lifeintheuniverse
NASA Astrobiology Institute - Features Archive

Posted on 5/27/2005 2:56:59 PM

SETI
SETI and the Search for Life
Christopher F. Chyba, SETI Institute
Excerpts from the written testimony submitted by Christopher F. Chyba, SETI Institute, to the "Life in the Universe" hearings held by the House Subcommitee on Space and Aeronautics on July 12, 2001. R
Posted on 5/27/2005 2:56:13 PM

lifeintheuniverse
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Astrobiology is devoted to the scientific study of life in the universe - its origin, evolution, distribution, and future. In 1998 NASA established the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) as one element of its research program in astrobiology.
Posted on 5/27/2005 2:54:06 PM

lifeintheuniverse
Are We Alone? Where are our Nearest Neighbors?
Edward Weiler, NASA Astrobiology Institute, August 6, 2001
Edward Weiler, NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Science discusses the search for life in the Universe. Are we alone? R
Posted on 5/27/2005 2:52:47 PM

DisclosureGeneral
The John Lear Briefing Scenario: Why the Answer is 'Yes.'
Stephen Bassett
The message was in the form of a question and has come to be referred to as the John Lear Briefing Scenario. It has been circulated extensively on the Internet. Lear asked Art to pretend the U.S. Government had selected Art Bell to make the disclosure decision after being fully briefed on the facts surrounding the extraterrestrial presence.
Posted on 5/27/2005 2:48:27 PM

AncientAstronauts
Ancient Nuclear Weapons? Another Aspect of the Ancient Indian Astronaut Connection
Colin Mulligan
Is it really possible that the ancient Indians had the capacity to deploy devastating nuclear weapons against their enemies? R
Posted on 5/27/2005 2:46:19 PM

DisclosureGeneral
UFO Disclosure: Is there a Pattern to Government Actions?
Presidential UFO

Posted on 5/27/2005 2:42:34 PM

Malaysia
UFO Sightings Up In Malaysia
The Star (Malaysia), Monday, January 7, 2002
Against the backdrop of political upheavals and an economic slump in the country, there were smiles among a group of extra terrestrial watchers here who claimed there had been an increase in UFO sightings last year. R
Posted on 5/27/2005 2:40:47 PM

Unsorted8
The Lazar Synopsis
Gene Huff, posted to alt.conspiracy.area51, 12 Mar 1995
This is a synopsis, or maybe booklet, of Bob Lazar's story which is being offered as a ground zero for future dialogue. R
Posted on 5/27/2005 2:39:31 PM

InterstellarTravel
Looking to Lasers, Microwaves and Anti-Matter for Space Travel
Leonard David, Space.com, 26 November 2003
As the 21st century unfolds, radically different forms of air and space vehicles will replace the clunky machines of today, whisking passengers at ultra-high speed around the Earth and outward into space. Laboratories scattered around the world are delving into novel and exotic forms of propulsion. Breakthrough physics could well make possible ambitious human treks across interstellar distances. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 11:24:05 AM

TrindadeIsland
The Trindade Island Incident, January 16, 1958
Claudeir Covo
It was the beginning of the International Geophysical Year of 1958, and on January 16, upon an invitation by the Brazilian Navy, Almiro Barauna joined the crew of training ship Almirante Saldanha on its way to explore Trindade Island, on the coast of Espirito Santo, a state in the Southeast of Brazil. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 11:21:00 AM

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Official International Government UFO Organizations, Programs, and Case Files
NARCAP (National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena)
Information regarding official, government, international research organizations examining unidentified aerial phenomena. Includes information on CNES-SEPRA in France, CEFAA in Chile, OIFAA in Peru, and the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
Posted on 5/12/2005 11:17:22 AM

UnitedNations
Bio of Sir Eric Gairy, Prime Minister of Grenada, who campaigned the U.N. to study UFOs
Afiwi.com
Gairy, convinced that mankind was threatened by extra-terrestrials arriving in flying saucers repeatedly called for a special group within the UN to investigate UFO's. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 11:12:46 AM

Unsorted8
U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet on UFOs and Project Blue Book
U.S. Air Force (updated April 2003)
This is a current, official fact sheet by the U.S. Air Force regarding UFOs and Project Blue Book. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 11:07:07 AM

Unsorted8
Carl Sagan Requested US State Dept. UFO Info
Associated Press, Sept. 30, 1997
Reference in this press article to Carl Sagan requesting information about UFOs from the State Department. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 11:04:11 AM

CropCircles
Rockefeller Funding Serious Crop Circle Investigations (press report)
The Independent, 19th May 1999
THE enduring mystery of Wiltshire's crop circles is coming under the gaze of one of America's wealthiest men. Laurance Rockefeller is funding research into the puzzling patterns that have spawned a host of theories embracing everything from alien spacecraft to freak wind conditions. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 10:56:44 AM

CropCircles
US billionaire funds crop circle research (press report)
BBC, 20th May 1999
US billionaire Laurance Rockefeller is to fund the UK's biggest survey of crop circles. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 10:55:50 AM

Australia
Pine Gap Base: World Context (Area 51 of Australia)
Lucien Cometta (reprinted on UFO newsgroups)
Article on the top-secret Pine Gap Base in Australia. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 10:53:22 AM

Unsorted8
Top-Secret 1949 Document
Jan Aldrich, International UFO Reporter
In the general correspondence file on UFOs for the Director of Intelligence (Decimal files .009 "Flying Disks" 1949), there were vague references made to this document and other USAF contacts with the Joint Intelligence Committee regarding UFOs.
Posted on 5/12/2005 10:45:46 AM

Astronauts
Edgar Mitchel Interview on Dateline NBC April 19, 1996
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Posted on 5/12/2005 10:39:07 AM

Astronauts
Cosmonaut Shadowed By Structured UFO
'Sightings' TV Program
In April of 1979, Cosmonaut Victor Afanasyev lifted off from Star City to dock with the Soviet Solyut 6 space station. But while en route, something strange happened. Cosmonaut Afanasyev saw an unidentified object turn toward his craft and begin tailing it through space. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 10:36:23 AM

Unsorted8
Rockefeller Not Believer, But Wants to End UFO Secrets
New York Observer
The following text is excerpted from a story that appeared in the New York Observer on April 8 under the title, "Rockefeller Greets Aliens! A Rich Guy's UFO Dream." R
Posted on 5/12/2005 10:34:47 AM

Presidents
Rockefeller Tells Clinton to Tell All About UFOs (press report)
New York Daily News, August 24th, 1995
President Clinton is being pressured to reopen supersecret government files on the world's most baffling UFO incident. The man who wants the secrecy ended is billionaire philanthropist Laurance S. Rockerfeller, a personal friend of the president. R
Posted on 5/12/2005 10:31:50 AM

Unsorted8
Scientific Braintrust Tackles UFO Mystery
B. Ann Slate, Saga’s UFO Report, Vol. 3, No. 2, June 1974 (Credit: Michigan MUFON)
Recently, without fanfare, some of our most distinguished space and aeronautic experts gathered to exchange data on Unidentified Flying Objects - and their confidential reports show that many scientists have seen aerial phenomena that could only be labeled UFOs R
Posted on 5/10/2005 5:03:39 PM

PopularCulture
UFO/Flying Saucer Comic Book Gallery
UFOPOP: Flying Saucers in Popular Culture
A gallery of over 1,000 comic books with covers that display images of UFOs and Flying Saucers.
Posted on 3/17/2005 12:15:36 PM

PopularCulture
UFOPOP: Flying Saucers in Popular Culture
The purpose of this website is to preserve and show how popular culture has depicted UFOs [and especially flying saucers]. The site is intended to preserve and display, for anyone interested in the subject and for students of popular culture, the imagery of UFOs and Flying Saucers presented in popular culture. Features a Gallery of over 1,000 comic books withcovers that display images of UFOs and Flying Saucers.
Posted on 3/17/2005 12:13:52 PM

JohnMack
Interview with Dr. John E. Mack
SciFi.com, October 2002
SciFi.com interview with Dr.John E. Mack, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a leading authority on the transformative and spiritual aspects of alien encounters. R
Posted on 2/2/2005 6:16:16 PM

Unsorted8
Calling Occupants (The Giant Rock Conventions)
Gregory Bishop and Kenn Thomas, Fortean Times 118 (January 1999)
Gregory Bishop with Kenn Thomas remembers George Van Tassel's Annual Giant Rock Interplanetary Spacecraft Conventions in the Mojave Desert in the early 1950s. for 23 years, other worldly inspired Americans and the great names of contactee ufology gathered there to commune with Space Beings. R
Posted on 2/2/2005 4:47:09 PM

Unsorted8
Obituary: Astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh (1906-1997) - UFO Witness
David Levy
Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of the planet Pluto, died on Friday, January 17. Below is a brief biography of Tombaugh provided by his close friend and fellow sky-searcher, David Levy. R
Posted on 2/2/2005 3:38:45 PM

Ufology
Ufology for the New Millennium
Nick Pope
The summer months of 1997 saw ufology in the public eye to a greater extent than any time than I can remember. But despite all this exposure, was the cause of ufology actually advanced? Indeed, are we at all clear what we mean by ufology, and what its aims should be?
Posted on 2/2/2005 3:35:43 PM