whose orbits aren't known.
Asteroids and other space objects are being monitored by NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
It defines 7482 (1994 PC1) as a near-Earth object (NEO) and a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA).
NEOs are an asteroid or comet whose orbit brings it into or through a zone between approximately 91 million and 121 million miles (195 million km) from the Sun, meaning that it can pass within about 30 million miles (50 million km) of Earth’s orbit.
If the object is larger than 460 feet (140 meters) across, it is considered a potentially hazardous object (PHO).
'NEOs are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth’s neighbourhood,' said NASA.
'Composed mostly of water ice with embedded dust particles, comets originally formed in the cold outer planetary system while most of the rocky asteroids formed in the warmer inner solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
'The scientific interest in comets and asteroids is due largely to their status as the relatively unchanged remnant debris from the solar system formation process some 4.6 billion years ago.'
The space rock, called 7482 (1994 PC1), poses no threat to the Earth as it will be five times further away from the planet than the Moon, as it shoots by at 43,000 mph (pictured, an artist's impression of an asteroid)
Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) orbits the Sun every 1.5 years. Its orbit is depicted here in relation to the planets in our Solar System
It is estimated that there are about 25,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) larger than 460 feet (140 metres).
And there are also an estimated 1,000 NEOs larger than 3,280 feet (one kilometre), highlighting the need to keep track of these space rocks.
Between January 20 and January 28, eight more NEOs will pass by Earth, according to NASA data.
One of these, Asteroid 2022 AB, could be up to 361 feet wide, which is not much in comparison to asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) but still larger than Big Ben.
On average, Earth is hit by a football pitch-sized rock every 5,000 years, and a civilisation-ending asteroid every one million years, according to NASA's Near-Earth Object Program.
In an attempt to tackle the threat of asteroids that may one day get a little too close for comfort, NASA formed a planetary defence program, that includes the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, that launched in November.
Ancient Space Dust Analysis Could Solve Mystery of Origins of Earth’s Water
Ancient Space Dust Analysis Could Solve Mystery of Origins of Earth’s Water
Meteorites on their way to Earth and breaking through the atmosphere. Credit: Elements of this image furnished by NASA- earthmap for 3Drender; courtesy University of Glasgow
An international team of scientists may have solved a key mystery about the origins of Earth’s water, after uncovering persuasive new evidence pointing to an unlikely culprit—the Sun.
In a recent paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers from the UK, Australia, and America describe how new analysis of an ancient asteroid suggests that extraterrestrial dust grains carried water to Earth as the planet formed.
The water in the grains was produced by space weathering, a process by which charged particles from the Sun known as solar wind altered the chemical composition of the grains to produce water molecules.
The finding could answer the longstanding question of just where the unusually water-rich Earth got the oceans which cover 70 percent of its surface – far more than any other rocky planet in our Solar System. It could also help future space missions find sources of water on airless worlds.
Planetary scientists have puzzled for decades over the source of Earth’s oceans. One theory suggests that one type of water-carrying space rock known as C-type asteroids could have brought water to the planet in the final stages of its formation 4.6 billion years ago.
To test that theory, scientists have previously analyzed the isotopic ‘fingerprint’ of chunks of C-type asteroids which have fallen to Earth as water-rich carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. If the ratio of hydrogen and deuterium in the meteorite water matched that of terrestrial water, scientists could conclude that C-type meteorites were the likely source.
The results weren’t quite that clear-cut. While some water-rich meteorites’ deuterium/hydrogen fingerprints did indeed match Earth’s water, many did not. On average, these meteorites’ liquid fingerprints didn’t line up with the water found in Earth’s mantle and oceans. Instead, Earth has a different, slightly lighter isotopic fingerprint.
In other words, while some of Earth’s water must have come from C-type meteorites, the forming Earth must have received water from at least one more isotopically-light source which originated somewhere else in the Solar System.
The University of Glasgow-led team used a cutting-edge analytical process called atom probe tomography to scrutinize samples from a different type of space rock known as an S-type asteroid, which orbit closer to the sun than C-types. The samples they analyzed came from an asteroid called Itokawa, which were collected by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa and returned to Earth in 2010.
Graphic showing solar wind (+) creating water molecules from dust on Itokawa asteroid.
Credit: University of Glasgow
Atom probe tomography enabled the team to measure the atomic structure of the grains one atom at a time and detect individual water molecules. Their findings demonstrate that a significant amount of water was produced just below the surface of dust-sized grains from Itokawa by space weathering.
The early solar system was a very dusty place, providing a great deal of opportunity water to be produced under the surface of spaceborne dust particles. This water-rich dust, the researchers suggest, would have rained down onto the early Earth alongside C-type asteroids as part of the delivery of Earth’s oceans.
Dr. Luke Daly, of the University of Glasgow’s School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, is the paper’s lead author. Dr. Daly said: “The solar winds are streams of mostly hydrogen and helium ions which flow constantly from the Sun out into space. When those hydrogen ions hit an airless surface like an asteroid or a spaceborne dust particle, they penetrate a few tens of nanometres below the surface, where they can affect the chemical composition of the rock. Over time, the ‘space weathering’ effect of the hydrogen ions can eject enough oxygen atoms from materials in the rock to create H2O – water – trapped within minerals on the asteroid.
“Crucially, this solar wind-derived water produced by the early solar system is isotopically light. That strongly suggests that fine-grained dust, buffeted by the solar wind and drawn into the forming Earth billions of years ago, could be the source of the missing reservoir of the planet’s water.”
Itokawa’s curious, varied terrain and lack of impact craters indicate it is a rubble pile asteroid.
Credit: JAXA
Prof. Phil Bland, a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University and co-author of the paper said “Atom probe tomography lets us take an incredibly detailed look inside the first 50 nanometres or so of the surface of dust grains on Itokawa, which orbits the sun in 18-month cycles. It allowed us to see that this fragment of space-weathered rim contained enough water that, if we scaled it up, would amount to about 20 liters for every cubic meter of rock.”
Co-author Prof. Michelle Thompson of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University added: “It’s the kind of measurement that simply would not have been possible without this remarkable technology. It gives us an extraordinary insight into how tiny dust particles floating in space might help us balance the books on the isotopic composition of the Earth’s water, and give us new clues to help solve the mystery of its origins.”
The researchers took great care to ensure that the results of their testing were accurate, undertaking additional experiments with other sources to verify their results.
Dr. Daly added: “The atom probe tomography system at Curtin University is world-class, but it had never really been used to for the sort of analysis of hydrogen we were undertaking here. We wanted to be sure that the results that we were seeing were accurate. I presented our preliminary results at the Lunar and Planetary Science conference in 2018, and asked if any colleagues in attendance would help us validate our findings with samples of their own. To our delight, colleagues at the NASA
Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). It is responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. It's vision is "To discover and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity."
">NASA Johnson Space Center and the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Purdue, Virginia, and Northern Arizona Universities, Idaho and Sandia national laboratories all offered to help. They gave us samples of similar minerals irradiated with helium and deuterium instead of hydrogen, and from atom probe results of those materials it quickly became clear that what we were seeing in Itokawa was extraterrestrial in origin.
“The colleagues that offered their support on this research really amounts to a dream team for space weathering, so we’re very excited by the evidence that we’ve collected. It could open the door to a much better understanding of what the early Solar System looked like and how the Earth and its oceans were formed.”
Professor John Bradley, of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, a co-author of the paper, added: As recently as a decade ago, the notion that solar wind irradiation is relevant to the origin of water in the solar system, much less relevant to Earth’s oceans, would have been greeted with skepticism. By showing for the first time that water is produced in-situ on the surface of an asteroid, our study builds on the accumulating body of evidence that the interaction of the solar wind with oxygen-rich dust grains does indeed produce water.
“Since dust that was abundant throughout the solar nebula prior to the onset of planetesimal accretion was inevitably irradiated, water produced by this mechanism is directly relevant to the origin of water in planetary systems and possibly the isotopic composition of Earth’s oceans.”
Their estimates of just how much water might be contained in space-weathered surfaces also suggest a way future space explorers could manufacture supplies of water on even the most seemingly arid planets.
Co-author Professor Hope Ishii of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa said: “One of the problems of future human space exploration is how astronauts will find enough water to keep them alive and accomplish their tasks without carrying it with them on their journey.
“We think it’s reasonable to assume that the same space weathering process which created the water on Itokawa will have occurred to one degree or another on many airless worlds like the Moon or the asteroid Vesta. That could mean that space explorers may well be able to process fresh supplies of water straight from the dust on the planet’s surface. It’s exciting to think that the processes which formed the planets could help to support human life as we reach out beyond Earth.”
Dr. Daly added: “NASA’s Artemis project is setting out to establish a permanent base on the Moon. If the lunar surface has a similar water reservoir sourced by the solar wind this research uncovered on Itokawa, it would represent an enormous and valuable resource to aid in achieving that goal.”
The team’s paper, titled ‘Solar Wind Contribution’s to the Earth’s Oceans’, is published in Nature Astronomy.
Reference: “Solar wind contributions to Earth’s oceans” by Luke Daly, Martin R. Lee, Lydia J. Hallis, Hope A. Ishii, John P. Bradley, Phillip. A. Bland, David W. Saxey, Denis Fougerouse, William D. A. Rickard, Lucy V. Forman, Nicholas E. Timms, Fred Jourdan, Steven M. Reddy, Tobias Salge, Zakaria Quadir, Evangelos Christou, Morgan A. Cox, Jeffrey A. Aguiar, Khalid Hattar, Anthony Monterrosa, Lindsay P. Keller, Roy Christoffersen, Catherine A. Dukes, Mark J. Loeffler and Michelle S. Thompson, 29 November 2021, Nature Astronomy. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-021-01487-w
Researchers from the University of Glasgow, Curtin University, the University of Sydney, the University of Oxford, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, the Natural History Museum, Idha National Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Sandia National Laboratories, NASA Johnson Space Center, the University of Virginia, Northern Arizona University and Purdue University all contributed to the paper.
The research was supported by funding from the Science and Technologies Funding Council, part of UKRI; Scottish Alliance for Geoscience; Environment and Society (SAGES); United Arab Emirates (UAE) Seed Grant; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Science and Industry Endowment Fund (Science & Industry Endowment Fund); Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA) DE190101307; Australian Research Council LIEF program (ARC LE130100053); DOE | LDRD | Idaho National Laboratory (Idaho National Lab) DOE | National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
An artist’s rendering shows Radian’s reusable space plane. (Radian Aerospace Illustration)
More than five years after its founding, Renton, Wash.-based Radian Aerospace is emerging from stealth mode and reporting a $27.5 million seed funding round to support its plans to build an orbital space plane.
The round was led by Boston-based Fine Structure Ventures, with additional funding from EXOR, The Venture Collective, Helios Capital, SpaceFund, Gaingels, The Private Shares Fund, Explorer 1 Fund, Type One Ventures and other investors.
Radian has previously brought in pre-seed investments, but the newly announced funding should accelerate its progress.
One of the company’s investors and strategic advisers, former Lockheed Martin executive Doug Greenlaw, said Radian was going after the “Holy Grail” of space access with a fully reusable system that would provide for single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launches.
“What we are doing is hard, but it’s no longer impossible thanks to significant advancements in materials science, miniaturization and manufacturing technologies,” Livingston Holder, Radian’s co-founder and chief technology officer, said today in a news release.
Holder was part of the U.S. Air Force’s Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in the 1980s — and went on to become a program manager at Boeing, focusing on reusable space systems. The design for Radian’s space plane was inspired by Boeing’s 1970s-era concept for a Reusable Aerodynamic Space Vehicle, or RASP.
For the past few years, Radian has been working on rocket engine development at its Renton headquarters and at a testing facility near Bremerton, Wash. Ars Technica reported that the liquid-fueled engine is designed to provide about 200,000 pounds of thrust, and that the space plane would be powered by three of the engines. The current design would support carrying up to five people and 5,000 pounds of cargo into orbit, Ars Technica reported.
Radian says its space plane, called Radian One, would make sled-assisted takeoffs and airplane-like runway landings, with a turnaround time of as little as 48 hours between missions.
“Over time, we intend to make space travel nearly as simple and convenient as airliner travel,” said Richard Humphrey, Radian’s CEO and co-founder. “We are not focused on tourism, we are dedicated to missions that make life better on our own planet, like research, in-space manufacturing and terrestrial observation, as well as critical new missions like rapid global delivery right here on Earth.”
The company hasn’t announced a timetable for development or operations, but its founders hope to have the plane available to service commercial space stations that could be in orbit by the 2030s. Radian says it already has launch service agreements with commercial space station ventures as well as in-space manufacturers, satellite operators and cargo companies, plus agreements with the U.S. government and “selected foreign governments.”
For what it’s worth, one of Radian’s early-stage investors is Dylan Taylor, chairman and CEO of Voyager Space Holdings. Voyager Space is one of the partners in a commercial space station project known as Starlab.
“On demand space operations is a growing economy, and I believe Radian’s technology can deliver on the right-sized, high-cadence operations that the market opportunity is showing,” Taylor said. “I am confident in the team working at Radian and look forward to cheering them along in this historical endeavor.”
Update for 12:15 p.m. PT Jan. 20: In an emailed response to GeekWire’s questions, Radian CEO Richard Humphrey confirmed that there are 18 full-time employees in Renton, and that the latest funding round brings total investment to $32 million.
“This funding will primarily be used to support our next series of risk-reducing milestones that include main engine testing, composite tank testing, design maturation, aero analysis and customer development,” he said.
Humphrey said Radian is “planning to undergo an upgrade” at the Bremerton engine testing facility and expects to resume increased testing by midyear.
He declined to be more specific about Radian’s partners or potential customers. “Nearly all of our agreements are subject to NDA [non-disclosure agreements] so we are not able to share the specific names or values,” he said. “Notable is that we have a number of mission sets that we are focused on that include habitation, Earth observation, in-space servicing, downmass, launch and delivery, and over a dozen companies have signed on across all those areas.”
A team of researchers detected radio signals coming from the center of the Milky Way, and then they mysteriously disappeared.
The ASKAP radio telescope located in Australia performed a survey that included 2 million objects, and each of the objects was being classified by a computer and researchers. One object, in particular, wasn't able to be classified by the computer or researchers and became an immediate object of interest as, throughout 2020, the object emitted six radio signals over the course of nine months. The researchers hadn't seen anything like this before.
Scientists attempted to locate the object that was causing the radio signals in infrared, visible, and X-ray wavelengths but were unable to spot anything. Additionally, the object stopped emitting signals for months on end, and then researchers re-detected it around a year after it was first discovered. While the signals aren't officially classified as anything yet, researchers are using the placeholder name "galactic center radio transients" (GCRTs).
"Unfortunately, we don't quite know what behaves like that," said Murphy.
Notably, Tara Murphy, a professor at the University of Sydney who led Wang's research team, told Insider that she is "100% confident" the signals aren't coming from aliens as signals coming from technology would cover a much narrower range of frequencies.
If you believe in the ‘Zoo Theory’ or one of the other conjectures centered around the idea that extraterrestrials are watching Earth and its inhabitants – either for our protection or their entertainment – then you might agree with recent comments by Nick Pope, England’s most well-known UFO expert. Pope implies that ETs are no longer worried about our own well-being — especially with our propensity to build nuclear weapons and plants, but instead are worried about their own safety. And the human they seem to fear the most is … Vladimir Putin?
The Daily Star obtained quotes from Nick Pope, former UFO investigator at the British Government’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), about the chances of ETs revealing themselves in some greater and confirming way – rather than just teasing us with glimpses of UFOs and their crews – anytime soon. Pope points to the escalating tensions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, the U.S.s, the U.K. and most of western Europe as the reason we shouldn’t hold our collective breaths.
“Highly evolved extraterrestrials probably regard warfare as something that only primitive civilizations engage in, so the Ukraine situation means we’re unlikely to get an invitation to join the Galactic Federation for the time being.”
Pope’s comments seem to imply the Galactic Federation – the alleged council of various alien species that rule over the cosmos – thinks Putin’s posturing will lead to war and that makes humans not worthy of further investigation or observation … even as captives in a galactic zoo. Pope thinks the impetus for this ET evacuation is the UK’s commitment to join in the fight to resist Putin.
“Aliens might wonder at the wisdom of the UK going up against Russia, but would probably realize that being in a coalition helps. And if they knew their Earth history, they’d know never to write off the Brits.”
Spoken like a true Brit – even though Pope has lived in the U.S. since 2012. Does he really think these things: a) ETs observing us think the history British military tells them everything they need to know about humanity; b) the current situation in Ukraine is the best indicator of the warring instinct of humans; c) Vladimir Putin is the most powerful force on Earth?
“Russia is increasingly preparing its military strength in the midst of the threat of the outbreak of World War 3.”
That quote from Bulukumba News matches many other media sources who think the buildup on the Ukraine border is a big deal. Only Nick Pope seems to think it’s a big deal to ETs. Does he know something we don’t?
On the other hand, what if he’s right? The U.S. and other world governments seem to suddenly be spending a lot of time and money on UFO investigations. If Putin is chasing them away, couldn’t those expenses be used elsewhere – like for bringing about world peace? Then again, if humans are no longer warmongers, that means the ETs will see Earth as a safe place to … to what? Pope thinks they would invite us to join the ‘Galactic Federation’. Wouldn’t that be like inviting an ant colony to join the United Nations?
Coming or going?
All of this discussion seems to point to the real issue – humans aren’t too happy with how other humans are treating other humans … something which has nothing to do with UFOs and extraterrestrials and which we still have no idea how to deal with.
Sometimes it seems our problem is not the Fermi Paradox – it’s the Woe is Me Paradox.
Meet Shep-en-Isis: Scientists reconstruct the face of a female mummy who died 2,600 years ago, revealing she was 'probably a beautiful young lady' despite having a set of protruding teeth
Meet Shep-en-Isis: Scientists reconstruct the face of a female mummy who died 2,600 years ago, revealing she was 'probably a beautiful young lady' despite having a set of protruding teeth
Researchers have created an amazing facial reconstruction of an Egyptian mummy found in the 19th century
'Shep-en-Isis' was found in 1819 at Deir el-Bahari, a complex of temples and tombs on the west bank of the Nile
She is considered to be the most famous Egyptian mummy in Switzerland, where she's been kept since 1820
She was likely 'a beautiful lady during her lifetime' with deep brown eyes and slightly protruding upper teeth
A forensic reconstruction of the face of a female mummy who died about 2,600 years ago reveals a 'beautiful young lady' with deep brown eyes and slightly protruding upper teeth.
Scientists have spent months creating the reconstruction of what they call the most famous Egyptian mummy in Switzerland known as Shep-en-Isis, or Schepenese, using CT scans and morphological data from her skeleton.
Shep-en-Isis was found in 1819 at Deir el-Bahari, a famous complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile River in Egypt, before being transported to Switzerland in 1820.
The remains are currently kept in the São Galo Abbey Library, in the Swiss city of St Gallen.
Inscriptions on her sarcophagus suggest she belonged to a wealthy upper-class family and would have had some degree of formal education during her existence in the 7th century BC.
She was the daughter of a priest in the city of Thebes, according to experts, and lived in the late period, the early 26th Dynasty – the last heyday of Ancient Egypt – prior to her death by 610 BC.
However, it's not possible to identify the name or profession of Shep-en-Isis's husband or whether or not she gave birth to children.
Scientists have reconstructed the face of a female mummy who died 6,200 years ago, revealing a beautiful young lady despite having a set of protruding teeth
Scientists have spent months creating the reconstruction of what they call the most famous Egyptian mummy in Switzerland known as Shep-en-Isis, or Schepenese, using CT scans and morphological data from her skeleton. The mummy of the young woman arrived in Switzerland as early as 1820 and has been the star among mummies in Switzerland ever since
Reconstructed tissue looking up towards the upper thoracic cavity. Very similar packages have also been found in the mummy of Shep-en-Isis's father in Berlin
WHO WAS SHEP-EN-ISIS?
Shep-en-Isis, or Schepenese, was a woman who lived in Egypt during the 7th century BC.
In 1819, her remains were found in 1819 at Deir el-Bahari, a famous complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile River in Egypt.
Shep-en-Isis was found in a 'family tomb' located within the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Hatshepsut along with her father Pa-es-tjenfi, whose mummy is Berlin.
Inscriptions on her sarcophagus suggest she belonged to a wealthy upper-class family and would have had some degree of formal education during her existence in the 7th century BC.
She was the daughter of a priest in the city of Thebes, according to experts, and lived in the late period, the early 26th Dynasty - the last heyday of Ancient Egypt.
The reconstruction project was conducted by FAPAB Research Center in Sicily and Flinders University in Australia in collaboration with Cicero Moraes, a 3D designer from Brazil.
Moraes has previously created a series of facial reconstructions of historical figures such as Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ.
It was commissioned by the Abbey Library of Saint Gall, which had owned the CT, (computerised tomography) scans of the mummy for years.
'The harmonious and well-proportioned skull suggests that Schepenese was probably a beautiful lady during her lifetime,' the experts say.
Mentioned in the first reports from 1820 after her discovery 'is the good and complete preservation of the teeth', the team say, which is one of her most notable physical features in the reconstruction.
The team built up the living layers bit by bit, adding tissue, eyes and skin before fine details such as hair and tiny freckles around the nose to complement the effect.
Shep-en-Isis was found in a 'family tomb' located within the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari temple, along with her father Pa-es-tjenfi, whose mummy is Berlin.
'Based on Shep-en-Isis' anatomical age and the style of her inner coffin, she must have been born by around 650 BC and died between 620 and 610 BC,' Dr Michael Habicht from Flinders University told Aventuras na História.
Due to her mummified ear, the shape of the ear could be reconstructed quite accurately, in contrast to pure skeletons where ears are reconstructed with a generic ear.
The final reconstruction in high resolution: Unlike many other facial reconstructions, jewellery, clothing and wigs were not used, as these are hypothetical assumptions
Researchers built up the living layers bit by bit, adding tissue, eyes and skin before fine details such as hair and tiny freckles around the nose to complement the effect
The reconstruction of the soft tissues is carried out using anatomical measuring points and the empirical mean values determined from forensic studies
Mentioned in the first reports from 1820 is the good and complete preservation of the teeth. The harmonious and well-proportioned skull suggests that Schepenese was probably a beautiful lady during her lifetime
Certain details may also not have been recorded for Shep-en-Isis, for example, the team do not know the exact eye colour or the exact skin complexion.
Due to her Egyptian ancestry, brown eyes and a somewhat more olive skin colour were assumed.
Unlike many other facial reconstructions, jewellery, clothing and wigs were not used, as these are hypothetical assumptions, according to the team.
'Our reconstruction focuses exclusively on the forensically reconstructed appearance and the anatomical evidence,' they say.
The results of their efforts have been published in the form of a monograph entitled 'The Forensic Facial Reconstruction of Shep-en-Isis', listed on Amazon.
AN ANCIENT CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY? EGYPTIAN MUMMY IS REVEALED NOT TO BE THE NOBLEWOMAN NAMED ON THE 3,000-YEAR-OLD COFFIN
In a potentially ancient case of mistaken identity, a 2021 found that an Egyptian mummy likely wasn't the person named on the front of its coffin.
Australian scientists performed computerised tomography (CT) scans and radiocarbon dating on the mummy and coffin, currently housed at the University of Sydney.
The mummified female body dates as far back as the year 1200 BC, while the coffin in which the mummy resides was constructed in the year 1000 BC, they found.
Mummified individual and coffin in the Nicholson Collection of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. An Egyptian mummy has been revealed not to be the noblewoman named on the coffin it was found in
The body may have been inserted by a crafty Egyptian dealer into what was at the time an empty coffin at some point during the 19th century, just before it was bought for the university.
Sir Charles Nicholson, an English explorer who spent much of his career in Australia during the 19th century, bought the mummified body, lidded coffin and mummy board as a set during a trip to Egypt in between 1856 and 1867.
In 1860, Sir Nicholson donated it to the University of Sydney and two years later returned to live in England.
Experts have revealed what a 2,600-year-old mummy looked likewhen she was alive. Named Shep-en-Isis (or Schepenese), she has been described as being a “beautiful young lady”.
Shep-en-Isis lived during the 7th century BC in Egypt. Her skeleton was unearthed back in 1819 at an area near the Nile River where mortuary temples and tombs are located. In fact, her remains were discovered alongside her father’s in a mortuary temple named Pharaoh Hatshepsut (her father was a priest in the city of Thebes).
Based on inscriptions found on her sarcophagus, it is believed that she was part of a wealthy family and was educated. However, her husband’s name and what he did for a living is still unknown, in addition to whether or not she had any children. It is believed that she died in her 30s as Dr. Michael Habicht from Flinders University explained to Aventuras na História, “Based on Shep-en-Isis’ anatomical age and the style of her inner coffin, she must have been born by around 650 BC and died between 620 and 610 BC.”
(Not Shep-en-Isis)
In 1820, Shep-en-Isis’ skeleton was brought to Switzerland and is currently held in the São Galo Abbey Library in St. Gallen. People have described her as being the most famous Egyptian mummy in Switzerland.
For numerous months, scientists worked on reconstructing the facial features of the female mummy (the project included experts from the FAPAB Research Center in Sicily, Flinders University in Australia, and a 3D designer from Brazil named Cicero Moraes). They did the recreation by using CT scans as well as morphological data based on the mummy’s remains.
They reconstructed the tissue, skin, and eyes prior to adding more details like a few small freckles around her nose. They were able to reconstruct the shape of her ear as it was very well preserved. Her slightly protruding teeth were incredibly well preserved as well. On the other hand, experts had to assume that she had brown eyes and olive skin based on her Egyptian ancestry. Additionally, wigs, clothes, and jewelry were not added as they may not have been properly assumed.
(Not Shep-en-Isis)
The experts described their facial recreation project by stating, “Our reconstruction focuses exclusively on the forensically reconstructed appearance and the anatomical evidence,” adding, “The harmonious and well-proportioned skull suggests that Schepenese was probably a beautiful lady during her lifetime.” Their results have been published in a monograph called “The Forensic Facial Reconstruction of Shep-en-Isis”.
Several pictures of what Shep-en-Isis was believed to have looked like based on facial reconstruction can be seen here.
UFOs have captured the popular imagination for the past seven decades. For most of this time, the subject has been treated with casual derision by mainstream media—as the butt of a lighthearted story at the end of the nightly news, underscored by X-Files music and obligatory references to “little green men.”
The media’s dismissive attitude towards UFOs stands in stark contrast to the views of numerous, highly-respected individuals in the spheres of politics and science who have, over the years, stated either publicly or confidentially their firm belief that the UFO enigma is not only worthy of serious study, but that it may even be representative of non-human intelligences.
Here are 10 of the most shocking statements about UFOs by scientists and government officials…
General Nathan Twining.
10. General Nathan Twining
General Nathan Twining served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force between 1953 and 1957, and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff between 1957 and 1960. A highly distinguished officer, Twining rose through the ranks from a lowly private to a four-star general answering directly to the Secretary of Defense and the President himself.
In a once secret letter to Air Force Headquarters dated 23 September 1947, General Twining, then head of Air Materiel Command, stated that flying saucers were “real and not visionary or fictitious,” that they had “metallic or light reflecting surface[s],” that they were “circular or elliptical in shape, flat on bottom and domed on top,” and were sometimes sighted in “well-kept formation flights varying from three to nine objects.”
Twining’s unambiguous comments in this then-secret letter about the physical reality of flying saucers were in direct contradiction to the USAF’s public position at the time that UFO reports were the product of mass hysteria or misidentifications of mundane phenomena.
Wilbert. B. Smith.
9. Wilbert B. Smith
Between 1947 and 1969, the US Air Force operated UFO investigation projects under three different codenames: Sign, Grudge, and Blue Book. Less well known is that America’s Northern neighbour was also taking a keen interest in flying saucers during the Cold War. Between 1950 and 1954, the Canadian government officially operated its own UFO study project—Project Magnet—with the objective of collecting data about the phenomenon and applying it in the spheres of military engineering and technology. The project was headed by Wilbert Brockhouse Smith, a senior radio engineer for Transport Canada’s Broadcast and Measurements Section.
In a previously top secret Canadian government document dated 21 November, 1950, drawing from information he had obtained via the Canadian embassy in Washington D.C., Smith noted of UFOs that: “The matter is the most highly classified subject in the United States government, rating higher even than the H-bomb.”
Professor Hermann Oberth.
8. Hermann Oberth
One of the boldest perspectives on UFOs during the 1950s came from Professor Hermann Oberth. A pioneer of rocketry and astronautics, and mentor to Werhner von Braun, Oberth was arguably one of the most influential engineers of the 20th Century. In an article for the American Weekly on 24 October, 1954, Oberth wrote:
“It is my thesis that flying saucers are real and that they are space ships from another solar system. I think that they possibly are manned by intelligent observers who are members of a race that may have been investigating our earth for centuries. I think that they have been sent out to conduct systematic, long-range investigations, first of men, animals and vegetation, and more recently of atomic centers, armaments and centers of armament production. They obviously have not come as invaders, but I believe their present mission may be one of scientific investigation.”
Roscoe Hillenkoetter.
7. Roscoe Hillenkoetter
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter became America’s first CIA Director in 1947 and, before that, was head of the Central Intelligence Group (CIG). He had previously been wounded during the attack on Pearl Harbor and commanded the USS Missouri in 1946. He retired from military service with the rank of Vice Admiral. In 1960, in a letter to Congress, Hillenkoetter famously wrote:
“Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense. To hide the facts, the Air Force has silenced its personnel.”
Curiously, during his retirement years, Hillenkoetter joined the board of directors for the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)—America’s leading civilian UFO investigations group. In their ground-breaking book,Clear Intent, authors Lawrence Fawcett and Barry Greenwood describe Hillenkoetter’s high-level involvement with NICAP as being a key move in the CIA’s successful infiltration and dismantling of NICAP. More men with CIA ties would join NICAP in the years to follow, and these individuals came to control the organization from within during the 1960s and 1970s as its founder, Donald Keyhoe, was pushing ever harder for government disclosure of UFO reality. Eventually, Keyhoe was ousted as NICAP Director by Joseph Bryan, former chief of the CIA’s psychological warfare staff. By 1980, NICAP was defunct.
Senator Barry Goldwater.
6. Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater was best known as the five-term Senator from Arizona and as the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 1964. Goldwater was a significant force in American politics across four decades. In an official United States Senate letter dated 28 March, 1975, in response to an enquiry regarding his publicly stated interest in UFOs, Goldwater wrote:
“About ten or twelve years ago I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the [UFO] information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.”
In another Senate letter, dated 19 Oct. 1981, Goldwater further stated: “I have had one long string of denials from chief after chief, so I have given up… this thing [the UFO issue] has gotten so highly classified… it is just impossible to get anything on it.”
Victor Marchetti.
5. Victor Marchetti
Victor Marchetti served in the CIA from 1955 to 1969. Towards the end of his CIA career, Marchetti worked for several months as special assistant to CIA Deputy Director Rufus Taylor. Marchetti was also involved in establishing the Top Secret Pine Gap satellite ground station near Alice Springs in Central Australia—long rumoured by UFO conspiracy theorists to be Australia’s Area 51.
“I do know that the CIA and the US government have been concerned over the UFO phenomenon for many years and that their attempts, both past and recent, to discount the significance of the phenomenon and to explain away the apparent lack of official interest in it have all the earmarks of a classic intelligence cover-up… My theory is that we have, indeed, been contacted – perhaps even visited – by extraterrestrial beings, and that the US government, in collusion with other national powers of the Earth, is determined to keep this information from the general public.”
Col. Gordon Cooper.
4. Gordon Cooper
The late, great astronaut Colonel Gordon Cooper was legendary for his role in the first human space flight program, Project Mercury, and his exploits were chronicled in the classic 1983 movie The Right Stuff (which co-starred Dennis Quaid as Cooper). Cooper had a number of UFO sightings during his military career and maintained until his death in 2004 that the US government had long been engaged in a large-scale UFO cover-up.
In a letter to Ambassador Griffith, Mission of Grenada to the United Nations in New York, dated 9 September, 1978, Cooper wrote:
“For many years I have lived with a secret, in a secrecy imposed on all specialists and astronauts. I can now reveal that every day, in the USA, our radar instruments capture objects of form and composition unknown to us… I feel that we need to have a top-level, coordinated program to scientifically collect and analyze data from all over the Earth concerning any type of encounter, and to determine how best to interface with these visitors in a friendly fashion.”
Lord Hill Norton.
3. Lord Hill Norton
One of the most high-ranking military officials (retired) ever to speak out on the UFO issue was the late five-star Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Hill Norton, who served as Britain’s Chief of Defence Staff and as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. Lord Hill Norton maintained a longstanding interest in UFOs during his later years. In his foreword for Timothy Good’s bestselling expose of government UFO secrecy,Beyond Top Secret(1996), Lord Hill Norton wrote:
“The [UFO] evidence is now so consistent and so overwhelming that no reasonably intelligent person can deny that something unexplained is going on in our atmosphere… there is a cover-up: in the United States on a massive scale, in Great Britain, and in several other countries.”
Fife Symington.
2. Fife Symington
One of the most famous mass UFO sightings of the past 30 years has to be the Phoenix Lights incident, in which thousands of individuals reported seeing a series of stationary lights over the Arizonian capital on the night of March 13, 1997. A delta or triangular-shaped craft of immense proportions was also widely reported as travelling low and slow over Arizona more broadly on the same night. The US air force was quick to attribute the sightings to misidentifications of military flares, and the then-governor of Arizona, Fife Symington, joined the debunking bandwagon when he staged a comedic press conference in response to the concerns of his constituents, going so far as to parade a man in front of the cameras dressed a ridiculous rubber alien costume.
Unknown at that time, however, was that the Governor himself had been among the witnesses to the Phoenix Lights. 10 years later, speaking at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. in November of 2007, Fife Symington stated in front of the world’s media:
“In 1997, during my second term as governor of Arizona, I saw something that defied logic and challenged my reality… I witnessed a massive delta-shaped craft silently navigate over Squaw Peak, a mountain range in Phoenix, Arizona. It was truly breathtaking. I was absolutely stunned… As a pilot and a former Air Force Officer, I can definitively say that this craft did not resemble any man-made object I’d ever seen. The incident was witnessed by hundreds—if not thousands—of people in Arizona, and my office was besieged with phone calls from very concerned Arizonians. There are many high-ranking military, aviation and government officials who share my concerns… We want the government to stop putting out stories that perpetuate the myth that all UFOs can be explained away in down-to-earth conventional terms. Investigations need to be re-opened, documents need to be unsealed and the idea of an open dialogue can no longer be shunned. Incidents like these are not going away. When it comes to events of this nature that are still completely unsolved, we deserve more openness in government, especially our own.”
1. Luis Elizondo
In December 2017, the New York Times broke a dramatic story: the American government had been operating a secret UFO study program between 2008 and 2012 called the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP). The conclusions of the $22 million Pentagon project, which, according to the Times, continues quietly to this day, were that “aircraft” of apparently unearthly origin are routinely penetrating America’s airspace.
The man who headed the Pentagon UFO project, Luis Elizondo, told journalists that these “aircraft” or “UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena),” were performing manoeuvres that fly in the face of our known laws of physics. Even more shockingly, Elizondo revealed that the Pentagon has been recovering bizarre metal alloys from alleged UFO crashes which currently are being studied and stored by billionaire defense contractor Robert Bigelow.
Discussing the Pentagon UFO project live on air in December 2017, Elizondo told CNN:
“We have identified some very, very interesting anomalous types of aircraft… let’s call them ‘aircraft.’ Things that don’t have any obvious flight surfaces, any obvious forms of propulsion, and [that have] extreme manoeuvrability beyond the healthy G-forces of a human or anything biological; hypersonic velocities; low observability; [and] positive lift, seemingly defying the laws of aerodynamics.”
When encouraged by the news anchor to speculate as to the nature and origin of these mystery aircraft, Elizondo replied: “We’ve deliberately stayed away from going down the rabbit hole of ‘who’s behind the wheel and what are their intentions’… what we wanted to do was to let the data speak for itself.”
The anchor responded by nudging Elizondo again: “Let me ask you point blank the question: do you believe that life from somewhere else, while you ran this program, came here, visited, observed?” Elizondo stunningly replied: “There is very compelling evidence that we may not be alone.”
UFO Watches Astronaut During Space Walk At Space Station, Video, March 2017, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Watches Astronaut During Space Walk At Space Station, Video, March 2017, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: March 2017
Location of sighting:International Space Station Source: History Channel
Now this same video was circulating for a few years, but this is the first time that I have heard that NASA takes credit for it truly happening. This white alien craft flew near the ISS during a spacewalk so that they can see the human astronaut in action. Watching on computer screens is not like really being there...and aliens think so too. There are a lot of UFOs in space, a lot of species with space faring capabilities. Maybe one day humanity will join them on other planets, moons and systems.
6KM Tall Tower Found On Mars Google Map, Video, UFO Sighting News.
6KM Tall Tower Found On Mars Google Map, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery:Jan 2022 Location of discovery: Planet Mars Google Coordinates: 31° 3'48.78"S 74°15'18.46"E
There is a tower on the planet Mars. Its on all the versions of Google Mars map...there are seven...but one of them wont allow it visible...the most clear of them. The version choices are on the far left on the map.
When I measured this tower, it was over 6km tall! Thats amazing! No mountain could ever exist that was so tall and thin. This was created by intelligent beings, far more advanced than humans. This tower is so big, it could hold over tens of thousand of people in it. Its its been abandoned, its a perfect structure for humans to take over and adapt the alien technology so that humans can survive on Mars.
This isn't the only structure on Mars. There are thousands of structures many kilometers across. NASA has been hiding it to keep China and Russia from finding out and thus creating a race to Mars to take over some of these ancient cities. The country that does...will be a world power for centuries to come.
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Catherine Austin Fitts: We're 'Headed for a Digital Concentration Camp'
Catherine Austin Fitts: We're 'Headed for a Digital Concentration Camp'
Catherine Austin Fits: "We have what we have been building for the last 20 or 30 years, and it's getting much more obvious, but it's been covert most of the time. They basically want digital control systems through the financial system, through the health system and government systems to implement control.
It's important to understand what they are trying to do. They are trying to create complete transaction control. If they don't want you going five miles from your home, your electric car will not work more than five miles from your home. . . .
If they don't want you to buy pizza, your credit card will not allow you to buy pizza. They are talking about putting in extraordinary digital control systems and literally turning your car and your home into a digital concentration camp."
An investigator comes across something extraordinary while scanning images of Antarctica, see more in this clip from Proof Is Out There “Solar Spaceship & Invisibility Cloak.”
Deflecting an asteroid such as Bennu, which has a small chance of hitting Earth in about a century and a half, could require multiple small impacts from some sort of massive human-made deflection device, according to experts.
Scientists in California have been firing projectiles at meteorites to simulate the best methods of altering the course of an asteroid so that it wouldn't hit Earth.
According to the results so far, an asteroid like Bennu that is rich in carbon could need several small bumps to charge its course.
Bennu, which is about a third of a mile wide, has a slightly greater chance of hitting Earth than previously thought, NASA revealed earlier this month.
The space agency upgraded the risk of Bennu impacting Earth at some point over the next 300 years to one in 1,750.
Bennu also has a one-in-2,700 chance of hitting Earth on the afternoon of September 24, 2182, according to the NASA study.
This mosaic of Bennu was created from multiple images using observations by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Although there is a slight chance Bennu will smash into Earth over the next three centuries, NASA notes there is more than a 99.9 percent probability it will not
Scientists have been seriously considering how to stop an asteroid from ever hitting Earth since the 1960s, but previous approaches have generally involved theories on how to blow the cosmic object into thousands of pieces.
The problem with this is these pieces could potentially zoom towards Earth and present almost as dangerous and humanity-threatening issue as the original asteroid.
A more recent approach, called kinetic impact deflection (KID), involves firing something into space that more gently bumps the asteroid off course, away from Earth, while keeping it intact.
Recent KID efforts were outlined at the 84th annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society held in Chicago this month and led by Dr George Flynn, a physicist at State University of New York, Plattsburgh.
'You might have to use multiple impacts,' Dr Flynn said in conversation with The New York Times. 'It [Bennu] may barely miss, but barely missing is enough.'
Researchers have been working at NASA's Ames Vertical Gun Range, built in the 1960s during the Apollo era and based at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley, for the recent KID experiments.
They fired small, spherical aluminum projectiles at meteorites suspended by pieces of nylon string.
The NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range (AVGR, pictured) is a facility that allows experts to investigate potential meteor or asteroid impacts on a planet or moon surface, as well as other research areas
AVGR, pictured, was designed to conduct scientific studies of lunar impact processes in support of the Apollo missions
The team used 32 meteorites – which are fragments of asteroids that have fallen to Earth from space – that were mostly purchased from private dealers.
The tests have allowed them to work out at what point momentum from a human-made object fired towards an asteroid turns it into thousands of fragments, rather than knocking it off course as desired.
'If you break it into pieces, some of those pieces may still be on a collision course with Earth,' Dr Flynn said.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASTEROIDS FROM THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Asteroid classification has proved controversial, with a number of letter-based systems developed.
According to NASA the three main types are labelled C, S and M.
C-type (chondrite) asteroidsare the most common in the solar system and likely consist of clay and silicate rocks.
They are darker than other asteroids and the most ancient objects in the solar system - dating back to its birth.
S-type (stony) asteroidsare made of silicate materials as well as nickel-iron and are the most common visitors to the Earth of the asteroid types.
M-type (nickel-iron) asteroidsvary depending on how far from the sun they formed.
Some are partly melted with iron sinking to the centre and forcing volcanic lava to the surface.
Carbonaceous chondrite (C-type) asteroids, such as Bennu, are the most common in the solar system.
They are darker than other asteroids due to the presence of carbon and are some of the most ancient objects in the solar system – dating back to its birth.
According to the findings from experiments at AVGR, the type of asteroid being targeted (and how much carbon it has in it) may dictate how much momentum would be directed at it from any human-made KID device.
From the experiments, the researchers found C-type meteorites could withstand only about one-sixth of the momentum that the other chondrites could withstand before shattering.
'[C-type] asteroids are much more difficult to deflect without disruption than ordinary chondrite asteroids,' the experts concluded.
'These results indicate multiple successive impacts may be required to deflect rather than disrupt asteroids, particularly carbonaceous asteroids.'
Therefore, around 160 years in the future – when Bennu is most likely to collide with Earth, according to NASA – a KID device would have to give it a series of gentle nudges to prevent it from breaking up and sending dangerous splinter fragments flying towards Earth.
NASA's recent study about Bennu, published in the journal Icarus earlier this month, did point out there is more than a 99.9 per cent probability Bennu will not smash into Earth over the next three centuries.
'Although the chances of it hitting Earth are very low, Bennu remains one of the two most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system, along with another asteroid called 1950 DA,' NASA said in a statement.
Asteroid Bennu, which is about a third of a mile wide, has a 1-in-2,700 chance of hitting Earth on the afternoon of September 24, 2182 (pictured). The statement was share by NASA on Wednesday and stems from data collected by the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft that is brining samples of the asteroid back to Earth
Next year, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will test KID technologies on a real asteroid in the solar system, called Didymoon.
DART, a space probe, will smash into Didymoon, which orbits a larger asteroid called Didymos, at 13,500 miles per hour (21,700 km per hour) in October 2022. The mission is expected to launch this November.
DART will track and analyse data from Didymos and the smaller asteroid Didymoon, before slamming into it while it's sufficiently far away from Earth.
A NASA mission due to launch in November 2021 will experiment on our planetary defence system to protect the Earth from the threat of a collision with an asteroid. Pictured, an artist's depiction of NASA's DART mission to nudge an asteroid off course
The mission is called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART. The NASA graphic shows how the Double Asteroid Rendezvous Test (DART) will crash into a moonlet of the asteroid Didymos in 2022
Explained: The difference between an asteroid, meteorite and other space rocks
An asteroid is a large chunk of rock left over from collisions or the early solar system. Most are located between Mars and Jupiter in the Main Belt.
A comet is a rock covered in ice, methane and other compounds. Their orbits take them much further out of the solar system.
A meteor is what astronomers call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris burns up.
This debris itself is known as a meteoroid. Most are so small they are vapourised in the atmosphere.
If any of this meteoroid makes it to Earth, it is called a meteorite.
Meteors, meteoroids and meteorites normally originate from asteroids and comets.
For example, if Earth passes through the tail of a comet, much of the debris burns up in the atmosphere, forming a meteor shower.
Interest in UFOs continues to grow, both among scientists and government officials.
An unidentified flying object captured on video by a U.S. Navy jet.
(Image credit: DOD/U.S. Navy)
In 2021, there was an upsurge in peculiar sightings reported, thanks to people with smartphones or other video gear that captured these strange glimmers in the sky.
Could these unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) be satellites, technology deployed by foreign governments, falling space junk or maybe even floating specialty balloons or purposely faked unidentified flying objects (UFOs)?
Or could they be, well, aliens? What if Earth has been on the receiving end of extraterrestrials speeding in from Alpha Centauri who found themselves lacking brake fluid and crashed into New Mexico?
Many of these objects are ultimately identified. Others, however, remain mysterious.
Nonetheless, in 2022, UAP will get more attention from both the scientific community and the federal government, experts told Space.com.
In June 2021, the U.S. military and intelligence community issued a report on UAPs. It was followed by congressional urging to establish a formal office to carry out a "coordinated effort" on collection and analysis related to UAP.
"Our national security efforts rely on aerial supremacy, and these phenomena present a challenge to our dominance over the air. Staying ahead of UAP sightings is critical to keeping our strategic edge and keeping our nation safe," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said on Dec. 9, 2021, when announcing the inclusion of her UAP amendment in the $768.2 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 27.
Although the new office within the Pentagon, called the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, will not explicitly focus on the search for alien life, it will be tasked with providing a full spectrum of intelligence, as well as scientific and technical assessments, related to UAP.
One of the new UAP office's responsibilities will be to implement a plan to "test scientific theories related to UAP characteristics and performances," Gillibrand said in a statement.
So, what now?
For one thing, there's a concerted effort to build UAP-spotting hardware and to decide where it will be stationed. This year could be a turning point in the study of UAP/UFOs.
One potential major development in 2022 will be UFO detection, according to Mark Rodeghier, scientific director of the Center for UFO Studies in Chicago.
"The effort to detect, track and measure the UFO phenomenon in the field, in real time, has recently entered a new phase," Rodeghier told Space.com. "The technology has gotten better, software tools have improved and the current interest in UFOs has attracted new, qualified professionals.
"While one can't predict how soon we will gain new, fundamental knowledge about UAP/UFOs, I believe that these efforts are very likely to succeed and set UFO research onto a new foundation of reliable, physical data," Rodeghier added. "And as a consequence, we will have even more evidence — as if it was needed — that the UFO phenomenon is real and can be studied scientifically."
One upcoming initiative, called the Galileo Project, will search for extraterrestrial equipment near Earth. It has two branches. The first aims to identify the nature of interstellar objects that do not resemble comets or asteroids — like 'Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to visit the solar system. The second branch targets UAP, similar to those of interest to the U.S. government.
"The Galileo Project's data will be open to the public, and its scientific analysis will be transparent," said Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who is spearheading the project. "The related scientific findings would expand humanity's knowledge, with no attention to borders between nations."
The Galileo research team includes more than 100 scientists who plan to assemble the project's first telescope system on the roof of the Harvard College Observatory in spring 2022.
"The system will record continuous video and audio of the entire sky in the visible, infrared and radio bands, as well as track objects of interest," Loeb said. "Artificial intelligence algorithms will distinguish birds from drones, airplanes or something else. Once the first system will operate successfully, the Galileo Project will make copies of it and distribute them in many geographical locations."
The truth is out there
An outlier in all the UAP and UFO chatter — that is nonetheless attracting some attention within the scientific community — is the possibility that UFOs are actually human time travelers.
"The human time travelers model to explain UFOs has been gaining traction over the last couple years," said Michael Masters, a professor of anthropology at Montana Technological University.
Masters is the author of the 2019 book "Identified Flying Objects," which examines the premise that UFOs and aliens may simply be our distant human descendants using the anthropological tool of time travel to visit and study us, as members of their own hominin evolutionary past.
"I think people are starting to realize that it makes a lot of sense in the context of how these ships operate, how they can achieve such incredible accelerations and decelerations if they are manipulating space-time in their own reference frame in and around these craft, and if we can take seriously the description of beings seen in association with them, how they are ubiquitously described in such human terms, regarding their behavior, technology and morphological form," Masters told Space.com.
Masters appreciates that the UFO/UAP topic is being taken seriously by a broader group of professionals in various fields.
"The more we continue to whittle away the stigma that has surrounded this subject for so long, the faster we may begin to understand the nuances of this mysterious phenomenon," he said. "Further reducing the stigma will hopefully also mean that more scientists and scholars will continue to enter the conversation without fear of retribution or shame being cast upon their existing research program, which can only help to advance our knowledge farther and faster."
Thanks to the official acknowledgement of the reality of these objects, Masters said, "the conversation can now move on from 'Are these real?' to 'What are they, and from where, or potentially when, are they coming?'"
Currently, there is a lack of coordination among organizations involved in UAP detection equipment, but that may change this year, said Robert Powell, an executive board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) in Austin, Texas.
"I believe that will improve as we go into 2022," he said.
A number of SCU members are involved with the Galileo Project, and the organization has partnered with several groups, including UFODATA, the UFO Data Acquisition Project (UFODAP) and UAPx.
"UFODAP already has a working model that has been sold into the marketplace and is reasonably priced in the $2,000 to $5,000 range, depending on the accessories desired," Powell told Space.com. "This system has already been used by a group known as UAPx to collect data. Our goal is to coordinate these activities in a way such that we use a system with standardized equipment set to collect data."
But before that happens, Powell said, the groups need to plot out exactly what that equipment is trying to measure and verify that the system can achieve that goal.
"These are exciting times, as there are a growing number of groups focused on UAP detection and study," said Kevin Knuth, an associate professor of physics at the University at Albany and vice president of UAPx, which intends to incorporate a network of distributed sensors that interested parties can host locally to contribute to UAP spotting.
Still, there are some challenges involved with the interaction of various groups, he said.
"While some coordination among groups might be beneficial, especially in the context of efficiency, the fact that we currently know precious little about UAPs implies that the potential for discovery is higher if the groups begin by working independently, trying different equipment and procedures and watching in different places," Knuth told Space.com.
As lessons are learned and the results are made public, the various groups will begin to adopt equipment and procedures that have been demonstrated to be fruitful, he added.
"For this reason, it is probably not wise to coordinate the groups at this time," Knuth said. "Instead, as we learn more about how to best observe and study UAPs, communication across groups — facilitated by the sharing of data and publishing of results — will lead to improvements in general. This is the benefit of independent scientific studies."
Taking a broader view, Knuth said the scientific groups are planning on publishing peer-reviewed scientific papers. The upshot will be further advancement of the scientific studies of UAPs "while encouraging and compelling more scientists to get involved in studying what could very well be among the most important discoveries in human history," he said.
Leonard David is author of "Moon Rush: The New Space Race" (National Geographic, 2019). A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades.
Scientists have figured out how to catch up and study the first known interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua. Project Lyra envisions the launch of a probe for February 2028, four years to perform gravity maneuvers near Earth, Venus, and Jupiter, and finally reaching 'Oumuamua around 2050-2054.
What do we know about Oumuamua?
Object 1I/Oumuamua was discovered on October 19, 2017, as a result of analysis of data obtained by the Pan-STARRS Panoramic and Rapid Response Telescope System, which is primarily designed to search for near-Earth asteroids. ‘Oumuamua was originally thought to be a comet but was later classified as an asteroid.
It was moving too fast for a simple asteroid, and with acceleration, but it did not leave a gaseous tail, which is considered a sign of icy comets from the outer part of the system. Its brightness also did not change, which is typical for asteroids, and not for comets.
Comet Borisov, the first interstellar comet, was discovered by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov in August 2019 using a 65-cm telescope of his own design.
The extrasolar origin of ‘Oumuamua and Comet Borisov makes them extremely interesting objects to study, but they transit through the solar system and were already detected on the departure trajectory, it is quite difficult to catch up with them.
Scientists are especially intrigued by the possibility of an artificial origin of such objects, which may be hinted at by the extremely elongated shape of Oumuamua.
Since the object can no longer be properly studied through telescopes, there is only one way to understand its origin. The published document describes a mission called Project Lyra to send a probe from Earth that can catch up with ‘Oumuamua and find out its more about its structure.
The Interstellar Probe will become the farthest-reaching spacecraft to date. µCredit: John Hopkins APL
Catching up with Oumuamua: Project Lyra
The document contains a proposal to organize an updated mission, which should start in February 2028, and spend four years on acceleration using gravitational maneuvers – to use the so-called Oberth effect.
If the impulse of the device’s engine is given at maximum approach to a gravitating body, then part of the energy can be taken away from this body and thereby additionally disperse the apparatus.
Gravity maneuvers, or Oberth maneuvers, in this case, should be performed twice at the Earth and once at Venus and Jupiter, until at last the device acquires sufficient speed and reaches the vicinity of ‘Oumuamua in 2050-2054.
This is far from the first attempt to plot a course to ‘Oumuamua, but most previous attempts have focused on using the Oberth maneuver to fly around the Sun. This tactic involves the spacecraft falling into a gravity well and as it falls, it uses its thrusters to increase its acceleration.
The disadvantage of boosting with the help of the Sun is that to protect the probe from powerful solar radiation, one would have to use a complex and heavy shield, like the one currently carried by the American Parker Solar Probe, designed to study the outer solar corona.
While this maneuver looks great on paper, it has never been done before and therefore has a low level of technological readiness.
Another advantage of the maneuver with Jupiter is the final speed of the spacecraft’s arrival at ‘Oumuamua, which will be much lower than that of the spacecraft using the maneuver with the Sun – 18 km/s versus 30 km/s.
This will give the Lyra project more time to study the interstellar asteroid from a flyby trajectory. Based on a launch window of 2028, the researchers determined that the craft could catch up to Oumuamua by 2054.
Overview of the Project Lyra, which will be sent towards Oumuamua. Credit: arxiv.org
What if we find another similar object?
Another option could be, of course, to simply wait until another object similar to ‘Oumuamua is found and take the time to organize an expedition to it.
After all, every year, an estimated seven interstellar wanderers can fly through our solar system . It is even possible that some of the comets from the outer Oort cloud are actually of extrasolar origin.
However, according to the same article, it would be unwise to wait for such an event, because the second interstellar object ever discovered – comet 2I / Borisov 2019 – resembles small bodies already found in the solar system.
This makes ‘Oumuamua a more unique object, and it is unclear what the likelihood of a re-encounter with a similar celestial body in the future is. The possible scientific return from such a mission makes the ‘Oumuamua expedition an opportunity that should not be missed.
Alien Beings May Actually Live Among Us And We Can’t See Them
Alien Beings May Actually Live Among Us And We Can’t See Them
Because there is no proof of life elsewhere, science claims that mankind evolved organically on Earth to become the most sophisticated species in the universe. The reality, on the other hand, is the polar opposite.
Humans are not the most intellectual creature in the universe, and we do not evolve organically on this planet. This galaxy is home to numerous extraterrestrial civilizations, many of which are millions of years older than our own.
For a long time, the most evolved aliens have visited Earth; some are responsible for seeding human life on Earth and other compatible worlds.
-This implies that humans did not begin on the planet. So, theoretically, we’re aliens as well, despite the fact that we’ve been here for so long that we view things differently.
Aliens still inhabit this world, residing in underground or underwater bases or deep beneath mountains, and moving in disguised ships, underground tunnels, or teleportation portals.
Only a few alien species are highly negative or highly positive, despite the fact that there are at least fifty different extraterrestrial species on Earth.
Humanity is used as a natural resource by the negatives. Neutral aliens are mostly interested in living, observing, and learning.
Positive aliens want to assist people in escaping the energy farm and becoming superhumans.
Things are more convoluted than that because each alien faction can serve many objectives, but the idea is that the negatives are mostly interested in exploiting us, while the positives are primarily interested in assisting us.
Grays, Reptilians, Mantids, and Norsemen are the most common extraterrestrial species. The grays are small robotic beings with large heads, pale skin, and dark eyes.
Reptilians have slit pupils and scaly skin and are tall and intelligent. Mantids are human-sized versions of the praying mantis insect.
Norsemen are indistinguishable from humans, although they are more muscular, have only blond hair, and have very light eyes.
It is impossible to state that one alien species is entirely positive and another is absolutely negative, because there may be examples of both classifications within the same species, yet the orientation of some types is more distinct than that of others.
These aliens do not have the same physical characteristics as humans. They have the ability to dematerialize and pass through walls, travel back in time, use their minds to move items, communicate with us telepathically, and become invisible.
All of these abilities are part of the superhuman stage, and they are more sophisticated because they exist in a higher dimension that intersects with ours.
Higher-dimensional entities must focus on a tighter spectrum of vibrations in order to intercept our dimension, otherwise, they will stay invisible to us.
We’re like fish who are oblivious to the fact that people outside the aquarium are watching us, people who can make themselves known by tapping on the glass or sticking their fingers in the water.
Despite coming from a higher level, these entities technically exist between us and that dimension. What are your thoughts?
West Yorkshire, England, is what’s known as a metropolitan county and includes the larger cities of Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield, as well as enough smaller towns to have a population of over 2.3 million people … and a number of extraterrestrials. In a surprising report, the West Yorkshire police revealed their area of responsibility summoned them to at least nine instances where a county constituent reported an encounter with a UFO and/or extraterrestrials. Is West Yorkshire a UFO hotspot or should someone check the water supply?
An average day in West Yorkshire?
“Caller is reporting he thinks he has seen a UFO. He could (see) this ‘thing’ in the sky that kept appearing then disappearing. This occurred 22 times where ‘something flashed’ then it disappeared, then it flashed again. (He) says he watched this happen for approx 15 mins.”
Yorkshire Live recently provided a list of the West Yorkshire UFO and alien reports and many sound like this one from Morley, Leeds – unusual lights that could be planes, drones or those pesky Starlink satellites. However, some defy those explanations, like this one from Knottingley, Wakefield.
“Caller reporting white orbs in the sky; two shot off like shooting star; he’s seen some disappear; he has this on video; he’s seen 10 tonight; and they’re moving really weird; He can’t see them now. But he’s seen them last two nights. He’s just seen another now, and another one.”
Then there are the alien encounters, like this one from Skircoat, Halifax:
“Reporting he has seen an alien…he has seen something floating in the sky, talking to him.”
A woman in Weetwood, Leeds, reported being abducted, and a man in Skircoat, Halifax, said he had a close encounter.
“Reporting he has seen an alien…he has seen something floating in the sky, talking to him.”
While nine UFO/alien reports in one year in a county of 2.3 million residents might not qualify it as a paranormal hotspot (read about all of them here), West Yorkshire has a history of them that probably influences its police force to give the calls special attention. The most infamous involves former constable Alan Godfrey who claimed to have seen a UFO hovering over Burnley Road in Todmorden in 1980 and, under hypnosis, claimed to have been abducted and spent time in a spaceship. This was five months after finding the body of a missing man, Zigmund Adamski, who was reported to be strangely dressed, had his head shaved and sporting a bore a ring of burn marks, showed a slimy yellow-green substance seeping from a neck wound, and appeared to have been dropped into a railroad cola bin from a high altitude. To this day, Godfrey claims the two incidents ruined his life because of media coverage and investigations by the government.
Another typical day in West Yorkshire?
Then there was Russ Kellett, who in 2020 revealed a 1999 UFO abduction in Bingley, West Yorkshire, in which he remembers being in a spaceship with British pop star Robbie Williams. And in December 2021, a woman also from Todmorden broke her 40-year silence about witnessing a diamond-shaped UFO there in 1981 because it was approximately one year after Godfrey’s famous incident because she didn’t want her life ruined. Then there’s this — Todmorden has had unexplained cattle and sheep mutilations since the 1960s which many people blame on alien experiments, and there have been many alien big cat sightings which some have also attributed to ETs.
If you were a West Yorkshire constable, would you pay special attention to UFO and alien reports?
Or would you put in for a transfer to another county?
Like one those mysterious people who shows up uninvited at a party, proceeds to blow everyone away with their karaoke singing, and then disappears before anyone can get their name or learn where they came from, the interstellar object ‘Oumuamuablasted through our solar system in 2017, surprising astronomers with its origin, strange oblong shape, weird behavior and hasty exit. No one got a good look at it, prompting many to speculate it may have been a spacecraft that may or may not have been occupied. Fortunately, astronomers collected enough data on ‘Oumuamua that they believe a craft from Earth could track it and even catch up to it. Recently, one such group of scientists laid out a plan and a schedule to do just that.
“In this paper, we identify an alternative route to the interstellar object 1I/’Oumuamua, based on a launch in 2028, which does not require a SOM but has a similar performance as missions with a SOM. It instead employs a Jupiter Oberth Manoeuvre (JOM) with a total time of flight of around 26 years or so.”
In a newly published paper, a team from the UK-based Initiative for Interstellar Studies (I4IS) – a diverse group of volunteers “committed to the vision of seeing interstellar flight achieved in the very near future” – proposed a technique that would allow a conventional spacecraft to take an unconventional path that would allow it to quickly catch up with ’Oumuamua. Most long-mission crafts launched from Earth gain speed by using the Solar Oberth Manoeuvre (SOM) – heading towards the Sun, falling into its gravitational well, using its engines to accelerate the fall, and then using the additional speed to slingshot far out into space. Many spacecrafts then perform a similar maneuver around other planets, including Earth, to gain more speed. In what they call Project Lyra, the I4IS team bypasses the SOM and sends a craft to Jupiter for that Oberth boost.
“In January / February 2019, our team has worked on potential missions after 2024, leaving enough time for spacecraft development.”
The I4IS team realizes public and private space programs have the heavy rockets today but not the interstellar probe needed to catch ’Oumuamua, but expect one to be developed by 2024. They then propose a series of gravity-assist maneuvers – around Earth, Venus, Earth again and then Jupiter over four years – before shooting towards ’Oumuamua with an arrival time of either 2050 or 2054 depending on options. That’s a speed far faster than the Voyager and New Horizons probes. (You can view the study with its excellent charts and illustrations here.)
‘Oumuamua’s route through our Solar System.
Eliminating the trip around the Sun reduces weight on the interstellar probe by eliminating the need for a heat shield. Adam Hibberd, a researcher with the i4is and lead author of the new study, tells Universe Today the Jupiter Oberth Manoeuvre allows the probe to arrive at ‘Oumuamua at a slower speed than a SOM assist would, giving it more time to analyze ‘Oumuamua during approach and departure. The JOM would also reduce risks on the mission.
“Finally, our results rather strengthen the feasibility of a mission to 1I, as we demonstrated that such a mission may resemble existing interplanetary missions and not rely on significant new technology developments or unprecedented space Manoeuvres.”
In other words, a Project Lyra to catch ’Oumuamua can be done and would potentially solve the mystery of what it is. Now all they need to do is convince NASA, ESA, or another public or private space organization to take on the project.
As a certain shoe company likes to say: Just do it!
Are Curiosity and Perseverance, NASA’s two operational rovers on Mars, in a robotic rivalry to be the first to find a confirmed sign of life on the Red Planet? It would seem that way this week as Curiosity’s onboard lab analyzed some soil it had dug up and found it contained an unusual carbon signature that is considered to be one of the signs of life. Not to be outdone, NASA just announced that Perseverance has been finding a purple coating on rocks everywhere it roams and scientists think this could also be a sign of past life – or at least hold clues on what that life might have been. Purple rocks on Mars? Wouldn’t that have made an excellent Bowie/Prince collaboration?
“These particular purple patches we haven’t really seen with past rover missions.”
At a recent conference of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Purdue University scientist Bradley Garczynski explained how he’s using the “scientific eyes of the rover” — a pair of cameras called Mastcam-Z – to study the purple images taken by Perseverance through various filters that can help determine their composition. National Geographic was at the conference and also reports on Ann Ollila, a geochemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, who is also studying the purple coatings, splotches and blobs in Jezero crater, which was formed by a meteorite impact billions of years ago, once hosted an ancient lake, and is now the home of Perseverance and its little helicopter friend Ingenuity.
Jezero Crater as Seen by ESA’s Mars Express Orbiter
(NASA Public domain)
Ollila is taking a more weaponized approach – she’s using the rover’s SuperCam to blast the rocks with a laser to vaporize a hole and make a sound that is picked up by microphones and analyzed – the sound tells Ollila how hard the rock is and reveals other properties. The Supercam then compares the inside of the hole to the purple surface – it found the purple layer is softer and contains hydrogen and magnesium. Add that to the discovery by the Mastcam-Z that it also contains iron oxide and you’ve got … what?
“I don’t really have a good answer for you.”
That’s not what conference attendees and future Mars explorers wanted to hear from Ollila – they want to know if geological processes are similar among the solar system’s planets, what are the differences and how did they happen. And most importantly – what the heck is the purple stuff? If it’s a sign of ancient life, it’s in the wrong place – the spots in Jezero where Perseverance roams are not where there was water but where magma flowed. Also, the pings don’t match and neither do the compositions of the zapped holes and the purple coating around them. That doesn’t mean they aren’t potential signs of Martian life, says Nina Lanza, the team leader for Space and Planetary Exploration at Los Alamos National Laboratory studying the purple.
“Who knows what Martian microbes do?”
(Wouldn’t that have made a great opening line to a Bowie song?)
On Earth, a purple coating on a rock might mean microbes hid on it to escape from the sun’s ray, metabolizing metals in the rock or dissolved in water flowing over it. Ultimately, the purple rocks need to be brought back to Earth for intense analysis in a lab.
Perseverance
If the purple surface on these Martian rocks was really once purple Martian microbes in a Martian lake, that means it could have heated up, vaporized into clouds and formed something Prince could sink his musical teeth into.
Purple rain, Martian pain Purple rain, Martian pain I didn’t mean to step on you Thought you were just a stain
OK, maybe David Bowie.
Take a look at the ground, man Purple rock, I wonder why Oh man, wonder if we’ll ever know Is it purple Martian pee Is there life on Mars?
The violent birth of modern man: The incredible ancient stone carvings that reveal how a devastating comet impact 13,000 years ago killed thousands, altered the climate and triggered the rise of the first civilisations
The violent birth of modern man: The incredible ancient stone carvings that reveal how a devastating comet impact 13,000 years ago killed thousands, altered the climate and triggered the rise of the first civilisations
Scientists were analysing symbols carved on pillars at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey
Using memorial carvings they pinpointed a comet impact to around 11,000BC
The comet triggered a mini ice age that lasted 1,000 years
This ice age forced humans to develop farming techniques to grow their crops
Ancient symbols carved into stone at an archaeological site in Turkeytell the story of a devastating comet impact that triggered a mini ice age more than 13,000 years ago, scientists believe.
Evidence from the carvings, made on a pillar known as the Vulture Stone, suggests that a swarm of comet fragments hit the Earth in around 11000 BC.
One image of a headless man is thought to symbolise human disaster and extensive loss of life.
The devastating event, which wiped out creatures such as woolly mammoths, also helped spark the rise of civilisation.
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Ancient stone carvings confirm that a swarm of comets hit Earth 13,000 years ago sparking the rise of civilisations and wiping out the woolly mammoth. Pictured are the stone carvings used in the team's research, found on pillar 43 or 'the Vulture Stone' at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey
THE GOBLEKI TEPE CARVINGS
Gobleki Tepe is thought to be the world's oldest temple site.
Estimates suggest it dates back to around 9,000BC.
It is 6,000 years older than Stonehenge.
The carvings found by the team remained important to the people of Gobekli Tepe for millennia.
This suggests that the event and cold climate that followed the comet had a serious impact.
The team suggest the images were intended as a record of the cataclysmic event.
They claim that a carving showing a headless man may indicate human disaster and extensive loss of life.
Scientists have speculated for decades that a comet could have caused the sharp drop in temperature during a period known as the Younger Dryas.
The Younger Dryas is seen as a crucial period in humanity's history as it coincides with the beginnings of agriculture and the first Neolithic civilisations.
Scientists were analysing the mysterious symbols carved onto stone pillars at Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey to find out if they could be linked to constellations.
Engineers from the University of Edinburgh studied animal carvings made on a pillar – known as the vulture stone – at the site.
By interpreting the animals as astronomical symbols, and using computer software to match their positions to patterns of stars, researchers dated the event to 10,950BC.
It probably resulted from the break-up of a giant comet in the inner solar system.
This is around the time the Younger Dryas period began according to ice core data from Greenland, which pinpoints the event to 10,890BC.
Before the comet strike, large fields of barley and wheat had allowed roaming hunters in the Middle East to set up permanent base camps.
Evidence from the carvings, made on a pillar known as the Vulture Stone, suggests that a swarm of comet fragments hit the Earth in around 11000 BC. The different symbols, said to tell the story, are labeled in the graphic above
But the ice-cold conditions created by the impact forced these hunters to band together and find new ways to grow crops.
They developed watering and selective breeding to help their crops last against the harsh climate, forming modern farming practices.
The carvings appear to have remained important to the people of Gobekli Tepe for millennia, the Edinburgh researchers said.
This suggests that the event and cold climate that followed likely had a serious impact.
The comet's impact killed thousands of people and triggered a mini ice age that lasted more than 1,000 years. Pictured is a replica of the Vulture Stone at Sanliurfa Museum in Turkey
By interpreting the animals as astronomical symbols, and using computer software to match their positions to patterns of stars, researchers dated the event to 10,950BC. This image shows the position of the sun and stars on the summer solstice of 10,950BC
The team suggest the images were intended as a record of the cataclysmic event.
A further carving showing a headless man may indicate human disaster and extensive loss of life, they said.
Furthermore, symbolism on the pillars indicates that the long-term changes in Earth's rotational axis was recorded at this time using an early form of writing.
The symbolism suggests that Gȍbekli Tepe was an observatory for meteors and comets.
The find supports a theory that Earth is likely to experience periods when comet strikes are more likely, owing to Earth's orbit intersecting orbiting rings of comet fragments in space.
Stone pillars at Gobleki Tepe, thought to be the world's oldest temple site. Scientists have speculated for decades that a comet could have caused the sharp drop in temperature during a period known as the Younger Dryas around 11,000BC
More stone pillars found at the Gobleki Tepe temple site. The Younger Dryas is seen as a crucial period in humanity's history as it coincides with the beginnings of agriculture and the first Neolithic civilisations
Dr Martin Sweatman, of the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering, who led the research, said: 'I think this research, along with the recent finding of a widespread platinum anomaly across the North American continent, virtually seal the case in favour of (a Younger Dryas comet impact).
'Our work serves to reinforce that physical evidence. What is happening here is the process of paradigm change.
'It appears Göbekli Tepe was, among other things, an observatory for monitoring the night sky.
'One of its pillars seems to have served as a memorial to this devastating event – probably the worst day in history since the end of the ice age.'
Scientists were analysing the mysterious symbols carved onto stone pillars at Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey to find out if they could be linked to constellations
The find supports a theory that Earth is likely to experience periods when comet strikes are more likely, owing to Earth's orbit intersecting orbiting rings of comet fragments in space
A huge asteroid may have hit the Earth 12,800 years ago causing global climate change and extinction, according to new evidence found in South Africa.
Scientists analysed ancient soil at a site called Wonderkrater and found high levels of platinum - which they say supports the The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis that a disintegrating meteor hit Earth and caused a mini ice age.
The resulting ice age is believed by many scientists to have wiped out dozens of mammals species including the Mammoth and giant wildebeest and decimated the human population.
Scientists believe 'platinum spikes' found in ancient soil samples across the world are evidence of the meteor fragments that crashed into Earth.
Meteorites are rich in platinum and the Wonderkrater site in the Limpopo Province, north of Pretoria in South Africa adds to almost 30 other platinum spikes found worldwide, mostly in the northern hemisphere.
This map shows the locations of platinum spikes which have been observed around the world, suggesting a meteorite may have smashed into Earth and scattered debris everywhere
WHAT IS THE YOUNGER DRYAS IMPACT HYPOTHESIS?
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis proposes that fragments of a disintegrating comet struck the Earth around 12,800 years ago.
These fragments bombarded North and South America, Europe and western Asia.
This generated a thin layer of detritus covering around 19.3 million square miles (50 million square kilometres).
This layer contained concentrations of platinum, meltglass and nano-diamonds from the impactors.
Experts argue that this episode saw large-scale biomass burning, an impact-induced winter, longer-time climatic shifts and the extinction of late Pleistocene megafauna.
Until now, proof that meteoroids had impacted during that period and potentially led to a mini-ice age had only been documented across the northern hemisphere.
A total of 28 areas with high levels of platinum had been found.
The findings from the researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa partially support the theory that a meteorite crashed into earth with global consequences – along with another meteorite site discovered in Chile.
An episode of rapid cooling named the The Younger Dryas is a well documented period believed to have contributed to the extinction of many species of large animals around 12,800 years ago.
Theories previously pointed to this post-ice age cooling as a result of changes in oceanic circulation systems.
Another theory was presented by American scientists in 2007 – that the cooling was triggered by the dust fallout of an asteroid impact.
Dust circulating in the atmosphere after an impact could have reduced the amount of sunlight reaching the earth, affecting plant growth and temperatures on earth.
Now Francis Thackeray of the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa believes a platinum spike found in South Africa proves the extinction of many large animals globally could have been caused by one or multiple meteoroid impacts.
Researchers have discovered their first evidence in the southern hemisphere that a mini ice age almost 13,000 years ago may have been caused by clouds of dust thrown up by an asteroid impact
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Dr Thackeray who was working with researcher Philip Pieterse from the University of Johannesburg and Professor Louis Scott of the University of the Free State, said: 'Our finding at least partially supports the highly controversial Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH).
'We seriously need to explore the view that an asteroid impact somewhere on earth may have caused climate change on a global scale.
'And [it may have] contributed to some extent to the process of extinctions of large animals at the end of the Pleistocene, after the last ice age.'
Many mammals became extinct in North America, South America and Europe at the time of the Younger Dryas.
In South Africa a few extraordinary large animal species became extinct around that period including the giant African buffalo, a large zebra, and a very big wildebeest each weighing around 1,100lbs (500kg) more than its modern counterpart.
Human populations may also have been indirectly affected at the time in question.
Thackeray argues that a dramatic halt in the development of the use of stone tools by the Clovis people in North America and the Robberg stone artefacts used by populations in South Africa around that period could indicate that an asteroid may have caused global consequences.
Dr Thackery said: 'Without necessarily arguing for a single causal factor on a global scale, we cautiously hint at the possibility that these technological changes, in North America and on the African subcontinent at about the same time, might have been associated indirectly with an asteroid impact with major global consequences.'
WHEN WERE EARTH'S 'BIG FIVE' EXTINCTION EVENTS?
Traditionally, scientists have referred to the 'Big Five' mass extinctions, including perhaps the most famous mass extinction triggered by a meteorite impact that brought about the end of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
But the other major mass extinctions were caused by phenomena originating entirely on Earth, and while they are less well known, we may learn something from exploring them that could shed light on our current environmental crises.
The Late Ordovician: This ancient crisis around 445m years ago saw two major waves of extinction, both caused by climate change associated with the advance and retreat of ice sheets in the southern hemisphere. This makes it the only major extinction to be linked to global cooling.
The Late Devonian: This period is now regarded as a number of 'pulses' of extinction spread over 20m years, beginning 380m years ago. This extinction has been linked to major climate change, possibly caused by an eruption of the volcanic Viluy Traps area in modern-day Siberia. A major eruption might have caused rapid fluctations in sea levels and reduced oxygen levels in the oceans.
The Middle Permian: Scientists have recently discovered another event 262m years ago that rivals the 'Big Five' in size. This event coincided with the Emeishan eruption in what's now China, and is known to have caused simultaneous extinctions in the tropics and higher latitudes.
The Late Permian: The Late Permian mass extinction around 252m years ago dwarfs all the other events, with about 96% of species becoming extinct. The extinction was triggered by a vast eruption of the Siberian Traps, a gigantic and prolonged volcanic event that covered much of modern day Siberia, which led to a cascade of environmental effects.
The Late Triassic: The Late Triassic event, 201m years ago, shares a number of similarities with the Late Permian event. It was caused by another large-scale eruption, this time of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, which heralded the splitting of the supercontinent Pangaea and the initial opening of what would later become the Atlantic Ocean.
A meteor glowing as it enters the earth's atmosphere
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He added: 'We cannot be certain, but a cosmic impact could have affected humans as a result of local changes in environment and the availability of food resources.'
At Wonderkrater, the team has also uncovered evidence from pollen to show that about 12,800 years ago there was temporary cooling.
This linked up with the 'Younger Dryas' drop in temperature that is well documented in the northern hemisphere, and now also in South Africa.
According to some scientists, this cooling in widespread areas could have been caused by the global dispersal of platinum-rich atmospheric dust after a meteorite hit.
Thackeray's team believes their discovery of a platinum spike at about 12,800 years ago at Wonderkrater is just part of the strengthening view that an asteroid or cometary impact might have occurred at that time.
This is the first evidence in Africa for a platinum spike leading to the mini-ice age of the Younger Dryas.
Younger Dryas spikes in platinum have also been found in Greenland, Eurasia, North America, Mexico and recently also at Pilauco in Chile.
Wonderkrater is the 30th site in the world discovered with evidence of platinum spikes.
Thackeray said: 'Our evidence is entirely consistent with the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis.'
The discovery in South Africa is expected to be analysed in context with those made in other parts of the world.
A large crater 31 kilometres in diameter was discovered in northern Greenland beneath the Hiawatha Glacier last year.
Thackery recognises that the source of the platinum at Wonderkrater could hypothetically be cosmic dust that was dispersed in the atmosphere after a meteorite impact in Greenland.
The South African research has been supported by the National Research Foundation and the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for the Palaeosciences and was published in Palaeontologia Africana.
Asteroid Impact vs. Pole Shift as Cause of Catastrophic Destruction 12,900 Years Ago
Asteroid Impact vs. Pole Shift as Cause of Catastrophic Destruction 12,900 Years Ago
I often write about a periodic cycle of pole shift catastrophes that alter the entire surface of the Earth and reduce civilizations to ruins every 12-13,000 years (probably every half-precession cycle of about 12,900 years.) But many researchers, including Graham Hancock, suggest that this (last) catastrophe roughly 12,800 years ago was caused by a comet impact – not a pole shift. Does evidence favor one theory over the other? From a Russian article I found recently:
Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) have evidence that the Earth was hit by a comet or asteroid almost 13,000 years ago.
“A global catastrophe led to climate change known as the Dryas Cooldown (10730-9700 BC) and also caused the extinction of many animal species. In 2019, South African researchers analyzed rock samples recovered from peat deposits in the Limpopo province of South Africa. As a result, they found a high concentration of platinum, which is also found in celestial bodies.
According to the researchers, this is another evidence in favor of the hypothesis of a large space object colliding with the Earth – a comet or an asteroid, which probably fell in Northern Greenland, where a crater 31 kilometers in diameter and 12,800 years old was discovered under the Hiawatha glacier. Climate change has been caused by the dispersion of dust and soot in the planet’s atmosphere. Platinum has also been found in rocks of the same age in Greenland, Eurasia, North America, Mexico, and Chile.”
The image directly above does not show impact craters under the ice, like the recently discovered Hiawatha Crater in NW Greenland. It doesn’t show the ones in South Carolina or anywhere outside North America. What it does show, however, is that the last ice cap in Pleistocene times was centered near Hudson Bay, not our current North Pole.
Notice most of Alaska and all of Siberia (where so many remains of mammoths – which ate 500 pounds of vegetation a day – have been found) were not covered by an ice sheet but in fact were much warmer – before Asia moved north by 30 degrees of latitude (suddenly freezing the region) and the Americas moved 30 degrees south (thawing eastern Canada) during the last pole shift.
I feel the following adequately sums up the asteroid theory: we found impact craters, and the surface of the entire world shows a layer of dust rich in platinum (and other elements far less common on Earth) covered our world roughly 10,800 B.C. Therefore, the resulting climate changes and mass extinctions were caused by the comet (or fragments) impact.
While there are many impact craters from approximately the first century of the Younger Dryas climate change events, there is massive evidence supporting another cause – the idea that our entire galaxy has a positive and negative side separated not by a flat sheet but by a rippling, wave-like undulation between positive and negative charge. This ripple or wave reaches us roughly every 12,900 years and causes stellar micronovas and planetary pole shifts.
Many nearby stars between our sun and the galactic center have already erupted in recent years. It is only a matter of time before the strength of the incoming galactic wave overpowers and reverses the electromagnetic fields of our sun and our Earth.
Our sun’s magnetic field will eventually be overwhelmed and reversed by the galactic field changes, and our planetary magnetic field is overwhelmed with both the galactic wave (which takes centuries to make the full polarity reversal) and the solar micronova (which is over in hours and is the direct and immediate trigger of the pole shifts on Earth.) This is supported by many ancient myths, legends, and religions – such as Egyptian records of the sun rising in the west and setting in the east prior to the last catastrophe – or the Greek myth of Phaethon failing the handle Apollo’s sun-chariot and coming to close to Earth and scorching it before Zeus intervened by “tilting the table” to flood the burning lands and put out the fires and returning the reins to Apollo – or the description of an intensely brightened sun from Isaiah 30:26 “…the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days…”
As our terrestrial magnetic field weakens to zero and reverses, our protection from cosmic radiation and dust temporarily disappears. The flow of the extended and greatly strengthened solar magnetic field flows right through the Earth, north to south, and carries extra cosmic dust pushed in from the galactic wave and a much greater amount of solar particles blasted out with the micronova. This also explains the high levels of platinum and other elements on the surface of the Earth at the time of pole shift events.
Earth is rarely hit by comets or asteroids, partially because the ones that intersect Earth’s orbit usually hit within the first thousand years of the establishment of such intersecting orbits, followed by long periods of stability and virtually no impacts for many thousands of years (our recent history) because Earth has cleared the path of its orbit by impacting the problems earlier…. Until the next galactic wave and micronova blasts disturb the orbits of everything in the solar system, followed by centuries of newly dislodged objects pushed into new trajectories. This causes at least a few centuries of much more frequent impacts on Earth.
So yes, there are impact craters and high levels of rare elements approximately 12,800 years ago. But I think the evidence suggests that was a result of the galactic ripple, solar micronova, and pole shift which occurred around 12,850-12,900 years ago. If the evidence truly favors a periodic (recurring) cycle of pole shift catastrophes, and not a one-time random impact event for the Pleistocene extinction that happened almost 13,000 years ago – why does our government – which funds the scientific establishment that won’t bite the hand that funds it – not admit or acknowledge the recurring pole shift cycle? (Or any other cyclic theory, such as our sun having a distant binary companion such as Sirius – or even that the sun is in one of the filaments/threads of a galactic rope of Birkeland currents of charged plasma, making it look like we are rotating with another nearby star or two as our filament channels and spirals us around the larger “rope” of entwined filaments?)
Because a one-time impact won’t happen again. Governments often love to incite fear and make the public take the action they want and have planned for. But in this case, they want the public to remain ignorant and take no action beyond continuing to work and pay taxes right up to the end, so that the elite get build, supply, and retreat into their bunkers without millions or billions of informed and angry unselected useless eaters like us banging down their doors or detonating nukes or burying their exits under tons of concrete. To avoid that, they must not teach about recurring cycles of destruction, especially if another event is due within our lifetimes. Instead we are offered distractions and lies.
The next pole shift is due in the 2nd quarter of the 21st century. There are plans to survive it. But you and I are not invited. I can find no acknowledgement of pole shift cycles by the American government. But I did recently find declassified KGB files offering Soviet acknowledgement – and they comment on known American preparations and even the Nazi archives they found on the subject. (The Nazis also expected the next pole shift in the early 21st century.)
If interested in any of these theories, check the links below for what I consider the best sources.
An ancient structure sits in this crater on Mars. The structure is buried by thousands of years of wind blown dirt and sand, but it's still there, standing out proudly...an achievement of an ancient culture of long ago. Had this been found on Earth in Egypt...archeologist would jump all over it thinking its some ancient tomb of an Egyptian king. However on Mars...a planet 34 million miles away makes it impossible to investigate it. The mystery will remain for decades to come.
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The Megalithic Unfinished Obelisk St Aswan In Egypt, Video, UFO Sighting News.
The Megalithic Unfinished Obelisk St Aswan In Egypt, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of video: January 8, 2022
Location of Obelisk: St Aswan, Egypt
This video was taken by the famous Brian Foerster in Egypt. He is a tour guide and history expert who is looking at the unfinished Megalithic obelisk that is still laying in the ground. Although carving this huge megalith would be possible for humans if years of work were put into it...it would however be impossible to move such a massive stone structure hundreds of miles to Cairo which is 650km (404 miles) away. The structure is 137 feet (42 meters) long if completed and would weigh and estimated 1,200 tones. Thats like carrying a cargo ship loaded with containers on it...and carrying it not sailing it...across the mountains, desert, rocks and scorching earth to Cairo 650km away...we cannot even do that today! Its insane!
The only way such a megalithic structure could be moved is by using alien anti gravity technology. Even today, with all our modern equipment, technology and methods of transportation...we could never create and move this structure in one piece. This is 100% proof that aliens were here a long time ago, creating ancient Egypt.
Four Lights Over University place, Washington Jan 8, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Four Lights Over University place, Washington Jan 8, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Jan 8, 2022
Location of sighting: University place, Washington, USA
Source: MUFON
I really like the conversation happening during this video. Its 100% authentic and keeping it real is important in such cases. The eyewitness calls up her husband or boyfriend in order to tell him so he might see it and you can really hear their conversation about focusing on the UFO. Also a third eyewitness, a woman stood with her and then they attempted to get closer by taking the car. Which worked for a little bit. The videos are short and sweet, but they are hard core evidence that UFOs exist. Absolutely amazing, wish more folks were this excited about seeing a UFO, then maybe more people would be aware of the existence of aliens today.
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Random bouncing lights with three stagnant lights that appeared and reappeared. In one of the videos there is a reflection of a light in my car but the other video I took outside of my car sitting on my carport. I’ve lived here most of my life and I have never seen those lights located where we saw them. Also, pardon our French.
In a testament to the kinds of strange calls that authorities receive on a fairly regular basis, a police department in England has shared details on a variety of very weird UFO and alien reports that their emergency operators fielded in 2021. Responding to an FOIA request, the West Yorkshire Police Force reportedly revealed that over the past year there were several incidents, ranging from fairly benign to outright bizarre, wherein bewildered residents said that they witnessed or encountered something from out of this world.
The first report, received in April, concerned a man who claimed to have seen a UFO "that kept appearing, then disappearing" for about 15 minutes. Another call came in to authorities in May when a resident said that they spotted "a number of solid lights that look like stars moving in the sky." The witness went on to describe the objects as being "spaced evenly out," which makes one suspect that the 'UFOs' could have been SpaceX Starlink Satellites which have sparkedsimilar reports in the past.
A more difficult to explain report from July saw a man call police with concerns about "white orbs in the sky" that were "moving really weird." These odd objects, the witness said, would occasionally take off "like a shooting star" or simply disappear. According to the caller, the eerie activity occurred over the course of two nights and, in total, he observed ten of these mysterious lights in the night sky. Although the man claimed to have captured video of the peculiar objects, it would appear that he did not turn it over to police.
Amazingly, the West Yorkshire Police Force say that 2021 saw a staggering six calls from residents who said that they had encountered visitors from another world! In one instance, a woman simply told the emergency operator that "an alien has attacked her," while another woman later in the year reported that she had been abducted by ETs. Meanwhile, a disappointingly brief report came in from a man who declared that "an alien has put drugs in his eyes."
Two separate callers in 2021 reported seeing an alien floating outside their window and, in one the cases, the being purportedly spoke to the witness. Sadly, the police logs do not include whatever message the 'space brother' shared with the witness. And perhaps the strangest of all the reports contained in the released files came from a man who talked to the operator about "life savers and aliens" and then went on to reveal that he "has a vision that the Queen sent him to another galaxy."
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER BLACK HOLE THAT’S CREATING STARS INSTEAD OF DEVOURING THEM
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER BLACK HOLE THAT’S CREATING STARS INSTEAD OF DEVOURING THEM
IS THIS THE LEAST DEADLY BLACK HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE?
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Not all black holes are the destructive monsters they’re often made out to be, according to new research done with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Scientists from Montana State University published an article in Nature this week that found a star formation in Henize 2-10, a dwarf starburst galaxy — and they say the black hole at the center of that galaxy actually created them.
“We conclude that this black-hole outflow triggered the star formation,” the authors wrote.
The findings provided insight into a decade-old mystery about whether smaller galaxies had black holes proportional in size to larger ones, according to NASA.
“Ten years ago, as a graduate student thinking I would spend my career on star formation, I looked at the data from Henize 2-10 and everything changed,” Amy Reines, a researcher at the University of Virginia and one of the study’s authors, told NASA. “From the beginning I knew something unusual and special was happening.”
And Beyond…
Reines told NASA that she expects even more research into dwarf galaxy black holes in the future. Using them as clues to better understand how supermassive black holes came into existence would solve a persistent problem for astronomers, and NASA reports that of the three leading theories about how black holes are created, none of them stand out as more likely than the others.
“It really has become the big question: where did they come from?” Reines said. “Dwarf galaxies may retain some memory of the black hole seeding scenario that has otherwise been lost to time and space.”
It’s poetic that an unusually creative black hole defying rules about how black holes are “supposed” to act may actually help scientists understand the most ancient of galactic mysteries.
Winston Churchill penned an 11-page essay about the prospect of alien life on other planets despite Europe being on the brink of war as he wrote, newly discovered documents revealed today.
In an article written in 1939 entitled 'Are We Alone in the Universe?' the wartime hero correctly predicted decades before time that large numbers of stars could have families of planets.
He also identified the importance of liquid water for alien life to survive in the typewritten essay, published a year before he became Prime Minister in 1940.
Before becoming Britain's greatest wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill found time to muse in an essay on whether aliens exist
Churchill suggested in his newspaper article that the planet Mars, pictured, could harbour life
The article, which was hidden away in a museum in the US until rediscovered last year, revealed how Churchill believed there may well be life on Mars.
In it he muses about the possibility of life evolving elsewhere in the Solar System and beyond.
Pre-empting discoveries of extra-solar planets by more than five decades, he defines what scientists later called the 'habitable' or 'Goldilocks' zone - the narrow orbital region where a planet is not too hot or too cold but 'just right' to support life.
He also correctly concluded that many planets 'will be the right size to keep on their surface water and possibly an atmosphere of some sort' and some would be 'at the proper distance from their parent sun to maintain a suitable temperature'.
Churchill famously ordered that reports of UFO sightings should be kept secret in 1952 to avoid public panic.
The 'closet science fiction fan' suggested in the article - believed to have been intended for publication in the News of the World - that Mars and Venus could harbour life.
Churchill's 11-page essay was rediscovered last year by the museum's new director Timothy Riley, left, who passed it on to Israeli astrophysicist, author and former Hubble Space Telescope scientist Mario Livio, right
The article was written a year after the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles dramatising The War Of The Worlds by HG Wells - later made into a film, pictured - which caused widespread panic among listeners in the US who thought they really were being invaded by Martians
The lengthy essay was never published but was passed to the US National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri in the 1980s, where it was unearthed by a museum director and is published in the journal Nature today.
Writing as the Second World War broke out, Churchill wrote: 'I, for one, am not so immensely impressed by the success we are making of our civilisation here that I am prepared to think we are the only spot in this immense universe which contains living, thinking creatures, or that we are the highest type of mental and physical development which has ever appeared in the vast compass of space and time.'
The article was written a year after the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles dramatising The War Of The Worlds by HG Wells, which caused widespread panic among listeners in the US who thought they really were being invaded by Martians
The document was rediscovered last year by the museum's new director Timothy Riley, who passed it on to Israeli astrophysicist, author and former Hubble Space Telescope scientist Mario Livio.
Describing the find in the journal Nature, Professor Livio said it came as a 'great surprise,' despite Churchill's well-known interest in science.
It is not the first time the Conservative leader and historian's love of science fiction has come to light.
Churchill was the first prime minister to hire a science adviser, and in the 1920s and 30s wrote a number of popular science essays for newspapers and magazines on topics such as evolution and cells
Churchill's famous phrase 'the gathering storm', used to describe the rise of Nazi Germany, crops up twice in The War of the Worlds to describe pending attacks on Britain by the Martians.
Historian Richard Toye, who has suggested that the Prime Minister borrowed the line, said of Churchill: 'He was not a scientist but science appealed to his imagination because he liked to play with ideas and was visionary in his understanding of scientific issues.
Churchill's lengthy essay was never published but was passed to the US National Churchill Museum, pictured, in Fulton, Missouri in the 1980s, where it was unearthed by a museum director and is published in the journal Nature today
'It is fair to say that Martians and life elsewhere in the universe are subjects he would have been happy to speculate about.'
Churchill's article builds on the 'Copernican principle' – the idea that, given the vastness of the universe, it is hard to believe that humans on Earth represent something unique.
He started by defining the most important characteristic of life, the ability to 'breed and multiply', going on to note that living creatures can only survive where liquid water exists.
Decades before today's search for water on Mars, Churchill correctly identified the 'Goldilocks zone' – the narrow region around a star that is neither too cold nor too hot, so that liquid water may exist on the surface of a rocky planet.
He wrote that life could survive only in temperatures 'between a few degrees of frost and the boiling point of water'.
Correctly predicting man reaching the Moon, he did however get it wrong with his assumption that planets are formed from the gas torn off a star when another star passes close to it. The model suggested by astrophysicist James Jeans in 1917 has since been ruled out, although the Tory leader did foresee the 1990s discovery of exoplanets around stars other than our sun.
Venus was another planet that Churchill speculated might have the ability to sustain life
He wrote: 'I am not sufficiently conceited to think that my sun is the only one with a family of planets.'
The essay concludes that Mars and Venus are likely to be the only planets apart from Earth capable of sustaining life. And it finishes on a positive note, stating: 'With hundreds of thousands of nebulae, each containing thousands of millions of suns, the odds are enormous that there must be immense numbers which possess planets whose circumstances would not render life impossible.'
The article was written a year after the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles dramatising The War Of The Worlds by HG Wells, which caused widespread panic among listeners in the US who thought they really were being invaded by Martians.
It was a year before Churchill would become Prime Minister, and is one of a number of popular science pieces on topics such as evolution and cells he penned in the 1930s to pay for the upkeep of his house in Kent, Chartwell.
His longstanding interest in science began when aged 22 he read Darwin's On the Origin of Species while stationed with the British Army in India and continued during the Second World War when he supported the development of radar.
Israeli astrophysicist Mario Livio, who was given the Churchill essay by the US museum, writing a comment piece on it in Nature, said: 'At a time when a number of today's politicians shun science, I find it moving to recall a leader who engaged with it so profoundly.'
WHAT IS A GOLDILOCKS ZONE?
The Goldilocks zone is the belt around a star where temperatures are ideal for liquid water to pool on a planet's surface - a key ingredient for life.
Earth inhabits the sun's Goldilocks zone, and astronomers are searching for other rocky planets in the Goldilocks zones of distant stars.
Bigger, hotter stars have their Goldilocks Zones further out, while smaller cooler stars such as M-type red dwarf stars have habitable zones much closer in.
Red dwarfs are the most common type of star in the Milky Way galaxy, and have very long life expectancies.
This means that Red dwarf Goldilocks zones are good places to search for alien because organisms have plenty of time to evolve into complex lifeforms.
To determine the location of a star's habitable zone, scientists have to first learn how much total radiation it emits.
Knowing precisely how far away a habitable zone needs to be from a star also depends on chemistry.
For example, molecules in a planet's atmosphere will absorb a certain amount of energy from starlight and radiate the rest back out.
How much of this energy is trapped can mean the difference between a turquoise sea and erupting volcanoes.
Looking for planets in the Goldilocks Zone is a way for scientists to hone in their search for Earth-like planets that could contain life.
Looking for planets in the Goldilocks Zone, such as Earth's nearby Kepler-22 system, is a way that allows scientists to hone in their search for Earth-like planets that could contain life
Since Churchill's letter in 1939, scientists have discovered several exoplanets outside of the Milky Way that occupy a distant star's Goldilocks zone.
The nearest, named Proxima b, orbits within the habitable zone of our sun's closest star, Proxima Centauri, and may have a mass just 1.3 times that of Earth.
Astronomers believe Proxima b may have a massive ocean and gassy atmosphere perfect for harbouring alien life.
Earlier this month, scientists unveiled plans for a soap-sized probe that measures only a few inches and weighs just 100 grams (0.2lbs) that could explore the mysterious planet.
A Scots man who believes he may have seen aUFO while bagging a munro has described it as "a special moment" for him.
Derek Craig, of Knightswood in Glasgow, had been bagging Ben Vorlich and Stùc a' Chròin at Loch Earn on Monday, January 3 when he noticed something in the sky.
The 41-year-old had been joined by two of his own friends, Scott McCandless, 43, and Christopher Lee, 43, as well as his son and his two friends.
As the older group made their way back down to join 26-year-old Callum Smith, and his pals, something suddenly caught their attention.
The friends posed at Stùc a' Chròin, Loch Earn
In pitch darkness, just after 4.30pm and in a valley roughly 2,000ft high, the trio saw a strange object shooting across the sky.
Derek explained: "It was a like a wee ball of power, I have no idea what it was, it was unbelievable.
"It was coming back, disappearing, shooting away. You could actually see it pulsing, it was just powerful.
Asked whether it could possibly have been a shooting star, the 41-year-old replied: "No, this thing just moves in so many directions, a shooting star shoots but this thing was doing loop-de-loops.
"At one point, it shoots right up and it pulses twice and it zooms away, it was like something out of Star Wars.
"It also zig-zags in the sky, disappears and then it just appears again."
The trio saw a strange object shooting across the sky
Derek, who had started his own YouTube channel just weeks before, had been filming the expedition to share online later.
Although he was initially surprised at the sight in real life, he only realised just how much of a unique experience it really was at home.
The Glasgow native continued: "I've never experienced anything like this in my life.
"It's all I'm thinking about constantly, it's so strange what's happened to me."
Derek, who first took up the popular Scottish hobby of munro bagging with Callum in March 2021, has also changed his thoughts on whether there is other life out there.
He said: "I never thought before that there was, I was really skeptical but since I've seen this, I totally believe this was something else.
"That video has changed my beliefs.: He joked: "I don't think we're even human now, it's playing with my head that much."
Derek added: "I can't stop thinking about it, it's absolutely changed my life.
Some ancient cave paintings assumed to be animal symbols actually represent star constellations, scientists have claimed.
New research suggests humans had a sophisticated knowledge of the stars as long as 40,000 years ago.
They also appear to have kept track of time by watching how stars slowly change their position in the night sky.
The phenomenon, known as precession of the equinoxes, is caused by the gradual shift of Earth's rotational axis.
Its discovery was previously credited to the ancient Greeks thousands of years later.
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Pictured is the Lascaux Shaft Scene in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of France. The work features a dying man and several animals. According to a new study, it may commemorate a comet strike around 15,200 BC
The cave artists looked to the stars to mark major events such as comet strikes, according to the researchers.
Study leader Dr Martin Sweatman, from the University of Edinburgh, said: 'Early cave art shows that people had advanced knowledge of the night sky within the last ice age. Intellectually, they were hardly any different to us today.'
Teams from the universities of Edinburgh and Kent studied details of Palaeolithic and Neolithic cave art sites in Turkey, Spain, France and Germany.
Animal symbol pictures daubed on the walls of the caves were aged by chemically dating the paints used.
Computer software was then employed to predict the positions of stars when the paintings were made.
The results showed that what looked like abstract depictions of animals could be interpreted as zodiac signs based on constellations as they appeared at the time.
At every site, the cave artists practised a method of time keeping based on astronomy, the scientists claimed.
This was despite the fact that the paintings were separated in time by tens of thousands of years.
The world's oldest sculpture, the Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in Germany (pictured), an ivory carving almost 40,000 years old, was also found to support the zodiac symbol theory
The world's oldest sculpture, the Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in Germany, an ivory carving almost 40,000 years old, was also found to support the zodiac symbol theory.
Researchers said an ancient carved stone pillar from Gobekli Tepe in Turkey provided them with their 'Rosetta Stone' - the key to unlocking the zodiac code.
It was thought to commemorate a devastating meteor impact in North America 11,000 years ago that led to the Younger Dryas Event, a period of sudden climate cooling that triggered a mini-ice age across the northern hemisphere.
The authors wrote in their paper: 'The date carved into the Vulture Stone is interpreted to be 10,950 BC, to within 250 years.
'This date is written using precession of the equinoxes, with animal symbols representing star constellations corresponding to the four solstices and equinoxes of this year.'
The scientists also decoded what is probably the best known ancient artwork, the Lascaux Shaft Scene in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of France.
The work features a dying man and several animals.
It may commemorate another comet strike around 15,200 BC, the researchers suggest.
Dr Sweatman added: 'These findings support a theory of multiple comet impacts over the course of human development, and will probably revolutionise how prehistoric populations are seen.'
WHAT EXAMPLES OF EARLY HUMAN ART HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WORLDWIDE?
It seems that humanity and its ancestors have been driven to create patterns, abstract images and representations of the world around them for thousands of years.
The earliest known engraving, a zig-zag pattern, incised on a fresh water shell from Trinil, Java, was found in layers of sediment dated to 540,000 years ago.
A recent article proposed that painted representations in three caves of the Iberian Peninsula were 64,000 years old and therefore produced by Neanderthals.
The oldest known shell (top) to have been engraved by an early human has been uncovered in a Dutch museum collection, where it remained unnoticed since the 1930s. Pictured here is its polished edge (bottom)
Lifelike images found at sites such as the famous Lascaux Cave in south-west France, which date to around 30,000 years ago, are said to demonstrate an ability to depict animal movement superior to that seen today.
In 2018, experts uncovered evidence of art made by humans dating back 73,000 years in an African cave.
Scientists say the drawing, which consists of three red lines cross-hatched with six separate lines, was 'intentionally created' on a smooth silcrete flake.
That makes the drawing, found in the Blombos Caves site in South Africa, the oldest drawing by Homo sapiens ever found, experts say.
Ancient Star Maps: “40,000-Year-Old Ancient Paintings Reveal Highly Advanced Knowledge in Astronomy”
Ancient Star Maps: “40,000-Year-Old Ancient Paintings Reveal Highly Advanced Knowledge in Astronomy”
According to a scientific study, 40,000-year-old rock paintings with star maps demonstrate a fantastic application of advanced astronomy in ancient times.
Advanced astronomical representations can be found in ancient rock art.
What were thought to be archaic animal glyphs turned revealed to be an ancient star map.
According to new research, our forefathers were demonstrated to have a significant astronomical understanding of early rock art. This suggests that knowledge was not that different between the old ice era and today.
Star charts from the past.
Observing how the stars altered their positions in the sky, scientists discovered that ancient humans had excellent control over the passage of time.
This has been demonstrated by art unearthed in many parts of Europe, which is not only animal images as previously thought.
And it’s because these figures are actually depictions of star constellations in the night sky. They were used to symbolize, date, and commemorate significant events.
According to researchers at the University of Edinburgh, ancient peoples fully comprehended the impact of progressive changes in the Earth’s axis of rotation.
The ancient Greeks were originally credited with discovering the phenomena known as the precession of the equinoxes.
These findings, according to researcher Martin Sweatman, corroborate the notion of several comet impacts during human evolution. As a result, it’s conceivable that they’ll change the way people think about prehistoric civilizations.
The research was based on cave explorations in Turkey, Spain, France, and Germany, with the art being chemically dated to determine its age.
It was originally thought to be a portrayal of wild creatures, but it turned out to be a representation of constellations.
Knowledge of constellations at a high level
The scientists were able to anticipate the position of the stars at the time the paintings were created thanks to the use of computer tools.
This revealed that it is about deciphering constellations as they appeared in the past.
These cave paintings are, in fact, compelling proof that ancient humans used a complex form of timekeeping based on astronomical calculations, according to the researchers.
Even though the cave drawings were separated in time by tens of thousands of years, all of this was conceivable.
For example, scientists determined that the Lion-Man from the Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave is the world’s oldest sculpture, dating back to 38,000 BC. This works with the previous time system.
The figurine commemorates the disastrous collision of an asteroid 11,000 years ago, which kicked off the Younger Dryas Event. A period in which the weather abruptly cools.
How did early humans acquire such a sophisticated understanding of constellations? It’s still a mystery. It would appear nonsensical without modern technology and instruments.
Deze foto heeft voor veel verwarring gezorgd: Greta Thunberg gevonden op een 123 jaar oude foto
Deze foto heeft voor veel verwarring gezorgd: Greta Thunberg gevonden op een 123 jaar oude foto
De meeste mensen in de moderne wereld hebben gehoord van Greta Thunberg. Ik bedoel, hoe zouden ze dat niet kunnen hebben?
Deze 18-jarige klimaatactiviste heeft meer gedaan om het huidige ultravervuilende systeem waarin we leven te bestrijden dan de meeste zogenaamde “wereldleiders” samen.
In een tijd waarin goed zijn in niets doen en vragen ontwijken je een succesvolle politieke carrière oplevert, is het verfrissend om te zien dat iemand het opneemt tegen de chagrijnige dinosaurussen aan de macht en weigert de nijpende situatie te accepteren waarin onze planeet zich momenteel bevindt.
Maar nu, een afbeelding die online floreert suggereert dat ze misschien terug in de tijd is gereisd…
Ze zeggen dat alle mensen op aarde een dubbelganger hebben, iemand die er precies hetzelfde uitziet. Of je erin gelooft of niet, is natuurlijk aan jou – maar het lijkt erop dat Greta Thunberg er in ieder geval één had.
Een foto uit 1898
Een zwart-wit foto die volgens Metro uit de archieven van de Universiteit van Washington komt – toont drie kinderen die werken in een goudmijn in het Canadese Yukon Territory in 1898 – maar iemand die we kennen staat er op… Greta Thunberg!
De foto is dus 123 jaar oud, en het meisje links lijkt griezelig veel op de Zweedse klimaatactiviste. Zou het kunnen dat de 18-jarige Zweed terug in de tijd kan reizen?
Nah, natuurlijk niet – toch? .. Ik zou me nog steeds zorgen maken als ik Donald Trump of Jair Bolsonaro was.
Lijkt sprekend op Greta Thunberg
Sommigen beweren dat de foto nep is. Wij kunnen niet garanderen dat dit niet het geval is, maar verschillende grote mediakanalen – zoals de New York Post, 7 News, en Unilad – zeggen dat de foto echt is.
Kijk eens extra naar het meisje op de genoemde foto – lijkt ze niet griezelig veel op Greta Thunberg?!
A stunning green fireball lit up the skies over Hungary this past Thursday night. The bright meteor was caught on multiple cameras by a variety of witnesses. UPI reports that, at this time, it's not known whether any fragments hit the ground or the entire object burned up in the atmosphere. View additional videos on this Hungarian website.
Underground Race Of Aliens: UFOs Can Come From Inside The Earth
Underground Race Of Aliens: UFOs Can Come From Inside The Earth
For the first time, researchers started talking about an unknown underground people in 1946. This happened after the writer, journalist and scientist Richard Shaver told readers of the American paranormal magazine Amazing Stories about his contact with aliens living underground.
According to Shaver, he lived for several weeks in the underworld of mutants, similar to demons, described in ancient legends and tales of earthlings.
By the way, practically any nation has similar myths telling about the race of ancient creatures that inhabited the planet Earth millions of years before a human foot set foot on it. Infinitely wise, talented and culturally advanced, they do not want to have anything to do with people.
One could attribute this “contact” to the writer’s wild imagination, if not for hundreds of responses from readers who claimed that they also visited underground cities, communicated with their inhabitants and saw various miracles of technology, not only providing the underground inhabitants of the Earth with a comfortable existence in its very depths, but also giving the opportunity to… control the consciousness of earthlings!
This extraordinary story, oddly enough, had a huge impact on scientists and gave a new impetus to the study of the paranormal.
However, the fact that the Earth is an empty sphere was claimed in his writings by the 17th-century English astronomer Edmund Halley, the writers Jules Berne in his novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, Edgar Poe in Arthur Gordon Pym’s Narrative, and some others.
Moreover, in the 18th-19th centuries in the United States of America, the possibility of equipping a special scientific expedition was even considered, which would prove that our planet is a hollow sphere and it is easy to penetrate into its depths through holes in the earth’s crust.
But as it turned out over time, getting underground is not so easy.
The deepest hole by far is one on the Kola Peninsula in Russia near Murmansk, referred to as the “Kola well.” It was drilled for research purposes beginning in 1970.
After five years, the Kola well had reached 7km (about 23,000ft). Work continued until the project was abandoned in 1989 because the drill became stuck in rock at a little over 12km (almost 40,000ft or 8 miles) deep. That is the current record for a depth reached by humans.
So, the shell of the Earth is much larger than scientists can unearth.
Hollow Earth according to the maps of the Third Reich.
Scientists of the Third Reich were also very interested in the mysterious world of the underground. For example, back in 1942, with the support of Goering and Himmler, an expedition, which included the most advanced minds of National Socialist Germany, went to look for an underground civilization in an atmosphere of great secrecy.
The “home” of the super-developed peoples of antiquity was supposed to be found on the island of Rugen, located in the Baltic Sea. The expedition had other goals as well. German scientists seriously hoped that if they could place fundamentally new radar devices underground, they would come close to the goal of world domination.
In 1963, two American miners, David Fellin and Henry Thorne, while tunneling, saw a huge door, behind which marble steps descended.
The Story brings us to the events on August 13,1963, at Sheppton, located in the anthracite coal belt of Schuylkill County in eastern Pennsylvania where the famed Sheppton Mine Disaster and Rescue transpired. Three men were trapped some 330 feet beneath the earth after the collapse of a mining shaft.
Some two weeks later, on Tuesday, August 27th, two of the miners, Henry Throne and David Fellin, were brought safely to the surface, after rescuers successfully drilled a 17 1/2-inch and later 28-inch borehole into their chamber, while the third miner, Lou Bova, being trapped in another part of the mine, regrettably perished.
The story of Throne and Fellin’s survival and rescue were enough to captivate the world’s attention, but it was what they claimed they saw and heard, while entombed, that fascinated the public, statements which both men swore as to their authenticity, both separately and publicly, emphatic declarations which they took to their graves, though others believed they had simultaneously witnessed the same hallucinations.
David Fellin’s ‘affidavit’ was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on August 29, 1963, wherein he remarked how, “Now they’re trying to tell me those things were hallucinations, that we imagined it all. We didn’t. Our minds weren’t playing tricks on us. I’ve been a practical, hard-headed coal miner all my life. My mind was clear down there in the mine. It’s still clear.”
Fellin went on to remark, how some of the things he and Throne saw, they couldn’t explain in words, while on the other hand, he stated that, “On the fourth or fifth day, we saw this door although we had no light from above or from our helmets. The door was covered in bright blue light. It was very clear, better than sunlight. Two ordinary looking men, not miners, opened the door.
We could see beautiful marble steps on the other side. We saw this for some time and then we didn’t see it… We saw many other things like that that you couldn’t explain. But I’m not going to tell you about them because I feel too deeply about all this.”
Other miners, already in England, digging an underground tunnel, heard the sounds of working mechanisms coming from below. When the stone mass was broken through, a staircase leading to an underground well was also discovered.
The sounds of running machines intensified. Frightened to death, the workers ran away, and returning after some time to this place, they could no longer find either the entrance to the underground well or the stairs.
In the 1970s, interesting photographs were obtained from an American satellite, which then went around many Western scientific journals: in the place where the North Pole should be located, the satellite discovered a dark spot of the correct form, similar to a huge hole. It would be possible to attribute these pictures to failures in the equipment, if not for exactly the same photos taken a few years later.
Also interesting are the testimonies of the anthropologist James Macken, who examined a cave in Idaho, which is notorious among the indigenous population. Makkena and his companions, after several hundred meters of careful movement along a wide stone corridor, suddenly heard screams and groans, and soon terrible finds in the form of human skeletons appeared before them. Unfortunately, further exploration of the cave, which in these parts was considered the entrance to the underworld, had to be stopped: the smell of sulfur was simply unbearable.
If we turn to the opinion of scientists, then geologists do not share the theory of the ubiquitous cavity of the Earth, although they do not deny the possible presence of huge hollow spaces in its depths.
It is unlikely that people could live there, because inside our planet there is not only a rather high temperature, but also very little oxygen, but it is full of other gases that are incompatible with human life. All this prompted restless researchers to create a new hypothesis: perhaps the underground civilization has an extraterrestrial origin?
And why not? Perhaps, alien beings, tired of the constant wars and strife of mankind, moved underground, from where they still observe our development … And it is from under the earth, and not from other galaxies, that they appear from time to time. time in the sky on flying saucers, come into contact with people and conduct their cruel experiments on them.
But here a legitimate question arises: if our Earth is still hollow from the inside, then why the entrance to the underworld has not yet been discovered. The group of scientists from the United States came closest to the possible truth, which suggested that underground cities exist … in the fourth dimension.
And only when the Earth’s electromagnetic field changes from time to time, tunnel entrances open on its surface, allowing you to see underground cities and their inhabitants. At other times this is not possible.
And if we really lean towards the hypothesis that some kind of intelligent beings lives in the bowels of our planet, many mysterious phenomena would find their explanation.
In 1953, the most famous UFO Contactee, George Adamski, gave a number of lectures in the Los Angeles area, stating that his data on UFOs and aliens had “all been cleared with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Air Force Intelligence.” It most definitely had not been cleared. Personnel from both the FBI and the Air Force heard of this and descended on Adamski, warning him to quit his crap. For a while, Adamski did exactly what he was told to do: Stop! Unfortunately for Adamski, he was a magnet for publicity and praise. So, yet again he told his foaming fans he had supporters in the FBI and the Air Force. That the FBI had agents sitting in every lecture Adamski ever gave in California in the fifties, meant that Hoover’s finest were getting more and more frustrated and angrier by the day. They made a decision: they paid Adamski another visit. Whereas on the first occasion Adamski was “warned” to stop, on the next occasion, as the now-declassified reports show, the FBI “severely admonished” him for all of his extra-terrestrial idiocy. The FBI demanded that Adamski would never, ever again make such claims about the military and the FBI. To ensure that, one of the FBI agents whipped out an official document they demanded Adamski sign. He did. One of the agents signed it too, as did a somewhat bemused Air Force officer who thought the whole thing was a farce of epic proportions. Surely that would have made Adamski get the message. It didn’t.The man who claimed to have met 1960s-era hippy-looking aliens was about to find himself in a bucketful of serious shit with a band of unsmiling G-Men.
Declassified into the public domain by the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (and free for anyone to read and use) is just one page of Adamski’s 300-pages-plus FBI file.
It was roughly nine months further down the line when the FBI’s Los Angeles office received a visit from a representative of the L.A. Better Business Bureau. Staff of the BBB were concerned that Adamski’s 1953 book Flying Saucers Have Landed (co-written with Desmond Leslie) was one big scam. One way or another, their staff was determined to get the answers. One of the BBB went knocking on Adamski’s door. The whole story of alien encounters was true, Adamski said earnestly to the man. It’s hardly surprising that the BBB was having none of this book of lies and exaggerations. Adamski hit back by saying his book was endorsed by the U.S. government. To prove this, Adamski pulled out of his pocket a document that had a “blue seal in the lower left corner, at the top of which appeared the names of three Government agents,” as the FBI described things. One of those names was attached to an Air Force officer. Two were of FBI agents. Incredibly, and recklessly, what Adamski had shown to the BBB employee was actually that document Adamski had been ordered to sign some nine months earlier, at the order of the FBI. Worse still for Adamski, he had altered the document. He’d taken real FBI paperwork, fiddled around with it, and changed it for his benefit. This was the last straw for the men in black suits. An FBI summary of this run-around, of December 16, 1953 reads:
(Nick Redfern)
“[Deleted] instructed Willis to call on Adamski at the Palomar Gardens Café, Valley Center, California. (This is located five miles east of Rincon, California, near the Mount Palomar Observatory.) Willis was told to have the San Diego agents, accompanied by representatives of OSI if they care to go along, call on Adamski and read the riot act in no uncertain terms pointing out he has used this document in a fraudulent, improper manner, that this Bureau has not endorsed, approved, or cleared his speeches or book, that he knows it, and the Bureau will simply not tolerate any further foolishness, misrepresentations, and falsity on his part. Willis was told to instruct the Agents to diplomatically retrieve, if possible, the document in issue from Adamski. Willis said he would do this and send in a report at once.” Adamski was very lucky he didn’t end up with some degree of jail-time. Maybe, that would have given him even more publicity, something both the FBI and the Air Force were extremely keen and careful to avoid. That Adamski had the wrath of God put into him finally ensured that his document-doctoring days were over. And, by the late-1950s, Adamski’s “career” as a ufological guru began to tail off. He lived until 1965, by which time many people in Ufology had dismissed the man and his wacky, “I flew to Venus”-style pseudo-science.
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‘UFO’ Docu-Series Exposes The Cover-Ups And Alien Encounters
‘UFO’ Docu-Series Exposes The Cover-Ups And Alien Encounters
In 2017, a bombshell New York Times article revealed that the US government had been secretly tracking UFOs for years. And now, the explosive new Paramount+ docu-series ‘UFO’ delves deeper to expose the cover-ups and alien encounters that will change the way you think.
The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired Gorgon
The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired Gorgon
In ancient Greek mythology, Medusa is the most famous of three monstrous sisters known as the Gorgons. The earliest known record about the story of Medusa and the Gorgons can be found in Hesiod’s Theogony. According to this ancient author, the three sisters, Sthenno, Euryale, and Medusa, were the children of Phorcys and Ceto and lived “beyond famed Oceanus at the world’s edge hard by Night”. Of the three, only Medusa is said to be mortal. But she is also the most famous and the myth of her demise at the hands of Perseus is often recounted.
Why Did Medusa Get Cursed?
Although Hesiod gives an account of Medusa’s origins and the death of Medusa at the hands of Perseus, he does not say more about her. By contrast, a more comprehensive account of Perseus and Medusa can be found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In this work, Ovid describes Medusa as originally being a beautiful maiden. Her beauty caught the eye of Poseidon, who desired her and proceeded to ravage her in Athena’s shrine. When Athena discovered the sea god had ravaged Medusa in her shrine she sought vengeance by transforming Medusa’s hair into snakes, so that anyone who gazed at her directly would be turned into stone.
Thus, the description of Medusa changed from one of an alluring lady, as Ovid describes in Metamorphoses:
Medusa once had charms; to gain her love A rival crowd of envious lovers strove. They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace More moving features in a sweeter face. Yet above all, her length of hair, they own, In golden ringlets wav'd, and graceful shone. – Ovid, Metamorphoses
To a monstrous being which Virgil writes of in a far less attractive manner:
“In the middle is the Gorgon Medusa, an enormous monster about whom snaky locks twist their hissing mouths; her eyes stare malevolently, and under the base of her chin the tail-ends of serpents have tied knots.”
Some other variations of the myth suggest that Medusa and the other Gorgons were always hideous monsters and covered with snakes.
The Legend of Medusa and Perseus
The full myth of Perseus and Medusa begins years before they battled. Perseus was the son of Danae, daughter of Acrisius the King of Argos, and Zeus. The god had impregnated the princess in the form of a shower of gold after her father had locked her away upon learning from an oracle that he would be killed by his grandson. Acrisius feared the child, but wanted to avoid Zeus’ wrath, so instead of killing Perseus, he sent the baby and Danae out to sea in a wooden chest.
Dictys of the island of Seriphus rescued the two and he raised Perseus like a son. However, there were others close by who weren’t so kind to the boy. In the myth of Perseus , the hero is sent by Polydectes, Dictys’ brother and the king of Seriphus, on a quest to bring him the head of Medusa. This was a trick because Polydectes desired Perseus’ mother and wanted to get rid of her son, who was not in favor of the relationship. Such a mission would have been equivalent to suicide for Perseus and Polydectes did not expect him to ever return to Seriphus.
As Perseus was the son of Zeus, he was aided by the gods. Perseus received the Cap of Invisibility from Hades, a pair of winged sandals from Hermes, a reflective bronze shield from Athena, and a sword from Hephaestus. With these divine gifts, Perseus sought out Medusa and decapitated her with the bronze shield while she was asleep.
Immediately after the Gorgon was beheaded, the winged horse Pegasus sprung out from her neck. In the Theogony, Hesiod also mentions that the golden giant Chrysaor, who was born with a golden sword in his hand, emerged from the severed neck of Medusa. Medusa’s sisters also arrived on the scene around the same time and chased Perseus. But the hero escaped by using the Cap of Invisibility. Some versions of the myth say he took Pegasus with him as well.
After this, Perseus flew away via Hermes’ sandals or Pegasus, setting course for Seriphus. But he had several other exciting events before returning to the island. Although Perseus may be at the center of these stories, it could be argued that it is the transformative powers of Medusa’s severed head that played a pivotal role in the hero’s subsequent adventures.
Pegasus emerges from the body of Medusa. ‘The Perseus Series: The Death of Medusa I’ by Edward Burne-Jones.
When the blood dripped from Medusa’s head onto the plains of Libya, each drop of blood transformed into venomous serpents. The power of Medusa’s head is seen again when Perseus encountered the Titan Atlas. When Perseus asked Atlas for a place to rest for a short while, his request was refused. Knowing that he would not be able to defeat the Titan with brute force alone, he took out Medusa’s head and Atlas was turned into a mountain.
Perseus also encountered Andromeda, the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. Using Medusa’s head, Perseus succeeded in rescuing the princess, who was being sacrificed to Cetus, a sea monster sent by Poseidon to punish Cassiopeia for boasting that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids. Medusa’s petrifying power is also used on Phineus, Andromeda’s uncle whom she was betrothed to, Proetus, the usurper of the throne of Argos, and finally Polydectes himself. Perseus’ friend Dictys took the throne and, now finished with the relic, Perseus gave Medusa’s head to Athena, who wears it on her aegis whenever she goes into battle.
Perseus Confronting Phineus with the Head of Medusa by Sebastiano Ricci.
Although Medusa is commonly regarded as a monster, her head is often seen as a protective amulet that would keep evil away. In fact, the name Medusa comes from an ancient Greek verb meaning “to guard or protect.”
The image of Medusa’s head can be seen in numerous Greek and subsequent Roman artifacts such as shields, breastplates, and mosaics. One such example of a protective Medusa head pendant appeared in the form of a late 2nd to 4th century AD Roman artifact recently unearthed in the Cambridgeshire countryside . A 2,000-year-old marble head of Medusa was found not too long ago at a former Roman commercial center in Turkey as well. There are also numerous coins that bear not only the imagery of Perseus holding the head of Medusa, but also the head in its own right.
A Roman cameo of Medusa’s head from the 2nd or 3rd century.
Today, the most well-known image of Medusa’s head belongs perhaps to the logo of the Italian fashion company, Versace. And let’s not forget that Medusa also made headline gaming news in the not so distant past as a tough boss battle for players in the newest game of the popular Assassin’s Creed franchise . These factors remind us that myths of the ancient world are still alive and with us in the modern world.
Top Image: Detail of a modern representation of Medusa.
A couple of days ago I wrote here at Mysterious Universe on why, in my opinion, the 1950s-era “Space Brothers” should not have been trusted. Not only that, I briefly highlighted the work of the late writer Mac Tonnies, who suspected that the Space Brothers may not have been aliens at all, but were possibly from right here on our planet. In other words, Tonnies pondered on the possibility that the Space Brothers were, collectively, an ancient human society that has the power to move among us in stealth. In terms of his theorizing, Tonnies said to me: “After devouring countless books on the UFO controversy and the paranormal, I began to acknowledge that the extraterrestrial hypothesis suffered some tantalizing flaws. In short, the ‘aliens’ seemed more like surreal caricatures of ourselves than beings possessing the god-like technology one might plausibly expect from interstellar visitors. Like Jacques Vallee, I came to the realization that the extraterrestrial hypothesis isn’t strange enough to encompass the entirety of occupant cases. But if we’re dealing with humanoid beings that evolved here on earth, some of the problems vanish. My hypothesis works too when we apply it to Martians stranded [on Earth] and who, I sometimes wonder, are waiting for the day when our world becomes theirs.”
(Nick Redfern)
Just before he died, Mac Tonnies gave me this piece of artwork as a gift. A Cryptoterrestrial and not an Extraterrestrial?
Tonnies continued: “I envision the Cryptoterrestrials engaged in a process of subterfuge, bending our belief systems to their own ends. And I suggest that this has been occurring, in form or another, for an extraordinarily long time. I think there’s a good deal of folkloric and mythological evidence pointing in this direction, and I find it most interesting that so many descriptions of ostensible ‘aliens’ seem to reflect staged events designed to misdirect witnesses and muddle their perceptions.” Tonnies also acknowledged that at least some of the Cryptoterrestrials looked somewhat different to us. Yes, they could move among us, but if you looked at them too close you would see there was something very strange about them. With that said, let’s look at these “slightly different ones,” as I put it. It occurs to me that the Men in Black and the Women in Black just might be Cryptoterrestrials. Consider this: they look like us, but take a nearer look and you’ll see their skin often has a plastic-like appearance to it. Their eyes bulge. And you’ll see them wearing wigs and wraparound sunglasses. All of that suggests that the MIB and the WIB just might be examples of what at least some of the Cryptoterrestrials look like.
(Nick Redfern)
They’re just not quite right
Author and UFO researcher Denise Stoner told me of a very strange experience she had some years ago: “My Mom and I had gone to the mall on Christmas Eve for a couple of last minute stocking stuffer type gifts. We actually knew what we wanted so parked outside J.C. Penney’s on the side where those goods were. We went in and immediately noticed that in late afternoon, there were only a few shoppers. We picked out our gifts and got in line at the cashier in back of two other people. We could easily see the exit door and the sun in the parking lot, we were facing that way. The glass doors opened and two very tall, thin women entered. They had long almost waist length blond hair parted in the middle on top and it was thin in texture. Their skin was also pale and I did not notice any make up but each had huge piercing blue eyes.” Over the years, Denise has had run-in with these not-quite-normal characters.
Now, onto a strange saga that went down in early 1967. The location: Melville, New York. It involved a rancher whose farm was located in a rural, isolated part of town. Only days before he received a most unwelcome visit, the man saw a definitive flying saucer hovering over one of his fields, and which – somewhat amazingly – had what was described as a “ladder” hanging from its underside. At least, until the ladder was hastily retracted and the saucer shot away, high into the sky, and vanished from view. That was hardly the end of the matter, however. Just a few days later, the man heard a knock at the door. Given that his home was in the middle of pretty much nowhere, he opened the door both slowly and cautiously. Stood before him was a “Gypsy lady” who was dressed in a gray dress that reached her ankles and who wore sandals. Just like so many of the Men in Black, her skin was noted for its deep, olive complexion, and her eyes were described as “Oriental.” The rancher added that she stood around five-feet and four inches tall, and had long hair that was “so black” it “looked dyed.” And, finally…
(Nick Redfern)
Hats and Darkness: perfect camouflage for a Cryptoterrestrial
It was a wintry, freezing, and dark Saturday afternoon in the latter part of January 1987 and a man named Bruce Lee – who worked as a senior editor at a New York publishing house, William Morrow & Co. – walked into a bookstore on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It was the now- closed-down Womrath’s, on Lexington Avenue. Also with Lee was his wife. It turns out that William Morrow & Co. had then very recently published Whitley Strieber’s New York Times’ bestseller, Communion – a book that told of Strieber’s very own and deeply personal encounters of the so-called “alien abduction” variety. Womrath’s had a large display set up for Communion and they also stocked a couple of Lee’s own books. Quite naturally, Lee, who had also worked for Reader’s Digest and Newsweek, was curious to see how both of the displays looked. At this point, Lee and his wife parted and she headed off to the fiction section.
Lee’s attention was suddenly drawn to a strange couple that entered the store. In his own words, the pair headed “directly for Communion.” He explained: “I mean, it was just, you could see them come in – they didn’t know where the book was, you couldn’t see it from the street – and they came in and headed right back for where that rack was. Most unusual, if you see what I mean.” Yes, we do. That was not the only unusual thing about that fateful, Saturday afternoon. Both the man and the woman were barely five feet in height – maybe even slightly smaller. They had scarves that covered their chins, hats pulled tightly down, and huge, black sunglasses. They also appeared to begin speed-reading the book, noting out loud – one might even suggest for Lee’s benefit – where Strieber had “got this wrong” and “got that wrong.” They also giggled in a strange, unsettling fashion. We’ve seen that before, too. Quite naturally, given that he worked for the very publisher that had just released Communion, Lee walked over and asked the pair what was wrong with the book. The woman suddenly looked up, at which point Lee was able to see through her sunglasses that her eyes were not just large, but huge, and shaped like almonds. Lee, by his own admission, felt the hackles on the back of his neck rise, and got a “mad dog”” feeling emanating from the woman. He was likely not wrong when he observed: “I got to feeling that I was in eyeball contact with somebody who did not like me at all.”
Could all of these slightly strange characters be prime examples of Mac Tonnies’ Cryptoterrestrials? Perhaps, that’s exactly what they were.
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Extreme Close Up! Orb On Live Space Walk At Space Station, Jan 19, 2022, UFO Sighting News
Extreme Close Up! Orb On Live Space Walk At Space Station, Jan 19, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting:January 19, 2022 Location of sighting:Space station
Guys, I made an extreme close up of the UFO that appeared during a spacewalk at the space station. I made two close ups and slowed the speed down by 6X so that you can see its full detail. Its totally focused and easy to see that yes its an orb. But I noticed something odd. The orb radiates a fluctuation in its luminosity and all the while the color of it changes ever so slightly. To show this, I added shadows and added color enhancing...its in the end of the video. Hope the video stirs your imagination as much as it excites mine.
Here is a buildings I discovered in one of the photos of Mars...the photos that USGS tried to hide by taking down their site, but returned the site after they saw me release the cache of photos for download to the public in an earlier post. Follow me on Twitter for up to the minute updates at @scottcwaring
Anyways, its not hard to find and there are a lot of structures in each photo. However I didn't have time to go though this entire photo, but only picked out the first ones I found. I added yellow color to make it easier to see, and included the uncolored version for you to compare.
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Orb On Live Space Walk At Space Station, Jan 19, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Orb On Live Space Walk At Space Station, Jan 19, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: January 19, 2022 Location of sighting: International Space Station
Source: ISS Live Cam
While the Russian astronauts were making repairs on the space station during a space walk on Jan 19th, something unexpected happened. A semi-transparent white orb move past the camera and within a meter of the astronaut himself, before moving away. The object was small, about the size of a baseball. This object an an intelligent...because it deliberately moved toward the astronaut, but didn't want to hit the person, only wanting to investigate closer what the astronaut was doing.
Now if you remember when I spoke to astronaut Leland Melvin on twitter back in 2018? He told me when he was on board the space station, he saw something...organic semi transparent looking out the window. I'll put a screenshot of that twitter conversation below. Anyway, Leland said it looked organic...living tissue! This object also looks similar...this object in the video at the space station is an organic creature...living in space!
Here is something to think about that no-one has ever mentioned. If China (CCP) really did plan the release of Covid-19 on purpose and this was all part of a bigger plan. Then China would have needed the head of the WHO to help them convince the world that it wasn't Chinas fault. So...this is the juicy part...China back in 2017 helped Tedros, a known head of the communist party in Ethiopia to secure his 5 year position in the WHO, on the condition that he helps convince the world to see China in a better light. Unbeknownst to Tedros...China was already planning the covid release back in 2017, but he thought it would be an easy road to travel with good pocket money from China...until covid was released in late 2019. Why else would China need the head of the World Health Organization in Chinas pocket? Also note the photo above...Tedros immediately met with the China Premier after he secured his WHO position.
This is only a theory, not definitive proof, however China has never been forthcoming about covid info from the start...and its up to the public to put the pieces of the puzzle together to find the true answers.
The USGS site returned back online and is no longer giving a 404 error code today. After I published a report about finding a 25km building in one of the photos, the USGS tried to prevent others from doing the same. However I downloaded all the pdf photos of the full mars map and released it to the public yesterday. Clearly they no longer saw a point to being down.
Carl Rogers once said, "the truth will set you free, but first it will hurt like hell." The USGS must be feeling it right now.
This Is Not An Alien UFO From Outer Space, This Is Actually a Top-Secret Anti-Gravity Plane Called TR-3B Original source https://news-intact.com/this-is-not-an-alien-ufo-from-outer-space-this-is-actually-a-top-secret-anti-gravity-plane-called-tr-3b/?fbcl
This Is Not An Alien UFO From Outer Space, This Is Actually a Top-Secret Anti-Gravity Plane Called TR-3B
In the instance of the TR-3B Black Manta, it refers to a craft that employs highly pressurized mercury propelled by nuclear energy to make plasma, which produces an anti-gravity field surrounding the craft.
Its motive power system has an electromagnetic coil, which produces an electromagnetic drive that interacts with the Higgs-Boson field at the quantum level. It’s all quite interesting!
So, instead of using a traditional turbine or rocket engine, an anti-gravity aircraft uses a propulsion system that generates thrust by creating high-energy plasma. ‘Flux liners’ is another name for these planes.
Anti-gravity technology, like many other diverse aviation technologies, may be traced back to the late stages and aftermath of World War II, notably the clandestine US initiative known as Operation Paperclip.
The goal of Operation Paperclip was for the United States to obtain as much leverage as possible over the Soviet Union in the military weapons technology race, which is why the operation was crammed to the rafters with Nazi-affiliated German experts.
That implies the United States has spent over 70 years researching anti-gravity technologies.
It is the culmination of ideas about gravity, quantum gravity, and general relativity, the latter of which was initially proposed by Albert Einstein himself.
Anti-gravity is of great interest to both the military and scientists because it is theoretically possible to lower an aircraft’s mass to zero by employing electromagnetic propulsion.
It’s no surprise that organizations like NASA, the US Air Force, and Lockheed Martin have all engaged in theoretical research into the potential to change inert mass.
The TR-3B Black Manta, according to analysts, would utilize conventional thrusters situated at the aircraft’s tips to allow it to conduct a dizzying amount of quick high-speed maneuvers.
Perfect right-angle turns and rapid acceleration are among the features available. And it could do so along with all three of its axes.
Remember, the TR-3B was built to be a stealthy subsonic surveillance plane.
For one thing, other than a minor humming sound, it’s a pretty quiet airplane. The TR-3B’s plasma has the unique side effect of dramatically lowering the aircraft’s radar signal, making it perfect for missions when stealth is critical.
As a result, the TR-3B Black Manta could fly into almost any country’s airspace without being noticed by its air traffic control or air defense systems.
This little black number has been linked to many sightings of flying triangular aircraft above Antelope Valley, a desert region in southern California popular with UFO enthusiasts.
Given its closeness to many known military research and testing facilities, this desert area of California also attracts those interested in clandestine black projects or “black operations aircraft projects.”
Edwards Air Force Base and USAF Plant 42, the latter of which is only 60 miles (97 kilometers) from Los Angeles.
In my perspective, the US Air Force should thank its fortunate stars for UFO enthusiasts and extraterrestrial spacecraft believers.
After all, as reported by Popular Mechanics, a lot of claims of so-called black triangle UFOs were most likely covert military aircraft.
The TR-3B Black Manta would undoubtedly be a standard black operations project for the United States Air Force and Navy.
The 1950s U2 espionage plane, the 1980s SR-71 jet, and today’s F-117A stealth craft are just three examples of planes that the US Air Force denied existed for years, all of which were originally secretly created at Nevada’s infamous Area 51 station.
Let’s not forget that Area 51 was only formally confirmed by the US government in June 2013, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made eight years prior. Is it, however, real?
Of course, there are claims that the TR-3B was developed by the military utilizing reverse-engineered alien technology.
Even Forbes magazine speculated in 2021 that the patents granted to Salvatore Cezar Pais may be a cover for extraterrestrial technology obtained by the US military over the years.
So, how’s the TR-3B Black Manta doing? Is there a way to find out how far back it goes, if at all?
Is it connected to the aforementioned 2018 patent granted to Pais and the United States Navy?
Is it an aircraft, a bird, or even Superman himself?
No, it’s simply the US Air Force playing with our minds once more.
An exciting radio signal from outer space has been spotted by the Juno mission.
Less than a week after the Juno mission was officially re-extended for another 5 years, it has once again hit the headlines with a massive discovery. This time, however, it is not about Jupiter. The latest news are connected to the gas giant’s largest moon – Ganymede. As the report goes, Juno has intercepted an FM radio signal coming from the moon.
Having seen all the recent news about radio signals from space, can’t we, for once, hear a confirmation that it is of extraterrestrial origin and it actually means something? Unfortunately, this one from Ganymede will not be it either since NASA officials are convinced it is of natural essence.
If you need the scientific name, the signal was a “decametric radio emission” but we actually know it by its much more widespread name – Wi-Fi. The range of the frequency corresponds to that used by our Earthly signals.
FM Radio Signal
The radio signal from Ganymede lasted only 5 seconds but this is mainly due to the high speed at which Juno was passing. Credit: Louis et al. [2020]
The FM radio signal was detected when Juno was orbiting near Jupiter’s polar regions close to the magnetic field that connects with Ganymede. As for the actual source, scientists believe that it was caused by electrons that were oscillating slower than their normal rate. This process is called cyclotron maser instability.
It has long been known that radio waves exist on Jupiter but never before have such been intercepted from its moons. Although it is not of alien origin, the simple fact that it is the first such radio signal from Ganymede makes it no less significant.
Once again, Ganymede proves that it is one of the most mysterious objects in the Solar System. In the past decade, scientists have made several significant discoveries about the largest moon in our system that put it high on the scientific list of exploration targets.
Artist’s concept of Jupiter and its largest moon Ganymede. The moon’s auroral belts have also been illustrated in blue. Credit: NASA
For example, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted signs of an underground ocean, buried under more than 150 kilometers of ice. According to scientific estimates, this ocean could also be 10 times deeper than our oceans on Earth.
Then, in 2018, the Galileo Probe spacecraft discovered extremely powerful and unusual electromagnetic waves around Ganymede. Known as Chorus waves, such have been detected around the Earth but the ones around Ganymede surprised scientists with their power.
Anyhow, discoveries like this of the FM radio signal coming from Ganymede prove the importance of the Juno mission and why it should remain in operation for as long as it can. For now, the mission has been extended until 2025 or earlier if there is a systems failure.
Many similar missions have continued for many years after the original estimates and it is possible that Juno will continue to operate even after 2025.
In each case, the final day of the mission, whenever it comes, will be a huge loss for astronomy and science and it will take years until a similar mission could reach Jupiter’s orbit.
If you get an organ transplant from a pig, is it covered by medical or veterinary insurance? That may sound absurd, but the potential for this kind of question is real and it’s here. Barely a week after a genetically modified (to prevent rejection) pig’s heart was successfully transplanted into a living human who is still living with his beating porcine organ, doctors successfully transplanted two genetically modified pig kidneys into the donated body of a brain-dead human and they functioned normally until the experiment was terminated 77 hours later – a record set in just the second attempt at a pig-to-human kidney transplant. Let the ethical, medical, insurance and animal rights debates begin!
Do I get a say?
“Our study demonstrates that major barriers to human xenotransplantation have been surmounted, identifies where new knowledge is needed to optimize xenotransplantation outcomes in humans, and lays the foundation for the establishment of a novel preclinical human model for further study.”
Yes, this is a big deal — according to Jayme Locke, M.D., director of the Comprehensive Transplant Institute in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Surgery and lead surgeon for the study published in the American Journal of Transplantation. The FDA defines xenotransplantation as “any procedure that involves the transplantation, implantation or infusion into a human recipient of either (a) live cells, tissues, or organs from a nonhuman animal source, or (b) human body fluids, cells, tissues or organs that have had ex vivo contact with live nonhuman animal cells, tissues or organs.” In this case, the “clinical-grade” genetically modified pig kidneys (called UKidney™) came from the biotechnology company United Therapeutics Corporation’s subsidiary Revivicor, Inc.
The human recipient was Jim Parsons, a registered organ donor whose organs were not suitable for donation when he died at age 57, so his family agreed to allow his brain-dead body be kept functioning on a ventilator during the study.
“Jim would have wanted to save as many people as he could with his death, and if he knew he could potentially save thousands and thousands of people by doing this, he would have had no hesitation.”
Jim Parson’s family discussed his participation in a press release, which also stated that the wait for a donated kidney can be as long as 10 years in some states, and almost 5,000 people per year die waiting on a kidney transplant. This experiment showed that the modified genes in the pig kidneys prevented blood clots and other known immune reactions, and demonstrated that the pig kidney could have lasted even longer while withstanding the higher blood pressure of a human body.
While both this and the recent pig heart transplant are medically revolutionary and potentially lifesaving, that doesn’t preclude the ethical concerns. It was revealed a few days ago that the pig heart recipient was convicted in 1988 of stabbing a man seven times – the victim was paralyzed for life and died in 2007, while the organ recipient spent six years in prison. The religious concerns of creating potential hybrids or chimeras vary, while animal rights activists have long fought the idea of setting up animal organ farms. And, while we continue to suffer from and search for the cause of the COVID pandemic, the fear of viruses jumping from animals to humans via organ transplants is real – despite the meticulous preventative measures taken in this experiment.
The debate is a long way from over.
Are we ready for pig organ transplants? If not, can we stop it? Whose decision is it — science, the public or the profit-making hospitals and insurance companies?
Thanks to data collected by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists were able to study a mysterious world known as XO-3b. But their analysis has left them with even more questions, such as whether XO-3b is even a planetor something else.
XO-3b is a gas giant that orbits an F-type star. It has a mass that is 7.29 times that of Jupiter, but has a radius that is only 1.41 times larger than our Solar System’s Gas Giant. It orbits its host star at an exceptionally close range of 0.04529 AU (one AU is the distance that Earth is to the sun).
A year on XO-3b lasts just three Earth days and during that time, it goes through two different seasons – a one-day summer and a two-day winter. In a recent news conference that was held by the American Astronomical Society, Lisa Dang, who is a Ph.D. candidate in astrophysics at McGill University in Canada, stated, “We saw seasonal temperature variations hundreds of times stronger than what we experience on Earth.”
(Not XO-3b)
Furthermore, the seasons on XO-3b are due to its oval orbit around its host star and the amount of radiation it gets. Since the planet and the star are so close to each other, the furthest part of XO-3b’s orbit continues to be brought closer to the star because of their gravitational interactions which causes the unusual orbit.
With that being said, it is believed that the planet has only been orbiting the star for a relatively short amount of time as Dang noted, “The oval shape that we see here on this very short-period planet suggests that we’re catching it in the middle of migrating.”
Another odd fact about the planet is that based on the detection of infrared light, it is much hotter than initially thought, which can’t be explained by the rapid and extreme seasons. Dang explained this further, “This extra heating that we saw with Spitzer isn’t seasonal, it’s seen throughout the year,” adding, “Our investigation of this hot Jupiter finds that it’s heated not only by the nearby planet star, but it’s also heated from the interior of the planet.” Additionally, it is “puffier” than expected.
(Not XO-3b)
As for why the planet has so much extra heat, it could be caused by tidal heating caused by the star’s gravity pulling at the planet, causing it to become deformed and stretched. Another option is that it might not even be a planet after all. It could be a brown dwarf (also known as a “failed star”) or “…it might be not necessarily a failed star yet, but at the peak of its lifetime as a star.” Whatever it is, it’s definitely unusual. (An artist’s impression of XO-3b can be seen here.)
An artist's depiction of the planet XO-3b on an eccentric orbit around its star.Planet XO-3b has an internal source of heat, possibly from tidal heating, which is caused by the squeezing of the planet’s interior by the gravity of its parent star. This could be increased by the planet’s slightly elliptical orbit (shown on the right), meaning it’s more oval-shaped than circular.
Na alarm in ISS rond opgeblazen Russische satelliet vliegt ruimtepuin nu rakelings langs Chinese satelliet: “Extreem gevaarlijk incident”
Brokstukken van een Russische satelliet die Moskou een tijdje geleden doelbewust met een raket heeft kapotgeschoten, hebben deze week een Chinese satelliet bijna "gestreeld". Peking is boos en spreekt van een “extreem gevaarlijk incident”.
Op 15 november voerde het Russische ministerie van Defensie met succes een anti-satelliettest uit waarbij de inactieve Russische satelliet Tselina-D, die sinds 1982 in een baan om de aarde vloog, werd verpulverd. Dat gebeurde met een vanop de grond afgevuurde raket.
De vernietiging van de oude satelliet zorgde voor een wolk van puin, met een slordige 1.500 traceerbare brokstukken als gevolg. Volgens Rusland zouden die geen gevaar vormen voor ruimtestations en satellieten.
Daar dacht de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA toen al meteen anders over, want vlak nadat de Russen de satelliet hadden opgeblazen, ontstond er volgens NASA een reëel gevaar voor het Internationaal Ruimtestation ISS. Het ISS scheerde namelijk elke 90 minuten gedeeltelijk door of langs de schrootwolk van de kapotgeschoten satelliet in haar baan om de aarde.
De zeven astronauten die op dat moment aan boord van het ruimtestation waren, moesten hun toevlucht zoeken tot de ruimteschepen die aangemeerd waren aan het ISS (een Crew Dragon van SpaceX en een Russische Soyoez), om zich voor te bereiden op een eventuele noodevacuatie. In geval van bijvoorbeeld een catastrofale botsing kunnen die reddingsschepen dan snel naar huis. De crew schuilde zeker twee uur in de capsules. Uiteindelijk konden ze zonder problemen weer aan boord.
De brokstukken vormden volgens de Amerikanen niet alleen een bedreiging voor het ISS, maar ook voor de duizend andere satellieten in de baan om de aarde, waarop landen vertrouwen voor een breed scala aan activiteiten zoals communicatie en lokalisatie. “Ik ben verontwaardigd over deze onverantwoorde en destabiliserende actie”, verklaarde Bill Nelson, de topman van NASA, destijds in een zeer scherp communiqué.
Chinese satelliet bijna ‘gestreeld’
Maanden later hebben de Russen zich nu ook de woede van de Chinezen op de hals gehaald. Peking zegt dat enkele brokstukken van wijlen de Russische satelliet dinsdag op "slechts 14,5 meter" van de wetenschappelijke Chinese satelliet Tsinghua zijn gescheerd.
Liu Jing, een expert in ruimtepuin, noemde het tegenover de krant Global Times “zeldzaam” dat brokstukken en ruimtetuigen een tiental meter bij elkaar in de buurt komen.
China was vorige maand ook al boos, maar dan op de Amerikanen. Dit omdat een botsing tussen het Chinese ruimtestation en twee Starlink-satellieten van het Amerikaanse SpaceX alleen maar was vermeden door het station te laten uitwijken. Wetenschappers hebben er bij verschillende regeringen al eerder op aangedrongen om ruimtedata te delen, zodat het risico op in potentie catastrofale botsingen wordt verkleind.
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Curiosity rover finds 'tantalizing' signs of ancient Mars life
Curiosity rover finds 'tantalizing' signs of ancient Mars life
Mike Wall
NASA's Curiosity rover has found some interesting organic compounds on the Red Planet that could be signs of ancient Mars life, but it will take a lot more work to test that hypothesis.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used two different cameras to create this selfie in front of a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou, which stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall.
Some of the powdered rock samples that Curiosity has collected over the years contain organics rich in a type of carbon that here on Earth is associated with life, researchers report in a new study.
But Mars is very different from our world, and many Martian processes remain mysterious. So it's too early to know what generated the intriguing chemicals, study team members stressed.
"We're finding things on Mars that are tantalizingly interesting, but we would really need more evidence to say we've identified life," Paul Mahaffy, who served as the principal investigator of Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) chemistry lab until retiring from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in December 2021, said in a statement. "So we're looking at what else could have caused the carbon signature we're seeing, if not life."
Curiosity landed inside Mars' 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) Gale Crater in August 2012 on a mission to determine if the area could ever have supported microbial life. The rover team soon determined that Gale's floor was a potentially habitable environment billions of years ago, harboring a lake-and-stream system that likely persisted for millions of years at a time.
In the new study, which will be published Tuesday (Jan. 18) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research team looked at two dozen powdered rock samples that Curiosity collected with its percussive drill from a variety of locations between August 2012 and July 2021. The rover fed this material into SAM, which can identify and characterize organics — carbon-containing molecules that are the building blocks of life on Earth.
The scientists found that nearly half of these samples were enriched in carbon-12, the lighter of the two stable carbon isotopes, compared to previous measurements of Mars meteorites and the Martian atmosphere. (Isotopes are versions of an element that contain different numbers of neutrons in their atomic nuclei. Carbon-12 has six neutrons, and the far less abundant carbon-13 has seven.)
These high-carbon-12 samples came from five different locations within Gale Crater, all of which featured ancient surfaces that had been preserved well over the eons.
On Earth, organisms preferentially use carbon-12 for their metabolic processes, so enrichment in this isotope in ancient rock samples here is generally interpreted as a signal of biotic chemistry. But carbon cycles on Mars aren't understood nearly well enough to make similar assumptions for Red Planet finds, study team members said.
The researchers came up with three possible explanations for the intriguing carbon signal. The first involves Mars microbes producing methane, which was then converted into more complex organic molecules after interacting with ultraviolet (UV) light in the Red Planet air. These larger organics then fell back to the ground and were incorporated into the rocks that Curiosity sampled.
But similar reactions involving UV light and non-biological carbon dioxide, by far the most abundant gas in Mars' atmosphere, could have generated the result as well. It's also possible that the solar system drifted through a giant molecular cloud rich in carbon-12 long ago, the researchers said.
"All three explanations fit the data," study leader Christopher House, a Curiosity scientist based at Penn State University, said in the same statement. "We simply need more data to rule them in or out."
The new find is especially intriguing because of the carbon-12 enrichment, but Curiosity has detected organic compounds on Mars before. For example, the mission team previously reported the detection of organics in powdered rock samples. The six-wheeled robot has also driven through plumes of methane, the simplest organic molecule, on multiple occasions.
It's unclear what's producing Mars' gaseous methane or how old it is. For example, the compound may be generated by microbes busily metabolizing beneath the frigid Martian surface today. It could alternatively be produced by underground interactions of rock and hot water, with no life involved. It could also be ancient material, produced either by organisms or abiotically, that was trapped underground long ago and occasionally "burps" up onto the surface today.
The Curiosity team would love to drive through another methane plume and determine its carbon-12 content, exploring the origins of these organics further. But that would take a lot of luck, given that researchers cannot predict when and where such plumes will appear.
Further helpful data could also come from another Mars rover — Perseverance, a NASA robot that landed inside a different Red Planet crater in February 2021. Perseverance is hunting for signs of ancient Mars life and collecting dozens of samples that will be returned to Earth for analysis, possibly as early as 2031.
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 on Facebook.
Rover Curiosity vindt "prikkelende" tekenen van mogelijk leven op Mars vroeger
Marsrover Curiosity heeft interessante organische verbindingen ontdekt in stenen op de rode planeet. Wetenschappers hebben er drie verklaringen voor. Een daarvan spreekt het meest tot de verbeelding en leidt tot de hypothese dat het tekenen zijn van vroeger leven op Mars. Maar dat is nog erg voorbarig.
In stalen van gesteenten die Curiosity door de jaren heen - de rover landde in de Galekrater op Mars in augustus 2012 - met een klopboor op vijf verschillende locaties in de krater heeft verzameld, blijken organische stoffen te zitten die rijk zijn aan een soort koolstof (koolstof-12 genaamd) die hier op aarde in verband wordt gebracht met leven. Maar het is nog te vroeg om te bepalen wat deze intrigerende chemicaliën heeft gegenereerd op Mars, benadrukt het onderzoeksteam. De rode planeet is erg verschillend van onze aarde en heel wat processen op Mars blijven een mysterie.
Haarscherpe 360°-panoramafoto toont landschap van Mars
“We vinden dingen op Mars die prikkelend interessant zijn, maar we hebben echt wel meer bewijs nodig om te kunnen zeggen dat we leven hebben geïdentificeerd”, aldus Paul Mahaffy, die in december op pensioen ging als hoofdonderzoeker bij NASA. “Dus we bekijken wat er nog allemaal de oorzaak kan zijn van deze koolstof, als het toch niet leven zou zijn.”
Wetenschappers stelden eerder al vast dat de bodem van de Galekrater, waar Curiosity in 2012 neerstreek, miljarden jaren geleden een potentieel bewoonbare omgeving was, waar zich een systeem met een meer en een stroom bevond dat waarschijnlijk miljoenen jaren is blijven bestaan.
De onderzoekers zien in hun artikel, dat gepubliceerd is in PNAS, drie mogelijke verklaringen voor de intrigerende koolstof-12. De eerste is dat microben op Mars methaan produceerden dat vervolgens werd omgezet in complexere organische moleculen na interactie met ultraviolet licht in de lucht van de rode planeet. Deze grotere organische moleculen vielen daarna terug op de grond en werden opgenomen in de rotsen die Curiosity opboorde.
De tweede verklaring wijst niet op vroeger leven op Mars, maar stelt vast dat soortgelijke reacties met UV-licht en niet-biologisch kooldioxide, verreweg het meest voorkomende gas in de atmosfeer van Mars, ook tot dit resultaat zouden kunnen hebben geleid. Ten slotte is het, volgens de onderzoekers, ook mogelijk dat het zonnestelsel lang geleden door een reusachtige moleculaire wolk is gedreven die rijk was aan koolstof-12.
“Alle drie de verklaringen passen bij de gegevens”, verklaart studieleider Christopher House, Curiosity-wetenschapper van de Penn State University. “We hebben gewoon meer gegevens nodig om ze op te nemen dan wel uit te sluiten.”
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Glowing Objects Over Richland, Oregon, Google Map! UFO Sighting News.
Glowing Objects Over Richland, Oregon, Google Map! UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: January 20, 2022
Location of discovery: Richland, Oregon Google map coordinates: 44.737573°N 117.109588°W
Now this was reported just today by a woman living in Richland. She found three glowing objects moving over the mountain area on Google Earth map. So I had to make a video of it. She had only a screenshot. At first when I look at it, they almost look like birds, but the shape is where the similarity totally ends. You see they are glowing white with a rainbow aura coming out the back end...which is some kind of propulsion. I have seen birds in google earth, but never like this. This is not birds. They may be fighter jets flying in unison, but again, I've never seen this shape of fighter jet before. These really appear to be UFOs. I checked the photos before and after this time in the same area (watch video) and there is nothing, no buildings, no debris, no cars, planes nothing that would indicate it was just a reflection off the ground. These things were flying, they were big and they were moving fast and had something coming out the back. That is 100% alien technology. I bet there is an alien base nearby about 5-6km below the surface of this very hill they are on.
UFO Seen At Bullhead city, Arizona Jan 18, 2022, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Seen At Bullhead city, Arizona Jan 18, 2022, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting:January 18, 2022
Location of sighting: Bullhead City, Arizona, USA
Source: MUFON
Wow, this just in 5 min ago! A guy was working at a park in Bullhead City when he noticed a strange light in the sky. The light came close and closer until we can almost see a metal disk with a glow at its center. He said in the video the UFO was over the Yucca Valley region...where he has heard about many reports of UFOs over the years. Fantastic sighting and amazing video. I just wish he drove over there to get a closer look, but as he stated, he was on the job at the time and you can't just take off anytime you feel like it when you are supporting a family. Wow, just wow!
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I am an employee of Mohave County at Davis Camp county Park which is located in Bullhead city ,Az. Thed park is a camping facility and as I was making my rounds early morning,I observed a brilliant stationary light in the Clouds. Looking west towards the Needles or Yucca Az area I estimate the miles at 40- 50 miles away as the crow flies, I witnessed this brilliant light or large orb descending with brilliant light and appeared to be strobing and spinning. I grabbed my phone and proceeded to video tape the event.
Hey everyone. I managed to download all the photos of the Mars elevation set that the USGS/NASA tried to hide by taking down the whole website after the story got into world news 6X in 24 hours about the 25km building found in one of the photos. Each pdf photo is between 1.8 and 4MB in size.
To get the photos I found the cache (past memory) of the site and downloaded it from there. I believe I have all or at least most of the photos and I put them into a file. The only way you will find anything in the photos is if you follow my instructions in the video below or it may take you days or longer to do on your own.
1. open pdf on computer, then export as JPG format...make sure its set on maximum quality.
2. Change jpg to black and white.
3. Increase size of photo by 2X under size settings.
4. start editing in photo program. I use PhotoscapeX but any program you know well will work. I use deepening, focus, light, contrast and zoom.
Good luck, and remember to make a video of your discovery and post it on Youtube to share with the world, so we can learn together.
Orb Pulsating Over Darlington, England Jan 19, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Orb Pulsating Over Darlington, England Jan 19, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Jan 19, 2022
Location of sighting: Darlington, England
Source: MUFON
This eyewitness caught a glowing red orb over the UK last night. The orb moved around silently and had no other color of lights. No engines or sound was heard from the craft as it moved above him. The object was perfectly round and is huge. Strange how it hovers in place so long and then moves off. Darlington is a very old city with many buildings going back hundreds of years. It's an excellent location for aliens to study about how humans preserve older structures and appreciate the beauty and designs of long ago.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Saw this orb south east pulsation, then picked up spreed moving south east towards a star.
Another of what are considered the “classic” mass UFO sightings in the United States that have made their way into the lore and legends of UAP studies is the event that has come to be known as the St. Clair Triangle sighting of 2000 in southwestern Illinois. It’s also referred to as “the UFO Over Illinois,” the name of a television documentary released later the same year. Other shows and books have featured it prominently. Today The Debrief will look at the lore surrounding this event and compare it to the significant amount of original source data available.
We’ll begin with a brief summary of the details frequently seen in the ufology literature. The tale begins early in the morning on a frigid January 4th, 2000, in Highland, Illinois. 66-year-old miniature golf course owner Melvern Noll was stopping by his business to ensure the pipes hadn’t frozen. Upon exiting his building he saw a brightly lit object in the skies that he would go on to describe as looking like “a flying house with windows on the top and bottom.”
The stunned Noll quickly called the police to report what he had seen. The dispatcher he spoke to forwarded the information to Police Officer Ed Barton in Lebanon, Illinois. Barton initially responded skeptically, asking if the caller had been drunk, but went to investigate as instructed. Observing a bright light in the sky as he drove his cruiser, he closed in on the object before pulling over and exiting his vehicle. He would go on to report seeing a “huge” object in the sky that was triangular, longer than it was wide, with three white lights and one red light. It accelerated away at high speed to the southwest toward Shiloh, Illinois.
Shiloh Police Officer David Martin was on the lookout for the object and reported seeing something very similar before he too claimed that the slow-moving object sped off in the same direction at amazing speed. A third officer in Millstadt, Illinois, Craig Stevens, picked it up and reported it next. He even managed to snap a picture of it with a Polaroid camera. A fourth officer in Dupo, Illinois would later report seeing ‘something’ that might be related. Other civilian witnesses would chime in with their own accounts at later dates, but the object eventually disappeared after more than an hour of confirmed sightings.
Interestingly, musician Sufjan Stevens would go on to write a song about the event:
EXAMINING THE SOURCE DATA FOR MORE DETAILS
One of the larger challenges involved in examining any of these legendary sightings is how much “legend” winds up being inserted into popular reports over the years. Television documentaries and books supporting the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH) can tend to focus on the more exotic aspects of a report while downplaying or even ignoring inconvenient anomalies in the data. Similarly, skeptics and debunkers will tend to latch onto inconsistencies while failing to acknowledge some of the more credible evidence. Today The Debrief will look at both with a (hopefully) more critical eye.
Rather than being forced to rely on the potentially fading memories of witnesses or the video simulations provided by video producers, the St. Clair triangle UFO event offers substantial original evidence from the time of the sighting. This trove includes not only transcripts of conversations between dispatchers and police officers, but original recordings of radio traffic and interviews with witnesses conducted shortly after the sighting. These are included in an excellent 2014 documentary from an investigative reporter who collected and released all of the source material.
One of the first areas of evidence to examine is the collection of descriptions of the UFO as originally reported by the witnesses. Some do seem to be consistent while others demonstrate disparities that have been seized upon by skeptics.
Melvern Noll, the miniature golf course owner, described “a flying house with windows in the top and bottom.” This is starkly different than the descriptions offered by law enforcement officials. But it has been suggested that Noll only saw the object for moments with no forewarning at four in the morning in the freezing cold before rushing to contact the police.
THE TESTIMONY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS
Officer Ed Barton in Lebanon, Illinois, at 4:21 am, described a triangular object, “longer than it was wide.” Barton estimated the altitude of the object as being between 1,000 and 1,500 feet. He described seeing three white lights and one red light. The object suddenly sped away, going eight miles in three seconds in the direction of Shiloh, Illinois. It is worth noting that in the original radio traffic recording, Barton describes how he was reaching into the squad car to grab his microphone. When he emerged, the object was far away. He did not actually see it accelerate at exotic speeds.
Shiloh Officer David Martin offered a roughly similar description at 4:23 am. He described it as being an “arrow shape, triangular-shaped object… floating in this sky over this field… with three big bright lights, lighting up the entire sky just beneath the flying object.” He put the altitude at 1,000 to 1,500 feet before the object moved to the far end of the fields “in the snap of a finger, the wink of an eye.” He heard no sound from the object despite having the windows of his cruiser down.
At 4:39 am Millstadt Police Officer Craig Stevens reports that he has an object in sight. “It’s huge.” He describes it as an “arrowhead-shaped object.” Stevens describes the craft as having “three lights to the rear, one in the center and two to either side.” Stevens adds an additional detail, saying that it is “concaved in the rear” rather than a pure triangle. But he also says “in the concave section” there is a strobing white light going side to side. His drawing makes it clear it’s the rear of the craft, not the bottom. He further describes a “red blinking light” that is on the bottom. He estimates that the object is between 500 and 2,000 feet in altitude. The object then “banked” and headed toward Dupo, Illinois.
At that point, Stevens grabbed a Polaroid camera out of his car and took a picture as it flew away. That should have been the most compelling piece of evidence, but sadly it’s not a very good photograph, showing only some blurry lights against a dark background.
One of Officer Stevens’ original polaroid images depicting illuninations purportedly associated with the massive traingular craft he observed (Credit: Craig Stevens).
Perhaps significantly, Officer Stevens says that he could hear a “low frequency buzzing noise” that seemed to be related to the craft.
At 5:03 am the final purported sighting by a law enforcement official is recorded. Officer Matt Jany is located in Dupo, Illinois, and has been on the lookout for the craft after following the radio traffic generated by the previous sightings. He claims to have spotted the object, but reports that it is “pretty far off” and he was looking at it through binoculars. He thought the lights looked “pretty bright” but it was “hard to tell.”
Officer Stevens is still on the radio and reiterates that the object was “about 500 feet above me and it was huge.” Jany responds, saying that “it’s usually where planes are. It’s not low at all.”
This discrepancy in the perceived altitude ties in with Jany’s description of the lights, at one point mentioning a blinking green light. The other reports only mentioned white and red lights. Green blinking lights (along with red ones) are typical of commercial airliners and are required by the FAA. These factors have led many analysts to conclude that Officer Jany did not see the same craft the other officer described and instead was simply seeing a conventional aircraft flying over the area. This would not be unusual since Dupo is located between the international airports in St. Louis and Chicago and also not far from an Air Force base.
At that point, Jany reports that dispatch told him that Lambert Airport is on the phone saying there is nothing in the area on their radar. This was a reference to Lambert International Airport in St. Louis.
THE AIR FORCE CONNECTION AND RADAR DATA
Some analysts seeking explanations for this event have put forth suggestions that nearby Scott Air Force Base might be involved, launching either misidentified conventional craft or experimental classified aerial vehicles. This is where the source data becomes highly intriguing and may suggest a governmental or military coverup. Two conflicting descriptions of Scott Air Force Base have emerged in previous analyses. One theory describes the base as having a 24-hour, fully staffed control tower, but claims that it was not online due to “an unexplained suspension of operations.” The other says that it’s primarily a hospital base with a small airfield and had no operations at 4 am. The original sources suggest that both of these descriptions miss the mark.
In the documentary linked above, the St. Clair Police radio dispatcher claims to have called Scott Air Force Base and was told they could see nothing on the radar. But later, Scott AFB personnel told a reporter from the Lebanon Advertiser that “Scott Air Force Base has denied any knowledge of the sighting, reporting that it “no longer has radar on the field and that control tower personnel were not on duty at that hour.”
The information supplied to both the police and journalists by Scott Air Force Base is not only contradictory but highly suspicious, to say the least. Also, the claims about the base in previous documentaries are frequently inaccurate, leading to many justifiable questions. First of all, the idea that the base is a small medical facility with limited airfield capability is flatly wrong.
Scott Air Force base has been in continuous operation since shortly after World War 2. It’s true that they have an impressive medical facility there (the 375th Medical Group), including a fleet of Learjet C-21 twin turbofan-engine aircraft used for medical transport and evacuations which can take place at any hour of the day. They also host a fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers used for in-flight refueling of other aviation assets at any time. These massive planes require a sizable airfield. On top of that, Scott Air Force Base boasts a group of C-40 B/C transports that ferry dignitaries around the globe and are the size of Air Force 1.
The idea that a base such as Scott would have “removed their radar” or not had anyone manning the control tower is implausible in the extreme. So the answers provided to both police dispatchers and local media outlets seem dubious. The responses were also contradictory in two regards. If you had no radar, why would you bother staffing an air control tower? And why would they say they had “nothing on the radar” if there was no radar? The Debrief reached out to the Public Affairs Office of Scott Airfield for comment but received no answer prior to publication.
THE SKEPTICS HAVE THEIR SAY
Debunkers have made spirited attempts to shoot down this story, raising some interesting possibilities. The most common of these is that all of the witnesses actually misidentified a blimp. It’s true that the location of the sightings was not far from the base of the American Blimp Company, later bought out by the Van Wagner Airship Group. Blimps are large and very quiet, often equipped with a variety of different types and colors of lights for advertising purposes. Also, the top speed of these blimps is roughly 45 mph depending on the wind, so a blimp could have made it from Lebanon to Dupo in the one-hour and three-minute period when the live reports were recorded.
The main problem with this avenue of debunking is that it’s entirely speculative. As already noted, a blimp could have made that journey and displayed lights that would be considered unusual. Some have spoken with people in the airship industry who agree that it’s plausible. But investigators checked with the American Blimp Company and later Van Wagner and none was able to produce a record of a flight by one of those ships on that date, though one would imagine that all trips by such an expensive aircraft would be recorded.
Further, a blimp could have made the trip in the time allowed if it flew directly to Dupo. But the various witnesses described the craft as slowing, stopping, and changing directions. Also, unless we are to dismiss the testimony of the officers in Lebanon and Shiloh, the craft they observed not only hovered but shot away at a stunning velocity. Blimps are simply not capable of that type of behavior.
CONCLUSIONS
As we have discovered, there are complicated aspects to the St. Clair Triangle sighting, and the legends that have grown around it in books and television programs do not always match the record. For one thing, such shows frequently depicted the “classic” triangle, with one bright white light on each corner of the craft fixed to the bottom and a red light in the center. None of the witnesses described the lights in that fashion. And the original witness, Melvern Noll, described something that sounded entirely different, so some level of skepticism may be warranted.
With that said, the descriptions provided by all but one of the law enforcement witnesses (who likely saw a conventional aircraft) are similar enough in terms of its physical appearance and curious flight characteristics that they are difficult to ignore. Their stories remained unchanged over the years.
The baffling responses from Scott Air Force base do little to discredit the witnesses. While it seems unlikely that such a base would be home to highly classified, exotic aircraft programs, they should have been able to provide corroborating radar data or at least a confirmation that they recorded no targets in the subject area. It is not inconceivable that they had standing orders to never comment on anything UFO-related. This is a pattern the Air Force has adhered to ever since the days of Project Blue Book.
The poor quality of the photograph taken by Officer Stevens is disappointing to researchers, but the fact that it was taken at night on a dated Polaroid Instamatic pointing up at the night sky makes it understandable. Additional electronic data would make the case much stronger, but the inexplicable responses from Scott Air Force Base at least suggest that such may have existed at one point.
In conclusion, the viability of this case rests heavily on the credibility of multiple professional witnesses from different locations who would seem unlikely in the extreme to have cooked up a tale of this sort as a hoax. The lack of electronic signature data is disappointing but perhaps understandable as we already discussed. And the alternative options offered by skeptics do little to explain away the recorded, original observations as misidentified mundane phenomena. As with most of these famous, multiple-witness sightings, the final determination remains in the eye of the beholder. But the available source evidence is compelling and none of the alternate explanations are very satisfying.
Follow and connect with author Jazz Shaw on Twitter:@JazzShaw
Will aliens invade our planet this year? A surprising 14% of people say yes. A new survey conducted by Ipsos asked more than 22,000 adults in 33 different countries what their predictions are for 2022 and the results are quite interesting to say the least.
The majority of people have high hopes for this year as 77% of those surveyed said that they are optimistic 2022 will be better for them than 2021 was, while 61% of people believe the global economy will be stronger than last year. As for 2021, 77% of people said that it was a bad year for their country, and 58% admitted that it wasn’t a good year for them or their family.
In regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, a little more than half of those polled (56%) believe that at least 80% of the world’s population will get at least one vaccine this year.
When asked if there will be more extreme weather in their country this year compared to 2021, 60% said yes. A surprising 45% of those polled believe that less people will choose to fly compared to 2019.
As for society getting back to a somewhat state of normalcy, 71% of people say that their city centers will become busy again as more people will get back to working in their offices on a more permanent basis. On the other hand, a rather small percentage of those surveyed (28%) believe that people in their country will become more tolerant of each other – this percentage included a whopping 83% of people living in China, but only 9% of those in France.
A little more than 40% of people surveyed have confidence that the stock market will be stable this year; although there is a lot of worry regarding rising prices with 75% of people thinking that the prices will increase faster than their income.
As for aliens invading our planet, 14% of pollsters believe that will happen – interestingly, that percentage includes nearly a third of those living in India. While that may be a surprising percentage, it is quite low compared to other scary events – 39% think that a natural disaster will affect a major city in their country; 38% say that foreign government hackers will cause a global IT shutdown; 34% believe nuclear weapons will be used in a conflict somewhere in the world; 27% say that a rogue artificial intelligence program won’t be able to be shut down; and 16% think an asteroid will hit our planet.
All in all, people are remaining optimistic that 2022 will be a better year than 2021, with a stronger global economy and more people getting vaccinated. But there are some concerns as well, such as rising prices and more extreme weather events. Not to mention aliens invading our planet.
The great distances covered by visiting "aliens" may be ones of time rather than space, a recent book argues.
Close encounters with our future selves?
(Image credit: thortful.com)
Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have captured the public's attention over the decades. As exoplanet detection is on the rise, why not consider that star-hopping visitors from afar might be buzzing through our friendly skies by taking an interstellar off-ramp to Earth?
On the other hand, could those piloting UFOs be us — our future progeny that have mastered the landscape of time and space? Perhaps those reports of people coming into contact with strange beings represent our distant human descendants, returning from the future to study us in their own evolutionary past.
The book was written by Michael Masters, a professor of biological anthropology at Montana Technological University in Butte. Masters thinks that – given the accelerating pace of change in science, technology, and engineering – it is likely that humans of the distant future could develop the knowledge and machinery necessary to return to the past.
The objective of the book, Masters said, is to spur a new and more informed discussion among believers and skeptics alike.
"I took a multidisciplinary approach in order to try and understand the oddities of this phenomenon," Masters told Space.com. "Our job as scientists is to be asking big questions and try to find answers to unknown questions. There's something going on here, and we should be having a conversation about this. We should be at the forefront of trying to find out what it is."
Human evolution
Dubbing these purported visitors "extratempestrials," Masters notes that close-encounter accounts typically describe UFO tenants as bipedal, hairless, human-like beings with large brains, large eyes, small noses and small mouths. Further, the creatures are often said to have the ability to communicate with us in our own languages and possess technology advanced beyond, but clearly built upon, today's technological prowess.
Masters believes that through a comprehensive analysis of consistent patterns of long-term biocultural change throughout human evolution — as well as recent advances in our understanding of time and time travel — we may begin to consider this future possibility in the context of a currently unexplained phenomenon.
"The book ties together those known aspects of our evolutionary history with what is still an unproven, unverified aspect of UFOs and aliens," he sai
But why not argue that ET is actually a traveler from across the vastness of space, from a distant planet? Wouldn't that be a simpler answer?
"I would argue it's the opposite," Masters responded. "We know we're here. We know humans exist. We know that we've had a long evolutionary history on this planet. And we know our technology is going to be more advanced in the future. I think the simplest explanation, innately, is that it is us. I'm just trying to offer what is likely the most parsimonious explanation."
Artist's view of an aerial encounter with an unidentified flying object. (Image credit: MUFON)
Archaeological tourism
As an anthropologist who has worked on and directed numerous archaeological digs in Africa, France and throughout the United States, Masters observes that it is easy to conceptualize just how much more could be learned about our own evolutionary history if we currently possessed the technology to visit past periods of time.
"The alleged abduction accounts are mostly scientific in nature. It's probably future anthropologists, historians, linguists that are coming back to get information in a way that we currently can't without access to that technology," Masters said.
"That said, I do think that some component of it is also tourism," he added. "Undoubtedly in the future, there are those that will pay a lot of money to have the opportunity to go back and observe their favorite period in history. Some of the most popular tourist sites are the pyramids of Giza and Machu Picchu in Peru … old and prehistoric sites."
Masters calls his UFO research "an evolving project."
"There's certainly still missing pieces of the puzzle," he said. "There are aspects of time that we don't yet understand. Wanted is a theory of quantum gravity, and we can meld general relativity and quantum mechanics. I'm just trying to put forth the best model I can based on current scientific knowledge. Hopefully, over time, we can continue to build on this."
Solve this mystery
"Masters postulates that using a multidisciplinary scientific approach to the UFO phenomenon will be what it takes to solve this mystery once and for all, and I couldn't agree more," said Jan Harzan, executive director of the nonprofit Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).
"The premise that UFOs are us from the future is one of many possibilities that MUFON is exploring to explain the UFO phenomenon. All we know for sure is that we are not alone," Harzan added. "Now the question becomes, 'Who are they?' And Masters makes a great case for the time-traveler hypothesis."
Tic-Tac-shaped objects were recently reported zipping through the sky by jet-fighter pilots and radar operators. The Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was created to research and investigate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), including numerous videos of reported encounters, three of which were released to the public in 2017. (Image credit: U.S. Department of Defense/To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science)
'Highly dubious claim'
But not everybody is on board with the idea, as you might imagine.
"There is nothing in this book to take seriously, as it depends on the belief that 'time travel' is not only possible, but real," said Robert Sheaffer, a noted UFO skeptic.
Supposedly our distant descendants have mastered time travel, Sheaffer said, and have traveled back in time to visit us. "So, according to Masters, you just spin something fast enough and it will begin to warp space, and even send stuff backwards in time. This is a highly dubious claim," he said.
Moreover, Sheaffer said that Masters tries to deduce aliens' evolutionary history from witness descriptions, "suggesting that he takes such accounts far too literally."
David Darling is a British astronomer and science writer who has authored books on a sweeping array of topics – from gravity, Zen physics and astrobiology to teleportation and extraterrestrial life.
"I've often thought that if some UFOs are 'alien' craft, it's just as reasonable to suppose that they might be time machines from our own future than that they're spacecraft from other stars," Darling told Space.com. "The problem is the 'if.'
Darling said that, while some aerial phenomena have eluded easy identification, one of the least likely explanations, it seems to him, is that they're artificial and not of this world.
"Outside of the popular mythos of flying saucers and archetypal, big-brained aliens, there's precious little credible evidence that they exist," Darling said. "So, my issue with the book is not the ingenuity of its thesis, but the fact that there's really no need for such a thesis in the first place."
Reported UFOs take on all shapes and sizes. (Image credit: U.K. National Archives sightings chart, circa 1969)
Exotic physics?
Larry Lemke, a retired NASA aerospace engineer with an interest in the UFO phenomenon, finds the prospect of time-travelling visitors from the future intriguing
"The one thing that has become clear over the decades of sightings, if you believe the reports, is that these objects don't seem to be obeying the usual laws of aerodynamics and Newtonian mechanics," Lemke said, referring to the relationship, in the natural world, between force, mass and motion.
Toss in for good measure Einstein's theory of general relativity and its consequences, like wormholes and black holes, along with other exotic physics ideas such as the Alcubierre warp-drive bubble.
"There's a group of thinkers in the field of UFOs that point out that phenomena reported around some UFOs do, in fact, look exactly like general relativity effects," Lemke said. Missing time is a very common one."
Lemke said that the idea that somebody has figured out how to manipulate space-time, on a local scale with a low-energy approach, would explain a lot of things across the UFO phenomenon, including those baffling Tic-Tac-shaped objects recently reported by jet-fighter pilots and radar operators.
"No matter how much knowledge we have, how much we think we know, there's always some frontier beyond," he said. "And to understand that frontier is getting more and more esoteric."
Leonard David is the 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 on Twitter@SpacedotcomorFacebook.
Filer’s Files Jan. 15 2022 UFO Crash in Missouri in 1941 - PART I
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Filer’s Files Jan. 15 2022 UFO Crash in Missouri in 1941 - PART I
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
Filer’s Files will be sent out twice monthly due to my macular degeneration instead of weekly.
Special reports are: Admiral Fahrney on UFOs, UFO Crash in Missouri in 1941, Lt. Colonel Talks about Investigating UFO Sightings, Mars Cave Opening, Super Interesting Plane and Drone Designs, Structure Deep Within Antarctica, Monsters of the Deep, Jet Stream Attack, Top 20 UFO Hotspots, Iran Pledges to attack U.S. Homeland, Carbon 60 and Strange Craft.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, 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 UFOs are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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Admiral Fahrney on UFOs
Navy Admiral Delmar S. Fahrney, former head of the Navy’s guided-missile program, statement was printed in New York Times, January 17, 1957
Rear Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney said he has talked with a number of scientists and engineers who reported seeing strange flying objects. He added, “There are signs that intelligence directs such objects because of the way they fly. They are not entirely actuated by automatic equipment.” He said, “By the way they change position in formations and override each other would indicate that their motion involves a tremendous amount of technology of which we have no knowledge, and that their development must have taken an extended period of time.”
Fahrney also stated, “Reliable reports indicate there are objects coming into our atmosphere at very high speeds and controlled by thinking intelligence’s.”
“There are objects coming into our atmosphere at very high speeds… No agency in this country or Russia is able to duplicate at this time the speeds and accelerations which radars and observers indicate these flying objects are able to achieve….
On January 16, 1957 – the day after NICAP’s Board of Governors met for the first time – Board Chairman Delmer S. Fahrney called a press conference. News media all over the country quoted his statements identifying him as one of the few “top brass” to speak out in defense of UFOs.
Note: A friend of mine Commander Bethune a pilot for Navy VIPs often flew Admiral Fahrney to Wright Patterson Air Force Base where he claimed some alien craft were kept and examined. The Navy became primary researchers to develop our own space fleet for the government while the Air Force took most the heat from the news media.
UFO Crash in Missouri in 1941
By Paul Blake Smith, the 1941 UFO crash might well be the most exciting, shocking, and impact event that is now the subject of a new book.
Did three extraterrestrials really crash-land their circular spaceship on a farm just outside of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Police authorities called Pastor William G. Huffman to travel immediately to a crash site on April 12, 1941, He was to administer the last rites to the three-member alien aircrew. Paster Huffman was escorted to the site and saw a crashed metal spaceship. Three identical Grey aliens flew the craft.
This stunning recovery was then allegedly taken to a secret hiding place beneath the most recognizable building in the world. Was an aspect of the scientifically examined alien craft’s propulsion system applied to the U.S. nuclear weapons program to help win World War II?
The serious, amazing pre-Roswell claims and quotes, rumors and insights, opinions and documented facts are all examined here, in proper chronological, easy-to-read order, the only book to explore ever comprehensively the wildest nonfiction story of all time.
This book indicates the US had a crashed saucer from space to evaluate and to back engineer its technology as early as 1941; Huffman said he was given a photo of two men holding up one of the aliens, but the image was taken by a so-called photo expert and never returned to the Huffman family. he believes the aliens and their damaged craft were initially brought to the Sikeston Missouri Institute for Aeronautics, before being stored in an underground facility beneath the Capitol building in Washington DC. According to two sisters from Ohio, their father, Rev. Turner Holt, was taken on a tour of the secret rooms in the 1940s by Secretary of State Cordell Hull and shown three large jars, each containing a non-human with big eyes. Read the full recap here.
This is a declassified oval office Top Secret memo indicating the alien crash was real and the recovered crash helped in the development of the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project. Also, they now have the opportunity to extend our technology.
First US Jet Disc Vought Flying Flapjack XF5U-1
During World War II and immediately after the Navy developed a disc shaped craft. It’s possible the crashed Cape Girardeau craft helped in the development of the first US Jet Disc.
The first flight of the V-173 with conventional propellor engines was on 23 November 1942 with Vought Chief Test Pilot Boone Guyton at the controls. The aircraft’s most significant problem concerned its complicated gearbox that routed power from the engines to its two long propeller shafts. The gearbox produced unacceptable amounts of vibration in ground testing, delaying the aircraft’s first test flight for months. Flight testing of the V-173 went on through 1942 and 1943 with 190 flights, resulting in reports of UFOs from surprised Connecticut locals. Charles Lindbergh piloted the V-173 during this time and found it surprisingly easy to manage and exhibiting impressive low-speed capabilities. On one occasion, the V-173 was forced to make an emergency landing on a beach. As the pilot made his final approach, he noticed two bathers directly in his path. The pilot locked the aircraft’s brakes on landing, causing the aircraft to flip over onto its back. Remarkably, the airframe proved so strong that neither the plane nor the pilot sustained any severe damage.
The basic wing area (427 sq ft.) and plan form (less elevators and propeller nacelles) of the V-173 and XF5U-1 were identical tested. A developed version of the original V-173 prototype, the XF5U-1 was a larger aircraft. Of all-metal construction, it was almost five times heavier. A modernized version with jet engines is shown in the photo.
The Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics established the Navy Liaison Office at Edwards AFB on August 28, 1946, to oversee development of the Vought XF5U-1 Skimmer.
Lt. Colonel Talks about Investigating and Debunking UFO Sightings
Lieutenant Colonel Dick French’s
Recently at the International UFO Congress, an ex-fighter pilot approached Open Minds Antonio Huneeus and asked to share his story.
Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dick French’s 27 years of military experience has taken him around the world. He has flown fighter jets in Vietnam and Korea, operated in military intelligence, and been exposed to some of our nation’s biggest secrets. His career started in the AFOSI (Air Force Office of Special Investigations) where he would conduct stakeouts to remove personnel who were breaking the military’s code of conduct. He then moved on to pilot training school and became a pilot.
Later he was transferred to the 6004’s Air Intelligence Security Squadron where it was his duty to investigate any reported UFO sighting. He would collect any photographic evidence, question witnesses on the size and shape of the object, its estimated capability, and any other occurrences that surround the sighting. In the end though,
Lt. Col. French talked to me on several occasions and spoke very openly that UFOs exist, and some are extraterrestrial. He indicated we did have pieces of alien craft but not much could be discerned from them. French met Army Lt. Colonel Philip Corso who claimed key UFO parts were sent to aviation companies without explaining their source. He also claimed various advanced technology was back engineered.
Lt. Col. Richard French was a lead investigator on Project Blue Book in the 1950s, his job was to shoot down false reports of UFOs. Superiors told him to debunk the sightings however he could. They personally did not believe in alien UFOs. This position allowed him to travel to many interesting UFO hot spots while meeting high-ranking officials. Given his job, French never dreamed he would end up in Newfoundland one day watching what appeared to him to be two extraterrestrials performing repairs on a submerged, unknown circular craft.
Col. Richard French, Capt. Jim Courant, Major George Filer, FAA John Callahan at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure with six Congressmen (ret.)
Washington, D.C., recently, the 83-year-old retired officer testified at the Citizen Hearing On Disclosure in May3, of 2013 at the National Press Club in Washington D.N.A. panel of six former members of Congress about his work as a UFO debunker in 1952.
French recounted how the Newfoundland incident unfolded in the early 1950s, after two UFOs were seen off the coast of St. John’s. French’s superiors ordered him to look into the situation.
“They told me there were two UFOs involved and that they were deep under the water, after entering the water doing roughly 100 miles an hour. “There were a 100 people assembled on the wharf looking in amazement at the water, including several local policemen.” French recalls the water was very clear and he could see two circular craft, each one about 18 feet in diameter and approximately 3 feet thick. He said the two objects were floating below the surface of the water, a couple of feet apart, not more than 20 feet from the shore. And he saw two beings in the water near the ships.“The first thing I saw was the UFOs, and it was apparent to me that they were doing something to the craft, and I couldn’t really tell what because they were on the bottom side of it and not visible to me except when they would occasionally get over to the side where I could see them. The water was fairly clear, and I could see without any trouble. They weren’t down at the bottom of the [seabed] — they were about halfway down.”
The beings he saw “were about 2 or 3 feet tall, light grey in color, very thin, long arms with either two or three fingers. The top of their heads was much wider than their jaw line, their eyes were very slanted, and you couldn’t see pupils in them. They looked the way [aliens] have been depicted in motion pictures.”
As French watched, one of the ships began to rise out of the water.
“When it hit the [surface], it was going about 100 miles an hour. It then accelerated to somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,500 to 3,000 miles an hour and disappeared. It returned about 20 minutes later, slowed down to a stop before it entered the water, then went down, and the two [beings] worked together.
“It took them about 20 minutes and then the two ships departed together, again slow when they exited the water, and immediately they sped up to an extremely high speed. I believe they were repairing [the ship] and tested that the repairs had been adequate, and then away they went.” Thanks to Lee Spiegel and Antonio Huneeus
The planet Mars
Mars Cave Opening
Mars Cave
The Cottonwood science class was participating in the Mars Education Program housed at Arizona State University, which offers students the opportunity to access imaging data from the Mars Odyssey orbiter. The group of 16 students from Cottonwood were pursuing their interest in lava tubes and the images that the students selected for their project appeared to bear evidence of several lava tubes, but something else became evident: a small, circular dark area, which was eventually determined to be a surface opening to a lava tube cave system, perhaps caused by gravity-induced collapse. A similar feature was also found on the Moon. Thanks to PhysOrg, Photo by NASA.
Mars had oceans, just like Earth
Mars Oceans in Blue
In new research published in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists from the University of Colorado identified 52 delta regions on Mars fed by numerous river-like systems. All lay at about the same height, suggesting that they marked the shoreline edge of a huge river-fed ocean, which they believe covered a third of the planet.
The Daily Telegraph reports, A vast Earth-like Ocean covered a third of the surface of Mars 3.5 billion years ago, new research suggests. Scientists believe it stretched around the planet’s northern hemisphere and held 10 times more water than all the Earth’s oceans combined. The water may have provided a cradle for the emergence of extraterrestrial life, researchers claim, that may have flown to Earth
“Our findings lend credence to the hypothesis that an ocean formed on early Mars as part of a global and active hydrosphere,” said the researchers, led by Dr Gaetano Di Achille and Professor Brian Hynek.
Super Interesting Plane and Drone Designs
By Bob Spearing MUFON News
RQ-180, or the Great White Bat, or also the Shikaka
The RQ-180 is a major step toward combining endurance and survivability in a high-end unmanned aerial vehicle
It’s a spy drone that has already been seen over California and the Philippines.
Tim Aines is the Chief Field Investigator in Illinois under the State Director, Sam Maranto. Illinois has a talented team of people including great photo analysts like Greg Cisko. Tim Aines is also a retired military intelligence officer and MUFON certainly needs to bring individuals like Tim to the forefront due to their incredible knowledge base!
Tim has provided me with several spectacular illustrations of current government projects that may be accounting for numerous UFO sightings occurring across the United States in our CMS Database currently!
Per Tim, “On November 8th, the US Air Force released a rah-rah public relations video called “Heritage Today – ISR and Innovation” and in it they embedded a few teaser shots that only lasted a few seconds of two new aircraft, both of which are presumed to be flying now.
Celera 500L
Finally, this is Otto Aviation’s new aircraft called the Celera 500L. It’s currently flying all around the country right now doing FAA flight testing at various airports. Guess what it looks like from a distance with wings and how many CMS reports it will generate. 18–25 mpg fuel economy (a comparable jet aircraft gets 2 – 3 mpg)
$328 hourly operating costs, (a comparable jet aircraft costs $2,100 per hour) . Max cruise speed projected to be in excess of 460 mph,4,500 nautical mile range,
Payload – 6 adult passengers, Comfort – 6’2” cabin height with 6 first-class seats. Thank you Tim Aines and Bob Spearing MUFON News
F/A-XX fighter
Editor’s Note:The United States’ sixth-generation F/A-XX fighter could destroy satellites in Space. It is the newest member of American military mind-burgling tech that has been evaluated, with a full-scale prototype having flown. Both Russia and China are developing sixth-generation fighters of their own, but many would agree that the advanced avionics and armaments of the American representatives are alien and powerful enough to become the beast of the future. The US Military has two separate programs with $1bln investment: one for the Navy to replace the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the other for the Air Force to retire the F-22.
Illuminated structure deep within Antarctica
Illuminated structure deep within Antarctica By Mary Joyce, website editor
A structure was found beneath Antarctica’s ice that appears to be
internally illuminated. It’s wall of “windows” is 385 feet in length.
Sixth cluster of structures emerging in Antarctica
All the right angles within the brownish portion of the Google Earth image below indicate another cluster of structures is emerging from Antarctica’s This is the sixth city or cluster of structures that’s been found. emerging from melting ice in Antarctica since September 2021. The ruins emerging from the continent’s melting ice are the oldest in the world. We continue to wonder why evidence of a 34-million-year-old civilization in Antarctica is being covered up? That should be exciting news, not something to be hidden from the public.
Photos of two entrances into Antarctica’s interior
We first posted photos of these two entrances into Antarctica One entrance appears to have a bowl-shaped metal “awning” over it. The other is big enough for a Boeing 747 to fly into with a 50-foot clearance off each wingtip. Drastic efforts have been made to hide the second entrance from public view. Above are Google satellite photos of two entrances into the interior of Antarctica. The first one has a metal bowl-shaped “awning” over it. The second one is said to be 295 feet at its widest point and 98 feet in height. To give a perspective to this, the wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is 196 feet. We intended to provide coordinates for the two entrances so anyone could find them by copying and pasting them into the Google Earth search bar.
LEFT IMAGE: -6636’12.58”, +9943’12.72” RIGHT IMAGE: -6633’6.60”, +9050’24.84”?
The coordinates for the left image worked for us every time. It’s a different story with the right image. The coordinates no longer work. So, we found an old video showing the two entrance locations marked with yellow pushpins
The Germans allegedly tracked the alien humanoids from Atlantis to Antarctica to follow the Aryan race according to John Ramirez a retired GS-15 rank CIA Officer who investigated UFOs.
Here is a quick clip of the Air Force’s new drone the SR-72. This is presumed to be the new hypersonic space plane. Replaces legendary SR-71 Blackbird. Hypersonic means a minimum of 5 times faster than sound, or 3,800 mph plus. It is called the SR-72 and is a drone that replaces the SR 71.
Monsters of the Deep / UFO Encounters in Italy
Coelacanth fish
Nick Redfern a researcher of all things weird and mysterious, half to discuss unexplained monsters of the deep. Redfern used the example of the discovery of the coelacanth, a fish long thought extinct and only known from the fossil record, discovered alive in the Indian Ocean in 1938 (“a shock to zoology”) to illustrate his idea that many unknown and extinct animals may still exist and await discovery. Redfern said that the UK’s National Archives actually contains official reports of what appears to be sea serpents filed by the Royal Navy throughout the 19th century. He recalled a dramatic account from 1848 of a captain of a British ship called the Daedalus, who observed, along with his crew, an apparent life and death struggle where a “large serpent-type animal was seen coiled around a huge sperm whale.”
1876 /Captain Drevak and crew observe monster in Barque Pauline
The famed Loch Ness Monster first reported about 1500 years ago, the creature has been photographed, tracked on sonar, and even been the object of attempted exorcisms. Although some believe that the animal may be a surviving dinosaur, Redfern offered that it “may be something supernatural rather than flesh and blood.” He also recalled that in 1997, the US Navy detected anomalous underwater audio that sounded like some massive living thing– they called it the “Bloop” sound. Redfern said, “the government may have stumbled onto something not too different than [legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s apocalyptic creature named] Cthulhu.”
Loch Ness Monster
There are at least 1,000 close encounters of the second and third kind and abduction cases in Italy, showing the frequent, intelligent, and alien nature of UFO phenomena in that country. Renowned UFO researcher, Dr. Roberto Pinotti, appeared in the second half to discuss the history of UFO sightings in Italy and what the Italian government knows. Pinotti entered the Italian military in the 1960s at age 27. He was asked to author a report on UFOs for his superior officers, and it was actually published in an official Army journal. Since 1979, when UFO investigation was assigned to the Italian Air Force, Pinotti said that they have officially logged about 500 cases. In contrast, he said that his organization now has “more than 13,000 cases” that they have investigated.
Pinotti described a 1963 case when the Italian President’s car was approached closely by a UFO, which looked like an “English WWI helmet with portholes.”
English WWI helmet
An official report was created and later sent to the Pentagon in the US, which did not respond. He also revealed that in 1996, his group came into possession of UFO files from the Mussolini era, which they considered genuine after four years of forensic document research. One described an apparent 1933 UFO crash in which debris and even bodies were recovered. Pinotti said that the materials and “corpses of the pilots” were later taken to the United States by the Allied forces after WWII. He also discussed a statement from one of the directors of the Vatican astronomical observatory that, if aliens were ever found to be real, we could consider the “extraterrestrials [as] are our brothers.” George Knapp’s News 8/23/20
Jet Stream Flow Suggests Weather Control
Jet Stream very high in Alaska then brings cold to U.S.
Jet Stream that controls most weather streams are fast flowing winds above the surface of the Earth. I flew in them to get 100 MPH tail winds. The jet stream movement seems to be controlled possibly by China’s six HARPs causing massive high altitude bone dry clouds to alter the Jet Stream patterns.
As a doctoral student at George Mason University, Sam Monfort crunched the data from the National UFO Reporting Center and determined that the following locations are the top 20 hotspots for UFO sightings around the world. He published his data in early 2017.
Top 20 UFO hotspots in world
1. Stephenville, Texas,
2. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,
3. Elk River, Minnesota,
4. The ‘M’ Triangle, Russia,
5. Manitoba, Canada,
6. Colares Island, Brazil,
7. Sochi, Russia
8. Istanbul, Turkey
9. Mexico City, Mexico
10. San Clemente, Chile
11. Phoenix, Arizona
12. Bonny bridge, Scotland
13. Broad Haven Triangle, Wales
14. Wycliffe Well, Australia
15. Little A’LE’INN, Nevada
16. Extraterrestrial Highway, Nevada
17. Nazca City, Peru
18. Warminster, England
19. Nullarbor Plain, Australia
20. Pacific Coast Highway, California
The map below shows the number of UFO sighting reports per 10 million people.
CMS continues to amass sighting reports from around the globe. In December 2021 there were 593 sightings reported to MUFON through CMS from the following countries: UNITED STATES 497, AUSTRALIA 23, CANADA 21, UNITED KINGDOM 17, FRANCE 7, NEW ZEALAND 3, MEXICO 3, UKRAINE 3, VENEZUELA 2, VIET NAM 2.
600 + total
Within the United States the distribution by State was as follows.
California 52, Florida 43, Texas 31, New York 26, Tennessee 24, Pennsylvania 23,
Colorado 17, Illinois 17, New Jersey 13
Iran Threatens U.S. Homeland
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi
Raisi vowed revenge on Monday for the US assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani two years ago unless former US President Donald Trump was put on trial.
“If Trump and former secretary of state Mike Pompeo are not tried in a fair court of law for the criminal act of assassinating General Soleimani, Muslims will take their martyr’s revenge,” Raisi said, according to state news agency IRNA.
“If not, I’m telling all American leaders, don’t doubt that the hand of revenge will come out of the sleeves of ummah,” Raisi said, referring to the worldwide community of Muslims.
Iran and allied groups in Iraq have been holding vigils to honor Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force, the overseas arm of the IRGC, who was killed in a drone strike in Iraq on January 3, 2020, along with Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States is fleeing from the region due to resistance of regional nations and has no more room to operate in West Asia.’
General Salami
Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks while addressing a ceremony saying, “In the political battle [with the West], Islam and Muslims have emerged victorious, and this is a reality. A proof [to this reality] is the humiliating escape of the [American] enemy from Afghanistan.” The Iranian forces will now strike at the U.S. heartland with our people already in the U.S “We are in the final stages of the resistance and this juncture has always been difficult, but the Iranian nation is certainly about to score a great triumph.”Salami said.
Large /amount of Arson Already Going on
I have been to Iran numerous times, flown in their military aircraft and this nation is very efficient and you can expect various forms of sabotage, attacks, and murder, which is likely already occurred. When the Iranians boast that strong attacks of the U.S. will happen as millions of illegal immigrants from a hundred of different countries including Iranians cross our Southern Border and are flown throughout the U.S.
The U.S. Government will likely not admit any sabotage and will call them accidents or the result of climate change. For example, Colorado wildfires destroy a thousand homes on December 31st near Denver — Winds driving fast-moving fires that forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate their homes outside DenverInvestigators are still trying to determine what sparked a massive fire, but no power lines were down near the fire.
There is no question that the jihadists are concluding that they are winning, and now, with the frail, weakened Ghost in the White House it is time for them to STEP UP THEIR GAME to CONQUER THE WORLD.
Two armed Iranian drones were shot down as they approached a military facility hosting American forces at Baghdad’s international airport followed by several the following day.
It is likely the Iranian’s have perfected their nuclear weapons and could attempt to explode them in a soft target like Washington D.C., New York Harbor or Tel Aviv.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured a military cargo” ship of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Red Sea. A vessel named Rawabi was kidnapped at 23:57 (2057 GMT) Sunday by the Houthi militia while off Hodeidah province according to Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV.
Iran’s military has threatened retaliatory attacks inside the US over the American assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations also called on the UN Security Council to hold the US and Israel responsible for assassinating General Soleimani.
“Given the dire implications of this terrorist act on international peace and security, the Security Council must live up to its Charter-based responsibilities and hold the US and the Israeli regime to account for planning, supporting and committing that terrorist act,” Takht Ravanchi said in his letter to the UNSC.
At the time of the drone strike that killed Soleimani, the US justified its actions to the UN as “self-defense” and said it was prepared to take any additional actions “as necessary” in the Middle East to protest US personnel and interests.
Read more:
Iran claims current US administration is also responsible for killing of Suleimani.
Strange Craft
The True Story of an Air Force Intelligence Officer’s Life with UFOs
U.S. Air Force Major George Filer belongs to the generation of pilots and aviators who first became aware of the strange aircraft showing up in the Earth’s atmosphere after World War II. These men – military professionals who flew planes, served as radar operators and air traffic controllers at airfields around the world – began to whisper amongst themselves about encounters with suspected extraterrestrial aircraft.
During secret debriefings at U.S. bases, pilots and air crew told their commanders of seeing UFOs off their plane’s wings. Award-winning investigative author John Guerra spent four years interviewing Filer, a decorated intelligence officer.
From objects in the skies over Cold War Europe to a UFOs over during the Cuban Missile Crisis to lights over the DMZ in Vietnam Filer leaves nothing out about his Air Force UFO encounters,
Filer’s most memorable case – the shooting of an alien at Fort Dix Army Base in 1978 – is fully recounted for the first time in this book. As a member of the Disclosure Project, military experts, astronauts, and scientists urge the U.S. government to release all it knows about UFOs to the public.
Filer describes his UFO encounters in this incredible book, by John L. Guerra.
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Filer’s Files Jan. 15 2022 UFO Crash in Missouri in 1941 - PART II
Lake Dallas – on January 8, 2022
Filer’s Files Jan. 15 2022 UFO Crash in Missouri in 1941 - PART II
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
Filer’s Files will be sent out twice monthly due to my macular degeneration instead of weekly.
Special reports are: Admiral Fahrney on UFOs, UFO Crash in Missouri in 1941, Lt. Colonel Talks about Investigating UFO Sightings, Mars Cave Opening, Super Interesting Plane and Drone Designs, Structure Deep Within Antarctica, Monsters of the Deep, Jet Stream Attack, Top 20 UFO Hotspots, Iran Pledges to attack U.S. Homeland, Carbon 60 and Strange Craft.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, 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 UFOs are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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UFO Sightings in the United States
Sightings are from MUFON CMS
California Object
Elk– on December 30, 2021, when the sunsets I take pictures and noticed orb when I scanned over them. A blue object pops up, looks like it had 5 lights, then disappears. It does movements no plane could do. The pictures were shot at 4:52-53 PM. With the backlight from the sunset, any rocket contrails would have stood out, but there is none for 2 pictures. This was nothing like Vandenberg AFB 2nd stage ignitions.
Note: The photos have been requested, but no response. Thanks to Will Pucket/www.ufosnw.com/newsite/
Colorado Lights
Phoenix– on December 1, 2021.
Connecticut Object
New Haven— on January 4, 2022, saw these weird clouds I’ve never seen. Looked closed saw object shooting upward from the base. Note: Likely a plane.
Florida Lights
Hialeah— on January 2, 2022, I want you to analyze the video and tell me if this is accurate. This is the best footage I have. The video at right shows UFO diving into the ocean.
Georgia Lights
On January 3, 2022, as flying along at 39,000 feet in an Airbus A320 somewhere over Georgia I shot the beautiful Milky with my iPhone 13. Tried to take a video of another aircraft flying just above us and noticed this V shaped object. It appears to be between us and the other aircraft. Both Captain and I would like to be anonymous.
Illinois Triangle
Sims – on December 20, 2021, while traveling north on Route 5, I saw what looked like a bright light in the distance. As it came closer it “glided silently” over my vehicle with 3 lights on the bottom going across the triangle shaped object. The lights were horizontal in the middle of the object. We turn around as fast as we can and see it off to the left across the fields that are there. Then we lost it again since there was no road to follow/
Kentucky Object
Adolohus — on January 10, 2022, on my way home I saw a flame looking thong in the sky. I lost it over the trees and found it, so I was able to get a picture.
New Jersey Lights
Pelican Island – on December 29, 2021, driving towards the Jersey coast over the ocean I observed 4 separate sphere like lights all in different shapes and colors that moved south. I observed them near Seaside Heights. I’m an astronomy buff and I know these were not stars, or aircraft the way they moved. They were pulsating and seemed to change colors and objects were in a triangular pattern with the 4th object located south of the other 3.
New York Object
Brooklyn – on October 19, 2021, I saw a shimmering stationary object in the sky that was changing shape very quickly It looked like a portal was rotating across the object and there was a small light which blinked on and off about 20 feet away.
South Carolina Lights
Orangeburg— on January 6, 2022, I have taken pictures of frequent UFO activity and like to record proof. I have seen many UFOs that were far off, but this was close. The craft came from the tree line pulsing multicolored lights and two orbs came out of it and began to blink red. I worked on C-17s in the Air Force and know that this was no aircraft. These crafts were moving slow and disappeared in the trees. Note: Similar sighting in Australia on January 3, 2022.
Texas Object
Lake Dallas –on January 8, 2018, I have pictures of two UFOs my daughter took. I also saw two in Dallas on different dates. Both were translucent orange the smaller one was almond shaped and was following a Southwest jet. I saw both of these around sunset heading northeast.
Santa Anna– on December 27, 2021, the object is passing in front of the sun at high-speed wit vapor trails.
Note:The witness didn’t elaborate much on the details of the sighting.
Update – Jan 9, 2022: The witness sent two more photos taken with a game camera. The second photo above (12:40 PM) shows the object. I have no idea of the identity of this object, but it’s not a kite, balloon, or drone. Thanks to Will Pucket/www.ufosnw.com/newsite/
West Virginia Lights
A8gusta– on November 18, 2021, took the dog outside to discover these three objects flying directly over my house. They had many lights, some of which were steady and some flashing. They were moving slowly while emitting a humming sound.
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Light
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Maleny — on January 3, 2022, y wife, our 2 sons and their partners were sky watching when we noticed an extremely low bright light. It was heading from north and at one stage zipped extremely fast then faded out nowhere near the horizon. You can see it zip really fast as another one also seems to fade in above it.
Canada Object
Red Deer – on December 18, 2021, while delivering a food item I witnessed an object that was red in color. At first thought it could be a balloon, but it suddenly changed shape from oval to triangle and emitted a bright red light on top and bottom. It was gone in seconds.
Hudson Bay–- on March 21, 2021, they look like really bright twinkling stars that move around like no stars or satellites or anything celestial ever could. They are there outside of Cranbrook every night going on 16 months now. I have seen videos from 35 U.S. states and 11 other countries of similar objects. They look like the things flying around the Space Shuttle. Zoom in and they look like round disks of plasma pulsating, and changing colors, changing to diamond, square, or rectangle. They are now a global phenomenon that often project faces of humans or alien faces. I have hundreds of images with faces with them.
France Light
Le temple sur lot– on December 24, 2021, orange ball at medium altitude moving fast.
Germany Light
Altenriet– on December 31, 2021, I took a series of 12 photos from 11:55pm to 11:57pm., and early an object in a circular shape of lights appears with a second light near it. The shape changes to a triangle of three lights very high. Someone 2.5 hours north reported having also seen the object.
Mexico Lights
Tijuana– on December 24, 2021, while shooting a landscape picture showing Venus a light flew south over the Pacific coast was captured. It “looks blurry” because it moved so fast but next picture is fine. I noticed a hovering cloud next to the bright star. The main shape is oval, and it has three luminescent spots.
Philippines Light
Manila – on December 29, 2021, sitting on my balcony I noticed a mall bright white flying northeast, 1-2 kilometers away. It was definitely not an aircraft. Minutes later, the object re-appeared heading west. It flew directly over my building emitting a yellow light underneath.
Puerto Rico Light
Dorado– on January 2, 2022, it was floating then it just continues west over us.
Philippines Light
Manila– on December 29, 2021, sitting on my balcony I noticed a mall bright white flying northeast, 1-2 kilometers away. It was definitely not an aircraft. Minutes later, the object re-appeared heading west. It flew directly over my building emitting a yellow light underneath.
UK/England Object
Bicester on January 5, 2022, two large brown/black silent craft flew 20-40 feet above me quickly. After sunset they looked like a lozenge shape a little bigger than cars with small wings on each side. They were in formation with no lights, no sound, very low.
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Curiosity, the silver-haired veteran of the Red Planet rover corps, has proven once again there’s still life in its batteries and surface samples driller – but has it proven that there’s life on Mars? Many recent headlines seem to be blaring this, but David Bowie wouldn’t be adding a verse just yet, and NASA agrees … although what Curiosity dug up is definitely an unusual carbon signature that is one of the signs of life. But … is it THE sign of life on Mars?
Curiosity
“After analyzing powdered rock samples collected from the surface of Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover, scientists today announced that several of the samples are rich in a type of carbon that on Earth is associated with biological processes.”
That’s a pretty strong opening sentence in NASA’s press release on the discovery, which highlights findings soon to be published in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Before we dig into what Curiosity dug up, a shout-out is in order for SAM – the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) chemistry lab aboard Curiosity whose Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) instrument inside it heated 24 samples from geologically diverse locations in the Gale crater (Curiosity’s Daytona International Speedway) to about 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit (850 degrees Celsius), releasing their gases and then measuring the isotopes. They surprisingly showed that nearly half of their samples containing high amounts of carbon 12 compared to the Martian atmosphere or Martian meteorites found on Earth. Drop the mic time?
“The hardest thing is letting go of Earth and letting go of that bias that we have and really trying to get into the fundamentals of the chemistry, physics and environmental processes on Mars.”
Not yet, says Goddard Space Flight Center astrobiologist and study participant Jennifer L. Eigenbrode. One explanation for the carbon signatures is that the Solar System once passed through a giant, molecular cloud of dust that left the carbon deposits behind. Another is that ultraviolet light converted CO2 to organic compounds through abiotic (non-biological) processes – this can happen on Earth as well. Finally, there’s the biggie – Mars may have once had methane-producing microbes living on its surface.
“All three possibilities point to an unusual carbon cycle unlike anything on Earth today. But we need more data to figure out which of these is the correct explanation.”
We need to send some humans.
In a separate press release, Penn State geoscientist and study leader Christopher House points out that not only is Mars not like Earth today, it may have never been much like its close neighbor. The same could be said of Curiosity – it may not have its own helicopter like Perseverance, but its discoveries keep revealing more details about the freakiest show that may one day answer David Bowie’s most famous question — is there life on Mars?
Guys, I was looking into this photo again that I reported a 25km structure on Mars in...and the URL is giving me a 404 error code and it says, "The origin server did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists." If that doesn't scream out guilty by NASA then I don't know what does. This photo was just taken off line after making it into world news several times! Look at the screenshot below to see it in the news.
This is why I make videos and give you the sources...but NASA is using my information, stealing it, to edit their photo index! That means what I found...is 100% real! And NASA just admitted to it by deleting it!
Here is a great interview with some UFO eyewitnesses and experts in Senganomori, Japan. There is a mountain area there that is a hotspot for UFOs. They say the mountain stone contains a lot of metal and magnetism...and this is what could be attracting the UFOs. Another theory they said is that there may be an alien base below the mountain area. This video shines a light on the unknown craft in our sky and over Japan...and how we see them today is so much more realistic than how we ignored and laughed at such things decades ago. The truth is coming out, little by little. But...truth cannot hide forever. Every person who helps raise awareness of UFOs is helping the cause. Helping all of humanity come...one step closer to full alien disclosure.
I think I found the alien base the UFOs come from. There is an area in the ocean that contains several huge structures on the ocean floor. These structures have a complex design which looks to be made by intelligent beings. This may be the base of the UFOs. Google ruler puts the biggest structure at 10km long and 1.5km wide. It seems undeniable proof that there is an alien base in Japan waters.
A low flying UFO shaped cloud flew over Beijing two months ago.
Aliens have rules, not our rules, but their rules, and one of them is that they have to at least attempt to keep us from seeing them so they don't cause panic down here. So they make a cloud around the UFO. This is also a great way to come in low and bold just a hundred meters over the land itself so they can monitor our internet, phones, and even scan the people, homes, tech within the homes. Mostly its gathering intel, but...why? I hope its just out of curiosity of learning early development of our society in general, but they could be using the data to access if we are worthy to continue living on this planet...a test that may never end, but happen again, and again, and again throughout human history.
Also the winter olympics are going to be held in Beijing in the communing weeks. Perhaps this UFO wanted to look over the area so that they could see the athletes training and competing there. In the face of threat of covid, war, discrimination and political differences...the nations of the world will unite...in peace. That could intrigue aliens a bit.
George Knapp & Luis Elizondo – UFOs: What’s Next?… COAST TO COAST AM 2022
George Knapp & Luis Elizondo – UFOs: What’s Next?… COAST TO COAST AM 2022
COAST TO COAST AM – January 2022. UFOs were a hot topic in 2021, from a new program approved by Congress to study the phenomenon to dramatic statements issued by intelligence and military officials. Lue Elizondo, a former intelligence officer who spent ten years working with a secret DOD effort investigating UAP, joined George Knapp in the first half to discuss what comes next.
Trivia buffs will know that Italy contains two other countries within its boundaries – the famous Vatican City and the not-so-famous San Marino. The Most Serene Republic of San Marino is located in northeastern Italy, has a population of over 33,000, and is led by two equal heads of state known collectively as Captains Regent. The current Captains Regent may make San Marino more famous than Italy or Vatican City as they recently approved allowing the country to make a historic United Nations request to host periodic UFO/UAP conferences.
San Marino’s Mount Titan castle
“On January 12, 2022, in fact, an important meeting took place in San Marino. Dr. Roberto Pinotti and Dr. Augusto Casali were received by the Most Excellent Captains Regent [Capitani Reggenti], the Heads of State of the Republic of San Marino. The object of the cordial meeting, which lasted over an hour, was the presentation of the Titano Project to the highest authorities of the Republic.”
The meeting was announced by Paolo Guizzardi, creator and project manager of Project Titan (Titano Project) – named for Mount Titano, the highest peak in San Marino. Roberto Pinotti is the President of the Centro Ufologico Nazionale (CUN) of Italy, President of the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research (ICER), the UFO organizations behind the project, and former editor of UFO magazine. Pinotti is also the author of “UFO Contacts In Italy: Volume One : 1907 – 1978” which contains photos he claims are of real extraterrestrials that landed in Francavillia, Italy, starting in 1956.
The author of “UFO Contacts In Italy: Volume One : 1907 – 1978” is Dr. Robert Pinotti, the founder of the National UFO Center (CUN) who is considered to be a leading expert in European UFO sightings. In that capacity, he has acted as a UFO consultant for the Italian government and claims to have seen secret documents on encounters from the Italian Department of Defense.
Augusto Casali is San Marino’s former Minister of Tourism who previously helped hold a series of International Symposia on Unidentified Flying Objects under the auspices of the San Marino government.
“Dr. Pinotti then gave a clear picture of the latest developments of the situation in the USA that sees the full “clearance” of the UAP phenomenon, making it clear that the only reasonably foreseeable obstacle that could have had negative repercussions for San Marino was now overcome.”
According to Guizzardi, the Captains Regent were impressed with the presentation and like the idea of San Marino and Mount Titan becoming the new “Geneva of UFOs.” The next step is for Francesco Mussoni and Giacomo Simoncini, the current Captains Regent, to the Grand and General Council, San Marino’s legislative body, for approval. (They need to do this quickly because they only serve six month terms as Captains Regent). Since this is an international program, Guizzardi says the proposal would then be presented to the United Nations for a preliminary examination, discussion and ultimately a vote by the General Assembly.
I didn’t know there was another Geneva.
Project Titan obviously has two purposes – to tap into the rising interest of UFOs around the world by becoming a center for international meetings, and to use that publicity to turn it into a tourist attraction. It obviously has a high-powered and highly experienced UFO research team behind it. However, Pinotti points out that this was tried once before in 1978 by Sir Eric Gairy, then Prime Minister of Grenada, who made a similar proposal to the UN which was shut down by the UK.
Will San Marino become the “Geneva of UFOs”? Let’s hope so. It beats Area 51 in the summer.
An odd and surprising discovery was made when water vapor was detected in the atmosphere of a giant exoplanet. The Neptune-like planet, which has been named TOI-674 b, has a mass that is 23.6 times greater than Earth’s. It is located about 150 light-years away from us in the constellation Antlia.
During the recent virtual American Astronomical Society media briefings, Jonathan Brande, who is a doctoral student at the University of Kansas, stated, “We think we see water vapor on TOI-674 b, which is really exciting.” It’s also very odd because the planet completes a full orbit its host star (a red dwarf) every two days, so the radiation from the star should have stripped the planet of its atmosphere.
As a matter of fact, TOI-674 b orbits its star at a very close distance of just 0.025 AU (one AU is the distance of Earth to the sun), so it’s baffling as to why water vapor was detected. Furthermore, the planet would have temperatures of 680 degrees Fahrenheit (360 degrees Celsius).
(Not TOI-674 b)
Brande, as well as his advisor, astronomer Ian Crossfield from the University of Kansas, detected the water in TOI-674 b’s atmosphere by analyzing data from the Wide Field Camera 3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. They studied the atmosphere when the planet traveled in front of its host star during three separate occasions.
TOI-674 b is one of only a few examples of water vapor being found on this type of planet. They have such short orbital periods that are so rare that astronomers call that area the “Neptune Desert”.
Another mystery is finding out where exactly TOI-674 b was formed, particularly in comparison to the water ice line (this is at a distance from the star where the temperature would be cold enough to sustain solid ice). In an interview with Astronomy, Brande explained this in further detail, “Planets forming closer to their host stars inside the water ice line should have less atmospheric water than those forming further away, outside the water ice line.”
(Not TOI-674 b)
It’s still unclear as to how much water is in the planet’s atmosphere, but if the amount can be calculated, experts would be able to determine where TOI-674 b formed. “…it almost certainly didn’t form this close to the star and needed to migrate into its current orbit somehow,” Brande added.
An artist’s impression of TOI-674 b can be seen here.
TOI-674b orbits its red dwarf host star about every two days. Despite its close orbit, the super-Neptune, seen in this artist's concept, has water vapor in its atmosphere.
It seems one can’t buy a car these days that isn’t equipped with obstacle-detection and accident-avoidance systems to compensate for the blind spots that hide these dangerous encounters. Too bad the same isn’t true for planets! NASA just revealed that its fancy-schmancy asteroid detection system has a major blind spot that causes it to miss not the really fast asteroids but the slowest moving space rocks. Show we all point our doorbell monitors upwards until they fix it?
We’ll try anything!
“For some objects that approach Earth from east of opposition, the induced topocentric motion coming from Earth’s rotation cancels the natural eastward motion in the sky, making the object appear to be almost stationary, This makes discovery difficult.”
Near Earth Objects (NEOs) don’t become problems until they’re Nearer-and-nearer Earth Objects. That’s why the JPL Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS) tracks and models their orbits in support of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. It’s also why space agencies are working on asteroid defense programs such as the recently launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) to test if crashing a spacecraft on an asteroid can knock it off a collision course. Unfortunately, the news over the past few years has been more about large asteroids that show up without anyone noticing their approach until they hit the ground, splash into the ocean, blow up in the atmosphere or shoot by on their way to another unsuspecting planet. Fortunately, a new study has found the cause of the blind spot these asteroids are sneaking through and may be able to fix it before we become a real-life version of the hit movie “Don’t Look Up.”
“In the event that we find something that is going to hit the earth we would like to do something about it. It’s not a matter of finding them and sitting there and letting it hit.”
According to Professor Richard Wainscoat, head of the research team whose NASA-funded study was published this week in the journal Icarus, the current detection systems are programmed to search for objects on the most common path of traveling west in the sky due to Earth’s eastward rotation. However, when an extremely slow asteroid approaches from the east heading west, it appears to the programs to be stationary and harmless. While even one large asteroid sneaking past the sentry is bad news, the study found that 50 per cent of space rocks coming in from the east are the slow-motion, blind spot kind.
“The bright moon produces temporary blindness for surveys in areas of the sky adjacent to the moon.”
If that’s not bad enough, Wainright points out that asteroids approaching from a direction close to the moon are also hard to see – think about what it’s like driving into direct sunlight in the early morning or late evening. So far, only 40% of large asteroids that are closely approaching Earth have been catalogued and Wainscoat says he won’t feel comfortable until that number reaches “more than 90%.” Unfortunately, that means depending on existing tracking systems — Pan-STARRS, the Catalina Sky Survey, ATLAS, the Rubin Observatory and ESA’s Flyeye Telescope – because the planned NEO Surveyor Mission (NEOSM) (scheduled to launch in 2026) will survey the sky from inside Earth’s orbit and be unable to detect impacting asteroids in the blind spot.
Artist’s depiction of the NEO Surveyor Mission (NEOSM)
“This isn’t happening, right? Kate, this isn’t real, right? This is just some sort of alternate reality, right? Say something.” (Dr. Randall Mindy, played Leonardo DiCaprio, in “Don’t Look Up.”)
Astronomers have spied three more exoplanets. But the discovery might not last long. Each planet is in a separate solar system, and each orbits perilously close to its star. Even worse, all of the stars are dying.
The results?
Three doomed planets.
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and other planet-hunting endeavours have found thousands of exoplanets in the last few years and decades. The exoplanets vary widely, from Earth-like planets in their stars’ quiet habitable zones to planets so hot that vaporized iron falls as rain.
But these three exoplanets have something in common. They have very short-period orbits—some of the shortest ever found—around sub-giant or giant stars. For planets like these, the writing is on the wall: they’ll spiral inward towards their stars, which will eventually engulf them.
A team of researchers presented these grim findings in a new paper titled “TESS Giants Transiting Giants II: The hottest Jupiters orbiting evolved stars.” The Astronomical Journal accepted the paper, and it’s up on the pre-press site arxiv.org. Samuel Grunblatt is the lead author. He’s a postdoctoral fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and the Flatiron Institute.
The discovery might sound macabre: three doomed planets that’ll spiral inwards toward their end, with stars that are also inching towards death as they leave the main sequence. But that would be misrepresenting the discovery. Instead, think of it as planetary archaeology.
“These discoveries are crucial to understanding a new frontier in exoplanet studies: how planetary systems evolve over time,” Grunblatt said in a press release. “These observations offer new windows into planets nearing the end of their lives before their host stars swallow them up.”
The three planets are TOI-2337b, TOI-4329b, and TOI-2669b. TOI stands for Tess Object of Interest, and the number is the star. The “b” denotes the planet closest to the star in each system.
This figure shows what TESS data can look like after it’s processed. Each panel was processed differently, but each one shows the same overall result. In this study, a nearby star contaminated the stellar flux data from TOI-4329, so the researchers used data processed in three different ways to strengthen their results. TESS gathered the data over 2.9 days of observations. Image Credit: Grunblatt et al 2022.
All of the planets are gas giants, similar to Jupiter in our Solar System. Astronomers found them during a survey looking for new planets orbiting evolved host stars. The worlds range from 0.4 to 1.8 Jupiter masses and 0.8 to 1.8 Jupiter radii. The stars range from about 1.2 to 1.5 solar masses and about 2.3 to 4.1 solar radii.
The planets have a wide range of densities, which indicates that each of the solar systems underwent a chaotic period of planet-to-planet interactions. Astronomers think that the history of those interactions contributed to the density variations through unpredictable heating rates and timescales.
The James Webb Space Telescope may be able to tease out some of the details in at least one of these systems. When it examines the TOI-4329 system, the presence or lack of water vapour and CO2 in the planet’s atmosphere could restrain the location where the planet formed. It could also provide insight into the types of planetary interactions that put the planet into its current orbit.
The spectrographs onboard the James Webb Space Telescope provide scientists with the data needed to analyze the materials that make up stars, nebulae, galaxies, and planets’ atmospheres. Image Credit: ESA
In planet-star configurations like these, astronomers expect the planets to inflate as they inch closer to the stars and as the stars expand. The stars will eventually engulf the planets as their orbits spiral inwards. So far, TESS hasn’t detected any evidence of a decaying orbit. But TESS found these planets during its Prime Mission. It’ll gather more data during its Extended Missions, and that data will form a longer baseline of observations. That more extended baseline may indicate that the planets are already in their death spirals.
Planetary inflation is becoming an important metric in understanding exoplanets. Why do some planets as massive as Jupiter have much greater radii? Gas giants experience radiative cooling from their inner depths, inhibiting inflation over long timescales, beginning shortly after formation. Proximity to a star might delay that cooling and promote inflation.
But there’s also growing evidence that proximity to a star can actively cause inflation through stellar flux. In a previous paper by lead author Greenblatt in 2017, the authors wrote, “Stellar flux flowing to the planets’ deep convective interiors could therefore explain their current size, an indication that planet ‘inflation’ is directly tied to stellar irradiation rather than delayed atmospheric cooling after the planets’ formation.”
Scientists think that gas giants like Jupiter have a deep radiative zone that transfers heat to a convective zone. Over time, the release of heat keeps the planet from inflating. But as a gas giant comes closer to its star, stellar flux can add heat to the planet, causing inflation. Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI
But planetary inflation is a complicated issue. In the same 2017 paper, the authors write that “Planets may be inflated by methods that are more strongly dependent on other factors such as atmospheric metallicity than incident flux.”
Though there’s no indication of orbital decay in the planets yet, there is evidence of inflation for at least one planet. TOI-2337b has the shortest orbital period of any world ever found around a red giant star, but it shows no sign of inflation. The TOI-2669b system is the most evolved system of the three, yet the planet doesn’t show any signs of inflation either. TOI-4329b, however, does show signs of inflation.
TOI-2669b is a brighter target than the other two in this study. That makes it a good target for spectroscopy with the James Webb Telescope. That data, along with tighter constraints on the planet’s eccentricity, “… could place new constraints on planet inflation and migration mechanisms and timescales.”
The three planets in this study are just the beginning. TESS should find many more of them. “We expect to find tens to hundreds of these evolved transiting planet systems with TESS, providing new details on how planets interact with each other, inflate, and migrate around stars, including those like our Sun,” said Nick Saunders, a graduate student at UH IfA and co-author of the study.
TESS had some help in this work. While it found the planets with the transit method, those findings only reveal candidate exoplanets. Confirmation as exoplanets requires ground-based follow-up observations. The Keck Observatory provided those via its High-Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES) instrument. Data from HIRES fleshed out the discoveries.
The Sun sets on Mauna Kea as the twin Kecks prepare for observing. Credit: Laurie Hatch/ W. M. Keck Observatory
“The Keck observations of these planetary systems are critical to understanding their origins, helping reveal the fate of solar systems like our own,” said UH IfA Astronomer Daniel Huber, who co-authored the study. Studies like this one might also be tiny steps towards answering humanity’s most significant question: Are we alon
All of this might sound academic to a casual reader. But our own Sun will one day leave the main sequence and begin to expand into a red subgiant and will likely engulf Earth. It’s doubtful that humanity will survive until then since it won’t happen for billions of years. Extinctions are the norm here on Earth, but maybe humanity will somehow beat the cosmic odds.
In the meantime, at least we’re learning more about nature and the Universe we’re a part of.
Alien Underground-Phil Schneider True Story. New Documentary by Darcy Weir
Alien Underground-Phil Schneider True Story. New Documentary by Darcy Weir
Alien Underground-Phil Schneider True Story. New Documentary by Darcy Weir
THE UNDERGROUND – A HIDDEN REALITY AND THE TRUE STORY OF PHIL SCHNEIDER BY DARCY WEIR New and Improved Documentary about the mysterious life of Phil Schneider and the claims he made about underground bases built by the government to house Alien technology and secrets.
Phil Schneider died in 1996. Previous to his death he had been on tour across the United States speaking out about various subjects including his involvement with building a secret underground base in Dulce, New Mexico for the military. During this time, he was said to have had an encounter with a violent E.T race in the late 1970′s which would change his whole life immediately after. This documentary explores some of the information Phil Schneider spoke about to the public in the 1990′s by examining each claim in detail with expert opinions from Richard Dolan, Richard Sauder, and Cynthia Drayer (Phil’s Ex-Wife). In this documentary you will find never before published photos of Phil’s Autopsy, documents about the Philadelphia Experiment from Oscar Schneider’s files (Phil’s father) and a very well explained background about Underground Bases. — Darcy Weir
Now this is one of the best detailed structures I have ever found on Mars. According to the photo ruler at the bottom of the photo, the structure measures 25km and could be up to 45km across! Now I thought that was amazing and it really blew my mind, but then I thought about it and decided to look around the photo more and found that there were dozens of blurred out areas...almost 10% of the entire photo! Some of those areas had blurred structures slightly visible (about 20-30% transparent) and then I realized...NASA had fooled me into thinking there were less structures on Mars. But this photo proves that theory wrong. There are hundreds of structures in this photo alone! I feel like a fool to not have known earlier. I guess the regular photos I looked through were too highly edited, but these elevation photos, were much less edited. Anyways, in the video I not only show people what I found, but teach others how to find such things. The video is in HD so the detail is great.
100% proof aliens inhabited Mars on a global scale!
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Black Object Shoots Past Plane 9-24-2018, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Black Object Shoots Past Plane 9-24-2018, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 9-24-2018, but reported yesterday to MUFON Location of sighitng: London, UK Source: MUFON
Note that on the close up of the UFO above there are no wings, not propellers, nothing to indicate its anything but a UFO. UFOs often scout out the most high tech devices they can in order to scan them and learn about our current technological levels of humanity. Here we see a perfect oval UFO shoot past the passenger jet as if it were standing still. Also note, most UFOs are cloaked from radar, and our radar tech is the same today as it was back in the 1970, so that tech is basically stunted (stagnate) and easy to hide from. What we see here in this 2018 video is 100% proof that UFOs investigate passengers jets, jeopardizing the crew and passengers by coming incredibly close to the plane before shooting away.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
We were out on our balcony at our Airbnb in London, UK. We were directly under a flight landing path, and my girlfriend took this video. After examining it later, we noticed at the 25 second mark, something flew by this plane. It went from tail to nose. Left hand side of the video. If you slow it down you’ll see something fly from the bottom left, up toward top left of the screen. Pretty amazing because the plane was right there beside it in the video, and can give you a great scale of the size comparison.
Harvard Professor Explores Does extraterrestrial intelligence exist? UFO Sighting News.
Harvard Professor Explores Does extraterrestrial intelligence exist? UFO Sighting News.
Date of interview: Dec 11, 2021 Location of interview:University of Harvard, USA
Professor Avi Loeb is interviewed about the existence of intelligent alien life in the universe. The answers are enlightening. He says that humanity is trying to comprehend beyond itself to better understand the possibility of intelligent life out there, but its hindered by the fact that most humans can't see beyond themselves, but mostly focus on the self. The big picture is ignored, but he is optimistic that humanity will continue to evolve and science will one day unlock all doors including finding intelligent life in the universe. As a Harvard professor it may be bit difficult to come out and just say, yes, aliens exist, but in his long winded and well explained interview...he did state it already. He doesn't want to jeopardize his position at an ivy league university. So yes, he believes there is life more intelligent than humans, but they are so intelligent and beyond us that we cannot comprehend such creatures even exist. Very exciting really. I totally agree 100%.
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Light Over Home At Tupelo, Mississippi 1-17-2022, UFO Sighting News.
Light Over Home At Tupelo, Mississippi 1-17-2022,UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: January 17, 2022 Location of sighing:Tupelo, Mississippi, USA Source: MUFON
Now one of the complaints from inexperienced viewers I often get is that those are planet lights. The first comment on this video stated, "Come on...anything that flashes like that is...a plane. But his impatiences and inexperience shows. You see I can quote hundreds of UFO reports that state the UFO had "flashing lights"...such incidences can be found in Project Blue Book, MJ12 files, US Pentagon documents and much more. So...flashing lights doesn't mean its always a plane. It just means the lights can easily cause a human to BELIEVE it's only a plane. Aliens are masters at deception...since they have mostly gotten away with hiding from us for so long. This video below...it's a UFO. Welcome to the truth, the truth will set you free, but first it will hurt like hell.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Moved slowly through the air with a low humming noise and had a pulsing reddish orange light and the shape of a sphere.
George Knapp is an author, speaker, and the chief investigative reporter at KLAS TV in Las Vegas, NV. Jeremy Corbell is a contemporary artist and documentary filmmaker.
Men in Black Really Exist – A Strange US Air Force Memo Suggests
Men in Black Really Exist – A Strange US Air Force Memo Suggests
UFO seekers have had to deal with the enigmatic Men in Black throughout the years.
According to John Keel, Men in Black are persons who act as military commanders with the intent of suppressing the UFO mystery inquiry, reducing the credibility of those participating in such investigations, and instilling terror in witnesses.
A previous US Air Force report corroborates this, stating that the branch and the Blue Book Project were aware of these black guys and had recorded multiple occasions in which they intimidated UFO witnesses and seized photographic evidence.
What our fans have to say:
“I’ve seen the guys in black and they absolutely exist, but not in the context of UFOs. You will encounter these folks if you are one of the unlucky ones working on a SAP. I’m not sure why they dress in all black and have such a commanding presence, but they do… they don’t only deal with UFOs, they deal with black projects in general. It all sounds a little over-the-top and somewhat comical to me, but these men are dead serious, and I’m quite sure they have carte blanche to do whatever they want.”
“They’re also in Canada… their attitudes are out of this planet… simply ignore them like a nightmare… did I or didn’t…(?)”
Take a look at the video below and let us know what you think.
A Fleet Of UFOs Flew Low Over A Highway In Illinois
A Fleet Of UFOs Flew Low Over A Highway In Illinois
A mysterious group of several glowing spheres silently and slowly flew along a busy road in Illinois near Lake Michigan before the glow of the balls began to fade and eventually disappeared into the night sky.
This video (see below) was filmed on November 26, 2021 at approximately 6 p.m. According to an eyewitness, the objects moved completely silently and, changing formation, moved towards Lake Michigan.
Initially, a “triangle” of three shining spheres was seen in the sky, and then it broke up and more spheres appeared moving in the dark sky.
Earlier, UFOs were repeatedly spotted in the Lake Michigan area, which is why American ufologists have a theory that the deep cold waters of the lake may hide an alien base.
As for this video, initially skeptics began to say that Elon Musk’s satellites got on the video, and then a version appeared that the shining spheres were actually helicopters with searchlights.
TR-3B
In turn, political scientist Thomas Wawrusko suggested that the video could have captured the flight of the secret US aircraft TR-3B.
The TR-3B is an as yet unconfirmed “black project” by the US Air Force, allegedly created by the advanced weapons laboratory DARPA.
A massive icefish breeding colony, covering almost 100 square miles, has been discovered in Antarctica's Weddell Sea, with about 60 million active nests.
It is the world's largest breeding colony of fish, representing a biomass of more than 135 million pounds, and covers an area roughly the size of Birmingham.
Until now it was not known that such a thing existed.
Each of the nests include about 1,700 eggs, with a number of fish carcasses found within, or near the site - as it is thought to be a feeding ground for seals.
Also known as notothenioids, these fish play an important role in the wider food web, say experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany.
The discovery will play an important role in the conservation of Antarctica and surrounding oceans, the researchers claim, adding that they plan to return to the area later this year to survey more of the ocean floor for signs of nests.
A massive icefish breeding colony, covering almost 100 square miles, has been discovered in Antarctica's Weddell Sea, with about 60 million active nests
Each of the nests include about 1,700 eggs, with a number of fish carcasses found within, or near the site - as it is thought to be a feeding ground for seals
WHAT ARE ICEFISH (NOTOTHENIIDAE)?
Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes, live in the Southern Ocean.
They are a family of ray-finned fish first described in 1861, with the name meaning 'coming from the south'.
They are found around the Antarctic and have elongated bodies.
They typically have two dorsal fins and grow to up to 85 inches.
Researchers from Germany discovered more than 60 million icefish nests in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.
The team used an underwater camera 'sledge' called Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS) in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
The researchers were surveying the Filchner ice shelf, a vast slab that has floated off the land onto the sea, as well as the surrounding seafloor, which included an upwelling of water that was 3.6 F warmer than the surrounding area.
While they were able to examine the change in water temperature, finding the massive fish colony and breeding ground was 'rather unexpected'.
Their bodily fluids contain antifreeze proteins that enable them to survive the very cold temperatures of the Southern Ocean.
As a result, blood is less thick and sticky - increasing supply of oxygen to organs.
Lead author Dr Autun Purser said data revealed this area is a prime feeding ground for seals, with 'a great many spending their time in close proximity to the nests'.
'We know this from historical tracking data and fresh tracking data from our cruise. The nests are exactly where the warmer water is upwelling.
'These facts may be coincidence, and more work is needed, but the recorded seal data show seals do indeed dive to the depths of the fish nests, so may well be dining on these fish.'
'A few dozen nests ha$
ve been observed elsewhere in the Antarctic - but this find is orders of magnitude larger,' added Dr Purser.
The researchers used an underwater camera 'sledge', OFOBS, which is a large, towed device, weighing one ton and towed behind the icebreaker RV Polarstern.
'We tow this at a height of about 5ft to 8ft above the seafloor, recording videos and acoustic bathymetry data,' explained Dr Purser.
Live images were transmitted from 1,755ft to 1,377ft down to monitors aboard the research ship, and the longer the mission lasted, the more excitement grew.
The discovery will play an important role in the conservation of Antarctica and surrounding oceans, the researchers claim, adding that they plan to return to the area later this year to survey more of the ocean floor for signs of nests
The team used an underwater camera 'sledge' called Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS) in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica
'Oasis of life' is discovered beneath Antarctica's Ekström Ice Shelf
Deep beneath the Antarctic ice shelves, the environment is about as harsh as it gets.
Extremely cold, perpetually dark and with food sources almost non-existent, it is not exactly conducive to life, even if Earth is home to some remarkably hardy and resolute creatures that exist in all corners of the world.
But surprisingly scientists have discovered 77 species living there, including evidence that this 'oasis of life' dates back some 6,000 years.
Among them were sabre-shaped moss animals and unusual worms, researchers in Germany found.
Using hot water, the team from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) drilled two holes through nearly 656ft (200 metres) of the Ekström Ice Shelf near Neumayer Station III in the South Eastern Weddell Sea in 2018.
Nest followed nest, the team said. Precise evaluations identified an average one breeding site per 33 square foot - with up to two per 10 square feet.
Mapping suggested it extended across a region roughly equivalent to an island the size of Malta - about 92 square miles.
Dr Purser said: 'The idea such a huge breeding area of icefish in the Weddell Sea was previously undiscovered is totally fascinating.'
The Polarstern icebreaker has been exploring it for four decades. Only individual Neopagetopsis ionah fish or small clusters of nests had ever been detected.
Dr Purser said: 'We did not know to expect any sort of fish nest ecosystem.' That part, he adds, came as a 'total surprise.'
Dr Purser said: 'After the spectacular discovery of the many fish nests, we thought about a strategy on board to find out how large the breeding area was - there was literally no end in sight.
'The nests are three quarters of a metre in diameter - so they are much larger than the structures and creatures, some of which are only centimetres in size, that we normally detect with the OFOBS system.
'So, we were able to increase the height above ground to about three metres and the towing speed to a maximum of three knots, thus multiplying the area investigated.
'We covered an area of [490,000 sq ft] and counted an incredible 16,160 fish nests on the photo and video footage.'
The round fish nests could be clearly identified - about six inches deep and two-and-a-half feet in diameter.
They stood out from the otherwise muddy seabed due to a circular central area of small stones. Several types were distinguished.
Some were 'active' with between 1,500 and 2,500 eggs and guarded in three-quarters of cases by an adult icefish of the species Neopagetopsis ionah.
Others contained only eggs. There were also unused nests, in the vicinity of which either only a fish without eggs could be seen, or a dead fish.
The researchers used OFOBS's longer-range but lower-resolution side scan sonars - which recorded over 100,000 nests - to work out distribution and density.
They were a popular destination for seals in search of food. Transmitters attached to the marine mammals showed 90 per cent of diving activities occurred there.
Nest followed nest, the team said. Precise evaluations identified an average one breeding site per 33 square foot - with up to two per 10 square feet
It's likely to be the most spatially extensive contiguous fish breeding colony discovered worldwide to date.
Bettina Stark-Watzinger, German Federal Research Minister, congratulated the researchers on their discovery, saying it makes an important contribution towards protecting the Antarctic environment.
The researchers have now deployed two camera systems to monitor the icefish nests until a research vessel returns.
The hope is that photographs taken multiple times a day will yield new insights on the workings of this newly discovered ecosystem.
Purser says he has plans to return in April 2022 for surveys of the seafloor in areas of the northeast Weddell Sea.
The findings have been published in the journal Current Biology.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WEDDELL SEALS
Scientific name: Leptonychotes weddellii
Description: Weddell seals are large animals. Both adult males and females are about 3 metres long and weigh around 400–500kg. The head is small relative to body size and the colour is usually dappled grey and black on the back with a mostly white under-belly.
Distribution and abundance:Weddell seals have a circumpolar distribution and are coastal, staying around the fast ice and venturing only 9-12 miles (15–20km) into the Southern Ocean to feed. Weddell seals haul-out onto the fast-ice to rest and moult, and for females to pup.
Weddell seals are incredibly placid sedentary animals. They can be approached without much apparent stress to the animal. When they haul-out they remain close to their access hole on top of the ice. Underwater they remain relatively close to their breeding colonies, usually within 50–100km though occasional migrations of several hundred kilometres do occur, especially by juveniles.
Weddell seals are the most southerly ranging mammal to permanently inhabit the continent. Sightings of the seals have been made in New Zealand and Australia, though they are very rare here.
Threats: The under-ice environment is relatively safe from air breathing predators such as killer whales and leopard seals.
Special adaptations: Because Weddell seals breath air and live under the fast-ice, they must breath through cracks and holes in the ice cover. There are many cracks in the ice during the warmer summer months.
During winter these openings freeze over and Weddell seals use their canine and incisor teeth to rasp open the new ice and so maintain holes through which to breathe.
Conservation status:least concern
Breeding: Weddell seals haul-out onto the stable fast-ice to rest and moult, and for females to pup, returning to the same area each year. Females of 6 years and over give birth in October to 1 pup per year. Pups weigh 25–30kg at birth and mothers care for them for 6 weeks by which time they have grown to 110–140kg. Pups learn to swim and haul-out of the water from 1 week old.
During the breeding season males defend underwater territories from other males for access to breathing holes and females. Both male and female seals vocalise, males may do so to maintain established territories. The only observation of mating (Cline et al, 1971) reported that it took place under water for 5 minutes or more. The male maintained rhythmic body undulations at a rate of 160 per minute.
Diet and feeding:Weddell seals are carnivores. Their food varies with time and location but mid-water (pelagic) and bottom dwelling (benthic) fish, squid, octopus and prawns are common. One seal was repeatedly observed to capture a fish weighing more than 40kg. Weddell seals are very capable divers, remaining under water for up to 45 minutes and reaching depths as great as 720m in search of prey. Lengthy shallow dives are probably exploration dives for new ice holes and food sources.
Grootste groep broedende vissen ooit ontdekt onder pakijs Antarctica: 60 miljoen actieve nesten
Vijfhonderd meter onder het pakijs van Antarctica hebben wetenschappers de grootste groep broedende vissen ooit gevonden. Het zou gaan om naar schatting 60 miljoen actieve nesten van een soort ijsvis, goed voor een oppervlakte van zeker 240 vierkante kilometer of iets meer dan de oppervlakte van de stad Antwerpen. Er wordt gesproken over “een ongelofelijke ontdekking”.
De kolonie werd ontdekt in de Weddellzee, een deel van de Zuidelijke Oceaan dat voor het grootste deel uit ijs bestaat en tussen Antarctica en het Zuid-Amerikaanse continent in ligt.
Veel vissen maken nesten en soms verzamelen ze met honderden tegelijk om die te bouwen. In het geval van de ijsvissen werd in het verleden hooguit een handvol nesten samen ontdekt. Tot diepzeebioloog Autun Purser van de Alfred Wegener Institute in het Duitse Bremerhaven en zijn collega's begin vorig jaar op de gigantische kolonie botsten, terwijl ze met een onderzoek bezig waren op de Weddellzee.
Bodem van de zee
De onderzoekers waren de chemische verbanden aan het bestuderen tussen de oppervlaktewaters en de bodem van de zee. Daarvoor werd het leven op de zeebodem in kaart gebracht. Dat gebeurde met een toestel dat achter een ijsbreker aangesleept werd en videobeelden maakte.
Eén van de medewerkers merkte plots dat er overal cirkelvormige nesten van ijsvissen (Neopagetopsis ionah) te zien waren. Die ijsvissen komen alleen in dergelijke wateren voor en zijn aangepast aan de extreme koude daar, onder meer door een soort van antivries in hun bloed. “Toen we een halfuur later nog altijd het ene nest na het andere zagen verschijnen en dat voor de rest van onze vier uur durende tocht ook zo bleek te zijn, wist ik dat we iets ongewoons op het spoor waren”, vertelt Purser aan ‘ScienceNews’.
Drie expedities
De wetenschappers maakten nog drie expedities in de buurt en bleven nest na nest vinden, kilometer na kilometer. Waarom de vissen daar zo massaal verzamelen, is niet duidelijk. Er zou wel veel plankton aanwezig zijn, microscopisch kleine diertjes die de perfecte voeding vormen voor pas uitgekomen vissen. In de buurt was ook een zone met warmer water, wat de vissen kan helpen bij het lokaliseren van de broedgrond.
Zelf zouden de ijsvissen dan weer als voedsel dienen voor zeehonden. Daarvan is geweten dat ze heel wat tijd spenderen in de wateren boven de kolonie, volgens de wetenschappers in ‘Current Biology’.
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Mimas, the closest of Saturn's 'large' moons, has a diameter of 246 miles, and is the smallest astronomical body known to still be round in shape due to self-gravitation.
There are no hints of any liquid water, when looking at the moon in images and from observations, according to experts, but simulations by the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, suggest there is one, deep underneath the blanket of ice.
Measurements taken by the NASA Cassini spacecraft in 2014 hinted there might be some water under the surface, but this hasn't been corroborated until now.
In the new study, the team explored the size and formation predictions for the small moon, to determine that its internal heat would be enough to allow for flowing water.
Saturn's moon Mimas is covered in 20 mile thick ice, but astronomers now believe there is an 'stealth ocean' buried deep beneath its thick frozen cover
THE BASICS: MIMAS
Mimas was discovered in 1789 by English astronomer William Herschel, using his 40-foot reflector telescope.
The Cassini spacecraft made several close approaches and provided detailed images of Mimas.
Less than 123 miles in mean radius, crater-covered Mimas is the smallest and innermost of Saturn's moons.
It isn't big enough to hold a round shape, so it is somewhat ovoid with dimensions of 129 x 122 x 119 miles.
Its low density suggests it consists almost entirely of water ice, which is the only substance ever detected.
SOURCE: NASA
Also known as Saturn I, due to it being the closest to the ringed world, Mimas has a total surface area slightly less than the land area of Spain.
That surface bears none of the fracturing, or evidence of melting that astronomers and planetary scientists would expect to see from a world with a hidden ocean.
'When we look at a body like Mimas, it is a little, cold, dead rock,' Alyssa Rhoden, lead author of this new study told New Scientist.
'If you put Mimas in a gallery with a bunch of other icy moons, you would never look at it and say "oh, that one has an ocean".'
As well as it baring no signs of having an ocean, none of the accepted theoretical models of moon formation suggest it should have an ocean.
However, observations from 2014, taken by Cassini, show the moon wobbling as it spins, suggesting something strange going on under the ice.
At the time researchers suggesting there was water under the icy shell, and so, since then astronomers have been attempting to see whether that is the case, and how it is possible.
Rhoden told New Scientist that researchers set out to prove that Mimas can't have an ocean — because it seemed so unlikely.
The problem is, the scientist explained, that they did find evidence of an ocean, and findings backed up earlier observations from Cassini.
They performed simulations of how the interior is stretched and heated by Saturn's gravity, and what that would do the an icy outer shell.
The heating was enough to support a global ocean of liquid water, as much as 18 miles below a thick crust of ice, deep enough not to crack the surface.
Cassini measurements of Mimas' physical properties are either explained through a non-hydrostatic core, or a global liquid ocean as much as 20 miles below the ice.
A combination of tidal heating, caused by the pull of Saturn, played a bearing on the inner-world ocean developing, as well as its eccentricity and libration.
There are no hints of any liquid water, when looking at the moon in images and from observations, according to experts, but simulations by the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, suggest there is one, deep underneath the blanket of ice
Measurements taken by the NASA Cassini spacecraft in 2015 hinted there might be some water under the surface, but this hasn't been confirmed until now
'An ocean within Mimas would be surprising, given the lack of comparable geologic activity to that observed on other ocean-bearing moons like Europa and Enceladus, and thus has important implications for the prevalence and identification of ocean worlds,' the researchers wrote in a paper published in the journal Icarus.
'We find that, using the most reasonable assumptions, Mimas would have the suggested ocean and ice shell thicknesses today.'
This would put it under the category of 'stealth world's' — that is icy moons with an unexpected ocean buried beneath its surface.
'There are a lot of icy satellites in our solar system, and if Mimas could be an ocean world, any of them could be ocean worlds,' Rhoden said.
'The more we understand the pathways by which we can form an ocean, the more we're going to learn about the habitats that are available in our solar system.'
WHAT DID CASSINI DISCOVER DURING ITS 20-YEAR MISSION TO SATURN?
Cassini launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1997, then spent seven years in transit followed by 13 years orbiting Saturn.
An artist's impression of the Cassini spacecraft studying Saturn
In 2000 it spent six months studying Jupiter before reaching Saturn in 2004.
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In 2008, Cassini completed its primary mission to explore the Saturn system and began its mission extension (the Cassini Equinox Mission).
In 2010 it began its second mission (Cassini Solstice Mission) which lasted until it exploded in Saturn's atmosphere.
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In July of that year Cassini captured a black-lit Saturn to examine the rings in fine detail and also captured an image of Earth.
In April of this year it completed its closest flyby of Titan and started its Grande Finale orbit which finished on September 15.
'The mission has changed the way we think of where life may have developed beyond our Earth,' said Andrew Coates, head of the Planetary Science Group at Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London.
'As well as Mars, outer planet moons like Enceladus, Europa and even Titan are now top contenders for life elsewhere,' he added. 'We've completely rewritten the textbooks about Saturn.'
According to a new study, Saturn’s moon Mimas may have an ocean buried under several miles of ice.
Mimas was discovered in 1789 by English astronomer Sir William Herschel. The moon is covered with craters, some of which measure 25 miles in diameter (40 kilometers). The massive Herschel crater, however, measures a whopping 88 miles across (142 kilometers) and spreads out almost a third of the moon’s diameter.
Mimas is the closest major moon that orbits Saturn at a distance of just 115,280 miles (185,525 kilometres). It completes a full orbit around the planet in just 22 hours and 37 minutes. It is believed that the moon consists of most water ice with a small amount of rock. The surface temperature is about minus 209 degrees Celsius (minus 344 degrees Fahrenheit).
Mimas
While there is no proof of there being an ocean on Mimas, some researchers do think that there is one hidden far beneath the icy surface based on simulations conducted by Colorado’s Southwest Research Institute. They performed the simulations based on measurements taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2014.
The experts claimed that there is enough heat inside of the moon to sustain flowing water. The simulations showed how the inside of the moon could be heated and stretched from the gravity of Saturn. And they found that the heat was enough to support a liquid water ocean measuring as far down as 18 miles (29 kilometers) beneath the icy surface. Since it would be so far down, it wouldn’t be able to crack the surface of the moon.
In an interview with New Scientist, the lead author of the study Alyssa Rhoden explained this in further detail, “When we look at a body like Mimas, it is a little, cold, dead rock.” “If you put Mimas in a gallery with a bunch of other icy moons, you would never look at it and say ‘oh, that one has an ocean’.” But the Cassini data revealed something very interesting about the moon as it was observed wobbling while it spun, which suggested that there could be something odd occurring beneath the thick ice.
In their study, the researchers wrote in part, “An ocean within Mimas would be surprising, given the lack of comparable geologic activity to that observed on other ocean-bearing moons like Europa and Enceladus, and thus has important implications for the prevalence and identification of ocean worlds.” “We find that, using the most reasonable assumptions, Mimas would have the suggested ocean and ice shell thicknesses today.”
If this is correct, it would mean that Mimas is a “stealth world”, meaning that it is an icy moon with an unexpected ocean deep beneath the surface. “There are a lot of icy satellites in our solar system, and if Mimas could be an ocean world, any of them could be ocean worlds,” Rhoden stated.
DE AARDE BEVINDT ZICH TOEVALLIG IN HET HART VAN EEN GIGANTISCHE STERREN BARENDE BUBBEL
DE AARDE BEVINDT ZICH TOEVALLIG IN HET HART VAN EEN GIGANTISCHE STERREN BARENDE BUBBEL
Vivian Lammerse
En nu hebben onderzoekers ontraadseld hoe die bel en de jonge sterren die ons omringen, zijn ontstaan.
Ons zonnestelsel bevindt zich in de zogenoemde ‘Lokale bel’; een 1000 lichtjaar wijde ‘bubbel’, die bestaat uit hete, vrijwel lege ruimte. Opvallend genoeg worden we omringd door duizenden jonge sterren, die zich aan het oppervlak van de gigantische bel hebben vastgeklampt. Een prangende vraag is echter hoe zowel de Lokale bel, als de jonge sterren om ons heen, precies zijn ontstaan. Bovendien bevinden wij ons ook nog eens precies in het hart van de Lokale bel. Hoe dat allemaal zit? Een nieuwe studie schept duidelijkheid.
Lokale bel In het onderzoek zijn astronomen in de evolutionaire geschiedenis van onze galactische achtertuin gedoken. De aarde bevindt zich namelijk in het hart van een gigantische sterren barende bubbel. Maar veel weten we hier echter nog niet van af. Terwijl astronomen al tientallen jaren van het bestaan van de jonge sterren afweten, was de geboorte van de Lokale bel en de impact ervan op het gas eromheen, tot voor kort een raadsel. “Dit is echt een oorsprongsverhaal,” zegt onderzoeker Catherine Zucker. “Voor het eerst kunnen we uitleggen hoe alle nabije stervorming begon.”
Supernova-explosies Over het algemeen wordt aangenomen dat onze Lokale bel – maar ook andere holtes; we zijn niet de enige – het gevolg zijn van supernova-explosies. Reusachtige ontploffingen van massarijke sterren zouden, miljoenen jaren geleden, de hen omringende ruimte nog leger hebben gemaakt dan deze al was. De onderzoekers komen in de nieuwe studie tot de ontdekking dat een reeks supernovae die 14 miljoen jaar geleden plaatsvond, interstellair gas naar buiten duwde. En hierdoor ontstond de grote ‘zeepbel’ om ons heen. “We hebben berekend dat er in de loop van miljoenen jaren ongeveer vijftien supernovae zijn geweest die uiteindelijk de Lokale bel vormden zoals we die vandaag zien,” aldus Zucker.
Groeiend De vreemd gevormde bel slaapt echter niet. Hij groeit langzaam en gestaag, zo merken de astronomen op. “Hij dijt met ongeveer 6,5 kilometer per seconde uit,” vertelt Zucker. “Hij heeft echter het grootste deel van zijn kracht verloren en blijft nu qua snelheid vrijwel stabiel.”
Artistieke impressie van de Lokale bel, met stervorming op het oppervlak. Wetenschappers hebben nu laten zien hoe een reeks gebeurtenissen die 14 miljoen jaar geleden plaatsvond leidde tot het ontstaan van de enorme bel, die verantwoordelijk is voor de vorming van alle jonge sterren binnen 500 lichtjaar afstand van de zon en de aarde. Afbeelding: Leah Hustak
Tegenwoordig zitten er zeven bekende stervormingsgebieden of moleculaire wolken – gebieden in de ruimte waar sterren het levenslicht zien – op het oppervlak van de Lokale bel. Sterker nog, alle jonge sterren en stervormingsgebieden – binnen 500 lichtjaar van de aarde – bevinden zich hier. Dit is overigens geen toeval. De supernova-explosies die namelijk de Lokale bel vormden, creëren tegelijkertijd een oppervlak dat zich uitstekend leent voor stervorming.
Gatenkaas Om het onderzoek wat simpeler uit te leggen; denk eens aan een grote gatenkaas. De gaten in de kaas zijn ontstaan door supernova-explosies. Vervolgens ontstaan er nieuwe sterren in de kaas rond de gaten die door de stervende sterren zijn achtergelaten.
Opvallend genoeg bevindt de aarde zich precies in het hart van de Lokale bel. Overigens moeten we daar niet meer achter zoeken dan simpelweg toeval. “Toen de eerste sterren explodeerden in supernovae, was onze zon nog ver weg van alle actie,” vertelt onderzoeker João Alves. “Ongeveer vijf miljoen jaar geleden kruiste het pad van de zon de bel. En nu zit onze zon – gewoon toevallig – bijna precies in het hart van de Lokale bel.”
Omdat we weten dat superbellen zoals de Lokale bel geen zeldzaamheid zijn, zijn de onderzoekers van plan meer interstellaire bubbels in kaart te brengen. Op die manier willen ze een volledig beeld krijgen van hun locaties en alle vormen en maten waarin ze voorkomen. Door dergelijke superbellen en hun relatie tot elkaar te bestuderen, hopen astronomen uiteindelijk te begrijpen welke rol stervende sterren spelen bij het ‘baren’ van nieuwe sterren. Ook willen onderzoekers zo een beter beeld krijgen van de structuur en evolutie van sterrenstelsels zoals onze eigen Melkweg.
Written by Jennifer Trosper, Project Manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars Perseverance Sol 320 - WATSON Image: NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard SHERLOC WATSON imager. The camera is located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm. The image was acquired on Jan. 13, 2022 (Sol 320).
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission team has been working methodically and thoroughly, making good progress on understanding the best path forward to remove the uninvited pebbles from Perseverance’s bit carousel. Over the previous weekend, and earlier this week, operational sequences were developed and tested to remove these rocky interlopers.
With terrestrial experimentation complete, we have begun executing our mitigation strategy on Mars. On Jan. 12 we did a detailed image survey of the ground below Perseverance. This was done so we would have a good idea what rocks and pebbles already exist down there before some more – from our bit carousel – join them in the not-so-distant future.
With this below-chassis, preliminary imaging, in hand, the team embarked on a maneuver with our robotic arm I never imagined we would perform – ever. Simply put, we are returning the remaining contents of Sample Tube 261 (our latest cored-rock sample) back to its planet of origin. Although this scenario was never designed or planned for prior to launch, it turns out dumping a core from an open tube is a fairly straightforward process (at least during Earth testing). We sent commands up yesterday, and later on today the rover’s robotic arm will simply point the open end of the sample tube toward the surface of Mars and let gravity do the rest.
I imagine your next question is, “Why are you dumping out the contents of the sample tube?” The answer is that, at present, we are not certain how much cored rock continues to reside in Tube 261. And while this rock will never make my holiday card list, the science team really seems to like it. So if our plans go well with our pebble mitigation (see below), we may very well attempt to core “Issole” (the rock from which this sample was taken) again.
Which brings me to next steps in our pebble mitigation strategy: we’re sending up commands to the rover later today, ordering it to do two rotation tests of the bit carousel. These tests (the first, a small rotation; the second, larger) will execute this weekend. Our expectations are that these rotations – and any subsequent pebble movement – will help guide our team, providing them the necessary information on how to proceed. Still, to be thorough, we are also commanding the rover to take a second set of under-chassis images, just in case one or more pebbles happen to pop free.
We expect the data and imagery from these two rotation tests to be sent to Earth by next Tuesday, Jan. 18. From there, we’ll analyze and further refine our plans. If I had to ballpark it, I would estimate we’ll be at our current location another week or so – or even more if we decide to re-sample Issole.
So there you have it. The Perseverance team is exploring every facet of the issue to ensure that we not only get rid of this rocky debris but also prevent a similar reoccurrence during future sampling. Essentially, we are leaving no rock unturned in the pursuit of these four pebbles.
The levitating rover concept is a wild new idea to explore airless worlds.
An illustration of a hovering-rover concept. (Image credit: MIT)
Air is invisible but mighty: birds harness it to fly, planes on Earth and distant machines like NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars work with it to soar above the surface. Now, researchers are working on a new craft that could lift off the ground with no air at all.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) want to engineer a new kind of hovering spacecraft that can operate without air. Instead of relying on air like birds and planes, it will levitate using the electric charge available from interplanetary surfaces.
The team is currently working on a test version of the craft: a small, disc-shaped test vehicle about the size of a human palm and weighing about as much as a chicken egg. Interestingly enough, the developing design for this airless hovering spacecraft looks remarkably like a sci-fi inspired "flying saucer."
Celestial bodies like the moon and asteroids do not have atmospheres that could support the flight of more traditional flying craft. (The moon has a very thin, barely-there layer of gases that technically make up an atmosphere called an exosphere.) But engineers are using this lack of a gaseous shroud to their advantage. It turns out that, because of this lack of atmosphere, asteroids and the moon receive direct exposure from the sun and surrounding plasma that allows their surfaces to build up an electric field.
Because of this electric field, dirt particles on these bodies can be charged "much the way static electricity can cause a person’s hair to stand on end," MIT representatives wrote in a Dec. 21 statement.
Asteroid Itokawa. Japan's Hayabusa mission reached this space rock in September 2005. (Image credit: JAXA)
The team at MIT sought to figure out if a small disk-shaped craft that was fitted with miniature thrusters could produce enough repulsive electrostatic force to hover over a charged surface. Their work was supported, in part, by NASA.
Their initial feasibility model was successful once they figured out that amplifying the surface's charge would give their rover enough repelling boost to successfully levitate. The supplemental boost is provided by thrusters that enrich the charge of an atmosphere-less object's surface.
They then created a test vehicle. According to the statement from MIT, the researchers were able to successfully show that the boost from their design concept should be strong enough to levitate a 2-lb (0.9 kilograms) vehicle on either the moon or a large asteroid.
The moon's natural surface charge is strong enough to levitate lunar dust more than 3 feet (1 meter) above the ground, according to the statement. The new design concept would allow bigger rovers to levitate, because the boosters can theoretically generate a large-enough repulsive force between the spacecraft and the ground.
"Engineers at NASA and elsewhere have recently proposed harnessing this natural surface charge to levitate a glider with wings made of Mylar, a material that naturally holds the same charge as surfaces on airless bodies… But such a design would likely be limited to small asteroids, as larger planetary bodies would have a stronger, counteracting gravitational pull," wrote MIT officials.
"The MIT team's levitating rover could potentially get around this size limitation," they added.
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft captured this view of the asteroid Ryugu from approximately 4 miles (6 kilometers) away on July 20, 2018, at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT). (Image credit: JAXA)
With more trials, the team hopes their project could have applications on interplanetary missions. In the statement, MIT officials cited exploratory endeavors like Japan's Hayabusa2 mission, which reached the diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu in 2018 and deployed a small lander and three rovers to study it up-close
"Similarly, we think a future mission could send out small hovering rovers to explore the surface of the moon and other asteroids," Oliver Jia-Richards, the study's lead author and graduate student in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said in the statement.
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Huge black object becomes visible during solar flare
Huge black object becomes visible during solar flare
On 2022-01-11 and 2022-01-12 the Stereo EUVI A304 satellite captured a massive solar flare, then, on 2022-1-14 and 2022-1-15, the SDO AIA 94 satellite captured a huge black object that becomes visible during another solar flare.
UFOs have often been photographed next to the sun, but in this case it is not clear whether the black object is just a speck on the camera lens or an extraterrestrial craft.
UFO ATTEMPTS TO MAKE CONTACT | The Proof is Out There
UFO ATTEMPTS TO MAKE CONTACT | The Proof is Out There
In June 2019, an eyewitness spotted strange orbs watching him at Lake Superior. Watch as experts examine the footage and reveal the truth, in this clip from Season 2, “Apocalyptic Lights & Baby Sharkman.”
SPACEX MARS CITY: LAUNCH SCHEDULE, KEY BUILD DATES, AND HOW TO GET THERE
SPACEX MARS CITY: LAUNCH SCHEDULE, KEY BUILD DATES, AND HOW TO GET THERE
Musk plans to build a self-sustaining city on Mars.
READY TO LIVE on Mars? It could become an option soon, if Elon Musk succeeds in his goals.
The SpaceX CEO has a long-standing vision of establishing a city on the Red Planet. It would be self-sustaining, would be home to 1 million people, and would transform humanity into a multi-planet species. It is perhaps Musk’s most ambitious goal, one that could keep him occupied for the next three decades.
“It's about believing in the future and thinking that the future would be better than the past,” Musk said at the International Astronautical Conference 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. “I can't think of anything more exciting than going out there and being among the stars.”
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Here is what you need to know about Musk’s mission.
WHAT IS THE MARS CITY?
Musk plans to build a full-size city on the surface of Mars. This would be a city open to regular people, not just scientists and researchers.
People interested in moving to Mars could pay for their flight with a loan. Once there, people would be able to pay off the loan by working in anything from iron foundries to pizzerias. Musk declared at a 2016 conference that there would be labor shortages for a long time.
This city would be free to govern itself on its own terms, as indicated by the Starlink internet service terms and conditions released in October 2020. This appears to stand in contradiction to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which states that the launch origin country is responsible for subsequent space activities. David Anderman, who served as SpaceX’s general counsel when the terms were released, suggested to Inversein 2021 that the two documents may be set on a collision course.
Mars: ready for a city?Shutterstock
Musk estimated in 2019 that it would take around one million tons of cargo to build a self-sustaining city on Mars. Assuming it costs $100,000 per ton to send cargo to Mars with the upcoming Starship, that would put a Mars city’s price at around $100 billion. At the high end, Musk estimates it could cost around $10 trillion.
WHY DOES ELON MUSK WANT TO BUILD A CITY ON MARS?
Musk’s stated aim is to transform humanity into a multi-planet species.
Over the years, he has listed reasons as to why humanity would want to expand into the universe. One theme he regularly lists is that a life-ending event on Earth could spell the end of humanity — but humanity could live on if it’s able to set up base on a new planet like Mars.
“Earth is ~4.5B years old, but life is still not multiplanetary and it is extremely uncertain how much time is left to become so,” Musk wrote on Twitter in November 2021. Beyond very worst-case scenario climate change, a surprise meteor strike could also wipe out humanity.
SpaceX concept art of a Starship taking off from Mars.SpaceX
Another reason, as he suggested in September 2018, is because it’s a reason to keep on living:
“There’s so many things that make people sad or depressed about the future, but I think becoming a space-faring civilization is one of those things that makes you excited about the future.”
Musk isn’t the first person to call for humanity to colonize another planet — professor Stephen Hawking said in 2017 that humans would need to expand out within 100 years if they hoped to survive. However, astrophysicist Martin Rees said in response to Hawking and Musk that the idea was a “dangerous delusion [...] dealing with climate change on Earth is a doddle compared to making Mars habitable.”
WHEN DID MUSK FIRST GET THE IDEA FOR A MARS CITY?
It’s hard to say when he first got this idea — Ashlee Vance’s 2015 biography claims that “by the middle of his teenage years” he’d come to see “man’s fate in the universe” as his “personal obligation.” He was inspired by science fiction novels like Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
The book also cites Terency Beney, who went to school with Musk. Beney claims that Musk was already thinking about colonizing other planets in his early years.
In 2001, Musk attended a meeting of the non-profit Mars Society group. During the event, Musk learned about the group’s plans to send mice into space to inspire people. Musk started considering the prospect of sending them to Mars instead, an idea that eventually led to him founding SpaceX.
In 2007, before SpaceX had even launched its first rocket to orbit, Musk told Wired that in 30 years there would be a base on the Moon and Mars.
The idea took on new form in 2016, when he gave a speech at the International Astronautical Congress about his idea to make humanity into a multi-planet species.
HOW WILL ELON MUSK BUILD A CITY ON MARS?
Central to the plan is the Starship. This fully-reusable rocket, currently under development in Texas, will enable SpaceX to send humans and cargo to Mars. The ship will be capable of launching over 100 tons or 100 people into space at a time.
Its use of liquid oxygen and methane as fuel, rather than the rocket propellant used in the Falcon 9, means explorers can fly to Mars, refuel using resources found on the planet, and fly back to Earth. The astronauts could even venture out further into space, building a planet-hopping network of refueling stations along the way.
DOES JEFF BEZOS AGREE WITH ELON MUSK’S MARS CITY IDEA?
Not everybody in the space industry agrees with Musk’s vision. Jeff Bezos, founder of rival firm Blue Origin, prefers to build giant orbiting cities near Earth to expand humanity.
In May 2019, Bezos cited research from physicist Gerard K. O’Neill. He asked a key question: is a planetary surface the best place for humans to expand into the solar system? O’Neill decided the answer was no for three key reasons:
The planetary surfaces aren’t that big. Humans would maybe, at best, double the amount of available land surface.
They’re a long way away. A round trip to Mars would take years — the Earth and Mars align once every 22 months, and the trip itself would take a few months depending on the rocket.
There won’t be any real-time communications with Earth because of the distance. It takes around 20 minutes to send a signal to Mars, much slower than the tens of milliseconds it takes to communicate over the internet.
Instead, Bezos prefers to build O’Neill-style colonies in Earth’s orbit. This, he claims, could support up to one trillion humans.
“Makes no sense. In order to grow the colony, you’d have to transport vast amounts of mass from planets/moons/asteroids. Would be like trying to build the USA in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean!”
WHAT IS THE DESIGN FOR THE MARS CITY?
During Musk’s 2017 International Astronautical Congress presentation, he revealed images of how the city may look:
SpaceX's Mars city design.SpaceX
The city would begin initially with a series of bases, gradually expanding out over time.
SpaceX's concept art for how a Mars city with a Starship may look.SpaceX
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO TAKE A SPACESHIP TO THE MARS CITY?
Musk claimed in 2019 that a return ticket could cost around $500,000 initially, dropping to $100,000 over time. Musk’s goal in 2016 was to reach a ticket price of around the median price of a house in the United States. That would suggest people could sell their house to move to Mars.
Another option, Musk suggested, would be a personal loan. Visitors would pay off the loan by getting a job to help fill the city’s labor shortages. It’s an idea that arguably bears resemblance to 19th-century American company towns, where employees lived in a city owned by their employer. Especially in the early days, Mars may not have many choices for local employment — and you’ll need to pay off that loan for your flight.
Guenter Lang, an economics professor at Kühne Logistics University in Germany, drew this plan into question in a May 2019 interview with Inverse. After all, if you’re rich enough to go, why would you give up that luxury?
WHEN WILL SPACEX BUILD A CITY ON MARS?
In 2017, Musk outlined an “aspirational” plan to send two cargo ships to Mars as early as 2022. It would then send four ships at the next closest approach — two crewed ships and two cargo ships — in 2024.
Mars and Earth are at their closest around once every 26 months. The distance between the two at this time reduces to around 33.9 million miles.
In March 2019, Musk wrote on Twitter that “it’s possible to make a self-sustaining city on Mars by 2050, if we start in 5 years & take 10 orbital synchronizations.” With 26 months between synchronizations, that would mean it would take around 22 years at a minimum to build the city.
Musk has set himself the deadline of a self-sustaining Mars city with 1 million people by 2050. Musk would turn 79 years old that year.
As SpaceX has yet to even host its first orbital flight with the Starship, it seems unlikely that it will send the first cargo ships this year.
WILL ELON MUSK TERRAFORM MARS?
Probably not in his lifetime, but he does have some ideas.
At SpaceX’s headquarters, next to the lobby, the company has two images that show a before and after of a terraformed Mars:
The current surface temperature on Mars is an average of minus 63 degrees Celsius, or minus 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Musk’s idea is to heat up the planet’s poles to release stores of frozen carbon dioxide. This would use a series of continuous, low fallout nuclear fusion explosions to act as artificial suns.
The idea would be to use the carbon dioxide stores to create a more hospitable atmosphere. Humans could then walk around the planet using just a breathing apparatus.
That’s the theory, at least. In practice, Bruce Jakosky and Christopher S. Edwards published a paper in the journal Nature Astronomyback in 2018 that drew that plan into question. It argued there is “not enough CO2 remaining on Mars to provide significant greenhouse warming were the gas to be emplaced into the atmosphere.”
The paper found that vaporizing Mars’ carbon-rich sedimentary rocks would release enough gas for around 12 millibars of atmospheric pressure. By comparison, Earth’s atmosphere is around 1,000 millibars at sea level.
Jakosky and Edwards publicly discussed with Musk as to whether there was enough carbon dioxide lurking beneath the surface. The three seemed to agree, however, that the technology to terraform Mars is some ways away yet.
In January of 1996, a number of people in Varginha, Brazil, claimed to have witnessed a UFO and encountered one or more extraterrestrials. As the story spread, there were reports the Brazilian military had captured two ETs and the news was picked up by the mainstream media, including The Wall Street Journal in the U.S. While the incident and the eyewitness account by three female witnesses inspired a local disc-shaped water reservoir and tourist sites catering to the story, the military and the Brazilian government have never confirmed the UFO nor the aliens. That may change after this week when a man came forward claiming he was a soldier in 1996, participated in the capture of the aliens and was in very close proximity to one of them.
A sign a city loves its ETs and UFOs
UFO researcher and reporter Edison Bonaventura interviewed Saulo José Machado and posted the video (watch it here in Portuguese) on his Enigmas e Mistérios (Riddles and Mysteries) YouTube channel. Portal Vigilia reviewed the video in Portuguese and Google provided the English translation of this interesting account by Machado – who claims he was a low-ranking junior soldier in January 1996 when his life was changed forever by a trip with other soldiers from his base in Belo Horizonte in southeastern Brazil to Varginha for an undisclosed operation. Make that an unusual operation too – the first thing they noticed was that they were carrying rifles with no ammunition in them. While sweeping the area where they were dropped off, he claims two other soldiers came out of the woods carrying a strange being.
“The first thing that caught my attention was the very large head. The head is completely disproportionate to the body. And a very big red eye. And then, in those 10 or so seconds that I had to observe it, I noticed that it was quite oily. Dark, a reddish more iron-colored, but very oily, and a weird smell that reminded me of acetone.” (Google translation)
In the video, Machado holds up his drawing of the creature and claims he was within five feet of it. His description of it sounds similar to the accounts of the three women, who estimated it to be five feet tall with a large head, large red eyes, thin body, V-shaped feet and brown skin. The mother of two of the girls went to the area and smelled a strong ammonia-like odor. There were reports of a second creature being found by soldiers two days later (Machado claims he was there a day or so after January 20th when the women saw it) as well as other accounts of a UFO crashing and being retrieved by soldiers, who ordered people in the area to say nothing. Some people claimed the two ‘aliens’ were taken to a medical clinic before being removed by the military. A detailed account of the numerous reports was made in on the 20th anniversary in 2016 by South of Minas (read it here).
Varginha without aliens and UFOs
Edison Bonaventura seems to consider Saulo José Machado to be a credible military witness to what would, if real, be Brazil’s Roswell incident. The local police response was that the young women saw “a citizen known as Mudinho, who probably has some mental disability and whose physical characteristics matched the description (…) make it likely that the hypothesis that this citizen, probably being dirty, due to the heavy rains and seen crouching by a wall, was mistaken by the three terrified girls as a space creature.” They say the military and emergency vehicles were actually there to be repaired, and the military claimed that the two ‘creatures’ were most likely an expectant local couple who were dwarfs.
A military witness to UFOs and a ‘shadow person’ at a U.S. Air Force nuclear base came forward this week. Are more military witnesses to UFOs and ETs revealing their stories now that the stigma and the consequences are diminishing? Will this encourage the Brazilian authorities to open the files on the Varginha UFO Incident?
Any references to “top secret bases” instantly provokes imagery and thoughts of Nevada’s most famous place: Area 51. Utah has the Dugway Proving Ground. It’s a place that, for years, has been tied to rumors concerning UFOs and dead aliens. The U.K. has Porton Down, a highly protected base that also has UFO links attached to it. But, what about the bases that we’re not sure about? Do they really exist? That’s what today’s theme is all about. Let’s begin with the Dulce Base, an underground facility said to be buried deep below the town of Dulce, New Mexico. Back in the 1970s, Paul Bennewitz – who died in 2003, in Albuquerque, New Mexico – had his own company that stood adjacent to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Its name was Thunder Scientific. On occasion, Bennewitz had seen – late at night and in the early hours of the morning – strange, unidentified objects flying over Kirtland Air Force Base and the nearby, huge Manzano Mountains. They could have been early drone-like craft. But, for Bennewitz they were alien craft. In ingenious fashion – but from the perspective of Bennewitz, in terrible fashion – a plot was initiated to, in essence, give Bennewitz exactly what he wanted to hear.
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At the grave of Paul Bennewitz
So, with that in mind, well-placed government agents, intelligence operatives, and experts in the fields of counterintelligence and disinformation, all fed Bennewitz fictitious tales of dangerous ETs, of thousands of people abducted and mind-controlled in slave-like fashion by the aliens, of terrible experiments undertaken on people held below the Dulce base, and of a looming confrontation between the human race and the deadly creatures from another galaxy. In other words, the Dulce Base probably does not really exist. On the other hand, UFOs, cattle mutilations, and black helicopters have all played “roles” in the story. Even the FBI took note of what was going on at Dulce. Moving on: how about what we might call a “little brother” to Area 51? Time and again, you’ll hear that whistleblower Bob Lazar briefly worked on retrieved UFOs at Area 51. We know Area 51 exists. We’re not sure about S-4 though. As for S-4, according to Lazar it was a massive facility; however, one would not know that if one were to fly over it. In fact, you would scarcely know if you were on the ground, either. Lazar explained that S-4 was actually built within the surrounding mountains, which had been carefully and massively hollowed out. It was within these reinforced, hollow areas that all of the work on the alien craft was undertaken. Nothing could be seen from the sky. Practically nothing could be seen on the ground. And, the whole facility was hidden in the mountains. We still don’t have the proof , though, that S-4 is the real deal.
Area 51 site map, as depicted in declassified CIA documents released via its CREST program
How about a room that’s all blue? Well, that’s not quite correct. But, we are talking of something that is said to be called the Blue Room. So the story goes, it’s an underground building – possibly deep below Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. And what’s said to be stored in the Blue Room? Nothing less than the remains of dead aliens retrieved from crashed UFOs. One person who heard of the Blue Room was the late Senator Barry Goldwater. He had a fascination for the UFO issue, and, throughout his life and career, made more than a few notable comments and observations on the subject. The bulk of them revolved around his attempts to determine the truth about longstanding rumors that something of a UFO nature (and something of deep significance, too) was secretly held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. On March 28, 1975, Goldwater wrote the following, highly thought-provoking, words to a UFO researcher named Shlomo Arnon: “The subject of UFOs is one that has interested me for some long time. About ten or twelve years ago I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.”
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Looks like they had all been partying hard the night before
Could there be a secret base on the far side of the Moon? That’s right: I’m going to tell you the intriguing story of Project Horizon. It fell under the auspices of the U.S. Army, and had its origins in the latter part of the 1950s. The plan was to take the first steps towards constructing an installation on the surface of the Moon by the mid-1960s. The goal was for the base to be armed with nuclear weapons and which could be used to decimate the Soviet Union if the United States was hit by a sneak attack and the infrastructure of the nation was significantly destroyed. After much preliminary discussion, it was in late March 1959 that the ambitious program was finally put into place. Overseeing many of the plans to create the secret base was Lieutenant General Arthur G. Trudeau. At the time, Trudeau was the Army’s Chief of Research and Development. Now-declassified files on Project Horizon demonstrate that Trudeau and his team estimated it would cost approximately $6 Billion to design, build and fully equip a base on the Moon.
In a document titled “Project Horizon: A U.S. Army Study for the Establishment of a Lunar Military Post,” Trudeau wrote the following words: “There is a requirement for a manned military outpost on the Moon. The lunar outpost is required to develop and protect potential United States interests on the Moon; to develop techniques in Moon-based surveillance of the Earth and space, in communications relay, and in operations on the surface of the Moon, for further exploration into space and for military operations on the Moon if required; and to support scientific investigations on the Moon.” Although Project Horizon was scuttled, there are rumors suggesting that, yes, there are bases on the far side of our Moon. I say: show me the hard evidence and then I’ll be satisfied.
On January 7, 1948, 25-year-old Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, died in the crash of his P-51 Mustang fighter plane near Franklin, Kentucky, United States, after being sent in pursuit of an unidentified flying object (UFO). The event was among the most publicized early UFO incidents.
Later investigation by the United States Air Force's Project Blue Book indicated that Mantell may have died chasing a Skyhook balloon, which in 1948 was a top-secret project that he would not have known about.
Mantell pursued the object in a steep climb and disregarded suggestions to level his altitude. At high altitude he blacked out from a lack of oxygen; his plane went into a downward spiral and crashed.
While many will write this mystery off as having been solved, WartimeStories cannot come to that conclusion. he therefore will leave it to you, the listener, to decide for yourself what to believe after hearing the individual eyewitness accounts, those of various military personnel, regarding the strange unidentified flying objects they saw on January 7, 1948, from no less than three military bases in Kentucky and Ohio.
Rather than being out on its own, the Earth is at the centre of a giant, 1,000-light-year-wide bubble, created by at least 15 supernova explosions, a new study has found.
There are thousands of young stars at the edge of this bubble, according to astrophysicists from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.
Working with experts from Harvard and Smithsonian, the team reconstructed the evolutionary history of the galactic neighbourhood over 14 million years.
In the 1970s astronomers discovered Earth was in a cosmic void, after realising no stars had formed in 14 million years, with all stars inside this 'bubble' emerging either before it formed, or passing through on their orbit of the galactic centre.
The new study found that multiple supernova explosions 14 million years ago blasted materials needed for star formation to the edge of a huge area of space, creating a 'superbubble' that is surrounded by a frenzy of star bursts, but with none inside.
The team likened the discovery to a Milky Way that resembles a 'hole-y Swiss cheese', where the holes in the cheese are blasted out by supernova, allowing new starts to form in the cheese, around the holes.
'This is really an origin story; for the first time we can explain how all nearby star formation began,' said astronomer and co-author Catherine Zucker.
Earth is at the centre of 'Swiss cheese' bubble, study find
The new study found that multiple supernova explosions 14 million years ago blasted materials needed for star formation to the edge of a huge area of space, creating a 'superbubble' that is surrounded by a frenzy of star bursts, but with none inside
Artist's illustration of the Local Bubble with star formation occurring on the bubble's surface. Scientists have now shown how a chain of events beginning 14 million years ago with a set of powerful supernovae led to the creation of the vast bubble, responsible for the formation of all young stars within 500 light years of the sun and Earth
WHAT WERE THE STUDY'S KEY FINDINGS?
Astronomers have known for decades that the sun lies inside the Local Bubble.
This is a cavity of low-density, high-temperature plasma surrounded by a shell of cold, neutral gas and dust.
The new study discovered the precise shape and extent of the shell, when it formed and its relationship to nearby star formation.
They found that nearly all of the star-forming complexes in the solar vicinity lie on the surface of the Local Bubble and that their young stars show outward expansion mainly perpendicular to the bubble's surface.
Tracebacks of these young stars' motions support a picture in which the origin of the Local Bubble was a burst of stellar birth and then death near the bubble’s centre approximately 14 million years ago.
The expansion of the Local Bubble created by the supernovae swept up the interstellar medium into an extended shell that has now fragmented and collapsed into the most prominent nearby molecular clouds.
At the centre of this new study is a 3D spacetime animation, using data from the Gaia observatory.
The animation revealed all young stars and star forming regions within 500 light years of Earth in all directions.
'We've calculated that about 15 supernovae have gone off over millions of years to form the Local Bubble that we see today,' says Zucker who is now NASA Hubble Fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute.
The oddly-shaped bubble is not dormant and continues to slowly grow, the astronomers discovered, saying it is 'coasting along at about four miles per second.'
'It has lost most of its oomph though and has pretty much plateaued in terms of speed,' added Zucker.
The expansion speed, as well as past and present trajectories of young stars forming on the surface, were gathered using the Gaia observatory.
'This is an incredible detective story, driven by both data and theory,' says Harvard professor and Center for Astrophysics astronomer Alyssa Goodman.
Goodman is a study co-author and founder of glue, data visualization software that enabled the discovery.
'We can piece together the history of star formation around us using a wide variety of independent clues.
These include 'supernova models, stellar motions and exquisite new 3D maps of the material surrounding the Local Bubble.'
Using a trove of new data and data science techniques, the spacetime animation shows how a series of supernovae that first went off 14 million years ago, pushed interstellar gas outwards, creating a bubble-like structure with a surface that's ripe for star formation.
'When the first supernovae that created the Local Bubble went off, our Sun was far away from the action' says co-author João Alves, a professor at the University of Vienna.
'But about five million years ago, the Sun's path through the galaxy took it right into the bubble, and now the sun sits — just by luck — almost right in the bubble's centre.'
Today, as humans peer out into space from near the sun, they have a front row seat to the process of star formation occurring all around on the bubble's surface, the team explained.
Astronomers first theorised that superbubbles were pervasive in the Milky Way nearly 50 years ago, after spotting a void, where no new stars were being formed.
Using a trove of new data and data science techniques, the spacetime animation shows how a series of supernovae that first went off 14 million years ago, pushed interstellar gas outwards, creating a bubble-like structure with a surface that's ripe for star formation
Charting out bubbles, and their relationship to each other, will ultimately allow astronomers to understand the role played by dying stars in giving birth to new ones, and in the structure and evolution of galaxies like the Milky Way
'Now, we have proof — and what are the chances that we are right smack in the middle of one of these things?' asks Goodman. Statistically, it is very unlikely that the Sun would be centred in a giant bubble if such bubbles were rare in our Milky Way Galaxy, she explained, suggesting they are common.
Next, the team, including co-author and Harvard doctoral student Michael Foley, plans to map out more interstellar bubbles to get a full 3D view of their locations, shapes and sizes.
Charting out bubbles, and their relationship to each other, will ultimately allow astronomers to understand the role played by dying stars in giving birth to new ones, and in the structure and evolution of galaxies like the Milky Way.
Zucker wonders, 'Where do these bubbles touch? How do they interact with each other? How do superbubbles drive the birth of stars like our sun in the Milky Way?'
The findings have been published in the journal Nature.
WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY'S GAIA PROBE AND WHAT IS DESIGNED TO DO?
Gaia is an ambitious mission to chart a three-dimensional map of our galaxy, the Milky Way, and in the process reveal its composition, formation and evolution.
Gaia has been circling the sun nearly a million miles beyond Earth's orbit since its launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in December 2013.
On its journey, the probe has been discreetly snapping pictures of the Milky Way, identifying stars from smaller galaxies long ago swallowed up by our own.
Tens of thousands of previously undetected objects are expected to be discovered by Gaia, including asteroids that may one day threaten Earth, planets circling nearby stars, and exploding supernovas.
Artist's impression of Gaia mapping the stars of the Milky Way. Gaia maps the position of the Milky Way's stars in a couple of ways. It pinpoints the location of the stars but the probe can also plot their movement, by scanning each star about 70 times
Astrophysicists also hope to learn more about the distribution of dark matter, the invisible substance thought to hold the observable universe together.
They also plan to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity by watching how light is deflected by the sun and its planets.
The satellite's billion-pixel camera, the largest ever in space, is so powerful it would be able to gauge the diameter of a human hair at a distance of 621 miles (1,000 km).
This means nearby stars have been located with unprecedented accuracy.
Gaia maps the position of the Milky Way's stars in a couple of ways.
Gaia’s all-sky view of our Milky Way Galaxy and neighbouring galaxies, based on measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars. The map shows the total brightness and colour of stars observed by the ESA satellite in each portion of the sky between July 2014 and May 2016. Brighter regions indicate denser concentrations of especially bright stars, while darker regions correspond to patches of the sky where fewer bright stars are observed. The colour representation is obtained by combining the total amount of light with the amount of blue and red light recorded by Gaia in each patch of the sky.
It pinpoints the location of the stars but the probe can also plot their movement, by scanning each star about 70 times.
This is what allows scientists to calculate the distance between Earth and each star, which is a crucial measure.
In September 2016, ESA released the first batch of data collected by Gaia, which included information on the brightness and position of over a billion stars.
In April 2018, this was expanded to high-precision measurements of almost 1.7 billion stars.
Earth Is Surrounded by a 1000 Light Year Wide Bubble Carved Out by Supernovas
Earth Is Surrounded by a 1000 Light Year Wide Bubble Carved Out by Supernovas
The cosmic void is surrounded by multiple star-forming regions created by the explosions. Earth is slap bang in the middle of a 1,000 light-year-wide bubble with a dense surface birthing thousands of baby stars.
Researchers have long wondered what created this "superbubble." Now, a new study suggests that at least 15 powerful star explosions inflated this cosmic bubble.
Astronomers in the 1970s first discovered the gigantic void, known as the Local Bubble, after realizing that no stars had formed inside the blob for around 14 million years. The only stars inside the bubble either existed before the bubble emerged or formed outside the void and are now passing through; the sun is one such trespasser.
This setup had suggested that several supernovas were responsible for this void. Those stellar explosions, the researchers said, would have blasted the materials needed to make new stars, such as hydrogen gas, to the edge of a huge area in space, leaving behind the Local Bubble that's surrounded by a frenzy of star births.
In a new study, published online Jan. 12 in the journal Nature, researchers accurately mapped the star-forming regions surrounding the Local Bubble and, in doing so, calculated how fast the superbubble is expanding.
This allowed the team to work out exactly how many supernovas were needed to carve out the gigantic cosmic void and better understand how star-forming regions are created across the Milky Way.
Do aliens exist? Interview with Harvard Professor Avi Loeb
Do aliens exist? Interview with Harvard Professor Avi Loeb
Are we really alone in the universe? This question is not only on the minds of science fiction authors, but also of scientists. Avi Loeb, Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, presented his theory of extraterrestrial intelligence at the Ada Lovelace Festival 2021 in conversation with ada co-founder Miriam Meckel.
NASA’s Webb Telescope Reaches Major Milestone as Mirror Unfolds
NASA’s Webb Telescope Reaches Major Milestone as Mirror Unfolds
This artist’s conception of the James Webb Space Telescope in space shows all its major elements fully deployed. The telescope was folded to fit into its launch vehicle, and then was slowly unfolded over the course of two weeks after launch. Credits: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations.
A joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency, the Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history – from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
“Today, NASA achieved another engineering milestone decades in the making. While the journey is not complete, I join the Webb team in breathing a little easier and imagining the future breakthroughs bound to inspire the world,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “The James Webb Space Telescope is an unprecedented mission that is on the precipice of seeing the light from the first galaxies and discovering the mysteries of our universe. Each feat already achieved and future accomplishment is a testament to the thousands of innovators who poured their life’s passion into this mission.”
The two wings of Webb’s primary mirror had been folded to fit inside the nose cone of an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket prior to launch. After more than a week of other critical spacecraft deployments, the Webb team began remotely unfolding the hexagonal segments of the primary mirror, the largest ever launched into space. This was a multi-day process, with the first side deployed Jan. 7 and the second Jan. 8.
Mission Operations Center ground control at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore began deploying the second side panel of the mirror at 8:53 a.m. EST. Once it extended and latched into position at 1:17 p.m. EST, the team declared all major deployments successfully completed.
The world’s largest and most complex space science telescope will now begin moving its 18 primary mirror segments to align the telescope optics. The ground team will command 126 actuators on the backsides of the segments to flex each mirror – an alignment that will take months to complete. Then the team will calibrate the science instruments prior to delivering Webb’s first images this summer.
“I am so proud of the team – spanning continents and decades – that delivered this first-of-its kind achievement,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate in NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Webb’s successful deployment exemplifies the best of what NASA has to offer: the willingness to attempt bold and challenging things in the name of discoveries still unknown.”
Soon, Webb will also undergo a third mid-course correction burn – one of three planned to place the telescope precisely in orbit around the second Lagrange point, commonly known as L2, nearly 1 million miles from Earth. This is Webb’s final orbital position, where its sunshield will protect it from light from the Sun, Earth, and Moon that could interfere with observations of infrared light. Webb is designed to peer back over 13.5 billion years to capture infrared light from celestial objects, with much higher resolution than ever before, and to study our own solar system as well as distant worlds.
“The successful completion of all of the Webb Space Telescope’s deployments is historic,” said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb program director at NASA Headquarters. “This is the first time a NASA-led mission has ever attempted to complete a complex sequence to unfold an observatory in space – a remarkable feat for our team, NASA, and the world.”
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate oversees the mission. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the project for the agency and oversees the Space Telescope Science Institute, Northrop Grumman, and other mission partners. In addition to Goddard, several NASA centers contributed to the project, including Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and others.
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NEW MILITARY TECH LETS ONE PERSON FLY SWARM OF 130 DRONES
NEW MILITARY TECH LETS ONE PERSON FLY SWARM OF 130 DRONES
THE OPERATOR WOULD USE VR AND VOICE COMMANDS TO CONTROL THE SWARM.
RAYTHEON/FUTURISM
Swarm Hive Mind
In a horrifying example of the escalating warfare capabilities, the Pentagon has helped develop technology that allows a single person to control 130 drones for military operations.
Behind the project is defense contractor company Raytheon, which is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The team successfully tested their grim new technology in an indoor and outdoor urban setting, according to a press release from the company.
Dubbed “OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics” (OFFSET), the swarm was made up of 130 physical drones as well as 30 simulated drones, whatever that means. Raytheon claims that the software and hardware used in the swarm allows an operator to command a swarm with “minimal training.”
“Controlling a drone swarm changes the way an operator or group of operators think about the drones,” Shane Clark, the principal investigator of OFFSET at Raytheon. “Takeaways from this exercise help inform us of the inflection points between utility and manageability.”
VR Command Post
The operator controlling the swarm won’t be doing so at a desk with a joystick. Instead, they’ll use a virtual reality interface that allows them to look through each drone individually. This creates an “interactive virtual view of the environment,” the release said.
“You can look behind the building to access a view of drone locations for example and use the virtual reality environment to test and see if your mission is viable,” Clark explained.
The team also created a speech interface that allows operators to give voice commands to the swarm. Clark added that this will allow the operator “to act quickly while maintaining situational awareness.”
So yeah, a swarm of drones flying into warfare is a compelling — if bleak — image on its own. Knowing that a single person is controlling them using VR and voice commands, though, is downright mind-blowing.
It’s hardly surprising that 1997 was the year in which the Roswell “UFO” affair reached its pinnacle. It was, after all, the 50th anniversary of the mysterious event. Just about everyone who was anyone in Ufology was commenting on, or writing about, the case. And, unsurprisingly, mostly from the perspective of promoting and championing the alien angle. That was not the case for exactly everyone, however. In 1997 – three years after the U.S. Air Force championed its 1994 “Mogul Balloon Report” on Roswell was published – the Air Force made a surprising acknowledgement that the reported sightings of strange bodies at Roswell did have a basis in fact. Not only that: so compelled by then was the Air Force to address the bodies issue that it authorized the release of yet another report on Roswell. The last word, lo and behold, was not the last word. The last word was not even anywhere in sight. Entitled The Roswell Report: Case Closed, it did very little – if anything at all – to dampen the notoriety surrounding the case, however. In fact, the question of why the Air Force had concluded there was a pressing need on its part to explain the reports of unusual bodies found in New Mexico (when it could quite easily have summarily dismissed them as hoaxes or modern-day folklore), only heightened the interest in what did or did not occur in early July 1947.
The Air Force report focused practically all of its 231 pages on the alleged recovery of the strange bodies and asserted that: “‘Aliens’ observed in the New Mexico desert were probably anthropomorphic test dummies that were carried aloft by U.S. Air Force high altitude balloons for scientific research. The ‘unusual’ military activities in the New Mexico desert were high altitude research balloon launch and recovery operations. The reports of military units that always seemed to arrive shortly after the crash of a flying saucer to retrieve the saucer and ‘crew,’ were actually accurate descriptions of Air Force personnel engaged in anthropomorphic dummy recovery operations.”
(Nick Redfern)
Aliens, human guinea-pigs, or dummies?
There is no doubt (it is, actually, a matter of historical record) that the Air Force conducted a wide array of tests using crash test dummies in New Mexico and that at least some of these tests did occur in the vicinity of both the White Sands Proving Ground and the town of Roswell. But were those same tests responsible – either in part or in whole – for the stories concerning highly unusual-looking bodies recovered by the military during the summer of 1947? At the time of its release, the conclusions of the Air Force’s latest (final…?) report provoked a furor of controversy. While there is absolutely no doubt that tests utilizing anthropomorphic dummies were widespread in New Mexico, the Air Force’s report largely and very carefully glosses over the fact that these particular tests did not even commence until the early 1950s.
(Nick Redfern)
Driving by the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
This was an issue not lost on the mainstream media during the Air Force’s press conference at the Pentagon, which accompanied the release of the report in July 1997. A reporter asked, “How do you square the UFO enthusiasts saying that they’re talking about 1947, and you’re talking about dummies used in the 50’s, almost a decade later?”” Air Force spokesman, Colonel John Haynes replied, slightly and noticeably awkwardly: “Well, I’m afraid that’s a problem that we have with time compression. I don’t know what they saw in ‘47, but I’m quite sure it probably was Project Mogul. But I think if you find that people talk about things over a period of time, they begin to lose exactly when the date was.”
It should be said that the Air Force still stands by its Mogul balloon and crash-test dummy scenario. And, it’s unlikely that those two scenarios will go away. Unlike so many people in Ufology, however, I don’t think that the Air Force of today knows what happened way back in 1947. And that also goes for the Air Force of 1997, when the 50th anniversary of the near-legendary affair came around. My tentative view is that someone knows what happened back in 1947 on the Foster Ranch, and someone knows where the old files are still kept. Or, rather a select group knows the truth. But, the numbers of people who are “in the know” are small. Indeed, small enough to make sure that the truth doesn’t leak out. And, finally, both Ufologists and the Air Force have one thing in common: they have both been denied the real story of Roswell.
NASA Reveals New Photos of Asteroid Nereus During its Close Flyby
NASA Reveals New Photos of Asteroid Nereus During its Close Flyby
Known as the $5 Billion Asteroid because it is believed to contain nickel, iron, and cobalt, Nereus made its closest approach to Earth around a month ago on December 11, 2021. During that time, NASA captured some very interesting and detailed images of the asteroid.
Named 4660 Nereus after a sea god from Greek mythology, the asteroid was discovered back in 1982 by Eleanor “Glo” Helin. It is referred to as a Near Earth Asteroid and a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid. It measures 0.33 kilometers in diameter (330 meters or 1,083 feet) and orbits the sun every 661 days. During different times of its orbit, it can be located as close as 0.95 AU to the sun or as far away as 2.02 AU (one AU is the distance that Earth is to the sun).
(Not Nereus)
Nereus belongs to a family of E-type asteroids which are quite bright as they can reflect up to 50% of the sunlight that reaches its surface. To understand this better, S-type asteroids reflect approximately 15% of sunlight, while C-type asteroids only reflect a few percent of the light. It is believed that E-type asteroids could possibly be the source of the exceptionally rare Aubrite meteorites.
When it passed by Earth last month, Nereus was at a distance of just 3,934,298 kilometers from our planet (a little more than 2.4 million miles). The next close approach will occur on March 2, 2031 when Nereus will be at a distance of 17,212,772 kilometers from us (almost 10.7 million miles). Of the next thirteen predicted closest approaches, the nearest it will be to our planet will occur on February 14, 2060 when it will travel within just 1,198,023 kilometers from us (just over 744,000 miles). To put this into better perspective, the moon is located about 384,400 kilometers from us (almost 239,000 miles), so Nereus will be approximately three times further than the moon is to Earth. This means that those wishing to catch a glimpse of the asteroid should be able to do so with a small telescope or powerful binoculars.
Images of Nereus from the Goldstone radar on November 30, 2021.
(Via Wikipedia)
On December 10th – just one day before its closest approach to our planet – NASA’s radar observations captured several phenomenal images of Nereus. Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory were able to get the most detailed radar images ever of the asteroid thanks to the 70-meter radio antenna at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex close to Barstow, California.
The images were so incredibly detailed that they showed features on its surface, like possible boulders and craters, as well as ridges. This most recent observation of Nereus will provide scientists with even more valuable information regarding its rotation, shape, and its orbital travels.
In what he is calling an “exclusive with The Sun newspaper,” The Liberation Timeswriter Christopher Sharp released an interview with a former US Air Force nuclear weapons technician who claims he saw an “orb” during a nuclear weapon transport and a 6-foot-tall “shadow person” inside a secure area of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri between 2003 and 2007. Is this yet another extraterrestrial encounter at a US nuclear base? Why did he wait so long to come forward?
“Nothing was ever reported. Because if you did, you might be considered mentally unstable and have your clearance and PRP status (personal reliability program) revoked.”
Adrian Reister answered that question right away – he didn’t want to lose his job as a nuclear weapons technician at Whiteman Air Force Base, an ICBM missile base supporting LGM-30 Minuteman weapons systems and B-2 Stealth bombers and their weapons. Reister tells Sharp his first strange experience occurred in 2005 while he was supporting the transport of a nuclear weapon on the base.
A B-2A Spirit from the 509th Bomb Wing flying over Whiteman AFB.
(Public domain)
“Naturally during this time I am being hyper-vigilant, and I notice a light or orb hovering along the top of the tree line, I’d thought it was just a star at the time but as I continued surveilling the area, the light/orb shot above the treetops and hung there for some time, maybe it was a satellite I thought. As the transport team arrived and secured the weapon within the facility, the orb bounced a little in the sky then shot to the left (north) then shot 90 degrees straight up and disappeared.”
This sounds similar to other UFO encounters reported by personnel at other US nuclear facilities. Reister had at least one more encounter with an orb, which he described as the “same single glowing orb, yellowish-white tint to it.” However, he doesn’t say what may have been going on at the base to prompt this visit. In neither case does he say if anyone else saw the orb.
“The sound went away as I looked up and scanned the room. Not seeing anything I just shrugged my shoulders and went back to work. Within a few more minutes I heard barefoot walking again, away from the support area, and this time I got up to look around.”
Reister says his ‘shadow person’ encounter occurred in 2006 on the third shift while a training crew was locked in a separate bay performing work on a trainer bomb. It’s obviously strange to hear bare feet in an area where everyone wears boots.
“I saw what I can’t really describe as other than a black mass in the shape of a person standing at 6ft, not really a shadow but something that was slightly blurry and didn’t reflect any light… it quickly turned the corner into the admin area of the shop, and I chased after it like a madman.”
That was the last Reister says he saw of the ‘shadow person’ in a highly secure area where no alarms were tripped and no seals were broken. In addition, it doesn’t appear anyone else saw the ‘shadow person’ – if they did, they kept it quiet like Reister. So, why has he come forward now to Sharp and The Sun? It appears he’s frustrated with what he sees as a lack of support from the government, military leaders and the general public for military personnel at nuclear bases who he implies are having similar encounters to his … and risking their lives in the process.
What was the ‘shadow’ person he saw?
Reister’s interview and revelations may convince others to come forward with their stories, but Sharp and The Sun got no answers to questions sent to Whiteman Air Force Base, which Sharp notes is the home of the 509th Operations Group which recovered the alleged crashed UFO at Roswell in 1947.
Will any other witnesses come forward to support Adrian Reister’s claims? If they do, what was the ‘shadow person’ seen in a highly secure area? Will the Pentagon investigate past cases like this one as part of its new commitment to investigate current military encounters with UFOs? Will Adrian Reister start making the rounds as another military UFO witness … or will he disappear?
The first ever pangolin in Europe dating back to the Pleistocene Epoch has been discovered. It is the youngest that has ever been found in addition to being acompletely new species.
A humerus bone was unearthed at a rich fossil deposit called Grăunceanu which is located in the Olteţ River Valley of Romania. Grăunceanu and additional sites in Olteţ have been the focus of an international team of researchers for about the last decade. The sites were revealed by landslides that occurred back in the 1960s. Some of the fossils found there over the years include a short-necked giraffe, large terrestrial monkey, saber-toothed cats, and rhinoceroses. And of course, this new pangolin species.
Pangolin
Detailed analysis of a humerus bone revealed that it belonged to a new pangolin species that has been named Smutsia olteniensis. It dates back between 2.2 and 1.9 million years ago during the Pleistocene Epoch. It was previously believed that pangolins left Europe around 10 million years ago during the middle part of the Miocene Epoch in order to travel to warmer climates. However, this new discovery has debunked that theory as pangolins were in fact still in Europe for many millions of years.
Claire Terhune, who is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas, noted, “What’s especially exciting is that although some work in the 1930s suggested the presence of pangolins in Europe during the Pleistocene, those fossils had been lost, and other researchers doubted their validity,” adding, “Now we know for sure that pangolins were present in Europe around at least 2 million years ago.”
She went on to describe the bone, “It’s not a fancy fossil.” “It’s just a single bone, but it is a new species of a kind of a weird animal. We’re proud of it because the fossil record for pangolins is extremely sparse. This one happens to be the youngest pangolin ever discovered from Europe and the only pangolin fossil from Pleistocene Europe.” (A picture of the bone can be seen here.)
Pangolin
newly described specimen for the fossil pangolin species Smutsia oltenien
The now-extinct Smutsia olteniensis shared some similarities with modern members of the Smutsia genus that currently live in Africa. Modern pangolins inhabit Africa and Asia. They are described as being scaly anteaters that slightly resemble armadillos that inhabit in the southern part of the United States. Even though they are full of scales, they are not reptiles and are instead categorized as mammals with close relations to carnivores.
UFOs caught on tape over Port Orchard, Washington 2022
UFOs caught on tape over Port Orchard, Washington 2022
These 5 UFO lights were filmed hovering North of Seattle on 12th January 2022.
Witness report:
I am familiar with local flight patterns for planes arriving and departing so when I first saw these lights I immediately was puzzled because they were brighter than your average plane displaying landing lights and their formation wasn’t in the normal path of most other planes arriving from the north. Also, in relation to the silhouetted trees one would have expected the lights to move toward the south if they were indeed planes arriving in from the north. The only movements I witnessed over the 5 minutes that they appeared was them, one by one, drifting off to the west as their lights faded.
A legend among the Hopis states that there was once a great temple city of wisdom built by the Star People, the Kachinas. Many of the Hopi clans visited this city during their respective migrations throughout the Americas and later shared stories of it when all the clans reunited at their final destination on the Hopi Mesas. This mysterious city, known as Palatkwapi, the “Red House,” was where the Star People taught important rituals and secrets of the universe that are still enacted and honored by the clans.
Over the last one hundred years there has been much speculation regarding the location of Palatkwapi. An abundance of ethnographers have located Palatkwapi in the Sedona-Verde Valley region, but there have also been other academics who have placed it much further south. Most everyone agrees, however, that the City of the Star People was someplace south of the Hopi Mesas. One Hopi legend of the Patki or Water Clan recounted by ethnographer Alexander M. Stephen in Hopi Journey states: “...no one knows just where the Red Land is, but it is someplace in the far southwest [of Hopiland].” Distance is, of course, relative, especially when you are traveling by foot.
The striking red stone of Cathedral Rock, Sedona, Arizona.
Some researchers claim that Palatkwapi was Palenque in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, which is not to the southwest of Hopiland. Outside of having once possessed buildings painted red, this jungle city seems to contradict many of the known facts regarding the “Red House.” For example, one of the definitive Hopi legends regarding Palatkwapi maintains that the city was surrounded by “high walls,” and that the city’s name “seems to be derived from a high bluff of red stone.” There are no high bluffs of red stone in Palenque, nor was its temple compound completely destroyed by an ancient deluge. If there was a major deluge in the city’s past it is recorded in the “ Maya Flood Myth ,” which is, however, an astronomical event depicted on its temple walls. Moreover, Palatkwapi’s destruction began with the burning of the pine forest surrounding it and Palenque is in the middle of a sweltering tropical jungle consisting of cedar, mahogany, and sapodilla trees. And if Palatkwapi is linked to the Mayan city of Palenque simply because of the similarity between their names, let it be known that Palenque is not the city’s original name.
Its original Mayan name was Lakamha, meaning “Big Water.” Palenque is a Spanish name given it by the Conquistadors meaning “Fortified Place.” By contrast, Sedona and the Verde Valley possess almost all the characteristics that are ascribed to Palatkwapi, and this is why the most renowned Hopi historian and ethnographer, Jesse Walter Fewkes, conclusively identified it as the location of the ancient holy city. Fewkes was so convinced of his identification that he was prompted to name one of the most heavily petroglyph-adorned Hopi ruins in the Sedona area Palatki, which is a shortened version of Palatkwapi.
One difficulty in assigning a definite location for Palatkwapi are the many recorded land routes to it. This is the result of the various Hopi clans having arrived at the Red House via divergent pathways during their migrations. However, the routes taken by most of the clans when they left Palatkwapi and traveled north to the Hopi Mesas are very consistent and in many cases identical. It is this common route that has allowed ethnographers to definitively locate ancient Palatkwapi as the Sedona-Verde Valley area. In fact, this route still exists today and is known as the Palatkwapi Trail.
After closely studying the routes taken by 30 different clans after leaving Palatkwapi and traveling to the Hopi Mesas, Jesse Fewkes and other ethnographers synthesized a “universal route.” This universal route is fully delineated in The Fourth World of the Hopis by Harold Courlander. An abridged version of it, complete with northern Arizona place names, is presented below:
The clans that went north from Palatkwapi [Sedona-Verde Valley] stopped at one place and another, building winter villages, and then moving on. It is said that they settled at a place called Kunchalpi for some years. There they rested and grew their blue corn. Old people died and children were born, and thus in time there were many for whom Palatkwapi was only a word in the mouths of the grandfathers. But one night there was a bright shooting star in the northeastern sky, and it was taken as a sign that the migration should be resumed. So the people abandoned Kunchalpi and travelled again, drifting a little to the east, until they came to a site they named Hohokyam. There they settled again, planting their fields and resting from the journey. After many years they departed from Hohokyam and moved to another place, Neuvakwiotaka, which is now known as Chavez Pass, and there they remained for a long time. And later on, after many harvests at Neuvakwiotaka, they went on until they came to the little Colorado River near where the present town of Winslow stands. There they made a settlement that they called Homolovi, Small Mound, consisting of two villages, a larger one and a smaller one. The people of the Water and Sand Clans occupied the smaller village. Sharing the larger village were the Tobacco and Rabbit clans, the Sun Clan, and various others, including the Eagle, Hawk, Turkey, and Moon clans. After a time they were joined by the Badger Clan and a group called the Reed Clan….
After many moons the various clans at Homolovi were attacked by the Apaches, who also decided to move into the area and attacked the people in their fields and took away their crops. In order to protect themselves the clans then invoked the Twin Sons, Palöngawhoya and Pöqánghoya, who then met the Apaches on the battlefield. At first the Apaches laughed at the sight of the two boys, saying “Are there no men left in Homolovi?” Then the warrior brothers slung their heavy stones and killed some of the enemy, whereupon the laughing stopped. The Apaches shot some arrows, but Palöngawhoya and Pöqánghoya moved quickly this way and that and escaped the arrows. After that the Apaches rushed forward, and now each of the brothers took out a lightning arrow and shot it. The Arrows struck with a great flash and a thunderous noise. Many of the enemy lay dead or dying on the ground. Again the Apaches attacked, and again the warrior gods loosed their lightning arrows, and the ground was now covered with corpses. Those Apaches who were still alive fled from the field…
When it became time to resume their migration from Homolovi to the promised land, some of the clans decided to split off and travel north to the San Francisco Peaks and then to Wupatki, finally completing their journey at Oraibi in the Hopi Mesas. Meanwhile, the majority of the clans remained together, journeying first to Little Ruin Mound near Walpi, then to Awatovi, and finally to Oraibi.
Kachina procession.
Building Palatkwapi
….it was the Kachinas that built Palatkwapi.
As previously mentioned, although the destruction of Palatkwapi appears to coincide with the end of the Third World the period of its initial construction is nearly impossible to pin down.
If, for example, one subscribes to the time periods known as the Hopi Worlds (A “World” is a cycle of time. Historically, there have been Four Worlds) or the Dream Time of the Australian Aborigines, then Palatkwapi could have been constructed as recently as 10,000 years ago or as anciently as a million or more years ago. This is because the “Worlds” and “Dream Time” are very inexact time periods.
Drawings of Kachina dolls, from an 1894 anthropology book.
And then there is the question of how the city could have been constructed in the distant past. If the building of the ancient megalithic circles and temples occurred during the time the Hopis refer to as the First or Second Worlds - when humans had their crown chakra wide open and remained in continual communication with the Creator - their designs could have been spontaneously implanted by the Creator into the minds of their builders. The creative “Gods” could have also received some supernatural abilities to build the temples from the same source. While constructing the temples in Sedona these “Gods” would have also been assisted by the natural earth energies of the area. The amplifying vortexual power combined with the iron and crystal-infused particles would have first magnified the thought forms of the “Gods” and then magnetically united the Sedona sand into the solid formations delineated by the builders’ mental blueprints.
Kachina Dancers.
The extent records of Palatkwapi imply that its original builders were the Kachinas. They also reveal that the city’s initial construction preceded the Fourth World.
Some Fourth World construction (or reconstruction) is, however, said to have been overseen by the Kachinas and carried out by the Hopis and/or the members of other tribes residing at Palatkwapi. States Waters:
Under the supervision of the Kachinas, Palatkwapi was built in three sections. Completely surrounded by a high wall, the first section was reserved for ceremonial purposes; the second section, adjoining it, contained storage rooms for food; and the third section comprised the living quarters for the people of all clans. Underneath all three sections ran a river.
“The ceremonial section was the most important. There were no kivas then, as there are today, divided to accommodate initiates and ceremonial participants. Instead, there were two buildings, one for the initiates and one for ceremonial purposes. The ceremonial building was four stories high, terraced like the pueblos we see today. The main door opened to the east, and there were two smaller doors facing north and south.”
The Kachina.
On the first or ground floor the Kachina people taught the initiates the history and meaning of the three previous worlds and the purpose of the Fourth World to which man had emerged. On the second floor they taught the structure and functions of the human body and that the highest function of the mind was to understand how the great spirit worked within man. The spirits or Kachina people taught this so that the people would not become evil again and this Fourth World be destroyed like the first three.
In the third story initiates were taught the workings of nature and the uses of all kinds of plant life. Although the people were still relatively pure and there was little sickness, some evils would come, bringing resultant illnesses; and for each on there was a plant remedy for the people to remember.
The fourth story was smaller than the three below, making the ceremonial building resemble a pyramid. To this top level were admitted initiates of great conscience who had acquired a deep knowledge of the laws of nature. Here they were taught the workings of the planetary system, how the stars affected the climate, the crops, and man himself. Here too they learned about the “open door” on the top of their heads, how to keep it open, and so converse with their Creator.
(Note: The “open door” or Kopavi, that the Kachinas taught the Hopis about is known in the Hindu occult system as the Sahasrara or Crown Chakra that is situated at the top of the head.)
Kachina dancers, Shongopavi pueblo, Arizona, sometime before 1900.
National Forest El Yunque (El Yunque National Forest), formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest, is a territory of more than 28,000 acres of dense tropical forests in the northeast of Puerto Rico.
It is the only rainforest in the US National Forestry System and the US Forest Service, as well as the largest rainforest in the Caribbean and the largest piece of public land in Puerto Rico.
The park is located around two mountains, one of which is also called El Yunque, which means “Anvil”, at 3,540 feet above sea level and is home to an incredibly diverse menagerie of flora and fauna, most of whose animals are found nowhere else on earth. and many of which are endangered.
This scenic spot is very popular with tourists, but it is also a place where reports of UFO sightings, unexplained disappearances, strange creatures wandering among the trees, Chupacabra sightings, cattle mutilations, the location of underground alien bases, and so on come with alarming regularity.
The Terrifiying Alien Attack In El Yunque National Forest
El Yunque National Forest is indeed one of the strangest places in all of Puerto Rico, and one of the most famous mysterious incidents happened here in 1973. In October, a group of nine people came here who dreamed of seeing UFOs, because in those days there were especially intense reports of UFO sightings in this part of Puerto Rico.
In addition, the inhabitants of the villages located near the forest, as in those days, began to complain again that someone mutilates and kills cows and goats. They blamed the notorious Chupacabra for this.
From the very beginning of the journey, its participants began to see something unusual and even surreal. First of all, as they walked past the mountain, they met three people who were descending from the mountain path. The three wore the same clothes and had nearly the same facial features.
It is possible that these were just three twin tourists, but when the participants of the hike greeted them, they did not seem to hear or see them, without uttering a word or raising their eyes, they passed the group and disappeared further along the path.
The group continued on their way and in the evening they set up camp on the side of the mountain, planning not to go to bed at night but watch the sky in the hope of seeing a UFO. It got dark quickly.
Suddenly, people sitting by the fire heard a loud rustle and crackling of branches in the bushes nearby. Since there are no large predators in Puerto Rico and very few large animals in principle, they decided that there might be another tourist in the bushes. They called out to him and did not receive an answer, and then the rustling and crackling subsided and it became very quiet, unusually quiet throughout the forest.
Several hours passed, but they did not see any UFOs and finally decided to disperse to the tents and fall asleep. And then they again heard a loud crack in the bushes, as if there was something large that was trying to get through the bushes to their camp.
Grabbing the lanterns, the members of the group illuminated the bushes and clearly saw five or six humanoid figures among the thickets, in crouching position, trying to surround them. People thought they were other tourists, but when the dark figures came closer, the flashlights illuminated the gray-skinned creatures.
The creatures had elongated ears, like elves, and had long claws on their hands.
The sight of these aliens frightened the group members so badly that several of them tried to escape from the camp. However, they were not allowed to do this, it turned out that the gray humanoids completely surrounded the camp and did not intend to release anyone outside of it.
The leader of the group, Heriberto Ramos, claimed that one of the creatures suddenly stared at him as if inviting him to contact. Ramos took this as a sign that he may want to communicate and therefore he came closer to the being. When he approached, he got a good look at his triangular head and “extraordinary eyes”. Ramos claimed he was able to get close enough to touch the creature with his hand.
The creature stared at him curiously, as if it was as startled by the sight of Ramos. That quiet calmness of his belied the dangerous-looking claws on his gnarled hands. For a moment, Ramos thought that something important was about to happen, that they would begin to communicate, but the creature continued to just look at him and be silent.
Meanwhile, other similar creatures roamed the camp among the surprised and frightened members of Ramos’s squad. Soon one person, either due to stress or under the influence of aliens, suddenly wandered into the forest like a zombie, in a state similar to a trance. Another man ran after him in an attempt to get him back but stopped when he saw a luminous egg-shaped object behind the trees.
This “egg” lay on the ground and it looked like it was the object that lured the person who had gone into the forest. Then other members of the Ramos squad also went into the forest and saw there two humanoids, who were holding another shimmering “egg” in their hands. Later, there were suggestions that the “eggs” were special devices that influenced the state of people and forced them to leave the camp in the forest at the whim of the aliens.
For the rest of the night, the hikers wandered through the woods around the camp in a state similar to or close to a trance. And when the sun rose, the aliens suddenly disappeared, finally leaving the tired and exhausted people alone.
When Ramos and his people came to their senses, they found that the ground around the trees was trampled with strange footprints, as if the creatures that walked here were very heavy. They managed to take several photographs of these footprints, and then they quickly packed up their things and left the forest as soon as possible.
Six months later, in May 1974, explorer Federico Alvarez went to the El Yunque forest along with several students from a local college. He had heard a lot about the aliens that Ramos’s group met here, and he was eager to see something similar too.
When Alvarez and the students were just approaching the forest in their car, they all saw a very tall humanoid figure that crossed the road right in front of their car and disappeared into the bushes. Alvarez immediately braked and then he and the students spent a long time heating through the bushes and forest in an attempt to catch up with this creature.
They found his tracks and walked along with them until the cliff, and then the tracks disappeared as if the creature had disappeared into thin air.
Then Alvarez and his guys set up camp near the observation tower and at night they decided to arrange there something like a homemade alarm from empty aluminum cans.
“And between one-thirty and one forty-five in the morning, the cans rattled,” – said Alvarez.
The students hesitantly descended from the tower’s observation deck and witnessed a disturbing sight: the cans moved by themselves, moved by an invisible force.
Some members of the group felt that things had gone far enough and wanted to leave the place immediately, but they were persuaded to stay for what promised to be another interesting night. And expectations were met. About 15 minutes later, a huge UFO appeared in the sky, floating out of the gap between two adjacent mountains.
The object remained stationary for five minutes in full view of the students before disappearing behind one of the mountains. The unknown ship no longer appeared.
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Mysterious Stones With The Ability To Move, Grow, And Also Breed – These Strange Stones Are Located In Romania
Mysterious Stones With The Ability To Move, Grow, And Also Breed – These Strange Stones Are Located In Romania
Trovants are strange, growing, multiplying rocks that may be found in Romania.
Torvants are unusual, odd rocks not just because of their propensity to multiply, but also because they are primarily made up of a hard stone core and sand that creates a shell surrounding the core.
These rocks devour the rain’s minerals after each downpour. The minerals react with the chemicals in the stone, resulting in a reaction and pressure inside the stone.
The resulting pressure causes the rock to expand and proliferate from its core to its edges.
Torvants exhibit traits of both a plant and a rock, making it difficult to determine whether they should be categorized as a living or non-living creature. These developing stones are interesting to observe, touch, and use whether they are alive or not!
The high presence of different mineral salts beneath the stones’ shells, according to experts, causes the stones to expand in size. When the surface becomes moist, these chemicals begin to spread, putting pressure on the sand and causing the stone to “grow.”
For the time being, they are simply a famous tourist attraction in Romania that draws visitors year after year. Trovants Museum National Reserve was established in 2004 and is presently under UNESCO protection.
As of this writing, there have been twelve humans who know what it feels like to walk on the surface of Earth’s moon and experience lunar gravity – four are still alive to tell us about it. that total will hopefully change in a few years when one or more countries send humans back to the Moon. In the meantime, anyone (with the right credentials and security clearances, of course) can experience lunar gravity right here on Earth in China’s new artificial moon.
Living moon walker Buzz Aldrin
Wait a minute … didn’t China just make an artificial Sun?
You certainly are up on your artificial space bodies, Grasshopper. Less than two weeks ago, China’s EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) nuclear fusion “artificial sun” reactor set a new world record by superheating a loop of plasma to temperatures five times hotter than the sun (158 million degrees Fahrenheit or 70 million degrees Celsius) for more than 17 minutes. While that certainly was impressive, it’s not as big of a challenge as eliminating gravity on Earth for long periods of time. That feat was accomplished by a team led by Li Ruilin from the China University of Mining and Technology in a lab in Xuzhou, in Jiangsu province that will soon be fully operational.
“(The simulator can make gravity “disappear” and “last as long as you want.”
The South China Morning Post reports that the mini Moon has an artificial lunar landscape made of rocks and dust of the same weight and density as the real thing. The mini Moon is housed in a room inside a vacuum chamber with two powerful magnets on opposite sides. The magnets generate a field inside the chamber that ‘lifts’ the room and the mini Moon to whatever gravity level is needed – Earth gravity, lunar gravity (one-sixth Earth gravity), no gravity or anything in-between. The mini Moon is in the lunar gravitational state for as long as needed – Li says creep-testing (a kind of stress test to measure how much strain or load an object can handle under pressure) can take several days.
OK, when can we non-astronauts go for a walk on the mini Moon?
Ah, there’s just one catch. The mini Moon measures just 60 cm (2 feet) in diameter – not nearly big enough for your feet … maybe the feet of tardigrade (which would probably make a better astronaut than you). (A functional drawing can be seen here.) But it’s a start and the South China Morning says the benefits even at such a small size are big.
Two feet? Dieting won’t help.
“According to Li, the moon simulator could also be used to test whether new technology such as 3D printing could be used to build structures on the lunar surface. It could help assess whether a permanent human settlement could be built there, including issues like how well the surface traps heat. Some experiments conducted in the simulated environment can also give us some important clues, such as where to look for water trapped under the surface.”
Yes, China’s Chang’e-5 lunar lander just found water on the surface of the Moon – the first time scientists have found on-site evidence of water on the lunar surface. However, the mini Moon will make it easier the second time.
If you’re worried that this puts China ahead in the race to build a base on the Moon … Li says the lunar gravity simulator will be open to researchers from around the world.
It would be nice to take up a collection to send those four living lunar astronauts there to witness lunar gravity one more time.
Over the years, numerous UFO-themed movies have been made; some good, some bad, and some right in the middle. There is, however, one particular UFO caper that definitely deserves to be turned into a big-bucks movie. As you will see now. The strange story of the alleged UFO crash at Aztec, New Mexico in March 1948 – and the recovery of a number of dead “little men” at the site – is a real hotbed of lies, disinformation, and shady characters. Most of those same characters were best avoided by those with dollars to spare. The tale was made infamous in the pages of Frank Scully’s 1950 blockbuster, Behind the Flying Saucers; it was a book which turned out to be a huge seller. Today, the Aztec affair is seen by some ufologists as Roswell’s “little brother.” As its “skeleton in the cupboard” might be a far more apt description, however. Many researchers of the UFO phenomenon dismiss the Aztec incident as nothing but a hoax; one which was perpetrated by a shady businessman/conman named Silas Newton. His far-less-than-shining FBI file can be accessed, right now, at the FBI’s website, The Vault. When it came to stories of aliens from faraway worlds, making money was always the goal for Newton. And the only goal. Along for the ride with Newton was Leo Gebauer. He was a quasi-scientist and the Igor to Newton’s ego-driven Dr. Frankenstein. There is, though, a very interesting and extremely odd aspect to the Newton/Aztec story. It serves to demonstrate how the UFO phenomenon was becoming the tool of manipulative disinformation specialists in the intelligence community. And not just of the Soviet Union. The United States was getting into the strange game, too.
Rumors of the alleged Aztec crash quickly reached the FBI. The Bureau’s files on Aztec are now in the public domain, thanks to the the terms of the United States’ Freedom of Information Act.
Back in 1998, the late Karl Pflock, ufologist and CIA employee (and sometimes at the very same same time…), was approached by a still-anonymous source who had something very interesting to say about the Aztec caper, and about Newton too. It was a decidedly weird series of revelations that Pflock surely never anticipated receiving. To his dying day, Pflock refused to reveal the name of his informant in the shadows – rumors, however, were that the person may have been a nephew of Silas Newton – but, Pflock did say that all of the lunchtime meetings with his source occurred between July 11 and September 24, 1998 and took place in a restaurant in Bernalillo, New Mexico. So the story goes, Pflock’s informant had in their hands twenty-seven pages taken, or rather torn, from an old and faded, lined journal. No prizes for guessing who that journal had belonged to. That’s right, sly, old Silas Newton. Pflock was told that Newton had kept journals and diaries not just for years, but for decades. They were jammed with entertaining tales of sexual conquests, of Hollywood starlets, of the fleecing of the rich and the gullible, and of wild adventures across the United States. The outcome of all this? Newton decided, around the turn of the 1970s, that it was right about time for him to write-up his version of the Aztec controversy. It would surely have been a definitive page-turner. Death, however, inconveniently intervened in 1972, when Newton passed away in his mid-eighties. What happened to all of those journals is anyone’s guess.
(Nick Redfern)
Aztec, New Mexico: the site of a crashed UFO? It very much depends on who you ask and you believe
As for those few pages that Pflock was allowed to see – and to transcribe word for word – they tell a tale of undeniable weirdness. By his own admittance, and a couple of years after the Aztec story surfaced in Frank Scully’s book, Newton was clandestinely visited by two representatives of “a highly secret U.S. Government entity,” as Pflock carefully and tactfully described it. Those same representatives of the government told Newton, in no uncertain terms, that they knew his Aztec story was a complete and bald-faced lie. Utter bullshit, in fact. Incredibly, though, they wanted Newton to keep telling the tale to just about anyone and everyone who would listen. This caused Pflock to ponder on an amazing possibility: “Did the U.S. Government or someone associated with it use Newton to discredit the idea of crashed flying saucers so a real captured saucer or saucers could be more easily kept under wraps?” Far more intriguing, though, and highly relevant to the theme of this book, is the next question that Pflock posed: “Was this actually nothing to do with real saucers but instead some sort of psychological warfare operation [italics mine]?” With the Newton revelations in hand, Pflock, no later than 1999, came to believe that back in the early fifties someone in the government, the intelligence community, or the military of the United States – and maybe even a swirling combination of all three – wanted the Aztec story further circulated. The purpose: as a means to try and convince the Russians that the U.S. military had acquired, or captured, alien technology. When, in reality, it had no such thing in its possession at all.
(Nick Redfern)
Aztec, New Mexico, a cool, atmospheric place
For the record, in 2002, when Pflock and I were corresponding regularly on the matter of these particularly curious revelations, he told me that he had been able to confirm who the two men that approached Newton worked for and specifically when their meeting with Newton occurred. The time-frame was late March 1950 and the pair of spooks came from a small group within the CIA. Slightly more than a year later, Pflock learned, that very same group was absorbed into the Psychological Strategy Board. Staff at the President Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum state of the PSB that it… “……was established by Presidential Directive on April 4, 1951 ‘to authorize and provide for the more effective planning, coordination, and conduct within the framework of approved national policies, of psychological operations.’ An abbreviated version of the Presidential Directive was released to the public on June 20, 1951. The PSB was composed of the Undersecretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence, or their designated representatives. The founding Presidential Directive instructed the PSB to report to the National Security Council “on the Board’s activities on the evaluation of the national psychological operations, including implementation of approved objectives, policies, and programs by the departments and agencies concerned.”
(Nick Redfern)
The late Karl Pflock, who was both a Ufologist and an employee of the CIA
Methinks that we are going to see more about this legendary, bizarre case…
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster completes tenth launch and landing in a year and a half
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster completes tenth launch and landing in a year and a half
Falcon 9 booster B1058 has successfully completed SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission, acing its tenth orbital-class launch and landing in record time in the process.
The rocket lifted off as planned from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) at 10:25 am EST (15:25 UTC), Thursday, January 13th with 105 small satellites in tow, marking SpaceX’s third dedicated Smallsat Rideshare Program launch since January 2021. Beginning in 2022, the company aims to conduct three such rideshare launches annually, operating Falcon 9 a bit like an orbital bus service with the capacity for hundreds of small satellites from virtually any person, institution, or company on Earth – all for the unprecedentedly low price of approximately $5,000 per kilogram.
Falcon 9 B1058 aces its tenth launch and landing. (Richard Angle)
As such, it’s no surprise that SpaceX’s Smallsat Rideshare Program has received as much demand as it has. While relatively insignificant in the scope of the rest of the company’s substantial launch and services revenue, SpaceX has now safely delivered 323 small satellites to orbit for 100+ customers with just three dedicated Transporter missions. As an example, that means that in less than 12 months, SpaceX has launched about three times as many small satellites as dedicated small satellite launch company Rocket Lab has launched in the last four years. It’s no surprise, then, that Rocket Lab has already announced plans to develop a far larger, more reusable rocket after just 20 successful Electron launches.
Meanwhile, as dozens of other startups work on similar small rockets that aim to launch around 500-1500 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO), SpaceX – who began its existence developing the much smaller Falcon 1 rocket – almost immediately abandoned small rockets to focus on the much larger Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy vehicles. Thanks to reusability, even a moderately loaded two-stage Falcon 9 with a flight-proven booster almost certainly costs SpaceX several times less per kilogram launched than a fully-loaded Falcon 1.
The booster that launched Transporter-3 is a perfect example. Depending on how one measures it, the launch likely cost SpaceX between $15M and $30M to deliver 105 satellites – likely weighing 3-4 tons total – to sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). SpaceX charges customers a fixed price of $1 million for a 200 kg (440 lb) slot on a Transporter mission, meaning that a 4-ton payload would theoretically net the company $20M. In comparison, in 2005, SpaceX was selling Falcon 1 – designed to launch 1 ton to LEO and ~450 kg to SSO – for the equivalent of around $8 million today. In other words, Falcon 1 customers would have paid about $18,000/kg versus $5,000/kg for a slot on a reusable Falcon 9.
B1058 has supported five Starlink launches.
(Richard Angle)
B1058 debuted by safely sending two astronauts in orbit on SpaceX’s first crewed launch ever.
(SpaceX)
The kicker: Transporter-3 was Falcon 9 B1058’s tenth orbital-class launch in just 19 months, averaging one launch every 59 days. Technically, before a major downtick in SpaceX launch activity beginning in mid-2021, B1058 had actually managed eight launches in less than a year – one launch every ~45 days. Transporter-3 isn’t even its first dedicated rideshare mission – the same booster launched another 133 customer smallsats on Transporter-1 almost exactly a year ago. B1058 has also launched two astronauts, two Dragons, a South Korean geostationary communications satellite, and approximately 290 Starlink spacecraft, amounting to around 120 tons (~260,000 lb) of payload delivered to orbit in a year and half – roughly equivalent to an entire Saturn V launch to low Earth orbit for a tiny fraction of even the marginal cost of the giant Moon rocket.
SpaceX has plans for another two Transporter rideshare launches later this year. The company has as many as three more Falcon 9 launches scheduled for the second half of January, including Starlink 4-6 on January 17th and Italy’s CSG-2 Earth observation satellite on January 27th. Starlink 4-7 is expected to launch around the same time as CSG-2.
UFO Fleet Over Beach Park, Illinois Nov 26, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Fleet Over Beach Park, Illinois Nov 26, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
Report just came in a minute ago.
Date of sighting: November 26, 2021
Location of sighting: Beach Park, Illinois, USA
Source: MUFON
Wow this report just came in a minute ago. Back in Nov 26th an eyewitness was driving down the street in Beach Park, Illinois and witnesses a fleet of glowing UFOs pass over him. The objects made not sound and were small and round. He said they were heading toward Lake Michigan which is known for its incredibly deep and cold water. The same location that I believe holds an alien base below the lake floor. Many UFOs come and go from this lake, so it stands to reason...there is something of importance to aliens there...and what is more important than their base?
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Red glowing lights in formation flying towards Lake Michigan and vanished in mid air. November 26 at 5:56pm, Beach Park IL.
Face of Jesus Found Near Base and Figure In Antartica! Video, UFO Sighting News.
Face of Jesus Found Near Base and Figure In Antartica! Video, UFO Sighting News.
Google coordinates to Base: 75°01'35"S 0°07'37"E
Google coordinates to face: 72°11'22.63"S 2°31'56.81"E
Google coordinates to standing figure: 72°32'26.35"S 31°19'17.86"E
Guys, I was messing with Google Earth map when I found something strange. I found a buried location of an ancient alien structure. When I changed the time of the photos, an earlier photo reveals an airport runway freshly made, dozens of trailers, tractors and it looks like the mound was being excavated by scientists and military. I believe they found an ancient alien structure under the snow and ice.
Also I found the face of Jesus near the the excavation site. The face is that of a male with long hair, beard, mustache, long face, and a crown of thorns around his head. Not to mention that his eyes, nose chin and cheeks all clearly showing.
These two location are also close to a standing dark figure I found last year on the snowy mountains. It's the figure of huge bipedal being that could only be alien.
It can't be just a coincidence that all these pieces of evidence are so close to each other. I believe they are all related and build on the theory the ancient aliens once inhabited Antartica.
Oh, in the video, I didn't label the title Jesus face, and I didn't say Jesus, I wanted to ask the viewers who they thought it was. This way, we get a consensus on who's face it is. Not just my personal opinion. I ask people in the video to tell me in the comments below who the face is. And one more thing...Jesus was an alien who came to Earth to instill morals and rules to help a chaotic early humans rise to enlightenment.
Strange Messages From Flying Saucers: “We Just Cannot Understand Your Leaders”
Strange Messages From Flying Saucers: “We Just Cannot Understand Your Leaders”
An Air Force plane spiraled clumsily out of the sullen Argentine sky and crashed near Quilino in August 1957, setting the stage for one of the hundreds of strange UFO “contact” stories that have been going almost unnoticed in newspapers throughout the world for the past 20 years.
The Argentine Air Force dispatched three men to the site to guard the wreck until proper equipment could be mustered to haul it back to the base. On the evening of August 20, 1957, two of the men went into town for supplies while the third man lounged in their tent.Suddenly, according to his story, he heard an eerie high-pitched hum. He stepped outside of the tent and was astonished to see a huge, luminous metal disc hovering directly overhead. In horror, he reached for his pistol but could not draw it from the holster for some unknown reason, he claimed later.
Standing transfixed, tugging helplessly at his gun, the young man heard a soft voice coming from the humming object. It ad dressed him gently in his own language and told him not to be afraid. Then it went on to tell him that it was an interplanetary spacecraft and that a base for such craft had been installed in the nearby province of Salta (an area where UFO sightings have been re ported constantly for the past 15 years).
“We intend to help you,” the voice is supposed to have declared, “for the misuse of atomic energy threatens to destroy you.” The voice went on to say that very soon the rest of the world would know about flying saucers. Then the bushes and trees began to rustle and the craft shot straight up and disappeared.The young Argentinian was so upset by this experience that he reported, it in full to his commanding officer. The latter took him seriously and passed the story on to one of Argentina’s largest and most respected newspapers, Diario de Cordoba, which carried the full account two days later. Linguist Gordon Creighton later translated it and published it in England’s scholarly, “Flying Saucer Review.”
Is this story, and the many others like it, pure hogwash? Or is it possible that the unidentified flying objects are making contact with bewildered Earthlings? In spite of the noisy opposition of several “serious-minded, scientific” amateur UFO investigating groups, the contact stories continue to appear.
Like most flying saucer stories, they are rarely noticed by the press, and many of them contain such ludicrous details that they are easy to dismiss-until you realize that the same ludicrous details are popping up in Italy, Brazil, Sweden, Africa, the Soviet Un ion, the United States, and nearly every other country on Earth.Consider the tale told by movie actor Stuart Whitman, star of many films. According to Mr. Whitman, he was trapped in his 12th floor suite in a fashionable New York hotel during the big blackout of November 1965, when he heard “a sound like a whippoorwill” whistling outside his window. He looked out and saw two luminous disc-shaped objects, one blue, and the other orange. At least that’s what he later told Hollywood columnist Vernon Scott. Then he heard a voice which sounded as if it were coming from a loudspeaker.
“They said they were fearful of Earth,” Whitman explained, “because Earthlings were messing around with unknown quantities and might disrupt the balance of the universe or their planet…the blackout was just a little demonstration of their power and they could do a lot more with almost no effort. They said they could stop our whole planet from functioning.”
No one else in the crowded streets of darkened New York re ported seeing those objects and no one else apparently heard that loudspeaker. But Whitman sticks to his story. Why is anybody’s guess? He certainly doesn’t need publicity. At least not that kind of publicity.Senhor Helio Aguiar didn’t seem to be looking for publicity, either, when he spun his strange tale to Brazilian journalist Joao Martins in 1959. A 32-year-old statistician employed by a bank in Bahia, Brazil, Aguiar not only claimed to have received a message from a UFO, but he took a series of startling pictures to back up his story.
While riding a motorcycle near a place called Piata on April 24, 1959, Senhor Aguiar says he observed a silvery disc with a number of windows visible on the dome on top. The underside of this object bore three markings or symbols which were faintly visible in the originals of his pictures but, unfortunately, do not reproduce well.
Aguiar stopped his motorcycle, unlimbered his camera and took three quick shots as the object performed leisurely movements overhead. Then, according to Gordon Creighton’s translation of the photographer’s original testimony, “he began to feel a strange pressure in his brain, and a state of progressive confusion overtook him.
He felt vaguely as though he were being ordered by somebody to write something down. It was as though he was being ‘ hypnotized. As he was winding the film on before proceeding to take a fourth picture, he lost all sense of what was happening.”
The next thing Aguiar knew, he was slumped over his motorcycle and the UFO was gone. But clutched in his hand was a piece of pa per bearing a message in his own handwriting.
“Put an absolute stop to all atomic tests for warlike purposes,” the message warned. “The balance of the Universe is threatened. We shall remain vigilant and ready to intervene.”
These are only three of the many stories in which alleged “contactees” have claimed that they received messages explicitly stating that we should discontinue our atomic tests. Each of these re ports sounds like sheer fantasy by itself, but when you compare all those collected by patient ufologists the world over, many remark able consistencies come into view. Even more remarkable are the patterned inconsistencies.The un sung heroes in this narrative are the dedicated researchers who have faced ridicule for years while they soberly investigated and re corded each of these stories and searched for the underlying pat terns. The Aerial Phenomena Re search Organization (APRO ) in Tucson, Ariz., for example, has doggedly kept track of each obscure tale of UFO contact, as has Britain’s ”Flying Saucer Review” mentioned earlier. And now, at long last, many of the pieces of this fascinating jigsaw puzzle are be ginning to dovetail.
For one thing, it is now becoming clear that maybe these contacts did occur; that maybe the witnesses were not lying or hallucinating after all. Instead, it looks as they might have been lied to by the UFOnauts.
After all, if a flying saucer landed in your back yard and a man in a space suit. Got out and told you he was from Venus you would hardly argue the point with him. You would probably tell your friends and the press that “a flying saucer from Venus landed in my backyard.” They might not believe you-they would probably avoid you from that day on but you would have no reason to disbelieve your visitor. Or would you?
The UFO messengers have been feeding us information – and misinformation – for years. They have spread many a bold and barefaced lie, all of which were dutifully recorded by the “contactees.” Per haps these lies were deliberately passed on to witnesses who stumbled across the strange craft because the UFOnauts knew that when the lies were exposed the witnesses’ whole story would be discredited.
Since 1897 more than 2,500 con tact stories have been published and in recent years a handful of researchers have returned to old newspaper files to painstakingly survey and study this mass of data. Some of their findings are as incredible as the stories them selves.
During 1896-97 there were sightings all over the world of giant dirigible-like aircraft (this was be fore we had managed to get our own dirigibles aloft), and men like Dr. Jacques Vallee, Jerome Clark, and Lucius Farish have spent many a weary hour in musty libraries piecing together the hundreds of reports published in the newspapers of that period. Most astonishing of all, there were many “contacts” during that historic UFO “flap” and many of the de tails gibe uneasily with the modern contactee tales.
Some of those pioneer “contactees” were pretty impressive characters.Judge Lawrence A. Byrne of Texarkana, Ark., for example, was described as a man “who is known here for his truthfulness” by the Daily Texarkanian reporter who recounted his weird story in the April 25, 1897 edition of that journal.
“I was down on McKinney bayou Friday afternoon looking after the surveying of a tract of land,” the Judge is quoted as saying, “and in passing through a thicket to an open space, saw a strange-looking object anchored to the ground. On approaching I found it to be the ‘airship’ I have read so much about of late. It was manned by three men who spoke a foreign language, but judging from their looks, I would take them to be Japs. They saw my astonishment and beckoned me to follow them, and on complying, I was shown through the ship.”
The Judge went on to a “studied” description of the interior of the craft and attempted to explain machinery which he saw but could not quite understand: The interesting thing about his story is his description of the “Jap” pi lots-men of slight stature, dark skin, and Oriental features.Identical descriptions have cropped up again and again in the stories of other contactees throughout the world. Even the famous story of the “abduction” of Betty and Barney Hill includes similar descriptions.
Perhaps some of the flying saucers actually are operated by such beings.
In March and April of 1897 there were hundreds of other “air ship” stories from all parts of the country. But in December, 1896, one J. A Heron, an electrician in San Jose, Calif., told reporters that he was also taken aboard one of the craft and that “it rose very high in the air, and then went westward until it reached Honolulu.
Here it turned and sailed back to the starting point, the trip having been made during one night.” Mr. Heron’s story parallels the numerous modern contactee tales of brief trips aboard flying saucers which covered hundreds, or even thousands, of miles in a short span of time.
Large crowds in Chicago and Omaha viewed overflights of these craft in April 1897, and on April 15th one of the objects reportedly landed outside of Springfield, Ill. Two farmhands, Adolph Winkle and John Hulle, signed affidavits swearing that they had chatted with the occupants – two men and one woman. They were told that a full report would be given to the government “when Cuba is declared free.” (The Spanish American war over Cuba was then in the making.)
On April 22nd, a “well-known Iron Mountain railroad conductor” named Captain James Hooton told of encountering a grounded UFO near Homan, Ark. “There was a medium-sized man aboard,” Hooton told a scribe from the Arkansas Gazette, “and I noticed he was wearing smoked glasses. He was tinkering around what seemed to be the back end of the ship, and as I approached I was too dumbfounded to speak. He looked at me in surprise, and said : ‘Good day, sir, good day.’ I asked : ‘Is this the airship” and he replied : ‘Yes, sir,’ whereupon three or four other men came out of what was apparently the keel of the ship.”
Captain Hooton gave a detailed description of the craft and made a sketch of it for the Gazette. It was a cylindrical object with a windowed cabin below and a strange complex of movable vanes on top. Two law officers, Deputy Sheriff John Mclemore and Constable John J. Sumpter of Hot Springs, Ark., suffered a considerable amount of ridicule after they solemnly filed the following affidavit:
“While riding northwest from this city on the night of May 6, 1897, we noticed a brilliant light high in the heavens. Suddenly it disappeared and we said nothing about it, as we were looking for parties and did not want to make any noise. After riding four or five miles through the hills we again saw the light, which now appeared much nearer the earth. We stopped our horses and watched it coming down, until all at once it disappeared behind another hill. We rode on about half a mile further, when our horses refused to go further.
“About 100 yards distant we saw two persons moving around with lights. Drawing our Winchester for we were now thoroughly aroused by the importance of the situation we demanded: ‘Who is that, and what are you doing?’ A man with a long dark beard came forth with a lantern in his hand, and on being informed who we were proceeded to tell us that he and the others- a young man and a woman-were traveling throughout the country in an airship.
We could plainly distinguish the outlines of the vessel, which was cigar shaped and about 60 feet long, and looking just like the cuts that have appeared in the papers recently. It was dark and raining and the young man was filling a big sack with water about 30 yards away, and the woman was particular to keep back in the dark. She was holding an umbrella over her head. The man with the whiskers invited us to take a ride, saying that he could take us where it was not raining. We told him we believed we preferred to get wet.
“Asking the man why the brilliant light was turned on and off so much, he replied that the light was so powerful that it consumed a great deal of his motive power. He said he would like to stop off in Hot Springs for a few days and take the hot baths, but his time was limited and he could not. He said they were going to wind up at Nashville, Tenn., after thoroughly seeing the country. Being in a hurry, we left and upon our return, about 40 minutes later, nothing was to be seen. We did not hear or see the airship when it departed. (Signed) John J. Sumpter, Jr.
John Mclemore “Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of May 1897.
“C. G. Bush, J.P.”
Were the two lawmen hallucinating? If so, then an Arkansas Senator named Harris was suffering from the same kind of pipe dreams. At l a.m. on the morning of April 21, 1897, Senator Harris claimed that the airship landed on his property near Harrisburg, Ark., and that he had caught the occupants drawing water from his well. He said that there were four people on board. Two young men, a woman, an elderly man with “a heavy set of dark, silken whiskers, which hung down near his waist… He had jet black eyes and a deep, firm expression.” Researcher Lucius Farish uncovered the complete ac count in the April 2 3, 1897, edition of the Harrisburg Modern News.
Another airship is supposed to have landed outside of Waterloo, Iowa, at 3: 50 a.m. on April 17th with a single man on board and, according to the Drew County Advocate of April 20th, “thousands of people are congregated about the strange visitor, and questioning the navigator .” There are no further details on that one, but the Nashville News of April 28th told of another landing which was “seen by one of our prominent citizens… There was said to be a most beautiful lady aboard the ship and the gentleman referred to is said to have conversed with her for a few moments.”
Several other contactees throughout the country contradicted each other by claiming that the UFO occupants had told them that the airship was the product of inventors based in several different sections of the nation. Either they were all lying or they had all been lied to. The fact remains: thousands of people did see something in the skies during those months and many photo graphs were taken. Scores of honest citizens carefully filled out and signed sworn affidavits about their sightings.
One of the most celebrated of these was a farmer named Alexander Hamilton of Vernon, Kans, who not only signed a statement testifying that he and his family had seen the airship at 10:30 p.m. on the night of April 19, 1897, but that it has stolen one of his cows in front of their eyes. Then Mr. Hamilton got 11 of his town’s most prominent citizens to sign an affidavit swearing to his fine reputation and truthfulness. Hamilton declared that the airship had a glass undercarriage “occupied by six of the strangest beings I ever saw. There were two men, a woman and three children. They were jabbering together but we could not understand a syllable they said.”
It is apparent that at least three different types of beings were operating these airships: normal people who looked like ourselves; the Oriental-looking characters allegedly seen by the Arkansas Judge and the strange indescribable entities seen by Alexander Hamilton and his family.
Modern contactees continue to report these same contradictions. Some describe tiny men in space-suits, others give elaborate details of tall bug-eyed giants, and still others tell of Oriental types and of tall, beautiful blondes. Many have described seeing women in the crews. Some have even claimed to have relations with these women (see SAGA, February 1967).
Dr. Carl Sagan, the Harvard astronomer who takes a skeptical position regarding the UFO phenomenon. recently wrote: “UFOs have been described variously as rapidly moving or hovering; disk-shaped, cigar-shaped, or ball-shaped ; moving silently or noisily; with fiery exhaust, with no exhaust whatever; accompanied by flashing lights, or uniformly glowing with a silvery cast. It is immediately clear that all UFOs do not share a common origin” [author’s italics].
We can ask, did UFOs from several different sources visit the Earth in 1897? When all of the hundreds of clippings of that period are reviewed it is obvious that more than a single “airship” was involved. They appeared over many areas all at approximately the same time, and if we can accept the descriptions of the many witnesses these “airships” were widely varied in size and construction, just as the modern “flying saucers” seem to be. And some of those “airships” appeared to linger for days or even weeks in the same vicinity, just as modern UFOs reportedly re turn night after night to the same spot for several days running.
Apparently the 1897 operation was carefully planned and skillfully executed. Some deliberate contacts were made and the contactees were given contradictory information to lend confusion and ridicule to the reports. If we are to believe these stories,’ then we must believe that the UFO pilots al ready knew a great deal about us, our languages, and our geography.
They were also keenly aware of the world situation at the moment and they never once led anyone to believe that they might be extraterrestrial. In fact, those newspapers which did not scoff at the flood of “airship” stories were convinced that some unknown “inventor” was behind the whole thing.
Several large dailies actually spent a lot of time and money trying to find out who that “inventor” was and how he had managed to build such a fantastic machine in secrecy. One group of contactees were told that the parts for the “airship” had been manufactured in different sections of the country and then assembled secretly in Boston or Iowa or California. You can take your pick.
Clearly, the UFOs of 1897 went through elaborate lengths to conceal the truth about their origin. They told many people many different things so, in the end, they really told us nothing.
Communications were still rather slow in those days and there was no organized attempt to keep tabs on the appearances of the “airship.” It was relatively easy to make everyone believe that only one craft was being used and that it was making a leisurely jaunt across the United States. And, most important, it was simple to convince all the “airship” witnesses that they were seeing nothing more than a remarkable new and secret invention.
The majority of amateur UFO buffs enthusiastically collect clippings about housewives seeing funny lights in the sky but sneer at all the contact stories chat come along. This author was vehemently anti-contactee when he first plunged into the UFO mystery.
Then a series of astounding discoveries were made which forced him to reconsider the whole contactee issue. First of all, there is an impressive number of relatively unknown and unpublicized Contactee stories; secondly, many of these contactees have revealed identical details over the years. If we are ever going to get to the bottom of this mystery, we must carefully consider all of these stones.
A common complaint among skeptics and self -styled “scientific ufologists” is: Why don’t they contact us? The startling truth is chat “they” have been contacting us frequently and over many centuries. It’s true, of course that they have never landed on the White House lawn or hovered over the Empire State Building. But they have done many things that were almost as dramatic and have gone almost unnoticed. If we can believe anything in this wealth of contactee material, they have also told us a great deal about ourselves-and about themselves.
The only reason there is a mystery to this UFO business at all is because the press has a negative atti¬tude toward contactee stories and some of the amateur UFO organizations have battled long and hard to keep these stories from gaining public or official recognition.
UFO occupants often pass along in formation about wars and crises crucial to the period. In 1897, the war in Cuba was mentioned. During the 1950’s, when everyone was digging bomb shelters in their backyards, contactees were warned about the danger of atomic war. In more recent years the UFO messages have taken an awesome new turn: Today they are warning us of an impending global disaster the end of the world!
Can we take this new wave of messages seriously? Or are we simply dealing with some kind of undefined global hysteria, a psychological phenomenon of some kind?
In his book, Flying Saucers-Serious Business , the late Frank Edwards dis cussed the huge flying saucer “flap” that overtook the Kazakhstan region in the Soviet Union in 1962: “Recently the Soviet government sent a veritable army into the villages and settlements in that area to try to ‘explain,’ ” Edwards quoted Soviet expert Paul Voronaeff as saying. “These flying saucers had resulted in a widespread religious revival and a return to God…the last thing the Communists wanted. The flying saucer phenomenon was being interpreted by the natives of that region as some sort of warnings by supernatural beings of an impending catastrophe the end of the world.”
New contactees from one end of this planet to the other are beginning to mutter unhappily about the, forth coming end. Last spring the same kind of hysteria was beginning to build up• in sections of West Virginia where UFO sightings were becoming fairly common place.
The problem of unidentified flying objects is so complex and confusing that many people cannot begin to cope with it. Those with a scientific turn of mind look for a simple answer in the widely-held view that these things are nothing more than vehicles piloted by intelligences from another planet. The devout turn to the Bible for explanations of what they have seen-or thought they saw.
Another thing that has puzzled ufologists is the dearth of UFO reports during rainy weather and heavy overcasts. A contactee in England may have in advertently learned the reason for this in 1957 if we are willing to believe his wild story of a ride in a flying saucer. His name” is James Cook of Runcorn, Cheshire and he insists that he saw a strange luminous object in the sky at 2:15 a.m. on the morning of September 7, 1957.
While he watched in fascination the object changed colors from blue to white, then blue again, and finally to a dark red. It settled to the ground only a few feet from him and, he claims, a voice addressed him, inviting him aboard. A ladder descended from the object and the voice instructed him: “]ump onto the ladder. Do not step onto it. The ground is damp.”
He obeyed and jumped onto the ladder and entered an empty chamber illuminated by a dazzling light from some unseen source. The voice then told him to take off his clothes and put on the plastic-like coveralls which were in the chamber. Again, he did as he was told. After he had changed his clothes he was asked to leave the craft and enter another one that had landed nearby.
There he found 20 people, all of them much taller than he was, and they took him for a ride into outer space. Their craft could not operate in damp weather, they allegedly explained to him, apparently because they were surrounded by some kind of electrified field. They also told him that the saucers were used only in the vicinity of the Earth and could not operate in outer space.
“The inhabitants of your planet will upset the balance if they persist in using force instead of harmony,” Cook claims he was told. “Warn them of the danger.”
“Nobody will listen to me,” he says he protested.
“Or anyone else either,” one of the “spacemen” snapped.
Cook was deposited several hours later in the very spot where he had been first picked up. He related his story to the authorities and then quietly returned to his garden in the English country side. Like the majority of all known contactees, he did not write any books or go on any lecture tours.
Miss Thelma Roberts of the “Flying Saucer Review” interviewed Mr. Cook and he showed her a burn on the back of his left hand and told her he had received it when he had left the saucer and had failed to remove his hand from the ladder’s railing before his feet touch ed the ground.
A lot of people have been believing such stories since the lace George Adamski came up with his tale of meeting a tall, blond Venusian on the desert near Mount Palomar in 1952. A lot more have, of course, laughed uproariously over such yarns.
Are these contactee stories the product of neurotics and psychopaths? The author has interviewed over a score of little-known contaccees in the last year and has discovered some bewildering patterns. Most of those people interviewed were men and women with very low IQs and very little education. Their imaginations were very limited and they had read no science-fiction. (Until recently UFO books and flying saucer literature was quite scarce and not generally available to such people anyway.)
Usually people in this group have an identity problem. They are nobody and they have absolutely no chance of ever becoming somebody. Often they lean toward belief in the occult and the pseudo-sciences in their search for self. They are, in short, highly gullible and a perfect set-up for any plan which promises to make them somebody. They are also ready to accept anything they might be told. They are not liars or fabricators but they are natural victims for those who are liars and fabricators.
If a flying saucer were to step one of these people, they would be apt to believe anything they were told. And because the “contact” would suddenly make them somebody in a world that hardly knew they existed, they would be eager to please and would willingly carry out any mission asked of them.
Furthermore, not many people would believe them when they told their incredible stories.
The patterns revealed in centuries of sightings and contacts certainly indicates that the UFOs do not want their presence known. So maybe when they required information about us, or had specific chores which necessarily had to be performed by terrestrials, they some how deliberately selected individuals in this unfortunate group.
Later, when such contactees went running to the press or appeared on radio and television, they merely made fools of themselves. No body believed them. Nobody would ever believe them. The UFOs and their secrets were safe.
Suppose some of these contactees were telling the truth and were not just fakes, phonies and publicity seekers? What kind of “truth” have they told us? In recent years we have been told that the saucers come from unknown planets named Clarion, Maser, Schare, Blaau, Tvthan, Korendor, Orion, Fowser, Masar, Zomdic, and a dozen other absurd places. There are also contactees .who talk freely about the people of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and the Moon.
Chances are excellent that the flying saucers do not come from any of these places, any more than the great “airships” of 1897 came from secret “inventors” in Nebraska. These names are plants, not planets. Whatever the UFOs are up co, they are doing it on a very large scale all over the Earth and it is inevitable that they should accidentally come into contact with some of us from time to time. When such contacts occur, they deliberately hand out ridiculous false information. It is time that we got wise to this simple psychological stunt.
They’ve been pulling it on us for centuries.
“They” have been buying time with our stupidity. To allay the possible suspicions of the believers, the UFO occupants have also been spreading messages of peace and many of the cultists refer to them happily as the “Brothers from Outer Space.” Let us remember that a Japanese Peace Mission was sitting in the waiting rooms in Washington while Japanese bombers were on their way to Pearl Harbor.
There is, however, another side to this coin. It could be possible that some of the groups involved in the UFO phenomenon are not allied. They might even be competing in some way. There might be “good guys” and ‘bad guys.” The “good guys” might be trying to warn us while the “bad guys” try to deceive us and set us up as the “patsies” in some cosmic chess game.
While wandering around the country side investigating UFO reports, the author has encountered still another type of contactee. These are truly “silent contactees”- ordinary people who have undergone such incredible experiences that they do not even tell their neighbors about them. They are hard to find, but once you have met one you can learn to spot the others.
They all tell the same story, for they have all under gone basically the same kind of adventure and none of their stories have ever been published. None of the important details are known, not even to the hard core UFO buffs who busily circulate mimeographed newsletters filled with rumor. These “silent contactees” are a separate phenomenon. There is no one they can turn to, for even when they do dare to approach the authorities they are laughed at.
For example, in a little Ohio town the author uncovered a strange case involving a professional woman who lived alone in a house on the outskirts. One night last fall she was walking home from work when a luminous object appeared above the trees and landed near her. Two medium-sized men got out and approached her. They wore luminous coverall garments but their faces were clearly visible and were dark and Oriental-like. She fainted and when she came to they were gone.
A few weeks later she was walking down a street in the town when she suddenly saw the same two men! She was sure of it-their faces were etched in her mind. They were wearing black caps and black jackets over their coveralls. For some reason, she had the feeling that they were evil and they terrified her. She ran into the local police station babbling that, “Two men from a flying saucer are walking down Main Street!” Naturally, the police laughed at her. Since then she has had a series of other frightening experiences but has prudently kept her mouth shut about them.
Like so many others, she is living in a state of constant fear and there is no one she can turn to. There may be thousands of “silent contactees” all over the world today. Thanks to the unending ridicule and disbelief that has been applied to such stories during the past 70 years, we may never hear of most of them. Others, a mere handful, make a frantic effort to tell somebody through anonymous letters to newspapers and anonymous phone calls to ufologists.
Here is such a letter. It may be pure crackpotism, then again it may be a sincere cry in the wilderness. It was published in New York’s East Village Other in May 1967.
“Dear EVO,
Please read this whole letter, without stopping, no matter now unusual or un believable it may seem to you. Every word written here is absolutely true, and our futures will depend on how you react to it… Today I have learned ( sic ) that there really are flying saucers, for I spent six hours circling the Earth at fantastic speed. I have seen and been in contact with actual living beings, somewhat similar to our own race, incidentally, who come from a solar system whose sun we have not yet seen, and who have been exploring the universe for over 300 years!
“They tell me that this is the forty-ninth planet on which they have found beings advanced enough to overcome the law of gravity, and therefore be on the threshold of space travel. But the most • important thing they tell me, the thing that is driving me out of my mind and forces me to write this letter, is that they are now trying to decide whether or not to destroy us!
“They say that every other race as technologically advanced as we are has long ago learned to live at peace with itself. They fear that we are going to carry our war-like ways into space with us and eventually embroil other parts of the galaxy in death and destruction! “Therefore, they say that we must achieve peace!”
It is an old message, one that was first heard in the days of the biblical prophets and perhaps it is the only true message the UFOs have to offer us. Desist or die. •1t has been said many times in many places to many people. A “silent contactee” in New Jersey recently told the author that a Bible-quoting UFOnaut had informed him that many attempts had been made to reach our heads of government, beginning back in 1939.
“We just cannot understand your leaders,” the UFO pilot is supposed to have said.
The problems are obvious: we now know that some of the UFO groups have been deliberately setting up a smoke screen of lies and deception. Who can we trust? How many of these stories are products of unbridled imagination? Where does the truth end and psychopathic fantasy begin? Perhaps we have performed a grave error in ridiculing and ignoring all contactees. Perhaps there is one man or woman, or one thousand out there who knows the truth – the whole truth about the UFO mystery-but is afraid to tell us.
Maybe we should start searching for that person or persons before it is too late. We will never learn any answers from newspaper clippings describing colored lights in the sky.
Data from China's Chang'E-5 lunar lander analyzed by an international team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that the robotic spacecraft has, for the first time, detected traces of water in the rocks and regolith on the Moon's surface.
The fifth lunar mission launched by China and its third lander mission, Chang'E-5 made history on December 17, 2020 when it's ascent stage and the mission's orbiter returned the first lunar samples to Earth since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 mission in 1976.
Though the mission was a success, the lander lacked a radio-thermonuclear unit to keep it warm through the -310 °F (-190 °C) 14-day lunar night during which its electronics froze and failed. However, the information gathered by the mission during the brief surface mission is still returning surprising dividends.
One of these involves something that is more valuable than gold when it comes to future lunar missions and the establishment of permanent human outposts: water. If a large supply of the wet stuff can be secured on the Moon, it will provide future missions with not only a source of drinking water, but also oxygen and hydrogen that can be used to produce air for breathing, rocket fuel, and the raw material for a staggering array of industrial processes.
Context images and water content at the Chang'E-5 landing site
LIN Honglei
So far, all of the water detected on the Moon has been from orbiting spacecraft using remote sensing to uncover water ice hiding in the permanent shadows of the lunar south polar region, but the new study that included scientists from the National Space Science Center of CAS, the University of Hawai′i at Mānoa, the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of CAS, and Nanjing University has found the presence of water in the form of H₂O or OH hydroxyl molecules in the Northern Oceanus Procellarum basin much closer to the lunar equator.
The area where Chang'E-5 touched down is a lava plain that is made of some of the youngest mare basalts on the Moon. Using the lunar mineralogical spectrometer (LMS) onboard the lander, mission control carried out spectral analysis of light reflecting off the regolith on the surface and a rock in the vicinity of the lander.
According to the team, the heat coming off the lunar surface during the daytime would have overwhelmed the spectral records, but using a thermal correction model to correct the LMS spectra allowed the scientists to see the spectrographic signature of water, showing that the regolith holds less than 120 ppm of water, which is similar to the amount found in the samples returned to Earth by the mission. This isn't surprising, and what little water there is is probably the result of molecules brought to the Moon by the solar winds.
But on examining a light and vesicular rock, the instrument showed that it contained about 180 ppm of water. That might not seem like much, but because the rock may have come from an older layer of basalt beneath the lunar surface that was thrown out by a meteor impact, it may mean that there was an outgassing of water from the interior of the Moon sometime in the past that was trapped in the basalt. This means that there may be sources of water away from the poles, locked in rocks that could one day be tapped.
NAPLES, Fl. (WBBH) – We see all kinds of things in the sky, but one Naples man is perplexed by what he saw on Wednesday.
“They were kind of glowing and flickering a little bit,” said Matt Krauss.
It was Wednesday evening when he and his wife looked up. They didn’t see the moon, but instead a single bright light.
“New lights appeared near it and they got very, very bright at that point,” he said. “There were four of them and they kind of moved in different directions.”
According to Krauss, the lights didn’t make any sound and seemed to be hovering in place.
“What I can’t explain is why they were so bright, why they were stationary for, one of them was stationary for 15 minutes,” he said.
Southwest Florida International Airport shared if anything abnormal was going on. They deferred us to the FAA. The FAA says we’d have to ask the military.
However, the Naples Airport Authority says there wasn’t anything out of the ordinary on the radar that night, but noted it could be Chinese lanterns. Those are illegal within City of Naples limits.
Krauss doesn’t think so.
“The random movement is kind of what convinced me they weren’t something like Chinese lanterns that were being blown by the wind.”
Back on Naples beach, suspicion was in the air.
“I feel there’s something out there,” said Fran Williams.
“Looks a little suspicious,” added Bryce Renkiewicz.
But not everyone believes E.T. is taking a trip to Naples.
“People sighting UFOs, it’s usually some sort of military aircraft or something like that,” said Peter Agri. “I’d have to see it to believe it. Physically be there to see it.”
Could it really be something from outer space? One aviation expert says only 1% of sightings go unexplained, but he couldn’t rule out the fact that what Krauss saw could be from out of this world.
“It could be a number of different things, but I’m not ruling out that UFOs don’t exist,” said Pete Trabucco, a veteran pilot. “How arrogant do we think we are that we’re all by ourselves in this entire universe.”
Atmospheric anomalies, drones, or covert military ops are other possibilities.
“They probably are from outer space or from another location or from a place we are not aware of,” said Trabucco.
What we do know is that these lights are still unidentified flying objects.
And we’re back to asking the same question: what actually flew above Naples that night?
Very large space rocks that fly within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers) of Earth's solar orbit are known as potentially hazardous asteroids.
(Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)
An enormous asteroid more massive than two Empire State Buildings is heading our way, but unlike the so-called planet-killer comet in the recent movie "Don't Look Up," this space rock will zoom harmlessly past Earth.
The stony asteroid, known as (7482) 1994 PC1, will pass at its closest on Jan. 18 at 4:51 p.m. EST (2151 GMT), traveling at 43,754 mph (70,415 km/h) and hurtling past Earth at a distance of 0.01324 astronomical units — 1.2 million miles ( nearly 2 million kilometers), according to NASA JPL-Caltech's Solar System Dynamics (SSD).
That may sound like a safe distance — and it is! But by cosmic standards, it's close for such a large object. Asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 measures about 3,609 feet (1,100 meters) long, and even though there's no danger of a collision with Earth, NASA classifies the asteroid as a potentially hazardous object. This term describes asteroids that measure over 460 feet (140 m) long and have orbits that carry them within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million km) of Earth's orbit around the sun, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch.
In the Netflix movie "Don't Look Up" (2021), astrophysicist Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and graduate student Kate DiBiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) confront the data about an approaching comet. (Image credit: Niko Tavernise/Netflix)
The approaching asteroid is also part of a larger category of space rocks known as near-Earth objects (NEOs), which pass within about 30 million miles (50 million km) of Earth's orbital path. NASA's NEO Observations Program finds, identifies and characterizes these objects; survey telescopes have found approximately 28,000 NEOs that measure at least 460 feet in diameter, and about 3,000 new sightings are added each year, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS)
"But as larger and more advanced survey telescopes turbocharge the search over the next few years, a rapid uptick in discoveries is expected," according to the CNEOS.
Once observers detect a near-Earth asteroid or comet, scientists analyze the object's orbit to assess how close it might come to Earth. Though many thousands of asteroids and comets are currently zipping around the solar system, the objects in the CNEOS' database pose no serious impact threats for the next 100 years or more, NASA says.
Astronomer Robert H. McNaught was the first to spot asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1, on Aug. 9, 1994. Other scientists then tracked its previous trips through our cosmic neighborhood by using McNaught's observations to calculate the asteroid's orbital path, speed and trajectory. They found that the asteroid orbits the sun once every 572 days, and they detected the visitor in telescope images going all the way back to 1974, according to EarthSky. And on Jan. 18, if visibility is good, the asteroid will be bright enough to be seen in a dark-sky location at night with a backyard telescope, EarthSky reported.
Close as the asteroid may be on Jan. 18, it came much closer on Jan. 17, 1933. That year, the space rock sailed past Earth at a distance of about 699,000 miles (1.1 million km), and it won't come that close to us again until 2105, according to SSD.
Astronomers refer to these worlds as "super-habitable" planets.
Scientists have identified as many as 24 super habitable planets in the galaxy that are much more suitable for life as we know it than Earth.
Our solar system is a very special place. The number one reason is that, as far as we are concerned, and pending validation of the discovery of potential alien microbes on Venus, only Earth is habitable. Life developed here and nowhere else in the solar system, or at least that’s the information we have to date.
Nonetheless, alien life could be far more widespread than we’ve initially thought, and the best places where it may exist could be Venus, Mars, and some of the moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn.
However, confirming or rejecting that hypothesis is not so easy.
It is even more difficult to find out whether other star systems in the galaxy and the universe are home to life as we know it.
Although it is not possible for our current technology to take us within a lifetime to another star system, we can use space telescopes and ground-based telescopes to study the galaxy, the stars, and exoplanets within it.
These observations, studies, and measurements have recently revealed fascinating information; dozens of planets outside our solar system have been found to host more suitable conditions for life as we know it than Earth itself. A study has also found that there are stars in the universe that are much more suitable for allowing life to develop on planets orbiting them, compared to our sun.
All of this raises the hopes that alien life is common in the universe.
A study led by Washington State University (WSU) scientist Dirk Schulze-Makuch, recently published in the journal Astrobiology, details the characteristics of possible ‘super-habitable’ planets, including those that are older, slightly larger, slightly warmer, and possibly more humid compared to the Earth. It has been found that life as we know it could also thrive more easily on planets that revolve around slower-changing stars with a longer lifespan than our sun.
Astronomers have even found those types of planets. The top 24 contenders for super-habitable planets are located more than 100 light-years apart, but Schulze-Makuch said the study could help focus future observational campaigns, such as that of NASA’s James Webb space telescope, LUVIOR space observatory, and the PLATO space telescope of the European Space Agency towards their stars, in an effort to better understand what these worlds are like.
“We can distill a shortlist of 24 top contenders among the >4000 exoplanets known today that could be candidates for a super habitable planet. In fact, we argue that, with regard to the search for extrasolar life, potentially super habitable planets may deserve higher priority for follow-up observations than most Earth-like planets,” writesSchulze-Makuch,René Heller, and Edward Guinan in their paper published in Astrobiology.
The next generation of telescopes will help astronomers in identifying what the potential super habitable planets are like, and whether they really are such cosmic goldmines after all. However, Schulze-Makuch warns that although “we have to focus on certain planets that have the most promising conditions for complex life, 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.”
An image comparison of Earth and Kepler-1649c, an exoplanet only 1.06 times Earth’s radius. Image Credit: NASA/Ames Research Center/Daniel Rutter.
The new study saw Schulze-Makuch team up with fellow scientists René Heller, and Edward Guinan of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, respectively.
They worked on identifying potential super-habitability criteria which led them on a journey to analyze around 4,500 known exoplanets and look for potential candidates. The scientists combed through many star systems (from the Kepler Object of Interest Exoplanet Archive) and selected those that have the most probability of hosting terrestrial planets that orbit the star within the so-called habitable zone, where water can exist in a liquid state.
After going through many important characteristics, like the age of the stars, the type of star, and their energy output, they discovered a group of 24 planets that fit their criteria, although among the top 24 candidates none of them met all the criteria for super habitable planets.
The critical characteristics taken into consideration by the researchers include worlds that are between 5 billion and 8 billion years old, planets that are around 10% larger than Earth, and 1.5 times the Earth’s mass. Water is key, and the more of it the better as it will certainly help the exoplanet, especially if it comes in the form of moisture. A slightly greater overall temperature would also be nice, the researchers say. A mean surface temperature of approximately 2 degrees Celsius greater than Earth would be more suitable for life.
“It’s sometimes difficult to convey this principle of super habitable planets because we think we have the best planet,” explained Schulze-Makuch.
“We have a great number of complex and diverse life forms 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.”
According to the researcher, only one exoplanet has all four of the “critical” characteristics which makes it far more comfortable for the development of life than our home planet.
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Saucer Shaped UFO Sighting over Orangeburg, South Carolina on January 6, 2022
witness states:
Went out for a smoke and took pictures of the front yard, as I see frequent UFO activity and like to record proof. I have seen many UFOs that were far off but this was the first time anything has come so close. The craft came from the tree line pulsing multicolored lights. After a few seconds, two orbs came out of it and began to pulse/blink red. It was like they were trying to memos a large aircraft; however, I worked on C-17s in the Air Force and know that this no aircraft.
These crafts were moving slow towards the neighbors and disappeared in the trees. I went to the backyard and observed them descend down into the back woods behind the house (swamp land). You can see the red orbs change from vertical to horizontal close to the end of the video.
Source: MUFON/ UFO Stalker: Case Number 120202. Sighting over Orangeburg, South Carolina. on January 6, 202
Huge UFO Recorded From Space Station In Earths Orbit, VIDEO, UFO Sighting News.
Huge UFO Recorded From Space Station In Earths Orbit, VIDEO, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: January 12, 2022
Location of sighting: Earths orbit
Source: ISS live cam
Watch this live space station footage taken today and you will see a close up of a huge sphere UFO rising up in earths orbit. It's not the moon. The moon is 5X bigger and bright. This object is much smaller, oval in shape and has some unique red/green colors to it. I and others have seen such UFOs orbiting Earths moon, but this event is a very rare one to see orbiting Earth. This UFO is several times bigger than the space station. Absolutely amazing catch and 100% proof that aliens are watching over Earth.
Silver Object Over Haltom, Texas On Jan 10, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Silver Object Over Haltom, Texas On Jan 10, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: January 10, 2022
Location of sighting: Haltom, Texas, USA Source: MUFON
Here is a UFO that came very low and close to the eyewitnesses in Texas this week. The UFO was seen flying from some clouds and passed above them. The eyewitness describes it as flashy white and blue lights unlike any aircraft they have ever seen. They also said a plane was seen passing nearby, which I believed was sent to investigate the UFO. The craft rotates slowly as it moves over them, revealing a odd lumpy diamond shape to it. At times it even turns the color of the white clouds as if it were trying to camouflage itself. There is no doubt in my mind about this one...it is a UFO.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
We were driving when I saw some bright lights that were just so bright, I thought maybe a drone but after watching it clearly was not! We pulled over and watched as it just hovered then moved not like any aircraft there were lights that flashed white and blue so very bright and there was a plane with a trail at one point nothing like what we saw pictures do no justice to in person.
Extraterrestrial Fleet arrives to watch humanity's liberation - Interview with James Gilliland
Extraterrestrial Fleet arrives to watch humanity's liberation - Interview with James Gilliland
Alarge fleet of spacecraft belonging to more highly evolved extraterrestrials have recently entered our solar system according to James Gilliland who runs the ECETI retreat in Mt Adams, Washington and has over 35 years of contact experiences.
He claims these positive extraterrestrials along with higher dimensional beings are here to oversee a fundamental change in how our solar system and planet are run. Furthermore, James discusses the collapse of the Deep State and regressive ETs in this Exopolitics Today Interview.
Bijzonder: verre planeet heeft de vorm van een rugbybal
In een ver stelsel blijkt een opvallende planeet te bestaan die niet rond is, zoals de aarde, maar die de vorm van een rugbybal heeft. De planeet heeft die ongebruikelijke vorm hoogstwaarschijnlijk door de kracht van de ster waar hij omheen draait. Dat melden de Europese ruimtevaartorganisatie ESA en de universiteit van Bern in Zwitserland.
De planeet heeft de wetenschappelijke naam ‘WASP-103b’. Hij is groter dan Jupiter, de grootste planeet in ons zonnestelsel, en heeft waarschijnlijk ongeveer dezelfde samenstelling.
WASP-103b draait om een ster die bijna twee keer zo groot is als onze zon en een slordige 200 graden warmer. De planeet staat zo dicht bij die ster, dat hij er in een minder dag omheen draait. De aarde doet iets meer dan 365 dagen en 6 uur over een baan rond de zon.
De planeet werd in 2014 al ontdekt met de ruimtetelescopen Hubble en Spitzer. Zijn vreemde vorm is nu vastgesteld met een andere ruimtetelescoop, de Europese Cheops, die eind 2019 werd gelanceerd. Die satelliet is gebouwd om te zoeken naar planeten die rond andere sterren draaien, zogeheten exoplaneten.
Thousands of rare and prehistoric fossils have been found in the now-dry “dead heart” of Australia. These fossils, which include spiders, small fish, and plants, date back between 16 and 11 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch when the region was full of rainforests.
The discoveries were made at a new fossil site called McGraths Flat in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales (close to the town of Gulgong). The field belonged to a farmer who reported that he found fossilized leaves and that’s how the discoveries began. This location is one of very few fossil sites in Australia that are referred to as a Lagerstätte which means that the fossils are of incredible quality.
(Not the fossils mentioned in this article.)
The rock layer that contains the fossils measures between 11,000 and 22,000 square feet (1,000 to 2,000 square meters). Paleontologists have excavated a little more than 500 square feet (50 square meters) so far, so there is a lot left to uncover. The reason why the fossils are so well preserved is because they are surrounded by goethite (iron-rich rock) on top of a sandstone layer. The fossils were in a now-dry pool and surrounded by iron and additional minerals that would have fallen into the pool from basalt cliffs (this is called a billabong).
Previous fossil findings in Australia from the Miocene Epoch were mostly teeth and bones belonging to larger animals, but the new discoveries were very significant as they were much smaller creatures like insects and tiny fish, as well as rainforest plants. In an email to Live Science, Matthew McCurry, who is the curator of paleontology at the Australian Museum, stated, “This site gives us unprecedented insight into what these ecosystems were like.” “We now know how diverse these ecosystems were, which species lived in them and how these species interacted.”
The fossils were analyzed with scanning electron microscopes (SEM) which allowed the experts to see them in incredible detail, such as the subcellular structures and single cells. What’s even more amazing is that the SEM revealed what the creatures ate prior to dying (these meals included larvae, fish, and a dragonfly wing that was partly digested). The SEM revealed other interesting features like pollen grains that were attached to the bodies of insects, and a freshwater mussel that was holding onto the fin of a fish.
(Not any of the fossils mentioned in this article.)
Additional fossils include fungal spores, pollen, flowering plants, a feather belonging to a sparrow-sized bird, and over a dozen fish specimens, as well as “a wide diversity of fossilized insects and arachnids”. There had only been four fossilized spiders found in Australia and thirteen have been discovered so far at this new fossil site. Pictures of the spider and feather fossils can be viewed here.
Exceptional fossils of a spider and a feather from the Australian site are between 16 million and 11 million years old.
(Image credit: Michael Frese)
Millions of years ago, this site was a lush rainforest ecosystem that washome to diverse plant and animal species.
(Image credit: Alex Boermsa)
Cingulasporites ornatus spores were among the traces of ancient life preserved at McGraths Flat.(Image credit: Michael Frese)
Based on analysis of the fossilized leaves, the experts were able to calculate that the average temperature during that time period was approximately 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17 degrees Celsius). Their study was published in the journal Science Advances.
This is a structure on an astroid called Eros. Eros is famous for having been the first asteroid to have been orbited by a spacecraft. And looking at these photos, you can see why. You see, NASA always makes moves for a reason. They don't guess...they have data that they rely on and now we know why they went to visit Eros. They wanted to get some intel on the the structures there. I am wondering if they had found a signal coming from this asteroid, something unnatural that pushed them to do this mission. How did they know these structures were on it? I guess they will never say. Scott C. Waring
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Four Unknown Craft Over Phoenix, Arizona Dec 20, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
Four Unknown Craft Over Phoenix, Arizona Dec 20, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 20, 2021
Location of sighting: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Source: MUFON
Four white round objects were spotted over Arizona last week. The person came out to have a smoke during a break at work and noticed four objects flying together. He believed them to be UFOs, his friend seemed to think that they had similarities to birds. However, I see no wings sticking out from the objects and hear no sounds of geese or ducks flying overhead. I feel that these UFOs are headed to the alien base behind Nellis Air Force Base where a Tall White base was established at a dry lake bed. The USAF gave an area behind Nellis AFB at the old firing range to the Tall Whites to have a technology exchange program. The base is underground, but glowing white ships are seen during day and night moving in and out from the area. 100% proof of Tall White ships in the Phoenix area.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I viewed on Dec 20 at my work. It looked like birds, but beg to differ.
James Webb Telescope Will Make TERRIFYING Discoveries!
James Webb Telescope Will Make TERRIFYING Discoveries!
Decades after the idea, the James Webb Space Telescope has finally made it to space. Launched on this Christmas, the telescope started its deployment after it was sent to the space. Scientists are depending on the telescope to know the truth about our existence and also if there is any other life in this universe other than ours. The telescope fans are curious to know about its deployment and what’s next for this masterpiece, they are asking if the telescope is really going to find the answer to our creation? Welcome to Cosmos lab, your one station for all the news from space. Join us in today’s video to find out about the deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope, its goals, and what’s next for this massive beast. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s most powerful and largest space telescope. It is an infrared space observatory that launched on Dec 25, 2021, from ESA’s launch site at Kourou in French Guiana, onboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket. The telescope will let scientists to peek back 200 million years after the Big Bang to see how our cosmos looked. Images of some of the first galaxies ever formed will be captured by the telescope. It will also be able to peek inside dust clouds to see where new stars and planets are developing, as well as investigate the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars. It will be able to observe objects in our solar system from Mars outward. The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope will explore the cosmos to learn more about the universe’s history, from the Big Bang to the birth of alien planets and beyond. It’s one of NASA’s Great Observatories, huge space instruments that include the likes of the Hubble Space Telescope to peer deep into the cosmos. After being launched on Christmas Day, the James Webb Space Telescope will journey over a million miles or 1.5 million kilometers to its permanent home, a Lagrange point — a gravitationally stable place in space. At the second Lagrange point, the James Webb Space Telescope will orbit the sun (L2). L2 is a location in space near Earth that is opposite the sun; this orbit will keep the telescope in alignment with Earth as it orbits the sun. Several other space telescopes have used it, notably the Herschel Space Telescope and the Planck Space Observatory. If Webb gets to the right zone, it can use a minimum of fuel to stay in place thanks to a near-perfect alignment with the sun, Earth and moon. The new observatory, the world’s largest space telescope, successfully unfolded its final primary mirror piece on January. 8, capping one of NASA’s most challenging space deployments ever. After the deployment, Engineering teams cheered back at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced on Twitter that the final wing was deployed. ‘Final wing is now deployed! Short celebration, but we’ve still got work to do. Engineers are working to latch the wing into place, a multi-hour process. When the final latch is secure, NASA Webb will be fully unfolded in space.’ Webb’s five-layered sunshield — a 70-foot-long, kite-shaped structure that acts as a parasol — was deployed to keep the telescope’s equipment cool so they could detect tiny infrared signals from the remote reaches of the Universe. The sun shield will be permanently installed between the telescope and the Sun, Earth, and Moon, with the Sun-facing side designed to resist temperatures of up to 230 degrees Fahrenheit (110 degrees Celsius). The telescope was folded up because it was too large to fit into the nose cone of a rocket in its working condition. According to Nasa, unfurling has been a sophisticated and difficult process – the most difficult of its kind ever attempted. However, it has now been successfully deployed and according to NASA officials, we have still got work to do. So, what is this work, and what is next for this gigantic space telescope? Webb is expected to arrive at its “insertion location” by Jan. 23. John Durning, Webb’s deputy project manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, after the deployment in a press conference from Webb’s control center at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, said to the reporters that, ‘As Webb prepares for the engine fire, team members will spend the next 15 days aligning the 18 mirror segments to “essentially perform as one mirror.’ I should say also, that Webb will start turning on the instruments in the next week or so,” Durning added. “And then after we get into L2, as the instruments get cold enough, they [engineers] are going to be starting to turn on all the various instruments.’ L2 is an excellent area for Webb to carry out its mission.
Memes Flood Internet After Report Claims NASA Hired 24 Theologians to Study Human Reaction to Aliens
Viral News: Needless to say, search for alien life has been a matter of fascination for humankind for centuries. There’s something really alluring and interesting about the unknown which teases our imagination. In a bid to find about the same, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has reportedly hired priests and religious experts (theologians) to assess how humans will react if alien life is discovered on another planet. NASA also wants to assess how such discoveries could impact our ideas of gods and creation, New York Post reported.Also Read - From New Virus, Tsunami to Alien Attack: Here Are Blind Mystic Baba Vanga's Predictions For 2022
According to reports, the agency is hiring 24 theologians to take part in its program at the Center for Theological Inquiry (CTI) at Princeton University in New Jersey, which NASA gave a $1.1 million grant to in 2014. The programme aims to assess how the world’s major religions would react to the news that life exists in worlds beyond our own. It also aims to answer questions that have been puzzling us for a long time, such as, What is life? What does it mean to live? Where do we draw the line between humans and aliens? Is it possible that life exists elsewhere?
Meanwhile, the news has sparked a lot of curiosity, humour and memes (of course) on Twitter. Many were excited at the possibility of human contact with aliens, while others didn’t support the idea of hiring priests and bringing religion in the picture.
In October, the Australian Space Agency and NASA signed a deal to send an Australian-made rover to the moon under the Artemis program, with a goal to collect lunar rocks that could ultimately provide breathable oxygen on the moon.
Although the moon does have an atmosphere, it’s very thin and composed mostly of hydrogen, neon, and argon. It’s not the sort of gaseous mixture that could sustain oxygen-dependent mammals such as humans.
That said, there is actually plenty of oxygen on the moon. It just isn’t in a gaseous form. Instead it’s trapped inside regolith—the layer of rock and fine dust that covers the moon’s surface. If we could extract oxygen from regolith, would it be enough to support human life on the moon?
The Breadth of Oxygen
Oxygen can be found in many of the minerals in the ground around us. And the moon is mostly made of the same rocks you’ll find on Earth (although with a slightly greater amount of material that came from meteors).
Minerals such as silica, aluminum, and iron and magnesium oxides dominate the moon’s landscape. All of these minerals contain oxygen, but not in a form our lungs can access.
On the moon these minerals exist in a few different forms including hard rock, dust, gravel, and stones covering the surface. This material is the result of impacts of meteorites crashing into the lunar surface over countless millennia.
Some people call the moon’s surface layer lunar “soil,” but as a soil scientist I’m hesitant to use this term. Soil as we know it is pretty magical stuff that only occurs on Earth. It has been created by a vast array of organisms working on the soil’s parent material—regolith, derived from hard rock—over millions of years.
The result is a matrix of minerals which were not present in the original rocks. Earth’s soil is imbued with remarkable physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. Meanwhile, the materials on the moon’s surface are basically regolith in its original, untouched form.
One Substance Goes In, Two Come Out
The moon’s regolith is made up of approximately 45 percent oxygen. But that oxygen is tightly bound into the minerals mentioned above. In order to break apart those strong bonds, we need to put in energy.
You might be familiar with this if you know about electrolysis. On Earth this process is commonly used in manufacturing, such as to produce aluminum. An electrical current is passed through a liquid form of aluminum oxide (commonly called alumina) via electrodes, to separate the aluminum from the oxygen.
In this case, the oxygen is produced as a byproduct. On the moon, the oxygen would be the main product, and the aluminum (or other metal) extracted would be a potentially useful byproduct.
It’s a pretty straightforward process, but there is a catch: it’s very energy hungry. To be sustainable, it would need to be supported by solar energy or other energy sources available on the Moon.
Extracting oxygen from regolith would also require substantial industrial equipment. We’d need to first convert solid metal oxide into liquid form, either by applying heat, or heat combined with solvents or electrolytes. We have the technology to do this on Earth, but moving this apparatus to the Moon—and generating enough energy to run it—will be a mighty challenge.
Earlier this year, Belgium-based startup Space Applications Services announced it was building three experimental reactors to improve the process of making oxygen via electrolysis. They expect to send the technology to the Moon by 2025 as part of the European Space Agency’s in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) mission.
How Much Oxygen Could the Moon Provide?
That said, when we do manage to pull it off, how much oxygen might the Moon actually deliver? Well, quite a lot as it turns out.
If we ignore oxygen tied up in the Moon’s deeper hard rock material—and just consider regolith which is easily accessible on the surface—we can come up with some estimates.
Each cubic meter of lunar regolith contains 1.4 tons of minerals on average, including about 630 kilograms of oxygen. NASA says humans need to breathe about 800 grams of oxygen a day to survive. So 630 kilograms of oxygen would keep a person alive for about two years (or just over).
Now let’s assume the average depth of regolith on the Moon is about ten meters, and that we can extract all of the oxygen from this. That means the top ten meters of the Moon’s surface would provide enough oxygen to support all eight billion people on Earth for somewhere around 100,000 years.
This would also depend on how effectively we managed to extract and use the oxygen. Regardless, this figure is pretty amazing!
Having said that, we do have it pretty good here on Earth. And we should do everything we can to protect the blue planet—and its soil in particular—which continues to support all terrestrial life without us even trying.
The James Webb Space Telescope, shown in this artist's illustration, successfully unfolded its mirrors and sunshield after launch.
Credit: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez/NASA GSFC/CIL
After several tense days of unfurling and clicking its various parts into place, the biggest and most sophisticated space telescope ever launched is now complete.
On 8 January, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope slowly swung the last 3 of its 18 hexagonal mirror segments into position, locking them together into one 6.5-metre-wide, gold-coated cosmic eye. The move capped an essentially flawless two weeks of engineering manoeuvres — the most complex astronomical deployments ever attempted in space — since the telescope’s Christmas Day launch.
“The Webb deployments have been perfect,” says Paul Hertz, director of NASA’s astrophysics division in Washington DC.
“I am feeling absolutely elated," says Antonella Nota, the European Space Agency's project scientist for Webb. "We are now all part of history as we watch this magnificent machine getting ready to explore the Universe.”
The US$10-billion observatory still faces many significant tasks, such as aligning its mirror segments and calibrating its 4 scientific instruments. But it has finished the riskiest engineering moves, without which it would have been inoperable. Those include deploying a kite-shaped, tennis-court-sized sunshield to shade the telescope from the Sun’s heat, and positioning its primary and secondary mirrors to capture light from stars, galaxies and other cosmic objects.
Photons are now bouncing between Webb’s mirrors, making it an operational observatory. “This is unbelievable,” said Bill Ochs, NASA’s project manager for Webb, in a 5 January webcast from mission control at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. “We actually have a telescope.”
Smooth moves
Webb, which launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, is now more than one million kilometres from Earth. It should reach its final destination, a gravitationally stable point in space known as L2, on 23 January. From there, it will study astronomical phenomena such as the most distant galaxies in the Universe, newborn stars enshrouded in dust and the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
Unlike its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb detects infrared wavelengths of light. That allows it to peer into previously unexplored realms, but also requires it to work at extremely cold temperatures, so that it can spot faint heat signals coming from the distant Universe. Webb’s sunshield is crucial to achieving that frigidity.
Engineers on Earth test the sunshield opening up in this high-speed footage.
Credit: NASA
That’s why many scientists were most nervous about opening it and stretching it into place. After launch, Webb had to unfold two rectangular pallets containing the sunshield, unroll its protective covers, pull it into a kite shape and finally tug its five gossamer layers to be taut. The process had been tested multiple times in a laboratory on Earth, but never in zero gravity in space, which could have introduced unexpected problems.
“I think I was just nervous about deploying something big and floppy,” Hertz says. No other space observatory has had such a shield, so it is “new and unfamiliar”, he adds.
Any step could have failed dramatically, but none did. Webb pulled the last of its sunshield layers into the correct tension on 4 January. “There was a lot of joy — a lot of relief,” said Hillary Stock, an engineer with Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California, which designed and built the sunshield. After that, Hertz says, he wasn’t nervous anymore.
But other scientists were anxious until the next day, when Webb deployed its secondary mirror. This process involved extending a giant hinged tripod out in front of the telescope’s primary mirror to lock its 74-centimetre-wide secondary mirror into place. Light bounces off the concave primary mirror and hits the convex secondary mirror, which focuses the light and sends it back through a small hole in the primary mirror and into the scientific instruments for analysis. Once the secondary mirror was deployed, Webb became an operational telescope by definition.
Cool it now
The last major step came at 10:29 a.m. US Eastern time on 8 January, when the final segment of the primary mirror swung into place. That mirror is so large that, like the sunshield, it had to be folded up for launch to fit atop the Ariane 5 rocket that carried it to space.
Other successful deployments during the past two weeks include swinging out a radiator that will funnel excess heat away from the telescope’s scientific instruments and dump it into space.
Next up, Webb will begin tweaking the positions of the primary mirror’s 18 segments to align them to properly focus light that they collect. The telescope also continues to cool down towards its operating temperature of around 40 °C above absolute zero, or –233 °C. It is currently nearly –200 °C on its cold side, behind the sunshield.
After Webb reaches L2 in about two weeks, it will have around five more months of set-up before it can start returning science results. "I cannot wait to see the first data," Nota says.
Webb took three decades to develop and repeatedly ate into NASA’s budget. The European and Canadian space agencies are also partners in the project.
NASA SAYS SPACE DEBRIS WILL DEFINITELY SLAM INTO THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
NASA SAYS SPACE DEBRIS WILL DEFINITELY SLAM INTO THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
IT'S ALL PART OF THE PLAN.
ADRIANA MANRIQUE GUTIERREZ/NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is “fully deployed,” according to the agency’s science administrator Thomas Zurbuchen — and that’s certainly a reason to celebrate after decades of hard work and tens of billions of dollars spent.
But the massive space observatory isn’t out of the woods just yet. As it spins around the Sun in a chaotic orbit, it will likely encounter plenty of space debris along the way — and an impact, its team says, is likely inevitable.
“Some small impacts from micrometeorites will happen,” NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientist Michelle Thaller said during a livestream over the weekend. “You know, over the lifetime of the mission there will be some damage to the mirrors of the telescope.”
The telescope itself is indeed vulnerable, but the team says it’s likely it’ll be able to survive some damage.
“Let’s say a piece of debris hits it,” said Julie Van Campen, a NASA engineer, during the stream. “And then we had a problem like that broke a mirror.”
In terms of protection, there’s “not much,” she explained. “What you see is what you get.”
However, Van Campen said, if a micrometeor were to rip a tear into the telescope’s protective sunshield there would be at least four more layers to keep the shield together.
“It was part of our lifetime calculations,” she added.
Things could get pretty hairy for the JWST team back on the ground, though, as there is no way to actually service the observatory in person. That’s unlike NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which the agency’s Space Shuttle visited five times between 1993 and 2009 for repairs and upgrades.
But there’s one crucial difference: Hubble was operating in a much more cluttered orbit in low-Earth orbit. The JWST will be orbiting the Sun at L2 (Lagrange Point 2), a far more distant location that allows it to form a straight line with the Earth and Sun.
“It’s actually a very nice place to be,” Thaller explained during the stream, adding that it is a “cleaner place when it comes to space junk.”
Fortunately, engineers have thought ahead and also built in some additional redundancies. The telescope’s mirrors, for instance, are designed to take some damage without forcing its scientific endeavors to grind to halt.
NASA has set the ambitious goal of having the JWST last for at least ten years, a number that’s primarily limited by the amount of fuel the telescope needs to keep itself in orbit and running its instruments.
For now, the pressure is off. Engineers pulled off a huge feat with the telescope’s unfolding, a harrowing process that involves hundreds of steps.
But space debris and meteorites will always be a threat — even when extra precautions are being taken.
The “most eccentric” exoplanet ever found has been detected by a team of international researchers led by the University of Bern. This exoplanet, which has been named TOI-2257 b, is a “sub-Neptune” which means that it is smaller than the furthest planet in our Solar System.
Thanks to data collected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a small red dwarf star was found and studied for four months. Experts were able to gather important additional data by using the SAINT-EX telescope in Mexico. TOI-2257 b was detected by the transit method which means that it was seen passing in front of its host star by causing a dip in the red dwarf’s brightness.
(Not TOI-2257 b)
The researchers found that the exoplanet has a short orbital period and may possibly have water as explained by the University of Bern, “With its 35-day orbital period, TOI-2257 b orbits the host star at a distance where liquid water is possible on the planet, and therefore conditions favorable for the emergence of life could exist.” But don’t get excited yet, as there probably isn’t any life since its radius is approximately 2.2 times bigger than Earth’s which “suggests that the planet is rather gaseous, with high atmospheric pressure not conducive to life.”
Nicole Schanche from Bern University noted, “In terms of potential habitability, this is bad news,” adding, “While the planet’s average temperature is comfortable, it varies from -80°C to about 100°C depending on where in its orbit the planet is, far from or close to the star.”
Another discovery they made was that the planet has a very odd orbit around its star. “We found that TOI-2257 b does not have a circular, concentric orbit,” Schanche said. It has even been described as being the “most eccentric planet” that has ever been found orbiting a cool star.
(Not TOI-2257 b)
As for why it has such an unusual orbit, one possibility is that there could be a massive planet located further away from the star which is affecting the orbit of TOI-2257 b. However, that is just a theory for now as further analysis needs to be conducted in order to know for sure.
For the first time ever, researchers from Northwestern University and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) watched as a red supergiant star died out and went supernova. In fact, they were able to observe the star during the last 130 days of its life prior to exploding. The massive star, which was about ten times larger than our sun, was located in the NGC 5731 Galaxy which is approximately 120 million light-years away from us.
Based on previous observations, it was thought that red supergiant stars were pretty much dormant prior to going supernova; however, this latest observation has completely changed that theory. Throughout the last months before the star exploded, observations detected bright radiation from it. This means that the internal part of the star would have went through a lot of changes just before emitting gas and collapsing.
The star was first spotted during the summer of 2020 by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for AstronomyPan-STARRS on Haleakalā, Maui. Then just a short time later, during the fall of that year, the star went supernova. Researchers were able to watch this supernova, which has been named 2020tlf (or SN 2020tlf), by using the W.M. Keck Observatory’s Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi.
Wynn Jacobson-Galán, who is the lead author of the study, discussed the significance of watching the star just before it exploded, “This is a breakthrough in our understanding of what massive stars do moments before they die,” adding, “Direct detection of pre-supernova activity in a red supergiant star has never been observed before in an ordinary type II supernova. For the first time, we watched a red supergiant star explode.”
Raffaella Margutti, who is an adjunct associate professor at CIERA and the senior author of the paper, described the moments before the explosion, “It’s like watching a ticking time bomb.” “We’ve never confirmed such violent activity in a dying red supergiant star where we see it produce such a luminous emission, then collapse and combust, until now.”
Jacobson-Galán finished off by stating how this observation will affect future research in regards to the moments prior to a star going supernova, “Detecting more events like SN 2020tlf will dramatically impact how we define the final months of stellar evolution, uniting observers and theorists in the quest to solve the mystery on how massive stars spend the final moments of their lives.” Their study was published in The Astrophysical Journal where it can be read in full.
A short video depicting the supernova can be viewed here.
Britten vinden grote en bijna complete ‘zeedraak’ van 180 miljoen jaar oud: “Eén van de beste fossielenvondsten in het Verenigd Koninkrijk ooit”
Britten vinden grote en bijna complete ‘zeedraak’ van 180 miljoen jaar oud: “Eén van de beste fossielenvondsten in het Verenigd Koninkrijk ooit”
Een grote prehistorische ‘zeedraak’ die is teruggevonden in de Engelse Midlands wordt omschreven als één van de beste fossielenvondsten in de geschiedenis van de Britse paleontologie. Het gaat over een ‘ichthyosaurus’, dat waren enorme zeereptielen die miljoenen jaren geleden in onze wateren leefden. Het g
evonden exemplaar is maar liefst 180 miljoen jaar oud.
Het fascinerende fossiel werd ontdekt in februari 2021, tijdens een routineuze drooglegging van een lagune-eiland bij het waterreservoir van Rutland, nabij de stad Leicester. Het skelet is zo’n 10 meter lang, de schedel weegt ongeveer een ton. Het gaat om het grootste en meest complete fossiel in zijn soort ooit bovengehaald in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, schrijft de Britse krant The Guardian maandag.
Ichtyosaurussen, die ook wel ‘zeedraken’ worden genoemd door hun erg grote en angstwekkende tanden en ogen, verschenen voor het eerst zo’n 250 miljoen jaar geleden en raakten zo’n 90 miljoen jaar geleden uitgestorven. Ze varieerden in grootte tussen 1 tot wel 25 meter. Als je kijkt naar de algemene lichaamsbouw van de zeewezens lijken ze het meest op enorme dolfijnen, met agressievere kenmerken.
De eerste ichtyosaurussen werden in de vroege 19de eeuw ontdekt door de beroemde Engelse fossielenjager en paleontoloog Mary Anning. Nu mag Joe Davis van het ‘Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust’ zich de ontdekker van dienst noemen.
De resten werden in augustus en september door een team van experten uit heel het Verenigd Koninkrijk uitgegraven. In de jaren 70 werden tijdens de constructie van het waterreservoir in het natuurreservaat van Rutland overigens al eens twee onvolledige en veel kleinere ichtyosaurussen gevonden. Maar de recentste onthulling is veel groter, en ook het eerste complete exemplaar.
Dean Lomax, een paleontoloog die al jaren de soort bestudeert en de kolos mee opgroef, legt bij The Guardian het belang van de vondst uit: “Hoewel er meerdere fossielen van deze zeereptielen zijn teruggevonden in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, is de ichtyosaurus van Rutland het grootste skelet dat hier ooit is blootgelegd. Het is werkelijk een ongeëvenaarde ontdekking en één van de grootste vondsten in de Britse paleontologische geschiedenis.”
Mark Evans van de Britse overheidsorganisatie ‘British Antarctic Survey’ bestudeert al meer dan 20 jaar specifiek de reptielenfossielen uit Rutland en Leicestershire. Hij zegt dat het al vanaf de eerste glimp van het gedeeltelijk blootgelegde fossiel duidelijk was dat het om de grootste ontdekking in de regio ooit ging. “Het was echter pas na onze verkennende opgraving dat we beseften dat het fossiel praktisch compleet was, van top tot teen.”
Nadat het fossiel zorgvuldig door het team was opgegraven, werd het kwetsbare skelet in een gipsen omhulsel met houten spalken gewikkeld, meldt watermaatschappij Anglian Water nog, de beheerder van het waterreservoir van Rutland. “Deze conserveringsmethode biedt extra bescherming voor de overblijfselen en maakte het mogelijk om ze in delen van de grond te tillen en veilig naar een onderzoeksfaciliteit te verplaatsen voor verdere analyse.” De maatschappij hoopt de vondst na onderzoek tentoon te kunnen stellen.
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Ross Coulthart UFOs Journalism Investigating the UAP Story!
Ross Coulthart UFOs Journalism Investigating the UAP Story!
Ross Coulthart is an investigative journalist, most recently for Australian news and current affairs program 60 Minutes on Channel Nine. He was previously chief investigations reporter for the Sunday Night news program. Coulthart has won five prestigious Walkley journalism awards, including the most coveted top award for Australian journalism.And has recently been heavily involved in investigating UFO’s.
REMEMBER THE “MOON CUBE”? CHINA JUST PUBLISHED A NEW PHOTO AND UHHHHH
REMEMBER THE “MOON CUBE”? CHINA JUST PUBLISHED A NEW PHOTO AND UHHHHH
THIS IS WHAT WE GET FOR GETTING OUR HOPES UP.
CNSA
Dark Side of the Moon
It was just a month ago that the world was introduced to what appeared to be a bizarre cube on the Moon — and just like that, now it turns out the object was little more than an optical illusion.
As SpaceNews correspondent Andrew Jones tweeted, the latest Chinese images of the “Moon Cube” from closer up now show that the mysterious object appears to be… well, a perfectly normal Moon rock. Sorry, folks. Sometimes space is boring.
“Oh, this is amazing,” Jones wrote. “Close to tears.”
Moonsta Hut
The latest photos of the “mystery hut,” as it was originally known in Chinese media, show that this relatively small rock sitting on the edge of a lunar crater isn’t extraordinary in any way — and as the SpaceNews reporter wrote, the newly-dubbed “jade rabbit” is “so underwhelming it’s brilliant.”
“The Moon’s surface is 38 million square kilometres of rocks, so it would have been astronomically exceptional for it to be anything else,” Jones wrote in a subsequent tweet. “But while small, the jade rabbit/玉兔 rock will also be a monumental disappointment to some.”
Galaxy Brain
Before this underwhelming discovery, conspiracy theories about the Moon Cube abounded, with netizens half-jokingly comparing it to the scourge of monoliths that plagued Earth in the first pandemic summer, and others still advising the Chinese Yutu 2 rover to “go back in the other direction” and avoid it as if contaminated.
There was always a great likelihood that the cube was going to be a plain ol’ rock. But this does, if nothing else, set a hilarious tone for what’s gearing up to be a huge year in space exploration.
CHINA SAYS ITS LANDER HAS DETECTED WATER ON THE MOON
CHINA SAYS ITS LANDER HAS DETECTED WATER ON THE MOON
HYDRATION STATION!
GETTY / FUTURISM
Drink Up
A global team of scientists led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing says they’ve detected water under the surface of the Moon using data the China National Space Administration provided from the country’s Chang’e-5 lander — a stunning technical achievement on its own, as the first lunar sample return mission since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 mission in 1976.
The team used a panoramic camera, lunar mineralogical spectrometer (LMS) and lunar penetrating radar to look for evidence of water, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances this week in collaboration with researchers from the National Space Science Center of CAS, the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of CAS and Nanjing University.
“It’s like a ‘field trip’ out on the Moon, the first opportunity to detect signs of water at close range and high resolution on the lunar surface,” said lead author and Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher Lin Honglei, according to a statement obtained by the South China Morning Post.
It’s Complicated
The team observed signals indicating the presence of water in reflectance spectral data acquired by the Chang’e-5 lander. The theory is that solar wind has gradually swept hydrogen atoms toward the Moon, according to SCMP‘s reporting, where it
We’ll be honest. Given the recent Moon cube moment that turned out to be — like we suspected — a humble rock, we’re a little skeptical of any big space claims by China. But scientists have long suspected that there’s likely ice and water on the Moon — and, if the research holds up, water would be a tantalizing resource for a long-term presence on the Moon by human astronauts.
The first humans emerged on Earth about 4 million years ago, but new evidence from the study of human evolution has revealed compelling evidence that a small group of these hominins was genetically modified by ancient alien visitors to create the first Homo sapiens.
Researcher and author Daniella Fenton has thoroughly analyzed humanity’s earliest origins and its sudden acceleration in brain development nearly 800,000 years ago, and this research has led to a major revelation.
“Homo sapiens is the creation of ancient astronauts who came through a wormhole in the Pleiades star cluster more than 780,000 years ago.”
The Australian researcher, an expert in equine lineages and gene expression, discovered numerous genetic changes that mark humans as abnormal when compared to modern primate species, some so extreme that they are best explained by advanced genetic engineering.
In her book, titled “Human Hybrids: Scientific Evidence for Our 800,000-Year-Old Alien Legacy,” Daniella Fenton highlights a series of profound changes in genes associated with brain size, neural structures, and information processing.
These changes include suddenly appearing genes made up of so-called ‘junk DNA’ and gene fragments that have been snipped, copied, and reinserted.
Fenton points to the mysterious fusion of chromosome 2 at the same time as these other changes, about 780,000 years ago, as further evidence of extraterrestrial experimentation.
This fusion is found in all large-brained human types, including Neanderthals and Denisovans, but not in any other primate species.
She explains that the chromosome 2 fusion should have been a one-time mistake that disappeared in the next generation or perhaps led to a small population of people with 46 chromosomes among a more substantial number of those carrying 48.
Instead, all humans after 780,000 years ago exhibited the ‘mutation’.
This strongly infers that there was an enormous benefit associated with the fusion and that it appeared suddenly in a considerable number of individuals, allowing chromosome 2 to become a permanent and dominant trait.
This does not match the known natural mutations in the human genome. Fenton explains:
“Someone created an entire generation of breeding pairs that carried the chromosome-2 fusion. The chromosomal modification is such that it would have an impact on the development of the brain, the immune system and the reproductive processes ”.
Humans also have unique changes in the FOXP2 gene that changed synaptic connectivity and improved our ability to transform new experiences into routine procedures, this had a huge influence on our ability to produce meaningful speech.
Fenton points out that this change is not observed in other primates and it seems that our creators wanted us to be able to quickly form new habitual behaviors in the use of particularity language.
“It is not only genetic changes 780,000 years ago that inform us that Homo sapiens is a species created by alien beings, we have also identified physical material left behind by these stars, materials dated to the same specific point in time.”
In addition, he offers a detailed explanation of why these visitors ended up abandoned here and the motivations that led them to modify the first hominids in his book “Human Hybrids: Scientific Evidence for Our 800,000-Year Alien Legacy.”
The story of Christa Tilton, a resident of the American state of New Mexico, is one of those rare cases where victims of alien abductionremember a lot of details of what happened to them and what they saw.
The Alien Abduction Of Christa Tilton
This happened in July 1987, when Christa Tilton suddenly “passed out” in the afternoon, and when she regained consciousness, she found that she had “disappeared” for three hours, during which she did not know where she was and what happened to her.
At first, she did not give it much concern, thinking that she had passed out from fatigue or something else. But soon she began to suffer from nightmares, in which she saw strange things but felt a strong fear. And somehow, Tilton decided that these nightmares were the result of her “lost” three hours.
This led Christa Tilton to look for similar cases that happened to other people, after which she realized that she could be a victim of alien abduction. And then Tilton, on the advice of one of the ufologists, decided on regressive hypnosis.
During the hypnosis sessions, a whole wave of lost memories, very vivid and detailed, washed over her. The first thing Christa Tilton remembered was that she had not just lost consciousness, but this happened after two small humanoid creatures approached her and grabbed her by the arms.
Her next memory was that she was inside the “ship” on the table and another humanoid approached her, whom she later gave the nickname “guide”.
Christa Tilton’s Drawing Of Aliens
He gave her a glass of some liquid and told her to drink, and when Tilton drank, she immediately felt incredibly cheerful and “charged with energy.” After that, the humanoid took her out of the “ship” and she found herself in a deserted area next to a small hill.
“It was dark, but I saw a faint light near what looked like a cave. We approached this place, and then I saw a man (or a very humanoid-like one) dressed in a red military-style jumpsuit, like the pilots. Mine the guide seemed to know the man because he greeted him as we got closer, and I noticed that he had some sort of patch on his uniform and that he was carrying an automatic weapon.
When we entered the cave, we found ourselves in a tunnel and I realized that we were going directly under a large hill or mountain. There we were met by another guard in red, and then I saw a computerized checkpoint with two cameras on each side. To my left there was a large groove where a small transit vehicle was parked. To my right, it looked like a long corridor with many offices.
We got into a transit car and, it seemed, took a very long time to drive to another protected area. Then I was told to stand on some kind of scale-like device facing the computer screen. I saw the lights flash and some calculations were done, and then a card was issued with holes punched in it. Later I realized that it was used for identification inside the computer.
I asked my guide where we were going and why. He replied sparingly that he should show me some things that I need to know for future use. Then he told me that we had just entered the first level of the “institution.” I asked what institution it was, but he did not answer. “
Christa Tilton
The guide then took her to a large elevator with no door and they went downstairs, while she noticed that they were going down to “Level 2”.
There were offices and seemingly ordinary people who walked back and forth, seemingly not paying any attention to the presence of Tilton and the guide, just going about their business, as if they were not there.
All this looked more like an ordinary office building if you do not pay attention to the armed guards in colored overalls, standing everywhere, and at some point, Christa Tilton and the conductor walked past what looked like some kind of huge factory, next to which there was a transport a medium similar to a small “flying saucer”.
When she looked at this factory and the strange ship, she saw the typical “Gray Aliens” handling the ship’s maintenance, who also ignored her as if she had every right to be there in this world.
After that, Christa Tilton was transferred to another elevator to Level 5, where she was asked to change. By this point, she began to experience intense fear, but her guide assured her that nothing bad would happen to her. She put on a hospital gown, was weighed, and scanned with some kind of electrical device, after which she was escorted past another security post and down another corridor.
Drawing Of The Facility By Christa Tilton
It was here that a wave of overwhelming stench suddenly hit her, similar, according to Tilton, to the strong smell of formaldehyde. She knew what formaldehyde smelled like because she worked as a nurse when she was young.
The guide assured her that everything was in order, but the smell was very depressing.
“We approached a large room and I stopped to look inside. I saw huge large tanks with computerized sensors attached to them and a huge hand-like device that extended from the top of some tube down into the tanks. The tanks were about 4 feet high, so from where I was, I could not see what was inside them.
I heard a humming sound, and it looked like something was moving inside the tanks. I began to approach the containers, and just then my guide grabbed my hand and dragged me roughly into the corridor. He told me that there was no need to see the contents of the containers and added that this would only complicate matters.
We walked down the hall, and then he led me into a large laboratory. I was amazed because I used to work in a laboratory and here I saw equipment that I had never seen before. At some point, I turned around and saw a small Gray creature standing with its back to me, who was doing something at the counter. I heard the clink of metal on metal. I heard a similar sound when I was preparing surgical instruments for my doctor in surgery. “
Christa Tilton
Then Tilton was ordered to sit on a table in the middle of the room, and now she again had a very strong feeling that something was wrong, fear began to grip her harder. While she sat and thought about what to do and what was happening, a human doctor entered the room, greeted the guide, and then looked at Tilton:
“My guide smiled at me and said that he would wait outside, and I would only be there for a few minutes. I cried. I cry when I’m scared. The gray alien looked at me and turned to continue what he was doing. The doctor called an additional help, and then another gray alien entered.
The next thing I remember, I was very sleepy. I knew that they were examining my body outside and inside, and when I looked up, I saw this terrible gray alien looking at me with big black eyes. It was then that I first felt stabbing pain. I screamed, and then a human doctor stood next to me and rubbed something on my stomach. It was cold. The pain subsided immediately.
I could not believe that this was happening to me and that it was happening over and over again. I begged them to let me go, but they continued to work methodically. When they finished, I was told to get up, go to the small room and change. I noticed blood between my legs, as if I had started my period, but I just continued to dress and when I left, I saw that my guide was talking to the doctor in the corner of the room.
I just stood there, completely helpless. Then I felt more lonely than ever in my life. I also felt like a guinea pig. When we left the laboratory, I was silent. I was angry with the guide for letting this happen to me. But he said it was necessary. Then he said that I would forget it.
I saw other aliens walking past us along the corridor. Again, I was like a ghost to them, they didn’t notice me. I asked my guide to explain to me what this place is. He said that this is a very important place and that I will be returning here in the next few years. “
Christa Tilton
Then Tilton got into the transit car with her guide again, and they drove to where Tilton saw the most frightening thing in all this time:
“I saw what seemed to me to be people of various types, they were standing against the wall inside a transparent chamber that looked like a pipe. I came closer and it seemed to me that they were wax figures. I cannot understand what I saw there.
I also saw animals in cages. They were alive. They looked like they were in suspended animation. I went to the transparent cells in which they were kept. I put my hands on the glass and leaned over to see if I could get some kind of answer. But no, I could not understand whether they were alive or dead at that moment.
They just didn’t move, and I couldn’t see if there was a liquid in the cells, like formaldehyde. I think there was no liquid in this particular case. “
Christa Tilton
Thereafter, her guide took her back to the waiting alien ship that had abducted her, and she was taken to where she was found and her memory erased.
The recollection of this experience under hypnosis marked the beginning of Tilton’s compulsive search for answers to the question of what happened to her. Although she was never told directly where she was taken, she concluded that she was most likely taken to that very secret underground base near Dulce, New Mexico.
The site has been the center of all sorts of conspiracy theories since at least the 1970s and is a hotbed of UFO activity, cattle mutilation, and talk of top-secret underground bases.
In addition to this, Tilton claims that after this initial experience, she was abducted several more times and taken to various underground facilities that she claims exist thanks to the government in various locations in the United States.
“I am aware of many, many, many underground structures or bases that are used for different purposes. Most of the underground bases are used for secret or other purposes involving the government, which conduct certain types of tests underground.
And then there are bases, one, in particular, north of Tucson, Arizona, where I am almost sure that I was taken, it passes under the code or real name “Evergreen Aviation”. They have all the flying objects there and in ten years of research I have found that this institution is founded or supported by the CIA.
Once I got very close to this object, I climbed over a wire fence and made my way there with my pilot friend, after which I took some great pictures of black helicopters. These black helicopters are unmarked. There were other types of aircraft there, and so we really believe that there are many secret bases in many states. I have heard of such bases in almost every state in the United States. “
Christa Tilton
Later, Christa Tilton wrote a book about her experience in Dulce, which is directly called “Underground Alien Biolaboratory in Dulce”, and talked a lot about these underground bases and aliens in general.
Over the years, her stories about it became more and more bizarre. In particular, Tilton assured that she was repeatedly used as a “birthing machine” to produce hybrid children. And that she is probably a hybrid herself.
She has written extensively about her encounters with various types of alien beings, including what she calls “light beings,” reptiles, Nordics, and many others. All of these creatures have repeatedly told Tilton about the mission of aliens on Earth – from supporters of strict laissez-faire to imperialist factions wishing to conquer Earth.
Tilton was especially frightened by the Gray humanoids.
“The Grays seem to have a massive collective consciousness. I noticed that they are constantly doing something together, but practically do not communicate with each other. / or people.
I can tell you right now that the main weakness of the Grays is that they have no soul, they are soulless. Don’t let them tell you otherwise. It is known that some of them are trying to impose some type of false religious philosophies on the people they have abducted, and the point is that you have to understand that these aliens have their own plans and are not at all good for humans.
The Grays can be described as empty, like an empty suitcase. They essentially have nothing but a higher-level brain in the cranial region. They are mainly used by other beings to transfer various technologies and provide us with information, but as far as trusting them, I do not trust them. “
Christa Tilton
It’s hard to figure out what to do with this rather impressive case, and with all the additional details and statements from the victims of alien abduction, sounding like science fiction. Over the years, Tilton has acquired many believers in her case, but almost as many skeptics and ill-wishers.
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Brightly Lit UFO Sighted Cruising Over Orangeburg, South Carolina. January 6, 2022
Brightly Lit UFO Sighted Cruising Over Orangeburg, South Carolina. January 6, 2022
The witness stated the following: "Went out for a smoke and took pictures of the front yard, as i see frequent UFO activity and like to record proof. i have seen many UFOs that were far off but this was the first time anything has come so close. the craft came from the tree line pulsing multicolored lights. after a few seconds, two orbs came out of it and began to pulse/blink red. it was like they were trying to memos a large aircraft; however, i worked on c-17s in the air force and know that this no aircraft.
These crafts were moving slow towards the neighbors and disappeared in the trees. i went to the backyard and observed them descend down into the back woods behind the house (swamp land). you can see the red orbs change from vertical to horizontal close to the end of the video.
When it comes to the matter of Area 51, the 1970s, and secret aircraft, there are two important issues that cannot be ignored. And they should not be ignored. One was the early development, out at Area 51, of what has become known as “Stealth” technology for aircraft. We’ll get right to the matters of the stealthy kind. It was in 1988 that both the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighterand the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit were unveiled for one and all to see. The completely black, triangular-shaped aircraft caught the world’s attention, primarily because of their strange, angular shapes. It’s intriguing to note that in 1982 a wave of encounters with what became known as “Flying Triangles” began over portions of New York State, specifically in Hudson Valley. In their 1988 book, Night Siege, authors Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Philip J. Imbrogno and Bob Pratt wrote: “Can 7,000 eyewitnesses be wrong? They were there to witness the huge, hovering object in the sky, three flashing lights, the eerie silence. They are ordinary people from all walks of life: stay-at-home moms, kids, business people, engineers. They tell their stories here, and they all agree on one thing: they saw the same massive object cruising over their backyards. And it was like nothing they had seen before…”
At the time when the Hudson Valley encounters were at their peak, it was reasonably assumed by UFO researchers just about here, there and everywhere that aliens had invaded and were scoping out the area to a massive degree. When, however, the Stealth planes were unleashed in 1988 – planes that looked eerily like the Hudson Valley “UFOs,” more than a few of those same ufologists came to wonder if what was seen over Hudson Valley was actually a top secret variation on the Stealth Fighter and the Stealth Bomber. Regardless of whether or not the Hudson Valley UFOs originated in the United States, or on a world far, far away, one of the most intriguing revelations that surfaced when the Stealth planes were revealed was the startling fact that they had been secretly flying not just for a few years, but since the 1970s – at Area 51. And, the secret (the top secret) had been skillfully contained for more than a decade.
If there is one thing that just about any and all military agencies want, it’s for their aircraft to be completely invulnerable. Well, while that’s a tall order, steps were taken in the early 1970s to create an aircraft that could not be detected on radar. It would, then, be the ultimate predator: quietly and carefully approaching its completely oblivious target. That is, until it was all too late. Lockheed Martin, the company which was secretly contracted to come up with a stealth-driven fighter, state that a pair of engineers, Dick Sherrer and Denys Overholser, “developed a computer program based on obscure German and Russian theories, which postulated that radar beams could be reflected by a series of carefully angled triangular panels,” which is precisely why both the B-2 and the F-117 look so odd. But, cool, too.
(Nick Redfern)
The late U.K. researcher, Omar Fowler, with a model of a “Flying Triangle”-type UFO
The most important development came in 1976. That was the year in which a program designated “Have Blue” was established as, to quote Lockheed Martin, “the stealth demonstrator that would lead to the F-117A Nighthawk.” Built out of aluminum and not much else, the aircraft was typified by the angular shape and futuristic-look. Although the Nighthawk remained unknown to virtually everyone until 1988, it was first test-flown on June 8, 1981, just one year before the Hudson Valley “UFOs” were first seen. Notably, the Nighthawk – while in test stage – was flown exclusively at night. And, while it seems unlikely that the F-117A was the culprit at Hudson Valley, perhaps a far more advanced stealth plane was. One of the most notable of all the missions that the Nighthawks took part in revolved around the invasion of Iraq in January of 1991. The radar-systems of the Iraqi military were woefully inadequate and, as a consequence, they flattened close to forty targets in no time at all; something which helped to bring the conflict to a close in a little more than forty days. Today, the Nighthawk is no more. It has been mothballed. But, how many other stealth aircraft – of highly advanced forms and technologies – remain hidden from prying eyes is anyone’s guess.
When China’s Yutu 2 rover spotted a mysterious cube-shaped “hut” on the moon, theories began spreading like wildfire, especially the thought of it possibly being an alien base. The rover began traveling towards the unexplained object in order to determine what exactly it was and the results are in.
The rover noticed the object on the horizon in December and the image was released by the China National Space Administration through the Weixin website. The rover then made its way towards the object. It seemed so much larger while looking at it from a distance, but as Yutu 2 got closer to it, it was actually a lot smaller than originally anticipated. Additionally, it wasn’t cube-shaped at all and had more of a rounded shape. When it finally reached its destination, the rover took images of the object and sent them back to Earth.
Lunar surface
That’s when the team realized that the mysterious object was just a rabbit-shaped rock that looked as though it was eating some “carrots” as there were smaller rocks located in front of it. What’s even funnier is that there were a few tiny round-shaped rocks behind it which looked like bunny poo. The Yutu 2 rover team even gave it the nickname of “jade rabbit”, which is interestingly what “Yutu” translates to.
While the bunny-shaped rock is certainly cute, many people are deeply disappointed that it is not an alien base as stated on Twitter by space journalist Andrew Jones, “The Moon’s surface is 38 million square kilometres of rocks, so it would have been astronomically exceptional for it to be anything else.” “But while small, the jade rabbit/玉兔 rock will also be a monumental disappointment to some.”
Lunar surface
Now that the “hut” mystery has been solved, the rover will continue studying the large Von Kármán crater. Even though we did get a good laugh at the alien-base-turned-bunny-rock mystery, the Yutu 2 rover’s mission has been going very well since landing on the moon in 2019 with approximately 1,000 meters of the lunar surface explored so far. In fact, it is the first rover to investigate the far side of the moon and it is still going strong.
There are no aliens living on the moon – at least none that we have found thus far. But an adorable bunny-shaped rock is just as exciting, right? Perhaps not. Nevertheless, pictures of the rabbit-shaped rock can be viewed here.
Here's the image that caught people's attention last month.
CNSA/CLEP/Red circle by Amanda Kooser/CNET
The "mystery hut" rock on the moon now has a more fitting name: "jade rabbit."
Even during the pandemic shutdown, no groups spend more time at high altitudes looking out windows than airline pilots and their passengers … yet UFO sightings by either group seem few and far between. Are they not seeing anything? That seems unlikely. Are they afraid of ridicule or, in the case of pilots, reprimanding? That seems more the case, especially if they have no proof or corroborating witnesses. This makes two UFO sightings this week especially significant – one is by two pilots, one is by two airline passengers and both have videos of the UFOs. Will they be believed?
“Was flying along at 39,000 feet in an airbus a320 somewhere over georgia. took out my phone to take photos of the beautiful milky way. using the new iphone 13 pro max. tried to take a video of another aircraft flying just above us opposite direction at 40,000 ft. as i was filming this aircraft fly over us, i noticed this v shaped object appear.”
An Airbus 380 with plenty of windows for UFO spotting.
That report comes from the UFO Stalker website (which appears to have reposted it from the MUFON site) and implies that the witness was in the cockpit of an Airbus A320 passenger plane flying over Georgia on 1/3/2022 when the sighting occurred. The video of the sighting can be seen here or here.
Unfortunately, there’s no indication that the crew attempted to contact the other aircraft in their view at the time to determine if they also saw the UFO. The witness merely says “both captain and i agreed we would like to remain anonymous” and “nothing was reported to faa or atc.” ATC is air traffic control and a call to it or the FAA would have required logging the sighting in the newly approved Pentagon database. Are pilots still afraid of reporting UFOs? The video is at night and poor quality, possibly due to the limitations of even the latest smartphone cameras. Other than the quick cut to the control panel, nothing else in the video can be used for perspective. One commenter suggested these are lights reflected from inside the cockpit on its window … but what pilots would make that mistake? At this point, there’s no way to positively identify these lights over Georgia.
“I was flying from Glasgow to London with my girlfriend. We left Glasgow Airport around 6am. Just before we prepared to land in Gatwick Airport I saw this strange object. I started to film it and took some pictures as well. It was far away from the plane that’s why you can’t see it very clear. It was roughly three to four miles away from our plane. It was hard to film it because you see it on video the plane was getting ready to land.”
Why don’t more passengers watch for UFOs?
Marjol Cela saw her UFO out a plane window on 1/4/2022 and managed to get a clear but far away video of it. She gave the video to Glasgow Live and claims her fellow passenger also saw and recorded it. Cela somehow determined the UFO was four miles away and not a plane but “a flying object in disguise” that was not moving but “hovering.” Watch the video here.
Do you think it’s hovering? At first (and second and third) glance, it looks like another plane (sorry Marjol), a rocket launch or a meteor. Glasgow Live did not appear to investigate the UFO event any further, so there’s no positive identification yet. However, kudos go to Marjol Cela for quickly getting a decent video and reporting it to the media using her real name. It’s only with reports like these and follow-up investigations by the media or the government that UFOs will be identified.
That is, if the government really wants them to be identified.
In the meantime, keep looking out the windows and up at the sky … and keep your phone charged and ready.
NASA's James Webb Telescope successfully deploys its 70-foot sunshield that will protect the $10 billion device's scientific instruments at temperatures under -380F
NASA's James Webb Telescope successfully deploys its 70-foot sunshield that will protect the $10 billion device's scientific instruments at temperatures under -380F
James Webb Space Telescope has fully deployed its massive 70-foot sunshield
The five-layered sunshield will protect the telescope from the light and heat of the sun, Earth and moon
It is designed with five plastic sheets about as thin as a human hair and coated with reflective metal
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has fully deployed its massive 70-foot sunshield while it hurls through space on a journey to what is known as the Earth-sun Lagrange Point 2 (L2), which is nearly a million miles from Earth.
'All five layers of the sunshield are fully tensioned,' said an announcer at 11:59am ET at the observatory's control center in Baltimore, where team members cheered.
It took just one and a half days to tighten the ultra-thin layers using motor-driven cables, half the expected time.
The sunshield – about the size of a tennis court at full size – was folded to fit inside the payload area of an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket's nose cone prior to launch, which took place on Christmas Day.
The shield is designed with small plastic sheets, each of which are about as thin as a human hair and coated with reflective metal, providing protection on the order of more than SPF 1 million.
The five-layered sunshield will protect the telescope from the light and heat of the sun, Earth and moon, but keeping its scientific instruments below -380 degrees Fahrenheit.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has fully deployed its massive 70-foot sunshield while it hurls through space on a journey to what is known as the Earth-sun Lagrange Point 2 (L2), which is nearly a million miles from Earth
Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington, said in a statement: 'This is the first time anyone has ever attempted to put a telescope this large into space.
'Webb required not only careful assembly but also careful deployments. The success of its most challenging deployment – the sunshield – is an incredible testament to the human ingenuity and engineering skill that will enable Webb to accomplish its science goal.'
The tightening of the sunshield was set for January 2, but was delayed by NASA to ensure it was in 'prime condition' before it is tightened.
Webb launched on Christmas Day, following several days throughout its progress that had some fearing to would never leave Earth.
The shield is designed with small plastic sheets, each of which are about as thin as a human hair and coated with reflective metal, providing protection on the order of more than SPF 1 million
It is hoped that the observatory, a replacement for the 30-year-old Hubble telescope, will by travelling so far out be able to peer back in time 13.5 billion years – to a point within a mere 100 million years of the Big Bang
It is hoped that the observatory, a replacement for the 30-year-old Hubble telescope, will by travelling so far out be able to peer back in time 13.5 billion years – to a point within a mere 100 million years of the Big Bang.
At 7:20am ET the world's most powerful space telescope, equipped with an Ariane 5 rocket, took off from the European Spaceport facility in French Guiana in magnificent form before blasting skywards over the Atlantic Ocean.
Cheers were on pause for another nerve-wracking 27 minutes as the rocket ejected its boosters and soared to an altitude of 870 miles before finally detaching the telescope to begin its own journey.
The sunshield – about the size of a tennis court at full size – was folded to fit inside the payload area of an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket's (pictured) nose cone prior to launch, which took place on Christmas Day
Tuesday's milestone was no simple feat it involved 139 of Webb's 178 release mechanisms, 70 hinge assemblies, eight deployment motors, roughly 400 pulleys, and 90 individual cables totaling roughly one quarter of a mile in length to pull off the unraveling of the shield
With its liftoff, a spokesperson for NASA said, 'Webb will usher in a new era of astronomy'.
And four days later, Webb began the unfolding its massive sunshield.
Now it is about halfway to the L2, an area of balanced gravity between the sun and the Earth, where it will spend more than a decade exploring the universe in infrared.
Tuesday's milestone was no simple feat it involved 139 of Webb's 178 release mechanisms, 70 hinge assemblies, eight deployment motors, roughly 400 pulleys, and 90 individual cables totaling roughly one quarter of a mile in length to pull off the unraveling of the shield.
Hillary Stock, a sunshield deployment specialist for Northrop Grumman, told reporters on a call: 'It was a wonderful moment. There was a lot of joy, a lot of relief.'
Jim Flynn, sunshield manager at Northrop Grumman, NASA's primary contractor for Webb, said in a statement: 'The sunshield is remarkable as it will protect the telescope on this historic mission.
'This milestone represents the pioneering spirit of thousands of engineers, scientists, and technicians who spent significant portions of their careers developing, designing, manufacturing, and testing this first-of-its-kind space technology.'
Webb still has another five months worth of setup before it is ready to explore the universe.
This includes deployment of the secondary mirror and primary mirror wings, alignment of the telescope optics, and calibration of the science instruments.
WHAT IS THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE?
The James Webb telescope has been described as a 'time machine' that could help unravel the secrets of our universe.
The telescope will be used to look back to the first galaxies born in the early universe more than 13.5 billion years ago, and observe the sources of stars, exoplanets, and even the moons and planets of our solar system.
The vast telescope, which has already cost more than $7 billion (£5 billion), is considered a successor to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope
The James Webb Telescope and most of its instruments have an operating temperature of roughly 40 Kelvin – about minus 387 Fahrenheit (minus 233 Celsius).
Officials say the cost may exceed the $8 billion (£5.6 billion) program cap set by Congress. The space agency has already poured $7 billion (£5 billion) into the telescope.
When it is launched in 2021, it will be the world's biggest and most powerful telescope, capable of peering back 200 million years after the Big Bang.
Moment van de waarheid geslaagd: nieuwe ruimtetelescoop klapt enorme spiegel uit
De nieuwe ruimtetelescoop James Webb heeft in de ruimte een metersgrote spiegel uitgeklapt die het licht uit het heelal moet opvangen. Het moment van de waarheid in de hele onderneming is dus geslaagd.
De James Webb is de opvolger van de beroemde ruimtetelescoop Hubble. Hij is ontwikkeld en gebouwd door de ruimtevaartorganisaties van Europa (ESA), de Verenigde Staten (NASA) en Canada (CSA).
Op eerste kerstdag werd de telescoop gelanceerd vanuit Frans-Guyana. De James Webb is ongeveer zo groot als een tennisbaan. Bij zijn vertrek was hij opgevouwen, zodat hij paste in de raket die hem naar de ruimte bracht. De kern van de ruimtetelescoop is een 6,5 meter grote spiegel, zes keer zo groot als die van de Hubble. Die spiegel vangt het licht uit de ruimte op en kaatst dat naar een tweede spiegel, die het licht bundelt en naar de meetinstrumenten aan boord stuurt.
Wetenschappers willen met de James Webb onder meer zoeken naar planeten waar misschien leven mogelijk is. Ook verre sterrenstelsels en sporen van de oerknal staan op de radar. De ruimtetelescoop kan een miljard jaar verder terug in de tijd kijken dan de Hubble.
De spiegel van de James Webb bestaat uit achttien zeshoeken die aan elkaar zitten, maar los van elkaar kunnen bewegen. De spiegel is gemaakt van beryllium, met daarbovenop een miniem laagje goud van 100 nanometer dik. Dat is duizend keer zo dun als een menselijke haar of een vel papier. Beryllium is licht, sterk en goed bestand tegen extreme kou. Goud zorgt ervoor dat de spiegel beter in staat is infrarood licht te zien.
Als de James Webb over een paar weken op zijn definitieve bestemming is, kan hij nog niet meteen aan de slag. Eerst moeten alle apparaten aan boord gekoeld worden tot 266 graden onder nul. Dat duurt ongeveer een maand. Daarna duurt het een paar maanden om te testen of alles goed werkt. In de zomer kan de James Webb de eerste metingen verrichten.
When China's lunar rover first discovered it, the rock appeared cube-shaped.
(Image credit: CNSA/Our Space)
A mysterious "moon hut" spotted by China's lunar Yutu 2 rover is actually … an adorable rabbit-shaped rock.
The rock has been nicknamed "jade rabbit" by the Yutu 2 team, which announced its rover's closer inspection of the object on Friday (Jan. 7). The nickname is apt, as the rover's name, Yutu, also translates to "jade rabbit."
The object first appeared in the field of view of Yutu 2's cameras in December, when it looked like a cube-shaped blur on the horizon. The rover is the first to explore the moon's far side, which always faces away from Earth and is more rugged and pitted by craters than the moon's near side. Because the object appeared irregularly symmetrical, with a strange flat top, researchers with the China National Space Administration outreach program Our Space joked that it might be the hut of alien pioneers, Live Science previously reported.
A closer look at a rock on the moon whose shape, seen from afar by China's Yuta-2 rover, had prompted curiosity and discussion.
(CNSA via The New York Times)
After a month-long traverse of the distance from the original spot where it snapped the "moon hut" image to the site of the object itself, the rover has now sent close-ups back to Earth. It turns out that the rock is much smaller than it appeared to be from afar. It's also much rounder and cuter. In fact, it looks a lot like a crouched bunny munching on a couple of carrots (which are actually smaller rocks). Some observers, likeCNET's Amanda Kooser, even see bunny poop in a couple of round pebbles near the rock's other end.
"The Moon's surface is 38 million square kilometres of rocks, so it would have been astronomically exceptional for it to be anything else," space journalist Andrew Joneswrote on Twitter. "But while small, the jade rabbit/玉兔 rock will also be a monumental disappointment to some."
Because of the lack of perspective in the original image, Jones wrote, many people were hoping for a large structure that looked more like the Arc de Triomphe or Beijing's towering CCTV headquarters building.
With the bunny rock cataloged, Yutu 2 will now continue its exploration of the 115-mile-wide (186 kilometers) Von Kármán crater. The rover has been exploring the region since the spacecraft Chang'e 4 delivered it to the lunar surface in the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon in January 2019. The rover is the longest-lasting to ever explore the moon's surface. It has explored the porous soil that makes up at least the top 130 feet (40 m) of the moon's surface and investigated a strange-colored gel-like substance found in a crater. It turned out to be melted-together rock caused by a long-ago meteorite impact, a 2020 study found.
Mysterieuze “maanhut” blijkt konijnvormige rots te zijn
De mysterieuze “maanhut” die vorige maand werd gespot door de Chinese maanrover Yutu 2 op de achterzijde van de maan, blijkt eigenlijk een schattige rots in de vorm van een konijn te zijn. De rots heeft daarom de bijnaam “jade konijn” gekregen. Erg toepasselijk, aangezien de naam van de rover, Yutu, zich ook vertaalt naar “jade konijn”.
Het object verscheen voor het eerst in het gezichtsveld van Yutu 2 in december, toen het eruitzag als een kubusvormige waas aan de horizon. De rover is de eerste die de andere kant van de maan verkent, die altijd van de aarde weg is gericht. De achterzijde van de maan is ruiger en bevat meer kuilen dan de zichtbare kant van de maan. Omdat het object onregelmatig symmetrisch leek, met een vreemde platte bovenkant, grapten onderzoekers van het China National Space Administration-programma Our Space dat het misschien de hut van buitenaardse pioniers zou kunnen zijn.
Nu de rover een maand later close-ups naar de aarde heeft gestuurd, blijkt dat de rots veel kleiner is dan eerst van ver leek. De rots is ook veel ronder en “schattiger”, waardoor het de onderzoekers deed denken aan een gehurkt konijntje dat kauwt op een paar wortelen (die eigenlijk kleinere stenen zijn).
Von Kármán-krater
Nu de konijnenrots gecatalogiseerd is, gaat Yutu 2 verder met zijn verkenning van de 186 kilometer brede Von Kármán-krater. De rover verkent de regio sinds de maanlander Chang’e 4 het op het maanoppervlak afleverde tijdens de allereerste zachte landing aan de andere kant van de maan in januari 2019. Chang’e 4 is al de vierde Chinese missie naar de maan, de tweede met een rover. De eerste missie met zo’n robotjeep was Chang’e 3. Die verkende de voorkant van de maan, het stuk van de maan dat wij vanop aarde wel kunnen waarnemen.
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White Light Over Manila, Philippines Dec 29, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
White Light Over Manila, Philippines Dec 29, 2021,UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting:December 29, 2021
Location of sighting:Manila, Philippines Source: MUFON
Watch this amazing video as a bright white object moves across the sky over Manila, Philippines last week. The object had no wings, no sound and no trail coming from it. Similar white spheres have been seen worldwide from the mountains of Denver, Colorado to the Temple of Dome of Rock in Jerusalem in 2011. This is 100% proof that aliens exist. These UFOs are the most common type and are believe to be piloted by alien beings.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Sitting on my balcony I noticed small bright white object flying in a NE direction, maybe 1-2 kilometres from me. It was remarkable because it's appearance was different from the planes and helicopters I see in the area and the way it flew was definitely not like those.Flying NE it went into some clouds and I lost sight of it. That was the 12 second video I caught. Later when on re-examining the video close up I could see the object had actually turned right shortly after emitting some kind of pulse. Three minutes later I looked up and the object had re-appeared and was heading west. It seemed to emit another pulse, stopped and then hovered for a few seconds before continuing on west. The object almost went directly over my building so I could see it emitting a glowing, yellowish light from underneath. There seemed to be a slight haze around the object. I checked FlightAware and there were no commercial flights in that area at that time.
While going through a photo of Pluto moon Charon, I discovered a huge spacecraft that was landed in the center of a small crater. I believe that aliens land in craters because it's easy to locate and because the walls of the crater offer some protection from micrometeorites. Now I had to add contrast in order to see this object. NASA deliberately uploaded a photo after they had added too much light to it and after they had blurred 65% of the moon. That doesn't leave much for us to see does it. Thats what NASA counts on. NASA also hopes that the public believes that the photos came from the space craft blurred instead of NASA having blur them out deliberately. Did you ever in your lifetime hear NASA explain the blur areas? Anyways, this craft I found in the crater is close to 2km across, since the crater is about 4km in diameter. Such a craft could hold thousands of people.
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Disk Over Orangeburg, South Carolina Jan 6, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Disk Over Orangeburg, South Carolina Jan 6, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Jan 6, 2022
Location of sighting: Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Wow, just wow! This raw footage was just reported today and its mind-blowing! The eyewitness is a former USAF vet that use to work on C-17 aircraft so he new right away this was no man made craft. I have to say such close up footage has not been seen in a very long time. I went over the footage many times, but could not find any indication of it being a fake. The footage looks 100% real, it checks out. The city of Orangeburg has a small population of only 12,000 people and with covid and the late night hours...its highly unlikely that anyone else saw this craft that night. I'm awestruck at this footage. Its so rare to get this kind of a shot of one. Absolute proof that alien craft do fly right over our homes when we are all sleeping.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Went out for a smoke and took pictures of the front yard, as I see frequent UFO activity and like to record proof. I have seen many UFOs that were far off but this was the first time anything has come so close. The craft came from the tree line pulsing multicolored lights. After a few seconds, two orbs came out of it and began to pulse/blink red. It was like they were trying to memos a large aircraft; however, I worked on C-17s in the Air Force and know that this no aircraft.
These crafts were moving slow towards the neighbors and disappeared in the trees. I went to the backyard and observed them descend down into the back woods behind the house (swamp land). You can see the red orbs change from vertical to horizontal close to the end of the video.
Gigantic Snake Like UFO over Bakersfield, California 4-Jan-2022
Gigantic Snake Like UFO over Bakersfield, California 4-Jan-2022
This huge snake-like UFO was caught on tape over Bakersfield, California on 4th January 2022.
What do you think about this sighting?
Witness report:
My father and I were getting ready to leave our shop and I spotted something odd. At first I thought it must be some plastic bags or something simular. I brought it to my father’s attention and we both stood there trying to figure put what the hell we were looking at. We watched this object climb from maybe 1000 feet to an altitude of at least 15000 feet. I am more than happy to speak with someone and describe this event in much more detail, as I am trying to type this on my phone and it is quite time consuming. I have multiple videos and pictures. I just want someone to explain what we saw.
AMAZING! Close UFO with Multi Colored Lights – Orangeburg, South Carolina – 6-Jan-2022
AMAZING! Close UFO with Multi Colored Lights – Orangeburg, South Carolina – 6-Jan-2022
This really interesting footage of an unidentified flying object in the night sky above Orangeburg, South Carolina was filmed on 6th January 2022.
Witness report:
Went out for a smoke and took pictures of the front yard, as I see frequent UFO activity and like to record proof. I have seen many UFOs that were far off but this was the first time anything has come so close. The craft came from the tree line pulsing multicolored lights. After a few seconds, two orbs came out of it and began to pulse/blink red. It was like they were trying to memos a large aircraft; however, I worked on C-17s in the Air Force and know that this no aircraft.
These crafts were moving slow towards the neighbors and disappeared in the trees. I went to the backyard and observed them descend down into the back woods behind the house (swamp land). You can see the red orbs change from vertical to horizontal close to the end of the video.
New Denisovan Fossils From Siberian Cave Are The Oldest Ever Found
New Denisovan Fossils From Siberian Cave Are The Oldest Ever Found
Researchers from the Max Planck Society and the Universities of Vienna and Tübingen have found new fossilized human-like remains mixed in an assortment of bone samples taken from Siberia’s famed Denisova Cave. This includes three fragments that belonged to actual Denisovans, the much-speculated-about species that gave the cave its name. These bones will be added to the growing collection of Denisovan fossils connected to the most intriguing of all the extinct human species, which lived on the Earth at the same time as Neanderthals and early modern humans yet left such a light footprint as to be virtually undetectable.
Remarkably, these Denisovan fossils were recovered from a deep excavation layer that dated to 200,000 years in the past. These are the earliest Denisovan remains ever found, and they prove that Denisova Cave was occupied by archaic humans more than 150,000 years before modern humans reached the Siberian region following their migrations out of Africa. The analysis results of the newly discovered Denisovan fossils have been published in a study in the Nature Ecology & Evolution journal.
The latest Denisovan fossils were found in a deep layer of Denisova Cave in Siberian Russia and proven to date back about 200,000 years, making them the oldest Denisovan remains ever found.
Evidence Found In a Haystack of Denisovan Fossil Fragments
Science first learned of the existence of the Denisovans in 2008. That’s when a small number of fossilized bones and teeth were recovered from an isolated cave in the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia.
Unfortunately, the Denisovan fossil fragments found at the Denisova Cave were few. They revealed scarce details about this long-lost Homo sapiens cousin, which is believed to have died out approximately 50,000 years ago. In the years that have passed since, archaeologists and anthropologists have been frantically searching for more remains left behind by this elusive species. They’ve been searching primarily in northern, central, and eastern Asia, where traces of their DNA have been found in indigenous residents.
Archaeologists and anthropologists have been optimistic about eventually finding Denisovan fossils in these other locations (a fossilized Denisovan jawbone found in a cave in Tibet generated much excitement). But many scientists have continued to focus their search on Siberia’s Denisova Cave, where the ancient Denisovan presence has been most firmly established.
In this extraordinarily successful new study, scientists working under team leader Katerina Douka, an assistant professor in the University of Vienna’s Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, spent several years analyzing ancient DNA samples and assorted proteins extracted from approximately 3,800 bone fragments taken from the cave. As they explain in a new article in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution , these bones included a diverse mixture of animal and human fossils, and it would have been impossible to identify anything visually.
Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry or ZooMS was used to analyze the recently discovered Denisovan fossils, which are now the oldest ever!
For a Positive ID Researchers Relied on Peptide Analysis
To make a positive ID, the researchers only option was to use a technology known as Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectroscopy, or ZooMS. This high-tech tool can identify peptides (strings of amino acids) that are found specifically in the human body, and in the body of human ancestor species as well.
With this reliable technology at their disposal, the scientists concentrated on fossils excavated from the cave’s most ancient layer, which had been dated back 200,000 years. The bones collected from this layer were truly a fragmented and haphazard jumble, and that’s why little work had been done on them in the past. But with ZooMS, there was an opportunity to search for Denisovan fossils in a collection of bones that had not been fully examined before.
Team member Samantha Brown, a doctoral student at the University of Tubingen, was assigned the task of performing the actual analysis of the approximately 3,800 previously unidentified bone fragments. The vast majority of these fossil bones had belonged to animals, making the search for human remains the equivalent of looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
With enough time and diligence, even the smallest needle can be found eventually, and Brown’s research ultimately proved successful. Aided by the precise ZooMS technology, she found five bones with collagen profiles that matched those of humans.
But which types of humans? Certainly not modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), which would not arrive in Siberia until much later. That left Neanderthals and Denisovans as the two possible candidates.
To solve this mystery, the scientists turned to another high-tech innovation that has revolutionized archaeological and anthropological practice: DNA analysis. Out of the five human bones Brown identified, four contained significant enough traces of genetic material to allow for a mitochondrial DNA reconstruction. These tests showed that one of the bone fragments had belonged to a Neanderthal, while the other three were all Denisovan.
At an age of 200,000 years, this DNA typing officially established the three bone samples as the oldest remains of Denisovans ever found.
"Denisova is an amazing place for DNA preservation, and we have now reconstructed genomes from some of the oldest and best-preserved human fossils," Dr. Diyendo Massilani, a genetic researcher from the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, explained in an Institute press release announcing this amazing discovery.
The Denisova 3 fifth distal finger phalanx of 13.5-year adolescent Denisovan female, the first bone fossil uncovered at Denisova Cave in 2008.
Finding New Denisovan Fossil Bones and Lithic Stone Tools
There is no underestimating the impact and importance of this discovery. "We were extremely excited to identify three new Denisovan bones amongst the oldest layers of Denisova Cave," Katerina Douka told Live Science . "We specifically targeted these layers where no other human fossils were found before, and our strategy worked."
"Finding one new human bone would have been cool, but five? This exceeded my wildest dreams," Samantha Brown added.
The discovery of the age of the 200,00-year-old Denisovan bones was exciting. But there is another part to the story that is perhaps even more significant.
Inside the deep layer of the cave where the fossils were found, archaeologists also unearthed a large number of lithic stone artifacts dating to the same time period. These included several scaping tools, which presumably were used to process animal skins.
Notably, none of these tools were similar to any that had been found in central or northern Asia before.
"This is the first time we can be sure that Denisovans were the makers of the archaeological remains [the stone tools] we found associated with their bone fragments," Douka confirmed.
Previously discovered Denisovan fossils had either been found separate from artifacts, or alongside artifacts that were suspected to have been left by Neanderthals. The two ancient species frequently occupied the same caves and territories and were known to have interbred .
There were also thousands of pieces of animal bones found in the oldest layer of Denisova Cave. They have now been identified as belonging to such species as deer, wild horses, bison, gazelles, and wooly rhinoceroses, all of which could have been hunted by Denisovans 200,000 years ago. Many of the bones contained marks consistent with butchering, while others had been damaged by fire (meaning the flesh of the animals had been cooked).
"The site's strategic point in front of a water source and the entrance of a valley would have served as a great spot for hunting," Douka noted.
If Denisova Cave contains more Denisovan bones or artifacts, the researchers intend to find them. Katerina Douka confirms that her team is continuing its search at the cave, while also carrying out excavations at several other Asian sites where they are hopeful Denisovan fossil remains might be found.
Top image: Denisovan fossils look a bit unremarkable, but these bone fragments, mostly from animals, were perfect for Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectroscopy and DNA analysis, which were used in the recent study .
Leonardo da Vinci is often considered one of the greatest geniuses in the history of mankind. He was a profound painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His creative genius and his inventive spirit and have left a mark in different fields of study and art.
Da Vinci was a man with extraordinary caliber at everything he tried his hand at, almost defying human limits as we know them, with imagination unprecedented in history. But what made him supernaturally talented? Is there an explanation for the large number of controversies surrounding him? Why were those controversies formed? Was he using some sort of a supernatural source for his intellect and skill? Perhaps Da Vinci was using something natural that is still unknown to us in the 21st century. Perhaps, he was in contact with extraterrestrials?
The Egyptians didn't build The Pyramids & I can prove it!
The Pyramids and Sphinx of the Giza plateau are possibly thousands of years older than mainstream researchers suggest. In fact, these ancient structures could well predate the ancient Egyptian civilization by thousands of years.
Many researchers indicate there is enough evidence to suggest the Giza plateau was heavily flooded in the past. Interestingly, given the evidence found at the Giza plateau, the Pyramids and Sphinx could be some of the megalithic structures that survived the Great Deluge. Researchers suggest that the Sphinx, the Temple of the Sphinx, and the first 20 fields of the Great Pyramid of Giza exhibit erosion due to deep water saturation.
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The Terrible Story of Nikola Tesla!
Why one of the greatest inventors of all time died penniless.
THE TRUE PURPOSE BEHIND THE PYRAMIDS: FINALLY DISCOVERED
Mainstream historians will tell you that the Great Pyramid of Giza was a glorified tomb for the Egyptian pharaohs. The only original monument left of the original Seven Wonders of the World, this structure was created with impeccable mathematical precision, and is a unique, mysterious feat of construction and engineering.
There’s only one problem: the Great Pyramid has none of the characteristics of tombs: including extravagant artifacts, ornate wall art, sealed entrances, elaborate coffins, or even mummies themselves. It was, however, built with unique – the same materials that are used for electrical conductivity today. These facts are leading more and more historians to believe the pyramids may have had a far more useful purpose. ..that pyramid of Giza was not at all a tomb, but a power plant: generating and transmitting electricity to the civilization surrounding them. Sound impossible? Join the Universe Inside you for a closer look!
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The Anunnaki: They Created the first Human on Earth
445 000 years ago, “creator gods” – as they call it – came to Earth. They were called the Anunnaki, which means “Those Who from Heaven to Earth Came”. These beings inhabited a distant orbiting planet called Nibiru, which only entered our solar system every 3,600 years. They describe Nibiru as many times the diameter of Earth, and abundant with iron oxide, making its rivers and lakes appear red. A side note about Nibiru: according to the Sumerian tablets, Nibiru’s atmosphere began to deteriorate and became a hostile place for life, and in order to restore it, the Annunaki needed one important element for their atmosphere: gold.
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Everyone knows the story of Atlantis – the advanced civilization that disappeared in the ocean. But not everyone is aware of the similar legends other cultures tell of their own lost_cities – ones that were buried under the desert sand, or overgrown by dense vegetation in the jungle. While many of these stories were considered fiction, an increasing number of archeological discoveries have revealed these legends were more than mere myths- leaving us wondering how many more lost cities might just be awaiting discovery. We may never find the underwater grave of Atlantis, the golden streets of El Dorado, or the peaceful mountains of Shangri-La, but we have found the following 10 lost cities. Starting the countdown with number 10, here are the most spectacular lost cities archaeologists have uncovered.
Neuralink: Merging Humans with AI, Human 2.0!
How Elon Musk's company Neuralink could shape the future of humanity.
THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE’S ORBIT IS GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY DERANGED
THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE’S ORBIT IS GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY DERANGED
THERE'S METHOD TO THE MADNESS.
NASA
Squiggle Orbit
NASA’s next generation James Webb Space Telescope is slowly making its way to its final orbit around the Sun, roughly 1 million miles from Earth. As seen in an official NASA animation, it’ll end up in a seemingly chaotic trip around the solar system that’ll involve a series of bona fide loop-the-loops — but of course, there’s plenty of method to the madness.
The telescope will be orbiting the Sun at a rarefied spot in our solar system: the second Lagrange point, known as L2. At this particular location, the telescope is capable of keeping the Earth between it and the Sun, as NASA explains.
If everything goes according to plan, the observatory will get to that point towards the end of this month.
Lagrange Loop
There are numerous reasons why NASA chose L2 to park its expensive space telescope. The point allows it to not get scorched by the Sun’s harmful rays, because it can keep its massive sunshield pointed at our star at all times.
Other satellites have already ventured to L2, including the European Space Agency’s Planck space observatory, which launched in 2009, and NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, which launched in 2001.
The telescope has a hot and a cold side, with the former reaching a balmy 185 degrees Fahrenheit, while the cold side where its scientific instruments are stashed can plummet down to -388 Fahrenheit, according to NASA — a massive temperature differential.
Since the JSWT will be facing the same spot on Earth at all times, keeping in touch with the telescope will be relatively straightforward. It will be able to up and downlink twice a day, connecting to three large antennas across three different continents back on Earth.
The observatory still has a lot of ground to cover until it will get to its orbit, where it will spend at least the next ten years. But given that everything so far is more or less going according to plan, it should have no trouble getting the rest of the way there.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope separates from its Ariane 5 rocket with the bright blue Earth in the background in this view captured after its launch on Dec. 25, 2021.
Countless subjects of “alien” abductions have been regularly reported to organizations like the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) since their beginnings in 1969. However, according to the Pentagon’s Preliminary Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Assessment delivered to Congress in June 2021, “Limited data and inconsistency in reporting are key challenges to evaluating UAP. No standardized reporting mechanism existed until the Navy established one in March 2019.”. So, what does this mean?
A Gallup poll followed the Pentagon report in July 2021. It recorded 41% of Americans have seen unidentifiable aircraft, 50% consider rational explanations like human activity, while 9% have no opinion whatsoever (Link 3). These purported military abductions (referred to as MILABs) came out in 1996 when Austrian MUFON rep. Dr. Helmut Lammer Ph.D., published, Preliminary Findings of Project MILAB: Evidence for Military Kidnappings of Alleged UFO Abductees. Elaborating further, here is a list of 10 alien abductions that could have been the military.
Leah Haley: from UFO alien abduction to gov mind control
In 1990, Leah Haley remembered an alien abduction. She recalls her experience as if it were a dream, later seeking hypnosis. Born in 1951 in Decatur, Alabama, Haley had a career as a certified business administrator and author, whose 1993 book Lost Was the Key put her on the map of the UFO community. Her original claims were that extraterrestrials were the culprits. However, it took years to even fathom the idea of military involvement.
Through select Freedom of Information Act, U.S. Patent Office documents, and interviews with abductees in subsequent years, Haley believed she was not chosen at random. She has endured an abduction with her sister and been offered jobs randomly by total strangers for positions at nearby military bases, even recognizing fellow abductees in her conscious life.[1]
9. Col. John Alexander, Ph.D.
“It is clear that MUFON has…become the champion of unsubstantiated, barely tangentially related nonsense” said Col. John Alexander in response to assertions made by an Austrian MUFON representative, Dr. Helmut Lammer, whose suspicions about military kidnappings of alien abductees was published in a series of 1996 MUFON journals. “The list of involved personnel goes on and on…since military personnel rotate on a frequent basis, there would have to be thousands… Where are they?” refutes Col. Alexander to whistleblower testimony on MILABs.
Not an abductee, Alexander is an author academically respected in the UFO community. He ascended through the ranks of the U.S. Army beginning in 1956 before retiring in 1988 after holding key positions in special operations intelligence. Purportedly, Alexander was a member of an elite group of high-ranking individuals using privileged knowledge to manipulate information related to UFOs across the globe. Collectively, they gave themselves aviary code names and infiltrated other occult government groups such as MJ-12. Code name: John “Penguin” Alexander. [2]
8. Dr. Karla Turner
Dr. Karla Turner was an academic and professional educator but gave it all up to focus on alien abduction research when she and her family regressed unsettling memories. Since her 1996 passing from an aggressive and rare form of breast cancer discovered only after her encounters were made public, Turner’s published works describe her family’s firsthand encounters. They also suggest that you, the abducted, are a targeted individual and not chosen at random.
Turner was convinced the military targeted abductees in response to the reports people had made. In Turner’s second book, Taken, she discusses the idea that some prominent abduction theorists state should be avoided—don’t think of aliens as good and evil. Turner claims, “this cannot be done, nor should it be.” She continues that those who have been abducted have the right to know how their “participation” will be used by their abductors. Under what circumstances and what reason will the abducted be “made a part of this agenda” since they have been “implanted, trained, and programmed to participate in some future scenario.” Don’t abductees have the right to know for what purpose “our minds, bodies, and souls will be used?”[3]
7. Melinda Leslie
A woman with psychic insight who does energy work and conducts vortex and UFO tours, Melinda Leslie has been very transparent about her own alien encounters. In the early 1990s, Leslie and two friends went independently under hypnotherapy after they discovered missing time during a road trip in California. Each remembered similar experiences, including being examined by aliens with someone dressed in what looked like a naval uniform working side by side with extraterrestrials. Leslie said the military personnel “wasn’t another abductee, he was just there, watching…”
Leslie’s testimony alleges black projects are only feasible if classified into above-top-secret special access programs. Is it possible that the Robertson Panel (1953)—a collaboration between Howard Percy Robertson, a mathematical physics professor, and the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence set the tone for intelligence protocols today? Melinda Leslie, like so many others, attempts to pull their experiences into the light, hoping that more testimony can pave the way toward full government disclosure.[4]
6. Myrna Hansen
1980. Cimarron, New Mexico. Myrna Hansen and her then six-year-old son Shawn approached a pasture on route home from Oklahoma. It was nighttime when they witnessed a beam drag cows up into the air (Link 1). Within seconds, Myrna claimed that a small craft had seemingly become aware of their presence, ultimately abducting Hansen and her young son.
Immediately following the Hansens’ experience, Myrna was referred to an Albuquerque MUFON researcher, Paul Bennewitz. Enlisting the help of hypnotherapist Leo Sprinkle, they would go on to regress Hansen. She and her son were taken to a deep underground military base. Her precise description of the location attracted the attention of members from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, who have allegedly monitored Myrna and Shawn since that time.[5]
5. Linda Napolitano (aka Linda Cortile)
The story describes Linda suddenly awake above her bed to see strange figures in the process of levitation. Once on board a craft, she was subject to medical analysis and alien experimentation by different beings, some human in appearance. As her account later gained attention, two men came forward as “witnesses” who ultimately went on to kidnap and interrogate her multiple times, leading Napolitano to believe it was a cover-up.
Linda’s recollection of events, like many before and after her, had deployed critics. In subsequent years since her experiences, medical professionals associated with the case have found that she is of sound mind. Walter H. Andrus, founder and then director of MUFON, considered Napolitano’s story as, “definitely authentic case of human abductions by aliens.”[6]
4. Betty & Barney Hill
Betty and Barney Hill were not an ordinary couple for the time—interracial, yet both respected in their community as rights activists. In September 1961, the Hills were driving home through remote New Hampshire when Barney became acutely aware that a light was trailing their every movement. When they finally arrived home, the couple felt there was some missing time. Their case is one of the first highly publicized alien abductions in modern history. To this day, a lengthy measure of evidence in this case exists and cannot easily be refuted. Just before events took place, the couple pulled the car over to determine what was stationary above them.
When Betty & Barney finally underwent hypnosis, the initial recorded sessions (which are widely available today for free) reveal when Barney first peered through binoculars, he “could almost feel this figure’s intense concentration to carry out a plan—to capture the witness.” Barney recalls “a red-headed Irishmen” and what “looks like a German Nazi” during regression (Link 3). Once on board the craft, the Hills were subjects of separate analysis. Consequently, Barney’s faith and humanity had been irreversibly shaken while Betty embraced her curiosities after a being displayed a distant star map of where they had come from.[7]
3. Katharina Wilson
A lifetime of abduction experiences stretching back to when she was just a child, Katharina Wilson believes black operations are more common than we think. “I have to admit that I do not understand why I am remembering these scenarios, or abductions or whatever we choose to call them. I have even wondered if someone may be ‘importing’ these events or memories into my consciousness through a mechanism.” Wilson thinks that as each new year passes, another whistleblower comes forward.
Untrained ears would assume her firsthand accounts are frightfully imaginative works of fiction. Deep-sea submersible experiences, surfacing and being transferred to U.S. Navy vessels, behavior modification trials like those of MK-ULTRA. Anyone caught by UFOlogy’s gravity has heard of the likeliness of alien abductions persisting throughout the generations of family members. Moreover, one thing is for certain, Wilson believes that what abductees are revealing only scratches the surface of remote viewing and “screen memories.”[8]
2. Niara Isley
Previously registered as an airman in the U.S. Air Force, Niara Isley’s efforts to shine a light on ETs have revealed yet another layer of what she calls “shadow government.” Isley has been on a spiritual journey for most of her life, but once she had discovered a missing three-month chunk of time in 1980, she sought hypnosis. “What I discovered was staggering and life-altering, turning life upside down for me for a good many years.”
While employed with the government, Isley worked with radar technology and provided research and development support near the Tonopah Test Range, 30 miles southeast of Tonopah, NV. Over time she has revealed being held against her will on the moon in a joint “Reptilian-Gray-Human secret base.” “I was scared. I knew I had to get back to my daughter, so I was pretty compliant. I just didn’t want to do anything that would get me killed.”[9]
1. Corey Goode
Recognized at a young age as possessing empathic abilities, Corey Goode was trained to fill support roles and several other militarized black operations (Intruder Intercept Interrogation Program, Auxiliary Specialized Space Research, etc.) starting in the mid-to-late-1980s when he was just six years old. It was a 20-year post in various secret space programs, after which he would undergo age regression and return to his original timeline. However, recalled on multiple occasions, Goode has persistently maintained that his experiences of direct physical contact with non-terrestrial beings are very real and that he was chosen as an acting liaison between multiple ET federations and councils.
Although on the flip side of every coin lies additional context. Particularly when you are considered a compromised individual by the UFO community at large. A society of like thinkers with open minds that do not typically earn money for their lectures and appearances, Goode was earning tens of thousands of dollars in speaking fees. He first captured audiences around the world on David Wilcock’s Gaia program, Disclosure. Which must have opened old wounds because it was revealed that he actively doxed any and all opponents. What made a real stink of things, however, as when Gaia proposed in dueling lawsuits that Wilcock’s decision to leave the network was wholly fabricated by Goode love-bombing him with the promise to one day join the “alliance” and put to rest any Luciferian doubts.[10]
As you will have seen, in the last few days I’ve written a couple of articles that focus on the involvement of helicopters in UFO (and UFO related) events and phenomena. Now, it’s time to round things up with a connection between helicopters and alien abductees. Yes, there is intriguing data on hand that demonstrates at least one secret, helicopter-based organization has been keeping watch on alien abductees. And might still be watching them. With that said, let’s have a look at the available material relating to this admittedly strange situation. For years, numerous abductees have reported close encounter with not just UFOs and aliens, but with what have become infamously known as “black helicopters.” These usually unmarked craft are reported flying over the homes of abductees. On occasion, they will hover over the same homes for minutes at a time, and at precariously low levels. Typically, they turn up within a day or two of an alien abduction experience. All of the evidence suggests that the helicopters are piloted by “black-ops” teams who have three, primary agendas: (A) to try and determine the range and scope of alien abductions; (B) to frighten the abductees into staying quiet on their experiences; and (C) to figure out the true nature of the extraterrestrial agenda.
Betty Andreasson is a well-known alien abductee and someone whose incredible encounters with extraterrestrial creatures – which began in 1967 – have been chronicled in numerous books by UFO investigator Raymond Fowler. Those books include The Andreasson Affair, The Andreasson Affair – Phase Two, and The Andreasson Legacy. That Andreasson has been the subject of a number of books makes it not at all surprising that there should be a government file on her. This possibility is made all the more likely by the fact that she and her husband, Bob Luca, have had more than a few run-ins with the black helicopters. UFO researchers Barry Greenwood and Lawrence Fawcett took a particular interest in the helicopter encounters that Betty and Bob reported.
(Nick Redfern)
Helicopters and alien abductees: a sinister connection
They said that husband and wife “…reported that their home was over flown numerous times by black, unmarked helicopters of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois type and that these helicopters would fly over their homes at altitudes as low as 100 feet. The Luca’s described these helicopters as being black in color, with no identifiable marking on them. They noticed that the windows were tinted black also, so that no one could see inside. During many of the over flights, Bob was able to take close to 200 photos of the helicopters.” Moving on: Alien abductee Debbie Jordan has experienced very much the same. She says of the unmarked helicopters she has encountered: “These could be seen almost daily around our houses. They are so obvious about their flights it’s almost comical. On occasions too numerous to even remember, they have hovered around my house, above my house, and above me for several minutes at a time, not trying to hide themselves or the fact that they are watching us. While large questions remain regarding who is flying the helicopters and where they originate from, long-time Ufologist Tommy Blann has a few ideas. From a contact in the U.S. Army Blann was informed that all across the United States there are “underground installations, as well as isolated areas of military reservations [that] have squadrons of unmarked helicopters, which have sophisticated instrumentation on board, that are dispatched to areas of UFO activity to monitor these craft or airlift them out of the area if one has malfunctioned.”
In 1989, Ed Conroy, a San Antonio, Texas-based journalist, wrote a book titled Report on Communion. It was an independent study of Whitley Strieber and his incredible experiences described in Strieber’s 1987 book, Communion. In taking on the project, Conroy didn’t realize what he had got himself into. At least, not at first he didn’t. What began as an impartial investigation into Strieber’s claims, soon mutated into something very different: Conroy found himself under similar intimidation to that which would eventually hit the Strieber family. Weird phone calls, secret surveillance and – even – visits from our old friends, those mysterious black helicopters, whose crews keep more than a careful watch on alien abductees, abounded.
(Nick Redfern)
Keeping watch on the alien abduction phenomenon
It was one particular morning in March 1987 that Ed Conroy found himself a target of whoever it is that flies the mysterious helicopters. It appeared to be a Bell 47, said Conroy, and it lacked an identifying markings – which is very curious, but absolutely typical of the helicopters of the phantom type. Notably, said Conroy: “What was remarkable about this particular helicopter was the inordinate amount of attention it seemed to be paying to my building.” In no time, and shortly after the Bell 47 finally exited the area, a totally black helicopter was on the scene too. Follow-up visits occurred – something which prompted Conroy to contact the Federal Aviation Administration for answers. No luck there. Things got even more intense in 1988 when Conroy was practically seeing helicopters here, there and everywhere. And particularly, again, in the direct vicinity of his apartment, including the huge, double-rotor, military Chinooks. Conroy even saw some of the helicopters vanish – as in literally vanish. Some kind of stealthy, cloaking technology, perhaps?
What all of this has told us – across the last few days – is that the black helicopter phenomenon is a wide and varied one. They are involved in cattle mutilation incidents, alien abductions, and the monitoring of UFO activity. Many of them fly in complete silence. They have been around, to a significant degree, since at least the earliest part of the 1970s. And, they are still flying around. And still watching and monitoring.
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LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS
LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS
Ring Shaped UFO Spotted During SpaceX Launch. January 6, 2022
This ring shaped UFO showed up during the Falcon 9 launch at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. While the rocket was over our Earth this object appeared and then they change cameras.
Source:SpaceX
To view the original click the link and go to the 20:20 mark in this footage
Member of flight crew films UFO over Georgia | 3 Jan 2022
Member of flight crew films UFO over Georgia | 3 Jan 2022
This strange UFO phenomenon was filmed from a plane flying at 40000 feet (around 12km) above Georgia in United States on 3rd January 2022.
Witness report:
Was flying as flight crew for an airline when noticed the object appear right after another aircraft flew over us at 40k feet. Short video uploaded. Was flying along at 39,000 feet in an Airbus A320 somewhere over Georgia. Took out my phone to take photos of the beautiful Milky Way. Using the new iphone 13 pro max. Tried to take a video of another aircraft flying just above us opposite direction at 40,000 ft. As I was filming this aircraft fly over us, I noticed this V shaped object appear. It appears to be between us and the other aircraft. Both Captain and I agreed we would like to remain Anonymous. I will share the video I took. At the end I zoom briefly to the instruments to give perspective. Nothing was reported to FAA or ATC.
The Alien Agenda: Myth, Underground Bases & Extraterrestrials
The Alien Agenda: Myth, Underground Bases & Extraterrestrials
Deep in north central New Mexico is the sleepy little town of Dulce. Located on the Archuleta Mesa on the Colorado - New Mexico border, Dulce is home to about 3,000 residents and is the headquarters of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. For as small and insignificant as this remote location may sound, since the 1980s Dulce has been the center of a controversy regarding the so-called alien agenda, rumors of underground tunnels and related conspiracy theories.
Underground Bases and the Alien Agenda
At the time, the physicist and inventor Paul Bennewitz claimed he had discovered an underground base occupied by extraterrestrials near Dulce. His story quickly spread through the UFO community. Allegations that surround the base include human abductions ("alien abductions") by these extraterrestrial beings. He also asserted that the extraterrestrials were engaging in the development of advanced technology including genetic manipulation, all part of their purported alien agenda.
Their plan, according to conspiracy theorists, is to control the government and gain ultimate control of the Earth by means of a New World Order. There have even been stories of an untoward alliance between humans and the inhabitants of the Dulce base which include ties to shadow governments via secret societies such as the Illuminati, the Masons, the Bilderberg Group and the Skull and Bones.
Dulce is not the only place on earth where it is believed underground bases exist, but it is the one which has received the greatest notoriety in recent times. Subterranean bases, according to conspiracy theorists, can be found around the world with major active outposts all across the United States, Australia, Antarctica and South America.
These theories posit that the underground bases are connected to each other via a series of channels which ensure each base is connected to another. There are even assertions that one of these tunnels leads to an active base beneath the Vatican which has been exerting control over western civilization for centuries. A wealth of information regarding this subject has recently surfaced that makes sweeping claims. But, as strange as all of this may sound, could any of what they say be true? We turn to mythology in the search for answers.
Before we continue, it must be clarified that mythology, like many of the claims that come from the UFO community, is treated more like science fiction rather than fact. Traditional mythologists contend that the gods we find in myth represent the forces of nature or the creation of someone's vivid imagination. With that said, does mythology support these seemingly outlandish claims?
Jan Brueghel’s painting depicting the myth of Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld.
Using Mythology to Understand Beliefs in Underground Realms
Stories of underground realms occupied by the gods pervade mythology. Depending on the culture, it has been called Hades, Tartarus, Xibalba, Duat, Patala and Hell. These "homes of the gods" are not always found deep within the earth, but are sometimes described as being within a mountain or deep beneath the waters of the earth.
Access to their domain, regardless of locality, is often described as located through the mouth of a cave. The entrance may appear open at one time and then disappear from view completely and instantaneously. The inhabitants of these underground realms did not desire to be visited by unwanted or unexpected company, yet access was granted to select individuals.
Ancient texts described entrance into the underworld as being anything but easy. The Mayan Popul Vuh , for example, describes the route taken by the hero brothers Hunhun-Ahpu and Vukub-Hunapu. It tells of a steep descent into the home of the Lords of Xibalba and the many challenges they had to face. Similarly, texts such as the Egyptian Book Of The Dead describe the path by which the deceased god-King must travel to enter Duat. Like the Popul Vuh , the path is fraught with challenges the individual must pass in order to enter the realm of the dead, the underworld.
The Vishnu Purana states that the deepest level of the underworld, Patala, can be found 70,000 yojanas beneath the surface of the earth. Gilgamesh, in the epic bearing his name, is described as traveling twelve leagues in the dense darkness until he arrived in the light-filled chamber of the underworld.
In these ancient texts, the underground domains of the gods are described as filled with houses or vast halls where thousands of individuals could assemble. Fountains, plants, tall grasses, trees and animals of all kinds filled this land. The divine ascetic, Narada, who is featured in the Vishnu Purana claims to have visited Patala, stating that "Patala was much more charming than heaven. He exclaimed "What can be compared with Patala where Nagas (serpents) are adorned with beautiful and brilliant and pleasure-diffusing gems? This region is embellished with the daughters of Daityas and Danavas."
Similar descriptions of the underground/underwater homes of the gods are scattered through mythology. The home of the Sumerian fertility god Enki, which is located in the watery deep, is described as having his house built of gold, silver and lapis lazuli. Even writers, such as Greek philosopher Plato, echo this notion. He believed that the earth was littered with a number of hollows that were full of water, air, trees, fruits and flowers.
Surprisingly, Plato confirms yet another claim made by modern UFOlogy. Plato goes on to state that these hollows were connected to one another by subterranean channels. But Plato isn't the only one who refers to tunnels that lie beneath the surface of the earth. Inca legends, for example, tell of vast networks of tunnels that crisscross the length and breadth of the planet, complete with underground cities.
When Pizarro and the Spanish conquistadors entered Peru, they kidnapped the Inca emperor Atahualpa and held him for ransom. They demanded enough gold to fill a room in return for Atahualpa's release. Pizarro's men heard rumors that the Inca gold was being held in a vast network of subterranean tunnels. According to legend, these tunnels were thousands of years old and ran for miles beneath the Inca capital.
In more recent years, adventurers who have hazarded into the caverns beneath Cusco entered but were never seen again. One man actually did make it out of the tunnels alive, bringing with him two bars of gold. According to officials he had gone mad. In response, the entrances to the tunnels were then walled up for safety's sake - at least that is the official story. Meanwhile, the Apache Indians report that their ancestors took refuge in ancient tunnels during a cataclysmic disaster on the earth. They wandered these immense passageways for years carrying the seeds for life in the new world.
UFOlogists believe in the concept of the alien agenda, whereby reptilian beings, or aliens, are conducting genetic experiments in underground realms.
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Underground Alien Reptilian Bases for Genetic Experiments in Mythology
But what about the other claim made by UFOlgists regarding these bases being used for genetic engineering? According to their assertions it is in the lowest level, the 7th level, of the Dulce base that the extraterrestrials are engaging in this kind of experimentation. Again, mythology supports this premise and Native American tribes across the country are the most vocal when it comes to this topic.
The Jicarilla Apache (whose headquarters is in Dulce), the Navaho and Hopi Indians have long-standing traditions of man's creation and emergence from beneath the surface of the earth. In fact, the Algonquians recount: "Thus did the lowermost world-cave become overfilled with living things, full of unfinished creatures, crawling like reptiles over one another in dark blackness.”
In this matter they do not stand alone. Berosus, a Babylonian priest, tells of the hideous creatures that inhabit this underground realm. He described men who had one body but two heads, some with the legs and horns of a goat and even some with the hind quarters of a horse and the body of a man. "In short, there were creatures in which were combined the limbs of every species of animal."
These genetic experiments are, according to reports from UFO advocates, being conducted by a group of reptilian beings in the lowest levels of the base. Thomas Castello, a former senior security officer at the base, testified that the base at Dulce is a seven level underground facility with the lower levels described as a series of natural caverns. It was believed by Castello that these caverns were used by different extraterrestrial races in our remote past.
In Hindu cosmology, the Naga (serpents) once lived on earth, but the great god Brahma sent them to live under the sea and in the seventh level of their underground realm called Patala. In the Sumerian Inana's Descent To The Nether World , Inana is required to pass through seven gates to finally reach the bowels of the underworld. Aztec legend says that Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, went to Mictlan, the Aztec underworld, and created mankind using his own blood and the bones of the previous race.
Throughout mythology the act of creating humanity is always associated with a specific group of gods, the fertility gods. Fertility gods around the world are traditionally depicted as reptilian or amphibious in nature and appear in art as a blend between a man and a fish or a man and a snake.
Some conspiracy theorists go so far as to claim that the Reptilian alien agenda is to control us and dominate the power, a plot orchestrated by an elite group which includes powerful and influential people.
Reptilians, their Alien Agenda and Related Mythology
A number of individuals also argue that the Reptilian's true agenda is to control us, with the objective to dominate the planet. They cite the development of a New World Order. Proponents of this alien agenda theory believe that the Reptilians, or the byproduct of their genetic manipulation experiments, intend to take control of the earth's surface.
This takeover is reportedly being orchestrated by an extremely powerful and influential group which includes many of the world's wealthiest people. Some claim members of this elite group are actually genetically related to each other. Their goal is to have every man, woman and child on the earth obedient to their covert agenda.
The Reptilians are also accused of wanting to reduce the population on the earth and are employing weapons such as chemtrails, GMO's, vaccinations and man-made viruses to reduce our numbers. It is contended that it is easier to control 500,000 or a million individuals than it is the 7 billion who currently live on the Earth.
A look into mythology relative to this claim does have a few pillars of support. The idea of culling the human population on Earth is not a modern concept. In the Sumerian Epic of Atrahasis , for example, we find a story where the gods do just that! In this myth, 1,200 years after the creation of mankind the number of people who inhabited the Earth grew. Their "noise" disturbed the Sky god Enlil's sleep, who then decided to send a plague in order reduce the population.
This worked for a while but when another 1,200 years passed the population had grown again and Enlil was once more bothered by the noise. This time, in order to decrease their numbers, he asked the thunder-rain god Adad to hold back the rains whereby the world suffered from a great drought where vast numbers died.
The population continued to grow, and by the time another 1,200 years had passed the noise became too much for Enlil to bear. Wanting to alleviate his problem he told the gods to hold back all of nature's gifts. This went on for six years and as the texts describe, the people of Earth were reduced to cannibalism in order to survive. The fertility god, Enki, tried to save the people from starvation, which angered Enlil even more.
Finally, in an act of vengeance, Enlil decided to destroy mankind once and for all. He planned to do this by flooding the world. Enki, once again stepped in and saved humanity from total annihilation. He warned Atrahasis of the impending flood and told him to build a boat to save himself and his family.
Torrents of theories have come forward as we seek the truth regarding our place in the universe. Mythology does lend itself to support a number of these claims. It is difficult to determine if the creators of these theories based their conjecture using myth as their foundation, first hand experiences, or, something else.
What does seem evident is that much of the information UFO researchers are bringing to light does parallel the myths and legends that have been passed to us from antiquity. Bringing this idea full circle; if the stories being unearthed in the UFO community, such as those about the Dulce base in New Mexico , were not based on mythological sources, yet mythology supports these claims, then the stories of our distant past may have a basis in fact. It implies that the gods were living breathing beings who walked the earth in our remote past, created man and played an essential role in the development of life and culture on the planet.
Top image: Controversially, theories persist that there is an underground base occupied by extraterrestrial aliens at Dulce in Colorado.
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Ten Enduring Mysteries of China’s Longyou Caves
Ten Enduring Mysteries of China’s Longyou Caves
Located near the village of Shiyan Beicun in Zhejiang province, China, lie the Longyou Caves - an extensive, magnificent and rare ancient underground world considered in China to be “the ninth wonder of the ancient world.” Thought to date back at least 2,000 years, the Longyou Caves, also known as the Xiaonanhai Stone Chambers, represent one of the largest underground excavations of ancient times and are an enduring mystery that have perplexed experts from every discipline that has examined them.
Scientists from around the world in the fields of archaeology, architecture, engineering, and geology have absolutely no idea how the Longyou Caves were built, by whom, and why. First discovered in 1992 by a local villager who set out to drain some ponds which locals believed to be bottomless, to date 24 hand-carved caves have been discovered covering a massive 30,000 square meters (322,917 ft sq).
Carved into solid siltstone, each grotto descends around 30 meters (98 ft) underground and contains stone rooms, bridges, gutters and pools. Within the Longyou Caves there are pillars evenly distributed throughout the caves which are supporting the ceiling, and the walls, ceiling and stone columns are uniformly decorated with chisel marks in a series of parallel lines.
Only one of the caves has been opened for tourism, chosen because of the stone carvings found inside which depict a horse, fish and bird. The Longyou Caves of Zhejiang province in China truly are an enigma and here we will explore ten enduring mysteries that remain unresolved, despite more than two decades of research.
A rough estimation of the workload involved in building the Longyou Caves is awe-inspiring. The quantity of rock that would have been removed in the overall excavation of the grottoes is estimated to be nearly 1,000,000 cubic meters (35,314,666 cu ft). Taking into account the average digging rate per day per person, scientists have calculated that it would take 1,000 people working day and night for six years to complete.
These calculations are based purely on hard labor, but what they haven’t taken into account is the incredible care and precision of the sculptors, meaning that the actual workload would far surpass the theoretical estimation. As for how they were constructed and what tools were used, it is still unknown. No tools have been found in the area, and, as we will explore later, scientists still don’t know how they achieved such symmetry, precision, and similarity between the different caves.
2. No Traces of Construction
Despite their size and the effort involved in creating them, so far no trace of their construction, or even their existence, has been located archival sources. Although the overall excavation involved almost a million cubic meters of stone, there is no archaeological evidence revealing where that quantity of stone went, and no evidence of the work. Moreover, there is not a single historic document that refers to them, which is highly unusual considering the sheer scale of the project. The origin of the Longyou Caves is a complete and utter mystery.
Experts wonder why the walls at the Longyou Caves in China are covered in chiseled parallel lines.
Every single one of the Longyou Caves is covered, from floor to ceiling, in parallel lines that have been chiseled into virtually every surface. The effect is a uniform pattern throughout the caves, which would have required immense manpower and endless hours to create. The question is why? Was such labor-intensive work purely for decoration? Are the lines or patterns symbolic in some way? All that is currently known is that the markings are similar to those found on pottery housed in a nearby museum, which is dated between 500 and 800 BC.
4. Lack of Fish in the Longyou Caves
When the caves were first discovered, they were filled with water, which presumably had been there for a long period of time. They had to be pumped out in order to realize that these were not just like the other “bottomless ponds” found within the area, but rather man-made structures. Most villages in southern China contain very deep ponds, which have been called "bottomless ponds" by generations of villagers. These ponds teem with fish, which are easily caught. However, after the first cave was pumped dry, not a single fish was to be seen, or any other sign of life.
5. How Did the Longyou Caves Remain So Well Preserved?
One of the most interesting and challenging questions is how the Longyou Caves have been able to keep their structural integrity for more than 2,000 years. There are no signs of collapse, no piles of rubble, and no damage despite the fact that in some areas the walls are only 50 centimeters (20 in) thick. Over the centuries, the area has gone through numerous floods, calamities and wars, the mountains have changed their appearance and exposed stones have been weathered, but inside the Longyou Caves, the form, patterns and markings are still clear and precise – it is as though they were built yesterday.
6. How Did the Builders Work in the Dark?
Due to the great depths of the caves, some areas at the bottom, which are not exposed to the opening above, are pitch-black. Yet even those dark areas are decorated with thousands of parallel lines on the walls, columns, and ceiling. So how did ancient people work in the dark?
According to Jia Gang, a Tongji University professor specializing in civil engineering: "There should be lamps, because the cave's mouth is very small, and the sunbeam could only shine in the cave at a certain angle during a certain period of time. As one goes deeper into the cave, the light becomes dimmer. At the cave's bottom, which is usually dozen of meters from the mouth, one could hardly see anything." However, this was at least two millennia ago and nothing that could have been used for lighting has been found.
7. Were the Longyou Caves Meant to be Connected?
All of the Longyou Caves are distributed across an area of only one square kilometer (0.38 sq mi). Considering such a high density, one cannot help asking whether some grottoes were meant to be connected. What would be the purpose of making so many separate caves in such a tight area without connecting them? In many areas, the walls between the caves are very thin, only 50 centimeters (20 in), but they were never linked so it appears they were intentionally kept apart. What’s more, many of the Longyou Caves are almost identical to each other.
Geological cross-section of cave 3 (left) and photo showing rock pillars in cave 3 (right).
Nobody has any idea who built the caves. Some scientists have claimed that it was not possible or logical for such as mammoth job to have been undertaken by regular village people. Only the emperor and the leaders could have organized such a huge project, like the construction of the Great Wall , which was built to defend against invasion from the outside world. But if it was commissioned by an Emperor, why are there no historical records of its construction?
9. How Did They Achieve Such Precision?
The scale of the Longyou Caves is magnificent and momentous, the design was delicate and scientific, the construction was sophisticated, and the precision is indicative of superior craftsmanship. The model, pattern and style of each cave is extremely similar. Every grotto is like a grand hall. One side is steep and another side is 45% inclined. The four walls are straight; the edges and corners are clearly demarcated. The chiseling marks within the Longyou Caves are uniform and precise.
"At the bottom of each cave, the ancient [builders] wouldn't be able to see what the others were doing in the next grotto,” explained Yang Hongxun, an expert at the Archaeological Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Nevertheless, “the inside of each cave had to be parallel with that of the other, or else the wall would be holed through. Thus the measure apparatus should have been very advanced. There must have been some layout about the sizes, locations, and the distances between the caves beforehand."
With the help of modern equipment and methods, the investigators measured the sizes of the walls, and surprisingly found that the overall construction is extremely accurate. The walls between the caves are of the same thickness in different sections. So how did they achieve this precision? What were their methods?
Stairs leading down into one of the once-submerged Longyou Caves.
Following extensive investigations and study, scientists and scholars have attempted to put forward explanations for the grottoes, but none so far provide a convincing explanation for why they were built and what they were used for.
Some archaeologists have suggested that the grottoes were the tombs of old emperors, emperor halls, or places for storage. But this interpretation is far-fetched. No funeral objects or tombs have been found and no artifacts left behind. If it were used like an emperor’s palace, the caves surely would have been designed differently, with separate rooms for different purposes like entertaining, meeting, and sleeping. But no evidence can be found of this and no traces of habitation have been found.
Another hypothesis is that the Longyou Caves were used for mining and extracting some type of mineral resource. However, mining operations would have required equipment and apparatus to extract the rocks and transport them. Again, no traces of this have been found, nor any evidence of where the rocks were taken. And of course, if the caves were just for mining, why create such intricate decorations on the walls, columns and ceilings?
Finally, some have suggested that these caves were the places for troops to be stationed and that an emperor of the past wanted to keep his soldiers out of view in order to keep his war preparations secret. However, these caves could not have been built in a short period of time. They would have taken many, many years to build so it is unlikely to have been done in preparation for war, which tends to come about much more quickly. Furthermore, there are no signs of people having stayed in the caves.
Despite decades of research, very few answers have emerged to explain the enigma of the Longyou Caves . Our ancient ancestors have achieved many wondrous things throughout history, but this discovery from China is truly an unsolved mystery which has yet to be cracked.
Top image: In China the Longyou Caves are known as the ninth wonder of the ancient world.
We need scientific analysis of satellite data on UAP
We need scientific analysis of satellite data on UAP
BY AVI LOEB, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR
Earlier this year, the U.S. military and intelligence community issued a report on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP, also called UFOs). Before the report’s release, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe stated, “we are talking about objects that have been seen by navy or air force pilots, or have been picked up by satellite imagery, that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain, movements that are hard to replicate, that we don’t have the technology for.”
The attention-grabbing part of this statement is the reference to "satellite imagery." I — and the hundreds of scientists engaged in studying UAP — have never seen any publicly released data on this. We would be extremely interested in analyzing any data on objects that enter the Earth's atmosphere and do not follow ballistic orbits like meteors. But no such data is currently available to open scientific analysis.
Of course, Ratcliffe’s quote is an insufficient basis for substantive scientific inquiry. But unclassified data, assembled by non-governmental satellites, could be made available to open scientific analysis.
Progress in our understanding of the related satellite imagery data may also stem from the new office established recently by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022. The office, to be created by mid-2022, will have the authority to start a coordinated effort of reporting and responding to UAPs and significantly improve data-sharing between agencies on UAP sightings. This new office will be administered jointly between the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, and it will empower military and civilian personnel as well as the intelligence community to report incidents and information involving UAP.
If the new office will determine that the objects in the satellite imagery data are so unusual that they cannot be human-made and hence are not a matter of national security, then it would make sense to subject the data to scientific analysis. A natural or an extraterrestrial origin, will be of international interest and benefit humanity as a whole and enrich our shared scientific knowledge.
Protocols for a possible contact with extraterrestrial intelligence were mostly inspired in the past by the possibility of detecting radio signals from planets around distant stars. Given that the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, is 4.4 light-years away, such signals would require a decade or more for a round-trip conversation. As a result, they do not bear consequences to our immediate future.
But a different type of contact could deliver prompt implications. It concerns physical objects from another civilization that are already here, waiting to be noticed like a package in our mailbox. The arriving hardware need not be brainless but could possess artificial intelligence (AI), seeking information about the habitable planets around the sun.
An encounter of this type implies instant contact without a significant delay in communication time. The potential for an immediate engagement changes the response protocol relative a delayed radio signal.
Currently, there is no international agreement on how humanity should engage with a visiting object of extraterrestrial origin. It would be prudent to formulate guidelines before they are needed. Any engagement could have implications for the future of humanity and should not be left to the spontaneous whims of a small team of researchers.
We should weigh the risks and benefits that will result from different engagements. The decision tree on how to proceed will have branches that depend on the objects’ properties and behavior. Since it is difficult to forecast these unknowns in advance, decisions will have to be reached in real-time.
Deciphering the intent of an intelligent extraterrestrial equipment may resemble the challenge of breaking the code of an encryption device. We might need to rely on our AI systems in figuring out the intent of extraterrestrial AI systems.
A proper interpretation of prompt contact with extraterrestrial technologies could bring about the most significant advance in understanding of the reality around us in the entire history of humans.
Our historic migration out of Africa started about a hundred thousand years ago, but a future migration out of Earth may be triggered by a dialogue with a messenger from afar that does not resemble anything we had seen before.
AviLoeb is the head of the Galileo Project, founding director of Harvard University's Black Hole Initiative, director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, as well as the former chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University (2011-2020). He chairs the advisory board for the Breakthrough Starshot project and is a former member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and a former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. He is the bestselling author of “Extraterrestrial:The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” and a co-author of the textbook “Life in the Cosmos”, both published in 2021.
The Walls of Benin: Four Times Longer Than The Great Wall of China!
The Walls of Benin: Four Times Longer Than The Great Wall of China!
The Kingdom of Benin was an important African kingdom that flourished between the 13th and 19th centuries AD. Benin was located in the southwestern part of modern-day Nigeria, with Benin City as its capital. Benin City is perhaps best-known for a group of artefacts collectively known as the Benin Bronzes. These objects looted by British forces during their expedition against Benin in 1897. Whilst a large number of these artefacts ended up in the British Museum, others were dispersed amongst museums in the West. A lesser-known accomplishment of the Kingdom of Benin is the so-called Walls of Benin, which surrounded Benin City. The Walls of Benin were damaged by the British during their expedition and deteriorated further in the decades that followed. Parts of the walls are still visible today, though they are still facing the threat of destruction.
A closeup of one of the many Benin Bronzes that speak for the legendary Kingdom of Benin and its famous Walls of Benin earthworks.
The Kingdom of Benin is known also as the Benin Empire or the Edo Kingdom. According to one oral tradition, the Edo people, the original ethnic group of the Kingdom of Benin, were once ruled by a line of semi-mythical kings known as the Ogisos (meaning “Kings of the Sky”). There were about 36 Ogisos who ruled over the Edo people. During the reign of the last Ogiso, his son and heir, Ekaladerhan, was banished, as punishment for an offence committed by one of the queens. The queen had changed the message from the oracle to the Ogiso.
Following his banishment, the prince travelled to the land of the Yorubas, another ethnic group in the western part of modern-day Nigeria. The oracle of the Yorubas prophesied that a king would come out of the forest. Therefore, when Ekaladerhan arrived at the Yoruba city of Ife, he was welcomed, and appointed king. Ekaladerhan changed his name to Imadoduwa, meaning “I did not misplace my royalty”
After some time, Imadoduwa’s father died, and the throne of Benin was left vacant. A delegation of Edo chiefs came to Ife to ask Imadoduwa to return to their lands and take the place of his father as Ogiso. Whilst he had been a prince, Imadoduwa was well-loved by the Edo people.
Imadoduwa, however, would not abandon his new subjects. Instead, he told the Edo delegation that he had seven sons and was willing to send one of them to rule as king. The prince chosen to return with the delegation was Oranmiyan, who spent the next few years living amongst the Edo people. When Oranmiyan’s wife gave birth to a son, Eweka, Oranmiyan returned to Ife. Eweka became the first oba (roughly equivalent to king) of Benin.
According to another version of the oral tradition, the Edo people had become dissatisfied with the rule of the Ogisos during the 13th century. Therefore, they invited Oranmiyan from Ife to rule over them. In this version of the story, Oranmiyan is not related to the Ogisos of Benin. This version of the story also has Oranmiyan’s son, Eweka, becoming the first oba of Benin.
The Walls of Benin in a drawing from the 19th century.
Benin City is Rebuilt and the Walls of Benin Begin
In the late 13th century, royal power was firmly established in the Kingdom of Benin. This contributed towards the kingdom’s rise as a regional power in the 15th century. Oba Ewuare, who reigned between 1440 and 1480, was arguably the most famous ruler of the Kingdom of Benin. Ewuare is said to have been a powerful warrior and magician . During his reign, the hereditary succession to the throne was established.
Additionally, Ewuare conducted numerous military campaigns that served to enlarge his kingdom. At its maximum extent, the Kingdom of Benin stretched from Onitsha (in present-day Nigeria) in the east, through the forest region of southwestern Nigeria, and into modern-day Ghana in the west.
Ewuare is also credited with the rebuilding of Benin City, known also as Edo. According to tradition, Benin City, was founded in 1180, and was known originally as Ibinu. Benin City is situated on a plain on a branch of the Benin River and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Benin. It is believed that the Walls of Benin were constructed during Ewuare’s reign.
These walls consist of two parts, a moat and a rampart. A ditch was dug to form the inner moat, and the excavated earth was used to form the outer rampart. The Walls of Benin no doubt contributed towards the defense of the city. Additionally, the walls may be viewed symbolically as a representation of the kingdom’s power.
According to the 1974 edition of the Guinness Book of Records , the Walls of Benin were the “world’s largest earthworks carried out prior to the mechanical era.” Elsewhere, it is claimed that they were “four times longer than the Great Wall of China and consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops.” Furthermore, it is asserted that the walls “extended for some 16,000 km [9,942 miles] in all, in a mosaic of more than 500 interconnected settlement boundaries,” and that it covered an area of 6,500 square kilometers (2,510 square miles). This grand project is thought to have been carried out completely by the Edo people, and it took an estimated total of 150 million hours to complete.
Before the earthwork and stone walls of Benin the ancient city was still walled off using wood and brush.
Trade Begins with Portugal and the Stories of Benin Begin
Although the Walls of Benin are certainly monumental achievements, much more can be said about the urban nature of Benin City as well. Around 1485, shortly after the end of Ewuare’s reign, the Kingdom of Benin had its first contact with Europe. It was the Portuguese, who were sailing along the coast of Africa, who first encountered the Kingdom of Benin. Consequently, trade between the Portuguese and the Edo people developed. In exchange for tropical goods and slaves later on, the Portuguese provided their African counterparts with European products and guns.
It is also from these Portuguese explorers and merchants that descriptions of Benin City were brought back to Europe. For instance, the Portuguese were surprised to find a great kingdom in the middle of the African jungle and called the kingdom’s capital the Great City of Benin. Additionally, the Portuguese considered Benin City as one of the best-planned and most beautiful cities in the world.
To put this into perspective, at that time, the Portuguese, and other Europeans, by extension, regarded few settlements in Africa as cities. A more detailed description of the city is provided by a Portuguese ship captain by the name of Lourenco Pinto in 1691, and is as follows:
“Great Benin, where the king resides, is larger than Lisbon; all the streets run straight and as far as the eye can see. The houses are large, especially that of the king, which is richly decorated and has fine columns. The city is wealthy and industrious. It is so well governed that theft is unknown and the people live in such security that they have no doors to their houses.”
Another 17th century account, this time by a Dutch visitor named Olfert Dapper, describes the houses at Benin City like this:
“Houses are built alongside the streets in good order, the one close to the other,… Adorned with gables and steps … they are usually broad with long galleries inside, especially so in the case of the houses of the nobility, and divided into many rooms which are separated by walls made of red clay, very well erected.”
Dapper goes on to note that the wealthy inhabitants of the city would keep these walls “as shiny and smooth by washing and rubbing as any wall in Holland can be made with chalk, and they are like mirrors. The upper storeys are made of the same sort of clay. Moreover, every house is provided with a well for the supply of fresh water”.
Apart from these accounts by early European travelers, the planning and design of Benin City has also been a subject of investigation by modern scholars. It has been argued by Ron Eglash, an ethno-mathematician, that Benin City was planned according to fractal design. This means that the planning of the city involved “careful rules of symmetry, proportionality and repetition.” Eglash pointed out that “the city and its surrounding villages were purposely laid out to form perfect fractals, with similar shapes repeated in the rooms of each house, and the house itself, and the clusters of houses in the village in mathematically predictable patterns.”
At the very center of Benin City was the court of the oba king, from which the city’s main streets radiated. There were 30 of these streets, each being about 37 meters (120 feet) wide. The streets ran at right angles to each other and were equipped with an underground drainage system that served to channel storm water away from the city. Many side streets extended from these 30 main streets.
Benin City was divided into 11 divisions. Since the city was planned according to fractal design, each of these divisions was a small replication of the oba’s court at the center of Benin City. These divisions consisted of several compounds containing houses, workshops, and public buildings. Indeed, during its heyday, Benin City was a highly sophisticated urban center.
One of the earliest photographs of the Wall of Benin earthworks in present-day Nigeria.
The Kingdom of Benin continued to flourish in the centuries after its first contact with the Europeans. In particular, the slave trade with Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries brought immense wealth to the kingdom. During the 19th century, however, the Kingdom of Benin began to decline. The kingdom’s fortunes were revived in the following century. In addition to slaves, palm oil and textiles became the kingdom’s main trade products.
During the 1880s and 1890s, the British were trying to turn the Kingdom of Benin into a protectorate. They were, however, unsuccessful, as the kingdom managed to resist these attempts, thereby maintaining its independence.
In January 1897, a British force was ambushed whilst on the road to Benin City, resulting in the deaths of eight Britons. Consequently, the British sent a punitive expedition in the following month. The expedition was led by Sir Harry Rawson, and involved 1,200 British soldiers, several hundred locally recruited African troops, and thousands of African porters from the British military base at Sierra Leone.
A three-pronged attack was launched by Rawson on Benin City. On each front, the people of the city offered fierce resistance. But the British persisted and Benin City fell on 18 February 1897. Having captured Benin City, the British began looting, and set fire to the city. This resulted in the destruction of much of the city. Particularly lamentable is the destruction of the city’s beautiful carved woodwork. A group of artefacts known as the Benin Bronzes, however, were seized by the British, and therefore was spared from this destruction.
Despite its name, not all the Benin Bronzes are made of bronze. Some of them, for instance, are made of brass, whilst others are not metal at all. The Benin Bronzes number in the thousands (estimated to be over 3000), though the exact total is unknown. This group of artefacts include plaques, figurines, and sculptures of the obas. After Rawson’s punitive expedition, 900 of the Benin Bronzes found their way into the British Museum. Others were sold to different European museums, supposedly to defray the cost of the expedition.
The Benin Bronzes have become a hot topic in recent times, due to growing calls for their repatriation. The British Museum, which houses the largest collection of the Benin Bronzes, however, is still resisting these calls for repatriation. Nevertheless, some of the artefacts are being returned.
All the returned Benin Bronzes will be housed in Nigeria’s Edo Museum of West African Art. This proposed museum is to be designed by David Adjaye, a famous British-Ghanaian architect, and its construction is estimated to take five years to complete.
Whilst the Benin Bronzes have garnered a lot of attention, other aspects of Benin City have not had so much coverage. This is noticeable, for instance in the Walls of Benin City. Although the walls were damaged by the British, they were not completely destroyed.
Though, the influences of modernization have caused portions of the walls to disappear over time some significant stretches of the walls have remained. The Walls of Benin have been protected by law since 1961. Nevertheless, a management plan and public awareness campaign was only put in place in 2002, after the walls were included in the World Monuments Watch. According to the World Monuments Fund, “Emergency conservation work is still desperately needed.”
Top image: This is what the Walls of Benin once would have looked like in Benin, Nigeria, the capital city of the Kingdom of Benin.
Titanoboa: The Monster Snake that Ruled Prehistoric Colombia
Titanoboa: The Monster Snake that Ruled Prehistoric Colombia
You may not want to read about this frightening creature if you suffer to any degree from ophidiophobia, or even if you are about to embark on a camping trip. Titanoboa fossils show it was the largest snake in the world. It lived during the Paleocene epoch, about 60 million years ago, so you are safe from its bone crushing grip now, but the image of the huge prehistoric snake slithering around South America is still a terrifying one.
So far, the South American country of Colombia has the only known fossils of the huge serpent. It is through these few fossils that paleontologists were able to estimate the size of this prehistoric creature. This estimation was then used to create a life-size model of Titanoboa, which was exhibited in 2012 in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal as a promotion for the Smithsonian Channel documentary entitled Titanoboa: Monster Snake.
The "Titanoboa: Monster Snake" exhibit from the Smithsonian at the Natural History Museum.
Titanoboa simply means ‘titanic boa’ and is an apt name for this prehistoric snake. According to estimates made by paleontologists, it could have grown to a length of between 42 feet and 49 feet (between 12.8 meters and 14.9 meters) and weighed up to a massive 2500 pounds (1134 kg). In addition, the thickest part of the snake’s body is reckoned to have had a diameter of 3 feet (0.9 meters).
As a comparison, the anaconda, one of the largest snakes today, is known to reach lengths of over 20 feet (6.1 meters) and weigh more than 500 pounds (227 kg). Titanoboa was obviously a giant compared to the largest snakes we have today.
The discovery of Titanoboa was made during the first decade of the 21st century in Cerrejón, a coal mine in the northern part of Colombia. The campaign that led to the discovery began in 1994, when the Colombian geologist Henry Garcia found an unfamiliar fossil which he labelled as ‘Petrified Branch’ and placed it in a display case of the coal company.
In 2003, a Colombian undergraduate geology student by the name of Fabiany Herrera was at Cerrejón for a field trip when he discovered fossilized plant remains . As the area had not been explored previously by paleontologists, an expedition was soon organized. One of the researchers invited to join the expedition was Scott Wing, the curator of fossil plants at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
A Titanoboa vertebra dwarfs that of a modern 17-foot anaconda
It was Wing who realized that Garcia’s fossil was not from a plant. He sent photos of it to another expert, Jonathan Bloch, a paleontologist at the University of Florida. Bloch identified the fossil as part of a jawbone of a land animal.
This was exciting news, as fossils of terrestrial vertebrates from the Paleocene epoch had not been found in that part of South America before then. It was believed that more fossils of such animals were to be found at the site, and this proved to be true.
Identifying the Monster Snake
It was not until 2007, however, that the vertebra of a Titanoboa was identified, when a shipment of fossils labelled ‘crocodile’ was being inspected. When this discovery was made, fresh expeditions were conducted in the hopes of finding more vertebrae of this animal. Eventually, a total of 100 snake vertebrae from 28 animals were collected. With the vertebrae, the paleontologists were able to make estimations as to the size of the prehistoric snake.
In 2012, another important discovery about the Titanoboa was made. This time, a snake skull was found. Such a find is extremely rare, as snake skulls are very fragile and usually fall apart after the animal dies.
One of the peculiarities of this skull is that it has closely packed teeth, even more than modern day boas. This has led experts to speculate that Titanoboa was a specialized fish-eater. Still, considering its size, Titanoboa could have easily preyed on prehistoric turtles and crocodiles, which lived in the same habitat as this snake.
These later discoveries prompted the 2012 creation of a life-size model of Titanoboa exhibited in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal to promote the Smithsonian Titanoboa documentary. Some people also believe that Titanoboas still live deep in the Amazon.
CHINA’S “ARTIFICIAL SUN” FUSION REACTOR JUST SMASHED ITS OLD RECORD
CHINA’S “ARTIFICIAL SUN” FUSION REACTOR JUST SMASHED ITS OLD RECORD
THE REACTOR WAS 10 TIMES HOTTER THAN THE CORE OF THE SUN FOR MORE THAN 17 MINUTES.
COSTFOTO/BARCROFT MEDIA VIA GETTY IMAGES
Another One
A Chinese fusion reactor just completely demolished its own record.
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor was able to sustain a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 1,056 seconds, according to a release from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This smashed its previous record of 101 seconds, set last spring, by a full 1,000 percent.
The team behind the reactor is a part of the Institute of Plasma Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AISPP), and achieved the record in late December.
“ASIPP has a perfect team,” Professor Yuntao Song, director-general of ASIPP, said in the release. “We will face up to difficulties no matter how hard it is!”
Store-Bought Sun
This marks another massive milestone for the EAST reactor. Dubbed the “artificial Sun,” the reactor is able to partly replicate the natural nuclear fusion process of stars. Researchers hope that it could eventually lead to sustainable, clean energy production.
The length that the EAST reactor can hold the high plasma temperatures is key. Fusion reactions need to be self-sustaining, and superheated plasma could be used to eventually create a self-sustaining reaction.
So we’re still likely a while off from commercial fusion power, even if some experts believe it’s just around the corner. Regardless, it’s cool to see China break record after record in the international race to create sustainable fusion power.
Long before sending off NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on its long journey into deep space last month, engineers took the opportunity to take an epic group selfie back in 2017 — using their reflection in the telescope’s 21-foot mirror.
It’s an awe-inspiring look at the sheer scale of the operation that went viral on Reddit after the launch, not to mention a fitting homage to the thousands of scientists who made last week’s launch happen.
The Great Unfurling
The massive structure took off on top of an Ariane 5 rocket from a spaceport in French Guiana on December 25, the culmination of tens of billions of dollars spent and decades of research and development.
Fortunately, everything is still going according plan — which is significant, given the hundreds of maneuvers the telescope has to complete to fully unfurl itself before becoming operational in a distant orbit around the Sun.
“Everything is hunky-dory and doing well now,” Amy Lo, a lead engineer for the telescope’s prime contractor, Northrop Grumman, during a Monday press conference, as quoted by the Associated Press.
Big Stretch
Over the weekend, the telescope successfully extended its sunshield, a protective cover designed to keep its scientific instruments safe and protected from harmful solar rays.
Chances are we won’t be hearing much from the JSWT team over the next coming days — and that’s a good thing.
“The best thing for operations is boring, and that’s what we anticipate over the next three days, is to be boring,” project manager Bill Ochs said during the conference.
In 1970, Allen Funt, the creator of the original and still most famous hidden camera, practical joke reality show, Candid Camera, released an X-rated movie calledWhat Do You Say to a Naked Lady? with an obvious premise that warranted the famous “adults only” X-rating. In late 2021, atrailerwas released for “Redgate” which was touted as a “True story film, with real footage of UFOs and Aliens” … including trail cam footage of what was described as a “naked alien.” What do you say to a naked alien? Until the movie is released (no date yet), let’s focus on what do you say ABOUT a naked alien … particularly one recorded in a known UFO hotspot location in Montana.
Was it a full alien Monty?
“The first one to think it was a person, but then the more I look at it was just odd, it was out of place and everything just matches the alien persona the bigger bulbous head, you can tell he has no clothes, it’s kind of a transparent being.”
The Sun this week featured the story of Donald Bromley, who claims to be a hunter in the Redgate area near the city of Deer Lodge in western Montana. (More on Redgate later.) Bromley says he had a large number of hidden cameras in Redgate in 2019 to track deer, wolves and other animals. When he saw he one particular recording (watch it here), he suspected it was an “alien persona” because the Redgate area has a history of UFOs and strange paranormal activity, as he described to KXLF.
“It’s just very rich in the paranormal field, like the UFOs, lights in the sky unexplainable things.”
It’s also very difficult to get to, which convince Bromley what he recorded was not a human – especially since no other trail cam sensors were tripped. Word of the video then reached Patrick W. Cutler, a Montana independent filmmaker and host of the Prison City Podcast – Deer Lodge is the home of the Montana State Prison. Cutler knows the history of the Redgate area – he told KXLF the name goes back 50 or more years to a bloody murder.
“Basically, there was a guy who had a farm or homestead and he came home one day from work and basically murdered his entire family and painted their gate red with their blood.”
From there, strange things began happening near Deer Lodge.
“There have been several people they’re driving around and they see something really bizarre just fly across the sky out of nowhere. I’ve heard stories of people just happen to be up here and out of nowhere their car just stalls out for no reason.”
A 2004 documentary titled “The Secret of Redgate” interviewed locals on their experiences with extraterrestrial beings, which many believe to be “Reticulians” or small grey aliens. Enough has happened since then to inspire Cutler to produce his own “Redgate” documentary with Bromley’s ‘naked alien’ as one of the new stories.
I had a grey jumpsuit on!
What do you say to a naked alien? Bromley and Cutler don’t say, but it appears they both believe the Redgate area is a Montana paranormal and UFO hotspot and Bromley’s recorded being was not a human. We’ll just have to wait for the file to be released to find out.
There are countless tales of the strange lurking about all about the Internet, many of them in the dark corners where many do not think to even look for them. Occasionally one will come across an incredible story that is at once completely outlandish and eyebrow raising, seeming to be surely the stuff of tall tales, and this is certainly one of those. The somewhat dubious tale we are looking at here begins with a man named John Smith, who was supposedly born in 1941 into a military family, going on in his young adult years to enroll in the military college of the US Air Force in 1960, from where he allegedly graduated with flying colors. He would go on to fight as a pilot in the Vietnam War, earning a “Medal for Service in Vietnam” and quite the reputation as a respected ace pilot, after which he set his sights on becoming an astronaut. In this endeavor he apparently succeeded, and he was assigned as what is referred to as a “cleaner,” part of a space mission to clear Earth’s orbit of various space junk including pieces of rockets, out of service satellites, and other random detritus and trash to make the void safe for space travel. This is where his life would apparently get weird, and become a very strange tale of a man lost in space, only to reappear alive decades later under some very mysterious circumstances.
In the 1970s, the U.S. government was fully engaged in an anti-satellite program in order to monitor and possibly engage enemy spy satellites. This had been going on since the early 1960s, with the creation of Program 505 in 1962, based at the Kwajalein Missile Range, about halfway between Hawaii and the Philippine islands, and using the Nike Zeus anti-ballistic missile to intercept satellites. This went on to form the foundation of Program 437, which was the second anti-satellite weapons program of the U.S. military, this time using PGM-17 Thor ballistic missiles to intercept low Earth orbiting satellites, and which had its facilities on Johnston Island, an isolated island in the north central Pacific Ocean. Both programs carried out a series of tests of high-altitude nuclear explosions and both were very real, but the program that Smith would supposedly become involved in was a bit different. Even when official anti-satellite programs and development were ended in 1975, anti-satellite technology continued, and Smith would become involved in one such plan, using astronauts to supposedly act as a security patrol in space against enemy satellites.
In this case, the idea was apparently to use a top-secret network of manned space vehicles designed to detect, hunt down, and destroy enemy ballistic missiles as well as satellites. The story goes that in October of 1973, Smith was launched up into space on a mission aboard a vessel disguised as a satellite in order to remain undetected as he went about his mysterious, top-secret work. Three days apparently went by without incident, but then his ship entered an area of anomalous heightened radiation and his maneuvering and orientation systems inexplicably went haywire. At the time there were also purportedly several unexplained bursts of unexplained radio noise that could not be tracked. NASA apparently tried to save the stricken astronaut, but were unable to do so, and his communications equipment then shut down entirely to leave him lost to space.
Soon after the strange incident, NASA purportedly went about covering it all up, noting the failed mission as simply the result of an accident during a training flight, making no mention of the radiation or the radio interference, and highly classifying the whole thing. There it would remain, in the files of tragedies in space, Smith relegated to the files of lost astronauts and space mysteries, but then in 2000, the lost spaceship that had been carrying Smith was allegedly discovered quite by accident when an amateur astronomer in the Fiji Islands observed an anomalous orbiting object at an altitude of 470 kilometers and reported it to the proper authorities, who became convinced that it was Smith’s spacecraft based on its trajectory and appearance. They then went about trying to retrieve the craft, and as it had fallen into a stable and low orbit it was able to be collected during the next flight of the shuttle Endeavor in 2001. This is where things get really weird.
When the spacecraft was brought to earth, it was apparently opened and much to the utter shock of all present, Smith was not only found inside, but he was still alive even after decades of being lost in space. He was unconscious and seemed to be in some sort of state of suspended animation, but no one could figure out how this could be. Efforts were made to revive him, and a medical examination would soon turn up some strange anomalies. For one, although Smith’s heart was in the right location, the thing was that before the flight he had been one of those rare people whose heart lies to the right rather than the more common left, yet now it was where it should be. There was also the fact that there were no signs of the fracture of the ribs he had sustained as a young boy and several large moles that he had had were gone, as well as some scars that he was known to have had. It was as if his body had been somehow “fixed.” This would only be the beginning of the strangeness, as his personal notebook was found with him in the compartment, which happened to be missing 50 pages and supposedly had 24 pages full of cryptic symbols that resembled hieroglyphics and which no one could decipher.
When Smith was lucid enough to talk, he would turn out to have no memory of what had happened to him and no awareness that he had been lost in space for nearly three decades, no sense that any time had passed at all, and he was quite the conundrum. As authorities tried to figure out what was going on, Smith would allegedly pull off one last mystery, when he one day just suddenly vanished from the facility where he was being kept without a trace. There was no sign as to how he could have escaped the secured area undetected, no trace of him on CCTV footage, nothing. It was as if he had just evaporated into thin air.
That is where this bizarre tale apparently ends. The government came in and had the whole thing classified and buried, and that was that. Seeing as the case only seems to be talked about on a few conspiracy sites and Reddit, with no sources really given and the whole “government top-secret cover-up” angle played to the hilt, there is a very likely chance that this is nothing but the stuff of Internet legends and creepypasta stories, the result of some people getting a little creative and starting up “unsolved mysteries” that have never really existed outside of the imagination. Take it all with a grain of salt, but the story has made the rounds, and true or not, tall tale or otherwise, it is all pretty bonkers and eye-brow raising all the same.
An unusual object was found on the Mars surface. Something that looks similar to something that may have fallen off a rocket, but it's clearly not part of the rover lander, because there are no rover tread marks coming from it. Instead the sand around it has ripples of bending and turning with the wind, but no tracks at all. Also there is no sign of other landing equipment. I have seen the landing craft of the rover and this is nothing like that. There have been many missions to Mars and this could be part of one of those craft, but the photo has no labels, no explanation and no notes at all. This very possibly could be alien technology found by the Mars Rover.
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Below you see the rover looking at the debris but there is no tracks coming from the debris.
I found some alien structures on earths moon today. The structures are in a crater called Grotrian. One building is hexagon shaped, with a rectangle in its center. The other is like a military hanger. I also pointed out a few other possible structures and at 10:26 into the video below, I discovered another structure half buried. There is proof all around us of intelligent life in the universe, but this life which created it...was not across the universe, but on our own moon! And really, was it a living biological species or was it a species of AI robots? Whatever created these structures...one thing is obvious...it was very intelligent to create such things on the moon.
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UFO lights filmed over Alaska 4-Jan-2022
UFO lights filmed over Alaska 4-Jan-2022
New UFO video off the coast of Alaska 20 miles east of Mt. Redoubt. The event took place on 4th January 20222 at approximately 7:17pm Alaskan standard and lasted around three minutes time, according to witnesses it was extremely bright.
The aliens who wrecked my life: When PC Alan Godfrey had a close encounter, he was branded crazy and the fallout cost his job, his health and his marriage - with Hollywood set to tell his story do you believe his tale?
The aliens who wrecked my life: When PC Alan Godfrey had a close encounter, he was branded crazy and the fallout cost his job, his health and his marriage - with Hollywood set to tell his story do you believe his tale?
The year was 1980. Margaret Thatcher was in No. 10 and Jimmy Carter was in theWhite House. The Cold War was bracing and the Iron Curtain frozen shut. The Empire Strikes Back was packing out cinemas.
On a wet road in West Yorkshire, early in the morning of November 28, a policeman, coming to the end of his night shift, received a report from Todmorden, a small market town in the Calder valley, where people were complaining that a herd of cows had escaped from a field and were wandering around their gardens.
The officer in question was PC Alan Godfrey, then a 33-year-old married father of two, based at ‘Tod nick’. He set off to take a look. As he turned his Ford Escort panda car into Burnley Road at about 5.15am, he saw what he thought was a broken-down bus, blocking the road. Only, it wasn’t a bus. ‘As I inched closer, driving at a crawl, I saw a diamond-shaped object, about 20ft wide and 14ft high, literally hanging in the air about 5ft off the road.
‘It was spinning slowly, and the leaves on the road underneath were spinning in the opposite direction. It looked very real; real enough that if I’d got out of my car and thrown a brick at it, it would have made a clang,’ Alan recalls now.
On a wet road in West Yorkshire, early in the morning of November 28, a policeman, coming to the end of his night shift, received a report from Todmorden
Instead of getting out of the car, Alan turned on his blue light and tried to call in the incident. Yet curiously, neither his car radio, nor his personal set, was working.
‘Then my policeman’s instincts kicked in and I decided to make a sketch, just as I would if I’d come across a road traffic accident, to show the positions of the vehicles involved.’ There was then a ‘brilliant, white, blinding flash — a bit like having your photograph taken with the flash gun in your face’, and the next thing he remembers he was driving, stunned, in the opposite direction, back towards the police station, having lost several minutes of time.
The object had vanished but the patch of road surface was bone dry.
Far-fetched claims indeed. Could Alan simply have been overtired? Might he be a fantasist?
When you meet Alan Godfrey, a plain-speaking, affable Yorkshireman with two police commendations, he’s not the swivel-eyed oddball one normally associates with kooky UFO stories. He’s a dyed-in-the-wool beat bobby who has ‘no time for daft buggers’.
‘It was a factual event. It was real,’ he says today, as we revisit the spot — a non-descript, busy main road, with a stream and a park on one side — on a comparable cold, blustery day, 41 years later.
‘Was it an alien craft I saw, or was it of this earth? I don’t know. To be honest, it’s such a long time ago that it doesn’t matter to me whether people believe me or not. It happened.’
The officer in question was PC Alan Godfrey, then a 33-year-old married father of two, based at ‘Tod nick’. He set off to take a look
Whatever ‘it’ was nearly ruined Alan’s life. Ridiculed and hounded out of the job he loved, he slumped into alcoholism and his marriage broke up.
It was the love of his second wife, Kathryn, whom he married in 1995, that made him pick himself up and hold his head high again.
Alan is now something of a local celebrity, having been on the after-dinner speaking circuit for years. He has sat on TV sofas with Selina Scott and Frank Bough and had his story told by TV networks all over the world. His book, Who Or What Were They?, was published in 2017.
And, whatever your take on it, this is a fascinating tale. Which is why it is set to be turned into a Hollywood movie.
Alan has signed a deal with producer and screenwriter Michael Grais, best known as the co-writer of the 1982 film Poltergeist.
Michael is a huge Alan fan. ‘I met Alan and I totally believed him, 110 per cent. I did not feel there was a dishonest word coming out of his mouth,’ he says, speaking from California. ‘I’m not a UFO guy who sees conspiracies everywhere — I’m not part of that crew.
‘I’ll start writing the script in the summer and approach film companies. UFO stuff is very popular in the U.S. because, for the first time, the government has just admitted that they exist.’
What Michael is referring to here is the long-awaited, U.S. government report into UFOs published in June. Although the report did not admit to the existence of little green men, it did reveal that there were objects appearing in the sky that the Pentagon — which controls the U.S. military — could not explain, and the existence of extraterrestrials couldn’t be ruled out.
As he turned his Ford Escort panda car into Burnley Road at about 5.15am, he saw what he thought was a broken-down bus, blocking the road. Only, it wasn’t a bus
Todmorden has its own unique history concerning other-worldly matters. The Pennine region between Yorkshire and Lancashire has been dubbed ‘UFO valley’, as its unique geology and geography have led to thousands of what investigators term UAPs, or ‘Unidentified Atmospheric Phenomena’.
For example, just a week before Alan’s ‘encounter’, three Halifax policemen looking for a stolen motorbike saw bright lights moving around in the sky, something Alan learned about only years later.
But there was another, truly horrific, incident five months before Alan’s UFO sighting — again in Todmorden — that captured the world’s attention. Curiously, PC Alan Godfrey was one of the two officers who investigated that case.
Zigmund ‘Ziggy’ Adamski, a 56-year-old miner of Polish descent, had gone missing from his home near Wakefield in June 1980 after he’d nipped out to the local shop to buy some potatoes.
Five days later, his body was discovered 20 miles away at a coal yard in Todmorden. He was found lying on top of a 15ft coal pile, wearing a suit but no shirt. There were burn marks on the crown of his roughly shorn head and another wound at the back of his neck.
‘The oddest thing was that there was no coal dust or dirt on his body — he looked as though he’d simply lain down and died, on top of that pile of coal, having left no sign of how he got up there,’ says Alan.
‘His clothes, to me, suggested he’d been hastily redressed after death. But it was the look on his face that shocked me the most — I’ll never forget it. He looked like he’d been scared to death.’
Instead of getting out of the car, Alan turned on his blue light and tried to call in the incident. Yet curiously, neither his car radio, nor his personal set, was working
James Turnbull, the coroner who dealt with Zigmund’s death, commented later that it was the biggest mystery of his career. Why, for example, had he been missing for five days and yet had only one day’s growth of beard? And a corrosive liquid, found around the site of the neck wound couldn’t be identified.
A post-mortem examination concluded that Zigmund had died of heart failure due to ‘ischaemic heart disease’ and emphysema. The coroner recorded an open verdict.
No one was ever arrested or charged over his death. And while few doubt that he was killed, the strange circumstances led many to speculate about who, or what, that killer or killers might have been.
But back to that November incident which, predictably, made Alan the butt of his hard-bitten colleagues’ jokes. ‘When I walked into the station later that evening to begin my next shift, I was greeted with “ey up, it’s Captain Kirk”.’ But things were soon to turn very nasty. This was 1980, three months before the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, was caught.
West Yorkshire Police were under enormous scrutiny for failing to halt his five-year killing spree, and the last thing their public image needed was a local policeman in the news talking about seeing aliens. But, inevitably, the story leaked to the local newspaper, under the jokey headline ‘May The Force Be With You’.
But soon it wasn’t so funny. After the story went national, Alan was stunned to receive a letter from a professor at Moscow University, asking for more information about his ‘encounter’. In the middle of the Cold War, the USSR would have been very interested in unexplained aircraft, looking for military secrets. Alan dutifully handed everything to his superiors.
‘Then one day I was called into the inspector’s office and sitting there was a man in civilian clothing, who simply introduced himself as “the Man from the Ministry”.
‘He had a file on his lap which, when it flipped open, I could see contained my drawing from the night and my sudden-death report on Zigmund Adamski.
When you meet Alan Godfrey, a plain-speaking, affable Yorkshireman with two police commendations, he’s not the swivel-eyed oddball one normally associates with kooky UFO stories
‘They cited the Official Secrets Act and ordered me, in no uncertain terms, not to speak of it to the Press. After that, I felt they were out to get me. I left the job four years later.’
Alan talks about being persecuted, of seeing the ‘Man from the Ministry’ everywhere. He suspects his phone was tapped.
In 1984, he was offered a way out because of an old injury. He left the force with an unblemished, exemplary record.
He worked as a butcher, then for a security agency, but had started drinking heavily — a bottle of whisky a day. His marriage broke up in 1988. Fiercely protective of his ex-wife and family, he refuses to drag them into his story further.
By the early 1990s, he was at rock bottom. ‘I ended up living in a friend’s bedroom; I’d lost everything. I had no money, I’d parted from my first wife. It was Christmas and I couldn’t buy the kids anything. I remember lying face down on the floor, thinking there was no point in carrying on.
‘Then, suddenly, I thought: “Right, enough is enough. Get a grip, you daft bugger!” And that’s what I did. I got myself a flat, met Kath and she sorted me out.’
‘Sorted’ is exactly how you’d describe Alan today. Happily married, with three grandchildren and now retired, he clearly revels in his celebrity status around town. He drives a car with ‘UFO’ on the number plate.
But still the cynics pour scorn on his claims. The key sceptic is Dr David Clarke, associate professor at Sheffield Hallam University, where he is a co-founder of the Contemporary Legend research group and author of the book The UFO files.
He’s been following Alan’s story — and that of Zigmund Adamski — since he worked as a reporter on The Yorkshire Post.
Whatever ‘it’ was nearly ruined Alan’s life. Ridiculed and hounded out of the job he loved, he slumped into alcoholism and his marriage broke up
His take on what happened in June and November of 1980 is very different from the former police officer’s.
‘I don’t dispute Alan saw something that night, but what it was I wouldn’t want to say,’ he says.
‘When people speak of hallucinations, there are bad connotations as they are associated with mental illness, but completely sane people have hallucinations all the time.’
Dr Clarke cites the work of the late groundbreaking neurological anthropologist Oliver Sacks, who described a hallucination as ‘seeing with the brain — something that isn’t under our control, that seems to come from the outside and to mimic perception’, and for which there is always a physical, medical explanation.
‘Alan describes sitting, looking at this thing and then a blast of white light, after which he couldn’t remember anything, until he found himself driving along the road. That sounds exactly like someone describing an epileptic fit.
‘As for Adamski, he was most certainly abducted, tortured and killed — but not by aliens. His death was caused by human beings. And what better way to wipe away traces of evidence from a body than to dump it on top of a coal pile in the pouring rain, to have everything washed away?
‘The case should have been investigated properly, and it wasn’t because of this alien connection.’
When the Ministry of Defence released all its files on UFO sightings to the National Archives back in 2014, Alan’s report was not in there.
Alan has signed a deal with producer and screenwriter Michael Grais, best known as the co-writer of the 1982 film Poltergeist
‘Alan sees this as a cover-up by the MoD, but I think it wasn’t there because West Yorkshire Police didn’t send it to them,’ says Dr Clarke. ‘They never received it; they were embarrassed.
‘As for the “Man from the Ministry” . . . that was clearly a man from Yorkshire Police, trying to get him to shut up.
‘What Alan does make clear is that it was real to him. But what if you’d been driving along the same road, at the same time. Would you have seen what Alan saw, or would you have seen some copper sitting in his car, staring straight ahead?’
Alan bats Dr Clarke’s comments away with affable good humour. No, he isn’t epileptic, and no he hasn’t had any ‘hallucinations’ before or since that episode.
‘But I do often think about that night, and what would have happened if I’d turned right up into the estate, and not carried along Burnley Road. My life would have been very different.
‘Would I have reported the incident, if I’d known what would happen? Probably not.’
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2021 in twaalf leuke wetenschapsfeiten
2021 in twaalf leuke wetenschapsfeiten
Na een jaar vol coronagolven, overstromingen en confronterende klimaatrapporten trakteert Hetty Helsmoortel je op wat luchtiger nieuws. Hier volgt voor elke maand van het jaar een al dan niet wetenschappelijk fait divers!
Januari
In januari lossen Zwitserse en Russische professoren een meer dan zestig jaar oude verdwijningszaak op met dank aan de Disney-film Frozen. Het computeralgoritme dat in de film gebruikt wordt om digitale sneeuw en ijs realistisch te laten overkomen, kan namelijk het ultieme bewijs leveren dat een groep avonturiers in 1959 door een sneeuwramp om het leven kwam. Het maakt meteen een einde aan vele complottheorieën, zoals dat ze ontvoerd zouden zijn door aliens, aangevallen door een yeti, of dat hun verdwijning een experiment was van de Russische overheid. Boodschap aan de samenzweerders: laat het los.
Februari
In februari maakt de nieuwe Mars-rover Perseverance een geslaagde landing. De parachute bestaat uit een chaotische aaneenschakeling van rode en witte vlakken. Maar NASA zou NASA niet zijn als in dat patroon geen code verstopt zit. Na een paar uur rekenen vinden puzzelaars het antwoord: ‘Dare mighty things’: durf machtige dingen doen.
Maart
In maart vindt een Amerikaanse podcaster een nieuwe pastavorm uit. Alle bestaande pastasoorten voldeden volgens hem nooit aan drie belangrijke criteria tegelijk: sausbaarheid (of ze precies de juiste hoeveelheid saus kan op- nemen), vorkbaarheid (of je ze makkelijk op je vork kunt prikken) en tandzinkbaarheid (of ze voldoening geeft om er je tanden in te laten zinken). Zijn gloednieuwe Cascatelli – Italiaans voor waterval – voldoen aan alle criteria. De eerste zevenhonderd dozen zijn binnen de twee uur uitverkocht. Zijn ‘mission impastable’ is geslaagd.
Bron: Wikipedia Commons
April
In april krijgt een Poolse dierenhulporganisatie een oproep binnen over een vreemd beest dat in een boom op de loer zou liggen. ‘Mensen openen hun ramen niet meer, omdat ze bang zijn dat het hun huis zal binnensluipen’, klinkt het. Nog maar een voorbeeld van diersoorten die oprukken naar het noorden op zoek naar een koelere habitat? Nee hoor, het blijkt uiteindelijk om een croissant te gaan.
Mei
In mei komt een onderzoeksbureau met het nieuws dat gummibeertjes en muntjes de grootste economische slachtoffers van de coronapandemie zouden zijn. De beertjes omdat mensen amper impulsaankopen doen bij online shoppen, de muntjes omdat mensen bij minder contact met vreemde ook minder nood hebben aan een frisse adem.
Jebulon op Wikipedia Commons.
Juni
In juni stellen Britse en Nieuw-Zeelandse onderzoekers een naar eigen zeggen revolutionair apparaat voor gewichtsverlies voor. Met de DentalSlim worden de boven- en ondertanden met magneten aan elkaar vastgemaakt, zodat patiënten hun mond niet verder dan 2 millimeter kunnen opendoen.
Juli
In juli, bij de start van de Olympische Spelen, leer ik dat al het metaal voor de bijna vijfduizend gouden, zilveren en bronzen medailles uit afgedankte elektronische apparaten gehaald werd, die in heel Japan werden ingezameld.
Turnster Nina Derwael won dit jaar een gouden turnmedaille op de brug met ongelijke leggers.
Augustus
Voor augustus vond ik – net als vorig jaar – niets. Het was dan ook alweer komkommertijd. De langste komkommer ter wereld dateert trouwens nog steeds van 2011 en is 107 centimeter lang.
September
Over komkommers gesproken: in september horen we dat het Gentse Universiteitsmuseum GUM een nieuwe expo voorbereidt over de fallus. Klein probleem wel: alle e-mails van medewerkers blijven vastzitten in de firewall. Aan de ICT-collega’s moet worden gevraagd of de spamfilter van de universiteit voor een paar maanden wél alle piemels kon doorlaten.
Oktober
In oktober lees ik dat twee Franse monniken twee 5G-masten in brand staken (zie ook ‘Monniken met illusies’, Eos nr. 11, 2021). Ze wilden naar eigen zeggen aandacht vragen voor gezondheidsrisico’s van 5G. Voor alle duidelijkheid: wetenschappelijk bewijs is daar niet voor. De kloosterorde staat achter de overtuiging van de monniken en ziet de brandstichting als ‘een losstaande actie en een fout van de jeugd’. De monniken zijn 39 en 40 jaar oud.
November
In november gaat mijn wetenschappelijk jaaroverzicht Missie 2021in première, waarin ik terugkijk op de verhalen die mij als wetenschapper én als mens het afgelopen jaar het meest geraakt hebben.
December
En vorige week werd de James Webb Space Telescope gelanceerd. De opvolger van de Hubbletelescoop zal ons de komende jaren moeten verbluffen met nieuwe beelden én kennis van ons machtige universum.
HET ONTVOUWEN VAN DE MACHTIGE JAMES WEBB-TELESCOOP IS IN VOLLE GANG
HET ONTVOUWEN VAN DE MACHTIGE JAMES WEBB-TELESCOOP IS IN VOLLE GANG
Vivian Lammerse
Het duimendraaien is begonnen. Want terwijl de ruimtetelescoop door het uitgestrekte heelal vliegt, moeten duizenden onderdelen correct en in de goede volgorde worden uitgeklapt.
Afgelopen zaterdag, op eerste kerstdag, was het dan zo ver: de lancering van de langverwachte James Webb-telescoop. En met succes. Want ondanks de vele tegenslagen die de telescoop de afgelopen jaren te verduren heeft gekregen, verliep de lancering op rolletjes. Nu is het duimendraaien begonnen. Want de komende periode is een ongelofelijk spannende, waarin duizenden onderdelen correct, in de goede volgorde, uitgeklapt moeten worden.
Onderdelen De James Webb-telescoop bestaat uit talloze onderdelen. Bij de lancering zaten al die onderdelen netjes in elkaar gevouwen. Maar terwijl de telescoop op zijn eindbestemming afstevent, zullen steeds meer elementen uitgeklapt worden. Dat is zeker geen gelopen race. Volgens NASA kan het na lancering nog op zo’n 300 punten zodanig misgaan, dat de telescoop niet optimaal kan functioneren.
In volle gang Op dit moment is het ontvouwen van de machtige ruimtetelescoop – en dus het duimendraaien – in volle gang. Zo’n dertig minuten na de lancering werden de zonnepanelen al uitgevouwen. Deze zijn nu volledig ingezet en werken naar behoren. Gisteren volgden de antennes. Met de antennes zal de ruimtetelescoop in staat zijn om tweemaal daags tenminste 28,6 gigabyte aan wetenschappelijke gegevens naar de aarde te verzenden. Daarnaast zijn ook de temperatuursensoren op de telescoop geactiveerd, waarmee technici de thermische systemen van de telescoop in de gaten kunnen houden.
Zonneschild De komende periode zullen er steeds meer onderdelen volgen. Met name het uitklappen van het immense zonneschild, dat ongeveer net zo lang is als een tennisveld, gaat spannend worden. Het zonneschild is namelijk van cruciaal belang voor het functioneren van de telescoop. Dit schild wordt als een soort paraplu om de spiegels en instrumenten van de telescoop gevouwen en beschermt onder meer de zeer gevoelige infrarood-instrumenten – die heel koud moeten blijven om te functioneren – tegen de warmte van de zon. De eerste stappen voor het uitklappen van het zonneschild zullen vandaag worden gezet.
Spiegels Een ander zenuwslopend moment zal het uitvouwen van de spiegels zijn. De James Webb is uitgerust met zowel een hoofdspiegel (die uit achttien afzonderlijke spiegels bestaat die zich samen als één grote spiegel moeten gedragen) en een secundaire spiegel. Op dag tien van de missie zal de secundaire spiegel in gereedheid worden gebracht. Deze spiegel is één van de belangrijkste onderdelen op de telescoop en essentieel voor het succes van de missie. En dus mag er tijdens het uitklappen niets misgaan. De spiegel bevindt zich op drie stangen die vanaf de hoofdspiegel naar de secundaire spiegel lopen. Deze kleinere, ronde spiegel speelt vervolgens een hele belangrijke rol bij het verzamelen van het licht van de hoofdspiegel. Het idee is dat de hoofdspiegel het zwakke licht van onder meer de eerste en meest afgelegen sterrenstelsels verzamelt. De secundaire spiegel reflecteert vervolgens het door de hoofdspiegel verzamelde licht in de wetenschappelijke instrumenten aan boord van James Webb. Het is belangrijk dat de spiegels goed worden geïnstalleerd, want een afwijking van meer dan 38 nanometer – één duizendste van de dikte van het haar van een mens – kan al problemen op leveren. Het uitvouwen van de hoofdspiegel begint op dag twaalf.
Bekijk in deze video wanneer alle specifieke onderdelen uitgevouwen zullen worden.
In totaal zal James Webb er 29 dagen over doen om al zijn onderdelen in gereedheid te brengen. En dat terwijl de telescoop ook nog eens in rap tempo op zijn eindbestemming afstevent: een plek op een slordige 1,6 miljoen kilometer van de aarde. Het belooft dan ook een zenuwslopende periode te worden, waarin er nog van alles mis kan gaan. Maar als de telescoop erin slaagt zijn reis succesvol te voltooien, sluit hij daarmee formeel de moeilijkste en meest complexe implementatiereeks af die ooit in de ruimte is uitgevoerd.
After shedding its fairing and booster rocket, the first two deployments are 'automatic,' meaning they happen without the ground giving commands. Once the solar panel is deployed, the telescope will go off of battery power and start generating its own power.
Traditiegetrouw sluiten we het jaar af met een lijst van de mooiste ruimtefoto’s. Wat waren de allermooiste ruimtefoto’s van dit jaar? Ruim 900 bezoekers kozen de volgende tien foto’s.
We tellen in dit artikel terug van de nummer 10 naar de nummer 1. De hoger geplaatste foto’s hebben betere beoordelingen gekregen van de bezoekers en staan daarom hoger in de lijst.
Net buiten de lijst: Spiraalstelsel NGC 1317
NGC 1317 is een klein spiraalstelsel op een afstand van 55 miljoen lichtjaar van de aarde. Dit sterrenstelsel ligt vlak naast “grotere broer” NGC 1316. NGC 1316 heeft drie miljard jaar geleden een spiraalstelsel opgeslokt. NGC 1316 en NGC 1317 zijn lid van een clubje genaamd “De Lokale Groep”, waar ook de Melkweg deel van uitmaakt. De foto is gemaakt door de Hubble-ruimtetelescoop. NGC 1317 eindigde net buiten de top 10.
#10 Bolvormige sterrenhoop NGC 6397
De Hubble-ruimtetelescoop maakte begin dit jaar een schitterende foto van deze kosmische juwelen. We zien hier het bolvormige sterrenhoop NGC 6397 op een afstand van 7.800 lichtjaar van de aarde. De blauwe sterren naderen het einde van hun leven. Zij hebben alle waterstof opgestookt en verbranden nu hun heliumvoorraad. Helium fuseert bij hogere temperaturen, waardoor de sterren er blauw uitzien. De rode sterren zijn superreuzen, terwijl de kleine witte sterren zonachtige sterren zijn.
#9 Zonsverduistering in Nederland
Dit jaar was er een zonsverduistering te zien in de Benelux. Op 10 juni schoof de maan deels voor de zon, waardoor een deel van de zon verduisterd werd. Nederlanders en Belgen met een eclipsbrilletje zagen een hapje uit de zon genomen worden. René Bremer legde deze unieke gebeurtenis vast en fotografeerde tegelijkertijd een vliegtuig, namelijk een Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. Het gaat hier om vlucht UA90 van New York naar Tel Aviv. Een schitterende foto, die door jullie op plek 9 in de eindlijst is gezet. Bekijk meer foto’s van de zonsverduistering op Scientias.nl.
#8 NGC 4254
Het spiraalstelsel NGC 4254 werd eerder dit jaar gefotografeerd door de Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) van ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Dit sterrenstelsel ligt op 45 miljoen lichtjaar afstand van de aarde. De spiraalarmen geven een gouden gloed af, wat komt door de wolken van geïoniseerde waterstof-, zuurstof- en zwavelgas. Hier worden jonge sterren geboren.
#7 Supernovarestant 1E 0102.2-7219
Ruim duizend jaar geleden explodeerde er een zware ster in de Kleine Magelhaense Wolk. De Kleine Magelhaense Wolk is een naburig sterrenstelsel. De restant van de ster is dit jaar gefotografeerd door de Hubble-ruimtetelescoop en staat op een mooie zevende plek in de eindlijst van 2021. Supernovarestant 1E 0102.2-7219 is 202.000 lichtjaar van de aarde verwijderd en werd pas in 1981 ontdekt.
#6 NGC 1300
NGC 1300 bevindt zich op 61 miljoen lichtjaar afstand. Hierboven zijn opnamen van MUSE en ALMA gecombineerd. De ALMA-waarnemingen komen vooral tot uiting in bruinachtig oranje tinten die de aanwezigheid van koud gas onthullen. MUSE is verantwoordelijk voor gouden en blauwe tinten, waarbij de goeden gloed op pasgeboren sterren wijst en de blauwe tinten wat oudere sterren vertegenwoordigen. Bekijk ook andere foto’s van sterrenstelsels.
#5 Centrum van onze Melkweg
De Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie heeft dit jaar een bijzondere panorama uitgebracht van ons galactische centrum. Het centrum van de Melkweg bevindt zich op 26.000 lichtjaar van de aarde. Het kosmische meesterwerk is gemaakt door data te combineren van de Zuid-Afrikaanse MeerKAT radiotelescoop en NASA’s Chandra-röntgenobservatorium. Het mozaïek is het resultaat van 370 Chandra-waarnemingen van 1999 tot 2019. In totaal gaat het om 1.555 uur en 26 minuten aan observaties, wat neerkomt op ruim 64 dagen.Het centrum van ons Melkwegstelsel is een kosmisch web van heet gas en magnetische velden met in het midden: een supermassief zwart gat.
#4 Jupiter in drie golflengtes
Wetenschappers hebben verbluffende nieuwe beelden vrijgegeven van planeet Jupiter. Op de foto’s schittert de gasreus op drie verschillende golflengtes van licht, wat ons een uniek inkijkje geeft in de onstuimige atmosfeer van de grootste planeet uit ons zonnestelsel. De beelden in zichtbaar licht en ultraviolet licht werden vastgelegd door Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, terwijl het Near-InfraRed Imager (NIRI)-instrument van Gemini North zich ontfermde over de infraroodbeelden. Alle foto’s werden precies op hetzelfde moment gemaakt.
#3 NGC 2276
De Hubble-ruimtetelescoop heeft dit jaareen scherpe foto gemaakt van NGC 2276. Op het eerste gezicht lijkt NGC 2276 een fraai spiraalstelsel, maar wie goed kijkt ziet uitgerekte spiraalarmen en gigantische stervormingsgebieden. Dit sterrenstelsel is 120 miljoen lichtjaar van de aarde verwijderd. In de spiraalarmen van het spiraalstelsel worden veel sterren geboren.
#2 Ster AG Carinae
Hubble vierde zijn 31e verjaardag met deze prachtige foto van AG Carinae. Dit is één van de helderste sterren in ons sterrenstelsel. Om de ster zijn flarden van gas en stof zichtbaar, die onlangs zijn uitgestoten door de ster. AG Carinae is slechts een paar miljoen jaar oud, maar zal binnenkort sterven. In vergelijking: onze zon gaat veel efficiënter om met zijn brandstof en heeft daarom een levensduur van ongeveer tien miljard jaar (waarvan er inmiddels 4,5 miljard jaar zijn verstreken).
De ster is momenteel een zogenoemde Lichtsterke Blauwe Variabele. Zo’n hyperreus zendt meer dan 100.000 keer zoveel licht uit per tijdseenheid als de zon. Wetenschappers denken dat AG Carinae in de nabije toekomst een Wolf-Rayetster wordt. Wolf-Rayetsterren verliezen hun massa door krachtige sterrenwinden. Ze leven heel kort en exploderen in een supernova of hypernova. Uiteindelijk blijft er waarschijnlijk een zwart gat achter.
#1 Stellaire kraamkamer AFGL 5180
Op deze Hubble-foto zien we nieuwe sterren geboren worden. Deze stellaire kraamkamer heet AFGL 5180 en is te vinden in het sterrenbeeld Tweelingen. Sterren ontstaan door het samentrekken van gaswolken (nevels) die wel enkele lichtjaren – de afstand die licht aflegt in een jaar tijd – breed kunnen zijn. De ineenstorting ontstaat onder de invloed van zijn eigen gewicht en de zwaartekracht. Dit proces kan enkele honderdduizenden jaren duren. Lees hier hoe het leven van een ster (van wieg tot graf) eruit ziet.
Met een gemiddeld cijfer van een 8,4 is AFGL 5180 verkozen tot ruimtefoto van het jaar 2021. Een prachtige prestatie!
NASA announce telescope breakthrough for alien-hunting mission
NASA announce telescope breakthrough for alien-hunting mission
Following the Christmas day launch of the Hubble telescope successor - the James Webb Space Telescope - surprise early progress has been made giving the project a boost that could see it remain in space longer than expected
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched last week by NASAalong with help from the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.
The launch was completed smoothly leaving the telescope to begin the lengthy process of setting up so that it can begin its important work.
It is believed to have cost around £7.9 billion and is regarded as the successor to the Hubble Telescope, taking over as NASA's flagship mission in astrophysics. The new model is set to provide clearer space images, helping us explore far away galaxies and alien life.
The telescope gets its name from the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968, James E. Webb.
The investigations of the telescope will be broad, looking to improve humanity's understanding of astronomy and cosmology.
What breakthrough has the James Webb Space Telescope made?
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad on December 23(Image: NASA/AFP via Getty Images)
The launch of the telescope was monumentally successful, which has meant that the project has more fuel to burn than originally expected.
This means the operation can last for longer.
NASA said the telescope would have enough fuel to: "Allow support of science operations for significantly more than a 10-year science lifetime”
The minimum timeline for the mission had been set at five years.
The research part of the project gets its energy for research from solar power - the solar panel array for which is believed to have been properly deployed already and ahead of schedule.
The telescope as a whole, however, will use traditional propellant methods to position itself in space correctly to conduct its research.
The telescope aims to get to a position being called L2, which is where it is planned to conduct its research from. However, it is thought to not only have enough rocket propellant to get to this point but also to conduct all of the telescope's requirements for an extended period of time.
These include "station keeping" burns that will keep it the right way up and in the correct position in orbit to conduct its work.
The extra propellant has been saved due to the accuracy of the Ariane 5 launch, which took the telescope into space on Christmas day.
an artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), folded in the Ariane 5 rocket during launch(Image: ESA/D DUCROS HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
Subsequent correction manoeuvres have also been so accurate that overall fuel has been saved and more is now left in its tanks than was expected.
The solar array was meant to deploy either after the correct angle with the sun was found or after 33 minutes from launch. In a huge moment of success, the array was deployed after 29 minutes after launch.
The next stage is to deploy other parts of the telescope, including mirrors that will help researchers gaze deep into space. It is hoped this stage will be reached a month after the launch.
Once this has been completed the following deployment stages will be human-controlled and so the timing of these steps could vary.
Once everything is deployed correctly months of alignments and calibrations will be needed to ensure the telescope is set up perfectly.
When this stage is reached the James Webb will set about helping humanity learn more and more about the cosmos and expand our knowledge of the great beyond.
In November 2021, a photo from China’s Yutu 2 Rover was released showing. According to JP, a pseudonym for my longtime source who currently serves with the US Army, China’s space force (the People’s Liberation Army Strategy Support Force) and US Space Command have recently begun joint missions to explore the object, and that he participated in one of the first missions.
JP claims that early in the morning of December 23, he was sent to a secret research facility on the Moon on a triangle-shaped antigravity vehicle, and was then taken to the giant spacecraft that was partially submerged under the lunar surface. JP says part of the craft’s exterior had been discovered by China’s Yutu 2 rover, and that a joint operation to explore the craft, which was the size of two aircraft carriers had begun between US Space Command and the PLA’s space force.
JP said the giant alien spacecraft was discovered when it began to activate after an extraterrestrial fleet entered our solar system in October, and parked itself between Jupiter and Ganymede. JP participated in an earlier classified mission to Ganymede where he met with some of the extraterrestrial visitors. In this Exopolitics Today interview, JP discusses his role in the classified Moon mission and what he witnessed first-hand.
If anyone else currently serving in the US military would like to contact me regarding their own knowledge and/or experiences regarding recent Moon, Ganymede or other solar system missions, I can be reached at drsalla@exopolitics.org
Heartfelt thanks to my wife, Angelika Whitecliff, for her creative visuals and editing of this interview.
Michael Salla, Ph.D.
Update 5:45 pm, 12/31/2021 – JP has just informed me that he is currently facing disciplinary measures for releasing information about the classified Moon mission into the public arena. There are those in his direct military chain of command that assert the information was not supposed to be publicly released and want to punish him. Despite JP getting into trouble for his actions, and having to do “unpleasant jobs” as punishment, he intends to continue to reveal information, but emphasizes the need for his continued anonymity. He says that he is being protected by a lot of “white hats” that want the information to come out. I am working on another update concerning information JP received about Antarctica, which the “white hats” want to come out.]
Two UFO "Orbs" Sighted By Family Over Karlsfeld In Germany. January 3, 2022
While this family was out for an late evening walk they noticed these two objects in the sky, at first the objects where not moving but then of the UFOs started to move in what can only be described as a "dance in sky" as if it was performing for this family. The objects seem to have no visible nav lights and doesn't move like a drone or a bird.
Thanks to AG1 & his family for allowing me the use of this footage and to view the original video:
James Webb Space Telescope: Sunshield Deployment - Mission Control Live
James Webb Space Telescope: Sunshield Deployment - Mission Control Live
James Webb Space Telescope experts give real-time updates in the final stages of the telescope’s sunshield deployment. A major milestone, the successful shield tensioning will ensure Webb’s mirrors stay cold enough to #UnfoldTheUniverse.
The five-layer, tennis court-sized sunshield is a critical part of the telescope because the infrared cameras and instruments aboard must be kept very cold and out of the Sun's heat and light to function properly.
Bring up the matter of cattle mutilations and, in all likelihood, it will lead into a UFO connection to the disturbing, grisly phenomenon. The fact is, though, there are good reasons to believe that the mutilations have absolutely nothing to do with aliens and UFOs. The truth is worse. Much worse. Since at least 1967, reports have surfaced throughout the United States of animals – but, chiefly, cattle – slaughtered in bizarre fashion. Organs are taken and significant amounts of blood are found to be missing. In some cases, the limbs of the cattle are broken, suggesting they have been dropped to the ground from a significant height. Evidence of extreme heat, to slice into the skin of the animals, has been found at mutilation sites. Eyes are removed, tongues are sliced off, and, typically, the sexual organs are gone. While the answers to the puzzle remain frustratingly outside of the public arena, theories abound. They include extraterrestrials, engaged in nightmarish experimentation of the genetic kind; military programs involving the testing of new bio-warfare weapons; occult-based groups that sacrifice the cattle in ritualistic fashion; and government agencies secretly monitoring the food chain, fearful that something worse than “Mad Cow Disease” may have infected portions of the U.S. cattle herd – and, possibly, as a result, the human population, too. Not only that, the notorious black helicopters are often seen at mutilation sites.
(Nick Redfern) Black Helicopters and Cattle Mutilations
As I said above, it was 1967 when reports began. At least, that’s what numerous Ufologists will assure you. The fact, though, is that government agencies have been carefully and quietly watching the United States’ cattle since the 1940s. And I’m not talking about alien agencies. I’m talking of human agencies. By stating that the phenomenon kicked-off in the Sixties made it sound like the mystery suddenly surfaced out of nowhere. The mystery – for the farmers, at least – was around for decades earlier. J.R. Ruggle, the FBI Special-Agent-in-Charge at the Savannah, Georgia office of the Bureau in the early-to-mid 1940s, wrote thus to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover on February 3, 1943: “This office has received a copy of a communication from John T. Bissel, Colonel, General Staff, Assistant Executive Officer, Military Intelligence Service, Washington, D.C., dated December 29, 1942, to directors of intelligence in all Service commands…”
Colonel Bissel’s communication read as follows: “It has been brought to the attention of this division the possibility in the immediate future of an attempt on the part of the enemy to plant bombs containing germs or to endeavor to create an epidemic, such as hoof and mouth disease, among cattle and other livestock. It is requested that should any information concerning the above come to the attention of the Directors of Intelligence of the Service Commands or the A.C. of S. [Assistant Chief of Staff], G-2 [Army Intelligence], Western Defense Command, that the same be transmitted by the most expeditious means to the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 War Department.” Evidently, such matters were of keen concern to U.S. Intelligence. And that concern did not go away any time soon. In 1944, the FBI prepared a document that dealt with the scenario of a widespread attack on the U.S. cattle herd via unconventional, bacteriological warfare. The document states:
(Nick Redfern)
Helicopters but no UFOs
“A review of the book entitled ‘Sabotage’ by Michael Sayers and Albert E. Kahn, which was published in September of 1942, discloses the following data: The complete record of sabotage carried out by Chernov, supposedly of the German Intelligence service in Russia during 1930 to 1936 is too long to put into the book according to the authors, but includes – killing off pedigree breed-stock and raising cattle mortality by artificially infecting cattle with various kinds of bacteria – effecting a shortage of serum to counteract epidemics of anthrax so that, in one instance, 25,000 horses perished as a result of Chernov’s sabotage – infecting tens of thousands of pigs with erysipelas and with certain plagues by having virulent bacteria placed in medicinal sera.”
What this tells us is that government agencies have been secretly watching America’s cattle herds since the Second World War. None of the data above has a proven a UFO connection. And, based on the timeline from the 1940s, there’s no reason why that should be the same for the 1960s-1980s cases: zero aliens. Now, let’s bring matters to more recent times. Colm Kelleher is an investigative writer who has diligently pursued the cattle mutilation issue. Indeed, his book Brain Trust has the subtitle of “The Hidden Connection Between Mad Cow and Misdiagnosed Alzheimer’s Disease.” A bone-chilling connection between Alzheimer’s, cattle mutilations and the cattle herd: wouldn’t it be very easy to hide the truth behind an “it’s all aliens” angle? Yes, it most definitely would be very easy. Why? Because the UFO angle provides a convenient cover. Cattle mutilations: forget creatures from outer-space. Look right here on Earth for the answer to the mutilations.
The world’s most famous dimming star is KIC 8462852, better known as “Tabby’s Star” for Tabetha S. Boyajian, the astronomer whose scientific paper in 2015 revealed its peculiar propensity for dimming and glowing at irregular intervals. Speculation on causes for the dimmings ranged from dust rings to planetary debris to a second smaller binary star to an extremely large planet to the ever-popular alien-constructed Dyson sphere harvesting Tabby’s energy. While none of these conclusively explain Tabby’s dimmings, they raise the bar for other similar stars and objects to catch the attention of astronomers and the public. A candidate for 15 minutes of flame-on-flame-off fame emerged this week and it could be nicknamed ‘Dusty’ for the star-dimming cloud it’s causing, or “Wacky’ for the strange and mysterious way it operates.
“We report the discovery of a unique object of uncertain nature—but quite possibly a disintegrating asteroid or minor planet—orbiting one star of the widely separated binary TIC 400799224.”
TIC 400799224 was discovered by a team of astronomers using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS – TIC stands for TESS Input Catalog). TESS specializes in finding small exoplanets and that’s kind of what TIC 400799224 is – an exoplanet orbiting a star system around 2,300 light-years away. The Center for Astrophysics (a collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard College Observatory) reports that CfA astronomer Karen Collins and the team found the object by accident when they noticed a 25% rapid drop in brightness for a few hours, followed by several sharp jumps in brightness similar to an eclipse. (A photo can be seen here.) However, this was like no eclipse they had seen before.
An optical/near-infrared image of the sky around the TESS Input Catalog (TIC) object TIC 400799224 (the crosshair marks the location of the object, and the width of the field of view is given in arcminutes). Astronomers have concluded that the mysterious periodic variations in the light from this object are caused by an orbiting body that periodically emits clouds of dust that occult the star.
Powell et al., 2021
“Follow-up speckle imaging determined that TIC 400799224 is actually two stars of similar brightness at 0farcs62 separation, forming a likely bound binary with projected separation of ∼300 au.”
For one thing, what they thought was a star is actually a binary system, with one star pulsating every 19.77 days. The erratic dimming is being caused by an object, probably a disintegrating exoplanet, that periodically emits clouds of dust. Beyond that, the astronomers can’t tell which star the dusty object is orbiting … a key bit of information that could explain the erratic dips in brightness.
“The cloud is also fairly optically thick, blocking up to 37% or 75% of the light from the host star, depending on the true host.”
A depiction of binary stars
According to the Center for Astrophysics, the quantity of dust emitted is quite large in relation to the size of the exoplanet – enough to cause a quick disintegration. Yet the observations show the object has not been reduced in size despite losing so much dust. That makes ‘Dusty’ unique.
“(TIC 400799224 ‘s) detailed properties differ in significant ways from the other objects listed in Table 1 and, therefore, TIC 400799224 may be in a category of its own.”
The team will continue to observe TIC 400799224 to determine what it is. Should Tabby be worried that the new dimming kid in town will take some of the spotlight astronomic spotlight away from her? Unless the astronomers think the dust is a Dyson sphere, she has nothing to worry about.
China Big Panic: Russia just gave its Navy hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and the target is not the US, it’s China
China Big Panic: Russia just gave its Navy hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and the target is not the US, it’s China
Russia has made a massive defence manoeuvre. The Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Russian Navy will be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones. Putin has often spoken of Russia’s next-gen hypersonic missile weapons, which he has called “unequalled”.
These hypersonic missiles can hit any part of the world according to the Russian President. The Russian Navy plans to become a supreme naval power with these new generation arms and while it has generated a lot of fears in the United States due to anachronistic formulations of the Cold War-era, Moscow seems to be preparing itself against a more realistic threat posed by an expansionist China right in its backyard. From the Arctic to the South China Sea, Russia has a lot of interests to protect from China. Putin is thinking about how geopolitical equations will change in the medium-term and the long-term, while it will continue to share an “axis of convenience” with the Chinese Communist Party. In the medium-term, Russia is getting pulled into the Indo-Pacific by an increasingly assertive India, an old friend of Russia.
Russian policymakers continue to dismiss the Indo-Pacific as divisive and anti-China. At an official level, Russia claims to have nothing to do with the Indo-Pacific. But this official Russian stand is a mere eyewash at the best to keep China at bay. Russia has a lot to do with the Indo-Pacific as it shares a 4,500 kilometres-long Pacific coastline in the Russian Far East. Communist China has traditionally laid its eyes on the resource-rich Russian Far East.
In fact, recently Chinese wolf-warriors staked claim on the Russian Far East city- Vladivostok. India hasn’t let the opportunity go. New Delhi has been pushing a Chennai-Vladivostok sea route that passes through the South China Sea, which too China claims as its own. In this backdrop, the Indian envoy to Russia, D. B. Venkatesh Varma recently said that India wants Russia to be more involved in the Indo-Pacific to protect its own interests, amid the rising threat posed by China.
Red Light Over Farmingdale, New York Jan 3, 2022, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Red Light Over Farmingdale, New York Jan 3, 2022, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Jan 3, 2022
Location of sighting: Farmingdale, New York, USA Source: MUFON
Watch this raw footage as a lone orb moves across the sky and over New York. The object appears red and is moving slowly as if it were watching the people below. The sky is overcast and makes the object disappear faster as its moves off. Because of the overcast sky, we now know this object is below the clouds, not behind the clouds, thus rules out Venus, stars, satellites, and such. But as it moves overhead, its silence is awe striking. UFOs are not uncommon in New York, such as the one seen by John Lennon from his top floor apartment on August 23, 1974. Aliens love New York.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
For a short time it looked angelic shaped. I had noticed this orange light in the sky shortly after driving from the Farmingdale train station going south east to drop someone at their destination is when I first noticed and also verified with the passenger this was not flying craft we had ever seen. 5 minutes after dropping off the passenger I seen the same object in the sky so I decided to pull over and take a picture and video.
Below is John Lennon talking about his UFO sighting in New York in 1974.
Stanton Friedman interview of Gerald Anderson who claimed to have witnessed one of the 1947 saucer crash in NM
Stanton Friedman interview of Gerald Anderson who claimed to have witnessed one of the 1947 saucer crash in NM
This video recording contains an interview with Gerald Anderson, alleged firsthand witness to Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Crash Site 2, Roswell, New Mexico. Anderson was 5 years old at the time of the crash.
The case of Arcesio Bermúdez is one of the most interesting cases of Alien attacks on humans. It all started with strange UFO sightings and ended with the death of Arcesio Bermúdez who suffered from an unknown illness and crystallized to death.
Potrait Of Arcesio Bermúdez
The Mysterious Alien Attack On Arcesio Bermúdez
This strange case happened on July 4, 1969, in an area known as Anolaima, located near Bogotá.
People of Anolaima had reported strange UFO sightings few days prior to the incident.
On July 4, 1969, Arcesio Bermúdez was in his country house in the company of several friends and family. There were about 13 people at his house who all stood witness to the strange UFO and the incident which led to the death of Arcesio.
Late at night, everyone in the house noticed a strange small object which emitted a very bright light hovering above their house. The object then began to descend and land on the farm which terrified everyone present there.
Before settling on the ground the object made several erratic movements just above the house.
Everyone was terrified but, Arcesio who was filled up with courage grabbed a flashlight and headed straight for the light emanating from the UFO. Unfortunately for Arcesio, He never suspected that having done this would have fatal consequences.
At a distance of approximately 2 meters, Arcesio spotted a small being inside the ship. The alien, upon noticing the man’s presence, responded by attacking him with a beam of light that made him fly through the air.
After this mysterious event, the days for Arcesio were of agony. He began to suffer terrible pain, in addition to dehydration that consumed him in such a way that he died within the next 5 days of the incident.
Newspaper cutting that talks about the incident of the crystallized man.
Cesar Esmeral, the doctor who treated Arcesio, who became Colombia’s Minister of Health, declared that this was a unique case. Within a few days, before he died, his body temperature was so low that he was surprised he was still alive.
Most surprising were some blood samples that were taken. It was certified that the blood that had been drawn from his veins was crystallized.
The most disturbing thing about the matter is that, after several investigations, both scientific and police, total silence was kept. The case was never made public.
Today, the place is still frequented by ” Men in Black, ” according to witnesses. They have been seen taking samples from the place where the man was crystallized, although the government never ruled on the matter.
Another strange event related to this attack is that it is believed that the crystallized body of Arcesio was extracted from the tomb.
It is extremely strange and disturbing for a man to end up totally crystallized after an alien attack. Obviously, skeptics doubt this story, but the case is still being studied by different researchers.
Super Interesting Plane and Drone Designs, Courtesy of our Government This Month!
Super Interesting Plane and Drone Designs, Courtesy of our Government This Month!
By Bob Spearing
Tim Aines is the Chief Field Investigator in Illinois under the State Director, Sam Maranto. Illinois has a great team of people including great photo analysts like Greg Cisko. Tim Aines is also a retired military intelligence officer and MUFON certainly needs to bring individuals like Tim to the forefront due to their incredible knowledge base!
Tim has provided me with several spectacular illustrations of current government projects that may be accounting for numerous UFO sightings occurring across the United States in our CMS Database currently!
Per Tim, “On November 8th, the US Air Force released a rah-rah public relations video called “Heritage Today – ISR and Innovation” and in it they embedded a few teaser shots that only lasted a few seconds of two new aircraft, both of which are presumed to be flying now.
The first one is familiar looking.
It is called the RQ-180, or the Great White Bat, or also the Shikaka. It’s a spy drone that has already been seen over California and the Philippines.
The second one is presumed to be the new hypersonic space plane.
Hypersonic means a minimum of 5 times faster than sound, or 3,800 mph plus. It is called the SR-72 and is a drone that replaces the legendary SR-71 Blackbird seen below!
Here is a quick clip of the Air Force’s new drone the SR-72.
Finally, this is Otto Aviation’s new aircraft called the Celera 500L. It’s currently flying all around the country right now doing FAA flight testing at various airports.
Guess what it looks like from a distance and how many CMS reports it will generate. Your first 2 guesses don’t count… 😊 Thank you Tim!
This man ran the Pentagon's secretive UFO programme for a decade. We had some questions
This man ran the Pentagon's secretive UFO programme for a decade. We had some questions
Early last year, the US government officially acknowledged videos of “unidentified aerial phenomena” filmed by its Navy pilots. Was it evidence of extraterrestrials? Here, Luis Elizondo, the former Pentagon intelligence officer in charge of investigating these incidents, reveals (almost) all he knows…
There was a time when UFOs were for cranks. A time when serious news organisations wouldn’t cover them. A time when congress wasn’t demanding Defense Department reports on them. A time when their existence wasn’t freely acknowledged by American presidents (“There is footage and records of objects in the skies that we don’t know exactly what they are,” said Barack Obama in May) and also by ex-spy chiefs (“There are a lot more sightings than have been made public,” said former director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe in March). When it came to UFOs, there was a time when the US government’s official line was that it didn’t study them.
Luis Elizondo was instrumental in changing that.
In late 2017, he met with the freelance journalist Leslie Kean and revealed the existence of a $22 million (£16m) Pentagon programme investigating military reports of UFOs – a programme he had been in charge of since 2010. He had left the job the day before and decided to turn whistle-blower in the name of national security. As he put it in his resignation letter to secretary of defense Jim Mattis: “Bureaucratic challenges and inflexible mindsets continue to plague the department at all levels... The department must take serious the many accounts by the Navy and other services of unusual aerial systems interfering with military weapon platforms and displaying beyond next-generation capabilities... There remains a vital need to ascertain the capability and intent of these phenomena for the benefit of the armed forces and the nation.”
Luis ‘Lue’ Elizondo
Roger Kisby/New York Times/Redux/eyevine
Kean joined forces with two other reporters, one from the New York Times, and on 16 December 2017 the story appeared on the paper’s front page. It detailed the “Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program” set up in 2007 to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena or “UAP”, the term that has replaced the now stigmatised “UFO”. Many UAPs, the Times reported, appeared impossible to explain, lacking any visible means of lift but able to travel at unfathomable speed. What’s more, the story stated, Elizondo and his colleagues had “determined that the phenomena they had studied did not seem to originate from any country”.
But the reader didn’t have to take the Times’ word for all this. There were videos. An ally of Elizondo’s, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence Chris Mellon, had helped the reporters obtain footage shot from the cockpits of US Navy fighter jets. One of the videos corroborates arguably the most compelling UAP episode ever to come to light.
An F/A-18 Super Hornet
Ian Hitchcock
According to reports, it took place in November 2004, when pilots were flying training missions from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier. While squadron leader commander David Fravor was in the air, he was asked to intercept a mysterious aircraft. Upon arrival at its coordinates, what he saw was extraordinary: a 40-foot object, resembling a huge white Tic Tac, that had no visible propulsion system, rotors, wings or exhaust plume. Yet Fravor says it was able to jam radar, react to his movements and run rings around his F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet – turning so sharply it was as if the UAP had no inertia – before flying away faster than anything he had ever seen. Simply put, it defied the known laws of physics. Not only were there multiple eyewitnesses – including another pilot who filmed the Tic Tac using his plane’s targeting camera (this was the footage passed to the Times) – but the UAP was also detected by the radar of the nearby USS Princeton, an Aegis-class missile cruiser with state-of-the-art sensor systems.
Cmdr. David Fravor
New York Times / eyevine
In December 2017, Fravor also went on the record with the New York Times and later, in 2019, so did further Navy pilots, who said that in 2014 and 2015 they encountered UAPs “almost daily”. The Times’ reporting radically changed the conversation. After decades of ridicule and taboo, UAPs were suddenly a legitimate political and journalistic talking point. Elizondo ran with the momentum, discussing his work with the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) on major TV networks and, in tandem with the likes of Mellon, briefing officials behind the scenes in Washington and facilitating meetings between them and military members who had experienced UAPs. Through keeping the story alive, he hoped to compel the government to finally establish a more transparent, coordinated, thorough investigation into the phenomenon.
It hasn’t all been plain sailing: in 2019, a Pentagon spokesperson called into question Elizondo’s claim to have worked on AATIP. In response, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent a letter to NBC News vouching for Elizondo’s story. “As one of the original sponsors of AATIP, I can state as a matter of record Lue Elizondo’s involvement and leadership role in this program,” Reid wrote.
A still from one of the US Navy videos showing a UAP
U.S. Department of Defense
Now, Elizondo’s hopes for government action have started to be realised. On 27 April 2020, the US Department Of Defense confirmed the veracity of theTimes’ UAP videos and released them officially into the public domain. In a statement, the Pentagon said, “The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as ‘unidentified’.” In August that same year, the Pentagon announced a new UAP Task Force “to detect, analyse and catalogue UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to US national security”. And in June 2021, the Office Of The Director Of National Intelligence released a report to congress about the government’s work on the UAP issue. Of the 144 encounters studied, it stated, 143 could not be explained. It didn’t blame extraterrestrials, but nor did it rule that explanation out.
Inevitably, Elizondo has attracted considerable interest. There was a bidding war for his forthcoming book, he was recently named one ofPeople’s “100 Reasons To Love America In 2021” and he reveals toGQthat he is working on a new documentary about the UAP topic, although details are under wraps for now. But Elizondo says that he is doing more behind the scenes as a disclosure advocate than ever before. In addition to his role on the advisory board of the UAP think tank Skyfort, he retains high-level national security clearance and is employed as a government defence contractor, although he is not able to say what that work involves.
Luis Elizondo
Roger Kisby/New York Times/Redux/eyevine
One of the consequences of his efforts, he says, is a significant piece of legislation that is going through congress. The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act contains important developments for the study of UAPs. It requires that the secretary of defense sets up a permanent office to carry out the duties currently performed by the UAP Task Force but on a department-wide basis. This new office would have to submit an annual report to congressional committees on a range of its findings, including updates on efforts to track, understand, capture and exploit UAPs – as well as an assessment of health-related effects on those who encounter these strange flying objects. Elizondo calls it “historic”.
GQ spoke to Elizondo as he prepared to head to Washington, DC, to brief members of congress on how to work with foreign allies on the issue.
GQ: What makes you convinced that these flying objects haven’t been made by the US, the Chinese or any other government?
Luis Elizondo: We know it’s not the US because the US has already come out and admitted it’s not us. So now let’s talk about the potential for it to be a foreign adversarial technology. Well, if that were the case, this would be the greatest intelligence failure that this country has ever faced, including that of 9/11. Because some country, for more than 70 years, has managed to be able to conduct operations with a technology that surpasses anything that we’ve ever had or currently have. And they’ve been able to operate in and around our restricted airspace unchallenged
But the second reason is there’s a time aspect. I have in my possession official US government documentation that describes the exact same vehicle that we now call the Tic Tac [seen by the Nimitz pilots in 2004] being described in the early 1950s and early 1960s and performing in ways that, frankly, can outperform anything we have in our inventory. For some country to have developed hypersonic technology, instantaneous acceleration and basically transmedial travel in the early 1950s is absolutely preposterous.
The proposed new UAP office would have to report on health-related effects for individuals who have experienced UAPs. What kind of thing might happen if you were near one?
A lot. Let me give you a notional... I’ve got to be careful, I can’t speak too specifically, but one might imagine that you get a report from a pilot who says, “Lue, it’s really weird. I was flying and I got close to this thing and I came back home and it was like I got a sunburn. I was red for four days.” Well, that’s a sign of radiation. That’s not a sunburn; it’s a radiation burn. Then [a pilot] might say, if [they] had got a little closer, “Lue, I’m at the hospital. I’ve got symptoms that are indicative of microwave damage, meaning internal injuries, and even in my brain there’s some morphology there.” And then you might get somebody who gets really close and says, “You know, Lue, it’s really bizarre. It felt like I was there for only five minutes, but when I looked at my watch 30 minutes went by, but I only used five minutes’ worth of fuel. How is that possible?” Well, there’s a reason for that, we believe, and it probably has to do with warping of space time. And the closer you get to one of these vehicles, the more you may begin to experience space time relative to the vehicle and the environment.
Have you personally ever had a UAP sighting?
I prefer not to answer that. I do not want my own personal experiences or opinions or perspectives to skew the collection of data.
Before you were approached to be part of AATIP, you were a counterintelligence special agent hunting terrorists and drug traffickers. Why did they approach you?
I have no idea. I think probably because I wasn’t prone to any flights of fancy. I wasn’t a particular fan of science fiction. I do have some background in advanced aerospace technology. When I was a young special agent, I did “tech protect” [counterintelligence work to stop US technology from falling into enemy hands] of advanced avionics and my background was a scientist. At university, I had three majors: microbiology, immunology and parasitology.
You came to this not particularly caring about UFOs, but I have read there was a moment where you said to yourself, “Holy f***. This is real.” What was that moment?
It’s funny because the people in the office kind of giggled and they were like, “Oh, he just had his epiphany,” because everybody has one eventually in that office.
But what convinced you it was a real thing?
It was the overwhelming weight of evidence and data. I was talking to pilots routinely. There’s videos out there [in government, that the public haven’t seen] – there’s one that’s 23 minutes long. There’s another one where this thing is 50 feet away from the cockpit. I mean, it ain’t ours. We know that. Sometimes you just couldn’t believe it – you’d have seven or eight incidents in a single day. I’d get these emails from an admiral or a ship’s captain saying, “Lue, what do you want me to do? I can’t keep people below deck forever. These things are swarming my ship, they’re all over the place.” That’s tough. I kept promising the cavalry was coming and I’d have answers for them and the cavalry never came. Senior leadership didn’t want to deal with it.
Some people say theTimesvideos don’t show anything particularly amazing. What do you say to them?
The government has already admitted not only that they’re real, but that they truly are unidentified objects and they’re behaving in a very peculiar way. For example, you have an object that is at altitude, going at 120 knots against the wind, that is rotating at 90 degrees without losing altitude. Anybody who understands aerodynamics, when you’re flying an aircraft and you turn 90 degrees you lose lift, unless you’re in a hard bank. What makes those videos more compelling is not so much what you see, but what you don’t see. It’s the radar signatures, it’s the call signs from pilot to pilot, and pilot to ship, saying, “Hey, we’ve got a bogey up here.” And in one case you hear one of them say, “Look, we have a whole fleet of these things on the ASA [radar display].” Some of the pilots have come out and said there was actually a whole fleet of these things manoeuvring right off camera. The pilots are trained observers. They are trained to identify an aircraft silhouette at 20 miles away – an SU-22, a European Tornado, a Harrier or even an F-16 – and literally within a split moment’s notice be able to identify friend or foe and shoot it down. What they’re reporting doesn’t fit any type of parameters of any type of conventional aircraft that we know of.
When you initially spoke to theNew York Times, were you worried about repercussions?
I was getting calls all the time that the FBI was going to come and Swat my house. There was a point when I got a call like, “Hey, dude, you might have people visit you, like, in the next hour.” So in the middle of the night, I had to stash everything [copies of emails] in my neighbour’s barbecue grill just in case, because that was all the proof and the evidence of the fact that our government was really involved in this topic. It wasn’t easy. It caused a lot of stress on my wife and my daughters. Until recently they were still trying to come after my security clearance.
Do you have a sense of why they didn’t raid you and throw you in jail and instead let you carry on talking?
My personal opinion, which I rarely give because I have no way to substantiate this, [is] there were enough people on the inside that said, “Look, he was briefing the senior brass and you need to be careful because if you squeeze Lue too hard, you’re gonna have very, very senior people come to his defence.”
In your interviews, you tend to emphasise the interdimensional hypothesis that UAPs might not be from “outer space” but from another dimension. Do you think that the extraterrestrial hypothesis is even likely?
I think it’s just as likely as something that is interdimensional. I also think it’s possible that it’s something that has been on Earth for a very long time.
But you don’t have data that has particularly led you to think it could be interdimensional?
There’s information that both supports and negates that. What we do know is there’s a correlation with [UAPs being near or emerging from] water and then there’s also a correlation toward [UAPs appearing near] nuclear technology.
What’s your theory about the water correlation?
Could be as simple as a fuel stop. If you wanted to warp space time, there’s only two ways to do it: lots of energy or lots of mass. So if you wanted to mine something for its energy, you would start with hydrogen, because it’s a simple element. Even though hydrogen is abundant in the universe, it’s found primarily in a gaseous state, which makes it hard because it might take you 100 years to mine a nebula cloud sufficiently to use it as fuel. There is only one type of hydrogen configuration that is super dense that’s found in the universe and that’s liquid water. So in a relatively small amount of time you can mine enough hydrogen to do whatever you need to do with literally a bucket of water.
Let’s talk about crash retrievals and debris. Do you believe we have recovered a craft?
I have been told I have to be very careful how I answer this question. I am not allowed to expound upon anything I’ve already said. What I have said is that it is my opinion, my belief – a strong belief, hint, hint – that the US government is in possession of exotic material associated with UAPs. That is all I’m allowed to say.
Do you believe organic matter or beings have been recovered?
I am respectfully going to pass on that question. There’s a couple questions that I’m really not at liberty to discuss. That’s one of them.
Do you believe these ships may be manned?
They’re intelligently controlled, for sure, because they’re responding and reacting to our actions. That is for certain. They are absolutely intelligently controlled by something.
Is it your opinion that they’re more like drones or do you think they’ve got things inside them?
I suspect they have things inside them.
Why do you think they seem interested in military sites, nuclear sites particularly?
I’ve got some very specific theories. Nuclear technology is a gateway to understanding unlocking the atom. And once you do that, you have a potentially limitless supply of energy. It could very well be that we are a violent species that is on the cusp of understanding space-time and no longer going to be stuck in our little cage. And that could be a problem for an advanced species. Because, you know, we are not necessarily very peaceful to each other.
What’s the consensus around how these things fly?
Right now one of the leading theories out there is that someone has figured out a way to manipulate space-time and, in essence, master the idea of antigravity.
So if you see a UAP moving left to right, it’s not “flying” left to right, it’s bending that space towards it?
Correct. Current hypothesis is that it creates a bubble around it and that bubble is insulating itself from the space-time that all of us experience. And so, therefore, the way it experiences space-time within the bubble is fundamentally different from outside the bubble.
How many presidents have been briefed on the issue and do you know who engaged the most?
I know, as a matter of fact, three presidents have been briefed at some point, but I’m not going to disclose who they were and what was discussed. That’s not up for me to talk about.
In cultural depictions of UFOs, who do you think has got the closest to reality?
I would have to say Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. I just recently saw it for the first time and I was shocked at some of the performance characteristics and how they depicted the UAPs, because that is exactly how they’ve been described in some, up until recently, very classified US documents.
What in particular?
The description of how they do right-angle turns at very fast velocity, the illumination, the shapes of some of these craft. [Steven] Spielberg definitely had somebody on the inside that was giving him information, for sure. I mean there’s a lot of that movie that, if you know what you’re looking at, is very, very close to real life.
Some suggest that the post-2017 UAP disclosure narrative is actually just a government disinformation effort or psyops campaign. What do you say to that?
At no time since I’ve been involved with AATIP has my government been involved in an active disinformation campaign, other than initially denying that it was real. The United States government is not in the habit of conducting disinformation on American citizens. There was a time when our government did do that and got caught and so congress passed laws to make sure that will never happen again.
What can you tell us about what’s coming up in 2022, in terms of new evidence that may come to light or new developments?
I think we’ll see a lot more participation by the international community and a lot more transparency. We’re going to begin sharing information a lot more and I think people may be surprised just how much information is possessed on this topic by other countries. My only hope is that the UK will be able to do the same thing. Much for the same reason that the United States didn’t want to admit that UFOs were real, I suspect the UK [doesn’t] as well. What I can tell you is during my time in AATIP it was very apparent to me that there were certain elements within the royal family that were very interested in this topic. I will not elaborate any more than that. And I hope that those voices within the royal family can be heard, because it is an important topic, perhaps one of the greatest topics that affects all of mankind, all of humanity. And I think if we’re smart, this will be a topic that will help unify us and not divide us.
This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
A photographer in Zurich, Switzerland, spotted the glowing object while four SpaceX astronauts returned to Earth thousands of miles away.
The 'doughnut UFO' spotted over Switzerland appeared the same night as SpaceX's Endeavor capsule reentry.
(Image credit: Courtesy @Eavix1Eavix
On the night of Monday, Nov. 8, a photographer in Zurich, Switzerland, who goes by the Twitter handle @Eavix1Eavixaimed his camera at the sky and snapped several pictures of what he aptly described as a "doughnut UFO."
Composed of several bright-blue concentric rings, the flying object looked as much like a spacecraft as a breakfast treat. The photographer suspected he had actually glimpsed SpaceX's Endeavour capsule, which was scheduled to return to Earth that night with four astronauts who had just concluded a 200-day stay on the International Space Station. British tabloid site The Daily Mail even included the eerie photos in a roundup of Endeavour sightings the next day.
But there's a problem with this story: When the Endeavour capsule splashed down a little after 10:30 p.m. EDT that night, it landed half a world away in the Gulf of Mexico — more than 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) from Zurich.
@elonmusk hopefully was the spaceX dragon capsule and not a doughnut ufo invasion…. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Ie542DMEuo November 9, 2021
While spectators in Louisiana, Alabama and several other Gulf states saw clear views of the capsule streaming across the sky, it is almost impossible that anyone in Switzerland would have been able to see the craft's reentry, Marco Langbroek, an amateur satellite tracker and academic researcher at Leiden University in the Netherlands, told Live Science in an email.
"Any passes [of Endeavour] over Switzerland prior to landing that night would have been completely in Earth's shadow, i.e. it would not be illuminated by the sun and hence not visible," Langbroek said. "Reentry itself was over Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico, and would not have been visible from Switzerland. The deorbit burn, prior to reentry, was over the Indian Ocean, so also not visible from Switzerland."
So, if the donut UFO wasn't a SpaceX craft, then what was it? According to Langbroek, the unidentified flying object over Switzerland may not have been flying at all; it could have been the garbled image of a distant star.
"I am pretty certain that the 'donut UFO' on the Swiss images is an out-of-focus image of a bright star," Langbroek said. "It quite looks like it."
Still, other images that the photographer snapped that night seem to show a zig-zagging trail of light behind the object — suggesting it was indeed moving.
According to Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts, it's possible that the doughnut UFO was the upper stage of a rocket — that is, the small, topmost section of a rocket used to propel a craft into orbit — reentering the atmosphere and burning up.
However, without a precise time frame for the photos, it's difficult to tie the mysterious lights to any known object that was in the sky that night, McDowell told Live Science in an email. (Live Science requested time stamps for the images, but the photographer was unable to provide them.)
Star, rocket or something else entirely? For now, the doughnut UFO over Switzerland is keeping its secrets — and remains a truly unidentified flying object.
Scientists Can’t Explain These Findings – It Is Beyond Our Understanding
Scientists Can’t Explain These Findings – It Is Beyond Our Understanding
Archeological discoveries are made on a regular basis, and that is a reality, but the issue is that many of them are truly unfathomable from a scientific standpoint.
No matter how much study tries to demonize theorists and label them as lunatics, the truth remains that the theories they generate are riddled with contradictions and holes.
They’d rather imagine 100 crippled slaves lifting 50-ton boulders about 100 feet in the air with little more than pure muscle power, acquiring some technological advancement from an ancient alien life form.
They’d like to believe that these “out of timeline” objects are nothing more than rocks and stones, despite the fact that they’re clearly valid and make no sense from a timeline standpoint, such as 400,000-year-old light bulbs and toy spaceships that are well over 6,000 years old.
Aliens’ carvings have arrived on Earth to rule over humans.
Ancient bunkers that show the existence of nuclear technology a million years ago, as well as evidence of the nuclear fallout that melted the earth into glass.
Humans self-mutilate their bodies to imitate the travelers’ elongated, egg-shaped heads, and so on.
There’s so much we don’t understand out there, and though ignoring them may be science’s way of coping, we’d rather be believers than liars.
TIMELAPSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2028 – 3000+)
TIMELAPSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2028 – 3000+)
A documentary and journey into the future exploring the possibilities and predictions of artificial intelligence. This timelapse of the future explores what is coming, from robots that are too fast for humans to see, to A.I. bots from Microsoft (bringing back loved ones to life) and Google’s laMDA (replacing the need for online searches).
Elon Musk’s Neuralink goes from a medical and healthcare device, to helping people become superhuman – with intelligence amplification, and add-ons that connect to the brain chip.
Artificial general intelligence begins to design an A.I. more powerful than itself. People begin to question if humanity has reached the technological singularity. Artificial Super Intelligence emerges from the AGI.
And further into the deep future. Human consciousness becomes digitized and uploaded into a metaverse simulation. It is merged with A.I. creating hybrid consciousness – which spreads across the cosmos. Matrioshka brains and Dyson Spheres host humanity’s consciousness in a cosmic simulation network.
Machu Picchu – everyone’s favorite Inca site high in the Andes mountains of Peru – is one of those onion-style archeological sites that keeps revealing new features as mysterious layers are peeled away. The year 2021 ended with a major ‘peel’ for the site as LiDAR-equipped drones helped find 12 previously unknown small structures in Machu Picchu National Park which help identify the caretakers of the complex back in the 15th century. The LiDAR also revealed previously unknown canals that show how the Incas controlled water – a feat they believed was a ‘superpower’ granted to them by the gods.
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“The Chachabamba archaeological site contains a unique water complex erected and modified by the Incas. Based on archaeological investigations within the ceremonial sector, it has been established that the function of this water complex was strictly ceremonial.”
As described in a new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, a team of researchers from the Center for Andean Studies at the University of Warsaw and the Wroclaw (Poland) University of Science and Technology focused new efforts on Chachabamba, a ceremonial water complex surrounding the Machu Picchu citadel that both demonstrated the power of the Inca peoples and offered pilgrims ritual baths, gardens and fountains. Using data from drones with lidar (light detection and ranging) systems flying very low over the dense vegetation covering much of Chachabamba, they found 12 small structures that appeared to be homes of those who were responsible for the amenities of Chachabamba.
“There are indications that it was mainly women who looked after the complex. as suggested by objects discovered during previous excavations by a Polish-Peruvian team.”
Dominika Sieczkowska from the Center for Andean Studies told Heritage Daily that despite the ornateness of Machu Picchu and Chachabamba, the homes of the female caretakers were plain … some things never change. The hydraulic systems of Chachabamba were functioning until mudslides destroyed part of it in 2012 and the area became overgrown. The LiDAR drones and computer simulations from their data helped the researchers see just how sophisticated the system was when operational and impressing the enemies of the Incas.
“Part of the system was destroyed, and the current study was conducted to answer such unknowns as how much water flowed through the system, which watercourse flowed into the system, and how fast. The light water flow evinced in the researchers’ lidar images is part of the basis for their conclusion that the site’s use was ceremonial rather than functional, supplying residences with water.”
Artnet News explains that researchers now know the power water played in the reputation of the Incas as they conquered other cultures from Argentina to Ecuador – and Chachabamba was the center of that power. And yet, we now know the caretakers of such power were women, not men. This fits in with the belief of some historians that men and women held equal stature and equal responsibilities in Inca society – a practice looked down upon by the invading Europeans because women had no such stature in their societies.
One wonders how different things might have been if the Europeans tried to learn from the Incas rather than conquer them.
Inca site of Chachabamba
Image Credit : Ivo Antonie de Rooij - Shutterstock
While searching though the NASA space station cam footage I found one video that stood apart from the rest. A triangle craft was seen near the space station about 50 meters away from it. The craft is huge about 40+ meters across! Its speed is matched with that of the space station. Live cams don't lie. This raw footage is 100% proof that alien craft visit the space station whenever they feel like it. I doubt that they dock with the space station, but they clearly are sending a message to the astronauts on board the ISS that they exist, and they were there first.
Object Falls From Space Over Walnut, California Jan 3, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Object Falls From Space Over Walnut, California Jan 3, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: January 3, 2022
Location of sighting: Walnut, California, USA
Source: MUFON
This raw footage just came in. An object was falling from space with a thick but short smoke wall all around it when the eyewitness caught sight of it. It was depending slowly, much too slow to be a meteor. The cloud all around it rules out SpaceX landing, since the craft should not have such damage or create such a cloud around it. This looks like an alien craft disguised as a meteor so it will go unnoticed and get easily dismissed by eyewitnesses. Aliens often try to outsmart humans by taking modest steps to hiding, thinking they don't need try harder since aliens are more intelligent than humans, however...their ego clearly got in the way here.
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Eyewitness states:
Witnessed a falling down slow white object. Hello I witnessed a a round bright light object falling downward slow with tail size of helicopter it was bright white in color south East.
US Air Force Colonel leaks coordinates of ancient Antarctic Ruins
US Air Force Colonel leaks coordinates of ancient Antarctic Ruins
On December 26, Exopolitics US Army source, JP, was given a set of geographical coordinates from an unnamed Lt Colonel (USAF) who simply told him to publicly release them.
JP had seen the officer at a classified briefing he attended at a military base where he is currently stationed, where he was told about ancient ruins being found on Antarctica, the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere in our solar system.
These were being investigated in joint missions with various Earth nations, including China. The coordinates given to JP (72°31'12"S 3°36'26"W) appear to show a large building complex located about 150 miles (240 km) from the Antarctic coastline in Queen Maud Land.
This is an area that was claimed by Hitler’s Third Reich and where an Antarctic Colony, Base 211, was secretly established during World War 2.
3-4 orbs moving in front of me in a slow pulsating manner | Tulsa, Oklahoma
3-4 orbs moving in front of me in a slow pulsating manner | Tulsa, Oklahoma
This UFO video was filmed over Tulsa, Oklahoma on 29th December 2021.
Witness report:
Leaving work area to begin my driving route and noticed a bright large orange/red orb in the distance towards the eastern horizon. Noting this I turned towards the overpass at 41st and union and immediately see a group of 3 or so large pulsating orbs appearing over a billboard and directly in front of me. They pulsated at such a slow rate and they didn’t project light like a plane or drone. The orbs looked “bio luminescent” In a way. They steadily moved while gaining altitude and went over the overpass. In doing so a street lamp was turned off. While this was happening, I also noted a aircraft also in the area at a much higher distance and with small blinking lights. I had recorded the encounter as best as I could. Lasted sometime more or less 2 to 5 minutes.
The P̳e̳n̳t̳a̳g̳o̳n̳ continues to secretly investigate U̳F̳O̳s and is in possession of material from U̳F̳O̳ wrecks. At least this is what the Times newspaper said, which already discovered in December 2017 the existence of the so-called Advanced Program for the identification of aerospace threats (AATIP).
A journalistic investigation now claims that the U̳F̳O̳ search did not end in 2012, as the Air Force since 2017, together with the Department of Defense, launched the Special Force of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPTF) integrated within the Office of United States Naval Intelligence. This agency appears to have taken on the responsibilities of AATIP and could bring good news for U̳F̳O̳ enthusiasts in the coming months.
As anticipated, the US Senate Intelligence Committee has supported “the Unexplained Airborne Phenomena (UAP) Work Cell” so that the P̳e̳n̳t̳a̳g̳o̳n̳ has 180 days to submit a report to Congress. In fact, towards the end of 2020, the report presented by a pilot of a Super Hornet F / A-18 fighter plane that collided with one of these UAPs at the end of 2014 was made public.
The NY Times explains that some remains of the accident (U̳F̳O̳ fragments) were analyzed by Eric W. Davis, an astrophysicist who works as a subcontractor and consultant for the P̳e̳n̳t̳a̳g̳o̳n̳ and who claimed they were made of “non-human,” that we couldn’t be able to build “. Surely you’re referring here to the strange leagues that the director of AATIP spoke about on FOX News? We are facing ultimate proof that U̳F̳O̳s are spacecraft of e̳x̳t̳r̳a̳t̳e̳r̳r̳e̳s̳t̳r̳i̳a̳l̳ origin.
The Department of Defense has reports of vehicles not made on this planet.
According to information provided by the NY Times, Davis has released classified material to the Department of Defense about “vehicles not manufactured on this planet,” as well as other reports of the recovery of unexplained objects, to both the Senate Armed Services Committee and committee members. Senate intelligence, in particular to the interim president, Marco Rubio, Republican senator from Florida.
In an interview with CBS4, Rubio pointed out that “we have strange things flying over our military bases and the places where we are conducting military exercises.” Rubio added that “we don’t know what these things are. We know that they are not US projects or Chinese or Russian technology projects, so they are real security problems ”.
Former Nevada Senator Harry Reid also said the US government has materials of unexplained origin in his possession and suggests the government may have an a̳l̳i̳e̳n̳ spacecraft in his possession. Despite these claims, according to the Times, no evidence of the alleged a̳l̳i̳e̳n̳ technology is yet available.
Triangular 'UFO' with 'cloaking abilities' returns to Earth on New Years Eve
Triangular 'UFO' with 'cloaking abilities' returns to Earth on New Years Eve
UFO enthusiast, Vaultteam6 spotted three lights floating in a triangle formation over Columbus, Ohio on New Year's Eve - just months after a similar sighting was made in the UK
By John Bett - Audience Writer and Kirsty Card - Reporter
A man claims to have seen a triangular 'UFO ' with 'cloaking abilities' on New Year's Eve - in a sighting that is eerily similar to one made in Britain just a few months ago.
UFO enthusiast Vaultteam6 managed to capture a video of the mysterious object flying over Columbus Ohio, and it shows three lights floating in a triangular shape, as the Daily Star reports.
The clip is very similar to a video captured by a doorbell camera in Britain in November, as Matt Doughty, 43, was baffled by a strange triangular object gliding over his house in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
The new sighting, which has been shared on Reddit, left the witness shocked as the lights suddenly disappeared - leaving him to think the UFO has the ability to make itself invisible.
The image taken over America on New Year's Eve, does this show a UFO?
( Image: reddit.com/user/RealVaultteam6)
What do you think about UFOs? Let us know in the comments...
After the video was shared on Reddit, other experts commented on the clip to share their thoughts.
One said: "We've seen lots of alien craft lately, released by United States military, it's getting in the news. People are shrugging it off like it doesn't matter.
You can't ignore the facts that are right in front of us and this was recorded by the multi-billion dollar camera on the International space station.
"That makes it undeniable evidence recorded by NASA themselves on live cam."
Back in November, Matt was shocked after his doorbell camera filmed a 'triangular UFO ' flying over his home - and the footage shows a trio of lights moving slowly across the sky.
As the demand for gadgets and electric cars grows, so too are the mining operations that dig up cobalt to use in lithium-ion batteries.
And that’s become a serious problem for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The New Yorker reports, which sits atop about 3.4 million metric tons of the stuff — half of the entire planet’s supply. A massive, gold rush-like mining industry was born after residents in poverty-stricken areas discovered ore deposits under their homes. But now, many are finding that digging up the valuable mineral has failed to lift them out of poverty. And meanwhile, dangerous conditions are killing miners as exposure to the metal is poisoning both people and the environment.
Skimming the Top
A lack of regulations and enforcement over the mines has resulted in the miners, who risk their health and safety for financial security, being exploited by officials and traders who are unscrupulously lining their own pockets, according to The New Yorker. One miner told the publication that he now struggles to pay his $25 monthly rent even as the value of cobalt continues to soar — and the only alternative was to work at a major corporation’s mine for considerably less money.
Meanwhile, thousands of children have been put to work as well, according to The New Yorker, some of whom say they can’t remember the last time they could afford a meal. In order to keep them working, the kids are often even drugged with appetite suppressors.
Cleaning Up
In recent years, Chinese companies bought up most of the mines in south Congo, and have since imposed more regulations on the sites to keep miners safe. But rampant pollution from the mines have still left vast swathes of land uninhabitable, as lakes are poisoned and children and pregnant women are kept away for their own safety — and soldiers will routinely patrol cities with machine guns and rocket launchers to keep miners from sneaking in and claiming cobalt for themselves.
In the face of the economic and environmental destruction caused by cobalt mining, electric vehicle companies like Tesla will occasionally respond to public pressure to divest from the mineral and explore alternative battery tech. But while Tesla has pledged to move away from cobalt batteries, according to The New Yorker, it has yet to actually do so or even put out a plan detailing how it might even try to.
Photo: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
You know the old tagline: In space, no one can hear you scream. Unfortunately, being stuck on this rapidly warming rock of ours, we can hear everyone screaming just fine—especially those yowling about the particularities of space itself, ironically.
Last we checked in on our demoted pal, Pluto, it was still most certainly not a planet, despite a decade-and-a-half’s worth of grousing from overly invested astronomy fans (welcome to the world of pop culture, astronomy fans). And even though the man responsible for snatching away its designation in the first place tried to make it up to everyone recently, the fact remains that it is still highly unlikely the International Astronomical Union will backtrack on its 2006 decision.
Perhaps it’s the knowledge of this near hopeless case that recently prompted a group of scientists to apparently throw up their hands and give their go-for-broke demand of “Screw it. We don’t just want Pluto back, we want another 150 goddamn planets added to the list.”
That’s the gist of a new article published in the research journal Icarus, arguing that the IAU are the real jabronis here, goddamnit. As NBC News breaks it down, the team of scientists allege that the current planetary classification system is based more on outdated astrological (read: pseudoscientific) terminologies, and should be updated to reflect the modern age.
A “planet,” by their definition, is “any geologically active” body in space, which not only would rope Pluto back into the fold, but also moons like Europa, Enceladus and Titan, as well as the asteroid, Ceres. All in all, about 150 new “planets” to add to the existing eight.
Unfortunately, as planetary geologist Paul Byrne explained, all this back-and-forth about taxonomy often overshadows much of the other genuinely fascinating aspects about these celestial bodies of all sizes. “Every time I gave a talk and I put up a picture of Pluto, the first question was not about the planet’s geology, but why was it demoted?” he told NBC News. “That’s what stuck with people, and that’s a real shame.”
Don’t get us wrong; we’re sure these classifications matter for all kinds of research purposes. But it was hard enough to remember “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas” as a child… God help the generation that needs to figure out a 150-letter mnemonic device.
Evora’s Creature: “An Extraterrestrial Organism In Portugal”
Evora’s Creature: “An Extraterrestrial Organism In Portugal”
The event that shook the city of Evora, Portugal, November 2, 1959. Evora’s creature was an extraterrestrial organism captured and analyzed 61 years ago in Portugal.
It all starts after the appearance of a UFO in the city. The director of the School of Industry and Commerce, Joaquim Guedes do Amaral, was at his daily work when his colleagues warned of a strange object flying over Evora.
Half an hour later, another UFO appeared, which could be described as something similar to a jellyfish.
This object swayed and moved across the sky at great speed, sometimes stopping and moving on. It eventually stopped, remaining steady in the air for about half an hour, before setting off further at high speed.
As soon as this happened, rare white gelatinous threads began to fall out throughout the territory. It almost completely cover everything with a thick white layer.
People were evacuated. The military and scientists from the University of Lisbon took samples of the strange organism. Despite the fact that its structure was fragile and difficult to assemble.
Analyzes have led to the conclusion that this is a single-celled organism, possibly a microbe with unknown characteristics. Where did it come from?
Evora’s strange creature
Within 4 hours, some strange white “web” fell. An acquaintance of Professor Joaquim Conceisao e Silva underwent aviation training at the base in Sintra. He also witnessed the events observed at the university.
All these phenomena were confirmed by the military, Conceisao and Silva. Years later, he became Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force.
Professor Joaquin contacted his friend Eugenio, father of Conceicao, who was a member of the French Astronomical Society. They both ran tests on a strange substance that appeared to be a creature.
When the plates were placed for analysis, it turned out that the substance was showing resistance. Which is not typical for any known microorganism on Earth. From this study, a report was compiled that described the following:
“The microorganism Evora was about 4 mm in size, consisting of tentacles. Actively exhibits protective reactions to laboratory plates. Subsequent studies have shown that its tentacles can withstand pressures of up to 350 grams.
At the beginning of the observation, it had different colors. The central body was yellow, intensely red tentacles, at the same time the colors changed, giving a brownish yellow color. Which was getting darker and darker.
Part of the documentation on Evora’s existence. Basic information was lost in a mysterious fire.
The tentacles was formed by parallel filaments connected by a gelatinous substance. Each thread was transparent. Inside, one could see little bodies that grew larger over time.
The threads was projected forcefully onto the glass plate to create a perfectly contoured line of contact. There was a mouth-shaped opening in the center of the central body, around very delicate designs. There may be folds or cracks in the substance of which it is composed.
These observations were carried out for 2 years, until the tentacles and the central body finally disintegrated.”
Origin hypothesis
A hypothesis put forward by several scientists and researchers was that Evora’s creature was “a strange creature completely unknown to terrestrial biology. This can be considered the first discovered evidence of extraterrestrial life. ”
The researchers who carefully examined this case by formulating this hypothesis were: Francisco Mouran Correa, coordinator of exopolitics of Portugal, Javier Sierra, several biologists and researchers of UFO phenomena.
Professors of the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon interrupted the studies of Professor Joaquim Amaral at the faculty, forced not to provide any information to the press.
In 1978, a fire broke out at the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Lisbon, destroying evidence that the creature from Evora did exist. Mysteriously, the firefighters were unable to bring down the flames that had flared up close to the microorganism.
To date, it is not known what happened to the investigation, what or who the fire. And whether they were entrusted to another department. Everything seems to indicate that this is an attempt to silence an extraterrestrial phenomenon.
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'Six samples of Martian rock collected, 100,000 images taken and 1.8 miles covered': NASA shares video of everything its Perseverance rover has accomplished during its first year on Mars
'Six samples of Martian rock collected, 100,000 images taken and 1.8 miles covered': NASA shares video of everything its Perseverance rover has accomplished during its first year on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover landed on the surface of Mars in February 2021
Since arriving it has monitored the Ingenuity helicopter's 18 flights on Mars
It has also travelled 1.8 miles through the Jezero Crater in the past 10 months
NASA shared a video showing some of the highlights of its time during 2021
NASA's Perseverance rover has taken six rock samples, captured 100,000 images of the Red Planet, and travelled 1.8 miles during its first year on Mars.
The SUV-sized rover touched down on Mars' Jezero Crater in February 2021, following a seven minutes of terror descent to the Martian surface.
In the 10 months since it arrived it has completed a number of firsts and records, according to NASA, which includes the longest drive in a Martian day.
To celebrate its achievements, the US space agency shared a video of the rover's highlights during 2021, and of what is to come in 2022.
Among those celebrations is the surprising success of the Ingenuity helicopter, a small rotorcraft that travelled with Perseverance to Mars to give it an aerial view.
NASA's Perseverance rover has taken six rock samples, captured 100,000 images of the Red Planet, and travelled 1.8 miles during its first 10 months on Mars
The SUV-sized rover touched down on Mars' Jezero Crater in February 2021, following a seven minutes of terror descent to the Martian surface
PERSEVERANCE ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2021
Since arriving on Mars in February, 2021, Perseverance has:
Driven 1.8 miles
Collected six rock samples
Set a record for longest drive in a day
Broken the record for the fastest rover on Mars
Collected more than 50 gigabytes of data
Taken 100,000 images
Taken two selfies
Generated 50 grams of oxygen
Jessica Samuels, Perseverance surface operations mission manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, described it as a 'busy 10 months.'
'It has been a year of perseverance. From operating during Covid, to challenges with sampling, to interpreting scientific results, it is a fitting name for the vehicle, and for the team as well.' she said in a video shared by NASA.
Perseverance launched for the Red Planet in the summer of 2020, arriving months later in February 2021, and within weeks began observing the little helicopter.
It landed within the Jezero Crater, which is believed to have once been filled with a 1,600ft deep lake, according to NASA.
It is believed that the region hosted microbial life some 3.5 to 3.9 billion years ago and the rover will examine soil samples to hunt for evidence of the life.
One of the major achievements for the rover, nicknamed Perky, is speed - it has travelled 1.8 miles since it started, including going 385ft on July 1, 2021.
Perseverance has also been collecting samples of Martian rock, soil and atmosphere, that it stores in titanium tubes for a future mission to collect and bring to Earth.
To date it has collected six samples from Mars of a potential 43, with a selection set to be collected by a joint European and America mission sometime this decade.
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is now helping Perseverance on its search for signs of ancient life, but started its Martian journey as a technology demonstration.
Engineers wanted to see whether it would be viable to have an aerial component on a planetary mission, so sent the 4lb rotocraft to Mars, strapped to the belly of the Perseverance rover.
Among those celebrations is the surprising success of the Ingenuity helicopter, a small rotorcraft that travelled with Perseverance to Mars to give it an aerial view
The rover will characterise the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith
INGENUITY FLIGHTS SO FAR
Flight one:April 19, 2021 with a vertical takeoff up to 9.8ft, stationary hover and a landing
Flight two: April 22, 2021 with a vertical takeoff up to 16ft, hover, then shift westward for 14ft before returning and landing
Flight three:April 25, 2021 with a vertical takeoff up to 16ft, hover, shift northwards for 328ft at an airspeed of 2 m/s before returning to land
Flight four: April 30, 2021 with a vertical takeoff up to 16ft, hover, shift southwards 873ft at 3.5m/s before returning to land
Flight five:May 7, 2021 with a vertical takeoff up to 33ft, hover, shift southwards 423ft at 3.5 m/s before landing at that new location
Flight six: May 22, 2021 with a vertical takeoff of 33ft, hover, shift southwest 492ft at 9mph, travel 49ft south, travel 164ft before returning to land
Flight seven: June 8, 2021 with a vertical takeoff of 33ft, hover, shift 348ft at 9mph, land at Airfield D
Flight eight: June 21, 2021 with a vertical takeoff, hover, shift southwest 520ft, land at Airfield E 438ft away from Perseverance
Flight nine: July 5, 2021 with a record length of 2,050ft southwest over a prospective research location at 16ft per second.
Flight ten: July 24, 2021 with a record height of 40 feet (12 metres) over Raised Ridges to Airfield G. Flight duration 165.4 seconds.
Flight eleven: August 5, 2021 by flying 1,250ft for 130 seconds in preparation for a series of reconnaissance missions for the Perseverance rover.
Flight Twelve: August 16, 2021 by flying 1,476ft for 169 seconds, climbing 32.8ft in the air, over the 'South Seitah' region of Mars.
Flight Thirteen: September 5, 2021 by flying 690ft for 160.5 seconds, climbing 26ft over one particular ridgeline over the 'South Seitah' region of Mars.
Flight Fourteen: October 25, 2021 by flying a 'short hop' of 6.5ft (2m) to test out higher rpm settings. It flew for 23 seconds at 1mph at an altitude of 16ft (5m).
Flight Fifteen: November 6, 2021 by flying back towards its original landing site. It flew for a total of 128 seconds at an estimated 11mph.
Flight Sixteen: November 20, 2021 by travelling 381ft (116m) for a total of 108 seconds at an estimated 3mph.
Flight Seventeen: December 5, 2021 by flying back toward the Wright Brothers Field at the Octavia E. Butler landing site. It flew 614ft (187m) for a total of 117 seconds at an estimated 6mph.
Flight Eighteen: On December 15, Ingenuity flew for 124.3 seconds, covering 754ft and cruising along at 15.6 miles per hour.
NASA's Perseverance rover acquired this image of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter on the floor of Jezero Crater.
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
After completing a number of increasingly complicated test flights, and meeting all of its pre-defined targets, NASA began using it to look for sites for Perky to visit.
So far Ingenuity has completed 18 flights, with more scheduled for the next year.
Samuels says the next phase of Perseverance's mission will be to explore the delta that formed in Jezero Crater billions of years ago.
It is thought that this delta formed from sediment that an ancient river carried into the lake that once existed in the crater.
'It feels great to be a part of making history and enabling the start of a Mars Sample Return campaign,' said Samuels.
'What motivates us as engineers and scientists exploring another planet is the opportunity to learn more.'
A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life.
The rover will characterise the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.
'One of my favourite moments was seeing our first rock core sample,' explained Samuels, particularly 'looking down in to the tube and seeing it was a success.
'We can't wait for the future mission to pick them up and take them to Earth and see if any of them show signs of ancient life.'
Samuels said another of her highlights of the year was working with the helicopter team and watching the first powered flight on another planet.
Ingenuity arrived on Mars attached to the belly of Perseverance, which touched down on Mars on February 18 after a nearly seven-month journey through space.
Ingenuity then performed its historic first flight on April 19, 2021, making history as the first powered controlled flight on any planet other than Earth.
In a nod to this feat, the helicopter carries a small amount of fabric that covered one of the wings of the Wright brothers' aircraft, known as the Flyer, during the first powered, controlled flight on Earth in 1903.
'Few thought we would make it to flight one, fewer still to five. And no one thought we would make it this far,' said Ingenuity team lead Teddy Tzanetos of JPL.
'On the way to accumulating over a half-hour aloft Ingenuity has survived eight months of bitter cold, and operated out of nine unique Martian airfields.
'The aircraft's continued operations speaks to the robustness the design and the diligence and passion of our small operations team.'
For the rovers core mission, to take samples of Martian soil, it failed in its first attempt on August 6, as the rock was softer than expected.
The latest sample, its sixth, comes from a rugged dune patch called 'Séítah,' the Navajo word meaning 'amongst the sand'.
The region includes a range of many-layered rocks, which the JPL team believe might be a sign of once flowing water.
'Layered rocks like this often form in water, and can hold clues about what their environment used to be like,' the space agency wrote on Twitter.
In the 10 months since it arrived it has completed a number of firsts and records, according to NASA, which includes the longest drive in a Martian day
So far more than 100,000 photos have been shared by the rover team since it landed on the planet in February
The rover has also been capturing images of the Red Planet, including pictures of the skyline, rocks, soil and even of itself and the helicopter.
So far more than 100,000 photos have been shared by the rover team since it landed on the planet in February.
Perseverance is tasked with seeking traces of fossilised microbial life from Mars' ancient past and to collect rock specimens for return to Earth through future missions to the Red Planet.
The rover's turret-mounted scientific instruments are able to determine chemical and mineral composition and look for organic matter, as well as better characterise the planet's geological processes.
NASA MARS 2020: PERSEVERANCE ROVER AND INGENUITY HELICOPTER ARE SEARCHING FOR LIFE ON THE RED PLANET
NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched to search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet in a bid to help scientists better understand how life evolved on Earth in the earliest years of the evolution of the solar system.
Named Perseverance, the main car-sized rover is exploring an ancient river delta within the Jezero Crater, which was once filled with a 1,600ft deep lake.
It is believed that the region hosted microbial life some 3.5 to 3.9 billion years ago and the rover will examine soil samples to hunt for evidence of the life.
Nasa's Mars 2020 rover (artist's impression) is searching for signs of ancient life on Mars in a bid to help scientists better understand how life evolved on our own planet
The $2.5 billion (£1.95 billion) Mars 2020 spaceship launched on July 30 with the rover and helicopter inside - and landed successfully on February 18, 2021.
Perseverance landed inside the crater and will slowly collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth for further analysis.
A second mission will fly to the planet and return the samples, perhaps by the later 2020s in partnership with the European Space Agency.
This concept art shows the Mars 2020 rover landing on the red planet via NASA's 'sky-crane' system
NASA’s Chief Scientist Quits, Says He Has a Plan to Terraform Mars
NASA’s Chief Scientist Quits, Says He Has a Plan to Terraform Mars
Should we or shouldn't we?
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As the new year arrived, NASA’s Jim Green prepared to say goodbye to the agency after four decades, including 12 years as the director of NASA’s planetary science division and the last three as its chief scientist.
And on his way out the door, according to the New York Times, Green is touting a plan to geoengineer Mars into a planet habitable for humans. Green’s plan, published in November, hinges on warming and thickening Mars’ atmosphere by using a giant magnetic shield between the Red Planet and the Sun, which would bring temperature and pressure levels above the point at which humans could walk on the surface without a space suit, without their blood boiling inside their bodies.
“It’s doable,” Green told the newspaper. “Stop the stripping, and the pressure is going to increase. Mars is going to start terraforming itself. That’s what we want: the planet to participate in this any way it can. When the pressure goes up, the temperature goes up.”
Needless to say, that’s a strong stance for a top NASA official.
Green says his plan could allow humans to begin growing plants on Mars and moving toward the possibility of long-term life away from Earth. He’s been obsessed with finding life on other planets for years and created the “confidence of life detection,” or CoLD, scale.
One of his obstacles, however, will be the planetary community, whom he says probably won’t be receptive to his ideas about tinkering with an entire planet. Back in 2018, Adler Planetarium astronomer and cofounder of the JustSpace Alliance advocacy group Lucianne Walkowicz argued in Slate that we’re likely to turn Mars’ surface into an ecological nightmare, given our track record at hastening climate change and strip mining disasters on Earth.
In addition, Walkowicz wasn’t even convinced terraforming is physically possible.
“Despite terraforming’s hold on the popular imagination, it remains solidly in the realm of fiction,” Walkowicz wrote at the time. “For one thing, Mars seems to lack the necessary reserves of carbon dioxide to pump up its atmosphere and warm it in the first place.”
To his credit, Green seems to have a level head on his shoulders about verifying life on other planets, and told the NYT he wants to make sure scientists are serious about any claim to have found even the smallest traces of it.
“A couple of years ago, scientists came out and said they’d seen phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus,” Green told the publication. “At the level they saw it, which was enormous, that led them to believe life was one of the major possibilities. On the CoLD scale, where seven is ‘we found life,’ it is ‘one.’ It didn’t even make it to ‘two.’ Stop screwing around with just crying wolf.”
Green leaves behind a legacy dusted with a voracious search for life, but it’s not clear whether his plans for terraforming Mars will ever actually come to fruition. As he leaves a well-staffed and funded organization, some of his ideas may live only in theory on the papers he publishes, and if that’s the case, not every scientist would be disappointed at a lack of results.
The year 2021 gave truth-seekers and alien hunters no shortage of mysteries to ponder. But it also gave them answers — from a hotly anticipated Pentagon report on military UFO sightings, to new insights on habitable exoplanets, to the truth about a so-called "alien signal" from the sun's nearest neighboring star. Here are 9 things we learned about aliens (and where to look for them) in 2021.
Documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden conclusively prove that the United States has been ruled by a race of tall, white space aliens who also assisted the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
These revelations about our alien overlords might not cost you any sleep. But the part that should concern you a tad is that the UFO story was just published by the Fars News Agency, the English-language news service of Iran, a nation that may be very close to acquiring nuclear weapons.
This being a crazy conspiracy theory, naturally the Russians are behind it. The alleged alien invasion was revealed in an alleged report by Russia's FSB spy agency, which found "incontrovertible proof' that an 'alien/extraterrestrial intelligence agenda' is driving U.S. domestic and international policy, and has been doing so since at least 1945," said the Iranian news service.
Alien not allowed (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Fars apparently got the story from a hard-core conspiracy site called whatdoesitmean.com. Here is the gist of the whatdoesitmean.com story as best I understand it (or as the alien mind-control lasers allow me to understand it):
Snowden, who has been given asylum in Russia, leaked documents that a race of extraterestrial "tall whites" arrived on Earth, helped Nazi Germany build a fleet of advanced submarines in the 1930s, and then met in 1954 with President Dwight Eisenhower "where the 'secret regime' currently ruling over America was established."
"Most disturbingly, this FSB report warns, is that the 'Tall White' agenda being implemented by the 'secret regime' ruling the United States calls for the creation of a global electronic surveillance system meant to hide all true information about their presence here on earth as they enter into what one of Snowden’s documents calls the 'final phase' of their end plan for total assimilation and world rule."
Meanwhile, the U.S. government is embroiled in a "cataclysmic" power struggle between President Obama, who heads the alien shadow government, and some unknown force that opposed the U.S.-alien alliance. "Most to be feared by Russian policy makers and authorities, this [FSB] report concludes, is if those opposing the 'Tall White' 'secret regime' ruled over by Obama have themselves aligned with another alien-extraterrestrial power themselves."
Any good conspiracy theory needs a patina of truth, a bit of intellectual cover to camouflage the craziness. In this case, the whatdoesitmean.com/Fars story cites Paul Hellyer, the 1960s Canadian defense minister who is now a fervent UFO activist.
This is almost a funny story, until one remembers that Iran is a moderately powerful nation of 76 million people, with a possible nuclear arsenal, relatively large conventional military power, extensive terrorist capabilities through its intelligence agencies and Hezbollah, and a fundamentalist government that could easily engage in hostilities against the U.S. Laugh if you will at conspiracy theories, but they offer explanatory value for their believers, a way of making sense of why things happen, even if it is a funhouse-mirror explanation of the world. The Fars News Agency is reportedly affiliated with Iran's influential Revolutionary Guards, which suggests that either Iran is either desperate to smear the U.S. any way it can, or there indeed is a very peculiar view of U.S. politics at the highest levels of the Iranian government.
If there is a bright spot to this as well as a funny bone, it's that the goal of U.S. policy is to contain and neutralize Iranian influence. So, perhaps it's not necessarily a bad thing that Tehran thinks its main adversary is backed by the power of space aliens. It's good to have friends in high places, even if they have two heads.
Beste, Vandaag publiceert het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt haar jaarverslag 2021. Het afgelopen jaar kwamen er aanzienlijk minder meldingen binnen in vergelijking met 2020. We noteerden 184 UFO-meldingen in 2021, wat een daling van 59% betekent in vergelijking met vorig jaar(451 meldingen). Hiermee zitten we terug op een “normaal” aantal observaties. Door de combinatie lockdown, mooi weer en Starlink satellieten was 2020dan ook een uitzonderlijk jaar. De provincie Antwerpen is in 2021 koploper met 46 waarnemingen. De meeste “UFO’s” werden gezien in de maand september. Het Franstalige COBEPS (Comité Belge pour l’Etude des Phénomènes Spatiaux) ontving het afgelopen jaar 77 UFO-meldingen. De daling van het aantal observaties kan mee verklaard worden door het invoeren van een IFO-database op onze website. Het betreft een geïllustreerd overzicht van mogelijke verklaringen. Bedoeling is dat waarnemers de lijst doornemen vooraleer ze hun ervaring melden. Stoten ze daarbij op een verklaring die bij hun waarneming aansluit, dan is het niet langer nodig deze te rapporteren.
De nieuwe IFO-databank kan geraadpleegd worden via:
China’s New Space Station Is Powered by Ion Thrusters
China’s New Space Station Is Powered by Ion Thrusters
The country is betting big on electric spacecraft propulsion.
Image by NASA
China’s first module of its upcoming Tiangong space station makes use of ion drives, technology that could vastly cut down the time it takes to travel to Mars — and greatly reduce the amount of fuel needed to make that trip, as the South China Morning Post reports.
The core of the Chinese new space station is powered by four ion thrusters, and along with added benefits of speeds, the technology also offers cheaper flights using electricity to accelerate ions instead of burning tons of chemical fuel. Along with saving at operational costs, it would also bring down the weight of the first module. In Not requiring tons of fuel, the spacecraft would have ample space for more cargo and more astronauts.
The module, called Tianhe and launched in late April, is powered by four ion thrusters that use electricity to accelerate ions as a form of propulsion. In fact, the module could soon become the first spacecraft in history to transport humans using the technolog, according to SCMP.
Ion drives are orders of magnitude more efficient compared to chemical propulsion. To keep the International Space Station in orbit for a year, the thrusters consume four tons of rocket fuel. With ion thrusters, it’d need just 400 kilograms to stay in orbit for the same amount of time, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Ion propulsion not used widely in space technology up until now has its reasons. The engineers have faced limitations earlier on to incorporate the tech into more spacecrafts. China seems like going beyond those limitations to make full use of the technology to better explore what space and the outer world have to offer.
A trip to Mars could be cut down from eight months to just 39 days.
China is betting big on ion thrusters, hoping to use them not just for its space station but for upcoming satellite constellations and nuclear-powered spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts to Mars as well, according to SCMP.
The technology has been around for decades, but mainstream adoption has been hampered by the fact that the thrust produced isn’t very significant. Scaling up the thrusters could end up putting astronauts in danger and shorten the lifespan of satellites.
But scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences may have cracked the code. One of its ion drives currently in development has been burning for more than 11 months straight, according to the newspaper.
A magnetic field makes sure the particles don’t create any damage or erode the engine, while a special ceramic material stops it from getting damaged by radiation.
“Space projects are usually very big,” an anonymous Beijing-based space scientist told SCMP. “A typical mission involves hundreds or even thousands of individuals. But the competition in space is essentially a competition over some very small but extremely important details.”
“The ion thruster is one of those areas where the devil is in the detail,” the scientist added.
Ancient Aliens: NASA’s Untold Extraterrestrial Encounter (Season 4)
Ancient Aliens: NASA’s Untold Extraterrestrial Encounter (Season 4)
On September 12th, 1991, NASA captured strange extraterrestrial activity but has since kept it hidden, in this clip from Season 4, "The Nasa Connection."
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ELON MUSK SAYS HE’LL HAVE BOOTS ON MARS WITHIN TEN YEARS
ELON MUSK SAYS HE’LL HAVE BOOTS ON MARS WITHIN TEN YEARS
POSSIBLE? SURE. PROBABLE? ... EH.
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In Ten, Nine, Eight…
After about twenty seconds of thoughtful silence in a recent two-and-a-half-hour-long interview about space and advanced transport, Elon Musk delivered his verdict on how long it will take for humans to touch down on Mars.
“Worst case, ten years,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO told podcast host Lex Fridman. “We need to be a multi-planet species.”
Still, SpaceX has accomplished things doubters said it couldn’t. It now regularly sends astronauts to the International Space Station and beyond. And Starship has already locked down a lucrative NASA deal to land the agency’s astronauts on the Moon, and has left Earth on several occasions — though it hasn’t made it into orbit yet, to be fair, and most flights have ended in spectacular explosions.
Musk also isn’t talking about colonizing Mars in ten years, but a touch-down or exploration mission. He said reducing cost and reusing parts is the primary key to success in making either happen, and that while you couldn’t currently buy a ticket to Mars for even $1 trillion, throwing away any significant piece of a rocket drastically increases cost.
“Starship in theory could do a cost per launch of $1 million, maybe $2 million,” Musk said in the interview. “And put over 100 tons in orbit, which is crazy. No new physics is required.”
Possible? Yes. Probable? Eh, the jury’s still out. But if Starship does keep hitting benchmarks and raking in sweet NASA cash, we may indeed have boots on Mars sooner rather than later.
Earth Looks Like A Living Creature In This Amazing NASA Video
Earth Looks Like A Living Creature In This Amazing NASA Video
See the Earth in an entirely new way.
This visualization was presented at SIGGRAPH 2014 during the Dailies session.
Transcript:
Hi, I'm Greg Shirah from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio. This animation is driven by data from a complex 3d simulation of Earth's atmosphere called GEOS-5. The atmosphere was simulated for a 2 year period. The results from the simulation were saved out at 30 minute time steps. This produced about 6 PetaBytes of simulation data. The time span chosen for this test visualization includes a category 4 typhoon in the Western Pacific (near the center of the screen).
Data volumes from the simulation were about 1.2 billion voxels per time step. These volumes were converted into 354 separate brickmaps, one for each FRAME of this animation. Each brickmap was about 2.6 GigaBytes. So, about 1 TeraByte of brickmaps were needed to render this short visualization in Renderman. Future work will include more simulation parameters, optimizations, photorealism, and tighter camera angles. Visualizations like this can be crucial to help scientists present their complex but important work on Climate Research.
The video is a timelapse simulation that depicts seven days in 2005 when a category-4 typhoon developed off the coast of China. The seven-day period is repeated several times during the course of the visualization.
Scientists used data from NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5), to depict the simulation’s volume-rendered clouds. This particular run of the simulation, called 7km GEOS-5 Nature Run (7km-G5NR), was executed on a supercomputer. This short visualization produced petabytes of output and referenced nearly a terabyte of brickmap files.
According to the SVS website, the goal of videos like the above is to provide the public with a clearer picture of our planet and our own place within it, as well as give people an idea of what NASA is all about: “The SVS works closely with scientists in the creation of visualizations, animations, and images in order to promote a greater understanding of Earth and space science research activities at Goddard Space Flight Center and within the NASA research community.”
Based on this video, I’d say that they seem to have gotten things right.
This large circular 'hole' in the clouds over North Carolina left social media users scratching their heads this week.
The phenomenon first gained attention on Monday when TV station WBTV posted a photograph of it on Facebook. The image had been taken by Phil Lambert on Old Mountain Road, Iredell County.
The peculiar nature of the image prompted a number of replies from users who noted that it looked as though a disc-shaped object had descended from the sky and punched a hole through the clouds.
Wisps of cloud wafting down from the center of the circle seemed to corroborate this explanation.
It turned out that others had seen it too, including Kathy Lynn Carlin of Collettsville who along with her husband observed the phenomenon at around 10am on Saturday around 65 miles from Charlotte.
But could this really be evidence of a UFO or is something else going on ?
According to weather experts, the spectacle is most likely what is known as 'hole punch cloud' - an atmospheric phenomenon that happens when 'super-cooled' water droplets turn into ice crystals after coming into contact with a plane passing overhead.
These crystals then fall from the sky and create a hole in the cloud that continues to expand.
The effect is something that has often been mistaken for a UFO.
A new video showing an unidentified flying object has appeared on the web. The U̳F̳O̳ was recorded on Lake Erie, in the US state of Ohio and in the video it is seen flying through the clouds and for a long moment it remains motionless on the surface of the lake. The author of the video confesses that he sees ships several times a year and they are getting closer and closer.
Other neighbors living near the lake also frequently report U̳F̳O̳s appearing. This suggests that Erie is a source of e̳x̳t̳r̳a̳t̳e̳r̳r̳e̳s̳t̳r̳i̳a̳l̳ activity and that the objects remain intentionally motionless for some time so that they can be filmed without problems.
Dr. Richard Sauder, philosopher and author of books on mysteries, says that “there is an underground base under Lake Erie, which is part of the great lakes that are on the border between the United States and Canada”.
Sauder believes there may be an e̳x̳t̳r̳a̳t̳e̳r̳r̳e̳s̳t̳r̳i̳a̳l̳ base beneath the water mantle of Lake Erie and is run by a̳l̳i̳e̳n̳ aquatic inhabitants. Furthermore, he is closely related to the U̳F̳O̳ phenomenon, when unknown flying objects were sighted in this place. “These U̳F̳O̳s are likely manned by an e̳x̳t̳r̳a̳t̳e̳r̳r̳e̳s̳t̳r̳i̳a̳l̳ species that lives under the sea floor and also has the technological advances that allow them to get out of this environment.”
“This lake is an appropriate place for underground constructions, they are easy to drill due to the existence of large deposits, and in this way flying objects can enter and exit without problems.”
A witness also reported the sighting of a large U̳F̳O̳ suspended over Lake Erie. “” A strange cone-shaped metal object with two bright lights that came out of the lake and then disappeared. ”
Iván T. Sanderson, a researcher and cryptozoologist, said that “unidentified underwater (or USO) objects are handled by these underwater inhabitants, which makes this lake a critical point for this activity.” Other witnesses have indicated this place as a mysterious area, where events that are considered very strange occur.
Scientists Intrigued by Possible Signs of Life on Saturn’s Moon
Scientists Intrigued by Possible Signs of Life on Saturn’s Moon
It's "very likely" hydrothermal vents on Enceladus could be habitable to Earthlike microorganisms.
Image by NASA / Futurism
The icy crust enveloping Saturn’s moon Enceladus has long fascinated astronomers. Evidence collected by NASA and the European Space Agency’s Cassini-Huygens spacecraft suggests the shell could be hiding a massive subsurface ocean made up of briny water underneath it — which, tantalizingly, could potentially harbor life.
According to a new study by a team from the University of Arizona and Paris Sciences & Lettres University, published in the journal Nature Astronomy last month, Cassini’s observations that found Enceladus is expelling plumes of methane gas suggest that the moon’s subsurface oceans may be habitable to Earth-like microorganisms.
“We wanted to know: Could Earthlike microbes that ‘eat’ the dihydrogen and produce methane explain the surprisingly large amount of methane detected by Cassini?” asked Regis Ferriere, an associate professor at the University of Arizona and a lead author of the study, in a statement.
But figuring out the answer for sure is far from easy.
“Searching for such microbes, known as methanogens, at Enceladus’ seafloor would require extremely challenging deep-dive missions that are not in sight for several decades,” he added.
The team constructed mathematical models to see if methanogenesis could account for the data collected by Cassini. Their conclusion: microbial hydrothermal vent activity — or processes that would involve extraterrestrial microorganisms — could explain the methane detected by Cassini.
On Earth, hydrothermal activity is caused by cold seawater dipping into the ocean floor, where it gets warmed up by local sources of heat like magma. This water then gets expelled out of vents in the ocean floor, a process that drips methane into the water over time.
Most of this methane is released by microorganisms that use the heat as a source of energy, turning carbon dioxide into methane.
According to their computer simulations, the researchers found that similar conditions could exist on Enceladus.
“In summary, not only could we evaluate whether Cassini’s observations are compatible with an environment habitable for life, but we could also make quantitative predictions about observations to be expected, should methanogenesis actually occur at Enceladus’ seafloor,” Ferriere said in the statement.
In fact, without the existence of biological sources of methane production, the levels of methane observed by Cassini couldn’t be matched using their models.
Still, it would be premature to draw any definite conclusions.
“Obviously, we are not concluding that life exists in Enceladus’ ocean,” Ferriere added. “Rather, we wanted to understand how likely it would be that Enceladus’ hydrothermal vents could be habitable to Earthlike microorganisms. Very likely, the Cassini data tell us, according to our models.”
We simply don’t have enough data to go off of just yet.
“In other words, we can’t discard the ‘life hypothesis’ as highly improbable,” Ferriere said. “To reject the life hypothesis, we need more data from future missions.”
The researchers also didn’t rule out other possible abiotic processes that could explain the methane data. For instance, the chemical breakdown of primordial organic matter in the moon’s core could be causing significant amounts of methane to be ejected.
It’s exciting new research that goes to show how little we know about Saturn’s icy moons, despite Cassini’s extensive legacy. Perhaps one day, another mission will even get a first hand look.
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NASA astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell saw UFOs
Dr. Edgar Mitchell
Dr. Edgar Mitchell in one of his most moving and revealing interviews ever! I appeared on BBC TV with Edgar. Did you know that he grew up in Roswell, New Mexico? He speaks with total candor about his knowledge of the Roswell Incident and about the issue of alien presence in general. His discussion of his book, “The Way of the Explorer” is highly informative, and his description of what happened to him on the way back from the moon is unforgettable.
Edgar Dean Mitchell, Sc.D. (born September 17, 1930) is an American pilot, retired Captain in the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. As the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.
Mitchell has publicly expressed his opinions that he is “90 percent sure that many of the thousands of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, recorded since the 1940s, belong to visitors from other planets”. Dateline NBC conducted an interview with Mitchell on April 19, 1996, during which he discussed meeting with officials from three countries who claimed to have had personal encounters with extraterrestrials. He offered his opinion that the evidence for such “alien” contact was “very strong” and “classified” by governments, who were covering up visitations and the existence of alien beings’ bodies. He further claimed that UFOs had provided “sonic engineering secrets” that were helpful to the U.S. government. In 2004 he told the St. Petersburg Times that a “cabal of insiders” in the U.S. government were studying recovered alien bodies, and that this group had stopped briefing U.S. Presidents after John F. Kennedy. He said, “We all know that UFOs are real; now the question is where they come from.”
On July 23, 2008, Edgar Mitchell was interviewed on Kerrang Radio by Nick Margerrison. Mitchell claimed the Roswell crash was real and that aliens have contacted humans several times, but that governments have hidden the truth for 60 years, stating: “I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we’ve been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.”
In an interview with Fox News on July 25, 2008, Mitchell clarified that his comments did not involve NASA, but quoted unnamed intelligence sources, since deceased, who confided to him that the Roswell incident did involve an alien craft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3o0mpi6XCw
Are UFOs from Under the Sea?
Bill McDonald made this drawing of the Roswell craft
based on numerous eyewitness testimony. It’s hull and internal configurations had been “Grown” to mimic the structures and forms of living organic ocean animals such as the stingray.
A sample of the skin or shell of the Roswell craft had micron thick layers of magnesium and zinc alternating with layers of bismuth a white, crystalline, brittle metal a thermal conductivity lower than any metal except mercury. It has a high electrical resistance and has the highest Hall Effect of any metal (that is, the greatest increase in electrical resistance when placed in a magnetic field). Frank Kaufmann describes the underside of the craft as tiled with an array of hexagons. The craft itself is described as shaped like a sting ray and capable of changing its shape in flight. Scrapings came from the exterior underside of the craft were shell-like shielding the craft indicating it may have been constructed underwater. This would cause the conjecture that aliens may have developed on Earth or reached here on large spaceships and are building scout ships from the materials available on Earth. The large number of sightings indicates a prefabricated design.”
Stingray similar to Roswell Craft
It is a known fact UFOs are often seen entering and leaving the ocean and other waters. Additionally, their craft have features similar to various “Wave rider-stingray-cetacean-forms. It is possible that a marine intelligent life form exits like mermaids or mermen. They could be from a water bound planet or developed under the sea.
Marine mammals in the cetacean family include whales, dolphins, and porpoises who are thought to have greater intelligence than humans. Although whales spend all their time in the oceans, they are mammals just like us. This means that they are warm blooded, give birth to live young, nurse their young, and must come to the surface to breathe air through their lungs or bringing oxygen under. What if some types of humanoids developed under water or ice and created some sort of intelligent civilization and technology? Many UFOs although fast and maneuverable do not seem to be spaceships with the ability to travel vast distances to other planets.
Depiction of Craft surfaces in my Lake
I happen to live on a lake and awakened in the middle of the night with a bright light shining in the window. Looking out onto the lake a 25-foot disc shaped craft with circling lights was surfacing like a submarine. It seemed at home in the water and later flew off. Underwater is a natural hiding place and high-speed underwater craft are often reported. We also receive reports and images of undersea mining, structures, pyramids and even mermaids.
Stingray-skate-like diamond triangular wing form profiles. The general lateral profile was porpoise-like and until the inward-canted vertical stabilizers were exactly the profile of a species of cetacean known as Dall’s porpoise.
Stingray skate similar to Triangle UFO
The stingray-skate-like diamond triangular wing form profiles were subtly different–But close enough to satisfy a detective’s standards regarding multiple witness composites. Both men identically described the hexagonal power cell belly tiles, to include being subducted under a thin rim layer of approximately eighteen inches. There were big hexagons near the nose, shrinking in size towards the tail and trailing wing edges. John Andrews independently confirmed that Kelly and Ben also described a complex “Power grid” on the ships belly.
Len Stringfield told me about the skin of the Roswell flight crew: He stated that macroscopically, the skin resembled the tiny, granulated smooth beaded.
Scales of the tiny albino Geckos
inhabiting the islands of the South Pacific. He stated that his physicians reported that the skin was NOT the semi-permeable layers that hold in moisture and fluids and hold out dangerous rot bacilli. Stringfield stated that it was like synthetic screen mesh under a microscope. He stated that the alien flight crews would have leaked like sieves if they were walking around outside the landed craft and not encased in some artificial cellophane-like substance. Infection would have occurred in seconds. The floor of the craft had a texture of the floor was like “Coral growth” patterns. The kidney dialysis bag of the aliens was similar to the crystalline layers of microbes in the floor layers. He also described vented louvers in the flooring edges on either side of the crew compartment which were similar to the gill slits of sharks. The craft may have had fluids inside to cushion the flight crew from high “G” aerial maneuvers although the fluids would have drained after a crash. The alien flight crew would likely die from the rapid onset of infections and dehydration. Fluid in the craft would allow for near buoyancy in seawater and allows the craft dive into the ocean and fly out again with slightly positive buoyancy offset by its propulsion system.
In Eugene H. Burt’s book “UFOs and Diamagnetism,’
he discusses the Hall voltage developed across a conductor when the conductor is inserted in a magnetic field. In a few cases, one of them being Bismuth, the current may be considered positive current. It should be beneficial to determine whether there is a correlation between the observed diamagnetism in solid state physics and a positive current as determined by the Hall Effect. Henry Wallace, a GE Engineer, patented a device for creating secondary gravitational fields. He described using spinning discs composed of bismuth which had developed a strong positive electrostatic charge. Bismuth has a density as heavy as lead. It can be found in the circulation of hot water hydrothermal veins that also have nickel, cobalt silver, tin, and uranium sulfides.
T.T. Brown experimented with disc- shaped capacitors
that were suspended and charged with high voltages. These disc- shaped capacitors accelerated toward the capacitor’s positive pole. The Brown Effect is usually referred to as electro gravity. Objects that are highly polarized and develop high voltages tend to lose weight and levitate. Experiments with spinning objects also show gravitationally anomalous effects.
Flying saucers are surrounded by an ionizing field that levitates and propels them as well as acting as a refractive lens to divert light in stealth mode. Diamagnetic materials create an induced magnetic field in a direction opposite to an externally the Earth’s magnetic field and are repelled by the applied magnetic field. In contrast, the opposite behavior is exhibited by paramagnetic materials.
Materials called diamagnetic are those that laymen generally think of as non-magnetic, and include water, wood, most organic compounds such as petroleum and some plastics, and many metals including copper, particularly the heavy ones with many core electrons, such as mercury, gold, and bismuth. Diamagnets may be levitated in stable equilibrium in a magnetic field, with no power consumption.
The Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands has conducted experiments where water and other substances were successfully levitated.
Most spectacularly, a live frog (see figure) was levitated.
In September 2009, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California announced they had successfully levitated mice using a superconducting magnet. They hope to perform experiments regarding the effects of microgravity on bone and muscle mass. Recent experiments studying the growth of protein crystals have led to a technique using powerful magnets to allow growth in ways that counteract Earth’s gravity. Metallic hexagonal crystals reported on the craft also show a diamagnetic behavior and may act as waveguides in superconductors. The discs likely develop a time-varying diamagnetic field that interacts with the earth’s magnetic field. The Roswell craft had advanced technology, an organic technology that is able to grow an ordered structure from a crystalline matrix. Such organic technology is our next step in growing homes and vehicles that can change their shape.
X-33
The Roswell craft may have become the model for Lockheed’s X-33, a rocket-based Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV). The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-33 uses a lifting body shape coupled with a rocket engine to propel the vehicle to over Mach 15. The lifting body shape is similar to the stingray.
It seems amazing that aliens would use so many designs similar to under water living entities. This indicates they live underwater or came from a planet with similar water conditions. We can even speculate alien humanoids developed a civilization beneath the sea speculated
Carl Feindt in his book “UFOs and Water” the Sea, lakes and rivers” discuss the large number of sightings that have occurred in water, leaving and entering the Sea, lakes and rivers. Carl does not feel there is an Earth based civilization that aliens simply use water as a convenient hiding place.
Townsend. T. Brown experimented with disc- shaped capacitors that were suspended and charged with high voltages. The Brown Effect is usually referred to as electro gravity. Objects that are highly polarized and develop high voltages tend to lose weight and levitate. A complete theory of electro gravity has not yet been worked out. Experiments with spinning objects also show gravitationally anomalous effects. Flying saucers are surrounded by an ionizing field that levitates and propels them as well as acting as a refractive lens to divert light in stealth mode.
The Air Force discovered that the entire vehicle functioned just like a giant capacitor. In other words, the craft itself stored the energy necessary to propagate the magnetic wave that elevated it, allowed it to achieve escape velocity from the earth’s gravity, and enabled it to achieve speeds of over seven thousand miles per hour. It was as if gravity was being folded around the outside of the wave that enveloped the craft.
UFO Debris from New Mexico
Engineers marveled at the thin amalgam of the most refined copper and purest silver they had ever seen that covered the ship’s underside. The metal was remarkable for its conductivity, as if the entire craft were an electrical circuit offering no resistance to the flow of current. [p107] Accelerating from a near stationary hover above a given spot, like a helicopter, to speeds in excess of seven thousand miles per hour in a matter of seconds? The craft itself was an electrical circuit.
That the flight suits – “flight skins” is a better description – the creatures wore were made of a substance whose atomic structure was elongated, strengthened lengthwise, so as to provide a directional flow to any current applied to it. The engineers who first discovered this were amazed at the pure conductivity of these skins, functionally like the skin of the craft itself and their obvious ability to protect the wearer while at the same time vectoring some kind of electronic field. [p108]
The debris and the spacecraft indicated that an engine didn’t somehow fall out of the craft when it crashed. A conventional engine was never there in the first place. What we found was that the craft seemed to have had the ability to store as well as conduct a vast amount of current. What if the craft itself were the engine, imparted with a steady current from another source that it stored as if it were a giant capacitor? This would be like charging the battery in an electric car and running it until the battery was drained. [p109]
The Roswell craft was simply a capacitor that stored current that was controlled or vectored by the pilot and was able to be recharged in some way or could recharge itself with some form of built-in generator. Scientists who had gone to the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field to see the debris were speculating that the electronic potential of the Roswell craft reminded them of the German and British antigravity experiments of the 1920s and 1930s. Tesla and a number of other European scientists had been pioneers in the conversion of circumscribed small-area antigravity fields out of electromagnetic fields. [p110]
But what if the flying craft already carried enough electric potential and storage capacity to retain its power, just like a very advanced flying battery? Then it might have all the power it needed to propagate and vector a wave directionally by shifting its magnetic poles. If the magnetic field theory experiments carried out by engineers and electrical energy pioneers Paul Biefeld and Townsend Brown in the 1920s at the California Institute for Advanced Studies were accurately reported – and the U.S. military as well as scientific record keepers at Hoover’s young Bureau of Investigation kept very close tabs on what these engineers were doing – then the technological theory for antigravity flight existed before World War II.
The Germans developed and flew flying disks
If the EBEs utilized a wave-propagation technology as an antigravity drive and navigation system, then they traveled inside Molecular alignment metallic alloys. [p111- p115]
About the only possible process that could interfere with the electromagnetic field drive we suspected the aliens were using was a directed-particle energy-beam weapon that could disrupt the electromagnetic wave formation around the spacecraft and penetrate the antigravity field. [p245]
Tesla wrote about the theories behind the distortion or manipulation of a gravitational field through the propagation of electromagnetic waves, and the extraterrestrials seemed to have employed just that kind of technology for a propulsion system. [p249] Thanks to Carl Feindt, Bill McDonald, Curtis@hello-earth.com
Note:UFOs are often seen above power stations, power lines, thunderstorms and pyramids taking on electrical current. All seem to be able to generate electrical and magnetic energy that apparently the UFO uses.
That ETs, angels, and humans may be from the future is a 1960s “Star Trek” narrative that he parrots and given that time is probably circular––the past, present, and future are all happening at once and can be traversed at will with technology––it’s no biggy.
Jack Sarfatti claims. “That’s what metric engineering physics i.e., control of gravity with SMALL amounts of energy is all about! The physics is elementary, so you are right it’s no biggy – all sufficiently advanced civilizations have it. For us right now the engineering of metamaterials is the biggy.”
Many leading Ufologists have no understanding of the energy problem and no understanding of why the metamaterials are needed.
Area 51 Pyramid
Area 51 Pyramid
The Air Force’s infamous super-secret base at Groom Lake, Nevada also known as “Area 51” or “Dreamland” has constructed a massive desert pyramid. It could be a radar site, but speculation suggests it may tie into the network of ancient pyramids worldwide and draw upon alien technology to absorb the energies to power ancient UFOs? Pyramids are magnificent structures thought to have been alien. Scientists in China and Russia think so. Now, the hidden technology of those ancient structures is being activated as massive pyramids around the globe are shooting pulsing streams of raw energy deep into space. What is their purpose? Are they really conduits of cosmic energy as some have claimed? Were some pyramids actually designed by aliens that created a worldwide network of advanced city-states based on their super science? Who really knows? Well, maybe the United States Air Force knows.
Pyramid technology is ancient and global. Fantastic pyramids have been discovered beneath the twisted growth of South American jungles, the ocean’s floors, on high plateaus and desolate deserts around the world often with a series of pipes stretching out for miles or various underground water canals. Hundreds were built in Tibet and China allegedly by blue eyed, white skinned blonde aliens who had flying machines.
Some who’ve researched these ancient silent stone sentinels are convinced that at least a few of the mighty structures are actually advanced machines engineered to accomplish purposes so vast that the energies unleashed could dwarf today’s most advanced technology.’
With the recent astonishing activity of Aztec and Mayan pyramids, and the giant pyramid in Bosnia, the hypothesis that some of the ancient structures are power machines suddenly appears entirely credible. World’s Pyramids Beaming Energy to Mysterious Space Cloud.
Giza power plant pyramids have underwater Canals
Explorer, researcher and author, Christopher Dunn wrote, The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt. While his perspective on ancient technology was dramatic, it was also testable. Electrical engineers have made the case that some of the more ancient pyramids are actually gigantic machines that generate power. Some have even built models that prove their contention that pyramidal structures are natural reservoirs of energy and can function as huge capacitors and generators of electricity.
Dr. Demetriev has revealed that both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes reported the entire solar system is at risk. Worse, Merav Opher, a NASA Heliophysics Guest Investigator from George Mason University claims this interstellar energy cloud is unstable and turbulent.
The Russian scientist further asserts this photonic cloud of energy is exciting the atmospheres of the planets and especially our sun. As this interstellar energy cloud continues to excite and interact with the sun, it causes the sun to become more active, resulting in greater output and instability. This may be partly responsible for the warming temperatures on Earth.
Communist COVID- 19 Biggest Story of 2020- 2021
Ben Domenech Fox TV
“The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)is actively engaged in an effort to undermine our American way of life,” Domenech said. “But China is doing this with the active cooperation of our fellow Americans. Their partners in this project aren’t just malevolent spies manipulating doofus California congressmen. It’s none other than our own cultural, business and academic elites who they have bought and paid for a thousand times over. Our elites now operate hand-in-glove with the Communist Party of China, doing its bidding even when it harms the freedoms and rights that are the birthright of every American.”
The actor John Cena, National Basketball Association player LeBron James, Apple, Amazon, Intel, American universities, the Walt Disney Company, and the Biden administration, saying they sold out to the CCP. Notably, the lone U.S.-based major institution “willing to stand up to the CCP” in 2021 was the Women’s Tennis Association. The WTA suspended its Chinese operations after China “quasi-imprison[ed]” Peng Shuai, a Chinese tennis player who levied a sexual assault allegation against former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, Domenech added. The CCP’s attempts at “subverting and ending American freedom” are partly due to “power politics,” Domenech said.
“But it’s something more than that,” he added. “Mostly, they do it because the Communist Party of China believes it is locked in a life-or-death struggle with the United States, and unlike us, it acts accordingly.” Listen to entire story https://www.foxnews.com/media/chinese-communist-party-american-elites-domenech
Communist Laboratory Wuhan Institute of Virology
Chinese Communist Media tells their people every day they are at war with the United States. The apparent Chinese plan was put in effect with a general in charge of the Bio-Warfare operation at the Wuhan Lab. In the bioweapon industry, genetic engineering is used to manipulate genes to create new pathogenic characteristics aimed at enhancing the efficacy of the weapon through increased survivability, infectivity, virulence, and drug resistance. In addition to large-scale production, effective bioweapons must act quickly, be environmentally robust, and their effects must be treatable for those who are implementing the bioweapon. COVID -19 appears to meet these conditions of an effective bioweapon, which cannot be found in nature. By replacing existing genes with harmful genes, this technique can be used to manufacture bioweapons using Sars Virus and HIV genes.
The Wuhan lab leak is now the most likely origin of the coronavirus pandemic according to British Intelligence. MPs have been told the Wuhan lab leak accidently or planned is now the origin of the coronavirus pandemic because Beijing tried to cover it up, British MPs were told today. Covid 19 shows vivid proof that viruses can be just as destructive and terrifying—if not more so—than the use of nuclear weapons.
Harvard scientist Dr. Alina Chan told the Science and Technology Select Committee that it is ‘reasonable’ to believe that COVID was genetically engineered in China. In recent years, China has been investing heavily in strategically important sectors in science, technology, and biomedicine.
She also said that the Chinese Communist Party’s cover-up of the initial outbreak in Wuhan two years ago and attempts to sabotage the World Health Organization’s inquiry into the origins of the pandemic made the lab-leak theory likely
China established a half a dozen labs of the highest level of (BSL-4) or P4 (pathogen or protection level 4), in several cities. The Chinese Labs obtained funds from Dr. Fauci who approved millions of dollars for advanced research into deadly viruses.
Prior to the outbreak, researchers at the lab had been studying bat-based coronaviruses in a project partially supported by $600,000 a year in US government funding routed from the nonprofit Eco Health Alliance, the Daily Caller reported.
Harvard Scientist: COVID-19 Originated from Wuhan Lab Leak Published December 16th, 2021
The Wuhan lab leak is now the most likely origin of the coronavirus pandemic that may have been accidental or planned as bio-warfare, because Beijing tried to cover it up.
Harvard scientist Dr. Alina Chan told the Science and Technology Select Committee that it is ‘reasonable’ to believe that COVID was genetically engineered in China.
Thousands of Chinese leave Wuhan and carry COVID-19 around the world
Once COVID-19 was in the Wuhan population they were forbidden to travel to any place in China. Hundreds of thousands of Wuhan Chinese were sent around the world to spread the virus. Why is COVID-19 not being treated as a bioweapon when our top generals and admirals know differently, as well as Nobel Prize-winning biologists, intelligence analysts, authoritative academics? The unusually fast spread of the disease suggests the Chinese were spreading the disease with biological warfare aerosol containers, or even spraying from aircraft. Chinese food sold all over the world is not tested for COVID-19 except in China. The COVID-19 is highly transmissible and deadly. Despite “tracking the call” and carefully examining patient contact, it is not yet clear how the virus is transmitted from one sick person to another. Airborne transmission can occur through two different modes and does not require physical contact between an infected person and a susceptible person. Recently, epidemiologists have estimated that more than 85 % of infections in China (Wuhan), were “undocumented” prior to the travel restrictions, with “limited, mild or no symptoms” and never were tested. Remarkably, the modeling shows that 79 % of cases are actually infected by undocumented peoples. Normal and ordinary speech converts significant amounts of respiratory particles into airborne aerosols. Respiratory virus can be detected on the surfaces for 48 h or more.
Droplets and aerosols >5 μm settle within 6 feet away from the infected person who produces them, due to gravity. The method through which a biological weapon is deployed depends on the agent itself, its preparation, its durability, and the route of infection. Attackers may disperse these agents through aerosols or food, and water supplies. COVID-19 is often detected in wastewater of many cities.
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology published a preprint scientific paper where they reported their findings on four unique inserts of key structural proteins of HIV-1 in COVID-19, a result which was “unlikely to be found in nature” (Pradhan et al. 2020). In other words, the novel coronavirus had been genetically engineered.
There is strong evidenced the Chinese Communist Party’s cover-up of the initial outbreak in Wuhan two years ago and attempts to sabotage the World Health Organization’s inquiry into the origins of the pandemic make the lab-leak theory likely.
Lord Ridley, who has co-authored a book on the origin of the virus with Dr. Chan, said the fact that experts have still not found the animal host that would support a natural origin despite two years of research supports claim that COVID came from a lab.
Recent revelations of China’s attempted cover-up have forced British and US intelligence officials to take seriously the lab-leak hypothesis. National Institutes of Health
Bio Warfare Major General Chen Wei
China’s official reaction has added fuel to the fires of suspicion. In mid-February, Chen Wei, a major general in the People’s Liberation Army and a leading biological weapons expert at the Academy of Military Science, was appointed to take the helm at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. She directed making the virus into a bio warfare weapon and spreading it around the world.
The COVID -19 has killed 815,000 Americans thus far, so their plan has been successful. China as of 29 December 2021, there have been 131,315 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 5,699 deaths, reported to WHO.
In the 18 months since, more than 14,886 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in China and only four people have died, according to the China National Health Commission. China developed their vaccine a year before the United States showing their preparation for handling the virus. Deaths from COVID-19 have surpassed five million worldwide. It is COVID-19 was designed to targets most people but making the Chinese immune or showing only minimal or no symptoms, yet it would be fatal to the intended targets. Most of the Chinese population had received billions of vaccinations by July of 2020.
President Biden and Xi
Supreme leader Xi Jinping, in order to “to strengthen areas of weakness and close the loopholes exposed by the epidemic,” ordered the establishment of a law on biosecurity to prevent release of any data. (Xinhua News 2020).
These remarks were taken by some commentators in the West as a tacit admission of the lab origins of the virus.
The Biden Administration has stopped US Intelligence from investigating the source of the COVID 19. Critical information about the origins of this pandemic exists in the People’s Republic of China, yet from the beginning, China has worked to prevent international investigators from accessing it. www.independentnews.com
General and Dr. Robert Spalding’s book “Stealth War: How China expert Spalding fluent in Mandarin. reveals the shocking success China has had infiltrating American institutions and compromising our national security.
Strange Craft
The True Story of an Air Force Intelligence Officer’s Life with UFOs
U.S. Air Force Major George Filer belongs to the generation of pilots and airmen who first became aware of the strange aircraft showing up in the Earth’s atmosphere after World War II. These men – military professionals who flew planes, served as radar operators and air traffic controllers at airfields around the world – began to whisper amongst themselves about encounters with suspected extraterrestrial aircraft.
During secret debriefings at U.S. bases, pilots and air crew told their commanders of seeing UFOs off their plane’s wings. Award-winning investigative author John Guerra spent four years interviewing Filer, a decorated intelligence officer.
From objects in the skies over Cold War Europe to a UFOs over during the Cuban Missile Crisis to lights over the DMZ in Vietnam Filer leaves nothing out about his Air Force UFO encounters,
Filer’s most memorable case – the shooting of an alien at Fort Dix Army Base in 1978 – is fully recounted. Filer describes his UFO encounters in this incredible book, by John L. Guerra.
Special reports are: NASA astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell saw UFOs, Are UFOs from Under the Sea? Area 51 Pyramid, Communist COVID- 19 Biggest Story of 2020- 21, C-60 and Strange Craft.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, Jordan, Mexico, England in the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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 UFOs are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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UFO Sightings in the United States
Sightings are from MUFON CMS
California Object
Ontario— on December 18, 2021, between 6:14 to 6:15 I noticed a very unusual chem trail illuminated in the sky. I took seven photos because of its unusual shape and glow captured objects other than the chemical trail. The three objects in question were only noticed upon review of the photos flying fast.
Colorado Object
Aspen– on December 1, 2021, this is a stock photo from Pixlr. When I brought this photo into Illustrator to place it on a template. I enlarged the photo in Photoshop but can’t tell exactly what it is.
Florida Lights
Saint Petersburg – on December 25, 2021, the sighting was on bridge over the Boca Ceiga Bay. I stopped my bicycle on the bridge to take a picture of the moon when I saw falling blue streaks on camera screen that I captured.
Illinois Object
Rockford— on June 16, 2021, I was sitting in backyard looking at clouds and. I noticed a silvery metallic cylinder with rounded ends. I grabbed my phone and took three pictures. I estimate its length to be 10-20 feet long and 6-8 feet in diameter it was moving west 20-30 miles per hour and disappeared.
Indiana Lights
Long Island– on December7, 2021, I was getting out of the car with my dad and we both noticed a large spiral cloud going straight up next to the tiniest ball of light moving up next to the long cloud.
Maine Objects
Brewer – on December 15, 2021, at 1:28 pm at work, I looked out of the window and saw two silent oddly-shaped objects hovering. I captured some video of them, but the top of the window was in the way as it flew up.
New Jersey Light and Triangle
Trenton– on September 19, 2021, I went outside to report to my security post and looking up saw a UFO. I didn’t think it was a plane since I didn’t see any wings or anything that planes have.
Sparta– on December 14, 2021, I witnessed two flying triangle shaped objects with a commercial plane behind them at about 30 to 35,000 feet. These objects were at 10,000 feet with a very bright light underneath the center. One disappeared followed by the second one 5 seconds later.
New York Object
Riverhead – on December 25, 2021, square object moving east at an even pace.
Ohio Light
Marian– on December 15, 2021, my son video it
Pennsylvania Objects
Royersford – on September 22, 2021, five black shapes, either circle or diamond with haze or force field around them. Moving quickly then stopping across the sky. Sighting was close to Limerick nuclear power plant
Tennessee Lights
Whitehouse – on December 25, 2021, craft stopped and appeared from nowhere. First was horizontal, would pulsate, disappear then turn vertical and moved slowly then disappeared again.
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Object
Adelaide – on December 22, 2021, while photographing an aircraft passing over my house, I noticed a dark cigar shaped object fly pass the aircraft at speed, I was lucky enough to get a photo. The object was heading west as it passed the aircraft. The duration was 5 to 6 seconds.
Canada Objects
Brewer – on December 15, 2021, while at lunch at 1:28 pm at work, I Looked out of the window and saw two silent oddly-shaped objects hovering. I captured some video of them, but the top of the window was in the way. I went outside and one of the objects was gone. The other just went straight up and disappeared after ten minutes.
Jordan Lights
Wadi Rum – on December 30, 2021, beams from or to lights.
Mexico Light
Torreon – on December 20, 2021, these bright lights formed a disc above the clouds, not perceptible at first sight but clear on the picture
UK/England Object
London – on December 25, 2021, Northrop Grumman leads the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built for billions of dollars…
The Webb NASA Telescope will fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe.
Ukraine Lights
Odessa– on December 25, 2021, when I was driving home from work, I noticed a strange light in the sky and decided to stop and watch. The objects were, above the sea, near to the port of Odessa.
Uruguay Object
Montevideo – on December 1, 2021, fast small ships
Venezuela Light
Maracay on October 13, 2021, this video was taken by a cousin who did not believe in the UFO phenomenon until he saw it. He comments that there were two and one very quickly disappeared, but he was able to film the second. They broke the laws of physics.
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If a professor of military history at a military college who specializes in terrorism warned you of possible attacks on major cities around the world … would you believe him? What if his warning was about cities being destroyed by asteroids weaponized by extraterrestrials? What if he said this scenario would be much worse than anything dreamed up so fat by science fiction novelists or movie makers? Would we have a chance of survival? Are you skeptical … or worried?
“You have to assume any civilization is acting in what it perceives to be its own best interest — they are not showing up because they want to be benevolent.”
Meet Paul J. Springer, a Professor of Comparative Military History at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama who teaches courses on strategy, terrorism, and military history, and is currently researching cyber warfare and military robotics. In an exclusive interview with The Sun Online, he lays out realistic scenarios on how aliens may already be scouting Earth to determine the best ways to invade, attack, conquer and rule – and it sounds eerily like our own human history of warfare.
“If I wanted to take down a civilization, I would want to shut them down and make sure you know I shut them down. So you would know, you were essentially at my mercy. They would be hoping that humans will recognize when they are beaten and accept the status quo.”
Does that sound familiar? Springer likens an ET invasion to the European conquest of the continents that became the Americas. While they may have been looking for a place to escape from oppression and live in peace at first, taking advantage of the indigenous people and their bountiful resources soon took over. Springer says space travelers may indeed be nomads or refugees, but they’ll probably need something that Earth provides … and it will probably be something we humans will not give up willingly or even trade for a fair exchange.
“Wait a minute!”, you may be thinking. “We have an advantage … we saw ‘Independence Day’! Plus we have nukes and rockets and lasers and stuff! Plus they would have to bring enough weapons and soldiers to conquer us while we already have stockpiles and we’re guarding our own home turf.”
Good points, says Springer. However, any civilization intelligent enough to travel that far and that long may be ready to take its time and figure out how to use our own resources against us. That’s where he sees aliens looking at the asteroid belt like the biblical David eying a huge pile of rocks to sling at a giant enemy with limited resources in comparison. A nonstop barrage of asteroids could be as demoralizing as carpet bombing was in past human wars.
Do we have any hope against such an enemy invasion?
Again, history may provide some solutions, according to Springer.
“Survival, because without forces-in-being you can’t offer a coherent response. Capture, because you need to determine their capabilities and potential vulnerabilities. Plus, there’s always the possibility that they would value their own personnel to such an extent that you might be able to open communications.”
Rather than fighting back until our resources are gone, Springer seems to propose a strategy of hide-and-wait until the enemy’s resources are low … a strategy that worked well when Muhammad Ali called it “Rope-a-dope.” Once the depleted enemy lands, humans come out of their hiding places and capture them, reverse-engineer their ships and weapons, and either fight back or use the prisoners and weapons as bargaining chips.
Would such a strategy work? Muhammad Ali would say it’s worked before – it will work again. Would aliens really attack us with our own solar system’s asteroids? Military strategists are probably saying that sounds like a good technique for our own Space Force and its next generations.
Perhaps it’s time we learned that the best movies don’t always provide the best strategies.
It is known that the asteroid that impacted Earth 66 million years ago killed off the dinosaurs as well as numerous other species – non-avian dinosaurs and at least 75% of all life on Earth went extinct. But many of those creatures were wiped out during several months of darkness that covered parts of the planet after the impact. The ash and particles from the many wildfires covered the sky which blocked out the sun. In addition to the countless fires, the impact also caused acid rain and cooler temperatures.
Following the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, parts of the planet would have been plunged into darkness.
This constant darkness in certain regions led to countless other species going extinct. In fact, some of these areas were in total darkness for as long as two years. Photosynthesis would have been non-existent and even when the sun eventually returned, the damage had already been done. It was theorized in the 1980s that a “nuclear winter scenario” would have occurred after the impact (this included darkness) that caused some of the mass extinctions, but it’s only been in recent years that experts were able to calculate how the darkness really did affect life on our planet.
In their models, the scientists recreated the ecology during that time period and used 300 species that would have been alive – their fossils had previously been found in the Hell Creek Formation and date back to the late part of the Cretaceous Period when the asteroid hit Earth. “We focused on that region because the fossil record is well-sampled and well-understood ecologically, so we could reconstruct the paleocommunity reliably,” explained Peter Roopnarine who is a curator of geology in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology at California Academy of Sciences.
Then they exposed the model to different lengths of darkness, from 100 to 700 days and they found that it would have set in very quickly and been at its maximum level within only a few weeks. Additionally, they realized that if the darkness would have persisted for 150 days or less, the ecosystems would have been able to recover. But if it lasted more than 200 days, there would have been irreplaceable damage as “some species went extinct and patterns of dominance shifted” the scientists explained. If the darkness would have lasted between 650 and 700 days, 65% to 81% of species would have been wiped out. Based on those calculations, the areas around the Hell Creek Formation would have endured darkness for approximately two years.
But that is only one region as Roopnarine noted in an email to Live Science, “Conditions varied across the globe because of atmospheric flow and temperature variation…” But as for the Hell Creek regions, it would have taken about 40 years for that ecosystem to begin to bounce back. It’s hard to image how much catastrophe one large impact caused.
Op 23 juni 2020, om 22:02 uur zagen Jasmina Van Wrydeve en haar moeder Manuela Dello een UFO in Zeebrugge (België) vanuit hun appartement vlakbij de zee. Ze slaagden erin het evenement vast te leggen en vertelden ons dat dit geen geïsoleerd evenement was. Volgens hen is er tegenwoordig veel UFO-activiteit op de Noordzee.
In 2018, a triangle-shaped UFO was spotted on a US military base and became international news. Experts analyze the original footage to determine its legitimacy.
Four new dinosaurs including the 'horned crocodile-faced hell heron' are among 550 new animal and plant species discovered by Natural History Museum staff this year
Four new dinosaurs including the 'horned crocodile-faced hell heron' are among 550 new animal and plant species discovered by Natural History Museum staff this year
Over the last 12 months, Natural History Museum staff have described a total of 552 species new to science
This includes four dinosaurs from the UK, one from China and one from Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco
There's also a newly-found beetle from India named after Larry the cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office
Four new dinosaurs including the 'horned crocodile-faced hell heron' are among more than 550 new animal and plant species discovered by staff at the Natural History Museum (NHM) this year.
The museum's annual round-up of newly discovered species range from some of the smallest invertebrates swimming in the oceans to ferocious predators that stalked the land millions of years ago.
By far the biggest and most fearsome new species to have been described this year are a pair of giant carnivorous dinosaurs known as spinosaurs, discovered from remains on the Isle of Wight.
The predators were named the 'riverbank hunter' and 'horned crocodile-faced hell heron' after the swampy environment they would once have lived and hunted in.
The more ferocious of the two, the 'horned crocodile-faced hell heron', was named due to a series of low horns and bumps across the brow region and its 'heron-like' hunting style.
Both are thought to have roamed land that is now the the Isle of Wight around 129 million years ago.
Artist's depiction of the two new species of spinosaurid dinosaurs discovered on the Isle of Wight, named ‘Hell heron’ (foreground) and ‘Riverbank hunter’
Silhouettes showing the bones discovered. Ceratosuchops inferodios (hell heron) in the foreground, Riparovenator milnerae (riverbank hunter) in the background
Remains from Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis, a 'chunky' sauropod which had an unusually large funny bone, uncovered in China
NEWLY-FOUND DINOSAUR SPECIES
Ceratosuchops inferodios:Known as 'hell heron' and found in the Isle of Wight
Riparovenator milnerae: Known as 'riverbank hunter', also from the Isle of Wight
Brighstoneus simmondsi: An iguanodontian with an unusual snout also from the Isle of Wight
Spicomellus afer: The earliest ankylosaur and first to have been found in Africa
Pendraig milnerae: The earliest known carnivorous dinosaur from the UK
Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis: A chunky sauropod from China
The museum's total new species for discovered by staff this year – 552 – is despite international travel to field sites or other museum collections having remained largely off limits due to Covid-19 restrictions.
'It's been a fantastic year for the description of new dinosaurs, especially from the UK,' said Dr Susannah Maidment, a senior researcher in paleobiology at the NHM, who helped describe some of these new finds.
'Although we've known about the UK's dinosaur heritage for over 150 years, the application of new techniques and new data from around the world is helping us to uncover a hidden diversity of British dinosaurs.
'These specimens are parts of a vast palaeobiological jigsaw puzzle that allows us to understand environments of the past and how they changed over time.'
Riverbank hunter and hell heron were huge carnivorous dinosaurs that most likely walked upright. Their massive, crocodile-like jaws show that they mostly ate fish and possibly other dinosaurs too.
In total, four of these were from the UK, one was uncovered in China and the other from the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis, from China, was a 'chunky' sauropod with an unusually large funny bone.
Meanwhile, Spicomellus afer from Morocco was an ankylosaur and had an odd series of spikes attached to the rib.
Ankylosaurs were a diverse group of armoured dinosaurs related to the stegosaurs, which were present throughout the Cretaceous period from 145 to 66 million years ago.
A bizarre armoured spike fossil, found in Morocco, belonged to a new species of dinosaur that was 'unlike anything else in the animal kingdom,' NHM researchers found
Artistic reconstruction of Brighstoneous simmondsi, a new igaunodontian with an unusual snout found on the Isle of Wight, UK
Artistic reconstruction of the 'small-bodied' Welsh theropod Pendraig milnerae, the earliest carnivorous dinosaur from the UK
NHM made a number of other fossil finds this year, including algae, arachnids trapped in amber and fossil bryozoans – microscopic aquatic invertebrates that live in colonies, also known as moss animals.
The museum also found two ancient mammals – Megalomys camerhogne, which belonged to a group of rodents which once lived scattered across the Caribbean, and Borealestes cullinensis, a 'Jurassic mouse' from the Isle of Skye, Scotland that would have scurried around the feet of dinosaurs 166 million years ago.
Many of the new species described this year have been crustaceans, in particular 291 species of copepods – small, shrimp-like creatures that are found near water.
Despite their small and unassuming appearance, they are critical to our planet's ecology and carbon cycle, according to the NHM, and form the major component of zooplankton.
'Copepods are not only free-living but many are parasites, and they can be found living in virtually every other major animal group,' said Professor Geoff Boxshall, researcher in the department of life sciences at the NHM.
'I have been focusing my research on these parasitic copepods from fishes and marine invertebrate hosts.'
Museum scientists have also described 52 species of wasps, 13 moths, seven crabs, six flies, five amphipods and 90 beetles.
The moths includes Wallace's sphinx moth, which has the longest tongue of any insect, according to the NHM, used for reaching the bottom of the nectar tubes.
The moth is notable for having been predicted to exist by Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, some 40 years before it was recorded in the wild.
The beetles included a pair of glitteringly purple and green metallic beetles from India, a chunky monochromatic beetle with a large pair of jaws from the Philippines and Caccothryptus larryi, a minute marsh loving beetle named in honour of Larry the cat at 10 Downing Street.
A beautiful green Donaciolagria regia beetle from India. This is the female of the species which is a different colour from the male (below)
Donaciolagria regia female. Note the striking differences in colour between the male and female of this particular Indian species
Caccothryptus larryi - a minute marsh-loving beetle from India named after Larry the cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office
There's also Rhabdophis bindi, a new species of snake from India and Bangladesh that lives in tropical evergreen forest.
Rhabdophis bindi has a red spot on the nape of the neck, 'reminiscent of the red beauty spot adorning the foreheads of Indian women', according to a paper describing the species.
Three new species of lizards have also been described, including a fan-throated lizard and a gecko from India, as well as one new species of frog from Vietnam.
There has also been a new species of caecilian, a type of snake-like amphibian which lives primarily underground and in the water.
Rhabdophis bindi - a new species of snake from India and Bangladesh that lives in tropical evergreen forest. Note the red spot on the nape of the neck, 'reminiscent of the red beauty spot adorning the foreheads of Indian women', according to a paper describing the species
Pictured here is impatiens versicolor - one of five new species of jewelweeds, or touch-me-nots, described from eastern Africa
NHM also found five new species of plants from eastern Africa. Known as jewelweeds or touch-me-nots, they usually produce delicate pink or white flowers, except for a few species which have switched to producing red flowers.
Rather than being pollinated by butterflies, these red flowers are visited by birds, which find it easier to pick the colour red out from amongst green foliage.
NHM staff were also involved in classification of a piece of space rock that fell to Earth in a blazing fireball in February this year.
The space rock burnt through the atmosphere before coming to a sudden stop on a driveway in the Gloucestershire town of Winchcombe.
Winchcombe meteorite. A piece of the meteorite which fell to earth during lockdown in February, the first observed meteorite fall to have been recovered in the UK in 30 years
Hundreds of people spotted the fireball streaking across the night sky, and within a matter of hours researchers were able to get out and recover over 600 grams of the meteorite that had travelled billions of kilometres.
Each official meteorite becomes its own type specimen, which is roughly analogous to being a new species.
'The Winchcombe meteorite is the first meteorite fall to be recovered in the UK for 30 years,' said Dr Helena Bates, a researcher at the museum who was involved with recovering the Winchcombe meteorite.
'Winchcombe is thought to come from an asteroid that has remained largely unchanged since the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.'
Tabwecala robinsoni. This rather striking new moth from Vanuatu is one of 14 new species of moths and butterflies described this year
Xanthopan praedicta. This species of moth was predicted to exist by Darwin and Wallace, and was finally recognised as its own species this year
Neanthes goodayi. A new species polychaete worm found to live within the polymetallic nodules which are being eyed up for deep sea mining
Eurythenes atacamensis. One of two colour morphs of giant isopod from the Atacama Trench off the coasts of Peru and Chile
Crinitostella laguardai. It is a deep-sea wood-dwelling seastar from the Gulf of Mexico which feeds on wood at the bottom of the ocean
It was a very busy and productive year for the Natural History Museum as their experts described 552 new species that included dinosaurs, crustaceans, plants, and even a meteorite.
The majority of the new species described by the museum were a group of crustaceans called copepods. Wherever there is water, you’ll find the small shrimp-like creatures. “Copepods are not only free-living but many are parasites and they can be found living in virtually every other major animal group,” stated Professor Geoff Boxshall. A total of 291 copepods species were described in 2021.
A total of 52 wasps, 13 moths, 7 crabs, 6 flies, and 5 amphipods were described as well. Additionally, 91 new beetle species were described that included a couple of green and purple glittering metallic beetles that were from India.
There were 10 new species of amphibians and reptiles that included five snakes. The other five included a fan-throated lizard and a gecko found in India; a frog from Vietnam; another frog that is categorized as likely extinct; and a snake-like amphibian called a caecilian. Eight algae species, six parasitic worms, and three diatoms were described as well.
(Not any of the frogs mentioned in this article.)
Five new plants species from the eastern part of Africa were described which included jewelweeds that have white or pink flowers (very few have red flowers).
Six new dinosaur species – four which were found in the United Kingdom – have been described by the museum. Two of them were large carnivorous spinosaurs that were found on the Isle of Wight. The other two that were discovered in the UK were a dinosaur with a huge nose called a Brighstoneus simmondsi (also found on the Isle of Wight); and the Pendraig milnerae which was the earliest ever carnivorous dinosaur found in the United Kingdom. The two species that were not found in the UK were the Spicomellus afer which was the first ever ankylosaur discovered in Africa; and a sauropod from China named Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis.
Other discoveries included fossil bryozoans (also called moss animals), algae, arachnids, and brachiopods that were trapped inside of amber. An ancient relative of crocodiles was described as well. There were two prehistoric mammals – Megalomys camerhogne from the Caribbean, and the Borealestes cullinensis which was a “Jurassic mouse” that lived about 166 million years ago in Scotland.
(Not the mouse mentioned in this article.)
A very interesting discovery was made in February of 2021 when a fireball flew through the sky before landing in a driveway in the town of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. More than 600 grams of the meteorite were located in the driveway. It was revealed that the space rock had come from billions of kilometers away and was heated to more than 1,600 degrees Celsius (2,912 degrees Fahrenheit) when it streaked across the sky. This meteorite, which has been classified as being a carbonaceous chondrite, was the first to have been found in the United Kingdom in the last 30 years and is believed to date back 4.6 billion years when our Solar System first formed.
Pictures of some of the creatures and of the meteorite can be viewed here.
Another new species from the deep is the giant amphipod Eurythenes atacamensis, found to be living in the depths of the Atacama Trench.
Because of its connection to so many of the world’s religions, there are many stories in the Hebrew bible that are familiar to most people – even atheists. The Book of Exodus story of the burning bush – the original ‘call waiting’ sign of a bush in flames yet not being consumed that let Moses know he was about to receive an important message, is a good example. While few of these incidents have been proven by historians – even biblical one – the ‘burning bush’ may have roots based in a natural phenomenon, according to The New York Times. However, as in so many of these cases, the truth about one aspect may refute another. Finally, this new revelation once again links modern religions to practices and belief of previous non-Christian religions – a repurposing to help convince others to join voluntarily … before being dragged in by force. All of that is part of this new story of the burning bush.
“At midday, with the sun low in the sky on one of the shortest days of the year, he peered across a deep ravine and spotted a strange aura of light, flickering like flames, emanating from a spot on a sheer rock face.”
That’s not a modern translation of Hebrew text on a Dead Sea scroll but a 2003 event that begins the quest to explain the burning bush. According to The New York Times, a tour guide walking on Mount Karkom (Har Karkom or ‘Mountain of Saffron’) at the time of the winter solstice saw a glare of light reflected from the sides of a cave that the Israeli television quickly deemed the “burning bush” even though there was no bush and it occurred on the wrong mount – the mountain of the biblical version was Mount Sinai, whose real location remains disputed but is most often thought to be Mount Horeb. Did a guide just rewrite biblical history?
“At the base of Mount Karkom, named in Hebrew for a desert crocus, there is evidence that ancient migration trails converged here and that cultic rituals took place in the area. Mr. Anati identified what he thought was a sacrificial altar with the remains of 12 pillars of stone that could conceivably correspond to the one described in Exodus 24 that Moses built, representing the 12 tribes of Israel.”
Actually, he added credence to a theory proposed nearly 50 years earlier by Italian archeologist Emmanuel Anati, who found thousands of rock carvings and rock circles on a plateau of Mount Karkom, about 2,500 feet above sea level – including scenes some claimed matched stories in the Hebrew bible. Anati eventually propose that Mount Karkom “should be identified with the sacred mountain of the biblical narrations.” However, other scholars dispute that claim – pointing out that the carvings were made in the third millennium BCE while biblical scholars put the dating of the unproven historical exodus between 1600-1200 BCE.
Was is just a calendar error?
“Without binoculars or biblical vision, it was possible to make out a strange, if faint, glow, though some visitors expressed disappointment that the aura around the cave mouth was not more fiery.”
However, that didn’t stop a crowd from gathering on the 2021 winter solstice for a new tradition – the observation of the burning bush/cave on Mount Karkom. The New York Times reports that this year’s event included the man who started it all – Professor Anati, now in his 90s. (Photos here.)
The “Burning Bush” phenomenon, occurring on the winter solstice, at Mount Karkom in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, Dec. 21, 2021. It is actually sunlight reflecting off the sides of a cave.
(Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
Scores of people fanned across the edge of a ravine to see the “Burning Bush” phenomenon for themselves in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, Dec. 21, 2021. On the year’s shortest day, hundreds of Israelis ventured deep into the desert to witness a strange natural phenomenon atop an ancient pilgrimage site that some argue is where God spoke to Moses.
(Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
The Negev Desert, with Mount Karkom in the distance, in southern Israel, Dec. 21, 2021. On the year’s shortest day, hundreds of Israelis ventured deep into the desert to witness a strange natural phenomenon atop an ancient pilgrimage site that some argue is where God spoke to Moses.
(Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
An ancient burial site constructed by nomads in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, Dec. 21, 2021. On the year’s shortest day, hundreds of Israelis ventured deep into the desert to witness a strange natural phenomenon atop an ancient pilgrimage site that some argue is where God spoke to Moses.
(Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
He again witnessed the ‘glow’ but admitted he can’t prove this is what inspired the biblical story or that Mount Karkom is the true biblical Mount Sinai. He’d rather “bring all the opinions and evidence and let the reader decide for themselves.” That’s a noble cause, but he also refers to the area as “story of the history of humankind” – conveniently ignoring the histories going on at the same time (and long before) in the Far East, Africa, Australia and the Americas.
Gathering all of those cultural and religious histories together and THEN letting the reader decide for themselves would be an event worthy of a burning bush.
The space station is viewed from the SpaceX Cargo Dragon during its automated approach before docking.
Credit: NASA TV
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced today the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to extend International Space Station (ISS) operations through 2030, and to work with our international partners in Europe (ESA, European Space Agency), Japan (JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Canada (CSA, Canadian Space Agency), and Russia (State Space Corporation Roscosmos) to enable continuation of the groundbreaking research being conducted in this unique orbiting laboratory through the rest of this decade.
“The International Space Station is a beacon of peaceful international scientific collaboration and for more than 20 years has returned enormous scientific, educational, and technological developments to benefit humanity. I’m pleased that the Biden-Harris Administration has committed to continuing station operations through 2030,” Nelson said. “The United States’ continued participation on the ISS will enhance innovation and competitiveness, as well as advance the research and technology necessary to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon under NASA’s Artemis program and pave the way for sending the first humans to Mars. As more and more nations are active in space, it’s more important than ever that the United States continues to lead the world in growing international alliances and modeling rules and norms for the peaceful and responsible use of space.”
Bill Nelson in 2018.
(REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
Over the past two decades, the United States has maintained a continuous human presence in orbit around the Earth to test technologies, conduct scientific research, and develop skills needed to explore farther than ever before. The unique microgravity laboratory has hosted more than 3,000 research investigations from over 4,200 researchers across the world and is returning enormous scientific, educational, and technological developments to benefit people on Earth. Nearly 110 countries and areas have participated in activities aboard the station, including more than 1,500,000 students per year in STEM activities.
Instruments aboard the ISS, used in concert with free-flying instruments in other orbits, help us measure the stresses of drought and the health of forests to enable improved understanding of the interaction of carbon and climate at different time scales. Operating these and other climate-related instruments through the end of the decade will greatly increase our understanding of the climate cycle xtending operations through 2030 will continue another productive decade of research advancement and enable a seamless transition of capabilities in low-Earth orbit to one or more commercially owned and operated destinations in the late 2020s. The decision to extend operations and NASA’s recent awards to develop commercial space stations together ensure uninterrupted, continuous human presence and capabilities; both are critical facets of NASA’s International Space Station transition plan.
Amerikaanse regering wil ruimtestation ISS in gebruik houden tot 2030
De Amerikaanse regering onder leiding van president Joe Biden wil het ruimtestation International Space Station (ISS) tot 2030 operationeel houden. Dat meldt Bill Nelson, het hoofd van de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA.
In een bericht op de website van NASA meldt Nelson dat de Amerikaanse regering wil samenwerken met andere ruimtevaartorganisaties zoals het European Space Agency (ESA) en het Russische Roscosmos om onderzoek te blijven doen in het ISS.
De relatie tussen Amerika en Rusland staat wel onder druk door onder andere de situatie in Oekraïne, maar ook het opblazen van een satelliet in november vorig jaar. Dat zorgde voor brokstukken, die gevaarlijk zijn voor de astronauten in het ISS. NASA was niet te spreken over de “gevaarlijke en onverantwoorde” rakettest.
Om het ISS in gebruik te houden tot 2030, moet het Amerikaanse Congres er geld ervoor vrijmaken. Ook de internationale partners moeten aan boord zijn. Op dit moment heeft de Amerikaanse overheid budget voorzien om het ISS operationeel te houden tot 2024.
Bekijk ook deze video over de James Webb Space Telescope, de grootste ruimtetelescoop ooit:
A large top hat shaped UFO was seen over the city of Veria, Greece yesterday. The UFO caught so much attention that it made it to a Veria news site. It's a well known fact to UFO researchers worldwide that UFOs do create clouds and use those clouds both as a distraction and as camouflage. This is absolutely amazing and there is an alien base just a few hundred km away below Rocca Pia, Italy (friendship case) that extends out into the ocean...(cites friendship case report).
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
News states:
For a long time a cloud in the shape of a submissive disk stood on Veria Imathia. Time passed but still did not change shape. A flying saucer with a white hat… A strange phenomenon on New Year's day…
Guys, lets face it, the earth is covered 75% in water and alien craft can fly through space and even faster than light...so it stands to reason those alien craft can also move underwater. I believe that the safest location for an alien base is the floor of the ocean where they can come and go unnoticed by human eyes. However this alien base is off the Florida coast where its a hotbed of UFO activity. Its clear to me that these are 100% alien craft and the colors, shapes and time of day matches dozens of past sightings off the Florida coast.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
News states:
We see all kinds of things in the sky, but one Naples man is perplexed by what he saw on Wednesday. “They were kind of glowing and flickering a little bit,” said Matt Krauss. It was Wednesday evening when he and his wife looked up. They didn’t see the moon, but instead a single bright light. “New lights appeared near it and they got very, very bright at that point,” he said. “There were four of them and they kind of moved in different directions.”According to Krauss, the lights didn’t make any sound and seemed to be hovering in place. “What I can’t explain is why they were so bright, why they were stationary for, one of them was stationary for 15 minutes,” he said. Southwest Florida International Airport shared if anything abnormal was going on. They deferred us to the FAA. The FAA says we’d have to ask the military.
Astonishing Aircraft At Seatac Airport, Washington, UFO Sighting News.
Astonishing Aircraft At Seatac Airport, Washington, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery:Jan 2, 2022
Location of discovery: Seatac Airport, Washington, USA
Source:Google Earth map
This seems like it might be a Google glitch at first, but if so then it would not make any sense of why it happened? You see the planes in front and in back of the aircraft are both normal. The planes on the runway about to take off are all normal. This one aircraft however appears different than the rest. Maybe it is a normal aircraft, but what is the phenomenon that was the catalyst for this situation? I have heard a lot about UFOs disguising as normal aircraft, and this could be one of them. But also, it could be a super top secret project within this craft...something with a lot of energy within it...something that could cause a reflective bubble that could do this...like an experimental new radar or cloaking device. It may even be that a single passenger on this aircraft was not human, but alien with abilities to....slow time or speed it up perhaps. One thing I do know...this is not a normal glitch by far. There is something mysterious is happening with this aircraft.
On a geologic timescale, the emergence of the human “dataome” is like a sudden invasion by extraterrestrials or an asteroid impact that precipitates a mass extinction
Something very old, very powerful and very special has been unleashed on Earth.
Humans are strange. For a global species, we’re not particularly genetically diverse, thanks in part to how our ancient roaming explorations caused “founder effects” and “bottleneck events” that restricted our ancestral gene pool. We also have a truly outsize impact on the planetary environment without much in the way of natural attrition to trim our influence (at least not yet).
But the strangest thing of all is how we generate, exploit, and propagate information that is not encoded in our heritable genetic material, yet travels with us through time and space. Not only is much of that information represented in purely symbolic forms—alphabets, languages, binary codes—it is also represented in each brick, alloy, machine, and structure we build from the materials around us. Even the symbolic stuff is instantiated in some material form or the other, whether as ink on pages or electrical charges in nanoscale pieces of silicon.
Altogether, this “dataome” has become an integral part of our existence. In fact, it may have always been an integral, and essential, part of our existence since our species of hominins became more and more distinct some 200,000 years ago. This idea, which I also pursue in my upcoming book, The Ascent of Information, leads to a number of quite startling and provocative proposals.
For example, let’s consider our planetary impact. Today we can look at our species’ energy use and see that of the roughly six to seven terawatts of average global electricity production, about 3 percent to 4 percent is gobbled up by our digital electronics, in computing, storing and moving information. That might not sound too bad—except the growth trend of our digitized informational world is such that it requires approximately 40 percent more power every year. Even allowing for improvements in computational efficiency and power generation, this points to a world in some 20 years where all of the energy we currently generate in electricity will be consumed by digital electronics alone.
And that’s just one facet of the energy demands of the human dataome. We still print onto paper, and the energy cost of a single page is the equivalent of burning five grams of high-quality coal. Digital devices, from microprocessors to hard drives, are also extraordinarily demanding in terms of their production, owing to the deep repurposing of matter that is required. We literally fight against the second law of thermodynamics to forge these exquisitely ordered, restricted, low-entropy structures out of raw materials that are decidedly high-entropy in their messy natural states. It is hard to see where this informational tsunami slows or ends.
All of which raises the question: Why exactly are we doing this?
An unexpected answer is that it’s not just us doing this. Our dataome looks like a distinct, although entirely symbiotic (even endosymbiotic), phenomenon. Homo sapiens arguably only exists as a truly unique species because of our coevolution with a wealth of externalized information; starting from languages held only in neuronal structures through many generations, to our tools and abstractions on pottery and cave walls, all the way to today’s online world.
But symbiosis implies that all parties have their own interests to consider as well. Seeing ourselves this way opens the door to asking whether we’re calling all the shots. After all, in a gene-centered view of biology, all living things are simply temporary vehicles for the propagation and survival of information. In that sense the dataome is no different, and exactly how information survives is less important than the fact that it can do so. Once that information and its algorithmic underpinnings are in place in the world, it will keep going forever if it can.
A very simple example can be seen in any of the great works of human literature, from Lao Tzu to Shakespeare. These writings, these informational packages, have found a way to persist through time by attaching themselves to us. We eagerly read them, restructuring our brains to remember them, and we go to great lengths to copy and reproduce these works, again and again across the centuries and in many languages and forms. But these texts aren’t just memes; they’re more like parts of a budded-off extended human phenotype that has its own processes and its own capacity to pressure the world around it to try to ensure its survival.
In the course of life’s three-to-four-billion-year history on Earth, it doesn’t seem that anything exactly like this has actually happened before. On a geologic timescale, the emergence of the human dataome is like a sudden alien invasion, or an asteroid impact that precipitates a mass extinction—changing how energy flows and how the biosphere functions. It’s not just flesh-and-blood life on this world anymore. By a quirk of evolution, our very existence as clever talkative apes has gone hand-in-hand with the unleashing of something else, a new trick for the restructuring of matter in service of a phenomenon with very deep roots in the statistical arrangement of atoms and molecules, in their order and disorder or dispersal: in entropy and its cousin, information.
Look around where you are right now, at the walls of your room, or the chair you’re sitting on. Or the light you’re reading by, and the screen or paper you’re reading these words from. In the end, all of these things are here in support of data, of ideas and of the most potent quantity in the universe: information. Our very alien dataome may just be the harbinger of things to come.
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Scientists Say There May Be “Humans” All Over the Universe
Scientists Say There May Be “Humans” All Over the Universe
In a galaxy far, far away...
Image by Getty Images
Imagine, if you will, that future humans manage to travel to other worlds and find… more humans.
According to one University of Cambridge astrobiologist, that scenario may be more likely than you’d think.
In a new interview with the BBC‘s Science Focus magazine, an evolutionary palaeobiologist at the institution’s Department of Earth Sciences named Simon Conway Morris declared that researchers can “say with reasonable confidence” that human-like evolution has occurred in other locations around the universe.
The core of Morris’ belief comes from the theory of convergent evolution, which claims that, as Science Focus put it, “random effects eventually average out so that evolution converges, tending to produce similar organisms in any given environment.” The magazine used the examples of flight, which “has evolved independently on Earth at least four times — in birds, bats, insects and pterosaurs.”
In short, convergent evolution theory posits that evolution itself is a law of nature — and, as a logical endpoint, it’s likely that evolution would operate the same way on different planets as it does here on Earth. In other words, it’s theoretically possible that the blue and green alien humanoids you see on “Star Trek” could be, well, actually out there.
Morris isn’t the only Cambridge man who believes alien life would have evolved in ways “analogous to a human.”
Arik Kershenbaum, a zoologist at the rarified British institution, wrote a whole book about the concept of alien evolution.
“Because evolution is the explanatory mechanism for life everywhere,” Kershenbaum told Quanta magazine earlier this year, “then the principles that we uncover on Earth should be applicable in the rest of the universe.”
Kershenbaum argued that while it’s “tempting” to envision alien races who don’t have the same cultural interests humans have, such as philosophy and literature, we have to remember that they didn’t just spring up out of a vacuum as advanced technological beings. Even alien lifeforms with greater technology than humans, Kershenbaum said, would have “evolved from a pre-technological species.”
“If that pre-technological species went on to develop all the things that we have now, chances are that they were built on building blocks that served that social purpose — things like bonding between group members, transmission of information and useful ideas between group members,” he told Quanta. “A pre-technological alien civilization could be singing and dancing and telling stories just like pre-technological human civilization did, because it serves the same purpose.”
It’s compelling to imagine other worlds where humanoid lifeforms, in Kershenbaum’s wording, are “singing and dancing and telling stories” just like on Earth. And if the laws of evolution are as strong as Darwinists like Kershenbaum and Morris believe, that ups both our propensity for relating to and communicating with aliens — and, unfortunately, for warring with them as well.
It's one of the most well-known pieces of speculative technology in science fiction: the Stillsuit.
As an essential feature of Frank Herbert's Dune, the Stillsuit is the body-fluid recycling full-body suit worn by the Fremen of Arrakis, a technological adaptation to a desert world with almost no water but home to an extremely valuable resource that leads to human colonization of the barren planet.
While there isn't any of the spice melange on Mars (at least none that we know of), Dune's Arrakis has some very strong parallels to the red planet just down the way from us, and some important lessons to teach about survival in such an unforgiving environment.
Arrakis as a stand-in for Mars
When Herbert wrote Dune in the 1960s, he drew on plenty of real-life places and events to build the universe in his series of novels. The most obvious inspiration is the Arabian Peninsula, under whose deserts lie vast deposits of another natural resource that has fueled the engines of empire oil.
Mars is also another obvious analog. It has been known since the late 19th and early 20th century that Mars was, at best, an inhospitably cold, dusty planet with little evidence of water on its surface beyond its polar ice caps (Percival Lowell's fantastical Martian canals aside).
By the time Herbert was writing Dune, Mars had already been the setting for some of the most formative science fiction literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, including some of the pioneering works of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
So it shouldn't be surprising that Herbert might draw inspiration from the science fiction tropes that had been long established by the time he was writing in the 1960s.
Recreating our well-known desert neighbor as a far-away sand world full of colossal sandworms, deadly political intrigue, and Stillsuit wearing Fremen doesn't diminish its capacity to inspire solutions to the genuinely pressing challenge of our current moment in space exploration.
The challenge of water
Water is second only to oxygen as the most precious resource the human body requires to function, but it is just as evanescent, sometimes quite literally. The body uses water to filter and carry away various impurities in our body through sweat, tears, urine, and various other bodily functions, and it is surprisingly liberal with its liquid use, with adults losing around 2 to 3 liters of water a day.
As a result, the body is designed to take in freshwater regularly to replace the water it has lost, which obviously poses a problem if there isn't any freshwater to drink. With any number of bodily functions slowly draining away the body's water supply, dehydration can set in within hours in some conditions, with severe dehydration following quickly after, and death coming within around three to five days.
We know Mars has some water, but whether any exists outside of its icecaps is still an open question. However, if there is any, it will likely be very difficult for human explorers to access.
Most of the water on Mars that we know of exists in the planet’s cold polar regions as ice, but with the temperatures at the poles reaching nearly -200 °Fahrenheit (-128 °C), getting to that water would take an industrial operation that would probably involve years of effort after the first footfall of human explorers on the red planet.
The first humans on Mars will likely need to bring water with them, or at least the means to make or filter out freshwater from other sources. Enter the idea of the Stillsuit.
In Herbert's novel, Stillsuits were designed to not just cool the body to limit water loss, but more importantly, to capture any water lost through the body's natural functions and recycle it. The fictional suit consisted of various layers that absorb the moisture lost through sweating, breathing, and urination, and then filter the impurities to produce drinkable water that would be stored in the suit. The wearer could then drink the reclaimed water from a tube attached to their neck.
In Herbert's novel, it was claimed that a well-made Fremen Stillsuit was so good at recycling its wearer's water, that the wearer would lose only a thimbleful of water a day on a desert world like Arrakis. The suit is described in the book by planetologist Liet Kynes:
"It's basically a micro-sandwich — a high-efficiency filter and heat-exchange system. The skin-contact layer's porous. Perspiration passes through it, having cooled the body ... near-normal evaporation process. The next two layers . . . include heat exchange filaments and salt precipitators. Salt's reclaimed. Motions of the body, especially breathing and some osmotic action provide the pumping force. Reclaimed water circulates to catchpockets from which you draw it through this tube in the clip at your neck... Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads. In the open desert, you wear this filter across your face, this tube in the nostrils with these plugs to ensure a tight fit. Breathe in through the mouth filter, out through the nose tube. With a Fremen suit in good working order, you won't lose more than a thimbleful of moisture a day..."
Whether we could ever engineer a suit for Martian explorers that was as efficient at water reclamation remains to be seen. But if we're being honest, any Martian explorer will likely need something about as efficient, if not more so, if they have any hope of surviving on Mars.
How feasible are actual Stillsuits for future astronauts on Mars?
Fortunately, we've been doing something similar to Dune's Stillsuits for a while now on the International Space Station.
"There is an entire closed-loop system onboard the [International Space Station] dedicated to water," NASA says. "First, Astronaut wastewater is captured, such as urine, sweat, or even the moisture from their breath. Then impurities and contaminants are filtered out of the water. The final product is potable water that can be used to rehydrate food, bathe, or drink. Repeat. The system sounds disgusting, but recycled water on the ISS is cleaner than what most Earthlings drink."
This makes a lot of sense since there isn't a whole lot of water in low Earth orbit, so in many ways, the International Space Station is an Arakis – or Mars – in miniature, minus the giant sandworms.
This gives us a sense of what future exploration of both Mars and the Moon will look like. Since both worlds lack a breathable atmosphere, any astronauts on either the Moon or Mars will effectively be existing in an enclosed, airtight environment that would be perfectly capable of capturing any liquids, moisture, or vapor produced by the astronauts within it.
From there, it really is just a matter of separating out the potable liquid water from the waste material, which is something we are already doing. By the time we put humans on Mars sometime in the 2030s or later, the technology for reclaiming human wastewater will almost certainly have advanced enough that it might even make Dune's Stillsuits look downright wasteful.
WATCH: American Airlines flight has close encounter with UFO – Feb 25, 2021
An unidentified flying object reportedly whizzed past an American Airlines passenger flight over New Mexico in a close encounter captured in a radio transmission from the pilot.
The incident happened around 1 p.m. local time on Sunday, while American Airlines flight 2292 was en route from Hebron, Ky., to Phoenix, Ariz.
A 15-second audio clip captures the pilot’s excited voice as he tries to make sense of something he spotted above the clouds during the flight.
“Do you have any targets up here?” he says over the radio. “We just had something go over the top of us that — I hate to say this — looked like a long cylindrical object.”
The pilot describes the object as a “cruise missile type of thing” that was “moving really fast.”
He adds that the object “went right over the top of us.”
Steve Douglass, an airline radio enthusiast, first captured the audio chatter for his blog. American Airlines later confirmed that the audio was authentic, and referred all further questions to the FBI.
“Following a debrief with our Flight Crew and additional information received, we can confirm this radio transmission was from American Airlines Flight 2292 on Feb. 21,” American Airlines said in a statement to several outlets. “For any additional questions on this, we encourage you to reach out to the FBI.”
Douglass said he was listening to the airwaves on Sunday when he heard the strange tone of the pilot’s voice.
“I heard this aircraft, basically, above all other aircraft because the tone in his voice was so excited,” Douglass told local station ABC 7.
He added that it’s unlikely that the object was a missile, because Sundays are a “day off” for the military.
No military test notifications were made ahead of time, ABC 7 reports.
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White Sands Missile Range, which operates in the area, did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News.
Cockpit audio recordings have captured a handful of close encounters over the years, though some have been more obviously terrestrial than others.
Last year, for example, pilots reported seeing a man with a jetpack around Los Angeles International Airport on two separate occasions.
Pilot sees man in jetpack while approaching LAX airport – Sep 1, 2020
Nevertheless, the close encounter sparked some speculation about aliens on social media, especially given that New Mexico is the site of the infamous alleged Roswell UFO incident.
The so-called UFO involved in Sunday’s encounter remains, by definition, an unidentified flying object.
The Pentagon in recent years has confirmed several recordings and encounters with UFOs, which it calls Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). Officials say they want pilots to be more comfortable with reporting such encounters due to the potential danger they might represent.
Pilot claims UFO spotted while flying over Arizona – Mar 29, 2018
The government recently released a vast trove of documents about UFO sightings over the past several decades, although enthusiasts are still combing over those documents for evidence of alien visitors.
U.S. defence officials have not said that UAPs or UFOs are proof of alien visitors, despite rampant speculation that the truth is out there.
August 2000 in the skies above Brighton, a team of Sussex police offers came across something which looked very strange.
A bright light was picked up on thermal imaging flying across the sky.
It clearly wasn’t an aircraft as the shape didn’t match and the lights on the object were something they’d never seen before.
But what could it be?
Was it a UFO?
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The tiny probe made its way through the star’s upper atmosphere, taking important readings of its surroundings.
It even took the time to capture tons of images during its amazing stunt, which scientists stitched together for an incredible video with the Milky Way peeking out behind a stream of highly energized particles — an unprecedentedly close and fascinating look at our star.
Eye of the Storm
It must have been quite the experience for the Solar Probe as it made its way through a feature of the Sun’s atmosphere called a pseudostreamer, which are huge ribbon-like structures that are visible during solar eclipses.
“Passing through the pseudostreamer was like flying into the eye of a storm,” reads NASA’s statement. “Inside the pseudostreamer the conditions quieted, particles slowed and the number of switchbacks dropped — a dramatic change from the busy barrage of particles the spacecraft usually encounters in the solar wind.”
Switchbacks are zig-zag-like magnetic structures, the result of dramatic magnetic explosions occurring in the Sun’s atmosphere. The Parker probe recently found that they were a common feature of the solar wind, and not nearly as rare as previously thought.
“We see evidence of being in the corona from magnetic field data, solar wind data, and visually in white-light images,” said Nour Raouafi, the Parker Solar Probe project scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in the statement.
It’s an amazing video — especially considering the probe was screaming through the Sun’s atmosphere at over 142 kilometers per second. Now, what it discovered could change our understanding of the Sun forever.
Updated to fix error in how fast the probe was traveling.
Paranormal investigator Joshua Warren claims he found a place in the desert north of Las Vegas where time would slow down for 20 milliseconds. Warren is convinced that it is a gravitational anomaly. In this place there could be a Dimensional Portal or a Wormhole representing a gravitational-time dilation, which is the effect that time flows at different speeds in regions of different gravitational potential, and the greater the gravitational potential (e.g. in the vicinity of a black hole), the slower time will flow.
Warren, interviewed by the Travel Channel’s Paranormal Paparazzi, claims to have measured the “time lapse” in specific areas between Las Vegas and A̳r̳e̳a̳ 51: using a “differential time meter”, Warren recorded a measurement, able to show that time had slowed down at that point.
Time dilation and DT meter
Gravitational time dilation is the effect whereby time flows at different speeds in regions of different gravitational potential, and the greater the gravitational potential (for example in the vicinity of a black hole), the slower time will flow. Albert Einstein included this effect in the Theory of Relativity, and since then, the time dilation has been confirmed by the evidence of “general relativity”: some solutions of Einstein’s equations predict the possibility of space-time travel, but the most extraordinary predictions of this theory has not yet been fully verified.
The meter used by Warren is a DT Meter, precisely a differential time meter, invented by Silicon Valley engineer Ron Heath. According to Warren, the measurement carried out reveals an inexplicable dilation of the measured time, which could only occur in the presence of black holes or wormholes: Warren also argues that such an event should not occur under normal conditions, as its temporal measurement would be challenging. far the laws of physics: “This shouldn’t happen unless there is some kind of unknown technology to be tested nearby that could affect the environment.”
It is not yet officially clear what is really behind this strange phenomenon recorded by Warren, but the investigator is determined to conduct an investigation in Nevada, hoping to identify what lies behind the temporal anomaly. Certainly these areas that are close to AREA 51 are themselves the epicenter of mysterious U̳F̳O̳ sightings, of mysterious objects emerging from the mountains. Maybe these gravitational anomalies are due to the presence of real Stargates connected to the S4 base? Or are there unknown underground bases that we don’t know if they are of a̳l̳i̳e̳n̳ or terrestrial origin? The latest indications of the studies done by Warren in the area close to A̳r̳e̳a̳ 51, hypothesize that in the super secret base a gravitational shield is used to hide a large dimensional portal. The Portal or Stargate could be used for the travel of interstellar ships built with A̳l̳i̳e̳n̳ Retrotechnology. This is one of the reasons why there is maximum surveillance in a place where if you enter, they first kill you and then interrogate you.
The year 2021 gave truth-seekers and alien hunters no shortage of mysteries to ponder. But it also gave them answers — from a hotly anticipated Pentagon report on military UFO sightings, to new insights on habitable exoplanets, to the truth about a so-called "alien signal" from the sun's nearest neighboring star. Here are 9 things we learned about aliens (and where to look for them) in 2021.
1. UFOs are real (and the government knows it)
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In June, the Pentagon released a highly anticipated report detailing 144 UFO encounters between 2004 and 2021. The report was meant to assess "the threat posed by unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)," and officially confirmed several UFO sightings that had, until then, only been shared through viral media. On one hand, the brief, 9-page assessment confirmed that "most of the UAP reported probably do represent physical objects," which range from birds and balloons to foreign surveillance equipment and top-secret U.S. government projects. However, anyone hoping for an acknowledgement of extraterrestrial intelligence may have been let down when the report failed to link any of the 144 encounters to alien activity.
While alien hunters spend plenty of time searching for habitable planets beyond our solar system, a study published in July in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society warns that scientists shouldn't overlook nature's most extreme objects: Black holes. Because black holes can radiate up to 100,000 times more energy than a star like our sun, they may make tempting targets for alien civilizations looking to power their interstellar enterprises, the study authors wrote. To do this, aliens could use high-tech structures called Dyson spheres (giant, energy-siphoning orbs first proposed in the 1960s) to steal energy from the disc of white-hot matter swirling around a black hole's horizon, then radiate that energy outward into space. That re-radiated energy would create a distinct wavelength signature that astronomers could detect from Earth, the study authors suggested. The researchers are currently developing algorithms to search through existing telescope data in search of those telltale signatures
Typically, the search for alien life begins with the search for Earth-like planets — but there may be another class of alien world that is just as conducive to life, a study published in the Astrophysical Journal in August contends. "Hycean" planets, which are up to 2.5 times larger than Earth and sport huge oceans of liquid water beneath hydrogen-rich atmospheres, could be the ideal spot for microbial life similar to the "extremophiles" that thrive in some of Earth's harshest environments (such as hydrothermal vents), the study authors said. Not only are these planets abundant in the Milky Way galaxy, but they are also incredibly diverse, some orbiting very close to their host star, others orbiting far away. Both could potentially host itty-bitty life beneath their waves, the authors wrote, meaning there may be a whole new avenue of exploration for alien planet hunters.
4. One of Saturn's moon still holds potential for life
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The methane wafting from Enceladus, Saturn's sixth largest moon, may be a sign that life teems in the moon's subsurface sea, a June study found. In 2005, NASA's Cassini Saturn orbiter discovered geysers blasting particles of water ice into space from "tiger stripe" fractures near Enceladus' south pole. That material is thought to come from a huge ocean of liquid water that sloshes beneath the moon's icy shell — but it wasn't just water the orbiter found; numerous other compounds, including dihydrogen (H2) and a variety of carbon-containing organic compounds, including methane (CH4), also appeared in the geysers.
In the new study, researchers ran a series of models to determine whether those compounds could be evidence of microbes that "eat" dihydrogen and produce methane as waste. The team found that methane-farting microbes could indeed be contributing to the planet's gassy geysers — meaning life can't be ruled out on the icy moon.
5. Scientists may be ignoring "alien junk" in our own solar system
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According to Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb's recent book "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth" (published in January by Mariner Books), the strange, cigar-shaped object 'Oumuamua — which zoomed through our solar system in 2017 — is almost certainly a piece of alien technology. In his book, Loeb argues that the object's unusual, elongated shape (unlike any known comet), extreme brightness and apparent acceleration away from the sun suggest that 'Oumuamua is not natural in origin, but a piece of alien technology — possibly jettisoned into our solar system accidentally.
"A buoy. A grid of pods for communication… Other intelligent living organisms' defunct technology or discarded technological trash," Loeb wrote. "These all are plausible explanations for the 'Oumuamua mystery — plausible because here on Earth, humanity is already doing these things, albeit on a far more limited scale." (A majority of astronomers who have studied the object favor natural explanations, calling it a cosmic "dust bunny" or just a really odd comet).
While human efforts to find alien civilizations among the stars have only kicked off in the last century or so, more than 1,700 alien civilizations could have been watching us for thousands of years prior. According to a study published in June in the journal Nature, 1,715 nearby star systems have had a perfect viewing angle of Earth over the last 5,000 years — and more than 1,400 of them still have a clear view today.
All of these stars sit within about 300 light-years of our planet, and 75 of them orbit less than 100 light-years away. Given that humans have been transmitting radio signals for about 100 years, any of those 75 star systems are near enough that "our radio waves would have washed over them already," lead study author Lisa Kaltenegger, an associate professor of astronomy and director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, told Live Science at the time. Whether or not any hypothetical civilizations living in those star systems want to communicate with us is another question.
7. There's no "best" way to communicate with aliens
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If aliens are watching us from relatively closeby, what's the best way to tell them where we live? Live Science writer Joanna Thompson investigated this question in December, finding that no one method is flawless. On one hand, radio waves are a tempting way to communicate with extraterrestrials because these signals fit in a convenient gap in the electromagnetic spectrum called the "water hole" — a frequency between 1420 and 1720 megahertz that's relatively free of cosmic background noise.
On the other hand, radio waves broaden as they travel, meaning any message we send will become more diluted the farther from Earth it gets. Laser light does not have this problem — however, laser signals require incredible precision, and are unlikely to reach any alien observers unless we target our message directly to their star system. Both methods have their advantages — and neither are perfect.
On April 29, 2019, astronomers detected a signal beaming toward Earth, it seemed, from Proxima Centauri — the nearest star system to our sun and home to at least one potentially habitable planet. Because the signal fell into a narrow band of radio waves that are rarely made by human aircraft or satellites, researchers interpreted it as a possible sign of alien technology. But the signal never repeated — and a study published this October in the journal Nature Astronomy explains why: The signal was actually coming from a malfunctioning computer or cellular device located near the telescope that detected it.
In the new study, the researchers looked over the 2019 data again and found several "lookalike" signals that seemed to be missing components of the so-called alien transmission; together, these signals fit a range of frequencies "consistent with common clock oscillator frequencies used in digital electronics," the researchers wrote. In other words, this alien message seems to have been a human computer on the fritz — but studying and identifying it still gives scientists valuable experience in separating real deep-space signals from Earthly noise.
Lucid dreaming, in which people are partially aware and can control their dreams during sleep, could explain so-called alien abduction stories, a study from July suggests. Claims of such abductions date to the 19th century; the circumstances of the kidnappings often sound dreamlike and trigger feelings of terror and paralysis. Certain dream states are also known to produce such feelings, so Russian researchers wondered whether dream experiments could provide clues about alleged extraterrestrial experiences.
The scientists prompted 152 lucid dreamers to dream about encounters with aliens or UFOs, and found that a number of sleepers reported dreams that resembled actual descriptions of alleged alien abductions. Of those who described their dream encounters as "realistic," 24% also experienced sleep paralysis and intense fear. Such emotions often accompany reports of supposed alien abductions, and though individuals who describe being kidnapped by aliens might truly believe that what they experienced was real, these people were likely experiencing an extraterrestrial meeting while in a lucid dream, the study authors reported.
HARVARD SCIENTIST SUGGESTS THAT OUR UNIVERSE WAS CREATED IN A LABORATORY
HARVARD SCIENTIST SUGGESTS THAT OUR UNIVERSE WAS CREATED IN A LABORATORY
IT’S A COMPELLING (AND SCARY) THEORY.
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A Harvard scientist has an interesting theory as to how our universe was formed: in a laboratory by higher “class” of lifeform.
Avi Loeb, bestselling author and the former chair of Harvard’s astronomy department, penned an op-ed in Scientific American this week positing that the universe could have been formed in a lab by an “advanced technological civilization.” If true, he said the origin story would unify the religious idea of a creator with the secular idea of quantum gravity.
“Since our universe has a flat geometry with a zero net energy, an advanced civilization could have developed a technology that created a baby universe out of nothing through quantum tunneling,” Loeb wrote.
Class A Civilization
One of the more interesting ideas posited in an article chock full of them is the civilization classification system. Loeb said that as a low-level technological civilization, humans are class C (or a civilization dependent on its host star).
If and when our technology progresses to the point where we can become independent of the Sun, we’d be class B. If we can create our own baby universes in a laboratory (like our theoretical creators) we’d be class A.
Of course, there’s a wide number of things in our way — the biggest hurdle being our inability to create a “large enough density of dark energy within a small region,” said Loeb. However, if and when we do ever get there, we’d be able to join our theoretical creators in class A!
In any case, the theory is compelling, humbling, and a little bit frightening as well. If Loeb’s past theories are also to be believed, we’re likely not the only ones out there gunning for class A status either.
Mushroom shaped Object Over Sydney, Australia 7-27-2018, VIDEO, UFO Sighting News.
Mushroom shaped Object Over Sydney, Australia 7-27-2018, VIDEO, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 7-27-2018
Location of sighting: Sydney, Australia Source: MUFON
This is a very short video, but I feel even a few seconds of footage really gives us an idea of what the eyewitness and others saw that day. This report just came in today, however it was recorded in 2018. I made a close up of the UFO and slowed it down 10X so we can see the UFO shape, color and size. I have never seen a UFO this shape before and this clear. Amazing and 100% real raw footage of an alien craft.
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Eyewitness states:
At the park with my kids, I saw out of the corner of my eye behind the trees in the distance I turned around and it quickly move behind the tree. I looked away again and as I did it came out in front of me( still vertical), hovered for 2 seconds as I pulled out my phone to video and hit record it turned to it's side and took off. In the video you can hear me call out to my daughter as I do it slows down and then takes off again.
A1,200-meter-high monolith discovered on Mars. While other objects near the monolith are unrecognizable and blurred, this object is clearly present since a shadow on the monolith appears on opposite side from the sun.
Therefore it seems unlikely that the monolith is the result of a digital image artifact, stitching error or glitch.
Google Mars coordinates:31° 3'48.78"S 74°15'18.46"E
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Skinwalker Ranch: What is the secret?
Skinwalker Ranch: What is the secret?
Skinwalker Ranch, also known as Sherman Ranch, is a property located on approximately 512 acres southeast of Ballard, Utah, that is reputed to be the site of paranormal and UFO-related activities. Its name is taken from the skin-walker of Navajo legend concerning vengeful shamans.
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