New data from the European Southern Observatory's HARPS (Illustrious Severity Radial appraise Earth Searcher) planet-hunting dwindle suggests represent can be tens of billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy.
Astronomers analyzing this new data set a price that roughly speaking forty percent of red dwarf stars in the Soft Way galaxy may carry Earth-sized planets orbiting them as well as the trophy qualifications for life. Red dwarfs get on to virtually eighty percent of the stars in the galaxy, and, according to "On edge.com", their commonness means "that represent are tens of billions of practicable places to outlook for life gone Mop the floor with, as well as at most minuscule 100 such planets located affable."
Artists front elevation of evening on Gliese 667 Cc. (Credit: ESO/L. Calcada)Appearing in this recent learn of red dwarf stars, scientists exposed a planet in the Gliese 667 triple star system. This is the gleam planet exposed in that system, and has been named Gliese 667 Cc. The planet is situated taciturn the center of the habitable zone, and, according to astronomers, it "roughly speaking in actual fact has the trophy qualifications for the existence of eat away water on its conclusion." Gliese 667 Cc is the gleam super-Earth planet located in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star exposed into this HARPS learn. The first was Gliese 581d, which was bona fide in 2009.
Amid above information hope in from ESO's HARPS and NASA's Kepler space dwindle, and current data regular to be analyzed by astronomers, unreasonable discoveries about our galaxy are sure to accomplish above uncouth. Each new discovery helps us take in above about our arcane universe, and, perhaps, brings us closer to detection extraterrestrial life.
"The death of 'Iron Lady' MARGARET THATCHER has deprived UFOlogists of an answer to an enduring question: what did she really know about Britain's Roswell incident?"
Margaret Thatcher, who was Britain's Prime Minister during at the time of the Rendlesham incident in 1980 (credit: BBC.co.uk)
Thatcher, who died on 8 April aged 87, was 19 months into her first term as Prime Minister in 1980 when US airmen at the nuclear-armed twin airbase RAF BENTWATERS-WOODBRIDGE reported 'unexplained lights' (UFOs) hovering above RENDLESHAM FOREST in Suffolk.
The 'Rendlesham Forest' incident happened at the height of the Cold War when tensions in Poland - then behind the Iron Curtain -were reaching crisis point. In the years that followed, the Ministry of Defence drew up secret plans to base US cruise missiles at RAF Greenham Common and US airbases in eastern England and was keen to avoid drawing attention to a persistent story about a UFO landing near one of them.
MoD always claimed the UFO incident was 'of no defence significance' but until I obtained a copy of their closed file on the case in 2001 - using a precursor to the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - the results of their inquiries into the strange sightings remained shrouded in secrecy.
The file revealed their conclusion that '"it was highly unlikely that any violation of UK airspace would be heralded by such a display of lights[we] think it equally likely that any [Soviet] reconnaissance or spying activity would be announced in this way."'
But before these plain facts entered the public domain UFOlogist and internet gossip columnist GEORGINA BRUNI revealed that she had quizzed Thatcher face-to-face about her knowledge of UFOs and Rendlesham.
The bizarre conversation took place in London at a charity cocktail party during 1997, shortly after the former Prime Minister had returned from an engagement in Washington DC. At the time Bruni was working on a book that she hoped would expose 'the truth' about Britain's Roswell.
Seizing the opportunity, Bruni asked her opinion on UFOs and claims that world leaders knew about the existence of alien technology. She received this response:
"'YOU CAN'T TELL THE PEOPLE'"
As Special Branch guards and husband Dennis listened, Bruni asked if she was referring to UFOs. According to her account published in 2001, the following exchange then took place:
'Determined to pursue the questioning I stood facing her and, almost in a whisper, I said, "UFOs and alien technology, Lady Thatcher."
"You must get your facts right," she answered.
"What facts?" I wanted to know. In a worried tone of voice, but with her usual composure, she repeated,
"YOU MUST HAVE THE FACTS AND YOU CAN'T TELL THE PEOPLe."
That was the end of the conversation. Bruni - who died in 2008 - shook Thatcher's hand, thanked her and the Prime Minister was escorted out of the room, followed by her bodyguards.
Bruni was so impressed by this 'admission' that she used the phrase "You Can't Tell the People", despite its ambiguous status, as the title of her 2000 book that publishers Macmillan promoted as '"the definitive account of the Rendlesham Forest incident"'.
As a believer in UFOs and conspiracy theories, Bruni's gut instinct was Thatcher, like Winston Churchill and other world leaders, had been briefed on the defence threat posed by UFOs and aliens. She mused: 'If Britain was under threat...Thatcher would want to know all the intricate detailsWhat were the facts she was referring to and, even more importantly, why should she insist that the people should not be told about UFOs?'
In the second edition of the book Bruni revealed she was, as a result of her research into the mystery:
'convinced that they [UFOnauts] are time travellers from our future or another dimensionthat would account for why there is a reluctance from our governments to reveal the truth about these encounters. How would you tell the people that there is an intelligence far more advanced than we are, who are capable of creating such incredible technology?' (p406, paperback edition)
Several attempts were made to obtain an explanation of the phrase 'you can't tell the people' from Baroness Thatcher's office, without success. But a persistent UFOlogist, the late Eric Morris, extracted one plausible explanation from the former PM's personal assistant Mary Wakeley.
In a letter dated 12 November 2001, that Morris later donated to my archive, Wakeley insisted that the comment '"you must first get your facts right"' was one '"that Lady Thatcher regularly uses in almost all circumstances and therefore it would be no surprise that she might have said the same on this occasion".'
Extract from a letter sent by Margaret Thatcher's PA to UFOlogist Eric Morris in 2001 (author's collection)
She adds:
'However, I do not think one should read too much into it - as the author [Bruni] obviously has done.'
Wakeley reveals she was familiar with the UFO story as she notes that 'you will not be surprised that this matter has been raised before.'
Although this anecdote appears to have impressed Bruni's publishers, like many UFO-related yarns, it does not stand up to critical scrutiny.
It could, for instance, be argued the 'facts' referred to by Thatcher were those contained in the MoD's policy assessment - used to justify the closure of their UFO desk in 2009 - that UFOs as alien craft did not exist but those who believed in them would never accept that disappointing conclusion.
"So this was more a case of 'don't let the facts get in the way of a good story' rather than a clue to the puzzle of Britain's Roswell incident."
POSTCRIPT: A number of readers have asked for my opinion of Georgina Bruni's reliability as an investigator of the Rendlesham incident. Interested visitors should read my August 2009 blogpost, 'Why Can't You Tell the People?' for background information.
Tagged: Britain's Roswell, Eric Morris, Freedom of Information Act, Georgina Bruni, Greenham Common, Margaret Thatcher, Ministry of Defence, no defence significance, nuclear weapons, RAF Bentwaters-Woodbridge, Rendlesham forest incident, Rendlesham forest UFOs, UFOs, Winston Churchill, You Can't Tell the People
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AN OPEN LETTER TO MARK RODEGHIER
Mark Rodeghier San Francisco. 15 July 1993.
Center for UFO Studies
2457 West Peterson Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60659
Dear Mark:
Your detailed and informative study of the involvement of
Battelle in UFO research (IUR vol.18 No.3, May-June 1993) gave me
a mixture of pleasant reactions and negative thoughts. I was
fascinated to learn what had happened to the people involved. I
was happy to see that, contrary to others in ufology, you had
understood that the document whose existence I had revealed was
genuine and that it indicated that the Robertson Panel had been
manipulated.
It is impossible to respond in detail, because the article is
marred by snide remarks that detract from its serious intent.
There would be much to say about the issue, and it could be
summarized under four headings:
1. Attempts to pass off Cross' request for massive, secret
operations (designed to calibrate witnesses) as mere extensions
of previous ground photography projects are very weak.
Indications do exist that actual simulations have been conducted
since 1953, although it is true that Battelle may not have been
involved.
2. Equally weak is the argument that the Robertson panel did not
have to be briefed on Cross' findings because, after all, "the
information belonged to the client." While your remark would be
entirely justified in the world of business, here we are supposed
to be dealing with Science with a capital "S", where such games
are not played. There should be no such thing as "proprietary
science". I think you misunderstand the reactions I had at the
time (1967). I was embarking on a career that would dedicate my
life to scientific research. My disgust when I discovered the
letter was not caused so much by the minor details of what it
implied or did not imply about ufology, but by what it meant in
terms of the conduct of science. I thought it was perfectly
scandalous. I still do, and I am amazed that you and Jennie can
exonerate the agencies that condone this practice.
3. Cross wrote about "what can and cannot be discussed" with Dr.
Robertson and his illustrious colleagues. His client made the
key decision, as you have verified, and only superficial findings
were discussed. You choose to accept the statement by Battelle
staffers that what "could not be discussed" was not significant.
I believe that other interpretations should be considered.
4. The Pentacle Memo has serious implications regarding the
possible reality of pre-1953 UFO crashes. The point was brought
up by Barry Greenwood in his own comments on the document ("Just
Cause" No.35, March 1993): Cross does not mention recovered
hardware at any point. What does that mean for Roswell? Either
it did not happen, in which case a great deal of time and money
is being wasted by investigators combing the desert for traces of
the material, or it did happen, in which case there is indeed
another project somewhere. Have you considered the possibility
that some of Jennie Zeidman's former colleagues simply avoided
the
issue? After all, if they can withhold information from a panel
of Nobel-class physicists with top secret clearances (or more
precisely, "not disclose the particulars of their work" to them,
as you observed), why would they spill the beans for ufologists?
"Just Cause" put its finger on the real problem when it wrote:
"why would the Air Force proceed with the Battelle study in
secret, withholding the critical evidence, and try to extract
patterns and flight characteristics from what Battelle told them
was a group of lousy reports? Why bother when the Robertson
panel did a negative study for far less time and money than
Battelle, and the Battelle study proceeded beyond the conclusion
of the Robertson panel? There is no sense to this if saucers
were in our hands." The case remains open.
To summarize, your article may be read by many as a whitewash of
Project Stork's role in what constitutes a very important
bifurcation in the history of UFO research. You did cast new
light on the genesis and development of the Battelle project. On
this score I am in close agreement with Jennie and yourself: the
Battelle staff did a great job of research. As I noted in
"Forbidden Science", the letter is straightforward, well thought
out; the subsequent "Report 14" was a fine piece of work under
the circumstances. But you downplay what holds the most
interest, namely the possible reality of another, larger secret
project. There was a reason for convening and manipulating the
panel instead of simply letting Stork complete its job. Control
of the UFO problem had changed hands: who was controlling it and
why? Who is controlling it today? The Pentacle Memo, in my
view, is a key historical document precisely because it lies at
that particular juncture where power changed hands. Allen did
not like to face this issue -- it compromised his own role -- and
he pushed it under the rug.
All these points, and the relevant documents, need to be aired
and discussed freely. Who knows what other facts might still be
waiting to come to light? The Pentacle Memo was not an isolated
statement. Its meaning, and its relevance to the field, will
only be clarified fully when other documents from that era can be
dredged up. Unfortunately, as I mentioned above, this needed
debate is made difficult by the tone of your article.
I am getting used to snide remarks from CUFOS, but they usually
do not come from your own pen. Why did you find it necessary to
include a throwaway statement like, "Jacobs is more knowledgeable
about the history of UFO study than Vallee"? What am I supposed
to answer to that? Can't you leave it for future, more impartial
observers to decide who deserves a medal? Why turn what should
be a serious debate into a pissing contest?
Another throwaway line that I found discouraging was your remark
that anyone reading something sinister into the Pentacle Memo, as
I do, had to have a conspiratorial mind. Coming as it does from
a group like CUFOS, which supports an abductee's statement that
she was taken away in a flying saucer by Short Gray Aliens under
the eyes of the Secretary General of the United Nations, such a
remark is curious. You must admit that in the context of today's
wild and woolly claims and counter-claims, my own conspiratorial
fantasies are bland and innocuous indeed. In the current state
of our collective ignorance it would seem prudent for CUFOS to
regard its colleagues' work with a little more consideration,
even when that work disturbs some old ideas.
With best regards,
Jacques Vallee
Jacques Vallee
1550 California Street, No.6L
San Francisco, CA. 94109
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