Villarroel, Beatriz

Villarroel, Beatriz – aka Beatriz Villarroel Rodriguez – WikiData

“Beatriz Villarroel is an assistant professor of astrophysics at Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University. She holds a PhD in astronomy and a Masters degree in physics, both from Uppsala University.” – PennState

My Personal Journey Through the Unknown: Navigating Vanishing Stars, UAPs, Stigma and Controversies in the Astronomy Community by Dr. Beatriz Villarroel

My Personal Journey Through the Unknown – Beatriz Villarroel (2024)

BeatrizVillarroel.com / Medium.com website

VascoProject.org – Vanishing & Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations: Searches for Transients and Probes

Wonders in the Plates: Searching for Space Anomalies Before the Age of Modern Rocketry By red pill junkie, DailyGrail.com Tuesday, August 5th
In Earth’s Shadow – A new method of detecting unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) by looking for lights in Earth’s shadow cone has been unveiled. Baptiste Friscourt Aug 04, 2025 – sentinel-news.org

A new study seemingly shows alignment of UAPs in space – A preprint article published on 25 July 2025 saw the authors examining events in which temporary light sources seemingly aligned in the Earth’s sky, thereby supporting an artificial origin hypothesis. Baptiste Friscourt – Jul 27, 2025
Baltic Sea Anomaly Explorer Says New Discovery Is “Hard to Accept” By David Freeman -July 22, 2025 – AboveTheNormNews.com

Exclusive: Astronomer’s new data finds possible nonhuman intelligence in space | Reality Check – NewsNation (Aug 5, 2025)

0:00 – 5:14 – INTRO
5:15 – 12:08 – EXPLAINING HER PAPER
12:09 – 29:33 – PLATE DEFECTS
29:34 – 45:17 – IS THIS ALIEN SPACECRAFT?
45:18 – 52:40 – INVESTIGATIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE DONE
52:41 – END – OUTRO

Mystery Objects and the Donald Menzel Conspiracy | Richard Dolan Show w/Dr. Beatriz Villarroel – Richard Dolan Intelligent Disclosure (2024)

NOTE: See 22:49 Mark for discussion of the Menzel information

“Dr. Villarroel discusses the discovery of anomalous astronomical plates from pre-1957, prior to the era of manmade, artificial satellites. Specifically she highlights plates from 1950 and 1952 which depict unusual star-like objects that appear and vanish within a very short time frame. These anomalies were found on images from the 12th of April, 1950, the 19th of July, 1952, and the 27th of July 1952 – the last two dates coinciding with the Washington DC UFO flap, a significant overflight of unknown objects over the US capital. However, Dr. Villaroelle also noted that coincident with these anomalies was the destruction of a substantial portion of the Harvard Observatory’s plate collection under the orders of then-director Dr. Donald Menzel. Not only this, but 1953 saw the beginning of the infamous “Menzel Gap,” an extended period during which Harvard ceased collecting new astronomical data, leading to a gap in the historical record of modern astronomy.

Dr. Villarroel’s work led Richard Dolan to conduct additional research on Menzel, which he also provides here. It was already known that Menzel led a clandestine life as an elite member of the U.S. intelligence community, a fact that was only discovered posthumously. Dolan’s review, however, demonstrates that Menzel spent all of 1952 and 1953 in nothing short of a debunking obsession regarding the “flying saucers.” Even more intriguing, this period was also marked by ongoing rumors of “mystery satellites” orbiting Earth.

All of the above leads to a question: was Menzel’s obsession with UFOs the driving force behind this destruction of scientific data? His involvement in the intelligence community, his secretive life, and his relentless pursuit to debunk UFO sightings, all point towards a possible disinformation campaign, making Menzel a fascinating figure in the history of UFO research.”

Dr. Villarroel recently wrote an article for The Debrief: The Vanishing Star Enigma and the 1952 Washington D.C. UFO Wave – Beatriz Villarroel · January 21, 2024

She was also recently mentioned in the Guardian: ‘It only takes one to be real and it changes humanity for ever’: what if we’ve been lied to about UFOs?

Meet the Astronomer Tracking UFOs – Jesse Michels (2025)

Beatriz Villarroel, Ph.D. on Multiple Transients and the Search for ET Probes – The Sol Foundation (2024)

Physicist: Space objects appeared, disappeared years before first satellites | Reality Check – NewsNation (Sept 2024)

00:00– 2:08 Dr. Beatriz Villarroel
2:09 – 3:33 Sweden ‘drones’ (UFO sighting outside of N. America)
3:34– 4:14 Are you a UFO believer?
4:15 – 5:52 VASCO Project
5:53 –6:10 No Artificial Human Objects in Space
6:11 – 8:49 Glass Plates vs Stars
8:50 – 9:34 Transients
9:35 – 11:10 Techno Signatures vs. Natural Explanations
11: 11 – 13:44 3 Harmful Foods Sponsorship 3harmfulfoods.com/ross
13:48 – 16:48 Natural Explanations to Rule Out & Gravitational Lensing
16:49 – 20:09 Nine Objects Appear and Disappear 12th of April 1950
20:10 – 21:39 Artificial Objects
21: 40 – 26:55 Proof of 19th & 27th July 1952 Washington DC Flap?
26:56 – 31:00 Harvard’s Donald Menzel Destroys 1/3 of Plate Collection
31:01 – 32:00 Moon Watch 1957
32:01 – 34:08 Which Plates Were Destroyed?
34:09 – 40:32 Exo Probe Project
40:33 – 46:31 European UFO Crash Retrieval Initiative http://www.ecr-initiative.org
46:32 – 48:38 Tipping Point For Taking Initiative Seriously
48:39 – 55:41 Female Scientist Stigmas
55:42 – 57: 43 Solid Science & Suspicions