Astronaut Leroy Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, during a spacewalk 230 miles above Earth, witnessed a strange thing. As commander of the International Space Station in 2005 he and Salizhan were installing navigation antennas, when Leroy spotted something bizarre.

“I saw some lights that seemed to be in a line and it was almost like an upside-down check mark, and I saw them fly by and thought it was awfully strange. It wasn’t just one, but a line of them strung out along the South American coast. I’m skeptical of claims that we’ve been visited by aliens from another planet or other dimension, but I don’t rule it out 100 percent. I have an open mind and I do believe there’s other life in the universe. If there is life out there that’s so much more advanced than we are and they know either how to travel great distances in short amounts of time, or they’re able to come from a parallel universe into ours, why don’t they just come and show themselves?” he told The Huffington Post.

His experience was recreated in the below video:

This video appears to show UFOs moving across the surface of the moon, slowing down and changing directions.

Astronauts on the 1972 Apollo 16 moon mission too witnessed a flying saucer type of UFO above the lunar surface. Watch their experience and a few more incidents in this video:

Presenters:

Bert Metz, Climate policy expert, UN IPCC Mitigation co-chair for TAR & AR4, Advisor with European Climate Foundation

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Discussion - questions and answers
 
John Christensen, Head of the UNEP DTU Partnership (formerly UNEP Risø Centre (URC)

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The bucolic landscape of the Peruvian Rainforest contrasts with the traces left behind by illegal gold mining in Peru. Chilling images of how it has transformed the land and water has been contaminated as a result of this activity. This is the image that manages to portray the  director Sara duPont in his documentary "Amazon Gold" (Amazon Gold),  presented today, December 2, in the Auditorium Vivero "Voices for Climate" in the Jockey Club of Peru (Lima).

The event began with the presentation of the documentary by the Ambassador of the United States, Brian A. Nichols; Deputy Minister of Environment, Mariano Castro, and the film's producer, Sarah Dupont, who stressed the image quality and content of the audiovisual product.

"Illegal mining is relevant because it is a major polluter of the environment. Is a regional and global problem, "said the Peruvian Deputy Minister. "It requires greater awareness so that people have" eyes to see "what has higher priority, to generate positive pressure for authorities strive to create a national and global strategy against illegal mining," he added.

"Amazon Gold" portrays the journey of two American journalists, along Peruvian scientist and activist Enrique Ortiz, along the Madre de Dios River in the region of the same name. By the disturbing images and dialogues concern, the documentaryshows that the traces of illegal mining are deep and wide, because not only destroy habitat but also lives, families and entire countries.

Thus, the goal of the documentary is not only inform the public about the impacts of illegal mining on ecosystems, but also generate awareness, to get countries to protect the world's forests and promote more sustainable development methods .