THE COOL SCIENCE OF THE DAY: THE MYSTERY OF CERES' BRIGHT LIGHTS ONLY GETS WEIRDER

This from Alexandra Witze from  NATURE:

Not all of the puzzling bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres are alike. The closest-yet images of the gleams, taken from 45,000 kilometres away, suggest that at least two of the spots look different from one another when seen in infrared wavelengths.
The Hubble Space Telescope spied many of the bright spots from afar years ago, but the observations from NASA's Dawn spacecraft — which began looping around Ceres on 6 March — are the first at close range. The images were released on 13 April in Vienna, Austria, at a meeting of the European Geosciences Union.
Scientists say that the bright spots may be related to ice exposed at the bottom of impact craters or from some kind of active geology. They glimmer tantalizingly in a new full-colour map of Ceres, obtained in February but released at the conference. The map uses false colours to tease out slight differences on the otherwise dark surface of Ceres.

Even more interesting, and thought provoking:

Spot 1 appears darker in images from Dawn's infrared spectrometer, said Federico Tosi, a Dawn scientist at the Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology and the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics in Rome. That suggests that the area is cooler than the rest of the dwarf planet's surface, supporting the idea that the spot is made of ice.
But for some reason Spot 5 — the brightest feature seen on Dawn — does not show up in infrared images. “One possibility is that we still don’t have enough resolution to see it in the proper way,” said Tosi.

Space is fun.
And some truly fun theories exist about these bright spots on Ceres..

Ceres is one little amazing dwarf.. As we learn more, perhaps we'll discover a distant icy plume. Or maybe even a little city of space aliens with bright lights.

The day dream believers

Mystery of strange radio bursts from space

Mysterious radio wave flashes from far outside the galaxy are proving tough for astronomers to explain. Is it pulsars? A spy satellite? Or an alien

There are very real and respectable people asking if this is a sign from intelligent life.. OR something else. A fascinating mystery

Mystery of strange radio bursts from space

I don’t want to believe, I want to know, I want to prove, I want evidence.

Belief is for those willing to accept things without real evidence

Art Bell tonight in a response on the message board BELLGAB to the famed UFO poster ‘I want to believe’

Former NASA engineer claims he saw a NINE FOOT alien

Clark McClelland was allegedly part of a team based at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, when he spotted the extra-terrestrial humanoid.

I heard about McClelland before.. Years ago actually. I dug up an old link here where people are actively doubting his story—and even giving some evidence that they felt showed he was not even an astronaut like he said..

This new DAILY MAIL article doesn’t really contain new information, it’s just recycled stuff from about 7 or 8 years previous.. 

Can someone, anyone, please share information as to whether this man was ever even employed by NASA?

Former NASA engineer claims he saw a NINE FOOT alien

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This is not a meteor.. I know it seems like that’s the common belief among those in this video.. but check the way the light movies. It just does not make sense if it is a meteor..

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That’s why you will not be president.

Barack Obama, in a joking response to Jimmy Kimmel last night after Kimmel said the first thing he’d do as president is open the files on AREA 51, Roswell, and UFOs.. 

And another UFO related quip from the show:

On President Clinton’s claim that he went through the secret files on extraterrestrials and found nothing:
"That’s what we’re instructed to say."

Obama went on to read ‘mean tweets’ . . his comments about UFOs are considered, of course, jokes.

But let’s not forget.. for a joke to truly work, there’s always a shed of truth behind it.. Perhaps it is why people like KIMMEL, who always seem to ask Presidents about UFOs, will not be President..

Kimmel had previously made some waves after asking former President Clinton about aliens.. at that time, Clinton was analyzed to have had ‘stressed’ behavior during his response.. I can’t find any analysis yet of Obama’s reaction..

Jokes.. Jokes.. laughable moments. Teachable moments?

Am I overreaching here?

I wish John Podesta would have given us disclosure, too..

Imagine: A United States citizen with high profiles and extremely high credentials and clearances in the United States government publicly saying that he wishes he could have brought disclosure on the topic of UFOs. Imagine.. Stop imagining.. it’s exactly what John Podesta is saying! Some hate him politically, others love him. But stop with the ridiculous two-party division nonsense and just realize what Podesta, a former Clinton staffer, is really saying: Podesta said in a tweet February 13th: 

“Finally, my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the #disclosure of the UFO files..”

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A blast from the past.. midway through the 1900s this Buchanan Brothers song was played under the covers of darkness.. 

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NASA live stream cuts out after alien UFO sighting, claims blogger

Scoff at the claim if you wish, but look at the stream of events.. Live coverage. UFO spotted. Live feed goes down.

On purpose or an accident? UFO ?? Or IFO..

NASA live stream cuts out after alien UFO sighting, claims blogger

Astronomers to Earth: You've got some newly found near-twins

We are getting closer and closer and closer to finding out something we deep down already know: There is life out there. We may never meet the life, but just knowing it exists will be enough to shatter all human perceptions of our own reality.. And that is why the Vatican would indeed baptize an alien..

Astronomers to Earth: You've got some newly found near-twins

THE UFOS NOT AMONG US

The tale goes like this: For years, gullible Ufologists have fallen for a great hoax.. They have believed that some other civilization is coming to the planet, flying saucers around the globe, and abducting people in the deep south only to probe the portion portions of them deeply..

Apparently, the theory goes, the government has put out the false UFO stories for years.. they have given the fake stories to UFO experts who happily ate up all of the available disinformation.

This whole storyline is apparently hidden in the treasure trove of documents released by leaker Edward Snowden..

A new documentary is exposing how the government case over fake evidence of ET life for decades.. The documentary is called MIRAGE MEN, and it is gaining a number of awards and lots of attention in various UFO and skeptic circles.. 

Steve Rose of the UK GUARDIAN writes this in his piece on this potential interstellar false flag:

The place of movies in the grand UFO conspiracy is a tricky area. Depending on which theory you subscribe to, Hollywood’s steady stream of sci-fi is either a deliberate exaggeration, designed to make the “truth” look unbelievable (the “you’ve been watching too many movies” defence), or it’s a way of psychologically preparing the populace for staggering alien secrets yet to be revealed. There are at least grounds for suspicion in the latter camp. Pilkington points to the CIA’s Psychological Strategy Board, founded after the second world war to promote US propaganda. Associated with the board was veteran film producer Darryl Zanuck. In 1951, Zanuck executive-produced seminal alien-visitation sci-fi The Day the Earth Stood Still, often cited as a government-sanctioned testing of the waters for alien contact. Like Zanuck, the film’s writer, Edmund North, was ex-military, while director Robert Wise apparently became a UFO believer on account of discussions he had with Washington figures during the making of the movie.

Steven Spielberg is a less likely government stooge, though he has been obsessed by aliens his entire career, from Close Encounters and ET up to War of the Worlds and the last Indiana Jones film (not forgetting his producer role in Falling Skies, Transformers and, er, Men in Black). If anyone’s paving the way for the big reveal, it’s Spielberg, but, after 30 years of paving, we’re still waiting.

How true that is.. not only Spielberg, but lots of others too like George Lucas .. 

And who can’t listen to Whitley Strieber’s detailed description of his abduction without wincing in pain..?

The tin foil hat wearing club I subscribe —there are different sects of us—does not simply buy into every and all conspiracy theories.. we discern. we analyze.. we report.. we often don’t decide. The jury is still out amongst my brand of believers as to whether aliens, God, or even US are real.. Maybe this imaginary world is a fairy tale, or a dream.. maybe a nightmare.. 

Nonetheless, it’s certainly believable that government spooks can have some fun with the UFO crazed people of the planet.. And plant false information—perhaps false memories—in the world..

How widespread, though?
Why did Ronald Reagan constantly talk about alien threats.. did Dick Nixon show a dead alien to Jackie Gleason? and did IKE, the one we liked, put ‘In God we trust’ on change because aliens told him there is no God?

Or was it all a hoax..?
IS anything real?

…maybe not.

The truth is out there.
Or within.

Alien pollution might allow scientists to narrow in on extraterrestrial life

It actually makes perfect sense.. unless the alien civilization is beyond reproach and has learned to effectively deal with trash and doesn’t trash its stash.. 

But if they are anything like humans, evidence will surely abound.. 

Alien pollution might allow scientists to narrow in on extraterrestrial life

Creationist Ken Ham calls to end space program because aliens are going to hell anyway

Oh… 
Because he said so.

Creationist Ken Ham calls to end space program because aliens are going to hell anyway

NASA is testing a flying saucer like craft device for a Mars landing.. read that again: WE are going to land a flying saucer on Mars. Seriously.. is this cranky comedy or something? We are going to be the UFOs in a UFO flying over the planet Mars.. I don’t know if it’s irony or just a bitter joke to all of the UFO enthusiasts who believe that circular craft has been flying over the planet Earth for decades.. 

Your childhood could have been forever changed if this is what ET would have looked like.

And he almost did.

I am sure by now in life you’ve heard of that old tale that ET was originally going to be a horror flick. It’s true.. The movie was going to be called NIGHT SKIES and was going to feature aliens that could kill each other with the tips of their fingers.. And now images of how ET was going to look proves that NIGHT SKIES would have been a pretty freaky story..

Could it be? An old mystery from last century solved? Will this finally put the story of the Solway Spaceman to rest? Logic and science and common sense solving one of the most famed UFO and paranormal photos of all time?

We know this about the photo: 

Jim Templeton took the image of his daughter in 1964. A strange white figure of a man who appeared to be in a space suit was visible behind her..

According to the story, Templeton took the image to police.. they said it was nothing out of the ordinary. He sent it to Kodak, which reportedly said the image had not been altered or tampered with..

And finally, according to lure, Men in Black, “Number 9” and “Number 11”
 showed up and talked to Templeton about the photo.. One aspect of the story that I actually was not aware of is reported by the BBC:

Perhaps the strangest turn of events was a link to the planned launch of a Blue Streak missile in Woomera, South Australia.

Just days after Mr Templeton had taken his photograph, that missile test on the other side of the world was aborted by technicians who reported seeing two men in the firing range.

That is a little creepy, perhaps. All of it is, really. 

The BBC has more, though, and interviewed an expert who attempts to finally solve this old mystery with a logical conclusion. Dr. David Clarke met the Templetons, the BBC says.. Also this: Clarke does not think the image is a hoax or purposely fake. Instead, he thinks the spaceman is actually Templeton’s wife..

This: 

"I came away absolutely convinced he was telling the truth and couldn’t explain it himself, although I was less convinced about his ‘Men in Black’ story. Whoever it was who visited him, I don’t think they were from the government."

However, the spaceman, Dr Clarke says, is almost certainly not anything of the sort.

"One of the other stills [taken that day] shows Jim’s wife who, according to him, was standing behind him when he took the photo of Elizabeth," he said.

"I think for some reason his wife walked into the shot and he didn’t see her because with that particular make of camera you could only see 70% of what was in the shot through the viewfinder."

Annie, he argues, was standing with her back to the camera and the photograph was over-exposed - causing her blue dress to look white.

Whatever the truth, for Dr Clarke it is a reminder of a more “innocent time” and he is in no doubt about its importance.

Could that be it? A simply solution to the story.. An ending to what has been a part of UFO lure for decades? Just a woman in a white dress.. over-exposed in color and a product of an early came in an innocent time..

Interesting way to conclude it all..
Are you with Dr. Clarke? Are you of the opinion that this is solved, over and done? Or do you still think that aborted missile launch had something to do with the spaceman.. and that Number 9 and 11 were on to something other-worldly or even alternate worldly..? 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
As is the Solway Spaceman. 

The alien's not for sale

Remember just about 48 hours ago we and others reported that NASA had a book about aliens potentially being associated with ancient rock art? Well.. NASA has pulled that e-book. Without explanation. … Do we really need an explanation…?

It's all alien to us

The Vatican has been publicly commenting about baptizing aliens for years now—the Pope even did it recently in a ‘joking’ comment.. The man behind the original comment, Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno addressed Georgetown University in a commencement address where he specifically talked about his famed alien comments. He admitted aliens are not within our grasp—yet. SETI agrees, as I wrote last night.. they think it will be about 20 years before we realize aliens are among us.. or out there somewhere. Getting closer..

Florida Airline Pilot Spots UFO at Springsteen Concert

A Florida airline pilot who was outside with family in Sunrise exiting a Bruce Springsteen concert reported watching a “large, pulsating, bright white light” that changed shape and color 

Others in the crowd, he said, were also looking at it.. Groups of fans were fixated on the sky, according to his account ,.. 

The part of this UFO story making headlines is that it was after a Springsteen concert. 

Even aliens may be fans.
Dancing in the dark…

Florida Airline Pilot Spots UFO at Springsteen Concert