Not all UFO encounters have ended on a positive note. In some rare and eerie instances, encounters with unidentified flying objects have reportedly led to fatal outcomes. Here we will look at several frightening cases where people could die after encountering a UFO. The Thomas Mantell Incident One of the most well-documented and tragic cases involves Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot. On January 7, 1948, Mantell was dispatched to pursue an unidentified object spotted over Fort Knox, Kentucky. Described as a large, metallic object, the UFO had captured the attention of military personnel and civilians alike. Mantell, flying his P-51 Mustang, climbed to an altitude of 20,000 feet in pursuit of the object. Witnesses reported that Mantell described the object as “metallic and tremendous in size” over the radio. As he ascended higher, Mantell lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen, and his plane ultimately crashed, killing him instantly. While the U.S. Air Force later suggested that Mantell had been chasing the planet Venus or a weather balloon, many remain unconvinced, believing his death was directly linked to an encounter with a UFO. The Frederick Valentich Disappearance Another perplexing case is that of Frederick Valentich, a 20-year-old Australian pilot who disappeared on October 21, 1978. Valentich was flying a Cessna 182L light aircraft over the Bass Strait when he reported encountering a strange craft. During his last radio transmission, Valentich described the unidentified object as “long, metallic, and with a green light.” He also reported experiencing engine problems before the transmission abruptly ended. Despite an extensive search, neither Valentich nor his aircraft was ever found. Speculation about his fate ranges from crashing into the sea to being abducted by extraterrestrials. The incident remains one of Australia’s most enduring UFO mysteries. Dyatlov Pass Hikers The Dyatlov Pass Incident Though not a typical UFO encounter, the Dyatlov Pass incident remains one of the most enigmatic and fatal episodes associated with unidentified phenomena. In February 1959, nine experienced hikers led by Igor Dyatlov ventured into the Ural Mountains in Russia. They never returned. When their bodies were discovered weeks later, investigators found inexplicable injuries: crushed skulls, broken ribs, and even a missing tongue. One of the strangest aspects was that some of the hikers’ clothes were found to be highly radioactive. Although theories abound, ranging from secret military tests to an avalanche, some suggest a connection to UFO activity, as reported sightings of strange lights in the sky were recorded around the same time and location. The Marconi Scientists Mystery In the 1980s, a series of mysterious deaths among scientists working for Marconi Systems, a British defense contractor, raised alarm bells. Between 1982 and 1990, over 20 scientists died under suspicious circumstances, many of which were officially ruled as suicides or accidents. However, the nature of these deaths – including electrocution, carbon monoxide poisoning, and staged car crashes – led to speculation about foul play. Some conspiracy theorists believe these scientists were involved in top-secret projects related to UFOs and extraterrestrial technology. They posit that these deaths were orchestrated to prevent sensitive information from being leaked. While no concrete evidence supports this theory, the sheer number of unexplained fatalities continues to fuel speculation. According to Bibliotecapleyades these four photos are from the U.S. Air Force Blue Book files and show a “French Flying Saucer Device” that is alleged to be one of the craft used by Marconi and built at the secret city in South America. The photos are known to have been taken in 1953. The Todd Sees Case In 2002, Todd Sees, a 39-year-old man from Pennsylvania, disappeared while scouting deer near his home. After an extensive search, his body was found in a tree, under mysterious circumstances. Witnesses reported seeing a UFO in the area on the day of his disappearance, and Sees’ body showed signs of strange injuries, including severe burns and the presence of a white, powdery substance. The unusual nature of his death and the reported UFO sightings have led some to believe that Sees was the victim of an extraterrestrial encounter gone wrong. Despite an investigation, no definitive cause of death was determined, leaving the case shrouded in mystery. These cases represent a dark side of UFO encounters. While many reported sightings involve nothing more than brief glimpses of mysterious objects in the sky, these fatal incidents suggest that the unknown can sometimes be perilous. The debate over the potential dangers of extraterrestrial encounters continues. The post Fatal UFO Close Encounters: The Grim Side of Extraterrestrials appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Studying gas in the Universe is no easy task. We often look to ‘non-visible’ wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum such as X-rays. The Chandra X-Ray observatory has been observing a vent of hot gas blowing away from the centre of the Milky Way. Located about 26,000 light years away, the jet extends for hundreds of light years and is perpendicular to the disk of the Galaxy. It is now thought the gas has been forced away from the centre of the Milky Way because of a collision with cooler gas lying in its path and creating shockwaves.  The Chandra X-ray observatory was launched by NASA in 1999. Since then, it has been orbiting above the atmosphere, probing space in high energy X-rays. It provides us with stunning, high resolution data that allows us to study black holes, supernova remnants and other high energy events in unprecedented detail.  Artist’s illustration of Chandra Using the power of the Chandra telescope to study the centre of our Galaxy, ridges that were perpendicular to the plane of the Milky Way were seen at a distance of 26,000 light years. The team of researchers believe the ridges are the walls of a tunnel that is shaped like a cylinder. The structure helps to funnel hot gas along, much as a chimney does over a fireplace, and away from the centre of the Galaxy. The vent is about 700 light years long and extends away from the core of the Milky Way.  The structure was previously spotted using earlier data from Chandra but also from the XMM-Newton project too. The radio emission have been detected by the MeerKAT radio array ( based in South Africa this array is made up of 64 receivers ) too and shows the powerful effects of magnetic fields channeling gas along the chimney. Lead scientist Scott Mackey from the University of Chicago said “We suspected that magnetic fields are acting as the walls of the chimney and that hot gas is travelling up through them, like smoke.” He continued “Now we’ve discovered an exhaust vent near the top of the chimney.” Exploring the Chandra data, the team think the vent formed from a collision as hot rising gas through the tunnel collided with cooler gas. The bright ridges in the walls are thought to be the result of shock waves generated by the collision. The left portion of the tunnel seems brighter because the gas flowing upwards has struck the chimney at a more direct angle and imparted more energy.  As for the origins of the hot gas, it is thought this is coming from material falling into the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy. As material accretes around the black hole, a series of events can cause material to be ejected from the accretion disk, forcing the gas along the chimney.  X-ray flares are thought to take place every couple of hundred years near the black hole where blasts of X-ray radiation reflects off a build up of hot plasma. These flares are thought to drive the hot gas upwards and out through the vent.  The diagonal line of bright objects in this image of the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy are all powerful sources of radio waves. The bright center is the home of the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. The dense, bright circles are the nurseries of new, hot stars and the bubbles are the graveyards of exploded, massive stars. The thread-like shapes are not yet understood, but probably trace powerful magnetic field lines. This giant image was assembled from observations made by the Very Large Array (VLA). One of the outstanding questions requiring extra research is the ultimate driving force behind the energy release. Is it a one off major event like the death of a star as it is ripped apart by the black hole or a series of smaller events that build up? Further studies are needed to fully understand the events at the centre of the Galaxy and to build a fuller picture of the nature of the vent at the centre of the Galaxy.  Source : NASA’s Chandra Notices the Galactic Center is Venting The post Hot Gas is Being Vented Away from the Center of the Milky Way appeared first on Universe Today.

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