Artikel door Fabienne Ba

Raket raakt UFO en stuitert terug: beelden die het Congres intrigeren

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Een verrassende sequentie, vastgelegd in oktober 2024 voor de kust van Jemen, onthult een Amerikaanse Hellfire-raket die door een Reaper-drone is afgevuurd op een mysterieuze lichtgevende bol. In plaats van zijn doel te vernietigen, lijkt de raket te stuiteren, waardoor de UFO (ongeïdentificeerd vliegend object) ongedeerd blijft – een uniek fenomeen dat sindsdien tot bezorgdheid heeft geleid bij experts en beleidsmakers.

Een video die nog nooit eerder is vertoond

Deze video, getoond tijdens een hoorzitting van het Amerikaanse Congres in september 2025, werd gepresenteerd door afgevaardigde Eric Burlison. De video toont duidelijk dat de Hellfire-raket het doel raakt, maar terugkaatst in plaats van te exploderen of het object te neutraliseren. Voormalig inlichtingenofficier Lue Elizondo wijst erop dat dit gedrag ongekend is voor dit type raket, waarvan de impact meestal fataal is.

Schokkende video toont raket afgevuurd door het Amerikaanse leger die van een UFO stuitert boven de oceaan

(Foto: X)

Een onverklaarbaar object in een gespannen militaire context

De UFO, officieel aangeduid als UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomeen), werd met hoge snelheid over water gegleden, gevolgd door twee MQ-9 Reaper-drones. Deze waarneming vond plaats in een conflictgebied, wat wijst op een mogelijke connectie met geavanceerde militaire technologieën van een wereldmacht, in plaats van een buitenaardse oorsprong.

Foto en video: X @digijordan. Deze inhoud is gemaakt met behulp van AI en herzien door het redactieteam.

Op weg naar meer transparantie en onderzoek

Het Congres roept op tot meer duidelijkheid en informatie over deze onbekende luchtverschijnselen, die nog steeds in nevelen gehuld zijn. Deze video, afkomstig van een klokkenluider, wordt nog steeds bestudeerd door onafhankelijke experts. Het onderstreept de groeiende Amerikaanse interesse in het monitoren en begrijpen van onconventionele luchtdreigingen.

Beeld: Youtube

Er is een groot mysterie gaande rond onlangs verschenen beelden van een Amerikaanse raket die een UFO probeert neer te schieten. Zonder succes, want het object lijkt zijn weg te vervolgen. Verschillende officals en media vragen zich nu hardop af wat er precies heeft plaatsgevonden.

“Waarom laten we dit nu zien?”

Burlison toonde de clip op 9 september 2025 tijdens een hoorzitting over UAP’s om één boodschap te onderstrepen: open de boeken. Als dit soort opnames bestaan, dan hoort het Congres de ruwe data te zien — tijdcodes, IR-feeds, radar, alles. Geen sensatie zonder context, maar óók geen geheimzinnigheid als het om publieke verantwoording gaat.

“What the hell is that?”

Journalist George Knapp was erbij als getuige. Geen wilde claims, geen grootse theorieën — juist dat maakt zijn reactie zo raak. Hij vindt dat dit type materiaal met volksvertegenwoordigers gedeeld moet worden, maar zonder extra context is het vooral… een fascinerende puzzel. Zijn soundbite die bleef hangen: “What the hell is that?” Precies de vraag die je stelt als je de clip twee keer hebt teruggespoeld en nog steeds niet begrijpt waarom dat ding niet omlaag komt.

Wat weten we níet (en dat is lekker frustrerend)

• Wapendetail: Er is geen publiek vrijgegeven forensische analyse die definitief zegt: “dit was het wapen, hier was de impact.”
• Ruwe sensordata: Zonder multisensor-correlatie (IR, radar, metadata) blijft het gissen naar snelheid, grootte en materiaal.
• Optische trucs: Wat lijkt op “onverwoestbaar” kan deels worden verklaard door perspectief, compressie of autofocus. Of niet — en dan wordt het alleen maar spannender.
• Plaats in groter patroon: Het incident past in een bredere reeks meldingen rond gevoelige locaties, maar harde conclusies ontbreken.

Waarom dit zo viraal gaat

Eerlijk is eerlijk: we zijn gek op paradoxen. Een raket treft iets, dat “iets” blijft vliegen — dat is voer voor discussies, memes en eindeloze replayknoppen. Het zet de deur open naar alles: van hypergeavanceerde drones tot exotische technologie. En ja, het woord UFO duikt dan onvermijdelijk op, al is het officieel gewoon “onverklaard”.

Het grotere plaatje: tussen wow-moment en waarheidsvinding

Dit fragment balanceert perfect tussen spectaculair en onbeantwoord. Het roept vragen op over hoe we militair beeldmateriaal delen, hoe we UAP-cases onderzoeken en welke data nodig zijn om feiten van fantasie te scheiden. Zolang de ruwe bestanden, rapporten en telemetrie niet op tafel liggen, blijft het een cliffhanger waar elke nieuw hoofdstuk om schreeuwt.

UFO houdt ons even in z’n greep

Wat we zagen: een object dat na een vermoedelijke treffer onverstoorbaar doorgaat. Wat we voelen: een mix van ongeloof, nieuwsgierigheid en een gezonde dosis show me the data. Burlison en Knapp zitten op dezelfde golflengte: deel het materiaal, laat experts ermee aan de slag en geef het publiek duidelijkheid. Tot die tijd blijft de UFO het internet — en Washington — knap bezighouden.

Tussen fascinatie en publieke bezorgdheid

Op sociale media en onder gekozen functionarissen wekt de afbeelding van de stuiterende raket fascinatie, debat en bezorgdheid op. Sommigen zien het als bewijs van buitengewone technologie, terwijl anderen de realiteit en bedoelingen van deze verschijnselen in twijfel trekken, wat aanleiding geeft tot allerlei fantasieën en theorieën.

Uiteindelijk wakkert deze uitzonderlijke video het debat over de aard van UAP's en het vermogen van de strijdkrachten om hiermee om te gaan, opnieuw aan. Daarmee wordt een toekomst voorspeld waarin wetenschap en inlichtingendiensten transparant en nauwkeurig moeten zijn.

Check ook:

UFO gefilmd door vliegtuigpassagiers: Bewijs dat buitenaards leven echt is!

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15-09-2025 om 16:35 geschreven door peter  

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14-09-2025 om 22:18 geschreven door peter  

UAP witnesses criticize Pentagon UFO office in Congressional hearing for 'using science and coming up with answers'

Secrecy, stigma, dismissal

For too long, UAPs have been "shrouded in secrecy, stigma, and in some cases outright dismissal," Luna said in her opening statement.

"Today, I want to state clearly: this is not science fiction or creating speculation. This is about national security, government accountability, and the American people's right to the truth," said Luna. "Future generations will look back on this moment and ask what we did when presented with the unknown. Did we look away, embarrassed or afraid? Or did we pursue the truth with courage? I intend to be on the side of truth, transparency, and accountability," the lawmaker stated.

A transcript of the hearing and witnesses' prepared testimonies can be read on the U.S. House of Representatives' website.

Space.com asked several experts from leading research groups on UAPs/UFOs concerning the hearing and their take-away thoughts.

Wanted: nitty-gritty details

"The military witness reports were very good," said Robert Powell, executive board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies in Austin, Texas.

While it may not be apparent to the public or congress, Powell said that anyone who has studied the history of the subject knows that there have been hundreds of such reports by military witnesses that are equally as good.

So how do we move forward?

"Unless Congress is willing to push for the nitty-gritty details" by obtaining full videos, interviewing pilots involved in UAP incidents, and other reported events, "we will not progress," said Powell.

Powell said, in his view, the military will never release the necessary information to establish the presence of a non-human intelligence.

"That's because of their concerns for national security and whether one of our adversaries might learn something from UAP that they could use militarily against us," Powell said. "The resulting tendency to silo all information on UAP prevents moving forward with learning more. Only if Congress allocates funding to the scientific community and academia to study UAP will we make any progress," he concluded.

Science above all

"I find it frustrating that they, rightly, reiterate the importance of the role science can take in figuring out what is behind UAP, but do not apply it in these hearings."

That's the outlook from Alejandro Rojas, a long-time UFO journalist and a consultant to Enigma, a UAP/UFO sightings alert network.

"We have years of anecdotal sighting reports and claims of hidden government knowledge about alien visitation. What we need is evidence," Rojas said.

Rojas added that he found it also trying that the one organization that has been using science, the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), was pummeled in the hearing, without being represented.

"Having worked in the UFO field for so long, I am sympathetic to their [AARO's] effort. They have shown each step of their work analyzing previous videos, and although it is unpopular to demystify some of these reports, their scientific analyses have been sound," he said.

Preconceived notions

At the recent hearing, "the gripes of committee members came across as being frustrated with the organization that is using science and coming up with answers," sensed Rojas. "However, because they dislike the answers, they blame AARO, when in fact they genuinely do not want scientific analysis to dismantle their preconceived notions."

In the end, Rojas found the hearing disheartening.

"Instead of focusing on real issues and truly championing scientific investigation, the hearing comes across as a very political back-and-forth between the Oversight Committee and the Pentagon," said Rojas. "What gets lost is what we actually need, and that is data gathering and scientific evaluation of that data."

As a consultant with Enigma, Rojas said the group is collecting hundreds of reports, many with videos.

"What we need is a robust, transparent effort to analyze what we are collecting, and to build better sensor systems to gather more and better data on UAP," said Rojas. "If extraterrestrials are visiting us, it is not just the military that would be seeing them."

Credible and intriguing

Avi Loeb, head of the Galileo Project at Harvard, and director of the Institute for Theory & Computation, said he found the first-hand testimonies at the hearing "to be credible and intriguing."

Loeb's Galileo Project is an endeavor to bring the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures of other star folk from "accidental or anecdotal observations and legends" to the mainstream of crystal-clear, confirmed and systematic scientific research.

"I salute congresswoman Luna for chairing this important discussion within the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets in the U.S. Congress," Loeb said.

But does such a congressional hearing restore public interest in UAP?

"This discussion is not a matter of public relations in a popularity contest, but instead a topic of great relevance for national security and science," responded Loeb. "Once we all see credible evidence about the nature of UAP, we will be able to get to the bottom of it and everyone would agree on what it means."

Best path to new knowledge

Data collection is the goal of the Galileo Project under Loeb's leadership.

Does the astrophysicist believe that the U.S. government is hiding information? He replied that "as a scientist I respond to evidence and not to what people tell me. Scientific evidence is our best path to new knowledge."

The simplest way to tell the difference between a dogmatist and a genuine scientist, Loeb said, is to flood both of them with scientific-quality data.

"Whereas the dogmatist will shove anomalous data under the carpet of traditional thinking, an open-minded scientist will be thrilled to learn something new with an underlying sense of humility," advised Loeb. "Not only is nature more imaginative than we are, but it also does not care whether we figure it out. The insistence that everything in the sky is either icy rocks or human-made technologies will not rid us of cosmic neighbors, if they exist out there," he concluded.

Tone and testimony

"Overall, I was pleased with the tone and testimony in the hearing from the witnesses, and the often excellent questions from the Representatives," said Mark Rodeghier, president and scientific director of the Center for UFO Studies in Chicago, Illinois.

"The hearing hopefully provided more impetus to pass the crucial legislation necessary to answer questions we have about possible US government/contractor involvement with UAP that has been hidden all these years," said Rodeghier.

Rodeghier said the witnesses added additional experiences on the record of both UAP sightings and how the aftermath of those has been handled by the military, including treatment of those wishing to speak publicly.

Crucial legislation

Beyond moving Congress to pass the bills, Rodeghier advised getting witnesses into a SCIF, short for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. Located several levels beneath the U.S. Capitol, a SCIF is where lawmakers and witnesses hold closed interviews, far from the prying eyes of the public.

"I'm not sure what can be done with it [those interviews], but having it available is important," said Rodeghier.

Another Rodeghier recommendation is to have the head of AARO in a hearing this fall now that he has been on the job for a year. Lastly, there's need to work on getting the appropriate government agencies to provide modest funding for UAP research, which continues to be unavailable, he said.

Deep difficulties

Michael Cifone is the founding executive director of the Society for UAP Studies, based in Los Angeles, California. The group's mission is not to promote a single narrative but to advance careful scholarship, develop educational frameworks, and advocate for standards of evidence and data transparency.

The recent Congressional hearing on UAPs underscored, once again, "both the importance of the issue and the deep difficulties that have hampered its treatment for decades," said Cifone.

That handling of the topic within the government — whose aim since at least after World War II has been increasingly obsessed with national security and maintaining US military and strategic dominance, feels Cifone, "are guiding principles that are ultimately at odds with the inner operating directives of the sciences themselves: free, open, and therefore democratic exploration of self and world."

Mixed pool

"The UAP problem is not a mystery with one answer, but rather a somewhat unstable and chaotic amalgam of many overlapping realities, complicated by the unfortunate facts of the modern bureaucratic national security state," is a view that Cifone basically endorses.

"UAP reports are not a monolith," Cifone advised.

Instead, they are a mixed pool consisting of: (1) misidentified U.S. black projects, where cutting-edge aerospace programs are understandably shrouded in secrecy; (2) adversarial drones and surveillance platforms, which represent a genuine national security challenge; (3) a large number of ordinary misperceptions of balloons, satellites, or atmospheric phenomena; and (4) a small but stubborn residue of anomalous cases that resist explanation.

"This mixture makes the phenomenon difficult to study, not because of some grand cover-up, but because of the dysfunctional way information is handled inside the government," Cifone said.

Are we up to the task?

The UAP hearing, for all its frustrations, said Cifone, "at least signaled that Congress is beginning to take seriously the structural problems that have long clouded this issue."

From a safety standpoint, the "mixture hypothesis" is particularly important, said Cifone. If even a fraction of UAP reports involve advanced adversarial drones or unsafe incursions into U.S. airspace, then society is faced with an aviation and national security challenge that demands systematic response, he said.

"Let's see what data and frameworks we can establish that can handle UAP and associated phenomena/claims, and what philosophical/conceptual challenges remain, and if we're up to the task," Cifone said.

And for the other claims — crashes, bodies, and so on, Cifone concludes, "sure, but where's the beef?"

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14-09-2025 om 22:08 geschreven door peter  

Fahima Degia

Image by Department of Defense 

SHOCKING footage shows a UFO being struck by an American "hellfire missile."

The unidentified orb - seen off the coast of Yemen - appears to show the missile bouncing straight off the bright, shiny object.

Never-before-seen footage shows a UAP struck by a Hellfire missile

Credit: NewsNation

The footage was released during a congressional hearing on Tuesday about unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs.

It shows an MQ-9 Reaper drone tracking a glowing orb off the coast of Yemen before firing a Hellfire missile straight at it.

But instead of blowing the object to bits, the so-called “orb” appeared to shrug it off and keep flying.

The video was taken in October 2024, but has only just been released to the public.

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Representative Eric Burlison called it "startling evidence," per News Nation.

“A Reaper drone fired a Hellfire missile at this thing," he said during the hearing.

"And the missile didn’t seem to have any effect."

The AGM-114 Hellfire is a laser-guided missile made for precision drone strikes and capable of "defeating any known tank in the world today," according to Military.com.

Representative Eric Burlison called it "startling evidence," per News Nation.

“A Reaper drone fired a Hellfire missile at this thing," he said during the hearing.

"And the missile didn’t seem to have any effect."

The AGM-114 Hellfire is a laser-guided missile made for precision drone strikes and capable of "defeating any known tank in the world today," according to Military.com.

Burlison then turned his questions toward George Knapp, a witness in the hearing and a journalist whose work has largely focused on UFOs, to ask for his point of view.

"I have heard about events like this. I have heard about this event," Knapp said of the Yemen video.

“There are servers where there is a whole bank of these kinds of videos that Congress has not been allowed to see, that the public hasn’t been allowed to see," Knapp said.

"Occasionally, some of that stuff gets out in the wild and it comes our way, but it should be going to you. The public should be seeing this stuff, and why you're not allowed to, I don't know."

"But that's a Hellfire missile smacking into that UFO and just bounce right off, and it kept going."

He concluded his statement by saying simply, "What the hell is that?"

The Rendlesham Forest incident: Britain’s most famous UFO sighting

The Rendlesham Forest incident took place in December 1980 over a series of at least two nights.

On December 26, 1980, military personnel at the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk saw a strange light in Rendlesham Forest, which lies between the two bases.

Three men were sent out to investigate where two of them encountered a small, triangularshaped craft.

One man, Jim Penniston, got close enough to touch the side of the object.

He and another of the airmen present, John Burroughs, made sketches of the craft for witness statements.

Two nights later Deputy Base Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt and his team then encountered the UFO.

He said later: “Here I am, a senior official who routinely denies this sort of thing and diligently works to debunk them, and I’m involved in the middle of something I can’t explain.”
Despite an MOD investigation the Rendlesham Forest incident remains unexplained.

UFO SIGHTINGS

The new footage comes as US Air Force veteran Dylan Borland gave his testimony on a separate experience he had with a UFO during the same hearing.

The whistleblower claimed he was outside Langley Air Force Base in Virginia back in 2012 when a mysterious white light suddenly appeared in the night sky.

“At first I thought it was just a hot air balloon,” he said.

“Then the light started moving across the base and that’s when everything changed.”

In sworn testimony, the veteran described a colossal 100 foot triangular craft hovering silently above him.

The bizarre black object was “one to two stories thick,” with sharp 90-degree edges and lights glowing at each corner, plus a blinding, larger orb at its center.

Even more terrifying, he said, was the shimmering effect across the UFO’s surface.

“It was like molten gold, lava, plasma — some kind of liquid flowing over the craft,” he recalled.

“I was under it for two to three minutes. Then the center light flashed two or three times and — bang — it shot thousands of feet straight up without a sound.”

The encounter left Borland reeling.

He also told lawmakers that his phone overheated and died during the incident.

"My whole body was covered in static electricity,” he said. “And I smelled that strong storm scent, like after lightning in the summer.”

But the nightmare didn’t end there.

After this sighting, Borland claimed in his testimony that his career was sabotaged, and he became the target of shadowy phishing attempts.

“If this gets buried again, behind closed doors, it’s going to get really ugly,” Borland said.

UAP HEARINGS

The never-before-seen clip was played during a Congressional UAP hearing where lawmakers demanded answers on what the US government really knows about UFOs. 

The hearings are part of a growing push to hold the Pentagon accountable after years of secrecy.

In November 2024, whistleblowers stunned Washington with claims that Navy ships were stalked by intelligently controlled UFOs and that the mystery crafts defied the laws of physics.

Earlier this year, the US intelligence chief said extraterrestrial life “cannot be ruled out” and warned that the unexplained objects in US skies demand serious investigation.

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13-09-2025 om 22:30 geschreven door peter  

UFO Moves Across Sky Over Minneapolis, Minnesota on Aug 24, 2025, UAP Sighting News. VIDEO!

Date of sighting: Aug 24, 2025

Location of sighting: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Source: NUFORC

 

Now hold on a second, if you look at the video at first it looks like balloons, but when I take a screenshot and enlarge it, this is a single craft. This is odd for sure and I have to admit, its glowing parts or flashes are baffling to me. This is one extraordinary UFO! It moves with the wind across the sky, but it's not balloons because there are no strings, it's not a weather balloon because they have transponder boxes required by law hanging below. This is a real UFO and it seems to be interested in the people watching it, as if it were deliberately trying to be seen. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 

 

Eyewitness states: 

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13-09-2025 om 21:02 geschreven door peter  

UFO Caught During Sunset Over New York, New York, Aug 25, 2025, UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Aug 25, 2025

Location of sighting: New York, New York, USA

Source: NUFORC

 

This report is fascinating. The eyewitness was on the top of a building recording the sunset and accidentally caught a UFO. Now maybe it was shooting past at high speed, uncloaked or just was revealed by the digital eye of the camera...is unknown...but one thing is for sure...UFOs get revealed during sunsets. So that leads me to conclude that the suns angle combined with the right digital lens...causes UFOs that are cloaked to be revealed for anywhere between 15 seconds to a few minutes. Sunsets are the most common time of the day to catch a UFO due to these things. Was it a UFO? Oh yeah...it sure was. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 

 

Eyewitness states: 

I was filming and taking photographs from E137th street in the Bronx on a rooftop facing east.Viewing sunrise from the east, behind Throgsneck, I continuously shot a plane crossing the horizon into Laguardia Airport.

When I processed the Cr2 files, i noticed in a single frame, an object was captured. Disc like with a rounded top and flat bottom. It did not appear in any frame but one. I checked my camera, the lens, the sensor. Nothing suggests that the object was dust or anything ordinary.

Appearing in one frame suggests it was in transit at high speed and I was lucky to capture it by matching the frame rate. That’s my best guess.

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13-09-2025 om 20:56 geschreven door peter  

Yorkshire resident spots saucer-shaped 'UFO' flying though the hills near Skipton - and experts are baffled

• Have you photographed a UFO? Email jonathan.chadwick@dailymail.co.uk 

By JONATHAN CHADWICK, ASSISTANT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

Bizarre flying objects are usually considered a stateside phenomena.

But a remarkable shot shows one brazenly flying though the hills in the north of England – and experts are baffled. 

The mysterious aerial entity was snapped outside of Shipton in Yorkshire by photographer and local man John Tunnah.

Eerily, the Yorkshire resident took about 10 or 12 photographs from his vantage point but the object only appeared in one of them. 

Mr Tunnah said they were the 'first photos on an unfamiliar camera' that he had only just purchased. 

He described the phenomenon as a probable 'UFO' – an unidentified flying object. 

And it's remarkably similar to the classic UFO saucer shape depicted in popular culture, with a distinctive round and elongated shape. 

'Why it was manoeuvring at low level over West Yorkshire was a mystery,' Mr Tunnah told the Daily Mail. 

The bizarre saucer-shaped object was snapped with a Pentax Optio SVi camera by Yorkshire photographer John Tunnah

The photo, shared exclusively with the Daily Mail, was taken with a Pentax Optio SVi camera one Saturday morning, according to Mr Tunnah. 

The photo, shared exclusively with the Daily Mail, was taken with a Pentax Optio SVi camera one Saturday morning, according to Mr Tunnah. 

'I was travelling home with it when I noticed, behind the hills beyond Silsden, a perfectly formed arch of cloud – like a cloudy rainbow,' he said. 

'I pulled in, intending to take photos. By the time I'd sorted the camera out the arch had broken up as per the photo, but I took a few shots anyway.

'That evening, I was playing with the camera and deleting shots I'd taken when I came across this one showing something on the far left.

'It didn't appear on any of the other photos I'd taken at the time.

'I'm not a "flying-saucer", or "alien visitation" freak, but whatever it was deserves the term UFO.' 

Mr Tunnah, originally from Scotland, then showed the perplexing snap to some of his friends 'just out of interest'. 

'They all tended to agree that it was "real", "solid" and appeared to be travelling at speed from the dissipating "arch" on the horizon,' he said. 

The Yorkshireman's attention was drawn by a perfectly formed arch of cloud over the trees (centre) - and only later did he notice the saucer-shaped object on the left

'Various theories were put forward – such as "flying saucer" and very short lived cloud.' 

The resident speculated that it could also be be a 'Skunk Works-type aircraft of previously unknown design'. 

Skunk Works is the official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), responsible for developing highly classified experimental aircraft.

Nick Pope, a UFO expert formerly with the UK's Ministry of Defence, offered a number of explanations for Mr Tunnah's photo. 

'When photos show an anomaly that wasn't seen at the time, I suspect either a glitch with the camera, or a fast-moving object like a bird or an insect, close to the lens,' he told the Daily Mail. 

But the US Department of Defense – otherwise known as the Pentagon – declined to comment on the image. 

UFO stands for 'unidentified flying object' and so the term doesn't necessarily describe an object with an extraterrestrial origin. 

But some of its characteristics adhere to common descriptions of what UFOs look like. 

Most UFOs have been described as ‘orb’, ‘round’ or ‘sphere’, but other reported shapes include polygon, triangle and 'Tic Tac', says the Pentagon 

A Pentagon document published in 2023 revealed that the typical UFO has a round shape, usually spherical or an orb, with a white or silver colour.

Based on what it knows from reported sightings between 1996 and 2023, other UFO shapes include rectangle, oval, triangle, disk, cylinder, square and even polygon. 

Meanwhile, 16 per cent have been described as having lights, although in many cases this may have been due to their reflective qualities. 

The Pentagon also released a hotspot map that reveals the location of reported UFO sightings, including Japan and the Middle East.  

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13-09-2025 om 20:43 geschreven door peter  

Scariest National Park in the US likened to 'the X files' because strange and eerie sights are so common

By ALYSSA GUZMAN, US NEWS REPORTER

A valley located in Arizona has been dubbed the scariest national park in the US after sightings of UFOs and Bigfoot have been reported. 

Monument Valley sits on the Utah-Arizona border and is full of strange and eerie sights. 

The breathtaking park sits on Navajo tribal land and is said to be one of the most photographed places on earth with its stunning sandstone rock formations and desert environments. 

But for Navajo Ranger Stanley Milford Jr., the land is more than just a beautiful place, but full of ghosts, UFOs, extraterrestrials, and more, he said in his memoir The Paranormal Ranger. 

'There’s much more to this world than we can imagine,' Milford, who is part Cherokee and Navajo, wrote. 'I quickly learned to shut my mouth and open my ears.' 

For more than 20 years, Milford served as a ranger in the park. For 11 of those, he worked on a covert team that investigated UFOs and paranormal activity that was reported within the Navajo Reservation. 

He spent his summers with his father on the reservation and was well-versed in the tribe's culture, which helped him while he was investigating paranormal activity on the land. 

'However, this doesn’t mean that the cases I investigated didn’t shock or challenge or change me,' he wrote. 

For more than 20 years, Milford served as a ranger in Monument Valley (pictured above)

For more than 20 years, Milford served as a ranger in the park. For 11 of those, he worked on a covert team that investigated UFOs and paranormal activity that was reported within the Navajo Reservation (pictured: stock image of UFO) 

Monument Valley has been compared to the X Files. Pictured: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are seen above in season one of the show

He recalled a time feeling an 'invisible finger touch my lip'. 

'It moved across my mustache, from one side to the other. [Then] I heard two male voices, about three feet away, but there was no one there.' 

He also witnessed a chair flying across a room, a laptop battery crashing into a wall, and coins falling and all landing heads-up. 

'The only conclusion was that a spirit was saying: "Heads up, I’m here."' 

His fellow investigator found a dollar bill with 'die' written on it and a butcher's knife fly across the room. 

Officer workers in Window Rock, Arizona, heard 'disembodied voices' and felt 'unseen hands touch them'. 

Arizona is one of the hottest areas to spot a UFO. 

The desert town of Sedona, which is located approximately 210 miles away from Monument Valley, sits in both Coconino and Yavapai Counties. It had 484 UFO sightings between 2000 and 2023, according to an Axios report.

'There’s much more to this world than we can imagine,' Milford (pictured), who is part Cherokee and Navajo, wrote. 'I quickly learned to shut my mouth and open my ears' 

He recalled a time feeling an 'invisible finger touch my lip.' He also witnessed a chair flying across a room, a laptop battery crashing into a wall, and coins falling and all landing heads-up, he revealed in his memoir (pictured) 

These numbers put the area well above the national average of 34 people per 100,000.

Psychic and UFO tour guide John Polk, 56, told Daily Mail in May that he sees extraterrestrial activity nightly from his home in Sedona, where he's lived for the last eight years.

The native Floridian said: 'There's tons of activity. It's easy to see it.'

He believes Sedona is such a high-traffic area for UFOs due to the vortexes the city is known for.

Sedona is also a very spiritual place and is known as the 'door to the world' due to vortexes that are believed to open portals to other dimensions and provide healing energy.

Polk said Sedona has quartz along the ley lines - invisible gridlines that often fall into triangles that are believed to carry powerful energy - that help build electromagnetic energy that creates electricity, and ultimately, a pathway for ETs.

In January 2023, a UFO slammed into a US fighter jet over Arizona. 

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the F-16 Viper fighter jet was hit by an 'orange-white UAS' - which stands for un-crewed aerial system, better known as a drone. 

His fellow investigator found a dollar bill with 'die' written on it and a butcher's knife fly across the room. Officer workers in Window Rock, Arizona, heard 'disembodied voices' and felt 'unseen hands touch them' 

Arizona is one of the hottest areas to spot a UFO (pictured: Monument Valley) 

The desert town of Sedona (pictured) had 484 UFO sightings between 2000 and 2023

The FAA's report of the F-16 collision revealed that the fighter was flying in restricted airspace near Gila Bend, Arizona, when it was hit by the object in the rear of the canopy, the glass bubble which protects the pilot.

No injuries were reported. The Air Force did not reveal how much damage the jet suffered, but the plane was grounded for repairs.

Within a day of this collision, there were three more unidentified aircraft sightings over the Air Force's Barry Goldwater Range, where the fighter was damaged, the documents stated. 

Daily Mail reached to Milford for comment.  

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12-09-2025 om 20:47 geschreven door peter  

People left baffled as Hollywood director is spotted in bombshell UFO hearing

• Four whistleblowers testified under oath that they've seen UFOs 
• A huge filmmaker was spotted listening to the evidence in Congress  
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By CYDNEY YEATES, US SENIOR TV WRITER

Hollywood director Colin Trevorrow has left fans flabbergasted after he was spotted in attendance at the country's third ever UFO hearing in Congress.

The filmmaker, 48, who is best known for the Jurassic World franchise, was seen sitting behind famed paranormal activity journalist George Knapp at the bombshell proceeding on September 9.

The special hearing saw four witnesses give their testimony under oath about their experiences with UFOs.

They also shared their comments on whether the military is being honest about what is behind the supposed sightings.

Trevorrow's presence stirred up a lot of excitement online, with many speculating the reason behind him being there.

Taking to Reddit, one asked: 'He's directing a Lazar/Knapp movie isn't he?'

Another commented: 'He does indeed look like him. Just found out he is likely making a movie on the Las Vegas reporter who covered Area 51 in late 1980.'

In May, Deadline reported that Trevorrow's latest project would indeed be an untitled conspiracy thriller set in the late 1980s.

Hollywood director Colin Trevorrow was spotted at today's UFO hearing in Congress

He was seen sitting behind George Knapp, who testified before the House Oversight Committee's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets 

He was joined by US Air Force Veteran Jeffrey Nuccetelli, Navy veteran and UAP Witness Chief Alexandro Wiggins, and US Air Force Veteran and UAP witness Dylan Borland.

A UAP is the new government term given to any object or anomaly in the air, sea, or space that defies scientific explanation.

During the hearing, Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri showed shocking, never-before-seen footage of a UFO being struck by a Hellfire missile from a US military drone on October 30, 2024.

The black-and-white video captured the 100-pound class air-to-ground precision weapon bouncing off the mysterious orb, which continued traveling at extreme speed off the coast of Yemen.

Witness Nuccetelli, a former Air Force military police officer for 16 years, called the new video 'exceptional evidence' of the existence of UFOs.

He and the other men disclosed how they saw multiple types of strange, unexplained craft while on duty, including giant triangles, glowing cubes larger than a football field, and the infamous Tic-Tac-shaped vehicles spotted over the Pacific Ocean.

Witness Dylan Borland joined by UAP Journalist George Knapp as they spoke 

Trevorrow, who is best known for the Jurassic World franchise, is working on a film about Knapp and Area 51

Along with their eye-witness accounts, two of the veterans claimed that the US government has attempted to keep their incidents a secret, allegedly threatening witnesses to stay quiet and blacklisting at least one of the veterans.

Borland, a former Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist, said in his opening statement that multiple government agencies blocked him from getting work, forged his documents, and manipulated his security clearance.

He claimed that happened after he reported sightings of a 100-foot triangle flying low over him at Virginia's Langley Air Force Base in 2012 to his superiors.

The large craft interfered with his telephone, made no sound, and rapidly ascended thousands of feet in seconds, Borland told the members of Congress.

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11-09-2025 om 16:30 geschreven door peter  

A group of military whistleblowers testified under oath that they've seen UFOs and that the US intelligence community has tried to cover it up. 

Three Navy and Air Force veterans testified Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill at the third congressional hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), the new term for UFOs, since 2023.

During the hearing, Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri showed shocking, never-before-seen footage of a UFO being struck by a Hellfire missile from a US military drone on October 30, 2024.

The black-and-white video captured the 100-pound class air-to-ground precision weapon bouncing off the mysterious orb, which continued traveling at extreme speed off the coast of Yemen.

Witness Jeffrey Nuccetelli, a former Air Force military police officer for 16 years, called the new video 'exceptional evidence' of the existence of UFOs. 

He and the other men disclosed how they saw multiple types of strange, unexplained craft while on duty, including giant triangles, glowing cubes larger than a football field, and the infamous Tic-Tac-shaped vehicles spotted over the Pacific Ocean.

Along with their eye-witness accounts, two of the veterans claimed that the US government has attempted to keep their incidents a secret, allegedly threatening witnesses to stay quiet and blacklisting at least one of the veterans.

Dylan Borland, a former Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist, said in his opening statement that multiple government agencies blocked him from getting work, forged his documents, and manipulated his security clearance.

Three military whistleblowers and other experts spoke on Tuesday during the third congressional hearing on UFOs 

Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri revealed video of a US military drone striking an orb-shaped UFO with a missile, which bounced off and did not stop the craft

Borland claimed that happened after he reported sightings of a 100-foot triangle flying low over him at Virginia's Langley Air Force Base in 2012 to his superiors. 

The large craft interfered with his telephone, made no sound, and rapidly ascended thousands of feet in seconds, Borland told the members of Congress.

While in the government's classified Special Access Program (SAP), Borland added that other intelligence officers told him they had also faced retaliation after reporting their own encounters with UFOs.

Additionally, Borland claimed that the US intelligence community was engaging in phishing attacks in an attempt to assess what he disclosed to the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) during a polygraph test in November 2024.

When asked by South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace if he feared for his safety, Borland said he didn't believe a government group was currently attempting to kill him, but his reputation has been so damaged that he's currently living off of unemployment assistance. 

When it was Nuccetelli's turn to speak, the Air Force veteran said that he witnessed five unexplained incidents at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base between 2003 and 2005.

Those included receiving reports of a 'glowing red square' hovering silently over missile defense sites and witnessing a giant rectangle-shaped ship over 100 yards long on the same night in October 2003.

A week later, Nuccetelli said he documented how patrols at the base saw a strange light over the ocean heading toward Vandenberg. When guards called for help, the object quickly descended, hovered briefly, and then vanished.

Military whistleblowers revealed never-before-discussed encounters with UFOs, including the often reported Tic-Tac craft (pictured)

Dylan Borland, a former Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist, claimed that he was retaliated against by the US government after reporting on UFO encounters

It was after this incident that Nuccetelli claimed a witness to the close encounter was threatened by their superiors to stay quiet.

When Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert asked Nuccetelli about the status of the investigations into the reports, the Air Force veteran said the military had been regularly destroying all police records every three years, including the reports made at Vandenberg.

'They destroyed all the police records, so you couldn't even call the Air Force and ask them if there was a vehicle accident,' Nuccetelli said.

In his opening statement, Nuccetelli added that he and two other military police officers witnessed an orb with pulsing lights that moved like a butterfly flying over his house while they were off duty.

Alexandro Wiggins, an active duty US Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer, was also brought in as a witness and described a strange encounter while aboard the USS Jackson off the Southern California coast on February 15, 2023.

Wiggins witnessed a Tic-Tac craft emerge from the Pacific and join three other Tic-Tacs in a flying formation over the navy vessel.

All of the Tic-Tacs shot off at the same time with incredible speed, without creating a sonic boom or making the typical engine trails of a plane or drone.

Alexandro Wiggins, an active duty US Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer, revealed how he witnessed multiple Tic-Tac craft flying over the Pacific Ocean in 2023

The chairwoman of the hearing, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, claimed in her opening statement that the former leader of the Pentagon's UAP investigating office (ARRO), Dr Sean Kirkpatrick, was a 'documented liar' who undermined UFO investigations.

Later in the hearing, Luna added that she would be happy to subpoena Kirkpatrick to testify on the alleged misconduct at the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

Also testifying before Congress was Joe Spielberger, a senior policy counsel at the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), who emphasized the critical role of whistleblowers in exposing government wrongdoing. 

George Knapp, a chief investigative reporter for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, who highlighted a decades-long pursuit of the UAP story through government documents and witness accounts, was at the hearing as well, documenting years of suspicious behavior surrounding the government's official narratives about UFOs.

Knapp said during the hearing that Americans were told for decades that there was no documentation of any kind of strange craft, but that changed when the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted in 1966.

The journalist noted that thousands of pages of previously classified documents have suddenly been released in the ensuing decades, including many involving reports of UAPs worldwide.

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11-09-2025 om 15:56 geschreven door peter  

The jaw-dropping video of a US drone firing a Hellfire missile at an orb, only for the object to remain completely unaffected, has left lawmakers and the public stunned.  

The footage, presented during Tuesday's congressional hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), shows an MQ-9 drone tracking an unknown object as another MQ-9 launches a Hellfire missile. 

The missile struck the orb, but instead of detonating, it appeared to bounce off. 

While questions swirl about the video, UFO researcher and filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee told the Daily Mail that the object seen during the hearing 'is non-human.'

'The way the object is described, as a glowing, bright, luminous sphere, like an orb, is unlike anything we currently have,' he said.  'It moves in a fast, straight line, making it trackable, yet shows no visible signs of propulsion such as exhaust plumes or rotors, almost like a plasma object.' 

Lee highlighted the orb's ability to deflect the missile as highly unusual, suggesting technology beyond current human capabilities. 

'None that I know of, which makes me believe it's a non-human UAP,' he added. He also noted similarities to other unexplained drone sightings, including recent incidents in New Jersey. 

However, not all experts agree. Alejandro Rojas, an advisor at Enigma Labs, which analyzes UAP reports, said the video appears authentic but may be a conventional explanation. 

'It seems like the object hit was moving slowly and did not continue. To me, it appears that the missile was unaffected and continued flying,' Rojas said. 'It's likely a military test or drone of some sort.' 

The  video showed a US military drone striking an orb-shaped UFO with a missile, which bounced off and did not stop the craft

The footage, presented during Tuesday's c ongressional hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), shows an MQ-9 drone tracking an unknown object as another MQ-9 launches a Hellfire missile (stock)

The black-and-white footage was presented by Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison, who said he received it anonymously in a 'dead drop.'

'This was taken on October 30, 2024. It shows an MQ-9 tracking an orb off the coast of Yemen,' Burlison explained. 'Another MQ-9 launched a Hellfire missile, which you cannot see, and I'm not going to explain it to you. You'll see exactly what it does.'

UAP journalist George Knapp, who also testified, reacted to the video by asking, 'What the h*** is that?' Burlison replied, 'I'm not going to speculate what it is, but the question is, why are we being blocked from this information consistently?'

Lee speculated that the orb may represent an inter-dimensional phenomenon rather than a craft from another planet. 

'This is the true reality of UFO disclosure. It's far weirder than beings from another planet,' he said, adding that the object was likely only making its presence known, not preparing to attack.

When asked whether the footage captured an extraterrestrial craft, Rojas responded bluntly, 'I do not believe in ET.'

Three Navy and Air Force veterans testified Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill at the third congressional hearing on UAPs, the new term for UFOs, since 2023. 

The men disclosed how they saw multiple types of strange, unexplained craft while on duty, including giant triangles, glowing cubes larger than a football field, and the infamous Tic-Tac-shaped vehicles spotted over the Pacific Ocean.

The black-and-white footage was presented by Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison, who said he received it anonymously in a 'dead drop'

Along with their eye-witness accounts, two of the veterans claimed that the US government has attempted to keep their incidents a secret, allegedly threatening witnesses to stay quiet and blacklisting at least one of the veterans.

Dylan Borland, a former Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist, said in his opening statement that multiple government agencies blocked him from getting work, forged his documents, and manipulated his security clearance.

Witness Jeffrey Nuccetelli, a former Air Force military police officer, said that he witnessed five unexplained incidents at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base between 2003 and 2005.

Those included receiving reports of a 'glowing red square' hovering silently over missile defense sites and witnessing a giant rectangle-shaped ship over 100 yards long on the same night in October 2003.

A week later, Nuccetelli said he documented how patrols at the base saw a strange light over the ocean heading toward Vandenberg. When guards called for help, the object quickly descended, hovered briefly, and then vanished.

Three military whistleblowers and other experts spoke on Tuesday during the third congressional hearing on UFOs

'They destroyed all the police records, so you couldn't even call the Air Force and ask them if there was a vehicle accident,' Nuccetelli said.

Alexandro Wiggins, an active duty US Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer, was also brought in as a witness and described a strange encounter while aboard the USS Jackson off the Southern California coast on February 15, 2023.

Wiggins witnessed a Tic-Tac craft emerge from the Pacific and join three other Tic-Tacs in a flying formation over the navy vessel.

All of the Tic-Tacs shot off at the same time with incredible speed, without creating a sonic boom or making the typical engine trails of a plane or drone.

Knapp, a chief investigative reporter for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, highlighted a decades-long pursuit of the UAP story through government documents and witness accounts, documenting years of suspicious behavior surrounding the government's official narratives about UFOs.

He said Americans were told for decades that there was no documentation of any kind of strange craft, but that changed when the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted in 1966.

The journalist noted that thousands of pages of previously classified documents have suddenly been released in the ensuing decades, including many involving reports of UAPs worldwide.

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11-09-2025 om 14:58 geschreven door peter  

WATCH: Video shown to Congressional hearing shows Hellfire missile hit UFO

The video was shown to a Congresional hearing about "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena" - also known as unidentified flying objects, although not all UAPs are seen in the sky.

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10-09-2025 om 22:47 geschreven door peter  

Three U.S. military veterans, two from the Air Force and one from the Navy, took the stand Tuesday during the third congressional hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), the government’s sanitized new term for UFOs. 

The most shocking moment came when Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri unveiled never before seen military footage: a U.S. drone firing a hellfire missile at a mysterious object off the coast of Yemen on October 30, 2024. 

The grainy black and white video shows the 100 pound precision weapon streaking toward the target, only to ricochet off harmlessly as the object shot away at impossible speed. Just as baffling, three smaller spheres hovered in formation around the craft, undisturbed by the impact.  

Reactions were mixed. Skeptics immediately dismissed the video, claiming it could be nothing more than a misidentified balloon, its apparent speed exaggerated by the drone’s telephoto lens. Others suggested the missile was part of a weapons test rather than a failed strike on something otherworldly. 

But the testimony didn’t stop with the video. Two veterans alleged the government has been actively silencing witnesses, threatening those who came forward, and even blacklisting service members who refused to stay quiet. Dylan Borland, a former Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist, testified that multiple agencies conspired to destroy his career blocking jobs, forging documents, and tampering with his security clearance. 

For some, this hearing represented a breakthrough in UFO transparency. For others, it was little more than political theater. As one observer put it: it looks like it is just another carefully staged distraction, the UFO spectacle might just be a smokescreen for something deeper.

  

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10-09-2025 om 18:15 geschreven door peter  

Two Sides of History: Are UFOs really as extraordinary as they seem?

In the new Sky HISTORY series Two Sides of History, believer Jonathan Davies and sceptic Deborah Hyde debate UFOs.

Image: Believer Jonathan Davies and sceptic Deborah Hyde debate UFOs | Two Sides of History

In recent decades, the UK and US have released intelligence reports acknowledging the existence of UFOs. Such revelations are not surprising to MUFOG.co.uk founder Jonathan Davies, who attests to seeing UFOs landing near his homes.

Deborah, a former editor of The Skeptic magazine, is more cautious. While not denying UFOs’ existence, she suggests they could be attributed to 'atmospheric junk' like balloons and satellites, or 'lights or interference from the ground'.

What do UFO sightings really tell us? Do they say more about the wider universe or instead simply humans’ overeager willingness to believe? In Sky HISTORY’s Two Sides of History, Jonathan and Deborah present contrasting views.

Is a new tech ‘arms race’ underway?

In a Sky HISTORY survey, about 47% of respondents expressed their belief that Earth had been visited by aliens. Nonetheless, Jonathan doesn’t jump to the conclusion that UFOs are necessarily extraterrestrial spacecraft.

He posits that many of these UFOs are craft incorporating advanced technologies not yet known to the public. 'There’s currently a race going on between the West and Russia and China to develop these technologies.'

However, Deborah isn’t convinced when Jonathan implies that they include time travel. 'You are aware, I’m sure, that our present understanding of physics is that time travel isn’t possible. So that would be a quantum leap ahead of what we generally know.'

The 2004 ‘Tic Tac’ UFO incident

In November 2004, US Naval aviators had been undertaking training exercises off the Californian coast when they were alerted to the presence of nearby UFOs.

Upon closer inspection, an oblong UFO appeared to be moving erratically above the Pacific Ocean. The UFO’s performance characteristics are said to have far exceeded the capabilities of human-made aviation technology from both then and now.

One of the fighter pilots even captured footage of the ‘Tic Tac’ UFO — so-called due to its similar shape to a breath mint. This video has since been released to the public, and Jonathan sees it as evidence of futuristic aliens.

Has Mick West refuted the ‘alien craft’ theory?

Sceptical investigator Mick West has his own take on the ‘Tic Tac’ footage — and as far as he’s concerned, no aliens are involved. Deborah brings up West’s explanation that the UFO had actually 'been a similar naval plane from a good distance away, probably 30 miles'.

The Tic Tac seemingly lacked obvious protrusions of a human-made aircraft, such as wings. However, Deborah relays West’s view that, on radar, 'the heat haze had sort of taken the rough edges off the shape.'

'I prefer to believe the actual US Navy that came out with the report on the Tic Tac,' Jonathan replies. 'Mick West develops video games, I believe — he’s not really an expert.'

The US Navy, on the other hand, 'even said themselves that there were objects under the water as well as above the water. The Tic Tac moved at 70,000 miles an hour. It was tracked. There were three different pilots that saw it, and they’ve all given testimonies.'

Could UFO sightings be a trick of the light?

Deborah is thinking along these lines. She opines that 'there’s likely to be a psychological and neurological and sociocultural reason for all of these things.'

Deborah wonders if people who encounter UFOs 'have a cluster of specific neurological traits that predisposes them to it.' She believes that sleep paralysis could help to explain Jonathan’s own experiences.

'I’ve heard interviews with you where you describe sleep paralysis to a tee. If you didn’t know the neurological basis, you would totally buy into what you saw in front of you. I’d like to emphasise that none of this stuff means you’re weird.'

Some surprising common ground emerges

As the debate goes on, there’s a surprising amount of overlap between Jonathan’s and Deborah’s opinions.

According to Jonathan, studies indicate that between 5% and 8% of sighted UFOs are 'anomalous', while 'everything else can be identified.'

He acknowledges endeavouring to consult 'the people that are rational, are credible, that are not looking for any type of publicity.' He tries to 'avoid people that say they know. Nobody knows at this point.'

Deborah observes: 'I think we probably agree on quite a lot. We know that there’s unidentified aerial phenomena. I think we would agree there’s stuff that we don’t understand yet, we’d just disagree on how certain we were on what it was.'

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08-09-2025 om 21:44 geschreven door peter  

The Vatican & UFO Disclosure: Will Pope Leo XIV Open the Secret Archives?

The Pope, the Vatican & UFO Disclosure: Faith Meets the Unknown

For centuries, the Vatican has stood as one of the most secretive and influential institutions in the world. Beyond its spiritual authority over 1.4 billion Catholics, it is also home to vast archives and scientific endeavors that touch on one of humanity’s most profound mysteries: the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Recent discussions in the media, testimony before the U.S. Congress, and statements from whistleblowers have placed the Vatican at the center of the UFO disclosure debate.

A New Pope and Old Questions

When Cardinal Robert Post was elected as Pope Leo XIV, observers quickly drew attention to his chosen name. His predecessor in that name, Pope Leo XIII, not only championed social justice but also established the Vatican Observatory in the late 19th century. This act cemented the Church’s formal engagement with astronomy and opened the door for centuries of collaboration between Vatican scientists and global research institutions.

The observatory, still active today with facilities in both Italy and Arizona, symbolizes the Church’s dual role in faith and science. Yet with the new pope’s reputation for openness to scientific inquiry, some speculate that he may be the one to lift the veil on the Vatican’s rumored knowledge of UFOs.

Whistleblowers and Allegations of a Vatican Connection

In 2023, former U.S. intelligence officer David Grusch testified before Congress that the Vatican had been involved in UFO secrecy for decades. According to Grusch, the Catholic Church played a role in backchanneling information during the 1930s, when Benito Mussolini’s regime allegedly recovered a mysterious craft in Magenta, Italy. Grusch claimed that Pope Pius XII informed the United States of the incident, leading to American possession of the object after World War II.

While Vatican officials dismissed these claims with humor, the allegation sparked global curiosity. Could the Vatican’s secret archives, said to stretch over 50 miles of shelving and now undergoing digitization, contain records of extraterrestrial encounters?

Historical Engagement with the UFO Question

The Vatican has not always remained silent on the issue. In 2009, the head of the Vatican Observatory at the time, Father José Gabriel Funes, publicly stated that the existence of extraterrestrial life does not contradict Catholic theology. “Just as there is a multitude of creatures on Earth, there could be other beings, even intelligent ones, created by God,” he explained.

This sentiment was echoed in Vatican-sponsored conferences on astrobiology and the philosophy of science. The Church has sought to balance its centuries-old teachings with modern discoveries, showing openness to the possibility that life beyond Earth is compatible with faith.

Faith, Secrecy, and Global Disclosure

Why, then, would the Vatican withhold information if it exists? Some experts argue that revelations about extraterrestrial life could disrupt religious belief systems, challenging traditional interpretations of creation and humanity’s place in the universe. Others suggest that secrecy may be more political than theological, tied to international relations and cooperation with intelligence agencies during the 20th century.

Journalist Ross Coulthart notes that the Vatican has historically collaborated with intelligence services, including the CIA, during and after World War II. If true, such connections could explain why alleged knowledge of UFOs has remained carefully guarded.

The Road Ahead

The question remains: will Pope Leo XIV become the so-called “Disclosure Pope”? Advocates like attorney Daniel Sheehan, who once sought Vatican files on behalf of President Carter, believe that this pope’s interest in merging science and theology makes him uniquely positioned to open the archives.

At the same time, disclosure is not simply a matter of papal decree. Just as governments weigh national security concerns, the Vatican must navigate theological, political, and cultural implications before acknowledging anything extraordinary.

What is clear is that we are entering a new era of dialogue between science, religion, and the mysteries of the cosmos. Whether or not the Vatican possesses hidden UFO files, its role in shaping humanity’s response to potential extraterrestrial contact will be pivotal. The world now watches to see if faith and secrecy will give way to openness and revelation.

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08-09-2025 om 18:49 geschreven door peter  

Story by Claudia Trotman & Michael D. Carroll

 

Professor Loeb

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A Harvard professor has proposed that a bizarre interstellar object speeding toward Earth might have been dispatched by aliens to evaluate our intelligence. Professor Loeb has been outspoken about his theories – and now proposes we should take action before it enters our solar system.

Research indicates the enigmatic interstellar object currently traveling through space is now "generating its own light". The peculiar UFO – named 3I/ATLAS – has sparked conjecture that it may be a technologically-sophisticated mothership. Loeb has been outspoken about this prospect, even proposing we should attempt to make contact.

While numerous experts have rejected these concepts as completely inaccurate, Loeb believes it could be worthwhile taking a closer examination. Prevailing theories propose the object is a comet – but Loeb says a photograph of the object reveals that light is emanating in a manner which differs from how comets typically reflect sunlight.

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Loeb stated 3I/ATLAS's focused glow was comparable to a "vehicle turning on its headlights" before adding it "could be a spacecraft powered by nuclear energy", reports the Daily Star.

ufo

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Building on this, Loeb says we should reach out and contact the space vessel – or perhaps intercept it to determine the intentions.

One of the initial recommendations made by Loeb was to utilize NASA's Juno spacecraft that was launched in 2011 to examine Jupiter.

The Harvard professor says if Juno accelerates by 2.6 kilometers per second on September 14, 2025, it could approach 3I/ATLAS and reach out to deliver a message. Loeb conducted calculations to determine the precise date this encounter could occur.

Based on his analysis, if Juno's trajectory can be adjusted, the spacecraft could rendezvous with the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS on March 14, 2026.

first interstellar object

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However, researchers have identified significant obstacles with this proposal. Loeb believes Juno could utilize its scientific equipment to "probe the nature of 3I/ATLAS from a close distance."

The celestial body is hurtling through space at an incredible velocity of 221,000 km/hr. Other experts argue this speed is far too rapid for any successful interception attempt.

first interstellar object

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Nevertheless, Loeb proposed in his blog that this represents an exceptional opportunity to examine the object. He observed: "The close encounter of 3I/ATLAS to Jupiter provides a rare opportunity to shift Juno from its current orbit around Jupiter to intercept the path of 3I/ATLAS at its closest approach to Jupiter"

Alien looking through the window of a spaceship in earth orbit, illustration

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An additional recommendation from Loeb indicates that 3I/ATLAS approaches Mars in October. Loeb proposes utilizing the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

On October 3, 3I/ATLAS will be positioned 29 million kilometers from Mars, before closing to just 2.7 million kilometers within several days.

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04-09-2025 om 23:08 geschreven door peter  

Pentagon map unlocks mystery of hundreds of UFO orbs regularly invading US military bases

Between 2022 and 2025, more than 8,000 unidentified flying objects were reported in the U.S.

By Peter Rubinstein, Michael D. Carroll

A common theory about the metallic orbs paints them as surveillance devices, whether deployed by terrestrial governments or by "non-human intelligences," the Enigma report said.

"Some sceptics argue metallic orbs may be misunderstood weather balloons, optical illusions, or rare atmospheric conditions (like ball lightning)," the report admits. "And others maintain that they are a psychological manifestation, projected by the human mind during altered states or high-stress moments.

"Despite official statements and competing theories, their origin and purpose remain unknown."

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04-09-2025 om 22:49 geschreven door peter  

‘Australia’s Roswell’: Calls for fresh inquiry into 60-year-old Westall UFO mystery - PART I

Was it aliens, a top-secret government test balloon, or just “hyped up kids” spreading a wild tale of a flying saucer?

Frank Chung

Was it aliens, a top-secret government test balloon, or just “hyped up kids” spreading a wild tale of a flying saucer buzzing their playground?

Nearly 60 years on from the incident that has been dubbed “Australia’s Rowell”, the federal government is facing fresh calls to come clean on what it knows about the world-famous Westall UFO mystery.

Next year will mark the 60th anniversary of the incident known as Australia’s largest mass UFO sighting. It’s been the subject of documentaries, books and countless news articles and YouTube videos, with scores of witnesses sharing their stories over the years.

But six decades on, the ageing former students have never been given an official answer about what they saw — or why they were told to keep quiet.

The incident sparked a flurry of headlines.

Picture: Shane Ryan

“They just want to know what it was and why they were told to shut up about it,” said UFO researcher Grant Lavac, who has created a petition to parliament calling for an independent inquiry into the Westall incident.

On Wednesday, April 6, 1966, at around 11am, more than 200 students, teachers and members of the public observed three “metallic discs” or “flying saucers” with no obvious markings moving silently through the sky over Westall High School and Westall State School in Clayton South, about 25km southeast of the Melbourne CBD.

It was just before recess when a girl came running into the Year 9 science class of a young teacher, Andrew Greenwood, 20.

“This student bolted into the classroom and said, ‘Mr Greenwood, Mr Greenwood, there’s a flying saucer outside!’ The recess bell rang and there was a mass exodus of students onto the sports oval,” said Mr Lavac.

Australian UFO researcher Grant Lavac.

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Witnesses claim they watched as one of the objects descended towards a wooded area about 1km south of the school, known as The Grange.

The object landed among the pine trees before quickly flying away, leaving large circles of flattened grass with well-defined, discoloured edges behind.

Mr Lavac, who spoke to a number of witnesses for a 2023 YouTube documentary, noted they “all very compellingly recalled that what they saw was not a weather balloon” but rather a classic “flying saucer in the shape of two saucers up-ended and turned facing each other”.

Marilyn Eastwood was 13 when she watched the three objects as she stood on the school sports oval.

“Kids were screaming and so forth, get out into the oval and there was flying saucers,” she told Mr Lavac. “Looked up in the air and there was one just hovering in the playground.”

She said she was among the group of kids who ran over to The Grange.

Flying saucer themed children’s park at The Grange.

Picture: Chris Eastman

“I saw where it actually landed, the grass was flattened in a circular area,” she said.

“The speed that these flying saucers moved at was incredible. It was just unbelievable. Straight up and gone — vertical, horizontal, gone. Just amazing.”

Joy Clarke was 12 at the time and vividly remembers the events of that day.

“I was in class when students rushed in and told us the story,” she told news.com.au in 2016. “We rushed down to the oval and I saw three flying saucers on that day. My personal belief is they weren’t of this world. They were definitely from somewhere else because I have never seen anything like it all.”

Ms Clarke said the army and police then arrived.

“We were told we were hysterical and it didn’t happen, while men in black interviewed some of the other kids,” she said.

Terry Peck was playing cricket on the school oval when she saw the saucer and decided to chase it to The Grange.

“I was about six metres away from it,” she told the Herald Sun.

“It was bigger than a car and circular. I think I saw some lights underneath it. Two girls were there before me. One was terribly upset and they were pale, really white, ghostly white. They just said they had passed out, fainted. One was taken to hospital in an ambulance.”

Coverage in The Dandenong Journal.

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Every year on April 6, a number of Westall witnesses gather for a reunion at The Grange.

“They use it as an opportunity to share memories and keep them alive, but also to voice their frustration that the government has not provided an official explanation for what they observed,” Mr Lavac said.

“More importantly they want to know why they were told to shut up about it.”

In the hours after the sighting, the area was flooded with emergency services, military personnel and media outlets.

The Dandenong Journal ran with coverage of the incident on its front page for consecutive issues and Nine News also reported the story on its 6pm bulletin.

Speaking to the Greater Dandenong Leader in 2005, former Year 10 student Ken Stallard described watching the 20-metre round craft fly over the school.

“So many of us saw it,” Mr Stallard said.

“It never occurred to us that it didn’t happen or was an optical illusion. If it was, it was a pretty good optical illusion. It was 1966 … the space race was at its best. It was a mysterious time.”

Witnesses have consistently claimed they were told privately and collectively not to speak about the incident.

Joy Clarke aged 12, standing at the scene of the sighting.

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“Shortly after the incident an ad hoc assembly was called and the headmaster told all the students, ‘You’re not to say anything about this event, you’re not to talk about it,’ essentially saying ‘shut up’,” Mr Lavac said.

“That was reiterated individually to a number of students individually by people they thought were government officials or members of the military. That has been a source of their frustration for so long.”

Jacqueline Argent said she was one of the first three kids over the fence to look for the UFO landing site.

“Originally I thought it must have been an experimental-type aircraft, but nothing has emerged like that after all these years,’’ she told the Herald Sun.

Ms Argent claims she was called into the headmaster’s office and interrogated by three men immediately following the incident.

“They had good-quality suits and were well-spoken,” she said.

“They said, ‘I suppose you saw little green men.’ I spoke to my parents about it at the time and they were pretty outraged.’’

In 2021, Mr Greenwood came forward publicly for the first time, confirming he also witnessed the objects — and claiming he was “threatened” to keep quiet.

“I can remember running out into the oval, looking into the sky, and seeing these things, and just standing there absolutely transfixed,” Mr Greenwood told Seven’s Spotlight.

Former Westall science teacher Andrew Greenwood.

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“I haven’t seen anything in my life like it before, haven’t seen anything since.”

However Mr Greenwood, who passed away earlier this year, had a different recollection to the students. “It was a grey, almost cylindrical or cigar shaped object which moved with some degree of precision in the sky,” he said.

According to Mr Greenwood, two weeks later he was visited by two senior Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) officers, one in a uniform and the other in a civilian suit.

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04-09-2025 om 22:29 geschreven door peter  

‘Australia’s Roswell’: Calls for fresh inquiry into 60-year-old Westall UFO mystery - PART II

Was it aliens, a top-secret government test balloon, or just “hyped up kids” spreading a wild tale of a flying saucer?

He claimed the men threatened his job if he spoke about what he saw.

“Absolutely, I was threatened,” he said. “I was told that I should not say anything about it.”

Mr Greenwood said it “beggars belief for me, in Australia we’ve never had an official investigation and, flatly, I think there has been a cover-up”.

“I think someone has buried the Department of Supply report which I know exists,” he said.

In his petition, Mr Lavac writes that “allegations of a government cover-up, including the rapid response of military personnel, confiscation of evidence, witness intimidation and nondisclosure of a comprehensive report compiled by the then Department of Supply” warrant an investigation.

“Despite the risks posed to people, property and safety of flight, no official explanation has ever been provided by the government as to the source, identify and intent of what was observed at Westall,” he writes.

An animation from the documentary Westall ’66: A Suburban UFO Mystery.

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He has called on the RAAF to revisit its long-held position since 1996 that it sees “no scientific or other compelling reason” to investigate or collect reports of UFOs, now referred to as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).

“As this continues to be the official position of the Department of Defence today, an investigation may help inform a formal review of this long-held position,” he writes.

The petition has attracted more than 350 signatures. If a petition reaches more than 50 signatures, it is usually forwarded to the relevant minister for a response.

Defence Minister Richard Marles has been contacted for comment.

Hazel Edwards was an English and maths teacher at Westall High on the day of the incident and believes it has been blown out of proportion.

The self-proclaimed sceptic suggests overly excited kids made up the story and were responsible for the media hype.

“I think there were a lot of kids that were hyped up,” she told news.com.au in 2016.

“Look at the so-called evidence, most of it is just hearsay.”

Although federal and state government agencies refused to comment about the incident at the time, government documents unearthed in 2014 offer an explanation for the sighting.

A sketch by researcher Bill Chalker.

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The documents revealed a secret radiation-testing project known as the HIBAL program — a joint US-Australian initiative developed to monitor atmospheric radiation levels using large silver balloons equipped with sensors between 1960 and 1969.

Each balloon was equipped with a 180kg payload and was followed by a light aircraft tasked with tracking it and triggering its 12-metre parachute via radio signal.

UFO researcher Keith Basterfield said examinations of the documents held by the National Archives and former Department of Supply indicate the mysterious flying object may have been a test balloon that was blown off course after being launched from Mildura.

“My hypothesis is that the incident involved not a UFO, but a high-altitude balloon, its parachute and large payload,” he told News Corp in 2016.

“The Westall object was described as being a white/silver colour which could describe the colour of an HIBAL balloon or parachute.”

Mr Lavac said if that explanation were true, “surely if it’s classified 60 years later that is now not the case”.

“And if it is prosaic, whether it was a high-altitude balloon or some other technology that was being tested, why doesn’t the government come out and admit what it was?” he said.

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04-09-2025 om 22:29 geschreven door peter  

Melinda Messenger has UFO experience as she shares videos of eerie glowing orbs in sky

Former Page Three icon Melinda Messenger is adamant that what she saw was not drones, a meteor shower or flares, with the mysterious orbs 'splitting' in the sky

BY Jack Wetherill - Showbiz & TV Editor

Melinda Messenger has shared images and videos of an eerie UFO encounter. The former glamour model posted a lengthy caption in which she was adamant that the light orbs were not man made or a meteor shower. The images, albeit blurry, show a number of golden-coloured light orbs hovering in the sky before splitting to show more.

She wrote: "I had an experience last night in North Pembrokeshire. Golden sun sized orbs showed up over the sea horizon.

"They appeared on over 10 different occasions throughout the evening, moving, hovering, changing formation and size and shape and splitting into more orbs, then merging

Melinda Messenger was adamant the lights were not man made

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"My old phone camera does not do justice to what I saw."

She continued: "They weren't plane or boat lights, and were not a man made light show nor drones, starlink or a meteor shower nor flares.

"In the first video three golden orbs the size of the sun appeared, the second video is another sighting in the same location when it was darker.

"You might need to zoom in to see them. The dogs started barking like crazy.

"I took a few screenshots and enhanced some of them to try and see more clearly what was there."

The statement went on: "What my camera didn't pick up was how much they separated into different orbs, how distinct they were and that some of them changed into star cross shapes in one of the sightings.

"The intensity of the light was profound."

Followers found it amazing, with The Wanted star Siva Kaneswaran commenting: "Wow Melinda! I think they showed themselves to you because you're open to it. Inspiring stuff!"

Someone else said: "That's totally amazing. Very envious of that spectacular sight."

Another said: "We are definitely not alone."

Meanwhile, others tried to explain the lights away, suggesting they were just normal street or building lights photographed from a long way away, making them blur and distort due to the limitations of a phone camera.

"Don't get involved in all these conspiracy theories in these people commenting," one person said. "It might get a few comments on the post but in the long run it will result in you being humiliated."

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04-09-2025 om 21:46 geschreven door peter