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Russian “Invisible” Satellite and Chinese Stealth Tests Alarm US Space Force
Updated Dec 12, 2025 16:22
China and Russia are actively testing stealth-related technologies designed to make their satellites harder to detect with radar and optical sensors, a senior US Space Force official said, warning that space surveillance is increasingly turning into a game of concealment rather than confrontation, according to Breaking Defense on December 11.
Speaking at the Space Force Association’s Spacepower 2025 conference, Chief Master Sergeant Ron Lerch, the senior enlisted advisor to the deputy chief of space operations for intelligence, said recent activity suggests both countries are investing in ways to reduce the radar and visual signatures of spacecraft, particularly in low Earth orbit.
“In years past, we’ve talked about this cat and mouse game that was happening at GEO [geosynchronous Earth orbit]—Chinese, Russian, US satellite, sort of stalking each other,” Lerch said.
“This past year has really been more of a hide-and-seek game that we’ve seen at LEO [low Earth orbit].”
China testing stealthy satellite shapes
According to Breaking Defense, Lerch pointed to China’s Shiyan-24 satellite trio—Shiyan A, B, and C—which conducted synchronized maneuvers in low Earth orbit earlier this year, activity previously described by Space Force Vice Gen. Michael Guetlein as “dogfighting in space.”
According to Lerch, each satellite exhibited a different radar cross-section, with each successive spacecraft becoming harder to detect.
“That suggests,” he said, “that the Chinese are moving forward with what we’ve seen as a decades-long plan and research to potentially use some stealth applications in space.”
He added that Chinese military researchers have been experimenting since at least 2012 with shaping microsatellites to reduce detectability.
A 2022 research paper published by the People’s Liberation Army described lab testing of a small metallic satellite known as the “Olive-B” test article.
“Not only are they difficult to visually acquire, that shape, they believe, would be incredibly beneficial in terms of masses of the radar cross section,” Lerch said.
Russia’s low-visibility satellite in higher orbit
Russia, meanwhile, has recently launched an experimental satellite with extremely low visibility into medium Earth orbit (MEO), Lerch said. The spacecraft, known as Mozhayets, stands out for how dim it appears when observed from Earth, Breaking Defense notes.
“What’s fascinating about the Mozhayets is that it has a very, very low visual magnitude,” Lerch explained. “Just to give you some context, the Sun is a negative 26 visual magnitude… GPS satellites at MEO, they’ve got about a 6.5 visual magnitude.
This Mozhayets satellite, the Russians put up to MEO, was at about a 16 for visual magnitude, very difficult to see.”
The Mozhayets-6 satellite was built by Russia’s Mozhaisky Military Space Academy and launched on September 13 as a rideshare payload aboard a new GLONASS navigation satellite.
According to commercial tracking firm Slingshot, which publicly disclosed the satellite on November 17, Mozhayets-6 remained effectively “lost” for roughly five weeks, at least within publicly available Space Force tracking databases.
Commercial tracking firms fill critical gaps
Lerch emphasized that commercial space-tracking companies are playing an increasingly vital role in monitoring these developments, noting that unclassified awareness of stealthy satellites would be nearly impossible without their data.
According to his briefing slides, LeoLabs identified the Shiyan satellites’ activity, while Slingshot detected the Russian Mozhayets satellite—reportedly before the Space Force did, at least publicly, Breaking Defense said.
Earlier, a servicing cabin collapsed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome during the launch of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
The collapse occurred at the movable fold-out structure beneath the launch pad, where work is done on the rocket’s tail section. The incident was reportedly caused by the rocket’s first-stage engine’s gas jet, which tore through part of the launch complex.
This particular service cabin is crucial for launching Russian crewed missions to the ISS, and the incident could lead to indefinite delays for Soyuz and Progress spacecraft launches.
No cosmonauts were injured, but the facility now requires repairs, which could take up to two years.
https://united24media.com/latest-news/russian-invisible-satellite-and-chinese-stealth-tests-alarm-us-space-force-14224
https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1613801788481892353
https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1966814252074688788
Fans Rally After ‘Lost in Space’ Star, 71, Asks for Prayers
Dec 12, 2025 9:41 AM EST
A beloved classic TV star is asking for prayers for his family.
On Dec. 11, actor Bill Mumy, who is best known for his role as Will Robinson on the 1960s sci-fi series Lost in Space, posted to Instagram to ask fans to send support for his daughter-in-law, Alexa Cline Mumy.
Alexa is the wife of Mumy’s son Seth, 36.
Mumy, 71, captioned two photos of his daughter-in-law with a heartfelt request for his social media followers.
“FAVOR PLEASE, folks,” Mumy wrote. “I’m asking for prayers, good thoughts and positive energy sent to my wonderful Daughter-in-Law, Alexa.
She’s having open heart surgery tomorrow morning, and all your support will be very much appreciated. Thank you kindly. ✌️❤️🙏🏻.”
Mumy received a big response from fans all over the world as they showered him with support in the comment section.
“Sending positive thoughts and healing prayers to Alexa 🙏💙,” one fan wrote.
“Hey Billy, sending prayers and good thoughts to Alexa from Australia ❤️🙏,” added another.
“Many prayers sent for sweet Alexa. 🙏💜🙏💜,” a third fan wrote to the actor and musician.
“Throughout your career you’ve been there for your fans. Now of course we’re all here for you, your family, and Alexa,” another wrote to Mumy.
Legendary Olympic skater Tai Babilonia also responded to the post, writing, “Prayers up 🙏🏽💪🏽.”
In July, Mumy posted to Instagram to mark Alexa’s wedding anniversary with his son. “Happy 9th Anniversary to Seth & Alexa Mumy! 🥰,” he captioned a photo from the couple’s 2016 wedding day.
He has also shared photos of the couple’s young children. In 2024, Mumy posted a birthday message to his son, which included photos of his wife, Alexa, and their kids.
“Happy 35th Birthday to my son, Seth Davis Mumy,” the actor wrote. “He makes me proud. Seth is a wonderful father, husband, brother, son, friend and attorney. He works hard and is truly loved.
Time is a bizarre river! Seems like he was just a little boy! Onward. 👍👍🙏🏻❤️”
Bill Mumy married Eileen Joy Davis in 1986. After the birth of their son Seth in 1989, they welcomed a daughter, Liliana, five years later.
In an interview with Rock Cellar, Mumy was asked to recall a significant moment in his life, and he responded with a family memory.
“For a personal moment, I’ll say when my daughter Liliana was born,” he shared. “My son Seth was so happy to have a sister.”
https://parade.com/entertainment/fans-rally-after-lost-in-space-star-71-asks-for-prayers
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSJQx0Lj2sw/
Ukraine used chemical plant as cover for mercenaries – Russian MOD
12 Dec, 2025 13:01
Ukraine used a major chemical facility as a base for foreign mercenaries and their heavy weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, citing internal correspondence.
The allegation was presented by Major General Aleksey Rtishchev, head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, during a briefing on alleged Ukrainian violations of international agreements governing weapons of mass destruction.
Rtishchev cited a letter from the management of the Odessa Portside Plant, a large chemical complex located about 35km from the eponymous port city.
The letter, sent to regional authorities in September, complained about the presence of “foreign specialists” and military hardware at the site and warned that such activity could provoke Russian strikes and potentially trigger the release of more than 200 tons of liquid ammonia.
Rtishchev said the forces involved were Romanian mercenaries equipped with multiple-launch rocket systems.
He claimed that since realizing Russian forces avoid targeting chemical industry sites, Kiev has been using such no-strike locations as a “technogenic shield,” ignoring the dangers posed to nearby residents.
During a briefing in July, the general reported a similar Ukrainian letter in which an executive of the state-owned company Ukrkhimtransammiak complained about unauthorized military use of an ammonia pipeline service station.
The underground pipeline was originally built in Soviet times to transport ammonia from Russia to the Odessa Region plant.
According to the Russian military, Ukraine has repeatedly made reckless military use of hazardous infrastructure and would seek to blame Moscow should an industrial disaster occur.
During the Friday briefing, Rtishchev claimed that Ukrainian forces and intelligence services continue to employ chemical agents on the battlefield and in targeted assassination attacks.
He said the Defense Ministry has gathered new evidence allegedly showing state-directed efforts to adapt heavy rotary-wing drones for the delivery of chemical munitions.
He further accused Kiev’s Western supporters of enabling such activities, including by supplying protective equipment in quantities he described as excessive for a country that officially denies having a chemical weapons program.
In 2025 alone Kiev requested over 200 additional gas masks and hazmat suits, he noted.
https://www.rt.com/russia/629368-ukraine-chemical-plant-mercenaries/
Ukraine working on ‘dirty bomb’ plot – Moscow
12 Dec, 2025 11:07
Ukraine is smuggling radioactive materials into the country that can be used to assemble a dirty bomb for a false-flag attack, potentially causing widespread contamination across Europe, a senior Russian defense official claims.
Speaking at a briefing on Thursday, Major General Aleksey Rtishchev, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops, warned that Ukraine is engaging in what he described as “nuclear blackmail,” saying its actions pose serious security and environmental risks.
Rtishchev said shipments of spent radioactive fuel were transported through Poland and Romania without notifying the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He added that the operation was overseen by Andrey Yermak, a former senior aide to Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. Yermak resigned last month after being linked to a major energy-sector corruption scandal involving Zelensky’s close associates, although he was not formally charged.
”This creates the risk of creating a so-called ‘dirty bomb’ and then using it ‘under a false flag,’” Rtishchev said. A dirty bomb does not cause a nuclear explosion but disperses radioactive material over a wide area, creating severe contamination and long-term danger to civilians.
The general added that Russia has obtained training materials used by Ukraine’s security service that simulate scenarios involving the theft of ionizing radiation sources, the assembly of an explosive device, and detonation in densely populated areas.
Rtishchev stressed that Western assistance is encouraging Kiev to violate international nuclear regulations.
The “Western ‘patrons’ fail to take into account that the degradation of the system of state administration is capable of pushing not only Ukraine, but also a number of European states, to the brink of an environmental catastrophe,” he said.
Moscow previously warned that Ukraine could seek to use a dirty bomb in an attempt to derail the ongoing US-mediated peace talks.
Russian officials have said this would involve extreme risks and could prompt a severe response from Moscow, including the possibility of tactical nuclear retaliation.
https://www.rt.com/russia/629363-ukraine-dirty-bomb-plot/
Zelensky claims referendum on territorial concessions necessary
12 Dec, 2025 08:29
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has indicated the country may hold a referendum on territorial concessions ahead of any peace deal with Moscow. Kiev has previously ruled out any recognition of former Ukrainian regions as part of Russia.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Zelensky suggested that the territorial dispute with Russia over Donbass – widely considered to be the most serious stumbling block on the way to peace – should be put to a vote.
“The Russians want the whole of Donbass – we don’t accept that. I believe that the Ukrainian people will answer this question. Whether in the form of elections or a referendum, the Ukrainian people must have a say.”
His remarks came as US President Donald Trump urged Zelensky, whose presidential term expired last year, to hold elections. While Zelensky did not reject the request outright, he insisted that an election can only take place if the West provides Kiev with strong security guarantees.
According to Zelensky, the ongoing talks with US officials over a peace deal included proposals to designate parts of Donbass as a “free economic zone,” adding that Moscow prefers the phrase “demilitarized zone.”
“The Americans are searching for an appropriate format,” the Ukrainian leader said.
Trump has expressed frustration over the slow progress towards a deal, suggesting that Zelensky is standing in the way.
“I thought we were very close with Ukraine to having a deal. In fact, other than President Zelensky, his people loved the concept of the deal,” he said, while acknowledging that reaching an agreement is “a little bit complicated because you’re cutting up land in a certain way.”
The initial US roadmap to peace leaked to the media last month reportedly called for Ukraine to relinquish the parts of Donbass it still controls, freeze the front lines in Russia’s Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, stay out of NATO, and limit the size of its armed forces, in return for security guarantees.
Moscow maintains that a sustainable peace can only be reached if Ukraine withdraws completely from the new Russian territories, and commits to neutrality, demilitarization, and denazification.
https://www.rt.com/russia/629353-ukraine-referendum-donbass-zelensky/
Russia says Ukraine targeted chemical sites, record drone wave disrupts Moscow flights
December 12, 2025, 20:00:10 IST
The Russian Defence Ministry on Friday said Ukraine attempted to launch drone attacks on chemical facilities storing first-class hazardous substances, but claimed the strikes were successfully intercepted.
Major General Alexey Rtishchev, Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops, told reporters that sites in Veliky Novgorod and the town of Rossosh in the Voronezh region were targeted.
Rtishchev also accused Ukrainian forces of trying to destroy chemical facilities in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, warning that such attacks could expose civilians to dangerous substances.
He said the Zarya industrial site in Rubezhnoye, the Azot plant in Severodonetsk, and the Coke and Chemical Plant in Avdeyevka had all come under repeated shelling.
Separately, Russian officials said a Ukrainian drone struck a residential building in the city of Tver, northwest of Moscow, injuring seven people in an overnight attack.
The developments came a day after US President Donald Trump said he was “extremely frustrated” with both Kyiv and Moscow over the ongoing war, warning it could escalate into a “third world war.”
Expressing concern over stalled peace efforts, Trump said, “I’d like to see the killing stop. Twenty-five thousand people died last month, mostly soldiers. I would love to see it stop.”
His press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president “doesn’t want any more talk” and wants the conflict to end, adding that special envoy Steve Witkoff remained in contact with both sides.
As per Moscow Times report, Russian authorities separately reported that air defences shot down 287 Ukrainian drones overnight — one of the highest numbers recorded since the war began.
The drone wave caused temporary airport closures in Moscow, delaying or cancelling around 200 flights, and diverting some to St Petersburg.
Eyewitness reports and footage verified by Astra indicated that a fire broke out at or near the Acron mineral fertiliser plant in Veliky Novgorod during the attacks.
Regional governor Alexander Dronov said 19 drones were downed, one person was injured and damage to buildings was “insignificant.”
Astra noted that it could not confirm whether the Acron facility itself was hit. The outlet also reported a possible strike on Acron’s subsidiary PAO Dorogobuzh in the Smolensk region near the Belarus border.
https://www.firstpost.com/world/russia-says-ukraine-targeted-chemical-sites-record-drone-wave-disrupts-moscow-flights-13959269.html
other Russia and Ukraine
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/12/russia-says-7-wounded-northwest-of-moscow-after-ukrainian-attack-a91418
https://united24media.com/latest-news/hur-confirms-drone-strikes-on-russian-an-26-and-air-defense-radars-in-occupied-crimea-video-14231
https://news.az/news/russia-hits-ukrainian-mine-in-6-hour-drone-assault
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/66110
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russians-set-drone-ambushes-for-civilians-1765530690.html
https://www.gamereactor.eu/russian-drone-strike-hits-odesa-energy-sites-sparks-blackouts-1648033/
https://united24media.com/latest-news/russian-night-drone-strike-on-pavlohrad-leaves-one-dead-multiple-homes-burning-14218
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/12/ukrainian-drones-wipe-out-russian-manpower-equivalent-to-two-battalions-in-48-hours-commander-says/
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-hits-gas-station-near-kharkiv-with-1765551545.html
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/12/ukraine-naval-drones-russia-shadow-oil-fleet/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/12/mobile-internet-still-out-in-st-petersburg-despite-lifted-drone-threat-a91417
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/12/russian-drone-strikes-ukrainian-animal-rescue-van-in-donetsk/
>https://news.az/news/russia-hits-ukrainian-mine-in-6-hour-drone-assault
Russia hits Ukrainian mine in 6-hour drone assault
12 Dec 2025 15:53
Russia carried out a six-hour drone attack on a Ukrainian state-owned coal mine overnight, injuring two workers and sparking a large fire, Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy reported.
Deputy Energy Minister Roman Andarak said around 18 drones struck the mine’s territory, causing significant damage. Fire crews managed to extinguish the blaze within hours, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
“Two employees were injured and are receiving all necessary medical assistance,” Andarak said.
Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s mining infrastructure:
October 19: A major strike on a DTEK-owned mine in the Dnipropetrovsk region left nearly 200 miners trapped underground.
August 26: Another DTEK mine was hit, killing one employee and injuring three.
Attacks the same day left several Dobropillia-area mines without power, trapping hundreds of miners who were later rescued.
In earlier strikes, eight mines in the Dnipropetrovsk region lost power, leaving 2,600 miners underground until emergency crews brought them to safety.
Ukraine says these repeated attacks aim to cripple critical energy and industrial infrastructure as winter approaches.
https://news.az/news/russia-hits-ukrainian-mine-in-6-hour-drone-assault
IDF says it struck Hezbollah training facility, other sites in south Lebanon
December 12, 2025 2:20 pm
The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that it carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah sites, including a training facility used by the terror group’s elite Radwan Force.
It marked the second time in the past week that the IDF has struck Hezbollah sites in Lebanon.
According to the military, the Radwan Force “training and qualification compound” was used by the terror group to plan and advance attacks against Israel.
In addition, the IDF said it struck other Hezbollah sites in several areas of southern Lebanon.
“Holding military drills and establishing terror infrastructure for activity against Israel constitute a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and a threat to the State of Israel,” the military said.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that the “heavy raids” on Friday hit around a dozen locations, including some north of the Litani River, which runs about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the border with Israel.
There were no reports of casualties in the strikes.
On Tuesday, the IDF said it struck a separate Radwan training site in southern Lebanon, along with other Hezbollah sites.
The US-brokered ceasefire in November 2024 with Hezbollah came after two months of open conflict in south Lebanon, which Israel invaded in a bid to ensure the return home of some 60,000 northerners displaced by Hezbollah’s near-daily attacks. The rocket attacks began on October 8, 2023 — a day after fellow Iran-backed terror group Hamas invaded southern Israel, sparking the war in Gaza.
The ceasefire required both Israel and Hezbollah to vacate southern Lebanon, to be replaced by the Lebanese military. Israel has withdrawn from all but five strategic posts along the border.
Since the ceasefire, the IDF said it has killed over 370 Hezbollah operatives in strikes, hit hundreds of Hezbollah sites, and conducted over 1,200 raids and other small operations in southern Lebanon.
The IDF has recently intensified its attacks, meant to stop the terror group from rebuilding, including killing Hezbollah’s chief of staff in a rare strike in Beirut last month.
Weakened by the war and still facing regular Israeli strikes, Hezbollah is under domestic and international pressure to hand over its weapons, with the Lebanese army having drawn up a plan to disarm it.
Lebanon is now under pressure to speed up the process or risk a renewed Israeli military operation. The foreign ministers of Lebanon and Iran are due to meet soon to discuss the issue.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-struck-hezbollah-training-facility-other-sites-in-south-lebanon/
other Israel
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/12/israel-awaits-return-of-last-hostage-next-phase-of-gaza-ceasefire-under-discussion.php
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-880154
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-12-11/ty-article/.premium/six-hostages-murdered-in-gaza-tunnel-in-2024-seen-lighting-hanukkah-candles-in-new-footage/0000019b-0ea4-df61-a7fb-4eb7627e0000
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-12-12/ty-article-live/baby-in-gaza-dies-of-exposure-after-familys-tent-flooded-in-storm-byron-medics-say/0000019b-105a-df61-a7fb-58df721b0000
https://www.jns.org/idf-combat-photographers-capture-the-fight-and-daily-life-on-the-battlefield/
https://www.jns.org/israeli-navy-us-5th-fleet-wrap-up-five-day-exercise/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/new-footage-calls-into-question-idf-explanation-for-shooting-dead-palestinian-in-hebron-last-week/
Kuwaiti-led Exercise Enhances Combined Counter-Drone Capabilities
12.12.2025
U.S. forces completed a high-end, advanced counter-drone exercise in Kuwait with international partners, Dec. 12.
Led by Kuwait, exercise Sky Shield included participation from the United States, Bahrain, and the United Kingdom. Forces focused on enhancing interoperability to detect, track, and engage drones through a layered air defense architecture.
“This exercise was a major achievement by Kuwait and reinforced our collective commitment to regional security,” said Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Sean M. Salene, performing the duties of deputy commander for U.S. Central Command.
During the exercise, Salene attended a live-fire event involving Patriot missile launches alongside Kuwait Minister of Defense Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Chief of Staff of the Kuwait Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Khaled Daraj Saad Al-Shariaan, and other senior leaders from Kuwait and across the region.
The exercise brought together subject-matter experts from participating countries to expand technical exchanges and advance regional understanding of counter-drone tactics and systems.
“Training with our international teammates during exercises like Sky Shield is essential to building our collective capabilities,” said Salene.
Exercise Sky Shield is a premier annual training event on air defense. This year’s exercise was hosted at the Udari Range Complex.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/553983/kuwaiti-led-exercise-enhances-combined-counter-drone-capabilities
Man Guilty After Flying Drone Over MLB All Star Game
December 12, 2025
Mitchell Parsons Hughes, a 47 year old from Decatur, decided that the 2025 MLB All Star Game at Truist Park needed one more airborne participant, and instead of a fastball or a pop fly, he sent a wayward drone sailing right over the stadium, gliding into federally restricted airspace as if it were auditioning for its own highlight reel, as FOX 5 reports.
Prosecutors say the drone squirmed across the No Drone Zone despite every warning the FAA, common sense, and even the drone’s own control panel whispered at him like an annoyed coach asking him to sit down and reconsider his life choices.
The FAA had placed a temporary flight restriction around the ballpark for the event, a one mile bubble of “absolutely not,” and Hughes steered straight through it anyway, with an unregistered drone, without training, without a remote pilot certificate, essentially flying blind through rules that have existed for years.
Security officials noticed instantly, because nothing wakes up the FBI faster than an unexpected drone hovering over a stadium full of families, fans, and forty dollar hot dogs, and by the time the game ended, the drone’s pilot was already headed toward a very different kind of scorecard.
Federal Agents Were Not Amused
The FBI, the Department of Transportation’s inspectors, and the FAA all handled the case, collectively agreeing that this stunt was unsafe, disruptive, and the kind of thing that gives drones everywhere a bad name.
U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg explained that major events, whether it is the MLB All Star Game or the upcoming FIFA World Cup, rely on flight restrictions to keep people safe, and violating them guarantees prosecution.
Special Agent Paul Brown put it plainly, stating that when you fly a drone, you are flying an aircraft, and unsafe behavior is going to cost you, which is the legal equivalent of “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
OH I LOVE THAT PHRASE. DOT Inspector Joseph Harris added that drones over crowded stadiums are a serious risk, and this guilty plea is meant to discourage anyone else who thinks a stadium flyover might be their moment of glory.
Hughes admitted not only ignoring the warnings but also that he operated with no registration, no training, and no license, which placed him in the aviation equivalent of showing up to the Super Bowl wearing flip flops and shouting plays from the stands.
On December 5, he pleaded guilty to knowingly violating national defense airspace and was sentenced to six months of probation and a five hundred dollar fine, which might be the cheapest part of this entire adventure considering what could have happened.
Drone Rules Are Not Suggestions
Federal officials emphasized that TFRs around sports events are not optional decorations, and they apply to the NFL, MLB, NCAA Division I, MLS, and NASCAR.
These restrictions begin an hour before an event and continue an hour afterward, creating a protective bubble so predictable that even basic autopilot software knows how to avoid it.
Zero tolerance means exactly that. Anyone attempting to operate a drone inside these protected zones risks arrest, prosecution, fines, and even jail time, because a rogue quadcopter buzzing over tens of thousands of people introduces too much uncertainty for security teams already juggling massive logistical tasks.
In the end, investigators credited the FBI, the FAA, the DOT, and even the Cobb County Police Department for bringing the case to a clean landing, while Hughes leaves with probation, a fine, and hopefully a new respect for the difference between a hobby and a hazard.
https://dronexl.co/2025/12/12/man-flying-drone-mlb-all-star-game/
Pentagon UAP Briefings Added in NDAA
Dec 12, 2025 1:36 pm
The conferenced version of the fiscal year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon’s UFO sleuths three specific mandates, including expanded briefings to Congress.
The Defense Department’s (DOD) All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) was established in 2022 to investigate unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), which are more colloquially known as UFOs.
The DOD has been rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration.
However, lawmakers have found issue with the quantity and the transparency of reports from the AARO to Congress.
To address those deficiencies, lawmakers added several new requirements to the NDAA, which establishes defense funding levels and priorities.
First, the NDAA directs the AARO to provide expanded congressional briefings on UAPs.
Specifically, the mandate targets any UAP intercepts conducted by the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Briefings must include the number, location and nature of intercepts, as well as descriptions of procedures and protocols followed, and any data collected or analyzed.
The first briefing must also include intercepts dating back to Jan. 1, 2004, that have not previously been reported.
Second, the NDAA eliminates duplicative reporting requirements and streamlines how UAP-related data is provided to AARO.
It requires the director of national intelligence and the defense secretary to ensure all intelligence community elements and DOD components immediately make such data available to the office, while protecting intelligence sources and methods.
Third, the NDAA requires the AARO to account for all security classification guides that govern UAP-related reporting and investigations, an area that has drawn new attention on Capitol Hill as Republicans call for UAP document declassification.
According to the NDAA provision, the director may issue a consolidated classification matrix for programs affected by UAP inquiries, and information on these guides must appear in AARO’s 2026 annual report.
The FY 2026 NDAA, which authorizes $900.6 billion in defense spending, cleared the House on Dec. 10 by a 312-112 vote.
Leadership from the House and Senate Armed Services committees released the compromise text on Dec. 7, and Senate passage is expected the week of Dec. 15.
The White House has already signaled its support, putting the bill on track to become law before the holiday recess.
https://www.meritalk.com/articles/pentagon-uap-briefings-added-in-ndaa/
https://armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/rcp_text_of_house_amendment_to_s._1071.pdf
https://armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/sap_ndaa_2026.pdf
Government intelligence officer assigned to secret UFO investigation 'said wolf-like creature that walked on two legs appeared at his East Coast home afterwards'
Updated: 12:45 EST, 12 December 2025
A rocket scientist who directed a top-secret investigation into UFOs has spoken about the bizarre things his colleagues claimed to have witnessed.
Dr James Lacatski, an intelligence analyst previously with the Defense Intelligence Agency, revealed that during his time investigating UFOs, many witnesses recalled paranormal experiences after seeing the objects.
'We realized that people who openly say "I observed a UFO up close," maybe on the ground that they always seemed to have a paranormal connection in some ways, if you gently push them,' Lacatski told investigative journalist George Knapp in a recent interview with local CBS affiliate KLAS.
Lacatski directed the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program, a top-secret initiative under the DIA in the 2000s.
He recalled that many officials with the AAWSAP experienced a 'hitchhiker effect' where they seemed to come into contact with paranormal phenomena long after they left the program's home base in Nevada.
Lacatski said that at least five highly experienced intelligence officers saw balls of light, shadowy figures, and even creepy creatures.
One investigator was plagued by mysterious orbs when he returned to his home on the East Coast, and even saw what he described as a wolf-like creature that walked on two legs, according to Lacatski.
'I mean, what, did it get on a train or a plane to come to Washington?' Lacatski questioned.
'It left deep scratch marks on the tree it was resting against; there was physical evidence.'
The AAWSAP launched in 2008 after officials at DIA became intrigued by reported paranormal experiences and UFO sightings in the Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah.
They determined that Bigelow Ranch, owned by Las Vegas aerospace titan Robert Bigelow, was a site of bizarre activity.
'I could see from my organization the threat potential, and we were uncovering many of the things you were observing, you know, strange creatures,' Lacatski told KLAS.
'I mean, think of inducing what might be called delusions by some people into an enemy force. We wanted to learn what can be weaponized here,' he continued.
Lacatski put together a team approved by DIA with his colleague Jay Stratton. Late Nevada Senator Harry Reid helped secure the funding for the project.
Bigelow also became an integral part of the initiative, with his company becoming the program's contractor.
The mission started as an investigation into UFO technology, but officials were also examining potential health impacts on witnesses who reported seeing UFOs.
The health impacts included psychological effects, and the AAWSAP started to observe a wide range of shocking, seemingly paranormal instances that witnesses to UFOs began having.
Lacatski said that multiple witnesses reported experiencing 'hitchhiker events,' where individuals seemed to take the experiences with them after seeing the UFO.
He added that the individuals who reported these bizarre events included the Las Vegas manager for AAWSAP Dr Colm Kelleher, physicist Dr Eric Davis, Stratton, several security workers, and Robert Bigelow himself.
The AAWSAP existed for only about two years before funding was paused. Lacatski told KLAS in November that Reid was worried about his reelection race in 2010 and was concerned that his involvement in the project would impact his chances of winning.
Reid also confided to Lacatski that there was a 'spy' in his Washington office leaking information to help his opponent win, according to Lacatski's account to KLAS.
Reid ended up securing a victory but lost his seat as Senate majority leader, and the program eventually fizzled out.
KLAS reporter Knapp had covered AAWSAP during its existence and met Lacatski in 2018 at a meeting arranged by Reid.
The government has not officially released any documents related to the program, but Lacatski has authored several books on the topic, including Skinwalkers at the Pentagon, co-authored with Knapp.
Lacatski released another book on his own in September, titled: Inside the US Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights, which revealed multiple paranormal phenomena the AAWSAP team experienced.
The Daily Mail reached out to DIA for comment on the AAWSAP's findings.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15378223/government-ufo-wolf-creature-home.html
https://www.weaponizedpodcast.com/episodes-4/episode-98
CATCH UP ON THE DR. LACATSKI INTERVIEW
PART 1 : https://youtu.be/Qu8pudJk_-A
PART 2 : https://youtu.be/cggMuAjFJcI
The Age of Disclosure Movie Breaks Prime Video Record Set by Oscar Winner
Thu, December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM PST
A documentary film on Prime Video investigating UFOs has set a new record on the streaming service, breaking a previous Oscar-winner’s record.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/ufo-movie-breaks-prime-video-230912165.html
"It should be pretty soon” — another public UAP hearing in works in US House
Dec 11, 2025
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) — Member, Congressional UAP Caucus
Ask a Pol asks:
Only a couple little things UAP mentions in this year’s NDAA — National Defense Authorization Act — anything else happening?
Key Ogles:
“They’re supposed to have a hearing coming up. I don’t know when it’s scheduled for, but it should be pretty soon,” Rep. Andy Ogles exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.
“Or maybe because of the holiday, it may not be til January.”
Another public hearing?
“Yeah,” Ogles tells us.
Caught our ear:
“Keep turning over stones,” Ogles tells us.
https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/another-public-uap-hearing-coming
https://x.com/AskaPol_UAPs
https://x.com/MattLaslo
https://www.8newsnow.com/mystery-wire/secret-government-ufo-program-reveals-paranormal-events/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36_LRMHZouw
Secret government UFO program reveals paranormal events
Updated: Dec 11, 2025 / 05:49 PM PST
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — For 27 months, Las Vegas was UFO central.
A secret program, known as AAWSAP, was created in 2008 with support from Nevada Senator Harry Reid and became the largest UFO investigation ever undertaken by the U.S. Government (so far as we know).
But the investigators for the program, all of whom had top-secret security clearances, encountered things that were far stranger than UFOs, phenomena that could be accurately described as “paranormal.”
8 News Now Chief Investigator George Knapp was the only journalist allowed to know about AAWSAP, which stands for Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program, and spoke to the government scientist who was the program’s director.
Back in that era, 2008-2011, Knapp heard the name Dr. James Lacatski a few times, mostly in hushed whispers. Knapp finally met him face to face on St. Patrick’s Day in 2018 at a meeting in Washington arranged by Senator Reid. That’s when Knapp received a full download about AAWSAP that stunned him.
What they found in this sprawling UFO investigation is that these unknown craft, whatever they are, seem to generate spooky phenomena that seemingly shouldn’t exist.
“We heavily went into Skinwalker Ranch, a property of Robert Bigelow’s,” Lacatski said. “He offered a facility where we could see UFOs and the paranormal all at once.”
So, how did this ranch in northeastern Utah, previously owned by Las Vegas aerospace tycoon Robert Bigelow, become a key part of the government’s classified UFO investigation?
It started at DIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, where rocket scientist and intelligence analyst Lacatski and a colleague, Jay Stratton, became both puzzled and alarmed by reports about UFO intrusions at many of our nation’s most sensitive national defense facilities.
Residents of the Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah had been reporting frequent UFO incidents for decades, probably longer, and the Bigelow Ranch was deemed an epicenter of weird activity, not just UFOs, but also unknown creatures, things that presumably exist only in myths or movies.
Bigelow’s organization, NIDS, or National Institute for Discovery Science, moved onto the ranch, and its team of scientists and investigators began collecting testimony from residents, then started seeing the creatures and phenomena for themselves.
Lacatski, Stratton, and the bosses at the DIA were intrigued, not repelled, by the wild stories. They wanted to know if UFOs and the seemingly related paranormal incidents might be considered a threat.
“I could see from my organization the threat potential, and we were uncovering many of the things you were observing, you know, strange creatures,” Lacatski said.
“I mean, think of inducing what might be called delusions by some people into an enemy force. We wanted to learn what can be weaponized here.”
Lacatski and Stratton put together a program that DIA approved; the acronym was AAWSAP. Senator Harry Reid helped secure the funding, and Bigelow Aerospace was the contractor.
Fifty full-time investigators were hired, obtained top secret security clearances, and went to work.
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The main focus was UFOs and UFO technology, but one smaller focus was measurable health effects on people who encountered a UFO and were physically harmed, or developed rare diseases, including psychological effects.
That allowed AAWSAP to cast a wide net and to report seemingly outlandish stories about creatures, poltergeist-type activity, and other weirdness.
Lacatski said that AAWSAP created a massive database of UFO accounts, but the witnesses were typically reluctant to admit that they also had paranormal experiences after encountering UFOs.
“We realized that people who openly say ‘I observed a UFO up close,’ maybe on the ground that they always seemed to have a paranormal connection in some ways, if you gently push them,” Lacatski said.
The connection between UFO encounters and paranormal experiences isn’t new. It traces back to the first big UFO event of the modern era.
In 1947, a pilot named Kenneth Arnold saw nine objects flying in formation over Washington State. His family said that for most of the rest of his life, Arnold’s home was bedeviled by inexplicable phenomena.
Perhaps the strangest experience reported by nearly everyone in AAWSAP who visited the Bigelow Ranch is what is now known as the hitchhiker effect.
At least five highly experienced intelligence officers who went to the ranch to check things out, came into contact with paranormal phenomena, and then took it home with them.
They and their families would see balls of light inside their homes, shadowy figures, even creatures that were physical, not a mere mental image.
After one investigator returned from the ranch to his east coast home, his entire family was bedeviled by orbs and what they described as a wolf that walked on two legs.
“The one here in the Washington area, that’s why you have to say paranormal,” Lacatski explained. “I mean, what, did it get on a train or a plane to come to Washington? It left deep scratch marks on the tree it was resting against; there was physical evidence.”
Among those who have reported hitchhiker type events, Dr. Colm kelleher, the Las Vegas manager for AAWSAP, physicist Dr. Eric Davis, the DIA’s Jay Stratton, several security personnel, and the former owner of the ranch, Robert Bigelow.
After the existence of AAWSAP was first reported by us in 2018, and the full scale of the strange phenomena it had examined was made public by Dr. Lacatski in his books, including the newest one, “New Insights.”
Skeptics claimed the DIA had killed AAWSAP at the end of 2010 because the reports it received were simply too weird. The man who oversaw every part of AAWSAP said weirdness had nothing to do with it, that DIA leadership was supportive to the end.
“Did they ever have the opinion that this is getting kind of weird?” Knapp asked.
“No, they never did. They basically wanted it kept quiet, that’s all,” Lacatski explained. They didn’t want to see it in The Washington Post.”
Lacatski and others familiar with AAWSAP tried to find a new home for a spinoff version, something called Kona Blue. Harry Reid helped lead the charge, and the Department of Homeland Security initially said yes, then higher-ups killed it.
Lacatski’s new book hints that some slice of Kona Blue did move forward, but he declines to spill further details about that for now.
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Why UFO Disclosure Is Happening Now & The Truth About Varginha | James Fox
Dec 9, 2025
James Fox, creator of The Moment of Contact, sits down at CAMP to reveal the deepest secrets of the UFO phenomenon.
From the most famous mass sightings to high-level government cover-ups, James lays out the compelling evidence that the truth is already here and disclosure is imminent…WELCOME TO CAMP! 🏕️
Timestamps:
0:00 James Fox Is At CAMP
1:57 How James Hears of Varginha
9:45 Reason For Disclosure
18:09 The Calvine UFO + Men In Black
30:20 Grutsch Enters Skiff
33:43 Calmness During Encounters
36:47 Zimbabwe School UFO Sighting
42:53 Similar Warnings + Truth Serum
50:22 UFO Truth In Pop Culture
56:42 The Phoenix Lights Governor
1:10:27 Real vs Fake Witnesses
1:16:10 Allagash 4 + Travis Walton Story
1:26:59 James Personal Experience
1:35:25 Getting Into UFO Film Making
1:41:54 Lonnie Zamora’s Eye Contact w/ Alien
1:43:53 President Nixon’s UFO Interaction
1:54:02 Logan Paul’s Secret UFO Video
2:03:28 Disclosure Is Coming
2:09:07 Working In The Field + Stopping Misinformation
2:12:06 Varginha Neurosurgeon’s Alien Interview
2:16:53 Religious Aspect of UFO’s
2:19:35 Are Aliens Peaceful?
2:23:42 Humans Are Barbaric
2:26:40 Aliens Stopping Nukes
2:30:40 Race to Reverse Engineering + Bob Lazar
2:34:32 Moment of Contact (December 22nd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgvyQ5BbEcw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOtvHqh_r3A (Vetted: James Fox Drops Bombshell UFO Revelation)
https://x.com/jamescfox
Bigger news than 3I Atlas! This astronomer found THOUSANDS of UFOs in orbit!
Dec 11, 2025
This is bigger news than 3I Atlas!
For the first time, I got the opportunity to interview Dr. Beatriz Villarroel in her home country of Sweden.
Since our last interview, she and her team at VASCO have found THOUSANDS of UFOs in Earth Orbit.
Here's the latest…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCqqKWQLoA4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr83ZNyr2hM (Potential evidence found in old photographs from the Palomar Observatory survey)
https://x.com/DrBeaVillarroel
Who is Val Thor? The MUFON symposium 2025 Presentation
Dec 11, 2025
In March of 1957, Commander Valiant Thor allegedly met President Eisenhower and VP Nixon. Did he?
Was he at Roswell in 1947? It appears he was! Why? New revelations form the Leonard Stringfield Diaries present a totally different view of Thor.
Not of the various authors cashing in on channeling him which is nonsense. He was a flesh and blood individual.
Why was he here? Why was he at Roswell? What is his connection to the Grey bodies at Roswell?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7w4GWqYSuc
https://exopolitics.org/president-eisenhowers-extraterrestrial-legacy-interview-with-laura-eisenhower/
https://x.com/planethunter56/status/1872862643985498609
https://x.com/mufon