Showing posts with label Global Warming. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

SEED: Medical Journal Article: 14,000 U.S. Deaths Tied to Fukushima Reactor Disaster Fallout


Impact Seen As Roughly Comparable to Radiation-Related Deaths After Chernobyl; Infants Are Hardest Hit, With Continuing Research Showing Even Higher Possible Death Count.

An estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors in Japan, according to a major new article in the December 2011 edition of the International Journal of Health Services. This is the first peer-reviewed study published in a medical journal documenting the health hazards of Fukushima.Authors Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman note that their estimate of 14,000 excess U.S. deaths in the 14 weeks after the Fukushima meltdowns is comparable to the 16,500 excess deaths in the 17 weeks after the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986. The rise in reported deaths after Fukushima was largest among U.S. infants under age one. The 2010-2011 increase for infant deaths in the spring was 1.8 percent, compared to a decrease of 8.37 percent in the preceding 14 weeks.

The IJHS article will be published Tuesday and will be available online as of 11 a.m. EST at http://www.radiation.org . Just six days after the disastrous meltdowns struck four reactors at Fukushima on March 11, scientists detected the plume of toxic fallout had arrived over American shores. Subsequent measurements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found levels of radiation in air, water, and milk hundreds of times above normal across the U.S. The highest detected levels of Iodine-131 in precipitation in the U.S. were as follows (normal is about 2 picocuries I-131 per liter of water): Boise, ID (390); Kansas City (200); Salt Lake City (190); Jacksonville, FL (150); Olympia, WA (125); and Boston, MA (92).

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Does Thermal Depolymerization Signal the End of Foreign Oil Reliance?

Thermal depolymerization (TDP) is a depolymerization process using hydrous pyrolysis for the reduction of complex organic materials (usually waste products of various sorts, often biomass and plastic) into light crude oil. It mimics the natural geological processes thought to be involved in the production of fossil fuels. Under pressure and heat, long chain polymers of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon decompose into short-chain petroleum hydrocarbons with a maximum length of around 18 carbons.
The above is an excerpt from Wikipedia. This process caught my attention when I saw the video on YouTube. At the first glance, the process seems amazing and a potential answer to North America's reliance on foreign oil sources. After doing some independent research on the subject, I found that, like with anything new, there's a lot of opinions on this matter both positive and negative. Some opponents of the technology argue that the process isn't cost-effective enough to be the solution we're looking for with respect to Green Energy. However, it would also seem to me that, if this process is a answer to energy needs, the oil companies (and the government being pressured by industry lobbyists) would not want this technology to go mainstream because it would cut into their profits and, ultimately, destroy (or replace) the current oil industry altogether.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

High Tech Next-Generation Muffler Cuts Toxic Emissions 97%, Improves Gas Mileage 20%

An innovative U.S. green technology company, with its main office located in Vancouver, Canada, has developed and owns the world-wide patents to, including Canada, United States, and Taiwan, a sophisticated new automotive muffler system that looks like a regular muffler, has no additional material or automobile-related installation costs, reduces vehicle emissions by an incredible 97% and remarkably, according to the inventor, improves gasoline mileage by 20%.

If society wants cleaner air and better gas mileage at a time of record highs in both respects, there's no choice then but to search out solutions and shine a spotlight on what we find.

There's absolutely no question that hot-button issues like pollution and, more specifically, the environment are major concerns that have captured major attention in recent decades and require significant, proactive next-generation solutions. Government bodies and environmental institutions all over the world are addressing these problems every day in principle and, more frequently in recent years, through legislation and international agreements.

In 1968 when John J. Mooney and Carl D. Keith invented the catalytic converter perhaps not even they could imagine that today their eco-invention would be not only standard, but also mandated in automobiles across the planet. This new muffler technology is the next logical step and the only tangible, cost-effective solution to solving the problem of pollution produced by internal combustion engines. It's also a sophisticated tool in fighting rising gas prices because this muffler will directly improve fuel mileage by 20%.

Millions of dollars have already been spent on research, development and testing, by the parent company, and the result is a 4th-generation end-user product, called the Auto Emissions Post Regulator. It’s passed rigid feasibility and effectiveness tests by government bodies and other relevant organizations in North America, costs no more to install than an industrial-era muffler, ongoing maintenance is about the same as a typical oil change, and the unit cuts toxic emissions from the internal combustion engine by 97% while increasing oxygen by several percentage points.

In Canada, numerous politicians and leaders, from Premiers to Members of Legislative Assembly and leaders of industry, have already shown significant interest in this new muffler technology as an important tool to reducing toxic emissions globally. Senior U.S. Senators' Dick Durban and Chris Dodd, both with reputations of supporting environmental initiatives, have also studied the technology and provided AD Capital U.S., Inc., the parent company, with letters of support. In 2005, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commented that this technology and others like it must be implemented if California's smog problem is to be solved. The Governor also provided the company with a written letter reinforcing his personal interest in any type of feasible emissions-reduction technology.

Personally, this technology struck me so much that I wanted to learn more it and find out what this company is all about and what other types of technologies it might also be concocting in their coastal laboratories. Since I'm largely based in Vancouver and the company's main office is located in nearby Burnaby, Canada, I was fortunate enough to spend some time with the people that make everything tick and, frankly, what I learned was nothing less than outstanding.

The presentation of the muffler technology captivated me from the first moment and continued to make an impression as the demonstration proceeded. The exterior of the unit is the same size and has the same basic dimensions as a standard automotive muffler and it attaches to a vehicle also in an identical manner. However, its uniqueness becomes evident by its pioneering sleek body design that smoothly integrates standard architecture with a clip-on/clip-off easy-maintenance chamber that filters and stores the toxic carbon emissions. Similarly to changing your car's oil a couple times a year, a driver using this muffler technology would have its filter changed twice a year (depending on make and type of vehicle) and, since units will all be proprietorially recycled, the driver's filter-change cost could cost less than an oil change. The demonstration model used at the company's state-of-the-art facility on Canada's beautiful west coast has been modified to allow the shell itself to open so that the inside can be viewed in action.

The muffler has three separate, distinct chambers that all serve a separate function. The first reduces noise like a regular muffler, the second uses a patented purple-luminous ultra-violet laser to literally separate the toxic gases from oxygen content, and the third is the actual storage chamber that needs bi-annual maintenance.

Another astounding aspect of the AEPR technology is that it efficiently harnesses heat coming from the engine and converts it into usable energy that's used to power the muffler's filtering system. When asked if this technology will work in the winters months, especially in places that reach -40 degrees Celsius, Mr. Golic explained that as long as the engine can start the heat-energy transfer system will function properly. Apparently, the 5th-generation model of this eco-friendly muffler, currently in the final phases of pre-production development, will improve this heat-energy transfer process to allow the muffler to provide the vehicle's critical systems with emergency power if necessary.

AD Capital's President and chief decision-maker, Ady Golic, is a successful businessman with entrepreneurial experience in many countries around the world including Europe, Australia, United States and Canada. Through his many successful endeavors, Mr. Golic has gained invaluable business and marketing contacts in the United States, Indonesia and Australia. Mr. Golic brings crucial strategic planning skills and corporate direction expertise to AD Capital and, through his leadership, exemplifies a subtle guarantee that this company is going places.

Tom Tary, a former engineer for the U.S. Navy Civil Engineering Corps graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in 1973. His commitment to environmental protection and energy efficiency led to his invention of the Energy Sourcing Power Supply, a patented technology useful for improving the efficiency of electrical distribution systems. Mr. Tary, a pioneering inventor that's made a habit of making history, collaborated with Mr. Golic in the invention process of the AEPR technology. He has more then 30-years of technical and innovative product development experience and possesses expertise in materials, processes, chemistry and physics. Mr. Tary is responsible for all of the R&D of AD Capital and is instrumental in developing the proprietary processes that comprise the AEPR. He spends 100% of his available work time on the affairs of the company.

In a candid conversation with Mr. Golic, he hinted at some of the additional technologies that are currently being prepared for production and open market and, in his usual compelling, very dead-pan manner, described as a patented Perpetual Battery System.

Mr. Golic quietly explained that this innovative technology utilizes two separate batteries that work in conjunction with an innovative mechanical charging system that is used to provide a constant and perpetual source of portable energy. A mobile phone, laptop, digital camera or any other portable electronic device (PED) that is equipped with this technology operates under the power of the first battery until it's drained, and then the sophisticated regulatory functions of the charging system switches the source of power seamlessly to the second battery. This proprietary process also triggers the proprietary internal generator and this is, according to Mr. Golic, the key to this patented, pioneering technology. Amazingly, this symbiotic-charging system is capable of recharging the first battery well before the second is exhausted, then once back on the power of the first battery the entire process begins in reverse, providing a virtually permanent, uninterrupted source of power. Mr. Golic stressed that, despite the amazing properties of this battery system, it is not "perpetual motion" or something that is beyond today's capabilities, but rather a new way of creating renewable energy.

Nonetheless and the battery system aside, it's my firm belief as a journalist and technology buff that this innovative company is on track to becoming an international phenom and market leader in the world-wide fight to reduce toxic emissions from automobiles. Further, and unlike a lot of green technologies that never make it to market because of proactive resistance from the establishment, this emissions reduction technology compliments existing architecture and fuel commodities and should be welcomed and embraced by today's contemporary political and industry leaders.

Lastly, not only is this technology cost-effective but it will save consumers and industry a substantial amount of money in the short and long term because it also, according to some test results, helps improves mileage by a significant 20%. Apparently, according to the inventor and some third-party field tests, the muffler's heat-exchange technology reduces engine heat significantly enough to make a difference in fuel consumption.

It also needs to be noted and, for all intents and purposes, should go without saying, that this review of technology and, more broadly speaking, the company AD Capital, has been compiled from and based on my own first-hand experiences, hours of painstaking due diligence, a review of public records and relevant patents and, most remarkably, through contact and exploratory correspondence with the company's robust legal advisory in British Columbia, Nevada and Texas. Sure this company has went through its share of ups and downs, changes in management and direction, but evolution and growing pains are common in any business, especially when it comes to emerging new technology sectors. Accordingly, AD Capital U.S., Inc., is the current official conduit, proprietor and only vendor of this amazing technology and, essentially, the rebirth of several prior incarnations that have, cumulatively speaking, paved the road for everything successful that's happening today. Today, the company has an amazing leadership at the helm, no financial encumbrances and full legal ownership of all of the technologies under its umbrella.

It should also be said that, as a professional journalist, this company and technology review has been written from a completely neutral, research-based point-of-view. Further, my only intention in writing about this important topic is because we need environmental solutions and these people can deliver the goods.

According to Mr. Golic, the company is presently negotiating and lobbying for legislation in 28 countries including Canada, US and Europe. Officials on both continents are actively testing the new mufflers on vehicles and AD Capital, using its own in-house lobbyists, is proactively pushing for legislative mandates throughout North America that support this patented technology's inevitable deployment in, at the very least, new automobiles coming off the line. Since this muffler is scalable, we might also see older cars with the technology as time passes.


The company also has a beautifully designed, superbly user-friendly and highly informative website to represent their interests on the internet. The company's flash-enabled site includes full animated and video sequences that demonstrate and thoroughly explain the technology, previous emission test results, letters of interest and, in some cases, endorsement from political leaders, the company's audited financial history and current business plan, history of previous generations of the muffler and a preview into what's next for the 5th-generation models.

Two proverbial thumbs up to this company and the technology it's developing that will undoubtedly improve life on our planet, generate new jobs around the world, and have an incredible, significant impact on consumers and industry.

If you're interested in learning more about the company first-hand or getting involved in helping bring this technology to the world, friendly representatives from AD Capital can easily be reached through their website.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

New Facts about Planet X, the Earth's Rotation & Global Warming

Interestingly enough, although I'm quite interested in numerous issues and topics including this particular subject, the idea to write this article came while researching my next major editorial series on Jean Keating's Prison Treatise and certificated monetary birth rights inherent to people all over the world, especially those in North America and Europe. Aside from being touted as one of the greatest legal minds of the past century in broad circles, Jean Keating was also an accomplished, respected researcher and scientist that spent a lot of his scientific career working on scalar weapon technologies.

During a 2004 seminar that I was reviewing, in the middle of the seminar Mr. Keating suddenly digressed from the main point and brought up the controversial topic of Planet X. He went on further to talk about how this elusive, but still officially unrecognized in the eyes of the scientific community as a whole, planetoid or Nemesis star is traveling toward Earth's sun, situated in the core of our solar system, and when this interaction happens, scheduled to occur in 2012, it could cause substantial problems for our little blue planet.

Howbeit his rant was short, his insight intrigued me so much that, recently, I went back through my notes and decided to research all of the topics and issues related to Planet X in more detail. It should also be noted, though, that given all of the evidence, pro and con, on this subject, I personally still haven't formed a definitive opinion. However, the pool of evidence presented, that implies the existence of some type of massive Trans-Neptune object with dangerous potential for humanity, is compelling and worth looking at with a serious, open mind.

According to a fringe, rapidly growing aspect of today's contemporary scientific establishment, the media's been blatantly lying to the public, at the request of major governments around the world, since September 10, 1984 by many accounts, but most certainly since 1992.

Whenever Planet X enters the conversation, one almost always encounters this automatic rejectionist orate, "If Planet X really did exist, our government would tell us about it."

Notwithstanding such denial, experts have come to expect this type of conflicting reaction when it comes to this particular topic, but instead of becoming frustrated those that know the real facts have been advancing their research and spreading the word.

For those that don't know what this is all about yet, Planet X is a large hypothetical planet with an orbit beyond that of Neptune. A hypothetical planetary object is a planet, natural satellite or similar body whose existence is not known, but has been inferred from observational scientific evidence. Folks, in this case to say there's been "observational scientific evidence" would be an out-and-out understatement.

The notion of Planet X was first proposed over a century ago by the scientific community, and accepted as a significant, distinct possibility by the beginning of the 20th century. Originally, speculation came about when astronomers first postulated that there's a defined plausibility of massive objects beyond the charted solar system in a region referred to as the Kuiper belt.

In the early 20th century, astronomer Percival Lowell's observation of apparent irregularities in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune led him to conclude that a distant planet, which he called Planet X, must lie beyond Neptune. The Lowell Observatory's long search for this planet ultimately led to the discovery of Pluto in 1930. However, Pluto's mass was found to be too small to disturb the other planets' orbits significantly. If you compare the size and mass of Pluto to Earth, the math becomes self-evident and, in fact, it is only 60% of the size of Earth's moon.

It should also be noted that astronomers, as early as the late 18th century, developed a fairly accurate, peer accepted mathematical formula that was used, by different parties until after the mid-20th century, to find other notable planets including, but not limited to, Saturn's perturber, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Since the dawn of the modern space age, new technologies have been employed to assist in the search for astrometric bodies.

Zecharia Sitchin is a respected author, researcher and scientist that, for decades through books, statements and other published documents, has been a staunch proponent of Planet X's existence since his early days. In a 1992 video, Zecharia Sitchin first offered a revealng citation from a 1992 NASA press release.

"Unexplained deviations in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune point to a large outer solar system body of 4 to 8 Earth masses, on a highly tilted orbit, beyond 7 billion miles from the sun.", stated NASA's official release according to Sitchin.

In 2003, the website YOWUSA.com's Steve Russell interviewed Mr. Sitchin, and in that interview it was stated that, "Some ten years ago the US Government itself, through its Naval Observatory, led the search for Planet X and the team's leader, Dr. Harrington, agreed with my ancient evidence. At that time even The New York Times wrote that all that is left regarding the existence of such a post-Plutonian planet is to name it."On January 26, 1983, NASA launched the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), a new telescope touted as a modern astrometric breakthrough. Numerous Planet X researchers have long held the idea that the IRAS satellite imaged Planet X during its sky survey.

On September 10, 1984, U.S. News & World Report published a groundbreaking article in its respected magazine called "Planet X - Is It Really Out There?". This particular article is widely considered by many observers to be the last genuine article about the hypothetical planet by a aristocratic publication.

Excertps from the U.S. News & World Report article include:

Shrouded from the sun's light, mysteriously tugging at the orbits of Uranus and Neptune, is an unseen force that astronomers suspect may be Planet X — a 10th resident of the Earth's celestial neighborhood.

Last year, the infrared astronomical satellite (IRAS), circling in a polar orbit 560 miles from the Earth, detected heat from an object about 50 billion miles away that is now the subject of intense speculation.

"All I can say is that we don't know what it is yet," says Gerry Neugenbaur, director of the
Palomar Observatory for the California Institute of Technology. Scientists are hopeful that the one-way journeys of the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes may help to locate the nameless body.

Some astronomers say the heat-emitting object is an unseen collapsed star or possibly a "brown dwarf" — a proto-star that never got hot enough to become a star. However, a growing number of astronomers insist that the object is a large, gaseous mass that is slowly evolving into a planet.

For decades, astronomers have noted that the orbits of two huge, distant planets — Neptune and Uranus — deviate slightly from what they should be according to the laws of physics. Gravitational pull from Planet X would explain that deviation.

Moreover, says Neugebaur, "if we can show that our own solar system is still creating planets, we'll know that it's happening around other stars, too."
Prior to the publishing of this pertinent article in 1984, numerous additional persuasive articles had also been written on the subject by sources including, but not limited to, Astronomy Magazine, The New York Times and Newsweek, between December 1981 and September 10, 1984. Subsequent to the release of U.S. News & World Report's article in 1984, the mainstream media suddenly and subtlety stopped reporting on this subject altogether — until 1992.

Privately and to be expected, NASA continued its important search, likely fueled by its findings in the early 1980s, for the elusive Planet X. In 1992, the space agency released its landmark statement regarding the object being approximately 7 billion miles from the star system's core.

Since that infamous 1992 press release, there's been absolute silence, dismissal, and public ignorance on the issue, more than after 1984, almost as if a "media blackout" had been imposed by government officials. The space agency itself will no longer publicly comment on issue, including their own previous comments, and no explanation is given for the agency's silence.

Since 1992, although the public has been led to believe that this hypothetical planet or brown dwarf does not exist, the evidence for this possibility has continued increasing and, in recent years, is becoming more and more difficult to dismiss. In terms of the math, the situation is becoming quite alarming in light of how quickly this mysterious object seems to be moving across our solar system toward its core, closer and closer to our own sun. Considering that, according to IRAS and NASA's official statements, this massive object was 50 billion miles away from the system's core in 1983, and only 7 billion miles away from the same point in 1992, it won't be too long before the object actually reaches its predicted destination.

Some scientists and astronomers believe that the object will reach our system's core before, but certainly no later than, 2012. Zecharia Sitchin had slightly more conservative estimates, predicting that the object's slowing down as it approaches its destination and won't arrive at the core until 2085.

According to experts, as this massive celestial object moves closer to its destination at the center of our solar system it will cause more and more astronomical turbulence, and serious problems for Earth in the form of violent solar and electromagnetic storms, mega-tsunamis, relentless heatwaves, and colossal earthquakes. In fact, a large number of astronomers and scientists feel that the Planet X phenomenon is evidently responsible for global warming. In recent years, experts have cited the 2004 Sumatra superquake, Thailand's mega-tsunami as a result of the superquake, farm lands burning all over the world, and severe droughts as evidence of their claims. Furthermore, these same experts also support global warming assertions and say that those who deny it or attempt to debunk the claims are either outright lying or not doing their homework altogether. However, if astronomical influences are indeed contributing to the global warming phenomenon, that means that humanity is only part of the problem.

In reality, the approaching planet or dwarf star could essentially be a key factor not only in global warming, but also in causing major seismic changes world-wide. Numerous events that can't adequately be scientifically explained, that we might even perceive as "freak accidents", such as the recent New York City steam pipe explosion, countless mining disasters on the rapid increase, and the Minnesota bridge collapse that happened on August 1, 2007. Statistically speaking, there's been more natural and freak accidents occurring over the past two decades than at any earlier point in modern times. The increased number of structural failure issues are a result of three major factors including a declining global infrastructure, Earth's interaction with other seen and unseen heavenly objects, and frequent low level seismic activity all world.

Commonly, experts will compare the Earth's declining structural integrity and infrastructure to its weakened, eroding biosphere. Scientists claim that infrastructural disasters related to seismic activity are partly due to humanity itself, but also because the Earth's orbit is being increasingly perturbed by the approaching Planet X.

Historically speaking, many astronomers claim that Planet X has approached and past the core of the system several times previously, over the course of thousands of years, as part of a natural, regular rotation around the solar system. However, in order for this to be true, you would have to accept three assumptions about a potential massive approaching object. First, it would need to have a long elliptical orbit around the sun, exactly like other planets in our solar system. Second, if it's a brown dwarf it must also be an evolving binary star because we live in a binary star system. Third, its now in the process, as it gets closer, of returning and passing through the core of our solar system. Considering these assumptions, it would only be logical to conclude that Planet X is already causing solar violence, global warming, and additional ongoing Earth changes.

Supposedly, this natural phenomenon could actually be responsible for previous global disasters and extinctions, Biblical accounts of the flood that are corroborated by other faiths and historical texts but referred to as The Deluge, the ancient account of Exodus, the Ten Plagues of Egypt, and the massive extinction of dinosaurs. While the Hebrews were writing the about the events of Exodus and the great plagues attributing their victories to God, the Egyptians had other ideas and sought explanations more secular in nature. Egyptians aspired to record their accounts, history, and deliberations in a massive anthology called The Great Book. It was the estimated to be the size of a modern encyclopedia and be more scientific than more faith-based scriptures of the time. Additionally, its common knowledge that the ancient Egyptians were exceptionally proficient in the areas of architecture, astronomy, and mathematics.

Essentially, the ancient Egyptians may have actually postulated the existence of Planet X and further determined that this mysterious heavenly object could possibly be responsible for some of the events that were also attributed to God at the time. Recorded accounts by Egyptians, from that time period, describe many catastrophic events with compelling detail, and these descriptions are reaffirmed by accounts in the Hebrew Torah, the Qur'an, and another ancient Bible-era compilation of texts, also originally written by the Hebrew, called the Kolbrin. In fact, one similarity among all of these ancient texts is that all of them refer to the events, that happen when Planet X passes, as "The Destroyer". In the Book of Jeremiah, it warns that, in chapters 25:32 and 48:8, The Destroyer will come and the entire Earth would suffer its wrath. It further says that, "Disasters will soon spread from nation to nation. They will come like a powerful storm to all the faraway places on earth" and "The Destroyer will come against every town, not one town will escape. The Lord said this will happen."

The Kolbrin Bible, as its commonly referred to by scholars and experts, has even more detailed accounts of this "Destroyer", it reinforces all of Jeremiah's prophecies, and describes everything in much more detail than any other account (almost as if the accounts were eye-witnessed). In fact, a lot of the natural events that the Kolbrin says will occur as
The Destroyer approaches have arguably been happening, especially over the past two decades.

Many scientists and astronomers related to this research believe that, due to the overwhelming evidence, the governments of the world are already quite aware of what's happening concerning the approach of this massive object, preparations are well underway, and the official denials and media blackouts are due to the significant notion of not wanting to cause global panic about what might happen when the event comes to pass. Speculation, on the basis of global trends over the past twenty years and reasoned scientific postulation, is that such an event would, as the object draws closer, increasingly affect the Earth's magnetic field adversely and cause a continuance of seismic, structural and natural disasters across the globe.

According to experts, when Planet X makes its final approach, a violent cosmic duel could begin and last for several months, affecting the Earth in profound ways while the planet will be bombarded with solar flare storms and cosmic lightning.

Furthermore, experts point out that the world governments are already preparing and, through a series of 12 satellites, situated over the North Pole and Europe respectively, have recently detected a huge crack in Earth's electromagnetic field. Further evidence of preparations by the government include a clandestine NASA project to launch numerous new satellites for the purposes of detection and warning, older satellites and even the Hubble telescope have been given project extensions, and a construction of a brand new infrared telescope observatory that's located inside a U.S. installation at the South Pole.

It clear that, whether this massive object arrives by 2012 or it takes another century, when it does happens it could quite possibly mean a major problem for the Earth. It's difficult to discount all of the evidence, and it's certainly not hard to believe that humanity would be kept in the dark by its leaders.

However, many people seem to find it much easier to ignore the issue and dismiss all of the evidence, but if there's not really a problem, how can all of the previous documentation and scientific proof, NASA's previous research and telescope findings, and ancient accounts of similar activities be otherwise explained?