Space Junk or Extraterrestrial
Satellite, the Black Knight as its
called today has been around for
quite some time now.
This discovery is perhaps one of the
most (in)famous space objects that
orbit our Planet. This Artificial
Satellite has caused mayor media
interest since the late 50′s, and it
has become one of the most talked
about objects in space. First thought
to be an Russian spy satellite, the
Black Knight has gripped the
interest of millions worldwide.
According to monitoring agencies
around the world, The
Black knight has been transmitting
radio signals for over 50 years now.
The USA and Soviet Union have
shown particular interest in this
unidentified space object. Since its
discovery this satellite has
interested countries such as Sweden
and enthusiasts worldwide. One of
them is a Ham Radio operator who
apparently had decoded a series of
signals received from the UFO
Satellite and interpreted it as a star-
chart centered on the Epsilon Bootes
Star System and that the Black
Knight originated from this System
13.000 years ago . ( The Epsilon
Boötis is a double star in the
northern constellation of Boötes. It
has the traditional
names Izar and Pulcherrima. The
star system can be viewed with the
unaided eye at night, but resolving
the pair with a small telescope is
challenging; an aperture of 76 mm
(3.0 in) or greater is required .
Wikipedia)
But according to many, this discovery
was made much earlier than we
thought. Rumors are that it was
Nikola Tesla the first man to
intercept a signal from
this otherworldly satellite in 1899
after building a high-voltage radio
device in Colorado Springs. After
Teslas discovery in the next 30 to 50
years the signal was being
intercepted more frequently until it
was apparently decoded. Since the
1930′s Astronomers worldwide have
been reporting strange radio signals
which allegedly come from the
Black Knight.
In 1957, Dr. Luis Corralos of the
Communications Ministry in
Venezuela photographed it while
taking pictures of Sputnik II as it
passed over Caracas. The strange
thing was that unlike the Sputnik
one and two, The Black Knight
Satellite orbited Earth from East to
West. Sputnik one and two orbited
West to East using Earths natural
rotation to maintain orbit.
The story of the Black Knight made
its media debut in the 1940′s when
the St. Louis Dispatch and The San
Francisco Examiner wrote about the
Satellite on May 14th 1954. The
Time Magazine wrote about it on the
seventh of March, 1960. Here is what
they said about it.
Three weeks ago,
headlines announced
that the U.S. had
detected a mysterious
dark satellite
wheeling overhead on a
regular orbit. There was
nervous speculation
that it might be a
surveillance satellite
launched by the
Russians, and it
brought the uneasy
sensation that the U.S.
did not know what was
going on over its own
head. But last week the
Department of Defense
proudly announced that
the satellite had been
identified. It was a
space derelict, the
remains of an Air Force
Discoverer satellite that
had gone astray. Read
the complete story by
visiting the Time
Magazine website.
The Articles of 1954:
St. Louis Dispatch and The San
Francisco Examiner articles about the
unidentified satellite.
On August 23, 1954 the technology
magazine Aviation Week and Space
Technology released a story that
angered the Pentagon who were
trying to keep the information
secret. The short article stated:
Pentagon scare over the
observance of two
previously unobserved
satellites orbiting the
earth has dissipated
with the identification
of the objects as
natural, not artificial
satellites. Dr. Lincoln
LaPaz, expert on
extraterrestrial bodies
from the University of
New Mexico, headed the
identification project.
One satellite is orbiting
about 400 miles out,
while the other track is
600 miles from the
earth. Pentagon
thought momentarily
the Russians had beaten
the U.S. to space
explorations.
Interest in the Black Knight was
higher each year, in 1957, an
unknown object was seen
shadowing the Sputnik 1
Spacecraft. According to reports, the
unidentified object was in Polar
orbit, at that time The United Stated
nor the Russians possessed the
technology to maintain a spacecraft
in Polar Orbit. According to our
research the first Polar orbiting
satellite was launched in 1960. Polar
orbits are often used for earth-
mapping, earth observation,
capturing the earth as time passes
from one point and reconnaissance
satellites. This would put the Black
Knight in the category of
a observational Satellite, the only
question here is, who placed The
Black Knight in a polar orbit and for
what purpose?
The Object continued to amaze
Astronomers World Wide. In the
1960′s the Black Knight was located
once again in Polar Orbit.
Astronomers and Scientists
calculated the objects weight to be
over 10 tons which would be at that
time the Heaviest Artificial Satellite
to orbit our Planet. The Black
Knights orbiting was unlike any
other object orbiting Earth, as it was
moving as twice as fast when
compared to the man made
Spacecrafts.
There are also several reports that
the Grumman Aircraft Corporation
gave much importance to this
mysterious Satellite, On September
3, 1960, seven months after the
satellite was first detected by radar,
a tracking camera at Grumman
Aircraft Corporations Long Island
factory took a photograph of the
Black Knight. At that point people
all over the world started identifying
the object in the sky, which could be
seen as a red light moving at higher
speed compared to other satellites
in a East to West orbit.
The Grumman Aircraft
Corporation formed a committee to
study the data received from the
observations made but nothing was
made public.
In 1963, Gordon Cooper was
launched into space. On his final
orbit, he reported seeing a glowing
green object in front of his capsule
in the distance moving towards
his Spacecraft. The Muchea tracking
station, in Australia, which Cooper
reported the object to, picked up
this Unidentified object on Radar
travelling East to West. NBC reported
this but after Cooper returned to
Earth, the Reporter were not allowed
to ask Cooper about the unidentified
object. The official explanation given
to Coopers sighting were high levels
of carbon dioxide, which caused
hallucinations .
The Black Knight has been a topic of
interest all around the world. Until
today most of the official
information on the mysterious object
is kept safe and away from society.
No one has answered some of the
most simple and logical questions to
ask, who placed that satellite in
Polar orbit? To what purpose?
Is the Black Knight an
Extraterrestrial satellite sent to Earth
to study the Human race? Did
the Satellite attempt
to communicate with the human
race? Have we ignored attempted
communications? One thing is for
sure, The Black Knight remains as
one of the most mysterious objects
to orbit our planet. Is there a
connection between this (in)famous
space object and ancient mankinds
achievements?