- PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN said in Chicago on May 5, 1988,
"But I've often wondered, what if all of us in the world discovered
that we were threatened by an outer -- a power from outer space, from another
planet." "Wouldn't we all of a sudden find that we didn't have
any differences between us at all, we were all human beings, citizens of
the world, and wouldn't we come together to fight that particular threat?"
Question-and-answer session after a speech about human rights and the Soviet
Union. At the height of the Cold War it was thought inconceivable that
the Soviet Union and the US would become allies. Truth is often stranger
than fiction.
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- LARGE ASTEROID NARROWLY MISSES EARTH
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- The Earth narrowly missed being struck by an asteroid
the size of a football field last week. Astronomers apparently failed to
spot the asteroid that missed Earth by only 75,000 miles until three days
after it flew past. This is a comparatively close miss that could have
caused major damage on Earth. If the asteroid hit Earth in a populated
area the explosion could have caused major damage. The asteroid was not
detected until three days after it came close to the Earth on June 14,
2002. It is not known if classified military satellites had picked up the
object. The object passed by Earth at less than a third of the distance
to the moon. If the asteroid hit in a populated area it could have caused
considerable loss of life similar to a nuclear explosion. Hitting the ocean
the asteroid would have likely caused damaging tidal waves. The asteroid,
provisionally named 2002 MN, was traveling at more than 23,000 mph when
it was spotted. NASA concentrates its efforts on bodies bigger than a one
kilometer across. Asteroids of this size could potentially destroy civilization
as we know it. Comparatively small amounts of money are spent to spot and
protect Earth from incoming visitors. Currently, there is no dedicated
program searching for objects of 2002 MN's size although Britain is testing
telescopes on the Spanish Island of La Palma that might eventually spot
smaller asteroids.
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- NEW HAMPSHIRE WHITE SPHERE
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- MANCHESTER -- The witness was sitting on my back porch
having a cigarette on June 10, 2002, at 9:15 PM, and saw something I thought
was a little strange. I live in Manchester, which has an airport and I
have seen many airplanes, but this was different. I happened to look up
and I saw a sphere, definitely at a high altitude moving across the sky.
I have seen planes at this high altitude, but am able to see their flashing
lights. This was just a white sphere. The light from it seemed to dim and
grow at certain points, but it could have been cloud cover, I am not sure.
However, this craft had no visible blinking lights, which I thought was
strange. It was moving at a good speed over the middle of the city heading
in a south east direction. I only saw it for a minute, but definitely from
NH at 21:58 hours. We do not know how accurate the time of the incident
is here.)
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- VIRGINIA FLYING TRIANGLE
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- VIRGINIA BEACH -- The witness reports that on June 6,
2002, "I went to meet a friend for a walk on the board walk to observe
the storm coming in at 8:15 PM, and we looked at the southern gray sky
and saw a black flying triangular object in the sky." At first I thought
it was a plane, but realized that it did not move. This black triangle
occupied exactly the same spot in the sky while I walked two blocks, and
stopped a neighbor and asked her if she saw something, she looked and said,
"What is it?" I said I don't know, she decided it was a kite.
The object had not moved and was high enough for the clouds to occasionally
pass between the object and the ground. In the next 5 minutes the stormy
sky became too dark to see the object. The black flying triangle had silently
hovered at cloud level for ten minutes before the darkness and storm obscured
it. Thanks to Peter Davenport NUFORC http://www.ufocenter.com
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- SOUTH CAROLINA WOBBLER
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- CHARLESTON -- Donna J. Bullock writes, " Since I
moved from Texas to South Carolina almost a year ago, I had not had any
sightings until Friday, June 13, 2002. At about 10:30 PM, I saw a wobbler
in the southeastern sky. "It was too far away to describe and appeared
only as a light in the sky, but acted like the usual object, skittering
here and there, going up and down and putting on a show." It definitely
was not a star, nor was it an airplane; an airplane did cross underneath
it on its way to land at the Charleston airport. I really miss the open
Texas skies. There are too many trees for a skywatcher here. Thanks to
Donna J. Bullock.
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- GEORGIA ELONGATED FLYING TRIANGLE
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- FLOWERY BRANCH -- The observer was fishing off the bow
of his boat looking at the stars and noticed one of the brighter stars
did a U turn and took off and disappeared on June 6, 2002. I know this
wasn't a satellite as it moved way too quickly. It moved across the sky
maybe two hand lengths then started to distance it's self, till I could
no longer see it.
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- TIFTON -- MUFONGA's Dr. Joye Pugh, a MUFON Consultant
contacted State Director Tom Sheets on Saturday, June 8, 2002, at about
10:30 PM, the witness and her husband was traveling northeast on Highway
319 toward Ocilla. About four miles out of Tifton her cell phone rang and
a female apologized for a wrong number. Dr. Pugh thought this unusual as
it had never happened before. Shortly thereafter, she noticed some specific
lights low above the trees off to the left. The sky was overcast but the
glow of the city lights from Tifton lit up this section of cloud cover.
They considered these particular lights to be unusual because they were
so low. Proceeding on, they approached closer and she observed an aircraft
shaped like an elongated triangle. She further noted there was a white
light at each corner and a red light in the bottom center. She was close
enough that she could clearly see the dark triangle shape against the glow
of the overcast. Traffic prevented her from pulling over, so she drove
on a short distance and turned into a water tower area. Quickly looking
back, she saw the lights slowly move across the road. She turned around
and drove back to get a closer look, but could not locate it. She drove
back toward Tifton and turned off onto another road in her search, then
encountered two additional but indistinct craft with lights to her front,
but they were opposite the glowing overcast and against a black sky. They
could hear the sound of roaring jet engines apparently coming from the
lights/craft, as they seemed to fly along very slowly. These lights went
back to the area where first observed, and as Dr. Pugh got turned around
and drove to the tower, once again she observed the hovering lights. Headlights
from passing traffic blinded her momentarily, the lights then crossed the
road again and disappeared as she continued to negotiate traffic. This,
in my opinion, is a classic triangle encounter made even more UNUSUAL by
what Dr. Pugh described as secondary indistinct slow moving craft ('things')
with lights, accompanied by a sound like roaring jet engines. Dr. Pugh
made a valiant effort to close with these unknown craft. John Bodin, MUFONGA's
Deputy Director for South Georgia and Dr. Pugh will investigate further.
Thanks to Tom Sheets, SD MUFONGA
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- FLORIDA FLASH
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- BOCA RATON -- The witnesses' husband couldn't sleep on
June 6, 2002, so he was working on the computer in the kitchen at 5:30
AM. After calling him numerous times he finally came to bed, and as he
laid down a bright flash of light came in the window. It was a bright strobing
light that soon went out. We both looked out the window and did not see
anything. Our yard which is fenced in so no light from the streets can
get in. I stayed awake for about 1/2 hour and watched out my window for
anything strange. About 6:00 AM, it flashed again on the side. We went
outside to look and found nothing. Two weeks before about 4:00 AM, I saw
small lights in the yard around the pool and our 150 palm trees. I saw
two lights about the size of a small flashlight in the trees about 3 feet
from the ground. Another light was in the top of the palm on the opposite
side of the yard. I woke up my husband and said look at the lights in the
yard. They flashed like large bugs, but they would have to be a foot long
to produce a light of that size, so I assumed it was not bugs. One flew
by the window and went straight up over the house. The other two were still
in the bushes. He decided to go outside in the screened patio to see up
close and was only 3 feet from the bushes with the lights. He called to
the lights and they flew around the back of the bushes and flew up into
the air and disappeared but they sure scared us! Thanks to Peter Davenport
NUFORC.
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- ARKANSAS DAYLIGHT CYLINDER
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- LONSDALE -- Richard B. Baccari writes, "I live in
rural town and have been watching the sky since my mother had a sighting
30 years ago. Until today I was always able to explain whatever I had seen.
I was pulling into my road at 3:55 PM, on June 14. 2002, and just happened
to glance at the clear sky and saw a white bar or cylinder. I could only
see two dimensions. At arm's length it was the width of two fingers and
the thickness half a finger. It was definitely close enough to establish
that there was no wing, tail, window, or rotor configuration. It was just
plain dull white and was not a reflective surface? It made me think cylinder
as it was traveling east very slowly without making any noise. It flew
over in less then a minute. I realized then I had stopped the car in the
middle of the road, took a quick glance in the mirror to see if I was blocking
any one, and looked up and it was gone. This was no ordinary craft. Thanks
to at Richard B. Baccari bartilini@aol.com
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- NEVADA ORANGE GLOWING FLYING TRIANGLE
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- LAS VEGAS -- The witness reports that on June 6, 2002,
a glowing orange light was seen at 10:30 PM. We watched it disappear then
reappear three times over a sixty-second period before going behind the
mountains. The last time we saw it, the orange glow was coming from three
orange lights in a triangular shape. The object was large and had mass
but there was no sound.
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- (Peter Davenport reports, "This was the date that
'The Amazing Kreskin," predicted a dramatic UFO sighting would occur
over Nevada. On June 7, 2002, he retracted, and stated that the "prediction"
had been a hoax, designed to show how gullible human beings can be regarding
the UFO phenomenon. Sounds like he was pretty gullible to retract his prediction.
Thanks to NUFORC.
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- CALIFORNIA CHROME ORBS SIZE OF A BASKETBALL
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- CONCORD -- On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 10:45 AM, two
workers saw two balls about the size of a basketball flying overhead. The
objects were chrome in color and one seemed to be moving up about as high
as a passenger jet flying overhead. The witness stated, "The second
one was dropping toward us and moving west. The bottom was transparent.
They were getting further apart from each other with the higher one moving
up and out of sight in three minutes. The second kept getting closer moving
west faster and dropping at about 4 to 5 thousand feet. It just seemed
to slow and stop. It seemed to stay just outside the landing patterns of
our local airport and after five minutes of watching this (orb) it accelerated
so fast to the west you would have missed it if you blinked your eyes.
Thanks to NUFORC.
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- CANADA EGG SHAPED LIGHT AND CATTLE MUTILATION
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- BRANTFORD -- At 3:20 AM on June 3, 2002, a very bright
object appeared just south of URSA Major in the night sky. The bright object
suddenly appeared and glowed very brightly and moved slowly southwest.
The object was two or three times brighter than Venus and was a white/yellowish
color. It stayed bright for only 4 seconds then faded to a point of light
for another 15 seconds until it disappeared. There was no noise at all.
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- AURORA, ONTARIO -- The witness reports that on June 6,
2002, "We were sitting in the car and then out of no where, this greenish
white egg shaped thing flew across the sky at 11:35 PM. It moved too slowly
to be a shooting star, and too fast to be a plane, it soared downward to
the ground, in almost a round line; like a semicircle. Thanks to NUFORC
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- MUTILATION -- This report of a mutilated six year old
Charolais bull was reported to me by the owner and the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police. When I arrived, I very carefully assess the situation, walk the
perimeter at hundred yards and all the area close to the animal etc. This
I do to check for any tracks, odd smells, and anything unusual, like the
behavior of the animals. This was an authentic mutilation, and one of the
most interesting cases in the six years. This bull was lying in a small
clump of Willow trees facing West. The tongue was removed as well as the
left eye and left ear. The penis was sticking out, and the testicles and
rectum were removed. On the stomach area was a very neat laser type incision,
oval shape 14 inches by 9 inches. The skin was never found and the flesh
had not been touched. The was also removed with the same precision. Samples
of blood, soil and grass were taken Laboratory results show that only pure
Hemoglobin remained and that very sophisticated equipment was needed to
reduce the blood to only hemoglobin. This like doing Brain surgery in the
kitchen with kitchen tools. Claudia Scheffer, another local, witnessed
an intense light outside, while the lights in my house dimmed. The dogs
were barking and I went out and saw a light in the sky, as did others.
Thanks to fbelzil@telusplanet.net and SHnSASSY1@aol.com
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- MEXICO SHEEP MUTILATED
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- JUAREZ -- The Grupo Juarense de Investigacion Ovni is
investigating the mysterious mutilations of sheep in that region--possibly
the first since 1996-1997. More information will be posted as it is received.
Thanks to Scott Corrales - Institute of Hispanic Ufology.
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- ARGENTINA 200+ ANIMAL MUTILATIONS
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- SALLIQUELÓ --*Doctor Daniel Belot, a SENASA Technician
in Salliqueló, was the veterinarian who analyzed the first animal
mutilation in the area. He has examined over a dozen cases for which he
can find no explanation, and is disconcerted. He is convinced that the
perpetrators arrived by aerial means and is certain that the animals were
slain elsewhere and subsequently dumped in the field. He asks that all
strange animal deaths be reported promptly. Dr. Belot, who is a technician
for SENASA, claims having never seen anything similar and believes that
only those who have seen any such case can understand the magnitude of
the events. The expert has been asked to analyze over a dozen cases, and
common patterns appear but no explanation can be found. The near-certainty
that the perpetrator arrives by air, and the certainty that the deaths
occurred 3 to 4 days earlier at a location other than where the carcasses
were found only adds to the state of confusion. He is an acknowledged professional
with a solid reputation and an official for a national delegation of SENASA.
Dr. Belot urged cattlemen to report any anomalous case immediately to aid
the investigations.
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- Dr. Belot was called in by a cattleman who found half
his bovine skinned to the bone. Dr. Belt suggested some animal must have
eaten it, which the cattleman rejected, saying that no animal eats in a
straight line. Upon investigation, "I was confronted by an unnerving
sight, "The animal lay on the ground, and the entire left side of
its face was skinned to the bone beneath the eye. All of its molars were
visible." "When we performed the necropsy we found that it was
missing its tongue, vocal apparatus, there was no blood inside or outside
the animal. It was perfectly clean with no tearing of the flesh like predators
do. "It is a deed that appears to have been carried out by humans,
but even so it's something very hard to do." Dr. Belot sent samples
to the University of Buenos Aires' School of Pathology and the only response
he received is that they cannot determine how the incisions were made.
He did not establish the animal's cause of death, blood samples taken from
other animals to detect strange substances "have yielded no results
so far.
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- Dr. Belot, says vital organs were missing in most of
them. "In the first case, the animal was missing all of its maxillaries,
but others were missing testicles and penises, ears, mammary glands, rectums
and vaginas. All of this suggest some kind of scientific research, but
don't ask me why a scientist is going to conduct research in different
farms without asking for permission. There were no tracks around the mutilated
animals and strange for no other animal to come near. When Dr. Belot reached
the animals many had been dead for 3 or 4 days. "In many cases they
were not yet bloated and did not give off any odor. In others, they presented
normal alterations, which increases the uncertainty." "The only
marks I saw within a ten meter radius, is that the grass has continued
to grow, but no animal will step into that circle, despite the fact that
the grass is in good shape." Belot points out that "after some
time, the dead animals have been attacked by predators. But until recently,
they wouldn't come close." The veterinarian noted that generally the
rest of the animals sort of "mourn" the deceased animal, but
that has not occurred and they appear indifferent, looking from a distance
without coming close." Belot emphasized, "The animals were killed
elsewhere and dumped there, this is inferred by the way the carcasses have
been positioned. Sheep and at least four horse mutilations have also been
reported. These fields are often practically inaccessible; it was only
possible to reach them on a tractor and it often necessary to cross flooded
areas.
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- Santa Rosa -- Police officers claimed to have witnessed
an UFO in the Pampan community of "25 de Mayo" and are looking
into the possibility that UFOs have something to do with the dozens of
mutilated animals found in the provinces of La Pampa, Rio Negro and Buenos
Aires. The incident can be added to a similar event which occurred June
19, 2002, in the Las Leñas tourist complex of the province of Mendoza,
where dozens of witnesses saw a UFO fly over. Thanks to Diario "Nuevo
Día" (Coronel Suárez, Prov. of Buenos Aires) Scott Corrales,
Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Translation (C) 2002. Special thanks to
Gloria Coluchi.
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- Editor's Note -- Ranchers are sending their families
to town, and keeping watch over their fields 24 hours a day. Various lights
have been reported hovering above the fields. Large tanks of water holding
thousands of gallons of water are found dry. Other reports have indicated
that an underwater base exists off the coast of Argentina and craft are
frequently seen entering and departing the ocean. Its possible these events
could be connected. See map http://www.filersfiles.com
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- URUGUAY: FIRST REPORT OF CATTLE MUTILATIONS.
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- The discovery of a dead cow On June 24, 2002, whose tongue,
eyes and genitals were extracted in a livestock region of the Uruguayan
interior has raised concern in the country. The first case was reported
today in the Department (province) of Durazno, some 300 km from Montevideo.
Mayor Carmelo Vidallin tried to cool down rumors by saying that "we
must await the expert's verdict", referring to the Ministry of Livestock
and Agriculture, which is working at the site. The mayor said, " No
signs of blood or a struggle between the animal and its victim were found."
Obscure esoteric practices could be at work has not been rejected, since
they are common throughout the country. However, the animals sacrificed
in these rites have been chickens and hens. Thanks to Scott Corrales, Institute
of Hispanic Ufology. Translation (C) 2002.
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- UNITED KINGDOM UFO WITH FLASHING LIGHTS
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- STROOD, KENT -- On Monday, June 10, 2002, "at around
11:30 p.m.," a family staying aboard their boat at the Hoo Marina
on the River Medway, near Rochester and Strood, Kent, saw traveling from
west following the river, a brightly lit UFO. "We are moored in Hoo
Marina, and it went right over the top of us, and it was around one-and-a-half
times the size of our vessel, which itself is almost 50 feet (15 meters)
in length the witnesses reported. "Loud helicopter noises were preceding
it but the object of interest had no discernible sound. Flying at treetop
level, it should have been extremely loud." But the UFO made no sound.
The object took two minutes to go into the near-distance, at which point
it hovered for approximately one minute, and then carried on. Very bright
white lights on each corner. Each was flashing in synchronization, at half-second
intervals, especially at the leading part and center. None of these lights
seemed to illuminate either the ground or cast any reflection on its own
surface. The object was either black or dark, though, if the latter, certainly
not light enough to be seen as gray in color. Main lights were flashing,
although no beam effects were noticed at all. "Our Doberman dog was
agitated and on edge during the time. Thanks to Eric Adams and Chris Rolfe
of UFO Monitors-East Kent and UFO ROUNDUP Vol # 25 June 18, 2002 Editor:
Joseph Trainor
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- VERY FEW CROP CIRCLES REPORTED THIS SEASON
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- Nancy Talbot reports that there are normally numerous
crop circles reported by this time of year. There has been a surprise drop
in the number so far this year. Five have been reported in England, two
in Holland and three in Germany.
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- ASTRONOMERS HAVE IDENTIFIED 100 KNOWN PLANETS
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- Gary G. Ford writes, in last weeks Filer's Files #25,
you discussed 13 new planets found in space. Isn't it curious that scientists
claim terrestrial planet sized moons in recently discovered large planets
are usually not considered suitable for life? In our Solar System, some
scientists imagine Europa or even Ganymede and Callisto -- having life,
but generally judge them as too cold. While Europa currently appears to
have a large ice covered ocean, The Galileo Probe magnetometer data suggests
that large deposits of underground water apparently grace otherwise icy
Ganymede and Callisto, both of which actually have much exposed land, in
contrast to Europa, which is deeply ice covered. Some of the newly found
large planets may have moons that could support life. In this case, moons
in proximity to a giant planet, warm and close to a star, provides nighttime
warming infrared illumination of large close-in planetary moons, while
nearly half the time any close-in moons will be protected from direct exposure
to the star's light and particle radiation, when the moons are in the shadow
of their primary. Moons close in to a Large Planet apparently have a tendency
to keep the same side toward the planet, and the opposite side away from
the Primary Planet which they orbit. This effect will greatly leverage
the fraction of a 'day' in which the Primary Pointing moon face will have
to endure the blaze of a relatively close in sun.
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- Therefore such moons can have a more constant temperature
facing their Primary, Major Planet, while the opposite -- or 'outside facing'
side cycles between extremes of exposure to the cold dark of space and
baking from the direct illumination in close proximity of even a small,
when close, star. One might expect volatiles, to periodically condense
on the 'far side' during 'night' and to be re-evaporated and move towards
the more shielded 'in-facing' side during day. Such an arrangement would
generate 'Weather' and may promote better retention of volatiles than a
terrestrial planet. I suggest that large moons of large planets close in
to small red/orange stars can be possibly fertile grounds for life. What
about intelligent life escaping such a moon? The large planets Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in OUR Solar System all have multiple moons.
Large moons allow gravity assist or 'energy theft' by passing space probes.
Jupiter's System is the best example of this effect, where on small fuel
consumption's, the Galileo Space probe has been enabled to lace its orbits
close into and far out from the Primary Planet Jupiter, while stealing
and giving orbital energy and momentum, to/from the Galilean moons. This
has greatly facilitated the Galileo Probes mission to the Jovian System,
in exploration of the Galilean Moons. Extra terrestrials could use the
multiple moons to enhance space travel and expeditions between two planet-moon
systems may be possible.
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- Furthermore, using the planets to gain orbital energy
and momentum might be possible to allow a 'moon dancing' and inner-planet
dancing strategy to greatly assist in reaching the outer planets. 'Planet
Dancing' between the 3 known large planets at 55 Cancri may even allow
for escape of space ships into interplanetary space. Long-lived robot or
Reptilian-like Hibernating Bio-Intelligences could mount an expedition
from 55 Cancri to our Solar System, using Planet and Moon Dancing over
the centuries. The use of Solar Energy is feasible on Mars, in addition
to Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen from chemi-processing of compressed atmosphere,
and Water, Hydrogen and Oxygen is available from melted ice and electrolyzed
water. Mineral wealth should also be fairly easy to exploit from Solar
or CO+O2 {from the breakup of Solar or Nuclear Powered breakup of CO2).
Planet and Earth 'dancing' should allow expeditions to Earth and our Luna
Moon! And of course who is to say that 55 Cancri is unique? Multiple large
planets, orbiting long-lived, smaller stars, some 'close in' to the central
star, and with many large-moons around the large planets, may even be a
better configuration for intelligent life to develop and eventually attempt
interplanetary travel! Thanks to Gary G. Ford, swimp@shaw.ca http://www.swimp.org/
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