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Daily Mail
6 hours ago
- Science
- Daily Mail
Ex-NASA engineer claims trillions of shape-shifting, cloaked devices are hidden across Earth
A former NASA engineer recently made shocking claims that humans are not only working with alien technology, but there are also trillions of invisible devices hiding all around the world. Richard Banduric, the CEO of Field Propulsion Technologies, joined the Ecosystemic Futures podcast to reveal what he knew about ongoing efforts in the US to reverse engineer alien technology recovered from crashed UFOs. Banduric, an ex-propulsion engineer for both NASA and Lockheed Martin, said that trillions of pieces of alien metals had been deposited all over the globe. The whistleblower didn't know who had been scattering these objects worldwide, but believed they were different from the bits of debris experts had recovered from crashed spacecraft and may be part of a covert sensor network. Banduric added the US government and private research groups had found many of these devices and were trying to learn their secrets. However, he did not have any physical evidence of their existence. 'The type of things I looked at were something as small as a sliver of metal that would reconfigure itself depending on where it was. It would cloak itself and try to blend into the environment,' he revealed. 'These are really curious types of materials. That's how we could tell they were extraterrestrial, because these things weren't just decades ahead of us, they were hundreds of year ahead,' Banduric said on the December 2024 podcast. The former NASA engineer's disclosure of this top-secret information recently resurfaced on social media as more and more so-called 'space disruptors' have come forward to reveal what they know about UFO-related projects. As for why some advanced group would be scattering tiny objects as part of a global monitoring system, the engineer claimed that extraterrestrials could be trying to influence human society. 'They have all sorts of functions. This really implies that maybe this group is actually manipulating our species,' Banduric warned in his first public comments. Since the 2024 podcast, he and other guests, including UFO researcher Hal Puthoff and former NASA advisor Dr Anna Brady-Estevez, have continued to share details of humanity's attempt to reverse engineer alien technology. He added that it was still possible to acquire these cloaked devices scattered around the world, but his access had been cut off by the groups he was working with after he chose to go public with what he knew in 2024. Banduric had originally been recruited by the US Department of Defense and the Air Force to work on classified projects aimed at analyzing systems from crashed UFOs. However, he noted that these technologies weren't being used by the US government. Instead, it was non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that were studying most of the recovered alien technology. 'Some of that work I was doing with NGOs was really exciting. But one of the other things that comes out of this is that these individuals, or whoever this group is that has this advanced technology, probably does not want us reverse-engineering what they're working on,' Banduric explained. To stop other groups or governments from utilizing these materials, scientists discovered that the unknown metals could break apart into tiny particles that couldn't be reactivated. 'They were smart materials. You'd be looking at them and trying to reverse engineer them, they would turn to dust,' the engineer revealed. 'They would do it within a minute or two. Then, you could take the dust, send it off, and get isotropic analysis done on it. It turned out they were extraterrestrial,' he disclosed. According to Banduric, NGO scientists continued to run into these problems, suggesting that the technology was carefully constructed so that no one would be able to duplicate what they found. Along with being able to self-destruct, scientists examining these materials also found they could bend light around them, projecting the image of whatever was behind the extraterrestrial material in front so no one could see what was there, Banduric claimed. Along with potentially trillions of smaller objects seeded throughout the world, the former government engineer revealed that the US was aware of giant triangle-shaped craft that could use this cloaking technology as well. The giant triangles Banduric referred to have been described by many people reporting UFO sightings of the years. The engineer noted that they were 'not ours,' implying the triangles scientists were observing were extraterrestrial craft which appeared to vanish after being spotted. In April, former US national security official Matthew Brown disclosed that classified mission reports he read revealed how a large black triangle-shaped UFO 'decloaked' out of thin air over several Russian vessels in the Pacific. 'The [NGOs] I worked with were trying to figure out how these rather large craft, which people call triangles, would be able to disappear on a dime,' Banduric explained. 'These triangles were taking whatever was behind them and actually projecting it in front of them, which might be equivalent to taking the light rays and bending it around the actual triangle,' he added. Although Banduric did not reveal how many of these craft had been seen or were in the possession of the US government, another guest on the Ecosystemic Futures podcast did. Dr Puthoff noted that the US military had recovered and were studying at least 10 extraterrestrial craft since the 1940s.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Science
- Time of India
Aliens in disguise? New Harvard paper claims UFOs could be linked to hidden beings on Earth
The human quest to look for neighbours in the nearby galaxies is never-ending, and the idea that we might not be alone in the universe has been discussed for generations. Scientists and varied research organisations have spent years looking for signs of life beyond Earth, watching the skies, sending out radio signals, and exploring distant planets. But despite all the effort, the big question still remains, "Do aliens actually exist?" A theory from researchers at Harvard University suggests we may have been looking in the wrong direction all along. What if aliens aren't in the far corners of space but right here on Earth, living among us? This isn't a movie plot, but an academic proposal from Harvard's Human Flourishing Program. It challenges our assumptions about alien life and invites us to have new perspectives about this theory. What does the study propose According to the study , so-called extraterrestrial beings, or 'cryptoterrestrials,' could be living underground, hidden on the Moon, or even among humans in disguise. Although the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, it focuses on the cryptoterrestrial hypothesis. According to the paper, 'The author became increasingly aware of the depth of evidence and theory that also tentatively supports another extraterrestrial explanation: the 'cryptoterrestrial' hypothesis (CTH) – our focus here – which holds that UAP may reflect activities of NHIs concealed here on Earth (e.g., by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like She Is One Of The Largest Athletes In The World And She Is Truly Massive Journalistate Undo underground) and its environs. ' In simpler terms, the researchers are suggesting that unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs, earlier known as UFOs, could be connected to hidden non-human intelligences (NHIs) that already reside on Earth or nearby. According to the paper, the researchers suggest that these hidden beings, called cryptoterrestrials, could come in four different forms. First, there are Human Cryptoterrestrials or the survivors of an ancient, advanced human civilization that was mostly wiped out long ago but still exists secretly. Another suggestion is that there are Hominid or Theropod Cryptoterrestrials, which could be intelligent non-human species like ape-like creatures or even evolved dinosaurs that learned to live in hiding, possibly underground. A third type is Former Extraterrestrial or Extratempestrial Cryptoterrestrials beings that may have either come from another planet or from Earth's future, choosing to remain hidden on Earth or the Moon APart from these, there are the Magical Cryptoterrestrials, described more like mythical beings such as fairies, elves, or nymphs, that don't rely on technology but instead interact with humans in mysterious, magical ways. The theory still remains under skepticism The researchers admit their theory may be met with skepticism, stating, 'This paper is likely to be regarded skeptically by most scientists,' but they openly support open-mindedness, 'We hope to help normalize rigorous scientific analysis of anomalous phenomena and encourage the scientific community to consider this data with a spirit of epistemic humility and openness.' This study comes in the wake of several claims by former US intelligence officials about government knowledge of non-human technology, as an addition to the public's growing interest in UAPs.
Scotsman
3 days ago
- Science
- Scotsman
Should Scotland do more to celebrate its distinctive UFO history?
Robert Taylor, who is said to have encountered a spaceship in woods near Livingston | Contributed From world-famous cases to the Falkirk Triangle, items linked to this bizarre history risk being lost forever Sign up to our History and Heritage newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... In 1979, an alleged alien encounter in woods near Livingston sparked a police investigation and made headlines around the world. Robert Taylor, a 61-year-old forestry worker, was left in a state of shock after apparently encountering a large "dome-shaped" craft in a clearing in Dechmont Woods. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He later told officers two spiked spheres had rolled towards him, and he was aware of a strong smell of burning and being grabbed on either side of his legs before passing out. Robert Taylor, who is said to have encountered a spaceship in woods near Livingston | Contributed The case has since become the stuff of legend, not least because of the police involvement. Mr Taylor, a teetotal churchgoer and war hero, was also seen as an honest witness. He died in 2007. It is undoubtedly the most famous alleged alien encounter in Scotland, but far from the only one. Dr Gavin Miller, an academic at Glasgow University who has researched the cultural history of UFOs in Scotland, believes more should be done to preserve and celebrate this bizarre history. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The UFO phenomenon has been "remade and reinvented" over the decades, he said. Scotland was initially slow to catch on - some early press coverage was dismissive of what it considered to be American mass hysteria - but this attitude gradually shifted. In the 1950s, reports were influenced by Cold War anxiety. In November 1957, around the time of the Sputnik spacecraft launches, a group of tattie howkers, or potato pickers, were supposedly pursued by a flying saucer - more likely a weather balloon - while returning from Musselburgh to Edinburgh in a lorry. An "occult version" of the UFO phenomenon flourished in the 1960s and 70s, Dr Miller said, involving "contactees" who claimed to have communicated with entities or aliens. But a more hard-nosed, investigative approach also emerged, led by groups who were interested in gathering evidence through interviews and physical traces. They seized on Mr Taylor's story. "They all descend upon his house and his home," said Dr Miller, who is giving a talk on Scotland's history with UFOs as part of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's festival of knowledge in September. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad "They quiz him and they interview him and they take photographs and they write up reports. And there's even an official British UFO Research Association report on that encounter. They go to extraordinary lengths. "They have soil samples tested. He said there was a mysterious smell that made him pass out, so they get examples of gasses and put them under his nose to see if he can identify it, but he can't, and all the rest of it. "That gave a lot of energy and impetus to Scottish UFO research groups. They start to spring up around this and after this." An artist's impression of the Dechmont Woods incident | Contributed In the 1990s, the small town of Bonnybridge became an unlikely hotspot. The so-called Falkirk Triangle attracted international press coverage, and some enterprising locals sensed an opportunity. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad "Whatever really happened in Bonnybridge and Falkirk in the 1990s, the locals, in particular Councillor [Billy] Buchanan, who's still with us, were clearly aware of the tourism potential, or the economic potential as they saw it, of having a town associated with UFOs,' Dr Miller said. He has been working with Bonnybridge library to preserve some of this unique history. "There's endless stuff - national, international - and you also see just how much TV coverage and radio coverage they were getting,' he said. 'It really was enormous at the time." The popularity of The X-Files, first aired in 1993, no doubt helped. Other alleged incidents attracted press attention. In August 1992, Garry Wood, a 33-year-old ambulance technician from Edinburgh, and 25-year-old Colin Wright were supposedly abducted by aliens while driving on the A70 near the Harperrig reservoir in West Lothian. Billy Boyd was later attached to a mooted movie adaptation of the sensational tale. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But Dechmont Woods remains perhaps the most enduring mystery. "I think the great thing about the Robert Taylor incident is that it is so baffling,' Dr Miller said. "There is an enormous list of possible explanations, but every possible explanation brings its own problems." Mr Taylor's ripped trousers were taken by the police for forensic examination and later passed into the possession of UFO investigators. 'They've been called the Turin Shroud of Scottish ufology,' Dr Miller said. 'It's this kind of relic. The trousers get exhibited, there's psychic readings, they are shown around, they're passed around.' The trousers are still in the possession of Scottish UFO investigator Malcolm Robinson. In February this year, it was reported he had offered them to the National Museum of Scotland, which turned them down. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad "There is perhaps a moral there about Scottish museums and collections and what they do or don't want, and what they think is respectable and what they should be having, and what parts of history they record,' Dr Miller said. "I think it's a bit of a pity that we don't have a more positive attitude to collecting and preserving this heritage. "There's an archive in Sweden, Archives for the Unexplained, and they're collecting stuff from all over the world, and I think our UFO heritage is going there, to be honest. It's not being preserved nationally." There have been high-profile UFO sightings elsewhere in the UK, of course, and Dr Miller does not believe Scotland in itself is a particular hotspot. But it does have its own distinctive history, he argued, and one which plays into wider narratives such as deindustrialisation. "That's a distinctive story, I think, in Scotland because the Bonnybridge hotspot was so obviously, in some ways, about deindustrialisation,' he said. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad "The heavy industry and manufacturing industry have collapsed, the town was in industrial decline, there was quite a lot of unemployment. And so whatever was really going on in the skies, if it could be regenerated as a UFO hotspot, that would do something for the local economy." A Dechmont Woods UFO trail was launched in 2018. But Dr Miller said more could be done to preserve and promote items relating to Scotland's UFO history. "We don't have to naively endorse them, but if we don't get hold of this stuff and collect and preserve and promote it, it will be lost,' he said. 'I think that's the problem - it will be lost. Somebody will have all this stuff and it will just go in bin bags and it will be in a skip."
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
UFO expert on drone creep from Mexico: ‘A normal escalation'
Luis Elizondo, a former Pentagon insider who has researched UFOs, joins 'CUOMO' to talk about what the Trump administration considers a proliferation of drones used by cartels along the U.S. southern border. 'I think the cartel is probably more interested in conducting illegal business than they are trying to hurt U.S. citizens with lethal drones,' Elizondo says. #Drones #Border #Cartels Solve the daily Crossword
Times
5 days ago
- Science
- Times
This man wants to build UFO technology for America
Ten years ago, the US navy filed a patent that seemed to describe aircraft that could soar into space and accelerate at speeds faster than light. At the time, conspiracy theorists said it was evidence that the military had discovered UFOs and was re-engineering alien technology. The navy did not address such claims and has since let the patents lapse. But now Salvatore Pais, 57, the aerospace engineer who invented the science behind the patents and filed them on behalf of the navy, said he was worried the Chinese were developing the same technology. He said a paper, called The Plasma Compression Fusion Device, echoes his theories, and has 'been cited greatly, some very prestigious, highly placed Chinese research. I try to sound the alarm bells. Nobody hears me. But the Chinese are the ones who are interested in it'. The paper, which was published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, has since been cited in at least four Chinese scientific papers from 2021 to last year, Pais said. In 2017, the chief technical officer of the Naval Aviation Enterprise, James Sheehy, wrote a letter to patent examiners claiming that the Chinese were already 'investing significantly' in these technologies. Several physicists have said Pais's work has elements of pseudoscience, and mainstream publications still refuse to publish him. But while he admits that the funding of his work is 'at a standstill', he says that 'no one has shown my equations are incorrect'. Pais claims that his inventions work due to extremely high electromagnetic energy fluxes, achieved through acceleration, vibration or spin of an equilibrium — and are enabled by forces he describes as the 'Pais Effect' and the 'Superforce'. 'The experiments must be conducted to prove these ideas correct to generate a non-equilibrium plasma,' Pais said. 'Under certain conditions, it will generate extremely high energy density. If indeed this is correct, the very nature of local space time, what we understand is the fundamental nature of reality, can be manipulated.' Speaking to The Times in his capacity as a private individual rather than a member of the military, Pais said he believed aliens were real, taking the form of a 'superintelligence' that considers the human race 'an experiment'. Pais believes that the power achievable through the 'Superforce' makes artificial superintelligence a realistic possibility — and that aliens may already possess similar technologies. Through the energy generated by his inventions, he said it was possible to create a god-like AI capable of 'reinventing the cosmos'. The navy funded research into Pais's high-energy electromagnetic field generator (HEEMFG) to the tune of $508,000 in 2019, hoping to prove a theoretical electromagnetic field which could have applications in electronic warfare and in fuelling nuclear fusion. Pais hopes to get more funding to prove that his ideas are correct, saying he needs more people, laboratory time and 'real timelines, real components' to prove the existence of the Pais Effect. 'This is not something that will be done in half a year,' he said. 'This is not something that will be done with, say, four or five people.' Pais, who lives in California, still works for the US navy on everything from advanced power and environment management systems to electrical engineering projects. In private, he has worked on theories that enable spacecraft to fly and submarines to cut through water without friction. In 2015, he filed his five patents with the support of the navy and the Naval Air Warfare Centre Aircraft Division. His 2015 patent, entitled 'Craft using an inertial mass reduction device', argued that space travel was possible by using microwave emitters which vibrate a plasma (a fourth state of matter after solid, liquid and gas) and create 'voids' in the space-time continuum. The patent for his technology was signed by the US navy. It may seem surreal that an institution like the navy would entertain ideas of little green men, but the discussion around UFOs has become increasingly mainstream. Jon Kosloski, director of the Pentagon's air anomaly investigation unit All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, heads up an investigation into hundreds of possible UFO sightings. And while President Trump says UFOs are not 'his thing', he has repeatedly sparked interest with comments, such as calling Roswell — where an alleged UFO crashed in 1947 — a 'very interesting place'. Pais has supporters among fringe podcasters like Ashton Forbes, who has 88,000 subscribers and believes his research could revolutionise physics. Born in Romania, Pais moved with his family when he was 13 to New York City and studied at the Brooklyn Technical High School, where he received his doctorate. He says his decision to file the patents starting in 2015 came after rejections from academic publishing. 'At the time I was working for the United States navy,' he said. 'They have an invention evaluation board. They actually approved all five, which was a first, especially on such a highly controversial subject matter. But I was able to convince them.' When contacted by The Times, the US navy declined to comment on Pais or his patents.
