Throughout history the moon has held a special allure for humankind. Legends and myths have sprung up around it across the globe, from all corners of the earth and from all manner of farflung, disparate cultures. One aspect of the moon that has espacially enthralled us over the centuries is that of eclipses, and here is where things get fairly weird. Eclipses have been known throughout the ages for causing fear, mass panics, and even…
Adaptive optics (AO) are required for giant telescopes on Earth’s surface. (For a brief intro on the topic, see our previous article.) Their enormous curved mirrors collect a great amount of light which is blurred by transit through the atmosphere. World-class 300″ to 400” telescopes such as Keck, Subaru, Gran Telescopio Canarias, the Very Large Telescope, and the upcoming Great Magellan Telescope all use AO. These systems analyze the telescope’s image in real-time and then…
The American northeast, being as secluded and relatively uninhabited as it is, has left its paranormal community with quite the burden to bear. Without many industrialists, they’ve witnessed the demise and decimation of countless historically haunted structures that otherwise may have had new life to them. They’ve grown increasingly small in number as the modern era pulls the region’s residents to the bustling hubs of the east and west coasts. And, perhaps the most damning…
Don Schmitt has been one of the primary investigators of the alleged crash of a UFO in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. He and his colleagues have tracked down hundreds of witnesses who claim to have information about what happened. When putting together the Roswell UFO crash issue of Open Minds Magazine in 2011, openminds.tv asked Don to write us an article on the best evidence that an actual pilot of the alleged spacecraft survived.…
According to Clarín International, a security guard who works for a private security company hired by the clinic was stationed at the front desk when he reportedly saw an elderly woman enter the building at around 3 a.m. on November 12th. The woman asked the guard to let her go to room 915, on the ninth floor, to look for something that she had forgotten while hospitalized there. In the video, the hospital doors can…
