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What is Kona Blue? The proposed Las Vegas UFO technology program unveiled

George Knapp
May 9, 2024

What is Kona Blue? The proposed Las Vegas UFO technology program unveiled

Information has recently surfaced shedding light on an ambitious program that would have researched UFO technology in southern Nevada, aiming to exploit the tech, interview witnesses to extraterres…

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Information has recently surfaced shedding light on an ambitious program that would have researched UFO technology in southern Nevada, aiming to exploit the tech, interview witnesses to extraterrestrial activities, and study the physical and psychological effects of the encounters.

Code-named “Kona Blue,” Las Vegas would have been in the eye of the storm when it came to UFO technology investigations if the program had come to fruition. But why the transparency now? Dr. James Lacatski, formerly a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) analyst and missile expert, has some insight.

“It was completely UFO-related,” Lacatski said regarding Kona Blue. In 2007, Lacatski became interested in reports of UFO activity at certain hotspots, including a property in northeast Utah known by its nickname Skinwalker Ranch.

Lacatski designed and championed a highly secretive program called the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP), an acronym that purposefully omits terms regarding UFOs. He met with Nevada Senator Harry Reid, who, along with two Senate colleagues, secured $22 million in funds. With the contract awarded to a subsidiary of Bigelow Aerospace, AAWSAP became the largest acknowledged UFO investigation in history.

AAWSAP boasted 50 full-time employees, most based in southern Nevada, and created the world’s largest UFO data warehouse. It spawned more than 100 technical papers on different aspects of UFO technology and related phenomena. DIA has not released any of those papers.

However, Lacatski, the overall project manager, and his colleague Dr. Colm Kelleher, the onsite manager in Las Vegas, have co-authored two books about AAWSAP, reporting as much as government officials would allow.

In his 2023 book, Lacatski casually revealed that in 2011, he informed a U.S. senator and a high-ranking official that “the United States was in possession of a craft of unknown origin and had successfully gained access to its interior. This craft had…. no intakes, exhaust, wings, or control surfaces …(no) engine, fuel tanks, or fuel.”

In other words, the U.S. had a flying saucer.

Since that revelation, Lacatski has declined to say anything unauthorized by the Pentagon.

“There was more to it, considerably more to that discussion about what the situation was,” Lacatski said. “We can’t go into that.”

However, thanks to a surprise release from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the Pentagon’s current UFO program, the public is more able to read between the lines. The formerly top-secret document, declassified in February by Homeland Security, describes Kona Blue, a program designed by Lacatski, Kelleher, and other AAWSAP colleagues, as an ambitious plan to study and exploit UFO technology.

KONA BLUE

The papers describing Kona Blue, which would function as a successor to AAWSAP, did not mention UFOs or UAPs by name, but there are clues. For one, the documented purpose of Kona Blue was to “identify potentially disruptive technologies” by analyzing “material of unique origin and engineering.” Success in doing so would depend on gaining access to said materials.

Kona Blue would establish a system to collect sightings of such technology, including at locations of frequent reports. The papers reference advanced technology that has already been recovered and a plan to interview those familiar with those recoveries and how they might recover more. One section notes this recovered technology exists only within special access programs.

The program would have created a medical division to study the physical and psychological effects of encounters with advanced aerial vehicles on humans, including deaths and injuries. Notably, Kona Blue experts would be tasked with handling and examining “unusual and unique biological specimens.” It is not explicitly stated what the specimens were, but it is not difficult to infer.

Meant to be based in Las Vegas, the document notes that buildings already cleared to handle top secret materials were standing by. Businessman Robert Bigelow reportedly spent more than $1 million to bring his facilities into compliance with security requirements in preparation for the AAWSAP effort. His team had expected to receive unspecified but highly sensitive materials.

In 2009, Senator Harry Reid wrote to the Department of Defense to ask for special classification for the DIA program. Officials in Washington were alerted, opposition mounted, and the program’s budget disappeared. As a result, in 2011, Lacatski, Kelleher, and others tried to find another home for Kona Blue.

Documents show the Department of Homeland Security was briefed about what AAWSAP had learned. Dr. Tara O’Toole, deputy secretary for science and technology and noted scientist, was impressed enough to sign off on Kona Blue. However, as with AAWSAP, when top officials began knocking on doors to ask for access to the special materials, opposition to Kona Blue quickly mobilized and the proposed program was stopped dead.

Lacatski was measured when he spoke of the special materials officials wanted to access.

“There’s material, and there’s material,” he said. “Are you talking about material to be investigated? In other words, pieces falling off flying saucers? Or are you talking about full-blown craft? You know, there’s a big difference.”

BLUE LEGACY

Kona Blue was declassified by AARO to discredit evidence and testimony provided by witnesses and whistleblowers. Dr. Sean Kirpatrick, former head of AARO, said the people who tell of crashed saucers were all referring to Kona Blue.

However, as the program never existed and only a handful of people even knew it was proposed, it seems unlikely that witnesses who reported crashed saucers were seeing the results of Kona Blue.

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The Grand Canyon Conspiracy

Jacob Garcia, Ben Brock Johnson, Paul Vaitkus, Matthew Reed
November 10, 2023

The Grand Can-Spiracy

In 1909, the Arizona Gazette ran an article that claimed an explorer by the name of G.E. Kincaid went into the national park for the Smithsonian and found caves full of ancient Egyptian treasure. This conspiracy has been repeatedly debunked for decades, including by the Smithsonian. So how has...

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In 1909, the Arizona Gazette ran an article titled "Exploration in Grand Canyon." It said that an explorer by the name of G.E. Kincaid went into the National Park for the Smithsonian and found caves full of mummies and ancient Egyptian treasures that put everything we thought we knew about civilization on its head.

Well, the Smithsonian called the articles bunk reporting that Kincaid never worked for the institution. And it turns out he never existed! So how can a conspiracy that has been repeatedly debunked for decades, survive for so long?

ARIZONA GAZETTE

MONDAY EVENING
APRIL 5, 1909
EXPLORATIONS IN GRAND CANYON

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/egipto/grandcanyon/ArizonaGazette5April1909.htm

Remarkable Finds Indicate Ancient People Migrated From Orient

The latest news of the progress of the explorations of what is now regarded by scientists as not only the oldest archaeological discovery in the United States, but one of the most valuable in the world, which was mentioned some time ago in the Gazette, was brought to the city yesterday by G.E. Kinkaid, the explorer who found the great underground citadel of the Grand Canyon during a trip from Green River, Wyoming, down the Colorado in a wooden boat, to Yuma, several months ago.

According to the story yesterday to the Gazette by Mr. Kinkaid, the archaeologist of the Smithsonian Institute, which is financing the explorations, have made discoveries which almost conclusively prove that the race which inhabited this mysterious cavern, hewn in solid rock by human hands, was of Oriental origin or possibly from Egypt tracing back to Ramses.

If their theories are borne out of the translation of the tablets engraved with hieroglyphics, the mystery of the prehistoric peoples of North America, their ancient arts, who they were and whence they came, will be solved.

Egypt and the Nile and Arizona and the Colorado will be linked by a historical chain running back to ages which staggers the wildest fancy of the fictionist.

A Thorough Investigation

Under the direction of professor S.A. Jordan, the Smithsonian Institute is now prosecuting the most thorough explorations, which will be continued until the last link in the chain has been forged.

Nearly a mile underground, about 1480 feet below the surface, the long main passage has been delved into, to find another mammoth chamber from which radiates scores of passageways, like the spokes of a wheel. Several hundred rooms have been discovered, reached by passageways running from the main passage, one of them having been explored for 854 feet and another 634 feet.

The recent finds include articles which have never been known as native to this country and doubtless they had their origin in the Orient. War weapons, copper instruments sharp edged and hard as steel, indicate the high state of civilization reached by these strange people. So interested have the scientists become that preparations are being made to equip the camp for extensive studies and the force will be increased to thirty or forty persons.

Before going further into the cavern, better facilities for lighting have to be installed, for the darkness is dense and impenetrable for the average flash light.

In order to avoid being lost, wires are being strung from the entrance to all passageways leading directly to large chambers.

How far this cavern extends no one can guess, but it is now the belief of many that what has already been explored is merely the "Barracks", to use an American term, for the soldiers, and that far into the underworld will be found the main communal dwellings of the families and possibly other shrines.

The perfect ventilation of the cavern, the steady drought that blows through, indicates that it has another outlet to the surface.

Mr. Kinkaids Report

Mr. Kinkaid was the first white child born in Idaho and has been an explorer and hunter all his life.

Thirty years having been in the service of the Smithsonian Institute. Even briefly recounted, his history sounds fabulous, almost grotesque.

"First, I would impress that the cavern is almost inaccessible. The entrance is almost 1486 feet down a shear canyon wall. It is located on government land and no visitor will be allowed there under penalty of trespass. The scientists wish to work unmolested, without fear of the archaeological discoveries being disturbed by curio or relic hunters. A trip there would be fruitless and the visitor would be sent on his way.

The story of how I found the cavern has already been recounted, but in a paragraph: I was journeying down the Colorado river in a boat, alone, looking for mineral.

Some forty two miles up the river from El Tovar Crystal canyon, I saw on the east wall, stains in the sedimentary formation about 2000 feet above the river bed.

There was no trail to this point, but I finally reached it with great difficulty. Above a shelf, which hid it from view of the river, was the mouth of the cave.

There are steps leading from this entrance some thirty yards from what was at the time the cavern was inhabited, the level of the river. When I saw the chisel marks on the wall inside the entrance, I became interested, secured my gun and went in.

During that trip I went back several hundred feet along the main passage, till I came to the main crypt in which I discovered the mummies. One of these I stood up and photographed by flashlight. I gathered a number of relics, which I carried down the Colorado to Yuma, from whence I shipped them to Washington with details of the discovery.

Following this, the explorations were undertaken".

The Passages

"The main passageway is about 12 feet wide, narrowing to 9 feet toward the farther end.

About 57 feet from the entrance, the first passages branch off to the right and left, along which, on both sides, are a number of rooms about the size of ordinary living rooms of today, though some are 30 to 40 feet square.

These are entered by oval shaped doors and are ventilated by round air spaces through the walls into the passages.

The walls are about 3 feet 6 inches in thickness. The passages are chiseled or hewn as straight as could be laid out by any engineer.

The ceilings of many of the rooms converge to a center.

The side passages near the entrance run at a sharp angle from the main hall, but toward the rear they gradually reach a right angle in direction".

The Shrine

"Over a hundred feet from the entrance is a cross-hall, several hundred feet long, in which was found the idol, or image, of the peoples god, sitting cross-legged, with a Lotus flower or Lily in each hand. The cast of the face is Oriental, and the carving shows a skillful hand, and the entire is remarkably well preserved, as is everything in this cavern.

The idol most resembles Buddha, though the scientists are not certain as to what religious worship it represents. Taking into consideration everything found thus far, it is possible that the worship most resembles the ancient people of Thibet.

Surrounding this idol are smaller images, some beautiful in form, other crooked necked and distorted shapes, symbolical, probably, of good and evil. There are two large cacti with protruding arms, one on each side of the dais on which the god squats. All this is carved out of hard rock resembling marble.

In the opposite corner of this cross-hall were found tools of all descriptions, made of copper. This people undoubtedly knew the lost art of hardening this metal, which has been sought by chemists for centuries without result. On a bench running around the workroom was some charcoal and other material probably used in the process.

There is also slag and stuff similar to matte, showing that these ancient peoples smelted ores, but so far, no trace of where of how this was done has been discovered, nor the origin of the ore. Among other finds are vases or urns and cups of copper and gold made very artistic in design. The pottery work includes enameled ware and glazed vessels.

Another passageway leads to granaries such as are found in the Oriental temples. They contain seeds of various kinds. One very large storehouse has not been entered, as it is twelve feet high and can be reached only from above. Two copper hooks extend on the edge, (continued on page 7) which indicates that some sort of ladder was attached. These granaries are rounded and the materials of which they are constructed, I think, is a very hard cement.

A grey metal is also found in this cavern which puzzles the scientists, for its identity has not been established. It resembles platinum. Strewn promiscuously over the floor everywhere are what people call "Cats eyes" or "Tiger eyes", a yellow stone of no great value. Each one is engraved with a head of a Malay type."

The Hieroglyphics

"On all the urns, on the walls over the doorways and tablets of stone which were found by the image are mysterious hieroglyphics, the key to which the Smithsonian Institution hopes yet to discover. These writings resemble those found on the rocks about this valley.

The engraving on the tablets probably has something to do with the religion of the people.

Similar hieroglyphics have been found in the peninsula of Yucatan, but these are not found in the Orient. Some believe that these cave dwellers built the old canals in the Salt River valley. Among the pictorial writings only two animals are found. One is of prehistoric type".

The Crypt

"The tomb or crypt in which the mummies are found is one of the largest of the chambers, the walls slanting back at an angle of about 35 degrees. One these are tiers of mummies, each one occupying a separate hewn shelf.

At the head of each is a small bench on which is found copper cups and pieces of broken swords. Some of the mummies are covered with clay and all are wrapped in a bark fabric. The urns or cups on the lower tiers are crude, while as the higher shelves are reached, the urns are finer in design showing a interstage of civilization. It is worthy of note that all the mummies examined so far have proved to be male, no children or females being buried here.

This leads to the belief that this interior section was the warriors barracks.

Among the discoveries no bones of animals have been found, no skins, no clothing nor bedding.

Many of the rooms are bare but for the water vessels. One room, about 400 by 700 feet, was probably the main dining hall for cooking utensils are found here. What these people lived on is a problem, though it is presumed that they came south for the winter and farmed in the valleys, going back north in the summer. Upwards of 50,000 people could have lived in the cavern comfortably.

One theory is that the present Indian tribe found in Arizona are descendants of the serfs or slaves of the people which inhabited the cave. Undoubtedly a good many thousands of years before the Christian era a people lived here which reached a high state of civilization.

The chronology of human history is full of gaps. Prof. Jordan is much enthused over the discoveries and believes that the find will prove of incalculable value in archaeological work.

One thing I have spoken of may be of interest.

There is one chamber the passageways to which is not ventilated and when we approach it a deadly, snaky smell struck us.

Our lights would not penetrate the gloom and until stronger ones are available, we will not know what the chamber contains.

Some say snakes, but others boo-hoo this idea and think that it may contain a deadly gas or chemicals used by the ancients.

No sounds are heard, but it smells snaky just the same.

The whole underground institution gives one of shaky nerves the creeps. The gloom is like a weight on ones shoulders and our flashlights and candles only make the darkness blacker.

Imagination can revel in conjectures and ungodly day-dreams back through the ages that have elapsed till the mind reels dizzily in space".

An Indian Legend

In connection with this story, it is notable that among the Hopis the tradition is told that their ancestors once lived in an underworld in the Grand Canyon till dissension arose between the good and the bad, the people of one heart, the people of two hearts.

(Manchoto) who was their chief, counselled them to leave the underworld, but there was no way out. The chief then caused a tree to grow up and pierce the roof of the underworld and then the people of one heart climbed out.

They tarried by Palsiaval (Red River), which is the Colorado, and grew grain and corn. They sent out a message to the temple of the sun, asking the blessing of peace, good will and rain for the people of one heart. That messenger never returned but, today at the Hopi village, at sundown can be seen the old men of the tribe out on the housetops gazing towards the sun, looking for the messenger.

When he returns, their land and ancient dwelling place will be restored to them. That is the tradition.

Among the engravings of animals in the cave is seen a image of a heart over the spot where it is located.

The legend was learned by W.E. Rollins, the artist, during a year spent with the Hopi Indians. There are two theories of the origin of the Egyptians. One is that they came from Asia: another is that the racial cradle was in the upper Nile region.

Heeren, an Egyptologist, believed in the Indian origin of the Egyptians. The discoveries in the Grand Canyon may throw further light on human evolution and prehistoric ages."

 

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As supernatural claims flourish online, the Vatican revamps apparition rules for 1st time since 1978

Approved last month by Pope Francis, the rules officially take effect Sunday and offer instructions to bishops on how to conduct investigations.

Eric Lagatta
USA TODAY
May 17, 2024

As supernatural claims flourish online, the Vatican revamps apparition rules for 1st time since 1978

It's about to become rare for the Vatican to endorse supernatural claims of weeping statues of the Virgin Mary and divine apparitions.

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It's about to become very rare for the Vatican to gives its stamp of approval to supernatural claims of weeping statues of the Virgin Mary and divine apparitions.

Under new guidelines revealed Friday, the Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating seemingly supernatural phenomena. The document, compiled by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, is a bid for the Catholic Church to exert more control over unverified claims of faith-based events – including anything from stigmata wounds mirroring those of Jesus Christ, to holy visions.

Candles, flowers and other gifts sit at a highway underpass where some believe is an apparition of the Virgin Mary on the wall April 19, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. Police were posted in the area to keep traffic flowing as hundreds of people have been drawn to the site under I90 near downtown Chicago.​

Approved last month by Pope Francis, the rules officially take effect Sunday and offer instructions to bishops, who have long been responsible for evaluating reported claims.

In the document, church leaders make clear that the intention of the guidelines' revisions is not to deny all new claims that emerge.

“The Church needs clear procedures,” the document states. The norms "are not intended to control or (even less) stifle the Spirit."

What to know about the new rules

The reforms strengthen the criteria that bishops will use to investigate and possibly reject reports of alleged miraculous events.

However, Vatican approval will be required before ruling on the validity of those reports. The Dicastery of Congregation of the Faith, which is in charge of religious discipline within the Catholic church, will also weigh in on each case.

The new guidance outlines six possible conclusions that church leaders investigating events can reach, the most direct of which is outright rejection.

Significantly, the church will no longer endorse or verify any event as supernatural in origin. In that case, labeled as nihil obstat, the church will be determining that, while the event is not confirmed as supernatural, nothing about it is contrary to the faith.

While bishops may promote it, Catholics will no longer be compelled to believe it, the document makes clear.

Image of Jesus Christ seen on Toast​

New norms replace 1978 guidelines

The last time the Vatican issued rulings on supernatural phenomena was in 1978, but those guidelines were kept secret until 2011.

While the document does not reference specific fraudulent cases that made it necessary to replace those rules, the Vatican did acknowledge that the 1978 norms “are no longer adequate” – especially in the internet age.

Social media has allowed wild claims and obvious hoaxes to proliferate online, spreading like wildfire and capturing the imaginations of faithful Catholics eager to believe in the supposed divine phenomena. In the document, church leaders expressed concern about charlatans attempting to make money or gain power by manipulating people's beliefs.

“The use of purported supernatural experiences or recognized mystical elements as a means of or a pretext for exerting control over people or carrying out abuses is to be considered of particular moral gravity,” the document states.

Pilgrims flock to Lourdes, France, Fatima, Portugal after verified apparitions

Reported visions of the Virgin Mary and other divine apparitions, as well as stigmata appearing on hands and feet, have rippled through the Catholic Church for as long as it's existed.

Those recognized by the Vatican have inspired mass pilgrimages to the sights where they are said to have occurred.

Millions of faithful have for decades been drawn to Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in the 19th century, as well as in Fátima, Portugal, where she was alleged to have appeared again in 1917 to a group of children.

The church may have no desire to detract from such significant events, which have become a touchstone of the Catholic faith for many. But as Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez wrote in the document, "there are serious critical issues that are detrimental to the faithful."

"I am thinking of the use of such phenomenon to gain 'profit, power, fame, social recognition, or other personal interest," wrote Fernandez, head of the Vatican's doctrinal office.

 

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The 5 Most Mysterious Container Ships

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Aliens are interacting with humans: Ret. Army Col.

Steph Whiteside and Ross Coulthart
May 29, 2024

Aliens are interacting with humans: Ret. Army Col.

The government has repeatedly denied any evidence of alien life, alien technology or contact with aliens.

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Archaeologists found a secret chamber at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and they have no idea what it is

Archaeologists discovered secret structures in Giza, Egypt with ground-penetrating high-tech methods. The methods revealed an L-shaped structure and a deeper, larger anomaly hidden beneath bare sand. The findings could explain why a large section of the densely packed Western Cemetery is empty.

Jenny McGrath
edited by Jessica Orwig
May 30, 2024

Archaeologists found a secret chamber at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and they have no idea what it is

Archaeologists used high-tech methods to find a strange L-shaped structure in Giza, Egypt. Above ground, it was impossible to tell anything was there.

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Egypt holds many secrets to its ancient past, and archaeologists may have discovered a new one hidden beneath the sands of the Western Cemetery in Giza.

The Western Cemetery holds hundreds of rectangular tombs called mastabas that line the base of Giza's Great Pyramid. These mastabas belong to elite citizens and relatives of the Ancient Egyptian king Khufu, who ruled around 4,500 years ago.

However, in stark contrast to the many rows of tombs, one area of the cemetery is bare, with no structures. Below the sand, it's a different story, archaeologists recently discovered.

What appears to be a flat, sandy surface might hide long-forgotten structures built thousands of years ago. Only a couple of feet below the surface lies what appears to be an L-shaped structure. Even deeper, there's another, larger structure connected to the first.

The L-shaped structure's corners are "too sharp" to be naturally occurring, researcher Motoyuki Sato, who helped find the anomaly, told Live Science.

That suggests humans constructed it and might explain why such a large swatch of the crowded necropolis remains empty above the sand, the researchers reported in a paper they recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Archaeological Prospection.

Both features could be remnants of an ancient tomb, according to the researchers. However, the discovery still leaves many unanswered questions.

High-tech archaeology uses radar and other tools to find buried secrets

The approximate location of the Egyptian and Japanese researchers' first survey of the Western Cemetery in Giza, Egypt.​

In the early days of archaeology, it took years of careful digging to uncover the shape and size of a structure. Now, newer technologies can help scientists map previously unknown buildings without removing even a shovelful of dirt.

That's how researchers from Higashi Nippon International University, Tohoku University, and the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics in Egypt uncovered this latest hidden piece of history.

Between 2021 and 2023, the team studied the location using not one but two high-tech methods: ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). GPR uses electromagnetic waves to map shallow underground features in high resolution. For deeper structures, ERT can locate walls, shafts, and similar anomalies but without as much detail.

Combining GPR, ERT, and satellite data, the researchers discovered an L-shaped structure measuring roughly 32 by 50 feet buried 1.6 feet to 6.5 feet under the sand. They also found evidence of a 1,000-square-foot structure about 11.5 feet to 33 feet below ground, deeper than the L-shaped anomaly.

The next step is excavation

Some mastabas in the Giza Necropolis were elaborately decorated​

At some point, the shallower L-shaped structure was filled with sand, which could be a clue to its purpose. It may have served as a kind of passageway to a lower tomb, according to the researchers. Ancient Egyptians often filled up such shafts to keep out the living.

While GPR and ERT can offer a more complete picture of sub-surface archaeological finds, these techniques can only take archaeologists so far. The researchers noted that the two methods' data didn't precisely match, and the techniques can sometimes make anomalies appear larger than they are.

Other mysteries remain, too. They don't know what, if anything, is in the deeper structure. It could be filled with sand or totally empty.

To answer some of these questions, the archaeologists needed to start digging, literally. They're currently excavating the site, Live Science reported.

Archaeologists used radar and other methods to find an underground structure near the pyramids and cemeteries in Giza, Egypt.​

 

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Trump says there 'could be' alien life forms, but it's 'not my thing'

Former President Trump recalled speaking with elite pilots who reported encountering aircraft traveling at inexplicable speeds

By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News
June 14, 2024

Trump says there 'could be' alien life forms, but it's 'not my thing'

Former President Trump told YouTuber Logan Paul that there "could be" alien life forms that have visited Earth, but that he is not a serious believer himself.

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President Donald Trump​

 

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Possible alien megastructure may have been found by researchers

Researchers have identified at least seven stars that might be surrounded by advanced megastructures known as “Dyson spheres.” The theory is that potential superior intelligent life might be creating buildings or devices to harness the energy around their home stars or planets, creating so-called “alien megastructures.”

Newsnation
Jun 17, 2024

https://www.newsnationnow.com/video/possible-alien-megastructure-may-have-been-found-by-researchers-morning-in-america/9789886/

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Joe Rogan Experience
George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell
August 2023

The Truth Is Out There

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How Otto Skorzeny Went From Hitler’s Favorite Commando To An Israeli Hitman

From rescuing Mussolini for Hitler to becoming a hitman for Mossad, Otto Skorzeny's life was full of twists.

By Daniel Rennie
Edited By John Kuroski
Published March 27, 2018
Updated January 27, 2020

How Otto Skorzeny Went From Hitler's Favorite Commando To A Hitman For Israel

Otto Skorzeny's life took many twists and turns.

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SS Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny.​

SS Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny was an extraordinary military man who specialized in guerrilla warfare and commando-style raids during World War II. He mounted numerous operations with varying degrees of success that involved either the rescue, kidnapping, assassination, or defense of numerous wartime leaders in Europe.

As a result, he became Hitler’s favorite commando and dubbed “the most dangerous man in Europe” by the Allies.
Skorzeny certainly looked the part. He was an imposing figure at 6′ 4″ that sported a deep scar on his left cheek from a fencing duel.
Though loyal to Hitler and a staunch Austrian Nazi, Skorzeny would ultimately turn on his former compatriots and become a hitman for Israel at the end of the war.

Skorzeny was born in 1908 into a middle-class Austrian family. He became a Nazi early on joining the Austrian branch in 1931. When World War II broke out in 1939, Skorzeny’s military career got off to a bumpy start when his application to join the Luftwaffe was denied. He was told he was too tall and too old at the age of 31.

Instead, he joined the SS and became an officer-cadet in the Liebstandarte, Hitler’s bodyguard regiment. From 1940 to 1942, he fought on the battlefield in Holland, France, and the Eastern Front.

But in December 1942, Skorzeny nearly lost his life on the Eastern Front after shrapnel struck him in the head. He carried on fighting until his wounds incapacitated him and he was hospitalized. For his bravery, he was awarded his first Iron Cross.

While recovering in Berlin he became interested in commando operations, reading everything he could on unconventional warfare and guerrilla tactics. He soon formulated his own ideas which gained the attention of SS-Brigadeführer Walter Schellenberg, head of the SD (the SS foreign intelligence service).

Schellenberg made Skorzeny the head of the newly formed Waffen Sonderverband z.b.V. Friedenthal. Now with a team of commandos, he got to test out his ideas of unconventional warfare. His first mission, Operation Francois, did not go according to plan, but his next would be his greatest success.

In July 1943, the Italian government toppled Benito Mussolini. Outraged, Hitler vowed to rescue him and initiated Operation Eiche (Oak). He assembled a line-up of Germany’s best operatives that included Skorzeny. They had never met before, but it soon became apparent Skorzeny was the best man for the job.

First Skorzeny had to find Mussolini. The Italians were moving him from one secret location to the next, and a game of cat ‘n’ mouse ensued. Finally, after weeks of searching, Skorzeny tracked him down to the Campo Imperatore Hotel, some 6,500 feet above sea level on Gran Sasso mountain in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

The hotel was accessible only by funicular. So on Sept. 12, 1943, Skorzeny led a daring airborne raid on the hotel by gliders, but not without incident.

As the gliders approached the hotel, Skorzeny relied on a level patch of grass in front of the hotel as a landing strip. But as it came into view, he realized that what he had seen in reconnaissance photographs was not grass but a rock-laden incline.

Deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and Otto Skorzeny outside the Campo Imperatore Hotel. 12 September 1943.​

Orders were given to abort, but Skorzeny ignored them and ordered his pilot to land. The pilot managed to awkwardly land 30 feet from the hotel. Within minutes Skorzeny found Mussolini. Not one person had been killed.

Not to be overshadowed by Mussolini, Skorzeny barged onto a waiting flimsy Fieseler Scorch aircraft designed to only carry a pilot and one passenger. With three on board, the craft strained to take off but somehow made it safely to its destination.

Skorzeny’s audacious plan had paid off. The Fuhrer, delighted with Skorzeny, awarded him the Knights Cross. The plan even impressed Winston Churchill. And so Skorzeny’s legend began.

Adolf Hitler awarding Otto Skorzeny his Knight’s Cross after the liberation of Mussolini.​

A few months later, Hitler required Skorzeny to carry out a mission that, at least in planning, was even more audacious. This time Hitler planned to kill his major enemies in one location. Called Operation Long Jump, Skorzeny and his commandos were required to infiltrate the Tehran Conference and assassinate the ‘Big Three’: Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin.

According to the Soviets, their own legendary agent, Nikolai Kuznetsov, infiltrated the Wehrmacht in the Ukraine, where he learned all the details on Long Jump after plying a German SS major with alcohol.

With this knowledge, the Soviets allowed the first phase of the German operation to unfold. A team of German radio operators had gone ahead to Tehran to prepare for the arrival of German commandos. There, Soviet spies intercepted messages sent by the Germans stating that Skorzeny and his men would parachute into Iran a few weeks before the conference started.

The Soviets now with irrefutable proof of the planned assassination, arrested the Germans and thus thwarted the plan. Skorzeny and his team never made it to Iran.

Historians have debated whether this operation existed, claiming it was just Soviet propaganda. The Soviets state it was real and high-ranking Soviet officers involved at the time have written books about it.

In Operation Long Jump, Otto Skorzeny and his team allegedly planned to assassinate the “Big Three” at the Tehran Conference.​

Skorzeny’s next success was not strictly an operation but a response to a threat to Nazi leadership.

In his memoir, he claimed he played an integral part in restoring order to Berlin — and the war effort in the aftermath of Hitler’s assassination attempt on July 20, 1944. The conspirators had modified the Wehrmacht “Valkyrie” codeword normally used to suppress a revolt into instigating an uprising instead.

While Major Otto Remer spearheaded an attack against the plotters, Skorzeny got inside the conspirators’ base of operations and had the “Valkyrie” order rescinded. He then restored communications to Fuhrer Headquarters, thus preventing a possible civil war between German troops.
Skorzeny took charge of Wehrmacht administration until normalcy returned, and he was relieved.

Hitler now knew he could completely trust Skorzeny and in October 1944, sent him to kidnap the son of Hungarian leader Admiral Horthy. The successful mission kept Hungary on Germany’s side and involved in the war.

However, Skorzeny’s most infamous mission was Operation Greif (Griffin), which was part of Hitler’s last-ditch attempt at turning the tables on the Allies. His key objective required the capture of key bridges over the Meuse river during the Battle of the Bulge. Skorzeny devised a trojan horse operation which required his men to go behind enemy lines in the Belgian Ardennes dressed as American soldiers and cause maximum panic and confusion.

But there were major hurdles. Only a handful of men spoke adequate English and there was a lack of appropriate American uniforms and equipment, which made the charade risky at best.

A German tank disguised as an American tank during Operation Greif during the Battle of the Bulge. Belgian Ardennes. December 1944.​

Still, on Dec. 16, 1944, Operation Greif launched into action. Skorzeny’s men cut communication wires, issued fake orders, and turned around road signs.
Paranoia set in amongst American forces as word of the German impostors spread. Some Americans fired on each other and soon GIs grilled each other on American popular culture to flush out German agents.

Many American soldiers and even Allied generals were detained at checkpoints for answering questions wrong. For instance, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery refused to show his ID and had his car tires shot out. He was then dragged into a barn and restrained until his identity could be confirmed.

But the biggest confusion — and the masterstroke of the operation — came from Skorzeny himself when he let a rumor run wild within his own ranks that the real target was General Eisenhower, who was still in Paris.

Convinced of the “real” mission, two jeeps full of German agents confirmed the assassination plot to kill Eisenhower when interrogated by Americans. Back in Paris, Eisenhower spent time in protective custody while his body-double did his daily rounds.

In the end, the impostors’ inability to correctly mimic “Americanisms” and U.S. Army protocol proved their underdoing. Many were shot as spies for impersonating the opposing side.

By war’s end, Skorzeny had received oak leaves for his Iron Cross, the highest honor awarded by the Nazis. However, his directive for his men to wear American uniforms got him in hot water in 1947 at the Allied Dachau War Crimes trials.

Luckily for him, he escaped execution when British SOE operatives confirmed they wore German uniforms during the war.

Other charges loomed — and Skorzeny sidestepped those too when former SS men, donning American military police uniforms, helped him escape. He later claimed the OSS (the CIA’s forebear) had aided his escape in return for his services.

At Nuremberg, Otto Skorzeny sits in a prison cell. November, 1945.​

In 1950, he moved to Spain, where Nazi refugees received asylum. To all appearances, his new life with his wife and their small engineering business appeared relatively normal. But his business may have been a front to help numerous Nazis escape to Spain or Latin America.

Which makes it even more interesting that Skorzeny became a hitman for Israel over ten years later.

One evening in 1962, two Mossad agents posing as a couple befriended Skorzeny and his wife in a Spanish bar. But Skorzeny was no fool and he lured them back to his house, where he pulled a gun on them.

He said, “I know who you are, and I know why you’re here. You’re Mossad and you’ve come to kill me.”

 

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4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)

https://www.soc.mil/4thPOG/4thPOGhome.html

Who We Are

PSYOP Forces are Masters of Influence – the core of information warfare. We conduct influence activities to target psychological vulnerabilities and create or intensify fissures, confusion, and doubt in adversary organizations. We use all available means of dissemination – from sensitive and high tech, to low-tech, to no-tech, and methods from overt, to clandestine, to deception.

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4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) consists of a headquarters company and five regional PSYOP battalions (POB). Each POB is regionally aligned and supports a geographic combatant command (GCC) in the planning and execution of MISO series.

The five regional battalions support the following GCCs:

• 1st POB (A) supports operations in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean conducted by United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)

• 5th POB (A) supports operations in the Indo-Pacific region conducted by United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)

• 6th POB (A) supports operations in Europe conducted by United States European Command (EUCOM)

• 7th POB (A) supports operations in Africa conducted by United States Africa Command (AFRICOM)

• 8th POB (A) supports operations in the Middle East and Central Asia conducted by United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

Outreach and Recruiting

Join the PSYOP Regiment: If you are a Soldier or civilian interested in learning more about PSYOP, or how to be selected, give us a call at the number below. Text “4POG” to 462769 to get started. PSYOP is a difficult branch to research so don’t hesitate to reach out for help. We also highly recommend you check us out on our social media.

Newcomers: If you have been assigned to 4th PSYOP Group (A) and are looking for information please give us a call or email at the addresses below. We also recommend you follow our Facebook page to stay up-to-date with new information and other announcements.

Families: We’re happy you’re here. If you are looking for ways to stay in touch please follow the social media pages below. If you have specific questions send us an email so we can connect you with the appropriate section.

Media Inquiries: Give us a call at the number below and we will connect you with the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) Public Affairs Office to respond to your request.

Phone: 910-908-4456

Our History

Psychological warfare was established as a sub-section of the War Department during World War I. Over 50 million leaflets were delivered in modified artillery shells and leaflet bombs dropped from airplanes on enemy units on the Western Front. So effective was the Allied PSYWAR, German Generals stated that the Allied PSYWAR effort had played a large part in devastating their troops' morale. Psychological warfare expanded during World War II with the creation of the Psychological Warfare Branch, Allied Force Headquarters; the Psychological Warfare Division, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force; and PSYWAR Sections at the Army, Group and Field Army levels. These commands consolidated the efforts of the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Office of War Information, British Political Warfare Office and Ministry of Information. These commands further directed the formation of tactical PSYWAR units such as mobile broadcasting companies and broadcasting stations operating detachments.

These World War II PSYWAR efforts dwarfed anything attempted before in history. In September of 1950, BG Robert A. McClure was named Chief, Psychological Warfare Division. Recognizing the need for the Army to retain her PSYWAR units and capabilities, he and his staff established the PSYWAR Center at Fort Bragg in 1952. That center still stands today as the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. The fundamental mission of the Psychological Operations Branch has remained the same since World War I: to "convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups and individuals." However, the means and methods for accomplishing our mission continue to evolve with the increasing demand for PSYOP capabilities across the full spectrum of conflict.

The 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) (POG(A)) is one of the United States Army's active military information support operations units and has responsibility for the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th PSYOP Battalions (Airborne) (POB(A)). 4th POG (A) was activated on 01 DEC 1967 during the Vietnam War and originally consisted of the 7th, 8th, and 10th POBs. It was deactivated in 1971 in Fort Lewis, Washington, before being reactivated in 1972 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. On 15 OCT 1987 4th POG (A) was brought into USSOCOM and on 03 MAR 1993, PSYOP was officially designated as a Special Operations Force. During this time 4th POG(A) participated in operations in Vietnam, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Liberia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Balkans, and Afghanistan.

On 01 OCT 2006, PSYOP became an official branch within the United States Army. Today, both 4th POG (A) and 8th POG (A) fall under 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) (1st SFC (A)).

Today, the POBs under 4th POG (A) comprise the bulk of the DODs information warfare forces. They conduct operations in support of multiple Geographic Combatant Commands and seek to influence allies and adversaries in all forms of media. As the way populations communicate continues to change, 4th POG(A) continues to evolve to support the American way of life in an era of global competition.

 

[blackbull1970]

AECOM

AECOM | AECOM

aecom.com

This is probably one of the most clandestine U.S. Government contractors operating today.

It has expanded over the decades swallowing up a number of infamous, clandestine government contractors like EG&G, URS and McNeil Technologies.

This multinational conglomerate has its hands in pretty much anything and everything you can think of dealing with U.S. Government Covert Operations.

It’s the company you never heard of….and there is a reason why…

About Us

At AECOM, we believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone – uplifting communities, improving access and sustaining our planet.

We’re committed to managing our business with the upmost responsibility and to always strive for better — be that reducing emissions, creating social value or diversifying our senior leadership and workforce.

We understand both the urgency of the challenges facing our society and our responsibility to act in an impactful and enduring way. We’re leading the change towards a more sustainable and equitable future, partnering with those who want to make a positive difference in the world.

We’re listening to clients and the communities we serve in order to improve lives and livelihoods, and to create sustainable legacies for generations to come.

Thinking without limits is what keeps us at the vanguard. Ideas have no borders, and this ethos is embedded in our culture. The full scope of our global expertise is available to anyone who needs it, wherever they are based.

We’re trusted advisors — planners, designers, engineers, consultants and program and construction managers — delivering professional services spanning cities, transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment. Working throughout the project lifecycle, we’re one team driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Our history

AECOM launched when a handful of employees from design and engineering companies shared a dream of creating an industry-leading firm dedicated to delivering a better world.

We became an independent company formed by the merger of five entities. While our official founding was in 1990, many of our predecessor firms had distinguished histories dating back more than 120 years.

Since then, more than 50 companies have joined us and, in 2007, we became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

Fast facts

• 14.4 billion of revenue during fiscal year 2023.

• Ranked #1 in water, transportation, general building, and international markets by Engineering News-Record in 2024.

• Named one of Fortune magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” for the tenth consecutive year

• Named one of 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies for its commitment to integrity and making a positive impact by Ethisphere.

• Listed at #310 on the Fortune 500 as one of America’s largest companies

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Brb

 

[blackbull1970]

Shadow Government

It’s not widely known, but after the events of 9/11, former President George W. Bush implemented a “Shadow Government”.

Supposedly, this government was to remain basically “On Call” in the event that the Federal Government leadership was completely taken out. It was to be part of the classified Continuity Government plans that were put in place during the Eisenhower administration at the height of the Cold War.

To this day, it’s unclear and unknown if former Presidents Obama/Trump or if current President Biden have shut down this Shadow Government. If this government is still active, the question raises have they been granted more power since its creation along with are they making policy behind closed doors.

The Truth will be revealed…

Bush Began ‘Shadow Government’ Hours After Sept. 11 Attacks

L.A. Times Archives
March 1, 2002

Bush Began 'Shadow Government' Hours After Sept. 11 Attacks

Defense: At least 75 senior officials work in secret outside D.C. in case of an assault on the capital. The plan dates to the Eisenhower era.

www.latimes.com

BBC News | AMERICAS | Bush defends shadow government

The Bush administration has activated Cold War-era plans for a “shadow government” consisting of 75 or more senior officials who live and work secretly outside Washington in case the capital is crippled by terrorist attack, a senior government official said Thursday night.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the operation has been in effect since the first hours after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but has evolved over time.

Originally designed to help the government withstand Cold War nuclear threats, the shadow government plan was activated out of heightened fears that the Al Qaeda terrorist network might obtain a portable nuclear weapon. U.S. intelligence has no specific knowledge of such a weapon, but the risk was great enough to warrant the activation of the plan, which dates to the Eisenhower administration, the official said.

Under the classified Continuity of Operations Plan, first reported by the Washington Post in today’s editions, high-ranking officials representing their departments have begun rotating in and out of the assignment at one of two fortified locations along the East Coast.

The Post said the first rotations were made in late October or early November, a fact confirmed by a senior government official late Thursday.

Officials who are activated for the duty live and work underground 24 hours a day, away from their families, according to the Post report. The shadow government has sent home most of the first wave of deployed personnel, replacing them most commonly at 90-day intervals.

A government official said the groups usually number 70 to 150 people, depending on the level of threat detected by intelligence groups. He said President Bush does not foresee ever needing to activate the secret government operation but believed it was prudent to implement the long-standing plan in light of the gathering war on terrorism and persistent threats of attacks.

The team, drawn from every Cabinet department and some independent agencies, would seek to prevent the collapse of essential government functions in the event of a disabling blow to Washington, the official said.

The underground government would try to contain disruptions of the nation’s food and water supplies, transportation links, energy and telecommunications networks, public health and civil order, the Post reported. Later, it would begin to reconstitute the government.

The government-in-waiting is an extension of a policy that has kept Vice President Dick Cheney in secure undisclosed locations away from Washington. Cheney has moved in and out of public view as threat levels have fluctuated.

As first in the line of succession to power behind Bush, he would need help running the government in a worst-case scenario.

“We take this issue extraordinarily seriously and are committed to doing as thorough a job as possible to ensure the ongoing operations of the federal government,” Joseph W. Hagin, White House deputy chief of staff, told the Post, though he declined to discuss details. “In the case of the use of a weapon of mass destruction, the federal government would be able to do its job and continue to provide key services and respond.”

According to the Post, the backup government consists generally of officials from top career ranks, from GS-14 and GS-15 to members of the Senior Executive Service. The White House is represented by a “senior-level presence,” one official said, but well below such Cabinet-ranked advisors as Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. and national security advisor Condoleezza Rice.

Many departments, including Justice and Treasury, have completed plans to delegate statutory powers to officials who would not normally exercise them, the Post said. Others do not need to make such legal transfers or are holding them in reserve.

The report said civilians deployed for the operation are not allowed to take their families and may not tell anyone where they are going or why.

The two sites of the shadow government make use of local geological features to render them highly secure, the Post said. They are well stocked with food, water, medicine and other supplies, and are capable of generating their own power.

President George W. Bush (R) and Vice President Dick Cheney (R)​

 

[blackbull1970]

Researchers discover mysterious interstellar radio signal reaching Earth: 'Extraordinary'

Eric Lagatta
USA TODAY
July 25, 2024

Researchers discover mysterious interstellar radio signal reaching Earth: 'Extraordinary'

Believed to be coming from 15,000 light years away, the signal has been occurring at intervals and for a period of time thought to be impossible.

www.usatoday.com

Mysterious radio wave pulses from deep in space have been hitting Earth for decades, but the scientists who recently discovered them have no concrete explanation for the origin of the signals.

For 35 years, the strange blasts of energy in varying levels of brightness have occurred like clockwork approximately every 20 minutes, sometimes lasting for five minute intervals. That's what Curtin University astronomers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) concluded in research published last week in the journal Nature.

The Milky Way Galaxy viewed from Indonesia ​

The discovery of the signal, which researchers named GPMJ1839-10, has the scientists baffled. Believed to be coming from around 15,000 light years away from Earth, the signal has been occurring at intervals and for a period of time previously thought to be impossible.

“This remarkable object challenges our understanding of neutron stars and magnetars, which are some of the most exotic and extreme objects in the universe,” lead author Dr. Natasha Hurley-Walker said in a statement on ICRAR's website.

First signal detected from 2018 data

Using data gathered in 2018, astronomers first detected another magnetar spinning much slower than usual and sending similar signals every 18 minutes. But by the time they analyzed the data in 2020, it was no longer producing radio waves, according to Hurley-Walker.

So they looked again, knowing that the chance was high they would find another long-term radio source.

The team of astronomers used the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in Western Australia to scan the Milky Way galaxy every three nights for several months. They didn't have to wait long to find what they were looking for.

Within no time, a new source was discovered in a different part of the sky, this time repeating every 22 minutes with five-minute pulses.

Studying records at the Very Large Array in New Mexico, which maintains the longest-running archive of data, the researchers discovered that the source's pulse was first observed in 1988.

What's even more alarming than that this radio signal was able to go undetected for more than three decades is that scientists have not determined with confidence what it could be.

Is it a sign extraterrestrial life? Not so fast...

But before you go assuming that E.T. is trying to phone our planet, the researchers do have other theories about what may be causing it.

Even Hurley-Walker noted in an article she penned on The Conversation — a media outlet with articles written by academics and researchers — that it can be tempting to include extraterrestrial intelligence as a possible source of the signal. In fact, that's what happened when the first pulsar was discovered and astrophysicists nicknamed it "LGM 1" for "Little Green Men 1" before additional observations caused them to rule the possibility out.

The most likely culprit, researchers say, is pulsars, neutron stars that blink and rotate like lighthouses emitting energetic beams as they rotate toward and away from Earth. But pulsars slow down as time passes, their pulses growing fainter with age until they eventually stop producing radio signals.

What's more confounding: the object that the researches detected resembles a pulsar, but spins 1,000 times slower.

Another explanation researchers offer is that the object could be an ultra-long period magnetar, a rare type of neutron star with extremely strong magnetic fields that can produce powerful bursts of energy. But until recently, all known magnetars released energy at intervals ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes — far more often than the 22-minute intervals that this object emits radio waves, according to the study.

Magnetars also generate radio waves for several months before stopping, not for 35 years and counting, according to researchers. The radio emissions should be slowing down, but as observations show, it is not.

In fact, researchers note that it shouldn't be possible for it to produce radio waves at all. The object is spinning so slow as to fall below the "death line," a critical threshold where a star’s magnetic field becomes too weak to produce radio emissions.

To determine what's behind the mysterious pulsing, the astronomers said that additional observations and study are needed.

“Whatever mechanism is behind this," Hurley-Walker said in the statement, "is extraordinary.”

The discovery joins a list of mysterious finds this year beyond Earth's gravitational pull.

In May, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories unveiled strange findings after recording unidentified sounds in the stratosphere using solar-powered balloons.

And in January, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovered an exoplanet outside our solar system that shares similar qualities with Earth.

 

[blackbull1970]

You may have heard of “Operation Paperclip”.

That was the U.S. plan to retrieve WW2 German Rocket scientists to aid in the advancement of U.S. rocket technology.

Well, there was a Japanese version of it. Japanese scientists who were heavily involved with biological/chemical warfare, were quickly rounded up by the U.S. and Russia to advance their weapons programs. Full pardons were given for their cooperation.

It’s believed all the vaccines and medical advancements that came about soon after WW2, came from the research gathered from the Japanese, who did not follow scientific ethics codes for their trial and error research. It’s believed the Polio vaccine, was developed due to Japanese wartime research.

If you are a Covid vaccine Conspiracy theorist….this story should interest you…

Pardoning Devils: The American Cover Up of Imperial Japanese Unit 731

Center for Junior Officers
Jan 27, 2021

https://knowledge.lancashire.ac.uk/id/eprint/48605/1/Dyson%20-%20Final%20Thesis%20-%20Master%20Copy.pdf

General MacArthur (L) and Emperor Hirohito ​

After General Douglas MacArthur accepted the official surrender of Japan on September 2nd, 1945, work began on the compilation of evidence of Japanese war crimes, eventuating in the establishment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE). The tribunal’s initial charter states, “As one of the terms of surrender… stern justice shall be meted out to all war criminals.”

Adding to Imperial Japan’s irreparably tarnished image were the seemingly unending accounts of Japanese atrocities committed across mainland Asia and the Pacific islands. Rape, torture, and astonishingly creative cruelty grew to characterize the Imperial Japanese military. It could be reasonably expected that Allied forces would have upheld the charter of the IMTFE, prosecuting Japanese war criminals to the fullest extent available. Unfortunately, some of the worst Japanese crimes against humanity were deliberately omitted from human rights tribunals: the chemical and biological experimentation on Chinese and Allied POWs by Imperial Army Unit 731.

Although responsible for some of the most grotesque atrocities committed in either theater of the Second World War, much of Unit 731 was granted immunity from war crimes prosecution by the United States government. By granting immunity to the leaders of Unit 731, the United States set a precedent that America would overlook any violation of human rights, no matter how horrific or illegal, if it were politically or strategically expedient to do so.

Unit 731 building in Harbin, China(L), Dr Shiro Ishii (R)​

Unit 731

Established by Emperor Hirohito in 1936, Unit 731’s exact mission varied over the course of its operations, but two main focuses remained constant. First, the Imperial Army of Japan wanted to research and develop the creation of biological or chemical agents which, if necessary, could be weaponized against Allied civilian populations. Second, the Unit was tasked with researching the effects of extraordinary conditions on the human body with the aim of bettering the treatment of Japanese soldiers in combat.

In the pursuit of both aims, Unit 731 conducted experiments unique in both their extreme creativity and brutality. During the research of weaponized chemical and biological agents, ‘field tests’ were repeatedly conducted in mainland China on unsuspecting Chinese civilians; these field tests often entailed the bombing of Chinese villages with clay molds filled with thousands of plague infected fleas in order to observe the lethality and transmissibility of the plague. Other field tests focused on the production of bacterial agents that would be used to poison enemy rivers or infect enemy crops, highlighting the Imperial Japanese Army’s goal of targeting Allied civilian populations.

Shiro Ishii upon graduating from Kyoto Imperial University, 1920.​

The bulk of this research involved experimentation on live human test subjects. Rather than calling them people, Unit 731’s scientists callously labeled these human subjects “logs” (marutas in Japanese).[9] Logs were subjected to whatever conditions the Imperial Japanese army saw appropriate to investigate, without anesthetic. Logs¸ who included infants, women, and children, were poisoned, starved, burned, boiled, electrified, dehydrated, gassed, and frozen to death.[10] To study the effects of frostbite and test various methods of treatment, logs would have limbs forcibly submerged in ice water until the limbs had frozen and swollen.

In order to observe the effects of various diseases on the human body, logs would be infected with lethal diseases and then dissected while still alive.[12] In order to determine the limits of human blood loss, logs underwent blood transfusions with horse blood. Female logs were often raped in order to examine the effects of venereal diseases on developing fetuses who were then vivisected (cut open while alive) alongside their mother.

These examples of Unit 731’s human experimentation, macabre as they are, do not come close to encompassing all of the horrific experiments and research conducted by Unit 731; however, these terrible examples do illustrate the gravity of the United States’ decision to pardon the leadership of Unit 731. By pardoning the experimenters who vivisected innocent men, women, and children, the American government set the dangerous precedent that it would intentionally overlook any violation of human rights if it were provided reason enough to do so.

Political/Military Landscape

In 1945, the United States’ explicit strategic reason to pardon members of Unit 731 was the threat posed by the USSR. Unit 731’s experiments, horrific as they were, provided enormous amounts of useful medical knowledge and data to the United States Army regarding biological and chemical warfare. After gathering the Unit’s data, General Douglas MacArthur decided that the information learned by members of Unit 731 had the potential to be of major strategic importance in a future war against the Soviet Union.

Members of Unit 731 carry out their latest victim​

This meant that the secrecy of Unit 731’s data became a strategic priority and that all information gathered on the Unit would be strictly confidential, precluding Unit 731’s inclusion in the Tokyo War Crimes Trail. The U.S. Army’s response to public inquiry regarding Japanese experimentation on human subjects was a mix of feigned ignorance, outright deception, and intentional suppression. When prodded by American journalists, U.S. Army leadership repeatedly claimed to have found no evidence of Japanese experimentation on human test subjects.

Over time, this continued refusal to acknowledge the crimes of Unit 731 began to create issues between the United States and Allied nations in the Pacific, namely the USSR. Soviet troops had captured multiple research facilities used by Unit 731 in Manchuria and concluded that the Imperial Japanese Army had been performing biological experiments on Allied POWs. After Soviet intelligence gathered the necessary evidence, they established a human rights tribunal in the eastern-Russian city of Khabarovsk. The trial at Khabarovsk, in keeping with the Stalinist traditions of the time, was less a trial and more a ten-day retelling and condemnation of the Japanese human experiments in Manchuria; however, the Khabarovsk trial deserves recognition as the only public forum at the time which discussed and released information regarding the atrocities committed by Unit 731.

Prisoners would be tortured in some of the most inhumane ways​

Tellingly, the findings of the Khabarovsk trials, “Were publicly dismissed by U.S. authorities as communist propaganda.” Furthermore, “The Soviet Prosecutor at the IMTFE attempted to initiate a new tribunal to try other Unit 731 personnel… but, MacArthur ensured that his initiatives were thwarted.” Although American strategic preparations for a war with the Soviet Union were not unfounded, the decisions made by General Douglas MacArthur to cover up the atrocities of Unit 731 placed the United States Army in the morally reprehensible position of being less forthcoming than Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union.

Altruistic as the Khabarovsk trial appears in comparison to the United States’ silence on Japanese experimentation, the Soviet Union was still a proponent of ideals and values which were devoid of freedom, justice, or the humane treatment of civilians. While hundreds of thousands were likely killed or harmed in Unit 731’s experiments, millions died in Stalin’s purges, labor camps, and famines. This should not detract from the guilt and terror attributable to Unit 731, but it should provide some context of the situation U.S. Army leaders found themselves facing after having conquered Imperial Japan. Context, however, does not equal condonement.

Decisions and Impact

A complex situation and the necessity for difficult decisions does not morally exonerate U.S. Army leadership and General MacArthur from the simple fact that they covered up some of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. Making the U.S. Army’s cover up more egregious is the fact that numerous sources indicate American POWs were repeatedly used in these horrific experiments, a contention General MacArthur repeatedly denied and suppressed.

With the choice to not only grant immunity but to publicly defend the scientists of Unit 731, General MacArthur made the decision to prioritize strategic and political goals above justice for the unnamed American servicemen who died in Japanese labs. This decision had obvious implications for American legitimacy overseas, as covering up the nightmarish actions of Unit 731 directly detracted from any position of American ethical superiority. But this decision also had more nuanced implications regarding the U.S. Army’s relationship with the American people.

What precedent was set, when the United States’ most trusted institutions, its military, became complicit in the cover up of some of the worst atrocities committed in human history?

By prioritizing political precautions against Japanese communists, the American military chose political expediency over Imperial Japanese accountability. By prioritizing strategic precautions against the Soviet Union, the U.S. Army chose data and results over justice for Allied POWs murdered by Unit 731. The decision made by General Douglas MacArthur to shield Unit 731 from prosecution set a precedent that the American government and military would overlook violations of international law, human rights abuse, or outright evil if it were advantageous to do so. By acknowledging the fact that this precedent was set in the past, the U.S. Army can begin to repair the wrongs of its predecessors and ensure that similar moral failings are avoided in the future.

Implications for Leaders Today

A Google search of “US military misconduct” will return thousands of recent examples of unethical and immoral decisions made by US military leaders. In ethics there is a concept called ethical fading. Ethical fading is where the ethical aspects of a decision fade away and are replaced by some other criteria, such as winning, self-interest, or profitability to name a few. A 2015 US Army War College study discussed how lying is common in the military.

“…officers tended to dodge the issue [of unethical behavior] with statements such as, “You gotta make priorities, we met the intent, or we got creative.” Eventually words and phrases such as “hand waving, fudging, massaging, or checking the box” would surface to sugarcoat the hard reality that, in order to satisfy compliance with the surfeit of directed requirements from above, officers resort to evasion and deception. In other words, in the routine performance of their duties as leaders and commanders, U.S. Army officers lie.”

So, what does this all mean? It means we as leaders are constantly facing ethical dilemmas. Some may be on a scale of General MacArthur, but most are much smaller. Yet, both present difficult dilemmas with potentially lasting implications for one’s career, the profession, and potentially the nation. Should leaders win at all costs? Where is the line between acceptable and unacceptable? What are the ethics of hiding or covering up an egregious act? Is it ethical to “massage the truth” or “check the box”? What does it say about our leadership if we deprioritize or put ethics to the side? These are questions every leader must answer because leaders set the ethical climate for the organization.

 

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Did Troop Sport Clothing Line Fund KKK Activities?
Black Conspiracy Theories 101

Written by ionerlogan
January 31, 2013

Black Conspiracy Theories 101: Did Troop Sport Clothing Line Fund KKK Activities?

The year was 1985 when the Troop Sport clothing line hit the scene with their ghetto fabulous and overpriced athletic urban wear. Troop, which was owned by two Jewish brothers, Teddy and Harvey Held, and a Korean, Howard Kim, was an instant hit with Blacks and Latinos, but as Troop settled in to...

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The year was 1985 when the Troop Sport clothing line hit the scene with their ghetto fabulous and overpriced athletic urban wear. Troop, which was owned by two Jewish brothers, Teddy and Harvey Held, and a Korean, Howard Kim, was an instant hit with Blacks and Latinos, but as Troop settled in to their marketing niche, a rumor began to float around that the company name was in fact an acronym that was Ku Klux Klan-inspired. Did Troop actually stand for ‘To Rule Over Oppressed People?’ and was the company owned by the KKK?

In the ’80s, tongues began to wag, minds wondered, and word began to spread that every dollar from a Troop sale would go toward financing White supremacist group the KKK, who would allegedly insert little slips of paper in to the lining of Troop jackets and in to the tread of their sneaker line with that said, “Thank you n*gger for making us rich.”

Soon the rumors intensified, with folks swearing they had witnessed rapper LL Cool J on Oprah Winfrey‘s now-defunct talk show putting down the clothing company as a KKK-run establishment and ripping off his Troop jacket in disgust.

As the rumors spread, Troop was quickly going to hell in a hand basket.

In order to try and dispel the very damaging rumors, Troop placed anti-Klan posters in stores and publicized endorsements by leaders of the NAACP and Operation Push. Celebrity franchise owners Willie Horton and Gladys Knight also lent their support. Troop’s Black marketing director, Wesley Mallory, even cut open the linings of five jackets in a Montgomery, Ala., store to prove that there were no cryptic anti-Black cryptic messages inside.

Unfortunately, Mallory’s demonstration had no affect on the masses; the damage had been done and folks were not interested in any messages from spin doctors.

Five years after Troop Sport had begun its operations, they were forced to shut down the company by declaring bankruptcy. The company’s owners attributed the brand’s demise to bad business decisions, though, rather than the KKK rumors that many still believe till this very day.

 

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Pentagon ex-UFO chief says conspiracy theorists in government drive spending

Sean Kirkpatrick, the first director of the all-domain anomaly resolution office, blames ‘core group’ of government workers

Richard Luscombe
27 Jan 2024

Pentagon ex-UFO chief says conspiracy theorists in government drive spending

Sean Kirkpatrick, the first director of the all-domain anomaly resolution office, blames ‘core group’ of government workers

www.theguardian.com

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick ​

Conspiracy theorists working for and within the US government are perpetuating myths about UFOs that millions of taxpayer dollars are then spent looking into, a “self-licking ice cream cone”, according to the Pentagon’s former chief investigator of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).

Sean Kirkpatrick made the claim in a podcast this week after stepping down last month as the first director of the defense department’s all-domain anomaly resolution office (Aaro). It was set up in 2022 to collate military reports of UAP sightings and to be more transparent about what the government knows.

Aaro’s first comprehensive historical record report, which has been submitted to Congress and is set for publication later this year, contains no evidence of the existence of alien life, or any government cover-up, Kirkpatrick says.

But many lawmakers, he insists, are only too happy to embrace unsubstantiated stories circulated by “a core group of people” about secret government UFO research programs. Those include startling claims from the former US intelligence official and whistleblower David Grusch last year about intact alien vehicles and non-human “biologics”, or biological matter, stored at a remote facility.

“They’re some of the same people that have been working behind the scenes with Congress to write legislation,” Kirkpatrick told the In the Room With Peter Bergen podcast.

“They’re the same people that worked with a US company and the US army to explore a piece of material that they claim was a UAP and really is a piece of missile casing from the 1950s. They’re the same people that have been influencing some of these whistleblowers who have come forward to say: ‘Hey, I don’t have any first-hand evidence, but all these people are telling me this.’”

Kirkpatrick declined to identify the people by name, but agreed with Bergen’s observation that “the actual conspiracy is being carried out by a group of true believers themselves to get the government involved in the business of investigating aliens”.

“That is a self-licking ice cream cone, exactly,” Kirkpatrick said. “The best thing that could have happened in this job is I found the aliens, and I could have rolled them out, but there’s none. There is no evidence of extraterrestrials. There is no evidence of aliens, and there’s no evidence of the government conspiracy.”

Kirkpatrick said in a resignation essay published by Scientific American last week that he feared lawmakers had succumbed to “conspiracy-driven decision-making” and sensationalism in their rush to “uncover the cover-up”.

“Worrisome is the willingness of some to make judgments and take actions on these stories without having seen or even requested supporting evidence, an omission that is all the more problematic when the claims are so extraordinary,” he wrote.

“Some members of Congress prefer to opine about aliens to the press rather than get an evidence-based briefing on the matter. Members have a responsibility to exhibit critical-thinking skills instead of seeking the spotlight.”

His frustration was apparent in his conversation with Bergen. He said his department’s mission to use a “rigorous scientific framework and a data-driven approach” to collate and evaluate UFO reports and sightings going back decades had been hampered by misrepresentations, half-truths and other snippets of misinformation from unreliable sources.

“You’ve got people that talk to people who come in to tell the story, or tell the media, and other people come in, but it turns out none of them have any first-hand evidence or knowledge,” Kirkpatrick said.

“They’re all relaying stories that they’ve heard from other people. And if you track where all those people know each other, it all goes back to the same core group of people.”

What his team was able to deduce, Kirkpatrick said, was that at least 90% of recorded UFO sightings, including some videos of military encounters declassified by the Pentagon in recent years, have a perfectly logical explanation.

“When you dig into those kinds of observations, and we had hundreds, you go back and work with the pilot, you work with the sensor, and you reconstruct the entire engagement, nine times out of 10 or more that turns into an optical illusion that we call parallax,” he said.

“Most of the times when we can’t give an explanation, it is because there is a lack of data, and by that I mean consistent, solid, recorded data that you can put into a computer and you can do analysis on.”

Even so, Kirkpatrick said, there are those unlikely to ever accept scientific explanations.

“There is absolutely nothing that I’m going to do, say or produce evidentially that is going to make the true believers convert,” he said.

“It is basically a religion, a religious belief that transcends critical thinking and rational thought.”

 

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A UFO sighting and the creatures seen by one man in the summer of 1945: "They walk like us"
KCAL CBS
August 21, 2024

Nearly 80 years later, Jose Padilla shares a story from when he was 9 years old and growing up in a rural part of New Mexico just 13 miles from where the U.S. tested the world's first nuclear bomb in 1945.

The Trinity detonation was part of the Manhattan Project led by famed physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Now a resident of LA County, Padilla explains exactly what he saw one day in the summer of 1945, not long after the Trinity bomb testing.

The incident will be investigated by the U.S. Department of Defense as part of an expansion of probes into UFO and extraterrestrial sightings. "That object — it is not from this world," he tells KCAL's Chris Holstrom in a recent interview.

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Genome (Gene) Editing.

Is this the future of humanity?

The ability to eradicate diseases, defects and other anomalies that affect the human body?

Or a new technique for “Designer Humans”, creating the Perfect Human. A human with super strength, exceptional hearing/vision.

Creating humans with the ability to breathe underwater?

The possibilities could be endless…..and unpredictable…

What are genome editing and CRISPR-Cas9?

What are genome editing and CRISPR-Cas9?: MedlinePlus Genetics

Gene editing occurs when scientists change the DNA of an organism. Learn more about this process and the different ways it can be done.

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Genome editing (also called gene editing) is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to change an organism's DNA. These technologies allow genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular locations in the genome. Several approaches to genome editing have been developed. A well-known one is called CRISPR-Cas9, which is short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and CRISPR-associated protein 9. The CRISPR-Cas9 system has generated a lot of excitement in the scientific community because it is faster, cheaper, more accurate, and more efficient than other genome editing methods.

CRISPR-Cas9 was adapted from a naturally occurring genome editing system that bacteria use as an immune defense. When infected with viruses, bacteria capture small pieces of the viruses' DNA and insert them into their own DNA in a particular pattern to create segments known as CRISPR arrays. The CRISPR arrays allow the bacteria to "remember" the viruses (or closely related ones). If the viruses attack again, the bacteria produce RNA segments from the CRISPR arrays that recognize and attach to specific regions of the viruses' DNA. The bacteria then use Cas9 or a similar enzyme to cut the DNA apart, which disables the virus.

Researchers adapted this immune defense system to edit DNA. They create a small piece of RNA with a short "guide" sequence that attaches (binds) to a specific target sequence in a cell's DNA, much like the RNA segments bacteria produce from the CRISPR array. This guide RNA also attaches to the Cas9 enzyme. When introduced into cells, the guide RNA recognizes the intended DNA sequence, and the Cas9 enzyme cuts the DNA at the targeted location, mirroring the process in bacteria. Although Cas9 is the enzyme that is used most often, other enzymes (for example Cpf1) can also be used. Once the DNA is cut, researchers use the cell's own DNA repair machinery to add or delete pieces of genetic material, or to make changes to the DNA by replacing an existing segment with a customized DNA sequence.

Genome editing is of great interest in the prevention and treatment of human diseases. Currently, genome editing is used in cells and animal models in research labs to understand diseases. Scientists are still working to determine whether this approach is safe and effective for use in people. It is being explored in research and clinical trials for a wide variety of diseases, including single-gene disorders such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, and sickle cell disease. It also holds promise for the treatment and prevention of more complex diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, mental illness, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

Ethical concerns arise when genome editing, using technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9, is used to alter human genomes. Most of the changes introduced with genome editing are limited to somatic cells, which are cells other than egg and sperm cells (germline cells). These changes are isolated to only certain tissues and are not passed from one generation to the next. However, changes made to genes in egg or sperm cells or to the genes of an embryo could be passed to future generations. Germline cell and embryo genome editing bring up a number of ethical challenges, including whether it would be permissible to use this technology to enhance normal human traits (such as height or intelligence). Based on concerns about ethics and safety, germline cell and embryo genome editing are currently illegal in the United States and many other countries.

Black Teen is one of the first in the world to get his genes edited.
December 2023

CNN’s Meg Tirrell sits down with Johnny Lubin, one of the first in the world to try a new kind of medicine that uses a gene-editing tool called CRISPR to offer a potential cure for sickle cell disease. Johnny Lubin is one of the first people to receive a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease using CRISPR, a gene-editing tool. The treatment has had such a transformative effect on Johnny that his family now celebrates the day he received the treatment as his second birthday. Johnny's family says that he can now go swimming without fear, and that he's starting to learn how to drive.

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Hanford Site

This area in the southern part of the state of Washington has long been on the top of the list of clandestine sites in the United States.

It was primarily built for the development of weapons grade plutonium that was used for the Manhattan Project and later for the American Nuclear Arsenal, but the site has possibly other sinister purposes.

Kenneth Arnold, who is credited for reporting America’s first UFO sighting saw the crafts flying east from Mt. Rainier towards the location of the Hanford Site.

There has been conspiracy theories of secret underground facilities spread out thru-out the complex.

The facility was completely shut down in 1971, but was full of nuclear waste which too this day is still being cleaned out.

The U.S. Government has no current plans on returning the land to public use.

I have driven on state highways WA-24 and WA-240 a number of times. You will have the sensation that you are being watched and monitored as you drive along the road. It’s pretty desolate and eerie going near the site.

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Angels or aliens? Some researchers say Vatican archives hold UFO secrets

Some scientists believe the Vatican's historic archives might hold key insights into "unidentified anomalous phenomena" and paranormal activity. Their efforts highlight an intersection of historical records, religious studies and scientific inquiry into the unexplained.

Robert Duncan
June 18, 2024

Angels or aliens? Some researchers say Vatican archives hold UFO secrets

Some scientists believe the Vatican's historic archives might hold key insights into "unidentified anomalous phenomena" and paranormal activity. Their effort...

www.usccb.org

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A group of scientists and researchers are seeking access to the Vatican Apostolic Archives to uncover information about UFOs and the paranormal, believing there may be traces amid the 50 miles of shelves holding everything from handwritten papal notes to presidential missives.

A screen grab shows former U.S. intelligence official David Grusch giving sworn testimony before Congress in this file photo from July 26, 2023.​

The decades-long effort gained momentum in 2023 following former U.S. intelligence official David Grusch's congressional testimony alleging the Vatican's involvement in an international cover-up of alien secrets. Grusch claimed Pope Pius XII "backchanneled" information to the United States about a crashed UFO recovered by fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

"I don't know where (Grusch) got this information," Marco Grilli, secretary to the prefect of the archives, told Catholic News Service June 11.

Grilli said the archives had received emails inquiring about the veracity of Grusch's claims but likened them to requests to read the personal letters of Pontius Pilate or the Virgin Mary.

"One can laugh at it," he said.

Diana Walsh Pasulka, author of the 2019 book "American Cosmic," and a religious studies professor, is seen working in a library in this undated photo.​

However, findings like those reported in Diana Walsh Pasulka's 2019 book "American Cosmic" suggest to UFO believers that the archives hold more than meets the eye.

Pasulka, a religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, said the archives are full of reports about paranormal events, such as nuns witnessing orbs entering their cells, flying houses and other aerial phenomena. She argues that these events might be better understood as UFO-type occurrences rather than miracles as Catholics traditionally understand them.

"The historical record is filled with these kinds of events," she told CNS May 30; "the people at the Vatican, they don't even know where to look; it's in their basements."

The Vatican Apostolic Archives, pictured in this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, houses over 50 miles of papal letters, presidential missives and historical records.​

The Vatican's archivists are in a "mad rush to digitize what they have; they have to prioritize what they think is most important," she explained. "They aren't really prioritizing orbs that are bothering nuns in the 1800s."

The interest in the Vatican's holdings extends beyond the realm of scholars of religion. Scientists like Garry Nolan, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, view the Vatican archives as a potential treasure trove for understanding UFOs.

"The Vatican is probably the oldest library system of paranormal or supernatural knowledge still extant," Nolan said. The archive "has an aura of both mysticism and a feeling of deep truth that if you just know how to read it, you can pull that information out."

Nolan believes that if an advanced species is showing up on earth, it means it might be possible for humans to survive threats like climate change, the energy crisis and war.

Garry Nolan, a professor of medicine at Stanford University in California, is pictured in this undated photo.​

"The very fact that we think we see something, to me, is hope," Nolan said of UFO sightings. "It says something has made it past the cliff, past the decision point that we feel we are on the edge of right now."

Nolan co-founded the Sol Foundation in 2023 to spearhead scientific research into UFOs -- now called UAPs or unidentified anomalous phenomena -- and to initiate dialogue with religious institutions like the Vatican about the spiritual implications of discovering alien life.

The foundation is confident that at least some UFOs are genuine vehicles of non-human origin. Consequently, one of its primary objectives has been to initiate an interfaith dialogue to assess the potential impact on world religions.

Because the Vatican "facilitates interfaith dialogue and engages religious pluralism, it's always been in our mind that it's an entity we want to engage," Peter Skafish, the foundation's director, told CNS.

Interest among non-Catholic researchers in uncovering paranormal secrets in the Vatican has spanned decades and has roots in a culturally influential retreat center in California.

Father Francis Tiso, an expert on interreligious dialogue, said he discussed a plan to conduct paranormal research in the Vatican archives with the founder of the Esalen Institute over 20 years ago.

Esalen is a retreat center in California known for its progressive and countercultural influence, particularly during the 1960s and 70s. It continues to play a significant cultural role in the United States by attracting Silicon Valley technologists, spiritual leaders and innovators to explore new ideas in psychology, spirituality and personal growth.

U.S. Father Francis Tiso poses for a photo in his home in Isernia, Italy, in this file photo from Dec. 5, 2022.​

Father Tiso said that Michael Murphy, Esalen's co-founder, told him that someone should go to the Vatican archives, "do research, examine the documentation and try to classify it in ways that would be accessible to the scientific community."

Studying miracles attributed to the intercession of saints as possible paranormal activity, Father Tiso said, could help "build another bridge in the direction of paranormal phenomena connected with the idea of (the UFO) narrative, that somehow we human beings are in some way in contact with other civilizations, other conscious beings in the universe."

Jeffrey Kripal, a member of the board at Esalen and professor of religion at Rice University in Houston, said the stories of Catholic miracles are of interest to UFO researchers because telepathic communication, levitation and other paranormal events often coincide with "close encounters."

"The whole gamut of religious phenomena appears in the abduction or the encounter experience," Kripal said.

Carlos Eire, a professor of history at Yale University, has studied the types of miracles that captivate researchers like Pasulka and Nolan. He published his findings in the 2023 book, "They Flew: A History of the Impossible."

Levitations, UFOs and miracles are all on the "spectrum of, let's call it the impossible; things that are considered impossible or highly unlikely," he said.

The Vatican archives have a high value for paranormal researchers, he said, especially because, since the Renaissance, the church has applied more rigor to alleged miracles by requiring witnesses to swear oaths that they are not lying.

While the staff at the Vatican archives acknowledge that their vast shelves contain accounts of miracles, they deny that any of their holdings pertain to aliens.

"The prefect wants to affirm that there is no document in the archives that regards extraterrestrial life," and scholars seeking such material at the Vatican should be "dissuaded from undertaking futile and unproductive attempts in this Apostolic Archive," Grilli said.

 

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Mysterious 'Area 6' Landing Strip in Nevada Desert Baffles Experts

By Tia Ghose
March 7, 2016

Mysterious 'Area 6' Landing Strip in Nevada Desert Baffles Experts

A mysterious landing strip in the remote Nevada Desert could be home to spy plane testing, security experts speculate.

www.livescience.com

A mysterious, mile-long landing strip in the remote Nevada desert could be the home base for testing sensors on a top-secret fleet of drones, security experts speculate.

As seen in images from Google Earth, the asphalt landing strip is in Area 6 of the Yucca Flat test site, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) northeast of the infamous Area 51 that has long been the subject of conspiracy theories. In Area 6, a handful of hangars with clamshell doors are clustered at one end of the airstrip, the Google Earth images reveal.

The area, which does not have a name, is fenced off and can be seen from the road by those touring the pockmarked Nevada National Security Site of Yucca Flat, where the military conducted hundreds of nuclear tests over several decades.

While little is known about Area 6, the Yucca Airstrip is used by both the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, Darwin Morgan, a spokesperson for the National Nuclear Security Administration, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

"They come here to test their own sensors," he recently said after evading questions from the newspaper about Area 6 for months.

Drone base?

Though officials with the government have been extremely reticent to reveal any details about the site, a few details have leaked out.

A 7,500-page tome on nuclear safety at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project includes a brief paragraph describing Area 6 as an "aerial operations facility."

“The purpose of this facility is to construct, operate, and test a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles. Tests include, but are not limited to, airframe modifications, sensor operation, and onboard computer development. A small, manned chase plane is used to track the unmanned aerial vehicles,” according to a 2008 report in the Yucca Mountain repository license application filed by government contractor Bechtel SAIC, which built the airstrip for $9.6 million.

The airspace above the strip is controlled, which reduces the risk of planes or satellites in space getting a detailed look at the surroundings. It also prevents the public from unintentionally stumbling upon the site, Morgan told the Review-Journal.

Based on its size, the hangars could house up to 15 MQ-9 Reaper planes, the type of drones used to perform reconnaissance, Tim Brown, an imagery analyst at the defense information website GlobalSecurity.org, told the Review Journal. The runway is too small for fighter jets or bombers, he added.

One possibility is that the remotely piloted planes do practice runs for reconnaissance work. Yucca Flat's high desert terrain echoes that found in the most remote regions of Libya, where Al Qaeda or ISIS operatives could be hiding out, he said.

If that's the case, the government may be testing out sensor arrays — essentially fields of hundreds of smartphone-type cameras that are mounted on planes such as the MQ-9 Reaper to take time-lapse photography. The idea is that anything out there that's moving could, in fact, be moved by a potential terrorist or bad actor, Brown said.

Satellite images of Area 6 ​

 

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Joe Rogan Gets Trump To Discuss JFK Files And UFO Disclosure
Joe Rogan Podcast
October 25, 2024

This is a rare moment in this video clip, where you don’t see Trump rambling on and going off in a different direction when a question is asked to him.

While watching, you will notice that Trump is thinking what to say before talking. And he responds talking very slowly clearly showing he is very aware to not say the wrong thing.

That is very rare coming from him from how we are used to seeing him at rallies, debates and what interviews he has done running his mouth.

It’s clear he was briefed at some point during his administration and it’s clear somebody informed him if he ever opened his big mouth on what he knew….they then showed him the JFK assassination from a different POV.

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The Truth About the Quietest Town in America

The National Radio Quiet Zone limits wireless communications. But a journey to its center in Green Bank, West Virginia, reveals a town at odds with itself.

STEPHEN KURCZY
AUG 3, 2021

The Truth About the Quietest Town in America

The National Radio Quiet Zone limits wireless communications. But a journey to its center in Green Bank, West Virginia, reveals a town at odds with itself.

www.wired.com

National Radio Quiet Zone

The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) was set aside by the federal government to provide a geographical region to protect sensitive instrumentation from Radio Frequency Interference (RFI).

greenbankobservatory.org

National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) — NRAO Information

info.nrao.edu

SEVENTEEN ANTENNAS PROTRUDED from Chuck Niday’s Dodge Ram 2500. It reminded me of the wraith-hunting vehicle from Ghostbusters, and its aim was similar. Ghosts are all around us—at least in the form of invisible waves of electromagnetic radiation emanating from power lines and Wi-Fi routers, flying through walls and zooming across the sky—and Niday’s job was to track them down. His truck’s main antenna picked up signals from 25 megahertz to 4 gigahertz, while smaller antennas operated as a direction-finding array. “Through some method, which I believe involves witchcraft,” he said, “it comes up with a direction for the signal we’re looking for.”

Niday was heading out on patrol of Green Bank, West Virginia, to keep tabs on radio noise that might interfere with the half-dozen giant, dish-shaped telescopes looming behind us at the nation’s oldest federal radio astronomy observatory. Operating electrical equipment within 10 miles of here was illegal if it disrupted the telescopes, punishable by a state fine of $50 per day. Further safeguarding the observatory was a surrounding 13,000-square-mile National Radio Quiet Zone—an area larger than the combined landmass of Connecticut and Massachusetts—which limited cell service and all kinds of wireless communications systems. Theoretically, you couldn’t turn on a smartphone in town without alerting Niday.

We hopped in the truck. Wiring snaked from the roof down to a stack of electronics and computer monitors in the cab. “Footloose” played on an AM/FM radio. Niday adjusted the dials on a computer to look for signals in the 2.4 gigahertz frequency: Wi-Fi. He shifted into drive.

As we exited the observatory’s parking lot, the truck’s computer monitor started bleeping angrily. Before we reached the main road, we picked up 13 wireless signals. Within a half mile, we found 66 signals. Niday’s gadgetry was going berserk. But instead of jumping out of the truck to ticket Wi-Fi offenders, he simply took note of the sources of radio noise and kept driving, unfazed.

Within five miles, we tallied more than 200 signals, some coming from the homes of staff living on the observatory’s own property—a blatant violation of the facility’s regulations. As I observed from the backseat, I wondered, How is this called the quietest town in America?

I HAD FIRST come to Green Bank a few months earlier, in March of 2017, on something of a pilgrimage with my girlfriend (now wife), Jenna.

Driving into town, we passed the area’s quiet authority: the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, a 485-foot-tall tangle of white beams holding a giant dish the size of two football fields. This washbasin for Godzilla sat at the bottom of a 4-mile-long valley surrounded by mountains nearly 5,000 feet tall, which created a natural barrier against the outside world’s noise and helped isolate this remote area. Three-fifths of the surrounding county was state or federal forest, thick with mountain laurel and, in warmer months, teeming with mushrooms, ramps, ginseng, goldenseal, and sassafras. Its 941 square miles had a total of three traffic lights, one weekly newspaper, one high school, and a couple roadside pay phones.

The population density of about nine people per square mile was the lowest in West Virginia and one of the lowest anywhere east of the Mississippi River. Going to Walmart was a hundred-mile round trip that required traversing some of the Mountain State’s tallest peaks. Outsiders were considered “flatlanders” or “come-heres.” Locals were “mountain people” who lived in evocative-sounding hamlets such as Stony Bottom, Clover Lick, Thorny Creek, Briery Knob, and Green Bank, with that last name holding an almost mythical allure as a place where the grass was greener and life fuller. Four hours from Washington, DC, Green Bank sounded like a modern-day Walden that could free Jenna and me from the exasperating demands of being always online and reachable. Visiting was to be a respite from our digital lives.

In fact, the quiet had attracted a number of outsiders over the decades. The early astronomers’ ranks had included Frank Drake, who in 1960 conducted humanity’s first formal search for extraterrestrial intelligence using a Green Bank telescope. Secretive military operations also found fertile ground in the Quiet Zone, enabling the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on radio communications from a nearby station in Sugar Grove. During the counterculture revolution, hippies and back-to-the-landers flooded the county in search of a quieter way of living, among them a long-haired doctor named Hunter “Patch” Adams who purchased 310 acres with the stated mission of opening a free medical hospital. Up the road, an infamous white supremacist named William Luther Pierce would also find refuge, purchasing a 346-acre mountainside to build a combination country retreat, business headquarters, and militia base from which to inspire a “white awakening.”

The area had also attracted a sex cult, a racist serial killer, and, most recently, people with a mysterious illness called electromagnetic hypersensitivity who described feeling ill when exposed to iPhones and smart meters, refrigerators and microwaves. (At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, some people similarly claimed that cell towers and 5G cell service were somehow linked to the outbreak, particularly in cities.) In essence, they were allergic to modern life. Many were convinced they had nowhere to go but the Quiet Zone.

My own journey to the Quiet Zone had begun in 2009, when I got rid of my first and last mobile device, a silver Samsung flip phone. I had been working for the Cambodia Daily, a scrappy rag in Phnom Penh, and my cell phone had come to feel like an extension of myself. I slept with it. I ate with it. It was a social lifeline. It was also a source of anxiety. Desperate for a callback from a source, I would stare at the device, willing it to comply. I heard phantom rings and felt phantom vibrations. I was as dependent on my phone as a baby on a pacifier. The day I left Cambodia, I dropped my phone in a garbage can.

Back in the United States, I put off getting a replacement. It was a decision initially based on frugality, then fueled by stubbornness. I don’t like when people tell me what to do, and everyone was telling me to get a smartphone. Weeks without a phone turned into months, then years. I worked for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston, then moved to New York City to report on finance, then relocated to Brazil as a foreign correspondent, all without a phone. I signed up for a free Google “phone number” to make calls using my laptop. I used Skype. I got an iPod for podcasts. In emergency situations, I borrowed others’ cellphones, using them in the way people once used roadside pay phones. I recognize mobile devices can be useful—I just think they should be used sparingly.

I’ve come to see my phonelessness as a matter of personal liberty, a kind of Fourth Amendment fight for privacy and “the right to be let alone,” as phrased by the Boston lawyers Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis in a famous Harvard Law Review article from 1890. The two railed against “recent inventions and business methods,” such as “instantaneous photographs” and “numerous mechanical devices” that “invaded the sacred precincts of private and domestic life.” What would they think of smartphones and their abuse of our attention and privacy? I saw myself as a disconnection crusader, a Don Quixote for the digital era, toiling against the tyranny of always-on mobile devices. (Never mind that Don Quixote was delusional.)

My mission was as futile as fighting windmills. Cellphones hardly existed two decades ago. By 2019, eight in 10 American adults owned a smartphone; in my own demographic of Americans aged 30 to 49, 92 percent owned smartphones. Whenever I walked into a public restroom, a guy at the neighboring stall held a device in his free hand. A colleague so vigorously swiped and typed on her iPhone that she injured her wrist and came into the office wearing a brace. My mother, a teacher, was encouraged to tweet from the classroom. My father, a minister, contended with congregants answering their phones during services. Jenna carried two smartphones, one personal and one provided by her employer so she could be reached any time of any day. “You can’t miss nobody in 2017,” the comedian Chris Rock said during a stand-up routine that year. “Not really. You can say it, but you don’t really miss the motherfucker, because you’re with them all the time. They’re in your fuckin’ pocket.”

This loss of radio quiet has coincided with a loss of audible quiet. In 2000, the director of the US National Park Service passed an ordinance on “soundscape preservation and noise management” that called for parks to document and work to preserve natural sounds. The directive expired in 2004. Three years later, when the iPhone debuted, Science reported that human-made noise pollution was “pervasive” in America’s protected areas. The acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton believes a dozen places remain in the United States where a person can hear no man-made sounds for 15 minutes. More than annoying, such noise has been shown to increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and even cancer. The concurrent rise in radio noise has also had deadly effects, with heavy smartphone usage tied to depression, anxiety, sleep deprivation, teen suicides, and, unsurprisingly, motor vehicle accidents.

Wouldn’t there be fewer car crashes and deaths if it was impossible to drive and text at the same time? Wouldn’t all of us sleep better if we lived in a place without constant connectivity? Wouldn’t our lives be richer and our communities stronger if we weren’t always online? And if all these benefits of a less digitized life were true, wouldn’t Green Bank and the surrounding Quiet Zone be a kind of utopia?

Those questions led me into Appalachia, over snowy mountain passes and down steep switchbacks, into the rugged backcountry of Daniel Boone and Stonewall Jackson, to the heart of the National Radio Quiet Zone, in search of an alternative to our tech-obsessed, phone-addicted, attention-hijacked, doomscrolling society. When I first arrived in 2017, the observatory was hosting some 30 media visitors a year, with a regular stream of articles being published about the so-called Quietest Town in America. Busy days could see three film crews crowded atop the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, all competing for footage of that most endangered of things: quiet.

AFTER MY INITIAL visit to Green Bank with Jenna, I returned about a dozen times over the next three years for a series of extended stays, popping in so frequently that people asked if I’d moved there permanently. I joined a book club, helped build a house, foraged for ramps, and went target shooting with a 7-year-old. I frequented a small country church where the wall-mounted “Register of Attendance and Offering” was never updated; it always said there were 11 attendees and $79 in tithes, contributing to the feeling of time standing still, of being drawn into a quieter dimension.

It was also a place of contradictions. Soon after my patrol with Chuck Niday, CNN’s medical journalist Sanjay Gupta drove into Green Bank for an episode of Vital Signs. “National Radio Quiet Zone,” Gupta said to the camera, “that means there’s no cell service, there’s no Wi-Fi, there’s no radio. It’s just really quiet.” On his heels, Katie Couric visited for a National Geographic series. “Green Bank is a town where technology is almost completely banned,” she said in a bright voiceover when the series aired, later opining, “People here seem happy to follow the law of the land.”

Even the state’s highest-ranking officials fed into the quiet hype. “All people within a 20-mile radius of the facility cannot have any device that emits a noticeably high amount of electromagnetic radiation,” Senator Joe Manchin would write in a 2018 op-ed. “This includes WiFi routers, cell phones, and even microwaves. Yet, these faithful West Virginians have sacrificed all of these luxuries for the advancement of science.”

Teresa Mullen rolled her eyes at such language. The Green Bank resident and high school teacher had a microwave. She had a smartphone. She had Wi-Fi. She knew where to get a cell phone signal. “It’s not like we’re living some bohemian lifestyle,” she told me. Such was hardly a secret. A house across the street from the observatory had Wi-Fi with the network name “Screw you NRAO,” an unsubtle middle finger to the observatory’s calls for quiet. Green Bank’s health clinic had Wi-Fi. So did the senior center. “We’re not supposed to,” said John Simmons, the county’s director of senior programs and a former county commissioner, “but I think all that stuff about the noise levels is fabricated.”

As I dug into the issue, I found myself wading into a legal debate. Observatory staff and scientists initially told me in no uncertain terms that the facility could push back against any source of radio interference in town, be it Wi-Fi or a smartphone, a microwave or a malfunctioning electric blanket. But when I raised the issue with scientists and officials in the greater radio astronomy community, I was told that West Virginia’s law against radio noise was essentially toothless, meaning Niday had no power to crack down on Wi-Fi, smartphones, microwaves, and other reportedly “outlawed” electronics.

I would eventually bring the debate to Anthony Beasley, director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virginia, which oversaw Green Bank’s operations from 1956 until 2016, when the two entities split. The NRAO still operates telescopes around the world and has a vested interest in maintaining the Quiet Zone. Beasley agreed there was ambiguity to the Quiet Zone regulations. But he said the argument was somewhat removed from reality. Even if the state and federal laws could be interpreted in their strictest possible way, it still wouldn’t make financial or logistical sense to hunt Wi-Fi up and down the valley. For a cash-strapped observatory fighting to merely stay open, why hire lawyers to prosecute Wi-Fi-users when that money could go toward scientific equipment, staff, and research?

“You’ve got to decide which hill you’re going to die on,” Beasley said. “Taking someone to court and potentially getting some kind of class action lawsuit going would be an incredible waste of time, in my opinion.”

On that point, everyone agreed. It was impossible to stop the wireless revolution.

During my patrol with Niday, we would have found even more signals had we driven a few miles toward his house. Even the Quiet Zone cop had Wi-Fi. “Technically” it wasn’t permitted, Niday admitted, “but I know how to break the rules.”

By 2019, Niday would tally about 175 hotspots within two miles and more than 350 within a 5-mile radius—more Wi-Fi signals than homes, if that was even possible. The 2.4 gigahertz frequency band had become so polluted that astronomers had lost access to that window into the radio universe. Rather than a clean reading of cosmic radio waves, a chart would show an imperceptible scribble of noise from the town’s Wi-Fi.

The Quiet Zone was being breached. I felt that I’d stumbled into a pivotal place in the world and, perhaps, in the history of humanity: an area endangered not by climate change or gentrification but by the Fitbit on your wrist, the iPhone in your hand, the anticollision sensor in your car, the human desire to have what everybody else has. Would Green Bank be able to preserve the quiet? And if it couldn’t, what did that mean not just for my own quiet fight, but for anyone’s hope of finding refuge from the noise?

Updated 8-4-2021, 11:30 am ET: This story has been updated to correctly refer to a 2.4 gigahertz frequency band, not 2.4 megahertz, as previously stated.

 

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Immaculate Constellation: Witness alleges Pentagon has secret UAP/UFO program during congressional hearing

By FOX 35 Digital Staff
November 14, 2024

Immaculate Constellation: Witness alleges Pentagon has secret UAP/UFO program during congressional hearing | FOX 35 Orlando

During a House Oversight Committee Oversight and Accountability subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, a former Pentagon official testified that information about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), or UFOs, was being withheld from the public by a “cabal."

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During a House Oversight Committee Oversight and Accountability subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, a former Pentagon official testified that information about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), or UFOs, was being withheld from the public by a "cabal."

Luiz Elizondo, who claims to be the former head of the Defense Department's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), said the U.S. government has been investigating reports of UAPs for decades.

"Although much of my government work on the UAP subject still remains classified, excessive secrecy has led to grave misdeeds against loyal civil servants, military personnel, and the public – all to hide the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos," Elizondo said. "A small cadre within our own government involved in the UAP topic has created a culture of suppression and intimidation that I have personally been victim to, along with many of my former colleagues."

Elizondo proposed three "principal actions" that should be taken:

"First, Congress and the President should create a single point-of-contact responsible for a whole-of-government approach to the UAP issue. Currently, the White House, CIA, NASA, the Pentagon, Department of Energy, and others play a role, but no one seems to be in charge, leading to unchecked power and corruption.

"Second, we need a national UAP strategy that will promote transparency and help restore the American public’s trust at a time when the public’s trust is at an all-time low. This strategy should include a whole-of-government approach, including the academic and scientific communities, the private sector, and our international partners and allies.

"Third, Congress should create a protected environment so whistleblowers, desperate to do the right thing, can come forward without fear. As it currently stands, these whistleblowers suffer because of stigma, a code of silence, and concerns about retaliation. These whistleblowers should be encouraged to come forward in ways that protect them against any forms of retaliation. Policies and procedures should ensure that protection. And for those who refuse to cooperate, it is up to the Members of this Committee and other lawmakers to wield their subpoena power against hostile witnesses and prevent additional Government funding to those UAP efforts that remain hidden from Congressional oversight."

Dr. Tim Gallaudet, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, also testified during Wednesday's hearing about reported military encounters with UAPs.

"Confirmation that UAPs are interacting with humanity came for me in January 2015 when I was serving as the Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. At the time, my personnel were participating in a pre-deployment naval exercise off the U.S. East Coast that included the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group," Dr. Galludet said.

he US Congressional hearing on UAPs on Wednesday, titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth,” featured a testimony from Dr. Tim Gallaudet, a retired Rear Admiral in the US Navy.​

Galludet said that during the exercise, he said he received an email on the Navy’s secure network from the operations officer of Fleet Forces Command. The subject line read in all capital letters: "URGENT SAFETY OF FLIGHT ISSUE," he said.

He explained that the email was "brief but alarming, with words to the effect of, ‘If any of you know what these are, tell me ASAP. We are having multiple near-midair collisions, and if we do not resolve it soon, we will have to shut down the exercise.’"

Gallaudet said a now declassified video was attached to the email, which the very next day had disappeared from his inbox and the incident was never discussed again.

Gallaudet said the incident had always disturbed him for the remainder of his service and stressed that there is a public safety requirement for more government UAP transparency.

The biggest development out of Wednesday's hearing came from another witness, independent journalist Michael Shellenberger, who claimed sources inside the Pentagon revealed knowledge about a UAP program known as "Immaculate Constellation."

"A source warned that simply printing the name ‘Immaculate Constellation’ could trigger government surveillance of me under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of whoever publishes it," Shellenberger said. "'They won’t comment on it, but talking about it will put you in the danger zone,' I was told. 'They enforce the secrecy with a lot of vigor.'"

Shellenberger provided the subcommittee with a report from someone he has described as "a current or former US government official acting as a UAP whistleblower."

Shellenberger said the whistleblower alleges that the DOD created the program "Immaculate Constellation" in 2017 after the New York Times published an article describing an informal Pentagon UAP program called "Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program," or AATIP, headed by Elizondo.

Journalist Michael Shellenberger, founder of the Public news outlet, displays redacted reports during a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday as he stresses the need for more transparency over UAP investigations.​

Shellenberger explained that the whistleblower’s report includes seven categories of evidence, detailing various UAP sightings collected by technical assets and U.S. military personnel.

He explained that the report described "UAP characteristics that are difficult or impossible to observe with the human eye alone."

Like other witnesses, Shellenberger is calling for more transparency.

"This issue cuts to the core of our democracy. UAP transparency is bi-partisan and critical to our national security. The incoming Congress and Administration should work together to address it as a matter of acute urgency. We deserve the truth," he said.

You can read Shellenberger's complete written testimony (PDF) here. Below is the alleged whistleblower's report submitted to the subcommittee and published by Rep. Nancy Mace (PDF).

Rep. Nancy Mace | Immaculate Constellation Document

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U.S. Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) Discusses ‘Immaculate Constellation’ Program

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U.S. House, Hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
November 13, 2024

Subcommittees of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a joint hearing on alleged government research of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs).

Independent journalist Michael Shellenberger testified on an allegedly secret government program, “Immaculate Constellation,” and he submitted a report by an anonymous whistleblower alleging that the Defense Department and intelligence community withheld evidence to the public about UAPs.

Other witnesses included former Defense Department and NASA officials. NOTE: Until December 2022, the Pentagon referred to UAPs as “unidentified aerial phenomena,” and before 2021, UAPs were called “unidentified flying objects,” or UFOs.

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These all need they own documentaries

 

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