In 1963, the US government launched a satellite program aimed at monitoring the implementation of the nuclear test ban treaty in outer space, atmosphere and under water. The Vela satellites became the base of space monitoring.
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Despite the fact that for half a century of the program's existence, not a single nuclear explosion was recorded that would have been carried out in opposition to the said treaty, the program did not work in vain. Thanks to her, it was possible to discover gamma-ray bursts in the depths of space. Astrophysicists are still hotly debated about the mysterious nature of the origin of these short flashes. This radiation resembles X-rays, only much more powerful, therefore, periodically X-rays and gamma flares are recorded simultaneously.
Almost immediately after the mysterious glow was recorded for the first time, scientists managed to find out that these flares took place in distant space and, in essence, are responses to explosions of enormous power that took place in distant galaxies.
Scientists say that the Universe is illuminated by such flashes approximately once a day, but they cannot name their nature or the distance at which they occur. Astronomers associate flares with molecular clouds - formations with high concentrations of amino acids and organic molecules.
But some scientists have put forward a hypothesis that humanity is witnessing some echoes of galactic wars, in which alien civilizations many billions of years ago exchanged deadly blows. In an extreme case, galactic wars, in which space civilizations perished, can explain the so-called Fermi paradox - the great silence of the Universe.
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This version is indirectly proved by the fact that in the directions from which these flashes come, nothing is visible except the black sky. Be that as it may, but most scientists agree on one thing: almost all gamma-ray bursts are much more complicated than the explosion of an ordinary celestial body. Typically, a flash is a series of explosions of varying intensity, which last from a few seconds to minutes.
It is likely that this is what a nuclear war would look like. The version about intergalactic wars is also supported by the fact that radiation from different parts of the explosion does not reach the telescope simultaneously, although they move at the same speed. In addition, most of the explosions are of the same power, and the flash itself occurs inside a narrow ejection of matter that moves at the speed of light.
According to scientists, such standard explosions are not typical of natural chaos. Most often, gamma-ray bursts are observed between the constellations Taurus and Ursa Major, but in that strip there are no celestial bodies that would be known to astrophysicists. Therefore, it is quite possible that these are precisely wars between the galactic neighbors of earthlings. At the same time, some scientists say that people are too careless, sending numerous signals into space, because
Of course, not everyone believes that life exists in space, and that aliens not only exist, but have outstripped earthlings far ahead in technical terms. But scientists argue that extraterrestrial life is, at least it existed before.
A striking example of this is Mars. Scott Waring, an American ufologist who is known for his theories about aliens among the guards of the American president, as well as the artificial origin of the moon of Saturn, Enceladus, said that not so long ago the rover discovered an underground portal to Martian civilization.
The ufologist notes that the light that comes from somewhere from the depths and which was recorded in the images may indicate that the intelligent inhabitants of Mars are hiding in the depths of the red planet. It is possible that the Martians are sending signals to someone, using light to communicate with satellites - Deimos and Phobos. To prove his words, Waring speaks of many years of observations of various kinds of lights and flares that took place on Mars.
However, at the same time, he categorically denies the official version of NASA that this glow is of a natural nature, and are simply sun glare that are reflected from a stone shiny surface. And when NASA experts started talking about the camera defect, Waring talked about the possibility of a new Martian conspiracy theory.
The ufologist is sure that American specialists deliberately hide information about all the unusual phenomena that occur during missions to Mars, and even moreover, they specifically correct the data, destroying information about UFOs and artifacts and replacing it with “plausible”. It should be noted that flashes of light are far from the only Martian anomaly.
Before that, the so-called "face of the Sphinx" was discovered on the surface of the Red Planet, as well as all sorts of "iguanas", "turtles", and even "Martians", who froze in thoughtful poses on the rubble of rocks. Even earlier, astronomers Spiaparelli, Antoniadi and Lowell discovered the so-called "Martian channels", then - in the last century - scientists have observed strange seasonal color changes and very rare flares, which aroused interest in what is happening on Mars.
Then, numerous space stations were sent to the Red Planet. The pictures, which were taken using high-quality rovers, caused a great stir among ufologists, who found all of the above drawings on them. And finally, the era of serious study of the surface of Mars and the use of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which replaced the Cariosity rover, came. The use of such a technique led to the fact that new significant discoveries were soon made.
It is known that scientists have been interested in the mysterious Red Planet since ancient times. Even Epicurus, Lucretius, Bruno, and later Copernicus, Kepler expressed the opinion that this planet is inhabited. And quite unexpectedly, this hypothesis was confirmed. In 1859, the astronomer Seki, while observing Mars, noticed straight thin lines on the planet's surface, which he conventionally called "channels".
However, the scientific world initially did not pay any attention to his discovery. A little later, in 1877, another scientist - the Italian Schiaparelli discovered on the surface of Mars what he also called "channels". In the Italian language the word "canali" has many meanings, but the word "channels" got into the English translation. For many years, the astronomer observed the red planet, opening during this time periodic bifurcations and floods of channels, and came to the conclusion that these channels are of artificial origin.
At the beginning of the last century, the astronomer from America Lowell took up the study of Mars, who compiled the globe of Mars, and also wrote many books and articles in which he said that the channels on the planet are artificial, that is, it can be argued that there is highly organized life there. According to the scientist, these channels cannot be interpreted as cracks or river beds, as they are too straight.
The astronomer also believed that in the summer, during the melting of snow peaks on Mars, water was specially launched through these channels, and vegetation appeared along them, forming a kind of oases in which settlements were located. The fact that water once existed in a liquid state on Mars is also evidenced by the last expeditions of robotic rovers. However, at present, all Martian missions are reduced exclusively to the search for indirect signs of life on the red planet.
According to scientists, at this stage of the development of science, the last point in the hypothesis of the existence of life on Mars can be put by soil samples, which could preserve traces of the existence of a hypothetical civilization.
At the same time, some astronomers are sure that there is no need to look for anything, because if alien life does exist, then its representatives would have made themselves felt long ago. To this, the adherents of the theory of the existence of aliens, Martians and other space inhabitants name several main reasons why they have not yet appeared and remain silent.
The first reason is that aliens may not look like humans at all, that is, they may not have arms, legs or a head, or, conversely, have two heads, but without eyes and other human paraphernalia. These may be creatures that cannot talk. This is perhaps the most primitive reason. Another controversial reason for the silence, according to scientists, may be that aliens simply perceive humanity as animals in a zoo.
They know everything about people, they observe, but they do not interfere in their life in any way. This is the so-called zoo hypothesis, which was formulated in 1973 by the astronomer John Ball. The third reason stems from this hypothesis - aliens are simply bored with people. They periodically look at people as for entertainment, and then return to serious business. Perhaps when people rise to a higher level of morality, then full contact will take place.
Another reason for silence, which scientists call it, is being in different time periods. For example, the Martians lived on their planet many billions of years ago and everyone died out, and people have just started looking for traces of their existence. And finally, skeptics say that aliens do not come into contact with people, because they simply do not exist.
Intelligent life on our planet originated so exclusively that it is simply impossible to repeat anything like this. Humanity is lonely in the universe. Of course, these reasons cannot be taken seriously. But, as you know, in every joke there is a grain of a joke, everything else is true. And who knows, perhaps over time, scientists will determine which of these reasons for silence is the most true. Until then, people have no choice but to wait …