The Salthill UFO encounter took place on a blustery day in Galway, sometime between the 22nd of February and the 1st of March, 1986. (When I first wrote this down in 2016 I was convinced that this was the only time that I had seen something that didn’t belong in our skies. It was later proven that this was not the case.)
An Unexpected Adventure
The 1986 experience kicked off an unexpected adventure, one that took me from the hills of Salthill to the icy shores of Greenland.
The pleasures of life in Galway were simple. For me, one of the finest was walking along the coastal promenade, the “prom” as it is called. My neighbours in Fairlands Park had a boisterous ten-month-old puppy named Rocky, and I’d often take him out to burn off some of that boundless energy.
“Come on, Rocky,” I said that afternoon, tugging his leash. “Let’s get a move on before that sky opens up.”
We were heading up the hill on Dalysfort Road toward Salthill beach.
The sky was a patchwork of moody grey and brilliant blue, and I was trying to guess whether we’d get soaked. As I tilted my head back, scanning the clouds, something caught my eye.
The Cigar-Shaped Object
Framed perfectly between the rooftops of a row of houses a solid, grey, cigar-shaped object hung silently in the air. It was utterly still. Rocky, meanwhile, was far more interested in a promising-looking patch of grass.
I didn’t have my 35mm camera with me, a fact I’d regret for years. The object seemed to be hovering a mile or two away, just above the rooftops, as motionless as myself, as I stood there contemplating it and looking for a “rational” explanation.
“It looks like a Zeppelin,” I finally murmured to myself, and dismissed the idea that I was seeing a UFO.
So, I continued the walk. And I kept the object in my sights. Due to the change in perspective, a house and some trees slid in front of it, temporarily, for few seconds, blocking my view.
Naturally, I expected the object to reappear on the other side as we cleared the obstruction.
But it didn’t. The patch of sky where it should have been was empty.
Searching for Answers
“Hold on a minute,” I said, turning around. Rocky looked up at me, confused. I walked back to the exact spot where I’d first seen it. Nothing. The sky was just sky. A slow-moving blimp would still be there, or at least nearby. This was just… gone.
It had vanished in a matter of seconds. I paced back and forth three more times in disbelief. Rocky started whimpering, having had quite enough of this strange game of back and forth. We carried on our walk.
Western House corner store, Salthill
Down at the Salthill promenade, we turned left at the corner store. The green across the road was buzzing with activity. Unfortunately, today, in 2025, all that’s left of the green is a huge car park. But in spring 2016 a full-blown festival was underway. At the seafront, I scanned the wide-open sky one more time. Clear.
Seeking Witnesses
A question crossed my mind: could others have seen the same object as me? I overcame my naturally shy nature to quiz a few people milling about:
“Have you just seen a blimp or any balloons in the sky here?” It felt like being a market researcher. I just got shrugs and shakes of the head in response
I’d already given up hope of finding anyone else to ask when I spotted my friend, Mick, who owned the local amusement arcade. “Mick, good to see you!” I shouted over the noise of a live band. “What’s all this then?”
“College Week, Eric!” he grinned. “Or Rag Week, depending on how much of a mess they make. You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”
“Not a ghost,” I said, lowering my voice. “More like… a blimp? Did you see anything up there in the sky? Big, grey, cigar-shaped?”
Mick laughed. “The only thing I’ve seen in the sky is my profits from the slot machines. You’ve been working too hard, mate.” He gave me a funny look, and we left it at that. The week carried on and came to a close on the 1st of March.
Headlines
About two weeks later, I went on another walk to Salthill promenade. I went inside inside the Western House corner store to buy cigarettes. Scanning the magazine rack, a headline suddenly jumped out at me:
“UFO flap reported over Irish coast and England”. My heart hammered in my chest. I grabbed the magazine and read the article right there and then. It turned out I wasn’t the only one who had seen strange things that week.
It was a small piece of a much larger puzzle.
Parallel Sightings at about the same time
“Charles in UFO Riddle” On 23rd February 1986: according to the Sunday Mirror, Prince Charles was flying over the Irish Sea in a RAF VC-10, returning from the USA. The pilot reported a glowing red object to Shannon air traffic control that had lit up the cockpit. The Ministry of Defence confirmed there was no danger. Other aircraft in the area reported the same object.
Miles Johnston, an investigator in Belfast, saw a red fireball with a tail over the Irish Sea on 23rd February and reported it to Armagh Observatory. This account appears in “Northern UFO News, number 118” from 1986.
In his book “Extra-Terrestrials Among Us,” George Clinton Andrews recounts the Prince Charles incident. Prince Charles is quoted as saying, “I felt I was in the presence of something outside our knowledge or control,” though the book cites tabloid sources.
Five witnesses reported nocturnal lights over the Irish Sea during this period.
From Salthill, Galway, the Irish Sea lies to the east, less than 200 miles away – a distance any aircraft could easily cover.
30 years later I reconstructed what I saw that day in 1986, close to Mutton Island in Galway. In 2016 I would discover that this spot may have a history of strange sightings.
Reconstruction MUFON #82139
Was it here, over Galway Bay, that the mythological Thuata De Danaan arrived in dark cloud ships and landed on a mountain further inland?
Myth and Mystery: The Arrival of the Tuatha Dé Danann
The story of the Tuatha Dé Danann arriving in ships that landed on a mountain is most prominently featured in the Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland). This collection of poems and prose recounts the mythical origins of the Irish people.
According to these accounts, the Tuatha Dé Danann – a race of god-like beings with mastery over magic and craftsmanship – arrived in Ireland under a shroud of mystery. The texts describe them coming in “dark clouds” or “flying ships,” which enveloped the land in shadow for three days. Specifically, they are said to have landed on Sliabh an Iarainn (“the Iron Mountain”) in modern-day County Leitrim. The striking image of a people making their initial appearance on a mountaintop enhances the mythical nature of their arrival.
Reclamation, Not Refuge
Their journey is best understood as a reclamation of ancestral lands rather than a flight to asylum. Some scholarly interpretations draw parallels between the story of the Tuatha Dé Danann and the biblical narrative of the Israelites returning from exile.
I have made several FOI requests, regarding Irish and British UFO sightings for 1985-1986 and I will update this page when they are released (date of writing 27.August. 2025). This is regarding the Prince Charles UFO and Shannon ATC. More information is on Facebook.
You’re a Child of the Stars and an Echo of the Big Bang
Your body, made of stardust, contains more atoms than there are stars in the observable universe. A cosmos of seven billion billion billion atoms is held within you.
These atoms tell two cosmic stories. The majority by count are hydrogen atoms, 13.8-billion-year-old relics from the Big Bang itself. However, the fiery hearts of ancient stars forged the vast majority of your mass – the carbon in your DNA, the calcium in your bones, and the iron in your blood. Thus, you are indeed stardust.
You are a living paradox: by number, an echo of the universe’s first breath; by substance, a child of the stars. You are made of both stardust and the dawn of time.
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Look inward,
and what do you see? Not merely flesh and bone, but a teeming, silent cosmos. Within the quiet confines of your own being, you hold a universe more populous than the one you see at night. You gather more atoms within you than there are stars in the velvet sweep of the observable sky. Being composed of atoms made of stardust speaks to your cosmic origins.
Each of these infinitesimal points of light tells a story, a dual epic of creation.
Listen closely.
Can you hear it? The faint, persistent hum of the beginning. The majority of you, by sheer count, forms a chorus of hydrogen, the firstborn atoms. The universe shaped these in its very first breath. An echo of the Big Bang, you are a 13.8-billion-year-old whisper. Within you lies the memory of a time before stars, before galaxies, before light had a place to land. Woven from the fabric of the dawn of time itself, you embody the universe’s earliest moments.
But you are also a child of fire and light.
The strength in your bones, the calcium that gives you form? The iron in your blood, carrying life with every beat of your heart? The carbon that writes the elegant script of your DNA? None of this was born in that first, quiet moment. Instead, it was all forged in the hearts of celestial furnaces. Long-dead suns left behind their ashes to form you, gifts from stars that burned brilliantly, collapsed, and seeded the cosmos with the raw material of life. You are, quite literally, stardust given a voice. It’s as if you are made of stardust echoing the secrets of ancient galaxies.
Here, then, is the paradox you embody: You are both the ancient, simple whisper of the beginning and the complex, brilliant song of the stars. You are a bridge between two eternities, the dawn of time and the heart of a sun. You are not just looking at the universe; you are the universe, looking back at itself.
Imagine a future where we could directly communicate with parallel worlds – what possibilities would that open for humanity?
Forget clunky hardware and sci-fi gadgets. When it comes to quantum communication with parallel worlds, what if the most powerful tool is already inside our skulls? A fascinating model for a “Cross-World Telephone” suggests that the key isn’t building a better machine, but harnessing the untapped quantum potential of the human brain.
The Brain as the Ultimate Quantum Receiver
One of the biggest hurdles in sending signals across dimensions is that the special quantum waves required for it fizzle out almost instantly. A machine alone can’t really bridge that gap.
But what if the receiver was placed right at the source? The WETCOW (Weakly-Evanescent Cortical Waves) hypothesis proposes that our brains are naturally dense enough to act as perfect quantum processors. It suggests our minds may already use these types of super-fast, short-range waves for the very process of thought. This makes the brain the ideal antenna and processor for interdimensional messages.
Telepath
How “Engineered Telepathy” Would Work
This system isn’t a handset you hold. Instead, a human operator – a “telepath” – would be the core of the system, assisted by a device that creates the perfect quantum environment.
The Setup: The operator would be positioned within a field generated by a special apparatus. This device wouldn’t send the message itself; it would create a stable quantum tunneling field around the person’s head, allowing their mind to do the actual communicating.
To “Speak” 🗣️: The operator simply focuses on a thought or message. Their natural brain activity acts as the signal, and the quantum field guides it across the “brane” between worlds to a listening operator in another timeline.
To “Listen” 🎧: An incoming signal would be received directly by the operator’s brain. The experience wouldn’t be a voice in your ear, but a sudden, perfectly clear thought, image, or idea appearing in your mind – as if it were a moment of profound inspiration.
In this incredible model, the ultimate communication technology is biological. Focused consciousness might unlock the bridge between worlds, rather than building it with wires and circuits.
The real question is: could we train our minds to make the first call?
The theoretical framework and research for this article can be found here:
The Mind-Boggling Concept of Faster Than Light
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Q: How does one design a possible world telephone system that communicates with nearby world timelines, or parallel universes, with people in them via quantum teleportation/tunnelling?
Thank you for your question. Here is my answer:
Designing a Cross-World Telephone: A Synthesis of Hardware and Consciousness-Based Approaches
Introduction
The concept of communicating with parallel universes or alternate timelines has long been a captivating staple of science fiction. Recent advances in quantum physics, however, suggest such a feat may be theoretically plausible. This article synthesizes two proposed frameworks for a cross-world telephone system, both founded on the experimentally verified phenomena of quantum tunneling and superluminal signal transmission via evanescent waves. By merging a hardware-centric design with a consciousness-integrated model, we can outline a comprehensive approach to potentially bridging the gap between realities.
Core Scientific Principles
Any functional cross-world communication system must be built upon a set of fundamental quantum principles that allow for information to transcend the conventional limits of spacetime.
1. Superluminal Information Transfer via Quantum Tunneling
The foundation of this technology is the experimentally verified phenomenon of superluminal quantum tunneling. Quantum tunneling allows particles to pass through energy barriers that are insurmountable under classical physics. This process is mediated by evanescent waves. When a wave encounters a barrier, it generates these unique waves, which decay exponentially but can reappear on the other side of the barrier faster than the speed of light.
Experimental Proof: Professor Dr. Günter Nimtz famously demonstrated this by transmitting Mozart’s 40th Symphony, modulated onto a microwave signal, through a quantum barrier at a speed of 4.7c.
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known” – Carl Sagan. One such phenomenon that captures the wonder of the universe is Quantum Tunneling.
The Hartman Effect: Research dating back to Thomas Hartman (1962) shows that the time it takes for a particle to tunnel is independent of the barrier’s thickness. This implies the particle effectively travels at superluminal speeds inside the barrier.
Signal Amplification: By cascading multiple barriers, the effective speed of the tunneled signal can be increased. Experiments have achieved up to 8 times light speed using this method.
Staggered superluminal accelerator (cascading barrier). AI upscaled real photograph, Erich Habich-Traut
2. The Bridge Between Worlds: The Timeless Quantum Brane
A key interpretation of quantum tunneling posits that the particle briefly enters a state where conventional spacetime does not exist. This realm acts as the “switchboard” connecting different timelines.
A Space Without Time or Distance: Inside the quantum tunnel, the signal’s phase remains unchanged, leading to the conclusion that the time experienced is zero. Topologically, this realm is described as a zero-dimensional (0D) point or a one-dimensional (1D) “brane” or string.
Connecting Timelines: In a realm where time and distance are meaningless, all points are effectively co-located. If parallel world-lines exist as part of a quantum multiverse, their wavefunctions would all intersect or be accessible via this fundamental brane. A signal entering this state is no longer confined to its timeline of origin and can emerge in a nearby one.
3. The Superluminal Brain: The WETCOW Hypothesis
A significant challenge with evanescent waves is that they decay exponentially over very short distances. However, the human brain itself may already be engineered to utilize them.
WETCOW (Weakly-Evanescent Cortical Waves) Model: Proposed by Galinsky and Frank, this model suggests that the brain’s immense processing speed and consciousness itself are facilitated by evanescent waves operating between neurons.
The Brain as a Quantum Processor: With over 126,000 neurons per cubic millimeter, the cerebral cortex possesses a density perfectly scaled to interact with short-lived evanescent fields. This makes the brain an ideal candidate for both an antenna and a processor for quantum information. The symbol for the quantum wave function, (Psi), fittingly mirrors its use in parapsychology for phenomena like telepathy, which this system aims to engineer.
Design Frameworks for a Cross-World Telephone
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Based on these principles, two distinct yet complementary design approaches emerge: a hardware-centric transceiver and a consciousness-integrated system.
Approach 1: The Hardware-Centric Transceiver
This design treats the system as a traditional piece of communication hardware that generates, transmits, and receives quantum signals.
Signal Generation: Use entangled quantum particles to establish a stable connection baseline. Messages are then encoded onto superluminal evanescent waves, for example, by modulating a microwave signal at a frequency known to maximize tunneling efficiency (e.g., 8.7 GHz, as used in Nimtz’s setup).
Quantum Tunneling Transceiver: The core of the device is a cascading barrier structure. This array of nano-engineered quantum barriers (such as prisms or metamaterials) is designed to amplify the tunneling effect and boost the signal’s superluminal speed.
Detection: On the receiving end, a high-speed oscilloscope or a highly sensitive quantum sensor is required to capture and decode the tunneled signal before it fully decays.
Cross World Telephone System? AI upscaled real photograph, Erich Habich-Traut
Approach 2: The Consciousness-Integrated System (Telepathy Model)
This design elegantly solves the problem of evanescent wave decay by using the most sophisticated quantum processor known: the human brain. The system is not a handset, but an environmental apparatus built around a human operator.
Telepathic Cross World Telephone Design Proposal
The Operator as the Core Component: The operator’s brain functions as the system’s primary transmitter and receiver, leveraging the WETCOW mechanism to process evanescent waves.
The Quantum Tunneling Array: A device is constructed around the operator’s head to create a stable quantum tunneling environment. This apparatus would consist of: Emitter: A low-frequency microwave emitter (e.g., 8.7 GHz) to generate the carrier wave. Barrier: A cascading array of barriers, possibly resembling a “Hohlleiter” (waveguide), positioned in immediate proximity to the cranium. This ensures the evanescent fields effectively permeate the cerebral cortex before decaying.
Communication Protocol: Communication becomes a form of technologically-assisted telepathy. Transmission (“Speaking”): The operator focuses on a thought or message. The brain’s natural neural activity serves as the signal, which is modulated by the array and sent through the timeless 1-brane to a listening operator in another timeline. Reception (“Listening”): Incoming evanescent waves from a parallel world permeate the operator’s cortex. The brain’s neural network interprets these fields as coherent thoughts, images, or sensations. The experience would be akin to a sudden, clear idea appearing in one’s mind.
Challenges, Solutions, and Operational Mechanics
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Signal Decay & Range: This is the primary obstacle.Hardware Solution: Develop quantum repeaters to capture and re-amplify the signal across greater distances.Consciousness Solution: The design inherently solves this by placing the processor (the brain) directly within the effective range of the evanescent field.
Targeting & Verification: How do we choose a timeline and confirm contact?Tuning Mechanism: It is hypothesized that adjusting the tunneling frequency could allow the system to “resonate” with a specific parallel world, much like tuning a radio to a specific station.Verification: To distinguish a true signal from noise, messages could be embedded with unique quantum signatures or pre-shared entanglement keys that confirm the authenticity of the link.
Causality & Paradoxes: Faster-than-light communication raises the risk of temporal paradoxes (e.g., receiving a message before it was sent).Possible Fix: The system could be designed with self-consistent protocols that only permit non-paradoxical information exchanges, or it may be that communication is only possible between parallel “presents.”
Conclusion and Future Directions
While highly speculative, a cross-world telephone system founded on quantum tunneling is theoretically plausible. By leveraging the proven reality of superluminal evanescent waves and exploring the potential for the human brain to act as a quantum transceiver, we can identify clear paths for future research.
Next Steps:
Replicate and expand multi-barrier tunneling experiments to achieve greater FTL speeds and signal stability.
Develop sophisticated brain-computer interfaces to test and measure the brain’s interaction with evanescent fields, as proposed by the WETCOW model.
By pursuing these hardware and consciousness-based avenues, we may one day move cross-world communication from the realm of fiction to reality. The only question that remains is: would you dare to make the first call?
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Designing a Cross-World Telephone System
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Our bodies are bustling ecosystems, teeming with a vast community of microorganisms known as the microbiome. These microbes living inside us play crucial roles in our health and well-being. While older estimates suggested these microbes outnumbered our own cells by a significant margin, more recent research indicates a ratio closer to one-to-one. This means we host roughly 39 trillion microbial cells, a number nearly equal to our approximately 30 trillion human cells. When we consider the 8 billion people on Earth, the sheer scale of this microscopic life is staggering. The importance of microbes living inside us cannot be overstated as they affect various bodily functions.
A Universe Within: The Cellular Perspective
From the perspective of a single cell within our body, the human host is a universe. We hold significant sway over their existence. When we eat, we provide nutrients to our cellular and microbial populations, highlighting again the importance of microbes living inside us. When we rest, many of our cells undergo periods of repair and reduced activity. Conversely, our actions can have devastating consequences for them. While the act of cutting our hair doesn’t shed a billion living cells as is sometimes claimed – hair is primarily composed of dead, keratinized cells – our bodies are in a constant state of renewal. We shed tens of thousands of skin cells each day, and many of our internal cells have remarkably short lifespans.
The Constant Cycle of Life and Death
This constant cycle of cellular birth and death is fundamental to our health. Microbes living inside us also contribute significantly to balancing this cycle. The cells lining our gut may live for only a few days, while red blood cells circulate for about four months. In contrast, some neurons in our brain can last a lifetime. The majority of our cells have a pre-programmed lifespan, a vital mechanism encoded in our DNA to ensure the health of the entire organism.
Immortality’s Price: The Anarchy of a Cancer Cell
However, this intricate system can falter. Should a cell defy its genetic programming and bypass its designated endpoint, it can achieve a form of immortality. By reactivating mechanisms like the production of the enzyme telomerase, which protects the ends of chromosomes from degrading with each division, a cell can begin to multiply without the normal checks and balances. This unchecked, relentless proliferation is the hallmark of cancer. In this sense, a single cell’s bid for eternal life can pose a mortal threat to the entire cellular community that constitutes a human being. Understanding how the microbes living inside us interact with cells can inform treatments and preventions.
A Symphony of Trillions: The Wonder of Our Inner World
Ultimately, to contemplate our cellular nature is to be filled with wonder. We are living, breathing universes, sustained by the coordinated efforts of trillions of microscopic lives. It is a profound and beautiful symbiosis that makes our own existence possible.
• Cosmos = the whole universe (all planets, stars, and space) • Polis / polites = city / citizen
Put them together and you get “citizen of the universe.”
2. A quick trip back in time
Imagine ancient Greece around 350 BCE. Most folks are fiercely loyal to their own city-state: Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and so on. One day the famously blunt philosopher Diogenes is asked where he comes from. Instead of naming his hometown, he shrugs and says, “I am a citizen of the world.” Mic drop. With that one line he tells everyone their local labels don’t impress him; he belongs everywhere and nowhere at once.
A few decades later the Stoic thinkers (think of them as the practical philosophers of the day) grab that idea and run with it. To them, every person is part of one giant family ruled by reason and nature’s laws. Under their view, treating a foreigner badly makes as little sense as mistreating your own brother or sister.
Diogenes is asked where he comes from.
3. Fast-forward to today.
Ask people now what “cosmopolitan” means, and you’ll hear things like:
• “Someone who’s traveled a lot.” • “Speaks a few languages.” • “Feels at home in New York, Tokyo, or Nairobi.”
All true. Modern life adds trains, planes, and the internet to the mix, so being “worldly” is easier than ever. But the old, bigger sense – citizen of the universe – still lurks beneath the surface, and it matters more than you might think.
4. Why the cosmic angle still matters
• Perspective. Step outside on a clear night, look up, and remember Earth is one tiny rock out of billions. Problems that seem huge – an annoying neighbor, a traffic jam – shrink a little.
• Common ground. Whether you’re in Brazil or Bangladesh, people laugh, worry about their kids, and enjoy tasty food. Seeing yourself as “cosmic kin” makes it easier to respect those different from you.
• Shared responsibility. If we all ride on the same blue marble, trashing the oceans or overheating the planet hurts the whole crew. A cosmopolitan mind-set nudges us to think twice before saying, “Not my problem.”
5. Signs you’re becoming cosmopolitan
You’re curious about how other people live, not judgmental.
You can enjoy sushi tonight, tacos tomorrow, and Ethiopian injera on Saturday – no food snobbery, just enthusiasm.
You listen to news from outside your own borders.
You’re comfortable saying, “I don’t know – tell me more.”
6. How to grow your cosmic citizenship badge
• Travel if you can, but if not, let books, films, or online forums be your passport. • Learn a few phrases in another language. Even “hello” and “thank you” go a long way. • Swap stories with immigrants or exchange students in your town. • Look up at the stars once in a while; download a stargazing app and find Mars or the Andromeda Galaxy. Nothing makes the universe feel real quite like spotting another galaxy with your own eyes.
• Get involved in causes that cross borders – climate action, global health, disaster relief. Small donations or volunteer hours matter.
7. A quick reality check
Being cosmopolitan doesn’t mean ditching your roots. Loving your hometown team or your grandma’s cooking is perfectly compatible with caring about the rest of humanity. Think of it as expanding the circle, not erasing it.
8. The takeaway in plain English
“Cosmopolitan” isn’t just a fancy word for someone who drinks cocktails at airport lounges. It’s a 2,000-year-old reminder that we all share the same cosmic address. Whether we’re talking about neighborhood barbecues or distant galaxies, we’re traveling this journey together. See yourself as a citizen of something bigger, act like it, and the world – and maybe even the universe – becomes a friendlier place.
The digital age began with a spark of innovation the day before Christmas in 1947. Some speculate that Roswell reverse engineering influenced this era, sparking much intrigue and debate over the years.
Transistor One
On December 23rd, 1947, researchers Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain at Bell Labs demonstrated the world’s first working transistor to their colleagues. This revolutionary semiconductor device would become the foundational building block of modern electronics, fundamentally reshaping human civilization by ushering in the digital age.
The Roswell Connection
Yet, a tantalizing question lingers about the origins of this revolution, tied to a mysterious event that occurred just six months earlier in the New Mexico desert. In July 1947, an object crashed near Roswell, New Mexico.
Could the reverse engineering of Roswell finds have given birth to modern electronics?
Roswell, NM,
While officially labeled a weather balloon, eyewitness reports from the time painted a far different picture. The debris was described as a strange, foil-like material with extraordinary properties. Witnesses, including Major Jesse Marcel of the 509th Bomb Group, claimed it was impossibly strong and possessed a kind of shape-memory; it could be crumpled into a ball, only to unfold itself without a single crease.
The timing is provocative. An alleged craft of unknown origin, made of materials beyond our comprehension, crashes. Within months, a breakthrough occurs that hinges on semiconductor materials, launching the digital revolution. This has led to speculation: did the Roswell wreckage contain a piece of technology, perhaps a communications chip, that was recovered and successfully reverse-engineered?
The Probability of Visitors
For such a scenario to be plausible, we must consider the likelihood of alien visitors. The Copernican Principle provides a philosophical foundation, stating that Earth holds no privileged position in the cosmos.
Our planet is one of countless worlds orbiting one of countless suns. If the conditions for life arose here, it follows that life has likely arisen elsewhere throughout the universe.
Our sun (M) is one amongst many. Illustration by Iohannes Kepler, Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae, 1618
This creates a paradox. If life is common, why haven’t we heard from anyone? Why the silence? Are we listening for the wrong signals?
The assumption that advanced civilizations would use interstellar radio waves might be flawed. It’s possible they have reasons not to broadcast their existence intentionally by radio. For one thing, conventional radio transceivers are awfully slow, given the enormous distances between worlds. Secondly, they may be afraid to expose their location (Dark Forest theory.)
If they aren’t communicating via radio waves, are they perhaps visiting or sending probes?
Since 1947, thousands of UFO testimonies have been logged. While many are misidentifications of mundane objects like the planet Venus, a significant number remain unexplained by conventional means.
If these reports are considered evidence of a physical presence, then accidental encounters, like the alleged crash at Roswell, move from the realm of impossibility to probability. The ultimate “message” from such a civilization might not be a radio signal, but something else waiting to be understood.
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For millennia, we have stared into that inky blackness, into that glittering cosmic abyss, and we have felt a connection. It’s a profound human impulse. To see the stars and wonder: are we a part of that? Are our lives, our destinies, entwined in those celestial patterns? This is the heart of astrology – an idea as ancient as it is persistent.
Sagan’s Twin Paradox
Carl Sagan took a look at this in his landmark series Cosmos. He was a master at applying simple, elegant logic to big claims. He posed a challenge – a beautiful, scientific thought experiment: identical twins.
Born minutes apart in the same place, their astrological charts are virtually indistinguishable. If astrology holds true, their lives should follow similar paths. Yet, as Sagan pointed out, their destinies often diverge wildly. One becomes an artist, the other an accountant. One is happy, one is not. For him, this was proof that astrology didn’t work. Case closed?
Well, not so fast. The universe is always more subtle and interconnected than we first assume.
The Twist in the Tale: Twins Reared Apart
Science, you see, keeps moving. After Sagan’s series, from 1979 to 1999, a groundbreaking study began: The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. And the results… wow. They are just jaw-dropping.
They found pairs of identical twins, separated at birth, who met for the first time as adults and discovered… well, uncanny similarities. The most famous are the “Jim Twins.” Separated at four weeks old. Reunited at 39.
Both had married women named Linda, divorced them, and remarried women named Betty. Both had a son named James. Both owned a dog named Toy. Both drove the same car, smoked the same cigarettes, and even vacationed at the same beach in Florida.
So, what’s going on here? Sagan’s argument was that twins born at the same time have different fates. But here we have evidence that twins born at the same time can have astonishingly similar ones, even when they don’t know each other.
The Ghost in Our Genes… and in the Cosmos?
The mainstream scientific explanation is, of course, genetics. That this is the power of our DNA: the double-helix code as a staggeringly powerful blueprint for who we are. And not just our eye color, but also our temperaments, preferences and predispositions. It’s a fantastic and simple explanation.
The Rise of Epigenetics
But a new field called epigenetics shows that’s not the whole story. Think of your DNA as a giant cookbook. Epigenetics is the master chef who decides which recipes to use based on environmental cues. The cookbook itself doesn’t change, but based on the environment – stress, diet, toxins, love, cold, heat – the chef decides which recipes to use. It adds a little molecular bookmark here, a sticky note there, telling this gene to be loud and that gene to be quiet.
The Epigenetic Chef
This is why one identical twin can get asthma and the other doesn’t. Their genetic cookbook is identical, but their chefs have made different choices based on different life experiences.
This brings us to the modern case for astrology. If the living cell is an “intelligent system” responding to its environment… what if that environment includes the cosmos? What if the “chef” is, in some small way, listening to the planets?
The Question of Mechanism
Okay. It’s a fascinating idea. So let’s test it.
Scientists have to ask: What is the force? What is the physical mechanism by which Mars – a planet whose gravitational pull on you at birth is less than the pull of the doctor delivering you – can reach into the nucleus of your cell and flip a specific epigenetic switch? Is it gravity? Electromagnetism? The strong or weak nuclear force? Which one? You have to show that a force exists.
Chaos Theory: The Butterfly Effect
How can a distant planet have any effect? This is where we must consider one of the most profound discoveries of modern science: chaos theory.
We’re all familiar with its central metaphor: the “butterfly effect,” where the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil can set off a tornado in Texas. The point is not that the butterfly has the power of a tornado, but that in a complex, dynamic system (like weather, or a human life), a minuscule, barely measurable change in the initial conditions can lead to vastly different outcomes down the line.
The Lyapunov Exponents
The Lyapunov Exponents
The moment of birth is the ultimate set of “initial conditions” for a human life, the first flutter of possibility, setting the delicate initial conditions that ripple through a life. Like butterfly wings in chaos theory, even the tiniest variations can orchestrate profound destinies.
The Butterfly Wings
This brings us to the modern case for astrology. If the living cell is an “intelligent system” responding to its environment… what if that environment includes the cosmos?
Newsflash: planets already affect life on Earth. Tides, seasons, your vitamin D levels – all cosmic puppetry.
Both gravity and electromagnetic forces can impact genetics by influencing how genes are expressed and how cells function. For example, microgravity conditions can change gene expression patterns related to cell structure, metabolism, and immune responses. Similarly, electromagnetic fields – especially magnetic fields – can also cause changes in gene activity and cell behavior, possibly affecting epigenetic modifications.
For instance gravity: Blaber, E. A., Fogle, H., Dvorochkin, N., Naqvi, S., Lee, C., Yousuf, R., … & Almeida, E. A. (2015). Microgravity induces pelvic bone loss and fatty liver through epigenetic mechanisms. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0124396.
For instance electromagnetic fields: Cui, Y., Park, J. H., & Miyamoto, Y. (2017). The effect of electromagnetic fields on the epigenetic modifications of DNA and histones. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(12), 2736.
Planetary Gravity as an Initial Condition
The old rebuttal that the doctor’s gravitational pull is stronger than Mars’s is a failure of imagination. It’s not about raw power. Framed by chaos theory, the subtle gravitational state of the entire solar system at the moment you are born doesn’t need to be strong; it just needs to be the initial “flap of the wings” in the incredibly complex system of your life. We have proof that these tiny forces have huge effects over time: science has confirmed that Mars’s gentle, rhythmic tug is enough to alter Earth’s orbit and drive a 2.4-million-year climate cycle. If that’s not a butterfly causing a planetary-scale tornado, what is?
Infant ponders Mars
The Moon: Its gravitational pull is so powerful it moves entire oceans, creating the daily tides. This is a tangible, physical force exerted upon the planet and every living thing on it, a rhythmic pulse that has shaped coastal life for eons.
The following table provides a comprehensive comparison of the maximum possible tide-generating force of the Sun and all planets relative to the Moon:
External forces of gravity on Earth
Planetary Electromagnetism as an Initial Condition:
We know planets are not inert. They are dynamic worlds broadcasting unique energetic signatures. Jupiter and Saturn emit powerful radio waves detectable on Earth. These are not brute forces, but tiny variations in the initial electromagnetic environment – part of the unique cosmic “weather pattern” you were born into. They are another set of butterfly wings, flapping at the precise moment your own complex system began its journey.
The Sun: Its cycles govern our seasons, our climate, and the circadian rhythms that are hard-wired into our biology. The Sun’s immense electromagnetic energy literally fuels our world and directly impacts Earth’s magnetic shield. Its influence is total.
The Radio Planets
The following chart details the magnetic moment of each planet – a measure of the magnetic field’s overall strength – relative to Earth’s.
External electromagnetic forces on Earth
Jupiter‘s powerful magnetosphere accelerates charged particles to incredible energies, producing intense radio waves. These “decametric” radio bursts are so powerful that, at certain frequencies, Jupiter can be the brightest object in the sky after the Sun.
Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, much like Jupiter. Its auroral radio waves, known as Saturn Kilometric Radiation (SKR), are similar to Jupiter’s but are not powerful enough to be detected by radio telescopes on Earth. However, Saturn produces another, more powerful type of radio signal from massive lightning storms in its atmosphere. These signals, called Saturn Electrostatic Discharges (SEDs), are at least 10,000 times stronger than emissions from terrestrial lightning and have been successfully detected by ground-based radio telescopes.
Uranus and Neptune: The Voyager 2 spacecraft confirmed that both Uranus and Neptune are “radio planets” with complex radio emissions generated by their magnetic fields. However, their radio signals are considerably weaker than those from Jupiter and Saturn. While a tentative detection of Uranus was reported by an Earth-orbiting satellite in the 1970s, the signal was difficult to distinguish from terrestrial interference.
The other rocky planets, Venus and Mars, do not have significant global magnetic fields and are not known to be sources of noticeable radio emissions. However, you will hear radio waves coming from those planets in the following recording:
Our Universe Is Not Silent
All planets in our solar system emit waves, gravitational and electromagnetic. NASA recorded radio waves from planets with the help of spacecraft. They then converted the signals into the audible range of human hearing (20-20,000 Hz). So, you can listen to all planet sounds from space.
Listen to the radio sounds of the planets in our solar system.
A New Cosmic Perspective
I have presented here a number of arguments of why astrology may actually have a scientific basis. Chaos theory explains how small initial differences can have a huge effect. Sagan’s initial argument against serious astrology, is shown to be inconclusive.
There’s a case to be made for the infinitesimal influence of the planets on our DNA, magnified through the Lyapunov exponents.
And I haven’t even touched on the possibility of quantum entanglement of our atoms with the cosmos.
Comparison of similarities between brain astrocyte cells and the cosmic web.
The universe is connected. We are stardust. Now that is a cosmic perspective.
Empirical Evidence
The one characteristic that sets astrology apart from science, and which is cited consistently by sceptics, is the lack of empirical evidence. There are plenty of anecdotes, but quantifiable repeatable evidence?
Not so much, apparently.
Of course, I could tell you that I worked in Brussels in 1989 for a NATO defence contractor, and the manager asked me my star sign, and I told him “Aquarius”, upon which he shook his head and told me: ” I knew it. We have 120 employees here, and 80 of them are Aquarius”. Enough with the anecdotes!
I searched around a bit and found this study in a Postgraduate Medical Journal:
They surveyed 1,923 physicians in the UK and uncovered some surprisingly specific, and sometimes quirky, correlations between their zodiac signs, personality traits, and the medical fields they chose.
The patterns they found are intriguing: Physicians specializing in Care of the Elderly were more likely to be Geminis, known for their communication skills, than Cancers (16.1% vs 2.3%).
Heart of a Lion: Cardiologists, who deal with the heart, were far more likely to be Leos. In the study, 14.4% of cardiologists were Leos, compared to just 3.9% who were Aries.
A Womb with a View: Obstetrics and Gynecology was dominated by Pisces. A full 17.5% of OB-GYNs were Pisces, while there were zero doctors in that specialty who were Sagittarius.
The Practical Capricorn: Those in General Medicine were more likely to be Capricorns (10.4%) than their Aquarius colleagues (6.7%).
Addendum The Cosmic Irony of Sagan’s Birth Chart
I really wanted to do a horoscope of Carl Sagan:
Birth Information: Name: Carl Edward Sagan Date of Birth: November 9, 1934 Time of Birth: 5:05 PM (17:05:00) Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
I hit a road block because there is no reliable or verifiable source for his exact birth time. Carl Sagan never spoke about it, nor have his relatives.
An Unverified Source
Carl Sagan’s birth time supposedly was 17:05:00, with the singular source cited as ‘765 Notable Horoscopes‘ on the AstroSage website. ‘Notable Horoscopes’ is a book by B.V. Raman, a respected figure in Vedic astrology. This provided an adhoc time and a traceable source: https://www.astrosage.com/celebrity-horoscope/carl-sagan-birth-chart.asp
A Product of Circular Reasoning
But this raises a number of red flags: his birth time is traced back only to a single origin: a compendium of horoscopes created for the practice of astrology, not for historical accuracy. The claim is contradicted by the complete absence of this information in all reliable records, including extensive biographies, institutional archives, Sagan’s personal papers, and accounts from his family.
The specificity of the time suggests it is not a recorded fact but a “rectified” time, calculated backward to fit a preconceived astrological model, rendering it a product of circular reasoning.
The existence of an unverified astrological birth time for Carl Sagan is not merely a piece of biographical trivia; it is a profound and telling irony.
The sole claim for his time of birth -17:05:00- is uncorroborated, without merit, and should be dismissed as a biographical fact.
I was peeved by this. There’s no record of Carl Sagan’s birth time? I decided to dig deeper.
The Search for the Certificate
With the help of “Upwork”, a professional genealogist and the librarian of the Library of Congress I tracked down Carl Sagan’s birth announcement.
It was deposited in the Seth McFarlane collection. But unfortunately the hospital didn’t write the time of Carl’s birth down. And his birth certificate is sealed from the public until 2035, or some such (100 years after his birth).
An impression of Carl Edward Sagan’s birth announcement.
And there you go. Of course Sagan – the man who spent decades debunking astrology – would ghost us on his own birth time. The cosmic joke writes itself: the astronomer who demanded evidence for the stars’ influence left us no evidence to test his own chart.
But was it only Sagan who is a sceptic of astrology? No, some Christians also have an uneasy time with it… I thought about it briefly, and then found an argument in favour of astrology, related to Christianity, that is hard to dismiss.
The Divine Symphony: A Christian Case for the Stars
While some Christian interpretations of Astrology focus on biblical prohibitions, a deeper reading reveals a more nuanced and even positive relationship between God, the heavens, and humanity. Rather than seeing astrology as a forbidden practice, we can view it as an ancient and intuitive language through which God communicates with all of creation, a truth powerfully demonstrated at the very birth of Christ.
Three Magi follow a star
The birth of Christ was not just announced despite astrology; it was announced through it. The journey of the Magi is a powerful testament that no field of human knowledge is outside of God’s reach. The heavens are not a source of pagan fear but a canvas for divine glory. The story powerfully suggests that for those who seek with a sincere heart, the stars themselves will bow and point the way to the true King.
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
Psalm 19:1 states this beautifully: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”
In this light, astrology is not a departure from God but an attempt to listen to what His creation is saying. It is an act of paying attention. Why would God create such a magnificent and orderly celestial clockwork if not for it to hold meaning and purpose?
The Goal Determines the Goodness of the Practice
The biblical prohibitions against “divination” are aimed at idolatry—the act of replacing God with something else. They forbid seeking guidance from the stars instead of God. The Magi, however, did the exact opposite.
The Magi: Honored Heroes of the Faith
The story of the Magi is not a cautionary tale, but a story of honor. These astrologers from the East are the first Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew to recognize and worship Jesus. They are presented as wise, diligent, and faithful seekers.
God Meets Us Where We Are
A loving God communicates with people in a language they can understand. He spoke to fishermen in terms of fishing (“I will make you fishers of men”) and to farmers through parables of sowing seeds. To the Magi, who dedicated their lives to reading the heavens, God spoke through a Star.
A Divine Endorsement: By placing a special star in the sky, God was not setting a trap; He was validating their search. He affirmed that their study of the cosmos was a legitimate path that could lead to Him. The Star of Bethlehem can be seen as God’s ultimate seal of approval on the search for divine truth within the patterns of creation.
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