Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 7:27 a.m. No.22129659   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9664 >>9865 >>0341

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

December 8, 2024

 

Aurora around Saturn's North Pole

 

Are Saturn's auroras like Earth's? To help answer this question, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Cassini spacecraft monitored Saturn's North Pole simultaneously during Cassini's final orbits around the gas giant in September 2017. During this time, Saturn's tilt caused its North Pole to be clearly visible from Earth. The featured image is a composite of ultraviolet images of auroras and optical images of Saturn's clouds and rings, all taken by Hubble. Like on Earth, Saturn's northern auroras can make total or partial rings around the pole. Unlike on Earth, however, Saturn's auroras are frequently spirals – and more likely to peak in brightness just before midnight and dawn. In contrast to Jupiter's auroras, Saturn's auroras appear better related to connecting Saturn's internal magnetic field to the nearby, variable, solar wind. Saturn's southern auroras were similarly imaged back in 2004 when the planet's South Pole was clearly visible to Earth.

 

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 7:40 a.m. No.22129744   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9865 >>0341

An Unusual Year for Fire in Bolivia

December 7, 2024

 

For much of 2024, thick clouds of smoke engulfed much of Bolivia—the result of record-breaking fires that raged across the region.

The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image (right) of burn scars in Beni, a department in northern Bolivia, on November 30, 2024.

The other image (left) shows the same area on May 6, 2024, before the most intense fires occurred.

 

In these false-color (bands 7-2-1) images, forests are green, burned areas appear yellow and orange, and surface water is shown in shades of blue.

Suspended sediment in the water can alter the appearance of water bodies, with higher sediment concentrations producing lighter blue tones. Greens have been darkened to make it easier to distinguish the burned areas.

The degree of regrowth, intensity of the burning, and types of fuels involved can affect the appearance of burned areas. Red areas likely burned more recently or severely than yellow areas.

 

Satellites detect large numbers of fires burning in Bolivia every year, but 2024 saw a dramatic surge. The numbers of fires in the months of June, July, and September all broke records, according to an analysis of Aqua MODIS data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

Overall, satellites observed a record 89,725 fires by December 3. This is the highest number of fires detected in a single year since Aqua MODIS began collecting data in 2002, surpassing the previous record of 83,119 fires in 2010.

 

The Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS)—a fire tracking system powered by MODIS and VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) satellite data—reported more than 15 million hectares burned in Bolivia in 2024, an area larger than Greece.

Wildfire emissions estimates provided by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service’s Global Fire Assimilation System, another system powered by MODIS data, put wildfire carbon emissions at more than 100 megatons, the highest in the past two decades.

 

Satellites detect large numbers of fires burning in Bolivia every year, but 2024 saw a dramatic surge. The numbers of fires in the months of June, July, and September all broke records, according to an analysis of Aqua MODIS data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

Overall, satellites observed a record 89,725 fires by December 3. This is the highest number of fires detected in a single year since Aqua MODIS began collecting data in 2002, surpassing the previous record of 83,119 fires in 2010.

 

The Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS)—a fire tracking system powered by MODIS and VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) satellite data—reported more than 15 million hectares burned in Bolivia in 2024, an area larger than Greece.

Wildfire emissions estimates provided by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service’s Global Fire Assimilation System, another system powered by MODIS data, put wildfire carbon emissions at more than 100 megatons, the highest in the past two decades.

 

Land clearing and pasture burning are common causes of fires in Bolivia. The region has also faced exceptional drought in recent months.

Fires also raged across several other departments, including Pando, La Paz, and Santa Cruz, and affected various forest types, including tropical rainforests, Chiquitano dry forests, and the Gran Chaco.

 

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153664/an-unusual-year-for-fire-in-bolivia

Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 7:47 a.m. No.22129785   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9865 >>0341

Iran successfully tests spin subsystem of Saman-1 space tug

Dec 8, 2024, 1:30 PM

 

The successful test was carried out using solid-fuel engines, the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) said on Sunday, adding that the performance of the safety and armament systems have also been examined and confirmed to be operational.

 

Saman-1 is an indigenously designed and built space tug, which is among the key space achievements of Iran.

 

On Friday (December 6), the ISA reported that it had successfully established a two-way communication line with Saman-1 to begin testing the domestically developed space tug.

 

Earlier that day, Iran launched Saman-1, along with a CubeSat and a research payload, into space aboard a homegrown satellite launch vehicle (SLV).

 

In a related development, the public relations office of the Iranian Army reported on Friday that the successful injection of Fakhr-1 and Saman-1 space tugs with a total weight of 300 kg set a new record for the country in terms of lifting payloads.

 

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/225362/Iran-successfully-tests-spin-subsystem-of-Saman-1-space-tug

Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 8:03 a.m. No.22129871   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0031 >>0341

Globalstar and Parsons unveil satellite service for defense market

December 7, 2024

 

Satellite communications provider Globalstar has teamed up with defense contractor Parsons to bring to market a secure messaging and data transmission service for military users.

 

Under the partnership announced Dec. 3, Parsons developed a specialized waveform that enables secure communication through Globalstar’s existing low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite infrastructure.

A waveform refers to a software-based signal processing technique that determines how data is transmitted and received.

Unlike hardware-centric upgrades, this software-driven solution leverages Globalstar’s bent-pipe satellite architecture, simplifying integration and updates.

 

Narrowband communications market niche

Globalstar operates a narrowband satellite network primarily used for voice calls, text messaging, and low-bandwidth data applications, such as asset tracking and emergency services.

This positions it in a distinct segment compared to high-bandwidth providers like SpaceX’s Starlink, which focuses on delivering high-speed internet for consumer and enterprise applications.

 

Mike Kushin, president of defense and intelligence at Parsons, said part of Globalstar’s appeal is its dual-frequency L-band and S-band architecture.

The L-band facilitates uplink communications from user terminals to satellites, while the S-band handles downlink communications.

 

Globalstar’s bent-pipe architecture also played a role in Parsons’ decision to collaborate and sign an exclusive agreement with the satellite firm.

Unlike satellite systems with onboard processing, Globalstar’s satellites serve as simple signal relays, with most data processing occurring at ground-based gateways.

This allows for more straightforward upgrades and integration of Parsons’ waveform, eliminating the need for hardware modifications to the satellites themselves.

 

Communications in congested environments

“Traditionally, we haven’t had a lot of activities in the defense and the government sector, and Parsons presented a wonderful opportunity for us to find a partner that will utilize some of the advantages of our satellite architecture,” said Mersad Cavcic, Globalstar’s chief marketing officer,

The companies seek to address a demand for communications in areas of high radio frequency (RF) congestion where civilian and military systems compete for spectrum, and communication pathways can become strained or disrupted.

 

“This service is designed to enhance resilience against disrupted communication pathways, providing reliable access in RF-congested environments,” Kushin said.

The companies have already demonstrated the service in North America, and plans are underway to extend it to other regions of interest to the military, said Kushin.

Parsons developed compatible user equipment, including handheld phones and tracking devices, he said. These devices can be either Parsons-designed or third-party equipment adapted to the system.

 

https://spacenews.com/globalstar-and-parsons-unveil-satellite-service-for-defense-market/

Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 8:12 a.m. No.22129928   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9932 >>0341

https://spacenews.com/nelson-basically-optimistic-about-nasas-future-in-the-next-administration/

https://spacenews.com/heliophysics-decadal-survey-recommends-two-flagship-missions-for-nasa/

 

Nelson “basically optimistic” about NASA’s future in the next administration

December 8, 2024

 

The outgoing administrator of NASA says he is “basically optimistic” about the future of the agency under the person proposed by President-elect Donald Trump to be his successor despite the strong possibility of significant changes to Artemis.

During a Dec. 5 briefing where agency leadership provided an update on plans for the Artemis 2 and 3 missions to the moon, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he had spoken briefly with Jared Isaacman, who Trump announced the previous day he planned to nominate to lead the agency.

“I look forward to having a meeting with him, invited him to come,” Nelson said of his conversation with Isaacman.

That call took place the same day as Trump’s announcement, which meant he did not discuss the changes in the Artemis schedule that agency leaders formally approved at a meeting Dec. 5.

 

Nelson did not discuss the details of that conversation or what advice he might offer Isaacman in their later meeting. “I would not presume to share that here,” he said at the briefing.

“I think we are handing to the new administration a safe and reliable way forward for us, which is to go back the moon and get there before China.”

 

There is a widespread expectation, though, that the next administration will at least attempt to alter the current Artemis architecture, in particular its use of the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and lunar Gateway.

Problems with the Orion heat shield on Artemis 1 contributed to significant delays in the first crewed mission, Artemis 2, with NASA announcing at the briefing the launch had slipped to April 2026.

 

Isaacman, for example, endorsed in October an op-ed by Michael Bloomberg that sharply criticized Artemis, including SLS and Orion.

“These points are not new, and I agree with most of them,” Isaacman wrote, blaming problems with Artemis on “getting the best product at the lowest price due to excessive consolidation among defense and aerospace players.”

Isaacman’s close ties to Elon Musk — Isaacman paid for, and commanded, two SpaceX private astronaut Crew Dragon missions — have also prompted speculation that he will push for a new architecture that will give SpaceX a larger role in Artemis, potentially replacing SLS and Orion with Starship.

 

Asked about that at the briefing, Nelson was skeptical of such a revision. “Are they going to axe Artemis and insert the Starship?

First of all, there is one human-rated spacecraft that is flying and has already flown beyond the moon, farther than any other human-rated spacecraft, and that’s the SLS combined with Orion,” he said.

“I expect that this is going to continue,” he said of the current architecture. “I don’t see the concern that your question raises — although it’s a legitimate question — that you’re suddenly going to have Starship take over everything.”

 

Nelson, though, said he thought Musk’s influence with the incoming Trump administration was beneficial. “I am an optimist by nature,” he said.

“In this particular case, I think that the relationship between Elon Musk and the president-elect is going to be a benefit to making sure that the funding for NASA is there. I see that as a positive.”

“I’m basically optimistic about the future for NASA under the new administration,” he concluded.

 

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Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 8:13 a.m. No.22129932   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0341

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Other perspectives

Isaacman’s planned nomination to lead NASA has received praise by many in the space community.

“You’ve got an individual who has passion, which is, I think, a critical component,” said Rich DalBello, the outgoing director of the Office of Space Commerce, during a panel discussion at the SpaceNews Icon Awards ceremony Dec. 6.

He drew parallels to the first Trump administration’s nomination of Jim Bridenstine to lead NASA, a selection that was initially controversial. Once on the job, Bridenstine won praise for his leadership of the agency.

 

“You have someone who has passion, who has experience running an organization, and who is himself a pilot and an astronaut, and I think that’s a great combination,” said DalBello of Isaacman.

He added that it would be useful to pair Isaacman with someone who is “a little bit more of an institutional person” to help the lead the agency.

 

Tim Crain, senior vice president of Intuitive Machines, said at the panel that he expected the new administration to continue to push for commercialization at NASA and find the right balance between the agency and companies.

“I suspect that, with the new administration and with the background we hear about Isaacman, there’ll be a willingness to adjust the comps and see where to push the government down a little bit or have the government help a little bit more.”

 

During an earnings call in mid-November, Steve Altemus, chief executive of Intuitive Machines, called for a “reformulation” of Artemis to address “budgetary and schedule realities” with the effort.

“We believe that NASA must continue to partner with commercial industries to drive an affordable, incremental roadmap that enables steady, visible progress,” he said.

“Isaacman hasn’t come out and said, ‘Here’s what I’m going to do for NASA,’” noted Eric Lasker, chief revenue officer of Varda Space Industries, which has flown one commercial reentry vehicle for pharmaceutical and other applications and is preparing to launch another.

He saw Isaacman’s background as founder of Shift4, a payment processing company, as a benefit to NASA.

 

“I think someone with a commercial background is exciting,” he said. “It’s a very large company, and he has seen the pains of growing a company and has worked very closely with NASA.”

That working with NASA included studies of a potential commercial servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, which the agency said in June it would not pursue for now.

“We’ll just put the idea out there: the NASA administrator goes up and repairs Hubble himself,” Lasker said. “That would be pretty awesome.”

 

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Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 8:29 a.m. No.22130018   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0341

Artemis Moon Tree Finds Home at USAFA Through STARCOM Partnership

Dec. 7, 2024

 

On November 15, 2024, the U.S. Air Force Academy unveiled a plaque for its first Artemis Moon Tree—an American Sweetgum sapling grown from seeds that orbited the moon on NASA’s Artemis I mission.

This historic event was made possible through a partnership between the Academy and Space Detachment 1 of Space Delta 13, under the Space Training and Readiness Command.

 

The Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) symbolizes a connection between Earth and space, continuing the legacy of the original Apollo Moon Trees grown from seeds that orbited the moon on Apollo 14 in 1971.

In tribute, NASA initiated the Artemis Moon Tree program, sending a new generation of seeds around the moon aboard Artemis I in late 2022.

After their return, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service cultivated these seeds into seedlings, distributing them to select institutions nationwide as part of a STEM engagement (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and conservation education initiative.

 

A Collaborative Effort

Brig. Gen. Linell Letendre, the Academy’s Dean of Faculty, and Col. Marc Sands, Space Detachment 1 Commander and senior Space Force liaison to the Academy, supported the application process led by Maj. Lucia White, an Academy instructor and Space Force officer with a master’s degree in botany.

White submitted the proposal to NASA in August 2023, competing against over 1,000 applicants nationwide.

 

“Maj. White was the catalyst behind making this happen. Her vision and passion led her to the Detachment where we simply supported helping her achieve her goal: bring a Moon Tree to the Academy to further the connection between space, academics, and the Space Force,” said Sands.

“For generations to come, the community and members of the Academy will be able to see the results of her efforts – truly amazing the impact she has made.”

 

Approval arrived unexpectedly during the Academy’s 2024 graduation week, leaving a narrow window to plant the tree before winter.

With support from the U.S. Air Force Academy Memorial Board, White successfully planted the tree near the Academy’s Planetarium on June 14, 2024.

 

“It’s not every day you get a phone call from NASA, or news that you’ll be receiving a tree whose seed ventured into deep space.

I was ecstatic when they told me we were selected and couldn’t wait to share with the cadets,” said White.

 

Inspiring the Next Generation

On November 15, the Academy and the Detachment hosted a STEM engagement event with fifth-grade students from Pikes Peak School of Expeditionary Learning, followed by the plaque unveiling ceremony.

During the STEM engagement, students participated in hands-on activities observing gravitropism—how plants respond to gravity—using Wisconsin Fast Plants.

These fast-growing plants are slated to be the first to flower on the lunar surface during NASA’s Artemis III mission, currently scheduled for no earlier than September 2026, providing a tangible link to the Moon Tree’s legacy.

 

The event was organized in collaboration with the Academy’s STEM Outreach Coordinator Stacey Lazzelle and biology researcher Melanie Grogger, who designed the activity.

Cadets from the Academy’s i5 program also volunteered as mentors, bridging the gap between young learners and future STEM professionals.

 

Bridging Past and Future

Before the ceremony, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Roy D. Bridges Jr., a distinguished Academy graduate and former NASA astronaut, shared his journey from growing up on a farm to piloting the Space Shuttle Challenger, encouraging students to think boldly about their futures and consider careers in science and exploration.

 

During the ceremony, Brig. Gen. Letendre was joined by Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Academy Superintendent, where they unveiled a replica of the plaque with the students.

The official plaque will be installed at the base of the Moon Tree next summer.

 

Addressing the young students in attendance, Letendre remarked, “Remember that this tree is also for you.

Let it inspire you to ask questions, to dream boldly, and to explore new horizons.

Keep reaching for the stars, keep imagining, and keep exploring.”

 

The ceremony concluded with group photos beside the Artemis Moon Tree.

Now rooted in the Academy’s grounds, the Artemis Moon Tree reflects the strong partnership between the Academy and STARCOM, underscoring their shared commitment to training and inspiring future generations of space leaders.

 

https://www.starcom.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3986869/artemis-moon-tree-finds-home-at-usafa-through-starcom-partnership/

Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 8:44 a.m. No.22130089   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0341

SpaceX Starlink Mission

December 8, 2024

 

On Sunday, December 8 at 12:12 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

 

This was the second flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GOES-U and now a Starlink mission.

 

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-12-5

Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 9:04 a.m. No.22130194   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0225 >>0269 >>0341

Canada's air force took video of object shot down over Yukon, updated image released

Dec. 7, 2024 2:00 a.m. PST

 

Canada's Department of National Defence has released more details and an updated image of the unidentified object shot down over the Yukon in February 2023.

According to a defence spokesperson, the image was taken from a Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft before the object was downed by a U.S. F-22 fighter jet.

"Regarding the resolution of the image, it was captured as a cropped screen shot of a video feed, using a monochrome system, thus the original image is of low quality and no colour version exists," the spokesperson said.

 

Their response comes nearly two-and-a-half months after CTVNews.ca first published the image, which was acquired through an access to information request.

Through a new request, CTVNews.ca also obtained the unclassified image in its "original format" – a digital PowerPoint file.

 

The blurry grey-scale version is only slightly different from the grainy scanned image that was previously published.

Canada's military says this is the best available copy. The video it was taken from has not been released.

 

What was shot down in 2023?

The Yukon object was shot down on Feb. 11, 2023, shortly after it entered Canadian airspace via Alaska. It was one of three unidentified objects blasted out of the sky that month following the high-profile Feb. 4, 2023, downing of an apparent Chinese surveillance balloon.

 

Heavily redacted documents show the Yukon image was approved for public distribution within days of the headline-grabbing incident, but then held back after a public affairs official expressed concerns that releasing it "may create more questions/confusion." At the time, officials described it as a "suspected balloon."

 

"The best description that we have is: Visual - a cylindrical object," a declassified email from a Canadian brigadier-general states.

"Top quarter is metallic, remainder white. 20 foot wire hanging below with a package of some sort suspended from it."

 

Additional reports and military documents suggest the Yukon object could have been a mylar balloon launched by hobbyists in northern Illinois.

A recent CTVNews.ca investigation also revealed that debris was recovered in connection with the object shot down over Lake Huron, suggesting it could have been a weather balloon.

Such details were never made public.

Iain Boyd is an aerospace engineering professor and director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado Boulder.

 

"To have expended significant military time and resources to shoot down benign objects does not look good, even though there may have been many factors we are still unaware of," Boyd previously told CTVNews.ca.

"Certainly the failure to provide more information has fed conspiracy theories, but the military will likely accept that outcome over disclosing information that may help an adversary identify defensive weaknesses."

 

In declassified documents, the Yukon object is repeatedly referred to as "UAP 23." "UAP" typically stands for "unidentified aerial phenomena," which has largely replaced the terms "UFO" and "unidentified flying object" in official circles.

According to a "secret" memo provided to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Yukon object was the 23rd UAP tracked over North America in the first few weeks of 2023.

 

After decades of dismissal and denial by U.S. authorities, the Pentagon, NASA and American lawmakers have gone public about their recent efforts to investigate UAP.

In Canada, the Office of the Chief Science Advisor's Sky Canada Project plans to release its own UAP report by the end of 2024, which is the first known official Canadian UFO study in nearly 30 years.

 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-s-air-force-took-video-of-object-shot-down-over-yukon-updated-image-released-1.7137331

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23937410-feb-2023-memorandum-for-pm-on-uap/

Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 9:18 a.m. No.22130253   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0254 >>0314 >>0330 >>0341

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14169009/New-York-UFO-New-Jersey-Staten-Island-mystery-FBI.html

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/staten-island/mysterious-drones-reported-over-staten-island-in-nyc/

 

Fears as mystery 'UFO' drones now spread to NYC after hovering over New Jersey for weeks

Updated: 17:34 EST, 7 December 2024

 

Mysterious UFO drones have been spotted flying over New York City - after weeks of being photographed in New Jersey.

Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella confirmed that the peculiar objects had been seen flying above Howland Hook Marine Terminal and the West Shore on Staten Island earlier this week.

In a letter addressed to the FAA and FBI requesting an investigation, Fossella called the situation 'bizarre', according to PIX11.

 

'It is odd and quite bizarre that nobody can figure out who is flying these drones, where they are coming from, and their purpose.

'It is not just a bizarre situation, but also a concerning one, as it seems these drones can potentially become a danger to personal safety.'

He also stated that he was worried about the drones' ability to impede life-saving care in medical emergencies - especially over the two hospital systems on Staten Island.

 

'It was recently reported that, during a medical emergency resulting from a crash in Branchburg, New Jersey, the presence of these drones prevented a medevac helicopter from being able to transport a seriously injured patient to the hospital.

'We hope that such an investigation may shed light on what these drones are doing, where they are coming from and how to mitigate the risks they may pose on public safety.'

Yesterday, new footage of at least five or possibly six of the unidentified drones was captured in a 50-second cell phone video in New Jersey, which one commenter declared was 'the clearest video yet.'

 

One drone, heard roaring in the skies as it moved through the darkness, appeared to have a cluster of white lights on its underbelly and red lights blinking at the tips of its wings and tail.

Another drone came into frame that resembled a classic 'black triangle' UFO or the triangular TR-3B, which beamed bright white lights from its nose, wingtips and tail.

Since mid-November, a wave of unexplained drone sightings above central Jersey has left both law enforcement and the general public watching the skies, hunting for clues on what these mysterious night flights might be.

 

Governor Phil Murphy has attempted to calm residents claiming these true UFOs pose 'no known threat to the public at this time,' but FBI and local police are actively investigating.

Concerns have heightened over the proximity of these drone-like UFOs to President-elect Donald Trump's Bedminster golf course, US military research facility Picatinny Arsenal and critical local infrastructure.

'Water reservoirs, electric transmission lines, rail stations, police departments, and military installations' have all had the UFOs roaming above them in recent weeks, according to the chief of police for the New Jersey borough of Florham Park.

 

'Their presence appears nefarious in nature,' the police chief added.

But the New Jersian who posted the new footage of these drones online maintains the answer lies within America's own classified world of black budget projects.

'Seems like they want them to be seen,' TikTok user @_bucky13 commented under his phone video of the eerie UFOs, captioned

 

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Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 9:18 a.m. No.22130254   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0341

>>22130253

'Mysterious drones spotted all over New Jersey.'

'I think they are trying to scare Russia by demonstrating some secret weapons,' he wrote. The camera was pointed to the sky when the drones came into view.

'There they are! There are more in New Jersey!,' he can be heard shouting in his handheld video — as an unsettled woman off-camera says, 'We shouldn't be outside.'

 

'They look like an f***ing triangle! They look like a triangle,' he said in disbelief, as je spotted a triangular-shaped drone cruising into the night.

A later UFO or drone seemed to hover stationary beyond the tree line, lit up with multiple lights that pulsed bright enough to produce a lens flare effect.

'Are you freaking kidding me right now,' one woman can be heard saying of the craft.

 

Commenters of UFO video joined him in his suspicion that the objects may ultimately prove to be top secret US military craft, even as the TikToker can be heard marveling in his video that 'an F-16 just flew over' in hot pursuit of the unidentified craft.

'Looks like a military drone,' one Tik Tok user said, with another chiming in 'Definitely government made drones.'

Many stated with confidence that the triangle craft was the legendary and still unconfirmed TR-3B 'Black Manta' anti-gravity spy plane, the alleged follow-up to the equally unconfirmed TR-3A, both claimed to have been made by defense contractor Northrop in the early 1990s.

 

'Those are TR-3B government drones,' one poster said. 'Look them up, they're pretty cool.'

A December 1991 cover story in Popular Mechanics was one of the first mainstream media reports to allege that the TR-3A existed as a highly advanced 'tactical reconnaissance vehicle' eyewitnesses said was 42-feet long with a 60-foot wingspan.

Others have speculated that the UFOs above New Jersey might be an update to US defense contractor Lockheed Martin’s original 'Darkstar' that flew in 1996.

 

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Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 9:24 a.m. No.22130278   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0286

UFO Fever Grips World; Conspiracy Theorists Say Alien Invasion Imminent

December 8, 2024 19:48

 

The existence of aliens has been one of the most intriguing questions humans have been trying to answer for years. Even though the scientific community is yet to face any conclusive evidence of extraterrestrial life, conspiracy theorists strongly believe that living beings from the distant nooks of the world have already visited planet earth.

 

Amid all these speculations, the world is currently witnessing a new wave of unidentified flying object sightings in recent days.

Social media platforms like X and Facebook are currently being flooded with UFO sightings from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Syria, and Australia.

 

Most of these UFO sightings feature flying objects that are triangular in shape, which move across the skies without making any sound.

As UFO sightings rise across various nooks of the globe, conspiracy theorists strongly believe that an alien invasion is imminent.

 

A few days back, a YouTuber had sensationally claimed that UFOs will start invading the earth on December 3, and conspiracy theorists argue that this prediction has turned true.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon and NASA have also started considering these UFO sightings very seriously, as they believe that the presence of these flying objects could threaten national security.

 

However, authorities are refraining from using the word UFO, and instead they are calling these objects unidentified aerial phenomena.

Amid all these debates, Netflix, on December 8, released a documentary named Investigation Aliens.

 

The documentary which features George Knapp in the lead role tries to answer several questions including why aliens are visiting earth.

At the end of the documentary, which has an open-ended nature, makers suggest that UFOs and aliens which people see in the skies could be most probably time traveling humans from the future.

 

https://www.ibtimes.sg/ufo-fever-grips-world-conspiracy-theorists-say-alien-invasion-imminent-77296

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eoOaSs-PtA

Anonymous ID: 32d5a6 Dec. 8, 2024, 10:13 a.m. No.22130519   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Mystery Drones, False Flag Attacks & the Hybrid Dilemma

Dec 7, 2024

 

Exopolitics Today Week in Review with Dr Michael Salla

 

Topics

UFOs near nuclear weapons facilities have for decades acted in ways that have discouraged the use of such weapons.

Stan Deyo and Bob Lazar discussion over the role of Dr Edward Teller in developing flying saucer technologies

Drones/UFOs the size of cars are being witnessed for hours in New Jersey near a military facility and interrupting civilian airplane routes.

Round up of drones/UFOs witnessed in the US/Britain last week with clear pics. Is this part of a false flag op by Deep State or +ve NHI showing up?

Nov 30 2024 UFO video very similar to flying saucer craft photographed by JP in Florida in 2018.

George Knapp explains how whistleblowers have been ignored by the AARO office and the US House Oversight sub-committee

Starseeds, Walk-Ins & The Hybrid Dilemma – 3 Decades of Hypnotherapy with ET Experiencers

Jared Isaacman, a billionaire civilian SpaceX astronaut, has been nominated to be the next NASA Administrator.

Interview with Dani Henderson on the UFO coverup and the incoming Trump administration

Members of Congress received classified UAP hearing but can’t disclose shapes of UFOs

Monthly Briefing Today at 2 pm EST

 

https://exopolitics.org/mystery-drones-false-flag-attacks-the-hybrid-dilemma/

https://x.com/MichaelSalla/status/1865355251563352445

https://truthsocial.com/@exopolitics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7GcG1So5Dw