NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT ANCIENT MONUMENTS MAY HAVE AN ALIEN CONNECTION

Proponents of the ancient astronaut theory have long suggested that ancient archaeological monuments point to extra-terrestrial interaction with human beings living thousands of years ago.

NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT ANCIENT MONUMENTS MAY HAVE AN ALIEN CONNECTION

This theory largely rests on the fact that a huge number of these ancient monuments were constructed using architectural technology completely beyond the abilities of the people who supposedly built them, and the bizarre symbols they are often inscribed with. Now, an amateur investigation using Google Maps has raised another important piece of evidence that supports the ancient astronaut theory.

The Google Maps user identified several ancient monuments and important landmarks to examine. These included sites of famed monuments Easter Island, the Nazca Lines of Peru, the Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Machu Picchu, the Great Pyramid of Giza and the astonishing Hindu shrine Angkor Wat, as well as ancient cities such as Persepolis and Mohenjo Daro.

The user also considered the site of thousands of highly unusual cave carvings in the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range in Algeria and the oasis at Siwa. The user found that when a line was drawn between each of these monuments that a very clear and deeply unusual pattern could be viewed.

They found that each of these ancient sites lines up with one another on almost the same line of latitude. There were only a few minor deviations from the line of latitude noted, and this could be attributed to small shifts in tectonic plate positioning over the millennia.

It seems to be highly unlikely that these ancient people built these incredible sites on the same line of latitude by chance, and if it did not occur by coincidence, then it would suggest that the construction of these sites was directed by some form of an intelligent designer.

If that is true, then it seems probable that the designer could have been an extra-terrestrial being. The designer must have had the ability to travel incredibly long distances across the globe, which was an impossibility for human beings thousands of years ago. In addition to that, they must have been able to view the planet from space in order to correctly position these sites along the same latitudinal line.

Scientists have made a rare find: a new species of fossil beetle from Antarctica

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Scientists have made a rare find: a new species of fossil beetle from Antarctica.

It's the first evidence of a ground beetle found on the southernmost continent.

And Antarctic insects are themselves a rarity - the absence of biodiversity is considered a consequence of a lack of moisture, vegetation and the low temperatures.

The specimen is described in the scientific journal Zookeys.

Fossilised forewings from a pair of beetles were discovered on the 200km-long Beardmore Glacier, near the Transantarctic Mountains.

The new species and genus has been named Ball's Antarctic Tundra Beetle, after George E Ball - an expert on ground beetles.

It lived between 14 and 20 million years ago, when Antarctica was warmer than today.

The beetle joins a sparse record of insects from the southernmost continent. Today, Antarctica's insect fauna consists of just three species of flightless midges.

Dr Allan Ashworth from North Dakota State University and Dr Terry Erwin from the Smithsonian Institution think the beetle must have inhabited the sparsely vegetated sand and gravel banks of a meltwater-fed stream.

This stream was once part of an outwash plain at the head of a fjord in the Transantarctic Mountains.

Plants associated with the extinct beetle include southern beech, buttercup, moss mats, and cushion plants, all typical for a tundra ecosystem.

The species may or may not have been able to fly.

Take The NASA Space Poop Challenge And Win $30,000

There are many problems that must be solved before humans can travel to Mars including radiation, weightlessness, and space dementia and NASA needs help solving one of the dirtiest issues.

NASA is asking the public to help a design a system that will collect and funnel human waste away from the astronaut's body while they're wearing spacesuits, according to Rick Mastracchio, a space station veteran.

"I can tell you that space flight is not always glamorous. People need to go to the bathroom even in a spacecraft."

This may sound strange because the general public may assume there has been some Star Trek-style waste disposal system available for the past 50 years of spaceflight, but that's not the case.

America has sent spacecraft past he very edge of the solar system and invented phones that talk to outer space, but disposing of simple human waste remains beyond us.

Today, astronauts wear heavy spacesuits during liftoff and spaceflight in case of an emergency and are required to wear diapers if they need to urinate or defecate, but that's not a good long-term solution.

Until now, astronauts could spend up to 10 hours in their spacesuits, but with the approach of a manned Mars mission NASA is preparing for crises that may last up to six days, 144 hours.

Before sending astronauts on a six month journey to Mars, or even a trip to the moon, NASA needs a way to keep them clean and hygienic in case of a crisis. The space agency is planning for emergencies involving decompression that force astronauts to remain in their suits for an extended period of time and diapers aren't the answer.

"Given enough time, infection, and even sepsis can set in. This is the problem we are asking you to help us with."

Enter the NASA Deep Space Poop Challenge hosted by HeroX where members of the public could win $30,000 for helping design a human waste disposal system for the spacesuit.

"The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seeks proposed solutions for urine, fecal and menstrual management systems to be used in the crew's launch and entry suits over a continuous duration of up to 144 hours."

The space agency is offering three prizes for the top human waste disposal designs that can be integrated into the spacesuit and take no more than five minutes of the astronaut's time to install, according to a NASA promotional video.

"[In case of an emergency] the crew member will have less than 60 minutes to get into and seal their spacesuit."

Astronaut Rick Mastracchio offered would-be designers some tips on NASA's video promoting the Space Poop Challenge.

The new NASA spacesuit appears big and bulky from the outside, but offers little room inside and isn't built for comfort so waste disposal systems should be kept on the small side.

Astronauts may float freely while on mission, but they will have to strap themselves into chairs for reentry where they will pull 4 to 5 g's so the new system should be designed to withstand that pressure.

In a zero g environment, liquid will form spheres, but can still be absorbed normally by surrounding fabric and even a slight airflow will move it, and any surrounding solids, in a specific direction.

NASA's Deep Space Poop Challenge is open until Dec. 20 and the names of three winners will be announced Jan. 31. The space agency plans to test the chosen solution next year and integrate it into the orange Modified Advanced Crew Escape Suit (MACES) in the next three years.

"Even though this technology is being developed for spaceflight like many NASA technologies it will have applications for use here on Earth."

Mars hides a gigantic ice sheet that may help astronauts

As a rule, the truly large deposits of ice on Mars are at the poles... right? No. Researchers using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's ground-penetrating radar have discovered that the planet's Utopia Planitia basin is hiding a thick (260 to 560 feet) ice sheet larger than the state of New Mexico. It's at least 50 percent pure, too. Observers had long suspected that the area had water thanks to surface cracking and depressions, but the previous explorer, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, couldn't study much deeper than the surface.

Scientists tell the New York Times that the sheet likely accumulated as part of a Martian ice age and was buried before it could melt into a lake or evaporate into space.

The findings are important for our understanding of Mars' past. However, they could also have a very practical role in the future. Spacefarers could establish a long-term settlement in a more convenient place than the poles while knowing that they'd still have steady local supplies of drinking water and rocket fuel. That, in turn, could reduce the supplies that astronauts have to carry to the Red Planet and make Mars exploration that much more realistic.

JURASSIC MARS: 'Dinosaur's skull found on the Red Planet' in NASA image

A new image appears to show the fossilised head of a large dinosaur has emerged online

Scott C Waring uploaded the image, which he says he found by scouring through NASA photographs taken in space on Mars by the Curiosity Rover droid, to website ufosightingsdaily.com.

In a blog entitled: "Alien Skull Found On Mars In Billion Pixel NASA Photo", he wrote: "This is fun, it's a billion pixel photo from Mars and it's got a lot of detail.

"The screenshots above show an alien skull. I have seen other skulls similar to this one, sorry, I lost count, but a lot. So I recognized it right away for what it is.

"Also there was a screaming face (below) with a larger face not far from it. Neither is human but the smaller does have some resemblance to old Mayan carvings."

Waring is convinced, after finding an array of alleged evidence in NASA pictures, that the Red Planet was once occupied by the same life forms as here on Earth, including intelligent beings.

A 'dinosaur skull' found by Paranormal Crucible on Mars in July.

It is not the first time an alleged dinosaur skull has been found either.

In July, paranormal investigators released a video showing what was described as being like the skull on Mars of a herbivorous dinosaur.

They even labelled the image, marking out significant parts of the skull, such as teeth, jaw and a nasal cavity.

The Paranormal Crucible YouTube channel uploaded a video about the discovery, saying it could also be a wild horse type creature.

An array of alleged skulls, and other so-called creatures, have allegedly been found in NASA pictures of Mars taken by the Curiosity rover droid, which is exploring the Red Planet.

NASA denies finding anything of significance, other than signs of water on the surface, and sceptics say these "discoveries" are just odd-shaped rocks coupled with the effects of pareidolia.

Pareidolia is when the brain tricks the eyes into seeing familiar objects or shapes in patterns or textures, such as clouds or rock surfaces.

But, in July, in its video blurb, Paranormal Crucible claimed on that occasion to have proved it was genuine.

It said: "This artefact is definitely a creature's skull, possibly a dinosaur or an equus feru (wild horse) species.

"I have pointed out areas like the mandible and maxilla as well as six other points of reference, this proves its not a weird shaped rock. I will post the HQ image on my Facebook page as a point of reference for any researchers."

But the channel has been accused of misleading viewers, because it openly admits digitally manipulating the images.

It says it adds colour to "better highlight" the object, but has even been known to draw in facial features.

The blurb added: "I have not added anything to this image apart from colourisation, its all there in the raw image, amazing."

Alien Debate has Started for the Identity of the Flying Object Crossing the Supermoon

Alien Debate has Started for the Identity of the Flying Object Crossing the Supermoon

From Peru to Colorado, 2016 sightings continue to haunt NASA and excite onlookers and UFO enthusiasts, as alien spaceships cross the skies from time to time. The recent November Supermoon, which is the largest in a long time, may have its share of alien sightings, in time when all eyes are locked to the spectacular view.

Are they really extraterrestrial or just the usual things flying in mid air? On November 13, when the Beaver moon supermoon had its peak, an unidentified flying object (UFO) came whizzing by halfway down the big moon.

As Daily Star reports, the flying object crossed the moon, seemingly undisturbed with the attention it already caught. UFO enthusiasts quickly concluded it to be another alien spaceship sighting and while some think it's only a bird flying past the moon.

Now what they call "alien debate" has already emerged in a report from Daily Express because of the increasing frequency of UFO sightings these past few weeks. Although there is no confirmation from NASA regarding those incidents, the "cover up" they recently released after a live streaming from International Space Station caught another extraterrestrial hovering over the satellite.

If there is indeed aliens, and the sightings and links to it are being covered by the experts, then what is the reason to make all the proof of alien life confidential to the public? It is not only now that these are happening and the mystery of it is what hinders the truth and allow human beings to discover their "neighbors" as well.

At this present day and technology, imagination and optical illusions are not at all acceptable explanations because there are ways to know if the eyes are deceiving, like recording the exact event or to use special kind of gadgets to confirm the object in question.

In the emergence of dash cams and go pro, every move in the sky can be recorded, observed like the experts usually do for their living, but in this case, the onlookers are need not to "cover up". Source: enstarz

Europe's science ministers to decide on ExoMars rover

Europe's science ministers to decide on ExoMars rover

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Image captionArtist's impression: The robot rover will aim to drill below Mars' surface

European research ministers will be asked for a little over €400m (£345m; $430m) to put a rover on Mars in 2021 when they meet next week.

This is the additional sum needed to finish building the European Space Agency'smuch-delayed ExoMars robot.

A technical review has just concluded that the project is running true to its latest schedule, but it can only go forward with full funding.

Ministers will decide ExoMars' fate at a council in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The British-assembled rover would launch on a Russian rocket in August 2020 and land on the Red Planet eight months later.

This is the additional sum needed to finish building the European Space Agency's much-delayed ExoMars robot.

A technical review has just concluded that the project is running true to its latest schedule, but it can only go forward with full funding.

Ministers will decide ExoMars' fate at a council in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The British-assembled rover would launch on a Russian rocket in August 2020 and land on the Red Planet eight months later.

It is being designed with the ability to drill up to 2m below Mars' dusty terrain to look for evidence of microbial activity.

Dr David Parker is Esa's director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration. He said member-state delegations to the agency had been expressing strong support for the project in the run-up to the Lucerne gathering.

"The rover remains scientifically compelling because there is no other mission planned to go below the surface of Mars which is damaged by radiation and which would destroy any past or present life," he told BBC News.

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Image captionUK science minister Jo Johnson will be at the centre of the negotiations in Lucerne

The six-wheeled robot is the second mission in a two-step venture that Europe is conducting with the Russians.

The first phase has just seen a satellite to study Mars' atmosphere go into orbit around the planet, and a disc-shaped probe called Schiaparelli try to make a demonstration landing on its surface.

Schiaparelli crashed but engineers say they learned important lessons that can now be applied to the rover's touch-down bid in four years' time.

But to be in such a position, the six-wheeled vehicle will need the nod of ministers in Lucerne.

Ahead of this council, Esa and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, have conducted a thorough review of the project's technical status, to establish that all the mission's hardware can be made ready in time.

It was fears that some elements would be late that saw the mission slip earlier this year from its intended 2018 launch.

The required equipment goes beyond just the rover and a suite of scientific instruments. It includes also a "cruise ship" to carry the vehicle to Mars (this will come from Germany) and the mechanism to land the robot on the surface (a major Russian contribution).

"There has been intense technical work by the project members, including the industrial team led by Lavochkin (Russia) and Thales Alenia Space (Italy), which has now established an adequate schedule margin for launch at the overall system level and within the pieces of the system; so, the rover and the carrier, and so on," explained Dr Parker.

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Image captionArtwork: A satellite and demonstration lander arrived at Mars last month. The lander crashed

It has been recommended that in order to shorten the timeline on what had previously been proposed, all the different elements will now be sent to an experienced facility in Toulouse, France, for final integration and testing - and only afterwards go to the launch site at Baikonur in Kazakhstan.

Originally, final integration and testing was to be done at the spaceport.

It is on the basis of the positive status report delivered this week to member state delegations that the funding request will now go forward to ministers.

The little over €400m includes more than €300m for industry with the rest to cover Esa's internal costs.

These include preparing the mission control centre that will command the rover on the surface of Mars.

'Dumbed-down' rover

But additional to all this money, member states will have to provide at some future point the funds to support the surface operation of the vehicle - assuming it gets down safely.

The expectation is that the robot will explore the Red Planet for at least 218 Martian days; hopefully much longer.

The two leading Esa countries in the ExoMars rover project are Italy and the UK. Both have indicated they will be offering substantial financial support at the Lucerne meeting.

But it will require others in the 22-nation organisation to dig deep as well.

Image captionAutonomous navigation would enable the rover to do more science

Ministers will be discussing a great swathe of programmes in Switzerland, including continued participation in the space station and the development of future Earth observation satellites.

For some nations, these alternative projects will be more important to them. Full commitment to ExoMars is not guaranteed, therefore.

And even if all the funds are forthcoming, some issues of contention will no doubt persist.

For example, there is currently an ongoing argument centred around the rover's use of autonomous navigation - the ability of the vehicle itself to plot the best path across the surface of Mars once instructed to go to a particular location.

This feature - a UK development - was long considered an integral part of the mission, but has now been removed from the current design on the grounds of cost.

Researchers though are likely to continue to press for its reinstatement because a robot that drives quickly and efficiently can do much more science in the time available - never mind the clear industrial spin-out potential from such technology.

UFO Moves Over Village In Peru On Nov 22, 2016, UFO Sighting News.

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Date of sighting:  Nov 22, 2016
Location of sighting: Alonso de Alvarado-Roque District, Peru

This is a great sighting in an area with very few people and yet this was recorded in the lower level of the clouds. A UFO that is trying to match the color of the clouds so that it blends it. 
Scott C. Waring

News states:  A UFO sighting was a cause for commotion among residents of the Alonso de Alvarado-Roque district, Provicne of Lamas. The object remained visible in the skies over this locality for several minutes, visible to a considerable number of townsfolk who had no idea what they were looking at.

The event took place around 5:30 in the afternoon. At times the object resembled a satellite; at others, it resembled a triangular object that generated a radiant light from within.

The UFO's manifestation became a source of diverse opinions in the community, even causing some citizens to say that the coming of Christ was at hand, while others stated that the object was part of the modern technology used by developed countries to monitor Peruvians.

Bioengineer Found a Boiling River in the Depths of the Amazon

Bioengineer Found a Boiling River in the Depths of the Amazon

A Peruvian legend was proven by scientists: the boiling river of the Amazon exists.

One Peruvian geoscientist studying geothermal energy accidentally discovered a childhood legend. Andrés Ruzo followed a myth told by his grandfather about a boiling river. The childhood legend And proved to be fascinatingly real.

According to the legend, Incan emperor Atahualpa was captured and killed by Spanish conquerors looking for gold. The Spaniards got what they wanted and returned to Spain to boast in their successes. However, gold brought on more Spaniards to the Incas. The Spaniards demanded to know where the gold could be found. Looking for revenge, the Incas told them to go deep into the Amazon:

“You’ll find all the gold you want there. In fact, there is a city called Paititi made entirely of gold.”

Legend says that the conquerors set off into the jungle, but the few that returned came back with stories of powerful shamans, warriors with poisoned arrows, trees so tall they blotted out the sun, spiders that ate birds, snakes that swallowed men whole – and a river that boiled.

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Ruzo said the legend always fascinated him. Ruzo became a Ph.D. student working on geothermal energy potential in Peru. During his studies, he kept going back to the legend his grandfather told him. He began to wonder if the boiling river could actually be real.

Ruzo started asking questions to his colleagues, oil companies, mining companies, gas companies and even the government. None of his queries returned fruitful. Boiling rivers are most often associated with volcanic activity. Water needs a powerful heat source to produce such a large amount of geothermal energy. However, there are not volcanoes in the Amazon, nor in the majority of Peru. There shouldn’t be a boiling river.

However, Ruzo said family members kept affirming his hunch:

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“Telling this same story at a family dinner, my aunt tells me, ‘But no, Andrés, I’ve been there. I’ve swum in that river.’ Then my uncle jumps in. ‘No, Andrés, she’s not kidding. You see, you can only swim in it after a very heavy rain, and it’s protected by a powerful shaman. Your aunt, she’s friends with his wife.'”

According to the Ruzo, he found himself hiking into the jungle, guided by his aunt. And 700 km away from the nearest volcanic center, they found the river.

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“I immediately grabbed for my thermometer, and the average temperatures in the river were 86 degrees C. This is not quite the 100-degree C boiling but definitely close enough. The river flowed hot and fast. I followed it upriver and was led by, actually, the shaman’s apprentice to the most sacred site on the river. And this is what’s bizarre — It starts off as a cold stream. Here, at this site, is the home of the Yacumama, mother of the waters, a giant serpent spirit who births hot and cold water. Here we find a hot spring, mixing with cold stream water underneath her protective motherly jaws and thus bringing their legends to life. And learned indigenous name of the river, Shanay-timpishka, ‘boiled with the heat of the sun.'”

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So why does the river boil?

Ruzo explains that the earth has hot water running through its cracks and faults. Where these arteries come to the surface, we get geothermal manifestations: fumaroles, hot springs and in this case, the boiling river. The deeper you go into the earth, the hotter it gets (aka geothermal gradient). The waters could be coming from as far away as glaciers in the Andes, then seep down deep into the earth and come out to form the boiling river after getting heated up from the geothermal gradient, all due to this unique geological setting.

Ruzo and his friends are still working on to solve the unique secret of the river. And finding new things every day. If you like to learn all the story and get further scientific information, you can watch his TED Talk above. He also recently published a book about his adventures called The Boiling River.

Una leyenda peruana fue probada por los científicos: existe el río hirviente del Amazonas.

Un geoscientist peruano que estudiaba la energía geotérmica descubrió accidentalmente una leyenda de la niñez. Andrés Ruzo siguió un mito contado por su abuelo acerca de un río hirviendo. La leyenda de la infancia Y resultó ser fascinantemente real.

Según la leyenda, el emperador Inca Atahualpa fue capturado y asesinado por conquistadores españoles en busca de oro. Los españoles consiguieron lo que quisieron y regresaron a España para jactarse de sus éxitos. Sin embargo, el oro trajo más españoles a los incas. Los españoles exigieron saber dónde encontrar el oro. En busca de venganza, los Incas les dijeron que se internaran en el Amazonas:

Encontrarás todo el oro que quieras allí, de hecho, hay una ciudad llamada Paititi hecha enteramente de oro.

La leyenda dice que los conquistadores entraron en la selva, pero los pocos que regresaron regresaron con historias de poderosos chamanes, guerreros con flechas envenenadas, árboles tan altos que borraron el sol, arañas que comían pájaros, serpientes que tragaban a hombres enteros y Un río que hervía.

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Ruzo dijo que la leyenda siempre lo fascinaba. Ruzo se convirtió en Ph.D. Estudiante trabajando en potencial de energía geotérmica en Perú. Durante sus estudios, siguió volviendo a la leyenda que le dijo su abuelo. Empezó a preguntarse si el río hirviendo en realidad podría ser real ...

'Fireball' dazzles in Florida skies 'explosion' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38082752

'Fireball' dazzles in Florida skies '

A bright fireball in the skies above Florida in the US has been caught on camera by a police officer and local residents.

The footage shows the moment the fireball - or meteor - approaches Earth and explodes in a flash.

The on-board camera of police officer Seth Kenny captured the first sighting.

The second video was recorded on the security camera of residents Laura and Christopher Scruby.

NASA Didn't Find Life on Mars—But It Did Find Something Very Cool

NASA Didn't Find Life on Mars—But It Did Find Something Very Cool

Close up of a geyser at El Tatio, a Mars-like environment located high in the mountains of northern Chile.

If we ever get proof of past life on Mars, it’ll come in the form of biosignatures, fingerprints that could only have been left by living organisms. We’re a long way from finding that smoking gun evidence, but an analysis of silica minerals discovered by NASA’s Spirit rover pushes us one step closer. Because of their similarity to silica deposits shaped by microbial life on Earth, these intriguing Martian minerals are now being called a “potential biosignature.”

To be clear, this does not mean NASA has discovered life on Mars. It means that we might have found evidence of past life—which is still pretty damn cool.

A study published last week in Nature Communicationsraises anew the possibility that life once existed on Mars, by drawing a connection between opaline silica deposits found near the “Home Plate” feature in Gusev crater, and opaline silica at El Tatio, a geyser field located high in the Andes mountains of northern Chile. A rubbery-looking substance forming bumpy nodules that lack crystal structure, opaline silica was first discovered on Mars by the Spirit rover in 2007. It’s taken to be evidence of past hydrothermal or volcanic activity.

Opaline silica deposits at El Tatio, Chile. Image: Steve Ruff

“This mineral, opaline silica, can form in various ways,” said Steve Ruff, the planetary scientist at Arizona State University who led the recent study. “It can form around a hot spring or geyser, or in fumaroles,” he added, referring to the steaming vents around volcanoes that spew hot, sulfur-rich gases into the air.

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Initially, Ruff and his colleagues suspected Spirit’s opaline silica deposits formed billions of years ago, from basaltic rocks that were leached by sulfuric acid pouring out of fumaroles. But as they continued to analyze Spirit’s data, the scientists began to favor another possibility: opaline silicate precipitating out of hot, mineral-rich waters. After Spirit became stuck in a rut in 2009, and died in 2010, there was no way prove one scenario or the other.

Comparison of opaline silica structures found on Mars (left panels) and El Tatio (right panel) at various scales. a-b scale bar represents 10 cm, c-d scalebar represents 5 cm, and e-f scale bar represents 1cm. Image: Ruff and Farmer 2016

A few years back, Ruff got a new lead. Reading a volcanology paper, he came across a reference to El Tatio, a vast Chilean hydrothermal system located 14,000 feet above sea level, where hot spring and geyser channels contain deposits of opaline silica. Excitingly, many of the silica deposits at El Tatio bore striking similarity to those in Gusev crater, and the cold, arid environment seemed pretty Mars-like, too.

To learn more about what’s shaping opaline silica minerals on Earth, Ruff and his colleague Jack Farmer traveled to El Tatio to survey the environment and collect samples for spectral analysis and high-resolution imaging. They learned that silica minerals at El Tatio form in shallow, hydrothermal waters—and that the deposits most closely resembling the Martian ones occur in the presence of microbes.

Specifically, opaline silica deposits featuring the clumpy nodules and tiny, finger-like structures seen on Mars tend to form alongside sticky mats of microorganisms, called biofilms. In some environments, microbes will actively trigger mineral formation, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at El Tatio.

“At this point, we can say it’s a passive process,” Ruff said. “These microbial matts form in shallow water, and they start connecting to what’s there—which is silica nodules. As they’re clinging onto these nodules, they’re becoming coated in silica.”

From the looks of it, the finger-like structures at El Tatio form as colonies of microbes try to escape death, growing their biofilm away from silica minerals, only to eventually become entombed. Which raises an intriguing question: If the opaline silica on Mars formed in a similar environment, is made of the same stuff and takes on the same shape, was it formed in the same way?

We won’t know the answer unless we send another rover to Gusev crater, collect samples, bring those sample back to Earth, and analyze them using fancy electron microscopes. (The next US rover to Mars, in 2020, will collect samples for a return mission, but its landing location has not yet been determined.) Only if scientists can show that the silica structures on Mars and Earth are a microscopic match can they say they’ve found a true biosignature.

Or not. “In my opinion, [these deposits] could very well be due to abiotic reactions and are only a ‘potential biosignature,’” Rocco Mancinelli, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Ames Research Center who was not involved with the study told Gizmodo. “My guess is that this is an abiotic phenomenon.”

Ovnis: ex empleado del Área 51 revela inquietante secreto sobre extraterrestres

Un usuario de YouTube publicó un video en su canal en el que relata una inquietante conversación

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Todos hemos escuchado las historias acerca de lo que ocurre en el Área 51. Supuesto punto de reunión y contacto con seres extraterrestres, experimentos militares secretos, muchos son los misterios que podría ocultar este lugar.

Sin embargo, pese a que los rumores han ido de boca en boca durante años, la verdad detrás de este enigmático complejo nunca ha sido revelada. Hasta ahora.

El usuario de YouTube registrado como “Black biggot” publicó un video en su canal en el que relata la inquietante conversación que sostuvo con un militar retirado que, según dice, trabajó en el Área 51.

El youtuber comienza relatando el contexto bajo el que se llevó a cabo la charla. “Hace mucho tiempo yo vivía en Las Vegas y tenía un vecino, un exmilitar al que le gustaba mucho beber. Un día estábamos conversando y me dijo que solía trabajar en el Área 51. Yo le pregunté si había visto a los alienígenas, pero nunca me dijo nada. Nada, nada. No le podías sacar nada. Pero una noche, tuvimos un apagón; todo el vecindario quedó a oscuras, así que podías ver las estrellas en el cielo nocturno (…) Él (el exmilitar) estaba muy ebrio, recuerdo que bebía como medio galón de whisky en tres días”, comenta.

Estamos hablando tonterías y de la nada me dice: “‘Hey, ¿ves el Cinturón de Orion? ¿Notas que se ven dos estrellas paralelas entre sí y hay otra pequeña estrella ligeramente adyacente a la izquierda?’. Yo respondí que sí, y entonces me dice: ‘Los alienígenas malos viven en esa estrella adyacente’”, revela.

“Lo miré y le dije: ‘Sí, claro. Lo que digas’. Y entonces él me dice: ‘No, lo digo en serio. Los alienígenas buenos viven en esas dos estrellas paralelas. Los alienígenas malos viven en la otra estrella”, añade.

Por si fuera poco, “black biggot” comenta que, incluso, el exmilitar le reveló cómo lucen los extraterrestres. Los alienígenas “buenos”, comenta, lucen como los que vemos tradicionalmente en las películas de Hollywood o en las revistas: pequeños, de cabeza y ojos grandes y son de color gris.

Los alienígenas “malos”, por su parte, son altos, de color marrón y huelen mal.

El youtuber aclara que se mostró incrédulo ante la perturbadora historia del exmilitar y señala que nunca había creído en naves espaciales hasta entonces.

De hecho, cuenta que cuestionó a su vecino sobre los métodos que utilizan los supuestos “alienígenas” para viajar de una estrella a otra o hacia la Tierra. La respuesta, sin embargo, no quedó del todo clara.

“Lo dijo en una manera confusa, pero mencionó algo como que los ovnis funcionan con electricidad que se genera en el espacio, y en lugar de utilizar combustión, como lo hace un cohete, estos tienen un dispositivo que abre un vacío en el espacio (…) no lo sé”, dijo.

Pese a que el video original de “black biggot” fue publicado en agosto, se hizo viral hasta hace unos días y ha generado diversas reacciones en Internet, llegando a varios portales de noticias internacionales.

Un usuario de YouTube asegura haber encontrado una base extraterrestre en la Antártida usando Google Maps

Un usuario de YouTube asegura haber encontrado una base extraterrestre en la Antártida usando Google Maps, el servicio de mapas de Google que te permite conocer cualquier lugar del mundo desde la comodidad de tu computadora o smartphone.

Thirdphaseofmoon, como se llama este usuario de YouTube, asegura que escribiendo estas coordenadas (76°17’14.14“S 112° 9’45.50“W) en Google Maps, el servicio de mapas de Google te llevará a esta supuesta instalación extraterrestre.

Como podrás observar en nuestra galería, la supuesta base extraterrestre captada con Google Maps tiene forma esférica y se encuentra ubicada en una especie de cráter que tiene varios kilómetros de diámetro.

Este usuario de YouTube, fanático de los temas paranormales, publicó unas serie de ilustraciones de lo que, según él, es esta base extraterrestre en la Antártida. Si deseas verla, echa un vistazo a nuestra galería.

OTROS OBJETOS EXTRAÑOS

Es bueno resaltar que esta supuesta base extraterrestre no es la única rareza captada por Google Maps. A lo largo de los años, varios lugares y figuras extrañas han sido encontradas con el servicio de mapas de Google.

A continuación, te mostramos unos ejemplos.

1. Extraña construcción en Egipto

Si escribes las siguientes coordenadas: 30° 1’14.40’‘N 31°43’17.49’‘E en Google Maps podrás encontrar una misteriosa construcción en pleno desierto de El Cairo (Egipto) que hasta el momento no ha tenido explicación. ¿De qué crees que se trate?

2. ¿Estrella satánica?

Hace unos años, una estrella captada por Google Mapscausó gran conmoción en las redes sociales, ya que algunos aseguraban que pertenecía a una secta satánica. Sin embargo, eso fue descartado posteriormente. Si quieres verla puedes escribir estas coordenadas (52° 28’ 46.506”, 62° 11’ 7.0002”)

3. Halcón Milenario

El reconocido ufólogo Scott Waring publicó un video enYouTube donde asegura que gracias a Google Mapspudo descubrir la existencia de una nave alienígena con forma del mítico Halcón Milenario. Si quieres verificar esto, debes escribir estas coordenadas (36°55’35.30’‘N 116° 0’25.41’‘W).

4. ¿Nave extraterrestre en el Amazonas?

El canal de YouTube “secureteam10”, famoso por publicar hechos paranormales, subió un video que muestra una supuesta nave alienígena en plena selva amazónica. Si quieres verificarla, debes ingresar estas (10°16’06.2“S 64°36’22.7“W) coordenadas en Google Maps.

5.¿Un KRAKEN?

Según reveló el reconocido ufólogo, Scott Waring, si escribías estas (63° 2’56.73“S 60°57’32.38“W) coordenadas en Google Maps encontrarías una misteriosa criatura marina que se parece mucho al mitológico Kraken.

Sin embargo, el biólogo Andrew David Thaler del Southern Fried Science reveló que el supuesto Kraken captado por Google Maps es en realidad una enorme roca que ha sido denominada Sail Rock por algunos investigadores.

Mercury Is Shrinking, a ‘Great Valley’ Shows

Mercury Is Shrinking, a ‘Great Valley’ Shows

Mercury’s “great valley” appears dark blue in this image mosaic captured by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft.

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A colossal canyon on Mercury may provide evidence that the tiny planet is shrinking.

Using data from NASA’s Messenger spacecraft, researchers have discovered a 620-mile-long, 250-mile-wide and 2-mile-deep valley on the planet’s southern hemisphere. It’s about the size of Montana and twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. In the elevation map above, the dark-blue chasm leads to a large purple crater known as the Rembrandt impact basin.

The researchers believe the “great valley” formed as Mercury’s interior cooled, which caused the planet’s crust and upper mantle to contract and bend. The findings appeared Wednesday in the journalGeophysical Research Letters.

Unlike Earth, which has multiple tectonic plates, Mercury’s lithosphere is made of a single plate. As it cooled, it buckled like a grape shriveling into a raisin.

Researchers are still piecing together all of the clues about how Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, cooled. Some scientists think it may have also undergone a more recent warming period after it formed.

Mercury might have shrunk by nearly nine miles in diameter in the past four billion years, according to previous research, and might still be getting smaller.

Military Fighter Fires On An Alien Craft

Military Fighter Fires On An Alien Craft

New information has been released by Oscar Santa Maria Huertas, a commander of the Peruvian Air Force, regarding the incident that took place at 07:15 hours on 11 April, 1980, when he was orderd to fly his aircraft - a Sukhoi SU-22, the most technologically advanced fighter at the time - to knock a UFO out of the sky.

It was "a completely spherical object, it's upper section resembled a cream-colored porcelain, with a round, broad, metallic-grey base, like that of an ashtray."

The anomalous flying object flew at "great speed and was 10 meters in diameter, making it a very easy target to bring down." This was recorded due to the fact that the flying object was passing over the La Joya military base in Arequipa, in the southern reaches of the Andean country, and the shooting it down was essential to keep it from gathering intelligence.

Within the geopolitical context, Peru had acquired the most advanced military technology from the Soviet Union, and keeping secret the nature of what they had acquired, and where it was kept, was essential.

It is important to remember that the military governments of the time armed themselves to such a degree that it was said they were about to go to war against Chile at any moment to recover lost territory.

MARS: Alien hunters discover 'small animal' in shock NASA photo

MARS: Alien hunters discover 'small animal' in shock NASA photo

UFO experts claim they have discovered a "small animal" on Mars which could be a badger.

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SPACE BADGER: UFO hunters claim the mysterious lump is a woodland critter

Photos taken from NASA's Curiosity Rover appear to show a furry critter haunched over sitting among the rocks on the Red Planet.

Alien experts insist it is not a rock and the creature is proof there are animals "alive and well on Mars".

A NASA car-sized robot has been prowling the surface of the Red Planet since 2012 and has produced a trove of "alien discoveries" spotted by UFO enthusiasts.

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ALIEN BADGER: UFO hunters spotted the creature – which could be a 'marmot' – in NASA pictures

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'ALIVE': UFO experts claim this is proof of small alien animals on Mars

“This is proof that some small animals are alive and well on Mars today.”

Scott C. Waring

Prolific alien hunter Scott C. Waring revealed his latest find on the blog UFO Sightings Daily.

He described the creature as a "groundhog" or "marmot" – but the creature could also be a badger or another type of small woodland mammal.

Waring was behind the alleged discovery of an "alien moon base" in pictures taken by a lunar orbiter from NASA.

A mysterious flying orb in the sky of Lima, Peru sent hundreds of people into speculating aliens are trying to contact Earth.

A mysterious flying orb in the sky of Lima, Peru sent hundreds of people into speculating aliens are trying to contact Earth.

An onlooker took a video of the orb, footage of which was first shown on Peruvian news website Canaln.

Further reports of spotting the UFO in highlands areas and across the Amazon rainforest also started coming in, reports Express. In the video clip, the object disappeared behind the trees. See the video clip here.

According to UFO blogger Scott C waring, "A UFO was recorded over Lima, Peru this week and in the recording we see a street light suddenly light up.Coincidence? Probably not, since hundreds of UFO reports report electrical problems when the UFO was near. This is important evidence that this object was a UFO."

As per iTech Post, Peruvians have claimed to spot UFOs many times in the past.

One strange phenomenon was recorded by security cameras in August 2016 wherein a mysterious entity was seen both walking and floating over the ground at night in Peru. Night workers at the gas station, near which this video was recorded, claimed that they have seen the alien.

No one knows for sure, but UFO and alien theorists believe that Peru's ancient structures such as the Machu Picchu citadel in the Andes Mountains are likely to attract extra-terrestrial beings to Earth.

However, others are not satisfied with UFO claims. Skeptics claim that the unidentified orb which was seen this November could very well be one of the Google balloons.

Project Loon by Google was created so that even the hard-to-reach regions of the world can get wireless internet access with the help of balloons.

These polyethylene balloons are extremely sturdy and carry special equipments that help in transmitting in-ground signals which then sends wireless internet to users with special internet antenna attached to their building.

However, Google hasn't come up with any official announcement claiming that the flying orb was one of their balloons. So, the UFO speculation carries on.

Mummified skull and corpse of stange creature discovered in Peruvian desert

TESTS are being carried out on this bizarre skull-like object which was found in a cave in the Peruvian desert, it’s being claimed.

The supposed skull, and a small allegedly mummified humanoid-like body found near it, will allegedly be sent for DNA tests.

There are suspicions the objects could be an elaborate hoax, as non exact location of the find or details of who discovered them has been released.

Author Brian Forester features in a video released on YouTube and his website, claiming he intends having tests carried out on the finds.

He said in the video: "I don't know what to say and look forward to the possibility of seeing more specimens.

"The head appears to be made of bone with skin over the top. It has two eyes, but eyes it is nothing like a human, it is more amphibian or reptilian.

"The mouth seems to be so tiny that it does not even appear to be for feeding.

"It is a very mysterious thing and I can't imagine how those two specimens could be fake."

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The 'alien skull' allegedly found in a cave in Peru

There was excited speculation among members of the UFO community earlier this week after footage emerged on multiple Peruvian websites purportedly showing a burning orb or flying saucer UFO crashing to Earth over the Peruvian capital city Lima.

There was excited speculation among members of the UFO community earlier this week after footage emerged on multiple Peruvian websites purportedly showing a burning orb or flying saucer UFO crashing to Earth over the Peruvian capital city Lima.

According to local media reports, hundreds of stunned residents of Lima witnessed the mysterious burning or orange glowing UFO streaking earthward across the sky at dusk.

Reports that similar objects were sighted recently in other parts of the country, including over the highlands and the Amazon rainforest regions of the country sparked excited speculation, with many UFO enthusiasts suggesting that the country was experiencing a wave of extraterrestrial visitations.

But no one could explain why aliens were taking a special interest in Peru.

The minute-long footage causing excitement in multiple UFO forums first emerged last week on a Peruvian website Canaln. It shows a bright or "burning" object illuminating dark skies and leaving a trail of bright light behind it as it streaked earthward, according to the Daily Mail.

The object, described by some witnesses as oval-shaped, can been seen in the video falling to Earth until it eventually disappeared behind a row of trees.

But skeptics have dismissed claims that the mysterious object was an alien UFO, saying it was more likely space junk making re-entry or a meteor burning in the atmosphere as it plunged to the ground.

However, some UFO enthusiasts claimed that part of the footage showing a street light turning on suddenly as the mysterious object passed over it suggests that the object was not space junk or a meteor but alien technology that was able to influence or control electrical equipment remotely through some form of interference.

Skeptics responded that the street light turning on was only a coincidence and that there was nothing unusual or remarkable about street light turning on at dusk when it was nearly dark.

"UFO? Sure. But the light likely turns on at dusk. Would have been more impressed if only that light turned on."

Media reports about a similar object seen earlier by hundreds living in remote areas of the Peruvian highlands southeast of Lima and the Amazon rainforests led to speculation that the mysterious UFO could be a "Project Loon" balloon.

According to skeptics, the mysterious object could have been a high-altitude balloon, such as as one of several deployed in the Earth's stratosphere at altitudes of up to 11 miles under a research and development project called Project Loon by X (formerly Google X). The purpose of the project is to boost transmission of signals from ground stations so that remote and rural areas of the world would have better internet connectivity.

But ignoring reasonable alternative suggestions by skeptics, UFO blogger Scott C. Waring argued that the street light turning on suddenly as the UFO flew overhead was not a coincidence.

"A UFO was recorded over Lima, Peru, this week and in the recording we see a street light suddenly light up," he wrote in a recent post to his UFO Sightings Daily blog. "Coincidence? Probably not, since hundreds of UFO reports report electrical problems when the UFO was near. This is important evidence that this object was a UFO."

The recent alleged wave of reported UFO sightings has sparked speculation among members of the UFO community in Peru, with many wondering why so many alien UFOs were visiting Peru lately. But some enthusiasts pointed out that although Peru has not featured prominently on the global UFO map it has always been a UFO hotspot.

According to some enthusiasts, the UFO traffic over Peru was likely due to extraterrestrial tourists visiting the country's famous ancient historical sites, such as Machu Picchu citadel in the Andes Mountains.

The idea that there may be a booming Earth safari tourism industry of extraterrestrial origin has been gaining traction lately in UFO circles, as the Inquisitr noted in a previous report.

Citing classified UFO files released recently by the U.K. Ministry of Defense that revealed top officials speculating that aliens could be visiting Earth as tourists, some members of the alien and UFO community suggested that the recent dramatic surge in reports of UFO sightings around the world could be because the Earth is a favored interstellar tourism destination.

According to some researchers, UFOs spotted lurking behind clouds around the world could be run by commercial alien tour operators conducting extraterrestrial clients on guided tours of Earth.

The latest claimed sighting of a mysterious UFO crashing to Earth comes after the Inquisitr reported that an unnamed witness from Post Falls, Idaho, claimed to have sighted on October 12, 2016, at about 11: 45 a.m., a mysterious UFO "falling from the sky" with a "sonic boom."

The sighting testimony, filed as Case 79772 in the reporting database of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), sparked comparison with the alleged 1947 Roswell UFO crash. Some enthusiasts suggested that the government could once again be engaged in covering up the truth about a new UFO crash incident that has afforded fresh opportunity of access to alien technology for reverse-engineering research purposes.
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Strange Small Elongated Skull Found in Peru

Strange Small Elongated Skull Found in Peru

 

What is it with Peru and elongated heads, strange skulls and alien-looking mummies? The latest alleged alien artifact to surface in this country is a small elongated skull. Is it real or fake? If it’s real, who or what did it once belong to?

Photos and videos of the skull are blasting around the Internet. Most sites say it and other artifacts were found in a southern desert of Peru. That could be the Atacama Desert, the driest non-polar desert in the world, or the Nazca Desert, home of the famous Nazca lines. The elongated skull can fit in the palm of a hand and looks more like a sculpture than the remains of a living creature.

However, the description from an examiner states that it is covered with a dried skin-like material and the underside is some sort of bone substance, approximately 3 to 5 mm thick. The examiner also states that the caretaker of the skull removed part of the bone and exposed what was described as “marrow.”

The examiner was Brien Foerster of Hidden Inca Tours and a leading expert on the elongated skulls of Peru and other countries. He seems to stay on top of these things, having also been involved in the DNA testing of Paracas skulls earlier this year which indicated that they may be from humans from Europe and Mesopotamia, meaning that human outsiders may have sailed to South America much earlier than previously thought.

Foerester has two different articles on his web site about this latest find. He’s evasive from the start – possibly to avoid looters – when he doesn’t tell where the skull was found but says “exact location to be given, hopefully, in the future.” It may be given eventually by Ancient Aliens, who Foerester has a close association with. Without identifying the ‘caretaker’, he indicates he believes the skull to be real because “the caretaker and those that presumably found it, along with other specimens, have no access to artisans or taxidermists that could have made them.” He’s an expert but that’s a weak endorsement. He also says that “the bone and skin can be sampled for DNA and radiocarbon testing in prominent laboratories in North America that we are working with already.” However, he doesn’t identify these “prominent” labs.

In the second article, he describes the eye sockets as “exceedingly shallow” and points out that skull has the appearance of a sculpture because the “skin” and the rest of the skull is covered with clay from the desert. He also says that, in addition to being DNA and carbon tested, the skull should be examined by a veterinarian. An elongated animal skull? Aliens have pets? Hmm.

Foerester also doesn’t say anything about the “other artifacts” allegedly found with the skull.

He’s an expert but it’s disconcerting that he’s so evasive. Should we give him the benefit of the doubt and wait for the promised DNA tests on the tiny elongated skull? What do you think it is?

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