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Research & Science
When Erich von Däniken’s brought up the theory of historical
contacts between civilizations from outer space with ancient
civilizations on our home planet earth he stirred up scientific
circles. Erich's early work in 1968 has brought up disturbing facts,
which were deliberately disregarded. But once again the factor
'time' has led to significant changes in the views of scientific
circles.
In May 2005 scientists delivered the final proof for the existence
of other plants in the far universe. More than 30 years ago Erich
von Däniken came up with the hypothesis that other planets exist
outside our solar system. However, during that period the scientific
community was not ready and many scientists publicly denied the
chance for the existence of such planets. But Erich von Däniken’s
theories went further. At that time, he openly speculated that
genetic manipulations and cloning will soon be reality.
Only few scientist understood his foresight. The basis for Erich von
Däniken's theory – the existence of extraterrestrial life – could
not be proven yet, but modern science has quietly accepted the high
probability for the existence of extraterrestrial life.
Today, thousands of interdisciplinary scientists from various
faculties are conducting experiments and generate data. The quantity
and quality of available information is growing exponentially. Like
a big puzzle data gathered from other galaxies and our solar system
are analyzed to find the ultimate answer on the creation of the
universe.
Space agencies and renowned institutes engage Astrobiologists to
explore scientific models about possible extraterrestrial forms of
life. Physicians debate latest theories about parallel universes,
about interstellar space travel and even time travel. Therefore, it
is not surprising, that the scientific community initiated the
program SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Life). Today, SETI engages
several thousand scientists worldwide.
When Erich von Däniken initiated the basis for many of the above
scientific work by publishing his books in 1968, only a few could
understand the impact of his revolutionary theories. 30 years
latter, his theories have been widely accepted and influenced the
scientific world.
Erich von Däniken continues to be at the forefront of putting up
unconventional scientific leads and founded his own scientific
research organization. The membership in his interdisciplinary
organization is open to everybody.
While the cosmic search of the scientific community is focusing on
locating evidence in outer space, archeology and mythologies provide
another source of hard evidence of historical contacts with
extraterrestrial intelligence. Mythologies around the globe document
various encounters with advanced civilizations containing specific
information or technological details, which could not be known to
our ancestors.
Scientific circles have also gathered hard evidence and proof for
the pattern related to the behavior of primitive tribes which came
in contact with our current civilized world. Many such contacts
resulted in the formation of a new cult or religion. Ethnologists
have documented and proven numerous cases and classified them under
'cargo cult' .
The ultimate proof that we are not alone will surface when we
finally combine the findings of cutting edge laboratories,
astrobiologists, space exploration and research organizations with
the facts and information delivered through archeology and
mythology.
NEWS
Second, Alien Life Form May Exist on Earth, States Report in
Astrobiology Journal
New Rochelle, NY, April 18, 2005 –If life readily emerged on Earth
shortly after conditions became favorable, isn’t it likely that
other genesis events also occurred, creating additional “alien” life
forms that co-exist with known life, asks a groundbreaking
hypothesis paper in the April 2005 (Volume 5, Number 2) issue of
Astrobiology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert,
Inc. (www.liebertpub.com). The paper is available free online at
www.liebertpub.com/ast.
In “Finding a Second Sample of Life on Earth,” authors P.C.W. Davies
and Charles Lineweaver propose multiple scenarios for how a second
genesis of life could have occurred. Given that existing life formed
under early Earth-like conditions, then logically it would seem
possible for alternative life to have formed on Earth in a similar
manner and to have survived to the present day.
How then to detect a “second sample,” and is there evidence for
“alien life” on Earth? Davies, from the Australian Centre for
Astrobiology at Macquarie University (New South Wales), and
Lineweaver, from the Planetary Science Institute at the Australian
National University, conclude that life is likely to have emerged on
Earth more than once and, although there are ways to obtain evidence
of alien life, these microorganisms could exist on Earth today and
remain undetected.
“Davies and Lineweaver consider a way to cut the anthropic knot ,”
says journal Hypothesis Papers editor, Norman H. Sleep, Ph.D.,
Professor in the Departments of Geophysics and Geological and
Environmental Sciences, Stanford University. “If the origin of life
is easy, a second example of life may lurk beneath our noses. We
have the technology to commence our search.”
New Tools to Study Extrasolar Planets
NASA Astrobiology Institute, March 23, 2005
NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) scientists led one of two teams
that have announced the first measurements of light from planets
around other stars. The Spitzer Space Telescope detected infrared
emissions from these two planets, both of which are "hot Jupiters'
-- giant planets orbiting very close to their parent star. This
brings a third technique to the study of these planets, which had
previously been detected by their gravitational pull on the star and
by the dimming of the star as the planet crosses in front of it. As
noted by Drake Demming of the Goddard NAI Team, "Spitzer has
provided us with a powerful new tool for learning about the
temperatures, atmospheres, and orbits of planets hundreds of
light-years from Earth." Alan Boss of the NAI Caregie team called
this "a major milestone along the way to the ultimate goal of
finding Earth-like planets and examining their atmospheres for signs
of life."
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