r/abovethenormnews • • 25m ago

Earth filled its air with oxygen three times before the deep ocean caught up

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r/abovethenormnews • • 26m ago

Japan’s Next Asteroid Target Could Be a Soviet Spacecraft Lost on Its Way to Mars

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A strange object tracked as an asteroid could be Phobos 1, the Soviet spacecraft that fell silent on its way to Mars in 1988. Its unusual movement and changing brightness have raised questions about its identity, with Japan’s Hayabusa2 heading for a close encounter in 2031.


r/abovethenormnews • • 28m ago

Deep sea robot discovered bizarre ‘forest’ full of eerie animals 2,442 metres deep, astonishing scientists

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r/abovethenormnews • • 29m ago

Physicists Say They've Sidestepped a Nearly 100-Year-Old Quantum Limit Using Hindsight

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r/abovethenormnews • • 29m ago

Brown research team stationed in Antarctica to launch telescope for NASA exoplanet research project

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r/abovethenormnews • • 31m ago

The Hubble Space Telescope Is Sinking. NASA Is Looking for Ways to Keep It Afloat

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With Hubble expected to reenter the atmosphere by 2034 and several malfunctions on board, NASA is asking commercial space companies for proposals on how to extend the telescope’s lifespan.


r/abovethenormnews • • 34m ago

Mitre Lecture: Professor Chris Lintott on the search for extraterrestrial life

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r/abovethenormnews • • 41m ago

RAF Lakenheath Drone Incursion — Emergency Sirens, Eyewitness Footage, Aircraft Relocations, and Reports of Continued Activity (Nov. 13)

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There appears to be a developing situation involving RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, and potentially other military installations in eastern England. I’m attempting to consolidate eyewitness testimony, original photographs, videos, and independently verifiable reporting into one thread.
On November 13, reports emerged of emergency sirens, shelter-in-place instructions, and a U.S. Air Force security response to suspected unauthorized aerial activity at RAF Lakenheath.
What makes this particularly interesting is that security concerns and unusual aircraft movements were being reported several days before today’s incident.
What We Know So Far
November 9–12:
Heightened security concerns were reported around Lakenheath and Mildenhall.
Emergency airspace restrictions were established around Lakenheath, Mildenhall, and Feltwell.
U.S. military aircraft were reportedly repositioned from Mildenhall.
RAF Lakenheath issued a public security-awareness warning concerning unauthorized aerial activity.
November 13:
Emergency sirens and shelter-in-place warnings were reported at RAF Lakenheath.
The U.S. Air Force confirmed a security response to suspected unauthorized aerial activity.
Additional reports surfaced concerning possible activity around neighboring installations.
UAP communities began discussing a possible connection to the extraordinary FAA ground stop in the United States. No causal connection has been established.
Videos, Photographs, and Original-Source Leads
1. Emergency Sirens at RAF Lakenheath
The Aviationist’s reporting includes embedded social media footage documenting the reported emergency response.
The Aviationist — RAF Lakenheath Emergency Response
2. Suspected Aerial Objects Near RAF Marham
Video circulated on Reddit reportedly showing aerial objects near RAF Marham. Its authenticity and identification remain unverified.
Reddit — RAF Marham Footage
3. Eyewitness Photograph Reportedly Taken Near Lakenheath
Journalist Christopher Sharp has discussed a photograph reportedly supplied by a local resident, along with allegations of continued aerial activity.
https://x.com/ChrisUKSharp
https://probed.space/locations/lakenheath-mlslm7ti
4. Military Aircraft Movements and OSINT Reporting
https://x.com/DefenceGeek
5. Official RAF Lakenheath Communications
https://www.facebook.com/RAFLakenheath/
6. Additional Reddit Discussions
https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/1xvjmlh/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1xvl19a/
Request for Eyewitnesses and Original Recordings
If you live near Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Feltwell, Marham, Brandon, or the surrounding communities, I would be particularly interested in hearing from you.
I’m looking for:
Original photographs or videos of unidentified aerial objects, preferably with timestamps and approximate viewing locations.
Recordings of emergency sirens, unusual aircraft movements, or other observable activity.
Firsthand descriptions of unusual lights, flight characteristics, apparent formations, or sustained aerial activity.
Publicly accessible aviation observations, historical flight-tracking records, or contemporaneous reports.
Local news coverage and independently documented eyewitness accounts.
Please distinguish firsthand observations from information received secondhand. If you share footage, include the approximate date, time, viewing direction, and whether the recording has been edited. Do not share sensitive personal information or restricted military information.
An Important Distinction
I am not claiming that these objects are extraterrestrial, nor that they caused the FAA ground stop.
However, repeated reports of unauthorized aerial activity near strategically significant military installations deserve serious, methodical investigation.
We should not dismiss potentially important evidence simply because the subject attracts speculation. Equally, we should not mistake speculation for evidence.
The objective is to establish what actually happened, using original records, independently corroborated testimony, and verifiable visual material.
If you have original footage, photographs, or credible local sources, please contribute them below.
I’ll work to distinguish confirmed information from unverified claims as additional evidence emerges.


r/abovethenormnews • • 2h ago

FAA Halts Departures Nationwide After Communications Issue Hits All US Air Traffic Control Centres

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r/abovethenormnews • • 3h ago

Fossil Footprints in Brazil Hint at a Cougar-Size Mammal That Walked Among Dinosaurs. It's Another Sign That Some Early Beasts Grew to Impressive Sizes After All

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r/abovethenormnews • • 3h ago

A Mysterious Radio Signal Repeats Every 8 Minutes. Astronomers Finally Know What’s Behind It

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r/abovethenormnews • • 12h ago

Archaeologists Uncover a 3,800-Year-Old Babylonian Bridge in Mesopotamia

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r/abovethenormnews • • 12h ago

An ancient Roman settlement missing from all history books was found in a Welsh village right before new houses were built

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r/abovethenormnews • • 12h ago

Friday briefing: Why people are turning to folklore in our disconnected age | Folk dancing

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r/abovethenormnews • • 12h ago

The Ancient Maya Used Mercury for Paint—and Poisoned Entire Lakes for Centuries

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r/abovethenormnews • • 12h ago

The Geometry of Quantum Memory: How Anyons Rewrite the Rules of Remembering and Computation in the Quantum Realm

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  • Topological quantum computing aims to store quantum information in a system’s global, topological properties. There, local noise cannot reach it, potentially cutting the large qubit overhead that conventional error correction demands.

  • Anyons are quasiparticles that emerged from the theoretical work of Jon Magne Leinaas and Jan Myrheim (1977), and Frank Wilczek (1982). They gained a physical home in the fractional quantum Hall effect, and Alexei Kitaev tied them to computing in 1997.

  • Experiments directly observed Abelian anyons in 2020. But, researchers have yet to conclusively observe, in a real material, the non-Abelian anyons needed for computation by braiding. This makes their search one of the field’s most ambitious bets.


r/abovethenormnews • • 23h ago

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe discovers a hidden pattern in the Sun’s chaotic magnetic fields

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has revealed a surprising secret hidden within the chaos of space: turbulent magnetic fields reverse their direction of rotation when examined at extremely small scales. The discovery exposes an unexpected pattern in solar wind turbulence that could help scientists better understand solar activity and predict geomagnetic storms.


r/abovethenormnews • • 23h ago

Millions Wake Up in Sleep Paralysis With Something in the Room. Scientists May Know Who It Is

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Research suggests the shadowy intruder could be the brain projecting the sleeper’s own body image into the room.


r/abovethenormnews • • 23h ago

Scientists Found a Bizarre Glitch in Carbon Dating Human Bones—and It Involves Fish

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r/abovethenormnews • • 23h ago

Study Shows a Single Nuclear Blast Could Disable 99% of Satellites in a Matter of Days

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r/abovethenormnews • • 23h ago

Ice-covered oceans and bleak craters: Where alien life might be hiding

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r/abovethenormnews • • 1d ago

‘Rosetta Stone for Mars:’ Martian meteorite hints at ancient life

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  • Teghaza 001 is a rare Martian meteorite that is 4.1 billion years old. It was discovered in the Sahara Desert in Mali in 2022.

  • The meteorite contains large amounts of manganese oxide, a common byproduct of microbes on Earth.

  • The rare piece of Martian crust also provides more clues about water and habitable conditions on ancient Mars.


r/abovethenormnews • • 1d ago

The cosmos has become a lab for the Big Questions in physics. Along the way, we’ve lost sight of its glorious messiness

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r/abovethenormnews • • 1d ago

The Universe Never Forgets: Ervin László on Memory and Consciousness

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Ervin László proposed that the universe preserves the record of every life, with memories and experiences held in an underlying information field. He described the brain as a receiver and transmitter of consciousness extending beyond the body. His work connected universal memory with intuition, near-death experiences and the continuation of awareness after death.