First and Final Contact

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AN AMERICAN UFO hunter is investigating a possible sighting
in Australia. And offering $100,000 for credible evidence

AS ONE great search for alien life comes to a fiery end on the edge of Saturn, another one is about to begin right here in Australia. American UFO hunter James Fox is offering $US100,000 to anyone

BY Joe Hildebrand www.news.com.au 8-14-17

who can give him credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity on Earth — including from a claimed sighting in suburban Melbourne he is investigating.


In particular he is appealing to government officials who might have documentary or photographic evidence but be fearful of going public because of either the stigma or official repercussions.

“We’re trying to get government officials to come forward and not say ‘Hey, ET has landed’ but there have been events (witnessed) by extremely credible observers of relatively incredible things and we have yet to explain or be able to explain these and to sort of acknowledge some of these incredible events in an official capacity,” he tells news.com.au.
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Astronomers believe it’s possible that advanced beings lived in or visited our solar system eons ago — and perhaps left behind certain ‘technosignatures.’

We’re used to the idea of searching for space aliens by scanning the heavens for their radio signals — after all, that’s what Jodie Foster's character does in the 1997 movie Contact and the way alien hunters commonly go about their work.

By NBC MACH 8-29-17

But some scientists think the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) shouldn’t be limited to far-flung star systems. Rather, they argue, we should consider the possibility that evidence of intelligent aliens might exist here on Earth, or on one or more of our nearest neighbors in the solar system.
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The discovery of an exomoon could be years away, but researchers are already theorizing the conditions under which liquid water might be found on their surfaces.

By Elizabeth Howell www.seeker.com 3-27-17

As some scientists search for habitable planets outside our solar system, other researchers are tackling a similar question for the moons of these planets. So-called exomoons have yet to be found outside our solar system, and a detection could be a decade away - or more.
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First came the suggestion that an “alien megastructure” had been observed around KIC 8462852, a.k.a. Tabby’s Star. Months later, people were talking about a signal seen by a Russian telescope that some thought was transmitted from the environs of a stellar cousin of

By Seth Shostak NBC News 8-1-17

the sun. And not long after that, the Cyclopean Arecibo antenna in Puerto Rico reported weird signals that seemed to come from the dwarf star Ross 128, a scant 11 light-years away.


These three claims purporting to show the existence of aliens haven’t panned out. But what happens if some future claim does? What preparations are in place to deal with the discovery of a radio signal or a laser flash that would prove beyond doubt that we have cosmic compeers? Does the government have a plan? Does anyone?


... Back in 1989, when a now-defunct NASA program to search for extraterrestrial intelligence was gaining steam, protocols were drafted to spell out best practices in case the search proved successful. These were later updated and streamlined by the International Academy of Astronautics SETI Permanent Committee. (Click here to see the revised protocols.)
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Astronomers say they have detected "strange signals" coming from the direction of a small, dim star located about 11 light-years from Earth.

By David Mosher Business Insider 7-15-17

Researchers picked up the mysterious signals on May 12 using the Arecibo Observatory, a huge radio telescope built inside of a Puerto Rican sinkhole.

The radio signals appear to be coming from Ross 128, a red dwarf star that's not yet known to have any planets and is about 2,800 times dimmer than the Sun.
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The European Space Agency’s Science Programme Committee has approved the Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission to move into the construction phase. They aim to launch this deep-space observatory in 2026 with the goal of “discovering and

By Tom Ward futurism.com 7-4-17

characterizing Earth-sized planets and super-Earths orbiting Sun-like stars in the habitable zone” — although it “could eventually lead to the detection of extraterrestrial life,” according to a University of Warwick press release.

The observatory will have 26 telescopes on board and will be launched 1.5 million km (932,000 miles) into space, where, according to a mission summary, it will conduct “Ultra-high precision, long (up to several years), uninterrupted photometric monitoring in the visible band of very large samples of bright (mV ≤11) stars.” This will provide unprecedented data on distant planets.
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Conspiracy theorists believe that NASA has been in cahoots with the little green men for decades – and yesterday the wilder parts of the internet went (even more) nuts.

A video supposedly posted by hacktivist collective Anonymous claimed NASA was ‘on the brink’ of revealing contact with aliens. But NASA has stepped in to say that they’re not going to be doing a press conference with the little green men any time soon.

By Rob WaughRob Waugh Metro.co.uk 6-27-17

Dr Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate, said, ‘Contrary to some reports, there’s no pending announcement from NASA regarding extraterrestrial life.’
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HUMANS are about to discover alien life, Nasa believes – according to the latest video from hacktivist group Anonymous. The hackers published YouTube clip which claims a Nasa scientist

By Laura Burnip The Sun 6-25-17

made the announcement at the last meeting of the US Science, Space and Technology committee.

It comes after Nasa’s Kepler space observatory discovered 219 “potential new worlds” in other solar systems.
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In 1950, a learned lunchtime conversation set the stage for decades of astronomical exploration. Physicist Enrico Fermi submitted to his colleagues around the table a couple contentions, summarized as 1) The galaxy is very old and very large, with hundreds of billions of

By Ross Pomeroy RealClearScience 6-10-17

stars and likely even more habitable planets. 2) That means there should be more than enough time for advanced civilizations to develop and flourish across the galaxy.

So where the heck are they?

This simple, yet powerful argument became known as the Fermi Paradox, and it still boggles many sage minds today. Aliens should be common, yet there is no convincing evidence that they exist.

Here are 12 possible reasons why this is so:

1. There aren't any aliens to find. As unlikely as it seems in a galaxy with hundreds of billions of stars and as many as 40 billion Earth-size planets in habitable zones, we could be alone.
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Some people believe that aliens exist, but is it okay if Christians believe the same thing? The answer is "no," according to Dr. Danny R. Faulkner of Answers in Genesis.

By JB Cachila www.christiantoday.com 6-3-17

"The thought that aliens might be living on other planets may sound innocent enough. But lurking underneath are some deep theological dangers," he wrote on their website.

Faulkner said Christian belief about extraterrestrials is no trivial matter. He noted though that the Bible makes no mention of "ETs or flying saucers." If there is life on other planets, then that must mean God made them, too.

"From the Bible, we know that this is not how life came about on the earth. Rather, God especially created life on this planet," he said. "It would be inconsistent to believe that God created life on earth but that life arose naturally on other worlds."
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As science continues to search the cosmos for evidence of intelligent extraterrestrials and, at the very least, for habitable planets that might harbor even non-intelligent life, one scientist is raising another eye-opening question: Was there a time in the far distant past when an advanced civilization actually lived on one of the planets of our solar system, long before earthlings evolved? Pennsylvania State University astrophysicist Jason T. Wright suggests that ancient aliens may have lived on nearby planets hundreds of millions of years ago, before vanishing without a trace.

By Lee Speigel The Huffington Post 5-5-17

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During the course of a recent investigation carried out by members of the Asociacion Peruana de Ufologia (APU), contact was made with the new owners of strange archaeological relics of supposedly alien origin, who have been given the pseudonym "Guardians of Atok Marka" in

By Alex Sender Inexplicata 4-23-17

order to safeguard the identities of these people who live in the southern mountains of Peru, where they have over 2000 of these strange relics in their possession.

As will be recalled, in late 2016, two characters from the city of Cuzco - "Luis Quispe" or "Krawix" as well as Dante Rios, brought some of these remains to light, which added up to a dozen, and which included small mummified beings, skulls of extraterrestrial (sic) appearance, as well as giant hands with metallic incrustations. But in this case, the "Guardians of Atok Marka" have a much larger number of pieces, some of them similar to those held by the collectors in Cuzco, along with many other relics, each more intriguing than the previous one.

The "Guardians of Atok Marka" have over 2000 pieces in their possession, as was mentioned earlier. Among these are the mummified remains of entities ranging from 7 centimeters to 3 meters tall (3 inches to 9 feet). Upon detailed observation and contact by APU researchers, everything pointed to these objects being bones and soft tissue mummified with the passing of time and the conditions in which they were found.

When the existence of these remains in the hands of the collectors from Cuzco became known, all of these parts had been removed in a clandestine manner from a subterranean gallery located under the Ica Desert, specifically the Nazca Area, a province located to the south of the region.

According to the story offered by the "Guardians of Atok Marka", these remains were removed from a sacred site, protected by ancestral tutelary spirits for thousands of years, and which had never been located by the archaeological work being carried out at various locations of Nazca Province.

The Asociación Peruana de Ufología awaits the results of scientific tests that have already been commissioned by the "Guardians of Atok Marka" from a specialized organization with a view toward reaching a more satisfactory conclusion as to the origin and authenticity of these enigmatic relics. However, everything seems to suggest that we could be facing evidence of transcendental importance that would definitely change the course of humanity.

Dr. Anthony Choy, APU's director, and Lic. Rafael Mercado, e representatives of the Asociación Peruana de Ufologia, are the first Peruvian researchers to reach the guardians of this priceless and impressive collection of over 2000 pieces of seemingly non-human origin. The completion of the scientific tests being performed on them is crucial. It is also necessary to keep this subject from being distorted or manipulated by shadowy political interests.

The Asociación Peruana de Ufología shall continue to pursue this case.
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Making contact with an alien species would be the most important event in human history. The fabric of human culture, ranging from the arts to science to religion, would be irrevocably altered. Of course, it hasn't happened yet and there's no guarantee that it ever will. But humanity is without a doubt looking. And it may be in our best interest to find them before they find us.

By David Grossman Popular Mechanics 1-19-17

As Wendover Productions posits, with a somewhat militaristic and very un-Star Trek view of the whole endeavor, is that when two civilizations meet, one of them tends to be destroyed, historically. And the one that comes out unscathed, that tends to be the one that made the contact:
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Ellen Stofan, current NASA chief scientist, said sending humans to Mars would be a powerful step in the search for life beyond Earth. "I am someone who believes it is going to take humans on the surface

By Calla Cofield Space.com 12-9-16

[of Mars] … to really get at the question of not just did life evolve on Mars, but what is the nature of that life," Stofan said at a scientific workshop in Irvine, California, hosted by the National Academy of Sciences. "To me, we're going to go Mars because Mars holds the answers to such fundamental scientific questions that we're trying to ask."

The workshop, titled "Searching for Life Across Space and Time," drew together leading scientists who are, through various avenues, working to find signs of alien life in Earth's solar system and beyond. Stofan has argued before for the scientific benefits of a human mission to the Red Planet.
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These light pulses "have exactly the shape of an Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence signal", and now Stephen Hawking's alien-hunting mission is on the case to confirm or disprove these claims.

Astronomers have been analysing light signals from 2.5 million stars observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and have detected strange 'strobe-like' bursts coming from not one, but 234 stars.

By www.businessinsider.com 10-18-16

The pair went so far as to suggest that these light pulses "have exactly the shape of an Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence signal", and now Stephen Hawking's alien-hunting mission is on the case to confirm or disprove these claims.
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Due in part to overwhelming interest among the international public in UFOs and extraterrestrials, the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is undergoing a major re-brand and public relations campaign in order to direct its overall message, the company announced today.

Laurie Fullerton www.thedrum.com 9-12-16

The UFO network recently hired the Eisen Agency of Ohio to serve clients across the country to update the look and brand narrative, followed by a national member recruitment and field operations. Established in 1969, The Mutual UFO Network, headquartered in Orange County, CA, is the world's largest research organization dedicated to investigating, researching and reporting incidents and activities related to the UFO phenomenon. ...
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In one of Carl Sagan's last books, he noted that astronomy has brought humanity to a series of "great demotions." Simply put: When we first observed the night sky, we thought the Earth was in the center of the universe. Over time, as he described in Pale Blue Dot, we

By Elizabeth Howell Space.com 7-14-16

tried out other theories as the criteria fit: Maybe the sun is at the center of the universe? Perhaps we're in an important part of the galaxy?

We now know the Earth is in the suburbs of the Milky Way, and our solar system is only special because we live in it, but this series of demotions shows us one thing: it's easy to project our image on to the universe. This is especially true when searching for life. Because there is only one case of life as we know it — life on Earth — it's easiest to look for life like ours. But in reality our kind of life may not be the most common type to look for after all.

A new paper in Astrobiology is asking the astronomy community to help the SETI Institute. (SETI stands for "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.") With more data on exoplanets coming in from the Kepler space telescope, and 50 years of space and SETI observations behind us, the hope is new tools can emerge to improve the search for life. ...
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MEXICO CITY - Former president and current presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo shook his country's news media in a press conference when he confessed to discussing UFOs with the international media.

By Inexplicata 4-4-16

"I was interviewed by CNN on a subject that would be considered outlandish, seemingly proper of the realm of science fiction, but it isn't: extraterrestrials."

As of the end of this edition, this interview has not been made public, and some have described it as an attention-getter in the midst of the country's political season.

When UFO researchers in Peru were asked about these statements, they admitted to not having more information on the subject, but are certain that a number of UFO sightings took place during the term of President Alberto Fujimori from 1990 to 2000.

One of the most memorable ones took place on 7 December 1991 at 21:00 hours, when the presence of a UFO was reported over Laguna de Charo, located in the city of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon. The military staff accompanying the president looked on in bemusement.

"Fujimori as well as the military watched as an enormous object flew over the lagoon before fleeing the area, passing over the witnesses' heads," according to Julio Chamorro, former commander of the Peruvian Air Force.

The retired military man said that following the sighting, Fujimori asked his officers to keep quiet about it, telling them that what they had just seen had never happened.

It was nevertheless a source of much conversation within the Peruvian armed forces, and led to the creation of the first phase of OIFA, the Anomalous Aerial Phenomena Research Office attached to the Peruvian Air Force, which has currently been elevated to departmental status with a well-defined structure, featuring both military and civilian advisors.

Several Latin American presidents have discussed their sightings. It should be remembered that Mexican presidents Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Luis Echeverría and Miguel de la Madrid were very aware of the activities of these strange unidentified flying objects.

It seems that this secret, kept by the political class, is slowly coming to light, giving way to a new era of general openness.

* Source:www.informador.mx.co and Planeta UFO

* [Translation (c) 2016 S. Corrales, IHU with thanks to Guillermo Gimenez)
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It takes a bit of courage to do what 22-year-old Lea Kapiteli did on Saturday night. Far easier to stay at home. She went public for the first time. The venue was the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club. The organisers: UFO Research NSW.

Tim Barlass www.smh.com.au 4-3-16

Ms Kapiteli told the group that it has been happening since she was five. She sees things.


She says she has interacted with extraterrestrials on numerous occasions. She describes them, knows their names, culture and history. She creates captivating illustrations of what she has seen. There are even drawings of herself in what she describes as her astral body.

Then she goes further. She calls herself a Starseed, Homo Novis or "new human", said to be highly intuitive and possessing multidimensional abilities beyond the five senses. [...]
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