Russian Soyuz To Bring Iss Crew Back To Earth On September 11

Three group members of the Large-scale Arrange Column (ISS) will pick back to Rummage aboard Russia's Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft on September 11, a Russian mission control center lecturer whispered Wednesday. The spacecraft will disappointment Roscosmos cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin and NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy, who stylish at the ISS in Vagabond.

"The undocking of the Soyuz-TMA-08M from the ISS is regular for 3:34 Moscow time on September 11 ["GMT 23:34, September 10"]. The landing shot as well as two cosmonauts and one astronaut is due to run into the ground ensuing in the day, at 6:59 Moscow time ["2:59 GMT"], in Kazakhstan,"

After the tour, the ISS group will force to Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, and astronauts Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Arrange Last word.

They will be combined by Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, who will racket off for the station in a Soyuz-TMA10M spacecraft at 00:58 Moscow time on September 26 (GMT 20:58, SEPTEMBER 25).

Credit: RIA Novosti

The Las Vegas Ufo Crash April 18 1962

A fascinating and still unsolved UFO case that I posted on ATS...

CASE SUMMARY: On the night of April 18, 1962 there was a mass sighting of a Very bright and strange UFO that flew over more than ten states and was seen in the sky by thousands of people as it made it's way across North America. The unidentified flying object was first noticed by witnesses in Oneida and Cuba New York and was heading in a westerly direction. Air Defense Command was alerted by NORAD who was tracking the object for 32 minutes on radar as it moved west and Jet fighters from at least two locations were scrambled to investigate. Sighting reports from witnesses who saw the object in Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California evidently confirmed the UFO had indeed traveled towards the west coast.

In Eureka, Utah witnesses reported the bright UFO triggered photocells causing street lights to shut off and some observers claimed the object "arched over" and crashed just west of town which caused a service disruption at a nearby power plant. A local sheriff said he saw the lights of retail stores go out or became dark as if there was a power outage and according to reports the Air Force later admitted there was a problem at the power plant while something "mysterious", possibly a meteor had landed. Search parties under the watchful eye of the military attempted to locate any remains of the object but nothing was found and interestingly some witnesses said the UFO didn't crash and claimed they saw it land and take off again.

Exactly what happened in Utah is unknown but the object was seen as far west as Reno, Nevada and California and sighting reports from there now claimed the object was traveling from the west towards the east. Apparently the UFO had changed direction and then turned south towards Las Vegas and eventually disappeared from Nellis AFB radar at 10,000 feet over the Mesquite Range of Nevada where it reportedly exploded.

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UFO - Eureka, Utah & Nellis Air Force Base

Cash Strapped Alien Scientists And Seticon

Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Here's today's news:

g STARS - Pioneering observations with the National Science Foundation's giant Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have given astronomers a new tool for mapping large cosmic structures. The new tool promises to provide valuable clues about the nature of the mysterious "dark energy" believed to constitute nearly three-fourths of the mass and energy of the universe. See article.

g ABODES - The thermosphere, the layer of Earth's atmosphere that meets space, recently collapsed and is now rebounding again... and we don't know why. The thermosphere is important because it shields us from the Sun's extreme ultraviolet photons. See article.

g LIFE - New research has identified the stem cells that generate three critical classes of nerve cells - olfactory receptors (ORNs), vomeronasal (VRNs) and gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons - that are responsible for enabling animals and humans, to eat, interact socially and reproduce. See article.

g MESSAGE - We know that the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is often strapped for cash. But what if the aliens out there trying to reach us, rather than being far superior technologically and beaming signals in all directions, are actually starving scientists, too? See article.

g COSMICUS - Veteran space industry observers say the manned space program is in deeper trouble and greater turmoil than at any time since the U.S. landed men on the moon more than 40 years ago. See article.

g LEARNING - SETIcon, "the first-ever public convention focused on the search for life in the universe in science fact and science fiction," will take place Aug. 13-15 in Santa Clara, Calif. See article.

g IMAGINING - Here's a neat site that examines aliens in science fiction films. While short on studying the evolution of those aliens, it does discuss how these villainous creatures are a manifestation of our own fears, a nice take on the anthropomorphic bias most people possess regarding alien life.

g AFTERMATH - Book alert: Here's an interesting book for some astrobiological reading: "After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life" by Albert A. Harrison. See review.

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Nasa Ponders The Implications Of The Discovery Of Extraterrestrial Life

One of the big questions regarding the discovery of extraterrestrial life, even if it is an itty-bitty microbe, is what impact it would have on society. Some have suggested that people will freak out and religions will crumble. Others think the news will be met with a resounding, "meh."

Steven Dick (Credit: NASA)

To examine the effects of the discovery of extraterrestrial life, whether it be a microbe, or a radio transmission from an advanced civilization, NASA has turned to one of their former chief historians, Steven Dick.

Dick is the current Baruch S. Blumberg NASA-Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology. He is an astronomer, author, and from 2003 to 2009 served as NASA's chief historian. Dick began his current position in late 2013, and was tasked with "examining historical impacts of astrobiology." This includes, "working both individually and with other scholars to determine systematically the critical issues and optimal approaches to studying the societal impact of the discovery of microbial or intelligent extraterrestrial life."

The later has been of particular interest to Dick. He has written several books on the topic. He hosted a recent Symposium on these issue as well. It was held in September at the Library of Congress, and was free and open to the public.

Steven Dick's latest book on Astrobology. Published in 2005.

An interview with Dick was recently posted on the website of "Astrobiology Magazine". He told them, "It's very farsighted for NASA to fund a position like this. They have all their programs in astrobiology, they fund the scientists, but here they fund somebody to think about what the implications might be. It's a good idea to do this, to foresee what might happen before it occurs."

So what does Dick think might happen? Well, for starters, even if the discovery was only a microbe, Dick says, "it would have an effect on science, especially biology, by universalizing biology." Dick continued, "We only have one case of biology on Earth. It's all related. It's all DNA-based. If we found an independent example on Mars or Europa, we have a chance of forming a universal biology."

However, Dick also points out that such a discovery would be a long arduous process. "I've done a book about discovery in astronomy, and it's an extended process," Dick pointed out. "It's not like you point your telescope and say, 'Oh, I made a discovery.' It's always an extended process: You have to detect something, you have to interpret it, and it takes a long time to understand it. As for extraterrestrial life, the Mars rock showed it could take an extended period of years to understand it."

The Mars rock Dick refers to is meteorite ALH84001. It was discovered in the Antarctic in 1984. After 10 years of study, scientists had determined it came from Mars. Then, in 1996, scientists declared that structures observed on the meteorite showed evidence of biological activity. The news that it was the first time we had found evidence of life on a planet other than our own was a pretty big deal. President Bill Clinton held a press conference, and the Senate Science, Technology and Space Subcommittee of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearings.

The ALH84001 meteorite, which in a 1996 Science publication was speculated to be host to what could be ancient Martian fossils. That finding is still under dispute today. (Credit: NASA/JSC/Stanford University)

However, there were dissenting views. Many scientists came forward to express their opinions that the evidence observed in the rock could all have been formed without the presence of biological activity. The last congressional hearing, held on September 25, 1996, concluded that "more studies are needed and the only way this can be accomplished is by sending additional spacecraft to Mars to collect more samples."

In essence, they called it a draw, and the debate continues.

Dick is also examining the effects of contact with more complex extraterrestrials, such as those that might contact us via radio signals. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is monitoring the great void of space for those signals, should they exist, but what if they begin to receive messages?

"There is also the question of what I call astro-ethics," Dick said. "How do you treat alien life? How do you treat it differently, ranging from microbes to intelligence? So we had a philosopher at our symposium talking about the moral status of non-human organisms, talking in relation to animals on Earth and what their status is in relation to us."

Some of Dick's colleagues, and fellow presenters at his Symposium at the Library of Congress, examined some of these issues in a film that recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Meanwhile, Dick continues to look into these issues and plans on writing more books on the topic.

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Famous Ufo Witness Announces 40Th Anniversary Event

Just in time for Alien Abduction Day, Travis Walton, a logger who's coworkers saw him get blasted by a UFO before going missing for five days in 1975, has announced details of a 40th anniversary event that includes a visit to the site where the UFO was seen on the same day and at the same time it all took place 40 years ago.

In case you did not know, today is Alien Abduction Day, also known as Extraterrestrial Abduction Day. As we wrote about in 2012, the origins of the holiday is unknown, but it now has its own Wikipedia entry.

So what better day to announce details about a unique and rare opportunity regarding perhaps the most famous alien abduction event ever. According to the website, the public is invited to "Join Travis Walton on a guided walking tour of the actual site where he encountered a burning fire in the sky and was taken aboard a spacecraft of unknown origin. As twilight approaches, you will be led through the forest while Travis takes you step-by-step through his harrowing experience."

The forest at the site of Walton's UFO experience at dusk.

Walton's harrowing experience made headlines when he went missing. After seeing Walton zapped, his coworkers took off, assuming he was dead. They returned soon after, but the UFO and Walton were gone. They raced to report Walton's disappearance to the police, but the police had a hard time believing their friend was attacked by a UFO. A massive man hunt was mounted, but as time when on, authorities began suspecting that Walton's friends must have killed Walton and concocted a wild story about a UFO taking him away.

Eventually, Walton returned. He thought he had been gone only a few hours, but it turned out to be five days. Walton remembered seeing the UFO before it zapped him. He then didn't remember anything until being dropped off on the side of the street and seeing the UFO flying off in the night sky above him.

Later, under regression, he remembered strange events taking place onboard some sort of apparent spacecraft.

Fire in the Sky movie poster.

The 1993 movie "Fire in the Sky", was based on Walton's experiences, and portrayed the events fairly accurately, except for what Walton remembers happening under regression. The movie starred D.B. Sweeney, James Garner and Robert Patrick.

The movie is often criticized for not staying true to the Walton's experience when it comes to what Walton remembered under regression. However, Tracy Torme, singer Mel Torme's son, who is a filmmaker and wrote the script for "Fire in the Sky", will be giving a lecture at an anniversary event being held after the UFO site tour to explain why the producers asked him to make the changes.

Torme's talk will be part of the Skyfire Summitt, which will be held in Heber/Overgaard, Arizona, near the location where the UFO was seen on November 5, 1975. The event will begin the day after the UFO site tour, running from November 6 - 8, 2015, and will include lectures from Walton and UFO researchers, and a panel with Walton and some of the men who witnessed his disappearance.

You can read more about the event at SkyfireSummit.com.

Scene from the movie Fire in the Sky.

In the interest of disclosure, I should note that yours truly (me) will be emceeing the event.

So if you were looking for something to make Alien Abduction Day 2015 special, planning a trip to an alien abduction site might be just what you were looking for.

"A smaller test run of the event was held last year, and OpenMinds.tv was there. You can see more about it in our video below."

"The event will also include a screening of the International UFO Congress EBE Award Winner for Best Movie and People's Choice, Travis. Watch the trailer below."

Travis Trailer from Contact Light Films on Vimeo.

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