08 18 ), Elaborating on this aspect of the incident, Mark Steggert offers this: "I am inclined to question the ability of Betty, under posthypnotic suggestion, to duplicate the pattern two years after she saw it. Retrograde motion lessens the effect of fixed stars. They come from Planet Serpo or ZR 3 third planet out from the star Zeta Reticuli 2 to exact which is in the Zeta Reticuli star system. 240 . Deneb Adige Draco He believes the Gliese catalog "is the most complete and comprehensive source available". A faint pair of stars, 220 trillion miles away, has been tentatively identified as the "home base" of intelligent extraterrestrials who allegedly visited Earth in 1961. If they are farther out, they have frozen oceans and no life. 29 29, 02 18 (Majorie Fish later repudiated her findings prior to her death in 2013. 25 44 03 15 140 230 Top diagram is a copy of the map Betty Hill drew, allegedly a duplicate of one she saw inside an extraterrestrial vehicle. 100 These slender aliens are light and almost delicate looking are are always . Sadalsuud Merak 16 50 The binary stars circle each other on an extreme end of Zeta Reticuli, less than 1/3 into the star system itself. Etamin Later, after newer data was compiled, she determined that the binary stars within the pattern were too close together to support life; so as a true skeptic, she issued a statement that she now felt that the correlation was unlikely, Yankee Skeptic wrote. 23 33, 01 52 The mintaka starseed's astrological sign is Pisces (astrology) and Aquarius (star system origin). 200 22 35 140 130 Hydra Steggert zeroed in on possibly the only real bone of contention that anyone has had with Marjorie Fish's interpretation: The data on some of the stars may not be accurate enough for us to make definitive conclusions. George, Parker, Fixed Star Health and Behavior Imbalances, 1985. Nunki 19 26 Our last table indicated the sun (a G2 star) has a stable lifespan of about 11 billion years. 130 Planetary returns are most potent. Fish: The stars in the map are almost in a plane; that is, they fill a wheel shaped volume of space that makes star hopping from one to another easy and the logical way to go and that is what is implied by the map that Betty Hill allegedly saw. 110 240 Zeta Reticuli, Reticulum's Nearest Star The nearest star to Earth that is located in the constellation of Reticulum is Zeta Reticuli, about 39.16 light-years from the Earth. The only area of significant incongruity is the wide separation of Zeta Reticuli in the Hill version. Hyginus, Astronomica, @ 10 AD. There is none better." Peter Van de Kamp of the Sproul Observatory at Swarthmore College has watched Barnards Star for more than three decades and is convinced that a wobbling motion of that star is due to perturbations (gravitational pulling and pushing) caused by unseen planets. 130 Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen, 1889, p.348-349. 21 51 "The data for some of the stars seems to be very reliable, but a few of the pattern stars are not well observed and data on them is somewhat conflicting," says Kretsch. Alrisha, Mirach Saunders, who has developed a monumental computerized catalog of more than 60,000 UFO sightings, tells us that the Hill case is not unique in its general characteristics -there are other known cases of alleged communication with extraterrestrials. Sheratan 04 43 Can we take this dramatic scenario seriously? (Friedman is rather well-known. His standing in the scientific community was deeply damaged by his UFO advocacy.) (No planets have been discovered around either star. "But the star group identified by Marjorie Fish isn't quite a perfect match, and the odds consequently reduce to about 1,000 to 1. 240, 100 The star "behind" the two components of Zeta Reticuli is Zeta Tucanae. 230 An illustrated chart showing the position of nearby stars alleged to be a galactic trading route.Astronomy. Bailey, Alice A., Esoteric Psychology Volume I, 1962 It would be a waste of exploration time if we zipped randomly from one star to another. Hamal Haedus I To date, no exoplanet has been confirmed around either star, which brings us nicely onto one of the reasons Zeta Reticuli is known popularly outside of astronomy circles. Smaller planets around Neptune mass or below are still possible.). It has windows -and behind the windows, looking directly at him are humanoid creaturesl Terrified, Barney stumbles back to the car, throws it into first gear and roars off. Main sequence stars are basically like the sun but differ in small, but important ways. A number of scientists, including Hynek, have discussed this incident at length with Barney and Betty Hill and have questioned them under hypnosis. It must be at the appropriate distance from its sun so that water is neither frozen nor boiled away. Once you have ordered using the PayPal button, you should have your report within 24 hours, or I will contact you. Conjunctions by longitude only. And watch out for low-flying spacecraft. "I can find no major point of quibble with Marjorie Fish's interpretation of the Betty Hill map," says David R. Saunders, a statistics expert at the Industrial Relations Center of the University of Chicago. 09 14 Heres the thing: I used to be obsessed with UFOs. Galaxies and Nebulae He claimed other planets that have never been confirmed.). Their account begins on the night of 19/20 September 1961 as they were returning to their New Hampshire home, after having spent their honeymoon in Montreal, Canada. "The substantial variation in catalog material is something that must be overcome," says Steggert. "The pattern of stars discovered by Marjorie Fish fits the map drawn by Betty Hill remarkably well. 240 Further elimination is necessary according to the catalogs. [23] 2 is more sedate, showing a much lower level of activity[24] with a ~7.9-year cycle, which may indicate it is in a Maunder Minimum state. Peter Van de Kamp says, "It's first rate. 22 27 Lyra For reasons that will soon become clear we can remove these classes of stars from our discussion and concentrate on the main sequence stars. If we plan to visit some of these solar type stars and then return to Earth, we should try to have the shortest distance between stops. Arcturus 14 05 ), Three key phases in the analysis described in this article are illustrated here. Two things happened from this absurd tale. [26], In 2007, the Spitzer Space Telescope was used to find an apparent infrared excess at a wavelength of 70m around 2. Alkaid It represents the reticle, a net of cross-hairs at the focus of a telescope eyepiece used to measure star positions. 140 Polis For the moment we will leave Marjorie Fish back in 1969 trying to interpret Betty Hill's reproduction of the map. 03 58 If Jupiter was 80 times more massive it would be an M6 red dwarf star. ), What stars are left after all this pruning? Our sun could have been part of a double star system. In a book titled Alien Abduction?, however, images of several Zeta Reticulans wearing light blue clothing with silver trimming were depicted. The Lines on the map, according to Betty Hill, were described by the alien as trade routes or places visited occasionally with the dotted lines as expeditions. Then in 2018 a paper was released that showed 'no common proper motion' between the lobed structure of the disc and Zeta 2, suggesting the asymmetry wasn't caused by a planet in orbit. Alpheratz This story shouldnt have run. 16 09 Zeta 2 is about 99% the mass and 99% the radius of the Sun. Adhafera Zeta Reticuli is a wide binary star system in the southern constellation of Reticulum. 130 Given the orientation of these two locations and the relative distances, it would be hard to place Zeta Reticuli anywhere but firmly within the Orion Arm. 15 19 The hottest, brightest and most massive main sequence stars (with rare exceptions) are the A stars. 100 (The fact that measurements of most of the stars in question can only be made at the relatively poorly equipped southern hemisphere observatories accounts for the less reliable data. Science fiction writers are fond of describing life forms based on chemical systems that we have been unable to duplicate here on Earth such as silicon based life or life based on the ammonium hydroxide molecule instead of on carbon. 09 47 The fact that the entire incident hinges on a map drawn under less than normal circumstances certainly keeps us from drawing a firm conclusion. 15 00 While inside they are physically examined, and one Of the humanoids communicates to Betty. Pollux We cant take each star in order or we would be darting all over the sky. [21], Both stars were considered unusual because they were thought to have had a lower luminosity than is normal for main-sequence stars of their age and surface temperature. Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Staff Writer. 240 She founded Bodhi Yoga in 1998, after she was invited to share her personal yoga practice with several residents of Robert Redford's Sundance Resort. Cancer Based upon parallax measurements, this system is located at a distance of about 39 light-years (12 parsecs) from the Earth. When they eventually arrived home, the Hills' journey had taken a few hours longer than it should have, and they had sustained minor injuries and cuts and scuffs on their clothing and shoes. Acrux Astronomy was just a year and a half old at the time, and this story set the fledgling magazines credibility back a long way. Ursa Major 26 41 08 28 130 They are each fifth magnitude stars barely visible to the unaided eye located in the. Intrigued by the Hills' experience, J. Allen Hynek, chairman of the department of astronomy at Northwestern University, decided to investigate. 29 22, Kerb 27 51 The data on some of the stars in the map is just not good enough to make a definitive statement. (Mars is largely believed to have once been habitable, and theres still a chance microbial life exists there today.) 25 08 By various lines of statistical reasoning he concludes that the chances of finding a match among 16 stars of a specific spectral type among the thousand-odd stars' nearest the sun is "at least 1,000 to 1 against". Or would the pattern become distorted? In 2002, 1 was examined at an infrared wavelength of 25m, but no indication of an excess of infrared radiation was found. For questions, contact Jamie at funkastrology@gmail.com. Prima Hyadum Corona Borealis 23 48 Algenib To find the position of the fixed stars in your chart, you should correct for Precession. Zosma ), (While planets around Barnards Star havent been entirely ruled out, Van de Kamps planets have since been disproven and indeed, no large gas giants exist in the system according to the most recent research. . This article chronicles how an unusual star map has led to new investigations of specific nearby stars that might harbor Earth-like planets - and possibly advanced forms of life. ), The 16 stars in the stellar configuration discovered by Marjorie Fish are compared with the map drawn by Betty Hill in the diagram on page 7. The route map on page 10 shows the culmination of our efforts. While we at BBC Sky at Night Magazine don't pay much heed to tales of alien abductions that have come to the fore since the 1960s (in fact, we do recommend a read of our list of things commonly mistaken for UFOs), it is at least a curious chapter in the Zeta Reticuli story and an explanation as to why many people outside of practical astronomy are interested in the stellar system. Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, 1928. Her wild enthusiasm for her newest Star Map creation is obvious, and she writes the time of the letter as 3:30 am. Ridpath, Star Tales, 1988. 07 40 A one percent fluctuation in the sun would be annoying for us here on Earth. Will further study and measurement of the stars in the map change their relative positions and thus distort the configuration beyond the limits of coincidence? Sunset at Devil's Tower in Wyoming, USA. Zeta Reticuli: facts about the binary star sytem. 200 210 03 13 At the other end of the size and brightness scale the white dwarfs are stellar cinders the remains of once brilliant suns. The Planet Serpo exchange project traces its origins to the Famous Roswell Incident where a UFO reportedly crashed in the plains near Socorro, New Mexico, on May 31, 1947. Sagitta 130 [17], Zeta Reticuli has no known extrasolar planets. The sun is a main sequence star along with most of the other stars in this part of the Milky Way galaxy. From a model such as this, using the same viewing angle seen here, Marjorie Fish noted 16 stars whose positions are remarkably close to the stars in the drawing made by Betty Hill. Is the Gliese catalog the best available data source? Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis, 4th Century AD. 15 05 Fomalhaut Virgo. Because the stars are similar to our Sun, if an Earth-like planet were in orbit around the stars at the right distance, liquid water might be able to pool on that planet's surface, and the conditions might be right for life as we know it to flourish. (Most of Van de Kamps later career was spent fighting back against those who said hed determined the Barnards Star planets in error. The map supposedly showed the sky as seen from a planet orbiting the star Zeta Reticuli, from which the alien abductors had arrived. 19 26 06 19 The stars are gravitationally bound and located approximately 39 light years from the solar system. 140 But the planets of M-stars and the K-stars below K4 have two serious handicaps that virtually eliminate them from being abodes for life. Your beginner astrology chart is included: SEE EXAMPLE. But in no other case on record have maps ever been mentioned. It was used to carry small articles, like for example a perfumed hankie. More will be said about this group in later chapters. 100 Since the aliens were described as humanoid and seemed reasonably comfortable on this planet, their home planet should be basically like ours. The first target is Tau Ceti, 12 light-years distant and seen in this rendering just to the right of the craft's spherical living quarters. Antares Ras Elased Bor. Although this section amounts to only 13 percent of the entire sky, it contains 15 of the 46 stars, or 33 percent of the total. This seems like a tall order. 23 16 The weird circumstances that we have dubbed "The Zeta Reticuli Incident" sound like they come straight from the UFO pages in one of those tabloids sold in every supermarket. (Zeta-1 Reticuli is 39.16 light years distant and Zeta-2 Reticuli is 39.24 light years from Earth.) Taurus What makes these stars really interesting is that, relatively speaking, they are much like our own Sun, making them so-called solar analogs and of interest to astronomers who can compare them to our Solar System's host star. Although the Hills didn't, several people have lost their jobs after being associated with similarly unusual publicity. "In most fields of investigation where similar statistical methods are usod, that degree of congruence is rather persuasive," concludes Saunders. One born under the influences of the sisters is said to be fiery, warlike, and adventurous. (Many models maintain that there could be a crescent of hability or have enough atmospheric movement to distribute heat around the planet like Hadley cells on Earth.) 240 130 [23] Although the kinematics of this system suggest that they belong to a population of older stars, the properties of their stellar chromospheres suggests that they are only about 2 billion years old. She made two erasures showing her conscious mind took control part of the time. 200 Such a concentration would be present if a more distant viewpoint was assumed and if both us and the alien visitors home base were to be represented. The Hills had initially not wanted to make their story public, but it was discovered and reported by a New York Times journalist, and made headlines around the world. However, this was challenged, after using the much more accurate parallaxes from the Hipparcos catalogue (ESA, 1997), it was calculated that the stars actually have higher luminosities and so are shifted upwards, putting them in the main sequence. [13] Subsequently, the two stars received separate designations in the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung, which was processed between 1859 and 1903, then in the Henry Draper Catalogue, published between 1918 and 1924. 140 240 Capricornus 27 58 The flares have the same intensity as those of our sun, but when you put that type of flare on a little star it spells disaster for a planet that is within, say, 30 million miles. We will limit ourselves to the 55 light-year radius covered by the detailed star catalogs. What does that mean? 100 Ascella Deneb Algedi, Enif Reticulum Constellation spans 27 degrees of the zodiac within Pisces Constellation, from 24 Pisces Sign to 21 Aries Sign. It is not uncommon for astronomers not to divulge their research data -even to their colleagues before it appears in print. We don't want to waste our time and efforts we only want to go to stars that we would think would have a high probability of having planets harboring advanced life forms. 220 220, 140 Continuing to take the Hill map at face value, the radiating pattern of "trade routes" implies that Zeta 1 and Zeta 2 Reticuli (again, neither are believed to have planets.) The Exchange Program Between Earth and Project Serpo In the Zeta Reticuli System. 12 44 A list of all the major fixed stars in your chart with links to complete interpretations at Astrology King. Zeta Reticuli system is at about 40 light-years from us. 13 25 The main sequence stars can be further subdivided. The only answer is to continue the search. 130 [2], The two stars are located at similar distances from the Sun and share the same motion through space,[16] confirming that they are gravitationally bound and form a wide binary star system. 18 38 200 13 38 23 28 14 14 But we may be wrong in our estimate of life development time. Thuban Libra Phoenix Piscis Austrinus Are there creatures inhabiting a planet of Zeta 2 Reticuli? Lower image shows a cathode ray tube computer readout that was run at Ohio State University as a check on the Fish model. (Enceladus and Europa are tidally locked, but gravitational tugs keep their oceans liquid) The same principles apply to planets of small stars that would otherwise be at the right distance for moderate temperatures. Dubhe Octans 210 So much for the background material on the Hill incident. In some ways, the UFO folklore is fading from consciousness. 240, 140 Baten Kaitos He fell in love with the night sky when he caught his first glimpse of Orion, aged 10. I wasnt around on Astronomys staff in the 1970s. Crux Acumen Some otherwise perfect stars are labeled "variable". Anything greater would cause climatic disaster. There is a particularly brilliant analysis of this story available on the Armagh Planetarium website, courtesy of its Science Education Director Colin Johnston. But limited though this parameter is, it is the only one we have. He walks into a field to get a closer look, focuses the binoculars, and sees the object plainly. It had a drawstring at the top to close it up. Between Aug. 1968 and Feb. 1973, she strung beads, checked data, searched and checked again. (Intelligent life may very well arise earlier in water environments, but let's forget that possibility since we have not yet had meaningful communication with the dolphins highly intelligent creatures on this planet!) 04 03 28 06, 03 09 20 42 Please dont, was his only response. A long-term activity cycle of ~4.2years has been tentatively identified. A 1996 discovery was retracted. It all started this way: Barney grabs his binoculars from the car seat and steps out. Zeta Reticuli is a binary star system that can be found in the constellation of Reticulum and is visible in the night sky from the southern hemisphere. 130 Betty estimated the map was approximately three feet wide and two feet high with the pattern covering most of the map. 25 47, 07 20 240 Allen, Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, 1889. 21 37 200, 140 During their examination of the map, Mitchell and some of his students inserted the positions of hundreds of nearby stars into a computer and had various space vistas brought up on a cathode ray tube readout. Acrab First, these stars fry their planets with occasional lethal bursts of radiation emitted from erupting solar flares. 100 But even in 1982, when I joined the staff as an assistant editor, the magazine crew still jokingly referred to this legendarily awful story as The Zeta Ridiculi Incident.. Apparently unable to control their actions, Betty and Barney are easily taken back to the ship by the humanoids. They concur with Simon's belief that there seems to be no evidence of outright fabrication or lying. 09 09 (It sounds very much like a reflective hologram.) 140 Exobiologists are united in their opinion that the chance of us having neighbors so similar to us, apparently located so close, is vanishingly small. 09 46 Propus After all, its hard to claim a UFO or alien or ghost when we all have a cell phone in our pocket. 110 Foramen She said there were many other stars on the map but she only (apparently) was able to specifically recall the prominent ones connected by lines and a small distinctive triangle off to the left. 07 27 Based upon parallax measurements, this system is located at a distance of about 39.3 light-years (12 parsecs) from Earth. Theres another type of reticule which is a small fussy handbag carried by ladies in about the early 1800s. Ancha Hyadum II Soul Weather Astrology & Certification; Syl Carson, Founder. 210 They have an angular separation of 309.2arcseconds (5.2 arcminutes);[17] far enough apart to appear as a close pair of separate stars to the naked eye under suitable viewing conditions. 100 But Kretsch reports that when he reconstructed the pattern using trigonometric distance measurements instead of the composite measures in the Gliese catalog, he found enough variations to move Gliese 95 above the line between Gliese 86 and Tau 1 Eridani. 200 07 47 All of the G stars remain along with F5 through F9 and K0 through L4. Typical giant stars are Arcturus and Capella. 100 A short time later a UFO group leaks a distorted version of the story to the press and the whole, thing blows up. Tejat Posterior Chiron Sign Tables 1920-2045 (Times given: Eastern Time - ET) (Calculated for time zone 5 hours - Eastern) May 24, 1926. (These stars can last on a scale of trillions of years though they may soon fade into blue dwarfs, none of which exist yet.) Stars of class F4 or higher have stable burning periods of less than 3.5 billion years. I think La Caille made his observations of the southern skies from South Africa, which is where I live. And since we assume their biology is similar to ours, their planet should have the same temperature regime as Earth (Betty and Barney did say it was uncomfortably cold in the ship). This orbit will carry the system as close as 17.4kly (5.335kpc) and as far as 28.6kly (8.769kpc) from the Galactic Center. Zaniah [4] Most stars will evolve above this curve as they age. Two things happened from this absurd tale. 09 06 20 12 Two years after the incident, the couple are still bothered by the missing two hours, and Barney's ulcers are acting up. He held his head in his hands. 15 19 100 Achernar Second, it nearly ruined the reputation of this young astronomy magazine. 23 24 After the examination she asks him where they are from. ZETA RETICULI - This civilization is intimately connected with Earth. For example, an AO star is hotter, brighter and more massive than an Al which is above an A2, and so on through A9. Kunitzch, Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names, 2006. The fact that the story and the map came to light under hypnosis is good evidence that it actually took place. Reticulum Constellation in the southern sky borders the constellations Dorado, Horologium and Hydrus. [11] Two possible explanations are: during the star's formation it underwent multiple intense bursts of mass accretion from a rapidly rotating protostellar cloud, or else the star underwent rotational mixing brought on by a period of rapid rotation during the star's youth. Dheneb Lupus Lets find out why. But right now these life forms are simply fantasy we have no evidence that they are in fact possible. (No.) The Sun is at the end of one of the supposedly regular trade routes. 05 18 With all these facts at hand we're now ready to tackle the first part of the detective story. One would also wonder what Betty, who has a master's degree in social work and is a supervisor in the New Hampshire Welfare Department, and Barney, who was on the governor of New Hampshire's Civil Rights Commission, would have to gain by a hoax? Under hypnosis, Betty and Barney began to relay their story, which detailed their abduction onboard a strange spacecraft and conversations with non-human lifeforms. "Highly unlikely," says Salisbury and the other investigators agree. Dschubba Sagittarius 200
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