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Athena Security Unveils AI X-Ray Drone Defense System to Defend Critical U.S. Infrastructure
Mon, December 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM PST
The frequency of major drone incidents worldwide has risen more than 60%, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has reported a 25.6% increase in illegal drone incursions since 2024.
In response to increasing drone threats, Athena Security has developed a drone defense system. The newly unveiled Drone Defense Detection Model—integrated into the company’s AI Assisted X-ray screening system—detects and flags drone components, including those hidden within cargo or luggage, before they can be assembled or reach secure perimeters—empowering government sites, airports, transportation hubs, and critical infrastructure operators to act before a threat becomes an incident.
Rising Threat from Inexpensive Drones: A Global Wake-Up Call
In recent years, the Russia–Ukraine war has vividly demonstrated how drones that cost less than $1,000 each can be weaponized to cause massive devastation.
Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have used inexpensive unmanned systems—many that were repurposed commercial or hobby drones—to strike energy infrastructure, rail networks, ammunition depots, and civilian sites.
In one instance, in October 2025, Russia launched a massive barrage of over 300 drones and missiles targeting Ukraine’s energy grid, causing widespread outages across multiple regions.
At the same time, Europe’s aviation system has experienced collateral consequences. Airports from Munich to Copenhagen have experienced disruptive drone incursions, leading to flight cancellations, postponements, and temporary shutdowns.
In other examples:
In October 2025, Munich Airport canceled 17 flights and grounded nearly 3,000 passengers after overnight drone sightings forced a seven-hour shutdown.
In September 2025, multiple drones halted all takeoffs and landings for nearly four hours at Copenhagen Airport, disrupting dozens of flights across Scandinavia.
Later, in the same month of September 2025, a drone intrusion near Fuerteventura Airport in Spain’s Canary Islands caused diversions and delays, disrupting travel for hundreds of passengers.
These incidents underscore a simple truth: adversaries and malicious actors now have the means to easily threaten both military and civilian targets at low cost, with limited warning.
"Today’s drones are inexpensive, stealthy and scalable. Waiting for an incident is no longer a viable defense," says Chris Ciabarra, Co-founder and CTO of Athena Security.
"Our goal is to give critical infrastructure operators a chance to stop threats before they reach the secure perimeter—whether the threat arrives by backpack, cargo bay, or is assembled onsite."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/europes-private-drone-industry-eyes-071018967.html
Drone Pilot Flies Through a Tornado, Captures its Awesome Power
Dec 01, 2025
An FPV drone pilot flew a GoPro directly into a tornado to capture decidedly spellbinding footage of an atmospheric twister churning up the Oklahoma landscape.
Luke Bredar explains that he reached out to storm chaser Ricky Forbes and Braydon Morisseau with his “dream of filming tornadoes from above.” In May this year, he headed to Arnett, Oklahoma, and quickly realized he had no idea what he was letting himself in for.
Forbes and Morisseau are both expert storm chasers with years of experience. Bredar was tagging along with them as they searched for tornadoes and was immediately capturing stunning material. About a month later, Bredar went out with Forbes again, this time in North Dakota.
“As it turns out, the vast majority of storm chasing is actually driving and repositioning and managing your nerves,” says Bredar. “Experiencing the strengthening wind and darkening sky, your body knows something is wrong, instincts tell you to turn around.”
Bredar donned his FPV goggles while still sitting inside the car so the crew could make a quick getaway if need be. On one flight, he lost contact with his camera as it was downed into a field. However, he was later able to retrieve it.
While chasing one huge supercell storm, Bredar is ordered to down his drone as Forbes realizes they are in a precarious spot and could get swallowed up by a tornado. The drone pilot quickly lands in a field so they can make their escape.
In the mini documentary published to GoPro’s YouTube channel, Bredar questions whether he really wants to be a part of the dangerous world of storm chasing where people can die from the extreme hobby.
“Later, it was officially rated the first EF5 since 2013, the highest category on the tornado scale,” Bredar says of the supercell in North Dakota.
“With estimated wind speeds of over 238 miles per hour, it had enough power to derail 33 train cars weighing over 72,000 lbs each. Three people’s lives were lost that night.”
Bredar notes that it is odd to experience one of nature’s most spectacular shows through an artificial headset, but points out that it is the only way to capture the footage.
https://petapixel.com/2025/12/01/drone-pilot-flies-through-a-tornado-captures-its-awesome-power/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsYgqqf-Kyk
Drone mystery persists in New Jersey despite federal explanation and FAA authorizations
December 1st 2025 at 11:12 AM
Over a year ago, a string of drone sightings across the skies of New Jersey sparked widespread panic and speculation that either UFOs or foreign enemies were encroaching on American airspace, and some of these sightings still remain a mystery to the public.
The first drone sighting appeared on November 13, 2024 at Picatinny Arsenal airspace, which is an US Army research facility.
A spokesman for Picatinny Arsenal shared with the New York Post this week that “the suspected drones were not the result of any military-related activity on the installation and were not approved to fly over the installation.”
Following this initial appearance, an additional ten drone sightings were reported with the last one occurring on December 6. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) claimed that Iran was piloting the large drones, which President Biden's Department of Defense quickly shot down.
After Trump took office in January, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reaffirmed the Pentagon’s declaration that a foreign enemy was not behind the slew of drone sightings in New Jersey.
Leavitt shared that most of the drones were actually approved by the FAA.
"After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons," Leavitt said at a briefing Tuesday.
"This was not the enemy."
Officials also determined that some of the alleged drone sightings were actually airplanes which were mistaken to be drones.
Those include a sighting over Salem Nuclear Power Facility, an alleged sighting which caused the diversion of a medevac helicopter and a sighting at a National Guard facility.
Even with the federal government taking responsibility for the drone sightings, there still lacks explanation for why many of the drone sightings, some which include large clusters of drones the size of school buses, even occurred.
Montvale New Jersey Mayor Mike Ghassali shared with the New York Post the town is still in the dark as to why Montvale’s skies were lit up with drones for weeks.
“No one had any answers. Even when the state police and the FBI brought all the mayors in to talk about what these are, they said, “We don’t know. We don’t know anything,’” Ghassali said. “To this day.”
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/drone-mystery-persists-in-new-jersey-despite-federal-explanation-and-faa-authorizations
https://twitter.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/1979562546890956939
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bukqeD9ti2Y
Michael Salla
@MichaelSalla
Very sorry to announce that James Rink, who was a victim of MK Ultra programs designed to turn him into a supersoldier, and who subsequently created the popular SuperSoldierTalk Youtube channel, has died of cardiac-related issues at age 45.
James wrote his autobiography, Lone Wolf: Alpha Squad Copy Over (2025), which described his difficult life and his determined research into MK Ultra programs and super soldier training for Secret Space Programs (SSPs). He organized multiple conferences and online events highlighting supersoldier and SSP testimonies.
James and his closest supporters believe he was targeted at his last Supersoldier Conference held in Orlando, FL in October, 2025, by a DEW aimed to stimulate heart failure. James warned several conference presenters that some presenters were being targeted this way.
Ironically, James had invited me to his conference, but I declined as I was still recovering from my own health issues resulting from a similar attack at a Sept 2024 conference held near Denver, CO.
James will be remembered as a kind and generous man who interviewed hundreds who believed they were part of super soldier programs and/or served on secret space programs.
He was open-minded and considerate of all he interviewed. James had many friends and will be missed. RIP James.
Last edited 7:38 PM · Nov 30, 2025
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HT5tvW5RlQ
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_xRyHjDbU3p2tt0mlFdqjNvhCvxLxROn
https://www.instagram.com/james_rink/?hl=en
Astronomers spot mysterious UFO dubbed ‘Dudley Dorito’ 18 years later
December 1, 2025
A mysterious triangular UFO dubbed the "Dudley Dorito" has re-appeared in the skies of the Britain - nearly 20 years after first being spotted.
The triangular-shaped object was spotted flying in the sky near the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Dudley, West Mids, on Nov. 21.
A resident believes his snaps could be the infamous "Dudley Dorito" - which captured the nation's imagination after being spotted three times in three years between 2010 and 2013
He said the craft moved silently through the skies and that he checked Flight Scanner for scheduled flights - only to find there were none.
The photo shared in the "Black Country Paranormal" Facebook group appears to show a flying object with flashing lights above Thorns Road, in the Brierley Hill area, at around 7:17 p.m.
The post reads: "Thinking that he was seeing a formation of Starlink satellites, he pulled over in a cul-de-sac just before Steven’s Park to get a better look.
"The craft was a huge black rectangle, with lights on each of the corners.
"After observing this craft for a short while, it silently flew towards the Merry Hill Shopping Centre, and out of his view.
"While this sighting was occurring, James checked on Flight Scanner to see if there was any air traffic in the vicinity that could explain what was witnessing, however there was none.
"James was able to take several photos as this object moved away.
"James' sighting has some resemblance to the “Dudley Dorito” sightings that have been reported in the area over the last 20 years.
"Starting in 2007, this craft has been observed all over the Black Country."
In October 2008, a photograph of the Dudley Dorito made headlines was hailed as an important piece of evidence of alien life.
It is believed to be noiseless, four or five times larger than a plane and has several lights attached to it.
The object has also been spotted hovering over Dudley Castle and also previously at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre where the latest sighting happened.
And in April, 2009, builders at West Midland Safari Park were stunned to see a UFO floating above them. The Dudley Dorito has also been sighted as far away as York.
https://www.citizentribune.com/news/national/astronomers-spot-mysterious-ufo-dubbed-dudley-dorito-18-years-later/article_6e3d1276-3560-552c-b202-6ed541e0ca87.html
NASA Apollo Astronaut Clashes with #1 Moon Landing Skeptic
Dec 1, 2025
Charles Duke is a former astronaut & US Air Force officer who became the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon on the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
Bart Sibrel is a filmmaker who has written, produced, and directed films arguing that the Apollo Moon landings between 1969 and 1972 were staged by NASA under the control of the CIA.
This is the first ever debate between an Apollo astronaut and a moon landing skeptic.
OUTLINE
00:00 - Apollo astronaut vs. moon landing denier
08:05 - Apollo astronaut training
15:59 - Charlie Duke's role in Apollo 11 mission
25:02 - Apollo 16 moon landing
32:53 - What it's like to walk on the moon
40:15 - Bart's best evidence the moon landing was faked
45:06 - Air Force security officer's death bed confession
54:37 - Government's willingness to deceive Americans
01:03:49 - Astronaut whistleblower who was murdered by CIA
01:11:31 - Apollo moon mission technology is "lost"
01:20:25 - Missing footage from Apollo missions
01:26:24 - Evidence the "moon rocks" are fake
01:39:42 - #1 proof NASA didn't go to the moon
01:57:00 - Apollo 11 footage faked being halfway to the moon
02:11:05 - Van Allen radiation belts
02:16:38 - Charlie Duke says there were no conversations about safety traveling through the Van Allan radiation belts
02:33:05 - Apollo didn't have enough fuel to reach the moon
02:55:21 - Astronauts confess we've never been to the moon
02:58:04 - Threat of micro-meteorites on the moon
02:59:29 - Shadows on the moon - 1 picture proves moon landing hoax?
03:14:29 - Deepfake AI analysis of Apollo images
03:19:25 - The Apollo 11 post-mission conference
03:31:13 - NASA's back-up moon landing footage
03:34:51 - Biblical link to Apollo missions: Lucifer & the tower of Babble
03:39:09 - 15% of Apollo astronauts died mysteriously
03:46:19 - Why would they fake the moon landing 6 times?
03:48:31 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMn6sI4X66s
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