Wednesday November 30, 2016
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30 nov 2016
A New Witness to the Famous Tehran UFO Chase Steps Forward
These are the two anomalies photographed by Jeff that will be discussed on this show:
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Argentina: More Curious Humanoid Incidents
Argentina: More Curious Humanoid Incidents
By Scott Corrales (c) 2016
To a generation raised on the ubiquitous image of the "Greys" and their penchant for abductions, cases involving non-human entities of unknown origin (aliens, time travelers, visitors from a parallel universe, a secretive parahuman race that has been on this planet since before our own species appeared, etc.)in previous decades had a distinct flavor of their own. While researching old publications, I came across the October-November 1975 issue of Ovnis - Un Desafio a la Ciencia (UFOs - A Challenge to Science) that was published in Argentina in the mid 1970s, with contributions from some of the luminaries of the time. It was published by Dr. Oscar A. Galíndez with artwork by Jorge Vallejos. Some of the samples shown below bear the signature of "B.O.C.", whom I believe to be Benjamín Galíndez - the publisher's father.
One article, penned by Prof. Oscar A. Uriondo, describes the August 31, 1968 case of Mrs. Susanna Larroude de Salazar, a resident of the UFO-prone city of Bahia Blanca, who at the time was in her kitchen with two small children. The young wife and mother heard someone banging against the door to her house, and upon lifting the shutter that covered the peephole, she was startled to see "a strange, opaque being" outside. She reportedly felt paralyzed as the entity withdrew, emitting a sound reminiscent of "echoing peals of laughter". The entity suddenly disappeared upon reaching the fence that marked the entrance.
On June 24, 1967 Mrs. Dora Egger de Torres was resting beside her husband at one clock in the morning. Her slumber was abruptly interrupted by a loud buzzing sound that hurt her ears. Wehn she turned to look, she was taken aback to see an oval light in the corner of the bedroom. Two human-looking entities were contained within it- one of them was tall, standing about 2 meters, and the other was smaller, no more than 50 or 60 cm in height. Both wore metallic outfits and helmets with clear visors (she said they were "plastic") covering their faces.As in the previous case, the witness was completely paralized and unable to utter a single word. The oval light and its humanoid occupants became gradually smaller as the light faded against the background, a shuttered window. They ultimately vanished.
On June 27 1968 in Cerro de las Rosas, Province of Cordoba, three boys were riding their bicycles when they noticed an oval object hanging over the trees. The object had a structure described by the boys as a "propeller" which spun at considerable speed, issuing white and blue lights. Suspended above the object were two people - a man and a woman - floating in the air. The boys described them as being "extraordinarily tall" and wearing luminous clothing. They took each others hand and descended slowly into the object with the "propeller". They vanished into the machine - if machine it was - without making a sound, or without any door opening to allow their entry.
On March 23, 1973 Roberto Herrera, a twenty-three-year-old engineering student, was on his way to the city of Salta from San Salvador de Jujuy when he witnessed an object described as "two superimposed plates, 5 meters in diameter" landing on the roadside. It was aluminum colored asnd was suspended on ground with what appeared to be struts. The witness suddenly noticed that a manlike entity standing 1.60 meters had emerged from the object (although at no point did he see how this was accomplished - no hatches or doorways were opened). The student was able to retain enough presence of mind to provide a thorough description of the humanoid: it lacked hands, had stubby arms, legs ending in very large, shoeless feet. When Herrera approached, the entity also moved without ever making use of its legs. It then stopped and "was gone", as the onlooker would later tell researchers.
An even stranger case occurred on June 25, 1974. The "El Diario" newspaper from Montevideo, Urugay reported that a security guard at a train station in Tandil, some 350 km from Buenos Aires (and a frequent UFO and cattle mutilation scenario, as Inexplicata readers will be aware) had seen a "short, strange figure with deep-set eyes" and passed out shortly after the experiences. Other witnesess at the station reported that an odd little man had descended from a vehicle so strange they thought it had to be a UFO, as it emitted a very powerful light. The object and its occupant vanished as soon as the light was extinguished. As chance would have, there was a police barracks across from the train depot, and policemen allegedly also saw the small figure, describing it in detail. "A creature with a fixed gaze, wearing a lead-colored helmet and dark goggles, a "Fu Manchu" mustache and a goatee. His arms appeared to stem directly from his body, and the position of the window (at the police barracks) kept us from being able to make out anything below his chest." When asked to explain the entity's sudden disappearance, one of the officers replied, "Well...I don't know. Perhaps he rose into the air." The law enforcement officer further added that newspapers and radio programs were often discussing sightings of 'flying saucers' and 'Martians' ocurring regularly in Tres Arroyos and Bahía Blanca.
Four decades separate us from these events, which were largely anecdotal despite the presence of multiple witnesses and the involvement of the authorities. However, they remain a disquieting reminder of a fascinating period in UFO history.
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By Scott Corrales (c) 2016
To a generation raised on the ubiquitous image of the "Greys" and their penchant for abductions, cases involving non-human entities of unknown origin (aliens, time travelers, visitors from a parallel universe, a secretive parahuman race that has been on this planet since before our own species appeared, etc.)in previous decades had a distinct flavor of their own. While researching old publications, I came across the October-November 1975 issue of Ovnis - Un Desafio a la Ciencia (UFOs - A Challenge to Science) that was published in Argentina in the mid 1970s, with contributions from some of the luminaries of the time. It was published by Dr. Oscar A. Galíndez with artwork by Jorge Vallejos. Some of the samples shown below bear the signature of "B.O.C.", whom I believe to be Benjamín Galíndez - the publisher's father.
One article, penned by Prof. Oscar A. Uriondo, describes the August 31, 1968 case of Mrs. Susanna Larroude de Salazar, a resident of the UFO-prone city of Bahia Blanca, who at the time was in her kitchen with two small children. The young wife and mother heard someone banging against the door to her house, and upon lifting the shutter that covered the peephole, she was startled to see "a strange, opaque being" outside. She reportedly felt paralyzed as the entity withdrew, emitting a sound reminiscent of "echoing peals of laughter". The entity suddenly disappeared upon reaching the fence that marked the entrance.
On June 24, 1967 Mrs. Dora Egger de Torres was resting beside her husband at one clock in the morning. Her slumber was abruptly interrupted by a loud buzzing sound that hurt her ears. Wehn she turned to look, she was taken aback to see an oval light in the corner of the bedroom. Two human-looking entities were contained within it- one of them was tall, standing about 2 meters, and the other was smaller, no more than 50 or 60 cm in height. Both wore metallic outfits and helmets with clear visors (she said they were "plastic") covering their faces.As in the previous case, the witness was completely paralized and unable to utter a single word. The oval light and its humanoid occupants became gradually smaller as the light faded against the background, a shuttered window. They ultimately vanished.
On June 27 1968 in Cerro de las Rosas, Province of Cordoba, three boys were riding their bicycles when they noticed an oval object hanging over the trees. The object had a structure described by the boys as a "propeller" which spun at considerable speed, issuing white and blue lights. Suspended above the object were two people - a man and a woman - floating in the air. The boys described them as being "extraordinarily tall" and wearing luminous clothing. They took each others hand and descended slowly into the object with the "propeller". They vanished into the machine - if machine it was - without making a sound, or without any door opening to allow their entry.
On March 23, 1973 Roberto Herrera, a twenty-three-year-old engineering student, was on his way to the city of Salta from San Salvador de Jujuy when he witnessed an object described as "two superimposed plates, 5 meters in diameter" landing on the roadside. It was aluminum colored asnd was suspended on ground with what appeared to be struts. The witness suddenly noticed that a manlike entity standing 1.60 meters had emerged from the object (although at no point did he see how this was accomplished - no hatches or doorways were opened). The student was able to retain enough presence of mind to provide a thorough description of the humanoid: it lacked hands, had stubby arms, legs ending in very large, shoeless feet. When Herrera approached, the entity also moved without ever making use of its legs. It then stopped and "was gone", as the onlooker would later tell researchers.
An even stranger case occurred on June 25, 1974. The "El Diario" newspaper from Montevideo, Urugay reported that a security guard at a train station in Tandil, some 350 km from Buenos Aires (and a frequent UFO and cattle mutilation scenario, as Inexplicata readers will be aware) had seen a "short, strange figure with deep-set eyes" and passed out shortly after the experiences. Other witnesess at the station reported that an odd little man had descended from a vehicle so strange they thought it had to be a UFO, as it emitted a very powerful light. The object and its occupant vanished as soon as the light was extinguished. As chance would have, there was a police barracks across from the train depot, and policemen allegedly also saw the small figure, describing it in detail. "A creature with a fixed gaze, wearing a lead-colored helmet and dark goggles, a "Fu Manchu" mustache and a goatee. His arms appeared to stem directly from his body, and the position of the window (at the police barracks) kept us from being able to make out anything below his chest." When asked to explain the entity's sudden disappearance, one of the officers replied, "Well...I don't know. Perhaps he rose into the air." The law enforcement officer further added that newspapers and radio programs were often discussing sightings of 'flying saucers' and 'Martians' ocurring regularly in Tres Arroyos and Bahía Blanca.
Four decades separate us from these events, which were largely anecdotal despite the presence of multiple witnesses and the involvement of the authorities. However, they remain a disquieting reminder of a fascinating period in UFO history.
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El orbitador de ExoMars manda sus primeras imágenes de Marte
Mientras progresan las investigaciones sobre el fallo del ‘aterrizador’ Schiaparelli de ExoMars, el otro protagonista de la misión, el orbitador TGO, ya ha demostrado el potencial de sus instrumentos para aportar nueva información sobre el planeta rojo. Entre ellos figura la cámara CaSSIS, que ha ofrecido fotografías inéditas de la superficie marciana.
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Un simulador de vuelo español de 1942
Versión para TecOb del artículo que publiqué en la revista Historia de Iberia Vieja, edición de noviembre de 2016.
El sueño de volar con los pies en la tierra
A finales del siglo XIX, cuando los únicos aparatos volantes tripulados eran globos o, a lo sumo, algunos de los primeros dirigibles, ya se pensaba en cómo sería volar al modo de los pájaros. No se trataba de intentar construir un avión propiamente dicho, porque muchos aventureros estaban embarcados en aquella aventura. Nada de eso, por ese tiempo ya había soñadores que pretendían simular lo que se siente al volar, pero sin tener necesidad de levantar los pies de la tierra.
He ahí, por ejemplo, la osada patente que un tal John F. Byrne tuvo el ánimo de solicitar en los Estados Unidos allá por 1893. Soñaba el buen hombre con una especie de gran habitación, sostenida sobre una estructura metálica que dotaría al conjunto de capacidad de movimiento en varios ejes. A esa máquina se le uniría un sistema de paneles móviles y de proyecciones que harían, en conjunto, que a las personas que se hallaran en su interior les pareciera que estaban volando sobre un bello paisaje a bordo de un lujoso dirigible, y todo sin riesgo alguno. Hoy, cuando incluso se pueden instalar y disfrutar complejos simuladores de vuelo en un teléfono móvil, todo aquello puede parecer un artificio demasiado aparatoso, pero no cabe duda del mérito de adelantarse a su época soñando con un futuro que, ahora, es completamente real.
Saltemos un poco más en el tiempo. Ya durante la Gran Guerra, el asombroso desarrollo de los primeros aviones aplicados a los conflictos bélicos hizo sentir la necesidad de formar a gran número de pilotos de forma rápida. Fue el tiempo en que aparecieron primitivos aparatos, algunos construidos incluso con barriles de madera, creados con la intención de acelerar la formación de los pilotos. Aquellos añejos remedos de simulador de vuelo, capaces de hacer enfrentar a sus usuarios, a ciertas maniobras a través de movimientos sobre plataformas inestables, cumplieron con creces sus objetivos. Ahí quedaba, por ejemplo, el “orientador”, máquina empleada facilitar un primer aprendizaje para los pilotos de aeroplanos que, ante tan novísimo medio de locomoción, necesitaban comprender y “sentir” el movimiento en tres dimensiones.
Tras la Primera Guerra Mundial, la popularización de la aviación, con espectáculos aéreos protagonizados por osados wing-walkers y similares, hizo al gran público soñar todavía más con levantar el vuelo, solo que, salvo contadas ocasiones, el anhelo se quedaba en poco más que un ejercicio de imaginación. Llegó la fiebre por la aviación a tal punto, que en algunos lugares se emitieron a lo largo de los años veinte, programas de radio en los que se dictaban curiosas lecciones de vuelo a modo de curso a través de las ondas. Ahí quedó, por ejemplo, el programa que durante las mañanas de los viernes de 1928, y durante apenas un cuarto de hora, hizo soñar a muchas personas que podían llegar a ser pilotos. Se trataba de una mezcla entre programa de humor y de divulgación, emitido por la emisora KOA de Denver, en el que el piloto Cloyd P. Clevenger, de la Alexander Aircraft Company, dictaba sus lecciones de vuelo, entre diversos sonidos típicos de una situación de vuelo. Al otro lado de las ondas, los oyentes imaginaban que eran pilotos, e incluso muchos de ellos se hicieron con una especie de equipo básico, que podía ser un simple taburete y una escoba, con el que emulaban las maniobras de un piloto real.
Todas aquellas simulaciones tuvieron su culminación con un personaje genial llamado Edwin Albert Link, pero que era conocido simplemente como Ed Link. Fue un inventor estadounidense nacido en 1904. Hasta su fallecimiento, en 1981, no sólo creó la gran industria de los simuladores de vuelo, sino que diseñó algunos de los simuladores más descollantes de todos los tiempos, desde el modelo que permitía enseñar vuelo astronómico, esto es, navegación a través de un cielo estrellado simulado, hasta el simulador con el que se entrenaron los tripulantes de las naves Apolo que volaron hacia la Luna. En sus patentes, que alcanzan casi la treintena, el apasionado Ed Link fue desgranando todo lo que fue posteriormente el desarrollo de los simuladores de vuelo para aviación y para otros ámbitos. Una de sus máquinas más conocidas fue el Link Trainer, que se convirtió en el primer simulador de vuelo comercializado de la historia. Aquella aventura, que comenzó tímidamente como apuesta personal, encontró un ambiente propicio en los primeros años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Lo más llamativo de los primeros modelos de simulador de Link se encuentra en que, salvando las distancias, ya eran bastante similares en cuanto a concepto a los actuales.
Los simuladores Link Flight Trainer supusieron toda una revolución en la formación de pilotos de aviación. Aquella máquina de simulación era capaz de hacer sentir al futuro piloto como si se encontrara realmente dentro de una cabina en vuelo. Se trataba de una plataforma sostenida sobre una especie de trípode que otorgaba al conjunto capacidad de movimientos complejos en tres dimensiones. Se podían programar diversos modos de vuelo, e incluso situaciones de peligro o accidente. Los primeros intentos de Link por introducir sus simuladores databan de entre 1929 y 1931, cuando construyó un modelo primitivo gracias al uso de utensilios y piezas de su negocio familiar de órganos musicales. Aquel ingenioso aparato armado con piezas eléctricas y neumáticas que daban al conjunto un abigarrado aspecto, llamó tiempo después la atención del Ejército de los Estados Unidos. Con la guerra en marcha, le llega a Link un pedido de hasta 100,000 unidades de su simulador. A partir de ese momento, con una empresa millonaria entre manos, nunca dejó de perfeccionar sus simuladores y, en todo el mundo, el nombre de Ed Link se convirtió desde los años cuarenta, cuando se dio a conocer a gran escala, en sinónimo de simulación de vuelo avanzada.
¿Un simulador de vuelo español a principios de los cuarenta?
Al mismo tiempo que Ed Link conseguía sus éxitos en América gracias a sus increíbles simuladores, por aquí ya había quien soñaba con algo muy similar. Eran tiempos difíciles en España, con un país destruido tras la Guerra Civil y con el continente metido de lleno en la espantosa Segunda Guerra Mundial. Posiblemente nuestro protagonista de hoy escuchó acerca de los simuladores de Link, pero a buen seguro que no logró ver uno en funcionamiento, al menos no en aquellos años, cuando la tecnología de simulación de Link era poco menos que un secreto guardado por los militares de los Estados Unidos. Sea como fuere, y aunque muy posiblemente no se llegó a construir una máquina funcional, existe una intrigante patente que deja claro los sueños de un piloto por conseguir en nuestras tierras algo muy parecido a lo que Link ya había materializado al otro lado del Atlántico.
Entre 1941 y 1944 se desplegó en Europa del Este lo que se ha conocido como “Escuadrilla Azul”, esto es, un grupo de aviadores españoles voluntarios que fueron enviados por el gobierno español en ayuda de la Alemania nazi, cosa que tenía mucho que ver con la ayuda recibida por el bando sublevado por parte de los alemanes en el conflicto civil español. Es curioso que, la patente que he mencionado, fue solicitada, precisamente, en 1942 y publicada al año siguiente con el número de patente española número ES0157286 (ver patente). El inventor que realizó tal solicitud no era otro que un piloto que, con el tiempo, desarrolló una larga carrera en el Ejército del Aire y que atendía al nombre de Carlos Ferrándiz Arjonilla, quien fuera uno de aquellos pilotos de la nombrada escuadrilla (fue comandante de la 3ª Escuadrilla Azul que partió hacia Rusia a finales de 1942). El caso es que, al margen de ese pequeño dato, lo que aquí nos interesa es mencionar la invención que pretendía llevar a cabo aquel intrépido piloto. Estamos ante una máquina que tiene muchas similitudes con un simulador de vuelo actual, al menos en lo que tiene que ver con su concepción. El título de la patente, solicitada el 27 de mayo de 1942, lo dice todo: Un procedimiento mecánico eléctrico para enseñar a pilotar aviones con o sin visibilidad exterior, sin desplazarse en el medio aire.
La patente es interesante por lo avanzado de su planteamiento y, cómo no, por lo mucho que recuerda a los exitosos modelos de Ed Link, contemporáneo suyo. La patente de Ferrándiz describe un simulador de vuelo dotado de capacidades muy avanzadas para su tiempo. Una pena que no lograra comercializarse, pues a buen seguro que en otro lugar y en tiempos menos complicados, bien pudo haber alcanzado a ser rival de alguna de las máquinas de Link. En las descripciones detalladas de esta olvidada patente de este simulador de vuelo español de principios de los años cuarenta se pueden leer cosas como la que sigue:
La enseñanza del pilotaje de aviones, tal y como se da actualmente, volando desde el primer día en un avión de escuela, tiene como inconvenientes principales que el alumno ha de realizar sus primeros pasos dentro de un medio, el aire, nuevo totalmente para él, lo que le excita y perturba, y además no resulta económica por cuanto desde el primer día hay consumo de gasolina, desgaste de material, etc. A evitar estos inconvenientes tiende el procedimiento que es objeto de esta patente, dando tranquilidad al alumno, economía en la enseñanza y una difusión ilimitada al deporte de volar.
Después de esta declaración de intenciones, se describe en el documento de forma detallada una barquilla de pilotaje, emplazada en tierra, sobre una plataforma capaz de girar alrededor de tres ejes por medio de dispositivos mecánicos y eléctricos. Lo más curioso y novedoso del simulador de vuelo propuesto por Ferrándiz se encontraba en que, no sólo se simulaba la instrumentación y el movimiento, sino que se añadía al conjunto “una representación del terreno” que vendría a ser una versión primitiva de las pantallas de realidad virtual de los modernos simuladores:
…de tal manera que, dotado el alumno de un dispositivo óptico estereoscópico por el que se le hace mirar, se le aparece simultáneamente el avión que se supone que pilota, el terreno imaginario que se mueve, y el cielo y horizonte imaginarios que le sirven de referencia, con la combinación de cuyos elementos se pone al alumno, aunque ilusoriamente, en las mismas condiciones en que se halla al despegar, pilotar y aterrizar con un aparato real.
Esto es serio, y merece reconocimiento: a través de una detallada descripción de los medios ópticos, eléctricos y mecánicos que componían este simulador, el piloto Ferrándiz Arjonilla se encontraba pormenorizando lo que décadas después ha sido algo común, esto es, una representación simulada de un ambiente real, no sólo a través del movimiento de una barquilla, sino reconstruyendo instrumentación y visualización de un entorno para hacer el que alumno se sintiera de la misma manera y en condiciones similares a una situación de vuelo real. ¡Es sorprendente! La imagen real de un terreno y del cielo, de la pista y de los accidentes geográficos, era proyectada a través de un ingenioso sistema que hacía parecer toda la escena como algo real, con apariencia tridimensional. ¡Eso es adelantarse décadas a su tiempo! Los juegos de cámaras, fotografías y películas en movimiento se conjugaban para crear una experiencia cercana a la real. Tanto la parte óptica estereoscópica como el juego mecánico que daba movimiento a la barquilla, se hallaban sincronizados por medio de una serie de “programas” que simulaban determinadas maniobras de vuelo.
Un reloj “listo” de los años sesenta
Si asombrosa es la patente de 1941 de Carlos Ferrándiz Arjonilla sobre un simulador de vuelo que recuerda mucho, salvando las distancias, a los que se construyeron décadas más tarde, también llama la atención otra de sus patentes, publicada muchos años más tarde, en 1965. El piloto alumbró también en el 64 una patente sobre un Anotador simultáneo para jugar al golf, pero es su patente del año siguiente la que tiene más atractivo. Se trata de una propuesta acerca de un Aparato recordatorio de pulsera. Esta patente (realmente un registro de modelo de utilidad), bajo número ES0110373, de mayo de 1965, no tiene mucha miga técnicamente, pero por el contrario su concepto nos sonará muy avanzado en este tiempo de “smart watches”. En su descripción, el inventor nos comenta:
…se trata de un aparato especialmente diseñado para que sirva como ayuda a la memoria en cuantas cosas se deseen recordar en un momento dado, y aplicable a la misma correa del reloj de pulsera, con lo que en todo momento se tiene en condiciones de ser empleado, tanto en cuanto a las anotaciones que hayan de hacerse en él, como en cuanto a la lectura de las misma cuando sea preciso. En la actualidad, dado el ritmo de vida en que el hombre se mueve, es preciso en gran cantidad de circunstancias, tener a mano datos que se necesitan para un buen resultado de una conversación o visita, anotar detalles para posteriormente emplearlos convenientemente, prever un programa de preguntas adecuadas a la gestión del momento, etc…
Lo que se describe luego en el documento es la técnica para crear un reloj de pulsera en el que se puedan instalar, anotar, borrar y modificar todo tipo de anotaciones, dibujos o croquis, en definitiva, un concepto que recuerda a los modernos relojes “listos”, solo que sin elementos electrónicos.
Un simulador de vuelo español de 1942 apareció originalmente en Tecnología Obsoleta, 30 noviembre 2016.
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UFO Flap in Turkey
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Big Oil Announces their Endorsement of Taxation on Carbon Emissions
In late October, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson announced that his company is backing the concept of a carbon tax, saying that climate change brings real risks, and serious action is required to mitigate them.
“We have long used a proxy cost of carbon… there’s a range depending on the country, depending on the tax that we think would be appropriate,” Tillerson explained at the Oil & Money conference in London. “We’re trying to influence and inform people and business on the choices they make.”
“We have long used a proxy cost of carbon… there’s a range depending on the country, depending on the tax that we think would be appropriate,” Tillerson explained at the Oil & Money conference in London. “We’re trying to influence and inform people and business on the choices they make.”
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29 nov 2016
Aviones bizarros, ¡ya disponible en Amazon!
La espera ha sido larga, pero todo llega. Aviones bizarros, el libro que sobre las más audaces máquinas volantes de la historia he escrito junto a José Manuel Gil, ya está distribuido y llegará a librerías en breve. Sin embargo, esta breve nota de hoy tiene como objeto, simplemente, avisar que también está ya disponible en Amazon. ¿Te lo vas a perder?
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La luz ultravioleta aumenta las defensas de las plantas de uva de mesa
Investigadores del instituto andaluz IFAPA y la Universidad de Burdeos han confirmado que la exposición de radiación ultravioleta sobre la planta de la uva de mesa, durante los tres días previos a la vendimia, aumenta su proporción de estilbenos. Estos compuestos antioxidantes del fruto están implicados en los procesos de defensa de las vides.
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28 nov 2016
Regional Canadian Airliner Dodges UFO over Lake Ontario
While on approach to Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport in the early morning of November 14, the crew of a Porter Airlines Dash 8-400 turboprop encountered an unknown object that required them to perform evasive maneuvers to avoid colliding with it. At first assumed to be a balloon, the encounter was later blamed on a rogue UAV. However, as details of the incident are uncovered, it seems less likely that the strange object was a conventional aircraft.
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Nuevos datos sobre el microcuásar GRS 1758-258
Una estrella el doble de grande que nuestro Sol y un agujero negro danzan uno alrededor del otro dando una vuelta en un solo día. Es lo que han descubierto investigadores de la Universidad de Jaén al analizar el microcuásar GRS 1758-258 con la ayuda del Gran Telescopio Canarias.
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Cuba: Fidel Castro's Government Censored UFO Information
Source: Cadizdirecto.com (Spain)
Date: 11/28/2016
Cuba: Fidel Castro's Government Censored UFO Information
[Editor's note: INEXPLICATA has provided information on the fascinating history of the UFO phenomenon in Cuba for many years, showcasing the efforts of researchers such as Orestes Girbau. We would like to take this opportunity to mark the passing of Dr. Virgilio Sánchez-Ocejo, the Cuban-born researcher whose work appeared in MUFON Journal, Flying Saucer Review and other publications. His contributions to making the mysteries of the largest island in the Caribbean are far too numerous to mention in this space.]
CADIZDIRECTO - The UFO Phenomenon has always drawn the attention of those who have consecrated part of the life and time to study its origin and strangeness. There have been UFO sightings all over the world, but perhaps the hardest to follow were those which took place in the Eastern European nations, the ones behind the so-called "Iron Curtain", or in Cuba, due to the secretive nature of its regime.
The recent death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro opens new doors to any UFO information that may have come about on the island. It has been learned that Cuba censored all matters related to the UFO phenomenon for over 37 years.
One of these cases involves the peasant Adolfo Zarate, who was pursued by a "wave" of UFO reports throughout the island of Cuba in October 1995, at which time the Cuban government was forced to admit the existence of UFO documentation in this regard.
This documentation acquires special meaning after Castro's death, particularly on a subject whose censorship was mandated on the island.
[Translation (c) 2016 S. Corrales with thanks to Jose Manuel Garcia Bautista]
For any reader interested in the subject of the UFO phenomenon in Cuba:
1959 UFOs Over Matanzas Bay - http://ift.tt/2fIb2sI
Cuba- UFOs, Ufonauts and a Compelling Documentary - http://ift.tt/2gnEsuP
The Cuba Files - An Interview With Orestes Girbau - http://ift.tt/2fIdb7H
Cuba: Aliens in Cuba? http://ift.tt/2gnAcer
Humanoids in Cuba http://ift.tt/2fIea8c
Cuba: The Ingenieria Ovni Documentary http://ift.tt/2gnD8b4
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26 nov 2016
Llega el BIG Bell Test para unir la física cuántica con la aleatoriedad humana
Una docena de laboratorios de todo el mundo, coordinados desde Barcelona por el Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas, ya están listos para realizar este 30 de noviembre una serie de experimentos relacionados con los misterios del mundo cuántico. Para conseguirlo necesitan la ayuda de al menos 30.000 personas, cuya tarea será generar bits o secuencias de ceros y unos de la forma más aleatoria posible. Cualquiera puede participar en esta iniciativa a través de la web thebigbelltest.org, donde ya se puede acceder para ir entrenando.
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Google's Translation AI Created its Own Secret Language -- All On Its Own
Google recently announced that its new AI-based translation software, Neural Machine Translation (NMT), has developed an internal language of its own to facilitate its translation of certain languages -- and Google can't explain how it did it.
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24 nov 2016
Trump Plans to Cut NASA's Earth Science Budget
There are serious concerns over the fate of NASA's Earth science programs, in light of planned policies being released by president-elect Donald Trump. The Trump campaign's space policy advisor, Robert Smith Walker, has stated that they plan to “redirect NASA budgets towards deep space achievements rather than Earth-centric climate change spending.”
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23 nov 2016
2 NUEVOS PROGRAMAS PALEO
Será el comienzo de un programa en el Gustavo Sánchez nos ofrecerá la última hora sobre los controvertidos hallazgos paleontológicos llevados a cabo en nuestras islas, descubrimiento de restos de animales que al menos a priori, resulta inconcebible que pudieran alcanzar nuestras islas por sus propios medios, aunque con el problema añadido de que cuando eso sucede, hace millones de años, no había nadie que pudiera transportarlos.
David Heylen nos brindará un repasado por la actualidad insólita y misteriosa más interesante y evocadora, y con Gustavo Sánchez abriremos nuestro Gabinete de las Maravillas para ponernos al día en un tema desestabilizador para aquellos que se mueven de manera demasiado ortodoxa y rígida por los territorios de la evolución, la paleontología y la historia…nos vamos en busca del ENIGMA DENISOVA. Su grado de evolución es sorprendente, interactuaron con el Homo Sapiens, su ADN está en el nuestro…
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Nueva aplicación para navegar con las misiones de la ESA
La Agencia Espacial Europea ha presentado una aplicación web para que los investigadores y aficionados a la astronomía puedan consultar los datos públicos de sus misiones científicas. La herramienta se llama ESASky y la información se facilita desde el Centro Europeo de Astronomía Espacial, en España.
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Peru: Alleged UFO Causes Commotion in Alonso de Alvarado
Source: Planeta UFO (Argentina) and Diario Voces (Perú)
Date: 11.22.2016
An article by Franclin Lavan for Diario Voces
Peru: Alleged UFO Causes Commotion in Alonso de Alvarado
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.
[Translator's note: the following paragraph is unclear] Following investigations, it is believed to be a satellite called the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, which began making its first monitoring tests on the planet Mars [sic], coinciding with information disclosed by the European Space Agency (ESA), saying that the likelihood of such observations will be more forceful and exact in coming days.
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Un sistema predice el comportamiento de tsunamis en menos de diez minutos
Investigadores de las universidades de Málaga y Granada han diseñado un simulador que predice en menos de diez minutos el comportamiento de tsunamis generados por avalanchas. De esta forma se pueden evaluar los daños que podría producir una ola de gran tamaño y prevenir a los servicios de emergencia.
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Un sistema predice el comportamiento de los tsunamis en menos de diez minutos
Investigadores de las Universidades de Málaga y Granada han diseñado un simulador que predice en menos de diez minutos el comportamiento de tsunamis generados por avalanchas. De esta forma se pueden evaluar los daños que podría producir una ola de gran tamaño para prevenir a los servicios de emergencia.
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22 nov 2016
¿Seremos capaces de evitar el impacto de un asteroide sobre la Tierra?
Entre las misiones candidatas a medir nuestra capacidad tecnológica frente a las colisiones de los asteroides figura AIM. Si fuera aprobada por la Agencia Espacial Europea se lanzaría en 2020 para probar comunicaciones ópticas y estudiar el asteroide Didymos y su luna. Un profesor de la Universidad de Alicante participa en esta iniciativa, todavía pendiente de financiación.
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Nuevo sistema para repeler las bacterias en instrumentos médicos
Investigadores de la Universidad de Málaga han participado en el diseño de un recubrimiento que impide la fijación de microorganismos en superficies de plástico de uso sanitario y alimentario. Según sus creadores, las posibilidades de contagio en hospitales disminuyen con la utilización de este nuevo procedimiento.
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Miden el impacto del accidente nuclear de Fukushima en el aire de Sevilla
Durante el accidente nuclear de Fukushima se emitieron gran cantidad de elementos radiactivos a la atmósfera y llegaron a lugares tan alejados de Japón como Sevilla. Aunque las cantidades detectadas en nuestro país fueron muy bajas, así lo confirman las mediciones de yodo-131 y yodo-129 efectuadas en el Centro Nacional de Aceleradores.
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Spain: Cáceres Remembers Its UFO Flap (1974-1975)
Source: Planeta UFO (Argentina) and Diario HOY (Spain)
Date: 20 November 2016
Article by Sergio Lorenzo
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Spain: Cáceres Remembers Its UFO Flap (1974-1975)
Yes, I admit it. I was among the 4000 people who took part in the Alerta Ovni Nacional (National UFO Skywatch) in the early hours of 8 April 1990, held at Los Barruecos in Malpartida de Cáceres. I still remember the cold, the frozen people lighting bonfires on the endless hillside. The darkness, the hundreds of parked cars, people with flashlights, the more far-sighted ones having brought blankets and food, the coming and going from food carts that must have run out of snacks, beer and mixed drinks. I remember the enthusiasts looking at the heavens through binoculars and telescopes, awaiting the arrival of visitors from Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter. I still can still feel the pain in the neck from scanning the firmament for so long, seeking flashes of flying saucers among the stars. The National UFO Skywatch was organized by a vibrant association of restless youths from Cáceres that dubbed itself the Centro Extremeño de Investigación Parapsicologica y Ufologica ZENE. One of them told the journalist:
"All has been made ready for their arrival. We have it all figured out. What we want is to avoid panic. It must be clear that They are not coming to start a war, as they are far more civilized than us."
It was the 90s and I have no idea what was going on then., but we had already spent 20 years gathering eyewitness accounts from people who claimed having seen UFOs and even those who claimed having been abducted by them, discussing beings enveloped in light in wonderful terms. Extremadura was one of the regions with the highest number of flying saucer sightings, according to more than one expert, alleging that the craft hid in the bottoms of reservoirs. Iker Jiménez was among the most ardent proponents of extraterrestrial visitation.
Looking for UFO sightings in this province in the Diario HOY news service is curious experience, when one sees the considerable number of people who claimed having run into them.
It was reported in the late 1960s, Florencio Moreno Moreno, a resident of Yuste, had set out on mule back to pick olives at a farm close to the famous Yuste Monastary, when he saw three flying saucers moving without making a sounds. The principal of the Marques de Canales school group, accompanied by his wife, three instructors and an 11-year-old girl, also saw a UFO in Santa Marta de Magasca.
On September 20, 1974 it was reported that an "iron-shaped light" had been reported in La Madrila. A month later, on 28 November, an entire newspaper described how Miguel Luis Lancho, son of the mayor of Malpartida de Cáceres, ran into a UFO at 11 o'clock at night after exchanging farewells with his girlfriend at the Arroyo-Malpartida train station. The girl's entire family and a neighbor also witnessed the saucer. Enrique Holguin, the young woman's father, hopped on his motorcycle and took off to get a better look at the flying saucer, but when it turned toward him, he grew frightened and returned home. The object was described as resembling "una gran mesa camilla" (a small round table used for heaters) projecting a beam of light toward the ground and festooned with lights. "It looked like something that happens in modern discotheques."
Toward the end of 1974, two couples traveling to Madrid from Cáceres by car witnessed a UFO as they left the town of Trujillo; the children riding with them thought it was the Star of the Three Kings.
In May 1975, two students from Cáceres - Juan Jesus Collado Jimenez, 19, a native of Almoharín and Francisco Javier Hernández de Cáceres, 18, from Pinofranqueado, reportedly saw a UFO shaped like "a huge custard, entirely red, burning like an ember."
In August 1975, six children and the family of Antonio Garcia Pablo saw another UFO over Plaza de Italia, described by the children as resembling "a globe of the world split in half" with three antennae protruding from its wider base. It had intermittent white, blue and red lights, coming from La Madrila.
On November 6, 1975, communications officer Victoriano Garcia Marin claimed that he and two police officers had seen a UFO while he worked at the communications office near Caceres, next to the road to Salamanca. A bluish-white object was visible for 38 minutes, and he had the impression that the object was "photographing the terrain with an enormous flash."
In January 1975 it was reported that a customer of the Monaco Bar in Aldea Moret was startled by an enormous red ball in the sky upon leaving the establishment. He went back inside to assure other parishioners, who also witnessed the sight. Further witnesses emerged in the Pinilla district.
So how did the UFO skywatch at Los Barruecos come to an end? At one in the morning, some people clasped hands to form a large circle, concentrating and mentally asking the aliens to land, trying to convince them that those present, some with more than a few drinks in them, had no intentions of harming them. Well after three in the morning, people began to leave when no alien dared to land. The only strange phenomenon I recall witnessing was photographer Salvador Guinea taking out a metal flask from his backpack in the presence of those of us at La Madrila. He'd brought it along thinking there'd be nowhere to drink at Los Barruecos. The hip flask had once been flat, but had become an impressive metal orb, a perfect sphere.
"What in blazes have you put in there?" asked a waiter at La Fontana.
"Gin and Coca-Cola."
"How could you do such a thing, dear boy? Don't you know how weird Coca-Cola is? No one knows what's in it, and it can even take the rust off metal."
I haven't had Coca-Cola since then...the beverage of aliens.
[Translation (c) 2016 S. Corrales IHU with thanks to Guillermo Gimenez and Sergio Lorenzo]
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21 nov 2016
Thanksgiving Special Dreamlands
November 25, 2016
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Are the Laws of Physics Actually an Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
There's a growing body of evidence that suggests that the structure of our universe is not as cold and mechanistic as science once thought it was: Many scientists have begun to question whether this reality is an artificial product, with its physical laws directed by some underlying intelligence, an intelligence that possibly even has an artificial nature itself. Recently, a scientist with Columbia University has gone a step further, and is postulating that previous extraterrestrial civilizations may have integrated themselves into the very structure of the universe -- making reality itself intelligent in the process.
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Travelers from Alien Lands
Travelers from Alien Lands
By Scott Corrales
(c) 2016
October, 1973. An anonymous jack-of-all-trades in the Chilean city of Viña del Mar felt the sudden urge to look in on his repair shop at a quarter to one in the morning. A series of robberies had taken place in recent days -- the confusing and dangerous times shortly after the Pinochet coup d’état --and the man felt the paltry tools with which he eked out an existence could be taken from him. Walking in the darkness down the street, he was confronted with an unexpected and uncanny sight: an object he described a long, dark thing, "like a cylinder flying at low altitude" (an estimated two hundred meters, some six hundred feet) that flew out of the Andean foothills toward the sea.
He convinced himself that it must be some kind of helicopter, perhaps a tool the CIA had given the new regime, but something even more distressing was about to happen. The cylindrical form was approaching him, descending from the heights as it did so. The handyman thought to run and hide, but an inexplicable paralysis gripped his limbs, rendering him helpless, unable to do anything besides look at the exotic object as it came down to the height of the local buildings, moving down the avenue, passing in front of a bakery. It was then, he told researcher Jorge Anfruns, when it dawned on him that the object was one of the infamous UFOs that people had been discussing so much in the media, and as it came closer in complete silence, casting light on the darkened storefronts, he noticed the front of the object had a transparent bubble containing two "pilots" who exchanged animated gestures with each other.
In spite of his paralysis and obvious concern for his own fate at the hands of these creatures, the handyman was determined not to miss a thing. The pilots, he would later say, were dressed in what resembled dark colored skin diving suits with similarly hued gloves and transparent facemasks. Their build was average but slender, identical to that of human beings. The entities in the transparent bubble mentally ordered the handyman to enter into a crouching position ("it seems that they wanted to scan my head or my mind"). Upon looking up, he noticed that the occupants had resumed their seated positions and the object was pulling away in the same manner it had arrived.
Freed from the unnatural paralysis, the handyman felt a buoyant, pleasant sensation as he resumed his walk. It was a month before he felt could tell someone about his experience, and when he did so, he was met with the typical jeers suggesting he had imbibed too much of the country's fine wine.
Is it reasonable to speculate that the same diver-suited crew in the Chilean handyman's case was also at work across the Andes, in neighboring Argentina? In mid-October 1973, Carlos Baldivares and his son Manuel were surveying an ample rural property on horseback near the town of General Pinto. During the course of their inspection, they noticed the presence of three people whom they first thought were poachers, until closer inspection proved that the human-looking "beings " appeared to be suspended in the air, floating over the waters of a local lagoon. Baldivares described the entities as two males and a female, dressed in form-fitting black outfits. The males were of average height and build, while the female was slightly taller. When Baldivares called out to them, the three figures - whose backs had been turned to him - looked around and suddenly vanished, only to reappear at the opposite end of the lagoon, some three hundred meters distant (1000 ft.). The witness noted that they moved with their arms and legs close to their bodies, and not far from the unusual beings was a rectangular object that emitted considerable light and heat. Earlier that year - specifically on March 13, 1973 - engineer Jorge Herrera, a resident of saucer-prone Salta in Northwestern Argentina, witnessed the landing of an object shaped like "two superimposed dinner plates" (a boilerplate description in classic ufology) on the side of the highway linking Salta to Jujuy. The object, propped on three struts, disgorged a man-like being in what resembled a diving suit. Herrera approached, unable to contain his curiosity, but the occupant also moved, covering ground "without moving his legs" and then vanishing altogether. A number of marks on the ground bore silent witness to the presence of the unknown object. (both cases are from Roberto Banchs's La fenomenologia humanoide en la Argentina, 1977).
Accounts involving non-human entities had become commonplace during the 1975. While Chileans coped with the vicissitudes of social and political life (the 6.9 earthquake in the cities of Coquimbo and La Serena, the purge of ministers of the ousted Salvador Allende government and changes in the national currency), some of their fellow citizens continued having brushes with the unknown. An elderly married couple in town of Peumo, located the country's O'Higgins region (70 miles south of Santiago de Chile) was startled to see a bright, unknown object descending from the night skies onto the grounds of their rural estate. Bravely venturing out to face the unknown, they were confronted by two tall humanoid figures wearing face-concealing helmets. These figures, rather than asking to be taken to the country's leader as a bad flying saucer joke would suggest, simply advised the humans - in perfect Spanish - not to be alarmed, since all they wanted was to gather vegetable samples from the property. Stranger still, the man and his wife reported not feeling any kind of distress about the situation and gave their permission. The entities went ahead with their mission and the light of a summer day would reveal the presence of unusual marks on the soil, attesting to the reality of the entire experience.
The uncanny experience has an even more intriguing detail. The man's wife was a former officer for the embassy of a foreign power, and promptly advised the ambassador about the event. Whether this senior diplomatic official apprised his country of the event is unknown.
On April 17, 1975 Orlando Franceschi, an ambulance driver for a hospital in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, on the island's Caribbean shore, returned to his house after 8:00 p.m. that evening only to become aware of the fact that something unsual was going on in his backyard. Franceschi's could see his watchdog jumping into the air in a frantic effort to clear the fence get away from whatever it was.
The homeowner, tired after a long day's work, angrily set off for the backyard, taking the precaution to arm himself with a shovel which he kept against one of the house's exterior walls.
Nothing could have prepared the ambulance driver for what he found in his backyard: a bizarre entity with long, pointed ears, a long nose, lipless mouth and greyish, ashen skin. Franceschi would later describe it eyes as being "black spots", and having a jawline reminiscent of an ape's. The creature walked toward the homeowner with a jerky, stiff gait.
In a mixture of fear and anger, Franceschi struck the five foot tall intruder with the shovel, but was surprised to see that it was unharmed by the terrific blow. Oddly enough, the entity backed off, perhaps deliberately allowing Franceschi to deliver a second shovel-blow without any effect. But when the human was winding up to deliver a third strike, he began to feel his body becoming numb and paralyzed, leaving him at the mercy of whatever it was that could withstand such physical punishment without flinching. Helpless, expecting the worse from the non-human figure, the ambulance driver was shocked to see the entity (which he described as a "zombie") fade into thin air.
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Stories from a Life Part 4
Whitley finishes his early years with some stories that are not in any of his books, and includes a deep exploration of the nature of the fear of the visitors and why it is there. Also, a remarkable new vision of the Sphinx and how to attain real growth through an understanding of the real energies behind "the strength of the bull, the courage of the lion and the intelligence of the man" that are the three beasts that, when working in harmony, can spread "the wings of the eagle," which are the wings of ascension.
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20 nov 2016
Seven WWII Shipwrecks Disappear from the Bottom of the Java Sea
The wrecks of several warships that were sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942 have mysteriously disappeared, after marking the graves of their respective sailors for nearly three-quarters of a century. Officials are blaming commercial scrap metal scavengers for looting the site, having pilfered ships that belonged to the American, British and Dutch navies. But at least one salvage expert is skeptical about this being the work of ordinary scavengers.
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19 nov 2016
El día que Charles Lindbergh amerizó en Santoña
Que una de las mayores figuras de la historia de la aviación llegue con su hidroavión a la costa cántabra, tiene su punto de atractivo. Este es el tipo de historia sencilla con el que te cruzas en la prensa de época y que acaba picándote la curiosidad porque, si bien no fue un hecho que pueda considerarse importante en la historia humana, es el tipo de bagatela que más me suele gustar.
Viajemos al 11 de noviembre de 1933, para leer cierto titular en La Época: “El hidro del famoso aviador Lindbergh amara en aguas de Santoña a causa de la niebla”. ¿Cómo no tirar un poco del hilo con algo así? Una búsqueda en la prensa española de aquellos días nos invita a conocer algunas curiosidades. Comencemos con el mencionado periódico…
Comunican de Santoña que a primera hora de la noche se oyó el ruido de un aparato que volaba por encima del penal, y que al parecer intentaba orientarse. Por fin, después de evolucionar por la villa, amaró. Inmediatamente un bote ocupado por varios marineros que se ofrecieron voluntariamente, se dirigieron hacia el hidro viendo con la natural sorpresa que el piloto era el coronel Lindbergh acompañado de su esposa, que se había visto obligado a amarar a causa de la niebla. Se ignora si el aparato ha sufrido alguna avería así como la ruta que llevaba el aviador. El matrimonio Lindbergh pernoctó en Santoña.
El matrimonio Lindbergh en el Ayuntamiento de Santoña.
Visto de esa manera, todo parecía improvisado, algo así como un aterrizaje de emergencia del que nadie sabía nada. Sin embargo, las cosas no eran tan sencillas ni espontáneas, porque se conocía bien la ruta y el motivo del viaje del héroe norteamericano (buscaba trazar posibles nuevas rutas aéreas comerciales para una compañía privada) y, además, se había comunicado su llegada. Eso sí, el amerizaje no entraba en los planes iniciales, pues el destino original era Lisboa. Sigamos con los papeles. Al parecer, tras el “encuentro”, el piloto solicitó comunicarse con alguien que hablara inglés. A continuación, se procedió a anclar y asegurar el hidroavión. Lo que más llama la atención fue que, desde el primer momento, un montón de gente estaba alrededor, nadie quería perderse el espectáculo1. ¿Lindbergh se había desorientado y por eso había descendido sobre aguas del cantábrico frente a Santoña? Muchos no lo creían, ¿acaso no era aquél hombre el mismo que había cruzado el Atlántico en solitario y sin escalas en 1927?
El caso es que el amerizaje se llevó a cabo al poco de las cuatro de la tarde, después de volar un rato sobre Santoña. Lindbergh y su mujer, Anne Morrow, tras llegar a la aduana, preguntaron por un lugar en el que pasar la noche… ¡Tenemos a Lindbergh aquí! Y, claro, no se podía perder la oportunidad. En la cercana fábrica de Albo (sí, la famosa marca de conservas) encontraron por fin alguien con quien comunicarse en inglés. La familia Albo ofreció su residencia para que pasaran la noche. El hidroavión quedó asegurado en la dársena, mientras los Lindbergh eran trasladados en coche, seguidos por una procesión de curiosos, hasta la mansión de los Albo. Del hidroavión descargaron tres maletas y un saco2. En casa de los Albo tomaron un té, tras asearse y cambiarse de ropa.
Los Lindbergh con la familia Albo.
Era conocido que a Lindbergh no le gustaba ofrecer entrevistas sin previo aviso, pero ante la insistencia de varios periodistas llegados de Santander, se animó a soltar algunas palabras (agradeció tanta atención y habló sobre el autogiro de La Cierva). Lo de llegar a Santoña, tal y como comentó, no había sido un accidente, aunque sí se había visto forzado por el mal tiempo. Los Lindbergh habían salido con su hidroavión hacia las once de la mañana del Lago Ginebra (o Lago Lemán, entre Suiza y Francia). La idea era llegar de forma directa a Lisboa, pero al llegar a España encontraron un frente nuboso bastante peligroso que hizo llamar al piloto por radio al embajador de los Estados Unidos en Madrid para solicitar permiso de aterrizaje a las autoridades españolas. Se le concedió permiso de inmediato, aconsejándole continuar hasta Vigo y amerizar allí2. Ahora bien, a medio camino la costa de Santoña le pareció desde las alturas un lugar muy agradable y, viendo que el frente estaba peligrosamente cerca, decidió descender sobre Santoña en medio de una persistente lluvia, para alborozo de los lugareños, que hablaron del evento durante bastante tiempo.
Momento en que los Lindbergh abordan de nuevo su hidroavión para partir desde Santoña, era el 13 de noviembre de 1933.
La familia Albo recibió esa noche llamadas telefónicas de periodistas de medio mundo, aunque el piloto se negó a contestar todas ellas2. Luego sucedió lo típico en estos casos, llegó el alcalde de Santoña y un grupo de militares del regimiento número 23 de infantería, de la guarnición de Santoña, cómo no, y hasta un capitán de la Guardia Civil en nombre del gobernador de la provincia. ¡En poco rato se montó todo un espectáculo! Es de suponer que los Lindbergh estaban acostumbrados a todo aquello, pero incluso así llama la atención el despliegue de atenciones. De hecho, ya hacia las ocho de la noche del mismo día 11, se les había unido a todos ellos un grupo de soldados de asalto destinados a proteger a los Lindbergh y a las autoridades que para allá habían acudido. Un grupo de carabineros marchó a custodiar el hidroavión Albatros.
En cuanto amaneciera, la idea era levantar vuelo y volver a la ruta hacia Lisboa. En caso de persistir el mal tiempo, podría amerizar de nuevo cerca de Gijón, donde los Albo ofrecieron a Lindbergh estancia en su casa asturiana de Candás2, 3 y 4. A la mañana siguiente, viendo que el tiempo no mejoraba, y tras visitar su avión, Lindbergh fue invitado a tomar un vino en el Ayuntamiento de Santoña, con una multitud aplaudiendo en la plaza. Más tarde pasearon en coche por las cercanías del pueblo, siempre entre vítores y algarabía.
El piloto norteamericano y su mujer, momentos antes de partir de Santoña.
Finalmente, llegado el amanecer del día 13, los Lindbergh retomaron su viaje, volaron sobre Santander y fueron divisados más tarde sobre Gijón, camino de Lisboa, pero el mal tiempo no había desaparecido y, por sorpresa (habían cambiado el rumbo para volar sobre tierra, pues en la costa el tiempo iba empeorando), fue localizado su hidroavión amerizado, a la espera de una mejoría del tiempo, en aguas del Miño, cerca de la localidad gallega de Caldelas de Tuy. En esta ocasión el matrimonio permaneció en el avión, si poner pie en tierra5, salvo por una breve visita a Valença do Minho, en Portugal, donde se repitió la escena de agasajos por parte de las autoridades (cabe pensar que, la decisión de volver al hidroavión para dormir, tuvo que ver con el cansancio de los americanos ante tanta atención)5. Tras repostar, de nuevo al amanecer, el hidroavión partió hacia Lisboa. Se cuenta que, días antes, al salir de tierras cántabras, se había entregado al piloto un parte meteorológico detallado, desaconsejando volar y recomendando permanecer en tierra algún día más. Lindberg no hizo caso alguno y continuó con sus planes de vuelo ignorando el mal tiempo.
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1 El Heraldo de Madrid, 11-11-1933.
2 La Libertad, 12-11-1933.
3 El Sol, 12-11-1933.
4 El Heraldo de Madrid, 13-11-1933.
5 El Sol, 14-11-1933.
Imágenes: Crónica, 19 de noviembre de 1933. Biblioteca Nacional.
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18 nov 2016
Mexico: A Beam on the Tombstone
Mexico: A Beam on the Tombstone
By Scott Corrales (c) 2016
A few years ago I wrote an article discussing the unusual interest displayed by the UFO phenomenon,regardless of its nature or provenance, with cemeteries and burial sites of all kinds: A Touch of Darkness-Cemeteries and UFOs (http://ift.tt/2eN3NRC
Today, I learned that Mexican author Oscar Zapién Jimeno had contributed another piece to this fascinating and creepy puzzle in an article for Reporte Ovni magazine: "Platillos Voladores en el Cementerio...en Puebla" (Flying Saucers over the Cemetery in Puebla).
Zapién's article discusses the documented UFO activity over the communities surrounding the Popocatepetl Volcano - Atlixco, Metepec, San Baltazar Altimeyaya and others, whose residents treat sightings with the same degree of acceptance - or resignation - we have come to see in the South American communities on the slopes of the Andes. He interviewed Paulino López, a restaurateur and former mayor of San Baltazar Altimeyaya, regarding the incident at the graveyard.
"Well, I've always been involved with the local political authorities," López told him, "and after a meeting at the town hall that ended around 12:30 in the morning, I left the building alone and as I walked past the cemetery I noticed an object hovering some 20 meters (65 feet) above the consecrated ground. The object projected an amber-hued light toward the graveyard, directly toward a particular grave. I tried to make out which burial site it was. The UFO made a noise similar to that of an electric transformer, a very intense noise. It was a quiet night, since everyone here goes to bed very early. My first impulse was to go and tell my mother what I had seen, but before that, I more or less managed to pinpoint the targeted grave and went home, which is some 5 minutes away from that location. I told my mother about the UFO hovering over the graveyard when we suddenly saw it [the UFO] heading toward the volcano. It went dark at a distance of 20 kilometers.
"The next day," López continued, "I went to the cemetery and tried to find the grave, but couldn't find anything unusual. No sign or trace of what the object could have done at that location."
How are we to interpret the intention behind these activities? Anyone approaching the subject from the abduction standpoint could well suggest that implants or genetic samples are being removed by the "Greys" as part of their genetic program. Others could put forth the notion that bona fide researchers from another planet are lifting tissue and bone samples from the dead. Or are these mysterious forces looking for some subtle energy that can only be found in cemeteries?
We thank Mr. Zapién for his valuable contribution to this disquieting aspect of the UFO phenomenon. His entire article (in Spanish) can be read at http://ift.tt/2fnAUHP
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17 nov 2016
Whitley Strieber on Unknowncountry and the Election
In his new journal entry, Whitley Strieber discusses the recent US presidential election in light of what he has learned from the visitors about their aims, and the ways in which president-elect Trump's stated positions conflict with those aims, and the ways that they further them. In some respects, it would appear that a Donald Trump administration would stand against the two key aims of the visitors, which are the preservation of a healthy environment and the furtherance of human freedom. But is that really true?
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Unknowncountry and the Election
Unknowncountry.com is not a political website, but it does follow the lead of the visitors, and there are two areas in which the new administration appears to be at odds with them.
The first is the environment. The second is human rights.
I have had them in my life essentially all of my life, and, even without knowing exactly what they are, I have accepted their intelligence, their wisdom and their habit of making startlingly accurate predictions.
From them I have learned two things: first, we have wonderful bodies that are capable of growing glorious souls; second, we are in danger of extinction due to environmental decline.
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The first is the environment. The second is human rights.
I have had them in my life essentially all of my life, and, even without knowing exactly what they are, I have accepted their intelligence, their wisdom and their habit of making startlingly accurate predictions.
From them I have learned two things: first, we have wonderful bodies that are capable of growing glorious souls; second, we are in danger of extinction due to environmental decline.
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La lente más pequeña del mundo
Científicos del Donostia International Physics Center y el Centro de Física de Materiales, junto a colegas de Cambridge, han creado una lente capaz de concentrar luz en dimensiones inferiores a las de un átomo, lo que la convierte en la más pequeña fabricada hasta ahora. Los investigadores han utilizado nanopartículas de oro para desarrollar lentes focalizadoras que permiten ver enlaces químicos individuales en las moléculas.
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ACLU Takes out ad in New York Times
The American Civil Liberties Union has released an open letter to president-elect Donald Trump, warning him to reconsider his stance on a number of controversial issues, specifically his stated policies that would result in the violation of human rights, including:
- amass a deportation force to remove 11 million undocumented immigrants
- ban the entry of Muslims and institute aggressive surveillance programs targeting them
- restrict a woman’s right to abortion services
- reauthorize waterboarding and other forms of torture
- change our nation’s libel laws and restrict freedom of expression
Mincing no words, the ACLU's letter spells out what is fundamentally wrong with these plans:
- amass a deportation force to remove 11 million undocumented immigrants
- ban the entry of Muslims and institute aggressive surveillance programs targeting them
- restrict a woman’s right to abortion services
- reauthorize waterboarding and other forms of torture
- change our nation’s libel laws and restrict freedom of expression
Mincing no words, the ACLU's letter spells out what is fundamentally wrong with these plans:
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16 nov 2016
Argentina: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a UFO...No, Just a Bird
Source: Planeta UFO and Diario HOY (diariohoy.net)
Date: November 16, 2016
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a UFO...No, Just a Bird
Alejandro Blanco is a 36-year-old resident of La Plata who believes he has come across something much more shocking than one of the world's wonders during his trips to the Iguazú Waterfalls. According to his story, after being photographed with the spectacular natural marvel behind him, he discovered the presence of an object that he believes could be a UFO.
"It's incredible. It surpresied me because I'd been looking in that direction without seeing anything. I turned around so a girl could take my picture and then I found this, which I consider to be a flying saucer."
Convinced that he had witnessed a genuine event, Blanco added: "It reminded me of the movie Predator, in which the monster would appear and disappear. Something similar happened here. There was nothing at first, then this."
The man, who worked up to only recently as a sanitation engineer and who retired early due to physical issues, explained that he had journeyed to Misiones Province with his mother on a typical sightseeing trip. At some point he thought it was a prank. "Since you can now add things to photos in a cellphone, I thought it could've been a prank, but the fact is that there's no way it could've happened. It's a major mystery," he said.
This journal contacted Luis Burgos, the renowned ufologist from La Plata who has studied the UFO phenomenon for decades. Following the analysis of the photo through a variety of image filters, he stated that the image did not match what is normally thought to be a flying saucer. "Confusions of this sort are commonplace, but I'm 100% sure it's a bird," he said.
[Translation (c) 2016, S. Corrales, IHU with thanks to Guillermo Giménez, Planeta UFO]
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Spain: Fireball Passes Over Southern Spain.
Source: La Sexta.com and Pedro M. Fernandez
Date: 11/16/2016
Spain: Fireball Passes Over Southern Spain.
Fireball explodes some 108 kilometers north of Granada, caused by the reentry of a fragment of Comet Encke, at a speed of 110,000 kilometers per hour.
A fireball caused by the reentry of a fragment of Comet Encke flew over southern Spain yesterday morning, coinciding with the glowing November supermoon. The phenomenon was detected by equipment installed by the University of Huelva at the Complejo Astronómico de La Hita (Toledo) and observatories at Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada) y Sevilla.
According to a press release from the Complejo Astronómico de La Hita, an analysis by professor Jose María Madiedo has determined that the fireball was indeed caused by the reentry of a fragment of Comet Encke into the atmosphere. The impact took palce at 0355 hours to the north of Granada near the locality of Algarinejo. The fireball moved rapidly in a northeasterly direction before extingushing itself sixty kilometers over southern Jaén province.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjJ73ye68U
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Do We Talk to Ourselves Through High Strangeness?
Wednesday November 16, 2016
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15 nov 2016
Earth is Drowning: Global Sea Level Rise Grossly Underestimated
Global sea level rise has been assumed to have been rising at an average rate of 1.5 centimeters (0.6 inches) per decade since 1900, as measured by NOAA. However, a new study has cast that figure into doubt: after having taken regional sea level increases into account, the previously accepted rate may be off by a great deal -- from 5 to 28 percent in some regions.
The problem comes from the fact that sea level measurements have been historically taken from coastal tide gauges, from roughly a dozen select sites around the northern hemisphere. It was assumed in the past that ocean levels were rising relatively evenly across the globe, however:
The problem comes from the fact that sea level measurements have been historically taken from coastal tide gauges, from roughly a dozen select sites around the northern hemisphere. It was assumed in the past that ocean levels were rising relatively evenly across the globe, however:
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Así se mueven ricos y pobres cada mañana para ir a trabajar
Un estudio de la Universidad de Zaragoza traza el mapa diario de movilidad de trabajadores ricos y pobres en Colombia. Aquellos con mayor capacidad económica evitan las horas punta de tráfico, recorren distancias más cortas y llegan de forma más cómoda. Los resultados son extrapolables a otras grandes ciudades, como Madrid o Barcelona, donde la segregación y la desigualdad son manifiestas.
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Nuevo método para sintetizar englerina, un compuesto natural con propiedades terapéuticas
Investigadores del Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares, en Santiago de Compostela, han presentado un nuevo método para sintetizar la englerina A, que de forma natural se extrae de una planta africana. Diversos estudios han demostrado la eficacia terapéutica de esta sustancia, con una actividad prometedora para futuros tratamientos del cáncer renal.
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Nuevo método para sintetizar englerina, un compuesto natural con propiedades antitumorales
Investigadores del Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares, en Santiago de Compostela, han presentado un nuevo método para sintetizar la englerina A, un compuesto que se extrae de forma natural de una planta africana. Distintos estudios han demostrado la eficacia terapéutica de esta sustancia, con una prometedora actividad en el tratamiento de cánceres renales.
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Observan por primera vez la onda asociada a un electrón
Científicos de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y del Instituto IMDEA Nanociencia han realizado, junto a científicos franceses, la primera observación en tiempo real del nacimiento y la evolución del paquete de ondas asociado al movimiento de un electrón. El hallazgo puede dar lugar al diseño de materiales con propiedades electrónicas inusuales.
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Un estallido estelar revela el mecanismo de formación de las estrellas masivas
Un equipo internacional de astrofísicos ha detectado, por primera vez en una estrella masiva en formación, un estallido producido por la repentina ingesta de material procedente de su disco de acrecimiento. El hallazgo, el que ha participado el Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, constituye la prueba más sólida obtenida hasta ahora de que las estrellas de alta masa se forman a través de un proceso similar al que da origen a las de baja masa.
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La sensibilidad del tungstato de plata a la acetona puede ayudar a diagnosticar la diabetes
El tungstato de plata posee una alta sensibilidad para detectar pequeñas concentraciones de acetona, según un estudio internacional en el que han participado investigadores de la Universidad Jaume I, en Castellón. El avance se puede aplicar al desarrollo de sensores para este compuesto, esencial en el diagnóstico de la diabetes
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Leaked NASA Study says Propellantless EM Drive Actually Works!
A research paper outlining NASA's investigation into the propellantless EM Drive has been leaked, and their conclusion is that the controversial engine does indeed work. The paper hasn't been submitted for peer review yet, meaning it still requires external verification, but it is now part of a number of independent studies that suggest that the EM Drive could legitimately revolutionize space travel.
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14 nov 2016
Peru: La Joya AFB, The Perfect UFO Case (1980)
Source: Planeta UFO
Date: 11.12.2016
Article by: Yohanan Diaz Vargas
Peru: La Joya, The Perfect UFO
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.
That morning, Santa María boarded a Sukhoi SU-22 loaded with 140 rounds to fire against the strange flying object. He pursued it and only fired 64 rounds, creating a huge wall of fire. He was startled to see that the object had not suffered any damage whatsoever.
Oscar Santa María said that the effect produced by this weaponry was devastating, and there was no chance of the object emerging unscathed, but the situation was completely different. Not only he had not damaged the intruder, but the object appeared to have acquired an intelligence that allowed it to move freely and escape.
At some point during the pursuit, which lasted around 25 minutes, he felt the UFO somehow "knew" the maneuvers the warplane would engage in.
"It was an odd sensation. When I reached a certain altitude to get it in my sights and fire, the object disrupted the operation and settled at the same altitude and right beside my pane." Upon being asked why he had been chosen, he said "he was the best among the combat pilots" and his superior, of course, wanted the object blown out of the sky as soon as possible and efficiently.
Oscar says came within 100 meters of the object. "I didn't notice that it was spinning. It didn't have windows or rivets, either. What startled me most is that it had no means of propulsion like any other aircraft."
While this went on, Santa María says the military radar units could pick up his jet, but not the UFO. However, ground personnel could see it from the ground, looking like a large luminous object in the sky.
Nearly 460 crewmen were ordered to their stations to repel the mysterious object. Nearly thirteen hundred people were on hand, all of them watching the maneuvers between the interceptor and the UFO. In other words, a total of 1800 people at the base witnessed the incident.
At the end of the incident, and lacking fuel to continue pursuit, Oscar returned to base. To date, it is known that the department in charge of investigating the subject of UFOs in Peru, a division of the Aerospace Interest Office, classified it as case 0007 in its new stage of investigation.
(Translation (c) 2016 S. Corrales, IHU with thanks to Yohanan Diaz Vargas and Guillermo Giménez)
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Documentos centenarios ayudan a confirmar el radio del Sol
Investigadores de la Universidad de Extremadura han calculado el tamaño del Sol a partir de las observaciones registradas desde 1773 en el Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada en Cádiz. Los resultados confirman que el diámetro del sol ha permanecido invariable en los últimos 250 años.
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La cooperación, el poder de los débiles
Las comunidades modestas salen más beneficiadas si eligen cooperar que si se someten a los poderosos. Y aún más: los débiles de una red de redes tienen en sus manos el destino del conjunto. Lo prueba un modelo matemático desarrollado por tres investigadores españoles. Las redes de microcrédito en la India, la colaboración entre grupos de investigación y la conservación del oso pardo en los Pirineos son solo algunos de los ejemplos.
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Microburbujas y ultrasonidos abren la barrera del cerebro para introducir fármacos
La insalvable barrera hematoencefálica impide la entrada de microorganismos en nuestro cerebro, pero también la de medicamentos que podrían ayudar a tratar el párkinson, el alzhéimer y otras enfermedades neurodegenerativas. Ahora un físico español y otros investigadores de la Universidad de Columbia (EE UU) han conseguido colocar esas sustancias en diminutas burbujas lipídicas de tal forma que se pueden liberar, mediante ultrasonidos, justo en el área cerebral donde se necesiten.
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12 nov 2016
What a Trump Presidency Means for the Environment
It would be a gross understatement to say that president-elect Donald Trump hasn't kept his intentions regarding environmental policy a secret -- he's outright declared climate change to be a hoax, promised to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency, pull out of the Paris Agreement, withdraw all funding from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, and reverse various environmental initiatives put in place by the previous administration. Needless to say, these plans do not bode well for the environment.
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