Something About Russia Insisting Everything Is Fine After the Lab Leak Death Is Making Us Nervous

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Last week, a 28-year-old employee at an anti-plague institute in the Siberian city of Irkutsk died at a regional hospital just two days after mysteriously falling ill.

Her unusual occupation drew an international media frenzy, sparking fears over another pandemic. The news sounded just a bit too much like the opening to a cheesy medical horror movie, with US secretary of state Marco Rubio saying that the US is “watching and monitoring” the case “closely.”

Former White House COVID-19 response coordinator Deborah Birx called the death “particularly concerning,” saying that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are “very much aware and tracking” the situation.

And something about Russian officials’ reassurances hasn’t quite quelled our fears. The deceased worker, Darya Shipilova, was diagnosed with “pneumonia of unknown etiology,” per the Moscow Times — a vague diagnosis that left plenty of questions unanswered.

It’s especially unsettling considering the lab has been studying the pneumonic plague, which develops when “bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with untreated bubonic or septicemic plague, or when a person inhales infectious droplets coughed out by another person or animal with pneumonic plague,” per the CDC.

The Black Death, a global 14th century pandemic that’s believed to have killed tens of millions of people, included all three forms of plague: bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic.

There have been recent outbreaks of pneumonic plague in Madagascar, but there are no known cases of the country exporting plague cases to other countries.

Russian head of the republic of the neighboring Siberian region Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov at first threw fuel on the fire by claiming in a Telegram post that Shipilova had died of the plague — before adding the word “maybe” to his statement.

Many say there’s no reason to panic. Consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said it found no evidence that any lab materials had anything to do with the tragic death and that were no signs of foul play or security breaches. Intriguingly, the watchdog confirmed that contact tracing revealed two cases of COVID-19 and two cases of rhinovirus, according to the Moscow Times — but no plague.

The World Health Organization has since publicly stated that the risk of an epidemic in Russia is low. Spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said in a statement today that “all ‌of the patients’ contacts have reportedly been identified and are being monitored for ‌illness, and none to date have shown ​symptoms of illness.”

The lab at the institute where Shipilova was employed is currently under lockdown, including 60 of her colleagues, forcing them to sleep on the floors and in chairs.

Characteristically, president Donald Trump appeared to have received some serious mixed messaging from his aides — or struggled to interpret the details for himself.

“I hate to see them having it,” he said, seemingly implying the existence of a plague outbreak in Russia, one of the United States’ biggest adversaries. “We’ll help. Everybody who has that kind of a problem, we’ll always help.”

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Synopsis

Recently, numerous reports emerged from Tehran and Zahedan about sightings of a mysterious triangular object illuminated by bright lights. This has sparked online chatter about a potential clandestine craft known as the TR-3B Black Manta. Given former President Donald Trump's past remarks on advanced weaponry, public interest in secret military technologies has surged.

A screenshot from a viral video claiming to show the alleged TR-3B Black Manta triangular aircraft over Iran.

However, there is no credible evidence that the TR-3B Black Manta exists, let alone that it uses anti-gravity technology or was reverse-engineered from extraterrestrial spacecraft.

What was spotted over Iran?

One video circulating online reportedly showed a large, crescent- or triangular-shaped object with bright lights over Tehran, including the area near the Azadegan Expressway. Another video showed a cluster of lights moving across the night sky over Zahedan.

The footage quickly triggered speculation on social media that the objects could be the alleged TR-3B.

Another X user made a similar claim, writing that the alleged US-made TR-3B Black Manta had been seen in Argentina and Iran and was developed through reverse engineering of crashed UFOs.

There is, however, no publicly verified evidence supporting these claims.

What is the TR-3B Black Manta?

The TR-3B Black Manta is the name given online to an alleged secret US military aircraft. It is often described as a large triangular platform equipped with an advanced propulsion system that supposedly uses anti-gravity technology.

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Former U.S. Army ‘Psychic Spy’ Claims CIA Uses 23andMe and Ancestry to Hunt for ‘Alien DNA’

At Mount Hayes, Buchanan claimed earlier viewers had perceived humans and non-human beings working together at what appeared to be an intelligence-gathering installation inside the mountain. When Buchanan later viewed the site, he said the equipment appeared to have become automated, with little need for personnel to remain there.

His description of Mount Ziel was different. Buchanan said he interpreted the Australian location as something resembling a “port of entry,” where supposedly friendly extraterrestrial groups could arrive before traveling elsewhere. He claimed that while viewing the location, he sensed that whatever intelligence occupied it was aware of his presence but allowed him to continue examining the facility.

The Strange Story Behind The DNA Chart Marked “Other”

Buchanan recounts an encounter he says happened in El Paso, Texas. According to him, he had stopped at a restaurant and was returning to his vehicle when two men approached him. He emphasized that they looked human. The men apparently already knew who he was and asked whether he could discover who inside the U.S. government was interested in what they described as the wedge of a DNA chart marked “other.”

Buchanan said he initially had no idea what they meant. He said that he contacted investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe, whom he knew personally, because he thought she might have information about people in government examining unusual DNA.

Buchanan says the two men subsequently gave him was far stranger. They allegedly claimed that extraterrestrials had removed humans from Earth centuries ago and used them as slaves on another planet. After hundreds of generations away from Earth, they said, the descendants’ DNA had changed as they adapted to that other environment.

According to Buchanan’s retelling, some of these humans were eventually brought back to Earth to perform work connected with alleged extraterrestrial bases. A number of them supposedly escaped. The two men claimed they were among those escapees and had no interest in political power, intelligence work or influencing governments; Buchanan said they simply described themselves as people who wanted to remain free and were afraid that genetic testing could identify them.

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When Michels asked whether the men were physiologically indistinguishable from ordinary humans, Buchanan replied that the two individuals he met appeared human. He also stopped short of presenting the story as something he could prove, telling Michels that he did not know whether what they told him was true.

How 23andMe And Ancestry Entered The Story

Philosopher and author Jason Reza Jorjani told Michels during a recent American Alchemy appearance that Buchanan described human-looking beings often associated with the “Nordic” category in UFO literature. Jorjani claimed these beings had fled an oppressive society, found refuge on Earth, and established families whose later generations might have little or no knowledge of their unusual ancestry.

orjani went further, claiming Buchanan had told him that former CIA scientist Christopher “Kit” Green was connected to a capability for accessing genetic information held by consumer services such as 23andMe and Ancestry. Jorjani alleged that the purpose was to search for a genetic variation that differed from the normal Homo sapiens population and could reveal descendants of these beings.

No document proving such a CIA program has been produced publicly, and no genetic marker recognized by mainstream genetics has been demonstrated to identify extraterrestrial-human ancestry. The claim therefore remains an allegation traveling through a chain of testimony: Jorjani says Buchanan told him the information, while the publicly available evidence does not establish the existence of the alleged database access.

There is also an interesting difference between the two accounts. In Buchanan’s direct 2026 interview with Michels, the men associated with the “other” DNA story are described simply as human-looking escapees whose ancestors had supposedly been taken from Earth. Buchanan does not identify them in that section as Nordics living in Colorado. Jorjani’s version contains those additional details, making it important not to treat every element as though Buchanan made all of the claims publicly in the same interview.

What 23andMe And Ancestry Say About Government Access

23andMe says it scrutinizes government requests and requires legally valid process before considering disclosure. Its customer information currently states that it has not released customer information to law enforcement. The company also says it does not voluntarily provide personal information to law enforcement without valid legal authority such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant.

Ancestry publishes its own government-request transparency reports. Its report covering 2025 says it received zero valid requests for access to customers’ DNA data during that year. More significantly for claims involving intelligence agencies, Ancestry states that as of December 31, 2025, it had never received a classified request under U.S. national-security laws, including a National Security Letter or a request under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The company says DNA disclosure requires, at minimum, a court order or search warrant and that it may challenge legal demands involving genetic data.

Those statements cannot logically disprove an allegation specifically built around an unknown covert “backdoor,” because the allegation itself assumes access outside normal legal channels. They do, however, show that there is currently no public evidence supporting the claim and that the companies’ documented policies describe a very different access process.

Buchanan Claims He Recognized A UFO Control Panel Inside A Military Hangar

Michels also asked whether he believed the U.S. government possessed recovered UFO technology. Buchanan answered yes and described an incident he says occurred while visiting a military hangar used to investigate aircraft accidents. According to him, the facility contained piles of wreckage that investigators were attempting to reconstruct following midair collisions.

As Buchanan walked through the building, he says he suddenly recognized an unusual control panel among the debris and announced that it had come from a UFO. The statement apparently echoed through the metal building, after which, according to Buchanan, the officer in charge quickly had him removed.

Buchanan said he recognized the panel because he had encountered the same kind of technology during what he believes was a physical alien abduction.

He Says A Small Grey Being Showed Him How To Operate A Craft

Buchanan told Michels that the alleged abduction happened while he was serving as a Methodist minister in East Texas. He recalled hearing something arrive outside his home before finding himself in an unfamiliar white room.

Among the beings he described were very tall humanoid figures and a much smaller grey being. Buchanan said the small being eventually took him toward the front of a craft, where it appeared to function as the pilot.

The control system he remembered was unlike a conventional aircraft cockpit. Buchanan described a surface containing a hand-shaped area in which individual finger positions corresponded to different functions. He claimed the craft responded to the user and that he was allowed to try operating it.

Years later, he said, seeing what appeared to be the same style of control panel among wreckage in a military facility immediately triggered his recognition.

A “Mantis” Being Working Alongside Humans

Michels also asked Buchanan whether he had ever physically seen humans and non-human beings working together rather than merely encountering them during remote viewing.

Buchanan answered that he had seen what he described as an “insectoid.” He compared the being to the mantis-like entities sometimes reported in UFO and paranormal literature and said it was seated alongside humans who were operating equipment.

He refused to identify the location or surrounding circumstances, saying those details were connected with information he would not disclose.

Mars, Rendlesham And UFO Crash Retrievals

The interview continued through several other well-known mysteries in the remote-viewing and UFO world. Buchanan said he had experienced what remote viewers call “bilocation” or “perfect site integration,” in which the viewer becomes so absorbed in a target that the environment seems physically present.

He recalled one session in which he believed he found himself in the Cydonia region of Mars, feeling sand beneath his feet, experiencing the cold and seeing an orange-red landscape. He later claimed that imagery shown to him matched portions of what he had perceived during the session.

Buchanan also discussed the famous 1980 Rendlesham Forest incident in England. He claimed to have remotely examined a triangular craft associated with the case and drawn what he interpreted as its internal layout, including a reddish interior, a control area and a compartment that appeared to hold samples.

Asked directly whether he believed the United States has operated a UFO crash-retrieval and reverse-engineering program, Buchanan said he did. He nevertheless drew an interesting distinction, telling Michels that he did not believe the military remote-viewing unit was formally part of such a program because, according to him, his unit was not normally tasked with UFO crash retrieval.

The Government Really Did Study Remote Viewing, But That Does Not Verify Buchanan’s UFO Claims

The U.S. intelligence community genuinely spent years investigating remote viewing. Declassified CIA records document experiments, operational sessions and efforts to determine whether anomalous perception could have intelligence value. The CIA says the research eventually passed to the DIA and became associated with the program widely remembered as STARGATE.

However, the government’s acknowledgment that remote-viewing research existed should not be confused with confirmation of every extraordinary story told by people who participated in that world.

A CIA-commissioned review by the American Institutes for Research in 1995 concluded that although some experimental results appeared difficult to dismiss as simple randomness, remote viewing had proven too inconsistent and ambiguous to produce dependable actionable intelligence. The reviewers concluded that continued operational use was not warranted.

That leaves Buchanan’s latest interview in an unusual place. Parts of his biography are tied to a genuine and once-classified chapter of American intelligence history, while his claims about alien installations, non-human beings, UFO technology and altered extraterrestrial-linked DNA remain unsupported by publicly verifiable physical evidence.

The connection to 23andMe and Ancestry is even more indirect. Buchanan’s own interview gives a detailed account of two apparently human men asking about a mysterious “other” category in DNA analysis, while Jorjani is the source publicly connecting Buchanan’s story to an alleged CIA backdoor into major commercial genetic databases.

Whether those stories eventually lead to documentation or remain part of the strange mythology surrounding America’s psychic-intelligence programs is an open question. What can be established is that the U.S. government really did spend decades studying remote viewing, Buchanan really was part of that world, and more than thirty years after those programs emerged from secrecy, some of their former participants are still telling stories considerably stranger than anything contained in the declassified files.

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Mystery object spotted over Iran sparks buzz over US 'Black Manta' spy jet

Was it a UFO, drone or something else entirely? A mysterious object spotted over Iran amid its conflict with the US has sparked fresh speculation about America's shadowy aircraft - the 'Black Manta'.

US Black Manta Iran

Written By: Abhishek De

Amid renewed fighting between the US and Iran, a mysterious object with bright, multi-coloured lights was seen hovering over Tehran this week. It looked like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. The sighting has now revived speculation about a highly secretive US aircraft, allegedly called the TR-3B 'Black Manta'. While the US has never acknowledged it, there have been previous sightings of a large, dark triangular object moving quietly at low altitudes - similar to what was seen over Iran.

The mysterious object was first spotted gliding through the sky near the Azadegan Expressway in Tehran on September 20. The visuals show a large, crescent-shaped aircraft with multi-coloured lights. On September 21, another video emerged showing a strange cluster of lights moving across the skies in Iran's Zahedan.

DRONE OR MYSTERIOUS 'BLACK MANTA'?

The sudden appearance of the mysterious objects has sparked a wave of theories. Some suggested it was an illuminated kite. But not all were convinced, considering the huge size of the object.

Others suggested that it could be a mystery drone or even an extraterrestrial object. So far, the Iranian military or government has remained tight-lipped on the sightings.

A section of experts have revived an even more intriguing theory - the enigmatic 'Black Manta' aircraft. However, there is no public evidence to confirm the existence of such a jet. Its existence is purely speculative. Despite this, the 'Black Manta' legend refuses to die.

What has given fresh momentum to the 'Black Manta' theory is Donald Trump's recent claim that the US has "weapons that nobody has ever seen before" and that are known "only to a select few". The US President made the remarks while threatening to "wipe out" Iran.

Against this backdrop, the mysterious sightings over Iran have once again brought the alleged 'Black Manta' into focus.

WHAT IS THE TR-3B 'BLACK MANTA'?

Over the decades, witnesses have described it as a black, triangle-shaped UFO with a bright central light that hovers and departs with unnerving suddenness. There have been odd satellite silhouettes that match the dimensions of the 'Black Manta ', but there has been no definitive proof of its existence.

The world got a glimpse of it in 2021, when Iranian media shared an image of a triangle-shaped object on board a US aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea. A report by the IRGC-linked Tasnim News Agency speculated that it could actually be the top-secret TR-3 'Black Manta'.

Conspiracy theorists believe the supersonic stealth spy jet flies using anti-gravity technology. While having no gravity is impossible, its effects can be reduced or countered in various ways.

According to a report in Medium, one theory suggests that the jet uses nuclear energy to create high-pressure plasma, which creates an anti-gravity field around it.

The 'Black Manta' is also speculated to have special thrust systems that allow it to quickly change speed, direction and position. Moreover, plasma produced through nuclear reactions can reduce an aircraft's radar signature.

This is believed to make the aircraft harder to detect, making it capable of flying long distances.

While there have been independent investigations into the mysterious sightings, the most detailed one was conducted by the National Institute of Discovery Science (NIDS). The Las Vegas-based research group conducted an extensive investigation into sightings of black, triangle-like objects.

Before it was disbanded in 2004, the NIDS collected more than 150 reports from the US, Canada and Europe.

It concluded that the object appeared to be an "extremely silent" aircraft and could quickly accelerate from a hovering position using powerful nuclear-based technology. It suggested that the primary function of the 'Black Manta' was intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

However, these claims have never been independently confirmed. The mysterious 'Black Manta' may remain part of aviation folklore.

But if we look at history, there have been instances of US aircraft flying in secrecy for years before being acknowledged by Washington. The most popular being the F-117 Nighthawk, whose distinctive triangular outline generated much intrigue in the late 1980s.

The Nighthawk, believed to be the world's first operational stealth aircraft, was spotted several times since 1983, but was not publicly acknowledged until 1988.

THE 1976 UFO SIGHTING OVER IRAN

The latest videos have also brought back memories of a popular UFO sighting over Tehran in 1976. On September 19, 1976, Iranian authorities reported seeing a bright object in the sky. While Iran sent F-4 fighter jets to probe the sighting, the identity of the object was never established.

Several years later, a pilot of one of the F-4s recounted that the object appeared to launch multiple glowing orbs that allegedly circled his plane. The 1976 incident also found its way into US government records. However, the details are sketchy.

For now, the latest sightings over Iran remain unexplained. There is no evidence that the object was the alleged 'Black Manta', or even that such an aircraft exists. But history has shown that some of America's most secretive aircraft have remained hidden from public view for years. The 'Black Manta', for now, remains an aircraft of mystery.

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EXCLUSIVE - The chilling threat to Americans floating over their heads... as insiders reveal how the next world war will actually take shape

By CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR and JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT and ELINA SHIRAZI, US SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER

After a string of mysterious rocket launches by SpaceX this month, the US military has finally confirmed what many suspected: space-based weapons have been placed into Earth's orbit.

The unprecedented announcement came after SpaceX would only say that they were carrying top-secret payloads for the US Space Force, launching a pair of rockets from their California base in less than a week.

Now, the top uniformed officer in America's newest military branch, USSF Chief of Space Operations General Douglas Schiess, has told the Daily Mail that space has quietly become a secret battlefield - and the US is in a struggle with other superpowers to control it.

Schiess said: 'Space is both a battlefield and the backbone of our Joint Force. 

'We face determined and credible adversaries who are building and fielding counterspace systems at incredible speeds to directly target the United States' space advantage.'

'Let me be clear: Today, Guardians [Space Force personnel] operate on-orbit weapons that can defend the Joint Force against space-enabled attacks.'

On September 16, SpaceX launched a classified payload into orbit for the US Space Force, which is charged with defending the country's satellites and communications systems

A Space Force spokesperson specifically singled out Russia and China, claiming that both nations had been testing weapons for use in space for the last two decades.

While the Pentagon has not revealed what the September 2026 rocket launches were carrying for the Space Force, the White House has already made it clear that one of the military's goals is building President Donald Trump's 'Golden Dome' - a giant net of sensors and missile-interceptor satellites around the globe.

On September 14, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the shock announcement that those interceptors had already gone from the development phase to 'flight-ready hardware' in less than a year.

Speaking at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Meink said the US was prepared to deal with 'evolving threats' but did not elaborate on the weapon's offensive capabilities or when it was put into orbit.

Space Force was created in 2019 with the main mission of protecting satellites used for communications, navigation and surveillance.

However, a military spokesperson told the Daily Mail the US is facing increased threats that could originate from hostile satellites in Earth orbit - comparing the vast vacuum just miles above Earth's surface to an actual battle zone.

'The US has warned about Russian and Chinese weapons testing and operationalization since 2007. Due to their actions, it is no longer a question that space is a warfighting domain,' they said.

'Acknowledging our readiness to protect and defend against adversary use of space weapons deters aggression. The space domain is contested, and we must be able to secure our nation's interests in space - that is why the Space Force was established as the sixth military service.'

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed the US military placed weapons in orbit above Earth

President Trump has wants a 'Golden Dome' missile defense system by the end of the decade

Pictured: A hypothetical scenario showing how the US 'Golden Dome' system would activate and prevent a nuclear attack on America

The source did not reveal what the new weapons placed in orbit were capable of, when they were launched into space or how these systems operate. 

Five years ago, the Russian military showed how lethal its space-based satellites could be, successfully testing a hit-to-kill anti-satellite missile in 2021.

The device obliterated a defunct, Soviet-era spy satellite launched in 1982, sparking condemnation from around the world.

It is believed that the Golden Dome, which the White House wants completed by the end of the decade, will consist of sensors and tracking satellites, ground and sea-based missile platforms and a planned 'constellation' of space-based interceptors.

Similar to the defense missile used by Israel, the 'dome' would act like a layered shield meant to detect and shoot down missiles and other airborne attacks on the American homeland.

The interceptors in space would sit in orbit and, if used, try to ram an enemy missile early in flight before it can drop warheads or decoys.

Besides the interceptors, Golden Dome is also expected to feature sensor and enemy tracking platforms sitting in orbit.

Those satellites would watch for missile launches from foreign nations or other adversaries, follow the threat across the sky and feed targeting data to the interceptors on land, at sea or in space.

Officials want them there because a missile can appear with only minutes of warning, and space is the only place that can see almost the entire surface of the Earth at one time.

While the Pentagon has not revealed the specifics of these new systems moving into the 'flight-ready' status, lawmakers in Washington have already done the math on how many interceptors will need to be launched to complete Trump's plan.

A so-called 'golden dome' would help protect the United States from outer space

The US has deployed a space weapon in the Earth's orbit for the first time, its air force said

According to a May 2026 report from the Congressional Budget Office, the US would need approximately 7,800 interceptor satellites in low Earth orbit to effectively defend the country.

That estimate came from an assessment of what it would take to stop ten long-range missiles, possibly nuclear-capable ICBMs, which were fired at America at the same time.

The CBO report also laid out a jaw-dropping $1.2 trillion price tag for the Golden Dome. This would cover the development, deployment and operation of these satellites for the next 20 years.

There is one type of weapon that the US has agreed to not launch into space - nuclear missiles or other weapons of mass destruction. These typically include chemical and biological weapons.

The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which the US signed and ratified, states that countries may not place nuclear devices or other similar weapons into Earth orbit, on the Moon or elsewhere in outer space.

However, that does not ban conventional weapons, signal jammers, missile interceptors or military satellites. 

There are more than 110 'states parties' - meaning countries which are legally bound to obey it - that have signed the agreement over the years.

US lawmakers have raised concerns Russia wants a nuclear anti-satellite weapon in space

All major countries which have ventured into space are parties, including Russia and China.

Despite that, US lawmakers, including Republican Mike Turner, the former head of the House intelligence committee, have claimed that Russia is prepared to violate that agreement and take the space arms race nuclear.

In 2024, Turner demanded that the Biden Administration declassify all intelligence on a 'serious national security threat' that was believed to involve Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking to deploy a nuclear anti-satellite weapon in space.

Moscow denied the claim. Putin said Russia opposed nuclear weapons in space, and then-Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said there were 'no such projects.'

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Mysterious 'vehicle of unknown origin' hidden at US Navy Base raises questions about secret UFO program

By CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR

A mysterious UFO has been allegedly stored at a little-known US Navy base on the East Coast for decades as the military continues to reverse-engineer its secrets. 

A new report has claimed that Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, better known as Pax River, has kept an 'exotic vehicle of unknown origin' secretly housed there, possibly since the 1950s.

According to anonymous sources tied to Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), which is headquartered at Pax River, certain military programs at the base have been involved in analyzing and exploiting technology recovered from non-human craft for years.

NAVAIR is a major part of the US Navy, which handles everything related to naval aircraft, weapons, and aviation systems. It designs, builds, tests, buys, repairs, and keeps Navy and Marine Corps aircraft ready for use.

Speaking to the Liberation Times, the unnamed sources claimed that two types of aircraft have been trying to spy on what the US has at Pax River. One is allegedly drones from China, and the other are non-human UFOs.

Recently, this spying activity has allegedly increased and moved closer to land, including right around the Navy base on the Chesapeake Bay.

Although the claims could not be confirmed by the Daily Mail, UFO whistleblower Luis Elizondo stated in written testimony to Congress that a specially built hangar was constructed at Pax River specifically for the transfer of extraterrestrial technology.

Under oath, Elizondo described a plan where this hangar would help major defense contractor Lockheed Martin move non-human technology to another company called Bigelow Aerospace for further study and analysis.

Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland (Pictured from space) has allegedly been used to store and study 'non-human' technology, including a craft of 'unknown origin'

UFO whistleblowers have continued to claim to Congress that the US military is in possession of advanced extraterrestrial technology it is working to reverse-engineer

The Daily Mail has reached out to Lockheed Martin for comment. Bigelow Aerospace went dormant as a company in 2020, laying off its entire workforce during the Covid pandemic. 

According to the sources who spoke to Liberation Times, the US government allegedly has a secret contingency plan for moving the unidentified craft if its specific location at Pax River becomes publicly known or is threatened by further spying.

The report added that some of the activity seen taking place near the base is believed to be linked advanced drones or aircraft that use technology that's been copied and developed from the supposed exotic materials.

Although Elizondo claimed that a new facility was built at Pax River just for these UFO transfers, the anonymous sources said none of them took place after the CIA's former director of science and technology blocked companies from gaining access.

Elizondo is a former senior intelligence official who worked at the Pentagon, where he led a secret government program called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).

AATIP studied unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), the new name for UFOs, determining if they were a possible threat to national security.

Elizondo, a whistleblower since 2017, testified under oath in 2024 to Congresswoman Nancy Mace that the government maintains secret programs to recover crashed spacecraft. 

Additionally, Elizondo's testimony noted that these programs have successfully reverse-engineered some of this technology and that the US was now in possession of advanced non-human equipment, including at bases like Pax River.

Pax River (Pictured) is the headquarters for NAVAIR, a major part of the US Navy that designs, builds, and tests, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft

Luis Elizondo (Pictured) led the government's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program and has knowledge of America's UFO crash recovery missions

'These facilities included locations in the Las Vegas area and a newly built hangar at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station (“PAX”),' Elizondo said in his testimony.

'Specifically, the PAX River hangar was designed to facilitate the transfer of future materials via air and river.'

The Maryland base has been home to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) since 1992, a group that conducts research, development, testing, and evaluation of new aircraft and weapons, including advanced and experimental projects.

Although the US military has said there has never been any physical evidence of UFOs recovered, multiple former government employees and scientists have come forward to claim that several vehicles have been recovered since the 1940s.

Last year, Dr Hal Puthoff, a physicist and electrical engineer who worked on the government's psychic spy and UFO research programs, revealed on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that the US military has recovered more than 10 spacecraft since the infamous Roswell incident.

Although there was no evidence to confirm it, Puthoff claimed that some of these craft were actually fully intact craft that had been 'gifted' to humans by extraterrestrials.

Thousands of reports of large, silent drones (Pictured) over New Jersey and sensitive sights along the East Coast started in November 2024 and carried into 2025

The unverified claims about Pax River and potential spying overhead come just one year after hundreds of unidentified drones and UFOs were spotted flying over the East Coast by both the military and the American public. 

The bizarre drone swarms appeared to focus on US military installations as well as other key sites, including President Trump's property in New Jersey.

Many Americans described them as 'car-sized drones', making no noise as they flew closely overhead of residential neighborhoods from November 2024 until early 2025. 

To this day, the origin of the drones, their targets over New Jersey and the rest of the East Coast, and their research remain a mystery.

However, an unnamed private firm contracted by the US military eventually took responsibility for the drone swarms, claiming they were conducting tests of their advanced aerial craft, according to off-the-record comments at an Army summit in August 2025.

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Secret space-age weapon built to spy on Americans spotted at China's Area 51

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By CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR

A top-secret military aircraft the size of a US stealth bomber has been spotted flying around a base that has been called China's Area 51. 

Aviation researcher Andreas Rupprecht, a specialist in Chinese military aircraft who posted the leaked photos of the nearly 50ft-long craft on social media, said it is believed to be a giant, twin-engine drone called the WZ-X. 

Commercial satellites first captured images of the WZ-X at China's Malan Air Base in May 2025. Secret test programs of futuristic aircraft at the Chinese facility have drawn comparisons to the infamous US base in Nevada linked to experimental aircraft and even UFOs.

Military analysts believe the 'monster' drone will be used by the Chinese Air Force for high-altitude, long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (HALE ISR).

This means it could be tasked with spotting US ships, mapping air defenses and passing along targeting data and locations for missile strikes.

Rupprecht, who has been recognized as a specialist on Chinese military aviation, said the top-secret drone likely has a range of 12,000 miles and can fly at altitudes of more than 60,000 feet.

This means the drone, nicknamed the 'Monster of Malan' by military media outlets, would be able to travel from China's Area 51 and perform spy missions on any US city, from Los Angeles to New York, and still have fuel left to travel thousands of miles.

Although satellites have seen the alleged drone on the ground and in the air over northwest China, the People's Liberation Army Air Force has not officially confirmed the aircraft’s existence, name or capabilities.

Satellite images have spotted a giant, unmanned aircraft being developed at a secret Chinese military facility

The craft is believed to be the WZ-X, a drone capable of reaching any US city

Based on images obtained from satellites, including from US aerospace company Planet Labs, the mystery craft is believed to be similar in shape to the US RQ-180 military drone, but much larger.

Its estimated wingspan of 170 feet would make it roughly the same size as an American B-2 stealth bomber, a plane which can carry both nuclear weapons and more conventional 'bunker buster' bombs.

While some military drones do carry a large array of missiles, it remains a mystery if the WZ-X is able to carry any weapons.

However, the drone's flight ceiling of 66,000 feet, according to Rupprecht, would mean this spy craft is capable of cruising 16,000 feet higher than the B-2 bomber.

This means the air is much thinner, so the drone uses less fuel and can stay aloft for many hours while it potentially looks down on large cities or military bases.

At that height, and with its stealth aircraft shape, the WZ-X also becomes even harder to see on radar.

Rupprecht also noted in a social media post that a second, large flying-wing drone - sometimes called GJ-X - was also seen at the same base in China.

Malan has become the Chinese military's main testing center for all types of unmanned aircraft, Rupprecht claimed. 

Defense expert and author Andreas Rupprecht claimed the WZ-X would be used for spy missions on military ships, cities and defense installations

Multiple drones and experimental aircraft have been seen at the Chinese testing facility known as Malan Air Base

Area 51, an area of more than 2.9 million acres, is located at the Nevada Test and Training Range

Satellite photos dating back to 2022 have shown that the base has undergone a massive expansion, adding new hangars, runways and other buildings likely connected to the building of large spy planes like the WZ-X and GJ-X.

These alleged programs have sparked concerning comparisons to America's Area 51, which the US intelligence community admitted was real and not just a myth in 2013.

The CIA revealed previously classified documents that the top-secret facility in the Nevada desert was established in the 1950s and played a major role in the creation of America's own revolutionary spy plane - the U-2.

Since then, amateur photographers and UFO researchers have captured numerous images and videos of strange and unknown objects flying over Area 51 that do not match the design of any known military aircraft.

While Malan Air Base has not been linked to the UFO phenomenon to the same level as Area 51, members of Congress and the White House claimed in the documentary 'The Age of Disclosure' that the US, Russia and China were all racing to be the first to fully weaponize non-human tech.

Documentary director Dan Farah said that several US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, believed the world was now locked in a new Cold War to reengineer the alien technology recovered from these ships.

Unnamed sources tied to the US Naval Air Systems Command have also claimed that two types of aircraft have been trying to spy on what the US has at a top-secret facility in Maryland known as Pax River.

The source told the Liberation Times that one was allegedly drones from China and the other was non-human UFOs.

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Cows found mutilated and drained of every drop of blood across remote Oregon... and baffled deputy has a chilling theory

• WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT 

By ROB WAUGH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Cattle are being found dead across remote stretches of Oregon with their blood apparently drained and their udders, tongues or genitals removed through clean, scalpel-like cuts.

There are no signs of a struggle, no tracks surrounding the carcasses and none of the torn flesh or tooth marks normally left by predators.

More than 10,000 cattle mutilations are estimated to have been reported across the US over the past half-century, spawning theories involving cults, secret government experiments, UFOs and mythical creatures such as the chupacabra.

Now a new documentary, Not One Drop of Blood, available to stream this week on Amazon Prime Video, investigates the enduring phenomenon and a recent cluster of cases in Oregon's remote Harney County.

The mystery intensified in February 2021, when one mutilated cow was discovered on ranch land before six more were found across the county with body parts missing and reportedly no blood remaining.

One local law enforcement officer admits in the film that the baffling evidence has pushed even him toward an extraordinary explanation: 'My personal opinion, it's aliens.'

Authorities have found nothing pointing to predators, cattle thieves or poisonous plants, while local veterinarians said the wounds resembled scalpel cuts rather than animal bites.

Yet filmmakers Jackson Devereux and Lachlan Hinton say the absence of answers has exposed a deeper crisis confronting overstretched authorities and a ranching community already fighting to preserve its way of life.

Cattle are being found dead across remote stretches of Oregon with their blood apparently drained and their udders, tongues or genitals removed through clean, scalpel-like cuts

Harney County is the ninth-largest county in the US by area, according to Devereux, and its cattle outnumber its people by approximately 14 to one. 

Its immense, isolated ranches can take officers hours to reach, giving investigators little hope of preserving evidence when another carcass is reported.

Devereux, an Australian filmmaker based in New York, heard about the mutilations from friends in a touring rock band who caught an Oregon radio report about six dead cattle.

He and Hinton contacted journalist Anna King, who had reported on the cases and joined the documentary as a producer. They interviewed police, ranchers, agricultural workers, young residents and Indigenous people.

'It just felt very cinematic and larger than just the simple viral element of the mystery,' Devereux said. 'It's these sprawling landscapes that kind of have this mystery that looms over them.'

The documentary focuses on descriptions repeated across numerous cases: Animals appear to have simply collapsed, leaving no disturbed dirt or hoof marks indicating a violent struggle. Their tongues, udders or reproductive organs are missing, yet there is none of the ragged damage expected from scavengers.

Rancher Clint Weaver initially believed one dead bull had been killed while fighting another animal.

'First, we thought it was just the bulls fighting, so we kind of chalked that up to a death,' Weaver said.

'And then we found another one. And then we started looking at them a lot closer, and noticed that their testicles and their reproductive organs were gone. Then we drove up the creek and found the rest of them.'

'And it was the same: the testicles, reproductive organs, sometimes the tongues were gone. And then we knew something was going on, so then we called the law enforcement in.'

More than 10,000 cattle mutilations are estimated to have been reported across the US over the past half-century, spawning theories involving cults, secret government experiments, UFOs and mythical creatures such as the chupacabra

Now a new documentary, Not One Drop of Blood, available to stream this week on Amazon Prime Video, investigates the enduring phenomenon and a recent cluster of cases in Oregon's remote Harney County 

The apparent absence of blood from the animals is one of the most perplexing details and inspired the documentary's title.

Investigators found no tracks or evidence that the cattle had eaten a deadly plant, Devereux said. Local veterinarians also rejected predator attacks as an explanation because an animal biting and tearing at flesh would leave visibly different damage.

'This looks like a scalpel,' Devereux said of the wounds. 'It's very precise.'

He initially suspected that natural causes or insects could explain the deaths. But ranchers monitor their cattle daily and generally recognize signs that an animal is sick, he said, leaving him increasingly uncertain as each potential explanation encountered another conflicting detail.

One local law enforcement officer admits in the film that the baffling evidence has pushed even him toward an extraordinary explanation: 'My personal opinion, it's aliens' 

The film explores a spate of mutilations in Harney, Oregon

Similar mutilations have been reported across the US, Canada and Mexico since the late 1960s. Elk and deer have also reportedly been found with comparable injuries.

The phenomenon has developed what Devereux described as a cult-like following within the paranormal community. Linda Moulton Howe's 1980 documentary Strange Harvest famously explored claims that extraterrestrials were responsible.

Many Harney County residents nevertheless suspect human attackers. Their theories include people using poison darts to incapacitate cattle before draining their blood and removing organs for ritualistic or illicit purposes, although investigators have uncovered no evidence substantiating those ideas.

Devereux believes UFO and paranormal theories persist because residents and investigators have spent approximately 50 years confronting the same disturbing details without finding a conventional answer.

Harney County Sheriff's Department officer Matt Ellibee said he and the sheriff had considered explanations involving devil worshippers and the occult. But the seemingly impossible circumstances left him contemplating something even more extraordinary.

'My personal opinion, it's aliens,' Ellibee said. 'I don't know how else to explain it.

'Do I believe in aliens? I don't know. I don't believe we're the only intelligent species in our universe. But unless there's some super secret squirrel black op group out there able to do this stuff, I don't know what else it'd be.'

He questioned whether an unknown clandestine operation could possess the ability to kill and mutilate the animals without leaving evidence, adding: 'Unless there's some super secret squirrel black op group out there able to do this stuff, I don't know what else it'd be.'

Authorities have found nothing pointing to predators, cattle thieves or poisonous plants, while local veterinarians said the wounds resembled scalpel cuts rather than animal bites

The filmmakers found sheriff's office reports concerning cattle mutilations dating to the 1970s. Devereux said their descriptions were 'pretty much word for word' the same as reports being written more than 50 years later.

Part of the problem is practical. Officers may travel two hours to examine a new case only to find no tracks, physical evidence or obvious cause of death. They must then turn their attention to more immediate crimes, leaving the cattle investigation unresolved until another animal is found.

Attempts to coordinate investigations among different counties and agencies have also failed to produce a conclusive explanation.

The documentary connects the mystery with a ranching culture that Devereux believes is approaching a crossroads. Families work around the clock across enormous properties while questioning whether younger generations, now connected to life outside the county through the internet, will continue operating the ranches.

The directors approached the project skeptically, but Devereux admitted that the landscape could make even unlikely explanations feel possible.

'You stop, and you look around, and you can't see anything but cow's eyes and pitch black in the sky,' he said. 'At that point in time, you feel anything could happen out there in these landscapes.'

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Mysterious bright flashes were spotted near a top-secret military base in California over the weekend, triggering speculation over what caused the unexplained bursts in broad daylight.

Footage of the area, published on X by The Informant, shows a series of intense bursts of light erupting across the Mojave Desert before expanding glows illuminate the surrounding landscape near Edwards Air Force Base.

Edwards Air Force Base, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, is known as a premier center for flight research and aircraft testing.

The lights were spotted in footage from a public ALERTCalifornia wildlife camera, part of the University of California San Diego's monitoring network.

While no official explanation has been released, X users have proposed their own theories, with some suggesting the lights are from secret weapon testing.

'This is a test,' one user shared, while another commented: 'It looks like a phenomenon coming from underground military authorities. Must investigate ASAP.' 

However, more people have suggested that the flashes are nothing more than light reflecting off the field of solar panels in the area.

The base hosts the massive Edwards & Sanborn Solar and Energy Storage Project, which spans 4,600 acres of private land and leased base property on the northwest corner of the facility.

Mysterious bright flashes were spotted near a top-secret military base in California over the weekend

The Daily Mail has contacted Edwards Air Force Base for comment.

A sprawling solar facility was unveiled on the northwestern edge of Edwards Air Force Base in February 2023.

Developed with Terra-Gen LLC, the project included nearly two million solar panels, making it the largest solar array in US Air Force history.

The facility could generate up to 1,300 megawatts of electricity for California's power grid, enough to supply more than 238,000 homes while preventing an estimated 320,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. 

Although solar panels are designed to absorb sunlight, their glass surfaces can still produce intense momentary reflections known as glint when the sun and observer align at certain angles. 

The enormous solar farm near Edwards could therefore be one possible explanation. 

However, not everyone online is sold on the idea.

'Probably moving a secret aircraft and they're using floodlights to screen it from observers,' one user commented on the video.

Edwards Air Force Base, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, is known as a premier center for flight research and aircraft testing

The footage has trigtgered speculation over what caused the unexplained bursts in broad daylight

Another said: 'All the people saying solar panels are bots you can easily tell. This is most likely some weapons test, or us getting got by a foreign state.' 

Described as an 'irreplaceable national asset,' these days Edwards Air Force Base remains at the center of a significant portion of the US Air Force's aircraft test and development efforts.

All Air Force aircraft are tested there, along with some Navy and Army aircraft, according to the base.

'Arguably, more major milestones in flight have occurred at this base than anywhere else in the world,' according to the base.

It’s run by the 412th Test Wing, which also conducts developmental testing of Air Force weapons systems, software and components before purchase by the service as well as throughout their life span. 

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Autopsy reveals chilling new details in mysterious death of missing scientist found skeletonized in the woods

• MORE:  New twist in mystery of dead and missing scientists: Experts uncover chilling link that ties four unsolved cases together
  

By CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR

Shocking new details have emerged concerning the mysterious disappearance and death of a New Mexico woman who worked at a secretive US nuclear lab.

Authorities have revealed that Melissa Casias, whose body was discovered on May 28, was shot in the head at or around the time of her death, but it remains unclear if this was murder or a suicide. Her body was found well after her death.

Casias, an administrative assistant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, vanished without a trace on June 26, 2025 after strangely walking out of her home without any identification, keys or way of contacting her.

Her skeletal remains were discovered 11 months later in Carson National Forest, propped up against a tree with a handgun near the body.

The official autopsy noted that Casias had been shot through the base of the skull, with the bullet exiting through the left side of her head. However, the Office of the Medical Investigator could not say if this wound was what killed the 53-year-old.

Due to the amount of decomposition of Casias's remains when she was found, the medical examiner could only say that the gunshot occurred 'perimortem,' meaning it took place around the time she died but may not have been the actual cause.

The medical examiner's report added that the woman's left hand and left leg were both found about 20 feet away from the body and showed signs of being attacked by wildlife who likely scavenged through the remains after death.

While the medical examiner could not tell if Casias's death was a suicide or involved foul play, an anonymous law enforcement source told the Daily Mail the new details in the case point to murder.

Melissa Casias worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a long-running nuclear research facility, before disappearing on June 26 last year. Her remains were found on May 28

The autopsy of Melissa Casias has been released and authorities have determined that the nuclear lab worker had been shot in the head

The newly released autopsy noted that the bullet was fired into the right side of Casias's cranial base, hitting the bottom of the skull near the large hole where the spinal cord connects to the brain.

It also damaged the topmost neck bone, known as the C1 vertebra, before exiting through the left side of the head, through the flat, thin part of the temple.

'There's no way this was suicide, not from that angle,' the law enforcement source claimed, noting the reported position of the bullet when it entered Casias's skull. 

The source believed that, if Casias was really holding the handgun at that angle, the gun would have recoiled, causing the bullet to change direction instead of passing straight through her skull.

'The kickback would have made the gun go straight up. That's ridiculous. She was murdered,' the source alleged.

Officially, the medical examiner has labeled Casias's cause of death as 'undetermined,' adding that the autopsy could not even determine how close the gun was to the nuclear lab worker's head when it was fired.

New Mexico State Police told the Daily Mail that their investigation is still active, but did not reveal if investigators have interviewed any new suspects in the case.

Casias' husband, Mark, was one of the last people to see his wife alive in 2025, when he was dropped off at LANL for work on the morning of her disappearance.

Melissa Casias (Left) pictured with her husband Mark Casias

Casias's body was found alongside a handgun in the McGaffey Ridge area of Carson National Forest

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•  New twist in mystery of dead and missing scientists as questions swirl about unknown 'mentor' 

Casias reportedly said she had forgotten her work badge needed to access the base at the couple's Taos, New Mexico home.

Shortly after, she was seen bringing a sandwich to her daughter's place of work, telling the teen that she would be working from home after forgetting the badge.

However, Casias never reported for work at LANL that day, with her family returning home to find a drop of blood inside the house and both of the wife and mother's cellphones wiped and rebooted to their factory settings.

She was last seen on surveillance cameras walking alone eastward on State Road 518, roughly three miles from her home, around 2.20pm local time.

David Adams, a lawyer hired by Casias's parents and siblings, previously told the Daily Mail the family has continued to suspect foul play after multiple red flags were raised by legal observers looking at the investigation into her disappearance and death.

Adams revealed in July that the woman's relatives and other volunteers had unearthed a trove of evidence at the scene in Carson National Forest nearly a month after New Mexico State Police officially declared the crime scene clear and removed Casias's remains.

The search team found bones, torn and bloody clothing, a tobacco pouch, orange peels and strands of someone or something else's hair that were not collected by police when the 53-year-old's body was recovered. 

The discovery has turned the case on its head, with Adams claiming investigators in New Mexico have seriously damaged their credibility if it is found that Casias was the victim of foul play and a suspect is brought to trial.

'There becomes a question of a chain of custody... Could law enforcement have spat a tobacco pouch in the crime scene? I mean, certainly possible. I mean, that would be an example of just poor training,' Adams explained.

The medical investigator's report determined that Melissa Casias was shot in the lower right-hand side of her skull, with the bullet exiting through the left temple

Casias was last seen walking alone in New Mexico after dropping off her husband at work at Los Alamos National Laboratory in June 2025, but not reporting for work herself

Casias's work at LANL has raised fears that the administrative assistant may have been the target of a larger plot to steal classified government data on nuclear research or rocket technology.

Her disappearance has been linked to several other missing person cases in the Southwest, including a retired employee from LANL and former US Air Force General William Neil McCasland, who oversaw the military's ties to research at the nuclear lab.

Overall, more than ten nuclear lab workers, NASA scientists and military personnel have been connected to the so-called 'missing scientist' case over the last year, with the White House ordering the FBI to investigate for any ties between the deaths and disappearances.

According to Adams, however, there have been no signs that the FBI has been looking into the death of Casias.

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