Historic telescope photos reveal mysterious bright objects appearing over Earth’s skies during 1940s nuclear tests (Photo: Pinterest)
For decades, the notion of extraterrestrial monitoring has hung at the boundaries of science and rumor. A new study brought that debate back to the forefront with the assertion that unknown objects had been tracking Earth's nuclear activity decades prior to the launch of the first human satellites into orbit.
Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics in Sweden's Dr. Beatriz Villarroel has revealed a possible connection between early nuclear explosions and mysterious bright objects in the sky.
From 1949 to 1957, scientists saw a peculiar spike in what astronomers refer to as transients brief, glowing spots that would occasionally flash and disappear. Contrary to meteors or stars, these lights moved in seemingly intentional paths and glinted sunlight like they were constructed of metal.
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The peer-reviewed paper, reported in Scientific Reports, examined over 100,000 of these transients that were recorded on old photograph plates at the Palomar Observatory in California. Remarkably, observation levels rose by 45 percent during or shortly after nuclear tests carried out by the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. Approximately 60 such objects were seen to be in orbit on days of documented tests years before Sputnik 1 opened up space travel.
Dr. Villarroel and co-author Dr. Stephen Bruehl eliminated man-made or natural causes such as debris, clouds, or cosmic rays. "These are very flat, highly reflecting objects that existed before our space technology," Villarroel explained. "Nothing in nature acts like that."
Although the results fall short of proving extraterrestrial origin, they defy long-standing assumptions. The research implies the potential for non-human intelligence monitoring Earth's nuclear developments a notion that hitherto existed primarily in science fiction.
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Villarroel is guarded. "Nature has surprised us before," she said to NewsNation. "There could be explanations beyond what we currently envision."
The disclosures come in the wake of decades of government concealment and public interest in UFOs. Declassified CIA files previously suggested claims of purported contact with unidentified crafts in 1959 claims subsequently discredited by the FBI as hoax.
Whether these enigmatic observers were extraterrestrial probes or some unobserved natural phenomenon, this is one thing that can be certain the universe might have been watching long before we did.
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Disclaimer: This article is based on verified scientific research and expert interviews; it does not claim or confirm extraterrestrial activity.
