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Nimrod was set to complete IDF service today, but remains a hostage in Gaza
August 4, 2025 00:06
Nimrod Cohen, a 19-year-old IDF soldier, was set to complete his military service and return home to Rehovot on Monday to begin civilian life. Instead, he remains captive in Gaza, kidnapped 10 months into his service, just two months after completing basic and advanced training.
“Today, he’s forced into being a career soldier with no choice,” his mother, Vicky Cohen, said with anguish. Raised with values of giving and duty like his two brothers, Nimrod joined the IDF Armored Corps with pride, eager to defend his country. “From a young age, he was in scouting groups, always wanting to contribute meaningfully,” Vicky shared.
After four months of basic training and four months of advanced training, Nimrod was stationed at the “White House,” an IDF outpost near Nirim and Nir Oz in the Gaza border area, alongside former hostage Edan Alexander. “That’s where the tanks were, where they took him,” Vicky said.
Tasked with protecting nearby communities and the nation, she feels the government has abandoned her son. “They could have brought them back long ago,” she said. “So many opportunities were sabotaged. “If they’d made the deal then, everyone would be home. The government hasn’t even held a Cabinet meeting this week. They don’t hear our cries; they’re disconnected from this disaster’s scale.”
Vicky’s voice broke as she spoke of recent videos showing hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski. “Every time I think of Evyatar’s image, I cry. They look like they’re in the Holocaust—a 2025 Holocaust.
“We can’t fathom what they’re enduring, isolated, tortured, suffering. This is our Third Temple’s destruction, enabled by a government obsessed with political survival,” she said. She urged ministers: “Find a way to bring our loved ones back. You’ve abandoned my son!”
Despite the pain, Vicky draws hope from knowing Nimrod is alive. “I talk to him constantly, saying, ‘Nimrod, don’t lose hope.’ I wrap him in love and light. He feels it—I’m sure it reaches those tunnels. He’s so connected to me; I’m his mother. I tell him how much I love him, what a wonderful, sensitive soul he is.
“I imagine the moment he comes home. That’s what gets me up each morning,” she said. Reflecting on the hostage videos, she added, “I can’t control myself seeing Evyatar and Rom.
“It’s like a film replaying in my mind—such misery, such helplessness. They’re defenseless, unheard. How much blood and how many screams until they’re returned? Bring our children back before it’s too late, before there’s no one left to save.”
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj7zkcavex
Ukrainian lawmaker, ex-governor jailed in drone procurement corruption case
August 4, 2025 6:00 pm
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered lawmaker Oleksii Kuznetsov to be held in custody for the next 60 days with the option to be released on a Hr 8 million ($192,000) bail.
Kuznetsov, representing President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party, is suspected of taking part in a high-level corruption scheme tied to military procurement, Suspilne reported from the courtroom on Aug. 4.
Also on Aug. 4, the court jailed former Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhii Haidai for 60 days, with bail set at Hr 10 million ($240,000), in connection with the same investigation.
Kuznetsov and Haidai are among six individuals named in the ongoing probe by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO).
The agencies on Aug. 2 revealed a scheme involving inflated state contracts for drones and electronic warfare (EW) equipment tied to state contracts signed in 2024 and 2025.
According to investigators, officials involved in the scheme allegedly received up to 30% of contract funds as kickbacks.
Kuznetsov was elected to parliament in 2019 representing Luhansk Oblast and served on the parliamentary human rights committee and the temporary commission on tariff policy.
The corruption revelations come days after Ukraine's parliament reversed course on the law limiting the independence of NABU and SAPO.
Zelensky signed a bill restoring the agencies' independence on July 31, following widespread protests and international criticism over a prior law passed on July 22 that had constrained their powers.
According to NABU, the corruption network involved a current lawmaker, a former regional governor, leaders of city and district military administrations, a National Guard commander, and a drone supplier.
Ukrainian media identified other suspects as Andrii Yurchenko, head of Luhansk's Rubizhne district, and several other officials.
Officials reportedly used a coordinated method of inflating government contracts and taking bribes in return.
The pattern was repeated with both drone and EW system procurement during 2024–2025, the investigation found.
David Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People faction in parliament, said Kuznetsov would be expelled from the faction during the investigation.
"Those guilty of corruption crimes must be punished fairly, regardless of their status or position," he said.
Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko convened an emergency Cabinet meeting following the revelations. Zelensky later dismissed Haidai from his latest role as head of the Mukachevo district administration.
During the court hearing, Haidai expressed a willingness to go to the front lines once the case is resolved, according to Suspilne. Several State Border Guard Service members reportedly offered to post sureties on his behalf.
If Haidai posts bail, he will be subject to a range of restrictions, including travel bans, surrendering his passport, and a prohibition on contacting witnesses or co-defendants.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-lawmaker-detained-in-in-drone-procurement-corruption-case/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/04/frontline-report-polands-fighter-jets-now-scramble-nightly-while-russian-drones-test-natos-eastern-border/
Frontline report: Poland’s fighter jets now scramble nightly while Russian drones test NATO’s eastern border
04/08/2025
Day 1257
On 3 August, the biggest news comes from Eastern Europe.
Here, a Shahed-type drone flew directly into Lithuanian airspace and passed over the capital, marking a serious escalation in Russia’s aerial provocations against Nato’s eastern flank.
Poland’s air force is already on a nightly high alert, and now the rest of the Baltics are joining in, raising what increasingly resembles an iron Curtain in the air.
Recently, a Russian Shahed-like drone crossed into Lithuanian airspace from Belarus and flew over the outskirts of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, close enough for civilians to see and film the device in flight.
Initial fears suggested a live munition had entered Nato airspace, as Shaheds are often fitted with fragmentation, thermobaric, incendiary, or delayed-fuse warheads to cause maximum casualties and damage to civilian property.
Fortunately, upon further inspection of the video footage, the object was identified as a Gerbera decoy drone, a visually similar platform Russia uses for both reconnaissance and saturation purposes during their daily strikes on Ukrainian cities.
While unarmed, the drone crossed directly over a Nato capital, far from any logical flight path to Ukraine, making it clear that this was no accident.
Instead, it was a calculated decision to test Nato’s reaction time, radar coverage, and political tolerance for such direct aerial threats and provocations, and critically, Lithuanian forces did not intercept.
Poland, meanwhile, has entered a state of routine high alert, with Polish and Nato forces scrambling jets and raising radar systems every time Russia launches a large-scale assault on Ukraine, which happens every night and now often even during the day as well.
Nato partners, including Swedish Gripens, are now joining Poland in maintaining a high alert status during Russia’s large-scale drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, reinforcing joint readiness across the eastern flank.
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While these alerts are precautionary, they have become the new norm, as the Polish border lies directly behind the approach paths of Russian missiles and drones targeting western Ukrainian cities.
This proximity means any technical malfunction or mid-course deviation could result in a direct violation of Polish airspace, as seen in previous incidents, including when debris from Russian missiles entered Polish territory in 2022, or when a Ukrainian air defense missile landed on a Polish field, killing two farmers.
Unlike the calculated provocation over Vilnius, Poland faces a more constant strain of nightly threats, scrambling fighters, activating radar grids, and maintaining alert in civilian areas without knowing whether each launch might cause military objects to cross into its airspace.
Across the Baltics, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have long depended on Nato’s Baltic Air Policing mission, with Hungary, Italy, and Spain being part of the current rotation, maintaining quick-reaction alert status and integrated into Nato’s broader air defense system.
However, the unchallenged drone over Vilnius shows the limits of deterrence alone, and Lithuania is now accelerating the deployments of Ukrainian-developed acoustic drone detection systems, seeking to fill gaps in its early warning networks exposed by the most recent airspace violation.
At the same time, the Baltic states are reinforcing their readiness for both air-to-air and ground-to-air engagements by expanding joint training protocols, adapting quick-reaction procedures, and integrating new detection systems designed to counter the threat of low-flying unmanned platforms.
And across all three states, radar tracking, jamming incidents logs, and drone incursions are now analyzed with a single assumption: that any aerial anomaly could be the opening in a broader conflict.
The emerging posture is no longer passive monitoring; with new drone detection systems, joint alert protocols, and revised civilian flight corridors, it is becoming forward-leaning, reinforced, and increasingly closed, an Iron Curtain in the air.
Overall, Russia’s latest airspace violations are increasingly escalating and reshaping Nato’s eastern defenses through repeated, calculated provocations that expose gaps, test thresholds, and force reaction.
The incursion over Vilnius is a template for how Moscow may continue to pressure Nato’s eastern flank, trying to provoke member states into triggering an open conflict.
As Poland’s nightly alerts become routine and Baltic air defenses are forced to harden, the question is no longer whether Nato will respond, but how far that response will go, and as this pattern deepens, the skies over Eastern Europe are no longer a buffer, they are becoming the front line.
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Russia restores runway at occupied Donetsk Airport for kamikaze drone launches, ISW says
August 4, 2025 3:13 pm
Russia is repairing the runway at Donetsk airport, occupied since 2015, to expand its use of attack drones launched from Russian-held territories, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Aug. 3, citing the OSINT group Cyberboroshno.
Russia routinely uses occupied Ukrainian territory as a staging ground for attacks on areas under Ukrainian control.
Satellite imagery captured in July 2025 shows visible changes at the airport, the ISW said.
According to the OSINT group Cyberboroshno, Russia is constructing infrastructure at the site to support the deployment of Shahed-type drones, including models with jet engines, as well as Gerbera drones, which are primarily used as decoys during airstrikes.
Near the destroyed terminal, closed storage facilities are reportedly being built for the drones, along with manual control stations, unloading zones for combat payloads, false positions, air observation posts, and a reconstructed runway, the Cyberboroshno's report read.
Russian authorities have also partially removed fortifications from the runway and begun construction on adjacent parking areas, possibly in preparation for installing fuel storage tanks, the ISW said.
OSINT analysts suggested that drone launches are currently being planned from within Donetsk Oblast.
Donetsk Airport ceased operations in May 2014 following the beginning of the Russian occupation of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
Ukrainian forces defended the airport for 242 days before withdrawing completely on Jan. 23, 2015, after Russian troops destroyed the control tower and one of the terminals. A
ccording to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, 97 Ukrainian soldiers were killed during the battles for control of Donetsk Airport.
Since the start of the occupation, the airport has remained closed to civilian air traffic.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-restores-runway-at-occupied-donetsk-airport-for-drone-operations-isw-says/
Russia Is Preparing for Another “Operation Spiderweb”
August 3, 2025
According to Western intelligence reports, Russia’s fortified aircraft hangars now have dome-shaped rooftops and thick blast doors to contain explosions.
After a spate of high-profile and deadly attacks, the Russian military is working hard to limit the effectiveness of Ukrainian drones.
At the same time, however, Ukraine is getting tens of thousands of unmanned aerial systems from its Western partners as the war in Ukraine turns increasingly to remote means.
Drones Are Now the Main Weapon of the Ukraine War
Following Ukraine’s recent drone strikes deep inside Russia, Russian forces have devoted tremendous resources to addressing the Ukrainian drone menace.
In response to Kyiv’s attacks—notably “Operation Spiderweb” in June, which destroyed and damaged dozens of long-range Russian bomber aircraft far from the front lines—Moscow commenced a program designed to protect air bases and key aircraft close to the Russo-Ukrainian border. The Russian military is fortifying air bases, including Millerovo, Kursk Vostochny, and Hvardiiske, with hardened hangars and shelters.
According to Western intelligence reports, Russia’s fortified aircraft hangars now have dome-shaped rooftops and thick blast doors to contain explosions. Some are also covered with earth for an additional layer of protection.
“The construction of these hardened aircraft shelters provides a layer of protection to aircraft deployed to Russian airbases against future Ukrainian OWA UAS [One Way Attack Uncrewed Aerial System] strikes,” the British Ministry of Defence assessed in a recent update on the drone war in Ukraine.
Such fortifications, however, do not necessarily mean that drones will not be effective against these air bases.
The value of the drone is more in its small size and flexibility rather than in its explosive capabilities. Unmanned aerial vehicles have been deadly effective because they can be piloted with pinpoint accuracy.
Numerous videos show Ukrainian drone operators wiggling small drones into Russian tanks, armored personnel carriers, command and control centers, and even trench bunkers. Once inside, the drones can wreak havoc.
Russia is also trying other means to stop Ukraine’s drone armada, which only gets larger as time passes.
Britain Will Give Ukraine 100,000 Drones in 2025 Alone
Kyiv’s international partners have been providing the Ukrainian military and intelligence services with tens of thousands of unmanned aerial systems of all types and sizes.
The United Kingdom, for example, delivered 50,000 drones only in the last six months. This delivery was in addition to approximately 20,000 drones provided to Ukraine in the same timeframe by the UK-Latvia co-led drone coalition.
The coalition has been working closely with the industry to speed up procurement and delivery of unmanned aerial systems to the Ukrainian units on the frontlines.
Overall, the UK government has committed about $465 million (£350 million) in 2025 to deliver 100,000 unmanned aerial systems to Ukraine.
This would be a ten-fold increase from the 10,000 drones London furnished Ukraine with in 2024. The astronomical increase showcases the increased emphasis of militaries on drone warfare.
Before the full-scale invasion in Ukraine started, state and non-state actors were using drones with increased frequency and for a wider set of missions. Since the war began, however, drones have become a mainstay of modern conflict.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia-preparing-for-another-operation-spiderweb-sa-080325
Japan’s falcon-inspired drone can land safely on your palms, no cushions needed
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 08:29 AM EST
Aflapping-wing drone can safely perform a soft landing on a person’s hand like a Falcon. Developed by the University of Tokyo’s DRAGON Lab, this system combines human gestures with flight planning.
Flapping-wing drones are ideal for human interaction because of their low noise and flexible wings. It uses soft, flexible, flapping wings to fly, mimicking a bird‘s motion.
This design makes it much quieter and safer than traditional propeller drones, creating a more gentle and less intimidating presence
Inspired by falconry, this drone is designed for safe, close-up interactions, such as landing on a person’s outstretched arm. The team says this development marks the “first-ever” successful contact-based interaction between a flapping-wing drone and a human.
“To achieve a safe approach toward humans, we design a motion planning method that considers both physical and psychological factors of human safety such as the distance from the user, the altitude, the approach direction, and the drone’s velocity,” the researchers wrote in the study paper.
Safe flight planning
The drone is designed to maintain a safe distance of at least 0.3 meters from a person’s chest and slows down while getting closer. Moreover, it is programmed to approach the user from the front or side.
This simple detail helps maintain a sense of ease and predictability. And in terms of altitude, it stays between elbow and eye level, ensuring you can see both the drone and your hand comfortably.
Now, how do you tell this high-tech bird where to land? It’s all in the gestures.
Reportedly, the drone uses two simple hand gestures for control: bending your arm to keep your hand near your chest, which signals it to “stay” and hover, while extending your arm, which tells it to “approach” and land.
This intuitive control is made possible by a sophisticated motion capture system. Eight Optitrack Prime 13 cameras track markers placed on the user’s chest, wrist, and drone.
The drone receives precise, real-time commands from a computer via a radio link.
Interestingly, its flight planning system helps to break down the approach into four distinct zones based on the distance from the user.
Beyond 1.25 meters, it’s a straight, steady flight to the palm. The drone begins to slow down within a distance of 1.25 to 0.6 meters.
It uses a smart algorithm that adjusts its velocity based on how people perceive motion, ensuring the approach feels smooth and natural.
As it gets closer, it enters a circular path around the chest, maintaining that safe distance while gently approaching the outstretched hand.
And if the user’s hand accidentally gets too close to the chest, the drone intelligently pauses its approach. It’s all about safety and a smooth interaction.
Maintain planned path
The team conducted rigorous experiments with the tech to test its landing prowess. Interestingly, the drone maintained its planned path with incredible accuracy.
There were minor hiccups, like a slight delay in response time and a bit of speed oscillation as it constantly adjusted, but the team is already working to refine these areas.
The drone’s soft wings and precise control system allow for an incredibly gentle landing, settling onto a person’s palm without any jarring movements.
This technology could lead to new applications, such as delivering small packages in crowded urban areas or providing easier access for people with limited mobility.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/japan-team-builds-falcon-like-drone
OZZY OSBOURNE Honored With Drone Show At 2025 WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
August 4, 2025
According to Merkur.de, legendary BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne was honored with a drone show by the organizers of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival.
The message "Ozzy, we love you" appeared above the main stage at this year's event, which was held July 29 - August 2 in the village of Wacken.
This was accompanied by Osbourne's song "Mama, I'm Coming Home" and then the BLACK SABBATH number "Paranoid". Images of Osbourne were simultaneously shown on the large screens.
Ozzy died the morning of July 22, his family announced in a statement.
"It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning.
He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time," the family said.
No cause of death was given, but Osbourne had battled a number of health issues over the past several years, including Parkinson's disease and injuries he sustained from a late-night fall in 2019.
Ozzy's death came a little more than two weeks after he took the stage for his final performance with BLACK SABBATH at Villa Park in the band's original hometown of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
They performed four songs for more than 40,000 people in the stadium and 5.8 million more on a livestream. Ozzy also played a five-song solo set while seated in a bat-adorned throne.
Formed in Birmingham in 1968, BLACK SABBATH is widely recognized as one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, with a career spanning decades and over 75 million albums sold worldwide.
Their impact on the genre remains as significant today as it was in the early 1970s, with their music shaping generations of metal musicians.
Ozzy's family reality television show "The Osbournes" won a 2002 Primetime Emmy.
In 2006, Osbourne and the other members of the original BLACK SABBATH were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Ozzy was also inducted into the Rock Hall as a solo artist in 2024.
Osbourne won several Grammys, including one in 1993 for his solo song "I Don't Want To Change The World".
Ozzy and Sharon started their annual tour — Ozzfest — in 1996 after he was rejected from the lineup of what at the time was the top touring music festival, Lollapalooza.
The first traveling version of Ozzfest in 1997 included MARILYN MANSON and PANTERA as part of the lineup.
Osbourne leaves behind his wife, three children from his first marriage (including an adopted son from his first wife's previous relationship),and three with Sharon: Jack, Kelly and Aimee.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch-ozzy-osbourne-honored-with-drone-show-at-2025-wacken-open-air-festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF2t7toWzeo
Stephen Hawking's terrifying UFO warning resurfaces as 'hostile alien threat' identified by Harvard scientist
12:38 4 Aug 2025 GMT+1
A terrifying warning from Stephen Hawking has resurfaced after Harvard researchers published a paper speculating that a comet could be a 'potentially hostile' alien object.
Last month, Harvard University researchers Avi Loeb, Adam Hibberd and Adam Crowl published a paper which suggested that comet 3l/ATLAS could be a reconnaissance probe sent by a technologically advanced alien civilisation watching our planet.
"The hypothesis in question is that [31/ATLAS] is a technological artefact, and furthermore has active intelligence. If this is the case, then two possibilities follow," the group wrote in the paper.
"First that its intentions are entirely benign and second they are malign." The researchers added that in the event of an attack it'd 'require defensive measures to be undertaken'.
It's worth noting that the researchers, as well as NASA scientists, have since stressed the most likely scenario is that 3l/ATLAS is just a comet.
But should the 'most likely outcome' of 3l/ATLAS not being a 'completely natural interstellar' object turn out to be false, then late physicist Stephen Hawking has a sobering warning to remind us why we shouldn't rush to welcome alien arrivals to Earth.
Prior to his death in 2018, Hawking had stressed numerous times about the dangers of reaching out to more technologically advanced civilisations, as they may not have peaceful or benevolent intentions.
"If aliens ever visit us," Hawking explained in an episode of Into the Universe back in 2010, "[Then] outcome might be similar to when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.
"We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet," he continued.
The Cambridge researcher believed that an advanced alien civilisation capable of cruising through the cosmos would've likely have exhausted the materials on their own planet, and be on the lookout for other plants to colonise for resources or move to.
This wasn't the only time which Hawking warned against reaching out to alien civilisations, with the 76-year-old drawing a line between establishing that other planetary civilisations exist and offering an olive branch.
Hawking's warnings relate to a theory known as the 'Dark forest hypothesis'.
'Dark forest hypothesis' explained
The 'Dark forest hypothesis' suggests that several alien civilisations are out there, however no one wants to be the first to put themselves forward due to fears or alerting even more advanced civilisations to their location.
Which means if aliens are out there and beginning to make themselves known, we shouldn't be welcoming them to Earthwith open arms, unless we want to live out a War of the Worlds type scenario.
https://www.ladbible.com/news/science/stephen-hawking-ufo-warning-hostile-alien-threat-210882-20250804
Reform UK announces expert on ghosts and UFOs as latest defection to party
August 4, 2025
Reform UK has been mocked after announcing their latest defection to the party – a police and crime commissioner who is an expert on ghosts, aliens and UFOs.
Rupert Matthews, who holds the post in Leicestershire and Rutland, was introduced on Monday as having joined the party from the Conservatives, breaking a 40-year membership.
Before being elected in 2021, he served two years as a European parliament member for the Tories. He has also written a number of books about ghost sightings, UFOs, cryptozoology and other paranormal subjects.
Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience focusing on legendary animals, such as the Sasquatch, in order to evaluate the possibility of their existence.
Responding to the announcement, the prime minister’s press secretary said: “Their big defection is very interested in the fantastical and the unexplained. It’s no surprise he’s added Reform’s fiscal plans to that list.”
Meanwhile, a Labour source said: “It’s not just the ghost of Tory past that is swelling the Reform ranks. Their latest recruit Rupert Matthews peddles alien conspiracy theories and believes the removal of abortion rights overseas is a ‘triumph’ for democracy.”
During a press conference at the party’s London HQ on Monday, unveiling the move, Mr Matthews took aim at the criminal justice system, saying the “dark heart of wokeness” needed to be removed, as well as accusing politicians in Britain of taking inspiration from “failed states” for their policies.
“It’s almost as if they’ve looked at countries like Lebanon and Libya, the policies that have led to them becoming failed states and thought, ‘that looks good, let’s try that here in Britain’”, he said.
“The self-serving, self-entitled liberal elite who have let our country down time after time after time are now on notice. Their day is almost done. Be they Conservative or Labour governments, everyone knows our politicians have failed us all.
“They have let this country down. They have let the British people down. Enough. Now is the time for Reform.”
He also said police officers were all too often working with “one hand tied behind their back”. “I daily face a fight against crime. I see ordinary, hard-working people burgled, robbed and mugged.
Shoplifting is getting out of control. Antisocial behaviour is turning too many of our town centres into an apocalyptic wasteland of lawless Britain.”
Reform also announced that a retired prison governor of Wormwood Scrubs, Vanessa Frake-Harris, had joined the party and would be contributing to its law and order task force.
Ms Frake-Harris, who joined the prison service in 1986, detailed increases in escapes, attacks on prison officers and increases of drugs, weapons and mobile phone finds in the last year.
She said: “Successive governments, Conservative and Labour, have driven the prison service to its knees through lack of investment, support and an unwillingness to allow people who know what they are doing to get the job done.”
She continued: “Our prisons are in a crisis caused by Labour and the Conservatives. What have their solutions been? They have let 10,000 prisoners out of jail early. To let criminals out of jail before they even serve their full sentence is a disgrace.”
A Labour spokesperson said: “It’s farcical that Farage can’t say what his policies are, how much they would cost, or how they would even work.
Reform aren’t serious and don’t have a clue as to how they would address the challenges facing working people.” Reform UK has been contacted for comment.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/reform-uk-announces-expert-on-ghosts-and-ufos-as-latest-defection-to-party/ar-AA1JSBUm
https://www.youtube.com/@ReformUKOfficial
Greys, nordics, insectoids, reptilians – congressman says he was briefed on alien species
Last updated: 4 August 2025
A secretive US Congress briefing may have confirmed four alien species, according to a physicist’s testimony. Now, Reddit is torn over what it means for real UFO disclosure.
Back in May this year, physicist Dr. Eric Davis was asked a question no one expected to be answered: "What species are piloting these craft?"
The question was posed at a closed-door US Congress meeting, during which Davis reportedly confirmed four different alien species under oath.
Davis responded, like he did in his Congress hearing, with “Greys, nordics, insectoids, and reptilians” as the four categories of aliens.
Congress would have been bewildered, especially as previous contact with David Grusch mainly included non-human biologics and spacecraft.
Davis may have merely been relaying information given to him by insiders, rather than having any sightings himself, but this revelation has caused a stir nevertheless.
Now on The Endless Void podcast with Kristin Fisher, the Missouri Republican Congressman Eric Burlison gave his take on the situation, while also trying to contextualize the current state of play in the quest for true UAP disclosure.
What Davis revealed under oath
Eric Davis is a nuclear physicist with decades of UAP-related consulting experience.
The physicist has a background in advanced physics and work related to exotic propulsion systems, boosting his credibility.
He described advanced propulsion theories (warp bubbles, Casimir effect), and said the US has at least one craft in its possession.
Davis confirmed the four species and gave details – humanoid, roughly human-sized, and possibly involved in reverse-engineering programs.
Burlison’s belief and bull riding
In the interview with Kristin Fisher, Burlison takes a cautionary approach to the topic, yet claims that what would be useful is a “groundswell of public demand for the White House" to listen to the momentum building behind the scenes.
In some candid moments, Burlison told Fisher to “never underestimate the laziness of government employees,” when explaining why disclosure has not gathered momentum for many years.
Regarding the four alien species, it seems during the interview that Burlison is not fully convinced, but he believes there’s a need to keep pressing the current US government for answers.
He claims that “the president has a posture to being open to disclosure,” adding that “it would be historic if he levelled with the American people if there was information to be had.”
Fisher asked whether September is a likely month for Congress to line up more hearings, to which Burlison replied that it could be a realistic timeframe.
Reddit's mixed reaction
The reaction was both curious and cautious on Reddit as well. One user claimed a sense of disclosure breakthrough, albeit with caveats:
I have a feeling that we're building up to something, but what that is I have no idea. I think it may be more bizarre than we can fathom.
My hypothesis is that what is going on now is that a group/faction that is attempting to prevent this information coming to light is struggling to do so.
Reddit user @Careful-Ant5868
Another takes the route that these disclosures could be merely a rehash of what whistleblowers have seen on the big screen:
“Wouldn't it be hilarious if these people that are 'disclosing' all this behind the scenes are just repeating what they read about alien encounters on the internet and TV (to distract from the real stuff), and all this is just one big empty circle?”
One user went even further, saying they have a feeling Trump will use this to distract from the Epstein files becoming a weekly news cycle.
It’s either a case of it being real, much ado about nothing or a cover-up – but regardless, the interview with Burlison seems to have got the ball rolling again.
Reddit seems to reflect the public’s confusion, cynicism, and wild theorizing – the lack of mainstream coverage fuels conspiracy speculation.
https://cybernews.com/tech/greys-nordics-insectoids-reptilians/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jldm6g0EU0
Sending Juno to investigate 3I/ATLAS ‘not a good idea’: Ross Coulthart
Updated: Aug 3, 2025 / 09:55 PM CDT
Sending the Juno spacecraft to investigate a newly-discovered interstellar object that a professor suggested could be “alien tech” isn’t a good idea, according to Ross Coulthart.
Coulthart, an investigative journalist and NewsNation Special Correspondent, joined “NewsNation Prime” on Sunday to discuss Harvard professor Avi Loeb’s claim that 3I/ATLAS could be alien tech.
Loeb co-wrote a paper submitted last month suggesting the space object, only the third such object to enter our solar system, could be “possibly hostile.” He called for it to be investigated to determine whether it’s a threat to Earth.
Comet could be ‘alien tech,’ should be investigated: Avi Loeb
Loeb wants to send NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which is currently orbiting Jupiter, to intercept the 3I/ATLAS path and study it as it comes into proximity with Jupiter on March 16, 2026.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., even called him to talk about the theory, and she asked NASA to use Juno to look into it.
“It’s inflammatory and frankly, there’s not a lot of evidence for it,” Coulthart said of Loeb’s theory that the object could be of alien origin.
“I just don’t think, from talking to many astronomers, that it’s a good idea to go diverting existing space craft – for example, Juno in orbit around Jupiter – or suggesting these are necessarily alien probes with hostile intent.”
Loeb cited the trajectory and speed of the object as reasons why it could be alien tech. However, he labeled his paper a pedagogical, or thought, exercise.
He also wrote on his blog that the most likely outcome “by far” is that 3I/ATLAS “is a completely natural interstellar object, probably a comet.”
Motive behind ‘alien tech’ theory
Coulthart believes Loeb may have floated his alien tech theory to draw more attention to an area of science that he would like to see investigated more thoroughly.
“There’s a frustration among a lot of people in science, including Professor Loeb, that not enough resources are going toward looking for other techno signatures,” Coulthart said.
“I think, personally, there is a lot of merit in the broad idea of what Professor Loeb is suggesting, which is that we do need to resource the investigation of so-called techno signatures more rigidly.”
As for sending Juno to investigate 3I/ATLAS, Coulthart said it would be too big an expense and a huge diversion from its originally assigned task, which is to investigate Jupiter.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/3i-atlas-comet-alien-tech-juno/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcYzK2o_Xo
From Believer to Denier to 100% Certain: One Congressman’s Journey Into UFO Programs
August 4, 2025
Vice President JD Vance’s unexpected declaration of being “obsessed with the whole UFO thing” during a podcast appearance has raised eyebrows across Washington, particularly since he has never once mentioned UFOs in any previous public statement or interview.
While Vance promises future investigations, other government officials are already making concrete revelations about crash retrieval programs and alien species classifications that could reshape our understanding of what the government knows about non-human intelligence.
Vice President JD Vance made an unexpected revelation during an appearance on the Ruthless Podcast, claiming he is “obsessed with the whole UFO thing” and plans to investigate UAP videos during the August congressional recess.
According to the podcast, Vance stated he wants to “dive to the bottom of the whole UFO thing from last year,” despite having never mentioned UFOs in any previous interview or social media post.
The timing of this sudden interest raises questions about political motivations versus genuine investigation.
While Vance discusses future plans, members of Congress are already making concrete revelations about existing UAP programs.
According to an interview on The Endless Void with Kristin Fisher, Congressman Eric Burlison has evolved from skeptical oversight to making definitive statements about classified programs.
Burlison, who serves on both the House Oversight Committee and UAP caucus, began investigating UAPs two years ago when whistleblower David Grusch requested meetings with Congress members.
Despite maintaining his skepticism about the phenomenon itself, Burlison believes taxpayer oversight is necessary given government spending on these programs.
The most significant disclosure came during a May congressional briefing when Burlison questioned Pentagon physicist Eric Davis, who holds decades of high-level security clearances.
According to Fisher’s interview, Davis detailed four alleged alien species to Congress members, describing “the Greys, the Nordics, reptilians and insectoids.”
Davis clarified these entities resemble “a reptile or an insect type humanoid” with heads, four limbs, and torsos, ranging in human-scale sizes.
Burlison later acknowledged he should have questioned Davis about his sources, whether the information represented firsthand knowledge or secondhand intelligence reports.
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Burlison’s most definitive statement concerned crash retrieval programs. According to the interview, he declared “100% there is a crash retrieval program,” though he distinguished between retrieving advanced terrestrial technology versus extraterrestrial materials.
He referenced the Osama bin Laden raid, where advanced helicopter technology crashed and required secure extraction, illustrating legitimate national security reasons for such programs.
However, according to testimony from Jacob Barber, who publicly confirmed participation in crash retrieval operations, most recoveries involve domestic or foreign terrestrial technology, with only “rare events” potentially being extraterrestrial.
Separately, Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has pushed for unprecedented space-based UAP investigation through a public letter to NASA Administrator Sean Duffy.
According to the letter, Luna requested NASA assess using the Juno spacecraft to intercept the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which was discovered on July 1st, 2025.
The object represents the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system and the largest at roughly seven miles wide.
Luna’s letter cited Harvard Professor Avi Loeb’s research showing Juno could potentially intercept 3I/ATLAS using a Jupiter Oberth maneuver in March 2026, providing an opportunity to study what some researchers speculate could be artificial rather than a natural comet.
The momentum is building toward a September UAP hearing that Burlison describes as seeking witnesses with “firsthand experience with non-human intelligence.”
According to the Fisher interview, congressional investigators are moving beyond theoretical discussions to pursue direct testimony from individuals claiming contact with non-human entities.
This represents a significant shift from questioning whether UAP programs exist to determining what they have discovered.
Burlison categorizes potential witnesses into three groups: friendly witnesses willing to testify, hostile witnesses requiring subpoenas, and those willing to cooperate only under subpoena protection.
According to Burlison’s assessment, he has more hope for transparency today than a year ago, with leadership changes opening opportunities for information previously blocked from disclosure task forces.
However, the contrast between Vance’s laughing podcast claims and Congress members making serious confirmations about crash retrieval programs illustrates the difference between political statements and actual investigation.
Whether Vance’s August recess plans will produce meaningful results remains questionable given his complete lack of prior interest in the subject, while congressional investigators continue pursuing witnesses who claim direct experience with non-human intelligence.
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https://www.ufonews.co/post/from-believer-to-denier-to-100-certain-one-congressman-s-journey-into-ufo-programs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb2F69SSC8o
Jaime Maussan stuff
The MOST IMPORTANT NEWS RESEARCH from July 27 to August 3, 2025 🛸
Aug 3, 2025
🛸 In this edition of Tercer Milenio, Jaime Maussan presents the most important investigations into the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABJz4MHi0pM
Project Blue Book and AATIP: The Hidden Truth About UFOs 🛸
Aug 3, 2025
In this episode of Pilots with Julio Darwish, researcher and astronomer Fernando Correa shares a shocking interview with the former chief information officer for Project Blue Book, who claimed that UFOs are real.
Correa also details other secret and official programs like AATIP, which reinforce the possibility of a non-human presence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H7gWpLoRiU
UFO sighting in Barcelona
Aug 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz8QjFMeXdY