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Part 2: Getting Close to the “Big Bang” Inside Large Hadron Collider?

“The discovery of Higgs boson particles would be the discovery
of a new force of Nature and the first one we will have seen in over a century.”

- Joseph Lykken, Ph.D., Fermi Lab Particle Physicist

 

Looking straight down a segment of the 17-mile-long circular Large Hadron Collider accelerator. Image courtesy CERN LHC.
Looking straight down a segment of the 17-mile-long circular Large Hadron Collider accelerator. Image courtesy CERN LHC.
This computer-generated image shows the location of the 17-mile-long (27 km) Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel (in blue) about 300 feet down on the Swiss-France border. The four main experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb) are located in underground caverns connected to the surface by 50 meter to 150 meter pits. Part of the pre-acceleration chain is shown in grey. Illustration courtesy CERN LHC.
This computer-generated image shows the location of the 17-mile-long (27 km) Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel (in blue) about 300 feet down on the Swiss-France border. The four main experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb) are located in underground caverns connected to the surface by 50 meter to 150 meter pits. Part of the pre-acceleration chain is shown in grey. Illustration courtesy CERN LHC.

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September 9, 2008  Batavia, Illinois -

Composition of Universe  ­     .4% glowing matter such as stars.­   3.6% “normal” matter as we know it in planets and stars.­ 22.0% cold, invisible “dark matter” detectable only by its gravitational influence on normal matter.­ 74.0% invisible “dark energy.”

 

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Still No Sunspot Action on the Sun

“I am surprised that if it’s going to be big solar cycle 24, it’s taking this long for sunspots to get started.”

- David Hathaway, Ph.D., Solar Physics Team Leader,
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama

 

No sunspots on sun, August 28, 2008, and the sun has been going spotless for weeks at a time. The minimum of solar cycle 23 was 1996 and NASA says solar cycle 24 began on December 11, 2007 (see images below). Image courtesy SOHO.
No sunspots on sun, August 28, 2008, and the sun has been going spotless for weeks at a time. The minimum of solar cycle 23 was 1996 and NASA says solar cycle 24 began on December 11, 2007 (see images below). Image courtesy SOHO.
On left, is Extreme UV-wavelength image of the sun and on right, a B&W magnetogram showing positive (white) and negative (black)  magnetic polarities. On December 11, 2007, this new high-latitude active solar region was magnetically reversed from sunspot magnetic directions in the previous Solar Cycle 23. So, this new sunspot officially marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 24.  Images courtesy SOHO/NASA/ESA.
On left, is Extreme UV-wavelength image of the sun and on right, a B&W magnetogram showing positive (white) and negative (black)  magnetic polarities. On December 11, 2007, this new high-latitude active solar region was magnetically reversed from sunspot magnetic directions in the previous Solar Cycle 23. So, this new sunspot officially marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 24.  Images courtesy SOHO/NASA/ESA.

August 29, 2008  Huntsville, Alabama - On July 11, 2008, NASA headlined one of its press releases as, “What's Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing).” The featured scientist in the news release was solar physicist David Hathaway, Ph.D., Solar Physics Team Leader, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Hathaway received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado - Boulder in 1979.

 

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Perchlorate Discovery by Phoenix Lander Does Not End Search for Life On Mars

“Right now, we don't know whether finding perchlorate is good news or bad news for possible life on Mars.”

- Peter Smith, Ph.D., Phoenix Lander Principal Investigator

This image shows the trench informally called “Snow White” where the perchlorate has been detected. This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 43, the 43rd Martian day after landing on July 8, 2008. Two samples were delivered to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory, which is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA). The first sample was taken from the surface area just left of the trench and informally named “Rosy Red” It was delivered to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory on Sol 30 (June 25, 2008). The second sample, informally named “Sorceress” was taken from the center of the Snow White trench and delivered to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory on Sol 41 (July 6, 2008). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona/Texas A&M.
This image shows the trench informally called “Snow White” where the perchlorate has been detected. This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 43, the 43rd Martian day after landing on July 8, 2008. Two samples were delivered to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory, which is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA). The first sample was taken from the surface area just left of the trench and informally named “Rosy Red” It was delivered to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory on Sol 30 (June 25, 2008). The second sample, informally named “Sorceress” was taken from the center of the Snow White trench and delivered to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory on Sol 41 (July 6, 2008). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona/Texas A&M.

August 5, 2008  Pasadena, California -  Responding to the growing buzz on the internet about suppressed Mars Phoenix Lander data and the White House Science Adviser being briefed on a new and potentially disturbing discovery in the lander's soil analysis, today Phoenix mission scientists spoke and answered questions in an hour phone conference produced by NASA and JPL.

 

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Part 2: Original Scorched Carbon of CIA Memo Links Government UFO Cover-Up and JFK Assassination

“As you must know LANCER [JFK] has made some inquiries regarding our activities which we cannot allow.”

- Director of Central Intelligence (MJ-1)

 

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August 3, 2008  Newport Beach, California - The following documents begin with the cover letter dated June 23, 1999, sent by the alleged CIA counter-intelligence leaker with the 9-page “burned memo” to Timothy Cooper at his Big Bear Lake, California, home.

 

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Updated: Part 2: Why No Military Response to Radar Unknown Headed to Bush Crawford Ranch on January 8, 2008?

“We found a possible AWAC that maintained an altitude of about 41,000 feet, which is higher than most of your civilian aircraft fly. It was there for the entire time of our radar data and it’s flying figure 8s over the area – going as far as north Texas to as far south as the
northern Austin area.”

- Robert Powell, MUFON Director of Research

“I think the January 8, 2008, Carswell log book was blacked out on the ten F-16s because the military wanted as little known as possible about what their F-16s were doing that day.”

- Glen Schulze, Electrical Engineer and Radar Specialist

 

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Updated:  July 29, 2008  Littleton, Colorado - Interviews with Glen Schulze and Robert Powell continue in Part 2 about the discovery of an unknown object that reflected at least 200 skin-paint returns, but was not sending out transponder signals to the FAA radar towers. Further, that unknown aerial object was moving in a straight line between 6:51 PM and 8 PM towards the George W. Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas. Yet, Glen and Robert could not find any radar signals of jet activity responding to that unknown approaching the property of the American President. 

 

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Part 1: Why No Military Response to Radar Unknown Headed to Bush Crawford Ranch on January 8, 2008?

“When radar returns on one unknown object (no transponder beeps) did show up in the data from 6:51 PM to 8:00 PM, on our graph it was traveling a straight line headed for Crawford, Texas.”

- Glen Schulze, Electrical Engineer and Radar Specialist

 

A triangle of three small towns (green) southwest of Fort Worth includes Stephenville, a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, population 14,921 in 2000 census. Dublin, about eight miles southwest, has a population of 3,754. Straight east of Dublin about ten miles is Selden with a full time population of about seven. The Brownwood Military Operations Area (MOA) is further southwest in map's lower left red circle. The red circle in lower right corner of map is Crawford, Texas, ranch home of U. S. President George W. Bush.  The Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base at Carswell Field is five miles west of downtown Fort Worth, large red circle in upper map right. The four yellow circles at Gorman, Proctor Lake, Alexander and Chalk Mountain are UFO eyewitness locations on January 8, 2008, in addition to several other eyewitnesses in the green circles of Stephenville, Dublin and Selden, Texas.
A triangle of three small towns (green) southwest of Fort Worth includes Stephenville, a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, population 14,921 in 2000 census. Dublin, about eight miles southwest, has a population of 3,754. Straight east of Dublin about ten miles is Selden with a full time population of about seven. The Brownwood Military Operations Area (MOA) is further southwest in map's lower left red circle. The red circle in lower right corner of map is Crawford, Texas, ranch home of U. S. President George W. Bush.  The Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base at Carswell Field is five miles west of downtown Fort Worth, large red circle in upper map right. The four yellow circles at Gorman, Proctor Lake, Alexander and Chalk Mountain are UFO eyewitness locations on January 8, 2008, in addition to several other eyewitnesses in the green circles of Stephenville, Dublin and Selden, Texas.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth or NAS JRB Fort Worth, also known as Carswell Field, is now home to the U. S. Navy Reserve, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, U. S. Air Force Reserve, and U. S. Air National Guard. The Carswell military complex is a military airfield located five miles (8 km) west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. This military airfield is operated by the United States Navy. The Air Force Reserve Command's Tenth Air Force headquarters and 301st Fighter Wing continue to be based at the installation, as well as the 136th Airlift Wing of the Texas Air National Guard. A number of Marine Corps aviation and ground units are also co-located at NAS JRB Fort Worth. Currently based Air Force aircraft are the F-16 Fighting Falcon and C-130 Hercules. Currently based Marine Corps aircraft are the F/A-18 Hornet and KC-130 Hercules. See: NAS JRB Fort Worth.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth or NAS JRB Fort Worth, also known as Carswell Field, is now home to the U. S. Navy Reserve, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, U. S. Air Force Reserve, and U. S. Air National Guard. The Carswell military complex is a military airfield located five miles (8 km) west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. This military airfield is operated by the United States Navy. The Air Force Reserve Command's Tenth Air Force headquarters and 301st Fighter Wing continue to be based at the installation, as well as the 136th Airlift Wing of the Texas Air National Guard. A number of Marine Corps aviation and ground units are also co-located at NAS JRB Fort Worth. Currently based Air Force aircraft are the F-16 Fighting Falcon and C-130 Hercules. Currently based Marine Corps aircraft are the F/A-18 Hornet and KC-130 Hercules.

July 26, 2008  Littleton, Colorado - Back in early January to mid-February 2008, a series of unidentified aerial lights and strange craft were reported by dozens of eyewitnesses in the Stephenville, Dublin, and Selden region southwest of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. One especially active date was January 8, 2008, beginning a few minutes after 6 PM Central with three eyewitnesses sitting on a hill in Selden southeast east of Stephenville and straight east of Dublin.

 

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Phoenix Robotic Arm Preparing to Dig Into Martian Permafrost

“We are not looking for live microbes on this Phoenix instrument suite.
We would not detect them. What we are looking for are the organic compounds that might be the food that could create life, either in the past or some time in the future.”

- Barry Goldstein, Phoenix Project Manager, JPL

Phoenix Mars Lander footpad after landing at 4:53 p.m. Pacific, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Image credit:  NASA; JPL; Cal Tech; University of Arizona.
Phoenix Mars Lander footpad after landing at 4:53 p.m. Pacific, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Image credit:  NASA; JPL; Cal Tech; University of Arizona.

May 29, 2008  Pasadena, California -  On Sunday, May 25, 2008, at about 4:53 p.m. Pacific time, NASA and JPL’s Mars Phoenix Lander reached the North Pole of Mars with only minor glitches. First, the sleeve on its robotic arm designed to dig into the Martian permafrost wasn’t completely off, but corrected itself later on. Then the UHF radio signal from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite suddenly and mysteriously shut off. Scientists are depending on the MRO radio to communicate with the Phoenix Lander. The radio silence, fortunately, was temporary and only delayed for a day the GO! signal to slowly start the deployment of the Phoenix robotic explorer and its digging arm. In a press conference on Tuesday, May 27th, Phoenix mission officials showed a Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photograph of the Phoenix hanging from its parachute as it drifted down about 12 miles in front of a North Pole Crater.

 

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Enceladus Water Geyers Full of Organic Chemicals

“A completely unexpected surprise is that the chemistry of Enceladus,
what's coming out from inside, resembles that of a comet. To have primordial material coming out from inside a Saturn moon raises many questions on the formation of the Saturn system.”

- Hunter Waite, a Principal Investigator, Cassini Mission

On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew along the south pole of Enceladus to sample water-ice, dust and gas in the geyser plumes that erupt there. This was the first of four Cassini flybys of Enceladus planned for 2008, the second coming in August. Image 2007 by Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew along the south pole of Enceladus to sample water-ice, dust and gas in the geyser plumes that erupt there. This was the first of four Cassini flybys of Enceladus planned for 2008, the second coming in August. Image 2007 by Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.

March 30, 2008  Pasadena, California - NASA reported this week:

NASA's Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby on March 12. Scientists are amazed that this tiny moon is so active, "hot" and brimming with water vapor and organic chemicals.

New heat maps of the surface show higher temperatures than previously known in the south polar region, with hot tracks running the length of giant fissures. Additionally, scientists say the organics "taste and smell" like some of those found in a comet. The jets themselves harmlessly peppered Cassini, exerting measurable torque on the spacecraft, and providing an indirect measure of the plume density.

 

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