EXCLUSIVE - Oil rigger spots UFOs 'hovering for 10 minutes' above the deck before 'zooming off in an instant' on the Mexican coast where locals believe is a submerged alien base

• The images claimed to capture to UFOs hovering over an oil rig  near Mexico
• Locals believe a submerged alien base sits a few miles off the coast of Tampico
•  READ MORE: Alien hunter says to focus on Unidentified Submerged Objects

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A pair of UFOs were spotted soaring over an oil rig off the coast of Mexico where locals have claimed is home to a secret underwater alien base.

A crew member of the vessel near Tampico snapped two images - one showing a saucer-shaped craft with glowing lights circling the base and the other with a triangular design and three lights on the bottom.

The witness said the UAPs 'hovered for what seemed like 10 minutes and then 'just zoomed off in an instant,' a source told DailyMail.om.

Locals of Tampico believe the underwater extraterrestrial base has been protecting them from hurricanes for more than 50 years.

A pair of UFOs were spotted soaring over an oil rig off the coast of Mexico where locals have claimed is home to a secret underwater alien base. A crew member of the vessel near Tampico snapped two images

One image shows a saucer-shaped craft with glowing lights circling the base

The images were captured on October 2023, but have just now been released online.

DailyMail.com spoke with oil rigger 'Pat' who obtained the pictures and information of the sighting from a fellow colleague on another rig who was stationed in Tampico months before he arrived.

'My contact said the UAPs showed up as they were putting the oil rigs legs to the seabed,' said Pat.

The rig, known as a 'jack-up,' is a barge fitted with three long support legs that can be raised or lowered.

One of the images shows the saucer-shaped craft hanging in the night sky and towering above the oil rig. 

A close look at the object shows at least 10 round lights circling the bottom - the only portion that is truly visible in the photo.

While the oil rigger said the other UFO was triangular, the only clue about its designed is how the three lights at its base are positioned.

While the oil rigger said the other UFO was triangular, the only clue about its designed is how the three lights at its base are positioned

No other parts of the craft can be seen as well. 

An X user, covertress , told DailyMail.com that a member of the intelligence community told her that the triangular craft was the 'Aurora' craft rumored to have been developed by the US government in the mid-1980s.

EXCLUSIVE - READ MORE: 

• Disc-shaped UFO is filmed by Ukrainian military in warzone 

A disc-shaped, completely silent UFO was caught on camera by Ukrainian troops in the war-torn country, in footage shared exclusively with DailyMail.com.

The SR 91 Aurora, an ultra top-secret aircraft that has been in development since 1989, was believed to be the successor to the Mach 3.35 Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird craft that was retired in 1998.

By comparison, extreme reports claim that Aurora could reach Mach 11.8.

However, there is no evidence the military plane was ever built or flown - suggesting the image captured above the oil rig could not be the top-secret warplane.

When Pat arrived in Tampico, he discovered the locals' belief about an underwater alien base called Amupac, claiming the otherworldly beings are their protectors.

'My rig only came here recently,' he said. 'It was after I discovered the local belief being so strong as regards aliens protecting them that I discussed with a guy who works as a liaison between our two rigs. 

'Then he told me about the encounters. He then sent me the images.'

The submerged base is said to sit a few miles off Miramar Beach and nearby communities believe their extraterrestrial visitors have sat below the surface, protecting them from natural disasters.

And a hurricane has not hit the region over the course of that time. 

The legend began in 1967 when local news outlet the local El Sol de Tampico newspaper ran a story with the headline Platillos Voladores Sobre Tampico, or 'Flying Saucers Over Tampico.'

The article stated that 'thousands of inhabitants' saw objects in the sky, quoting the local airport's control tower officer who reportedly counted 'nine unidentified objects.' 

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21-03-2024 om 23:40 geschreven door peter  

Project Serpo: Unraveling the Enigma of an Alleged Extraterrestrial Exchange Program

In the annals of UFO lore, the story of Project Serpo stands out as a captivating narrative that combines elements of interstellar travel, government conspiracy, and the timeless quest for understanding what might exist beyond our earthly confines. Project Serpo allegedly details a top-secret exchange program between the United States government and an extraterrestrial civilization from a planet in the Zeta Reticuli star system. This tale, wrapped in layers of mystery and speculation, offers a glimpse into the complex relationship between humanity’s quest for knowledge and the shadows where truth and fiction blur.

Origins of the Story

The origins of Project Serpo trace back to anonymous postings on a public internet forum in the early 2000s. These posts were attributed to a supposed retired government official who revealed detailed accounts of an interstellar exchange program initiated in the aftermath of the famous Roswell UFO incident in 1947. According to the narrative, the program saw a select group of American astronauts traveling to Serpo, an alien planet, on a mission that aimed to foster intergalactic understanding and cooperation.

The Mission’s Journey

The journey to Serpo was described as taking several months, utilizing alien technology that allowed for faster-than-light travel. The narrative elaborates on the astronauts’ life on Serpo, where they spent years learning about the planet’s ecosystem, societal structures, and the technology of its inhabitants, known as the Ebens. This period of extraterrestrial cohabitation was said to offer profound insights into the possibilities of life beyond Earth and the potential for interstellar diplomacy.

Skepticism and Controversy

Despite the enthralling details, the story of Project Serpo has been met with skepticism and controversy. Critics argue the lack of verifiable evidence and the story’s reliance on anonymous sources cast doubt on its authenticity. Furthermore, connections to known disinformation campaigns have led some to dismiss the narrative as a sophisticated hoax or a piece of modern folklore rather than a factual account of extraterrestrial contact.

The Role of Disinformation

The tale of Project Serpo also touches upon the theme of disinformation within the UFO community. The narrative has been linked to Richard Doty, a former Air Force Office of Special Investigations officer known for his involvement in spreading UFO-related disinformation. This connection raises questions about the motives behind the dissemination of the Serpo story and the impact of such narratives on public perception and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Cultural Impact

Despite questions about its veracity, the story of Project Serpo has had a notable impact on UFO culture and the science fiction genre. It has inspired discussions, debates, and artistic works exploring the themes of interstellar travel, alien life, and government secrecy. The narrative serves as a reflection of humanity’s enduring fascination with the unknown and the lengths to which imagination and belief can lead us in the quest for understanding our place in the universe.

VIDEO:

• Project Serpo | Full UFO Documentary
• https://youtu.be/xAyxaoqzmso
• https://youtu.be/bMd9pppf6L8
• https://youtu.be/50Y5r9HeR2w

Project Serpo remains a compelling chapter in the larger story of humanity’s engagement with the UFO phenomenon. It exemplifies the intersection of myth, science, and the desire to believe in the extraordinary. Whether fact or fiction, the story of Project Serpo encourages us to look beyond our terrestrial boundaries and ponder the possibilities of what might lie beyond the stars.

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21-03-2024 om 21:51 geschreven door peter  

Paranormal researcher and author Joshua P. Warren has employed cutting-edge technology to unveil a series of mysterious aerial phenomena over Spring Valley in Las Vegas and Spirit Mountain, situated south of the city. Using a high-speed camera capable of capturing 1000 frames per second, Warren has captured startling footage of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in broad daylight.

High-speed photography offers a unique glimpse into the behavior of fast-moving entities, such as bullets, by slowing down their motion to a visible pace imperceptible to the naked eye. 

On April 20, 2023, at approximately 1:30 pm, Warren recorded his initial encounter. The footage reveals a swift, spherical object streaking across the sky, followed by the sudden ejection of a secondary object and an abrupt 90-degree turn, all within a fraction of a second. Concurrently, a third, cylindrical entity traverses the airspace, adding to the enigma. 

Returning to the field on March 12, 2024, Warren stationed his high-speed camera at Spirit Mountain, located about 80 miles south of Las Vegas. Multiple instances were captured depicting a luminous, pulsating entity darting through the atmosphere above the mountain. 

Highlighting the significance of the captured footage, Warren dismisses conventional explanations such as insects, dust, optical illusions, or conventional aircraft, attributing the observed maneuvers to genuine UAPs.

  

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20-03-2024 om 22:39 geschreven door peter  

Unlocking the Unknown: How Ret. Admiral Gallaudet and Insiders Aim to Reveal UAP Secrets

In the intriguing world of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), credible voices play a pivotal role in shaping public understanding and policy direction. Among these voices, Retired US Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet stands out, not only for his distinguished service but for his candid remarks on the ongoing efforts to disclose information on UAPs. Gallaudet’s insights offer a rare glimpse into the complex, often shadowy process of how military and government sectors manage such enigmatic occurrences.

Gallaudet’s conviction stems from personal connections with individuals deeply embedded in “legacy programs” – government initiatives tasked with the retrieval and analysis of UAPs. These programs, which have long operated under wraps, are responsible for investigating crash sites and analyzing data related to UAPs. Gallaudet’s assertion underscores a significant point: the existence of a dedicated, albeit discreet, effort within the government to understand and potentially harness the technologies behind these phenomena.

The retired Rear Admiral’s comments were highlighted in an interview with Kristian Harloff on “The Big Thing” show, where he shed light on the collective endeavor of former intelligence officers, Department of Defense personnel, and government insiders. This coalition, according to Gallaudet, is not a loose assembly of interested parties but a coordinated group working “behind the scenes” to facilitate a controlled disclosure of UAP information.

This strategy of “controlled disclosure” aligns with legislative movements, notably the Schumer-Rounds Amendment (UAP Disclosure Act), which seeks to formalize the process of releasing information about UAPs to the public. The amendment aims to balance the public’s right to know with national security considerations, ensuring that disclosures do not compromise sensitive operations or technologies.

Gallaudet’s revelations are significant for several reasons. First, they confirm the existence of government programs focused on UAPs, lending credence to long-standing rumors and speculations. Second, his comments reveal an active push within the establishment for transparency, indicating a shift towards acknowledging the public’s interest and concerns regarding UAPs. Finally, Gallaudet’s insights hint at the complexity of managing UAP-related information, reflecting the challenges faced by those at the helm of these efforts.

FULL INTERVIEW: 

• Ret. Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet talks UFO’s, USO’s, Sol Foundation, China threat etc..
• https://youtu.be/4YNfDyxOlwY
• https://youtu.be/wGHAs10vMso
• https://youtu.be/wS1t8IvH_ak

As discussions about UAPs move from the fringes to the mainstream, the contributions of individuals like Ret. Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet are invaluable. They not only provide a bridge between the public and the obscure world of government UAP programs but also underscore the importance of handling such profound matters with care, responsibility, and an eye towards the future.

The narrative surrounding UAPs is far from complete, and as efforts for disclosure progress, the insights of insiders like Gallaudet will continue to guide public understanding and policy development. The journey towards transparency is complex, fraught with challenges, but undeniably necessary for advancing our collective knowledge and preparedness for whatever truths lie behind the UAP phenomenon.

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20-03-2024 om 21:19 geschreven door peter  

EXCLUSIVE - Veteran paratrooper reveals British special forces recovered a downed 'non-human' craft in northern England in late 1980s - supporting recent US whistleblowers' claims of a secret UFO crash retrieval program

• British paratrooper veteran Franc Milburn claims a former member of the British special forces came clean to him about the top secret operation in the late 1980s
• 'He just said it was obvious it was non-human, and it was obvious that there were occupants who had fled the scene on foot,' he told DailyMail.com 
• Milburn said he decided to come forward with the story to support recent US whistleblowers' claims of a secret UFO crash retrieval program

By JOSH BOSWELL and CHRIS SHARP FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

British special forces recovered a downed 'non-human' craft in northern England in the late 1980s, a former UK paratrooper and military intelligence officer claims.

Franc Milburn, a veteran of the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, tells DailyMail.com he has spoken with a member of the MI6-run unit that conducted the alleged operation.

Milburn said he also spoke to UK Royal Air Force crew who chased and fired on a pair of 'disc-shaped' UFOs that traveled at hypersonic speeds outstripping their fighter jets.

Milburn refused to reveal the identity of his former elite comrade, citing security and his desire to remain anonymous. DailyMail.com will refer to him using the alias 'John.'

But in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Milburn divulged eye-popping details of the story told to him by his ex-Special Forces friend after both had left the Army – saying that he wanted to support recent US whistleblowers' claims of a secret UFO crash retrieval program.

British veteran paratrooper Franc Milburn (pictured left in Iraq in 1997) claims a former member of the British special forces came clean to him about a top secret operation involving a downed 'non-human' craft in the late 1980s

A now declassified 2000 UK Defence Intelligence Staff report obtained by DailyMail.com states that the existence of 'Unexplained Aerial Phenomena' (UAP) is 'indisputable' and included a scatter plot (pictured) of UAP reports across the UK between 1987 to 1991

Milburn said that in the 1980s John worked for a reported secret unit now known as the 'E Squadron', which specialized in covert, clandestine, and paramilitary operations.

E Squadron, previously called 'The Increment', recruited the most experienced and reliable operators from the UK's Special Forces units: the Special Air Service (SAS), Special Boat Service (SBS) and Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR).

The US equivalent to E Squadron is the CIA's Special Operations Group and Joint Special Operations Command, staffed from 'Tier-1' units including Delta Force and SEAL Team 6.

Milburn said John served in the 1982 Falklands War and on numerous high-risk missions around the world, but one of the most disturbing was in his home country in the late 1980s.

'He told me they were deployed in a troop-sized unit, maybe 20-30 Special Forces operators,' Milburn said. 

'They'd been told by the RAF [Royal Air Force] that a craft which wasn't Russian, British, or American had been downed.

'He said they were tasked to secure and retrieve the craft in the north of England. They were flown in by helicopter. They established a cordon, a perimeter, and they approached the craft.

'He didn't describe the craft, he just said it was obvious it was non-human, and it was obvious that there were occupants who had fled the scene on foot – or whatever you call it.

'He said then it became a task of tracking down these beings to try to bring them into custody.

'Part of the unit was left protecting the craft. They would have left maybe six to eight blokes to cordon the craft, and the others would have been on foot, quad bikes, or 4x4s trying to track down these entities that escaped from it, with helicopters supporting.

'He said after that it was totally passed over. He said, "scientists and technicians came in and it was completely out of our hands. We were flown away by helicopter, and we knew nothing more after that."'

The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) told DailyMail.com they are 'not aware of any salvage operations with materials of unexplained origin,' however, 

After leaving the British armed forces in 1997, Milburn worked alongside US Special Forces and the State Department as a contractor in Iraq

Milburn (pictured) divulged eye-popping details of the story told to him by his ex-Special Forces friend - who he did not wish to identify citing security reasons - after both had left the Army

Milburn said John declined to give him further details, and did not provide any proof for his wild tale. But the ex-paratrooper said he trusted the word of his elite ex-comrade, after vetting him with other SAS veterans.

'I believe him 100%. I worked with the bloke in Civvy Street [post-military work]. This is a true-blue paratrooper. I spoke to former SAS and paratrooper mates of his.

'We're talking about a guy who fought bravely in the Falklands in some of the most brutal engagements,' he added. 'This is not the kind of guy who f***s around or talks s**t.'

Milburn worked in British military intelligence until the late 1990s, then as a contractor in Iraq alongside US Army Special Forces and the US State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

He is now an analyst for the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, an Israeli university think tank with close ties to Israeli military intelligence, where he has written public research papers on the US government's approach to UFOs.

He said he has been close friends with John for years, and that the Special Forces veteran shared the extraordinary tale with him several years ago to get it off his chest.

'John became like a brother to me. He told me one night because he was sick of keeping this big story bottled up, but knew he couldn't tell anyone who wasn't ex-Special Forces,' Milburn said.

Milburn told DailyMail.com that he is choosing to come forward now to support other whistleblowers who have testified to Congress about alleged UFO crash retrieval programs, and is concerned that the 'excessive secrecy' around the topic is preventing scientific progress.

'The various UAP [Unidentified Aerial Phenomena] programs need to be organized under one roof so that advances can be made before the Russians and Chinese get there,' he said.

However, Milburn's former commanders are staunchly opposed to any suggestion of recovered non-human craft.

The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) told DailyMail.com they are 'not aware of any salvage operations with materials of unexplained origin.'

Milburn told DailyMail.com that he is choosing to come forward now to support other whistleblowers who have testified to Congress about alleged UFO crash retrieval programs, and is concerned that the 'excessive secrecy' around the topic 

This file video grab image obtained April 28, 2020 courtesy of the US Department of Defense shows part of an unclassified video taken by Navy pilots that has circulated for years showing interactions with 'unidentified anomalous phenomena'

And in 2021, then-defense minister Baroness Annabel Goldie told Parliament that the MoD 'holds no reports on unidentified aerial phenomena' but 'constantly monitors UK airspace to identify and respond to any credible threat to its integrity.

'In over 50 years no such reporting had indicated the existence of any military threat to the United Kingdom,' the Baroness said during a June 30, 2021 session in the UK's House of Lords.

However, a 2000 UK Defence Intelligence Staff report said the existence of 'Unexplained Aerial Phenomena' (UAP) is 'indisputable'.

'Credited with the ability to hover, land, take-off, accelerate to exceptional velocities and vanish, they can reportedly alter their direction of flight suddenly and clearly can exhibit aerodynamic characteristics well beyond those of any known aircraft or missile – either manned or unmanned,' the report said.

'Attempts by other nations to intercept the unexplained objects, which can clearly change position faster than an aircraft, have reportedly already caused fatalities,' the report warned, adding that 'no attempt should be made to out-maneuver a UAP during interception.'

The December 2000 report, titled Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region, was originally classified secret but released to the UK National Archives in 2006.

It denied any 'incursions' by UFOs into UK airspace and said that 'no artefacts of unknown or unexplained origin have been reported or handed to the UK authorities.'

'There is no evidence of the penetration of the UKADR by unauthorized air platforms… there are no reports of RAF aircraft intercepting UAPs,' it said.

But Milburn says he knows different.

He told DailyMail.com his credulity towards John was bolstered by his experience debriefing other veterans with shocking UFO encounters.

The former paratrooper said British military pilots told him about 'kinetic' encounters with UFOs, while he was working as an intelligence officer in the 1990s.

He said two pilots and two navigators of two Tornado jets told him they were ordered to intercept 'disc-shaped objects' – but when told to shoot them down, they were outmaneuvered.

Milburn also pointed to two former US Air Force pilots, Major Milton Torres (pictured) and Major George Filer III, stationed in the UK, who claimed to have taken part in intercepts with UFOs in British airspace in 1957 and 1962 

In an archived video shared on YouTube, Major George Filer III said he flew to intercept a UFO 'hovering' at 1,000 ft over the British countryside in 1962

'They closed to within 20 nautical miles (nm). They were ordered to shoot them down. I wasn't told why, that was above my level,' Milburn said.

'They had radar homing missiles. The missiles left the aircraft having achieved lock on but then failed to impact the craft.

'They closed to within 10nm and released more missiles which were infrared homing. Those failed to impact the craft.

'They then flew to within one nm and closer. They were trying to shoot down these craft with the aircraft's 27mm cannon, and they failed to shoot them down.

'They said that they fired at the objects and the rounds hit, but had no effect on the craft whatsoever.'

Milburn said that although the pilots saw the craft with their own eyes, their radar had struggled to pick up the 'discs' when they were beyond visual range.

'They said to me that they were initially vectored onto the craft by the air intercept controller, because they couldn't see it on their own radar,' he said.

'Later they had the craft on their own radar, but then the ground controller lost it on his radar, which is obviously much more powerful.'

Then, according to the military aviators, the flying saucers 'disappeared.'

'The craft just basically just skipped off at hypersonic velocity far beyond what the jets had. They just disappeared,' Milburn said.

'I asked them, "what do you think those crafts were?" And they said, "well, it's nothing we have, it's nothing the Russians have, and nothing that the Yanks have."

'All four of them served in the first Gulf War. Before that they'd done years enforcing the no-fly zone over Iraq. They'd logged hundreds of hours of missions and intercepts. So these guys were no strangers to intercepting aircraft.´

Milburn also pointed to two former US Air Force pilots, Major Milton Torres and Major George Filer III, stationed in the UK, who claimed to have taken part in intercepts with UFOs in British airspace in 1957 and 1962.

Torres said he was scrambled in an F-86D jet from Royal Air Force Base Manston, England, one foggy night in 1957. 

He said he got a radar lock on an object the size of an aircraft carrier, which flew away at Mach 10 before he could fire on it.

Filer said he flew to intercept a UFO 'hovering' at 1,000 ft over the British countryside in 1962, but when he was a mile out his radar recorded it 'shooting off up into space'.

David Grusch - a former high-ranking intelligence official – is one of three military whistleblowers who testified under oath about UFOs last year. Grusch claims he has evidence of secret programs involving technology far surpassing the US's capabilities

In July Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer co-sponsored a bill to allow disclosure of 'recovered technologies of unknown origin and biological evidence of non-human intelligence'

Milburn's claims follow allegations from three sources revealed by DailyMail.com in November, that the CIA has been conducting UFO crash retrieval operations, coordinated by a secretive directorate called the Office of Global Access, since 2003.

The three sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid reprisals, have all been briefed by individuals involved in those alleged UFO retrieval missions.

Though the shocking claims sound like they come from a science fiction novel, they are part of a growing body of evidence suggesting the US government could indeed be hiding advanced vehicles that were not made by humans.

Former top intelligence officer David Grusch told Congress as much in an explosive public hearing in July.

The same month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sponsored an extraordinary bill to allow disclosure of 'recovered technologies of unknown origin and biological evidence of non-human intelligence'.

Other witnesses of the alleged UFO crash retrieval program have briefed lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee over the past two years.

Speaking to the UK's BBC Radio 4 in August Grusch alleged that a cover-up of UFO programs extends to Five Eyes nations, of which the UK is a member.

'It does cross into other countries and other allies, including the Five Eyes alliance,' he said.

The Pentagon's UFO investigation unit, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, released a report this month saying it found no evidence for a clandestine crash retrieval program.

'AARO found no evidence that any USG investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology,' the report's executive summary said.

'Although many UAP reports remain unsolved or unidentified, AARO assesses that if more and better quality data were available, most of these cases also could be identified and resolved as ordinary objects or phenomena.'

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19-03-2024 om 21:59 geschreven door peter  

Pentagon Releases New UFO Videos, Some Of Which They Cannot Fully Explain

BY DOUGLAS CHARLES

The Pentagon has once again released several new UFO videos as the U.S. government continues its attempt at transparency when it comes to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).

The new UFO footage, released by the Pentagon’s UFO investigative arm, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), includes a mix of videos which the office believes they can explain along with some that they say they can’t.

Despite being unable to fully explain several UFO sightings, including those seen in these videos, last week the Pentagon claimed it has found nothing extraterrestrial.

“To date, AARO has found no verifiable evidence for claims that the U.S. government and private companies have access to or have been reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology,” U.S. Department of Defense wrote in a statement.

“Also, AARO has found no evidence that any U.S. government investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology.

“All investigative efforts, at all levels of classification, concluded that most sightings were ordinary objects and phenomena and the result of misidentification.

“AARO assesses that all of the named and described alleged hidden UAP reverse-engineering programs provided by interviewees either do not exist; are misidentified authentic national security programs that are not related to extraterrestrial technology exploitation; or resolve to a disestablished program.”

Okay, so what it going on in these latest UFO videos, like the clip taken by US Navy crew who were on board F/A-18 jets? Or the UFO caught on camera in the Middle East that the Pentagon admits was exhibiting “anomalous behavior?” Or how about the GIMBAL video? Or the GOFAST video?

There are multiple instances, just in the videos that were recently released alone in which the AARO admits that they have not been able to identify the crafts in the videos. So how do they know that these UFOs aren’t extraterrestrial?

Last year, three Army veterans claimed that while stationed at a American military base in the Middle East in 2014 they saw eight bright objects in the sky over Sinai, hovering and flying at speeds they had never seen before.

After the sighting, one of the men says a senior officer told him to “keep your mouth shut” about the whole thing. How about an explanation for that?

The AARO “Vision” mentions “adherence to the highest scientific and intelligence tradecraft standards; and with the greatest transparency and shared awareness.”

This is the “greatest transparency and shared awareness?”

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19-03-2024 om 21:41 geschreven door peter  

Beyond the Shadows: Ryan Wood’s Crusade for UFO Disclosure and the Secrets of MJ-12

In the realm of UFO research and disclosure, few names are as synonymous with the pursuit of truth as Ryan Wood. With a unique background that blends technology, marketing, and a lifelong engagement with ufology, Wood has positioned himself as a key figure in unraveling the enigmatic web of government secrecy and the reality of extraterrestrial visitation. Central to his work are the Majestic-12 (MJ-12) documents, a collection of disputed classified materials that allegedly prove the existence of a secretive government group overseeing UFO and alien encounters.

Ryan Wood’s journey into the heart of UFO research began in the shadows of his father’s curiosity—Dr. Robert M. Wood, a pioneer in the field who sought to decipher the physics of UFOs. This familial legacy paved the way for Ryan, who, after earning degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science, ventured beyond the conventional confines of his professional life into the depths of UFOlogy. His expertise and dedication have made him a sought-after authority on the MJ-12 documents and related phenomena, such as the 1941 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, UFO crash.

Wood’s commitment to the subject is evident in his organization of seven worldwide UFO crash retrieval symposia from 2003 to 2009, events that gathered leading investigators and enthusiasts from across the globe to share findings, theories, and eyewitness accounts of UFO crashes and subsequent government retrievals. These symposia highlighted the complexities of UFO crash cases, including the challenges of evidence preservation, witness testimony, and the often formidable opposition from secretive government entities determined to maintain a veil of secrecy over such incidents.

Through his website, majesticdocuments.com, Wood offers an extensive repository of information on the MJ-12 documents, providing both skeptics and believers with materials to ponder. His work, alongside that of his father, was instrumental in the production of a television documentary that aired on the Sci-Fi channel, aiming to shed light on the authenticity of the MJ-12 documents and the government’s intricate dance of disclosure and denial.

Wood’s insights into the UFO phenomenon extend beyond historical document analysis. He is a proponent of using advanced technologies, like Artificial Intelligence (AI), to mine vast amounts of data for insights into extraterrestrial agendas and the nature of their interactions with Earth. This innovative approach suggests a merging of past and future, where traditional document analysis meets cutting-edge technology to unravel the mysteries that have long captivated humanity.

MUFON:

• Episode 32 – Ryan Wood: MJ-12, Crashed UFOs, and the Fight for Disclosure

• https://youtu.be/EtXzbTAC0gw

At the core of Ryan Wood’s mission is a call to action—a plea for increased funding, leadership, and public engagement in the field of UFOlogy. He recognizes the obstacles faced by researchers, from the scarcity of resources to the skepticism of the broader scientific community and the general public. Yet, Wood remains optimistic about the potential for breakthroughs in understanding and ultimately disclosing the truth about UFOs and extraterrestrial life.

As we stand on the brink of potentially paradigm-shifting disclosures, figures like Ryan Wood remind us of the importance of perseverance, open-mindedness, and the relentless pursuit of truth in the face of uncertainty and obfuscation. His work, deeply rooted in both personal conviction and a rigorous scientific approach, continues to inspire and challenge us to consider the vast, unexplored frontiers not only above us but also within the depths of government archives and beyond.

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19-03-2024 om 21:09 geschreven door peter  

Inside the £160-a-ticket UFO conference where thousands of alien hunters flocked to French city to 'train humanity for the arrival of extraterrestrials' - as councillor slams 'eccentrics' peddling 'conspiracy theories'

• Around 2,200 paid between €150 to €190 to attend the three-day conference 
• Speakers at the conference included major conspiracy theorists 
• Organisers said they want to prepare humanity for the arrival of aliens 

By PERKIN AMALARAJ

Thousands of UFO fanatics flocked to a small city in central France in the hopes of finally meeting extra-terrestrial life. 

The event, organised by fringe group Alliances Célestes, reportedly drew around 2,200 people who each paid between €150 to €190 (£128 to £162) to attend the three day conference held in Zenith Limoges Metropole building in Limoges, a small city with a population of around 130,000. 

Organisers said they wanted to prepare people for the arrival of aliens or 'new-style encounters.'

The event's website reads: 'The mission of this citizen delegation is to accompany humanity in this process, in order to properly inform and reduce the fear and stress that this type of encounter can generate.'

Though media was banned from the event, video of the conference was leaked to BFMTV, and showed thousands of people attentively listening to someone speaking on a set on the stage. 

The event, organised by fringe group Alliances Célestes, reportedly drew around 2,200 people who each paid between €150 to €190 (£128 to £162) to attend

The stage was decorated with white furniture, including several seats and what appeared to be a high table on the right

The conference was held in held in the Zenith Limoges Metropole building (pictured) in Limoges, a small city with a population of around 130,000.

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The stage was decorated with white furniture, including several seats and what appeared to be a high table on the right. 

The background of the set was made up of 'futuristic' windows that portrayed stars rushing past the 'alien room' they were in. 

The speaker can be heard telling conference attendees: 'We are in contact with civilizations. When I say in contact, it is with communication and a partnership, a collaboration.

'But they have a big problem, these civilizations, which is that they don't know how to communicate with the citizens of Earth.

'For what? Because the citizens of Earth are afraid.' 

Two French reporters managed to sneak in, and said they saw Alliances Célestes' director Jean-Michel Raoux dressed in a blue and yellow outfit claiming he was a being from the planet 'Niam.'

Raoux reportedly claims he regularly meets with aliens and that he has the power to bring aliens to different parts of the Earth. 

While many in France dismissed the event as a harmless conference, political figures warned that these events draw in conspiracy theorists and extremists

One person invited to the conference was QAnon sympathiser Antoine 'Q' Cuttitta

The crowd also heard from Anne Givaudan, a 'galactic reporter' who claimed she was from the land of 'Shambhala'. She told the conference's attendees that she has witnesses human-hybrid animals in Antarctica. 

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• Man, 28, who claims he was abducted by ALIENS reveals his wild and 'eerie' experience with the extraterrestrials - saying they performed 'sexual experiments' on him and stole his SPERM to create hybrid babies
  

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19-03-2024 om 00:57 geschreven door peter  

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19-03-2024 om 00:36 geschreven door peter  

The Enigmatic Falcon Lake Incident: Unveiling Canada’s UFO Enigma

In the vast expanse of UFO history, the Falcon Lake incident of 1967 stands as one of Canada’s most compelling and meticulously documented cases, overshadowing even the infamous Roswell event in its depth of investigation and the physical evidence presented. This occurrence not only captivates with its narrative but also challenges our understanding of the unexplained, offering a rare blend of eyewitness testimony, physical aftermath, and governmental intrigue.

Physical and Psychological Aftermath

The encounter left Michalak with more than just memories. He suffered first and second-degree burns where the craft’s exhaust had hit him, leaving a grid-like pattern on his chest that puzzled medical professionals. His health deteriorated, symptoms akin to radiation poisoning manifesting shortly after the incident. The site itself bore witness to the encounter, with scorched vegetation and a deposit of radioactive silver found, further mystifying the case.

Governmental and Scientific Scrutiny

The Falcon Lake incident underwent extensive examination by Canadian authorities, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and even the U.S. Air Force, all of which corroborated Michalak’s account to varying degrees. The Canadian government, typically reticent about UFO matters, found itself unable to dismiss the incident outright, given the physical evidence and Michalak’s compelling narrative. This case stands out not only for the attention it received from governmental bodies but also for the physical evidence that was scrutinized, a rarity in UFO incidents.

VIDEO:

• The Falcon Lake Incident | Full Documentary

• https://youtu.be/Hx968LHEXiY

Years have passed, yet the Falcon Lake incident remains a cornerstone of UFO study in Canada, challenging skeptics and believers alike. It raises questions about what lies beyond the bounds of our understanding and what other secrets may be veiled in the vast Canadian wilderness. The incident serves as a beacon for UFO researchers and enthusiasts, a reminder of the mysteries that hover just beyond our reach.

This case underscores the importance of keeping an open mind in the face of the unexplainable. While definitive answers may elude us, the Falcon Lake incident invites us to explore, question, and wonder about the vast universe we inhabit and the potential for encounters that stretch the boundaries of our understanding.

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18-03-2024 om 21:08 geschreven door peter  

Cylindrical UFO Photographed Over New York City March 20, 1950, UAP Sighting News. 

Now I took the original photo and enhanced it. I notice there a re thick lines that encircle the craft all down it...kinda like a screw with lines that tilt more to one side than the other. Amazing and real alien spacecraft. Something hidden deep in the US gov Project Blue Books, and something the US Gov didn't want you to see today or ever. 

Scott C. Waring 

17-03-2024 om 23:36 geschreven door peter  

UFO Recorded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) satellite over Washington State. Nov 21, 1999, UAP Sighting News. 

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17-03-2024 om 22:53 geschreven door peter  

THIS DAY IN UFO HISTORY: The Phoenix Lights March 13, 1997, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 27 Years Later! UAP Sighting News. 

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16-03-2024 om 18:28 geschreven door peter  

Taiwan university prof take photo of UFO sighting on March 31, 2010, UFO Sighting News. 

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16-03-2024 om 18:17 geschreven door peter  

Dr Michael Salla discusses the following topics: 

• US Congress cuts funding to NASA while corporations are funding more space missions. 

• Detailed breakdown of UAP historical report cites glaring deficiencies. Article proclaims Pentagon is heading for disaster due to AARO UAP report – catastrophic disclosure more likely. 

• AARO Report: Lies, flawed, unresponsive, clueless, and knavish analyzed by Robert Powell (A must read). 

• Webinar Trailer released- Ancient Alien Experiments and Crypto Terrestrials.  

• Space Force budget exceeds NASA but will surge as elements of secret space programs are integrated. 

• UFO Disclosure Project Attorney Danny Sheehan recounts his encounter with secret Project Blue Book files in 1977 that contained photos of retrieved flying saucer craft. 

• Could Romanian President entering race for NATO leadership be a reward for him suppressing news of the discovery of an ancient Hall of Records under Bucegi Mountains in 2003? 

• President Eisenhower’s role in agreements reached with Aliens revealed by Great Granddaughter in New Book. 

• New JP video highlights ETs monitoring humanity’s consciousness and the importance of the love ethic. 

• The wise Reptilian entity depicted in Japanese art is similar to Naga beings in Vedic art and literature. 

• Analysis of AARO historical report discussing July 1952 shootdown attempt against a flying saucer involved in Washington flyover. 

Four primary goals in AARO historical report point to a coming false flag UFO event.

  

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16-03-2024 om 18:01 geschreven door peter  

Mysterious Triangular UFO Spotted in the Skies of Bratislava

In an extraordinary event that has captured the attention of UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike, a remarkable sighting occurred in the night sky over Ru¸inov, a bustling borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, on March 14, 2024. This incident has swiftly climbed the ranks in the annals of UFO sightings, stirring a whirlwind of speculation and intrigue.

The Sighting in Detail

Just before the clock struck 11 pm on that fateful evening, a resident and amateur UFO enthusiast known online as “ufoslovakia” managed to capture jaw-dropping footage of an unidentified flying object. But this was no ordinary sighting. The footage reveals a distinct triangular-shaped craft, looming ominously above. What makes this sighting particularly fascinating is the suggestion from the footage that we might be looking at a single, massive object rather than three separate entities.

The Eyewitness and the Video

“ufoslovakia,” known for his passion for filming and sharing aerial anomalies, could hardly believe his eyes. Through his lens, he witnessed what could very well be one of the most definitive pieces of visual evidence of UFO activity in recent history. The clarity and detail of the footage have left viewers in awe, prompting debates and discussions across various platforms.

What Makes This Sighting Unique?

Triangular UFO sightings have been reported globally, but the Bratislava incident stands out for several reasons. First, the quality of the footage is unusually high, providing a clear view of the object’s shape and movements. Secondly, the size of the craft, as suggested by the footage, indicates that this could be an unusually large object, distinguishing it from more common reports of smaller, drone-like objects.

Skeptics and Believers Alike Are Intrigued

While some skeptics propose explanations ranging from advanced military aircraft to atmospheric phenomena, the distinct characteristics observed in the Bratislava sighting challenge conventional understandings. Enthusiasts point to the lack of sound, the steady flight pattern, and the uniformity of the object’s lights as indicators that this sighting cannot be easily dismissed.

VIDEO

• https://youtu.be/_A-sum7bAfQ

This remarkable sighting in Bratislava has added a fascinating chapter to the ongoing narrative of UFO sightings. Whether you’re a staunch believer in extraterrestrial visitors, a curious skeptic, or simply someone fascinated by the unknown, this incident invites you to explore the endless possibilities that our universe holds.

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16-03-2024 om 17:43 geschreven door peter  

Aliens and the Origins of Human Life: Insights from David Grusch on The Joe Rogan Experience

In an enthralling episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, David Grusch joined Joe Rogan to delve into the enigmatic possibility of extraterrestrial influence on the development of human life. This thought-provoking discussion explored various aspects of alien life, the hypothesis of extraterrestrial seeding of life on Earth, and the implications of such interventions.

The Hypothesis of Extraterrestrial Seeding

David Grusch presented a captivating hypothesis that extraterrestrial beings could have played a pivotal role in the genesis or acceleration of life on Earth. This theory suggests that aliens, through genetic intervention, could have fast-tracked the evolution of emerging intelligent life forms on our planet. The underlying idea is that such interventions would not only boost the natural progression of evolution but also imbue these life forms with an innate drive for innovation, control, and the expansion of influence.

Beyond Biological Limitations

A significant portion of the discussion was dedicated to the concept that advanced extraterrestrial entities might have evolved beyond the biological constraints known to human beings. Grusch and Rogan speculated about the existence of beings that operate in realms undetectable to us, free from the limitations of physical space and the conventional life-death cycle. This advanced state would allow them to engage in and influence processes in ways that are currently beyond human comprehension.

Technological Evolution and Communication

Reflecting on the rapid evolution of human communication technologies, from face-to-face interaction to instant global connectivity, the conversation touched upon the potential for future advancements. This led to discussions about the possibility of instant physical presence across vast distances, drawing parallels between human technological progress and the speculated capabilities of advanced extraterrestrial beings.

Theoretical Frameworks and Cosmic Perspectives

The dialogue ventured into discussions on theoretical frameworks that could potentially explain the universe’s complexities, including Eric Weinstein’s Geometric Unity. The notion that the universe itself could be considered a creator or a form of god was explored, suggesting a meta-perspective on the origins and nature of creation. This perspective invites contemplation on the universe’s ability to generate complex systems, potentially including other universes.

Exploring Existential Questions

The conversation between Grusch and Rogan raised profound existential questions regarding the nature of the universe, the origin of life, and the concept of a cyclical universe that undergoes endless cycles of expansion and contraction. They discussed the limitations of human understanding and the exciting potential for discoveries that lie beyond our current observations of the cosmos.

VIDEO:

• Aliens CREATED Humans?! David Grusch on Joe Rogan

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRDLugwutyY

David Grusch’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience provided a fascinating exploration of the hypothesis that extraterrestrial life forms might have contributed to the creation or acceleration of human life. This discussion spanned the potential for biological and technological advancements beyond our current understanding, theoretical frameworks for comprehending the universe, and the deep existential questions these ideas evoke. The possibility of alien influence on human evolution invites us to reconsider our place in the cosmos and the untapped mysteries of the universe.

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15-03-2024 om 22:27 geschreven door peter  

The Enigma of Scotland’s UFO Encounter: Unraveling the Mystery with Physical Evidence

In the captivating landscape of Scotland, nestled within the enigmatic expanse known as the Falkirk Triangle, an incident unfolded that would forever etch its name in the annals of UFO research. The event centers around Bob Taylor, a forest service supervisor, whose ordinary day transformed into an extraordinary encounter, presenting what many believe to be undeniable evidence of an extraterrestrial presence.

The Unforgettable Encounter

On a day like any other, Bob Taylor ventured down a wooded path, only to be greeted by a sight that defied explanation—a massive, hovering object, with a distinctive disc-like shape, adorned with peculiar propellers. This was not merely a fleeting vision; it was a tangible entity that marked its presence in the physical world. Taylor’s attempt to approach the object led to an unforeseen altercation, culminating in him being forcibly drawn towards this mysterious craft, an experience that left him staggered and bewildered.

The Investigation Unfolds

What sets the Bob Taylor incident apart is not just the encounter itself, but the aftermath. Disturbed and disheveled, Taylor managed to return home, promptly alerting the authorities. Thus began one of the few UFO cases to be officially investigated as a criminal matter. The scrutiny it attracted was not limited to law enforcement; young UFO researchers Malcolm Robinson and Andrew Collins, alongside researcher Hugh Newman, took it upon themselves to delve deeper, seeking answers to a mystery that had lingered for over four decades.

Physical Evidence: A Tangible Proof

The investigation into Taylor’s encounter is distinguished by the compelling physical evidence it amassed. The site of the encounter bore witness to peculiar ground markings, arranged in a circular pattern, defying conventional explanations. These were not mere anomalies; they were physical imprints of an otherworldly visitor. Further corroborating Taylor’s account was the condition of his trousers, torn in such a unique fashion that it suggested a struggle with an unseen force, a testament to the physical reality of his experience.

VIDEO:

• Ancient Aliens: Scottish UFO Landing PROVED By Physical Evidence (Season 29)

• https://youtu.be/C_IqDWxuUOI

The Bob Taylor incident offers a rare glimpse into the potential for extraterrestrial encounters, bolstered by tangible evidence and an official investigation. It challenges us to reconsider our understanding of the unknown, urging a more open-minded and rigorous exploration of unexplained phenomena. As we continue to ponder the mysteries of the cosmos, cases like Taylor’s serve as a beacon, guiding us through the uncharted territories of our universe in search of the truth.

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15-03-2024 om 22:16 geschreven door peter  

 By Greg Norman Fox News

Hiker finds mysterious monolith in Wales

Craig Muir stumbles upon "UFO"-like structure on Welsh hillside.

(Credit: Craig Muir via Storyful)

A hiker in Wales has captured a video of a mysterious "UFO"-like monolith on top of a hillside along the country’s border with England. 

Craig Muir recorded footage showing the shiny object on Tuesday while hiking Hay Bluff near Hay-on-Wye, according to Storyful. 

"I come up here most days and I've never seen this before," Muir says in the video, adding that it "almost looks like a UFO." 

He then pans the camera to show the reflective monolith standing upright in windy weather.  

• FLASHBACK: MYSTERIOUS MONOLITH FOUND IN REMOTE PART OF UTAH

Craig Muir discovers a monolith on a hillside in Wales this week. 

(Craig Muir via Storyful)

"When I first saw it, I was a bit taken aback as it looked like some sort of a UFO," Muir told the Press Association. 

"It didn't seem like it was chucked in there, instead it has been accurately put in the ground," he added. "However, there were no obvious tracks around it and one would think that there would be a lot of mess around it, but there wasn't." 

The unusual discovery comes after similar monoliths have been found in locations such as the U.S., Belgium, Romania and the Isle of Wight – an island in the English Channel. 

In November 2020, one of the monoliths, estimated at between 10 feet and 12 feet high, was found by Utah state wildlife employees who were counting sheep from a helicopter. 

• FLASHBACK: MONOLITH FOUND ON CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN 

Craig Muir found the monolith near Hay-on-Wye on Tuesday, March 12. 

(Craig Muir via Storyful)

Bret Hutchings, the helicopter pilot, said it was "about the strangest thing that I’ve come across out there in all my years of flying," according to Salt Lake City's KSL-TV.  

Authorities said at the time that the mysterious object was installed in the ground in a remote area with "no obvious indication" of who might have put it there, according to a press release from the Utah Department of Public Safety. 

Then a week later, another monolith was discovered in Atascadero, California, which is north of Los Angeles. 

It’s unclear who is behind the placement of the monoliths. A New Mexico artist collective claimed responsibility years ago. 

One of the monoliths was found by state wildlife officials in Utah in November 2020.

(Utah Department of Public Safety)

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Tom Dunford, who discovered one of the monoliths in the Isle of Wight in 2020, told Sky News "The person who put it there knows what they're doing. It's really reflective. It's someone playing a practical joke, I don't believe in any of these conspiracy theories." 

• David Aaro contributed to this report. 

13-03-2024 om 23:51 geschreven door peter  

Without question, the notion that a fragment might have been recovered after a shoot-out with a flying saucer in the 1950s offers a textbook example of what most would call a dubious claim. Yet a deeper look into this Cold War-era rumor reveals, surprisingly, that there could potentially be more to this odd story than past assessments would seem to indicate.

However, you would never have gleaned that from reading the latest report issued by the U.S. Defense Department’s official UAP investigative office.

Last week, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) released a long-awaited historical report on its findings involving the United States government’s involvement with UAP and related programs since the end of World War II.

In the report, AARO investigators maintained the U.S. federal government’s longstanding position that it has never found any convincing evidence of extraterrestrial technologies operating near Earth, nor of any secret programs involving the acquisition or reverse engineering of crashed exotic technologies that have remained hidden from Congress.

The report was met with heavy criticism following its publication, partly due to a number of errors it was revealed to contain. Despite this, there were also a few intriguing inclusions made by AARO’s investigators, based on their relevance to the question of whether UAP materials have ever crashed on Earth and been studied.

One of these appears in a section of the AARO report that discusses the University of Colorado UFO Project, more commonly called the Condon Committee, a U.S. Air Force-funded evaluation of cases that were collected under its long-running Project Blue Book investigations that studied UFOs during the 1950s and 1960s.

According to AARO’s recent report, the Colorado scientific panel, led by American physicist Edward U. Condon, “investigated a claim made by radio broadcaster Frank Edwards in a 1966 book that a piece of a UFO was recovered near Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1952 during the spike in UFO sightings over the U.S. Capitol in July and August.”

The account in question appeared in Edward’s book Flying Saucers: Serious Business, of which AARO’s investigators recount that Edwards “claimed that a USN jet fired on a two-foot diameter glowing disc and dislodged a one-pound fragment that was recovered by a ground team.” At the time of their study, the Condon Committee’s investigators inquired about the incident with Project Blue Book, who told the University of Colorado team that they were unaware of the purported 1952 incident.

Above: Excerpt from Frank Edwards’ 1966 book, Flying Saucers: Serious Business, where the author discussed the alleged 1952 UFO incident.

“The USAF and USN found no incident report of weapons engagement with a UFO that summer, no USN aircraft were present, and the retired officer who was the original source of the claim had retired before the summer of 1952, when the event allegedly occurred,” the AARO report’s summary reads.

The report then attributes another claim to Edwards, this time involving fragments from a UFO that were loaned by the United States to the Canadian government. “It is not clear if this claim was linked to the alleged Washington, D.C. incident,” the AARO report’s authors state, adding that “The Condon panel determined that these claims most likely were false.”

The reason any connections between the 1952 UFO incident and Frank Edwards’ claims of a flying saucer fragment being loaned to the Canadian government remained unclear to AARO’s investigators is probably very simple. In likelihood, their investigation of these claims took them no further than the Condon Committee’s report (as evidenced by the relevant source citations found at the end of AARO’s document). Indeed, the two events are connected, as a deeper examination of the literature regarding this alleged 1952 incident readily reveals.

Additionally, much like other assertions that appeared in the recent AARO report, some of the facts about this case have been misrepresented. However, this may not be entirely the fault of AARO’s team in this instance; a closer look at this case also reveals how much of the confusion arises from the Condon Committee’s original investigation, and problems involving their main source for the claims.

THE CONDON COMMITTEE’S CONFUSION

In the late 1960s, under contract No. 44620-67-C-0035 with the United States Air Force, the University of Colorado conducted an extensive analysis of UAP incidents collected by Project Blue Book, which resulted in the publication of its findings in a lengthy report titled Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects.

Despite the title of the Condon Committee’s report, many viewed it as being anything but a truly scientific evaluation of existing data on aerial mysteries. As British physicist Peter Sturrock later noted in his analysis of the Condon Committee’s findings, “most case studies were conducted by junior staff, the senior staff took little part, and the director took no part, in these investigations.” Additionally, after concerns were raised by some of the Committee’s members over apparent biases and other issues they identified with its leadership, several either resigned or were dismissed, resulting in the final report being partly assembled by staff who had only joined the project as it neared completion.

Above: Original title from John G. Fuller’s article, “Flying Saucer Fiasco,” published in Look Magazine, May 14, 1968

(Credit: CIA CREST/Public Domain/Fair Use).

The saga of the 1952 UFO shoot-down over Washington was addressed in a section of the Condon Committee’s final report titled “Parts of UFOs, or UFO Equipment,” where the Colorado team’s investigators wrote that “Representatives of Air Force Project Blue Book claimed no knowledge of the disc fragment discussed by Edwards, who claimed the successful search for this fragment was confirmed by Lt. Cdr. Frank Thompson of the U.S. Navy.”

“The fragment, said to have been dislodged by gunfire from a Navy jet, reportedly fell to the ground, where it was found, still glowing, an hour later by U.S. military ground search crews,” the Committee’s report states. “Reports of UFO events over Washington, D.C., in 1952 contain no reference to such a gunfire incident,” they add, though noting that had the fragment ever really existed “and was classified ‘Secret’ as was claimed, its existence and whereabouts would not necessarily be revealed to this project.”

On the outside chance that such an incident might have occurred, the Committee’s members reached out to U.S. Air Force headquarters for clarification. A response came from J.W. Clinton “by direction of the Chief of Information, Department of the Navy,” who indicated that a search of all Navy records revealed no documentation related to the purported incident, nor could they find any records involving the retrieval of fragments at any time that were believed to have come from a UFO.

That wasn’t the only damning revelation that came from a search of the Navy’s records. “Perhaps more significant, however, were the facts that Navy records of the year 1952 carried only one Frank Thompson, an individual who had retired from active duty several years before 1952 with the rank of lieutenant, not lieutenant commander,” the Condon Committee’s report states. In addition to this, the Committee’s investigators were told that it was unlikely that U.S. Navy aircraft would have participated in any shoot downs of objects over the nation’s capital, since in doing so they “would have been usurping an Air Force function if they had been present over Washington, D. C., as interceptors.”

“The incident is not beyond the realm of possibility,” Clinton nonetheless conceded to the Colorado team, though ultimately concluding that the incident was “very highly unlikely” given the jurisdictional issues limiting any Navy aircraft’s involvement.

Although Clinton had admitted that the incident reported by Edwards might at least have been possible, the fact that there had been no evidence of a “Frank Thompson” with the rank of lieutenant commander in active service at the time seemed to pour cold water on Edwards’ claims.

However, a closer look at Edwards’ sources for this account reveals something that may help to clarify the matter, since it turns out the name of the Lieutenant Commander in question was not “Frank Thompson” at all.

In the relevant chapter of Flying Saucers: Serious Business, Edwards states that one of his sources regarding the 1952 affair had been an earlier book from 1955 by Major Donald E. Keyhoe, titled The Flying Saucer Conspiracy. In Edwards’ book, he even provides the page number (272) for Keyhoe’s account of the incident, a review of which helps to shed some light on the situation.

“I also listed a recent report given me by Lieutenant Commander Frank Thomas,” Keyhoe wrote in his brief account of the 1952 incident, immediately revealing that the “Frank Thompson” Edwards had been referencing was, in fact, instead a Lieutenant Commander Frank Thomas.

Above: Excerpt from Donald Keyhoe’s 1955 book, later cited by Frank Edwards, where the actual name of Keyhoe’s source is shown as “Frank Thomas.” Edwards mistakenly wrote this individual’s name as “Frank Thompson” in his 1966 book.

“According to Thomas, a peculiar object had fallen near Washington during the mass saucer sightings in 1952,” Keyhoe writes. “Retrieved by a naval officer, it was later analyzed by the Bureau of Standards.”

Keyhoe goes on to describe the object, noting that “one side of it was flat with odd markings, as if it had been milled. During tests the unknown substance proved to be fire-resistant. But the analysis, Thomas said, had failed to determine whether it was an artificially constructed object or a fragment of some unknown type of meteorite.”

Keyhoe concluded the brief account by adding that “Afterward the object had been sent to W. B. Smith at Ottawa for further analysis by Project Magnet engineers.”

One must wonder whether the Condon Committee might have had better success locating the Lieutenant Commander in question if only they had asked the Navy to search for Frank Thomas, rather than Frank Thompson, as Edwards later mistakenly spelled the individual’s name.

However, further adding to the confusion is the fact that nowhere in the original account written by Keyhoe is it stated that the fragment was dislodged from the UAP during the purported 1952 incident by fire from an aircraft. In Keyhoe’s account, the author only conveys that “a peculiar object had fallen near Washington during the mass saucer sightings in 1952,” though adding that it was “Retrieved by a naval officer.”

Although Edwards initially only referred to a “military jet” in his retelling of the account in 1966, later in the same chapter he makes passing references to “the fragment collected by gunfire from that Navy jet.” It seems likely that Edwards had merely inferred that a Navy jet had been involved; confusion that may have stemmed from his misreading, again, of Keyhoe’s original account involving a “naval officer” who retrieved the fragment, as well as his primary source, a USN lieutenant commander.

Based on this, it would appear the insinuation that a Navy jet had been involved was another error made by Edwards, which ultimately the Condon Committee’s investigators relied on without attempting to validate the author’s sources. Add to this the fact that they had the wrong name of the alleged lieutenant commander they were looking for, and it becomes quite clear why the Navy was unable to corroborate any of the details in Edwards’ 1966 account.

THE WILBERT SMITH INTERVIEW

Although the recent AARO historical report only provides a cursory summary of the alleged 1952 incident based primarily on the Condon Committee’s findings (which, as demonstrated above, were doomed to fail from the outset based on inaccuracies in Frank Edwards’ account), there is still more to this bizarre story of alleged UAP debris. Much of this involves the Canadian engineer and UFO researcher Wilbert Smith, who eventually received the alleged flying saucer fragment according to Keyhoe’s original 1955 narrative.

A Canadian Department of Transport engineer, Smith ran Project Magnet, a UFO investigative effort that formally ran out of the Canadian government from December 1950 until mid-1954, although Smith’s informal studies involving UFOs continued for many years after the project ended.

“Smith assessed that UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin and that they flew by magnetism,” the recent AARO historical report states in a summary of Project Magnet that appears in a section addressing Foreign and Academic Investigatory Efforts. “Smith believed he was in personal contact with extraterrestrial beings through telepathy and ‘tensor beams’,” AARO’s investigators add, noting that in a 1961 interview Smith had “claimed that in 1952, the USAF lent him a piece of a UFO to study. He also claimed it was composed of magnesium orthosilicate.”

A rather revealing transcript of this interview with Smith appeared in Edwards’ 1966 book, based on a recording supplied to the author by Ohio-based researchers C.W. Fitch and George Popovitch, who conducted the 1961 interview. At one point while speaking with Smith, Fitch asked Smith about his association with the retired U.S. Navy Admiral Herbert B. Knowles, to whom Smith had reportedly shown the fragment of the saucer that the U.S. government had loaned him:

FITCH: You’re a friend of Admiral Knowles, Mr. Smith? [Rear Admiral H. B. Knowles, U.S. Navy, Retired.]

SMITH: Oh, yes. Admiral Knowles and I have been very good friends for many years.

FITCH: I have been told by a mutual friend that in 1952 you showed Admiral Knowles a piece of a flying saucer. Is that statement correct, sir?

SMITH: Yes. It is correct. I visited with Admiral Knowles and I had with me a piece which had been shot from a small flying saucer near Washington in July of that year—1952. I showed it to the Admiral. It was a piece of metal about twice the size of your thumb which had been loaned to me for a very short time by your Air Force.

FITCH: Is this the only piece you have handled which definitely had been part of a UFO, Mr. Smith?

SMITH: No. I’ve handled several of these pieces of hardware.

FITCH: In what way, if any, do they differ from materials with which we are familiar?

SMITH: As a general thing they differ only in that they are much harder than our materials.

FITCH: What about this particular piece from that UFO near Washington . . . did it differ from conventional materials? Was there anything unusual about it, sir?

SMITH: Well, the story behind it is this: The pilot was chasing a glowing disc about two feet in diameter—

FITCH: Pardon me, sir. But did you say two feet . . . ?

SMITH: That is correct. I was informed that the disc was glowing and was about two feet in diameter. A glowing chunk flew off and the pilot saw it glowing all the way to the ground. He radioed his report and a ground party hurried to the scene. The thing was still glowing when they found it an hour later. The entire piece weighed about a pound. The segment that was loaned to me was about one third of that. It had been sawed off.

FITCH: What did the analysis show?

SMITH: There was iron rust—the thing was in reality a matrix of magnesium orthosilicate. The matrix had great numbers—thousands—of I5-micron spheres scattered through it.

Fitch then questioned Smith about the whereabouts of the sample the U.S. Air Force had loaned him, to which he responded by providing the following very intriguing remarks:

FITCH: You say that you had to return it—did you return it to the Air Force, Mr. Smith?

SMITH: Not the Air Force. Much higher than that.

FITCH: The Central Intelligence Agency?

SMITH: [Chuckles] I’m sorry, gentlemen, but I don’t care to go beyond that point. I can say to you that it went to the hands of a highly classified group. You will have to solve that problem—their identity—for yourselves.

Smith’s insinuations about “a highly classified group” within the United States government that the alleged UFO fragment had been returned to is certainly intriguing, although for more reasons than merely those which are immediately obvious. Another has to do with a memorandum dated November 21, 1950, addressed to the Canadian Controller of Telecommunications, in which Smith discussed inquiries he made at the Canadian Embassy in Washington shortly after acquiring a copy of author Frank Scully’s book Behind the Flying Saucers, an early book on UFOs that recounted a dubious story involving the alleged crash of a flying saucer near Aztec, New Mexico (the incident was later deemed to have been a hoax).

Smith’s 1950 memo included a series of intriguing remarks that eventually became widely discussed in UFO circles, following the rediscovery of the memorandum in the Canadian National Archives decades later. Specifically, Smith stated that:

I made discreet enquiries [sic] through the Canadian Embassy staff in Washington who were able to obtain for me the following information:

1. 1. 1. The [UFO] matter is the most highly classified subject in the United States Government, rating higher even than the H-bomb.
      2. Flying saucers exist.
      3. Their modus operandi is unknown but concentrated effort is being made by a small group headed by Doctor Vannevar Bush.
      4. The entire matter is considered by the United States authorities to be of tremendous significance.

The entire 1950 memorandum can be read online via the Computer UFO Network here, and a scan of the original 1950 Smith memorandum can be found here via Metabunk, with an additional lengthy thread discussing Smith and his involvement with early UFO research available here.

The reference to Vannevar Bush in the 1950 memorandum is noteworthy, particularly because Bush’s name would later appear in an infamous series of documents sent to filmmaker Jaime Shandera in 1984, which consisted of briefing papers describing “Operation Majestic 12,” an alleged secret U.S. investigation into UFOs and extraterrestrials that began in the aftermath of the supposed crash said to have occurred at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. The Majestic 12 documents, as they have since become known, also later appeared in British researcher Timothy Good’s book Above Top Secret.

Despite a few intriguing references from over the years like the one in the Smith memorandum, no evidence verifying the existence of “Operation Majestic 12” has ever surfaced. The documents were deemed to be hoaxes in a series of separate investigations, including one conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which concluded the documents were “completely bogus.”

It is worth noting that in the recent AARO report’s summary of the Condon Committee’s findings regarding the alleged 1952 saucer fragment affair, the AARO authors state that Frank Edwards “claimed that Dr. Vannevar Bush, a prominent inventor, defense industry scientist, and founder of the National Science Foundation, led the effort to study the fragment.” The citation given for this in the AARO report, number 49, lists “The Condon Report” (Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects) as the source for this, although a search of both the PDF linked to by the AARO report’s authors, as well as an online text version of the Condon Report, reveals no references to Vannevar Bush. This could represent another error on the part of AARO’s investigators, who may have mistakenly attributed Wilbert Smith’s alleged knowledge that a “concentrated effort is being made by a small group headed by Doctor Vannevar Bush,” as stated in the 1950 memorandum, with details in the Condon Committee’s final report.

THE LETTER FROM REAR ADMIRAL KNOWLES

There is a final addendum to the story of the 1952 Washington saucer fragment, which involves testimony from the man who was allegedly shown the sample of the object while it was in Smith’s possession. As conveyed earlier in the transcript of C.W. Fitch and George Popovitch’s interview with Wilbert Smith, the latter had confirmed his friendship with U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Herbert B. Knowles, an individual with whom Fitch also corresponded about the alleged 1952 UFO incident.

In the March 1986 edition of Just Cause, the newsletter of the FOIA activist group Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS), a letter provided to the editor, Barry Greenwood, from none other than C.W. Fitch lent additional corroboration to the story of the saucer sample Wilbert Smith claimed the U.S. Air Force had loaned him in the 1950s.

“We must thank long-time UFO investigator C. Wesley Fitch for the following information, which CAUS regards as of great historical interest to our subject,” an entry at the end of the newsletter stated. “Fitch is one of a shrinking group of researchers who knew many of the pioneers of UFOlogy. We regard ourselves as fortunate that he chose to give this impressive little tid-bit to us.”

The item in question had been a series of then-25-year-old correspondences shared with CAUS, revealing “that former Navy Rear Admiral Herbert B. Knowles was involved in the examination of fragments of a UFO shot at over Washington, D.C. in 1952.” As it turned out, in addition to recording the interview where Wilbert Smith acknowledged his friendship with Admiral Knowles, Fitch had also corresponded with Knowles about the saucer fragment Smith claimed to have shown him while on loan from the United States.

As explained in the CAUS newsletter, Fitch, a member of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) had been told by one of the organization’s board members, the Reverend Albert Baller, about a visit he received from Admiral Knowles (also a board member of NICAP at the time) during which the two men discussed UFOs. Throughout their discussion at Baller’s home, Knowles recounted how he was allowed to examine the purported UFO fragment in Smith’s possession, which he said had been shot off a small glowing disk in 1952.

Fitch managed to track down Admiral Knowles, who at the time (1961) had been living in Eliot, Maine, and wrote to him asking for confirmation as to whether he had indeed examined the alleged saucer fragment. In a response dated August 27, 1961, Knowles wrote back to Fitch, divulging the following intriguing account of his recollections about the visit with Smith:

Yes, I have had a piece of a small disc in my hands. It was shown me by Mr. Wilbert Smith (address given- Ed.). At that time (1952), Mr. Smith was heading the “Flying Saucer” research of the Canadian government and working in very close cooperation with our authorities in Washington, D.C. He is still very much interested in this matter and does independent research. The Canadian Govt. has “officially” abandoned the project.

To the best of my recollection the object was shot down by a plane and seen to fall in the yard of a farmer across the river in Virginia. Upon searching the area several pieces were found, one of which was turned over to Mr . Smith for independent research. In one of his trips down to see me he brought the piece along for my inspection.

It was a chunk of amorphous metal-like structure, brownish in color where broken, with a curved edge indicating the whole thing to have been not over 2′ in diam. The edge was rounded in cross section, perhaps a quarter inch thick and obviously swelled to a considerably greater thickness at the center. The outer surface was smooth but not polished, and at the broken sections there were obviously iron particles and even evidence of iron rust. I would say that the weight was somewhat lighter than if of solid iron, but it was not extremely light.

Mr. Smith told me that a chemical test had been made of the piece at hand, that iron had been found in it but little if anything else could be identified.

Concluding his account, the retired Admiral then asserted his belief that the fragment he examined had belonged to a “remotely-controlled observation disc,” the likes of which have been “seen many times, most often in the vicinity of defense installations.”

A follow-up letter from Knowles, dated October 11, 1961, included a sketch of the alleged UFO fragment, a version of which was redrawn and included in the CAUS newsletter based on faded originals provided to Fitch (see below).

CONCLUSIONS

As a deeper analysis into this alleged 1952 incident has revealed, the DoD’s recent investigations into the matter amounted to little more than a rehashing of the flawed conclusions of the Condon Committee from decades ago, whose investigators, as we have now seen, relied on incorrect data provided in a popular book on UFOs from the 1960s as the basis for their investigations.

Thus, to briefly summarize:

1. AARO’s recent historical report features a short entry on the University of Colorado UFO Project (i.e., the Condon Committee) and its findings, including its investigation into claims made in a 1966 book by Frank Edwards involving a fragment allegedly shot off a UFO by a U.S. Navy aircraft near Washington, D.C., in 1952.
2. While the Condon Committee determined the incident had likely never occurred, the information used as the basis for its investigations had been incorrect details from Edwards’ book, resulting from his probable misreading of information in an earlier 1955 book by author Donald Keyhoe. The Condon Committee’s investigators seemingly did not scrutinize this information before providing it to the U.S. Navy, which, understandably, was unable to verify the erroneous claims.
3. AARO’s report attributes unverified claims involving American defense industry scientist Dr. Vannevar Bush to statements from Frank Edwards in 1966, although his book published that year makes no references to Bush, nor does the Condon Committee’s final report, which AARO cites as its source for this assertion in its recent report. It seems likely that a possible origin for the claims involving Bush may have been a 1950 memorandum attributed to Wilbert Smith, who was allegedly loaned a portion of the UFO fragment by the U.S. Air Force two years later.
4. A recording of a 1961 interview the Ohio-based researcher C.W. Fitch conducted with Smith, partially transcribed in Edwards’ 1966 book, details Smith’s recollections about the purported UFO fragment he was loaned and insinuated that it was returned to a “highly classified group” within the United States government. Additional correspondences between Fitch and Rear Admiral Herbert B. Knowles from 1961, and later supplied to the activist organization CAUS, confirmed that Knowles had been shown the object during a meeting with Smith in 1952, corroborating Smith’s claims of having once had the fragment in his possession.

If the AARO report had indeed conducted an “exhaustive analysis” of U.S. government records associated with UAP, one would expect they would have also easily spotted errors in the publicly accessible resources like the Condon Committee report, as well as Frank Edwards’ 1966 account involving the alleged UFO fragment from 1952.

Instead, as indicated by AARO’s contention that “it is not clear” whether the alleged 1952 incident had been associated with claims that the Canadian government was loaned a sample from a UFO, it is hard to see past the fact that the AARO’s investigators performed little more than a cursory examination of the 1952 UFO case… just like the Condon Committee had done decades ago. Thus, one wonders: what else might they have overlooked?

This all may seem inconsequential to some, especially since the present analysis alone cannot “prove” that a fragment was indeed blasted off a small, drone-like UFO near Washington in 1952. However, what this analysis does help to illustrate, taken alongside the numerous other factual errors within AARO’s recent report, is that questions regarding the merit of AARO’s broader historical investigations are indeed warranted. It is also not impossible that, if such problems as those addressed here were taken into further consideration by AARO in advance of the publication of Volume II of its historical report, perhaps they may be better equipped to satisfactorily resolve some of these lingering questions.

Altogether, maybe these decades-old claims about a fragment shot off of a flying saucer, which past studies (and more recent ones) have claimed “were most likely false,” should warrant further attention after all.

And if nothing else, perhaps, given such considerations, we can better understand why many Americans remain skeptical about their government’s latest proclamations regarding the long-reviled subject of UFOs.

• Micah Hanks is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of The Debrief. He can be reached by email at micah@thedebrief.org. Follow his work at micahhanks.com and on X: @MicahHanks.

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