Sunday, December 1, 2013

Experiences believed - or not

Sometimes they just aren't ready. To hear the truth. Or accept the experience when it belongs to someone else. There is no idea to try to convince anyone, nor does that usually drop in anyone's mind, from the ufological point of view. The other way it is more common. To try to make the "believer" or experiencer to believe that what he or she believes or thinks to be real, is not really real but a consequence of a certain personality trait. Of gullibility. Of wishful thinking.
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No matter what you say, you can't convince them. Nor should you. Nor need you to. There is a time for truth for everyone, in each individual time and manner. We are bound to hit blind spots and juxtapositions with any theme, also this one. It is in a way similar to discussing religious beliefs, where the discussion can become quite heated when each is defending one's own stand.
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But ufology is no religion. It is not necessarily even a belief system, but a wide-ranging study of certain phenomena. And cognisance based on facts and knowledge, and mathematical deduction. On logic really. A witness to a close encounter of any kind - let alone to a  far away sighting - does not usually become a fanatic, but rather more humble in the face of existence.
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Skeptics on the other hand are usually quite far from such humbleness, and much closer to arrogance. As if any individual person's opinion would really matter when it comes to truth. It is what it is despite us humans. Where each of us is on one's individual path of knowledge and truth is so wide and varied that it ill behooves any of us to speak badly of those who least of all pretend to know but simply accept the fact that we do not know everything. 
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Far better to agree to disagree - until we all know.
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Mercury - facts and theories

Updated 22.11.2013 Mercury - the closest planet to the Sun - is known since prehistoric times. A very dense planet, and  some scientists think that Mercury is actually shrinking.

50 years today since the assassination of JFK seems like an approriate day to publish this article on Mercury which astrologically governs  - among other things - the gift of gab which John F. Kennedy certainly had! This blog too is very mercurial in nature, and in a constant state of change. Mercury also governs all the bits and pieces of knowledge and the inquisitive nature of man that in the end hopefully take us to the truth of things - even if that too may change. 
 
Mean surface temperature: The side facing the Sun can reach 426 Celsius, but with no appreciable atmosphere the planet can't trap in the heat - so the side facing away from the Sun is way colder, even -173 degrees Celsius. Mercury is the coldest of  the inner planets.
Circumference: 15,329 km.
Diameter:  4,879 km (3,031.9 miles) - 38% of Earth’s, so not much bigger than the Moon.

MERCURY'S CRATERS
Much like the Moon, the surface of Mercury is heavily cratered. Most Mercurian craters are named after famous writers and artists. The planet  has not been geologically active for a very long time.

MERCURY SEEN FROM EARTH
Like the Moon and Venus, Mercury exhibits phases as seen from Earth. It is "new" at inferior conjunction and "full" at superior conjunction. The planet is rendered invisible from Earth on both of these occasions because of its relative nearness to the Sun. Mercury is more easily seen at tropical and subtropical latitudes  than at higher latitudes.

EXPLORATION OF MERCURY
Mariner 10 in 1974-1975. The first spacecraft to visit Mercury. Unfortunately, due to the length of Mariner 10's orbital period, the same face of the planet was lit at each of Mariner 10's close approaches. This made observation of both sides of the planet impossible and resulted in the mapping of less than 45% of the planet's surface. On March 24, 1975, Mariner 10 ran out of fuel. Because its orbit could no longer be accurately controlled, mission controllers instructed the probe to shut down. Mariner 10 is thought to be still orbiting the Sun, passing close to Mercury every few months.

Messenger was the next to go. Launched on August 3, 2004, the first fly-by of Mercury occurred on January 14, 2008. The probe successfully entered an elliptical orbit around the planet on March 18, 2011. The probe finished a one-year mapping mission, and is now on a one-year extended mission expected to end in 2013. Have a look at NASA's Messenger Mission page, or the Messenger website.

The European Space Agency is planning a joint mission with Japan called BepiColombo, which will orbit Mercury with two probes: one to map the planet and the other to study its magnetosphere (Earth and Mercury are the only two planets in the Solar System to have a magnetosphere). Once launched in 2015, the spacecraft bus is expected to reach Mercury in 2019.


COLONIZATION OF MERCURY
Mercury has been suggested as one possible target for space colonization of the inner Solar System, along with Mars, Venus, the Moon and the asteroid belt. Thermal protection of colonists and any sensitive equipment would require shielding from the intense solar radiation that reaches Mercury's surface.
More on this later...


MERCURY AND UFOS

Was there a cloaked mothership near Mercury in December 2011? - Exonews


Photos and videos of Mercury
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Scott Waring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unxwBTCRIBk&noredirect=1



LINKS
- Daily Galaxy - NASA:Messenger - Universe Today - Wiki - Wiki:ColonizationOfMercury - Wiki:MercuryCraters -








Wednesday, November 13, 2013

2011 News on Space and UFOs

Updated 29.12.2013 This page contains news on all of the blog topics (space, ufos, crop circles, abductions, etc) published in the mainstream newspapers and other media worldwide in 2011.
Major news events in 2011:
First UFO files released in Britain (3/2011)
Rover Curiosity is launched towards Mars(11/2011)


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2011-0102 En 2010 se registraron 360 casos de OVNIs en el país (Diario Popular/Argentina) SPA
2011-0107 The mystery of mass bird deaths (BBC News) ENG
2011-0108 Tunguusi plahvatus tuli maapõuest (Õhtuleht/Estonia) EST
2011-0121 Fobos, muy de cerca (El País) SPA
2011-0124 Yogyakarta Crop Circle Stirs Curiosity, But... (The Jakarta Globe/Indonesia) ENG
2011-0125 Mysterious crop circle found by farmer in Yogyakarta (The Jakarta Post/Indonesia) ENG
2011-0201 Tres personas en lugares diferentes grabaron un ovni en Jerusalén (El Comercio/Peru) SPA
2011-0203 Onko tämä kaikkien aikojen merkittävin ufohavainto? (Aamulehti/Finland) FIN
2011-0210 UFO-Videos: Alien-Alarm am Tempelberg (Der Spiegel) GER
2011-0221 Another Good Story Ruined - The Battle of Los Angeles (Los Angeles Times) ENG
2011-0225 Speakers, experts attract people to UFO conference (AzCentral) ENG
2011-0225 Vídeo com objeto estranho no céu causa polêmica no interior de SP (Globo/Brazil) POR
2011-0301 Brasilia kuhisee UFO-videosta - Mikä leijuu ja välähtää pilvissä? (Aamulehti/Finland) FIN
2011-0303 UFO files reveal 'Rendlesham incident' papers missing (BBC) ENG
2011-0303 Is the truth out there about UFOs? -video (BBC News) ENG
2011-0303 Hemmelige UFO-filer afsløret (J-P/Denmark) DAN
2011-0305 Attack of the flying saucers - a student hoax (Daily Mail/UK) ENG
2011-0322 'Red' rocker Sammy Hagar says abducted by aliens (China Daily) ENG
2011-0410 Estados Unidos: el FBI revela documentos relacionados con... (El Comercio/Peru) SPA
2011-0418 Foto de un ovni en Argentina es auténtica, segun la NASA (El Comercio/Peru) SPA
2011-0427 Alien-Suchern geht das Geld aus (Stern) GER
2011-0506 Waiting for contact (China Daily) ENG
2011-0510 Soomes on sagenenud teated UFOdest (Postimees) EST
2011-0512 Mystery awaits at Jinsha site (China Daily) ENG
2011-0513 Kesk-Soome taevas nähti kummalist ilmingut (Postimees) EST
2011-0514 US-Astronomen suchen aus 86 Planeten nach außerirdischem Leben (Stern) GER
2011-0514 Jakt på utomjordingar intensifieras (SvD/Sweden) SWE
2011-0519 Wycliffe Well, Australia -6 UFO Hot Spots Around the World (Time) ENG
2011-0523 Latest theory says Roswell UFO was Russian craft (The Tampa Tribune) ENG
2011-0523 Ovni de Roswell era nave rusa: nueva teoría (El Universal/Mexico) SPA
2011-0524 Scouring Space for Life: More Earths Out There than We Thought? (Time) ENG
2011-0608 Australia's defense department loses track of its UFO 'X-files' (China Daily) ENG
2011-0608 Austraalia UFO-failid läksid kaduma (Õhtuleht/Estonia) EST
2011-0704 Ученые нашли пришельцев под землей (Pravda) RUS
2011-0708 Svenskar mest skeptiska till utomjordingar (SvD/Sweden) SWE
2011-0715 Elaborate hoax or a sign of outta space? (Daily Mail) ENG
2011-0715 Stonehengen viereen ilmestyi mysteerikuvio (IS/Finland) FIN
2011-0726 FFH í Belgíu var prakkarastrik (MBL) ICE
2011-0804 Ufo fundet på bunden af Østersøen? (J-P/Denmark) DAN
2011-0806 Rendelsham Incident: US commander speaks for the first... (The Telegraph) ENG
2011-0811 The Truth is IN There (BBC) ENG
2011-0811 Britannian ufoarkistot avautuivat (SS/Finland) FIN
2011-0811 Files reveal Blackburn MoD police UFO sighting (BBC News) ENG
2011-0818 Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations,..   (The Guardian/UK) ENG
2011-0820 Utomjordingar kan utrota mänskligheten i förebyggande syfte (SvD/Sweden) SWE
2011-0822 New Mexico cop says military responsible for cattle mutilations (Huff) ENG
2011-0823 UFO sighting in Shanghai and Beijing (China Daily) ENG
2011-0902 Denkmalpflege auf dem Mond (Süddeutsche/Germany) GER
2011-0903 Konsten tar hand om utomjordingarna (SvD/Sweden) SWE
2011-0903 Rootslane tulistas alla ufo (Õhtuleht/Estonia) EST
2011-0908 Bestselling UFO Book Reveals New Evidence, Encounters, and... (Fox News) ENG
2011-0908 Apollo-Missionen - Spuren auf dem Mond (Süddeutsche/Germany) ß GER
2011-0913 Sagðist hafa flogið með geimverum - about Charles Hickson (MBL/Iceland) ICE
2011-0914 UFO abduction figure dies at age 80 (The Tampa Tribune) ENG
2011-0919 50th Anniversary of First UFO Abduction Story (Fox News) ENG
2011-0922 Betty and Barney Hill 'alien abduction' to hit the big screen (Daily Mail/UK) ENG
2011-0927 WikiLeaks прогнозирует инопланетное вторжение (Pravda) RUS
2011-1105 Editorial: Abducted (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ENG
2011-1108 White House: No Jimmy, There's No Such Things as UFOs (Fox News) ENG
2011-1110 Is There a City on Pluto? (Time) ENG
2011-1126 Lancement du robot Curiosity - video (Le Journal de Québec) FRE
2011-1130 South Africa UFO Convention Theory: ETs Raid Earth for Gold (Huff ) ENG
2011-1201 Ufo-tutkija: Kullanhimossa Maahan tulleet alienit antoivat... (Aamulehti/Finland) FIN
2011-1229 Les Belges signalent toujours plus d'ovni (Le Soir/Belgium) FRE
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

2012 News on Space and UFOs

Updated 24.1.2014 This page contains news on all of the blog topics (space, ufos, crop circles, abductions, etc) published in the mainstream newspapers and other media worldwide in 2012.

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2012-0112 Häädemeeste UFO-uurija: "Aga siis tulid inglid, terve taevas oli... (Ekspress) EST
2012-0117 UFO book author Rupert Matthews in line to be MEP (BBC video) ENG
2012-0118 Will rebel Euro MP Roger Helmer resign? (BBC News) ENG
2012-0122 Investigan extraña muerte de 51 vacunos en Entre Ríos (Diario Popular/Argentina) SPA
2012-0126 Sinisilmne ja pimedas hästi nägev Hiina põiss ajas...  -video (Õhtuleht/Estonia) EST 
2012-0128 In NASA country, Doubts About Gingrich' Moon Base Plan (The Texas Tribune) ENG
2012-0213 Kas ufo tappis tudengid? (Õhtuleht/Estonia) EST  
2012-0216 Nazi sci-filmen alla talar om (DN/Sweden) SWE
2012-0301 How You - or Anyone - Can Help Find E.T. (Time) ENG
2012-0321 Google Earth geht auf den Mond (Süddeutsche/Germany) GER
2012-0323 Say Hello to an Extraterrestrial Ocean - and Maybe Extraterrestrial Life (Time) ENG
2012-0327 Der Mond - Ein Zwilling der Erde (Süddeutsche/Germany) GER
2012-0413 Il mistero del "monolite" su Marte (Corriere della Sera/Italy) ITA
2012-0529 Eine Tour um den Mond - contains video(4m25s) (Süddeutsche/Germany) GER
2012-0608 НЛО увидели сотни жителей Израиля и Палестины (DP/Russia) RUS
2012-0615 Dykaren: "Inget gjort av människor" (DN/Sweden) SWE
2012-0618 Sukeldujad hämmeldunud: Läänemere põhjas lebava objekti... (Õhtuleht/Estonia) EST
2012-0621 Investigadora de EE.UU. dice que "ovnis parecen estar bajo..." (El Mercurio/Chile) SPA
2012-0626 36% of Americans believe in UFOs (AzCentral) ENG
2012-0627 National Geography seeks to solve mystery of UFOs (Fox News video, J Fox) ENG
2012-0628 Obama kan klara av en rymdinvasion (DN/Sweden) SWE
2012-0630 Salt di Povoletto, un paese in lite per i cerchi nel grano... (Corriere della Sera) ITA
 
2012-0708 Roswell UFO was not of this Earth and there were ET cadavers... (Huff) ENG
2012-0709 'It was a craft that did not come from this planet': CIA agent speaks out... (Daily Mail) ENG
2012-0711 Roswell Really Happened, Says Former CIA Agent (Time) ENG
2012-0711 Nýtt tungl fannst við Plútó (MBL/Iceland) ICE
2012-0711 Did Tesla reincarnate as Patrick Flanagan? (Examiner) ENG
2012-0712 Blair was briefed on UK UFO files (BBC News) ENG
2012-0712 Britische Ufo-Akten: Silberwesen, die vom Himmel fallen (Der Spiegel) GER
2012-0712 What was it really like working on UK's 'X-files'?  (BBC News) ENG
2012-0713 Hubble-Teleskop spürt fünften Mond des Pluto auf (Süddeutsche/Germany) GER
2012-0716 Objekt i Østersøen er stadig et mysterium (J-P/Denmark) DAN
2012-0718 'Invisible UFOs' fill the skies (Fox News) ENG
2012-0802 Marsin tutkimus tuottaa tietoja myös Maasta (SS/Finland) FIN
2012-0808 Mars-mönkijä lähetti ensimmäisen värivalokuvan (SS/Finland) FIN
2012-0812 El planeta rojo visto por las naves (El País) SPA
2012-0822 Discovering China's UFOs  - video (China Daily) ENG
2012-0823 Watch this space as close encounters may occur (China Daily) ENG
2012-0825 Neil Armstrong dies along with secrets of what he saw on Moon (Examiner) ENG
2012-0826 Ujo Neil Armstrong ei viihtynyt julkisuudessa (SS/Finland) FIN
2012-0826 Einrænn og kurteis geimfari veiddi við Helluvað (MBL/Iceland) ICE
2012-0828 UFO-letare söker efter mystisk spökraket (AB/Sweden) SWE
2012-0906 Балтийское НЛО создал ледник или нацисты? (Pravda) RUS
2012-0906 Armstrong borinn til votrar grafar (MBL/Iceland) ICE
2012-0909 Desmiente posible ovni en el Báltico (El Universal/Mexico) SPA
2012-0911 Viaje a las grandes lunas heladas de Júpiter (El País) SPA
2012-0914 Mira un adelanto del especial de History Channel sobre ovnis en... (El Comercio) SPA
2012-0917 La pantalla chica recibe un Contacto extraterrestre (El Universal/Mexico) SPA
2012-0918 We are not alone (China Daily) ENG
2012-0918 Stars in their eyes (China Daily) ENG
2012-0918 Mercury probe points to different origin for 1st planet (CNN) ENG
2012-0921 UFO Secrets To Be Revealed At National Atomic Testing Museum (Huff) ENG
2012-0921 USA:n UFO-havaintoihin viikonloppuna "vastaus, jota kukaan ei..." (IS/Finland) FIN 
2012-0922 Tällainen oli Yhdysvaltain20-vuotinen ufotutkimusprojekti (IS/Finland) FIN
2012-0925 UFO hunters: They are still watching (BBC) ENG
2012-0925 Raju väite UFO-seminaarissa: Flunssa pitää muukalaiset loitolla Maasta (IS/Finland) FIN
2012-0929 2 'mysterious' UFOs visible in Google Maps (ZeeNews/India) ENG
2012-0929 UFO syns på Google maps - video (Expressen/Sweden)
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2012-1008 US military's plans for flying saucers explained in declassified... (The Guardian) ENG
2012-1008 Astronautti IS:lle: Harmittaa, etten ole nähnyt ufoja - video(8m46s/ENG) (IS/Finland) FIN
2012-1018 Wie der Mond aus der Erde herausgesprengt wurde (Süddeutsche/Germany) ß
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2012-1019 Tunglið áður hluti af jörðinni (MBL/Iceland) ICE
2012-1025 Horsham UFO sound sparks fear of  'zombie apocalypse' (West Sussex County Times)
2012-1026 Raju väite: Avaruusoliot ohjasivat Reaganin presidentiksi (IS/Finland) FIN
2012-1104
UFO enthusiasts admit the truth may not be out there after all (The Telegraph) ENG
2012-1212 'UFOs' spotted over San Fransisco, Brooklyn (Fox News) ENG
2012-1216 Skildi myndavélina eftir á tunglinu (MBL/Iceland) ICE
2012-1227 UFO-expert: Det är en Airbus 340 (Expressen/Sweden) SWE
2012-1231 Revealed: Church of Scientology's 'alien space cathedral' in New... (NY DailyNews) ENG
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