Do you feel like you’re under surveillance? It’s not just Big Brother – astronomers have identified over 1,700 nearby stars close enough for alien civilizations to have seen Earth pass in front of the Sun at some point over the last 5,000 years. Even more disconcerting, 46 of them are in the right place to pick up our radio and TV signals, and over half have potentially habitable stars. Is Big ET watching us too?
“Among these stars are seven known exoplanet hosts, including Ross-128, which saw Earth transit the Sun in the past, and Teegarden’s Star and Trappist-1, which will start to see it in 29 and 1,642 years, respectively. We found that human-made radio waves have already swept over 75 of the closest stars on our list.”
“This preliminary report is provided by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in response to the provision in Senate Report 116-233, accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, that the DNI, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), is to submit an intelligence assessment of the threat posed. Read more »
The report marks a turning point for the U.S. government after the military spent decades deflecting, debunking and discrediting observations of unidentified flying objects
Swiss president: âDoor not closedâ on Horizon Europe research
On May 26, Switzerland left empty handed after seven years of negotiations on an institutional framework with the EU. Keystone / Francois Walschaerts
In an interview in the
Schweiz am Wochenende newspaper, Guy Parmelin, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency, said that it would be âvery unfortunateâ but not surprising if Switzerland were classified as a third country in Europeâs flagship Horizon research programme.
This content was published on June 26, 2021 - 12:32
June 26, 2021 - 12:32
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His commentsExternal link on Saturday came after the European Commission launched the calls for project proposals for its â¬95 billion (CHF105 billion) research programme earlier this week. Switzerland was not on the provisional list of 18 non-EU countries eligible for Horizon Europe funding, pending negotiations on their full association to the programme. The UK was, for example.
For those wishing for a “this changes everything” moment that doesn’t involve UFOs, this may be it. Human fossils discovered recently in Israel were revealed this week as a potential new species of ancient human – possibly the last survivors of a group that lived in this area between 140,000 and 120,000 years ago, and. Read more »