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NASA's Perseverance rover spots noodle-like object on Mars, leaves scientists intrigued
Updated: Jul 17, 2022, 03:47 PM(IST)
NASA's Perseverance rover has been a massive asset for the space agency as it has come up with brilliant pictures from Mars. The pictures have played a huge role in scientists determining the surroundings and terrains of the planet. Now, the Mars Rover has spotted an extremely fascinating piece of debris in the shape of a âspaghettiâ. The picture was captured by the front-facing hazard avoidance cameras on the rover, but the scientists were unable to determine the exact nature of the object. Most experts believe that it can be yet another debris from a previous NASA mission.
https://www.wionews.com/science/nasas-perseverance-rover-spots-noodle-like-object-on-mars-leaves-scientists-intrigued-498186
Washington Has Its Own Area 51 And The Stories Behind It Are Truly Bizarre
June 20, 2022
Mount Rainier National Park is one of the most popular destinations on the West Coast, and itâs certainly a beloved treasure to Washingtonians. At a height of 14,410 feet, Mount Rainier, an active volcano, is the highest volcanic peak in the contiguous United States.
Visit the park and youâll learn all kinds of fascinating facts about the area at the Visitor Centers, explore hiking trails and waterfalls, and stroll through the famous Grove of the Patriarchs. But hereâs something you probably wonât read on any sign or in any guidebook: Mount Rainier is considered a hot spot for UFOs. In fact, the term âflying saucerâ was coined after one particularly famous sighting.
While many of those guests are from the Pacific Northwest, there are plenty of people who come from all over the country (and internationally) to see our majestic mountain.
Mount Rainier became a national park in 1899, making it the fifth national park in the United States.
And since 1947, it's been known as the spot of one of the country's most famous UFO sightings.
On June 24, 1947, a pilot named Kenneth Arnold was flying from Chehalis to Yakima in a CallAir A-2 on a business trip.
When Arnold heard about a $5,000 reward for the discovery of a U.S. Marine Corps C-46 transport airplane that had crashed near Mount Rainier, he decided to make a pit stop and try his luck. We can't say we blame him â that's the equivalent of more than $60,000 today.
Arnold eventually gave up his search and decided to head home.
And that's when he saw a bright flashing light, similar to sunlight reflecting from a mirror. Afraid he might be dangerously close to another aircraft, Arnold scanned the skies around him, but he wasn't near another aircraft.
About 30 seconds later, Arnold saw a series of bright flashes in the distance off to his left.
He ended up seeing nine flying saucers over Mount Rainier. This was the first major sighting of the era, earning national attention. Since then, UFOs, especially flying saucers, have been spotted all over the country, and many more have allegedly been seen here. Many people have tried to debunk what Arnold saw, but there are still plenty of diehard believers.
There are many theories regarding what Arnold actually saw, but he remained steadfast in his description until he died in the 80s.
YouTube has some shaky videos of UFOs in the night sky over Mount Rainier, and plenty of locals have stories of their own. Is Mount Rainier actually a hot spot for UFOs, or are they optical illusions? We may never know.
Do you think Kenneth Arnold saw flying saucers in 1947? Have you ever seen a UFO in Washington?
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/area-51-in-wa/
They would change their tune after some 8kun coffee
Jan. 6 Committee Closed-Door Hearing Was âCordial,â Patrick Byrne Says
July 16, 2022 Updated: July 18, 2022
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne testified on July 15 before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol, including on his key role in a post-election White House meeting where he urged then-President Donald Trump to investigate 2020 election fraud allegations.
Byrne told The Epoch Times in an interview that his eight hours of closed-door testimony covered a wide range of topicsâfrom his meeting with the president on Dec. 18, 2020, to his concerns over the integrity and safety of election equipment.
Byrne, who was the latest witness to testify before the committee, described the meeting as âsurprisingly friendly, cordial, and professional.â
âNotwithstanding the fact that we werenât going to agreeâ about the Nov. 3, 2020, election, âwe agreed that there was a lot for me to fill in from Nov. 4 until Jan. 7 [2021]. I think they seemed to be appreciative,â he told The Epoch Times on July 16.
âThey had a lot of questions, and they really did not know the answers, and I was happy to provide them with the answers. I do feel that if they knew the truth about everything, they would understand the truth was different than [what] they were guessingâand significantly more benign.â
The White House Meeting
Byrne had hoped to engineer a meeting with Trump when he used a prior invitation from a staffer to tour the White House with former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and attorney Sidney Powell. The trio met with Trump in the Oval Office after the president happened to walk by, Byrne told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview the day before his testimony.
âI was the guy that everyone should be looking into,â he said. âIâm the guy who pulled that famous meeting together. Iâm the guy who presented the options.â
The proposal put forth at the meeting was to dispatch a team of cybersecurity specialists from the Department of Homeland Security to the six counties where questions of voter fraud had surfaced.
Byrneâs group presented Trump with executive orders signed by former President Barack Obama in 2015 and Trump in 2018 regarding foreign interference in a U.S. election, which they said granted the president authority to launch such an investigation.
âThat was the upshot of our discussion,â Byrne said. âThat was the cat.â
âI think the tiger they painted was going in with military commandos across the country,â he said, referring to press coverage of a suggestion he said he made to the president to use the National Guard during an investigation. He said the idea was rejected by everyone in the room during the Dec. 18, 2020, meeting.
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Byrne cited three federal documents to support his claims, the first being an Oct. 22, 2020, joint advisory by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warning about unauthorized Russian access to information technology systems used by U.S. election officials and efforts of Iranian state actors to sow discord among voters.
The second document, an Oct. 30, 2020, joint advisory by the same agencies, stated that an Iranian hacker had targeted state election websites to obtain registration data and had succeeded in at least one state.
The third was a Dec. 16, 2020, statement by the FBI, CISA, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on the breach of SolarWinds Orion platform.
Rudy Giuliani, a former Trump lawyer and New York City mayor, was called to the White House two days after that to assess the documents and provide his opinion.
âI read through them carefully, I came back, and I said itâs clear to me that thereâs not enough [evidence] here,â Giuliani said in his July 14 radio program.
Byrne disputed Giulianiâs response, stating that the documents in question werenât affidavits but government documents.
The Militia Member
On the morning of Jan. 5, 2021, the day before protests and the breach at the U.S. Capitol, Byrne said he was contacted by a person claiming to be part of a militia, who told him that a group of 10,000 people with firearms were âcoming in to take the city.â
The committee appeared surprised to hear about the militia, Byrne said.
Byrne said he talked the militia out of the plan after the man expressed a willingness to follow his direction.
âYouâre willing to take an order, whatever I say?â Byrne recalled asking the man, who he said agreed.
âOK. One direction is absolutely not a single weapon,â Byrne said he told the man. âThatâs the only thing that will make us lose.â
âUntrustworthyâ Election
The Jan. 6 committee at one point asked Byrne if he still believes âthe election in 2020 was rigged.â
âI said: âAbsolutely. I believe our entire election apparatus is untrustworthy,ââ he said. âItâs not about Democrats or Republicans.
âIn a friendly way, I think we came to a realization that theyâre seeing the world as lawyers, and Iâm seeing it as a business person.
âI think that they may have extended a bit of an olive branch, and I very much reciprocated.
âI hope I found for America an off-ramp for the tension thatâs brewing.â
https://www.theepochtimes.com/jan-6-committee-closed-door-hearing-was-cordial-patrick-byrne-says_4602590.html
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DUEL IN THE SKY Moment stunned tourists âwatch Top Gun pilots chase a UFOâ at high speed over a national park
6:06 ET, Jul 18 2022Updated: 7:36 ET, Jul 18 2022
THIS is the moment stunned tourists spotted two fighter pilots chasing what appeared to be a UFO at high speed over a national park.
Alex McCall was out with his daughter and grandchildren in Acadia National Park in Maine when the military jets suddenly blasted across the skies. When they looked up, they saw the two aircraft tailing what appeared to be a white UFO.
His daughter managed to capture the moment the three aircraft roared over the park before they vanished into the clouds. After watching the video back, former pilot Alex said he was sure the Tic Tac-shaped UFO couldn't have been another plane.
Alex, who has 25 years of flying experience, said: "My daughter took the video. It's legit, we don't know what it is.
âThere are people saying itâs CGI that are obviously clueless. She stopped filming when she couldnât see them anymore. It was taken with an iPhone.
"We were on vacation in Maine. There were dozens if not hundreds of people around. "My kids and grandkids saw it and then heard it. "My daughter got her phone out and pointed in the right direction but couldnât tell if she was getting video of it. "She stopped when she couldnât see them any longer."
Alex said they weren't the only people to witness the bizarre duel in the sky. He said: "One person said his mum got a good video of it. âIt all happened so fast⌠everyone thought the white thing was another airplane until I looked at the video."
Itâs not the first time Alex claimed to have encountered a UFO.
"I saw a UFO in 1996 and know what I saw. Unfortunately I didnât get a picture of it,â he said. "The reason I know there is something to some of the sightings is because I saw exactly the same thing. âUp close and personal. I donât have a clue what those jets in my video are with but I do know itâs not another fighter jet. âI also know it wasnât faked. For what itâs worth, I was an airline pilot for 25 years."
It comes after an aerospace engineer claimed the the Pentagonâs videos believed to show UFOs filmed by navy pilots are being put out to get the public ready for a fake alien invasion.
Mike Bara, who says he has worked on many classified military projects, said he analysed the videos and found there was ânothing exceptionalâ about any of them.
The TV personality believes they all show easily explainable phenomena â such as drones and in a wild theory believes they could have been leaked to prepare people for a fake alien invasion.
Congress recently made one of its biggest moves yet to probe UFOs as lawmakers voted to create a secure database for reporting the mysterious encounters.
US officials will now set up a unified system for logging sightings as well as offering protection for any government whistleblowers who may wish to come forward about what they know about UFOs.
Lawmakers have been pushing for more transparency on the typically fringe topic which has now become the talk of Washington DC.
While it was once the realm of conspiracy theorists, now former servicemen, politicians, defence officials, and even former presidents are talking about UFOs.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/5803169/moment-tourists-watch-gun-pilots-chase-ufo/