Mystery as UFO vault with 3.8 million files is wiped clean hours after Trump demands alien docs released

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By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

Greenewald shared the news online, explaining that some server directories had their permissions, the safeguards on who can access or edit them, and the file ownership logs changed without explanation.

Black Vault has become a go-to resource for anyone wanting to see exactly what the government has quietly made public over the last 80 years.

Greenewald has spent three decades organizing information on hidden programs and little-known incidents that suggest the US has been involved in top secret efforts to recover and take advantage of alien technology.

Troves of declassified files the public can freely search through on the Black Vault detail military base reports, witness testimonies, and even CIA directives since the 1940s and 50s which have been unsealed without widespread public knowledge.

The researcher has also publicly revealed every time a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was returned by the CIA, FBI, and other government organizations with little or no response.

The timing of the potential sabotage came just hours after the president's history-making declaration, ordering the Pentagon to disclose anything 'related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).'

Hours after saying Barack Obama acted improperly by allegedly sharing classified information when he said that aliens exist, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to declassify all UFO files

Creator of The Black Vault, John Greenewald Jr, wrote on social media that the website containing 3.8 million declassified files was wiped hours after Trump's UFO order

In a statement released on X, Greenewald said he did not 'fully suspect foul play' but noted that he couldn't rule out the possibility because of the suspicious information he had received from the website hosting provider.

'[They] had no idea what happened, and on their side, they said it was a deletion, not corruption,' the researcher posted on Saturday.

In simpler terms, someone or something intentionally removed every single file from the Black Vault's server, deleting all the records released by the CIA and other groups, without fully shutting down the site so alarms wouldn't go off right away.

Until recently, the US government has flat-out denied that UFOs or extraterrestrial beings existed, maintaining for decades that there has never been any physical evidence recovered that proves something non-human has ever landed on Earth.

However, Trump's February 19 order came after he publicly criticized former President Barack Obama for saying in an interview that aliens were real. Trump claimed the 44th president had revealed 'classified information.'

Greenewald has previously filed over 11,000 FOIA requests with the US government to obtain these documents, including some declassified reports that date back to the alleged UFO crash landing at Roswell in 1947.

His investigations have also provided legitimate paper trails, detailing how former administrations and the intelligence community created secret task forces of high-ranking military and scientific officials to research UFO incidents.

These groups include the Majestic 12 (MJ-12), which was allegedly formed after the Roswell crash and worked for over two decades investigating sightings of alien spacecraft, working with non-human technology, and contacting extraterrestrials.

The Black Vault contains millions of pages of declassified information from the CIA and other sources on UFOs, secret government projects, and investigations into high-profile assassinations

The Black Vault's records stretch back to early files detailing the US government's actions following the alleged crash of a UFO in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947

Luckily for The Black Vault, Greenewald revealed that all of the more than 3.8 million files were backed up in secure locations and the site was restored soon after the mysterious wiping took place.

'It is a stark reminder to us all, me included. Keep backups. Keep them in multiple places. And never be intimidated by anything that comes our way, no matter what we expect may have happened,' the researcher wrote on X. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Greenewald for comment on the incident, which the researcher called a 'very oddly timed server maintenance.'

'In my honest opinion, I feel it was a very odd-timed server maintenance done by the hosting provider, that went awry,' Greenewald posted Saturday.

'They didn't catch it, and when I did, they didn't take blame, and there was no way to fully prove what happened, and by whom. Could I be wrong? Yes. Could it have been foul play? I can't rule it out.'

Data wipes like this can occur in a few ways, often without it being a malicious attack. However, these file wipes can be done intentionally by bad actors.

The most common problem happens when hosting companies perform routine updates or data cleanups.

If a software glitch, human error, or incompatible changes take place, it could accidentally delete files or alter permissions.

Hardware issues, such as failing hard drives, software bugs, or even power outages, could also corrupt or erase data. However, The Black Vault's host allegedly ruled out corruption, pointing to a deliberate erasing of the declassified files.

That leaves the possibility of hackers breaching the server through vulnerabilities, including weak passwords, outdated software, or phishing attacks.

Once in the system, the attackers might delete files to cause chaos, especially if the site deals with sensitive data that some groups might want suppressed. 

Critics of the Trump Administration's promise to release all files tied to UFOs and extraterrestrial contact have claimed the move is merely a stunt to distract the public from other political controversies and nothing about aliens will actually be learned.

Many on social media have pointed to the previous releases of the documents detailing President Kennedy's assassination and the Jeffrey Epstein files both containing heavily redacted information that provided no definitive 'smoking gun.'

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23-02-2026 om 23:08 geschreven door peter  

Background: What You Know About The Foo Fighters May Well Be Wrong

Ask most UFO enthusiasts about the Foo Fighters and you will probably hear vague stories about US Army Air Force night-fighter crews who saw balls of light following their aircraft over Germany during the last months of World War Two. They may cite the Smokey Stover cartoon, popular among aircrew at the time, as the origin of the name “Foo Fighter”. Some may even throw in cases from the Pacific Theatre of Operations, again dating from the final year of the war, when crews watched “balls of fire” pacing their B-29 Superfortresses on missions over Japan.

What is less well known is that Royal Air Force bomber crews had been reporting strange lights, luminous objects, and large “aeroforms” in the skies over Germany since March 1942. The small number of UFO researchers who have looked at the subject in depth have discovered a huge number of sightings spanning the globe from 1942 onwards, although if you look hard enough, there are also reports of strange lights dating back to the time of the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940. Although the American night-fighter crews used the term Foo Fighters, the phenomenon had been known by many other names prior to that phrase being coined. Terms such as “meteors” and “rockets” were often used in official reports, but many RAF pilots simply referred to the phenomenon as “The Light” or “The Thing”. What is also not widely known is that lights were not the only items aircrews reported seeing. Huge cylindrical objects with portholes, inverted “bathtubs” and huge “blankets” were also sighted.

“You guys must be nuts! Nobody up there but your own plane. Aint seeing things, are you?” – Ground radar station reply to American night-fighter pilot after report of strange lights, November 1944

Over the last twelve months, I have been revisiting and re-evaluating the known Foo Fighter cases, and in the course of my research, have also found some new encounters in preparation for a book I am writing on the subject. Much of the information is buried in Air Intelligence files and squadron war diaries, most of which is barely legible due to the ravages of time on the flimsy wartime grade of paper used. However, many cases never saw official recognition, and researchers have to rely upon aircrew logbooks and personal interviews, in many cases conducted decades after the events being recalled. The vast majority of wartime witnesses are now deceased, and a large proportion took the details of their sightings to their graves, electing to keep quiet about their encounters.

There are well over one hundred known Foo Fighter sightings from the three main battlefronts during World War Two (Western Europe, Mediterranean, and Pacific), but strange lights and unidentifiable craft were also witnessed over both North Africa and the Eastern Front. To give an idea of the encounters that transpired during the war, here are three of those cases, all of which occurred long before the traditionally accepted start of the Foo Fighter phenomenon in November 1944.

“Several projectiles seemed to enter the luminous disc, but without result, although the object was well within range, approximately 150 metres.” – March 1942 encounter over the Ruhr Valley, Germany

A Polish-crewed Vickers Wellington bomber was returning from a raid on Essen just before midnight on 25th March 1942 when the aircraft’s rear gunner spotted a bright light approaching their aircraft. However, instead of a Luftwaffe night-fighter, it resembled a large fuzzy copper-colored ball, about the size of the Moon. Approaching within 200 yards of the bomber, the gunner opened fire, watching helplessly as his tracer rounds entered the ball of light to no visible effect. They did not come out the other side, nor did they inflict any appreciable damage. The strange light then shot forward and took up position off the Wellington’s port wingtip.

Now the aircraft’s nose turret guns could be brought to bear on the strange light, and both gunners blazed away at what was still thought to be a Luftwaffe night-fighter. The pilot executed a series of evasive maneuvers but could not shake the ball of light. It remained at the same fixed distance, seemingly undamaged, for several minutes until it finally flew around to a point ahead of the Wellington, remaining in place for a few seconds before shooting off into the distance and disappearing. Another crew flying behind the bomber also had their own encounter with the object but refused to report the incident for fear of ridicule.

“By turning suddenly and steeply, I was able to chase the light around in a circle until I could aim my four 20mm cannons at it. This I did several times until my ammunition was exhausted, but each time I observed, no apparent change in the behaviour of the light.” – RAF fighter pilot’s 1943 sighting

In the spring of 1943 over North Africa, a New Zealand fighter pilot was followed by an orange-red glow, a light that then moved to sit off his wingtip, matching his every turn, including a series of violent evasive maneuvers designed to throw off potential attackers. Taking advantage of an apparent time lag before the object matched his actions, he managed to fire his Hawker Hurricane’s guns at the light on a few occasions, but to no effect. The pilot could not distinguish what kind of aircraft or object was generating the light, as it was so bright. It grew dimmer as they crossed the front line but once beyond the firing it glowed with its original intensity. The RAF pilot’s mysterious companion vanished as he returned to base. He knew of numerous colleagues who also had run-ins with “The Light”. This encounter, similar in many respects to Commander David Fravor’s now-infamous dogfight with the “Tic Tac”, predated that event by more than sixty years.

“He was terrified, as white as a ghost. Something up there sure scared the hell of out him, he was nearly frantic when he got out of his aircraft.” – The effect on an American night-fighter crewman, October 1944

The US Army Air Force’s 422nd Night-Fighter Squadron had its fair share of sightings in late 1944 and early 1945, including a notable event over western Germany during the first week of October 1944 when an extremely rapid object latched onto the tail of one of the unit’s Northrop P-61 Black Widows. The mysterious ball of light followed the crew’s machine as the pilot threw it into a violent set of evasive maneuvers. Despite his best efforts, he could not shake off his pursuer, and in desperation finally dove into a bank of cloud. The ball of light did not follow. Colleagues in the squadron stated that the pilot’s radar observer was badly shaken by the experience and was “still sucking wind 24 hours later”. The mysterious ball of light was officially logged as a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket-propelled interceptor. There would be many more bizarre encounters with strange lights before the year was out.

Analysis: Were the Foo Fighters Enemy Secret Weapons?

The night skies over the industrial cities of Germany were filled with lights when a raid was in progress. Multi-colored flares were dropped to mark targets and were replaced during attacks as they burned out. The Germans employed decoy flares to distract RAF bomber crews, and Luftwaffe night-fighter crews used “fighter flares” to silhouette enemy aircraft against the clouds, rendering them more visible to their colleagues. Sudden explosive balls of light, accompanied by sparkling lights, were often seen falling slowly towards the ground. RAF crews believed they were German attempts to simulate bombers being shot down in an attempt to lower morale. Nicknamed “Scarecrows”, they featured prominently in intelligence bulletins, and crews were encouraged to believe they were indeed German scare tactics. In reality, they were aircraft being blown out of the sky by flak and night-fighters. However, Allied aircrew had been very familiar with all of these flares and lights. They did not resemble the Foo Fighters in any way, shape, or form.

Because of wartime secrecy and censorship, most reports of strange lights and unconventional flying craft were never publicized due to the possibility that they may have been German secret weapons. Also, individual unit intelligence officers decided whether such reports were officially recorded and then sent up the chain of command for analysis. They frequently dismissed crew testimony and instead asked them whether they had been drinking. If official reports were filed, ribald comments and ribbing from colleagues followed, at least until they too saw something weird and unsettling. The Foo Fighter reports that do exist are a fraction of a much larger number of sightings.

 “[The enemy] have several land service rocket weapons, and the introduction of anti-aircraft rockets seems a likely and logical development.” – 1943 Air Intelligence briefing

Both the British and American Air Intelligence staff were completely flummoxed by the reports of strange flying objects and the balls of fire that followed aircraft without committing hostile acts. The early reports of 1942 and 1943, including “rockets” that altered course when pursuing RAF bombers, plus a 200-foot long object with red lights spaced at regular intervals along its length, were thought to be examples of new German secret weapons. Extra-terrestrials and so-called “flying saucers” were still several years off into the future, and they were never considered as a possible explanation. Most reports of mysterious lights were believed to be sightings of decoy flares, airborne searchlights, or rudimentary surface-to-air missiles, items which the enemy were believed to be developing at that time. With the available information to hand, these were rational and sensible suggestions, but with the benefit of hindsight, and a working knowledge of German wartime weapons research and deployment, these suggestions were actually way off the mark. 

The RAF had experimented with fitting searchlights into night-fighters but found that they blinded their pilots, rendering the scheme useless, and the Germans refused to devote resources to the subject, instead relying on ground-based installations. Several surface-to-air missile projects were being developed in late 1943 and throughout 1944, however frequent engine and guidance problems, together with political interference, prevented any achieving operational status. Most test launches were failures. Air-to-air rocket mortars were fired at B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators on daylight raids over Germany by defending fighters by mid-1943 onwards, although again these weapons were never used at night. The Luftwaffe almost deployed a wire-guided air-to-air missile in early 1945 but the factory producing the rocket motors was destroyed in a bombing raid. 

Once the Luftwaffe started to fly their early jet and rocket-powered interceptors in the autumn of 1944, the strange nocturnal lights were frequently referred to as “jets” in both American and British official records. This, despite the fact that the crews were actually witnessing balls of light, not aircraft, and in any case, the Germans did not operate their jet or rocket types at night at that time. A small number of Messerschmitt Me 262s jet fighters, converted to the night-fighter role, operated in the defense of Berlin from mid-December 1944 but they never flew in areas where Foo Fighters were encountered. The rocket-propelled Me 163 Komet appears in numerous combat reports by RAF night bomber crews, but it was never flown in the dark, as it was almost too dangerous to fly even by day. However, none of these German secret weapons matched the witness reports describing the Foo Fighters’ maneuvers and capabilities.

“Intelligence reports seem to indicate it is radio-controlled from the ground and can keep pace with planes flying 300 miles per hour.” – US newspaper report, 1945

Labeled as new Nazi secret weapons, reports of Foo Fighters started appearing in American newspapers during December 1944, but the armchair experts called upon by editors to comment on the stories were just as clueless as the Air Intelligence staff. As Allied ground forces pushed into Germany during the spring of 1945, the number of sightings dropped almost to zero. When the war finally ended in May 1945, the Foo Fighters seemed to disappear from Western Europe, suggesting that they were indeed German secret weapons. However, scrutiny of captured aircraft factories and testing facilities found nothing that resembled the Foo Fighters. None of the aircraft or missile designs that were discovered, or design plans that were found, matched the tremendous capabilities displayed by the balls of light. Captured scientists and technicians were interviewed but could not shed any light on the matter either. It turned out that the Germans were as much in the dark about the phenomenon as the Allies were.

The focus of the war changed to the Pacific, where similar sightings of strange balls of light, impervious to machine-gun fire, had been witnessed since August 1944, although sporadic reports of odd-looking objects had been filed since the end of 1942. Crews from Major William (“Butch”) Blanchard’s 40th Bomb Group saw mysterious “balloons” over Japan in October 1944, and Blanchard himself would be at the center of the Roswell UFO crash controversy almost three years later. Air Intelligence believed that some sightings in the Pacific were of German technology supplied to the Japanese. Plans for various weapons were indeed donated by Germany towards the end of the war, however, it was too late to put them into production. Once hostilities in the Pacific ended with the dropping of the two atomic bombs, the number of reports dwindled too. Interest in the Foo Fighters waned, and the wartime reports were filed away and forgotten. No one ever managed to put forward an explanation that stood the test of time. The Foo Fighters are as much a mystery to today’s researchers as they were to the intelligence officials of 1944.

Outlook: The More UFOs Change, The More They Stay The Same

Looking back to incidents that occurred nearly eighty years ago may seem like a waste of time to people caught up in the current heady rush of US Navy encounters, UAP photos, and future government briefings. What appears to be forgotten is that the accounts of November 1944 and November 2004 are not too dissimilar when you boil them down to their basics. Drop a P-61 Black Widow pilot into the front seat of a F/A-18F Super Hornet and he might gaze in awe at the new technology on display in front of him. Put him in David Fravor’s position and the P-61 pilot would realize that the “Tic Tac” demonstrates a much higher level of sophistication than the machine he was now flying. Military aircraft may have vastly improved over the intervening sixty years, but whatever our pilots are continuing to come up against during training flights, the mysterious lights and objects are still running rings around them. To this observer at least, it also appears as if those who are supposed to be “in the know” still don’t have a clue what is going on, something else which hasn’t changed since 1944.

“We have encountered a phenomenon which we cannot explain.” – Secret 1945 memo sent from XII Tactical Air Command intelligence staff to the First Tactical Air Force

Trying to ascertain the origin and motives of the Foo Fighters is akin to figuring out what is going on with the current UAP phenomenon. Stories suggest that German pilots also encountered the Foo Fighters during World War Two, but I have not been able to find any reports that stand up to even the briefest scrutiny. Without trying to sound like a debunker, the photographic “evidence” that exists is probably faked, is a film defect, or another mundane occurrence. Pictures that pass these tests subsequently fail in terms of a lack of supporting information. None of the photos I have found in the course of my research have accompanying notes about locations, dates, or names of the aircrew involved, and are therefore treated with a healthy dose of skepticism. Without context, they are practically meaningless. I like to think that if annotated photos exist in a military archive somewhere, they presumably sit on a shelf next to pictures of the crashed Roswell craft and the Kecksburg “Acorn”. 

Despite a lack of photographic evidence, the Foo Fighter phenomenon is redeemed in terms of the sheer number of witness statements, logbooks, and intelligence reports that confirm the existence of strange lights and other odd flying objects during World War Two, if not their nature. Reports of Foo Fighter encounters are compelling but leave plenty of scope for argument and debate over their veracity, origin, and purpose. Fast forward to April 2021 and a quick read through postings on UFO Twitter tells me that nothing has changed in this respect. UAPs remain unidentified, and people continue to argue over what they represent.

If and when the current spate of UAP sightings is explained to the satisfaction of most commentators and onlookers, perhaps the information we receive will help us understand historical encounters such as the Foo Fighters, Roswell, and Socorro. One could argue that the Foo Fighters are still with us. They might have changed their shape and name, but they are still the same elusive phenomenon that has baffled military personnel who have confronted them in the skies for almost eighty years.

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23-02-2026 om 17:49 geschreven door peter  

Orbs Over Stojeszyn, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland – January 19, 2026 (approx. 5:00 PM) UFO UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Jan 19, 2026

Location of sighting: Stojeszyn, Poland

 

UFOs are constantly being seen around the world, often being mistaken for something else when in reality...it's an alien craft. Here we have several orbs moving about knowing full well that there are people down below watching and recording them. Aliens know the time for full disclosure is very near, and they no longer want to wait. These are alien entities ai technology recording and sometimes controlled by biological entities at an alien base somewhere underground or under the ocean floor. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

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23-02-2026 om 17:23 geschreven door peter  

UFO caught in NASA images over moons surface, Apollo 10. UAP Sighting News.

 

Strange UFO Sighting of cone caught in NASA image over moons surface, Apollo 10 Mission.

Location: Moons Surface
Date: May 18 until 26, 1969

While looking over some NASA images in their archives of Apollo 10 moon mission I found these Five interesting photos. Remember the purpose of this mission was to be a "dry run" for the Apollo 11 mission, testing all of the procedures and components of a Moon landing without actually landing on the Moon itself. See the UFO orb on far right? The first and second photos show the module floating near two UFO orbs that apparently came to investigate them. These photos are labeled "flyby sequence" because they are flying over the moon to investigate future landing spots. Now two orbs on right.The third through fifth images shows a UFO that is shaped like an upside-down cone. This giant UFO also seems to have the two orbs flying around it. Notice the orbs position changes in each photo. 

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Source:

• http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3864
• http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3865
• http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-3988
• http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-3989
• http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-3990
  
  

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23-02-2026 om 17:06 geschreven door peter  

Ufology: From Fringe to Mainstream to Fringe?

Alittle over eight years ago The New York Times published a story that had profound implications for the way in which the UFO topic was perceived.¹ It also began, at least in the U.S., a process by which the subject became increasingly more mainstream. In this article I want to address three questions:

(1) How did ufology get here?

(2) Where does ufology stand now?

(3) What does the future hold for ufology?

1. How did ufology get here? 

On December 16, 2017, The New York Times broke two related stories. The first was the existence of forward-looking infrared videos of UAP (the U.S. government uses the term UAP—Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon—as opposed to UFO) taken from U.S. Navy jets and confirmed by the Department of Defense as being authentic footage.²

The second part of the story was the existence of a shadowy intelligence program known as the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), that supposedly researched and investigated UAP. This was newsworthy in and of itself, because for years the official position of the U.S. government was that there was no longer any interest in UAP, and that no programs had existed to study the phenomenon since the end of the 1960s, when a long running U.S. Air Force program known as Project Blue Book was terminated. Many people in the UFO community believed this was a lie and that covert programs existed, so it seemed like a clear-cut example of a conspiracy theory that turned out to be true. 

The truth was rather more complex, and there’s still no universally accepted narrative here. Some skeptics say AATIP was more of an unofficial effort undertaken by a group of believers in the Intelligence Community. Whatever its true nature, AATIP was clearly a spin-off of an earlier Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) program called the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP). AAWSAP was demonstrably a genuine program, and some official documents use the terms AAWSAP and AATIP interchangeably.³ In January 2020, Pentagon public affairs spokesperson Susan Gough issued a statement attempting to clear up the confusion. It stated: 

The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was the name of the overall program. The Advanced Aerospace Weapons Systems Application Program (AAWSAP) was the name of the contract that DIA awarded for the production of all technical reports under AATIP. 

I sought further clarification, and on January 13, 2020, Susan Gough followed this up with a statement that: 

DIA managed the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. All of the work performed under AATIP was done via a single contract vehicle called AAWSAP. The total work effort for AATIP consisted of the 38 technical reports produced under the contract vehicle. DIA was the sole lead for management of AATIP via AAWSAP. Congress was briefed on the total work conducted for AATIP—the aforementioned 38 technical reports. 

The authors of these 38 reports include Hal Puthoff, Eric Davis, and Kit Green—names well-known to those who follow government dabbling in fringe science and the paranormal. 

My personal assessment is that all the euphemistic “advanced aerospace” references were a way of disguising a UFO or paranormal research program as being a program looking at next-generation foreign aerospace weapon threats, to try to protect it from skeptical Pentagon financiers and Congressional oversight folks who would have been horrified to learn that taxpayers’ money was being spent on such matters. This attempt was ultimately unsuccessful, because while $10M was appropriated in FY2008 and a further $12M in FY2010, funding ended in FY2012, after an earlier official review concluded that “the reports were of limited value to DIA.” 

The roots of AAWSAP trace back to Intelligence Community personnel Jay Stratton and James Lacatski, as well as to Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, often portrayed as a hotbed of UFO sightings and paranormal phenomena. Following the DIA’s 2008 issue of a contractual solicitation (carefully worded to focus on breakthrough technologies that might underpin future aerospace weapon systems, while avoiding mention of UFOs or the paranormal), the contract was awarded to Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS).⁴ Billionaire space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow was, at the time, the owner of Skinwalker Ranch. 

Robert Bigelow had a longstanding interest in UFOs and the paranormal, and had previously funded the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS).⁵ The Chairman of the Board was the aforementioned Hal Puthoff, a parapsychologist who’d previously managed (with Russell Targ) a program at the Stanford Research Institute (not affiliated with Stanford University) to investigate paranormal phenomena. This work likely led to the U.S. government’s dabbling in such areas as remote viewing through Project Stargate, run by the DIA and CIA during the Cold War. 

NIDS looked at a range of fringe science topics, and some have argued that AAWSAP was essentially a way to secure government funding for a continuation of the sort of work that had been done by NIDS. Senator Harry Reid (who knew Robert Bigelow) was instrumental in securing official status and funding for AAWSAP. 

The New York Times story was quickly picked up by other mainstream media outlets around the world, and this caught the attention of numerous Congressional representatives and staffers. A key reason for this interest was the fact that aside from Harry Reid and two Senatorial colleagues, there seemed to have been no Congressional knowledge of AAWSAP or AATIP, and certainly no oversight. 

In terms of UFOs, folks in Congress likely aren’t that different from society as a whole, in that there’s a wide range of opinions across the spectrum from skeptic to believer. Furthermore, irrespective of beliefs, it’s hardly surprising that an unknown but clearly significant number of people in Congress saw The New York Times article and thought to themselves something like, “Wait, the government has a UFO program, but didn’t tell us? It was run by Intelligence Community personnel and there’s no Congressional oversight? What are they doing and what have they found out?” 

What followed was multifaceted Congressional interest in and engagement on the topic of UAP, to the extent that a critical mass built up. I believe a key factor here was that this engagement was bipartisan, covered both the Senate and the House, and involved several committees, mainly the Armed Services committees, the Intelligence committees, and the Oversight committees. This Congressional engagement led to classified briefings and public hearings. Witnesses at the public hearings included whistleblowers like Luis Elizondo (a retired counter-intelligence operative prominently featured in The New York Times article and described therein as being the individual who had run AATIP) and David Grusch, a former Intelligence Community member who had been attached to the UAP Task Force under the directorship of Jay Stratton. 

Perhaps the most important part of Congressional UAP engagement was the insertion of multiple UAP-related provisions into several of the recent, annual National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA). In part to meet these legislative remits, the DOD set up an office (the aforementioned UAP Task Force) to handle the response and to lead on the topic across government. This task force published a number of official reports and was eventually replaced by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). AARO’s website hosts a wealth of reports, briefings, and other UAP-related materials, sourced both from the DOD and Congress, that perfectly illustrate both the breadth and depth of Congressional engagement and the government response to this Congressional interest.⁶

As an interesting side note, one of the directors of the UAP Task Force was the aforementioned Jay Stratton, who had previously been involved in AAWSAP and who had an anomalous experience at Skinwalker Ranch. Stratton’s upcoming memoir, apparently to be published in 2026 by HarperCollins, may shed some light on unresolved questions concerning the evolutionary process from NIDS to BAASS to AAWSAP to AATIP, as well as other not-yet-resolved questions. 

Every intelligence analyst on the face of the planet knows the importance of differentiating between what they know and what they think, yet these very people often seem to be blurring the line.

It’s certainly interesting to note the connections between the various individuals involved and to see how the same names pop up repeatedly. This gives some potential insights into who the key players are and what the overall agenda is. The New York Times story, for example, had a long gestation period. The story was shopped around for some months prior to publication, not only to The New York Times, but also to The Washington Times and Politico, both of which were thus able to run fairly detailed stories very shortly after The New York Times got the scoop.

 

Further insights can be gained by looking at the three names that appeared on the byline for The New York Times story: Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, and Leslie Kean. 

Helene Cooper was a Pentagon correspondent with The New York Times, with no previous UAP interest; The New York Times veteran reporter Ralph Blumenthal’s interest predated the December 2017 article and began with his research into Harvard Professor of Psychiatry John Mack, who had conducted research into the alien abduction mystery. This led to the 2021 publication of Blumenthal’s book on Mack, The Believer. Leslie Kean comes from a wealthy political family and had a prior interest in UAP and alien abductions, illustrated by her previous writings and by the fact that she lived for some years with abduction researcher Budd Hopkins, who first introduced John Mack to the topic. 

It was Leslie Kean who was instrumental in bringing the story to The New York Times. Luis Elizondo had resigned from government service in the fall of 2017, but very shortly before leaving had passed the three best-known U.S. Navy UAP videos to Christopher Mellon, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Elizondo believed he had obtained official security clearance for their release, though it seems there was a misunderstanding and that the clearance was not intended to authorize public release. To illustrate this, an April 27, 2020, statement from the DOD referred to “unauthorized releases” of the videos in 2007 and 2017.⁷ In 2007, one of the videos leaked online on the Above Top Secret discussion forum, while 2017 referred to the process that led to The New York Times running the story. 

Mellon and Elizondo then joined an organization called the To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science (TTSA), ostensibly headed by Blink-182 musician Tom DeLonge. TTSA was a sort of collaborative hub for a number of individuals, many with backgrounds in government UAP and fringe science research, including Hal Puthoff and retired CIA officer Jim Semivan. 

It was Christopher Mellon who facilitated a meeting between Kean, Elizondo, and others, which then gave Kean enough to take the story to The New York Times, via Ralph Blumenthal, setting in motion a series of events that was to forever change the field of ufology.⁸

2. Where does ufology stand now? 

This is how ufology in the U.S. went from fringe to mainstream, though it’s a simplified version, and not all the twists and turns of the story are universally agreed upon. If I had to summarize what I think happened and why, my best assessment would be as follows: A loose coalition of believers in UAP and the paranormal, often with backgrounds in government, military, and the Intelligence Community, sought and obtained official funding for their work. When that funding was terminated, they continued the work in a quasi-official capacity. Finally, when they felt they’d taken matters as far as they could without official funding, they decided to go public, successfully gambling that the resultant firestorm would generate other ways to take things forward. The goals may have included funding (TTSA certainly raised some money through a share issue) and Congressional engagement. The latter has clearly been a big success. 

However, eight years into this process, there’s still no smoking gun and we appear to have hit some speed bumps, with several new and parallel events putting things in a rather different light. 

Further ex-government whistleblowers have come forward. This sounds like a good thing, and in one sense, it is, but the unintended consequence has been that this has added to the information overload and created a landscape so complicated that even veteran commentators like myself, who follow the situation very closely, find it difficult to keep up. Furthermore, not all whistleblowers are equal. While one can be reasonably confident that those who have testified to Congress are who they say they are (staffers vet such people fairly thoroughly, not least by quizzing their former employers), others haven’t had their backgrounds investigated in such depth. 

It should also be remembered that even when someone’s government background checks out, their specific role is often harder to pin down and their information can be all but impossible to verify. That’s partly because many of these folks have a background in the military and the Intelligence Community, where issues of classification often arise and where deception was literally in some of these people’s job descriptions. It’s also because much of the information is second hand, but where those concerned don’t make it clear that this is something that somebody else told them. Every intelligence analyst on the face of the planet knows the importance of differentiating between what they know and what they think, yet these very people often seem to be blurring the line. No wonder one occasionally hears some civilian UFO researchers complain that the whole thing is a PSYOP. 

This already murky situation has been further complicated by factional infighting. There’s clearly a struggle for narrative control within the field. Even among the various whistleblowers and other key players, who are ostensibly polite with each other, there are clearly some tensions. By way of a personal anecdote, I’ve had more than one TV producer tell me how Individual A told them he’d appear on a show, provided Individual B wasn’t featured (the requests backfired because producers don’t usually play that game). I’m similarly aware that some of the key players who are ostensibly being polite to me are briefing against me, perhaps seeing my mainstream media platform as a potential threat, especially given that I’m independent in all this and don’t take anybody’s side. Because it so perfectly describes the situation, I can’t resist quoting a lyric from the O’Jays song Back Stabbers: “They smile in your face. All the time they want to take your place.” 

There’s nothing new about infighting in the UFO community. What is new, however, is that folks with a background in military intelligence know a few dirty tricks that their civilian counterparts don’t. Plus, social media has acted as a force multiplier, with 𝕏 in particular having turned into a veritable battlefield between some of the key players, often using proxies and sock puppet accounts. Cliques, harassment, and doxxing seem to be the order of the day. Neither should we sweep under the carpet the uncomfortable truth that some of the people who’ve recently jumped aboard the ufology train clearly have psychological issues, while others sense a money-making opportunity. 

To pick one example of all this infighting, the December 2025 appearance of Jay Anderson on Joe Rogan’s podcast seems to have set off a particularly nasty squabble.⁹ Jay criticized Luis Elizondo (among others), accusing him of orchestrating an aggressive campaign to control the narrative, as well as making reference to what he’s sometimes called a “UFO Hate Group.”¹⁰ In response, a group of Elizondo supporters, sometimes dubbed “the Lue Crew,” hit back against Jay Anderson.¹¹

A related development is that a new generation of influential podcast hosts and YouTube channel owners saw the topic become increasingly mainstream and entered the fray. While many are honest brokers, their podcasts and channels are often the arena in which the struggle for narrative control plays out. Again, despite being a veteran commentator who follows all this closely, I struggle to work out who’s supporting which faction, how many factions there are, and the true nature of their respective agendas. 

What is the result of all this information overload, confusion, and infighting? Speaking personally, I’m fatigued. Moreover, I see from social media that other people are fatigued too. I’m a free speech absolutist, so I’m certainly not advocating any controls on this. I completely reject the idea (which has been floated several times over the years) that ufology should set up some sort of governing body, or somehow police itself. After all, who gets to decide who’s on the governing body, and quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 

There are other developments that give me cause for concern. One of them relates to a couple of narrative shifts that I’ve noticed creeping into the topic. 

Ufology has always been a big tent. In whistleblower David Grusch’s testimony to Congress, and in some of his media interviews, he used the terms “nonhuman” and “non-human intelligence.”¹² In the Schumer-Rounds Amendment (a legislative proposal intended for insertion into FY2024 NDAA, but which did not find its way into the final bill), the term “non-human intelligence” was used multiple times.¹³ Grusch has said that this leaves the door open for other possibilities aside from the extraterrestrial hypothesis. And this has opened the door to some highly speculative discussions about cryptoterrestrials, ultraterrestrials, extratempestrials, and interdimensionals. It’s also led to something a little more on the dark side, with a theological bent. 

The idea that aliens are fallen angels, or demons, isn’t new. But this once-niche theory has gotten a little more traction lately. Luis Elizondo has previously told the story of how, when he lobbied a senior Pentagon official to take more action over UAP, the official told him he should read his Bible. This appeared to reflect a belief that some aspects of UAP are demonic and that to study it would be to give it energy and feed it. 

Such opinions have gained more mainstream traction with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene expressing the views that aliens could be fallen angels,¹⁴ while high-profile broadcaster Tucker Carlson has also talked about UAP in terms of spiritual forces and entities like angels and demons.¹⁵ All of this plays into a neoreligious interpretation of ufology. Chris Bledsoe—author of UFO of God—talks about how an entity he dubs “The Lady” told him how glowing orbs would intervene to stop the missiles if Israel and Iran go to war. There’s an “end times” theme to a lot of this.¹⁶

Again, as a free speech absolutist, I wouldn’t dream of telling people what they can and can’t say about UAP, let alone what they should believe. Again, I’m merely commenting on the current state of play and expressing a personal opinion that I think some of the current narrative isn’t necessarily healthy or helpful. And I certainly doubt that it holds any validity. 

Another narrative shift is the use of the term “psionics”—the idea that one can use the power of one’s mind to summon UAP. It’s a scientific-sounding term, but is it really that different from Steven Greer’s CE5 (Close Encounter of the Fifth Kind) protocols, whereby one can supposedly use meditation and other techniques to initiate contact with extraterrestrials? The danger, of course, is that certain individuals can then insert themselves as intermediaries; you can access the phenomenon, but only through them, because of their special abilities. Again, there’s a sort of quasi-religious, cultish feel to all this, in which one can only access the divine through the intermediary of the priest. 

3. What does the future hold for ufology? 

Given my assessment that ufology has to some extent moved from fringe to mainstream, but has hit some speed bumps, where do we go from here? I don’t have a crystal ball, but based on statements from a range of people involved in the process, it seems that further Congressional hearings and more whistleblowers would be a fairly good bet. The problem, of course, is that, short of a “smoking gun” (actual evidence and not just more stories), this runs the risk of reinforcing the view that it’s all talk and no action. Where’s the beef? 

The Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets is looking at UAP. There’s considerable overlap between personnel involved with the Task Force and personnel serving on the House Oversight Committee, which has been particularly vociferous on UAP. This brings up a potential problem, because while the Task Force is bipartisan, it skews toward Republicans. Thus, it wouldn’t take much to jeopardize the bipartisan nature of Congressional engagement, which would be a setback. 

If Donald Trump’s presidency ends without disclosure, I’ll be 99.9 percent convinced that there’s nothing to disclose.

The UFO community continues to hope for Disclosure—the official acknowledgement of an extraterrestrial presence. The Age of Disclosure, a documentary produced by Dan Farah and released late in 2025 plays into this.¹⁷ So does Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film Disclosure Day.¹⁸ But it goes further than this, and 2027 is a potential date that’s been frequently mentioned. 

Disclosure in 2027 would mean that Donald Trump would be the Disclosure President. There’s a curious kind of logic in this, because if there truly is a decades-long official cover-up of an extraterrestrial presence, the secret has been scrupulously kept by successive administrations of both political parties. By inference, therefore, the reasons for secrecy must be exceptionally compelling. Perhaps only a populist, maverick, second-term President would disclose in such circumstances—more so, given that Trump will soon be in his 80s and is doubtless mindful of his legacy. I agree that if the U.S. government is aware of an extraterrestrial presence, Trump is more likely than any previous president to spill the beans. President Trump has occasionally hinted that he’s privy to some interesting information about UFOs, but has yet to elaborate on the topic.¹⁹

Some argue that the secret of an extraterrestrial presence is kept even from presidents (perhaps to maintain plausible deniability) and is in the hands of an unelected set of gatekeepers, perhaps in the government, but possibly in the private sector. I find this unconvincing. Most Western governments operate on the basis of what the UK civil service calls the culture of “no surprises,” by which political leaders need to be briefed on all big, impactful issues that might require quick decisions and action. 

If Donald Trump’s presidency ends without Disclosure, I’ll be 99.9 percent convinced that there’s nothing to disclose. I’d have to accept that if extraterrestrials are visiting Earth, nobody in the government is aware of it. The acceptance of such a state of affairs might actually be rather good for ufology. After all, while some conspiracies are real, most conspiracy theories are false, and encourage a negative, accusatory approach. Removing—or at least reducing—this mindset from ufology might lead to a healthier, less aggressive approach. It would also remove a lot of redundant effort, which could be better used elsewhere, such as in encouraging more scientists and academics to engage on the topic. 

As I see it, ufology stands at an interesting crossroads. While some of the details remain disputed, the topic has undoubtedly transitioned from fringe to mainstream in the last few years. However, a mixture of information overload, infighting, and quasi-religious narratives may conspire to undo this progress. Allied to this, mainstream media interest in most topics waxes and wanes. The UFO community can’t expect their current fascination with the subject to last indefinitely. This is particularly true if Congressional engagement falls away, as it may well do if the perception is that the subject is becoming more partisan and more fringe, with the attendant dangers of reputational damage attaching to those Representatives who continue to express an interest. 

Ufology has come out of the fringe and into the mainstream, but I believe there’s a distinct possibility that it will move out of the mainstream and back into the fringe.

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UFOs, aliens and ‘little green men’: A primer on everything extraterrestrial

Trump’s announcement of unsealing all files related to possible life beyond Earth has put the spotlight back on one of the most enduring mysteries that has baffled humans for a long time.

22-02-2026 om 23:10 geschreven door peter  

Overview

In a recent opinion column, The New York Times urges the White House to address four foundational questions about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), commonly known as UFOs. The piece comes amid a surge of congressional hearings, de‑classified Pentagon reports, and mounting public curiosity about objects that appear to defy conventional explanations. By framing the issue as one of transparency, national security, scientific opportunity, and inter‑agency coordination, the column argues that a coherent federal response is now both feasible and necessary.

The Four Core Questions

1. What is the government’s current knowledge of UAPs, and why has it not been fully disclosed?
   The author notes that the Pentagon’s 2023 preliminary assessment acknowledged “a limited amount of data that remains unexplained,” yet the administration has offered only vague briefings. The column asks whether a systematic release of vetted information could restore public trust without compromising sensitive sources.

2. Do UAPs pose a credible threat to national security?
   Recent testimony before the House Intelligence Committee highlighted concerns that foreign adversaries might be using advanced drones or hypersonic platforms. The op‑ed stresses that without a clear risk assessment, policymakers cannot allocate resources or develop counter‑measures effectively.

3. What scientific value do UAP investigations hold, and how can they be integrated into existing research frameworks?
   The piece points to the National Academies’ 2023 report, which called for “rigorous, interdisciplinary study” of anomalous aerial observations. It asks the administration to consider partnerships with civilian research institutions, NASA, and the scientific community at large.

4. How will the government coordinate across agencies to study, track, and respond to UAPs?
   The author cites the establishment of the All‑Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) as a step forward but warns that “fragmented reporting lines risk duplicating effort and obscuring accountability.” A clear chain of command and reporting protocol is presented as essential for a unified response.

Policy Implications

The column underscores that answering these questions is not merely a matter of curiosity; it has tangible policy ramifications. Transparency could mitigate misinformation and reduce the political weaponization of the UFO narrative. A definitive national‑security assessment would guide defense budgeting and inform intelligence priorities. Meanwhile, embracing scientific inquiry could unlock novel data on atmospheric physics, sensor technology, and even potential extraterrestrial phenomena—areas that could yield commercial and academic breakthroughs. Finally, a robust inter‑agency framework would streamline data collection, reduce bureaucratic bottlenecks, and ensure that any credible threat is addressed swiftly.

Congressional and Public Momentum

Lawmakers from both parties have signaled a willingness to move beyond partisan posturing. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Representative Tim Burchett have both called for “full‑scale, bipartisan oversight” of UAP investigations. Public polls show that nearly 70 % of Americans favor greater disclosure, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. The op‑ed argues that the administration’s response—or lack thereof—will shape public confidence in governmental transparency for years to come.

Recommendations for the White House

The Times piece concludes with a concise set of actions:

• Issue a comprehensive, redacted briefing to the public that outlines what is known, unknown, and the rationale for any classification.
• Commission an independent scientific panel—modeled on the National Academies’ approach—to evaluate data and recommend research pathways.
• Mandate regular reporting from AARO to both the National Security Council and congressional oversight committees.
• Allocate dedicated funding for UAP research, including sensor upgrades and data‑analysis infrastructure, to avoid ad‑hoc budgeting.

By confronting these four questions head‑on, the White House could transform a topic long relegated to the fringe into a structured, accountable element of national policy—balancing security imperatives with the public’s right to know.

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22-02-2026 om 22:41 geschreven door peter  

Government UFO files would be an avalanche of info: Elizondo

Michael Ramsey

(NewsNation) — President Trump’s promise to disclose any government-held information about UFOs and extraterrestrials will be no simple lift if it comes to fruition, says Luis Elizondo, a former Pentagon insider who has long advocated for the feds to be transparent.

He notes the government has amassed a secret trove of information for more than 80 years and suggests the potential quantity of information could dwarf the millions of documents in the Epstein files.

“Now, the real hard work begins,” Elizondo told “CUOMO” on Friday. “The government has been sitting on this information for so long. There’s so much documentation right now, within our own holdings — within the intelligence community, within the defense communities, within the Department of Energy — that this is going to be a tremendous undertaking.”

First, Elizondo said, Trump will need to sign an executive order that obligates agencies under his control to comply with his transparency directive.

On Thursday, the president said on Truth Social he would direct the Pentagon and other government agencies to release files about “alien and extraterrestrial life”; unidentified anomalous phenomena, aka UAPs; UFOs; and “any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters.”

Among skeptics who doubt Trump will ultimately make good on his promise is investigative journalist Ross Coultart of NewsNation’s “Reality Check” podcast.

“It’s very important to note Donald Trump is not saying, in what he’s announced to date, that he is going to declassify anything,” he says. “All they are talking about is reviewing records.”

The issue of UFOs — purists prefer the broader term UAP, which includes objects traveling in bodies of water — has gained traction in recent years after several whistleblowers have stepped forward to claim the government has covered up vital information. The whistleblowers include David Grusch, who told lawmakers the federal government is operating a UFO retrieval program.

A widely publicized 2025 documentary, “The Age of Disclosure,” featuring a bipartisan roster of policymakers and officials, suggested the U.S. and rival nations are in a race to reverse-engineer alien tech that has been recovered.

The UAP category can also include drones, which have become increasingly sophisticated.

Public ready for truth on UFOs, extraterrestrials: Journalist

Journalist Marik Von Rennenkampff, a former State Department analyst who writes about UAPs, says Trump’s timing is perfect given the “critical mass” the issue seems to have achieved.

“I think we’re ready for it,” Von Rennenkampff says of the public at large. “I think the big question is what happens the day after — geopolitically, economically, socially and culturally.”

Scientists could help evaluate UFO info: Avi Loeb

The Harvard astrophysicist who made a splash with his study of the comet 3I/ATLAS said the government files, if they see the light of day, could yield higher-quality images than the public is used to seeing when discussions about UFOs come up.

“In addition, there could be some materials that were retrieved and are puzzling,” Avi Loeb told “Jesse Weber Live” on Friday. “The best way to figure things out to share it, if we are sure it’s not coming from adversarial nations.”

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Overview

Chief Investigator George Knapp of 8 News Now has produced an investigative report on a series of unidentified drone swarms that appeared over U.S. civilian and military sites between late 2024 and early 2025. The sightings spanned multiple states—including New Jersey, Nevada, Florida, Texas and California—and affected high‑security installations such as Langley Air Force Base and Wright‑Patterson AFB, where air traffic was briefly halted. While federal officials initially described the events as “no known national‑security threat,” a White House briefing on January 29, 2025 claimed the FAA had authorized the flights for research purposes, a conclusion that Knapp and other analysts say raises further questions about inter‑agency coordination and public disclosure.

George Knapp investigates: Drone swarm mystery and new UAP revelations

The FAA Explanation and Immediate Reactions

National Security Communications Advisor John F. Kirby and other officials asserted that the government could not trace the origin of the craft, prompting criticism from state and local leaders. New Jersey Assemblyman Brian Bergen labeled the response “amateur hour,” and President‑elect Donald Trump suggested the administration was withholding information. The White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt later announced that the “mystery had been solved” by attributing the drones to FAA‑approved research missions. Knapp highlighted a key inconsistency: if the FAA had indeed authorized the flights, why did the FBI, Department of Defense and the FAA jointly issue statements in December 2024 describing the swarms as an unknown phenomenon requiring advanced detection technology?

Historical Context of UAP Incidents

The 2024 drone swarms echo earlier unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) events that have drawn congressional and Pentagon attention. In July 2019, more than 100 unknown objects were reported near ten U.S. Navy warships off the Pacific coast, many appearing as wingless orbs with no detectable propulsion. The June 2021 Pentagon report on 144 UAP incidents concluded that most were not attributable to classified U.S. programs, while leaving open the possibility of foreign or non‑human origins. A separate 2023 incident at Langley AFB saw dozens of objects operating for two weeks despite sophisticated radar and defense systems. These precedents have fueled calls for a permanent, well‑funded UAP investigative body.

Expert Commentary and Legislative Concerns

Rep. Tim Burchett (R‑TN) warned that the drone incursions represent a “test” of America’s air‑space security that the nation is currently failing. Former Nevada Senator Harry Reid, a long‑time advocate for UAP transparency, noted that the government’s admission of “not knowing” what the objects are marks a “significant, albeit preliminary, step.” Former AATIP director Lue Elizondo argued that the technology observed by pilots exceeds known terrestrial capabilities, suggesting a global phenomenon rather than a domestic secret project. Former Navy commander David Fravor added that the persistence of such technology over decades makes it unlikely to be a covert U.S. program, given the difficulty of maintaining secrecy for 15‑20 years.

Conclusion and Outlook

The investigation concludes that the White House’s attribution of the late‑2024 swarms to FAA‑approved research drones does not fully resolve the underlying issues of transparency and inter‑agency communication. Lawmakers and UAP experts continue to press for a permanent, adequately funded investigative office capable of identifying and analyzing objects that demonstrate flight characteristics beyond current human technology. As the public and congressional committees await further clarification, the broader mystery of unidentified aerial phenomena remains open, underscoring the need for systematic, scientifically rigorous study of America’s skies.

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22-02-2026 om 21:52 geschreven door peter  

If we made contact with aliens, what would happen? UFO defence expert reveals how prepared we really are

Alien contact: Is there a playbook? Or is it time to create one? A real-life alien defence expert reveals the truth

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Over the past few years in the US, the subject of UFOs (or UAPs – unidentified anomalous phenomena – as they're officially designated) has transitioned from fringe to mainstream.

This resulted from the release of photos and videos of UAP taken from various military platforms, and led to classified briefings and public hearings in Congress.

The Pentagon set up a unit to investigate UAP called the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), and the subject is now being treated as a defence and national security issue.

Are we prepared?

All this brings into focus the question of what would happen if we actually found aliens – or if they found us.

It would be the biggest scientific discovery in history, and would likely have profound – but difficult to predict – effects on every aspect of society, from politics and religion, through to science, technology, the economy and philosophy.

Individuals would probably react in different ways, some with fear and panic; others with awe and wonder.

Surprisingly perhaps, there doesn't seem to be a co-ordinated, overall plan for an eventuality like this.

While the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute authored a document titled the Declaration of Principles Concerning the Conduct of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, these protocols only cover what to do if a radio signal from another civilisation is detected, and the document isn't legally binding on nation states.

However, I got no hint as to the existence of any such document when I handled the UAP issue for the British Ministry of Defence in the 1990s, and neither has such a plan been mentioned in any of the Congressional hearings on UAP.

The nearest Britain came to a plan for making contact with aliens was in 2023, when the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) produced an outline report titled ‘UK readiness for black swan scientific events: Case Study – The discovery of life beyond Earth’.

DSIT's Ideas Lab wrote an eight-page draft before the study was indefinitely paused in 2024.

What do we mean by alien?

A key problem in devising any plan is the wide range of variables when it comes to alien life.

Discovering microbial life in our Solar System, for example, would raise the issue of planetary protection – we don't want to be wiped out by the Venusian flu.

Detecting a radio signal from another civilization would raise very different issues: could we decipher a message from aliens; should we reply; what should we say; and who should reply?

The last question raises the issue of who could truly speak for Planet Earth.

No political or religious leader could speak for everyone, and while a scientist or an academic might be a better choice, what about the billions of people who effectively have no voice? Who speaks for them?

These issues were explored during two meetings at Britain’s Royal Society, held in 2010.

The first was titled, ‘The detection of extra-terrestrial life and the consequences for science and society’ and the second, ‘Towards a scientific and societal agenda on extra-terrestrial life’.

These were multidisciplinary events with participation not only from astronomers and astrophysicists, but also from psychologists, anthropologists and theologians.

It was apparent that the religious implications of finding alien life would be profound and potentially controversial in terms of the possible challenges posed to faith and doctrine.

Some senior theologians are already thinking about how to incorporate alien life into their belief systems.

Father José Gabriel Funes, a Jesuit priest who served as director of the Vatican Observatory, has stated: "How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere?

"Just as we consider Earthly creatures as ‘brother’ and ‘sister’, why should we not talk about an ‘extraterrestrial brother’? It would still be part of creation."

But what if aliens don't come in peace? Stephen Hawking once warned: "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans."

This ties in with the Dark Forest hypothesis, which suggests alien civilizations generally remain silent, for fear of encountering a more advanced hostile civilization.

As Cambridge University palaeontology professor Simon Conway Morris said at the first of the Royal Society meetings: "If the cosmic phone rings, don't answer."

It's a sobering thought that in a Universe nearly 14 billion years old there might be civilizations a billion years ahead of us.

Science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke said that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".

So, we can forget about those Hollywood movies where Earth defeats an alien invasion, because one of the few good assumptions we can make about extraterrestrials is that, if they arrive here, having mastered interstellar travel, their technology will be orders of magnitude above anything we have.

Reagan’s UN address

The idea that we might encounter hostile extraterrestrials was raised by President Ronald Reagan in a 1987 address to the United Nations General Assembly.

Towards the end of his speech, he remarked: "I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world."

And returning to the question of who speaks for Planet Earth, it's the United Nations that many believe should take a lead role in formulating policy on this issue.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) would be the logical focal point but, speaking at the second of the Royal Society meetings held in 2010, UNOOSA's then director, Dr Mazlan Othman, was lukewarm.

Understandable, perhaps, as this followed light-hearted media speculation that she was to be appointed as an ‘alien ambassador’.

Dangers to avoid

If a plan was drawn up, it would have to cover the different possible scenarios, then identify and address risks and opportunities.

Risks include the danger of contaminating the biosphere with alien germs, or alerting a super-predator civilisation to our existence by sending a targeted radio signal.

Opportunities include discovering what science writer Timothy Ferris calls a ‘galactic internet’ – a repository of knowledge from other civilizations.

This might include information that could solve terrestrial problems such as hunger, disease and energy needs, though there are risks here too, as advanced technologies might be capable of being weaponised.

Contingency planners would probably regard finding alien life as a ‘low probability, high impact’ event, where even if the chances of it occurring are judged to be small, the consequences would be immense – and potentially catastrophic.

So, let's start a conversation about such a plan. After all, it's better to have one and not need it, than need one and not have it.

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Wat Zou Er Gebeuren Als We Contact Maken Met Buitenlanders? Een Ufo-Verdedigingsexpert Onthult Hoe Goed We Echt Voorbereid Zijn

Inleiding

Het idee dat wij als mensheid mogelijk in contact kunnen komen met buitenaards intelligent leven, is al langer een onderwerp van intrigue en fantasie. Van sciencefictionfilms tot serieus wetenschappelijk onderzoek, de gedachte eraan roept zowel opwinding als bezorgdheid op. Recentelijke gebeurtenissen en rapportages over onverklaarde fenomenen aan de hemel hebben de discussie over deze mogelijkheid echter naar een nieuw niveau getild, waarbij het niet meer enkel om speculatie gaat, maar om relevante veiligheids- en beleidskwesties.

In dit artikel bekijken we wat er zou gebeuren als we daadwerkelijk contact maken met buitenaards leven, welke voorbereidingen er momenteel bestaan, waar de tekortkomingen liggen, en wat de politieke en veiligheidsuitdagingen zijn. We bespreken ook de aanbevelingen voor een betere voorbereiding en waartoe we ons zouden moeten richten als we niet willen dat dit moment een chaos of ramp wordt.

De Evolutie van de Ufo-discussie en het Bewustzijn

Voor decennia werd het veld van ufo-onderzoek gezien als marginaal en vol mysterie en complottheorieën. Echter, de laatste jaren heeft een hernieuwde interesse geleid tot meer officiële erkenning van onverklaarde luchtverschijnselen. De Amerikaanse overheid heeft bijvoorbeeld in 2020 haar Apex-onderzoek naar UAP’s (Onbekende Anomale Phenomenen) herzien en de bevindingen gedeeld. Het Pentagon richtte een nieuw kantoor op: het All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Ook in het Verenigd Koninkrijk wordt de zaak serieuzer genomen, met bewakingssystemen en een toenemende publieke discussie.

De aanwezigheid van video’s en sensordata die niet meteen kunnen worden verklaard, heeft geleid tot een verschuiving van de publieke perceptie. Wat voorheen werd weggezet als ‘onverklaarbare rookpluimen’ of ‘storm in een glas water’, krijgt nu meer serieuze aandacht omdat het bewijs lijkt te blijven toenemen. Tegelijkertijd wordt de vraag actueel: zijn wij goed voorbereid op een eerste contact?

Wat We Weten Over Onze Huidige Monitoring en Reactie‑strategieën

Momenteel beschikken zowel de Verenigde Staten als het Verenigd Koninkrijk over mechanismen om onverklaarde luchtverschijnselen op te sporen en te analyseren. De Amerikaanse AARO verzamelt gegevens van de luchtmacht, marine en inlichtingendiensten, en rapporteert aan de hoogste defensieleiding. Dit systeem is vooral gericht op het identificeren van potentiële bedreigingen voor de nationale veiligheid.

In het Verenigd Koninkrijk wordt nog steeds zowel civiele als militaire waarnemingen verzameld door het Ministerie van Defensie, alhoewel de publieke communicatie beperkt is door beperkte middelen en middelen voor onderzoek. Deze systemen zijn vooral gericht op het beschermen van de nationale luchtvaart en het voorkomen van gevaarlijke botstingen, niet op wetenschappelijke of diplomatieke doeleinden.

Gaten in Voorbereiding en Beleid

Er bestaat geen universeel en bindend internationaal protocol dat duidelijk regelt hoe te handelen bij het eerste contact met buitenaards leven. Hoewel het SETI-instituut een ‘Declaration of Principles’ heeft opgesteld met richtlijnen voor passieve zoektocht naar buitenaardse intelligentie via radiosignalen, blijft dit een niet-bindend document dat geen concrete procedures bevat voor actieve communicatie of reactie.

In 2023 publiceerde het Verenigd Koninkrijk een ‘readiness’ rapport dat de mogelijke wetenschappelijke en veiligheidsuitdagingen van een onverwachte ontdekking besprak. Dit document werd echter in 2024 stopgezet, waardoor een belangrijke beleidsruimte onbenut blijft. In de Verenigde Staten is er geen openbaar plan dat vergelijkbare richtlijnen biedt, en de hoorzittingen over UAP’s hebben slechts zijdelings uitzicht gegeven op de inhoud van eventuele geheime plannen.

Politieke en Veiligheidsuitdagingen

Indien er een ontmoeting plaatsvindt, zal de reactie waarschijnlijk verdeeld en chaotisch zijn. Mensen kunnen reageren met angst, verwondering, maar ook met paniek of onzekerheid. Overheden weten niet altijd welke instantie de leiding moet nemen: defensie, wetenschap, diplomatie, of een nieuwe inter-agency commissie.

Veiligheid is daarbij een grote zorg. Een onbekende technologie zou als een bedreiging worden gezien en defensieve maatregelen zouden snel worden genomen, mogelijk zonder overleg. Dit kan leiden tot escalatie, militaire conflicten, of het missen van wetenschappelijke kansen. Het ontbreken van een vooraf vastgestelde strategie verhoogt het risico op ongecontroleerde of ongecoördineerde acties, met alle gevolgen van dien.

De Weg Naar Een Betere Paraatheid

Wetenschappers, beleidsmakers en defensieadviseurs benadrukken dat het tijd is om proactiever te worden en structureel te plannen. Het ontwikkelen van internationaal bindende protocollen, vergelijkbaar met het Verdrag inzake het bananenruimtevaart, zou kunnen helpen om een gezamenlijke, overzichtelijke aanpak te formuleren.

Het opzetten van een permanent intergouvernementeel team dat snel kan reageren op eventuele waarnemingen of contactpogingen, is een andere cruciale stap. Dit team zou bestaan uit vertegenwoordigers van defensie, wetenschap, diplomatie en inlichtingendiensten, die onderling goed kunnen samenwerken en communiceren.

Daarnaast wordt gewezen op het belang van regelmatige scenario-oefeningen. Simulaties van contact-scenario’s kunnen de voorbereiding verbeteren en het vertrouwen vergroten dat de juiste stappen worden gezet. Ook zou openbaar onderwijs en communicatie helpen om paniek en misinformatie te voorkomen, door het publiek te informeren over de mogelijke risico’s en voordelen van contact.

De Toekomst: Waarschijnlijkheid en Implicaties

Hoewel veel wetenschappers en beleidsmakers nog steeds sceptisch zijn over de mogelijkheid van contact met buitenaards leven, geloven de meesten dat het slechts een kwestie van tijd is voordat het gebeurt. De snelheid waarmee onverklaarde fenomenen worden bestudeerd en gedeeld, suggereert dat het moment van echte communicatie misschien dichterbij is dan we denken.

Wanneer dat moment aanbreekt, zal het grote vraag blijven of wij klaar zijn – niet alleen technisch en logistiek, maar ook mentaal en diplomatiek. Een vreedzame en ordentelijke aanpak vereist een goede voorbereiding, transparantie en internationale samenwerking.

Conclusie: Klaar voor de Onzekerheid

De realiteit is dat we momenteel niet volledig voorbereid zijn op een eerste contact met buitenaards leven. Hoewel er verschillende systemen en plannen bestaan, ontbreken er nog universele, bindende protocollen en uitgebreide voorbereidingen. De risico’s van onnadenkend handelen, misverstanden, en escalaties zijn aanzienlijk.

Het is daarom cruciaal dat internationale samenwerkingen worden versterkt, dat er duidelijke en transparante plannen komen, en dat we zowel wetenschappelijk als maatschappelijk klaar zijn voor dat ene onvermijdelijke moment: de dag dat we een antwoord krijgen uit de sterren. Het bieden van een solide fundament voor dit unieke encounter kan bepalen of het een epochale mijlpaal wordt voor de mensheid of een gebeurtenis die onbedoeld chaos en gevaar met zich meebrengt.

Door proactief te plannen, educatie te stimuleren en open te staan voor internationale samenwerking, kunnen wij hopelijk de controle behouden en het beste uit de mogelijke ontmoeting met buitenaardse beschavingen halen. Want als het moment ooit aanbreekt, willen we niet achterblijven, maar voorbereid en stevig in ons schoenen staan.

• NOTA ; Dit artikel is een uitgebreide verkenning van de huidige stand van zaken rondom de voorbereiding op contact met buitenaards leven, en dient als waarschuwings- en actiepunt voor beleidsmakers, onderzoekers en het publiek. De toekomst ligt in onze handen, en het is tijd om de juiste stappen te zetten.

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22-02-2026 om 18:40 geschreven door peter  

Overview

Investigative journalist Steven Greenstreet has released a series of exclusive reports on the New York Post alleging that U.S. government agencies and mainstream media have deliberately concealed information about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) for decades. The pieces, published over the past month, claim that coordinated “psy‑ops” campaigns were used to discredit credible witnesses and shape public perception. The revelations have sparked intense discussion on social‑media platforms, especially within the #ufotwitter community, where users are circulating excerpts and demanding official accountability.

Key Findings

Greenstreet’s investigation draws on dozens of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, leaked internal memos, and interviews with former defense‑department analysts. Among the most striking allegations are:

• Systematic suppression of radar data from Navy and Air Force encounters dating back to the 1990s, with senior officials allegedly ordering the files to be classified under “national security” without clear justification.
• A covert media‑influence program run by a joint task force of the Pentagon and the Department of State, designed to promote skeptical narratives and label UFO reports as “hoaxes” or “misidentifications.”
• Psychological‑operations (psy‑ops) briefings delivered to journalists, encouraging the use of dismissive language such as “flying saucer” or “alien conspiracy” to steer public discourse away from serious inquiry.

Greenstreet cites a 2018 internal briefing titled “Strategic Narrative Management for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” that outlines a “consistent messaging framework” aimed at preserving “operational secrecy” while minimizing public alarm.

Reactions from Officials and Experts

The Department of Defense (DoD) issued a brief statement acknowledging the existence of a “UAP Task Force” but denied any coordinated effort to mislead the public. “The DoD remains committed to transparency while safeguarding legitimate national‑security interests,” the statement read. A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment on the specific documents cited by Greenstreet.

UFO researchers have expressed mixed views. Dr. Jacques Vallée, a veteran in the field, called the claims “concerning and worth further scrutiny,” emphasizing the need for independent verification. Conversely, astrophysicist Dr. Emily Zhao warned that “without access to the original classified files, it is difficult to assess the veracity of these allegations, and we must guard against speculation that could erode public trust.”

Context and Historical Background

The UAP topic has gradually moved from fringe speculation to congressional attention. In 2021, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report acknowledging “unexplained aerial objects” and recommending a more systematic approach to data collection. In 2023, the DoD formally declassified several Navy videos showing anomalous flight characteristics, prompting the establishment of the All‑Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Greenstreet’s exposé suggests that these recent steps may be part of a broader strategy to control the narrative rather than a genuine shift toward openness.

The #ufotwitter surge reflects a broader cultural moment where citizens demand transparency about phenomena that intersect national security, scientific inquiry, and public curiosity. Hashtags such as #UFOTruth and #UAPCoverup have amassed millions of impressions, prompting several lawmakers to request additional hearings on the matter.

Next Steps and Outlook

While Greenstreet’s series has ignited public debate, the lack of direct access to the classified documents means that definitive conclusions remain elusive. Advocacy groups have filed new FOIA suits seeking the release of the “Strategic Narrative Management” briefing and the suppressed radar logs. Meanwhile, the House Oversight Committee has announced a hearing for later this year to examine potential “information suppression” regarding UAPs.

Whether these developments will lead to substantive policy changes or simply reinforce existing secrecy protocols is uncertain. What is clear, however, is that the conversation about UFOs is now anchored in both investigative journalism and legislative scrutiny, marking a departure from the era when the topic was relegated to late‑night talk shows. As the debate unfolds, stakeholders—from government agencies to scientific institutions—will need to balance national‑security concerns with the public’s right to know.

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22-02-2026 om 17:56 geschreven door peter  

Trump says he's directing the Pentagon to release files related to UFOs and aliens

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was directing agencies to release files pertaining to “alien and extraterrestrial life.”

Trump wrote on Truth Social that “based on the tremendous interest shown,” he would be directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and officials at other relevant agencies “to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters.”

President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin announcing that the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s announcement comes after former President Barack Obama said in a podcast interview that aliens were real, later clarifying that he meant “the odds are good there’s life out there.” Obama added in his clarification that he had seen “no evidence” of alien existence during his time in office.

Obama was answering a series of questions during a "lightning round" of the podcast interview, when he was asked whether aliens were real.

"They're real," Obama said, "but I haven't seen them, and they're not being kept in Area 51. There's no underground facility unless there's this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States."

The podcaster, Brian Tyler Cohen, then asked Obama what was the first question he had wanted answered when he took office.

"Where are the aliens?" Obama responded.

Trump, asked by a reporter about Obama’s remarks Thursday, said Obama had given classified information.

“He’s not supposed to be doing that,” Trump added.

Following a 2024 hearing, the Pentagon said it received hundreds of reports on UAPs and 21 that merited “further analysis” because of “anomalous characteristics and/or behaviors” — but found no evidence of extraterrestrial activity.

Responding to Trump’s directive Thursday night, Hegseth posted a screenshot of Trump’s post with an alien emoji and a saluting emoji.

Some lawmakers reacted to Trump's announcement Thursday. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said in an interview on Fox News, "If he’s going to release all of the X-Files, I think that could be a bipartisan thing," referring to the 1990s television show about FBI agents investigating — among other things — government conspiracies about aliens, which Fetterman said he "grew up watching."

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., thanked Trump, writing: "Looks like we are about to have a ton of hearings on this :)!"

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22-02-2026 om 17:44 geschreven door peter  

A blind psychic may have predicted President Trump's decision on Thursday to disclose secret records on aliens and a major encounter with UFOs.

Baba Vanga, who allegedly foretold 9/11 and the Covid pandemic, was a Bulgarian mystic and clairvoyant who became a cult figure among conspiracy theorists after several of her eerie pronouncements came true, including some occurring decades after her death.

In the wake of the president's historic order to release all government files, a prediction by Baba Vanga has resurfaced that claimed humans would make first contact with aliens in November 2026.

The late psychic is said to have foreseen a 'massive spacecraft' entering the planet's atmosphere, providing undeniable proof of extraterrestrial life, but its intentions were never revealed.

Baba Vanga left no written records of her predictions. Most of the accounts have come from her niece, Krasimira Stoyanova, or other followers who heard and wrote down her alleged visions after she died in 1996.

However, her followers have been accused of misinterpreting what she said, and skeptics have noted that many of Baba Vanga's visions have not turned out to be right, including one predicting a UFO appearing over a major sporting event in 2025.

Until recently, the US government and the Pentagon have both claimed there has never been any physical evidence suggesting UFOs or aliens exist.

That changed when former President Barack Obama sparked wild speculation during a February 14 interview, where he declared that aliens were real. Trump quickly slammed the comments, claiming Obama had revealed 'classified information.'

Baba Vanga (Pictured) was a Bulgarian mystic and clairvoyant who became a cult figure among conspiracy theorists after being credited with predicting the 9/11 terror attacks and Covid pandemic

Trump's announcement directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon to disclose anything 'related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).'

Thursday's bombshell followed multiple reports that the president also has a written speech already prepared for a press conference this year, which will focus on what the US government knows about the existence of extraterrestrial beings.

Some interpretations of Baba Vanga's prophecy said the giant alien craft's appearance in November will set off World War III, as the clairvoyant warned of rising tensions between major global powers, including China, Russia and the US.

She also allegedly had visions of the distant future involving Earth's ties to alien life, including claims that human societies would begin building underwater cities with the aid of extraterrestrials in 2130.

Baba Vanga also reportedly predicted humans would make contact with more aliens in 2288, and that the ability to time travel would be invented that same year.

Born in 1911 as Vangeliya Pandeva Dimitrova, she was a famous blind Bulgarian mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist known as the 'Nostradamus of the Balkans.'

She lost her sight at age 12 after being caught in a tornado, an event that coincided with the emergence of her purported psychic abilities.

Baba Vanga made numerous prophecies, often vague, about natural disasters, political shifts and future technologies, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed over 230,000, the election of Obama in 2008, and the rise of the Islamic terror group ISIS in 2010.

On February 19, President Trump (Pictured) ordered the Secretary of War and the Pentagon to release all documents related to investigations on the existence of UFOs and alien life

Baba Vanga allegedly predicted that a 'massive spacecraft' would be seen entering Earth's atmosphere in November 2026, marking first contact with aliens

Her track record as a seer of future events rivaled the centuries-old reputation of Nostradamus.

She has also been credited with predicting the destruction of the Russian submarine Kursk, which sank in the Barents Sea in 2000, and seeing the terrorist-controlled planes striking New York's Twin Towers a year later on September 11.

Baba Vanga reportedly said: 'Two metal birds will crash into American brothers, and blood will spill.'

The clairvoyant even foretold her own death correctly, allegedly telling her followers she had dreams she would die on August 11. Baba Vanga did in fact die of cancer on August 11, 1996 at the age of 85.

Despite her reported track record of accurate visions, some predictions of global destruction over the last two decades have failed to materialize. 

Baba Vanga is said to have predicted a nuclear war taking place between 2010 and 2016.

She also allegedly foretold that Europe would be deserted by 2016 after many years of widespread fighting and chemical attacks. The psychic added that several world leaders would be assassinated that same year.

While many believe her prediction of a strange UFO being seen over a televised sporting event in 2025 never came true, conspiracy theorists have claimed it actually did and NASA has withheld the evidence.

Some on social media alleged that the 'new light in the sky' Baba Vanga saw was the passage of the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which could be seen from Earth as it made its closest pass on December 19, 2025.

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21-02-2026 om 23:16 geschreven door peter  

When President Trump posted on his Truth Social website Thursday evening that he was directing the government to release records tied to aliens and UFOs, understandably, the reaction was immediate excitement, speculation, and a fresh wave of “disclosure” chatter across social media.

However, buried in the adrenaline rush of the government revealing its UFO secrets is a quieter—and far more consequential—detail. President Trump’s statement, as written, does not clearly order the declassification of any such records (if they exist).

So, is Trump really set to release all existing alien and UFO files? Not so fast.

A Review and Release Effort?

“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!” President Trump wrote.

The President’s statement reads more like a directive to begin a review-and-release effort—an important distinction in a national security system where “release” is often conditional, redacted, delayed, or quietly denied.

Similarly, Trump’s phrasing—to begin the process”—matters. It implies bureaucracy and coordination. It does not explicitly say, “These records are now declassified.”

President Trump’s post, then, may be less a sudden opening of the vault than a signal that the government is being told to look for material it can safely put out—on a timeline and through a process controlled by the same agencies that have long treated UAP information as sensitive.

The gap between the headline-grabbing word “release” and the legal action behind “declassify” is the pivot point in the story, because without an explicit declassification order, any disclosure is likely to arrive slowly, selectively, and heavily shaped by national security concerns.

And the timing only heightens the confusion, given that Trump’s directive follows a recent surge of presidential alien talk—first from former President Barack Obama, then from Trump himself.

Obama’s viral “aliens are real” moment—and Trump’s Air Force One reaction

Former President Obama recently went viral after telling podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.” The remark, delivered in a speed-round tone, ricocheted online—especially among audiences primed by years of congressional UAP hearings, leaked military videos, and renewed public debate about what the government may be sitting on.

Days later, Obama walked back the remark, clarifying on Instagram, “I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us.”

The viral moment was also amplified by fresh intrigue within Trump’s orbit. On the New York Post’s Pod Force One podcast, Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump suggested she believes the president has a prepared address he’s saving for later, saying: “There is some speech that he has, that I guess at the right time, I don’t know when the right time is, he’s going to break out and talk about and it has to do with maybe some sort of extraterrestrial life.”

​Pressed on Wednesday about Lara Trump’s claim, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said she was unaware of any such plans, calling the idea “very exciting” and of “great interest,” but adding that a speech on aliens was “news to me.”

Yet, rather than brushing off the new wave of alien talk, President Trump appeared to pour fuel on it. During a Q&A with reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday, framing Obama’s original quip as if it were an accidental national security leak.

“He gave classified information, he’s not supposed to be doing that,” Trump told Fox News’s Peter Doocy,  before adding that he might “get him out of trouble by declassifying.”

The entire sequence was tailor-made for the modern UFO information ecosystem. A viral soundbite and walk-back by a former President, whispers of a coming “alien speech,” and a sitting President hinting at secrecy.

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21-02-2026 om 20:39 geschreven door peter  

Top-secret Air Force jet spotted near Area 51 hours after Trump demands UFO files

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Just hours after President Donald Trump called for the release of UFO files, a top-secret Air Force jet was spotted near Area 51 on Friday morning.

Flight tracking data shows a Boeing 737-600, known as 'Janet,' departing from Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas's main airport, at 4.06am PT (7.06am ET).

The jet headed toward the Tonopah Test Range, an area closely linked to Area 51 within Nevada’s Nellis Range Complex. Both highly classified sites are testing secret aircraft and advanced weapons.

Area 51 has long been rumored to host crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft and other mysterious technologies, leading some to speculate that Friday's flight may be tied to Trump's announcement. 

The president directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to release government files related to aliens and UFOs after criticizing former President Barack Obama for allegedly confirming their existence on a podcast.

'Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War… to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs),' Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday night. 

He added that the aim is to release 'any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters.'

Area 51 has fueled decades of speculation, particularly since the Cold War, when its remote desert location and secret operations made it a natural target for UFO rumors. 

The Janet, designed by Boeing, is a white jet with a single red strip from front to back. The fleet flies contractor employees, Department of Defense staff and military personnel to secure spaces that house classified information

The US government has acknowledged the base exists but says it is used for testing advanced military aircraft. 

Janet jets are the primary mode of transport, designed by Boeing, white with a single red stripe running from nose to tail, and operating from a dedicated terminal since the remote facility cannot be accessed by regular vehicles.

The base has six runways for Janet planes, including a massive 12,000-foot strip, among the longest in the world, capable of handling flights to and from Las Vegas under tight security.

Trump made his announcement just hours after lashing out at Barack Obama for allegedly sharing classified information when he appeared to confirm that aliens exist while speaking on a podcast.

He told reporters on his way to Georgia that Obama was 'not supposed' to share classified information after he appeared on Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast and said aliens were 'real.' 

Obama added, 'They're real, but I haven't seen them,' joking that they are not kept at Area 51 as far as he knows. 

Cohen asked Obama if extraterrestrials were real in an episode that aired January 14.

The jet headed toward the Tonopah Test Range, an area closely linked to Area 51 (PICTURED) within Nevada ’s Nellis Range Complex. Both highly classified sites are testing secret aircraft and advanced weapons

'They're real, but I haven't seen them,' Obama replied. He joked that they are not being kept at Area 51, as far as he knows.

His comments, delivered with a mix of humor and authority, amounted to a clear rejection of claims that the US government is secretly housing alien life forms at the classified base.

The secrecy surrounding Area 51 has fueled widespread conspiracy theories about its true purpose, but a resurfaced interview from an aviation journalist with firsthand sources who have worked there said the truth could be revealed this year.

Jim Goodall gave an interview in the mid-1990s where he discussed top-secret technologies at the site that 'would make George Lucas envious.' 

'One gentleman spent 12 of his 30 years in black programs at Groom Lake [as Area 51 is also known],' Goodall explained in the unearthed documentary interview.

'I asked him, 'Can you really tell me what's happening out there?'' he continued.

'And he said, 'Well, there are a lot of things going on there that I won't be able to tell you until the year 2025.''

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20-02-2026 om 23:47 geschreven door peter  

Trump says US government will declassify its UFO files. Will we actually learn anything this time, or is this a distraction?

20-02-2026 om 23:29 geschreven door peter  

UFO Orbs Over Ocean Off Japan, Nov 14, 2025, UAP Paranormal sighting news. Possible alien base under water in that area.

Date of sighting: Nov 14, 2025

Location of sighting: 700 miles East of Japan

Source: NUFORC 

 

Watch this short video and you will see a fleet of glowing spheres rising out of the ocean and moving upwards out of earths atmosphere. This is a very similar UFO that was also seen in front of tens of thousands of people back at Dome of Rock in 2011. It's also common to see this sphere UFO around the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. This is absolutely a real alien craft, such things are coming to light very fast in our society. Are you ready to meet them?

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

Eyewitness states: 

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20-02-2026 om 20:36 geschreven door peter  

Artikel door Kathleen Heylen

 

Donald Trump in een gesprek met de pers op het presidentiële vliegtuig Air Force One op 19 februari 2026.

De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump zal het ministerie van Defensie en andere instanties de opdracht geven om alle dossiers over de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven vrij te geven. Documenten moeten worden bekendgemaakt "gezien de enorme belangstelling", zegt hij op Truth Social. Hij vindt ook dat ex-president Barack Obama met zijn 'alien'-uitspraak geheime informatie vrijgegeven heeft. 

Kathleen Heylen

"Gezien de enorme belangstelling zal ik de minister van Oorlog (zoals Trump het ministerie van Defensie noemt, red) en andere relevante ministeries en instanties opdracht geven om te beginnen met het identificeren en vrijgeven van overheidsdocumenten met betrekking tot buitenaards leven, ongeïdentificeerde luchtverschijnselen (uap's) en ongeïdentificeerde vliegende objecten (ufo's), en alle andere informatie die verband houdt met deze zeer complexe, maar uiterst interessante en belangrijke onderwerpen."

Een aankondiging van Trump op zijn platform Truth Social waarmee hij lijkt te reageren op uitspraken van voormalig president Barack Obama in de podcast van Brian Tyler Cohen  vorig weekend.

Tijdens een snelle vragenronde had Obama al grappend gezegd dat hij in 'aliens' gelooft. "Ze bestaan ​​echt, maar ik heb ze niet gezien en ze worden niet vastgehouden in Area 51. Er is geen ondergrondse faciliteit, tenzij er een enorm complot gaande is dat ze voor de president van de VS verborgen hebben gehouden."

Een uitspraak die de Amerikaanse krantenkoppen haalde. Waarna Obama het noodzakelijk achtte te verduidelijken dat hij het statistisch gezien waarschijnlijk vindt dat er buitenaards leven bestaat, gezien de omvang van het universum. En: "Ik heb tijdens mijn presidentschap geen bewijs gezien dat buitenaardse wezens contact met ons hebben opgenomen. Echt waar!"

Trump: "Obama beging een grote fout"

Einde commotie, zou je denken, maar niet zo. Donald Trump kwam er gisteren op terug in een interview met journalisten op Air Force One. "Hoewel veel mensen geloven in het bestaan van buitenaards leven, praat ik er nooit over en heb ik er geen mening over", zei hij.

Trump beweerde bovendien dat Obama geheime overheidsinformatie vrijgegeven had. "Ik weet niet of aliens echt zijn of niet. Ik kan je wel zeggen dat hij classified information vrijgaf. Hij beging een grote fout. Hij haalde dat uit geheime informatie, hij had dat niet moeten doen. (...) Ik kan hem misschien uit de problemen helpen door het te declassificeren."

Voor alle duidelijkheid: er zijn geen aanwijzingen dat Obama gebruikmaakte van geheime informatie tijdens de podcast. Het is ook geen geheim dat Trump graag kritiek geeft op Obama.

Wel of geen mening?

Het is de vraag of Trump geen mening heeft over aliens en er niet over spreekt. Toch niet als we Lara Trump mogen geloven, de schoondochter van Donald Trump. Zij vertelde deze week in de podcast 'Pod force one' dat hij er wel degelijk iets over wil zeggen. De president heeft een toespraak over buitenaardse wezens voorbereid die hij "op het juiste moment" zou houden, klonk het.

Dat zou dan toch niet afgestemd zijn met het Witte Huis, als het al zou kloppen. Woordvoerster Karoline Leavitt kreeg er woensdag een vraag over van journalisten en reageerde lachend: "Een toespraak over buitenaardse wezens zou voor mij ook nieuw zijn."

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Up deze archieffoto van 22 juli 2019 waarschuwen borden voor verboden toegang bij een ingang van het Nevada Test and Training Range van het Amerikaanse leger, in de buurt van Area 51.

© Foto: AP

"Tot op heden geen bewijs"

De publieke belangstelling voor ongeïdentificeerde luchtverschijnselen (uap's) en ongeïdentificeerde vliegende objecten (ufo's) is altijd al groot geweest. Net als verhalen dat de Amerikaanse regering geheimen over buitenaards leven zou verbergen. Area 51, een zwaar beveiligde militaire basis in de woestijn in Nevada, is een vaste waarde in die complottheorieën.

De belangstelling én de complotverhalen laaiden opnieuw op toen ex-medewerkers van het Pentagon en de regering in 2017 video's van onbekende objecten van de marine naar Amerikaanse media lekten. Dat leidde ertoe dat het Congres in mei 2022 voor het eerst in 50 jaar hoorzittingen over ufo's hield.

Ook het Pentagon beloofde toen meer transparantie over het onderwerp. In 2022 werd het het All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) opgericht, bedoeld als centraal meldpunt voor alle militaire ufo-waarnemingen. De informatie die openbaar is gemaakt, toont dat de overgrote meerderheid van de meldingen van het leger onopgelost blijft, maar dat de geïdentificeerde objecten grotendeels goedaardig van aard zijn.

In 2024 werd een 18 pagina's tellend, openbaar rapport voorgelegd aan het Congres. Dat stelde dat militairen in het afgelopen jaar 485 meldingen van uap's hadden gedaan, maar dat 118 gevallen "alledaagse objecten" betroffen, zoals verschillende soorten ballonnen, vogels en onbemande luchtvaartuigen. 

"Het is belangrijk te benadrukken dat AARO tot op heden geen bewijs heeft gevonden van buitenaardse wezens, activiteiten of technologie," benadrukte het rappor

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20-02-2026 om 20:25 geschreven door peter  

UFO Disk Over Saint Ives, England, United Kingdom Nov 16, 2025, UAP sighting news.

Date of sighting: Nov 16, 2025

Location of sighting: Saint Ives, England (near ocean)

Source: NUFORC

 

The screenshots don't do this justice, you have to see the video below to see the detail of the giant disk UFO passing over the hills at Saint Ives near the ocean. This UFO came from an underwater base off Saint Ives and it was trying to hover a bit to dry off before shooting out of the atmosphere to keep the water from freezing on its outer hull in space, potentially causing damage to the outer hull of the ship. 

This is 100% proof aliens exist. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

Eyewitness states: 

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20-02-2026 om 19:56 geschreven door peter