Surprisingly, no one has posted the appearance of a new active region in the NW comprising of a half-dozen small spots. Region most likely to be numbered 1457 whenever NOAA gets a round 'Tuit", LOL. We may also soon see another active region come over the SE limb.

Latest HMI intensitygram:

[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

I've always had an open mind regarding extra-terrestrial beings, but after watching hundreds of fake, mis-leading, or ill-informed videos and listening to countless interviews with "contactees" and "abductees" I've become the ultimate skeptic. The same folks who blindly believe every damn UFO huckster, claim that Faith in the Divine is laughable, backward, and silly nonsense. This I find to be cognitive-dissonance.

I've been an amateur astronomer and sky-watcher for 40 year. I've seen a few weird things that I later was able to identify as either Pentagon secret ops or natural phenomena. I'm definitely intrigued by the Roswell incident, the Travis Walton incident, and Bob Lazar, John Lear, etc. Honestly, I must say that NASA (though they're always prone to falling on their bureaucratic swords) is more trustworthy than R.C. Hoagland and all the folks who have turned the rumored "UFO problem" into an industry rivaling some religious sects. I used to love Richard's appearances on the Art Bell program; and he's been right about a lot of things like water on Mars, water on the Moon, and oceans on Europa, and maybe his "hyper-dimensional physics" will prove to have some validity. However, when he claimed that Comet Hale-Bopp (and later Comet Elenin) were some kind of alien spaceship; he's obviously promoting his Martian Metropolis and Alien Moonbase Bullshit to sell books and videos. The man is not a scientist; he's a former public relations agent.
I'm sorry, but after de-bunking a few dozen NASA image anomalies, I'm just too tired to bother anymore. Let someone else do the research. Remember this--it takes two mins. to post some crazy theory and an hour or two of research to expose and post the obvious truth. My hint to you all....if somebody posts a YouTube about UFO's or anomalies; go to their channel and see how many other videos they posted concerning UFO's or other alarmist fringe theories. IMO, if intelligent aliens ever land here the first order of business would be to exterminate the human infestation, pronto.