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World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30
June 30, 2025
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth asteroids from the comfort of your home.
June 30 is the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, an annual United Nations-backed event wherein partners raise awareness of asteroids, their scientific value and how humanity is working to mitigate the risks posed by these wandering solar system bodies.
The date coincides with the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska event, which saw a large meteor detonate over Siberia, flattening millions of trees and triggering widespread forest fires.
The Virtual Telescope Program has announced a livestream to mark World Asteroid Day on June 30, which will feature real-time views of near-Earth asteroids while discussing the characteristics and impact risks posed by the enigmatic chunks of ancient debris.
The stream will be hosted on the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube channel starting at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) on June 30 and will be free to watch.
Our planet bears the scars of countless ancient asteroid strikes, the largest of which — such as the Chicxulub impactor — triggered the extinction of countless species, irrevocably altering the evolutionary trajectory of life on Earth.
Thankfully, such events are exceedingly rare. Of the well over 30,000 near-Earth objects that have been discovered and tracked to date, no large asteroid capable of causing wide-spread destruction is expected to strike our planet in the next 100 years, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
How NASA and its partners are tackling the asteroid menace
Protecting the planet from an impending asteroid strike may once once have been the stuff of Hollywood sci-fi movies, but recent decades have seen the international community take tangible steps towards preparing for a potential asteroid collision.
A Planetary Defense Conference is held each year in which NASA, ESA and its partners work to prevent and react to a hypothetical asteroid impact.
Each successive exercise has highlighted fresh challenges surrounding response strategies, ranging from the speed at which missions could be designed and launched to how to best gather intelligence and communicate with the general public.
Of course preparations have also extended far beyond tabletop simulations.
September 2022 saw NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) made history when it slammed into the surface of the 160-meter-wide (252 feet) moonlet Dimorphos, which forms a binary pair with the larger asteroid Didymos.
The mission proved that a kinetic impact could significantly deflect the trajectory of a small solar system body and so may be a viable strategy for defending Earth.
The Didymos system is set to be visited by the European Space Agency's Hera mission in December 2026, which will observe the aftermath of the impact.
A new asteroid hunter enters the fray
On top of that, telescopic eyes are constantly scanning the night sky for evidence of potentially hazardous near Earth objects moving against the starfield beyond.
The coming years will see these efforts significantly bolstered by the powerful telescopic eye of the Vera Rubin observatory.
The Rubin Observatory's primary mission is to scan the entirety of the southern hemisphere night sky from its vantage point atop mount Cerro Pachon in Chile in a bid to shed light on the mysterious force known as 'dark energy' and an invisible component of the universe called 'dark matter'.
However, its initial observations have also highlighted its credentials as an asteroid hunter.
Over the course of just a few nights, astronomers were able to identify 2,104 new near-Earth objects as they passed over the Rubin observatory's field of view, with some astronomers estimating that the observatory could find up to five million more over the coming years.
"This is five times more than all the astronomers in the world discovered during the last 200 years since the discovery of the first asteroid," Željko Ivezić, Deputy Director of Rubin's Legacy Survey of Space and Time, said during a press conference unveiling the observatory's first images on June 23. "We can outdo two centuries of effort in just a couple of years."
https://www.space.com/stargazing/world-asteroid-day-2025
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/facts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1BF4QuFw0
On this day in space! June 30, 1908: Tunguska meteor explodes over Siberia
June 30, 2025
On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of forest, and the exact cause is a bit of a mystery.
At the time of the explosion, it was too difficult to reach this remote part of Siberia to look for clues about what might have happened. But finally in 1927, a scientist named Leonid Kulik led the first research expedition to investigate the scene.
However, they didn't find a crater or any meteorite fragments, and the mystery remained unsolved.
Scientists now believe either a comet or an asteroid exploded in the atmosphere instead of striking Earth. This created an air burst with shock waves powerful enough to knock down a forest.
People around the world commemorate this event by celebrating World Asteroid day.
https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html
Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space
June 30, 2025
Blue Origin sent its 70th person into space today (June 29) on its 13th rocket flight to carry passengers.
The company's New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle lifted off Saturday at 9:39 a.m. CDT (10:39 a.m. EDT or 1439 GMT) from its Launch Site One in West Texas.
On board were husband and wife Allie and Carl Kuehner, Leland Larson, Freddie Rescigno, Jr., Owolabi Salis and James Sitkin.
Carl Kuehner became Blue Origin's astronaut number 70, which based on prior precedent, was determined by the seat on board the New Shepard capsule that he assigned for the flight.
He also became the 750th person in history to reach space, as recorded by the Association of Space Explorers' Registry of Space Travelers.
The 10-minute NS-33 mission — numbered such as this was Blue Origin's 33rd New Shepard flight overall — went to plan, with both the propulsion module (Tail 5) making a safe vertical landing and the crew capsule, named "RSS Kármán Line," returning the passengers to a parachute-slowed, air thruster-cushioned touchdown not far from where they launched.
For about three minutes as the gumdrop-shaped capsule reached its apogee, or highest point away from Earth, the Kuehners, Larson, Rescigno, Salis and Sitkin experienced weightlessness and saw the curvature of the planet set against the stark blackness of space.
The flight reached a 345,044 feet (105.2 km) above the ground, surpassing the Kármán Line, the internationally-accepted boundary between Earth and space at 62 miles high (100 kilometers).
Flying along with the crew were more than 1,000 physical and digital postcards designed by students and the public, as collected by The Museum of Flight in Seattle and Parkcrest Elementary in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
The cards are part of an on going project by Blue Origin's non-profit organization Club For the Future.
As with all New Shepard fights, the cost per seat on NS-33 was not disclosed.
The passengers included an environmentalist, the chairman of a real estate development firm, the former CEO of a public transportation company, an electrical wire and cable distributor, and two attorneys.
The six NS-33 passengers dubbed themselves "The Solstice 33," as they were originally scheduled to launch on the summer solstice (June 21) but were delayed by poor weather conditions.
Their flight brought the total number of people who have flown on suborbital flights to 123, according to the Association of Space Explorers.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/blue-origin-launches-6-tourists-on-suborbital-trip-from-texas-including-750th-person-ever-to-fly-into-space
https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-33-mission
https://x.com/clubforfuture/status/1936388885942083726
Ready Named Inaugural Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Space Research Institute
Jun 30, 2025
Effective July 1, W. Jud Ready will serve as the inaugural executive director of Georgia Tech’s new Space Research Institute (SRI), which will officially launch on the same date.
The SRI builds upon Georgia Tech’s long and distinguished history in space research and exploration.
By uniting experts across disciplines — from aerospace engineering to planetary science, astrophysics, robotics, policy, the arts, and origin of life explorations — the SRI aims to create a resilient ecosystem for space research that can adapt and thrive, even in an era of fiscal uncertainty.
It is composed of faculty, staff, and students whose collaborative research spans a broad spectrum of space-related topics, all deeply connected to advancing our understanding of space and its impact on the human experience.
“The launch of the SRI comes at a pivotal moment for the scientific community,” said Vice President of Interdisciplinary Research Julia Kubanek.
“As the federal government proposes major cuts to funding agencies, our interdisciplinary research institutes are striving to support faculty and make them more competitive across disciplinary boundaries.
This institute will publicly showcase impactful research led by Georgia Tech faculty, attract new collaborators, and pursue alternative funding strategies via philanthropic and industry partners.”
The Space Research Institute will consist of an interdisciplinary community of faculty across Georgia Tech’s schools, colleges, and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).
“It is an honor to be appointed executive director of the Space Research Institute,” said Ready. “My plan is to provide internal and external space researchers with access to Georgia Tech’s world class facilities and turbocharge the space activities already underway.
We’re committed to empowering our existing community while forging new partnerships that will expand our reach and impact across the global space ecosystem.”
Ready, a principal research engineer in GTRI’s Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, is the first GTRI faculty member to serve in a long-term capacity as an IRI executive director.
Prior to his appointment, he served as associate director of external engagement for the Georgia Tech Institute for Matter and Systems and director of the Georgia Tech Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR).
He is also an adjunct professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech.
Before joining the Georgia Tech faculty, Ready worked for General Dynamics and MicroCoating Technologies.
Throughout his career, he has served as PI or co-PI for grants totaling more than $25M awarded by the Army, Navy, Air Force, DARPA, NASA, NSF, NIST, DOE, other federal sponsors, industry, charitable foundations, private citizens, and the States of Georgia and Florida.
His current research focuses primarily on energy capture, storage, and delivery enabled by nanomaterial design.
His research has been included on three missions to the International Space Station, two others to low earth orbit, and one perpetually in heliocentric orbit (Lunar Flashlight). His future space missions include MISSE-21 to the International Space Station and SSTEF-1 to the Lunar surface.
A half dozen solar cells from his past missions to the International Space Station will be included in the permanent At Home in Space exhibit opening on the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's 50th Anniversary.
Ready has received numerous awards and honors for his work.
His most recent awards include the Class of 1934 Outstanding Innovative Use of Education Technology award in 2025 and the Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development award in 2023, both from Georgia Tech.
He also received the One GTRI Collaboration Award in 2022, which is GTRI’s highest honor.
https://news.gatech.edu/news/2025/06/30/ready-named-inaugural-executive-director-georgia-tech-space-research-institute
https://people.research.gatech.edu/node/2885
https://space.gatech.edu/
‘Space junk’ from fiery meteor that ripped through Southeast US may have crashed into a home: officials
June 29, 2025, 8:25 p.m. ET
A hunk of “space junk” from a blazing meteor that streaked across the Southeast’s daytime sky this week — triggering panic below — may have smashed into a Georgia home, officials said.
The orbital rock smashed through the roof and punched through the ceiling of the Peach State home just as the fiery object lit up the skies over South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia around noon Thursday.
“A piece of unidentified debris penetrated the roof of a residence and entered the home, with no reported injuries,” a Henry County Emergency Management spokesperson told FOX Carolina.
“At this time, the exact nature of the object has not been confirmed. However, after consulting with the National Weather Service, it has been advised that the debris may be either a fragment of a meteor or potentially space debris, commonly referred to as ‘space junk.”’
The falling rock left the homeowner in “awe,” after it broke through roughly a quarter-inch of sheetrock, officials told WSB-TV.
The fast-moving meteor was first spotted 48 miles above Oxford, Georgia, zooming at a blistering 30,000 miles per hour, according to Bill Cooke, a lead at NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office.
The bright white fireball — measuring 3 feet across and weighing more than a ton — later exploded over West Forest, Georgia, unleashing a blast of energy equal to roughly 30 tons of TNT.
“The resulting pressure wave propagated to the ground, creating booms heard by many in that area,” Cooke said in a statement to CBS News.
Videos shared on social media captured the startling flame plunging from the sky.
Shocked locals Melanie Whitlock and her daughter, Amber Hudson, heard and felt the blast in Covington — more than 130 miles from where the meteor erupted.
“It was really, really scary,” Whitlock told WSB-TV. “It was like a loud boom noise, but it sounded like someone stomping. And then the shake, the whole house was shaking. It definitely shook us up.”
https://nypost.com/2025/06/29/us-news/space-junk-from-fiery-meteor-that-ripped-through-southeast-us-may-have-crashed-into-georgia-home/
https://dangerousminds.net/movies/stanley-kubrick-explains-the-plot-of-2001-a-space-odyssey/
Stanley Kubrick explains the plot of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in rare interview
Mon 30 June 2025 15:22, UK
If someone tells you they understand Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, you should back away slowly, keep eye contact, and assume they’re either a liar or a replicant sent to destabilise your sense of reality.
Because the point of 2001 is that it transcends explanation. It’s not a film you understand. It’s a film you experience – like a psychedelic trip in a cathedral designed by God and illustrated by NASA.
There are movies that tell you a story, and then there’s 2001, which sort of just happens to you like a fever dream on a giant curved screen. When it dropped in 1968, the film left half the audience in stunned silence and the other half muttering, “What the fuck did I just watch?”
It had monkeys, space ballets, evil computers, time warps, a giant space fetus, and almost no explanation. People walked out. Others dropped acid in the front row and thought they’d been abducted.
Either way, Kubrick had done something weirdly miraculous: he made science fiction feel sacred.
It’s one of those films a lot of people pretend to “get” at parties just to sound clever. Truth is, nobody really knows what it’s about. Sure, it’s got apes and space travel and HAL going full murderous Alexa, but what’s it saying?
Enter Mr Kubrick – who almost never explained anything – dropping just enough hints in a rare 1969 interview to make you feel like maybe, just maybe, you’re not totally off your rocker for thinking the black monolith was God. Or a supercomputer. Or… both?
In a rare interview with film critic Joseph Gelmis, Kubrick actually laid it out plain, or as plain as Stanley Kubrick ever got.
The plot, he said, begins with an alien artefact left on Earth four million years ago by off-world explorers, who watched our shaggy, rock-throwing ancestors grunt around and thought, “Right, let’s speed this mess up.”
So they plant a monolith – a kind of cosmic USB stick – to upgrade the firmware on early humanity. Boom: evolution engaged.
Inside the Monolith: Stanley Kubrick’s great cosmic riddle
“You begin with an artifact left on earth four million years ago by extraterrestrial explorers who observed the behavior of the man-apes of the time and decided to influence their evolutionary progression,” Kubrick said.
“Then you have a second artifact buried deep on the lunar surface and programmed to signal word of man’s first baby steps into the universe—a kind of cosmic burglar alarm.
And finally there’s a third artifact placed in orbit around Jupiter and waiting for the time when man has reached the outer rim of his own solar system”.
Fast forward to the year 2001 (which, back then, was the future), and a second monolith is found, this time buried under the lunar surface.
“A kind of cosmic burglar alarm,” Kubrick called it. It’s designed to go off when humans finally escape their cradle and start poking around the universe.
An alarm is triggered, and it sends out a signal to a third monolith parked near Jupiter, like a cosmic breadcrumb trail leading to the stars.
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Then comes the psychotropic meat of the sandwich: astronaut Dave Bowman survives a malfunctioning AI, HAL 9000 (aka your iPhone if it hated you), and travels out to Jupiter, where the third monolith becomes a star gate, a celestial waterslide flinging him through time, space, and probably some dimension made entirely of geometry and terror.
“He’s placed in a human zoo approximating a hospital terrestrial environment drawn out of his own dreams and imagination.”
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Stanley Kubrick
Basically, God (or aliens playing God) put Bowman in a surreal Airbnb designed by Jung and decorated by Renaissance ghosts.
There, he rapidly ages in a timeless fugue state until he’s literally reborn as the Star Child: a floating, glowing embryo orbiting Earth with unknowable intent and weirdly excellent posture.
Kubrick explained: “When the surviving astronaut, Bowman, ultimately reaches Jupiter, this artifact sweeps him into a force field or star gate that hurls him on a journey through inner and outer space and finally transports him to another part of the galaxy, where he’s placed in a human zoo approximating a hospital terrestrial environment drawn out of his own dreams and imagination.
In a timeless state, his life passes from middle age to senescence to death. He is reborn, an enhanced being, a star child, an angel, a superman, if you like, and returns to earth prepared for the next leap forward of man’s evolutionary destiny”.
So that’s it. That’s the plot, at least on what Kubrick called “the simplest level.” But let’s not get too comfortable. Because then Kubrick hits you with the kicker:
“Since an encounter with an advanced interstellar intelligence would be incomprehensible within our present earthbound frames of reference,” he says, “Reactions to it will have elements of philosophy and metaphysics that have nothing to do with the bare plot outline itself.”
In other words: yes, that’s what happens. But also, no, you still don’t get it. And maybe you’re not supposed to.
Kubrick deliberately wanted to keep the film as open-ended as possible – to make it an experience that changed depending on you. Your mood. Your past. Your expectations.
“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile,” he once said, paraphrasing Carl Sagan, “But that it is indifferent.”
2001 isn’t a puzzle to be solved. It’s a transmission from somewhere far outside our solar knowing. A film so vast, so primal, and so future-facing that it bypasses explanation and lodges straight into the limbic system.
It’s not about space. It’s about what it means to be human in a universe that never bothered to leave a user manual.
Kubrick knew. But he wasn’t going to draw you a map. He was just going to send you through the monolith – and let you come back different.
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Moscow concert hall massacre suspects say Ukraine ordered attack – Russian media
30 Jun, 2025 03:16
Gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall music venue in March 2024, killing nearly 150 people
Suspects in the March 2024 Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, which killed 149 people, have told Russian investigators that a Ukrainian state entity ordered the massacre, according to Russian media citing interrogation transcripts.
Four gunmen opened fire inside the Crocus City Hall music venue and set the building ablaze, killing 149 people and injuring more than 600. All four suspects were apprehended hours later while attempting to flee by car toward Ukraine, according to Russian investigators.
Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), a regional branch of the Islamic State group, immediately claimed responsibility for the massacre. The alleged attackers — Dalerdhzon Mirzoyev, Saidokrami Rachabalizoda, Shamsiddin Fariduni, and Muhammadsobir Faizov — are all citizens of Tajikistan.
According to the case files cited by the media, the suspects told investigators that “a Ukrainian state entity” had ordered the attack, while ISIS-K served as the direct organizer. They reportedly said the weapons used in the massacre had come from Ukraine.
RIA Novosti reported that Rachabalizoda told investigators the handler known to the group as ‘Saifullo’ instructed them to escape to Kiev, where each was promised around $13,000.
The suspects also allegedly said their handlers were based in Türkiye and Afghanistan.
According to TASS, one of the suspects claimed the handlers intended the operation to appear as if it had been carried out solely on behalf of ISIS-K.
Ukraine has denied any involvement in the Crocus City Hall attack. However, Kiev has previously acknowledged carrying out targeted assassinations and sabotage in Russia.
One such act in late May caused a passenger train derailment that killed five people and injured more than 100.
https://www.rt.com/russia/620769-crocus-attack-ordered-by-ukraine/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/30/hero-of-ukraine-commander-develops-drone-proof-uniforms/
‘Hero of Ukraine’ commander develops drone-proof uniforms
30 June 2025 1:00pm BST
One of Ukraine’s most decorated soldiers has developed an armoured combat suit to protect troops from drone attacks.
Major Oleh Shyriaiev, who was recently granted the highest military title of Hero of Ukraine, said he designed the outfit to be shrapnel resistant to save more lives.
The suit uses a combination of kevlar, a heat-resistant synthetic fibre that was originally used as a replacement for steel in racing tyres, and other materials that have the ability to absorb the impact of shrapnel.
Kevlar is not as effective at stopping bullets as the ceramic plates often used in traditional body armour. However, it is lighter and provides good protection against shrapnel, which has become the main battlefield threat because of the proliferation of drones.
Major Shyriaiev said his experience of drone warfare prompted him to design the suit.
He said: “The idea of these armoured overalls was my initiative and is something that hasn’t existed before.
“The reason for thinking about this is drones. When an enemy of a drone drops a grenade or explosive device, whether it hits a soldier or group of soldiers, there is shrapnel and ballistic powder flying around, which have different starting velocities and weight.
“Russia is working at a fairly brisk tempo in developing and using unmanned systems so we need to anticipate that.
“We are working and developing this idea so that in addition to bullet proof vests and helmets, the overalls will be made from so called ‘armoured fabric’ that stop shrapnel of certain sizes penetrating the material.”
He explained that the new overalls need to provide “maximum possible protection” for the body, and that they include reinforced elbow, knee and ankle protection.
Designers are also looking into how they can make shoes with insoles that are resistant to the kind of impacts seen on the battlefield.
Militaries rarely use fully armoured suits outside of specialised units such as bomb disposal because of the impact on mobility and risk of overheating.
Russian special forces units have also occasionally been seen in protective overalls for tasks such as anti-terror raids.
Traditional bulletproof vests can be removed when mobility is a greater priority than protection, such as on long marches onto the battlefield.
They provide some blast protection, but are chiefly designed to carry heavy plates that protect vital organs from bullets.
The move to integrate armour into clothing reflects the fact that the war in Ukraine has become largely static. Troops remain in the same position for long periods of time and the main threat is from drone and artillery blasts, not small arms fire.
Major Shyriaiev was awarded the Hero of Ukraine – the highest award that can be conferred on a citizen by the president – after taking part in the summer 2024 incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
He began his career during the separatist uprising in the Donbas in 2014, before the widespread adoption of drones.
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Now unmanned aerial systems have revolutionised the battlefield
He noted the particular effectiveness of fibre optic drones, which cannot be countered by electronic measures and do not tend to lose signal as they are connected directly with a unit’s command centre. “These are top of the game,” he said.
Major Shyriaiev stressed that, despite the ability of drones to “control territory in a better fashion”, the humble infantryman remains key to victory. He said: “Without infantry war is impossible.
“There is no way a drone can replace a soldier. A soldier guides a drone, a soldier makes decisions, a soldier opens fire and a soldier makes observations with a human eye.
“Thanks to drones we control territory and now its summer trees have foliage, which conceals and covers silhouettes of people, and drones can’t capture this.
“In general in war one cannot win by one tactical thing. You need drones and video but there is infantry, reconnaissance and observation points which all help Command and Control to see what’s happening on the front line.”
Nato members met on Wednesday and agreed to raise their defence spending target to 5 per cent, which had been demanded by Donald Trump.
Ahead of the meeting Major Shyriaiev said: “I am convinced the EU and UK will be raising their spending on defence. They will be strengthening their army according to requirements of modern war.”
He warned of Russia’s “predatory ambitions” to conquer more countries in Europe, from Poland to Moldova and even parts of Finland. He said that while Russia’s army cannot compare with Nato standards, it is still “making progress”.
Major Shyriaiev added: “It learns lessons and adapts to conditions of modern war. Even if they don’t want to fulfil orders they can be forced to do that and thanks to that they are moving forwards.”
For now, Major Shyriaiev’s main focus is on winning the war.
Once that is achieved he will be reunited with his wife and two young children, who live in Kharkiv and whom he keeps in touch with via Facetime and on the rare occasions that he can visit home.
He said: “I understand that life is passing by but I have an important assignment to fulfil.
“Let’s see how the war develops. I don’t want my children to fight this war for me. I’d like to finish this war before they grow up once and for all.”
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‘Rare Animal’: Ukrainian Interceptor UAV Hunts Down Russian Z20 Spy Drone
June 30, 2025, 2:41 pm
Ukrainian soldiers have shot down a rarely seen Russian reconnaissance drone, the Zala Z-20, using an unnamed interceptor UAV, a military unit reported Monday, marking another success in Kyiv’s growing efforts to counter Russia’s drone fleet.
The operation was carried out by fighters from Ukraine’s Samurai unit, who posted a video of the strike on their Telegram channel.
“Another Z20. It’s a rare animal, and that makes it even more enjoyable to shoot it down,” the unit said.
The Zala Z-20, produced by Russia’s ZALA AERO GROUP, is a long-endurance drone designed for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering.
Ukrainian officials say it is relatively scarce on the battlefield, making its destruction a notable win for its air defenses.
UAV Interceptors: Ukraine’s New Line of Defense
Interceptor drones have become an increasingly critical tool for Ukrainian forces as they seek to counter Russia’s mass deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
These interceptors – often smaller, agile drones – are used to ram, disable, or explode near enemy UAVs while in-flight, providing a mobile and cost-effective defense option.
Given the limitations of traditional air defense systems against swarms of drones, Ukraine has rapidly scaled up production and deployment of these interceptors with support from both domestic tech startups and foreign partners.
What is the Zala Z-20?
The Z20 drone weighs around 17 kilograms (37.5 pounds) and carries a 2.5-kilogram (5.5- pound) payload. It features a 4-meter (13-feet) wingspan, six-hour flight endurance, and speeds between 65 and 110 kph (40-60 mph).
It operates at altitudes from 100 to 5,000 meters (300 – 16,000 feet), with a communication range of up to 100 kilometers (62.5 miles).
The battery-powered drone is launched pneumatically and lands using a parachute or air shock absorber, functioning in temperatures from minus 40 to plus 50 degrees Celsius.
The Z20’s destruction adds to a string of recent UAV interceptions by Ukrainian forces.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/55431
https://t.me/wu_samurai/218
Specialized water‑utility equipment damaged in Odesa by drone attack
30.06.2025 14:14
In Odesa, the Russian “Shahed” attacked auto repair shops and a storage facility for special equipment belonging to the Infoksvodokanal company, damaging several dozen vehicles.
“Most of these are vehicles belonging to our repair crews, which employees use not only to get to accident sites, but also to transport everything they need for repair work,” the report said.
The attack also damaged an excavator, tank trucks, and sludge pumps. The premises of the repair shop, auto electricians, and motorists were completely destroyed along with the equipment.
The water utility company noted that drivers and mechanics on duty rushed to extinguish the flames from the tankers before the arrival of the State Emergency Service so that the fire would not destroy all the equipment, and evacuated the surviving vehicles.
No employees of the institution were injured.
However, it is noted that after this attack, transport logistics and the work of the water utility's emergency teams will be somewhat complicated.
As reported by Ukrinform, in the Odesa region, due to the Russian strike, the village was left without a high school, and three villages were left without a clinic.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4009831-specialized-waterutility-equipment-damaged-in-odesa-by-drone-attack.html
https://t.me/infoxvodokanal/1057
Russian drone strike hits near recruitment center in Kryvyi Rih
30.06.2025 13:24
A Russian drone strike targeted the vicinity of a district recruitment and social support center in Kryvyi Rih on Monday, June 30.
The Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote this on its Telegram channel, as reported by Ukrinform.
The attack was carried out using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Thanks to timely security measures taken upon receiving the air raid alert, no military personnel or civilian employees inside the center were injured.
At the time of the strike, the territorial recruitment center had suspended operations, and all personnel had taken shelter.
“Unfortunately, several civilians in the vicinity of the strike site sustained injuries,” the military stated.
Emergency responders are currently on-site, providing necessary medical assistance.
Earlier reports confirm that Russian forces launched a drone attack on Kryvyi Rih, resulting in three civilian injuries.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4009820-russian-drone-strike-hits-near-recruitment-center-in-kryvyi-rih.html
Russia hits Kharkiv with new Chernika drone for the first time
Mon, June 30, 2025 - 13:10
The Russian army has used a new drone called Chernika to strike the city of Kharkiv for the first time, reports the mayor of the city, Ihor Terekhov.
Kharkiv has suffered 16 enemy attacks just in the past week. Most often, the enemy used Shahed drones.
“But specialists from the State Emergency Service have also recorded for the first time a strike by a new type of drone called Chernika,” Terekhov said.
About the drone
This drone is similar in warhead power to the Molniya drone but has a different design. As a result of its strike, several cars in a garage cooperative were damaged.
Drone strike on Kharkiv region on June 30
On the night of Monday, June 30, Russian forces once again attacked Ukrainian territory using Shahed-type strike drones.
The main strike targeted Kharkiv and the region. According to the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, the sounds were audible from the outskirts, beyond the city limits.
Later, it became known that strikes hit three locations in the Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts, causing fires to break out.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-hits-kharkiv-with-new-chernika-drone-1751278239.html
Drone footage: Inside the flood disaster in SW China county
2025-06-30 19:05:16
RONGJIANG, June 30 (Xinhua) – Heavy flooding has returned to Rongjiang County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, prompting local authorities to re-activate the highest-level emergency flood response, effective from 12:30 p.m. on June 28.
Since flooding began, Rongjiang, with a population of 385,000, has received prompt rescue efforts from both authorities and volunteers.
http://english.news.cn/20250630/3c43634d88f14d299515305b81f2c559/c.html
Man calls police when drone crashes on his property: Hinckley Township Police Blotter
Jun. 30, 2025, 6:07 a.m.
HINCKLEY TOWNSHIP, Ohio
Police reported a neighbor dispute May 22 involving a man reportedly flying his drone over his neighbor’s property.
The neighbor said the man is infringing on his privacy, adding that the drone has also crashed on his property. There was no further information at the time of the report.
https://www.cleveland.com/community/2025/06/man-calls-police-when-drone-crashes-on-his-property-hinckley-township-police-blotter.html
DJI just unveiled its most powerful delivery drone yet
Jun 30 2025 - 8:14 am PT
DJI has officially launched its most advanced civilian transport drone yet: the DJI FlyCart 100 (FC100).
Released exclusively in China for now, this heavy-lifting workhorse is built to handle extreme conditions, carry massive payloads, and operate intelligently in mission-critical scenarios ranging from emergency rescue to power line construction.
New DJI FlyCart 100 drone
While US customers currently only have access to a smaller DJI delivery drone, FlyCart 30, the FC100 represents a massive leap in capability, offering up to 80kg of payload capacity, 9-minute fast charging, and a rugged, intelligent platform optimized for complex operations in mountains, forests, and disaster zones.
DJI FlyCart 100’s robust design is no accident. It’s equipped with IP55-rated weatherproofing, operates in temperatures from -20°C to 40°C, and resists winds up to 12 m/s.
Thanks to a reinforced 4-axis, 8-propeller multi-rotor layout and massive 62-inch carbon fiber propellers, it can fly at altitudes up to 6,000 meters and achieve an empty range of 26km.
DJI’s new power system supports both single and dual battery modes. In its max-performance single-battery setup, the FC100 can carry an 80kg payload up to 6km.
Using dual batteries, it carries 65kg up to 12km. A single battery supports 9-minute ultra-fast charging, can self-heat in cold weather, and lasts for up to 1,500 cycles — a massive advantage for operations in remote areas.
As was the case with FlyCart 30, the FC100 ships with two lifting systems: a flagship hoist system with a 30-meter retractable rope, and a dual-electric version with a 10-meter fixed rope for simpler operations.
Features like auto anti-sway, real-time weighing, and electric hooks make aerial lifting more precise and safe, even in emergencies.
For high-altitude electrical work or emergency food drops, the flagship version allows remote hook release, rope drop in case of entanglement, and wireless charging. Sound and light alerts enhance visibility during night operations.
Safety is another standout. The new DJI drone is equipped with a sophisticated sensor suite: LiDAR, millimeter-wave radar, five-eye fisheye cameras, and night-time lighting. These provide 360-degree awareness, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and real-time terrain sensing.
New algorithms help the drone automatically decelerate near the ground, detect pedestrians and vehicles, and adjust altitude to avoid ground collisions.
Adding to its fault-tolerance is a dedicated parachute system, capable of deploying at max weight from over 100 meters, keeping descent under 6 m/s. It’s the last line of defense designed to protect both cargo and people below.
At the same time, the new DJI Delivery app simplifies mission planning and real-time flight monitoring. It’s backed by DJI’s Driver cloud platform, which supports fleet management, AR guidance, loading zone detection, and centralized data analysis.
Developers and industrial users will be pleased to know that the FC100 also supports DJI’s PSDK interface and cloud-to-cloud 2.0 integration, enabling third-party payloads and custom workflows. It’s not just a flying machine — it’s a mobile aerial logistics platform.
Pricing, availability, and what’s next
Currently, the FlyCart 100 is available only in mainland China, with prices starting at about $12,400.
Four packages and two levels of Care Plan insurance are offered, with the top-tier plan covering up to $14,000 in damages annually, including collision, drop, and water ingress incidents.
Each drone purchase also includes third-party liability insurance covering up to $180,000 (approx).
While there’s no official word yet on a US release, DJI’s existing FlyCart 30 — with a 40kg max payload — is FAA-compliant and already in limited use for logistics and industrial transport.
With the FC100, DJI isn’t just flexing its engineering muscle; it’s making a strong play for the future of low-altitude logistics.
From moving cement mixers up a mountain to delivering medicine in flood zones, this drone opens the door to fast, safe, and unmanned delivery in environments where roads fail.
https://dronedj.com/2025/06/30/new-dji-drone-flycart-100/
Israel lost at least eight drones in Iran
Jun 30, 2025
After nearly two weeks of Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian ballistic missile and air defense infrastructure, verified footage from inside Iran has begun to shed light on apparent Israeli drone losses.
Though Israel has mostly remained silent about any setbacks during its recent military campaign, several confirmed photos and videos geolocated across central and western Iran provide a partial account of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) losses sustained during operations against Iranian targets.
To date, no evidence suggests Israel has lost any manned aircraft.
At least eight Israeli drones are believed to have been downed or crashed inside Iranian territory.
The first verified incident involved a Hermes 900 UAV with serial number 997, which reportedly went down near Isfahan in central Iran.
The Israeli-made drone is designed for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
Another Hermes 900 was shot down in Lorestan Province, western Iran, according to visuals released from the area.
A third Hermes 900, bearing serial number 939, was also destroyed in the Markazi Province, west of Tehran.
These three Hermes-class UAVs represent some of the more advanced assets in Israel’s drone fleet, capable of operating at high altitudes and carrying multi-sensor payloads.
Among the largest Israeli UAVs confirmed lost is the IAI Eitan, a heavy-haul, long-range drone developed by Israel Aerospace Industries.
Iranian state-affiliated media published footage showing the Eitan being brought down over western Iran, a region that has hosted multiple Israeli strikes in recent days.
In addition, remains of two IAI Heron UAVs—serial numbers 298 and 248—were discovered by residents in Lorestan Province.
Photos of the debris circulated online, appearing consistent with Israeli design features and production markings.
Two more drones of unknown models were also reportedly found near the city of Kashan.
One of them, based on structural characteristics and serial number 8373, is believed to be a newer variant of the Orbiter drone series, which is used for tactical reconnaissance and real-time target acquisition.
The scope of Israel’s campaign remains unclear, but it has targeted Iranian missile facilities, air defense systems, and command nodes over the past eleven days.
Iran has responded by activating various layers of its air defense network, including domestically produced radars and interceptors.
Iran has seized on the incidents as a propaganda opportunity, broadcasting videos and statements from military officials who claim to have successfully repelled Israeli incursions.
Tehran continues to frame the campaign as evidence of its ability to deter foreign attacks on strategic infrastructure.
https://defence-blog.com/israel-lost-at-least-eight-drones-in-iran/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drone-swarms-national-security-60-minutes-transcript-2025-06-29/
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/drone-swarms-under-the-radar-60-minutes-video-2025-06-29/
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/drone-swarms-under-the-radar-60-minutes-video-2025-03-16/
How the U.S. is confronting the threat posed by drones swarming sensitive national security sites
Updated on: June 29, 2025 / 7:20 PM EDT
The head of NORAD and NORTHCOM - the military commands that defend North America - told Congress earlier this year that some of those mysterious drones seen flying inside the United States may indeed have been spying. He did not say for whom.
60 Minutes has been looking into eerily similar incidents going back more than five years, including those attention- getting flyovers in New Jersey. In each, drones first appeared over restricted civilian or military sites, coming and going - often literally - "under the radar."
As we first reported in March, the wake-up call came just over a year ago, when drones invaded the skies above Langley Air Force base in Virginia over 17 nights, forcing the relocation of our most advanced fighter jets. Our story starts with an eyewitness and an iPhone.
Jonathan Butner: Close around 7 o'clock, I would say, I started seeing these reddish, orange flashing lights that were starting to come in from the Virginia Beach area. It began slowly, like, one at a time.
Jonathan Butner's close encounter with drones came on Dec. 14, 2023. He was at his family's cabin on the James River in Virginia, about 100 miles south of Washington, D.C, with a commanding view of several military installations across the water.
Jonathan Butner: They started really coming in, like, almost, like, on a conveyor belt.
Bill Whitaker: How many in total?
Jonathan Butner: I probably saw upwards of 40 plus. When I first saw that, I was like, "Those are going directly over Langley Air Force Base."
Langley is one of the most critical air bases on the East Coast – home to dozens of F-22 Raptors, the most advanced stealth fighter jets ever built. Butner says from his perch he has seen it all.
Jonathan Butner: I'm very familiar with all the different types of military craft. We have Blackhawks, we have the F-22s. And these were like nothing I've ever seen.
Butner took these iPhone videos of the objects coming and going for nearly an hour and a half. These are the only public videos of the drones over Langley.
Bill Whitaker: Here's another one.
Jonathan Butner: Yes.
He shared this video with the FBI for its investigation.
Bill Whitaker: And another.
Jonathan Butner: Yes.
Gen. Mark Kelly (retired): The reports were coming in 20-to-30 sightings, same time every evening, 30-to-45 minutes after sunset.
Retired four-star Gen. Mark Kelly was the highest-ranking officer at Langley to witness the swarm. A veteran fighter pilot, Kelly went up to the roof of a squadron headquarters for an unobstructed view of the airborne invaders.
Bill Whitaker: So what'd you see?
Gen. Mark Kelly (retired): Well, what you saw was different sizes of incursions of aircraft. You saw different altitudes, different air speeds. Some were rather loud. Some weren't near as loud.
Bill Whitaker: What was the smallest one? What was the largest one?
Gen. Mark Kelly (retired): The smallest, you know you're talking about a commercial-size quadcopter. And then the largest ones are probably size what I would call a bass boat or a small car.
Bill Whitaker: The size of a small car?
Gen. Mark Kelly (retired): Mhmm (affirm).
At the time, Gen. Glen VanHerck was joint commander of NORAD and NORTHCOM, the military commands that protect North American airspace. He has since retired.
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): I actually provided support in the form of fighters, airborne warning and control platforms, helicopters to try to further categorize what those drones were at the time.
Ten months earlier, he ordered an F-22 from Langley to shoot down that Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic after it had sailed across the U.S., but this time, he found himself ill-equipped to respond.
NORAD's radar systems, designed during the Cold War to detect high-altitude air, space or missile attacks, were unable to detect low flying drones that could be seen with the naked eye.
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Bill Whitaker: Why don't we just shoot them down?
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): Well, first, you have to have the capability to detect, track, identify, make sure it's not a civilian airplane flying around.
If you can do that, Bill, then it becomes a safety issue for the American public. Firing missiles in our homeland is not taken lightly.
Bill Whitaker: We're not able to track them? We're not able to see where they originate?
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): No, it's the capability gap. Certainly they can come and go from any direction. The FBI is looking at potential options. But they don't have an answer right now.
And there haven't been answers for similar encroachments for more than five years.
In 2019, naval warships training off the California coast were shadowed for weeks by dozens of drones. For years, the pentagon did little to dispel speculation these images, taken with night vision equipment, were UFOs.
But ships' logs show they were identified as drones at the time. and the Navy suspected they came from this Hong Kong flagged freighter sailing nearby, but couldn't prove it.
Since then, the defense news site, The War Zone, has documented dozens of drone intrusions at sensitive infrastructure and military installations: in 2019, the Palo Verde nuclear plant in Arizona, the largest power producer in the country; in 2024, an experimental weapons site in Southern California where defense contractors are building the next generation of stealth bombers.
Last December, the Army confirmed 11 drone sightings over the Picatinny Arsenal in northern New Jersey, where advanced weapons are designed and built, which ignited a public frenzy, with sightings of unidentified flying objects all over the region.
While much of the country was fixated on New Jersey, another swarm of drones was disrupting operations at an air base in the U.K. where U.S. nuclear weapons have been stored.
Sen. Roger Wicker: Clearly, there is a military intelligence aspect of this.
Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi is chairman of the Armed Services Committee that oversees the Pentagon. We talked to him this past December.
Bill Whitaker: Do you believe that these drones are a spying system, a spying platform?
Sen. Roger Wicker: What would a logical person conclude?
Bill Whitaker: That. That these are spying incursions.
Sen. Roger Wicker: Yes. And, and yet I can tell you, I am privy to, to classified briefings at the highest level. I think the Pentagon and the National Security advisors are still mystified.
Bill Whitaker: Still mystified?
Sen. Roger Wicker: Yes.
More alarming: with drones overhead, some of the F-22s stationed at Langley were moved to a nearby air base for their own protection.
There's a new wartime reality: drones that can spy can also destroy. Deep inside Russia, advanced aircraft have been destroyed by Ukrainian drones. Gen. VanHerck told us drones could do the same thing here.
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): I have seen video of drones in various sizes flying over the F-22 flightline at Langley.
Bill Whitaker: What's your reaction to that? They could drop ordnance on them, drop bombs on, they could crash into them to disable them. Was that a concern?
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): Absolutely it's a concern. A small UAS, or drones, can do a myriad of missions.
President Biden was informed of the Langley intrusions, and meetings were held at the White House to figure out how to bring the drones down.
But after 17 nights, the drone visitations stopped. A senior official in the Biden White House later downplayed the incident to 60 Minutes, saying it was likely the work of hobbyists.
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Bill Whitaker: From what you saw, did you rule out that these might be hobbyists sending these drones up?
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): No. It would be my assessment they weren't hobbyists because of the magnitude of the events, the sizes of some of the drones, and the duration.
Bill Whitaker: So what's going on?
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): Well, I wish I had the answer. It certainly could have a foreign nexus, a threat nexus.
They could be doing anything, from surveilling critical infrastructure, just to the point of embarrassing us from the fact that they can do this on a day-to-day basis and then we're not able to do anything about it.
In overseas war zones, the U.S. military has broad authority to bring down menacing drones with gunfire, missiles, and electronic jamming. Here at home, any of those actions would pose a threat to civilians on the ground and in the air.
Gen. Gregory Guillot: Well, we certainly need new systems to counter this threat.
A year ago, Gen. Gregory Guillot – a combat veteran – took control of NORAD and NORTHCOM. He ordered a 90-day assessment of operations and says the drones – or UAVs – at Langley became the centerpiece.
Bill Whitaker: We're the most powerful military on the face of the earth. And yet, drones could fly over a major Air Force base and we couldn't stop them? How is that possible?
Gen. Gregory Guillot: Well, I think the, the threat got ahead of our ability to detect and, and track the threat.
I think all eyes were, rightfully, overseas, where UAVs were being used on one-way attack to attack U.S. and coalition service members. And the threat in the U.S. probably caught us by surprise a little bit.
Bill Whitaker: As it stands today, could you detect a swarm of drones flying over or flying into the airspace at Langley? Could you detect that today?
Gen. Gregory Guillot: At low altitude, probably not with your standard FAA or surveillance radars.
Complicating his efforts: bureaucracy. When the drones flew outside the perimeter of Langley Air Force Base, other agencies had jurisdiction: the Coast Guard, FAA, FBI, and local police. There was no one agency in charge.
Bill Whitaker: So what did you determine went on at Langley?
Gen. Gregory Guillot: Well, that that that investigation is still ongoing. So I don't think w we know entirely what happened.
Bill Whitaker: You know, when we hear things from the White House that it's not deemed a threat, it seems to me that this is, alarming. I mean, this is kind of hair on fire time.
Gen. Gregory Guillot: It is alarming. And, I would say that our hair is on fire here in, in NORTHCOM, in a controlled way. And we're moving out extremely quickly.
This past November, Gen. Guillot was given the authority to cut through the red tape and coordinate counter drone efforts across multiple government agencies.
He says new, more sensitive radar systems are being installed at strategic bases, and NORTHCOM is developing what it calls fly-away kits with the latest anti-drone technology – to be delivered to bases besieged by drones.
Gen. Gregory Guillot: My goal is inside of a year that we would have the flyaway kit capability to augment the services and the installations if they're necessary.
Bill Whitaker: So within a year, were Langley to happen again, there'd be some ability to respond?
Gen. Gregory Guillot: That's my goal.
His predecessor, Glen VanHerck, says the Pentagon, White House, and Congress have underestimated this massive vulnerability for far too long.
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): It's been one year since Langley had their drone incursion and we don't have the policies and laws in place to deal with this? That's not a sense of urgency.
Bill Whitaker: Why do you think that is?
Gen. Glen VanHerck (retired): I think it's because there's a perception that this is fortress America: two oceans on the east and west, with friendly nations north and south, and nobody's gonna attack our homeland.
It's time we move beyond that assumption.
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🚨Massive SHOCKWAVE Captured in the GULF -Weather Phenomena!
Jun 30, 2025
This is WILD, what looks as if a BOMB went off in the gulf shows a shockwave covering ALL the Gulf States JUST as a tropical storm is expected to form! (PLEASE SHARE!)
Coincidence? YEAH RIGHT!
Weather Mod at its finest!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfdgSQtPFvg
Roswell UFO Festival to celebrate 78th anniversary of incident
June 30, 2025
ROSWELL, N.M. — Aliens of some sort are ready to take over Roswell for the UFO Festival to celebrate the 78th anniversary of the UFO incident near the city. City leaders say they’re starting their celebrations early.
“What we have different coming out this year is, the number one thing we have going on, the event is starting the this year on a Thursday instead of on a Friday,” organizer Barbara Gomez said.
The festival will kick off with a drone show Thursday. They will also have a Walk of Fame ceremony, honoring Glen Davis.
Davis is the mortician involved with the 1947 UFO incident. They will also have a pet costume contest and ufologists will also speak.
“Don Schmidt, Travis Walton, Tom Reed, Kathleen Martin, Jennifer Stein, some of these are very well-known ufologists that can speak about the truth of this, or is it?
Is it the truth, or is it not? But you can decide about that,” Gomez said.
Even floods last October couldn’t keep the UFO Festival from landing this year.
“That convention center has still not been repaired. So, the people that were there at the convention center have moved downtown,” Gomez said.
Regardless, Gomez expects to see a lot more aliens walking around this year. “They literally have 10,000 people go through the UFO Museum during the UFO weekend.
So that’s not including the people on the streets, the people coming to listen to music. So we can estimate anywhere from 15 to 18,000 people come here,” she said.
With the Reno Air Races around the corner in Roswell, Gomez believes the festival will only see more visitors in the years to come.
“We always see a lot of people during the UFO [Fest]. It’s not only nationally known, it’s internationally known, so I think that it’ll bring a lot of focus to Roswell.
And so when the air show gets here, it’s going to put it have a bigger impact, not only for Roswell, but the surrounding communities within the area,” she said.
Entry to the UFO Festival is free. It starts this Thursday, July 3, and goes through Sunday, July 6. The city will close Main Street the entire weekend.
https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/roswell-ufo-festival-to-celebrate-78th-anniversary-of-incident/
https://ufofestival.com/
Groundbreaking White Paper Reveals $15 Billion in Classified U.S. Technology Programs Linked to UFO/UAP Investigations
June 30, 2025
New Report submitted to the House UAP Caucus Unveils Groundbreaking Methodology Linking Advanced U.S. Research Programs to UFO Phenomena
A newly released white paper titled “Findings from the Application of ‘Engineering Infinity:
Earth’s First Interstellar Blueprint’ as an Investigative Tool for Researching Suspected Classified Technology Programs Relating to UFO/UAP Disclosure” is set to transform Congressional oversight of advanced technology programs and UFO/UAP investigations.
Prepared for members of the United States Congress, this comprehensive report introduces a novel investigative methodology that leverages the technical framework of “Engineering Infinity”–a book documenting the alleged reverse-engineering of a UFO in the USSR during the 1980s–as a correlation tool for evaluating classified government research and whistleblower testimony.
The white paper was formally submitted to the House UAP Caucus on Wednesday.
Caucus members were invited to provide comments prior to the public release of this report. As of the release deadline, the UAP Caucus has not provided a comment on the report’s findings.
Key Findings:
$15+ billion in confirmed U.S. government research identified across 42 technical domains.
85-95% correlation rate between “Engineering Infinity” scientific topics and U.S. declassified programs.
76% correlation between metaphysical topics (e.g., remote viewing, consciousness research) and documented government projects.
50+ institutions identified as conducting related research, with high predictive accuracy for research locations and program scope.
Strategic Value for Congress:
Provides an unprecedented, cost-effective tool for oversight of classified technology development.
Enhances assessment of whistleblower credibility and technical feasibility of claims.
Enables rapid identification of undisclosed research programs and facilities.
Offers actionable recommendations for immediate, medium-term, and long-term Congressional action.
Notable Case Studies:
The methodology successfully predicted the involvement of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Lockheed Skunk Works in advanced aerospace and materials research–findings corroborated by recent whistleblower testimony.
Recommendations for Congressional Action:
Immediate facility inspections and document requests for high-correlation programs.
Adoption of the “Engineering Infinity” correlation methodology for all UAP-related oversight.
Strategic planning for technology disclosure, economic impact assessment, and international coordination.
Quote from Gene Sticco (a retired USAF Staff Sergeant) the White Paper’s Lead Author:
“This methodology offers Congress a powerful, data-driven framework for verifying extraordinary claims and ensuring responsible stewardship of the nation’s most advanced technologies.
The evidence supports immediate adoption for ongoing UAP investigations and broader classified program oversight and offers unmatched value for pattern recognition, hypothesis testing, and technical analysis within the open-source intelligence community.”
The full text of the White Paper is available for public review on the author’s website.
About the White Paper:
“Findings from the Application of “Engineering Infinity: Earth’s First Interstellar Blueprint” as an Investigative Tool for Researching Suspected Classified Technology Programs Relating to UFO/UAP Disclosure” a White Paper to Congress, June 2025, presents a validated, open-source methodology for correlating classified U.S. technology programs with advanced physics and engineering concepts, providing Congress with new tools for oversight, transparency, and national security.
The paper is based on science presented in “Engineering Infinity: Earth’s First Interstellar Blueprint” – arguably the most technically sophisticated and ambitious book on the “science of UFOs” available to the public.
It stands apart from the field in its level of engineering detail, its alignment with advanced Cold War research, and its willingness to propose testable scientific frameworks; providing a blueprint for further investigation–and a new standard by which other UFO science books can be measured.
https://www.isstories.com/2025/06/30/groundbreaking-white-paper-reveals-15-billion-in-classified-u-s-technology-programs-linked-to-ufo-uap-investigations/
https://www.engineeringinfinitybook.com/
https://www.ufonews.co/post/newsnation-ufo-revelations-expose-multi-layered-deception
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ8lrNET48c
NewsNation UFO Revelations Expose Multi-Layered Deception
June 30, 2025
NewsNation has delivered some of the most revealing UFO reporting in recent memory, uncovering a complex web of admissions that challenges everything we thought we knew about government UFO programs.
In their latest segments, former government UFO program staffers are making startling claims that they “made up everything — Area 51, disabled nukes, all of it,” according to veteran journalist George Knapp.
Yet paradoxically, the same broadcasts are reporting actual UFO collisions with military aircraft and FBI investigations that are outperforming Pentagon programs.
The timing of these revelations is particularly significant. With Donald Trump back in office already declassifying JFK files and Senator Chuck Schumer immediately responding on X with “Now do UFOs”.
The political pressure for transparency has never been higher. People who have maintained decades of silence are suddenly speaking out, and recent weeks have seen figures like Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet and journalist Ross Coulthart openly discussing Pentagon disinformation campaigns surrounding UFO phenomena.
The Admission That Raises More Questions
Jeremy Corbell opened the NewsNation interview with what should have been a definitive debunking. Former AARO staffers are now admitting they fabricated classic UFO stories, stating “There’s nothing to it.
It’s stuff that we made up. We created the story about Area 51. We created the story about nukes being disabled. That’s all us.”
However, rather than celebrating this apparent vindication of skeptics, Knapp expressed frustration, declaring “They’re never going to give this up.”
His concern is well-founded. If AARO admits to creating fake UFO stories, what explains the continued military encounters being reported?
The admission creates more questions than it answers, suggesting that some UFO narratives were fabricated to obscure something else entirely.
When asked what questions he would pose to “the man who knows,” Knapp’s inquiries were telling.
He didn’t ask whether the phenomenon is real — instead, he wanted to know where “they” are from, why secrecy persists after 80 years, and how UFO technology could be separated from national security concerns to allow presidential disclosure.
Knapp understands the 1947 rationale for secrecy but cannot comprehend why the charade continues today.
Physical Evidence Contradicts the Denials
The picture becomes even more complex when Lue Elizondo appears with information that directly contradicts AARO’s dismissive stance.
An FAA report from The War Zone confirms an actual collision between a UFO and a multi-million dollar Air Force fighter jet during routine training on January 19th, 2023.
The incident caused sufficient damage to force an emergency landing — documented aircraft damage requiring millions in repairs rather than mere testimony or blurry photographs.
Elizondo reveals that over his eight years since leaving government service, there have been “dozens upon dozens of these near-air collisions” involving military, civilian, and commercial pilots.
He describes objects “splitting combat formation right down the middle,” coming between aircraft flying in tight formation — behavior demonstrating complete disregard for human safety protocols.
Perhaps most concerning is Elizondo’s revelation that the FBI team investigating UFOs is “running laps around the Department of Defense’s AARO program.”
A small FBI unit is outperforming the Pentagon program specifically designed for UFO investigation.
This suggests either military incompetence or deliberate obstruction, with the FBI uncovering information that AARO either cannot or will not pursue.
Private Industry Holds the Real Control
Ross Coulthart, joining from Australia, provides what may be the missing piece of this puzzle.
While David Grush, the whistleblower who testified about “non-human biologics,” now works with Congress, and Marco Rubio, a long-time advocate for UFO transparency, serves as Secretary of State, the real power lies elsewhere.
When asked who might be covering up UFO information, Coulthart points to private aerospace companies, stating “There are a group of aerospace companies who’ve got the control of this technology and by golly they’re not letting go in a hurry.”
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This revelation explains the apparent contradictions perfectly. Government officials can honestly claim ignorance while private contractors maintain operational control of actual programs.
AARO can dismiss historical accounts because they never had access to the real technology or operations.
Coulthart also confirms extraordinary underwater encounters, speaking directly with submariners who have witnessed objects moving “close to the speed of sound in air underwater” — hundreds of miles per hour beneath the surface, tracked by sophisticated naval technology.
These accounts align with similar reports from figures like Tim Gallaudet and Congressman Tim Burchett, suggesting a consistent pattern of anomalous underwater activity.
The Human Cost of Decades of Secrecy
The NewsNation segments also reveal the personal toll of maintaining impossible secrets.
NPR’s Scott Simon shared a decades-old off-the-record conversation with Jimmy Carter about UFOs, in which the former president said, “If there is life out there we are all part of the same master plan and God’s hands are big enough to hold us both.”
This response reveals remarkable wisdom and suggests Carter had processed the implications of non-human intelligence and found peace with it, rather than the worldview of someone hiding crashed saucers.
Simon’s decision to reveal this conversation after Carter’s death suggests recognition that we’re at a turning point.
Jeremy Corbell’s question cuts to the human dimension: “what made you look beyond your orders and keep this from the American public?”
This addresses people who have spent entire careers living with impossible secrets and explores what it takes to make them finally speak out.
Political Pressure Builds for Disclosure
Congressman Eric Burlison provides the clearest picture of current political dynamics, having directly reached out to Trump’s policy team advocating for UFO disclosure through executive order. His reasoning is straightforward:
Trump positions himself as “the people’s president,” and people want answers. Notably, Burlison was in Mexico City on June 20th investigating the Buga sphere and Nazca bodies, raising questions about why he specifically was chosen for this mission among all congressmen.
The timeline pressure is real. Trump has already declassified documents on JFK, MLK, and RFK assassinations, with Schumer’s immediate “Now do UFOs” response showing bipartisan interest.
Multiple sources indicate that significant announcements may be forthcoming, though no UFO-specific executive order has been signed yet.
The Real Revelation
What emerges from these NewsNation segments isn’t traditional disclosure but rather exposure of a multi-layered deception.
According to Knapp’s reporting, AARO fabricated some UFO stories to hide real programs run by private contractors, with government officials providing cover while corporations control the actual technology.
Coulthart’s sources in defense and intelligence are saying “it’s time the American public was told what the US really does know,” specifically that “humanity has long been engaging with an advanced non-human intelligence and we have been recovering their technology.”
This isn’t speculation but operational reality described by people with access. The psychological pressure is showing as people can only live with impossible secrets for so long.
The generation that created this secrecy is aging out, and their replacements don’t have the same investment in maintaining these stories.
The NewsNation reporting reveals we’re watching disclosure happen through contradictory admissions, leaked documents, and people breaking their silence.
The 80-year secret isn’t breaking because of government transparency — it’s breaking because humans have limits.
If private aerospace companies control world-changing technology while governments provide cover stories, the implications for who actually runs our civilization are profound.
As more revelations are promised and congressional hearings scheduled, the question remains: what will we learn when the truth finally emerges?
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The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (ft. Richard Dolan)
Jun 28, 2025
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This episode dives deep into one of the most unsettling and enigmatic figures in American history, James Forrestal, the first U.S. Secretary of Defense, whose descent into paranoia and suspicious death still sparks intense speculation. Was Forrestal silenced over what he knew?
Historian and researcher Richard Dolan shares how a single book launched his decades-long investigation into the UFO phenomenon, unraveling hidden threads in our historical narrative. We explore the infamous Majestic Documents, the debated authenticity surrounding them, and post WWII factions between the Air Force & Navy.
The conversation moves into the murky waters of military secrecy, disinformation, and how researchers, often ridiculed and dismissed, have paid a steep personal and professional price for chasing the truth. At the heart of it all lies the reality-shattering nature of UFOs, where events like the Pascagoula abduction, backed by police recordings and credible witnesses, pierce through layers of denial and control.
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