On this episode of the Alien Invasion podcast,  Brad and, Dave run down their 4 favourite alien weapons like the Klingon Bat’leth and War of the Worlds tripod.  Hit play to hear the rest of the list!

https://youtu.be/yNcyzbcECbM
The bat'leth is a double-sided hybrid-edged weapon with a curved blade, four points, and three handholds on the back. It was designed and created by Star Trek: The Next Generation visual effects producer Dan Curry for the Star Trek franchise, where it is the characteristic melee weapon of Klingons. Curry has called the bat'leth "one of the iconic images associated with the show." It has spawned a smaller version, which became known as the “mek'leth;” in Klingon, this is written meqleH. Bat'leths have become an enduring symbol of the franchise among fans, and they are occasionally referenced in other media.
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Music for Space, Scientists attempt to photograph a black hole, and a cigar shaped UFO in Rhode Island.  



The Question



If there are indeed planets with life, do you think those beings worry about UFOs or conspiracy theories regarding the government covering up signs of extraterrestrial life? (I guess what I am asking is… are aliens as paranoid as humans?) 



News



The UFO community still believes — and science is starting to listen



Music has long been known to affect people's mood. A certain tune can lift you up or bring you to tears, make you focus, relax or even run faster. Now a study is investigating how the power of music may improve human performance in one of the most stressful and alien environments we know – space.



Music can help release a cocktail of hormones that have a positive effect on us: oxytocin, endorphin, serotonin and dopamine. Besides the pleasure we get from it, music can be used to prolong efficiency and reduce anxiety.



Stress factors in space can lead to disrupted sleep, impaired time perception and spatial orientation.



"Space appeared to me as the perfect testing ground to use anti-stress music," says violin teacher Luis Luque Álvarez, whose 'Music for space' project puts the psycho-physiological research of music at the service of space exploration.



Story was written by the ESA at http://www.esa.int/ESA 



More here: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-music-space.html  



The Event Horizon Telescope is Trying to Take the First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole



Astronomers orchestrated radio dish telescopes across the world into an Earth-size virtual camera for a bold new experiment attempting to deliver the first-ever image of a black hole. The telescope collaboration is set to make a big announcement of results this week, and members also described their research approach at a talk in March.



The astronomers' idea is to photograph the circular opaque silhouette of a black hole cast on a bright background. The shadow's edge is the event horizon, a black hole's point of no return. A picture is worth a thousand words, and a photograph of a black hole would be an important tool for understanding astrophysics, cosmology and the role of black holes in the universe. 



Story was written by Doris Elin Salazar at https://www.space.com/



More here: https://www.space.com/event-horizon-telescope-is-trying-to-photograph-black-holes.html



Sighting



I saw what seemed to be a cigar shaped object glowing brightly zoom across my home then fly across the sky again.



Just moved into our new home. I have noticed a ton of low flying military helicopters flying over our home at all hours of the day into the night. At least 3-4 times a week. I am fully aware there is a Military base in Coventry, RI, so I accepted the fact that they are doing drills of some sort. 



More here: http://www.nuforc.

Space Music, Black Hole Pics, and Chestnut Ridge – Alien Invasion #259


The scientific community is opening up to extraterrestrials, the first all women space walk is called off, a couple of UFO sightings from Connecticut, and a review of Love, Death & Robots: Helping Hand.



The Question



 How do you think, the aliens we may eventually meet, will perceive time?  



News



The UFO community still believes — and science is starting to listen



ORLANDO, Fla. — He appeared as if a hologram at first — then solid — suddenly there and clear as you or I, at the edge of the forest behind Trish Bishop’s home in Kissimmee.



It was a Thursday in March 2013, the glow of the afternoon tucking in for the day behind the trees. He stood tall, at least 6-foot-3, perhaps 220 pounds and certainly muscular, wearing a formfitting tan colored uniform, boots, and gloves. He lingered by the crape myrtle tree in the middle of the backyard.



Story was written by  Chabeli Herrera at   https://www.inquirer.com/



More here: https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/ufo-sightings-believers-mufon-unidentified-flying-objects-outer-space-20190322.html 



Astronauts Won’t Make the 1st All Female Spacewalk After All, NASA Says 



The first all-female spacewalk in history won't be happening this week after all due to a last-minute crew swap, NASA announced today (March 25). 



NASA had planned to send astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch on what would have been the first-ever all-female spacewalk this Friday (March 29), but International Space Station mission managers have "decided to adjust the assignments, due in part to spacesuit availability on the station," agency officials said in a statement. 



While Koch is still on the schedule to take her first spacewalk on Friday, McClain will stay inside the orbiting lab this time. NASA astronaut Nick Hague will take her place.



Story was written by Hanneke Weitering at https://www.space.com/



More here: https://www.space.com/no-all-female-spacewalk-nasa-says.html 



Sighting



We’re going to share 2 of the 10 UFO sightings featured in a post from the Connecticut Post.  



Story was written by Jim Shay at https://www.ctpost.com/



More here: https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Latest-UFO-sightings-reported-in-CT-in-2019-13705550.php   



Picks and Warnings



Love Death & Robots: Helping Hand  - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9788504/



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The Truth, A Change of Plan, and a Twofer – Alien Invasion #258


NASA passes a major milestone with the help of SpaceX, The Orville gets its own comic book that delves deeper into the the Universe Seth MacFarlane has created, and after 25 years a series of Michigan UFO sightings remain a mystery. 



The Question



 Do you think aliens have pets the same way humans do? 



News



 SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown Marks Success of First NASA Commercial Crew Flight Test 



NASA passed a major milestone Friday, March 8  in its goal to restore America’s human spaceflight capability when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon returned to Earth after a five-day mission docked to the International Space Station.



About 6 hours after departing the space station, Crew Dragon splashed down at 8:45 a.m. EST approximately 230 miles off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX retrieved the spacecraft from the Atlantic Ocean and is transporting it back to port on the company’s recovery ship.



Story was written by NASA https://www.nasa.gov/ 



More here:  https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/spacex-crew-dragon-splashdown-marks-success-of-first-nasa-commercial-crew-flight-test/ 



By Avis, The Orville Is Getting Its Own Comic Book



With The Orville’s very fun second season currently airing on Fox, Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi series now has another treat waiting for fans that’ll take the cast to yet another new frontier: the pages of a comic book.



According to a Dark Horse press release, The Orville Season 1.5: New Beginnings—from show exec producer and writer David A. Goodman, artist David Cabeza, and colorist Michael Atiyeh—will span two double issues that will read like episodes of the show that take place between the first and second seasons. Here’s the official descriptions:



The first of these “episodes” starts with The Orville #1: New Beginnings Part 1(of two). On their way to a fleet conference, Ed and Gordon investigate a distress signal from a century-old buoy belonging to a Union ship. Back on the Orville, Kelly tries to mediate when Bortus insists on enrolling Topa into school despite him being only a few months old.



Story was written by Cheryl Eddy at Gizmodo



More here:  https://io9.gizmodo.com/by-avis-the-orville-is-getting-its-own-comic-book-1833140121 



Sighting



Dean “Vern” Garner has kept a secret for 20 years. He thinks about it often, but hardly speaks about it because he has no proof.



The eerie lights filled the sky along nearly 200 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. 



On March 8, 1994, calls flooded 911 to report strange sightings in the night sky. The reports came in from all walks of life — from police and a meteorologist to residents of Michigan's many beach resorts. Hundreds of people witnessed what many insisted were UFOs — unidentified flying objects.



Cindy Pravda, 63, of Grand Haven remembers that night in vivid detail — four lights in the sky that looked like "full mo...

NASA, The Orville, and Michigan – Alien Invasion #256


Have you ever wanted to know what it was like to have a xenomorph Facehugger wrapped around your head? Do you have sleep apnea? Find out how you can experience being smothered while still being able to breathe. New letter added to the alphabet? Well, the genetic code alphabet, at least. Could this be the key to understanding alien life? A UFO sighting in New Lambton Heights. Finally, Anessa and Brad review the Natalie Portman led sci-fi film, Annihilation.



 



The Question



  Do you think aliens pass gas? and if so, is it the same way humans do?  



News



Sci-Fi Author Turns Sleep Apnea Mask Into Alien Facehugger And It Works



Sci-fi author Jared Gray has turned his sleep apnea mask into a facehugger from Alien. When penning the script for Alien – which was originally titled Star Beast - co-writers Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett struggled to come with an interesting way for the titular monster to get onboard the spaceship. The solution came to Shusett suddenly that a crew member should be implanted by an alien creature, and when they’re brought back to the ship, that seed would explode out of them.



Story was written by  Padraig Cotter  at screenrant.com 



More here: https://screenrant.com/alien-facehugger-sleep-apnea-mask/



Eight-letter genetic code hints at how alien life might evolve



Researchers have created an ‘alien’ genetic code made out of eight bases instead of the usual four. The expanded genetic alphabet shows how life could arise if organisms never evolved proteins but instead relied on RNA as their biomolecular workhorse.



Life on Earth is built around proteins: they catalyse biochemical reactions and provide cellular structural elements. DNA, on the other hand, acts as biological information storage unit, while RNA provides a link between the two.



But an expanded genetic code created by Steven Benner from Firebird Biomolecular Sciences, US, and his team of xenobiologists shows that this template for life might not be the only feasible one. Their eight-letter DNA has additional functionality and translates into RNA that behaves more like a protein, making life without them a possibility.



Story was written by  Katrina Krämer  at chemistryworld.com 



More here:  https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/eight-letter-genetic-code-hints-at-how-alien-life-might-evolve/3010145.article



Sighting



Dean "Vern" Garner has kept a secret for 20 years. He thinks about it often, but hardly speaks about it because he has no proof.



The memory came back vividly recently when he was throwing out old newspapers kept for painting. One fell on the floor.



It contained a story, published in this column in November 2017, about Geoff and Maree Masters. Dean hadn't come across the story until then. 



More here:  https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5918719/the-night-a-massive-black-triangle-ufo-flew-over-new-lambton/ 



Picks and Warnings

CPAP Alien and Alien DNA – Alien Invasion #255


We have a special guest this week. Dan Myrick, one of the people who gave us The Blair Witch Project, has a new film that he's wrapping up called Skyman. Skyman tells the story of a man who has experiences a UFO abduction as a child, the impact it has on his life, and a journey he feels he needs to take to get closure.



Get more info about Skyman at  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/skyman#/ 



Find out more about what Dan is doing at  https://twitter.com/danielrmyrick 



The Question



 If you were abducted by a fictional alien race, what race would you hope that you were abducted by? 



News



Alien life possible on nearby 'Super-Earth,' scientists announce



A 'nearby' Super-Earth planet has the potential for life to develop, astronomers announced Thursday.



Scientists said that if water exists on the planet, geothermal heating could create a subsurface ocean where primitive life might exist. The planet orbits Barnard’s Star, which is the second-nearest star system to the Earth.



More here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/10/super-earth-could-contain-alien-life-if-water-exists-scientists-say/2537398002/



Alien PROOF? Huge ‘ET BASE’ discovered using Google Sky



Among the stars at the coordinates (right ascension) 03hrs 57min 08.63sec, (declination) -07degrees 11(min of arc) 26.2 (sec of arc)  appeared a massive blue object.



One alien hunter was keen to point out that this is “100 percent proof” of the existence of aliens.



Story was written by Sean Martin at Express.co.uk 



More here: https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1066220/alien-base-proof-google-sky-ufo-discovery-aliens-space-news



Sighting



A Kansas witness at Hesston reported watching a silent, triangle-shaped object just above 500 feet with three white lights at its points and one red light centered on its bottom, according to testimony in Case 93741 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.



More here:  https://www.mufon.com/ufo-photos/low-flying-kansas-triangle-caught-on-camera



Picks and Warnings



Doctor Who New Year’s Special



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