In the world of UFO phenomena, there have always been conspiracies swirling around that run the range from the merely odd to the downright ludicrous. One corner of these UFO conspiracies is the existence of top-secret documents towards which all manner of conspiracies gravitate. These documents might outline UFO secrets, cover-ups, information on alien tech or aliens, and who whole bunch of other secretive things concerning UFOs, but they have always drawn intrigue and mysteries to them, and here we will look at some of these. 

Our first story here revolves around a Russian scientist by the name of Genrikh Mavrikiyevich Ludvig, who was supposedly also an architect, philosopher, and scholar of ancient languages. He was also apparently very at odds with the Stalin regime, which landed him in trouble on more than one occasion, and he was also known for his extensive knowledge of the occult and for his considerable esoteric knowledge. He had a vast knowledge of ancient Sumerian and Etruscan civilizations, and also of medicinal herbs. During World War II, he was purportedly the designer of military technology and also an invaluable pioneer of architectural plans for military bases in marshy environments. Yet, a very curious chapter of this mysterious man’s life was the time when he was allegedly allowed access to the secret Vatican archives and purportedly found all manner of documents and evidence of ancient aliens within.

It is perhaps first important to understand just what the Vatican secret archives actually are. Comprised of approximately 53 miles of labyrinthine aisles of shelving harboring rows upon countless rows of texts, books, and scrolls ranging from the more modern to fragile, time-worn manuscripts reaching back 12 centuries into the shadows of time, the Vatican Archives, officially known as the Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Vaticanum, was originally constructed in 1612 by Pope Paul V and is a truly a huge treasure trove of information collected by the Church over hundreds of years. This vast repository of knowledge holds state papers, Holy See paperwork, papal correspondence and personal letters, and countless historical records, documents and texts accumulated by the Vatican from every corner of the known world that date back to the 8th century, all housed within a massive, carefully climate-controlled structure adjacent to the Vatican Library that is designed more like a fortress than a library, replete with impenetrable underground bunkers and with only one known heavily guarded entrance.

The list of known contents of the archives is far too long to completely cover here, but includes a wealth of historical documents including handwritten letters to the Pope from such important figures such as Mary Queen of Scotts asking for a pardon before her execution, King Henry VIII, Michelangelo asking to be paid for his work on the Sistine Chapel, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Grand Empress Dowager Helena Wang of China in the 17th century, one written on birch bark by the Canadian Ojibwe tribe in 1887, and many, many others. Here, there are official edicts by Popes through the centuries, including excommunications such as that of German religious heretic and founder of Lutheranism, Martin Luther, official papal decrees such as the one made in 1493 by Pope Alexander VI that split the entire known world among Spain and Portugal, as well as personal communications from popes throughout history. Here one can also find such gems as a nearly 200-foot long scroll containing details of the trials of the Knights Templar for heresy and blasphemy dating to 1307, as well as a handwritten transcript detailing the trial of astronomer Galileo Galilei in the 17th century, as well as the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, which states that Mary was conceived without sin, scrawled out on a piece of parchment dating to 1854.

The Vatican Archives are often referred to as the Vatican Secret Archives, mostly due to a mistranslation of the Latin word secretum, which is actually closer in meaning to “personal” or “private” rather than “secret” or “confidential” as many think, but it could also have to do with the archive’s history of strict inaccessibility and reclusiveness from the outside world. They had been for centuries practically completely forbidden and closed off from nearly everyone, even Church officials, with not even Cardinals allowed access to their treasure trove of information, and it was not until 1881 that Pope Leo XIII allowed limited access to outsiders, yet this does little to dispel the secrecy surrounding the archives and it is still no small feat to enter this inner sanctum of all of the Vatican’s knowledge.

To gain access to these isolated archives and islands of knowledge, one must be a qualified, recognized scholar or researcher who has been thoroughly vetted by the Holy See, a process that can take years. Amateur historians, journalists, students, or armchair researchers need not apply and are strictly forbidden. If one is lucky enough to be granted access, they enter through the sole entrance, the well-guarded Porta Sant’Anna, after which they are required to state exactly what it is they are looking for among the voluminous collection. Once entering the rows of dusty old texts, there is no browsing allowed, and you can only retrieve three documents listed in one of the thick, intimidatingly massive catalogs that are meticulously handwritten in Latin or Italian. If you cannot decide what you want to look at within a set amount of time under strict supervision, you are ushered out of the archives and must wait until the following day to try again. Even if you do know what you want to look at, there are still oppressive limitations on what is available for perusal. All materials in the archives are only released for public viewing after a full 75 years have passed, meaning newer documents are restricted, and even then, there are large swaths of archived content that are totally off limits and probably forever will be.

In other words, this isn’t a library open to just anyone, yet in the 1920s, Ludvig was somehow granted access for reasons still left unclear. While there, he supposedly was free to peruse the vast stores of manuscripts on offer, and came across some very bizarre things indeed. He would claim to have come across numerous texts on alchemy and ancient codes, and even stranger still, manuscripts on UFOs and ancient aliens. According to Ludvig, there were texts outlining in detail how aliens had visited Earth many millennia ago and had managed to influence ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians, the Mayans, and the Mesopotamians. Some of the information he claimed to have gotten was about how the Egyptian pyramids were ancient energy machines, and he even said he had found historical records on nuclear weapons being used in ancient times, which had resulted in the melting of the fortress walls of Babylon, as well as plans for alien spacecraft.

None of this was allowed out of the Vatican archives, but Ludvig would apparently somehow get his hands on photographs of some of these documents, and the rest he would commit to memory and later write out as much as he could remember. He would show these to his own students, and apparently, this was enough to get him accused of being a Vatican spy and imprisoned in a gulag concentration camp in 1938. He would eventually be released and continue his work throughout World War II, keeping most of what he had seen in the Vatican to himself during these years, before taking most of it with him to his grave in 1973.

The story of Genrikh Mavrikiyevich Ludvig might have very well been forgotten and confined to the mists of time forever if it had not been discussed by Soviet mathematician Matest M. Agrest in the 1950s, and then later mentioned in the Russian publication Sovershenno Sekretno, in an article by writer and journalist Vladimir Kucharyants. It has since been picked up and much discussed among UFOlogists and ancient astronaut theorists, but one is left to wonder just how real any of this is. It is certain that he indeed was a real person, and was indeed an architect and occultist, but that is about all we know for sure. There is little corroborating evidence and very few sources available on his life, so who was Ludvig really, and did he really gain access to the secret Vatican archives and find all of this amazing information? If so, how did he manage to get photographs out of this veritable fortress of secrecy? One does not just waltz into this place and take photographs of these secretive tomes. How much of this is true and how much is possibly urban legend? There has certainly been some skepticism of the claims, and skeptic Jason Colavito has said of it all:

“Ludvig doesn’t seem to actually have been an ancient astronaut theorist in the 1920s and 1930s. Instead, the article talks about his belief in lost civilizations (the Sumerians, he said, were like a book whose first pages had been pulled out) and that ancient monuments had esoteric spiritual energy. The Pyramids, he said, could be activated with meditation. He spoke of astral projection and ascending to meet God in the spheres beyond earth. In other words, he sounds more like a Theosophist rather than a nuts-and-bolts ancient astronaut theorist, much like his contemporary, the émigré occultist Nicholas Roerich.

The only evidence that he believed in spacemen or that there was a nuclear bombing of Babylon comes from one of his former students, who recalled Ludvig talking of such issues much, much later—in the 1960s, the height of the Soviet ancient astronaut craze, when Matest M. Agrest, Alexander Kasantsev, and I. S. Shklovskii had popularized the idea. So, if I take the evidence at face value, it sounds like Ludvig had typical Theosophical-style esoteric ideas about ancient history in the 1930s and later converted to ancient astronaut beliefs in the 1960s, like many of his generation who saw parallels between the esoteric and ancient astronauts. As for the Vatican material, that is probably a combination of exaggeration, secondhand memory, and wishful thinking based on “interpretations” that the Russian scholar imposed on the source materials—source materials that are conveniently not cited by the only person to claim they existed, a student of his 50 years ago.”

He does make a good point, and considering there are precious few sources for this story and it mostly revolves around the recollections of that one guy, it is left open to speculation as to whether Ludvig ever did make it into the catacombs of the Vatican archives and if so, what he really found there. It is all rather mysterious, and although both the man and the archives are wreathed in myth and legend, it is hard to know on this one where reality and fantasy lie and at what point they merge. It is all a rather interesting tale, nevertheless, and with a lack of any further information, will probably remain lost to history.

Moving along, what has become known as one of the earliest official UFO reports from a commercial airline crew began as a normal flight. On July 23, 1948, chief pilot Clarence Chiles and co-pilot John Whitted took off for a routine 7-hour flight from Houston, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia, aboard their Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-3 passenger plane along with twenty passengers. The weather was clear and calm, and both pilots were very experienced, with distinguished flying careers during World War II, so there would have been no reason to think that this would be anything more than a typical, uneventful flight, but this would soon prove not to be the case at all, and it would propel itself into the realm of great UFO mysteries, including a major investigation and lost secret documents.

At approximately 2:45 AM on July 24, the plane was in the skies near Montgomery, Alabama, at an altitude of 5,000 feet when Chiles’ attention was drawn to what he would describe as “a dull red glow above and ahead of the aircraft,” and he mentioned it to Whitted, who also saw it. They at first took it to be a military plane, but it would soon prove to be anything but, as it rapidly closed in on their position with astonishing speed in a horizontal path and silently whizzed by before shooting straight up into the sky while belching forth “a tremendous burst of flame out of its rear.” The proximity of the strange craft had been such that they had been forced to bank in an evasive maneuver, and Chiles would say of the encounter:

"We veered to the left and it veered to its left, and passed us about 700 feet to our right and about 700 feet above us. Then, as if the pilot had seen us and wanted to avoid us, it pulled up with a tremendous burst of flame out of its rear and zoomed up into the clouds."

Both men would get a good look at it, describing it as having been a cigar-shaped metallic object 100 feet long and 25-30 feet in diameter, with no noticeable wings or tail section, and they would explain that they had seen two rows of brightly lit windows along its side. It would turn out that only one of the passengers, most of whom had slept through it all, had seen anything unusual, saying that he had seen an eerie red glow pass the plane. Other witnesses would later turn out to be personnel from Robbins Air Base, near Macon, Georgia, who would claim to have seen the same object shoot through the sky a half an hour before Chiles and Whitted’s encounter.

The plane made it to its destination on schedule, and the pilots wasted no time in reporting what they had seen to the US Air Force, who in turn called in investigators from Project Sign, which was an early Air Force group for studying UFO sightings and sort of a precursor to the more famous Project Blue Book. The pilots were extensively interviewed, and they provided sketches of what they had observed. and it was found that their descriptions were remarkably similar except that Chiles claimed to have seen an actual cockpit on the craft, whereas Whitted had observed no such feature. Project Sign also meticulously mapped every known aircraft in the air for the entire southeastern United States in an effort to see if the object could have perhaps been another plane, but there was nothing else officially in the air at the time that could really explain the bizarre sighting. This, combined with the fact that the two pilot witnesses were seasoned professionals and had gotten a good, close look at the anomalous object, made this a very exciting, albeit alarming incident.

The idea that some large, unidentified flying object of this type had invaded U.S. airspace was a sensitive issue at the time, and so the Air Force was scrambling for answers. It was suggested that this could have possibly been some sort of advanced aircraft from a foreign nation, but this was problematic because the technology was seen as far beyond what anyone was capable of at the time, and nothing like it had been seen before. The detail of the flame shooting out of the rear of the craft was important in this regard because in those days, few aircraft had afterburners, and none of that magnitude. This was more like a rocket, but there was thought to be no conceivable way that such a massive low low-flying, horizontal rocket had been traveling through the area with the technology available at the time and with no discernible launching point.

Other ideas were suggested at the time as well, such as that the pilots had simply misidentified a particularly brilliant meteor, but this does not explain the object’s ability to make a sudden vertical ascent, nor details like the double rows of windows. Project Sign also briefly entertained the idea that this could have been a brush with a Navy plane called the RV6 Constitution, which could have been on a classified mission and was top-of-the-line cutting edge stuff at the time, and also just happened to be cigar shaped, with the characteristic feature of two rows of windows, but it did not spew long jets of flame and certainly could not perform the radical vertical maneuver that was observed. The Navy, for its part, would also deny that this sort of plane had been anywhere near the area at the time.

By all accounts, Project Sign was utterly meticulous and thorough with every aspect of the investigation, leaving no stone unturned and at every turn seeking to exhaust every possible option. In the end, they had completely ruled out the meteor theory and had considered the notion that this had been some experimental aircraft, highly improbable. In light of this, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) compiled all of its findings into an "Estimate of the Situation" report, which allegedly came to the conclusion that the Chiles-Whitted object was an "interplanetary spaceship." The top secret and highly classified report itself has become almost legendary, partly because it would have been the first time a government had ever conceded that UFOs were actually aliens, but also partly because it would shortly after disappear off the face of the earth and into history and the annals of great conspiracies.

The first head of The Air Force’s famous Project Blue Book study of UFO phenomena, Edward J. Ruppelt, would insist that the report did in fact exist, that it was sent all the way up through the chain of command, to land on the desk of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the chief of staff. The result? Well, Vandenberg apparently was skeptical of the estimate that the UFO was of alien origin and doubted the evidence used to back that case up. Rather, he was a proponent of the idea held by another faction within the Air Force that believed that the object, and indeed UFOs in general, were the result of top-secret aircraft being developed by the Soviet Union, which fit in perfectly with the Cold War paranoia at the time. According to Ruppelt, the report would then be totally dismissed and destroyed, saying:

“The general wouldn’t buy interplanetary vehicles. A group from ATIC went to the Pentagon to bolster their position but had no luck, the Chief of Staff couldn’t be convinced. The estimate died a quick death. Some months later it was completely declassified and relegated to the incinerator.”

The mysterious report has gone on to become the stuff of legend in UFOlogy, with occasional witnesses saying that they have seen a copy, but no concrete evidence that it ever even existed at all. There are no photographs of it, no known pages remaining from it; it is a specter lost to the mists of time, only reports of having seen the report up close. In the aftermath of this, the official Air Force verdict was and has remained that what Chiles and Whitted saw was a meteor. Case closed. Of course, in light of the other evidence of Project Sign’s findings on the case, this explanation has been scoffed at and accused of being a weak attempt to obfuscate and blur the real truth, as has the fact that the actual report was apparently disposed of to leave us with nothing.

For their part, Chiles and Whitted would always stand by their account, never once faltering from what they believed was a truly anomalous situation and some sort of unknown craft. To this day, the case is discussed heavily, and it remains a very credible one considering the pedigree of its pilots and the very thorough investigation that came to the conclusion that this might actually be something not of this earth. Yet not everyone obviously agrees, and so we are left with questions. If this wasn't extraterrestrial in origin, then what was it? A meteor, an experimental aircraft, what? Why would this remarkable and mysterious report make it all the way up through the upper echelons of the Air Force brass to merely be brushed aside and destroyed? Doesn't incinerating it suggest they were merely trying to get rid of it? In the end, we don't know what it was, and it is all an intriguing mystery that we very well may never have the true answer to.

Our next case here revolves around the French astronomer, computer scientist, and UFO researcher Jacques Fabrice Vallée, who is one of the important figures in the study of unidentified flying objects, long a proponent of pushing the legitimacy of ufology as a viable scientific pursuit. A legendary icon in the field, he not only increased the legitimacy of the study of UFOs but also pushed at its boundaries, introducing many ideas that were considered groundbreaking in their time, notably the idea of extraterrestrials as interdimensional travelers. He is so important that he was the inspiration for one of the main characters in Stephen Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and his contributions to the field are innumerable. He is also known for uncovering a mysterious lost top-secret document that pointed to a grand conspiracy of the government controlling, twisting, and even fabricating the output of information on the UFO phenomenon.

In the summer of 1967, Vallée was living in the United States, and at the time was tasked with helping astronomer J. Allen Hynek get his documents in order. This is notable in that Hynek was then one of the most recognizable authorities on the UFO subject and had been the top scientific advisor to three UFO studies carried out by the U.S. Air Force, with those being Project Sign (1947–1949), Project Grudge (1949–1951), and Project Blue Book, which he was then overseeing. Indeed, the documents that Vallée was helping to organize were composed of UFO reports under investigation by Project Blue Book. It was apparently quite the task, since Hynek was notoriously disorganized with his files, something Vallée complained about profusely. One day, he unloaded some boxes of Hynek’s files, and as he went through them trying to make some sense of the chaotic mess, he came across a document that was dated 9 January 1953, stamped in red ink “SECRET – Security Information” and signed by a person he would later only refer to as “Pentacle.” What he would find within would change his whole outlook on the UFO phenomenon, shake him to his core, and inspire debate and discussion that has continued to this day.

Among the many revelations allegedly held within what would be called “The Pentacle Memorandum,” perhaps the most shocking had to do with what was called the Robertson Panel. Headed by Howard P. Robertson, a physicist from the California Institute of Technology, and organized in response to a recommendation to the Intelligence Advisory Committee following the Central Intelligence Agency’s own review of Project Blue Book, the Robertson Panel was convened in January, 1953, by a committee of expert scientists who had been asked to consider the UFO phenomenon for the purpose of weighing the threat that such objects might present to national security. These experts included Luis Alvarez, Nobel prize in physics; Lloyd Berkner, space scientist; Sam Goudsmit, nuclear physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and astronomer Thornton Page. Although the Robertson Panel was meant to be an impartial, open discussion on the matter that considered all angles and held nothing back, and this was what the public had been told about it, what Vallée supposedly discovered in this mysterious file cast a sinister light on it all.

According to the Pentacle Memorandum, which was addressed to Miles E. Coll at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and meant for transmittal to Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, the panel of scientists convening for the Robertson Panel was being manipulated and not told the whole story. Not only had a secret study of thousands of UFO reports carried out on behalf of the United States government by an organization called the Battelle Memorial Institute been withheld from them, but under what was referred to as “Project Stork” they were also told in no uncertain terms that, far from an impartial discussion, there were certain things they were not allowed to talk about. This was basically cherry picking and preselecting evidence, which would guide the conclusion the scientists would reach, and they even suggested postponing the Robertson Panel until it could be decided how much information would be made available to the committee. Vallée would write of this to UFO researcher Barry Greenwood:

The greatest implication, which is perhaps not obvious on first reading but which amounts to a scandal of major proportions in the eyes of any scientist, has to do with the outright manipulation of the Robertson panel. Here is a special meeting of the five most eminent scientists in the land, assembled by the government to discuss a matter of national security. Not only are they not made aware of all the data, but another group has already decided "what can and cannot be discussed (Pentacle's own words!)" when they meet. Dr. Hynek categorically stated to me that the panel was not briefed about the Pentacle proposals.

Vallée found that this mysterious Project Stork extended beyond merely manipulating and guiding the Robertson Panel. There was also a plan to exploit areas of supposed high UFO activity to carry out an experiment to secretly and purposefully manufacture UFO phenomena to gather reliable physical data on eyewitness testimony, essentially creating what Vallée would call “a carefully calibrated and monitored simulation of an entire UFO wave.” A portion of the document explains this project:

“We expect that our analysis will show that certain areas in the United States have had an abnormally high number of reported incidents of unidentified flying objects.  Assuming that, from our analysis, several definite areas productive of reports can be selected, we recommend that one or two of theses areas be set up as experimental areas. This area, or areas, should have observation posts with complete visual skywatch, with radar and photographic coverage, plus all other instruments necessary or helpful in obtaining positive and reliable data on everything in the air over the area. A very complete record of the weather should also be kept during the time of the experiment.  Coverage should be so complete that any object in the air could be tracked, and information as to its altitude, velocity, size, shape, color, time of day, etc. could be recorded. All balloon releases or known balloon paths, aircraft flights, and flights of rockets in the test area should be known to those in charge of the experiment. Many different types of aerial activity should be secretly and purposefully scheduled within the area. We recognize that this proposed experiment would amount to a large-scale military maneuver, or operation, and that it would require extensive preparation and fine coordination, plus maximum security. Although it would be a major operation, and expensive, there are many extra benefits to be derived besides the data on unidentified aerial objects.

The question of just what would be accomplished by the proposed experiment occurs. Just how could the problem of these unidentified objects be solved? From this test area, during the time of the experiment, it can be assumed that there would be a steady flow of reports from ordinary civilian observers, in addition to those by military or other official observers. It should be possible by such a controlled experiment to prove the identity of all objects reported, or to determine positively that there were objects present of unknown identity. Any hoaxes under a set-up such as this could almost certainly be exposed, perhaps not publicly, but at least to the military. In addition, by having resulting data from the controlled experiment, reports for the last five years could be re-evaluated, in the light of similar but positive information. This should make possible reasonably certain conclusions concerning the importance of the problem of "flying saucers". Results of an experiment such as described could assist the Air Force to determine how much attention to pay to future situations when, as in the past summer, there were thousands of sightings reported. In the future, then, the Air Force should be able to make positive statements, reassuring to the public, and to the effect that everything is well under control.”

None of this had been revealed to the Robertson panel. Vallée saw all of this as an insidious government plan to spread misinformation and manipulate the truth, to obfuscate the honest search for true answers and mislead the public. He also wondered why the panel hadn’t been briefed on this and whether this was just one small part of a greater conspiracy to obfuscate the truth and construct just what the public knew about UFOs. In his opinion, this revelation potentially posed the threat of causing huge shockwaves in the UFO field and beyond into society itself. Vallée was quite alarmed by all of this and would write:

“Perhaps the Pentacle memo only proves that scientific studies of UFOs (and even their classified components) have been manipulated since the fifties. But it also suggests several avenues of research which are vital to the future of this field: why were Pentacle’s proposals kept from the panel? Were his plans for a secret simulation of UFO waves implemented? If so, when, where and how? What was discovered as a result? Are these simulations still going on? Hynek once assured me that if it ever turned out that a secret study had been conducted, the American public would raise an unbelievable stink against the military and Intelligence community. It would be an outrage, he said, an insult to the whole country, not to mention a violation of the most cherished American principles of democracy. There would be an uproar in Congress, editorials in major scientific magazines, immediate demands for sanctions.”

Making it all even more ominous was that when Hynek found out about the document, he had known nothing of any of this, meaning that Project Bluebook itself was being manipulated. Hynek went to directly confront members of the Battelle study about it, and their reaction was quite volatile. Vallée would say of the incident, “The man I have called Pentacle snatched his notes away and told him in no uncertain terms that the contents of the memo were not to be discussed, under any circumstances. Why should Pentacle worry so much about a simple letter written fifteen years ago?” Indeed, why would they have such a reaction, and what did this mean? All of this disturbed Vallée greatly, and he would later say of the document’s profound effect on him:

“The discovery of the Pentacle document had a major impact on me. It gave me an uncomfortable insight into the practices of government agencies and the high-powered consultants who serve them. It was the main reason for my return to Europe in 1967. It made obvious some unsavoury aspects of scientific policy at the highest level. It provided quite an education for an idealistic young astronomer.”

It would not be until 1992 that word of this secret document came to light for the public, with the release of Valee’s four-volume series titled Forbidden Science. Not long after this, a purported leaked copy of the Pentacle Memorandum came into the possession of UFO researchers, and Vallee would confirm that this was the very same document he had seen back in 1967. The document would ultimately end up hitting the public with a whimper, not creating nearly the sort of uproar that Vallée had been expecting. Most people just didn’t really seem to care all that much. Even within UFO circles, it got a mixed response, with some sharing Vallée’s alarmist and paranoid interpretation, while others said the document was not particularly significant in the grand scheme of things. Still others took the more extreme stance that the document “proved” that the government was behind the whole UFO phenomenon, and that there were no aliens or spaceships, just a large-scale psi-ops scheme. All of these various interpretations have managed to make the Pentacle Memorandum a controversial and much-debated document right up to the present, with no general agreement on what it all means or what implications it might have. It remains an odd footnote in the history of ufology that we may never truly understand for certain, its ultimate implications unknown to us.

In our last case here, we delve into the world of hacking and stumble across strange documents. Born in 1966, from an early age, Scottish-born Gary McKinnon had been interested in computers, getting his first computer and learning to use it on his own at the age of 14. Later, inspired by movies such as WarGames and the book The Hacker's Handbook by Hugo Cornwall, McKinnon began to become more and more enthralled with the world of hacking, to the point that he became absolutely obsessed with it. He found himself spending more and more time shirking his duties as a systems administrator for a small business in order to pursue his passion for hacking, and this obsession led to him losing his job. It did not bother him much at the time, as this just allowed him to devote more time to what he really wanted to do, all while he crashed at the house of his girlfriend's aunt in London and delved deeper into what he was capable of. Calling himself by the hacker name “Solo,” for a while, it was all sort of a hobby and addictive game for him, but then it would careen into what has been called “the biggest military computer hack of all time,” leading McKinnon down a dark rabbit hole of secret military projects, documents, aliens, and UFOs.

By the late 1990s, McKinnon had been drawn more and more towards looking for evidence of government cover-ups of all kinds, and decided to use his hacking skills to look for it, once saying, “I hate conspiracy theories, so I thought I'd find out for myself.” He became utterly devoted and further obsessed with this mission, spending all of his time snooping through government and military files and systems, to the point that it absolutely consumed him. Additionally, this was all far from legal. He said of this crusade to throw the veil off of secrecy:

“I am not blind to criminality, but I was on a moral crusade. I was convinced, and there was good evidence to show, that certain secretive parts of the American government intelligence agencies did have access to crashed extra-terrestrial technology which could, in these days, save us in the form of a free, clean, pollution-free energy. I thought if someone is holding onto that, that is unconstitutional under American law. I didn't think about jail sentences at the time. I'd stopped washing at one point. I wasn't looking after myself. I wasn't eating properly. I was sitting around the house in my dressing gown, doing this all night.”

According to him, he was digging up all manner of weirdness in the process, and one of the weirdest of these was evidence of what he describes as some sort of secret space force. He stumbled across this while looking into NASA and U.S. Space Command files after hearing of a conspiracy that they were holding UFOs at the Johnson Space Center. Not content to just discuss conspiracies about it, he began hacking into NASA to see for himself, and it would turn out to be shocking and very weird. McKinnon would say of this in an interview with Wired:

“A NASA photographic expert said that there was a Building 8 at Johnson Space Center where they regularly airbrushed out images of UFOs from the high-resolution satellite imaging. I logged on to NASA and was able to access this department. They had huge, high-resolution images stored in their picture files. They had filtered and unfiltered, or processed and unprocessed, files. My dialup 56K connection was very slow trying to download one of these picture files. As this was happening, I had remote control of their desktop, and by adjusting it to 4-bit color and low screen resolution, I was able to briefly see one of these pictures. It was a silvery, cigar-shaped object with geodesic spheres on either side. There were no visible seams or riveting. 

There was no reference to the size of the object, and the picture was taken presumably by a satellite looking down on it. The object didn't look manmade or anything like what we have created. Because I was using a Java application, I could only get a screenshot of the picture -- it did not go into my temporary internet files. At my crowning moment, someone at NASA discovered what I was doing and I was disconnected. I also got access to Excel spreadsheets. One was titled "Non-Terrestrial Officers." Yeah, I looked it up and it's nowhere. It doesn't mean little green men. What I think it means is not earth-based. I found a list of 'fleet-to-fleet transfers', and a list of ship names. I looked them up. They weren't US navy ships. What I saw made me believe they have some kind of spaceship, off-planet. It contained names and ranks of U.S. Air Force personnel who are not registered anywhere else. It also contained information about ship-to-ship transfers, but I've never seen the names of these ships noted anywhere else.”

McKinnon claims that this space program is called “Solar Warden,” in operation since 1980, and every bit as bizarre as you might imagine. He says that it acts as a sort of interplanetary border control to protect against aliens that would do us harm, and that it is under control of the US Naval Network and Space Operations Command (NNSOC),  and through his snooping around, he was able to glean a surprising amount of detail on the program. He claims that Solar Warden has at its disposal eight massive cigar-shaped motherships longer than several football fields, 43 small "scout ships” and various other flying objects, as well as advanced beam weaponry, all of it derived from reverse-engineered alien technology tested at secret bases, including the infamous Area 51 in Nevada. It sounds absurd, but McKinnon swears it is true and has never backed down from his story. In addition to Solar Warden, he also uncovered images of UFOs in the atmosphere and various other information on aliens and UFOs, as well as documents called “The Disclosure Project,” which supposedly contain reams of testimony from high-level sources on the existence of such things, and of which he has said:

“There is The Disclosure Project. This is a book with 400 testimonials from everyone from air traffic controllers to those responsible for launching nuclear missiles. Very credible witnesses. They talk about reverse-engineered technology taken from captured or destroyed alien craft. There are some very credible, relied-upon people, all saying yes, there is UFO technology, there's anti-gravity, there's free energy, and it's extraterrestrial in origin and they've captured spacecraft and reverse engineered it.”

Unfortunately, he was never able to get too far into it, as all of this was highly illegal, and it eventually caught up with him. In 2002, McKinnon was arrested at his flat in Wood Green, north London, and accused of hacking into 97 United States military and NASA computers over a 13-month period between February 2001 and March 2002, much of it allegedly causing a lot of damage in the process. For instance, he is accused of altering or deleting critical files from operating systems, rendering important systems inoperable, copying data, account files, and passwords, interfering with military operations, compromising sensitive and classified data, and leaving threatening messages, all of which was according to officials “intentional and calculated to influence and affect the US government by intimidation and coercion." Considering that this all happened directly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government took this very seriously and made aggressive moves to have him extradited to face trial there, something which could mean up to 70 years in prison for McKinnon. So far, there have been endless appeals and judicial reviews, meaning that he has yet to face these charges on American soil, and likely never will, although extradition efforts have been ongoing.

We are left to wonder just what he really found while breaking all sorts of laws. Did he really see top-secret government files pertaining to aliens and UFOs, and more importantly, did he really uncover evidence of some space force using alien technology? There have been plenty of people and so-called "whistleblowers" making similar claims, so what are we to make of this? He has not provided one shred of concrete evidence, and his detractors have pointed out that he was high on weed most of the time he was hacking, so is this all just tall tales? McKinnon is definitely in deep doo doo with the American government, but whether any of that has anything to do with aliens and UFO space programs remains to be seen.

This has only been a sampling of the many mysterious, classified documents swirling about the UFO field, and there have been many other purported documents just like them. We are left to wonder, do they really exist, and if so, just what is the extent of the secret information contained within them? We may never know for sure, their secrets locked away from the public eye, but that will never stop the conspiracies from coming, or people digging around to find the true answers. 

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23-11-2025 om 00:00 geschreven door peter  

Among UFO doc's revelations: Russia recovered nonhuman 'Tic Tac' craft | Elizabeth Vargas Reports

Overview

A new documentary, The Age of Disclosure, has ignited fresh debate over the global race to recover and reverse-engineer unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), commonly known as UFOs. The film, which features interviews with high-ranking officials from the United States and abroad, presents claims of an international arms race to unlock the technology behind non-human craft—allegedly including a “Tic Tac”-shaped vehicle recovered by Russia in 1989. The revelations are part of an 80-year narrative of secrecy, cover-ups, and intense competition among world powers.

Global Arms Race for Alien Technology

According to the documentary’s director, Dan Farah, the U.S. is not alone in deploying specialized teams to recover downed extraterrestrial craft. “We’re in a secret arms race,” Farah told host Elizabeth Vargas, describing ongoing efforts by the United States, Russia, and China to retrieve and study non-human technology. The documentary cites U.S. intelligence officials who assert that “China and Russia both have retrieved alien spacecraft,” with Russia’s 1989 recovery of a large Tic Tac-shaped craft highlighted as a pivotal event. This craft was reportedly even larger than the now-famous object encountered by the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in 2004.

Officials interviewed in the film argue that the first country to successfully reverse-engineer such technology would secure “the leader[ship] for years to come,” likening the stakes to a new Manhattan Project—“the atomic weapon on steroids.” The documentary suggests the technology could include directed-energy weapons and propulsion systems capable of changing the balance of global power.

High-Level Testimony and Secrecy

What sets The Age of Disclosure apart is its roster of interviewees: former secretaries of state, sitting senators, former directors of national intelligence, Pentagon brass, and senior officials from the CIA, Air Force, and Navy. Farah underscores the credibility of these sources, stating, “These are 34 extremely high-level military, government, and intelligence officials… people who have been entrusted with very high-level security clearances.” The documentary details how, for decades, “legacy crash retrieval programs” operated in secrecy, with multi-agency teams tasked to recover and analyze non-human technology.

Farah reveals that these programs were designed to be even more secretive than the Manhattan Project, responding to earlier security leaks by imposing stricter controls. He asserts that the U.S. Air Force, CIA, Department of Energy, and military contractors all played roles in these covert efforts, with similar units active in Russia and China.

Extraordinary Claims: Non-Human Beings and Government Deliberations

Among the most startling claims in the documentary are testimonies from two astrophysicists and intelligence officials stating that the U.S. government has recovered “at least two different alien species.” One official recounts an incident where “not human beings exited a craft and interacted with members of the Air Force and the CIA” at a U.S. military base. While the film acknowledges the extraordinary nature of these accounts, it emphasizes their source: figures with decades of experience at the highest levels of government.

The documentary also reveals a little-known episode from the administration of President George W. Bush, where cabinet officials reportedly “convened a meeting and debated for days” whether to disclose the existence of these programs and technologies to the public. Ultimately, the decision was made to maintain secrecy, continuing a legacy of non-disclosure that, according to the film, spans more than eight decades.

A Unified but Controversial Assertion

Despite the political and ideological diversity of the documentary’s sources, Farah notes a rare consensus: “They’re aligned on this—such 34 senior officials sharing one truth.” While the claims remain controversial and, for many, difficult to accept, The Age of Disclosure raises profound questions about transparency, global security, and humanity’s place in the universe. As lawmakers from both parties call for greater openness on UAPs, the documentary’s revelations are likely to fuel ongoing debate in Washington and beyond.

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22-11-2025 om 18:23 geschreven door peter  

Overview

A recent YouTube video posted by Jesse Michels, a self‑identified former intelligence analyst, has ignited a fresh wave of discussion on the r/StrangeEarth subreddit. In the clip, Michels claims to possess “explosive insights” into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) that he says point to a sustained government cover‑up and the existence of non‑human intelligence. The video quickly gathered attention, prompting Reddit users to debate the credibility of the allegations, the potential implications for ongoing UAP hearings, and the broader conversation about alleged suppressed evidence of alien technology.

The Video and Its Claims

Michels’ presentation, which runs just under ten minutes, blends excerpts from declassified documents, alleged insider testimonies, and personal observations. He asserts that a series of recent sightings—particularly those recorded by naval pilots and commercial airliners—contain data that the U.S. government has deliberately withheld from the public. Among the most striking points he raises are references to “high‑frequency telemetry signatures” that, according to him, cannot be produced by known aerospace platforms. Michels also alludes to a “closed‑door briefing” he attended in 2022, where senior officials discussed the strategic implications of advanced propulsion technologies that appear to defy conventional physics. No independent verification of these briefings or the telemetry data has been provided, and the video contains no direct links to the primary sources he cites.

Community Reaction

Redditors responded with a mix of curiosity and skepticism. Several users highlighted the timing of the video, noting that it coincides with the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan UAP hearing scheduled for later this month. “If there really is new evidence, now would be the time to bring it to Congress,” one commenter wrote, urging transparency. Others cautioned against “hype‑driven speculation,” pointing out that past UFO claims have often resurfaced without substantive proof. A frequent theme was the call for “hard data” – radar logs, sensor readouts, or authenticated documents – to move the conversation beyond anecdote. Some participants referenced the Pentagon’s 2021 release of three Navy videos, arguing that while those clips confirmed anomalous sightings, they did not substantiate the more extraordinary claims made by Michels.

Broader Context

The resurgence of public interest in UAPs follows a series of official steps taken by the U.S. government over the past three years. In 2020, the Department of Defense established the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, later succeeded by the All‑Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. Congressional committees have held multiple hearings, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a preliminary assessment in June 2021 that documented 144 incidents, many of which remained unexplained. Michels’ video taps into a growing narrative among fringe researchers that these institutional efforts are merely a façade, designed to “manage the narrative” while withholding transformative technology. Academic circles, however, remain cautious, emphasizing the need for peer‑reviewed analysis before drawing conclusions about extraterrestrial involvement.

Next Steps and Outlook

While the video has amplified discussion on platforms like Reddit, it has not yet prompted formal inquiries from governmental bodies. Analysts suggest that any credible new evidence would likely be presented to the upcoming Senate hearing, where lawmakers have signaled a willingness to request classified briefings. In the meantime, experts advise the public to await verification from reputable sources, such as the AARO or independent scientific institutions, before accepting Michels’ assertions. As the UAP debate continues to evolve, the balance between open inquiry and rigorous evidence remains the critical yardstick for separating legitimate discovery from speculation.

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21-11-2025 om 21:41 geschreven door peter  

EXCLUSIVE - Top fighter pilot breaks 45-year silence to reveal bombshell UFO encounter with '50ft triangular craft' at nuclear base

By JOSH BOSWELL, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and CHRIS SHARP

A former Top Gun pilot has come forward as a new witness linked to a 1980 UFO incident dubbed 'the British Roswell'.

Decorated US fighter pilot Dan Isbell, 69, broke a 45-year silence to reveal his encounter with a 50ft triangular craft surrounded by multicolored 'plasma' light near a nuclear base he was stationed at in England on December 26, 1980.

The incident is significant as it occurred on the same day that US Air Force personnel at another English nuclear base, RAF Woodbridge, in Suffolk, saw a similar craft descending into neighboring Rendlesham Forest – then got so close they could touch the metallic object.

The Rendlesham UFO incident was captured on audio tape by a senior officer, written up in reports released three years later, and became the UK's most famous out-of-this-world encounter.

Isbell's sighting adds to the theory by UFO researchers that the strange objects were targeting military bases housing nuclear weapons, a pattern which has been highlighted in reports by the Department of Defense's UFO-monitoring office.

That night in 1980, Isbell was a 24-year-old first lieutenant working Christmas shifts as a pilot of nuclear-capable fighter jets at RAF Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, while his superiors with families took time off.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, he said that around 10pm on December 26, he was driving his imported red Corvette along a country road between the airbase and the US servicemen's accommodation when he saw something he couldn't explain.

'In my rear view mirror I saw some unusual multicolored lights traveling very rapidly, just over the trees to the side of the road,' he said. 'As it zipped past me, it just stopped instantaneously.'

US fighter pilot Dan Isbell spoke publicly for the first time about his encounter with a massive UFO while he was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire in 1980 

Isbell, pictured sitting in a flight-test-modified F-16A at the Hill Aerospace Museum in 2018, was a 24-year-old first lieutenant working a shift on the nuclear base when he witnessed the rare event 

Isbell said he pulled over and watched what appeared to be a silent, floating, 50ft craft.

'It was triangular, but it had sort of a curved nose. Around the bottom, there were multi-colored changing lights, almost like a plasma,' he said.

'We were very well trained before we were declared mission-qualified, on how to identify every type of aircraft and helicopter that belonged to NATO or the Soviet Union. It was quite clear this was not conventional.'

Isbell said he started to make his way across a golf course on the side of the road towards the object, getting within 150ft.

'As I walked toward it, it began to slowly descend down,' he said.

'But then I began to realize that the stigma of a UFO sighting was death to a pilot's career. So I quickly reversed course.

'I hurried back to my car and went home. I didn't tell anyone for 45 years,' Isbell added.

In the early hours of the same day, about 110 miles away on the east English coast in Suffolk, American officers at another USAF base holding nuclear weapons saw a similar object.

The former fighter pilot shared an FBI Forensic Artist Drawing of his UFO encounters in 1980 

At the time of the supposed UFO sighting, Isbell was working at night at the RAF Upper Heyford (pictured) a former Royal Air Force and US Air Force base in Oxfordshire, England 

Isbell is pictured during his time as 514th Flight Test Squadron Commander between June 1994 to June 1997

After seeing a strange light descend into Rendlesham Forest, two USAF security patrolmen were sent to investigate.

According to a memo written by deputy base commander Lt. Col. Charles Halt, they saw an apparent nine-foot craft, 'metallic in appearance and triangular in shape', which 'illuminated the entire forest with a white light'.

'The object itself had a pulsing red light on top and a bank(s) of blue lights underneath,' said Halt's memo, released under the Freedom of Information Act in 1983.

'The object was hovering or on legs. As the patrolmen approached the object, it maneuvered through the trees and disappeared. At this time the animals on a nearby farm went into a frenzy.'

Two days later, while investigating marks on the trees and ground believed to be left by the craft, Halt himself witnessed strange lights and recorded his reaction on an audio tape, which was also released to researchers in 1984.

Skeptical researchers, including Ian Ridpath, say the marks on trees were foresters' axe cuts, indentations in the ground were animal burrows, and the lights were from a nearby lighthouse.

But one of the patrolmen sent out on December 26, Sgt. Jim Penniston, claims he saw the craft up close, and even sketched it in a notepad a few days later.

In 2015 the other patrolman, Airman First Class John Burroughs, received medical disability benefits for alleged radiation poisoning linked to the event, with the help of Senator John McCain, after a yearslong battle with the Pentagon which had strangely classified his medical records. 

Isbell's encounter would've occurred on the same day that US Air Force personnel at another base 110 miles away at RAF Woodbridge on England's east coast reported seeing a similar craft descending into the nearby Rendlesham Forest – where a sculpture of the reported UFO now stands 

This photograph shows police examining the alleged landing site of another 'triangular craft' in Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, England, the morning of the alleged sighting on December 26, 1980

Deep marks and indentations on the trees and ground at the Rendlesham Forest were believed to be left by the UFO, however, this was disputed by skeptical researchers, including Ian Ridpath, who say they were from foresters' axe cuts

Former British police detective and UFO researcher Gary Heseltine, who wrote a book on the incident and helped Isbell come forward, says the pilot's sighting the same day as the Rendlesham incident at another UK nuclear base is significant.

'Dan Isbell is as credible a witness you could ever wish for,' Heseltine, who wrote the book Non-Human: The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incidents, told the Daily Mail.

He described Isbell as 'someone with a stellar flight career' giving 'high caliber witness testimony'.

'His account offers a remarkable circumstantial link to Britain's most famous case, the Rendlesham Forest Incident that occurred in late December 1980.'

Heseltine now runs a site for UK pilots to report UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) incidents, ukpilotsreportinguap.co.uk. 

Isbell said it was the first, but not the last, time he had a UFO encounter.

Later in the 1980s he became a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. One night in 1990, he drove out on his motorbike to a secluded area near the base to stargaze.

'Suddenly this large wedge-like shape started blanking out the stars above my head,' he said.

'There were no lights anywhere on it. It was absolutely solid black, but huge… Hundreds of feet across.

In a January 1981 memo of the Rendlesham Forest incident, Deputy Base Commander Lt. Col. Charles Halt documented the December 26 sighting (reported as December 27 by Halt) describing the craft as 'metallic in appearance and triangular in shape'

UFO researcher Gary Heseltine wrote a book on the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident, Non-Human, which included Isbell's account 

'I felt a little electrostatic on my skin.

'I certainly wasn't going to tell anybody about that,' he added. 'I did not hang around long enough to see the back end of it.'

Then two decades later in 2014, the now-retired pilot was in the hot tub in the back yard of his home in Silver Springs, Florida, when he said the night was lit up with a bright blue-green glow.

'It encompassed me and the hot tub,' Isbell told the Daily Mail. 'The beam came to a point above me, probably 2-300ft high.'

He said the bright light prevented him from making out the object. But then the alleged encounter got even stranger.

'The beam went out, but immediately a large sphere of plasma enveloped whatever it was,' he said.

The sphere doubled, then quadrupled in size, then vanished, he said.

'The acceleration was so fast, it just disappeared,' Isbell said.

After retiring from the Air Force, Isbell became a consultant with a security clearance, working on lasers and directed energy weapons.

He said he has decided to finally come forward with his UFO stories now, after leaving his classified role.

'I have nothing else to worry about. I have retired out of all that. They can take away my security clearance, it doesn't matter anymore,' he said

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21-11-2025 om 18:39 geschreven door peter  

EXCLUSIVE - Police chopper was forced to take 'emergency evasive action' after being targeted by UFO over US air base last year, unearthed report reveals

By JOSH BOSWELL, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and CHRIS SHARP

A police helicopter was forced to take emergency action during a terrifying encounter with mysterious high-speed 'drones' over a US air base last year - in an incident officials would later dismiss as nothing more than a passing fighter jet. 

But newly released video and incident logs of the November 22, 2024 event now tell a very different - and far more alarming - story, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal. 

Witness even described one of the unidentified flying objects as a 'tic-tac' - the same oblong shape reported by Navy aviators in a now infamous 2004 encounter. 

The Daily Mail obtained images taken from a National Police Air Service (NPAS) EC135 chopper of one of the unidentified craft, which was said to have 'targeted' and come close to colliding with the helicopter mid-air around RAF Lakenheath, a US military base in England.

The incident occurred amid weeks of reports of drones and unidentified objects breaching airspace over US military bases in New Jersey, the wider northeast, and overseas.

A report by a UK aviation safety board attributed the chopper's close encounter to pilots misidentifying an American F-15 fighter jet flying in the area.

But British police logs released under the Freedom of Information Act describe multiple, hi-tech drones 'targeting' and appearing to pursue the law enforcement helicopter at high speeds. 

'They were forced to take emergency evasive action in relation to a drone which came within a dangerously close proximity to them,' said an incident log from Suffolk Police, recounting a debrief of the chopper pilots. 

The UK's National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter (stock image) had a near miss with mysterious 'drones' seen flying over a US military base in England in November 2024 

A newly released police report reveals NPAS pilots said they were forced to 'take emergency evasive action' during the late-night encounter with the unidentified objects over RAF Lakenheath (pictured)

'They had to perform an emergency dive and described that they were pursued in the dive by two drones who matched their speed approx 165 knots and then pursued them for several minutes out of the area.

'They feel that drones have targeted them and chased them off at approx 140 knots [161mph].'

A UK military source, who has viewed the entire 30-minute video captured by the chopper's infrared camera, said there was more to the incident than a close brush with a fighter jet.

'In the 30-minute video with pilot audio, nobody mentions F-15s,' the source said. 

'They only talk about the drones. How they're basically mirroring the helicopter's movements. How fast the drones are going. That they're basically forcing them out of the area.'

The source added that the footage shows one object pursuing the craft performing maneuvers impossible for a fighter jet.

'A fixed-wing craft is caught on the video, where you can see a corkscrew move,' the insider said. 'An F-15 cannot make a small corkscrew turn like that.'

The Daily Mail obtained a short section from the chopper video showing a small object, no more than a blob on the infrared camera, slowly moving towards the top right of the screen.

A screengrab of the helicopter video obtained by the Daily Mail shows a small object, which appears as a tiny blob on the infrared camera, slowly moving towards the top right of the screen

Radar data cited in the reported issued by the UK Airprox Board, concluded that the 'drones' were actually the lights of a US Air Force F-15 Eagle jet and showed the two aircraft coming within 1,700ft of each other

The local police incident logs from November 20-22, 2024 reveal a slew of drone sightings across three bases used by the US Air Force in the English counties of Suffolk and Norfolk: RAF Feltwell, RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall.

'Over past 2 nights there have been approx 20 drones flying over RAF's Mildenhall, Feltwell and Lakenheath. This has been between 1800-0000 hrs,' said a Suffolk Police log from November 21.

'They report that due to the size of said drones, the pilots could be 'miles and miles' away,' the log added, with 'they' appearing to refer to UK military police protecting the airbases.

'Mildenhall/Lakenheath/Feltwell - believed 10-15 drones have been at each one - and appear not to be "hobby drones",' the logs said.

One police report from Lakenheath said an officer had 'night vision goggles and can see 5-6 drones [near the highway] A1065 coming back over airfield'.

An 'informant' in the logs told police they saw 'multiple drones' which were 'very large and they make a lot of noise'.

The witness in the November 22 logs described what they saw around the airbase as 'large stationary things - tictacs - they are not birds.'

'The drones are well lit - they are not trying to hide themselves and they are flying very low now,' another log from November 22 said.

The UK Airprox Board, which investigates mid-air near misses, published a report concluding that the NPAS crew had misidentified an American F-15 fighter jet (stock image) flying in the area

Logs obtained by the Daily Mail show an 'informant' described what they saw around the airbase as 'large stationary things - tictacs'

'Informant opened the door of his house while on the line to me and call taker could hear one of the drones going over. It sounded like an aircraft. 

'The drones are flying over Informant's property in both directions.'

A crime report from November 21 summarizing the incidents stated that there were '10-15 drones flying around bases and potentially into the base airspace.'

'This is third occurrence this week according to MOD police and US base have stated they have had to ground aircraft due to going across flightpaths,' the report added.

The investigation was handed over to the UK Ministry of Defence Police, which has not published the findings of its probe.

The police logs were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by researcher Rowland Hume, who shared the material with the Daily Mail.

Mike Morgan, a retired senior police detective who has also been researching the incident, told the Daily Mail he was disappointed in the lack of transparency from authorities.

'There is a whole series of question marks about what went on in November 2024. 

The reported 'tic tac' description of the unidentified craft, echoes accounts of the infamous UFO sighting by Navy aviators in 2004 (pictured) 

'I have run into repeated efforts by the authorities to avoid answering even the most basic questions, such as, how many people have been detained or how many drones seized,' Morgan said.

'What is so secret about this investigation?'

The incident was largely written off when the UK Airprox Board, the official body that investigates mid-air near misses, published a report concluding that the 'drones' seen by the NPAS crew were actually the lights of a US Air Force F-15 Eagle jet.

Radar data cited in the report showed the chopper and jet coming within 1,700ft of each other. But the report said nothing else unknown was picked up on radar.

Trained British meteorologist Stuart Onyeche, who works for a defense company and has researched the incident, told the Daily Mail that he believes the fighter jet and police chopper were both pursuing the advanced drones.

'I'm inclined to trust the initial detail and assessment of the experienced helicopter pilots that we see noted in these logs, which was that they were forced to take evasive action due to the close proximity of some kind of unmanned drone,' Onyeche said.

'It's unarguable that an F-15 was also in the vicinity as reported in the airprox, but an unanswered question is what was the F-15 being tasked to do or look for?' he added.

'Were the helicopter and F-15 in fact both converging on the unidentified 'drones'?'

Craft encroaching on airspace at US bases both home and abroad have shown signs of using advanced technology, capable of confounding anti-drone measures used by the authorities.

A joint report by the FBI, US Department of Defense and NASA obtained by the Daily Mail last year warned that their detection and signal jamming equipment had 'failed' to stop incursions by advanced drones, including at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.

The base was swarmed with dozens of drones for weeks in December 2023, creating a security panic. 

The incident was kept secret until it was revealed by defense magazine The Warzone in March 2024.

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21-11-2025 om 18:26 geschreven door peter  

Overview

In the latest episode of the “UFO Lessons from Lacatski – The Doctor of Disclosure” podcast, hosts Jeremy Miller and George Keller dissect a series of revelations offered by Dr. James Lacatski, the former director of the Advanced Aerospace Weaponry and Surveillance Assessment Program (AAWSAP). AAWSAP, described by the Pentagon as the largest government‑funded investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), concluded its classified work in 2022. Lacatski’s third book, released this month, draws directly from the program’s declassified files and has reignited debate over the extent of the U.S. government’s knowledge of “retrieved” craft.

Key Revelations

Lacatski’s new manuscript claims that, during his tenure, he personally observed “government‑stashed, recovered UFOs” stored at undisclosed locations. He provides limited, non‑technical descriptions—metallic hulls with propulsion systems that defy conventional aerodynamics—and notes that these objects were examined by a coalition of DIA analysts, aerospace engineers, and select congressional staff. While he stops short of releasing visual evidence, Lacatski says the data is “sufficiently robust to merit a formal briefing to the Senate Intelligence Committee.” He also alleges that the All‑Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), inaugurated in 2023, operates primarily as a disinformation conduit rather than a genuine investigative body, a claim that contradicts official statements from the Department of Defense.

Credibility and Government Context

Dr. Lacatski’s background bolsters the weight of his assertions. A career officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and a trained rocket scientist, he oversaw AAWSAP’s analytical framework, which integrated radar, infrared, and pilot‑report data from multiple services. Former colleagues, speaking on condition of anonymity, describe him as “meticulous, skeptical, and fiercely protective of classified material.” Their testimony aligns with Lacatski’s own insistence that his disclosures are “carefully vetted to avoid jeopardizing ongoing national‑security operations.” Nevertheless, skeptics point out that his critique of AARO lacks corroborating documentation, urging caution before accepting the program’s purportedly deceptive role.

Motivation for Disclosure

When asked why he chose to go public, Lacatski cited the late Senator Harry Reid, a long‑time advocate for UAP transparency. “Senator Reid’s relentless pressure convinced me that the public’s right to know outweighs the bureaucratic impulse to bury the truth,” Lacatski told the hosts. He further explained that a series of internal briefings in early 2024, which were repeatedly postponed, prompted him to consider alternative avenues for disclosure. According to Jeremy, Lacatski indicated a willingness to share additional classified material directly with congressional oversight committees, provided proper security protocols are observed.

Public Reaction and Outlook

The episode has generated a spectrum of responses across UFO‑interest forums and mainstream media. Some commentators praise Lacatski as the “Doctor of Disclosure,” arguing that his insider status lends unprecedented credibility to claims of extraterrestrial technology. Others caution that his allegations could be part of a strategic narrative aimed at influencing defense funding or political capital. Social‑media sentiment, measured through Twitter hashtags #LacatskiLeaks and #UFOTruth, shows a near‑even split between supportive believers and critical analysts demanding hard evidence. As George noted, the conversation “has shifted from speculative to substantive,” with lawmakers now reportedly requesting a formal briefing on Lacatski’s findings.

Next Steps

While the full impact of Lacatski’s disclosures remains to be seen, the episode underscores a growing willingness among former intelligence officials to engage the public on UAP matters. The forthcoming congressional briefing, if it occurs, could set a precedent for how classified aerospace anomalies are handled in the future. Until then, the balance between transparency and national security will continue to shape the discourse, and journalists like us will keep monitoring the evolving story with a critical, evidence‑based lens.

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19-11-2025 om 22:36 geschreven door peter  

Overview

A former NASA flight surgeon has spoken publicly for the first time about a classified encounter that took place three decades ago. In an interview with Newsweek on May 6, 2025, the physician—who served on several Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s—described witnessing a “flying saucer” that executed maneuvers that appeared to defy known aeronautical physics. He emphasized that the object moved silently, accelerated and changed direction instantaneously, and that the incident was recorded in a now‑declassified internal memo. The former official is urging the agency and the broader federal government to release all relevant data on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) to the public.

Background

UAP reporting has moved from the periphery of defense circles to the mainstream of congressional oversight. In 2020, the Pentagon established the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, which was later succeeded by the All‑Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (ADARO) in 2023. NASA itself created a dedicated UAP research team in 2023, tasked with “scientifically analyzing credible sightings” and publishing findings. Public interest surged after the 2023 Office of the Director of National Intelligence report confirmed that “most UAP incidents remain unexplained.” The former flight surgeon’s account adds a rare, insider perspective from the era when NASA’s astronaut corps first began to grapple with anomalous sightings during low‑Earth‑orbit missions.

The Testimony

The flight surgeon, who asked to remain unnamed for security reasons, recalled the event occurring during a routine Shuttle launch rehearsal in 1994. “We were on the launch pad when a disc‑shaped object appeared about 2,000 feet away, hovering for a few seconds before darting away at a speed that outpaced any aircraft we had ever seen,” he told Newsweek. He added that the object emitted no sound, and radar systems briefly registered a blip that vanished almost instantly. “The crew recorded it on video, but the footage was classified under a ‘Sensitive Compartmented Information’ designation for years,” he said. The surgeon’s memo, now part of a 2025 declassification package, notes that the object's acceleration “exceeded the capabilities of any known propulsion system at the time.”

Implications

Experts caution against jumping to extraterrestrial conclusions, but the account underscores gaps in the historical record of UAP observations. Dr. James O. McAllister, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado, noted, “When a credible source such as a NASA flight surgeon describes physics‑defying behavior, it compels the scientific community to re‑examine the data with fresh analytical tools.” The testimony also aligns with recent congressional hearings where former military pilots described similar “instantaneous vector changes.” Advocacy groups, including the non‑profit To The Stars Academy, have welcomed the disclosure, arguing it strengthens the case for a systematic, transparent declassification process.

Next Steps

In response to the growing pressure, NASA announced plans to release a summary of all UAP‑related reports gathered since the agency’s 2023 task force was formed, while still protecting national‑security details. The former flight surgeon urged lawmakers to “provide the necessary oversight and resources so that every credible encounter can be examined openly,” adding that secrecy only fuels speculation. As the U.S. government prepares its next budget cycle, funding for ADARO and NASA’s UAP research is expected to be a focal point of debate. Whether the newly revealed 1994 incident will prompt broader policy changes remains to be seen, but the disclosure marks a significant moment in the ongoing effort to bring scientific rigor to the study of unidentified aerial phenomena.

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17-11-2025 om 23:29 geschreven door peter  

UFO fleet viewed from boat in Turkey creek, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Nov 8, 2025 UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Nov 8, 2025

Location of sighting: Turkey Creek, Charleston, SC, USA

Source: NUFORC

 

Watch carefully and you will see three UFOs entering the earths atmosphere over Charleston last week. Now the US gov will make excuses and call it meteors (much slower than meteors) or space junk (not possible since these objects are not leaving debris or smoke). These are UFOs...the very thing the US gov prefers us not knowing about. 

Scott C. Waring 

 

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17-11-2025 om 01:09 geschreven door peter  

Rare V-Shaped UFO Over Fawn Grove Borough in Pennsylvania, USA Nov 6, 2025, UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Nov 6, 2025

Location of sighting: Fawn Grove, PA, USA

Source: NUFORC

 

Now V shaped UFOs are very rare and are of the most notoriously told about...for instance, the Phoenix Lights Incident back in March 19, 1997 where hundreds of reports came into police about a giant V shaped UFO blocking out the stars over Phoenix, Arizona. This UFO here might just do the same if it's close enough. The size is huge, about half a mile or more and it's really lit up below the moon with the moonlight shining off of it. Great capture and absolute important evidence that aliens exist...but even more so...of a very rare V shaped craft!

Scott C. Waring

 

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17-11-2025 om 01:03 geschreven door peter  

I recorded a sphere on the live nasa space station cam. Nov 14, 2025, UFO UAP paranormal sighting news

Date of sighting: Nov 14, 2025

Location of sighting: Space station

Source: NASA Live cam feed

 

I was watching the live cam of the space station and this lesser known camera finally turned away from the space station and gave me a great view of the Earth below. Thats today and I noticed this sphere near it and it was changing luminosity and finally after about 1 minute it just disappeared. I made a close up at the end of the video for you. The speed is normal, but you can adjust the youtube settings to go 2.0 speed or more. Amazing because this orb is huge, about the size of a bus. This is 100% proof that aliens are still visiting the space station and still are curious about humans and our way of thinking. Oh...and I put the video into 4k so put it on a TV and see the detail. Usually this particular camera is focused on the space station itself and gives very little view of earth, but today it was changed to give a great view and there it was, full out orb!

Scott C. Waring 

 

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17-11-2025 om 00:58 geschreven door peter  

Saw this while jogging in Bountiful, Utah Nov 14, 2025, then it disappeared, UFO sighting news

Date of sighting: Nov 14, 2025

Location of sighting: Bountiful, Utah, USA

 

Hey all, I recorded this in my back yard this morning and whats really odd is, as soon as I lowered my camera, the UFO 100% disappeared. I wish I had kept it running to show that part. The UFO, which looks to be a huge classic disk shape craft was trying to blend in with the surrounding clouds, but it was just too obvious that it was an alien ship. And the onboard ai sensors that scan telepathically all the human thoughts below for being recognized...like ai searching for keywords in our heads...sky, cloud, UFO, alien, what is that, ect. Anyways take a look at the video, I bet you have seen similar things, but feared ridicule from others over it.

Scott C. Waring 

 

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17-11-2025 om 00:53 geschreven door peter  

Overview

The latest episode of The Proof Is Out There, released on November 16, 2025, tackles a range of visual material that has circulated among UFO and ancient‑technology enthusiasts for decades. The program’s host, a researcher known as “UFOs‑Disclosure,” frames the investigation as a side‑by‑side comparison of grainy vintage footage and cutting‑edge digital analysis, asking whether modern tools can confirm or refute long‑standing claims of anomalous technology. A 10‑minute video accompanying the article (linked in the VibeWire post) presents the raw clips, while the episode walks viewers through frame‑by‑frame examinations, spectral imaging, and AI‑based pattern recognition.

Ancient Dodecahedrons

One of the focal points is a series of black‑and‑white films from the 1970s that appear to show perfectly formed dodecahedrons hovering over archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. Proponents have argued that the shapes indicate a lost advanced civilization or even extraterrestrial engineering. Using contemporary photogrammetry software, the show’s technical team reconstructed the objects’ geometry and found that the apparent edges align with known lens flare artifacts common in low‑light film. Dr. Elena Marquez, a historian of ancient engineering at the University of Barcelona, was consulted:

“The dodecahedron is a mathematically elegant shape, but there is no archaeological record of such objects being manufactured in antiquity. When we apply modern image‑enhancement methods, the ‘solid’ appearance dissolves into a combination of light scattering and film grain.”

The segment concludes that, while the footage is intriguing, the evidence does not meet the threshold for claiming an unknown technology.

Flying Cars and Ocean Flights

The episode also revisits a 1992 news reel from a coastal town in Brazil that captured what looks like a sleek, disc‑shaped craft skimming the ocean surface before accelerating upward. The original broadcast described the sighting as a “flying car” and sparked numerous speculative articles. In the new analysis, engineers employed high‑resolution frame interpolation and spectral signature testing to determine the craft’s material composition. Results showed a reflective surface consistent with conventional aluminum alloy, and the motion profile matched that of a known experimental hydro‑foil vehicle tested by a private aerospace firm in the early 1990s.

“When you overlay the flight path with the firm’s test logs, the correlation is striking,” says aerospace analyst James Liu of the Australian Defence Research Institute. “There is no need to invoke UFOs when a terrestrial prototype explains the observed dynamics.”

The segment emphasizes that the footage, while dramatic, is best understood within the context of emerging VTOL (vertical take‑off and landing) technologies rather than extraterrestrial craft.

Brain‑Implant Allegations

A third segment examines a controversial 2008 interview in which a self‑identified whistleblower claimed that neural implants were being covertly installed to facilitate “mind‑to‑craft” communication. The original video, recorded on a consumer camcorder, featured the subject pointing to a faint scar behind his ear. The show’s investigators used infrared imaging and AI‑driven facial analysis to verify the presence of any subdermal hardware. The analysis detected no anomalous density or metallic signature beyond normal tissue variation.

Dr. Priya Nair, a neuro‑ethicist at the University of Melbourne, cautioned:

“Claims of secret brain‑implant programs have circulated for years, but without verifiable physical evidence they remain speculative. The tools we have today—high‑resolution imaging, spectral analysis—are capable of detecting implants of the size described, and they found nothing.”

The segment underscores the importance of evidence‑based scrutiny when evaluating extraordinary medical claims.

Context and Outlook

The Proof Is Out There aims to bring a scientific lens to material that often fuels sensational headlines. By applying modern analytical software, AI pattern recognition, and expert testimony, the episode demonstrates that many iconic UFO and ancient‑technology clips can be explained through known physical phenomena or historical context. Nonetheless, the program acknowledges that some footage remains “unexplained” due to poor quality or insufficient data, a stance echoed by Dr. Marquez:

“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but it does remind us to remain cautious before leaping to extraordinary conclusions.”

The VibeWire article invites readers to watch the full video for a deeper dive and encourages further submissions of raw footage for independent review. As the field of UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) research continues to professionalize, such transparent, methodical examinations are likely to become the standard for separating fact from folklore.

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16-11-2025 om 21:48 geschreven door peter  

Mysterious Skies and Seas: New UFO and USO Sightings Spark Global Curiosity

Unidentified objects are no longer just a phenomenon of the skies. Increasingly, witnesses from around the world are reporting strange activity beneath the ocean’s surface as well—introducing many people to a lesser-known category of encounters: USOs, or unidentified submersible objects. From luminous shapes gliding through dark waters to craft seemingly transitioning from sea to air without disturbance, the newest cases are igniting worldwide fascination and questions about what might be lurking both above and below us.

A Surge of Unusual Sightings

Recent global reports highlight a pattern: mysterious objects are no longer confined to distant skies or remote military zones. In places like Oklahoma City, unexplained lights have captivated observers; along the coasts of Florida and California, glowing formations under the sea have startled boaters. According to investigators, these sightings show remarkable consistency—strange illumination, silent movement, and behavior that doesn’t align with known technology.

During a recent NewsNation segment, Ben Hansen, host of UFO Witness and a veteran field investigator, described the latest viral footage from the waters off Fort Lauderdale. The clip shows two bright green lights moving beneath the ocean surface at night.

Hansen’s first reaction: not divers.
A certified master diver himself, he emphasized the absence of essential safety indicators—no dive boat, no flags, and no surface support that would make a night dive safe. And while night diving is possible, the behavior and characteristics observed in the video don’t match typical diver lights or movement.

“It’s not phosphorescent algae, it’s not light refraction, and it doesn’t behave like a natural phenomenon,” Hansen explained.

USOs: A Long History, Not a New Trend

Many people assume underwater UFO sightings are a new topic, simply because public interest has recently shifted from the skies to the sea. But according to Hansen, submersible anomalies have been part of reports for decades.

He pointed to earlier incidents near Catalina Island, where pilots and air-traffic controllers reported enormous glowing structures beneath the water—some estimates describing them as “the size of a city.” Witnesses noted the light appeared to activate suddenly, like someone flipping a switch.

Other boaters have reported traveling across pitch-black waters when, without warning, a massive illuminated zone appeared directly beneath their vessel, spanning the length of a football field.

These observations echo testimonies from naval personnel, including the infamous USS Omaha thermal-camera incident, where an object was tracked moving from air to sea without any visible splash or impact—behavior known as transmedium travel.

Fast Movers and High-Speed Anomalies

The U.S. military has acknowledged tracking objects that behave far outside the capabilities of known human technology. Former Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet previously testified about a military program informally referred to as monitoring “Fast Movers.”

These objects, often detected on classified underwater sensors, reportedly travel at speeds no torpedo could survive—sometimes exceeding 100 miles per hour underwater, a feat impossible given current propulsion technology and hydrodynamic limitations.

Some Fast Movers are fleeting blurs. Others appear stationary for long periods. And a small but persistent group behaves unpredictably, transitioning between air and water with no splash, no turbulence, and no detectable propulsion system.

Not Enough Data—But Enough to Raise Questions

Former U.K. Ministry of Defence UFO analyst Nick Pope also weighed in on the latest sightings. While he agrees the Fort Lauderdale footage is intriguing, he cautions that the data remains insufficient to determine a definitive explanation.

As Pope reiterates, the Pentagon itself often concludes that available evidence in such cases lacks critical details: distance to object, speed, sensor quality, atmospheric conditions, and other context necessary for firm identification.

But unclear footage doesn’t erase the larger pattern. Across oceans and continents, witnesses continue describing:

• Objects illuminating the sea from below
• Craft entering water without displacement
• High-speed underwater movement
• Lights with no visible source
• Sudden “switch-like” activation of massive illuminated zones

Patterns repeated independently in multiple countries, decades apart, by civilians and military personnel alike.

The New Frontier of Unexplained Phenomena

The shift from UFOs to USOs expands the mystery dramatically. If some of these objects truly operate in both air and sea, they challenge everything we know about physics, engineering, and propulsion.

Investigators stress that the phenomenon is far larger than any single video. What’s emerging is a global mosaic of strange sightings—glowing shapes in deep water, fast-moving aerial anomalies, and objects effortlessly transitioning between the two environments.

Whether these represent unknown natural phenomena, advanced technology, misidentification, or something truly extraordinary remains unknown. But one thing is certain: the ocean, which covers 70% of Earth and remains largely unexplored, may be holding secrets as complex as those of the skies.

As new sightings continue to surface, scientists, military analysts, and civilian researchers are calling for deeper investigation—not just of our atmosphere, but of our oceans as well. The next major discovery in the UFO mystery might not come from above, but from the depths below.

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16-11-2025 om 21:31 geschreven door peter  

Top fighter pilot breaks 45-year silence to reveal bombshell UFO encounter with '50ft triangular craft' at nuclear base

By JOSH BOSWELL, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and CHRIS SHARP

A former Top Gun pilot has come forward as a new witness linked to a 1980 UFO incident dubbed 'the British Roswell'.

Decorated US fighter pilot Dan Isbell, 69, broke a 45-year silence to reveal his encounter with a 50ft triangular craft surrounded by multicolored 'plasma' light near a nuclear base he was stationed at in England on December 26, 1980.

The incident is significant as it occurred on the same day that US Air Force personnel at another English nuclear base, RAF Woodbridge, in Suffolk, saw a similar craft descending into neighboring Rendlesham Forest – then got so close they could touch the metallic object.

The Rendlesham UFO incident was captured on audio tape by a senior officer, written up in reports released three years later, and became the UK's most famous out-of-this-world encounter.

Isbell's sighting adds to the theory by UFO researchers that the strange objects were targeting military bases housing nuclear weapons, a pattern which has been highlighted in reports by the Department of Defense's UFO-monitoring office.

That night in 1980, Isbell was a 24-year-old first lieutenant working Christmas shifts as a pilot of nuclear-capable fighter jets at RAF Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, while his superiors with families took time off.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, he said that around 10pm on December 26, he was driving his imported red Corvette along a country road between the airbase and the US servicemen's accommodation when he saw something he couldn't explain.

'In my rear view mirror I saw some unusual multicolored lights traveling very rapidly, just over the trees to the side of the road,' he said. 'As it zipped past me, it just stopped instantaneously.'

US fighter pilot Dan Isbell spoke publicly for the first time about his encounter with a massive UFO while he was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire in 1980 

Isbell, pictured sitting in a flight-test-modified F-16A at the Hill Aerospace Museum in 2018, was a 24-year-old first lieutenant working a shift on the nuclear base when he witnessed the rare event 

Isbell said he pulled over and watched what appeared to be a silent, floating, 50ft craft.

'It was triangular, but it had sort of a curved nose. Around the bottom, there were multi-colored changing lights, almost like a plasma,' he said.

'We were very well trained before we were declared mission-qualified, on how to identify every type of aircraft and helicopter that belonged to NATO or the Soviet Union. It was quite clear this was not conventional.'

Isbell said he started to make his way across a golf course on the side of the road towards the object, getting within 150ft.

'As I walked toward it, it began to slowly descend down,' he said.

'But then I began to realize that the stigma of a UFO sighting was death to a pilot's career. So I quickly reversed course.

'I hurried back to my car and went home. I didn't tell anyone for 45 years,' Isbell added.

In the early hours of the same day, about 110 miles away on the east English coast in Suffolk, American officers at another USAF base holding nuclear weapons saw a similar object.

The former fighter pilot shared an FBI Forensic Artist Drawing of his UFO encounters in 1980 

At the time of the supposed UFO sighting, Isbell was working at night at the RAF Upper Heyford (pictured) a former Royal Air Force and US Air Force base in Oxfordshire, England 

Isbell is pictured during his time as 514th Flight Test Squadron Commander between June 1994 to June 1997

After seeing a strange light descend into Rendlesham Forest, two USAF security patrolmen were sent to investigate.

According to a memo written by deputy base commander Lt. Col. Charles Halt, they saw an apparent nine-foot craft, 'metallic in appearance and triangular in shape', which 'illuminated the entire forest with a white light'.

'The object itself had a pulsing red light on top and a bank(s) of blue lights underneath,' said Halt's memo, released under the Freedom of Information Act in 1983.

'The object was hovering or on legs. As the patrolmen approached the object, it maneuvered through the trees and disappeared. At this time the animals on a nearby farm went into a frenzy.'

Two days later, while investigating marks on the trees and ground believed to be left by the craft, Halt himself witnessed strange lights and recorded his reaction on an audio tape, which was also released to researchers in 1984.

Skeptical researchers, including Ian Ridpath, say the marks on trees were foresters' axe cuts, indentations in the ground were animal burrows, and the lights were from a nearby lighthouse.

But one of the patrolmen sent out on December 26, Sgt. Jim Penniston, claims he saw the craft up close, and even sketched it in a notepad a few days later.

In 2015 the other patrolman, Airman First Class John Burroughs, received medical disability benefits for alleged radiation poisoning linked to the event, with the help of Senator John McCain, after a yearslong battle with the Pentagon which had strangely classified his medical records. 

Isbell's encounter would've occurred on the same day that US Air Force personnel at another base 110 miles away at RAF Woodbridge on England's east coast reported seeing a similar craft descending into the nearby Rendlesham Forest – where a sculpture of the reported UFO now stands 

This photograph shows police examining the alleged landing site of another 'triangular craft' in Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, England, the morning of the alleged sighting on December 26, 1980

Deep marks and indentations on the trees and ground at the Rendlesham Forest were believed to be left by the UFO, however, this was disputed by skeptical researchers, including Ian Ridpath, who say they were from foresters' axe cuts

Former British police detective and UFO researcher Gary Heseltine, who wrote a book on the incident and helped Isbell come forward, says the pilot's sighting the same day as the Rendlesham incident at another UK nuclear base is significant.

'Dan Isbell is as credible a witness you could ever wish for,' Heseltine, who wrote the book Non-Human: The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incidents, told the Daily Mail.

He described Isbell as 'someone with a stellar flight career' giving 'high caliber witness testimony'.

'His account offers a remarkable circumstantial link to Britain's most famous case, the Rendlesham Forest Incident that occurred in late December 1980.'

Heseltine now runs a site for UK pilots to report UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) incidents, ukpilotsreportinguap.co.uk. 

Isbell said it was the first, but not the last, time he had a UFO encounter.

Later in the 1980s he became a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. One night in 1990, he drove out on his motorbike to a secluded area near the base to stargaze.

'Suddenly this large wedge-like shape started blanking out the stars above my head,' he said.

'There were no lights anywhere on it. It was absolutely solid black, but huge… Hundreds of feet across.

In a January 1981 memo of the Rendlesham Forest incident, Deputy Base Commander Lt. Col. Charles Halt documented the December 26 sighting (reported as December 27 by Halt) describing the craft as 'metallic in appearance and triangular in shape'

UFO researcher Gary Heseltine wrote a book on the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident, Non-Human, which included Isbell's account 

'I felt a little electrostatic on my skin.

'I certainly wasn't going to tell anybody about that,' he added. 'I did not hang around long enough to see the back end of it.'

Then two decades later in 2014, the now-retired pilot was in the hot tub in the back yard of his home in Silver Springs, Florida, when he said the night was lit up with a bright blue-green glow.

'It encompassed me and the hot tub,' Isbell told the Daily Mail. 'The beam came to a point above me, probably 2-300ft high.'

He said the bright light prevented him from making out the object. But then the alleged encounter got even stranger.

'The beam went out, but immediately a large sphere of plasma enveloped whatever it was,' he said.

The sphere doubled, then quadrupled in size, then vanished, he said.

'The acceleration was so fast, it just disappeared,' Isbell said.

After retiring from the Air Force, Isbell became a consultant with a security clearance, working on lasers and directed energy weapons.

He said he has decided to finally come forward with his UFO stories now, after leaving his classified role.

'I have nothing else to worry about. I have retired out of all that. They can take away my security clearance, it doesn't matter anymore,' he said.

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15-11-2025 om 23:13 geschreven door peter  

Top fighter pilot breaks 45-year silence to reveal bombshell UFO encounter with '50ft triangular craft' at nuclear base - Daily Mail

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15-11-2025 om 22:59 geschreven door peter  

UFO lights 12:30 AM Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA Nov 6, 2025 UAP paranormal sighting news, alien 👽

Date of sighting: Nov 6, 2025

Location of sighting: Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA

Source: NUFORC

 

A person recorded a glowing sphere around the back yard. It was cloaked, however its outer surface can be partly seen above in two different location, revealing two UFOs. Fantastic catch, very rare, but the UFO did give itself away by accident. 

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13-11-2025 om 20:54 geschreven door peter  

UFO at Katni, India 🇮🇳 Nov 7, 2025 UAP paranormal sighting news 📰 alien craft 👽

Date of sighting: Nov 7, 2025

Location of sighting: Katni, Madhya Pradesh, India

Source: NUFORC

 

This light was seen over a small city in India last week. The UFO was seen during a dusty smoggy day where no blue was visible, but this glowing object was very clearly seen. The eyewitness believes that it could be an alien abduction taking place somewhere in the city of Katni, and I know it's very possible. Abductions still do take place around the world, because aliens...they love research, they love data, they love new discoveries in information. 

Scott C. Waring 

 

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13-11-2025 om 20:40 geschreven door peter  

Orange UAP over Christchurch, New Zealand Nov 8, 2025, UFO paranormal breaking news 📰 alien stuff 😎

Date of sighting: Nov 8, 2025

Location of sighting: Christchurch, New Zealand

Source: NUFORC

 

Watch this strange mysterious ball of light move across the sky. Its huge, car size or more and it's a perfect sphere. The city of Christchurch is the hotspot of all New Zealand...if there's a UFO...it's always at Christchurch. This is a sign...something big coming in Christchurch...something bad always happens after UFO sightings there...not a good sign for them, but 100% real. 

Scott C. Waring 

 

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13-11-2025 om 20:34 geschreven door peter  

Het opsporen van UAP-mythen door de eeuwen heen: een uitgebreide historische analyse

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), vaak aangeduid als ‘onbekende vliegende objecten’, worden tegenwoordig vooral geassocieerd met moderne technologieën, geheime overheidsprogramma’s en de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven. Toch is het patroon van mysterieuze luchtverschijnselen niet nieuw en strekt het zich al duizenden jaren terug in de geschiedenis. Doorheen de tijd heeft de mensheid de onverklaarbare waarnemingen in de lucht geïnterpreteerd op manieren die diep verankerd zijn in hun sociale, religieuze en culturele wereldbeeld. In dit artikel voegen we een gedetailleerde en uitgebreide blik toe op hoe UAP-mythen zich door de geschiedenis hebben ontwikkeld, ondersteund met concrete voorbeelden uit verschillende periodes en culturen. We laten zien dat deze verschijnselen niet louter het resultaat zijn van natuurlijke of technologische verklaringen, maar vaak een spiegel vormen voor de menselijke behoefte aan betekenis, interpretatie en geïntegreerde wereldbeelden.

Oudheid: Hemellichamen als goddelijke boodschappers

Het verhaal begint in de oudheid, waarbij de hemel niet verder werd gezien dan een kristallen koorden die de goden symboliseerden of een mysterieus domein waarin bovennatuurlijke krachten heersten. De Mesopotamische beschrijvingen van ‘disken van vuur’ op de codex tablets (zoals te vinden in het Sumerische en Babylonië) geven hiervan een levendige indruk. Deze ‘disken’ werden in de literatuur vaak afgebeeld als bewegende, lichtgevende objecten die Nieuwen en Oude koningen aanschouwden tijdens hun rituelen of militaire campagnes. Mesopotamische priesters beschouwden deze fenomeen mogelijk als teken van de goden of als communicatie van bovennatuurlijke machten.

Een bekend voorbeeld hiervan is de beschrijving in een 7de-eeuwse Babylonische tekst, waar een ‘reuzenwiel’ wordt gezien dat in de hemel beweegt. Ook de Egyptische bronnen, zoals de beroemde “Pyramide Teksten” en inscripties uit de Oude Egyptische dynastieën, spreken van bovennatuurlijke verschijnselen die niet alleen astronomisch, maar ook spiritueel geladen zijn. Bijvoorbeeld, de ‘hemellichamen’ werden niet alleen als sterren en planeten gezien, maar ook als manifestaties van goddelijke kracht en tekenen van het lot.

In de Bijbel wordt een opvallend voorbeeld gevonden in het boek Ezekiel (hoofdstuk 1), waarin een complexe beschrijving wordt gegeven van ‘het wiel binnen een wiel’, omgeven door glanzende vuur en kolommen van licht. Wat Ezekiel zag, wordt vaak geïnterpreteerd als een visionaire beschrijving van een hemelse voertuig of een niet-menselijk machinaal apparaat. Hoewel moderne wetenschappers meestal sceptisch zijn over een letterlijke lezing, suggereren sommige theoretici dat deze symbolische taal mogelijk is geïnspireerd door echte observations van ongewone luchtverschijnselen — wellicht door natuurlijke lichtbogen of atmosferische verschijnselen, die door de culturele bril werden geprojecteerd als hemelse mobiliteit.

De centrale notie blijft dat in deze oude beschrijvingen de hemel niet slechts een decor voor natuurverschijnselen was, maar een actief domein waarin de goddelijke of bovennatuurlijke krachten zichtbaar werden in vormen die voor de mensen betekenis moesten hebben. Volgens historicus Dr. Leila Hassan, die gespecialiseerd is in oude Mesopotamische teksten: “Deze beschrijvingen waren minder gericht op technologische verschijnselen en meer op het toeschrijven van een hogere (bovennatuurlijke) macht, iets dat nog steeds terug te vinden is in onze interpretatie van UAP-waarnemingen vandaag.”

Middeleeuwen: Hemelse strijd en religieuze interpretaties

In de overgang van de oudheid naar de middeleeuwen, kregen de mythes over luchtverschijnselen een nieuwe dimensie – verweven met de religieuze en politieke turbulentie van de tijd. Het voorbeeld van de beroemde Nuremberg-broadsheet uit 1561 markeert deze evolutionaire fase. De illustratie toont felle, cilindrische en bolvormige objecten die in de lucht in een soort ‘gevecht’ betrokken lijken te zijn. Mede door de artistieke en tryptische stijl van de tijd werden deze verschijnselen vaak geïnterpreteerd als tekenen van goddelijke oorlogen of apocalyptische voorspellingen.

Veelbelangrijker is dat het fenomeen van luchtgevechten en vliegende objecten in de middeleeuwen ook in andere culturen werd waargenomen. Een opvallend voorbeeld is de Japanse ‘Utsuro-bune’—een holografisch vallende scheepstype dat in de Edo-periode (17de tot 19de eeuw) verscheen op oude illustraties en verhalen. Deze ‘holle boot’ werd vaak afgebeeld als stralend en geheimzinnig en zou volgens de vertellingen bemand zijn door buitenaardse of niet-menselijke wezens.

Skeptici verklaren dergelijke waarnemingen vaak als optische illusies, zoals zonnegloed, mist of atmosferische opticische verschijnselen als parel- of halospectra. Echter, de culturele reactie op deze vreemde verschijnselen was consistent: men probeerde het te begrijpen binnen het bestaande religieuze kader. Als de hemel vol stond met vuur en licht, dan moest dat wel een morele of eschatologische betekenis hebben. Professor Hans Meier, een vooraanstaand medievalist, stelt dat “de middeleeuwse kijk op de hemel was een theater voor engelen en demonen. Elke afwijking in licht werd automatisch geïnterpreteerd als een bovennatuurlijke strijd, een teken van goddelijke tussenkomst of duivelshandelen.”

Renaissance en de ontdekking van de wetenschap

Met de opkomst van de Renaissance en de wetenschappelijke revolutie ontstond er een nieuwe aanpak. Mensen begonnen zich vragen te stellen bij hemelverschijnselen en probeerden ze te verklaren met behulp van waarnemingen en experimenten in plaats van louter religieuze interpretaties. De uitvinding van de telescoop en de toepassing van astronomische principes door bijvoorbeeld Galileo Galilei en Johannes Kepler banaalden de oude mythes af.

Tegelijkertijd bleef de fascinatie voor luchtverschijnselen bestaan, vooral onder de gewone bevolking. In de 17e en 18e eeuw werden bijvoorbeeld ‘fantoomschepen’ en ‘lichtballonnen’ vaak waargenomen, met sommige rapporten die sterk lijken op de moderne UAP-voorstellingen. De beroemde ‘Dagen van de Maan’ of de observaties van niet-gevallen hemellichamen zorgden voor speculatie, maar ook voor wetenschappelijke nieuwsgierigheid.

In 1896 groeide deze interesse explosief tijdens de ‘Great Airship Wave’ in de Verenigde Staten. Honderden getuigen meldden het zien van mysterieuze, cigar-shaped of cilindervormige luchtvaartuigen die zich lieten zien boven dorpen en steden, soms met fakkels of stralende lichten. Hoewel veel hiervan later werd toegeschreven aan overactieve verbeelding, hoaxes of natuurlijke verschijnselen zoals ballonnen of meteorologische ballonnen, toont het duidelijke dat de menselijke perceptie van het vreemde niets is afgenomen, maar eerder is geëvolueerd. Volgens Dr. Eleanor Whitaker, die in 1901 een studie publiceerde over deze waarnemingen: “Hoe beter onze meetinstrumenten worden, hoe meer wij ons bewust worden van het onbegrijpelijke in de lucht.”

De twintigste eeuw: van mythos tot militaire en wetenschappelijke analyses

De grote sprong in UAP-mythen kwam in de 20e eeuw, vooral tijdens de koude oorlog. Het ontstaan van de atomare dreiging en het ruimtevaarttijdperk beïnvloedden de interpretaties van hemelverschijnselen sterk. Na de beroemde R-17 “Roswell Incident” in 1947 en de radarcontacten boven Washington D.C. in 1952, werd de lucht boven de landen niet langer slechts een mysterie, maar ook een potentiële militaire threatening.

Deze periode wordt gekenmerkt door intense media- en militaire belangstelling en het ontstaan van officiële instanties zoals de U.S. Air Force’s Project Sign en later Project Blue Book, die moeten uitzoeken of UAP gevaarlijk waren of niet. Terwijl veel waarnemingen uiteindelijk konden worden verklaard door natuurlijke verschijnselen, zoals weerballonnen, stof, weersverschijnselen of menselijke activiteit, bleef de grote vraag bestaan: zijn er objecten die niet kunnen worden verklaard en die mogelijk buitenaards van oorsprong zijn?

In 2004 en 2015 kwamen de Amerikaanse Navy en Air Force opnieuw in het nieuws doordat zij het publiek toegang gaven tot korte videobeelden van UAP’s. In deze beelden, zoals die vrijgegeven zijn door het Pentagon, wordt duidelijk dat het militaire personeel werd geconfronteerd met objecten die snel bewogen, ongebruikelijke snelheden bereikten en mysterieuze vormen aannamen — vaak zonder duidelijke verklaring. Een belangrijke conclusie was dat deze objecten niet kon worden herleid tot bekende militaire technologieën of natuurlijke verschijnselen. Deze gebeurtenissen hebben geleid tot hernieuwde wetenschappelijke interesse en tot de vorming van officiële instanties zoals het Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF).

Hedendaagse interpretaties: Cultuur, wetenschap en de zoektocht naar antwoorden

Tegenwoordig staat de discussie rond UAP niet alleen meer in het teken van mysterie en quasi-mystieke interpretaties. Wetenschappers, overheden en het publiek zoeken nu naar bewijs dat deze objecten mogelijk buitenaards, of in ieder geval niet-menselijk, kunnen zijn. Tegelijkertijd blijft de culturele interpretatie een sterke factor: onze samenleving wijst nog altijd naar de hemel en zoekt patronen, zelfs in de meest ongewone verschijnselen.

Onderzoekers zoals dr. Jacques Vallée en Avi Loeb benadrukken dat het bestuderen van UAP’s niet alleen een technologische uitdaging is, maar ook een culturele en psychologische. Vallée, een pionier in de studie van onverklaarbare fenomenen, stelt dat “ons culturele referentiekader bepaalt hoe we deze verschijnselen interpreteren. We projecteren onze angsten, hoop en overtuigingen op de lucht, wat de waarnemingen soms vervormt.”

De recente publieke rapporten en officiële verklaringen hebben geleid tot een hernieuwde interesse in het verzamelen en analyseren van gegevens, met projecten zoals het UAP Analysis and Data Collection Project van de Amerikaanse overheid. Tot op heden ligt de focus vooral op het vaststellen of deze objecten bedreigingen vormen voor de nationale veiligheid.

Conclusie: Een voortdurend verhaal tussen mythen en wetenschap

Wat blijkt uit de lange geschiedenis van UAP’mythen? Het is dat deze verschijnselen altijd een reflectie zijn geweest van menselijke zorgen, overtuigingen en wereldbeelden. Terwijl de technologie evolueerde en onze instrumenten verfijnd werden, bleef de fascinatie voor de onverklaarbare luchtverschijnselen bestaan. Van de symboliek van vuur en cirkels in oude Mesopotamische teksten, via middeleeuwse interpretaties van hemel- en engelengestalten, tot de moderne radar en satellietwaarnemingen, is er een voortdurende menselijke neiging om het onbekende te interpreteren binnen een bestaand kader.

De uitdaging blijft echter hetzelfde: het ontcijferen van wat echt is en wat cultureel gekleurd. Ondertussen vormt dit eeuwige verhaal tussen mythos en wetenschap een fascinerende zoektocht naar antwoorden — niet alleen over de aard en oorsprong van UAP’s, maar ook over onze eigen relatie tot de hemel, het onbekende en de grenzen van kennis.

Bronnen en voorbeelden:

• Mesopotamische cuneiformteksten: Beschrijvingen van ‘disken van vuur’ en hemellichamen die bewegen aan de hemel (bijvoorbeeld uit het Gilgamesh-epos).

Een drietalige spijkerschriftinscriptie van Xerxes I bij het Van-fort in Turkije, een Achaemenidische koninklijke inscriptie geschreven in Oudperzisch, Elamitisch en Babylonische vormen van spijkerschrift

• Egyptische inscripties: Artikelen over goddelijke manifestaties en hemelse principes.

Een close-up van hiërogliefen op de steen van Rosetta, met een cartouche waarin de naam van Ptolemaeus V staat, gevolgd door "eeuwig leven".

• Ezekiel’s ‘wiel binnen een wiel’: Visioen dat mogelijk natuurlijke of symbolische interpretaties heeft, maar nu vaak wordt gekoppeld aan UAP-voorstellingen.

• Nuremberg-broadsheet (1561): Illustratie en verslag van wat werd beschreven als luchtgevecht met cilindervormige objecten.

Het hemelse verschijnsel boven de Duitse stad Neurenberg op 14 april 1561, zoals afgedrukt in een geïllustreerde nieuwsbrief in dezelfde maand

• Edo-illustraties van Utsuro-bune: Verhalen over vermeende buitenaardse schepen en buitenaardse waarnemingen.

De legende van de utsuro-bune in een illustratie van het anonieme werk Hyoryu-ki-shu (1868).

Bron: Publiek domein / Wikimedia Commons

De utsuro-bune, getekend in 1844 door Nagahashi Matajirou voor een editie van Ume-no-chiri.

Bron: Publiek Domein / Wikimedia Commons

• De ‘Great Airship Wave’ (1896): Een golf van waarnemingen in de VS van mysterieuze luchtvaartuigen.

• Modern militaire rapporten: Verenigde Staten Navy video’s van 2004 en 2015.

• Wetenschappelijke analyses: De werken van Jacques Vallée, Avi Loeb en de rapporten van officiële instanties zoals de UAPTF.

Kortom, de geschiedenis van UAP-mythen is niet alleen een verhaal van het onbekende, maar ook een reflectie van de menselijke drang naar begrip — een verhaal dat zich uitstrekt van de oude beschavingen tot de hedendaagse wetenschap. Het lijkt erop dat de hemel altijd een spiegel zal blijven voor onze dromen, angsten en zoektocht naar de waarheid.*

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