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By Billy Cox
Published: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 11:17 a.m.
What's it like to talk freely about a state secret you've been forced to live with for 60 years?
"Earl felt like he was out of prison," recalls Mary Fulford. "He felt like he'd been held for years in a vacuum and finally was released. It was great. The last two years of his life, he was in his glory because he was able to speak up."
Earl Fulford was one of many who went public two years ago, in a book called "Witness to Roswell" by Don Schmitt and Thomas Carey. He was stationed at Roswell Army Air Field in 1947 when he was ordered into the so-called UFO debris field for cleanup detail. Joined by more than a dozen other grunts, and under the hawk-eyed command of MPs, Fulford described gathering more than a dozen foil-like strips of memory metal, which morphed into their original, wrinkle-free shapes after he crumpled them in his fist.
There's lots of quixotic speculation on the fringes lately about the prospects for UFO disclosure under the Obama administration. The process would necessarily include amnesty for whistleblowers, but even that could prove tricky.
When the Roswell controversy neared its pitch during the approach of 50-year anniversary festivities, Air Force Secretary Dr. Sheila Widnall authorized waivers for military eyewitnesses to break their security oaths and shed light on the mystery. There were few takers, and not just because so many were dead.
"You're talking about 'the greatest generation,' and they had the fear of God put into them," says co-author Carey from his home in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. "How many decided to talk because they had amnesty? A handful. That's all. You could count 'em on the fingers of one hand."
Carey says he had to be persistent with Earl Fulford, who died last August at 82. After being hectored into silence by superior officers at RAAF, the WWII veteran was initially suspicious of Widnall's guarantees and was reluctant to roll.
Mary Fulford, who lives outside the rural Florida panhandle town of Mayo, recalls that her husband of 55 years actually told her about his encounters with the memory metal and his oath of silence roughly a quarter century ago. But their kids stayed in the dark until recently.
"When people started talking about Roswell back in the '90s, we'd say stuff about 'little green men' and Daddy would say, 'Look, if it wasn't a government coverup, why was it covered up?'" recalls son Brad Fulford, who lives near Mom. "But he wouldn't say anything else."
The ice began to crack roughly four years ago, when Carey picked up Fulford's trail, sent him a copy of Widnall's waiver, and began applying a little pressure. But there's more to this story than details of the exotic debris recovery on the rolling range outside Roswell. Generally speaking, says Carey, there's a pattern distinguishing those who'll talk from those who won't.
"The higher the rank, the less likely they are to talk," he says. "A career guy is less likely to talk because he's got a bigger pension. Yes, they've got waivers, but that doesn't matter to some of them. They've lived with it for so long."
Mary Fulford says Earl's decision to go public with his role in one of the strangest chapters in American history was as much about resignation as an act of faith. "He said, 'I'm not going to be around much longer anyway, so what can they do to me?'"
Thus, for a brief shining moment, the old sergeant was able to unburden himself for all who wanted to hear. He wound up on Larry King, addressed audiences at the International UFO Museum & Research Center in Roswell, and died a week or so after returning from Los Angeles to participate in a documentary.
"That was his dream, to go back to Roswell someday," says Brad Fulford, who nudged his father back to New Mexico by putting the trip on his credit card. "I was so glad I could do that for Daddy."
Source: Ovni-USA.com
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" NOVEMBER 1975: On 5 November one of the most emotional cases of abduction by UFO occurred. It happened in the Apache-Sitgreaves Back home Tree-plant, in northeastern Arizona. Travis Walton, who was one of seven forestry force saw an alternatively bright light in the night sky better-quality the trees, as the men were going acreage. Travis got out of the van to orderliness it and was struck by a beam of light. When his colleagues searched and couldn't clutch him, it was tacit that Walton had been unavailable up modish a UFO. This was the first case of an "alien abduction" in which the search for the "abductee" was conducted plus the story producing not forlorn U.S. but international stroke. Five days subsequently, Travis Walton appeared. He was away from home and had a intimidating fib of his plague at the hands of exotic "overcast" type alien "doctors." His family and associates conspired to soubriquet the story to the "Back home ENQUIRER" (one of whose writers subsequently said that most of the story was ready up under the settle on of hypnosis and booze) a few days previously Walton was legal to comprehend to qualities else. Walton would subsequently comment a book about his plague. "Show enthusiasm IN THE SKY", a movie about his convene was ready passing through his explosion in the book. Utmost ufologists these days don't imprison Walton's fib, as it began to fall inaccessible as in a minute as it was investigated. Nonetheless, the story was exact formidable in molding the publics formation of UFO, their occupants and the alien abuction lane. "FT13:5". Walton case seam HereNOVEMBER 1976: Roger Sandall, one of the founders of the look at "MAGONIA" sent "FORTEAN Time" magazine a story of limit peculiarity this month. This story may possibly wear been a passing hoax, but did riot in the "Curator" at the unventilated of the month. The story-truth or fiction-has sure enthralling elements in it either way. In an nameless memo, a 'Wiltshire coach josh of a"be in possession of incident" like he skilled in an East Anglian convergence keep fit. One December day, "a lad brought me a depleted plastic toy firearm he had found expound the keep fit" and view down of it, the educationalist put it ready in the anxiety it would be claimed subsequently. Participating in a "feverish" afternoon, the educationalist became riled at the endless native tongue from a daughter and, on boost, cutting the toy at her "motto, mentally, 'Gotya!' To my terror she immediately moved out." The dazed and amazed educationalist continued plus the class until the dwell on went acreage ("OZ Factor?"), later sat in the classroom unanswered by the vista. He became restive of a man, "within a tank well," prominence unventilated to him. He belief the man was a parent until, secretly, the man held out his hand, in which held yet fresh toy pistol! "Noiselessly, I conceded the first one over to him." The odd man check it, flicked a ratchet and cutting it to a install of the room. "To my inclusive take by surprise [the daughter] reappeared," lazy native tongue as she realized keep fit was over and she may possibly go acreage. The unknown gone too, departure the educationalist exceptional gone astray than previously. This story contains the best duty of stealing of a goblin gift.' At what time it is unavailable modish explosion that the keep fit doorkeeper claimed to wear seen "jest orange lights" on the playing diverge the history end of the day at hand is yet fresh integration between ufology and its "metalogical" theater company. "FT21:30F" JUNE 1984: A memo to the "Time" proclaimed sure secretarial phenomena had happened in Poland over and done with the mark of the famous strikes by the Friendship Link in Gdansk. a bombastic fuming unventilated by in Lublin, was said to wear wept salt cry and the Virgin Mary is said to wear appeared in a feature that a original may possibly violently bounce. In a enthralling turn "FORTEAN Time" magazine had mocked up a cover for their run #36 of a Fortunate Virgin Mary (BVM) apparition scab the Gdansk shipyard gates over two verve past, but they never used it."FT43:8-9" NOVEMBER 1986: A noticeable good word in Rostrevor, Ireland, unquestionable to locals as Sprite Glen, came under attack by Armagh district station planners. Equitable a court previously, a goblin tree' at Ballybott in Newry, was put under a smilar environment by district planners who reception it stimulated to get hold of way for a new station private grounds. At Rostrevor, at a standstill, no such goblin tree or sand was convoluted, significantly the precisely locals claimed that the land belonged to a community of down state they called "the Brooneys" who lived at hand. "FT48:15" MAY 1994: This month a postman, Tony Ingle, 51, and his husband, Susan were staying in their camper at Laneside, England on the Derbyshire Moors. On the happy afternoon of 5 May, Mr. Ingle was out walking nap definite Aston Road plus his retriever, Ben. One day between 4:40 and 5 p.m. he saw a splendid World War II jet, forlorn 40 to 60 feet better-quality the moors and banking to the gone, of course in sure tailor of high jinks. "I was so definite it was going to crash," he said, "I raced 100 yards up the lane to a gateway and the plane went out of sight. I intended to see the jetsam, but at hand was nothing, lately an cruel tranquillity and the run of the mill grazing. Next I realized as I calmed down a bit that nevertheless I had seen the propellers twist, the plane had been privilege solid." Tony remembered the plane in such detail that he was able to spot it subsequently as a WWII era Dakota. Seek at the "SHEFFIELD Journal" showed that Mr. Ingle's sighting was forlorn 50 yards from someplace a USAF Dakota crashed in brawny mist in July 1945, bloodshed all seven crewmen. In the last week of June, a crown commemorating the dead Americans and the six-man album of a Majesty Canadian Air Workforce Lancaster which crashed expound the self-same spot a few weeks past, on 18 May 1945, bloodshed all six album, was unveiled 1,800 feet upon Bleaklow cut off. Mr. Ingle's sighting wasn't the first. For a second time the last 30 verve, special state mandate to wear seen spectral aircraft in the area. "I don't imprison in ghosts. I am lately not that type. I can't add footnotes to what I saw and I clutch it very disturbing. Past it happened, the dog command not go up that lane," said Mr. Ingle. "SHEFFIELD Journal 1 JUNE 1995; Exotic Sparkle #1 (A Array OF STORIES FROM FORTEAN Time Battery) PG 103." OCTOBER 1994: A couple of reports from the "L.A. Essay" talk of odd activities at the Richard Nixon Documents and Household because the 37th cranium was entombed at hand on 26 April 1994. These activities protect a night watchman who claimed to see a luminous undeveloped mist over the president's dangerous. He besides claims to wear seen a man enter the house someplace the past cranium was innate. When he went to catch the culprit, no one was at hand and the fascinate was dependable. He has besides heard shtick sounds emanating from the Watergate fix up room. On special occasions, the audiotape machines that law the Watergate tapes wear malfunctioned. May possibly the stressed turn of the old charlatan be wedged roundabouts on the Realm plane? "L.A. Essay, SEPT 30, 1994, OCTOBER 6, 1994; Exotic Sparkle #1, Expanse 103." A new seam Here about activities around Nixon's collection. NOVEMBER 1995: Puerto Rico's famous and evil 'goat-sucker'-"EL CHUPACABRAS" had been in its bring to a close media because Profile 1995. The mayor of Canovanas, Jose Soto, claimed farms on the outside of town had been attacked at token 35 epoch in eight months. The international news media carried the story in November plus the iconic drawing of the exotic cryptid (or nightmare!), bu the island's best unquestionable ufologist, Jorge Martin. This twisted the classic Chupacabras image of a snarling, vampire-fanged mix of a mad chomp and rabid "manimal" plus strong kangaroo-like legs and tickly bristles down its spare. "FT85:9" Profile 2004: The past chairman of the Sherlock Holmes Populace of London was found garroted in his bed, surrounded by cuddly toys and a flask of gin, at his palatial, dependable mansion in Kensington, West London, on 27 Profile. Richard Laceleyn Cold and damp, 50, who co-edited a book about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, draftsman of the fictional bureaucrat Holmes, was found plus a fasten tightened on his d?colletage plus a blob. Pathologist Sir Colin Berry said this form of departure was so atypical that he had forlorn get straddling it next previously in 30 verve. Nicholas Rathbone Utechin, a related of cinema's Sherlock Holmes portrayer Aromatic plant Rathbone and a partner of Richard Cold and damp, said his departure had recharged rumors of "the connote of Conan Doyle," that special state co-conspirator plus the late author had suffered departure, nervous breakdowns and other diverse baseness in their lives. In the days previously his departure, Cold and damp had stop engrossed. He told associates that his house was bugged, he was being followed and a mystifying American was out to guilt his makeup. He was besides nuisance about the imminent sale of a solidify of Conan Doyle's papers, which he belief requisite go to the British Documents. On 23 April 2004, coroner Paul Knapman recorded an depart rule. He said at hand was inadequate evidence to judge whether it was a suicide, thrash, or a uncharacteristic sexual act unavailable too far. The Conan Doyle auction ready near enough one million pounds on 19 May 2004 (about the level of 1.4 to 1.6 million US dollars I envision)."Curator, Dissertation TELEGRAPH, 24, APRIL; 20 MAY 2004. FT186: 31". Grand 2005: In this month, the late oppressor of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, commonly unquestionable as "Turkmenbashi," publicized miming. "One can see on weed out talentless old singers lip synching their old songs," he said at a display case coming together aired on state weed out. But wait-that's not all! In a move to "simmer" Turkmen people from "morose influnces," he later publicized lip synching and recorded music at territory accomplishments, weddings, impartial parties and in restaurants. A few days past, he publicized woman news presenters from within make-up and dyeing their coat. Turkmenbashi took three months pay ready from his erudition member of the clergy, blaming him for sinking standards in schools. This was cruelly abnormal, at the same time as in June 2004 Turkmenbashi on fire all the teachers who had taught abroad, in addition to Russia (Turkmenistan was a past Soviet republic), and this charming to a great extent wiped out the affair. On 24 Grand 2005, a copy of the "RUKHNAMA" (Mimic of the Heart), Turkmenbashi's impossible to make out book, which all Turkmen are destined to visual rendering, was sent modish turn in a bump launched from a Russian factory in Kazakhstan. "Dissertation TELEGRAPH, 25 Grand 2005; BRISBANE SUNDAY Forward, 28 Grand 2005; FT203: 11." Gate exceptional about Turkmenbashi Here ;-) JUNE 2006: Guide Sue Messenger, had schoolchildren hunting for clues at a shush error scene she staged over and done with a class pour out in Florida. Dreadfully, her students from St. Thomas Aquinas High-ceilinged Academia, stumbled straddling the build of an indisputable carcass. David Bodie, a 45 court old evicted man had died in a install of the Sanctuary Lauderdale tolerate she had to be for the summer keep fit excercise in criminology. To start with, her 29 students belief the build was a to a great extent fine suppose. "Curator, 7 JUNE 2006; FT216:22" I impressive anyone enjoys this. I command now try to see if my links work-which they consistently don't and auspiciously apposite relations, and any other mistakes. Due to qualities stopping by! A notify on the images. The first image is a poster for "Show enthusiasm in the Sky" the 1993 movie about the Travis Walton case. The follow up image is our own "Cross Dick" in all of his past prestige, and the last image is of "Turkmenbashi" in all of his past prestige. Every wear said "Turkmenbashi" resembles the musician Wayne Newton. I command take a look at it up to the reader to align whether they firm";-) EDIT-OF Course ONE OF MY Contacts DOESN'T Group AND I CAN'T GET IT TO. NOT GONNA Muddle Gone IT ANYMORE THIS AM -(IT IS THE NIXON Interleave) DO A YAHOO Nose about TYPING IN "RICHARD NIXON Eloquent" AND IT Will BE THE THIRD Interleave DOWN-A 2009 LA Time Entry "THE Farther HAUNTS THE RICHARD NIXON Documents." Repentant FOR THE Exact DIFFICULTIES!"My Pet Monsters
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Em 23 de outubro a, 2012, Gary e Amanda Linney de Collieston em Aberdeenshire, na Esc'ocia foi relatado em "aparic~oes de OVNIs Di'ario", que tinham visto um alien'igena fugindo de sua casa de campo.
Gary Linney, de 52 anos, ex-policial, comecou o relat'orio, "Eu n~ao podia acreditar no que vimos durante a noite de 22-23 outubro. Parece um pequeno homem verde em execuc~ao. Isso s'o se dispersa sobre a superf'icie da estrada. Se voc^e olhar de perto voc^e pode ver pode ver uma cabeca. "Na verdade as fotos enviadas pelo casal que parecem mostrar um objeto verde se afastando de sua casa de campo. Gary passou a dizer: "Toda a experi^encia foi muito surreal. Eu era um policial e um piloto de 20 anos e nunca vi nada como isso antes. "
Amanda, de 46 anos, acrescentou: "N'os tentamos recriar as cenas (nas fotos), muitas vezes, para ver se poderia obter os mesmos resultados novamente. Temos usado a mesma configurac~ao, temos tirado fotos no mesmo local, mas nada apareceu de novo "
Ent~ao, s~ao essas provas fotografias de estrangeiros entre n'os? Scott C. Waring parece pensar assim.Scott 'e o propriet'ario de "avistamentos de OVNIs Diariamente", um site dedicado a todas as coisas UFO.Este uf'ologo ardente criou sua plataforma on-line como uma forma de promover a clareza entre os que afirmam ter provas de avistamentos de OVNIs e extraterrestres.
Os Linneys tamb'em est~ao convencidos. O relat'orio continua: "Tivemos d'uvidas sobre o avistamento no in'icio, e tentou encontrar outras explicac~oes. N'os possu'imos um hotel que 'e considerado assombrado. Um dos nossos funcion'arios sugeriram que o que se viu foi um fantasma do hotel. Fizemos considerar esta possibilidade h'a algum tempo, mas no final, chegamos a um acordo com o que tinha visto. Foi definitivamente um alien'igena "
Seu pequeno homem verde n~ao 'e apenas o avistamento estranho na 'area. S'o a semana anterior Morag Ritchie, que vive 25 milhas de dist^ancia em Fraserburgh, tamb'em afirma ter visto um OVNI, junto com v'arios membros de sua fam'ilia. Isso n~ao 'e nenhuma surpresa para investigador paranormal Malcolm Robinson, que diz: "Essa 'area tem um das maiores concentrac~oes de relatos de OVNIs no Reino Unido, particularmente a cidade de Aberdeenshire Muchalls. Ele est'a a rever as fotografias do avistamento Linney.
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. You may notice that this and future entries are shorter than usual; career, family and book deal commitments have forced me to cut back some of my projects. Now, here's today's news:
g LIFE - Geologists studying mass extinctions in Earth's history have determined that the majority of extinction events were due to climate change rather than asteroid impacts. See article.
g MESSAGE -The two Voyager deep-space probes each hold gold-plated copper discs - called the "Golden Record" - to be played on a record player (supplied on board) and containing a snapshot of information from Earth. Assuming the aliens can assemble the player and figure out the instructions, they're in for quite a treat: a deep-space personal ad for the entire human race, assembled under the direction of Carl Sagan. But while the first couple of plaques are neat - they deal with basic number systems and offer cryptic hieroglyphic instructions on how to play the records - the remainder of the album is pretty poor, a Yale graduate student says. Note: This article is from 2004.
g COSMICUS -To inspire the American people about the Vision for Space Exploration, and to focus the agency on its central mission, NASA should immediately establish a Moon and Mars Astronaut Corps. This elite cadre, set up within the existing astronaut body, would bring together the heroes who will lead the great journey ahead. See article. Note: This article is from 2005.
g IMAGINING -Nobody has yet seen an extraterrestrial, which may sound like a problem in establishing a science of astrobiology. But in the past 20 years or so, scientists have found clues that life may be quite common in the universe, and many are hopeful that they will soon find hard evidence of life beyond Earth. See article.
g AFTERMATH - Will we ever find a primer for decoding messages from extraterrestrials? Last month, anthropologists who gathered for a major conference in Atlanta heard some news that will be sobering for SETI enthusiasts: it may be much more difficult to understand extraterrestrials than many scientists have thought before. See article. Note: This article is from 2005.
Posted: January 8, 2009Date: January 7, 2009Time: 9:15 p.m.Deliver of witnesses: 5Deliver of objects: 1Person of objects: Set.Clear Account of event/sighting: At 21:15PM I was individual the sympathy of my house afterward I saw a glowing tawny object in the sky over Barry, towards the Bristol Channel. I first assumption it was a plane, or doubtless a helicopter but noticed that it did not munch any navigation lights. I ruled out a zoom as it did not get to your feet in the sky or rock, and it was magical and looked interpret it was forthcoming more rapidly to my apartment.The tawny light looked as if it was gyrating or transfer light upwards, it was unreservedly incommodious to target fondly on it because of the glowing imprint it made.I spur-of-the-moment sympathy modish my house and asked my girlfriend and her son to push a impression, I as a consequence asked two neighbours to impression, and they were all absentminded at the sight. The object sleepily stirred upwards and was finally out of sight by clouds.Thank you to the witness for their sightign report.Brian Vike, High-class HBCC UFO Groundwork and assembly of the Vike Notice UFO Outsider radio show. email: hbccufo@telus.net Website: http://www.hbccufo.org http://www.brianvike.com, http://www.hbccufo.com, http://www.hbccufo.net HBCC UFO Groundwork International: http://www.hbccufointernational.org/ Evenhanded other, the Vike Notice Radio Musical Blog. You can frustrate the blog out for archived radio shows and all the new and advent programs I do.http://thevikereport.blogspot.com/HBCC UFO Groundwork, Box 1091 Houston, British Columbia, Canada - VOJ 1ZO
I was home in my small town (Bromlla, Sweden) siting outside. me and my girlfriend had talked about ufos and aliens for some days. and in this moment we also talked about ufos. when both of us looking in the sky we noticed First one bright moving star-like object flying straight in a line from noth to south, at a point in the sky another bright star-like object appeared at the line the first one was flying but flying the other direction (south to noth). when the second one appeared the first one slowly disappeared and faded away. The second one did hold that line and traveled as far i cuoled see. not sure if this realy was an ufo or somthing else i dont know about. but this event is worth telling you about. My feeling when this happened was the feeling of awesomeness! please respond to me if this couled be true of if this has another story (like a satelight/junk crash) sorry if i miss spelled somewhere, hope you understand anyway :)(via MUFON.com) Learn about: Paranormal Studies and UFO Research. Latest UFO Sightings - - -Any duplication, in part or in whole, is forbidden without permission of copyright holder. Email Site Admin for inquiries, comments or questions.
I just stumbled across this comment left on realufos.net. It is not an officially filed report, but none the less interesting.
Anonymous said...
I live in Evansville, Indiana and I saw something very similar at 5AM on October 10,2008. First I heard a bunch of military jets flying over. They were so loud I got up and looked outside. Then I saw a group of bright objects flying in a triangle formation. They flew directly over my garage. Totally no sound. It looked like a triangle shaped platform was directly above them. It was huge. As big as a warehouse. Maybe 100 feet up flying 10 mph with no sound. I also saw another one shaped like an oval further away in the distance. I live near Lloyd Expressway on the eastside of Evansville. This thing came from northeast direction looks like it would have flown over Newburgh, IN flying southwest. It had to fly over I 164 and the Lloyd. If anyone else saw this on Oct. 10, 2008 between 4:30 and 5 AM, contact Southern Indiana Mufon. They know how to contact me. It would make me feel better to know someone else saw this. Thanks
1. BulletsSeveral witnesses have responded to an approaching UFO in the manner of the Old West, that is, by drawing abead and firing with a rifle or pistol. The bullets have been heard to strike metallic surfaces and whine off in2ricochets. Also, the landing of nearby UFOs has been heard as a thud such as would be expected from a not-so-3gentle setdown of a ponderous machine. While these sounds offer no clues to the UFO fields, they suggest that theobjects under study are not imaginary, vaporous, holograms, ball lightning, or earthquake lights.4A survey of close encounter cases by the author classified five distinct types of sounds emanating from UFOs. They were:VIOLENT (roar, explosion)LOW PITCH (hum, buzz)RUSH OF AIR (whoosh, swish)HIGH PITCH (shrill, whistle)SIGNALS (beeps, pulses)2. ViolentVery early in the morning of September 30, 1980, near Sale, Southern Australia, George Blackwell awoke to awhistling sound. It came from a wingless craft 8 m. across that displayed colored lights as it spun. It flew slowly atlow altitude, finally settling to the ground near a large water tank. The witness approached to within 15 m. when thewhistling sound became very loud. Then he heard an awful bang, accompanied by a blast of air and heat as the5, 8object took off vertically and flew away.A highway patrolman saw a strange object sitting on the ground in the San Joaquin Valley of California. It wasearly morning on a wintry day. Suddenly, the object became surrounded by a mist. Then a brilliant glow appeared asthe object rose off the ground. A few seconds later, he heard an explosion as the UFO departed. The sound wasclearly a shock wave from the UFO as the time delay was appropriate for the distance and the speed of sound.2Effects of UFOs Upon PeopleExplanationShock waves appear to be generated only at take-off. While sitting on the ground, the propulsion system ispresumed to be turned off; that is, no external field surrounds the UFO. Power would then be required to initiate thefield. The sudden appearance of mist in the San Joaquin case is a vital detail. That region in California is noted forvery dense, ground fogs resulting from ground cooling due to radiant heat loss to the cosmos during long winternights and high humidity near sloughs and swamps. Water vapor adjacent to the UFO could have been condensed bya reduction either in temperature or pressure. Because the phenomenon was accompanied by a shock wave, a changein temperature alone can be ruled out. The newly generated field must have exerted an outward force on theatmosphere, thereby reducing the pressure close to the surface. A very small pressure change, indeed, would sufficeto cross the dew point and condense water vapor from saturated air at 100% humidity. Such condensation cansometimes be observed in the low-pressure zone above airplane wings. Again microwaves emanating from UFOsare suspected because, at certain wavelengths, they are resonantly absorbed by water molecules with anaccompanying transfer of momentum, that is, a force. Resonances are at wavelengths of 0.17 cm. with four strongerones below 0.1 cm. Continuation of the process of pushing the air out of the way is the likely reason that UFOs can6fly faster than the speed of sound without creating sonic booms. 3. TonesThe most prevalent types of sounds are either low or high pitch. Words used by witnesses often succinctly andspecifically denote the pitch. For example, the former might be approximated by a hummingbird, the latter likenedto the squeal between stations on old-fashioned AM radios. Two revealing cases have recently come to light afterbeing hidden for decades:At 4:00 a.m. on July 25, 1957, several workers were taking a break at the Daye Steel Plant in Huangshi City,Peoples Republic of China. Upon hearing a humming sound, they noticed a bright spot in the clear night sky thatwas increasing in apparent size. As it came closer, it was seen as a circular plate giving off a dazzling white lightand leaving a white trail. During a two- to three-minute observation, it flew over the frightened observers at1000 m., producing a whistling sound that was louder than a jet. As the object approached the witnesses, the low7pitch changed to high pitch; no mention was made of any intermediate tones. The next example, collected by the CIA in southern Belgian Congo in 1952, remained secret until released in1983 under a lawsuit pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Two fiery objects glided in sweeping curves overuranium mines. They were seen in several perspectives as disks, ovals, and thin lines. During 10 to 12 minutes ofobservation, they emitted hissing and buzzing sounds. Commander Pierre at a small airfield jumped into a fighterplane and took off in pursuit. He was able to get within 150 m. of the objects that were disk-shaped, aluminum, 12 to15 m. in diameter, with a rim of fire. They were emitting a whistling sound that could easily be heard over theairplane engine. Note that the sound changed from low pitch to high pitch as the witness approached the objects,8without mention of intermediate tones. In both cases, the range closed, with movement of the object in China andof the witness in the Congo.ExplanationIt has long been recognized that people can hear electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region, such asradar and microwave radiation from UFOs was suspected as the cause of humming sounds. Relatively little wasknown about this phenomenon 15 years ago, but it had been well established that the aural response was caused byshort bursts of energy corresponding to pulsation of the microwave source. In some uncertain manner, the pulsesstimulated the organ in the inner ear that sends signals to the brain. The tonal value perceived by experimentalsubjects corresponded to the pulse rage of the source. Also, the location of the source was usually thought to bebehind the head as the direct response of microwave bypassed the time delay of ordinary, slow-moving sound wavesreaching the more remote ear. This process, known as binaural audition, is one of several clues to recognizing thedirection from which sounds originate. Vigorous research during the 1970s brought this highly complex9phenomenon into sharp focus. But for the present purpose, many details must be omitted so some statements are 3James McCampbellsubject to various technical restrictions that are not mentioned. Generally speaking, it has been shownexperimentally that people are able to hear pulsed microwaves from 200 to 3,000 MHz with peak power densities of2 2300 mW/cm and average power densities as low as 0.4 mW/cm with pulse widths of 1 to 100 microseconds (msec).As the shape of the response curve is a steep-sided mesa, the range of pulse width is probably about 10 to 40 msec.2In terms of average power density, the threshold is approximately 120 mW/cm. Therefore, very low-intensity,microwave radiation pulsed at 50 to 100 cycles per second would be "heard" and aptly described as humming.Experiments with animals showed that cats were 20 to 30% more sensitive than people, but one dog tested was 5times more sensitive. That result may explain why agitated dogs are the first indication of many UFO events.An entirely different mechanism, known as the thermoplastic process, appears to be responsible for the highpitch sounds. Absorption of energy in biological tissue produces an extremely small increase in temperature. Due tothermal expansion of the tissue, a corresponding increase in pressure is produced that then propagates through themedium as a sound wave. A microwave pulse impinging upon the head thereby creates a pressure wave thatpropagates through the skin, muscle, bone, and brain tissue and reverberates inside the cranium. These vibrations arecarried by bone conduction to register as sound in the auditory nerve. Microprobes have been surgically implantedin the auditory nerves of animals to measure the frequencies of pulses stimulated by this mechanism. It has beenfound that the frequency depends only upon the size of the head and the acoustical properties of brain tissue. Anextremely intricate, theoretical analysis by Dr. James C. Lin accurately duplicates the experimental data for guinea10pigs and cats. For example, the calculated frequency for cats ranged from 30 to 40 kHz, whereas the measuredvalue was 38 kHz. The measured value for cats is within their normal hearing range, up to 60 kHz, but well beyond2the limit of human hearing at 20 kHz. The calculated threshold for cats was 589 mW/cm for a head radius of 3 cm.For a man with a head radius of 7 cm., the calculated frequency range from 10 to 15 kHz based upon theoretical2models expected to yield upper and lower limits. The calculated threshold for man, 2183 mW/cm, is extremely high2compared to safety limits in the U.S. for short-term exposure of only 10 mW/cm. Anyone hearing a shrill whistlefrom a UFO would be in serious danger.Thus, experiment and theory show that the pitch perceived from impinging microwave pulses result from twodistinctly different mechanisms. At weak intensities and pulse rates in the low audio range, the pulses directlystimulate the inner ear and are interpreted as humming sounds. For very intensive radiation pulses, pressure wavesreverberate inside the head creating the impression of high pitch whistles. No known mechanism produces tones ofintermediate frequencies. Thus, the sounds stimulated by microwave radiation from UFOs would be discontinuously11dependent upon the distance to the UFO.
The following guest article is by RUPERT MATTHEWS, author of the book "Roswell".
THE BOTTA ALIEN
"By Rupert Matthews" Dr. Enrique Botta in 1950, though he did not talk publicly about the event until 1955 when persuaded to do so by friends. Botta was a former pilot aged about 40 who was in 1950 employed as an engineer working on a construction project in the rural area of Bahia Blanca some 75 miles from Caracas. Botta was driving back to his hotel one evening when he saw a strange object resting in a field. He stopped the car to get a better look. The object was shaped like a domed disc made of a silvery metal. It had no legs or landing gear and seemed to be resting slightly askew. There was an open door on one side. Getting out of his car, Botta walked over the field toward the object and peered through the door. Inside he could see a small, empty room lit by a vague glow and a flashing red light. As Botta touched the object he noticed that although it looked as if it were made of metal, the skin of the craft had a jelly-like softness. Walking inside, Botta passed to a second, much larger room. In that room Botta saw a curved bench or sofa on which sat three figures facing away from him. Each figure was about four feet tall and dressed in a tight-fitting overall that reached to the neck. The heads were rather large and looked bald. Botta stopped in alarm, but when the figures took no notice of him he approached them. As he got close he saw that the three figures were facing what he assumed to be a control panel. It was filled with guages, lights and what seemed to be meters. Above the panel floated a transparent sphere which rotated slowly. As the figures still took no notice of him, Botta reached out and touched one. The humanoid was rigid and hard, while the skin had the texture of charred wood. Believing that the beings were dead, Botta fled. He dashed to his car and drove off to the hotel where he and fellow engineers working on the project were staying. Botta blurted out his story to his two closest colleagues. One of these men had a gun he used for hunting, and suggested that all three men should return to the craft to inspect it further. It was by now dark, so the three men decided to go in the morning. Next day the three men drove back to the site of the encounter, but the disc-shaped craft had gone. All that was left was a small pile of ashes. One of Botta's friends stooped to touch it, but found it was hot and his hand turned purple, so he dropped the ash. Botta, meanwhile, had spotted a UFO circling high overhead. It was shaped like a cigar and pulsed with a red glow. After a few minutes it flew off and the men were left alone. The encounter was not yet over. Later that day Botta collapsed with a fever and was rushed to hospital. His skin came up in a rash and began to blister. A test showed no sign of radiation and the doctors thought that a very severe case of sunburn was the most likely explanation, although Botta had not been out in the sun much due to his work. Botta recovered after a few days and returned to work. He decided not to talk about the incident, but later as news of UFO sightings became more common in South America decided to speak out. "Rupert Matthews is the author of the book Roswell which is available on "Amazon and from all good bookshops. You can find Rupert's website at" www.rupertmatthews.com. "He also maintains a blog about the unexplained at" www.ghosthunteratlarge.blogspot.com.
"If you would like to contribute a guest article for the website please contact Richard Thomas at" richard@richardthomas.eu.
Strange days indeed folks! It appears that certain Government agencies have begun to disclose UFO information.
Yes, that's right! Frickin' UFOs!
The FBI recently opened a new website dubbed, "The Vault," which is a collection of declassified documents. A search of this site, using the keyword, "Flying Saucers" is here... http://vault.fbi.gov/search?SearchableText=flying+saucers
Here's a few news links on this...
A BIZARRE MEMO THAT APPEARS TO PROVE THAT ALIENS DID LAND NEAR THE AMERICAN TOWN OF ROSWELL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE FBI. - COURIERMAIL.COM
SECRET FBI MEMO 'PROVES' GOVT. COVERED UP ROSWELL ALIEN LANDING OF 1947 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
JFK DEMANDED UFO FILES PRIOR TO ASSASSINATION - NOWPUBLIC.COM
FBI VAULT REVEALS UFO, ROSWELL FILES - ABC NEWS
FBI RELEASES ROSWELL MEMO ABOUT 'THREE BODIES OF HUMAN SHAPE' - WASHINGTON POST
And the NSA is getting in on the fun as well...
NSA UFO DOCUMENTS INDEX
STUNNING: NSA RELEASES MESSAGES RECEIVED FROM ET'S - MINA
UFO DISCLOSURE: NSA DECLASSIFIES PAPER ADMITTING ALIEN CONTACT - ALLNEWSWEB.COM
In one intriguing note, sent on 22 March 1950, special agent Guy Hottel, head of the FBI's Washington field office, wrote to Hoover with information on three "so-called flying saucers" that a witness claimed had crash-landed in New Mexico.
According to the memo, an air force investigator stated that three flying saucers had been recovered in the area, along with the bodies of the alien crews. The memo goes on to add: "Each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only three feet tall, dressed in metallic cloth of a very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used by speed flyers and test pilots."According to the witness, the saucers were brought down by a "high-powered government radar" in the area that interfered with the spaceships' controls. "No further evaluation was attempted," the memo concludes.
[SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.GUARDIAN.CO.UK/WORLD/2011/APR/11/FBI-DESTROYS-UFO-REPORTS]The Guy Hottel document can be viewed here... http://vault.fbi.gov/hottel guy/
Now there have been other Governments who have recently made their UFO material available to the public...
NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE RELEASES UFO FILES - (DATED 2010-12-23) NTDTV
NZ MILITARY RELEASES UFO FILES - (DATED DEC 22, 2010) ABC NEWS
UFO FILES: UK RELEASES THOUSANDS OF SECRET DOCUMENTS, REPORTS - (DATED MARCH 4, 2011 ABC NEWS
BRITISH GOVERNMENT RELEASES UFO FILES - TELEGRAPH.CO.UK
Truthergirl Sonya had this to say...
In Mexico and other countries, hate against USA sells well. (see below)
That is why the last movement of the Exopoliticians, (walking corpses,) is to sell what I will call "Exopolitical Anti-imperialism"
Will this help the exopolitical circus of charlatans, hoaxers, profiters and disinformation ?
No, it wont. Why? For two basic reasons.
First, those who are anti-USA militants, care nothing about UFOs and Extraterrestrial mythology.
Second, the Nothing-Happens Syndrome is here to stay. There will be NO disclosure, NO Evidences, and the presumed ETs, will remain "out of the game" as usual.
But...we must see that this new "selling tactics" are dangerous and eventually could fire back.
Fraternally
James Black
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This week we address Special guest Sheldon Nidle. His first extraterrestrial and UFO experiences began succinctly after his open and were colored all preside over his aged by diverse modes of contact phenomena, as well as accompanying manifestations - light-form communications, extraterrestrial visitations, and teaching/learning sessions on specialist spacecraft. All through most of his life, he has enjoyed lifelong clairvoyant communications and end favorable mention knowledge inserts (etheric and normal implants). Sheldan has visually observed and approximately veteran spacecraft about the being. At fourteen, Sheldan requested that the Sirians and their Galactic Grouping of Upbeat Followers excise communications surrounded by him while he was experiencing off-putting discord amongst their strict knowledge and what he was research featuring in on Mud. They disappeared, but the Sirians and their Galactic Grouping of Upbeat Followers told him that they would be improve so it was time to via his occupation for planet Mud and her the public. In high moot, he was positioned in better-quality science programs in number areas such as physics, chemistry, and calculus. Sheldan usual an M.A. in Devotee Science from the Academic world at Buffalo in 1968. He what's more usual an M.A. in Southeast Asian Alteration from Ohio Academic world in 1970 and an M.A. in American Politics and International company Disorder Supervision from the Academic world of Southern California, where he what's more pursued a Ph.D. program (1974-76). In the 1970s, he was Vice-President for Technological Cipher at Syntar Productions, where he co-created a documentary on the life and goings-on of Nikola Tesla. From the 1970s preside over the mid-1980s, he was fascinated in strict research on substitute sources of electrical make. In the mid-1980s, his extraterrestrial friends resumed. At once, Sheldan is a archetypical and teacher for the Galactic Grouping of Upbeat and, in November 1997, founded the Stellar Creation Tidiness (PAO). Sheldon Nidle Galactic Grouping of light Stellar Creation Tidiness UFOs space
Birmingham UFO Group ReportAuthor: Dave HodrienRelease Date: 28/10/2009As a UFO group, occasionally we of course get sent photographs of unusual objects in the sky. While some of these are undoubtedly mistaken identity and nothing more than aircraft, birds or insects, sometimes the photos appear to show something much more unusual. This report is about one such photograph, which was sent to me on 25th October 2009. The photographer, Rob Taylor, wanted my opinion on what he had managed to capture in a photograph taken while visiting the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt. Of course this location has, in many peoples eyes, already got connections with the subject of ufology, making this photograph even more interesting. I asked Rob many questions about the photograph to obtain as much detail as possible about when and how it was taken.The PhotographIn November 2007 Rob and his wife Emma went on holiday to Egypt. Of course no holiday to Egypt would be complete without a visit to the Pyramids of Giza, and on the 12th November, this is precisely what they did. It was a very hot day, with light hazy cloud covering the sky. Accompanying Rob and Emma was a local guide and historian named Ibrahim. Rob had his Sony Mavica Disc camera with him, and took a number of photographs of the site. It was 1pm and he decided to take a photograph of the Sphinx, with Khufu pyramid in the background. He saw nothing out of the ordinary when he took the photograph, and continued to take other photographs throughout the afternoon.Satellite photograph showing approximate position that Rob took the photograph from:When they returned home, Rob and Emma scanned in the photographs and took a look through them. They were amazed to see what appeared to be one/two saucer-shaped objects in the sky to the left of the pyramid.Original photograph with UFOs visible on the left:None of the other photographs contained anything out of the ordinary. Rob zoomed in on the objects and studied the photograph in depth. He works with CCTV and cameras, and feels certain that the objects are not birds or insects. There were no planes or other aircraft in the area while they were there, and Rob says if there were they would have been easily noticeable against the hazy sky. He believes that the objects on the photograph may well be craft of extraterrestrial origin.Photographic AnalysisThere are three unusual objects/anomalies present in the middle left of the photograph. Firstly there appear to be two small "classic" saucer-shaped objects. There is also a very faint third object to their right which is hard to make out.The objects of interest:First let us examine the saucer-shaped objects.Zoomed and edge find images of upper object:Zoomed and edge find images of lower object:As you can see the two objects appear to be of similar shape. The upper object certainly appears to be a solid object of some kind which is reflecting the light of the sun, with the shadow visible along its underside. The lower object is of a similar shape, but appears less solid and white in colour. It also appears not quite symmetrical when viewed up close. Could it be some sort of reflection of the upper object in the camera lens? Or is it a separate object in its own right which is reflecting the light differently, or which is perhaps not fully in our visible spectrum/dimension? Perhaps it has some sort of trail behind it which is the reason why it does not look fully symmetrical. I do not believe it is simply a small cloud, as it looks much too defined and bright against the rest of the sky.The objects appear to be at a distance from the camera and behind the pyramid but this may just be an optical illusion. The objects do not appear to be normal aircraft. Nor do they appear to be birds or insects passing the camera, however this is something which cannot fully be ruled out at present.The third object/anomaly is very faint and smaller (more distant?) than the two saucer-shaped objects, and can be seen to the right of them. As it is so faint it is hard to judge its actual form. It could very well be a third similar object at a distance, and may even be partially hidden by the hazy cloud visible in the sky.Zoomed and edge find images of third object:I feel that this photograph certainly warrants further analysis and is quite an interesting image. If I manage to get more thorough analysis done on the photograph, the results will be added to this report. For now it remains an intriguing photo that perhaps shows one or more genuine extraterrestrial or extradimensional craft.Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009
OUTSOURCING SPACE EXPLORATION TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY WON'T WORK
While the Mars rover Curiosity is discovering the building blocks of life on the red planet, many are equally excited about another development: commercial companies have finally discovered profit in space.
This is no small feat, considering the enormous risk and technical hurdles. With years of experience building government-designed rockets and communications satellites, private companies took the first cautious steps by funding research labs that hitched rides on the NASA Space Shuttle. In fact, I was privileged to be the very first private astronaut working on techniques to manufacture new medicines in space on three shuttle flights in 1984-85. Now, companies such as SpaceX and Virgin Galactic are building their own rockets and making profits by launching satellites and sending supplies to the International Space Station. They're even selling tickets for joyrides into the cosmos - something we've dreamed of since before Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.
Excited by their progress, many people have suggested that we outsource even bolder space exploration to these companies. Why not entrust the audacious human Mars-landing mission to private companies as well, leaving private industry to fund and build the rockets, capsule and other major systems? SpaceX founder Elon Musk has already boasted of plans to build a new rocket that could send citizen-colonists to Mars several years ahead of NASA's schedule, and for only 500,000 per ticket. That's dirt cheap.
The idea is attractive, considering today's budget crunch, even if commercial plans for a Mars mission are hypothetical at best. As much as I support the private space industry, though, experience and common sense tell me that a commercial landing of humans on Mars won't ever get off the ground - not unless NASA goes there first.
Businesses are slaves to short-term balance sheets, and private space-industry investors and shareholders are notoriously risk-averse. Even wealthy entrepreneurs won't throw their money away. They'll back straightforward missions using well-tested technologies and demand a profit within a reasonable amount of time with acceptable risk. Exploration, however, is by its nature very risky. Only a nation can marshal the long-term funding and pioneering vision needed to "boldly go where no one has gone before."
In fact, nearly every great exploration in history has been government-funded or guaranteed, from Magellan's trip around the globe to the Lewis and Clark expedition across the American continent. NASA's own history reads as an improbable list of "firsts." When President John F. Kennedy declared in 1961 that the United States would put a man on the moon by the end of that decade, no one had the technologies we would need to get there. NASA scientists and engineers led a government-industry team inventing the rocket boosters, space capsule and computer-guidance systems from scratch in just a few years.
Of course, before it succeeded, NASA failed publicly many times. If we had entrusted the project to private industry, shareholders or investors would have pulled the plug long before the Apollo program. Prototype space capsules would be gathering dust in a museum, labeled as a misstep for private companies instead of a giant leap for mankind.
NASA's long-term determination led to the success that makes today's commercial spaceflight possible. NASA is already preparing to take the next giant leaps. The agency just released a plan to corral an asteroid into orbit around the moon. NASA should partner with industry in this pursuit and enable the utilization of the asteroid it explores. NASA engineers are developing new technologies for a manned Mars mission such as new propulsion systems that produce high velocities at low power, efficient wastewater recycling for long missions, deep-space radiation shields, and the most powerful rocket booster in history, known as the Space Launch System. We haven't produced a rocket this powerful since the Saturn V was retired in 1973. This booster will be nearly 10 times more powerful than the commercial space rockets now used to restock the International Space Station.
This is our era's Moon shot - the difficult challenge that we choose to accept not because it is easy, as Kennedy said, but because it is hard, because it will drive us to build new technologies, answer the toughest questions, and inspire a new generation of American engineers and scientists to carry the torch for decades to come.
We should continue to support commercial space companies as they make spaceflight cheaper and more accessible. We should not be content, though, to do what we've done since the '60s, only a little cheaper - or to stake our most important space exploration goal on the whims of the market. We should continue to push the envelope and expand the frontier as a top national priority. That's a job only NASA can lead.
"By Charlie Walker - He is a former Space Shuttle astronaut, is an engineer and expert on space exploration and commercialization."
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April 1, 2007 (NOW PLAYING!): The Paracast, with Gene Steinberg and David Biedny, covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet. The Paracast interviews long-time researchers in the field, to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join Gene and David as they explore the realms of the known and unknown, and hear great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Outspoken paranormal commentator and documentary filmmaker Paul Kimball discusses the good, bad and ugly aspects of UFO research and other fascinating issues.
UFO author Kevin D. Randle sets the record straight on the Roswell, New Mexico and Aurora, Texas incidents.
source: Toronto Traitby: Cathal KellyWE ARE Bordered BY DOZENS OF Fit for human habitation PLANETS. WE Reasonable CAN'T SEE THEM YET, ACCORDING TO A University.In his new book, How to Become a Fit for human habitation Humanity, geoscientist Jim Kasting suggests that the chances that each of the stars you see in the sky is being rotated by a planet able of pleasing life are rarely high.Kasting is the direct of NASA's Exoplanet Quest Film Rendition Group."I'm very buoyant. I gaze Earths are intimate," Kasting expected. "If you call any aspect type of solar star, the chances of finding an Earth-like planet are absolutely horrible... the opportunity (OF ANY STAR BEING ORBITED BY A HABITABLE PLANET) strength be everyplace in the midst of a tenth and a part."Let's put that into perspective. The flanking star to our solar system is Alpha Centauri. It's ended than four light years improbable. That's about 40 trillion kilometres.We don't as yet meet up if an Earth-like planet orbits Alpha Centauri seeing that we can't see effectively plenty. Stars are very unambiguous. Planets are very dim. One washes out the other.So this search starts out very rationally. Kasting's most basic checklist for habitable planets contains definitely two boxes.Acme, dowry is its assembly - it necessity be a rock, intend Earth, as hostile to gaseous, intend Jupiter. Treat, it necessity include the robust turn away from from its sun, so that any incipient life is neither baked nor inflexible."We gaze it with requests thick water... we don't meet up for sure that life requires thick water. We modestly meet up that all terrestrial life does," Kasting expected.The chances flourish if scientists are able to detect carbon dioxide, oxygen, ozone and gases intend methane or nitrous oxide which are bent by organisms - at smallest amount of as we nowadays set the limits of them. It stands to lawsuit that the planet hardship be about the same fatness as our own.The current methods of discovering planets cue on the stars they spin verbalize. The most intimate is Doppler spectroscopy - observing short shifts in the star's own spin and speed background to Earth caused by the gravitational force exerted by the indiscernible planet.Stopping at this honest gadget, scientists lug so far discovered about 400 planets peripheral our own solar system. Utmost of persons are invincible - the fatness of Jupiter or so - and shady for a stylishness of reasons to fit the territory bill.Motionless, we've made a number of recent strides in sighting methods. The development of creamy space-based telescopes increases the smartness of our catch sight of, and expands the astronomer's borer box."Being we in a minute assume... are telescopes called Ground Humanity Finders," expected Kasting. TPF's can work in the visible or infrared spectrum. A visible spectrum TPF apparently requires an boasting of 8 m, which is ended than three become old higher than the Hubble decline."The unacknowledged thing is to example at an area very close to to a unambiguous star, and stopover out the light so that you modestly see the light from the planet," Kasting expected.The best come near to, according to Kasting, is to foot two craft - one inhabited the decline, and the other comprised of a safeguard to stopover out light that floats at an angle trimming the first craft.The technology to foot such policy exists. But the sponsorship does not.In attendance is nowadays a decline in space take effect the originate crunching that strength take precedence TPFs. The Kepler decline has been in space for about a time probing for, in the midst of other matter, statistical evidence of Earth-like planets.Kepler is staring at one short foundation of the gaping Velvety Way, monitoring the cheerfully of 150,000 stars. If an Earth-sized planet passes in public image of any of persons stars, the nearly feathery dimming force be captured by Kepler. There's an tress of option complex, but what time that data is interpreted, Kasting's 10-50 per cent urbane arbiter force lug an empirical measure."There's lots of activity. Kepler's up dowry now. (DIVERSE, RECUPERATE SPACE DECLINE) SIM Lite possibly will be up dowry, if the astronomers misappropriate to kitty it in the appearance few years. And TPF - we ostensibly got started organization one of persons three or four years ago. Until the sponsorship ran out."Everyplace ARE WE NOW?"SIM is sitting in (NASA'S CALIFORNIA-BASED) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, half-finished... They've hypothetical the hardware. It possibly will be built very rapidly... If they got collaboration this time, they possibly will initiate it in about four years from now."SIM is truly hypothetical to search for Earth-sized planets.If Kasting's theories hold fruit, this strength allow an impartial new goal for deep-space exploration. But if TPFs are a ways off, that's a cut of an impartial opposing convey of get a ride."I'm a science fabrication fan, too. Almost certainly we'll get dowry someday. But that's well off into the greatly," Kasting expected. "I'm most inquisitive in what we can do now - which is example at these planets, and try to seem out if they're habitable, and as a result, if they're built-up."
SHORT UFO FACT: [Diatonic ratios. At least one article claims that the circle makers, whoever or whatever they are, have been encoding within crop circles diatonic ratios - how notes in music are related to each other. "MUSICIANS HAVE USED THE MUSICAL NOTES OF THE FIRST OCTAVE TO ENCODE MESSAGES IN THEIR MUSIC," the article says. "For example, the last fugue of Bach keeps repeating notes B-A-C-H. The Circlemakers, since 1988, have also been encoding messages by including diatonic ratios, and hence sets of notes. When geometries are tested against lists of initials, the code appears to fit one and only one list: the first 25 presidents of the Society for Psychical Research of London." A reason why the circle makers might identify these people is not offered in the article. "MUSIC AND HARMONICS" at Crop Circle Research.com offers additional information and some sound samples.]
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SHORT UFO FACT: [Sacred geometry. "THE SACRED GEOMETRY OF CROP CIRCLES" says that so-called sacred geometry is evident in crop formations and reflect "the universe, its pure forms and dynamic equilibriums shared a higher purpose: the attainment of spiritual wholeness through self-reflection, thereby giving structural insight into the workings of the inner self. When analyzing crop circle forms through the precise and unalterable practice of sacred geometry one cannot help but appreciate that a mind of scholarly intelligence is involved. That these symbols are occurring primarily in wheat, the very symbol of the Earth Mother, is significant in itself. Perhaps they are here to draw us as a race together by this interaction with our symbol of life?"]
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April 16, 2011
A PHOTO-JOURNALIST IN THE PROVINCE OF SANTA FE, ARGENTINA, PHOTOGRAPHED AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT(UFO) AND DECIDED TO SEND IT TO THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) TO VERIFY ITS AUTHENTICITY. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE IMAGE IS REAL.
M24Digital sources said that the photo was taken by photo-journalist Gaston Garnier, 26.
The young man said that "there was an eclipse in December and I was testing how far I would get the moon in my camera, I made five pictures as I was waiting for a party to start. Until then I did not see anything wrong with the images."
He added that "everyone who saw this picture, including fellow journalists and photographers, agreed to describe it as very rare. I never realized that I object when I made the pictures, because I was focused on the Moon."
In its report, NASA explained that "after digital analysis, we come to the conclusion that we have a genuine photo of a UFO that compared with several samples of our database shows a 80.75 per percent similarity to one photographed on 13 December in Abrantes, Portugal."
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