Key Points:

a)  Venus behind the sun as seen from the Earth
b)  The "UFO" approaching from the direction of Venus will also be 
     temporarily hidden by the sun. 
c)  Alien visitation will take place in '97 or '98. 
d)  Scientists/astronomers find an anomaly and realize it is a "UFO". 
e)  It is actually ET's instrument to observe mankind.
f)  This realization will cause great social unrest. 

If you compare those points above with the information on Comet Hale-Bopp, you will notice a significant correlation:

	a)  Venus behind the sun as seen from the Earth.

- Venus was behind the sun from June through September '95.
- Comet Hale-Bopp was discovered on 23 July 1995.
- Venus will be again behind the sun during March-May 1997 (Hale-Bopp's perihelioin on April 1, 1997).

	b)  The "UFO" (the instrument) approaching from the direction of 
	    Venus will also be temporarily hidden by the sun. 

- Hale-Bopp will be behind the sun from Nov.1995 through March 1996 (following Venus.)
- Near the end of '96, Hale-Bopp will be again hidden by the sun and then reappear in Jan. '97. (Venus will go behind the sun in March.)

	c)  Alien "visitation" will take place in '97 or '98.

- Hale-Bopp will make its closest approach to earth/sun in March-April '97 (in the sky of Northern Hemisphere) while Venus is behind the sun.

	d)  Scientists/astronomers will find an anomaly and realize it 
	    is a "UFO". 
	e)  It is actually ET's instrument to observe mankind

- Well, could Hale-Bopp be an instrument used by ETs? I don't necessarily believe that Hale-Bopp itself is a "UFO", but it seems like the comet is somehow connected. Check out the second line of the quatrain; "Under the splendor will be a hidden form". It could mean that "under the splendor of a comet, there is a hidden instrument." We'll know soon enough.

	f)  This realization will cause great social unrest.

- This seems to me like a logical consequence of the situation. Could it be that the government knows about the alien visitation and they are now trying to prepare the public by intentionally leaking highly classified ET-related information to minimize the likely social unrest? The "Alien Autopsy" film that was shown to people all over the world might be one of the first steps of the "uncover-up".

Here is an interesting piece of information from a different source. It talks about ET's instrument, "battle planet". I feel it is very relevant to this Hale-Bopp/UFO theme:

Source Of Information:
YOU ARE BECOMING A GALACTIC HUMAN,
by Sheldon Nidle and Virginia Essene

	Virginia:  Could you explain about the planet Maldek and how 
	it was destroyed?

	Washta:  These survivors of the destruction of Earth's biosphere 
	by the pre-cetaceans had fled to what we call Maldek (in the 
	denoid and reptoid language it has a name that is very 
	complicated to even spell in English). What we would like to 
	state is that a vast series of wars existed in your solar system 
	throughout this time frame between humans and other groups.  
	The most important result of these wars led the dinoids and 
	reptoids to settle or inhabit Maldek after they were forced to 
	flee from Earth, Mars and Venus. In order to come back into 
	your solar system in a controlling way, they used this Maldek 
	planet as a base or capital headquarters in their attempt to 
	colonize, maintain, and control the solar system.  Therefore, 
	the galactic human forces decided it was essential that their 
	base be destroyed in order for a human re-colonization program 
	to succeed.  In order to accomplish this, it was necessary to 
	bring in an *INSTRUMENT* (emphasis mine) of war that would 
	be sufficient to destroy it.

	Virginia:  Was this instrument a battle planet?

	Washta:  Yes, that was the solution.  This battle planet was 
	nearly four times the size of Earth's diameter or 29,000 miles 
	across.

	Virginia:  Okay, and after it destroyed Maldek (from which the 
	Asteroid Belt was created) what happened to the battle planet?  
	I understand that it still exists today.

	Washta:  Yes, it still exists.  It was put into a large scale 
	orbit roughly 6.8 billion miles across at its farthest point 
	from the Sun. It comes in on a 3,600 year cycle where it crosses 
	almost through Mercury's orbit and then heads back-out. This was 
	done to assure future protection for your planet and solar 
	system because of the past murderous invasions by dinoids and 
	other groups that completely destroyed both your Mars and 
	your Venus colonies. Because of that past destruction in your 
	solar system, the Galactic Federation has had to expend a great 
	effort to bring human colonization back into your solar system.  
	It is a safety device.  This battle planet patrols out there as 
	a constant reminder to potential murderers that there is indeed 
	protection for this solar system.

	Virginia:  Yes, in the Bible it talks about Wormwood and of 
	course other people have written about the twelfth planet.  
	Would we understand this to be the same vehicle?

	Washta:  This is the same vehicle.

	Virginia:  My understanding is that almost every time this 3,600 
	year cycle occurs there are major damages to our planet and 
	changes in the geology on Earth.

	Washta:  That is because of the gravitational patterns and also 
	because of the fact that various Pleiadean groups have been in 
	charge since the destruction period of Atlantis.  However, this 
	is changing since your planet is now under full Sirian 
	jurisdiction and we have prevented a repetition of this 
	difficulty.  We have been steering it in a special modified 
	orbit so that when it comes into the inner part of your solar 
	system, it will no longer vastly influence the inner planets 
	such as Mars, Earth, Venus and Mercury.

It is fascinating how closely this information correlates with quatrain IV-28 we just analyzed. The part about "special modified orbit" is especially intriguing because Hale-Bopp's orbit is indeed strange in that it enters the solar system from below and quickly turns around (circumpolar orbit) and goes back down again.

There is yet another important quatrain/interpretation that adds validity to this stunning hypothesis.

Century VI-97


Cinq & quarante degrez ciel bruslera
Feu approcher de la grand cite' neuue
Instant grand flamme esparse sautera
Quand on voudra des Normans faire preuue.


At forty-five degrees the sky will burn,
Fire to approach the great new city:
In an instant a great scattered flame will leap up,
When they want to have proof of the Normans.

Key Points:

a)  This will take place during the coming war 
b)  The enemy side will send a bomb towards New York City. 
c)  It will be spotted in the sky and watched coming in.  U.S. will try 
    to disable the bomb/missile. 
d)  As proof of their friendship the French will be asked to retaliate 
    for America, and France will respond by firing several bombs toward 
    the perpetrator of the event.

e)  This missile will be prematurely detonated so it will not hit New 
    York, but it will destroy planes that are flying around it trying to  
    divert it or disable it. 

Well, the key points above don't seem to have anything to do with Hale-Bopp/ET instrument. But the hidden connection is subtly but surely there when you study both the quatrain and the CWN interpretation carefully. First, the first line of the quatrain strongly suggests to me that the prophecy includes the appearance of Comet Hale-Bopp:

As I explained in CWN Analysis-1 (Ch.II, sec.1-B), at the time of perihelion Comet Hale-Bopp's angular distance (elongation) in the sky from the Sun will be about 45 degrees, and it will be located in the northern sky at declination +45 degrees (which means the comet will be right above geographic latitude 45 degrees). Needless to say, this information and the first line match PERFECTLY.

Another indication is the quatrain number. It is VI-*97*, probably implying the year '97 (climax for Hale-Bopp). It, then, seems very likely that the line in fact refers to Hale-Bopp and that this event (missile toward New York) will take place around 1997.

But why doesn't the CWN interpretation mention the presence of a comet? Well, I discovered that there might be a very subtle but significant reference to Hale-Bopp the "instrument" in the interpretation done through Brenda. Check out the following excerpt:

The first time I read this, I didn't find anything interesting. But when I came back to this part after I hypothesized that Hale-Bopp was the instrument used by ETI/"Watchers", it got my attention because of the word "watchers" used in the sentence. ETs are often called the "Watchers" or "Others" by the subjects/Nostradamus. In this case, the "w" is not capitalized, but this was basically up to D.Cannon (author) to decide weather Brenda/Nostradamus meant "watchers" or "Watchers". In other words, Brenda/Nostradamus might have easily meant that ETs would be monitoring the event (Hale-Bopp's presence in the sky), after all, the first line of the quatrain clearly refers to Hale-Bopp! So, VI-97 not only accurately describes Hale-Bopp, it also supports the Hale-Bopp-ETI connection.

We still don't know how big Hale-Bopp really is because the nucleus is not clearly observable yet. It may be much bigger/smaller than we currently think. If it really is an instrument used by ETI, we'll find more and more anomalies as the comet comes closer to Earth. It sure looks promising so far.

There is another quatrain/interpretation in CWN that could be referring to the same event, the visitation from ETs. It is quatrain II-91(int.) which talks about a UFO crash:

Key Points from II-91 (CWN vol.I p124):

a)  ET/UFO approaches the earth on a circumpolar orbit. 
b)  Russia's energy field (secret technology) guarding their northern 
    approach corridors will cause the spaceship to malfunction and  
    crash. 
c)  The crew of the ship will be captured and killed by humans. 
d)  Some microscopic organisms inside the spaceship will cause some  
    strange plagues on earth.

Let me go back to quatrain II-48 now:

Century II - 48

The great force which will pass the mountains.
Saturn in Sagittarius Mars turning from the fish:
Poison hidden under the heads of salmon,
Their war-chief hung with cord.

We looked at quatrains II-41 and II-48 from the ET/UFO angle in the previous section. In this section I will explore the same quatrains and some other related predictions from a different angle. It seems to me that there is a reason for the ETs' decision to contact us (openly) at this particular time. According to some other various sources, we (our solar system) are just about to enter an region of different "vibrations" (some call it the "photon belt"). And this entry supposedly will lift our consciousness to a higher level somehow (i.e. Ascension), and also it will coincide with some major earth changes (e.g. pole shift). From those pieces of information, I started suspecting that the quatrains II-41 and II-48 also refer to this cosmic change (which in turn prompts the alien visitation) especially since they both indicate some kind of light displays in space.

1) Light Display - 2

	a)  "It happens in the twelfth month of 1986." - (II-48 int.)

To be honest, this particular prediction from II-48 bothered me for a while because the date didn't really go well with the rest of the interpretation. So I was very gratified when I, after some thinking and research, discovered that there really was a significant event in space around that time, which also ties in with the rest of the interpretations of II-48 and II-41 and other related predictions.

A new supernova, SN 1987A, was observed in the sky in February 1987. The date is close enough since according to an astrologer, the particular signs indicated in the quatrain occurred from the last week of November, 1986 through December into the first week of January, 1987. From the explosion came the neutrinos, which are basically subatomic particles with no charge or mass and travel at or near the speed of light. The energy carried away by these neutrinos is astounding. About 50 billion of these neutrinos from SN 1987A passed through every square centimeter on the Earth (The probability that neutrinos will interact with matter is very low, so they usually go *through* matter). It is estimated that about a million people physically experienced a neutrino interaction within their bodies (unnoticed and supposedly no biological effect). This supernova occurred in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a nearby galaxy).

	b)  "There will be a contact from the stars/universe which will 
	    bring a great awareness to the people."

This statement is very indicative of the ascension/"photon belt" process. The "contact form universe" would logically be SN 1987A (or the comets) if I were to keep the flow of my interpretation. However, now that SN 1987A is a thing of the past (and we haven't changed that much yet) and since one supernova explosion occurs in our galaxy every 25-100 years, I tend to think that there is another different source for the cosmic contact. (Will be explained further later)

	c)  "The sun will appear both day and night." 
	    "The cloud will make the sun appear double" (II-41)

Could the line, "The cloud will make the sun appear double", be referring to the Large Magellanic *Cloud* where the supernova SN 1987A occurred? And also the first line of II-48, "The great force which will pass the mountains", might be referring to the force/particles from SN 1987A (neutrinos, etc.). But again, I feel that there is another event involved which I will go into later on. (And yes, this is getting more speculative)

	d)  "There shall be an occurrence in the sky at that time."  

This is too vague and it can be anything at this point. But personally, I'm speculating that it refers to the 'glowing' of the sky (or meteor shower, darkness etc.) which has not happened yet but is predicted by various sources. (it is often associated with the so-called "photon belt")

In the following subsections, I will explore the *possible* major source of all the other events, which was possibly implied in the predictions we've looked at above. Please keep in mind that the following ideas are very speculative and they are basically my own conclusions based on various information that I carefully selected.

2) Second Sun / "Photon Belt"

The following are some articles on the so-called "photon belt" and several related prophecies. Much of the information concerning the "photon belt" is being "channeled" by various people, so it is wise to not take it too literally, instead just try to get the *concept* from the channeled messages.

- What Is the Photon Belt?

Excerpts: (Originally posted by: nanomius@netcom.com)

	The "photon belt" is supposedly a "huge mass of light" that 
	orbits or encircles the Pleiadian star system. The channelings 
	are all very emphatic that the entire solar system, earth 
	included, is orbiting the Pleiades every 24,000-26,000 years. It 
	also reiterates that man's evolutionary advancement and 
	spiritual awareness is closely tied with our point in this 
	orbit. 

	Several sources indicate we will be entering the photon belt in 
	the period 1995-1996 and experience the effects of the 
	so-called "null zone" which include electrical disruptions, 
	alternating periods of light and dark, DNA mutations (that 
	actually restore lost psychic capabilities), etc.  Supposedly it 
	is a catalyst for man's "ascension" from the 3rd to the 5th 
	dimension.

	-   At least according to the channellings, it will be a case of 
	"seeing  is believing" as the main effects are supposedly going 
	to manifest in the March 1995 - Dec. 1996 period. 


Entry to the "null zone" or outer perimeter of the photon belt
Source:  "You Are Becoming A Galactic Human"  (p32)


	Day 1:     
	- DNA of living things is altered  
	- Non operation of any electrical device  
	- Total darkness

	Day 2:     
	- Atmosphere compresses  
	- People feel bloated 
	- Sun cools down  
	- Earth climate cools

	Day 3-4: 
 	- Atmosphere dimly lit, like dawn  
	- Start of the photon effect  
	- "Photon energy" devices are operable  
	- Stars reappear in the sky

	Day 5-6:
	- Transition into a 24 hour daylight period  
	- Exit "null zone", entry into main photon belt region  
	- Every living thing invigorated  /  Earth climate warms  
	- Photon beam-powered ships can travel in space  
	- Incredible psychic abilities manifest in humans


Summary of other channeled information on the photon belt

	-  entering the belt in ~1995, March is given as a date
	-  effects such as total darkness at the beginning and total 
	   light at the end (~2011)
	-  humans changing into photon-based bodies
	-  intervention by aliens to prevent nuclear disasters
	-  electricity will fail. a new form of photon-based electricity 
	   will evolve.
	-  interstellar transportation made possible
	-  humans will have new psychic powers
	-  the photon belt has been discovered by scientists although
  	   it is not understood as such

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As you can see, all this "photon belt" prediction is pretty extreme to say the least! I would've surely disregarded this kind of claim if I hadn't been studying predictions/prophecies. Although the way the channelers describe the "photon belt" sometimes seems absurd and clueless, if you read between the lines and compare the implied concept with some other prophetic material I think it starts to make some more sense (to some degree). The following are some prophecies that may be related to this "photon belt" phenomenon.

	MAYAN PROPHECY

	In the year 1475, before the arrival of the Spanish, The Supreme 
	Maya Council revealed the long-held vision of an ancient Solar 
	Grandmother named X'Nuuk'K'in  that a calendar cycle of twice 
	the Kal'Tun of 260 years had to go by in order for the Solar 
	Culture to flourish again for the benefit of all humanity.  In 
	the spring of 1995, this 520-year period will be completed. 
	Thus, 1995 is a decisive year, the prophecy advises, and the 
	human race will have to enter the path of cosmic light if it is 
	to remain a thinking species.  "Through Solar Initiation human 
	beings will be able to see the luminosity of the Great Spirit... 
	through Solar Initiation, the sleeping body of humankind can be 
	awakened...  Hunab K'u (Creator) will flash like lightning that 
	will pierce the shadows that envelop the human race. Let us 
	prepare to receive the light of knowledge."  The 1995 spring 
	equinox initiates a time when ancient and hidden knowledge is to 
	be reawakened.  The Maya understand it is the end of the "age of 
	belief" and the start of  "the age of knowledge":  the Itza Age, 
	The Age of Aquarius.  Mayan sacred texts state "The reincarnated 
	teachers 	of the new age of Itza (Aquarius) implore the 
	sacred human race to awaken, so that in this way it can fulfill 
	its sacred destiny, which is to be the true sons and daughters 
	of the cosmic light."


	====


	"The Keys of Enoch"
	(page 123 -, Verses 7-9  From Key 113)

	Key 113: The People of God collectively create the vehicle 
	which is used to open up the Universe.

	7. The human body, then, has the awareness that just as there 
	are twelve meridians of Light connected to the seed crystal, the 
	third eye of the body, so also the planetary membrane, the 
	planetary biocomputer, has twelve Light focal channels.  These 
	channels are used to reprogram the human creation and act as 
	key points for the exodus that occurs from this threshold 
	control to the next order of evolution.

	8.  This reprogramming will take place during the cycle of time 
	of the great cataclysm.  This great cataclysm will begin by 
	cosmic waves hitting the earth prior to our solar system 
	entering an electromagnetic null zone which will generate wave 
	bombardment of the polar areas.  

	9.  This bombardment will open up vortices of energy which 
	will change the mantle of the earth due to tremendous amounts 
	of liquefied material being (electromagnetically pinched and) 
	ejected out of the core of the earth.  Before this happens Man 
	will go beyond radiocarbon and cesium techniques of dating 
	and discover, through a process of fission, historical evidences 
	of gaussian upheavals that took place in recent geological 
	times.  There will be artifacts showing that prior to these 
	great changes there were "contacts with other worlds" to help 
	us through our final phase.


	====


	OAHSPE, "the New Bible"


	Chapter VII, the Book of Jehovih (1881)

	"Dan'ha is a region of light, located at intervals of three 
	thousand years along the orbit of the Solar System.  Our planet 
	crosses one of these light bands every three thousand years, 
	which marks the end of a civilization and the birth of a new."

	"In the beginning of the light of dan'ha, the spirits of the 
	newly dead shall have the power to take upon themselves the 
	semblance of corporeal bodies, appear and talk face to face with 
	mortals.  Every three thousand years gave Jehovih this sign on 
	earth, that those who learned the powers and capacities of such 
	familiar spirits, might bear testimony in regard to the origin 
	of man upon the earth."

	"And when it shall come to pass in any of the times of dan'ha 
	that these signs manifest, man shall know that the hosts of the 
	Most High come soon after..."

	"In the times of great darkness that shall come upon the earth 
	and these heavens, lo, I will bring the earth into dan'ha; and 
	My ethereans shall come in my name and deliver them."


	====


	BIBLE


	Zachariah  14:6.

	" the sun and moon and stars will no longer shine, yet there 
	will be continuous day! Only the Lord  knows how! There will 
	be no normal day and night - at evening time it will still be 
	light."


	Matthew  24:29

	"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun 
	be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the 
	stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens 
	shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of 
	man in heaven: and then shall all tribes of the earth mourn, and 
	they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven 
	with power and great glory."


	Luke  21:25 

	"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in 
	the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with 
	perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring. Men's heart failing 
	them for fear, and for looking after those things which are 
	coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 
	And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with 
	power and great glory."


	Isaiah 13:9-13

	"Behold the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and 
	fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the 
	sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the 
	constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall 
	be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her 
	light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and 
	the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of 
	the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the 
	terrible.  I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even 
	a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the 
	heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place...". 


	====


	Mary's Message To the World
	
	by Annie Kirkwood
	(p.32)

	"The coming storms are beginning to be blown across the Earth 
	as new vibrations approach Earth from the outer corners of the 
	universe.  These vibrations will cause many unusual happenings 
	to occur on Earth.  The growth of the universe will be a major 
	cause of the increase in the intensity and size the storms which 
	will batter your shorelines, you cities, and your plains."

	(p.37-38)

	"Magnetic fields will play havoc on earth in the last days.  
	Machines will fail and science will not have answers.  As the 
	wave of magnetic energy which is traveling in the universe 
	nears Earth, some unusual sights will occur in the heavens.  
	There will be lights and sounds picked up from the furthest 
	reaches of the universe.  A different energy will enter the 
	atmosphere.  This will be one of the causes of the changing 
	weather patterns."

	"The wave of new and different energy which is approaching 
	the planet is bringing with it much debris from outer space.  
	This debris will cause lights to flash in the atmosphere."

	"I have seen the wave drawing nearer to Earth.  As it does, the 
	people will sense great changes in the air.  The animals will 
	begin to die off from changes which are evolutionary.  Many 
	people will blame other factors, and some of these factors are 
	true, such as the burning of large tracts of forest, the 
	extension of populated areas into the animal's domain.  But in 
	truth, it is time for an evolutionary period to come to bear on 
	earth."

	(p.257)

	"The changes will be so great as to change the patterns of life 
	in their DNA forever.  Every person who survives physically 
	will be affected." 

====

B) "Second Sun"

Now, there is another weird prediction/prophecy which basically states that there will be two suns in the sky. Again this is a pretty bizarre and unlikely prediction. But interestingly, there seems to be some connection between the new "sun" and the "photon belt". (It is also possible that Hale-Bopp itself is the "second sun", but I will assume that it is not.) The following excerpt from Mary's Message is an example:

	"In this new (magnetic) energy will be the makings of new 
	stars and a new sun which will enter the immediate solar 
	system."   (p.38) 

I think it's safe to say that what Annie Kirkwood (the author) calls "magnetic energy" or "new vibrations" is what others would call the "photon belt". So the above sentence would translate; "A new bright star will appear when the solar system enters the photon belt". The following excerpts from the same source concerning the physical change in humans further confirm the connection:

	"The atmosphere will change in components.  The solar system 
	will be different.  A new sun will be added.  This will be a 
	binary solar system.  The two suns will activate cells which 
	will draw nourishment from the sun's rays.  The need to ingest 
	foods will be aided by the nourishment derived from he 
	sunrays."

	"Man will evolve into a more mental being.  He will be able to 
	hear sounds which are not presently heard.  He will see through 
	particles of light which are hidden to him now.  With his mind, 
	man will hear and speak.  He will have better use of his psychic 
	abilities."   (p.243-244) 

The next one is from the Hopi prophecy.
(Source: Atlantis Rising by Brad Steiger):

	"The Armageddon of spiritual against material will occur when 
	the 'Saquasohuh (Blue Star) Kachina' - now represented by a 
	far away and yet invisible blue star - makes its appearance.  
	The Emergence into the Fifth world, however, has already 
	begun, the Hopis state." 

This one is from Gordon-Michael Scallion. I believe/hope this is one of his older predictions, so it should be more authentic (i.e. psychically received) than his recent predictions:

	"By the turn of the century Earth will have a binary sun system, 
	as a new sun appears in the heavens.  During the day it will 
	appear as a small white light in the sky similar to the way the 
	moon looks when it is visible during daylight hours.  In the 
	evening this star, blue in colour, appears as a bright light in 
	the Milky Way.  Its size would compare to ten times that of the 
	brightest star or planet now visible."

	"Now, the sun also has a cycle with other spheres.  As it moves 
	across the known & unknown heavens, it comes under the 
	influence of other suns, also on their journeys.What you were 
	shown, relative to the blue star, was this star coming into this 
	solar system, making it a binary sun system, for a period  of 
	time.... Its time period is related to the previously prophesied 
	'millennium of peace?'  As part of its cycle, it shall disappear 
	behind the sun once more.  Though it shall be visible for 1,800 
	years, in total, & then a new cycle begins....During the day, it 
	will appear as a silvery light 100 times brighter than any 
	morning star, so as to require a new 'Magnitude' scale." 

Is there a scientific explanation for these very improbable predicted events (second sun/photon belt etc.) which seem to be the key to the all the other millennium-related geological/spiritual changes that are also being predicted by many? According to the Bible, no one will be able to figure it out:

Zachariah 14:6
" the sun and moon and stars will no longer shine, yet there
will be continuous day! Only the Lord knows how!"

But I at least tried to come up with some possible explanations anyway. :) First, I had several candidates:

1. Black hole
2. Interstellar cloud
3. Supernova/Neutron Star
4. Planetary alignment / unusual sun activity
5. ET technology

After some thinking and study, I decided that #3, Supernova/Neutron Star, was the best candidate I could think of so far with the limited amount of information that I had. (Notice that I referred to a supernova, SN 1987A, when interpreting II-48 in Chapter IV "Signs In the Sky".)

1) Supernova / Neutron Star

Some supernovae leave behind a black hole as a result. Some other supernovae leave behind an object called a neutron star (or pulsar), formed when the core of the supernova collapses. Neutron stars are the smallest stars and also the densest objects in the universe. Neutron stars measure only about 12 miles (20 km) in diameter but they have as much mass as the sun does. The force of gravity at the surface of a neutron star is 10^11 times the force of gravity at the surface of the Earth. The interior of a neutron star is composed of about 95 percent neutrons with a small number of protons and electrons mixed in.

A neutron star itself can not be observed because of its small size. However, the existence of neutron stars were confirmed because they emit pulses of EM radiation. This is because at the surface of the neutron star, protons and electrons escape but are caught up in the extremely strong spinning magnetic field and accelerated nearly to the speed of light, where they emit EM radiation (from the magnetic poles). Therefore the pulsar radiation is confined to a narrow, rotating beam like a lighthouse beacon. This is why spinning neutron stars are called "pulsars".

Anyway, the reason I'm interested in neutron stars/pulsars (and supernovae) is because they have the potential to fulfill most of the predictions/prophecies we've just looked at. Also, the excerpt from CWN vol.II (p.112) below helped me to come up with the hypothesis:

	Jon:  "He (Nostradamus) is giving me a picture of this other 
	solar system that has a binary star.  That means it has two 
	stars."

	D:  "Is that close to Earth?"
	
	J:  "Yes, he says it's close to Earth, but our scientists are 
	overlooking it.  He says they'll be able to sight this star with 
	stronger telescopes."

	D:  "Do you mean the two solar systems, ours and that one, 
	will overlap?"

	J:  "Our solar system and that solar system are overlapping 
	(surprised) now.  At this present time."

	[...]

	J:  "Oh, I see what he means now.  He says that there were two 
	stars which exploded, and these planets were thrown into our 
	orbit.  Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the two other planets were 
	previously part of this other solar system." 

What I though from reading this was that if the ex-solar system and ours are "overlapping" now, it could mean that the neutron star(s) (created from the explosion of the sun... perhaps our sun's companion star.) is again getting close to our solar system.

Now let's see how this hypothesis would fit in with the predictions/prophecies we already read:

:: Second Sun ::

This is a little tricky. Would the neutron star be the predicted "second sun"? Coincidentally, according to Richard Noone, author of "5-5-2000", there is an ancient prophecy that a "failed star" will return after 5,000 years (I'm not sure when was the last time) to illuminate the sky and authenticate the prophecy. It's highly unlikely for a new (normal) star to suddenly enters the solar system, because we would surely see it coming before it is no where near the solar system . How about a neutron star? I have to say it is still unlikely, but I don't believe it is impossible. If it is a pulsar (spinning neutron star emitting pulses of EM radiation), its brightness would depend on the position of the observer since the radiation would be confined to very narrow rotating beams. For example, the following position of the Earth in relation to the pulsar beams should make the pulsar dimmest to us on Earth.

(o = pulsar / neutron star)



           beam               beam
     < ------------- o -------------- >



                     O <== our solar system 

The following excerpt from "Galactic Human" (p.45) seem to agree with this hypothesis:

Washta: "Right now, the photon belt energies are located at an
angle where they are very difficult to be seen except by very
powerful astronomical instruments."

Let's assume that the hypothetical pulsar is 100x fainter than the Crab nebula pulsar and we're looking at the equatorial plane so that the light observed is 100x fainter (a rough estimate) than it would be if we were looking straight down the beam. The Crab nebula pulsar has an absolute magnitude of about 4.5, so this hypothetical pulsar would have an absolute magnitude M=14.5. But we'll make it a little fainter at 15 for convenience. Now we'll try to find out how bright the pulsar would be seen from Earth using the following formula:

M=m+5-5*log(d)

M = absolute magnitude
m = apparent magnitude
d = distance in parsecs (1parsec=206265AUs)

Results:

When m = 6 (barely visible even without a telescope),

When m = 11 (visible in small telescopes set),

What this says is that it is not very likely that any neutron stars are close to the Solar System although there might be one hiding a few dozen light-years away. This conclusion seems to go against my hypothesis. Maybe so, but I personally still don't think it's impossible. For example, the EM radiation of the neutron star might be much weaker or narrower than we just assumed. Or it might not be emitting observable EM radiation at all because it used up all the electrons and protons (which are the source of the radiation).

:: Continuous Daylight ::

I believe the predictions of continuous daylight can be explained as the result of a magnetic field anomaly caused by some other celestial body. The neutron star hypothesis (visible or not) fits really well here. Neutron stars are known to have an extremely strong magnetic field. And strong magnetic fields are known to accelerate particles that enter the field (whiplash effect). Therefore pulsars/neutron stars and also supernovae are the main sources of cosmic rays (high-energy particles) that are randomly traveling through space. So if a neutron star were to come near Earth, we would be bombarded by a much larger amount of powerful cosmic rays (and probably some EM radiation/pulses), which in turn would cause some changes in the atmosphere and magnetosphere.

Let's look back at some of the predictions/prophecies:

Mary's Message


"As the wave of magnetic energy which is traveling in the
universe nears Earth, some unusual sights will occur in the
heavens."
"The wave of new and different energy which is approaching
the planet is bringing with it much debris from outer space.
This debris will cause lights to flash in the atmosphere."



Mayan Prophecy


"...the human race will have to enter the path of cosmic light
if it is to remain a thinking species."



The Keys of Enoch


"This great cataclysm will begin by cosmic waves hitting the
earth prior to our solar system entering an electromagnetic
null zone which will generate wave bombardment of the polar
areas."

So what happens when the number of cosmic rays increase even more? In the case of the magnetic storms caused by solar flares (more charged particles in the earth's magnetic field), the increased interaction produces extremely bright auroras, and also results in sharp variations in the earth's magnetic field called magnetic storms during which the magnetic poles (and auroras) may shift more toward the equator. So we can assume a similar event to occur when the cosmic rays from the neutron star (or possibly a supernova) start to enter the earth's magnetic field. Furthermore, if we add the effects the neutron star's strong magnetic field itself might cause on Earth, we might be able to explain the "continuous daylight" phenomenon and some other related ones.

First, the cosmic rays and/or the external magnetic field (from the hypothetical source) would decrease the earth's magnetic dipole system significantly. And then the earth's magnetic field would have a more complex structure probably something like the sun during solar max. Interestingly, this might have effects like aurora appearing all over the globe. Secondly, this breakdown of the magnetic field could also result in changes in the weather pattern because the rays would heat the upper atmosphere and drive high speed winds away from the polar regions where it is usually occurring. At any rate, this increased aurora activity could be what is being described by the prophets/psychics as the continuous daylight period predicted to occur in the near future

The following excerpts seem to support my hypothesis that the second sun (and/or 24 hr. daylight) and the new magnetic waves ("photon belt") are closely related:

CWN Century II-41 (2nd line)


"The cloud will make the sun appear double"
("The cloud" could be in reference to the new magnetic field
and/or the resultant auroras.)


Mary's Message


"In this new energy will be the makings of new stars and a new
sun which will enter the immediate solar system."

:: Total Darkness ::

I'm not sure what would cause the predicted total darkness. I only see a couple of possibilities:

1. Some kind of atmospheric or dimensional distortions caused by the changes in the magnetic field of the earth block the sunlight.
2. Tremendous amount of dust in the atmosphere from the resultant earth changes blocks the sunlight.

:: Non-Operation Of Any Electrical Device ::

This prediction goes very well with my hypothesis. It is known that abrupt changes in the earth's magnetic field resulting from magnetic storms (caused by an external object like the sun) would cause surges in power transmission lines. What would happen if the magnetic storm was much more powerful? The large amount of charged particles (and possibly some gamma/X rays) from the hypothetical neutron star/pulsar would affect the Van Allen belts (which are doughnut-shaped regions of charged particles that surround the earth) and the ionosphere more drastically and probably cause more electrical device to malfunction as predicted.

:: DNA Of Living Things Altered ::

Again, it is known that cosmic rays may cause mutations (changes in genes). But they usually produce very small mutations. If the earth was bombarded by more cosmic rays (and ultraviolet light/X rays), the degree of mutations would probably increase... but a dramatic change is unlikely.

Mary's Message (p.257):


"The changes will be so great as to change the patterns of life
in their DNA forever. Every person who survives physically
will be affected."

:: Psychic Abilities Manifest In Humans ::

I'm not sure what would cause this. My guesses are:

1. The changed EM field of the earth affects our consciousness and the dimensional barrier becomes less rigid.
2. The changes in DNA activate new senses.
3. Going through all the troubles alone raises our awareness.
4. Combination of all above.

Relevant Info:

Mary's Message (p.256)


"Simply by living through the disasters, vast changes will occur
in mankind. No one can live through such events without being
changed." [...] "No matter what they are like at the beginning
of the changes, when the Earth begins to settle into its new
orbit, the surviving people will already be a new people." [...]
"The reaction of these people will be spiritual."

:: Related (?) News Articles ::

	Puzzling Rays Hit The Earth
	by Walter Sullivan
	New York Times 2/7/95

	Two impacts of tiny objects on the atmosphere with more 
	energy than ever before observed in nature have been reported 
	by scientists from Japan and the United States.  The scientists 
	described the events at an international meeting last week at 
	the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill.  The 
	scientists met to devise plans for arrays of detectors to be 
	built in each hemisphere to observe them.

	Such events have previously been observed at somewhat lower 
	energies.  Dr. James W. Cronin of the University of Chicago, a 
	Nobel laureate who was an organizer of the meeting, estimated 
	that perhaps 50 of these extremely high-energy impacts occur 
	each year somewhere around the earth.  But he said an 
	ambitious observing scheme was necessary because their 
	occurrence at a single location was rare.

	As emphasized at the conference, their nature and source is 
	mysterious.  They are apparently a product of the most violent 
	processes in the universe, but their manner of acceleration 
	dwarfs anything known in astronomy, much less in atom 
	smashers built by humans.

	They do not behave precisely as predicted for candidates like 
	iron nuclei, protons or gamma rays, the most energetic class of 
	light wave.  Each impact is by only one object.  It strikes an 
	atom at the top of the atmosphere with so much energy that it 
	splits the atom into fragments that plunge downward until they 
	strike other atoms of air, creating more fragments.  The result 
	is a cascade that produces billions of particles in a 
	pancake-shaped shower that if it retains enough energy, reaches 
	surface detectors.  The shower can also be detected by highly 
	sensitive optical devices in the form of Cherenkov radiation, a 
	flash too faint and brief for human observation, produced in the 
	air by extremely high velocity particles.  [...]

	A wide variety of candidates for these impacts was discussed.  
	It was assumed that they must have come from this or nearby 
	galaxies because otherwise they would be screened out by the 
	"sea" of radiation remaining from the Big Bang, the theorized 
	moment of cosmic creation.  Yet there were other indications 
	that the sources were extremely remote.  [...]

	It was argued that none of the proposed acceleration 
	mechanisms are adequate, such as the whiplash effect on 
	material falling into the intense magnetism of dense, fast-
	rotating stars, or expanding shock waves from stellar 
	explosions or supernovas.

	====

	"Astronomers Track Explosion Of Space Energy..." 
	by Kathy Sawyer 
	Los Angeles Times/Washington Post News Service  4/25/93
	
	The biggest winners of this year's Super Bowl may have been
	astronomers.  While earthlings watched football, a NASA 
	satellite was watching the sky.  Suddenly it was partly blinded 
	by a violent explosion that, scientists say, may have originated 
	near the edge of the known universe.

	Its location is being hotly debated.  But the "Super-Bowl 
	burst," as it is now known, changed the ground rules for 
	solving one of astronomy's great mysteries: Something in the 
	depths of space is shooting gamma rays at Earth.  Since the 
	first sighting of such a burst in 1967, scientists have 
	generated some 125 theories to explain the nature and location 
	of the sources.  Characteristics of the Super Bowl burst 
	indicate that the sources may be even more monstrously powerful 
	than previously suspected, up to 1,000 times more numerous, and 
	located billions of light-years away.

	Emitted in focused beams: At a NASA briefing Thursday, 
	scientists said this new evidence - from the Compton Gamma 
	Ray Observatory, a $560 million, 17-ton facility put in orbit in 
	April 1991- shows that these brilliant, unpredictable 
	detonations are not the product of merely hot "cooking" objects 
	but of particles being accelerated to near the speed of light 
	and being emitted in focused beams, or jets.

	Scientists so far can only speculate about what objects might
	create such energies and why the radiation is seen only in 
	gamma ray wavelengths.  [...]

	Scientists said there are few objects violent enough to produce
	the types and quantities of energies in the bursts.
 
	Crunches into black hole: "The light the sun would give off in
	its 10 billion years of history, multiplied by a thousand, 
	within 10 seconds - that's all we need," said Stan Woolsey of 
	the University of California at Santa Cruz, a leading theorist 
	on exploding objects.  [...]

	No corresponding objects: The Super Bowl burst, which 
	registered unprecedented spikes of up to one billion electron 
	volts during its approximately one-minute duration, was one of 
	almost 600 such flashes seen during two years of mapping by 
	the Compton, and one of almost 1,100 seen since 1967.  No 
	corresponding objects have been seen in optical or other
        	wavelengths by ground or orbital telescopes.

	The Jan. 31 burst was 10 times brighter than any the satellite
	had seen, and more than 1,000 times brighter than any other 
	known sources outside the Milky Way, scientists said. 

I wonder if those mysterious rays from outer space could be explained if there was a invisible neutron star (pulsar) relatively close to our Solar System.

2) Pole Shift / Ascension

A) Mechanism

	Pam:  "I would not be able to tell you for a fact.  I can only 
	tell you what I see.  And I see in the interior of the Earth, 
	the very center of the planet, the yolk of the egg.  I see it 
	churning internally the same as the seas on the outside, its 
	equilibrium having been thrown off kilter.  If you put your hand 
	in a tub of water and started moving your arm back and forth 
	really fast you would create waves that would eventually go out 
	of control and lap over the sides of the tub.  Something made 
	the core of the Earth go out of control.  The orbit and tilt of 
	the Earth somehow were changed.  This created internal, as well 
	as external distress."  [...]  
	"Something caused the orbit and the axis to lean first, and this 
	imbalance caused the equilibrium shift internally.  If the Earth 
	rotated differently and our path was still around the sun but 
	not regular, it would affect the outside.  You have the internal 
	sloshing and then the external being affected by its shifting.  
	Just as we're affected by what goes on inside our own bodies, 
	as well as what happens in the environment around us." 

	"The planet is already beginning to have some violent reactions 
	to inner stirring which is occurring deep in its core.  All of 
	nature will be in an upheaval from now on.  Many new records 
	will be set, many unusual events will be reported." 

Both sources above indicate that "something" is causing the interior of the earth to go out of balance. Some place else in Mary's Message it is implied that the new "magnetic waves" coming toward the earth is what is causing this stress on Earth. The following excerpt from the Keys of Enoch supports the concept:

	"This bombardment (of "cosmic waves") will open up vortices 
	of energy which will change the mantle of the earth due to 
	tremendous amounts of liquefied material being 
	(electromagnetically pinched and) ejected out of the core of 
	the earth." 

I believe the neutron star hypothesis agrees with those predictions. The cosmic rays, EM radiation, and the strong magnetic field of our hypothetical pulsar-neutron star probably can together or individually affect the earth's interior/dynamo. If the neutron star comes close enough, its magnetic field can directly influence the liquid inside the Earth since it is sensitive to the magnetic force. Additionally, affecting Earth's magnetic field itself could also have an effect on the earth's interior, which is also exactly what the cosmic rays/EM radiation from the pulsar might do to the earth. The Van Allen belts (where the charged particles get trapped), and the ionosphere (part of the atmosphere where it is electrically charged from the incoming radiation/particles) are capable of affecting the earth's magnetic field (as it does during magnetic storms) depending on the strength and amount of the radiation/particles from space. And the stress on the earth's magnetic field would eventually affect the electromagnetically sensitive dynamo (liquid interior) of the earth as being predicted.

There is one pole shift theory which proposes that it is the *crust* (surface) of the Earth that would slide/shift. According to this theory, which uses magnetohydrodynamics, there is a semi-solid layer underneath the solid crust of the earth which basically holds the crust/surface of the earth in place. However, when the Earth's magnetic field is for some reason collapsed, the semi-solid layer becomes less solid and allows the Earth's crust to shift position. It is the "pole shift".

Well, since the second sun/"photon belt" and the pole shift are predicted to occur in pretty much the time frame, it is very possible that the neutron star/"photon belt" is what triggers the "crustal" shift.

B) Ascension

According to Drunvalo Melchizedek (basically a "walk-in"), usually the pole shift and *dimensional* shift occur at the same time. And about five to six hours before the shifts an extraordinary visual phenomenon takes place (the 3D and 4D realities begins to merge), and it has a lot to do with Earth's magnetic field. The following excerpt from CWN vol.III seems to support Drunvalo's claim:

	Dolores:  "Do you see that the Earth will shift?"

	Nina:  "Yes, that will happen because it's a natural thing." 
	[...]  
	"Another thing that will be happening is the raising in the level
	of people's consciousness.  So that we are more aware of 
	what's going on, in an inner way.  And that will warrant as 
	much merit as the geologists' information.  There will also be 
	some acceptance of the fact that many people will die.  It will 
	acknowledged that many people will go on to a different realm, 
	and they will be willing to do that.  The common thought is that 
	our survival is dependent upon the planet Earth.  We will no 
	longer believe that.  We will KNOW that we survive whether 
	the Earth is here or not.  Whether we're on a planet or not.  
	The planet Earth will then go into an entirely different advanced
	realm of being, as a whole." [...]  "The things I am speaking of 
	now will begin happening in the next ten to fifteen years"