Since my name was mentioned in this article (p. 7) with respect to an incident I experienced while I was a Minuteman I (ICBM) missile launch officer, in command of a Launch Control Facility (LCF) in Montana, designated “Oscar 1” and false representations were made, I find it necessary to respond to those statements in the referenced article.
The Truth Is Out There
Some of the most prevalent UFO conspiracy theories — including about aliens being housed at Area 51 in Nevada — were fueled by the Pentagon in an attempt to provide cover for secret weapons programs, according to a bombshell report.
A review by the Department of Defense found that in the 1980s, an Air Force colonel visited a Nevada bar near Area 51 and gave the owner fabricated photos of flying saucers near the secret government base, according to a review of the 2024 report by the Wall Street Journal.
The incident renewed local fervor over UFOs, with the now-retired colonel confessing to Pentagon investigators that he was on an official mission to spread disinformation and hide the true purpose of the site, where the government was testing the first-ever stealth warplane, the F-117 Nighthawk.
And lots more.
It’s Probably Nothing
No, really; Did You Have ‘CIA Docs Say There Was Life on Mars’ on Your Bingo Card?
FAA Bans Drones Over New Jersey
I can hardly wait to see how this turns out.
After a large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey and across the eastern U.S., sparking concern, on Wednesday the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily banned drone flights in 22 areas of New Jersey where critical infrastructure is located.
FAA officials said the flight restrictions were requested by federal security agencies.
The ban is in effect from December 18 at 4:30 p.m. EST until January 17, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. EST.
The NOTAM says the government may use “deadly force” against the drones if they pose an “imminent security threat.”
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Mt. Hayes, Alaska. Declassified.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
And not a moment too soon: A humanoid-like unidentified object was captured on camera as it slowly descended in the skies over Sequoia Park, California.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
‘Oumuamua Is at the Heart of an Ongoing Battle Raging Within the Scientific Community… Again
“I didn’t remember the moon being out”
Post-turkey relaxation: Ross Coulthart interviews Stanford Professor Garry Nolan.
War Of The Worlds
In Hollywood, the writers always imagine the world coming together to fight the outside threat. It makes a better story that way and we get to hear some inspiring speeches. But the example of the Bronze Age Collapse teaches us that it’s just as likely that if aliens ever arrived and begin blowing things up, some… might see that as an opportunity.
From Paul Cooper’s Fall of Civilizations, the best channel on Youtube. (1 hour)
It’s Probably Nothing
Avi Loeb, head of the Galileo Project;
On Run 6 of the magnetic sled through the likely crash site of the first recognized interstellar meteor, IM1, the expedition research team recovered shards of corroded iron. At first, we thought it may be common industrial iron associated with human-made ocean trash. But when Ryan Weed ran the sample of shards through the X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzer, the most likely alloy it flagged is X5 steel with titanium, which is also known as shock-resisting steel.
The yield strength of S5 steel, 1.7 GPa, is well above that of iron meteorites. This is consistent with the fact that IM1 was tougher in material strength than all other 272 meteors in the CNEOS catalog of NASA.
Most importantly, the shape of the recovered shards is nearly flat — as if they were surface layers broken off from a technological object which experienced extreme material stress.
Another Balloon?
Pentagon official: "I believe this is the first time within United States of America airspace that NORAD or United States Northern Command has taken kinetic action against an airborne object." pic.twitter.com/hpnbbmJ2gn
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) February 13, 2023
More here.
Or another distraction? Pentagon launched mass surveillance balloons across the US in 2019
Did it say Happy Birthday on it? “And what a senior administration official described is that it had an octagonal shape and there were strings hanging from it, but with no discernible payload.”
It’s Probably Nothing
So, it’s uh… a swarm.
I am in direct contact with NORCOM and monitoring the latest issue over Havre and the northern border. Airspace is closed due to an object that could interfere with commercial air traffic — the DOD will resume efforts to observe and ground the object in the morning.
— Matt Rosendale (@RepRosendale) February 12, 2023
Update! Radar “anomaly”.
James Carville Eats Mice
Don’t say I didn’t try to warn* you. (OK. Reference *here)
For the casual student of UFO history, the modern idea of life beyond our planet usually dates to 1947, when a top-secret U.S. military balloon crashed in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico. The wreckage prompted decades of conspiracy theories and gave rise to the idea that Roswell was the site of an alien crash landing.
Now, thanks to a new congressional spending bill, UFO enthusiasts may look to 1945 as the beginning of that era.
An amendment tucked into this year’s $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which funds the Defense Department’s annual operating budget, requires the department to review historical documents related to unidentified aerial phenomena — government lingo for UFOs — dating to 1945. That is the year that, according to one account, a large, avocado-shaped object struck a communication tower in a patch of New Mexico desert now known as the Trinity Site, where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated that July.
Experts said the bill, which President Joe Biden signed into law in December, could be a game changer for studying unidentified phenomena.
“The American public can reasonably expect to get some answers to questions that have been burning in the minds of millions of Americans for many years,” said Christopher Mellon, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence. “If nothing else, this should either clear up something that’s been a cloud hanging over the Air Force and Department of Defense for decades, or it might lead in another direction, which could be truly incredible. There’s a lot at stake.”
The amendment was introduced by Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis. and a member of the Armed Services Committee. Gallagher, who declined an interview request, said in a brief statement that a “comprehensive timeline” of unidentified aerial phenomena in U.S. government records was needed and that the amendment would ensure a full review of “all U.S. government classified and unclassified information.”
“This is an important step that will give us a more comprehensive understanding of what we know — and don’t know — about incidents impacting our military,” he said.
(The link may be paywalled for some, so I’ve included full text in the extended entry)
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US Congressional Hearing on UFOs
Live now.
“When you’ve exhausted all those what-ifs”
“To be honest, I didn’t think this stuff would ever see the light of day.”
Pour yourself a drink.
