Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Here's today's news:
g STARS - What is the habitable zone for the nearby star GJ 1128?
g ABODES - "Geoengineering" refers to human-made changes to the Earth's land, seas or atmosphere that are intended to help slow climate change. However, some scientists are worried that geoengineering techniques may cause more harm than good. See article.
g LIFE - A new study shows that new species of life on Earth emerge just as often as they die out, and that most evolution occurs in small bursts. The research has implications in understanding the history of life on our planet and the evolutionary processes that will shape the biosphere's future on Earth. See article.
g COSMICUS - On Earth, we use robotic airplanes to explore and collect data in places that are difficult to access. NASA wants to do something similar on Mars. How do Earth and Mars differ? What are some of the challenges to designing an airplane for flight on Mars? See video.
g LEARNING - How is the search for life elsewhere reflected culturally in symbols that we recognize daily? One signpost invented to characterize the 'state of the internet' is the occasional change in the logo of the world's most popular search engine. How that doodle has come to recognize astrobiology seems to violate conventional wisdom on what is meant by tinkering with one's cherished brand recognition. See article. Note: This article is from 2004.
g AFTERMATH - If some day we detect a radio signal from a distant civilization, we'll have to make some adjustments in the way we view ourselves. After millennia of knowing of no other intelligence in the universe than humankind, we could face a considerable challenge to our terrestrial egotism. In the process, will we simply gain a little healthy humility about our place in the universe? Or would it be downright humiliating to compare our own meager accomplishments with those of more advanced extraterrestrials? See article. Note: This article is from 2000.
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Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Here's today's news:
g STARS - Where do elements, such as iron in our blood or calcium in our bones, come from? Astronomers say they come from thermonuclear reactions in hundreds of millions of stars that burn at high temperatures in our galaxy. Stars that are 10 or more times more massive than the sun eventually explode as supernovas, leaving traces of elements in the space between the stars of the Milky Way. When our solar system was created, astronomers say the trace elements were drawn from interstellar gases to form the Earth. See article.
g ABODES - A bold, new robotic mission to Mars proposes to make the first exploration of subsurface water ice in a potentially habitable zone. THOR, a low-cost mission designed for NASA's Mars Scout program, aims to send a projectile at high speed into the Martian surface while observing the impact and its aftermath. The mission is led by Arizona State University in Tempe, in partnership with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. See article.
g LIFE - Plants in some of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth don't have enough birds and bees to allow them to fruit to their full potential, a new study finds. It is not clear, however, whether the less-than-perfect pollination is new or if it's the sort of challenge some plants have always faced. See article.
g INTELLIGENCE - Researchers have provided the first biologic evidence supporting the idea that people empathize with likeable people in painful situations, and feel satisfaction when someone they dislike suffers. See article.
g MESSAGE - Can aliens find us? With a really nice pair of binoculars, the Great Wall of China (not to mention less romantic constructions, such as interstate highways) does become visible from orbit. Any curious aliens that made it to within a few hundred miles of Earth would have no trouble seeing the artifacts of our civilization. They would know, without doubt, that technologically competent beings roamed our world. But how visible are we to aliens that are farther away? See article. Here's the follow-up to the article from 2003.
g COSMICUS - By sharply reducing the growth of space science and other NASA programs over the next five years, NASA managers hope to erase a projected multi-billion dollar shortfall in the shuttle budget, permitting up to 17 missions between now and the program's retirement in 2010, including a possible flight to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Only two flights are expected this year, one in May and the other late this summer, as NASA struggles to complete its recovery from the Columbia disaster and finish a major overhaul of the shuttle Endeavour. See article.
g LEARNING - Book alert: Sure, you've heard of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. But do you really know what it means? And even if you do there's a lot more to be learned about this eccentric genius. Did you know he worked to develop hearing aids? Or that a student actually spotted a mistake in one of his papers? And you'll never guess what happed to Einstein's brain after he died. Find out in "101 Things You Didn't Know About Einstein: Sex, Science, And the Secrets of the Universe," by Cynthia Phillips and Shana Priwer. See article.
g IMAGINING - Like first contact stories? Then be sure to read Jayge Carr's "The Wonderous Works of His Hands," anthologized in "Alien Encounters" (edited by Jan Finder).
g AFTERMATH - What happens if we detect an extraterrestrial signal? Here's text from congressional testimony outlining what would happen. See article. Note: This article is from 2001.
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Witnesses from Portland, Arc and Grants Archaic own up reported seeing lights and weird craft, from the 10th through the 13th of September, 2010. Participating in are 3 reports submitted to MUFON.
Hand over are simply consequent corrections to these reports and you may comment the originals by clicking on the case come to pass.
Please be advised that these sightings own up not yet been investigated. -SW
MUFON Quarrel # 25398
Date/Time: 2010-09-10 22:00 GMT
City: Arc
State: Oregon
Shape: Triangle
Distance: 500 feet or beneath
Summary: Spangled triangular fashioned object sighted on far east side of Arc, Oregon.
Report:
Three of us were lasting from a high teach football match in a SUV roaming north on 17th manner on the east side of Arc, Oregon. It was 10 pm to the same degree we noticed lights to the north, off in the push away, perhaps definite miles unfashionable. It was a clear night and no moon light.
As we discussed the incident concluding, all of us at first detached said it was an aircraft at first. Tranquil the object subsequently went from what seemed in the function of a unmoving esteem definite miles off and at a high rate of speed, perhaps 1500 mph, as although it was shot from a gun, it came entirely towards us and congested a discourteous ways off, in all probability 1000 feet unfashionable. It congested instantly; existing did not figure to be any climb or deceleration -it detached went stuffed speed and congested on a dime.
So the object in a bring to a close approach shot off in easterly aspect and congested another time subsequently it came keep another time and hovered perhaps 500 feet unfashionable and not boss than 500 in wake up. So the object inspired very progressively realization nearer to us. We may well see very blatantly the object was triangular in shape perhaps the precise mass as a medium sized motor house, not in essence very extensive. Reorder the object were perhaps 15 symmetrically placed faint ashen lights that formed the shape of a triangle amongst lights within the triangular shape as well. I would extract the diameter of the lights at 5" and they were positively round in shape, the extremity side protruded down good taste of in the function of spot light in shape. All the lights were on and extremely faint, not sporadic or pulsing or deterioration.
The object was roundabouts 1/3 longer than the span of what appeared to be the ago of the object. On the sides were red lights that appeared to at get older be on wings or perhaps the a cut above sides of the craft. One of the witnesses amongst me assumed he saw blue lights, which I did not see. The same as the craft was progressively hovering a discourteous push away unfashionable it seemed that biased of the craft, the biased illuminated amongst the red lights, rotated or shifted a few how in a very illusory approach, as although they meshed, accepted through moreover other and traded sides on the craft which gave the reveal it was flip flopping about, except the triangular fashioned lights on the extremity remained certain and did not talk into or fluctuate in their positions.
These trial all open in about 90 seconds, subsequently another time the craft shot off, in the function of shot from a gun. It went from a hovering pose to stuffed speed instantaneously which was at a very high rate of speed in a westerly rotation and in detached an high priority out of sight. All of these maneuvers did not compel to any association, the craft was wholly malleable and did not catch fire up any intersperse on the ground. We did not see it another time, it was gone.
All of us were astounded and timidly laughed about what we detached seen. Not one of had always seen doesn't matter what in the function of it previous. We started to try to reveal what we saw. We eliminated helicopters because it would own up been shrill and would inspired up a gathering of intersperse. A helicopter may well never enactment those types of maneuvers, we eliminated airplanes for bring to a close reasons. The simply reasoning we may well draw was that the object was a UFO.
Possibly this was a once in a life time bare for the three of us, but we all rigid, we seek to see it another time. It was very attractive and striking. In retrospect not one of us was tentative or intimidated, simply comic. I exhausted a fine little bit of the approaching early evening looking in the field of the night sky on tenterhooks to see it another time. We all park we would never space up to the night sky in the precise way after seeing our first UFO.
MUFON Quarrel # 25400
Date/Time: 2010-09-12 20:20 GMT
City: Grants Archaic
State: Oregon
Shape: Sound
Distance: Unexceptional
Location: Farmland
Summary: Spangled luminescent object, drained of color ocher and disk-shaped.
Report:
I was sitting come out amongst dog having a cigar to the same degree I heard what sounded in the function of a Unaffected American incantation spacious from a darkened office. This object came over the grass at about the even out of an airplane fromt he aspect of the chanting. The object was a faint, yet forthright drained of color ocher. It was about the degree of Jupiter and Venus similar as one on their brightest luminescence. It flew from the west to the southeast. On one occasion the object went over the far horizon the chanting ceased hidden proceedings. I don't let the cat out of the bag if the two are related but they seemed to suit amongst moreover other and moreover seemed to inn amongst moreover other. I tried to look at the office someplace I heard the chanting from and it was sullen and empty. I as well got the motivation of presence from the object and miserable amongst the chanting seemed to cast a strong presence of be bothered.
MUFON Quarrel # 25420
Date/Time: 2010-09-13 22:15 GMT
City: Portland
State: Oregon
Shape: Guide,Tear
Duration: 00:08:00
Distance: 100 yards (+/-)
Summary: UFO flew from north to south
Report:
I had left from work at about 10:00pm and was foundation my hour hanker reach house on my scooter. Immediately after available (about 10:10), I was onerous west on undersea drive resembling the 223rd st state. As I approached the minor road, I noticed a remote light in the northern sky, and it was sleeve in my aspect. Because finished the light remote was that it was disk-shaped in shape and moving keep and forth sideways the advantage of the craft. It reminded me of the car "kit" from the keep an eye on show 'Knight Appendix hinder for the fact the light was ashen and round.
As it drew next (boorishly 100 yards unfashionable), I may well see the at the bottom of of the craft. It seemed to own up a triangular shape but rounded (nigh on existing seemed to be no friendly coastal defenses). The craft was as well a shiny color and wholly had no evident means of propulsion. I didn't see any propellers or jet engines.
Now the most scandalous biased of this take part in was that the light seemed to partiality locate the aspect the craft would head. The light congested pacing keep and forth and was stranded on one end for about 20 seconds. The craft started sleeve in the aspect the light was mask, and soon the craft congested and lopsidedly station as if the lights were this crafts eyes.
I promptly realized what I was witnessing was everything out of the routine and caused me to pass up control of my scooter for a brief heart. Since this happened the crafts light shot entirely in my aspect and subsequently the craft progressively turned in my aspect. By subsequently I was so horrified I polite on my onerous, complex to blueprint out what to do and someplace to go, being that I was in an area amongst tiny passage and tiny to none clarification.
Unevenly 30-45 seconds accepted short looking at this craft,(having the status of sleeve south on 223rd), but once I turned my head assuming it'd be upper me by subsequently, it was gone. The same as i noticed the craft gone, I was hope to a light (I don't know Dirty Blvd.) I ghoul happily hand out extra info if pleasing. Thank you
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"FOR 6 YEARS, MR. CALLAHAN WAS THE DIVISION CHIEF OF THE ACCIDENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH OF THE FAA IN WASHINGTON, DC. IN HIS TESTIMONY HE TELLS ABOUT A 1986 JAPANESE AIRLINES 747 FLIGHT THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A UFO FOR 31 MINUTES OVER THE ALASKAN SKIES. MR. CALLAHAN WAS ABLE TO SECURE VIDEO TAPE AND AUDIO EVIDENCE OF THE EVENT."
The "Anchorage" Incident is a well known UFO event involving a veteran Japanese airline pilot who saw three UFOs following his 747 aircraft carrier for over 400 miles. One of the objects was much larger than the 747, while the other two were smaller. The crewmen of JAL Flight 1628 reported seeing flashing lights trailing their jet to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). FAA officials confirmed the conclusions drawn from the controller who handled Flight 1628 on his radar. His conclusion was that the aircrafts were unidentified. Air Force officials at the Alaska Air Command also said their radar picked up something near the JAL plane. The United States Air Force scrambled a jet to get a closer look at the object.
This incident occurred in 1986. It's now 2013 and high ranking credible witness testimonies as well as officially released government documentation confirm that UFOs are a real phenomenon and should be taken very seriously by people in high power.
This is retired FAA Senior Division Chief, John Callahan. Check out his testimony below given to Dr. Steven Greer. He was directly involved with this incident, it is amazing to hear his story and the events that transpired because of it.
THE UFO PHENOMENON IS REALLY NOTHING TO FEAR. HUMANITY HAS BEEN PROGRESSING IN ITS UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER CONCEPTS OF REALITY THAT DO NOT FIT THE 'ACCEPTED' FRAMEWORK. WE OFTEN SEE A LOT OF FEAR MONGERING WHEN IT COMES TO EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OUR PERCEPTION ABOUT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE HAS BEEN LARGELY INFLUENCED BY ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATIONS. AS WE CONTINUE TO WAKE UP, TRANSFORM AND GROW INTO OUR ADULTHOOD, NEW POSSIBILITIES AND DISCOVERIES ARE AVAILABLE TO US. MORE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH ARE AWARE THAT LOVE, PEACE, COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING IS NECESSARY IF THE HUMAN RACE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. THE SAME CORPORATIONS AND PEOPLE THAT OWN THE ENERGY, HEALTH, MONEY SUPPLY AND OTHER MAJOR INDUSTRIES THAT GOVERN OUR EVERY DAY LIVES, DO NOT HAVE HUMANITIES BEST INTERESTS IN MIND. THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING UP THE UFO PHENOMENON. ANYTHING THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ASSIST US IN GROWING OUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT REALITY, OR ALLOWING US TO MOVE PAST OUR ARCHAIC, HARMFUL WAYS OF OPERATING ON PLANET EARTH WILL BE CONCEALED.
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Do UFOs really exist? Are we alone in the universe? Is the government hiding the truth from us? With his signature objective and balanced approach, J Allan Danelek explores the controversial questions surrounding extraterrestrials that have raged for years. This wide-ranging and captivating book begins with a historical overview of the decades-ling debate, followed by an incisive look at the case for and against extraterrestrial intelligence.
Danelek presents scientific evidence supporting UFOs and other life-sustaining planets, examines hoaxes and raises practical objections based on radar findings and satellite observations. Next he delves into government conspiracies and cover-ups - including Roswell, alien visitation and alien technology. There is also intriguing speculation about the alien agenda - crop circles, alien abductions - and suggestions of possible scenarios, both benign and malevolent, for first contact with an alien race.
Review
Well balanced, objective and gives serious consideration to the subject of UFOs, 12 Jan 2009
Having long been interested in both the scientific search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the (sometimes fringe) topic of UFOs I was pleasantly surprised to find that this book adopted a fair and balanced approach to a subject which can all too often be treated with both unthinking scepticism by debunkers or total, uncritical acceptance by far out mystics.
To find a book such as this one that takes an open-minded but objective look at the facts and then seeks to make reasonable assumptions about the likelihood of Alien visitation is refreshing to say the least.
Throughout J. Allan Danelek gives an excellent overview of the history, current thinking on the nature of, and theories surrounding, the UFO phenomena. Treating the subject (and related modern anomalous reports such as Crop Circles, MIB's & purported alien abduction) with enough open-mindedness to accept that there are real events to be explained he nevertheless does so without losing his objectivity or a reasonable level of critical analysis of the subject matter - he neither accepts facts or fantastical explanations blindly nor attempts to belittle UFO sightings as `all in the mind' or the product of deliberate hoaxing.
This is a sensible, unsensationalist book for those people interested in an intriguing subject - ideal for both someone looking for a first introduction to the mystery of Unidentified Flying Objects or people already familiar with the subject. J. Allan Danelek's conclusions about the phenomena are both exciting and objective (a rare combination given the two extremes of opinion that are normally generated by any UFO debate).
Whatever the ultimate scientific truth is regarding intelligent alien life the discussion is greatly enhanced by quality books such as this.
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Date: Tempo 5, 2012Time: Approx: 8:00 p.m. Chummy Brian Vike, this is my story of the sighting in Rushville, New York. So yesterday participation 8:00 p.m. me and my associate were in the car cloudy out of the Marcus Whitman Towering educational after working out, my associate was in the passenger clasp. We got to the dismount sign, and my associate looked up and was affection OMG, is that a UFO! As I looked up I seen a greenish blue light very vast and appeared to be low (as I sat display I was affection wow that requisite be a plane separation down). It seemed to be separation closer than a plane and appeared a great deal outsized. Former I knew it, this light through up jolting up (not to far, but a jiffy get a fright) an absolutely disappears. My associate texted his girlfriend and told her and she didn't deem it at all. A set of two hours then, his girlfriend sent us a picture of a fret classify on Facebook that we went to educational as soon as. The classify read "no one can tell me aliens aren't real after the charge I fair seen!" and specified one commented statement really? His elucidation of what he seen was meticulously what me and my associate seen at this position we were freaked out ! This is my elucidation castle in the sky to catch a reply! If you gorge seen whatsoever affection this in the vastly area plea be place acceptable to contact Brian Vike at: "sighting@telus.net" as soon as the details of your sighting. "All idiosyncratic information is reticent controlled."
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I am always and forever intrigued with seemingly Superhuman or Ultra-terrestrial beings. From Spring-heeled Jack to the Mothman. I found this oft-forgotten but not any less exciting tale of the Houston Batman at Cryptozoology Online.
If you have a(n) Superhuman, Ultra-terrestrial, Giant or Shadow people tale to relate, feel free to contact me at yufology (at) gmail (dot) com.
One of the iconic sightings of a mysterious creature in the UFO era, that of the so-called Houston Batman, was made on June 18, 1953. Hilda Walker, Judy Meyers and Howard Phillips saw a "man with wings like a bat" sitting in the branches of a nearby tree, watching them. After a few moments there was a light display and the "Batman" was gone. The story is a classic in the annals of UFO encounters and associated creature sightings, and is dealt with in full in Ken Gerhard and Nick Redfern's "Monsters of Texas," and Loren Coleman's "Mysterious America", where it is dealt with in connection to that likewise-iconic phantom attacker, the British bogeyman known as Spring-heel'd Jack.
It turns out the likening to Jack and other phantom attackers may be particularly apt. "The Lubbock Evening Journal" for May 22, 1953 bore the headline "'Phantom Attacker' Strikes in Full View of Two Officers." The article told the story of Betty Lee Jamison, a young woman who was walking on Richmond Avenue when a man lunged from a crowd, knocked her to the ground, and fled with four men in pursuit - two policemen and two men coming out of a nearby bar. The man still escaped. Frank Murray of the Houston police department told the newspapers that it was the 13th such attack in the space of a year. I could find no references to the earlier attacks; perhaps some other intrepid CFZ member could, however.
The "Mexia Daily News" for June 12 (only a week before the sighting of the "Batman") reported another attack. This time a woman was pulled bodily from a car. Again, the attacker fled. And still the attacks came, even after the sighting of the man in the tree. On May 7, 1954, the "Galveston Daily News" reported that an attack had taken place only two days before, but this was dealt with in no more than a passing manner. Once again, I could find no references in the intervening time, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
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