Monday, January 20, 2014
(VIDEO) 'Mile-wide UFO' spotted by British airline pilot.
THE SIGHTING of the world's biggest UFO on the south coast this week has rocketed everybody's favourite myth back into the limelight.
The two yellow cigar-shaped objects, measuring a mile wide, were seen by an aircraft pilot and his passengers near Guernsey.
This latest UFO spotting joins the list of famous discoveries which have kept alive the theory that there really is life in space.
Alien-like Spacecraft Hovers Over Seattle Building.
There was an unlikely visitor to one of Seattle's skyscrapers on 8 January 2014.
An eyewitness captured the strange object flying and hovering on one of the buildings in Seattle.
"This video was taken in Seattle you have seen here a flying saucer on the top of this building"
The witness spoke Spanish in the video as he described every moment of the craft’s movement. He also made adjustments so that the image will be more visible
"I made some improvements on the filters and that makes the image of the UFO much better seen"
The video was posted on UFO Sightings Daily, a website coordinated by Scott C. Waring former USAF, about UFO sightings and extra-terrestrial phenomenon.
The video ran for 2 minutes and 47 seconds, and the eyewitness was narrating while it was recorded.
The people on the streets and inside the buildings were oblivious to what this witness have captured on cam.
Strange red lights, similar to that of flares were also reported in February of 2013 in Seattle’s dark night sky. Eyewitnesses described what they saw.
"I saw these two bright red lights through the leafless tree outside our building coming our direction. There was a low cloud cover and they didn't look "right". Looked like red road flares but not on the road. I thought they might be planes but they really didn't look like planes. Too brilliant and just red with a whitish center."
Could this be the same object that was seen on top of one of Seattle’s buildings on 8 January 2014?
Source: The Canadian
UFO: Alien Triangle Causes Drivers to Duck in Perth, Australia.
Do drivers duck when they're on the road? Normally not; but on 9 January 2014, drivers in Perth Australia did. The report was submitted to the Mutual UFO Network, one of the oldest civilian UFO-investigative organization.
An eyewitness reported that at 12:32 PM of January 9, 2014, he ducked his head, and so did the others on the road that day, when a strange alien object appeared on the road.
"I was stopped at traffic lights on Erindale road and Balcatta road, when just out of the blue a shadow covering a four lane street plus buildings flew over, I saw the shape of it, before it actually made me duck my head and I looked around to the other cars they did the same thing as well."
The object was identified to be of a huge triangular shape appearing at the centre of the intersection. Despite its size, it moved fast.
"It actually was quite fast but just enough to see the shape, it just went over in a few seconds maybe ten.\" said the witness.
Witnesses were all baffled by the strange object they had just seen. Apparently, as the witness called her husband while seated on her car, she remembered that this is not the first time it happened.
According the eyewitness, a similar incident happened in Duncraig, a northern suburb in Perth Australia, several years ago. There were a number of reports about a huge shadow going over the suburb.
Could that shadow be the same shadow cast by the triangular object in the middle of the intersection on 9 January 2014?
Source: The Canadian
The Hidden History Of Egypt.
Khemitology: An alternative approach to Egyptology
Egypt is currently in the news, and not for the most pleasant of reasons. Political disturbances are being felt in isolated pockets of the country, yet are clearly overblown by western media, and some foreign governments. But this land, and especially the fertile areas that border the Nile River has been a vital part of human history for thousands of years. From the rise of Islam in the 7thcentury AD, and back through the Coptic Christians, Jews, Romans, Greeks, Persians and finally the so called dynastic Egyptians, each successive dominant culture has left their mark.
The clearest evidence of this is in the stone constructions they left behind. And it is through the study of these works that we can see the level of technology each culture had, through what tools they used. Limestone is and has been in great abundance in the country, especially near Cairo, due to the laying down of sedimentary deposits millions of years ago. In fact, the famous Giza plateau is more or less a massive outcrop of limestone.
Both the Romans and Greeks had the use of steel, and thus could shape limestone with ease, as well as marble. However, the archaeological record shows us that the dynastic Egyptians worked with mainly bronze tools, such as chisels, as well as stone hammers. These would have been fine for the shaping of limestone, as in the columns and flat surfaces which make up many of the palaces and temples that we think of as dynastic achievements.
Limestone averages 3 to 4 on the Mohs scale, which is an indication of the ability of harder minerals and materials to scratch softer ones. And bronze has a similar hardness, depending on what has been added to the copper base. The first bronze in any appreciable quantities was in use in Egypt starting in the 4th dynasty (2613 to 2494 B.C.) and this coincided, as most Egyptologists would have it, with the building of the three pyramids at Giza.
The stone often used for hammers and other tools was usually diorite, which has a hardness of 7, on average, on the Mohs scale. It was mainly in the form of ball shaped pounders which were used to strike the limestone as a way of removing material. And, flat stones could be employed, along with silica sand slurry to act as an early sanding process.
It is commonly believed that iron, let alone steel did not appear in appreciable quantities until at least the 8th century BC in Egypt, brought in by traders from lands farther to the east. So how was the harder stone shaped?
In order to shape stone, or wood, or practically any solid material, there is one simple principle; the tool material has to be as hard or harder than the material being worked. Also, a power tool, that which is energized by electricity, water or some other force tends to remove material faster and more efficiently than a tool operated solely by hand. As well, powered instruments tend to be more accurate in their execution than those which are solely human operated and energized.
This then leads to a true conundrum when we look, for example, at some of the shaped surfaces on the Giza plateau, because here, and many engineers can attest to this, we find evidence of the use of machine powered saws in deep antiquity. In order to get into any real depth about this, I will refer to the research of two great contemporary men, Stephen Mehler and Christopher Dunn, both of whom I traveled with in Egypt in April 2013.
Stephen Mehler is an oral tradition specialist and author of ancient Egyptian knowledge; much of his tutelage came from his relationship with Abd’El Hakim Awyan. The latter was an Egyptian tour guide and indigenous wisdom keeper. Christopher Dunn is a master machinist, born and raised in England who moved to the United States and worked in high technology establishments which make, for example, specialized parts for jet engines.
Conventional Egyptology has a tendency to either ignore, or insufficiently try to explain the machined saw marks I witnessed, as well as obvious examples of high speed core drills having been at work at such sites as Abu Sir, Abu Ghurob, and the Giza plateau. The important point is that the saw marks and drill holes that I and others have seen, in profusion in these and other areas were not so much in soft limestone, but in far harder rock like basalt, granite and diorite.
All three of the above mentioned types of rock are at least 6 to 7 on the Moh’s scale of hardness, and thus could not have been shaped using the copper or bronze chisels of the dynastic Egyptians, though many Egyptologists insist this is the case. As well, in many instances we can see the grooves that the saw blades and core drills left behind as they penetrated the stone. These marks tend to be very even in nature, with each succeeding one representing one revolution of the saw or drill bit; something which is very difficult to do if done with hand tools, due to muscle strain over time.
According to some engineers that I have interviewed, the 2 to 3 mm distance between each successive rotation of the tools mentioned above matches, if not exceeds modern day diamond tipped equipment. So if the dynastic Egyptians, as well as the succeeding cultures did not have access to what we in the 21st century would call “high tech” tools, who did?
To explain this, we use the knowledge of Christopher Dunn to explain the “how and why,” and Stephen Mehler for the “who and when.” Dunn has published two very revolutionary books; The Giza Power Plant: Technologies Of Ancient Egypt, and Lost Technologies Of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering In The Temples Of The Pharaohs.
In the Giza Power Plant he explores his theory that the Great Pyramid, and perhaps others were harmonic resonance devices, used to actually generate and distribute vibratory power. And inLost Technologies Of Ancient Egypt he shows that ancient artisans left their marks all over that land, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of research and at least 9 field study journeys to Egypt, he presents a stunning stone by stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its feet. His modern-day engineering expertise provides a unique view into the sophisticated technology used to create these famous monuments in prehistoric times.
Stephen Mehler has also written two books pertaining to ancient Egypt. The first, The Land Of Osiris basically rewrites the history of the area thanks in large part to his decades long relationship with indigenous wisdom keeper Abd’El Hakim Awyan. In it, he explores the existence of a pre-pharaohnic civilization, called the Khemetians who were responsible for the creation of the Sphinx, pyramids of the Giza Plateau, as well as other monuments to the north and south. The name given to this area was Bu Wizzer, translated as meaning the Land Of Osiris.
In his second book, From Light Into Darkness: The Evolution Of Religion In Ancient Egypt he explores the idea that the three great western religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam all evolved out of Egypt.
The work of both of these authors flies in the face of entrenched Egyptology dogma which insists that no defined culture preceded the dynastic Egyptians. However, by combining the works of Dunn and Mehler, a logical picture of ancient history arises which explains the hard stone artifacts found in the area displaying machine cutting marks.
To those that have not visited Egypt, you probably would be quite shocked at the amount of damage to the monuments which has occurred over the course of thousands of years. Casing stones of pyramids and other monumental refined works have been strewn about, shattered and harvested as building materials by later cultures. It is the remains of the hard stone artifacts which are of particular importance, as in basalt, granite and diorite because, again, these are stones which the dynastic Egyptians could not have shaped with the tools found in the archaeological record.
Outside the Great Pyramid, within the first half hour of our being there in April 2013, Christopher Dunn and Stephen Mehler both pointed out clear examples of black basalt that had been cut with a circular saw of some kind. And the best evidence, as far as I am concerned is at a site called Abu Sir, to the south of Giza. Here we saw many examples of core drilling in red Aswan granite, as well as saw cut marks in black granite and basalt.
And the most stupefying of all locations was the Serapeum, which is a subterranean passageway containing more than 20 large niches, and inside of each is an enormous granite box, with lid. The boxes are made of one piece of hollowed out granite, and the lid was originally part of that same stone. The surfaces are flat within a few ten thousandths of an inch of laser perfection, yet the inscriptions, commonly called hieroglyphs were of much inferior quality. What this suggests is that the inscriptions were made later, and by people of a lower technological prowess.
It seems apparent that the conventional historical accounts and interpretations of Egypt are woefully lacking. We have all been taught, and some would say indoctrinated from childhood that prior to the dynastic Egyptians, who arrived in the area at about 3100 BC that relatively primitive people inhabited the area. We have also been told that the dynastic people erected all of the pyramids, carved the Sphinx, and cut, shaped and transported multi-ton blocks from the Aswan quarry, some 500 miles from Giza.
Yet the presence of traces of advanced machining, such as core drill holes, high speed circular saw marks, and mortar free joinery of megalithic stones tells us that someone was present before the Pharaohs. These people, according to Stephen Mehler and others, especially those of the Khemit School of Ancient Mysticism, www.khemitology.com were called the Khemitians; a civilization of advanced capabilities whose existence is largely ignored, dismissed, or ridiculed by most academics.
However, evidence of their presence can still be seen at many sites, especially those on and near the Giza Plateau, and a tour of these locations will happen between March 30 and April 12, 2014, hosted by Yousef Awyan (son of the wisdom keeper Abd’El Hakim Awyan), his wife Patricia, Stephen Mehler, Gary Evans, Mohamed Ibrahim, and the author. Details via this link:http://infinite-connections.co.uk/march-2014-egypt-tour/
Source: Disinf
Mars Or Bust: Putting Humans On The Red Planet.
"I don't know why you're on Mars, but whatever the reason for going to Mars is, I'm glad you're there and I wish I was with you."
That was a part of astrophysicist Carl Sagan's message, recorded a few months before he died in 1996, to the future human inhabitants of Mars.
Some of the earliest science fiction imagined voyages to the Red Planet. We now have the space-faring technology, and getting humans to Mars actually seems within reach. It would certainly involve massive resources and a lot of danger, but some believe the rewards would be massive.
Mission To Mars
A few years ago, President Obama set a more conventional goal for the mid-2030s.
"I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth, and a landing on Mars will follow," Obama said. "And I expect to be around to see it."
Earthlings have actually been visiting Mars since the 1960s, at least our machines have. First there were fly-by missions and then orbiters. Primitive landing vehicles in the 1970s sent back the first pictures.
But the real triumphs began with the robotic rovers that started exploring the surface of Mars in the '90s. Ten years ago, NASA took a big leap forward when it landed the rovers Spirit and Opportunity on opposite sides of the planet.
Even John Grant, a planetary geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and part of NASA's rover mission team, thinks a manned mission is necessary.
Grant tells NPR's Arun Rath that even with the amount of information scientists have learned about Mars in recent years, there is still a lot of it left unexplored. He says what we've seen so far would be comparable to visiting a few national parks on Earth.
"Think if you had all of the continents on Earth to explore and you've only been to a handful of places," he says. "Would you say you really understand Earth?"
Grant says though the robots and rovers are critical to setting the stage for understanding Mars, it is a very slow process. In its 10 years on the planet, the Opportunity rover has traveled about 23 miles. He says humans would be more efficient.
"With the rovers, it's much more of a dragged-out process, simply because they can't do and think like we do," he says. "And because we have to tell them what to do, it just takes longer."
Practicing For Martian Life
There are, of course, many concerns about sending people to Mars, and it is not the type of stuff you can sort out after launch. Once you're off, it's a long trip; the shortest round-trip ticket would take more than a year.
So here on Earth, scientists are conducting experiments at sites built to simulate these long-duration missions. University of Hawaii professor Kim Binsted is the principle investigator at one of these sites, located on one of Hawaii's volcanoes. The sites have no plant life or human activity visible.
"It's not the Hawaii you're used to thinking of and seeing ads for tourism," Binsted says. "It's very small."
In a small, 1,000-square-foot geodesic dome, six scientists live and work for months. That space includes their workspace, sleeping areas, kitchen and laboratories. And just like on Mars, the crew can only go outside in mock spacesuits. A recent mission finished in August was all about food, including cooking with the stable shelf food they will be traveling with.
"When you start talking about the surface of the moon or Mars, there's enough gravity there to keep the ingredients in the bowl," she says. "So that enables basic cooking."
The crew cooked everything from borscht to dumplings and even baking cakes, Binsted says. No fresh food though, so no salads on Mars.
Binsted says they have funding for subsequent missions that will look at growing food as well as the psychological concerns like crew cohesion and crew performance under the harsh conditions.
"Basically, how to support a crew and pick a crew so that they don't end up wanting to kill each other," she says.
There And Back Again
Getting to Mars is only half the problem. Getting back is another thing entirely.
Just think about all it takes just to get a simple satellite from the ground into Earth's orbit. Now imagine launching a trip home from Mars. How do you pack your own launch pad, rocket and the ridiculous quantity of fuel it takes to get home?
One group of Mars enthusiasts is getting around all of that by saying to simply forget going home.
Mars One is a Netherlands-based nonprofit that has a goal of establishing a permanent, sustainable human settlement on Mars by 2025. First, they'd send a set of robots to build a habitat and stockpile water. But their plan still faces serious problems, like potentially lethal levels of radiation on the surface of Mars and the extreme weather.
There's still a lot of money to be raised, and the company is looking to crowd-funding for some of it. John Logsdon, the former director the Space Policy Institute, says the idea is more fantasy that fact in his mind.
"[It's] not clear what they would do when they get there except be there," Logsdon says. "It's not impossible, but I think it's highly implausible."
That implausibility has not deterred more than 200,000 people across the world from applying to the program, willing to risk it all for that chance.
"Everything I have done academically and professionally has been for one reason: to leave this Earth and represent humanity on Mars," says 25-year-old Lt. Heidi Beemer. She and University of Hawaii's Binsted are among the more than 1,000 people who made it to the second round.
"I actually decided and told my parents when I was 8 years old that I was going to be an astronaut and go to Mars," Beemer says.
Beemer is an Army chemical defense officer with the Fort Campbell's 63rd Chemical Company in Kentucky. To most, the concept of a one-way trip to another planet seems daunting and disturbing, even crazy. Beemer's mind is made up.
"The thought of being afraid or having the fear of the fact that I'm going to die on a different planet doesn't really bother me," she says, "because this is something that will help out humanity for years and years to come."
Beemer's passion for the Red Planet goes back to an article she read in 1997 about the landing of NASA's Sojourner rover. She says that when she saw what a little rover was capable of, she knew we needed to send people there.
Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride
Mars One plans to have the final round of astronauts selected in 2015 — about 40 or 50 applicants. They'll spend the next decade training at stations just like the one in Hawaii. Starting in 2024, the first set of four astronauts will set off on the one-way journey. Beemer says she's already connected with some of the other applicants on their Facebook group.
Beemer has a long way to go in the selection process, but even if her Mars One plan doesn't work out, she believes "it's just a matter of time" before there will be other opportunities.
"Regardless, my goal is to continue getting people excited about space," she says. "Getting the younger generations excited about the project is something I'm going to continue doing for the rest of my life, whether I'm on Earth or on Mars."
Source: NPR
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