CIA takes blame for more than half of UFO sightings in late 1950s and 60s

“Reports of unusual activity in the skies in the ‘50s? It was us.”

High-altitude testing of the U-2…led to an unexpected side effect — a tremendous increase in reports of unidentified flying objects,” the CIA wrote in the document, which it wrote in 1998. “In the mid-1950s, most commercial airliners flew at altitudes between 10,000 and 20,000 feet and [many] military aircraft…operated at altitudes below 40,000 feet. Consequently, once U-2s started flying at altitudes above 60,000 feet, air-traffic controllers began receiving increasing numbers of UFO reports.”

Added the document, the CIA cross-referenced UFO sightings to U-2 flight logs. “This enabled the investigators to eliminate the majority of the UFO reports,” the CIA wrote, “although they could not reveal to the letter writers the true cause of the UFO sightings.”

Simulated views from the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn in 2014—along with the real images its cameras captured at the very moments shown in the simulations

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Gazelle Twin – Exorcise

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see the world (Earth) through the eyes of gravity, thanks to the Potsdam Gravity Potato:

People tend to think of gravity here on Earth as a uniform and consistent thing. Stand anywhere on the globe, at any time of year, and you’ll feel the same downward pull of a single G. But in fact, Earth’s gravitational field is subject to variations that occur over time. This is due to a combination of factors, such as the uneven distributions of mass in the oceans, continents, and deep interior, as well as climate-related variables like the water balance of continents, and the melting or growing of glaciers.

And now, for the first time ever, these variations have been captured in the image known as the “Potsdam Gravity Potato” – a visualization of the Earth’s gravity field model produced by the German Research Center for Geophysics’ (GFZ) Helmholtz’s Center in Potsdam, Germany.

And as you can see from the image above, it bears a striking resemblance to a potato. But what is more striking is the fact that through these models, the Earth’s gravitational field is depicted not as a solid body, but as a dynamic surface that varies over time.This new gravity field model (which is designated EIGEN-6C) was made using measurements obtained from the LAGEOS, GRACE, and GOCE satellites, as well as ground-based gravity measurements and data from the satellite altimetry.

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“Conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because it is more comforting. The truth is nobody is in control.” – Alan Moore

Today’s exercise: hold both thoughts simultaneously.

The star maker says, “It ain’t so bad”
The dream maker’s gonna make you mad;
The spaceman says, “Everybody look down It’s all in your mind”

markie-mcfly:

Neill Blomkamp is best known for his work directing films like District 9, Elysium and this year’s Chappie. But what fans of the accomplished director may not know is that he was at one point involved in a film set in Ridley Scott’s Alien universe! Just moments ago the director shared concept art from a project he admits to working on via his Instagram, and they feature various designs of a mature Ellen Ripley, the Weyland Corp, an excavated Derelict spacecraft and the Xenomorph itself! Blomkamp posted this in addition to the photos: ”Was working on this. Don’t think I am anymore. Love it though.”

Now this is the Alien / Prometheus and ideally Bladerunner metaverse we all want. C’mon!

justinpickard:

P060914PS-0253 by The White House on Flickr.

‘The President sits for a 3D portrait being produced by the Smithsonian Institution.’; (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)