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The Top 10 Unexplained UFO Sightings

We have all heard about UFOs, and many of use have seen something unusual for ourselves. But in all of the sightings to date, there are a few that really do defy explanation. The video below looks at the 10 top unexplained UFO cases, and these are especially interesting due to the compelling evidence in each case. From Astronauts at NASA to cases with multiple witnesses seeing huge craft, the information presented is hard to overlook.

Check out the video below, and see if you believe…

 

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Offical White House Disclosure

In November 2011, the White House released an official response to two petitions asking the U.S. government to acknowledge formally that aliens have visited Earth and to disclose any intentional withholding of government interactions with extraterrestrial beings. According to the response, "The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race." Also, according to the response, there is "no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public's eye." The response further noted that efforts, like SETI, the Kepler space telescope and the NASA Mars rover, continue looking for signs of life. The response noted "odds are pretty high" that there may be life on other planets but "the odds of us making contact with any of them—especially any intelligent ones—are extremely small, given the distances involved."

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An Ultraviolet Look at a Solar Eclipse

 

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Here is an interesting and quite fiery picture of our Sun, shot during a solar eclipse. The edge of the Earth is blocking part of the Sun, and the image itself was shot in Ultraviolet (then probably recolored for effect). Obviously this picture could not have been taken from Earth, and in fact it was snapped by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory. The image was taken in March 2011.

 

Eclipse

An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. An eclipse is a type of syzygy.

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Ultraviolet View of a Solar Flare

 

Ultraviolet View of Solar Flare credit NASA

The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory caught a solar flare in August, 2011, and the image is almost beautiful when viewed in Ultraviolet. It's easy to see how active and dynamic our Sun is when viewed this way. Swirls of energy give way to flares that throw off subatomic particles, wrecking havoc with our own magnetic field.



Artist Conception of the NASA Solar Dynamics Obversity credit NASA

While usually the impact from solar flares are minimal, they did knock out the power grid in Quebec in March 1989. When you consider the impact they can have on objects not protected by our atmosphere, such as GPS and communications satellites, it becomes clear why we should monitor the sun and brace for any extreme flares that we can predict. Our technological lives may depend on it. 

Solar Dynamics Observatory

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which will observe the Sun for over five years.[3] Launched on February 11, 2010, the observatory is part of the Living With a Star (LWS) program.[4] The goal of the LWS program is to develop the scientific understanding necessary to effectively address those aspects of the connected Sun–Earth system that directly affect life and society.

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Has NASA Found Irrefutable Proof of Water on Mars?



Artist Conception of NASA Rover on Mars

We have looked for proof of water on Mars before, but now NASA claims to have discovered "bullet proof evidence". The proof was discovered by the Opportunity Rover, and it comes in the form of a small mineral vein.



Only 18 inches long, the vein could be proof of water on Mars credit NASA

The vein was named "Homestake", and it was really an amazing find. Measuring only 18 inches long and about an inch wide, composition reports put it as consisting of calcium and sulfur, otherwise known as gypsum. According to Steve Squyres, Mars Exploration principal investigator at Cornell University,

There was a fracture in the rock, water flowed through it, gypsum was precipitated from the water. End of story. There's no ambiguity about this, and this is what makes it so cool


The find is not only exciting because of its physical formation (gypsum had previously been detected on Mars from space), but that gypsum could have also formed in less acidic conditions than those currently found on Mars. Less acidity increases the chances for finding life.

If there is anything to take away from this, it is that the Red Planet still has a lot of secrets to be discovered. While it's doubtful that it will be of the "Martian" variety, such discoveries may be even more earth shaking over the long term.

 

Opportunity Rover

Opportunity, MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover – B), is a robotic rover on the planet Mars, active since 2004. It is the remaining rover in NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission. Launched from Earth on 7 July 2003, it landed on the Martian Meridiani Planum on 25 January 2004 at 05:05 Ground UTC (about 13:15 local time), three weeks after its twin Spirit (MER-A) touched down on the other side of the planet

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