Is there really a mysterious force in space? Astronauts encounter "weird hallucinations" in space

If an ordinary person says that he or she has seen a UFO, people will first suspect that they are dazzled. However, if an astronaut says that he or she has seen a UFO, people generally will not doubt it.

Because in everyone's mind, astronauts are the people closest to the universe, and what they see must be true. But is this really the case?

Astronauts working in zero gravity

After returning to Earth, the astronauts will be interviewed. Many astronauts say that they always have strange hallucinations in space, some of which are even very weird.

For example, Soviet astronaut Volkov once heard a dog barking in space. Where did the dog come from in the space capsule?

So, where do astronauts' "weird hallucinations" come from? Are aliens really influencing them?

Astronauts' life in space

Astronaut Experience

Almost every astronaut is asked by people whether they have seen UFOs, and the experiences of astronauts are different.

When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, there were rumors that the astronauts had received a warning from a mysterious force, so they stayed in the cabin for a full 10 hours and only dared to come out after the mysterious force had gone away.

Astronauts on the International Space Station were performing a mission outside the cabin, and the camera captured a UFO not far away.

Astronaut Yang Liwei once heard knocking on the door in space. You have to know that he went to space alone, so no one would knock on the door.

So is it possible for astronauts to hallucinate?

Apollo 11 astronauts

In real life, most people will have some hallucinations, such as seeming to hear someone familiar calling them, but when they turn around, there is no one there.

For example, when I go to the bathroom after watching a horror movie, I always feel like something is following me.

There are many reasons for hallucinations, such as tension, fatigue, drinking, etc. It is caused by abnormal secretion of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine can make the brain overexcited, resulting in hallucinations.

In addition, hallucinations can also occur due to brain lesions, such as schizophrenia.

Human hallucinations

Astronauts are also human beings, and some symptoms that humans experience on Earth will also appear in space.

First of all, there is weightlessness in space, which causes the brain to function differently in space than on Earth. Therefore, astronauts' dopamine secretion will also be different from that on Earth, and it is normal to have hallucinations.

Secondly, astronauts are always highly focused, and a mission often takes several hours. Such high-intensity work makes astronauts tired, and they are prone to hallucinations at this time.

Finally, before entering space, astronauts have received knowledge about UFOs, aliens, etc., which also has a certain psychological suggestion effect on astronauts.

UFO represents flying saucer

In addition, space equipment will make some noise when it is in operation, and the space capsule is not a vacuum, so sound can be transmitted.

Hearing a sudden sound in space will indeed arouse the imagination of astronauts who have to concentrate highly.

In 2003, Yang Liwei heard knocking sounds in his cabin, as if someone was hitting a bucket with a wooden stick. This incident became an unsolved mystery at the time.

After careful research by our country's aerospace engineers, the cause was finally discovered 11 years later.

Yang Liwei and his Shenzhou V

It turns out that the temperature difference in space is very large. The temperature on the side facing the sun can melt all organic matter, while the temperature on the side facing away from the sun can reach minus 200 degrees Celsius.

The materials used in spacecraft must be highly resistant to heat and cold.

However, no matter what material it is, it will deform to a certain extent under such a huge temperature difference.

Deformation can be divided into macro deformation and micro deformation. The deformation of the spacecraft material will definitely not affect its normal operation, but it will emit a certain noise due to such deformation, which will be transmitted into Yang Liwei's ears.

Since Yang Liwei was carrying out the mission alone and this was also my country's first manned space flight, the pressure he endured was greater than anyone else.

Therefore, the little sound became louder in his mind, allowing him to clearly hear the sound of the material deforming.

Of course, the UFOs seen by astronauts are not necessarily illusions. Most of them are real objects, just not aliens.

Engineers are developing artificial satellites

UFOs in space

According to NASA statistics, the total number of various debris in space exceeds 100 million, and they move around the earth at a speed of more than 2.8 kilometers per second.

Among these garbage, a large part is the fallen fragments of space equipment, which are very small in size.

If it happens to reflect sunlight, coupled with its high speed, it can easily be mistaken for a UFO by astronauts.

Not only astronauts, but such space debris can also deceive astronomical telescopes.

Space junk

The Canadian Aerospace Agency once announced the discovery of a huge explosion in the Perseus constellation. After investigation, it was found that a piece of space debris reflected sunlight and was photographed by an astronomical telescope, which was mistakenly thought to be the Big Bang.

These space debris not only mislead astronauts, they also pose a danger to their lives.

In space, a piece of space junk with a mass of 10 grams has the kinetic energy equivalent to a car traveling at 100 kilometers per hour.

If it hits astronauts working in space, it will directly cause serious harm to the astronauts.

It will tear the astronaut's space suit, causing the astronaut to be exposed to a vacuum environment, and the gas in the astronaut's body will directly burst the person.

Therefore, it is actually a very dangerous thing for astronauts to see such "UFOs".

UFOs photographed by space station

Signals in space

Regarding the previous rumor that the Apollo 11 moon landing encountered an unknown signal "warning", NASA also explained that the astronauts did receive an unknown signal, but it was not a warning, but a chaotic cosmic electromagnetic wave.

There are various electromagnetic waves in the universe, some of which happen to be close to the frequencies used by humans for communication and are received by astronauts.

For safety reasons, these electromagnetic waves must be clearly identified before proceeding to the next step, so the Apollo 11 astronauts cannot leave the cabin rashly.

This incident was exaggerated by the media, and people mistakenly believed that the astronauts had received a strange alien warning.

Electromagnetic wave pattern

The universe is not a completely vacuum. Some spaces are filled with dust and particles, which will have a certain impact on the propagation of light.

If light is refracted in these areas, a scene similar to a mirage on Earth would appear, and what the astronauts see might be a corner of a spacecraft.

We can still react when we see a mirage on Earth, but wouldn’t it be weird for astronauts to encounter this kind of scene in the vast space?

So, what the astronauts saw was basically a misunderstanding?

Mirage on Earth

Of course not. Most of what astronauts see or hear are phenomena in the universe, but it cannot be ruled out that there are traces of alien civilizations among them.

Scientists and astronauts believe that alien civilizations exist, but we have not encountered them yet.

Carl Sagan, a famous astronomer at NASA, believed in the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, which is why he launched Voyager 2 and Voyager 1 in 1977.

He believes that the reason why humans have not discovered aliens is not because they do not exist, but because the level of human civilization is too low.

Human technology is not yet sufficient for us to travel to another star system. If the other party is an advanced civilization, then it is very likely that it will hide itself.

Carl Sagan and the Experimental Model

The late physicist Hawking has always been hostile to aliens. He believes that aliens will treat humans like the European colonists treated Native Americans. Therefore, what humans need to do is not to expose their location.

This point is also mentioned in the world's popular science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem", which is that you should not respond to strange signals from aliens.

Space is a rather complex environment, with all kinds of rays and illusions.

Hawking once warned people not to reveal their location

Astronauts have to face these dangers on the one hand, and complete their mission on the other. Such pressure is a severe test of their mental and physical strength.

Every astronaut is carefully selected and has the best physical fitness among humans.

However, when they return to Earth, their bodies will develop various irreversible occupational diseases, such as osteoporosis, decreased vision, muscle atrophy, etc. These are the effects of the weightless environment on the human body.

Astronauts' working environment

Under such high-intensity work, it is normal to have hallucinations, which also indirectly shows that the astronauts' work is very hard.

Source: Cosmic Decoding