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SpaceX Starlink Mission
February 22, 2025 3:43 p.m. PT
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, February 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Liftoff is targeted for 3:43 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 5:10 p.m. PT. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Sunday, February 23 starting 2:10 p.m. PT.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.
This is the 11th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, and eight Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
There is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-15-1
US Army General Petraeus hails Ukraine's drone innovations as miracle in warfare
February 22, 2025, 08:10 AM
Ukraine is at the forefront of developing advanced military technologies, particularly in the realm of drone warfare, General David Petraeus, former commander of U.S. Central Command and ex-CIA Director said at the Kyiv Security Forum on Feb. 21.
According to him, "Ukraine is leading the transformation of the war," while the Russians are repeating Ukraine's progress.
"They are very good at electronic warfare, jamming, air defense, etc.," said Petraeus.
“But Ukraine continues to develop advanced technologies that are literally not used anywhere else in the world, and this is the future of war.”
Ukraine's development in the field of technology allows it to limit Russia's gains at the front every day.
It was thanks to Ukrainian developments that the Defense Forces sank one third of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and forced the enemy ships to leave Sevastopol, the general added.
Petraeus is confident that Ukraine will continue to make steady progress with drones, which are used to destroy manpower and equipment of Russian troops.
Currently, the aggressor state cannot even use its tanks near the contact line because they are quickly eliminated by Ukrainian drones.
"The drones are literally fighting infantrymen who are advancing a block or two a day," the U.S. Army general said.
“I wish they didn't make even that much progress every day. But, in the end, what Ukraine has done in these circumstances is nothing short of a miracle.”
On Jan. 3, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine plans to produce at least 30,000 long-range drones and about 3,000 cruise missiles and drone missiles in 2025.
Later, The Wall Street Journal reported that 2025 should be marked by the appearance of "killer robots" on the battlefields of the Russo-Ukrainian war as computers increasingly assume the roles of UAV operators.
https://english.nv.ua/nation/gen-david-petraeus-speaks-about-ukraine-s-unique-achievements-in-the-field-of-drones-video-50492204.html
https://english.nv.ua/nation/former-cia-head-petraeus-on-russia-s-key-advantages-over-ukraine-50458459.html
‘’Mystery’’ drone crashes in Kurdistan’s Duhok
2025-02-22 07:36
Shafaq News/ On Saturday, an unidentified drone crashed into a residential home in north of Duhok, Kurdistan Region.
"The drone fell on a civilian home, resulting in material damage but no injuries or fatalities," a security source confirmed to Shafaq News.
The incident is the first of its kind in Deraluk, though similar drone crashes have been reported in other parts of the al-Amadiya district, where civilian homes have also been affected.
The Region has been the site of ongoing clashes between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish military. In April 2021, Turkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock, targeting PKK strongholds in Iraqi Kurdistan, particularly in Gara, Hakurk, and Metina.
Turkiye, the United States, and the European Union classify the PKK as a terrorist organization.
https://shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan/Mystery-drone-crashes-in-Kurdistan-s-Duhok
Drone attack in Kyiv: Debris falls, causing fire and destruction
Kyiv , Sat, February 22, 2025 - 02:00
Debris from a Russian attack drone has fallen in Kyiv, sparking a fire and causing damage, according to Telegram channels of Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko and head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko.
According to Klitschko, drone debris fell in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district.
The impact sparked a fire in a private residential area, causing damage. Emergency services are on the scene.
Meanwhile, Tymur Tkachenko reported that falling debris ignited trees and damaged the windows of a nearby house in the same district.
The fire has been extinguished, and no casualties have been reported.
Russian drone attack
On the evening of February 21, Russian forces launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine using Shahed-type drones, prompting air raid alerts across multiple regions.
In Kyiv, the air raid siren was activated at 21:38, and by around 23:30, loud explosions were heard as air defense systems engaged the threats.
In Kyiv region, one person was killed, and several fires broke out due to falling Shahed debris.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/trump-hopes-to-sign-agreement-with-ukraine-1740178836.html
Kash Me Outside, Pedos | The Roseanne Barr Podcast #88
February 21, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-yXjXwv7k
Russia's Rostov region repels drone attack
February 21, 2025
Russian air defense systems successfully repelled an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the city of Kamensk in the Rostov region, the head of the local government Yuri Slyusar announced on Telegram.
"According to operational services, there are no casualties or damage on the ground," Slyusar wrote.
Concurrently, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) introduced temporary flight restrictions for Kazan and Nizhnekamsk airports in Kazan and Tatarstan regions. It is unknown whether the measure is related to hostile drone incursion.
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Russia's-Rostov-region-repels-drone-attack/63585492
Who Flew A Reconnaissance Drone Into Kazakhstan?
February 22, 2025
Kazakhstan is finding itself caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war after an unidentified drone crashed in the Bokeyorda District of the West Kazakhstan region, not far from the Russian city of Volgograd.
Russian officials are trying to pin the incident on Ukraine, while Ukrainian experts have offered evidence that the drone was a Russian vehicle.
Kazakh sensitivities have been heightened by a February 17 drone attack carried out against a vital pumping station in Russia operated by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), part of a pipeline that connects Kazakhstan to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
The CPC pipeline is the main route used for Kazakh oil exports; the destruction caused during the attack will allegedly reduce the pipeline’s export capacity by roughly one-third for several months, according to Russian officials.
Ukrainian officials acknowledged the attack on the CPC facility in Krasnodar Krai and say attacks on Russian energy infrastructure will continue.
“They not only support Russia’s military by supplying fuel to enemy forces but also play a crucial role in financing the war through oil profits,” the Kyiv Post quoted a Ukrainian Security Services source as saying.
The Kremlin reportedly wants members of the CPC consortium to shoulder the repair and upgrade costs for the damaged pumping station, including advanced firefighting equipment.
The American oil giant Chevron and the Kazakh government-controlled energy entity KazMunayGaz are among the largest CPC shareholders.
The drone discovery in West Kazakhstan occurred the day after the CPC attack, according to Kazakh media reports. The crash site is situated in the vicinity of a Russian military training ground, Kapustin Yar.
Soon after Kazakh reports of a downed drone began circulating, Russian Telegram channels and web information portals began spreading unsubstantiated claims that the drone in question was a reconnaissance vehicle on a mission to coordinate a Ukrainian “kamikaze” drone attack on CPC infrastructure in Kazakh territory.
Russian media described the drone as a French-made UAV used by the Ukrainian military.
The Ukrainian Military Center, a Kyiv-based public organization with strong ties to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, accused Russia of trying to stoke “an international provocation,” adding that the photo of the downed drone published by Kazakh media bears no resemblance to the design of the French-made drone that Russian sources say it is.
The Ukrainian Military Center also posted visual evidence that indicates the vehicle is Russian-made, saying “the characteristic shape of the hull, fuselage elements and the drone’s camera unequivocally confirm that it was the Orlan-10 drone that went down in Kazakhstan.”
According to Kazakh media reports, the drone is now being analyzed by Kazakh military experts at a facility in the regional capital Uralsk.
The Kazakh Foreign Ministry announced it will seek discussions with Ukrainian officials about drone attacks.
“This is a very important issue for the economy of Kazakhstan, and we will certainly discuss this situation with our Ukrainian partners through diplomatic channels,” the official Kazinform news agency quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.
Kazakh officials at the same time are downplaying the impact of the February 17 attack on the CPC pumping station, saying it “will not pose risks to the transportation of Kazakh oil,” according to the Kazinform report.
Export data raises questions about the reliability of Russian damage estimates to the CPC pumping station.
The Reuters news agency reported that Kazakhstan pumped a record high volume of oil on February 19, two days after the Ukrainian drone attack on the pumping station.
“It was not immediately clear how Kazakhstan had been able to pump record volumes given output increases need to correspond with export pipeline capacity,” the Reuters report states.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/22022025-who-flew-a-reconnaissance-drone-into-kazakhstan/
Drone crashes into NYC Hilton Hotel in Midtown — prompting shutdown of block: sources
Feb. 21, 2025, 12:09 p.m. ET
A drone operated by a hotel guest crashed into Midtown’s Hilton Hotel early Friday — leaving debris behind that prompted a shutdown of the block, law enforcement sources said.
The 36-year-old hotel patron was flying the drone around 3 a.m. when it struck the hotel on Sixth Avenue near West 53rd Street, the sources said.
The guest called 911 around 10 a.m. and admitted that he was illegally operating a drone and tried to retrieve it “due to the inclement weather,” cops and sources said.
As he did that, the drone slammed into the edge of the building, he reported to cops.
Police responded and blocked off the street because of debris, the sources said. Luckily, no one was hurt, authorities said.
The alleged drone flier was issued a summons, but not formally arrested, cops said. His name was not officially released by the NYPD.
Sandra Murray, who works at an AT&T store across from the hotel, watched late Friday morning as a fire truck responded to the scene and firemen stood on a ladder trying to bring down the device.
Initially Murray said she thought nothing of it. “I’ve lived in New York my whole life so I’ve seen a lot of things,” Murray said. “I just wanted to know what they were doing.”
The drone strike happened the same day Luigi Mangione, 26, accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the same Midtown hotel in December, was set to appear in state court.
The drone incident was not related to that court proceeding, sources said.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/us-news/drone-crashes-into-nyc-hilton-hotel-in-midtown-prompting-shutdown-of-block-sources/
Poland brings downed Iranian drone to Washington, symbolizing Russia’s attacks on Ukraine
22/02/2025
Polish President Andrzej Duda will meet former US President Donald Trump in Washington on Saturday, 21 February, according to PAP.
Duda will be the first European leader to meet with Trump following his election victory. The meeting could take place at the White House or during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) near Washington.
Poland has been one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters since the start of Russia’s war, providing military aid and hosting thousands of Ukrainian refugees.
Additionally, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, who will also attend the event, has brought a downed Iranian Shahed drone to CPAC as a symbol of Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine to Washington, UkrInform reports.
“CPAC in Washington is one of the most influential political events in the world. This year, attendees will see a Shahed drone shot down by Ukrainians and delivered by Poland—a symbol of the deaths of thousands of innocent people.
Together, we stand against the axis of evil,” Sikorski said. US Vice President J.D. Vance, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and potentially Trump himself are expected to attend the conference.
European leaders and politicians, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Slovak PM Robert Fico, former Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, and French National Rally leader Jordan Bardella, are also expected to participate.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/02/22/poland-brings-downed-iranian-drone-to-washington-symbolizing-russias-attacks-on-ukraine/
You got it.
Drone Zone bun, comin' at ya.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14413977/Vatican-UFOs-aliens-Pope-Francis-archives.html
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/12628/believing-in-aliens-not-opposed-to-christianity-vaticans-top-astronomer-says
https://www.pas.va/en/academicians/former/funes.html
The Vatican and UFOs: Is there a secret about aliens hidden in the Pope's mysterious archives?
Updated: 08:56 EST, 22 February 2025
For centuries, the Vatican's Secret Archive has been the subject of fascination for scholars.
They have wondered just what revelations are lying hidden in documents stored on what now consists of more than 50miles of shelves underground.
In 2020, Pope Francis opened up the files related to the papacy of the controversial Pope Pius XII, allowing researchers the chance to discover why he remained silent about the Nazi Holocaust.
But one claim that we might never know the truth of is the one made by former Pentagon official David Grusch in 2023, that Pius tipped off the US about an alien spacecraft that had crashed in Italy in the 1930s.
He also alleged, in his interview with US cable network News Nation, that the Vatican 'certainly' knew about the existence of non-human intelligences on Earth.
The claim was music to the ears of those who have long sought access to the Vatican's archives in the hope they may contain information about UFOs.
Former UFO investigator Nick Pope, who worked for the Ministry of Defence until 2006, told MailOnline: 'There have been persistent rumours that the Catholic Church knows some big secrets about UFOs, and that these forbidden truths might be hidden somewhere in the Vatican archives, accessible only by the Pope, a select few Cardinals, and other key personnel.'
Diana Walsh Pasulka, the author of 2019 bestseller American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology, has previously said that the archives are 'filled' with records of the paranormal - so the possibility that they might too contain UFO revelations has excited many.
There was a flurry of excitement too when, in 2014, Pope Francis said he would baptise aliens if they came to the Vatican, saying: 'Who are we to close doors?'
Before he resigned in April 2023, Mr Grusch worked for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
His role was to act as the NRO's representative when dealing with the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
The task force was specifically set up to investigate UFOs.
He claimed the first recovery of a UFO in Europe was in Magenta, Italy in 1933 and it was held by the government of dictator Benito Mussolini until 1944-1945, when Pope Pius tipped America off about it.
He said the UFO was partially intact and held at a secure airbase until the US retrieved it following the collapse of the fascist Italian regime.
'They recovered a partially intact vehicle, and the Italian government moved it to a secure airbase in Italy until around 1944-1945.
'The Pope back-channelled that, and told the Americans what the Italians had and we ended up scooping it.'
Grusch was then asked to clarify whether the Catholic Church was aware of 'non-human' existence on Earth and he replied: 'Certainly'.
And on why his claims should be believed, he said: 'I have the credentials, and I was an intelligence officer.'
But he was not able to provide evidence, claiming the documents and data were classified.
Journalist Ross Coulthart, who also interviewed Grusch, told News Nation that other unnamed sources had confirmed the whistleblower's claims to him.
'It's a very difficult situation for the Vatican because if Mr Grusch is telling the truth—and I'm told he is—it's a difficult thing for the Vatican to admit without the U.S. concurring,' he said.
He added that he had spoken to someone who has been granted access to the Vatican's archives and that documents that could back up Mr Grusch's claims might be found there.
Marco Grilli, secretary to the prefect of the archives, appeared to rubbish the claim.
He told the Catholic News Service in June 2024: 'I don't know where [Grusch] got this information.'
And he likened emails the Vatican had received asking about the veracity of Grusch's claims to requests to read the personal letters of Pontius Pilate or the Virgin Mary - neither are known to exist.
Mr Pope added: 'An announcement about the existence of alien life, whether it's a discovery by astronomers, or the UFO community's holy grail of "Disclosure", would have profound effects on people's religious beliefs.
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'So it makes sense that the Catholic Church would have studied this in an attempt to get ahead of the narrative and control the narrative if they can.
'And if the archives contain proof of alien life, I can understand the secrecy. The idea that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and to redeem us, is the central plank of Catholic faith.
'The existence of other civilizations in the universe could fatally undermine this, because why wouldn't Jesus have died for their sins too?
'And yet, we may find these other civilizations have totally different religions, or that they regard religion as primitive superstitious belief.'
Putting UFOs to one side, the archives are known to contain reports about paranormal events.
Professor Walsh Pasulka said to the CNS in 2024: 'The historical record is filled with these kinds of events.
'The people at the Vatican, they don't even know where to look; it's in their basements.'
Garry Nolan, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, added: 'The Vatican is probably the oldest library system of paranormal or supernatural knowledge still extant.'
In 2008, the director of the Vatican Observatory, Jesuit Father Jose Funes insisted there was no conflict between faith and the possibility of what he called 'extraterrestrial brothers'.
He told the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano: 'Just as there is a multiplicity of creatures on earth, there can be other beings, even intelligent, created by God.
'This is not in contrast with our faith because we can't put limits on God's creative freedom.'
That insistence has not stopped critics from claiming that the Vatican is keeping secrets about UFOs from the world.
In 2009, the Vatican even held a conference on extraterrestrial life.
More than 30 astronomers, biologists, geologists and religious leaders attended to discuss the subject.
In 2019, Pope Francis changed the name of the Church's store of treasures to the Vatican Apostolic Archive.
He said he wanted to remove the 'negative' connotations of the word 'secret' in its name.
The official history of the archives dates back to 1612, the year the institution was founded by Pope Paul V.
But the shelves are loaded with parchments and papers dating back to the eighth century.
Gems in the archives that we know about include a 1585 document from the nuncio (papal ambassador) in Lisbon warning of a threat to shipping from Sir Francis Drake; a letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, a few weeks before her execution, and a parchment from England – complete with 81 official seals – asking why the Pope was taking so long to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
Also preserved are a papal bull excommunicating Martin Luther and documents from the trial of Galileo.
Pope Francis's decision to open the files on Pius XII proved a popular decision with scholars.
For decades, there had been question marks over why the wartime pope - who Hitler is believed to have thought about kidnapping - did not condemn the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis.
Pius XII, who headed the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death in 1958, never spoke out about the slaughter of six millions Jews in Nazi concentration camps across Europe.
Archbishop Sergio Pagano, the long-time 'Prefect' of the archives, told US outlet PBS last year: 'During the war we know that the pope made a choice: He could not and would not speak.
'He was convinced that an even worse massacre would have happened,' Pagano said. 'After the war, I would have expected a word more, for all these people who went to the gas chambers.'
The Vatican's archives were entirely closed until 1881, when Pope Leo XIII gave scholars access for the first time.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14418701/jfk-assassination-task-force-findings-ufos-americans-truth.html
JFK assassination task force to reveal findings on UFOs, Area 51 and pledges Americans will get 'the truth'
Updated: 16:18 EST, 21 February 2025
A top Republican lawmaker overseeing DOGE's sweeping changes in Congress has vowed that Americans will soon get 'the truth' about UFOs and what secrets are hidden at Area 51.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-K.Y., this month created a task force to unveil long-kept government secrets of massive public interest.
His group is a direct response to Donald Trump's executive order to declassify secrets like the JFK assassination files, intelligence on Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder, and also the killing of Robert Kennedy.
Trump has also pushed for the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's death in prison and information on UFOs, also called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
During the roll out of the new task force earlier this month its leader Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, standing next to Comer, said the group will uncover files on JFK's assassination - which she believes involved multiple shooters - and UAP.
Speaking with Daily Mail's podcast Welcome to MAGAland at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, Comer, for the first time, committed to investigating and - possibly releasing - files on Area 51 as a part of Trump's new mandate.
'I don't think the government's been 100 percent truthful with the American people about what may or may not exist out there, especially in Area 51,' Comer said in an exclusive interview, which was previewed on Daily Mail's podcast Welcome to MAGAland.
Area 51 is a U.S. Air Force base officially called Homey Airport or Groom Lake, which is the rumored home to some of the nation's longest running extraterrestrial mysteries.
Decades-old conspiracies hold that the base hosts crafts recovered from aliens, which could helped lead to some of the most advanced stealth planes the U.S. military ever built, like the U-2, which was reportedly tested there.
'I know this is an area where Anna Paulina Luna…all on that task force, they want to know, and they want to release the American people what the government knows and what's really going on there,' he continued.
'So hopefully we'll be able to find that out.' He admitted that he currently has no advanced knowledge on what happens at the U.S. military sight or UAP, but that he wants to find out more.
'I'm curious about UFOs. I don't know anything about UFOs,' he shared.
His task force is going to be able to force the agencies tasked with preparing the declassification reports to keep on time and in accordance with the president's executive actions.
One of their top priorities is releasing information on drones and UAPs that have been spotted across the country.
Just days after Trump handed down the order thousands of additional JFK files that had previously been left out of a critical report were uncovered.
The FBI needed some prodding in the public disclosure effort though, Comer claims.
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He stressed his Republican-led Oversight Committee and the task force run by Luna will need to watch what closely what the government's 'liberal activist' workers will do while preparing the files for release.
'When President Trump ordered the release of the JFK assassination files and classified documents, what we learned a week and a half later is the agency didn't release all the documents,' he said referencing a report on the FBI.
'There were still 1000s of more pages. So we felt like this task force could follow up, and ensure that these agencies do what they're supposed to do, because what we've seen over the past two decades in Washington is these bureaucrats don't comply with Congress.'
'They don't obey the president. They have their own agenda. They're all liberal activists and and they're arrogant.
They don't think the American people deserve the truth. They think they could spend tax dollars any way they want, the law doesn't apply to them.'
Comer warned that noncompliant workers would be 'harassed to death' by some of the task force's most adamant conservative personalities like Luna, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.
Republicans will claim the scrupulous oversight is the latest iteration of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) push to root out fraudulent and wasteful spending within federal ranks.
Some GOP lawmakers have expressed frustration with federal employees, so reviewing spending in these agencies could be a meaningful way to address the nation's mounting debt and unlock cash to be spent elsewhere.
In this vein, Comer vowed during DailyMail.com's interview that he would review the money spent on Ukraine aid 'line-by-line.'
His promise to review U.S. spending on Ukraine item by item comes as Donald Trump turns up the heat on President Volodymyr Zelensky, who the Republican called a 'dictator' this week.
'I've been very skeptical of Ukraine funding. I voted against Ukraine funding. I've stated the obvious, that Ukraine didn't have a very good reputation of spending money and having a transparent government,' Comer said.
The oversight chair continued: 'You look at Zelensky, he hasn't had elections there. You know, I think there's a lot of questions about the spending. I don't want to see any more tax dollars go there.'
'And I don't think they've been very transparent on the money they've received for the United States. So I want to see where it's all been spent, and hopefully we can get the truth to the American people.'
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