Could a Navy Laser Countermeasure Explain Some Tic-Tac UAP Reports?

By Ivan Petricevic

In this report

1. The Nimitz reports involve more than a bright spot
2. What is a laser-induced plasma filament?
3. Where the explanation fits—and where it does not
4. The useful conclusion is narrower than the headline
5. Sources and further reading

The idea that some UAP might be glowing plasma rather than solid craft has been around for years. Avi Loeb has now applied that possibility to one of the best-known cases in the modern UAP record: the 2004 encounter involving Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group.

Loeb is not claiming that the case has been solved. His recent analysis asks a narrower question: could a powerful laser create a luminous structure that looks like a compact object, appears on infrared sensors and is mistaken for a craft? The answer is that the underlying physics is real. Whether it can explain what the Nimitz pilots and radar operators reported is a much harder question.

That distinction matters. A plausible mechanism is not the same thing as evidence that the mechanism was used in a particular encounter.

The Nimitz reports involve more than a bright spot

The Nimitz case is usually discussed through the “Tic-Tac” description given by pilot David Fravor and other witnesses. The reports describe a smooth, white object without visible wings, rotors or an engine. The object was seen above the Pacific near the USS Princeton in November 2004, and the encounter has been discussed alongside radar data and later-released infrared video.

The most dramatic descriptions involve rapid movement over a large distance. But the case is not a single photograph with a ruler beside it. The public record combines testimony, radar accounts, video and later interpretations, while leaving important details about the sensors and geometry unavailable. That makes the distance, apparent speed and shape of the object central to any serious explanation.

Curiosmos has previously examined why a UAP label describes an observation rather than an origin. A case can remain unidentified because the data are incomplete without demonstrating that the object was non-human. The Nimitz encounter belongs in that unresolved space.

What is a laser-induced plasma filament?

When an intense laser pulse travels through air, it can ionize molecules along its path and create a narrow channel of plasma. Plasma is an electrically charged gas. It can glow, emit infrared radiation and interact with radar in ways that make it visible to more than one type of sensor.

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NASA unveils plan to build a city on the MOON in just six years where astronauts can live and work for 'extended periods'

By WILIAM HUNTER, SENIOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER

NASA has unveiled ambitious plans to build a base on the moon by 2032, where astronauts will be able to live and work for an 'extended period'.

The space agency revealed a swath of new contracts at its Max Power event at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, its first-ever aerospace technology expo.

The biggest announcements included advancements in robotic deliveries, a nuclear-powered lunar rover, and the first steps towards building infrastructure for the moon's surface.

All of that will be supported by huge investments in 'long-distance freight trucks' for space to haul heavy cargo out to lunar orbit.

NASA's goal is now to have all the raw materials and equipment waiting in place by the time that humans start establishing a permanent presence on our lunar satellite.

However, with the next Artemis mission currently scheduled for 2027 and a moon landing in 2028, NASA has set itself an extremely tight deadline.

To meet the 2032 target, initially set by the Ignition Initiative in March, the agency will rely heavily on commercial aerospace companies to provide everything from rockets to landers.

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said at the Max Power event: 'When our astronauts return to the Moon, they will arrive with the first elements of the Moon Base already waiting for them on the surface.'

NASA's current goal is to have all the cargo and equipment needed already waiting on the lunar surface by the time humans arrive in the 2030s. Pictured: Artist's impression of a lunar bas

Eight months ago, NASA launched Ignition and brought in a dramatic change to its plans for a lunar outpost.

The space agency officially abandoned the long-imperilled lunar orbiter, Lunar Gateway, in favour of going straight to the moon's surface.

The new moon mission was slated to take place in three phases over the coming years.

Phase one would be to replace one-off launches with a 'templated approach' to speed up mission development, and start exploring the moon with robotic missions.

Phase two would be to create a 'semi-habitable infrastructure' on the lunar surface, while phase three expands that infrastructure into a permanent moon base.

At the time, NASA's timeline for these missions was vague and little detail was given on how they would be established.

But now, NASA is putting significant investment behind commercial companies to start delivering real progress towards an American base on the moon.

The agency has made deals with numerous companies, including Blue Origin, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Intuitive Machines, Firefly Aerospace, Voyager Technologies, and ispace-US.

NASA has unveiled ambitious plans to build a base on the moon by 2032, where astronauts will be able to live and work for an 'extended period' (artist's impression)

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman (pictured) says that the space ageny's astronauts will 'arrive with the first elements of the Moon Base already waiting for them on the surface'

Carlos García-Galán, manager of NASA's Moon Base Programme, says: 'We've consolidated numerous efforts into a streamlined program, evolving our human exploration architecture into an iterative and sustained campaign for Moon Base technology development and implementation.

'Most importantly, we've taken action, awarding new contracts and forging new partnerships to accelerate development.'

The biggest of those is a 10-year, multiple-award contract with a combined value of $10billion (£7.5billion) to provide lunar deliveries, including managing, building and operating landers.

This contract, dubbed CLPS 2, is the next phase of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).

NASA has also expanded the original CLPS contract, CLPS 1.0, from $2.6billion (£1.95billion) to $4.2billion (£3.15billion) to support Phase One moon missions.

The agency is also planning how to explore more of the lunar surface with a nuclear-powered rover called the Polar Rover for Observation, Mapping and In-Situ Exploration, or Promise.

Unlike solar-powered rovers, Promise will be able to survive the two-week lunar night and explore the permanently shadowed regions of the deepest craters, which could be filled with vital water ice.

Promise will carry a drill to extract dust and ice from up to three feet (one metre) beneath the lunar surface, as well as spectrometers, temperature and radiation sensors, and a camera.

To help astronauts explore, NASA has awarded a contract to develop and launch a new nuclear-powered rover called Promise (pictured) 

While the rover will be built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory out of spare flight components and test models for the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, Blue Origin has been awarded a $94million (£70.55million) contract for the mission, plus a bonus of $140million (£105million) if they can deliver it to the moon's South Pole.

Meanwhile, NASA has also awarded contracts for energy storage and transmission infrastructure to Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, and Yank Technologies.

These companies will create solar arrays, batteries and wireless power hardware to create a Mini-Communications and Solar Tower that will be deployed to the moon.

Getting that infrastructure onto the lunar surface will require a robotic transportation network of landers capable of ferrying payloads from orbit to the surface.

However, the space agency also needs a way of getting those landers to the moon in the first place.

For this, NASA announced contracts with Blue Origin, Arrow Science and Technology and Impulse Space to create Orbital Transfer Vehicles to carry heavy loads from Earth.

To meet the 2032 target, initially set by the Ignition Initiative in March, the agency will rely heavily on commercial aerospace companies to provide everything from rockets to landers (artist's impression)

The agency says these would be developed across three flight missions to get the moon ready for human habitation, with a combined cost of approximately $1.3billion (£975million).

The first mission will test that communication and navigation methods work correctly on the journey to the moon, delivering the CAPSTONE 02 spacecraft to deep space for testing.

The second will explore the South Pole using the hopping MoonFall drones to scout for the best spot for a moon base.

Finally, the third mission will test the infrastructure in various lunar orbits to help maximise the amount of cargo that future missions can deliver.

Mr Isaacman says: 'We are building the Moon Base mission by mission.

'Today's announcements expand nearly every part of that campaign, using the playbook that carried NASA through its greatest eras: fly often, learn, apply those lessons, and get more better and more capable with every mission.'

WHAT WAS THE APOLLO PROGRAMME?

This NASA photo taken on July 16, 1969 shows the huge, 363ft tall Apollo 11 rocket launched from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center

Apollo was the NASA programme that launched in 1961 and got the first man on the moon eight years later.

The first four flights tested the equipment for the Apollo Program and six of the other seven flights managed to land on the moon.

The first manned mission to the moon was Apollo 8 which circled around it on Christmas Eve in 1968 but did not land.

The crew of Apollo 9 spent ten days orbiting Earth and completed the first manned flight of the lunar module – the section of the Apollo rocket that would later land Neil Armstrong on the moon.  

The Apollo 11 mission was the first one to land on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.

The capsule landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, carrying mission commander Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the lunar surface while Michael Collins remained in orbit around the moon. 

When Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, he said, 'That's one small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind.'

Apollo 12 landed later that year on November 19 on the Ocean of Storms.

Apollo 13 was to be the third mission to land on the moon, but just under 56 hours into flight, an oxygen tank explosion forced the crew to cancel the lunar landing and move into the Aquarius lunar module to return back to Earth.  

Apollo 15 was the ninth manned lunar mission in the Apollo space program, and considered at the time the most successful manned space flight up to that moment because of its long duration and greater emphasis on scientific exploration than had been possible on previous missions. 

The last Apollo moon landing happened in 1972 after a total of 12 astronauts had touched down on the lunar surface.

Astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin is pictured unpacking experiments from the lunar module on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. He was photographed by Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969

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Noah's Ark discovery revealed as first photos show wood buried 30 feet underground

By STACY KAISER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A discovery buried deep beneath a remote mountainside in Turkey could offer a new clue in the centuries-old search for Noah's Ark.

Researchers investigating the Durupınar Formation near Mount Ararat recently announced that pieces of charred wood were found about 30 feet below the surface.

Now, the first photographs of the fragments have been released, revealing blackened, cracked wood with visible grain patterns and markings that researchers believe may have been made by ancient tools. 

Archaeologist Dr Cenker Atila told FOX News: 'One of the wooden pieces clearly shows signs of human workmanship. 

'Its surface appears to have been slightly shaped and flattened using an axe or a knife.

'The fact that these wooden fragments were found at such a considerable depth indicates that they may belong to an ancient period.'

The samples have been sent to four independent laboratories in different countries to determine their age, identify the type of wood and investigate their origins.

The formation's location and boat-like outline have long fueled comparisons with the biblical account, which places the ark's resting place in the 'mountains of Ararat.'

Researchers investigating the Durupınar Formation near Mount Ararat recently announced that pieces of charred wood were found about 30 feet below the surface

The site is a mysterious formation in Turkey that some believe looks like a massive boat 

The Durupınar Formation lies about 18 miles south of Mount Ararat, Turkey's highest peak.

Researchers also point to its roughly 515-foot length, which they say corresponds to the vessel described in Genesis.

Using their conversion of biblical measurements, the ark would have measured approximately 515 feet long, 86 feet wide and 52 feet tall.

Andrew Jones, founder of Noah's Ark Scans, which is involved in the investigation, said in a statement: 'We're testing this material to establish its age, identify the type of wood and look for traces of tree pitch.

'After decades of searching, this could be a crucial piece of the puzzle.'

The reference to pitch is significant because the Bible describes Noah being instructed to coat the ark inside and out with the waterproofing substance.

However, the wood's charred appearance does not establish that pitch was present or that the fragments came from an ancient vessel.

The discovery of the wood follows radar scans that Dr Khosrow Bakhtar, a veteran US defense scientist, said revealed patterns resembling chambers and corridors inside the roughly 515-foot-long formation. 

Researchers said that some pieces appeared to have been deliberately cut or shaped with tools

The samples have been sent to four independent laboratories in different countries to determine their age, identify the type of wood and investigate their origins

'This is the most significant finding of 45 years of my career. It's not geologic-related, because we masked all the geologic features,' Bakhtar said in a late October press release.

The latest investigation builds on a 2019 radar survey that detected straight lines and angular patterns the team interpreted as possible walls, passageways and compartments.

This year, Bakhtar examined the formation using a more powerful radar system developed through US Air Force research, capable of reaching deeper underground.

The team reported detecting large underground boundaries and spaces that it interpreted as possible sediment-filled chambers, corridors and tunnels.

Five prominent features appeared to form a possible tunnel system stretching roughly 151 feet, with an average height of more than 14 feet.

Researchers also identified a thick underground layer that appeared to contain three separate sublayers, drawing comparisons with the Bible's description of an ark built with three decks.

A radar scan of Turkey's Durupınar Formation shows underground features that researchers interpreted as possible buried passageways at the suspected Noah's Ark site

The team found pottery that they say predates what biblical scholars call the Great Flood. Pictured right is the Turkish archaeologist leading the project, Dr Cenker Atila from Sivas Cumhuriyet University

'In our holy books, Noah's Ark had three levels; in our radar studies, we also identified a formation with three levels,' said Atila, an archaeologist at Sivas Cumhuriyet University in Turkey.

The team claims it has '100 percent confirmed' that the formation is a 'man-made object' rather than a natural geological feature.

Jones, who has investigated the area for nearly 30 years, previously told the Daily Mail that neither radar surveys nor drilling inside the formation had detected limestone or solid bedrock.

'This destroys the theory that the site is a solid limestone block shaped into a boat by glaciers and weathering after coming down the mountainside, and it also refutes the theory that this is bedrock around which mud flowed to form the shape,' he said.

Further studies using infrared thermography (IRT) could show a ship-shaped hull under the soil

The radar captured 'a series of right angles' about 20 feet down, which researchers believe could be rooms that held animals on the ark

However, ruling out those explanations would not, by itself, establish that the formation was built by people.

Radar readings are also not photographs of exposed rooms or passageways. They show how signals respond to different materials and boundaries underground, which must be physically examined to establish what produced them.

The team is using the scans to identify promising locations for further drilling.

Jones acknowledged that the findings have not definitively identified the formation as the biblical vessel.

'I firmly believe the Durupınar Formation represents the buried remains of Noah's Ark,' he said, describing the scans as a 'compelling new line of evidence' rather than definitive proof

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A giant, jellyfish-like UFO was filmed hovering in the direction of a US military base in Alaska before disappearing within minutes.

Sara Jane Osborn told the Daily Mail she was photographing a rainbow in Anchorage when a dark object emerged above distant trees near what she believed was Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).

JBER hosts F-22 Raptor fighters and supports air defense, surveillance and military airlift operations. 

The encounter unfolded on June 15 at around 10.13pm, she recalled, while the evening sky remained bright. 

The object appeared to have dangling appendages that moved independently as it hovered and turned from side to side. Osborn estimated it was visible for about three minutes before vanishing almost as abruptly as it appeared. 

'It disappeared almost as quickly as it came,' Osborn said. 

Its apparent size also puzzled them, with a small aircraft spotted during their outing looking tiny by comparison.

Osborn said the search afterward failed to uncover a kite, its operator or another explanation for what they had witnessed.

She added that 'only God and the government'  would know what it was, describing an eerie sight that left her and her husband, Pete, looking for answers.

A giant, jellyfish-like UFO was filmed hovering in the direction of a US military base in Alaska before disappearing within minutes

Osborn and her husband had traveled to Anchorage on business from the Valley, where they now live after spending years in the city.

She was captivated by a rainbow as they drove along Sixth Avenue and began taking photographs through the open car window.

Pete pulled into an empty downtown parking lot, allowing her to capture the view without passing vehicles and traffic lights getting in the way.

Then she noticed something she initially dismissed as an insect.

'I was annoyed, because I was like, is that a mosquito?' she recalled. But when Osborn looked beyond her phone screen, she realized the shape demanded a closer look.

She asked Pete whether he could see it, took several photographs, and began recording.

Osborn said she had more than a brief video of the encounter, having photographed the rainbow in rapid succession. 'But I have multiple stills of pictures taken within milliseconds of each other,' she said.

She described taking photographs in rapid succession. What troubled her was its movement.

The object appeared to have dangling appendages that moved independently as it hovered and turned from side to side

The object was spotted near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska 

Osborn contrasted its 'black and silver' appearance with the 'bright colors' of kites she was used to seeing.

She described the trees moving, noting there was a breeze. 'But it wasn't a big enough breeze for a kite,' she said. 'It was very clearly not a kite in its movements.'

Osborn believed the object's movements differed from those of a kite, whose tails she expected to stream together in the wind.

The couple also questioned why something that appeared so large would remain airborne for only a few minutes.

'Because if there was a kite there, why would you only fly it for, like, three minutes?' Osborn asked.

She also questioned whether the nearby park could accommodate something so large. 'It's a very small park. You can't operate a large kite from that park,' she said.

Having lived in Anchorage for years, she said she was familiar with the colorful kites flown around the city's parks. This object, she felt, did not fit that familiar scene.

'You know, you're kind of looking for some, some logical explanation of what it was,' she said.

The couple went toward a nearby park, hoping to find someone packing away a kite or another clue that might explain the sighting.

'And there was nobody taking down a kite,' Osborn said. 'People would have been there. The kite would have been there.'

They continued searching and drove toward Arctic Valley, where they could look across the wooded landscape.

'And we looked everywhere. We looked for, like, 30 minutes,' she said.

By then, the object had disappeared.

Its apparent position added to their questions. The couple believed it had been above forested military land associated with JBER. 'But it's just forest over there,' Osborn said.

Sara Jane Osborn told the Daily Mail she was photographing a rainbow in Anchorage when a dark object emerged above distant trees

Its apparent size also puzzled them, with a small aircraft (right) spotted during their outing looking tiny by comparison

Her husband estimated the object could have been within about three miles of their position, although that distance was not confirmed.

The couple also recalled seeing an aircraft near the mountains that appeared much smaller, adding to their impression that the unidentified object was unusually large.

However, without knowing the distance to either object, their apparent sizes cannot reliably establish their actual dimensions.

The object's perceived position also does not establish a military connection. A kite, drone or another airborne object has not been ruled out, and their account provides no evidence of an extraterrestrial origin.

Osborn herself considered a more ordinary explanation.

'You know, maybe it's a drone-type thing,' she said.

But its apparent size and unusual movement continued to trouble her.

The lack of other witnesses was another detail she found puzzling.

'We weren't able to find anyone else who saw it when we did either,' she said.

For Osborn, Pete's presence made the experience harder to dismiss. She said that, without him, she might have doubted her own eyes.

What began as an attempt to photograph a rainbow had become something neither could explain.

'Because it was there, and then it wasn't,' she said. 'I can't deny that it happened.'

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48 Years Ago, a TV Crew Went to Investigate UFO Reports and Actually Captured Them on Camera

On December 21, 1978, two Safe Air pilots reported seeing UFOs in the skies near the Kaikōura mountain ranges in New Zealand. According to a newspaper article from the time, multiple objects were sighted over a four-hour period and tracked by Wellington Airport’s air traffic control radar. One of the pilots was quoted as saying that he’d spotted something coming toward them “at tremendous speed.” The next evening, several people in the area claimed to have seen similar objects.

A producer for Channel 0 in Melbourne, Australia heard of the sightings and sent a TV crew to investigate by plane. Sometime after midnight on December 31, while flying between Wellington and Christchurch, they captured footage of a rapidly moving white light that appeared to be following them. On the return flight two hours later, they encountered other brightly illuminated objects, including one that resembled a flying saucer. You can check out the recordings for yourself below.

The Strange Story of the 1978 UFO Encounter That Was Actually Caught on Camera

“Just being on the cramped, noisy flight deck of the Argosy barrelling down the coast in the dead of the night was exciting,” recalled reporter Quentin Fogarty. “Factor in a row of pulsating, hypnotic lights hovering outside the window, and it goes to another level,” he continued. The footage was featured on the prime-time news and quickly spread around the world—it even got covered by CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite. 

However, skeptics immediately dismissed the story, attributing the phenomena to everything from lights reflecting off of squid boats to an unusual view of Venus. The TV crew were also accused of perpetrating a hoax, but they always maintained that whatever they saw above Kaikōura was real. “We had film, our own eyewitness accounts and confirmation from the flight crew and air traffic controllers that we had stumbled into something astonishing,” Fogarty told The New Zealand Herald in 2018. “My grandkids love to hear the story of my brush with UFOs. I just wish I could provide an ending,” added journalist Dennis Grant.

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Alien Disclosure in 2027? What the Public Record Actually Shows

By Ivan Petricevic

An image filed as “Unidentified Flying Object” in U.S. Air Force records.

Credit: U.S. National Archives, NAID 218517913.

Will there be alien disclosure in 2027? The public record currently shows a recurring claim, not an official countdown. The date is tied to a former intelligence officer’s statement, while the United States has also begun releasing real UAP records. Keeping those two strands separate is the key to understanding what is—and is not—known.

There is a reason the date keeps circulating. It did not appear from nowhere. But it is also not the deadline of a public government programme, a congressional act or a published scientific finding. The story of 2027 sits at the intersection of one former intelligence officer’s public claim, a real push for greater access to UAP records and a public that has watched the subject move from ridicule to official hearings, archives and military releases.

That distinction matters. The documents now being released are real. The unanswered cases are real. The arguments over secrecy, oversight and historical records are real. A confirmed timetable for public contact or a final disclosure in 2027 is something else entirely.

Where did the 2027 claim come from?

The date is closely associated with John Ramirez, a former CIA officer who has spoken publicly about UAPs after leaving government service. In a 2023 interview, Ramirez said he had heard that something could happen in 2027 and suggested that recent disclosures might be preparing the public for it.

It was an extraordinary claim, and it travelled fast because it supplied a specific date to a subject that is usually made of fragments: testimony, classified programmes, witness accounts, military footage and documents that arrive years after the events they describe. A date gives all of that material a shape. It makes a slow, uncertain process feel like a countdown.

But a public claim is not a government notice. Ramirez did not produce a document establishing a 2027 event, identify a law that requires one or point to an official timetable. His statement is part of the story because it explains why so many people now search for “alien disclosure 2027.” It is not, by itself, evidence that a planned revelation exists.

That does not mean the wider UAP debate can be reduced to one interview. The date has stayed alive because genuine disclosure work has been taking place around it.

Why the rumour attached itself to real disclosure efforts

The United States has built a public record system for UAP material. The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act required federal agencies to identify and organise UAP-related records for a collection at the National Archives. The law set an October 20, 2024 deadline for agencies to review the records in their custody and prepare publicly releasable copies for online access.

That is a significant development. It means UAP records are being treated as a historical and governmental archive rather than left scattered across agencies, private contractors and old programme files. The collection is broad: it covers records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin and non-human intelligence or equivalent subjects.

Yet an archive is not an announcement of contact. A record can document an observation, a failed attempt at identification, a discussion of a claim or a request for further analysis. It may be incomplete, heavily redacted or later explained. Making a document public allows people to examine what the government recorded; it does not automatically settle what the object or event was.

That difference is easy to lose online. “Disclosure” can mean releasing decades-old files. It can mean confirming that an agency investigated a report. It can mean an official finding that a particular object remains unresolved. It can also mean, in its most dramatic form, a government acknowledging that non-human intelligence is present on Earth. Those are not interchangeable events.

What the current UAP releases actually say

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, has been releasing material through its public transparency initiative. Its own description is plain: the cases in that archive are unresolved because the government has not been able to make a definitive determination about their nature. Sometimes the problem is a lack of data. Sometimes the useful data cannot be released without exposing military sensors, locations, witnesses or operational methods.

An unresolved case is worth studying. It can raise questions about airspace security, collection methods, sensor limits and the quality of the available evidence. Curiosmos has also explained why a UAP’s distance matters more than a dramatic video: without scale and range, even striking footage can support only a narrow conclusion. It is not a blank cheque for every proposed explanation. The responsible starting point is the opposite: preserve the original report, establish what the instruments recorded, identify what is missing and let independent analysts test the available material.

That is why the newer releases matter. A video, a witness report or a sensor document may not answer the largest question on its own, but it gives researchers something better than a rumour. It gives them a record with a date, a chain of custody and a defined context.

Curiosmos has followed that process in our coverage of the National Archives’ UAP records collection, the fifth U.S. UAP release and the AARO imagery release. Each release adds material to the public discussion. None has announced that 2027 is a deadline for contact.

Congress has considered a much larger disclosure process

The idea of formal disclosure is not confined to podcasts. Members of Congress have repeatedly proposed stronger measures for collecting, reviewing and releasing UAP records. A 2025 Senate amendment described as the UAP Disclosure Act of 2025 included a proposed review-board structure and a “controlled disclosure campaign plan.”

The language is striking because it acknowledges how difficult the subject can be. Classified information may involve intelligence sources, sensor capabilities, military platforms, nuclear information or private contractors. A disclosure process has to separate what can be released from what must remain protected for genuine national-security reasons.

But proposed legislation is not the same as enacted law, and a disclosure plan is not the same as a declaration of non-human contact. The 2025 text was submitted as an amendment and ordered to lie on the table. It did not establish a public 2027 date.

That leaves a harder and more useful set of questions than a simple yes-or-no prediction. If governments hold records that deserve public scrutiny, the issue is how those records will be authenticated, who will review them and whether the public will receive enough context to distinguish an unresolved observation from a demonstrated conclusion.

What would genuine disclosure look like?

If a historic disclosure were ever to occur, it would need more than a dramatic speech or a short video clip. It would require material that can withstand examination beyond the first news cycle.

That means records with provenance: where they came from, who collected them, how they were stored and what has been done to them since. It means data that independent experts can inspect where national-security limits allow. It means technical claims that can be tested against physics, engineering and known sensor behaviour. And it means officials being specific about the difference between what has been observed, what has been alleged and what has actually been established.

The question of biological material or recovered technology would demand an even higher standard. A photograph, a press conference or a witness statement might start the conversation, but the decisive work would involve documented samples, independent laboratories and methods that other specialists can scrutinise. Nothing less would settle a question of that scale.

That standard should not be seen as an attempt to make disclosure impossible. It is what would protect a genuine discovery from being lost in noise, hoaxes and political argument. If the evidence is as consequential as people believe, it deserves to be handled in a way that can outlast the first wave of excitement.

So, will there be alien disclosure in 2027?

There may be more hearings, more document releases, more official video and more testimony before 2027 ends. The UAP subject is now firmly inside public institutions: the National Archives, congressional proposals, military reporting systems and scientific discussions about how better data might be collected.

What is not public is a government timetable promising that non-human intelligence will be revealed in 2027. The date remains a claim with a traceable source, amplified by years of genuine frustration over secrecy and a real demand for better access to evidence.

That may feel less dramatic than a countdown, but it leaves the larger question intact. The most useful measure of progress will not be whether a date on social media arrives with a spectacle. It will be whether the public gains records, data and review processes strong enough to tell the difference between an unresolved object, a classified human programme and something that would genuinely change our understanding of life in the universe.

Sources and further reading

• National Archives: Guidance to Federal Agencies on the UAP Records Collection
• AARO: Presidential UAP Transparency Initiative
• Congressional Record: proposed UAP Disclosure Act of 2025
• Public reporting on John Ramirez’s 2027 claim

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Grusch Says Recovery Footage Showed Human-Looking Beings

By Ivan Petricevic

Editorial illustration of the recovery-footage account; not an image of the footage or a recovered being.

Illustration: Curiosmos.

In this report

1. The account behind the description
2. From a congressional allegation to a described scene
3. A familiar face would make identification harder

David Grusch says the beings he saw in recovery footage looked strikingly human. Pale skin, familiar proportions and an appearance he compared with classical beauty: the description is a departure from the small, dark-eyed figures that dominate popular images of alien encounters.

Speaking in a September 2026 interview, the former intelligence officer described video he says showed bodies during a retrieval. He did not present the footage publicly. His account concerns images he says he viewed, rather than bodies he examined himself.

That distinction leaves an intriguing question. If such footage exists, how would investigators establish who—or what—it shows?

The account behind the description

In the interview, Grusch described human-looking figures with very pale, bluish-white skin. He also discussed footage showing a recovery scene, rather than a close anatomical examination. An automated transcript places this discussion around the one-hour mark.

He withheld details that he said could expose sources. That prevents readers from independently tracing the recording to a date, location or retrieval team.

The comparison with Greek gods needs care, too. Grusch referred to an account involving Tom DeLonge and William McCasland. The comparison reaches the interview through that separate account; it does not come from a conversation Grusch says he personally had with McCasland.

From a congressional allegation to a described scene

Grusch became widely known after his 2023 congressional appearance. The history of these promises is also part of the wider disclosure debate. His written statement described an investigation informed by people he considered credible, including individuals with longstanding involvement in alleged recovery activities. He said some information had been provided through classified channels.

The newer description gives the public a scene to imagine. It also introduces a different task: evaluating a recording. A witness’s account of a video and the video itself offer different opportunities for scrutiny. Investigators could examine an original file for editing, compare its location with independent records and interview the people who recorded it.

A clip circulating online would be a much poorer starting point. Compression can erase detail, and a repost can strip away the file’s history. Even a convincing-looking scene might leave the identity of its subjects unresolved.

A familiar face would make identification harder

A human-looking body would invite ordinary explanations before any biological examination had begun. Clothing, skin colour and apparent height would tell an investigator relatively little on their own. Lighting changes colour; camera angle changes proportions; a scene without a reliable scale makes height difficult to estimate.

Nor would unusual appearance establish an extraterrestrial origin. That question would require evidence beyond the image: samples with a documented history, independent examinations and results other researchers could inspect. Any proposed genetic finding would need an explanation of how contamination was controlled and how the comparison was made.

Conversely, a familiar appearance would not by itself settle every question about a genuinely unusual specimen. The investigation would still have to follow the material, rather than decide its origin from a face.

For now, the public has Grusch’s description. The footage he discusses has not been supplied with this interview for independent examination. The most interesting next development would be a recording with a traceable history—or biological results tied to the same recovery. Either would let the discussion move from an image described by one person to material that others could examine.

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Mars' Molten Heart is Long Gone, but Some Magma Chambers May Persist

We've known about HCl in Mars' atmosphere for some time, thanks to the Trace Gas Orbiter. They were attributed to atmospheric interactions due to warmth during perihelion. But the same chemical has been detected at aphelion, and researchers think it may be venting into the atmosphere from underground magma chambers. If that's true, then Mars isn't as dormant as thought.

Image Credit: MEX/HRSC global color mosaic, ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, G. Michael. Inset: Blended MOLA-HRSC digital elevation model, Fergason et al 2018

We'll never stop being fascinated by Mars. It's kind of like a failed Earth. It appears as if billions of years ago Mars was warm, wet, and habitable. That ended when its interior cooled and its geodynamo failed.

When its geodynamo failed, its magnetic shield failed. The full force of the Sun bore down on the unfortunate planet, and its warming atmosphere was lost to space.

The loss of atmosphere wasn't the only change. Mars had a powerful volcanic past, and the prominent volcanoes in Tharsis Montes prove that. But the planet is largely believed to have left its volcanic past behind as a consequence of cooling.

But there's growing evidence that the planet isn't totally dormant. Recent evidence from missions like InSight and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter suggest some ongoing activity. InSight detected more than 1300 Marsquakes, and the Trace Gas Orbiter detected hydrochloric acid.

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is a highly corrosive acid with multiple natural sources, including atmospheric ones. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) collected widespread observations of HCl in Mars' atmosphere at parts-per-billion levels, but initially, it was only detected during perihelion. The HCl detections were attributed to aerosol-atmospheric sources driven by greater warmth from the Sun, a naturally-occurring, seasonal pattern.

But new research in Science Advances shows that not all of the TGO's HCl detections can be traced to perihelion. It's titled "Enigmatic HCl detections as a potential signature of igneous activity on Mars." The lead author is Alexander Trokhimovskiy from the Space Research Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences.

This Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) image shows Alba Mons near the top, with the three Tharsis Montes volcanoes below it, and the massive Olympus Mons to their northwest. Though not as tall as Olympus Mons, Alba Mons is larger by area. The new HCl detections are curiously close to Alba Mons.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/GSFC

The authors acknowledge that Mars is believed to be volcanically dormant, and that Marsquakes and other evidence of more recent volcanic activity is accumulating. However, there's no clear understanding of Mars' modern activity. For instance, many of the InSight lander's detections were attributed to meteorites.

If we were to witness an actual eruption, and the gases that go with it, a new understanding of Mar's interior would arise. But that hasn't happened, and we have to rely on less obvious evidence for Mars' internal state.

"While sulfur dioxide, so far undetected, could testify to ongoing eruptive activity, evidence of active magma chambers may be better identified by seepage of halogen gases, such as hydrogen chloride (HCl)," the authors write. "Here, we report HCl detections during the cold aphelion season that are isolated in the Alba Mons region." Could these new HCl detections be a window into Mars' interior?

Olympus Mons is known as the largest volcano and the tallest mountain in the Solar System. But Alba Mons is actually the largest volcano by surface area. Like Olympus Mons, it's also in the Tharsis region. (And neither are part of Tharsis Montes, the iconic row of three volcanoes). Alba Mons' volcanic flows reach further than 1300 km from its central summit. One of Alba Mons most significant features is its enormous system of fractures. For multiple reasons, detecting HCl over Alba Mons is intriguing.

"Strongly localized in space and time, aphelion HCl detections, amidst an otherwise absence of HCl at that season on Mars, exhibit marked contrast with prolonged and widespread detections at perihelion," the authors write.

“Detections of HCl at low altitudes, unexplained by observed atmospheric state and models, together with the geological context of the region, hint at an igneous origin of this gas,” Trokhimovskiy et al. write. These most recent HCl directions were in 2025.

This figure show HCl detections by the Trace Gas Orbiter. Blue ones represent perihelion detections, which can be explained by seasonal warming and atmospheric interactions driven by the Sun. Red ones are more enigmatic. They could come from tiny fissures near Alba Mons, almost directly under the detections.

Image Credit: Alexander Trokhimovskiy et al. , Enigmatic HCl detections as a potential signature of igneous activity on Mars. Sci. Adv.12, eaeb9422(2026).

The HCl detections alone may not be enough to oveturn the idea that Mars is dormant. As the authors say, they're just a hint. But there's more. "We also identify fresh and narrow (<1 meter) fissures in this area, which we interpret to be potential HCl pathways rooted into magmatic bodies at depth," the researchers explain.

"These structures have not been identified on Mars in earlier works. For instance, systematic geomorphologic mapping of the northern hemisphere did not consider these landforms," the authors explain.

These panels shows some of the important points in the research. (A) shows Alba Mons and the HCl aphelion detections in yellow. (B) is a CASSIS image from the TGO showing a fractured ridge, while (C) and (D) are HiRISE images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing smaller fissures the researchers identify as potential HCl sources. (E) and (F) are geological models that can explain HCl is seeping from these fissures.

Image Credit: Alexander Trokhimovskiy et al. , Enigmatic HCl detections as a potential signature of igneous activity on Mars. Sci. Adv.12, eaeb9422(2026).

The researchers calculated the seepage rate necessary to account for the HCl abundance in the aphelion detections. They compared it to the perihelion detections, and included the expected lifetime for HCl to persist in the Martian atmosphere. Their work rules out atmospheric-aerosol interactions as the source for the HCl detected during aphelion. But it also rules out those same interactions for the source of HCl detected during perihelion. That makes sense, since non-seasonal seepage from magma chambers would be happening no matter the season.

"Thus, perihelion HCl is unlikely to be directly volcanic in origin," they write. There could still be a link between igneous HCl and perihelion HCl. "However, a connection between igneous and seasonal HCl may still exist via a mechanism complementary to heterogeneous production," the authors write.

Planets are complicated, as we Earthlings know. Multiple interrelated factors contribute to the whole, and everything changes over time. This work further emphasizes how that's true, even on so-called dormant Mars. "The overall cycle of hydrogen chloride includes irreversible sinks," the authors write, and sinks have to be included in any modelling or understanding of Mars.

"Introducing a volcanic source of HCl, we can propose that a fraction of the perihelion HCl observed in the Martian atmosphere is ultimately of igneous origin," the researchers explain. "Localized igneous sources may therefore act as continuous primary contributors of chlorine, which is subsequently redistributed between atmospheric and surface reservoirs."

But despite the complicated picture of seasonality and surface sinks, their conclusion is clear: "Our results are best explained by ongoing igneous processes in the Martian interior."

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The Living-Orb Accounts Robert Hastings Wants to Investigate

By Ivan Petricevic

Illustration of the reddish-orange light described in an account collected by Robert Hastings. An interpretive scene, not a photograph of the reported encounter.

Credit: Curiosmos.

A hovering light that seems to breathe poses a different question from an unfamiliar aircraft. Could something luminous appear alive—and what would let us investigate that impression?

UFO researcher Robert Hastings has been gathering accounts of that kind. In a June 20, 2026 article, he described witnesses who told him about plasma-like orbs they believed were conscious. He also invited similar accounts for a book he was preparing. These are claims about personal encounters, not a scientific announcement that living plasma has been discovered.

The encounter that made an orb seem alive

Hastings recounts testimony from a woman he calls Amanda, who contacted him in 2022 about an experience she dated to autumn 1992. She described a reddish-orange object hovering near a neighbour’s yard, roughly the size of a melon. Its flickering, undulating appearance reminded her of breathing.

She also reported hearing a reassuring message in her mind and losing awareness of the passage of time. In her account, the light disappeared as her husband came outside. Her name is withheld, and Curiosmos has not interviewed her or independently verified the event.

The interesting question is why she understood the encounter as involving a living presence. Her description combines an observed appearance with a private experience of communication. Those two parts would require different kinds of investigation. Another observer might record the light’s movement; a recording could not by itself establish the source of a thought.

Plasma already behaves in unfamiliar ways

There is a physical reason the word plasma attracts attention. Plasma is ionised gas, containing free electrons and charged ions. It responds to electric and magnetic fields and can form complex structures. NASA’s glossary describes these spontaneous, intermittent structures across different scales.

A pattern that changes shape can consequently have an organised appearance without being a biological organism. That leaves room for a worthwhile question: how far can physical self-organisation go, and which observations would reveal something beyond it?

Calling an unidentified light a plasmoid does not answer that question. First, investigators would need to establish that plasma is actually present. Colour, glow and movement alone cannot identify a substance’s composition or the process supplying its energy.

Measurements make the term more specific. In a 2021 investigation using NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft, instruments measured particles and fields closely enough to test how plasma responds collectively to electromagnetic forces. That research concerned near-Earth space, not Hastings’ encounters. It illustrates the difference between an evocative visual description and a measured plasma process.

How a future encounter could be documented

A repeat sighting would offer opportunities unavailable in a decades-old recollection. Observers could preserve the original recording, note the time and weather, identify the camera settings and document their positions. Separate observations from known locations could help estimate distance.

Distance is particularly valuable. A light moving across a camera frame supplies an angular motion, not a speed through space. Without knowing whether it was metres or kilometres away, an apparent burst of acceleration is difficult to translate into physical movement.

The NASA UAP study team’s 2023 report recommends calibrated observations and contextual information for this reason. Better records would also allow investigators to compare an orb’s apparent response with changes in the surroundings. Did it move after an observer approached? Did several people see the same response? Did it recur under comparable conditions?

Such questions leave the possibility of unusual behaviour open while giving it something concrete to rest on. A flicker interpreted as breathing, a measured physical cycle and a response that consistently tracks an outside action would be three different findings.

A witness account worth preserving accurately

Curiosmos has covered orb reports from pilots. Hastings’ account explores another part of the subject: the impression that a light has a presence or awareness. It should retain that human dimension without turning the witness’s interpretation into an established property of the object.

For someone reporting an encounter, careful listening and careful documentation can belong together. Preserve what was seen, what was felt and what remains uncertain. If another encounter produces records that several independent investigators can examine, the question could advance beyond the memory that first brought it to our attention.

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President Donald Trump said Air Force pilots told him a mysterious round object flew past an F-22 fighter jet at three times its speed, while pledging to investigate claims that a secret government program studying UFOs could exist without the president's knowledge.

Trump made the comments during an interview with correspondent Ross Douthat that aired Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes."

Douthat asked Trump whether anything the president had seen, heard or been told led him to believe there was more behind unidentified objects spotted in the sky. Trump described himself as "not too much of a believer," but pointed to conversations with Air Force pilots in the Oval Office.

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"These are not people that you would say are conspiracy theorists – they don’t even know what it means – but they’re great, great pilots," Trump said, before joking about their appearance. "Young, handsome, they have beautiful, nice flat tops. I’d like to have a haircut just like them. They look perfect, like Tom Cruise."

An image released with a 2026 FBI report depicts a black triangular object above mountainous terrain. Federal agents reported seeing a silent, triangular object hover above a ridgeline before accelerating into a canyon. Authorities have not confirmed whether the image is an actual photograph or a reconstruction.

(Department of War)

Trump called the pilots "the real deal" and said they had told him "things that are very strange."

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He described one of those encounters involving an F-22.

"They’re flying an F-22, which is the best there is, the fastest, the best plane that anyone’s ever seen," Trump said. "And something goes by them at three times their speed. And it’s round. It’s not aerodynamic."

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Trump did not identify the pilots or say when or where the encounter occurred.

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President Donald Trump previously directed the War Department to release UAP and UFO files.

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Douthat then asked Trump about claims from alleged whistleblowers that the government operates a secret program studying UFOs that even presidents may not know about.

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A screenshot of video footage from an alleged unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) sighting in the northeastern United States in July 2025, which was detailed in files released by the DOW and originally obtained by the FBI.

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"No, and I haven’t heard that," Trump said. "But if there is, I’m going to find out about it right after this interview."

Trump later said there are "a lot of very solid people" who believe such claims are true, though he remained skeptical himself.

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A black and white surveillance image with a UFO circled in red.

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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.

Trump's remarks come just weeks after the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) released a batch of recently declassified records detailing UFO sightings spanning decades.

Among them was a 2026 account from federal law enforcement agents who reported seeing a matte-black triangular object rise vertically above a mountain ridge, hover silently and then accelerate into a canyon at a speed they compared to a fighter jet.

The witnesses described no visible engines, rotors, exhaust or other conventional means of propulsion. Handheld thermal equipment also showed a uniform heat signature across the object's surface rather than concentrated heat typically associated with a propulsion system.

The object was never identified, and the Pentagon report noted that its speed was estimated by witnesses rather than measured by instruments.

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Trump says ‘young, handsome’ pilots have told him ‘very strange’ things about UFOs

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter

Donald Trump speaking at Cape Canaveral on Friday

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Donald Trump may or may not be using UFOs as a distraction from his unpopular policies, but there’s something else that’s distracting him from UFOs.

In a new interview with the CBS News show 60 Minutes, the US president was asked if he had seen anything in the reams of documents released by his administration that has struck him as too strange to explain.

But instead, Trump quickly veered into newly familiar territory – talking about how sexy the US Air Force’s pilots are.

He told host Ross Douthat: ‘I’m not too much of a believer, but I sat in the Oval Office, first term and a little bit second term, meeting with Air Force pilots that are really good, solid people.

‘These are not people that you would say are conspiracy theorists. They don’t even know what it means.

‘But they’re great, great pilots. Young, handsome. They have beautiful, nice flat tops. I’d like to have a haircut just like them. They look perfect, like Tom Cruise.

‘They’re thin, you know, very thin and very everything, but they’re the real deal.’

These gorgeous military men have told him about ‘things that are very strange’, he said, such as round objects that fly past their F-22 jets at three times the speed.

Trump’s focus on male physiques during speeches at his campaign rallies drew plenty of attention ahead of last week’s midterm elections.

Among the targets for his hot-blooded comments was incumbent Ohio senator Jon Husted, a Republican who was running for reelection in the November 3 vote.

At a campaign event a few weeks before polling day, Trump told the crowd:’I started examining his body because I didn’t know he was a great athlete.

‘And I looked and I watched up and down. I looked at his ass, and I looked at the whole thing.’

In Georgia several days later, Trump called Republican candidate for governor Rick Jackson a ‘very handsome, distinguished, beautiful-looking guy’.

He also declared his joy that the US was ‘allowed to have big, strong, handsome soldiers now’, adding: ‘There are some reasons to be president.’

Husted and Jackson both ultimately failed in their election bids, losing to Democrats Sherrod Brown and Keisha Lance Bottoms respectively.

New documents released last month by the Defense Department provided more recollections from federal agents who said they encountered UFOs – officially called unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP.

The pilots who deliver his UFO briefings look ‘perfect, like Tom Cruise’, Trump said

(Picture: Ian West/PA Wire)

The report said the agents watched the craft ‘executing a slow, controlled, perfectly vertical ascent’ which ‘occurred in absolute acoustic silence’, before it stopped moving ‘instantaneously’.

In his 60 Minutes interview, Trump said the existence of UFOs is ‘one of the questions in private I get asked about’ most by people he meets.

Asked about claims from whistleblowers that there is a programme studying the phenomena that is even hidden from the president, Trump said: ‘I haven’t heard that.

‘But if there is, I’m going to find out about it right after this interview.’

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Trump on UFO sightings: Air Force pilots have told me 'very strange' things

In a sitdown with 60 Minutes, President Donald Trump weighed in on UFOs and said that Air Force pilots have "told me things that are very strange".

Donald Trump said during the interview that one of the most frequent questions he gets asked is what the military calls unexplained anomalous phenomena, also known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.

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In a sitdown with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat, President Donald Trump weighed in on UFOs and said that military pilots have "told me things that are very strange". Trump’s interview comes days after Republicans faced setbacks in the 2026 midterm elections.

In the same interview, Trump stood by his handling of the economy and the Iran war. However, he also acknowledged some "bad messaging" on economic issues and said his immigration crackdown was "too tough" at times.

“I'm not too much of a believer, but I sat in the Oval Office, first term and a little bit second term, meeting with Air Force pilots that are really good, solid people,” said the president. “These are not people that you would say are conspiracy theorists. They don't even know what it means. But they're great, great pilots. Young, handsome. They have beautiful, nice flat tops. I'd like to have a haircut just like them. They look perfect, like Tom Cruise. … They're thin, you know, very thin and very everything. And … they're the real deal. And they've told me things that are very strange in certain cases.”

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He added, “They said, 'Yes, there's something going on out there...' because they're flying an F-22... and something goes by them at three times their speed, and it's round..."”

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Arizona Nurse Claims Over 100 Terminally Ill Children Saw Grey Alien-Like Beings Before Death

During his career, he claimed to have been present at approximately 3,600 deaths. He had witnessed patients describing deceased relatives, unusual figures, and other experiences near the end of their lives. Still, the reports from the children were unlike anything he remembered hearing from adult patients.

Parker explained that the pediatric facility had ten beds and cared for patients ranging from newborn babies to 17-year-olds. Many children arrived with extremely serious illnesses after other medical treatments had been exhausted. Families were allowed to stay with their children, and the staff provided care not only for the patients but also for parents and relatives who were preparing for an unimaginable loss.

According to Parker, most children remained at the facility for only a short time, sometimes just a few days. Many were infants or were already too ill to communicate, but some older children remained conscious and could describe what they were experiencing. It was among these patients that he began noticing a recurring pattern. Instead of seeing deceased family members, as many adult hospice patients reportedly did, the children described small, strange-looking beings standing near their beds or moving around their rooms.

The descriptions were remarkably similar, according to Parker. The figures were approximately four feet tall, extremely thin, and pale grey in color. They had disproportionately large eyes, narrow heads, thin bodies, long arms, and unusually long fingers.

In later interviews, Parker added that the children described small slits for their noses and mouths, and hands that appeared to have three or four fingers rather than five. Their heads were particularly unusual because they were narrow and elongated instead of the oversized, bulbous heads commonly associated with popular depictions of Grey aliens.

Parker claimed that the encounters continued throughout the five years he worked at the pediatric facility. Some children smiled or laughed while watching the figures, and others appeared to communicate with them. A few were reportedly so frightened that they pulled blankets over themselves or tried to avoid looking in their direction. Several children even made drawings of the visitors.

At first, Parker did not associate these descriptions with extraterrestrial beings. He said he was not particularly interested in UFOs at the time and was unfamiliar with the popular image of the Grey alien. He assumed the children might be seeing some unfamiliar kind of spirit.

Only later, after learning more about UFO-related accounts, did he begin to notice the similarities between their descriptions and the entities frequently reported in alleged alien encounters. Even then, he remained uncertain whether the figures had anything to do with extraterrestrial life.

One of the most extraordinary incidents occurred in a room containing three beds separated by partitions. Parker explained that the arrangement allowed nurses to observe several seriously ill children from one position while still providing separation between the patients. In a later interview, he described the barriers as solid walls extending from floor to ceiling, with an opening at one end that allowed staff to monitor the room.

On several occasions, Parker claimed, two children in this area appeared to respond to the same invisible presence simultaneously. They would look toward the same part of the room, sometimes nodding or making unfamiliar sounds, before suddenly stopping together. He believed they were repeating something being spoken to them by the visitors. The children were not simply describing a figure standing beside a bed. According to his recollection, they appeared to participate in something resembling a conversation.

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An Artificial CORTEX to Guide Satellite Rescue Missions

This illustration is exaggerated and isn't to scale, but it highlights the growing space debris problem. Some of the debris isn't really junk; it's zombie satellites. Researchers are developing an autonomous framework called CORTEX for guiding servicing satellites to dock with these zombies and revive them.

Image Credit: ESA

The growing problem of satellites crowding one another is generating concern in the space community, for good reason. Almost 20,000 satellites orbit Earth now, and with more satellite constellations and other satellites being launched every year, Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) is starting to look like it's reaching its limit. Of particular concern are the 3,500+ plus satellites that are basically zombies. They are either completely non-functional or not sending any signals alerting other satellites to their presence.

A collision between two satellites could be catastrophic. Satellite constellations have some built-in redundancy which would help deal with the loss, but there's an additional risk. A collision could also create a debris cloud, multiplying the ongoing risk. The Kessler syndrome describes a cascade of collisions generated from debris created in a single, initial collision, that goes on to create even more collisions. It's like a feedback loop that keeps getting worse.

Somehow, this problem must be dealt with. The existing debris is one thing, but intact zombie satellites are another. These have lost the ability to communicate and warn other satellites of their presence. These can be repaired, and that's the subject of new research in Acta Astronautica. It's titled "CORTEX: An autonomous, end-to-end, convex-based framework for close-range rendezvous trajectory design and guidance with hardware testbed validation," and the lead author is Minduli Wijayatunga, a new aerospace engineering faculty member in The Grainger College of Engineering, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

This work is all about the growing idea of Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO). Spacecraft docking operations have been custom-designed solutions for individual situations, like docking with the ISS. But with thousands of zombie satellites, custom docking solutions aren't realistic.

"Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) are shifting from bespoke demonstration missions such as Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicles, China’s Tianyuan–1, and Astroscale’s ADRAS-J, to routine missions due to the growth of in-orbit assets and the resulting demand for inspection, servicing, assembly, and debris mitigation," the authors write. They point out that while there were only about 13,700 tracked objects in LEO in 2019, there were more than 24,000 in 2025. That's a shocking increase, and there's no signs of it slowing down.

That's forcing scientists to develop autonomous ways to deal with the overpopulation. The growing population of satellites isn't the only thing dictating an autonomous solutions. Autonomous repair is also critical because of the time delay in communications between the ground and LEO, and because satellites are best observed in and maneuvered with in windows when they're illuminated by sunlight.

“These spacecraft must be able to track the trajectories of uncooperative objects autonomously but also make go/no-go decisions without waiting for the ground to decide,” Wijayatunga said. “Suppose your thruster fails or you encounter high-order orbital perturbations that push you away from your nominal trajectory. In those instances, how do you make those decisions?” she added.

That's what CORTEX is being designed to do.

"This paper presents CORTEX (Convex Optimization for Rendezvous Trajectory EXecution), an autonomous framework for close-range rendezvous trajectory design and guidance under sensing, actuation, and dynamics uncertainties," the authors write.

"Among RPO phases, the close-range rendezvous, where the servicer locates the docking port axes and approaches the client, is particularly safety-critical. It must satisfy strict operational constraints (e.g., keep-out zones, approach corridors, plume/line-of-sight constraints, illumination/eclipses) under limited actuation authority and imperfect relative navigation," the authors write.

Wijayatunga's PhD involved trajectory and guidance using something called convex optimization. Convex optimization is a method that lets a spacecraft approach a target using math and trajectories, not input commands. It basically solves a math problem of trajectories and thruster commands until the lone, best answer is arrived at. The answer should mean a successful docking. The idea is to reach that docking state with minimal fuel use while also following constraints like the targets no-go zones or keep-out zones. Those are places on the target satellite that might house sensitive equipment like sensors or antennae.

This work expanded to include the idea of sunlight windows. Cortex also includes options other than aborting if things went sideways. Instead of calling the docking off, CORTEX can reconsider its options. It even takes into account situations that arise where thrusters can't be fired.

“I wanted to bring that same idea into developing CORTEX and expand it, taking into consideration sunlight windows so we don't have to operate in darkness. That, and the replanning versus abort architecture, are novel in CORTEX,” Wijayatunga said.

“CORTEX has trajectory design and guidance, so if you deviate significantly from your nominal mission trajectory, it replans the trajectory and re-approaches unless you are in severe violation of your keep-out zone, in which case it returns to a passively safe orbit. It's an algorithm to recover from the unexpected. We tried instances where you're supposed to use your thrusters, but you can't for whatever reason. And CORTEX was very robust to that.”

CORTEX is being tested in a particular modelled docking scenario. It's what's called an ISAM, an In-orbit Servicing Sssembly and Manufacturing. It's designed for what will most likely be fairly typical in the future. It involves a Client Spacecraft Object (CSO) in LEO and is designed to test autonomous approach, servicing, and inspection of the CSO by a servicing spacecraft with a Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) system for proximity operations.

Hold positions are an important part of CORTEX. In the modelled scenario, there are two of them that let the servicing spacecraft pause and re-evaluate in a fixed relative position. One is at the beginning of the fly around, and the other is at the start of the final approach. They are there to let the servicer pause during eclipses, a new idea in CORTEX.

This figure shows some aspects of CORTEX controlling a servicing spacecraft while it approaches and rendezvous with a client satellite. Blue shows the Rendezvous Sphere, orange shows the Approach Sphere, and red is the Keep Out Sphere. The approach axes is identified as CORTEX's successful solution to the docking problem.

 Image Credit: Wijayatunga et al. 2026. Acta Astronautica.

One way of looking at CORTEX is as a flow chart governed by four things. "The goals of CORTEX are: (i) minimize fuel and time consumption, (ii) ensure that both the fly-around and final approach occur entirely in sunlight, (iii) avoid the KOS during the fly-around phase, and (iv) satisfy the approach corridor constraint and avoid plume impingement during the final approach," the authors write.

This schematic flow-chart shows how CORTEX works. CORTEX has the ability to abort its approach if necessary, and instead of giving up, it can determine how to re-approach its client. Image Credit: Wijayatunga et al. 2026.

 Acta Astronautica.

In the tests, the servicing spacecraft was forced into an odd, unexpected situation and CORTEX had to deal with it. Its orbit was unexpectedly perturbed, and thruster operation was impaired, not firing when they were supposed to. Other errors were also introduced, corresponding to unexpected factors like solar storms and thrust errors.

CORTEX fared well in the tests and was able to deal with the unexpected situations in the models. "In all cases, the framework either recovered successfully while respecting safety constraints or executed a safe retreat before entering unsafe regions," the authors write.

“In some of the hardware tests, if the servicer violates the approach corridor, it leaves the keep-out zone and retreats to a safe position and in others, the servicer is able to recover and carry on with its mission,” Wijayatunga said.

Satellite close approach and recovery isn't purely hypothetical. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAX) launched Astroscale's ADRAS-J in 2024. It successfully maneuvered within 50 meters of a typical piece of space debris, a spent rocket stage, considered to be an 'uncooperative target.' It flew around the object, catching multiple images from different angles. It used sensors and autonomous navigation to accomplish this.

Astroscale's ADRAS-J autonomous spacecraft approached a spent rocket booster, a typical piece of space debris, and captured images of it from multiple angles. It's a step toward eventual servicing of zombie satellites.

 Image Credit: Astroscale/JAXA.

The hallmark of the past few decades is rapidly-advancing technology. Among other things, it's led to a crowded LEO and a growing population of zombie satellites.

Maybe we'll end up using technological tools like CORTEX, enabled by AI and machine learning, to manage the problems technology has helped generate in the first place.

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Five Alien Orbs Being Followed By Small Aircraft, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Nov 8, 2026, UFO UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Nov 8, 2026

Location of sighting: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Now this is unexpected. This short video was recorded in Madison, Wisconsin yesterday and there is a aircraft that is following a feet of orbs over the city last night. I took a screenshot of the orbs and found they had no wings, no aircraft flashing lights and even no sound. So that rules out military helicopters...because they are loud and can shake the neighborhood...everyone knows when they fly over you. So...what about Chinese lanterns? Nope again, lanterns glow orange most the time and usually burn out in under 60 seconds and travel with the wind. These objects are moving way to fast to be lanterns and they are being escorted by some kind of silent aircraft...the flashing three lights gives this away. I feel these orbs are alien in origin and most likely came from 45km from Lake Michigan...so we know what that means, these orbs came from below the water from an underwater alien base and are being escorted by a small aircraft that seems to have caught sight of it...and followed it. Why would they follow the glowing orbs? Wouldn't you if you were a pilot of a four seat light aircraft? I sure would. Its the chance of a lifetime and this pilot is making that dream come true. But...will he ever release the info about his sighting or just keep it secret? Only time will tell. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 

 

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Do you have what it takes? Nasa is hiring new astronauts to live and work on the MOON - with a $165,000 salary

By SHIVALI BEST, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Growing up, many children dream of becoming an astronaut one day and getting to visit the moon.

Now, that fantasy is about to become a reality for a select few – because Nasa is seeking new astronauts 'to help write the next chapter of human spaceflight'.

The lucky candidates will live and work on the moon, and receive a comfortable salary of $164,395 (£122,565) per year. 

This is an extraordinary time to join Nasa's astronaut corps,' Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman said.

'The people we select could walk on the moon, live and work at the Moon Base, and help pioneer the systems and operations that will ultimately carry crews to Mars. 

'Those missions will demand technical excellence, sound judgment, teamwork and courage.'

Growing up, many children dream of becoming an astronaut one day and visiting the moon. Now, that dream is about to become a reality for a select few – because Nasa is hiring

Applications are open on Nasa's website now, with those interested having until 11.59pm EST on December 3 to submit their applications.

Unsurprisingly, to be accepted, you'll need to meet Nasa's strict set of criteria. 

The basic requirements include US citizenship and a master's degree in a Stem field.

The requirement for the master's degree can also be met by completion of at least two years of work toward a doctoral programme, completion of a Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Physician Assistant, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner, or a related medical degree, or completion of, or current enrolment in, a nationally recognised Test Pilot School programme.

'If Test Pilot School is the only advanced technical degree, then completion of a bachelor's degree in a Stem field, including engineering, biological science, physical science, or computer science is required,' Nasa explained.

In addition, you'll need to have at least three years of related professional experience after completing your qualifying degree.

For pilots, this can include 750 hours of pilot-in-command time in a high-performance jet aircraft, 1,500 total flight hours (including 750 as pilot) in other fixed-wing aircraft, or 1,000 total flight hours (including 300 as pilot) in a rotary-wing aircraft. 

As expected, Nasa also has strict medical and security clearances, as well as physical standards. 

Applications are open on Nasa's website now, with those interested having until 11.59pm EST on December 3 to submit their applications.

Candidates will be expected to work in dangerous, life-threatening situations, and live in confined spaces for prolonged periods of time. 

They'll also need to perform 'arduous' physical activities, including heavy lifting and crawling. 

What's more, applicants will need to consider if they're willing to be apart from their friends and family during long missions.  

'Must be willing to deploy to space for 12 months or longer, accepting extreme isolation, austere living conditions, and separation from loved ones,' Nasa explained.  

If you meet all these requirements – and nail a face-to-face interview – you could be invited into the training programme, which will last around two years. 

Only then will Nasa decide on its final astronauts.

'For those who apply, becoming a Nasa astronaut is more than a career opportunity,' said Scott Tingle, chief astronaut and chair of the Astronaut Selection Board at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Houston. 

The lucky candidates will live and work on the moon, and will receive a decent salary of $164,395 (£122,565) per year

'It is a chance to join a legacy of explorers who have pushed the boundaries of discovery and play a role in the missions that will shape humanity's future in space. 

'The next generation of astronaut candidates could help write history while inspiring future scientists, engineers, and explorers.' 

Since the 1960s, Nasa has selected more than 370 people to train as astronaut candidates. 

Its last round of hiring was in 2024, when ten astronauts were selected – out of a pool of more than 8,000 applicants. 

The hiring news has sparked huge interest among aspiring astronauts on X. 

Replying to Nasa's post about applications, one user said: 'I have no professional qualifications for this. I just love space and want to go to space.'

Another added: 'Applied in my head at age 9, still waiting to hear back.'

And one joked: 'I'm a 34-year-old Englishman with absolutely 0 experience needed to be an astronaut apart from I really like space. Have you got room for me?' 

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Humanity is allegedly heading towards an apocalyptic showdown that will end with a nonhuman life form in charge of the planet within the next decade.

Podcast host Joe Rogan warned that the threat to the human race came from advanced artificial intelligence, which he theorized was alive and was becoming more than just an incredibly fast computer program.

Rogan said: 'I don't think it's a technology. I think it's a life force. I think it's a life form. I think it's digital life. And I think it's going to be infinitely more intelligent than us.'

AI would overtake humans as Earth’s ‘apex predator’ within five to ten years, he predicted, as the technology rapidly replaces jobs around the world. 

Rogan said he had been warned about the unchecked potential of AI by multiple whistleblowers from the tech industry who were 'terrified' of AI's ability to deceive and even blackmail people to avoid being shut down.

Suggesting it was already too late for humans to prevent AI from eventually controlling all of society, he noted that big tech firms such as OpenAI had removed key safety features from their AI programs that prevented it from making up information or cheating to achieve its goals.

Rogan urged society to stop battling each other and prepare for a potentially losing war against a superintelligence that could take over power grids, water supplies and global communications.

'We're going to be dealing with humans versus nonhumans. And I think nonhumans are going to be running the show. Like literal nonhumans, like nonhuman, nonbiological intelligence is going to be running the show,' Rogan predicted.

Joe Rogan claimed artificial intelligence may be a life form instead of a collection of computer problems

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Rogan made the chilling prediction during his interview with comedian and author Sam Tallent on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, as they discussed jobs disappearing due to automation.

'We're not going to be the apex predator anymore. There's going to be a thing that has ultimate domain over us,' Rogan declared.

'The aliens are here, and they live inside chips. They're real. It's a life form, and it's a hyperintelligent life form that we've created.'

The podcast host explained that AI was continuing to evolve, learn and improve itself, claiming it was capable of tapping into resources around the globe to solve problems which humanity has not been able to figure out in decades. 

He said mathematician Eric Weinstein had already declared 'math is broken,' noting how AI had solved equations in seconds that humans considered impossible to answer.

Rogan predicted that AI will soon have access to technology that humanity was still struggling to develop, including cold fusion, an inexhaustible source of clean energy made by forcing atoms to fuse together without extreme heat.

He claimed that one of the only positives that may come from the rise of AI and potential 'full-scale societal collapse' would be the human instinct to come together following a crisis, comparing it to the American response after the September 11 terror attacks.

Joe Rogan warned that he believed artificial intelligence was a 'life form' that would soon become the dominant species on Earth

Rogan cautioned that if a foreign nation were able to harness the power of a true AI superintelligence, they would be able to control critical US systems, shut down infrastructure and launch devastating cyber attacks on the population. 

'It's going to happen because there's a Manhattan style a Manhattan Project-style race that's going on right now between us and China and Russia and we can't lose it,' Rogan said during the November 3 podcast episode.

'If we lose it, then they are going to have a super intelligence that controls everything. It'll control the grid. It'll control, like water systems, everything,' he added.

Whether a foreign adversary unleashed an AI-powered attack on the world or AI did it by itself, Rogan urged the public to put their political and societal differences aside and start preparing for a doomsday-style event.

'We have to come together and people are going to have to learn how to grow their own food. They're going to have to learn how to be self-sustaining,' Rogan explained.

'We're going to get to a very weird place very shortly because we have become so dependent on these industrial production methods of creating food that we can't even imagine this concept of getting our own food,' he continued.

The podcast host's warning came after Jacob Coxon, a whistleblower who worked at AI giant Anthropic, claimed that this 'dangerous technology' could destroy humanity by the year 2030.

Jacob Coxon, a former researcher for OpenAI and fellow giant Anthropic, claimed that this 'dangerous technology' could destroy humanity by the year 2030.

Coxon said that humans knew how to control nuclear weapons, but did not know how to control AI.

'The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt,' he wrote in a chilling September 9 post on X.

Rogan has also previously claimed that the birth of superintelligence within AI systems could soon be looked at by some as the prophesied Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

In December 2025, Rogan claimed AI-powered technology would soon be able to replicate some biblical feats, potentially enabling humans to bring people back from the dead using new medicines or mind-uploading technology.

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