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Asteroid named after Chinese space-tech expert Qi Faren
18th December 2025, 22:15 GMT+11
An asteroid has been named after Qi Faren, a renowned Chinese space technology expert, according to the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
A ceremony was held recently to announce the name, which had been approved by the International Astronomical Union, according to the academy.
The asteroid, coded 336877, was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Qi participated in the development of Dongfanghong-1 satellite, later led the development of Dongfanghong-2 and Dongfanghong-3, and became the chief designer for Shenzhou spaceships, laying a solid foundation for the success of China's space station missions.
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/278761882/asteroid-named-after-chinese-space-tech-expert-qi-faren
Gov. Ivey orders Space Force flags to be flown across the state in weeklong “show of support”
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 am CST
overnor Kay Ivey has ordered that the United States Space Force flag be flown at all Alabama rest areas and welcome centers from December 17 through December 23, 2025, to honor the branch’s sixth birthday in a “weeklong, statewide show of support.”
“The U.S. Space Force is a critical branch of our military with a serious mission, and it deserves to be recognized as such. Alabama understands the importance of defending our nation in every domain, leading in space development and setting the pace for innovation,” Ivey said.
“We are honoring the men and women carrying out this great mission and marking the Space Force’s birthday with the respect it has earned by displaying the Space Force flag statewide. Alabama is proud to fly it.”
The U.S. Space Force was officially established as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces on December 20, 2019, with the primary focus of consolidating “satellite acquisition, budget and workforce from across more than 60 different organizations into a unified, efficient, effective service for space operations,” according to the branch’s official website.
Trump’s creation of the Space Force marked the first time a new branch had been added to the U.S. military since the U.S. Air Force was established in 1947.
In September, the Trump administration announced that it would be returning U.S. Space Command back to Huntsville, Alabama after the Biden administration relocated the headquarters to Colorado in 2023.
The move was celebrated by state leaders as a win for Alabama and national security, with the headquarters bringing around 1,200 military jobs back to the state.
According to Ivey’s office, the governor’s weeklong celebration of the Space Force is a symbol of her ongoing commitment to keeping Alabama involved at the forefront of the branch’s development.
“Since President Trump directed the Department of Defense (now War Department) in 2018 to begin planning for this new military branch, Governor Ivey has been a strong and consistent voice advocating for Alabama’s role in America’s space and national security missions,” Ivey’s office said in an official press release.
“This includes her leadership in supporting the decision to bring U.S. Space Command Headquarters home to Alabama.
That commitment reflects a broader, statewide effort to ensure Alabama remains at the forefront of protecting the nation across every domain.”
https://www.alreporter.com/2025/12/18/gov-ivey-orders-space-force-flags-to-be-flown-across-the-state-in-weeklong-show-of-support/
Space Systems Command stands up System Delta 80
Dec. 18, 2025
Space Systems Command formally marked the stand-up of System Delta 80 in a ceremony at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Dec. 12.
SYD 80 will ensure mobility in, from and to space by procuring, integrating and executing launch solutions, on-orbit servicing, and range systems supporting customers across Department of War, interagency, and commercial industry.
Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, SSC commander, presided over the ceremony at which Col. Ryan Hiserote assumed command of the delta. "Today's ceremony formally recognizes the Delta’s important space work already underway,” Garrant said.
“Under Col. Hiserote's leadership, I am confident System Delta 80 will accelerate the fielding of capabilities that support responsive and reliable launch, ready and resilient spaceports, and servicing, mobility, and logistics, while partnering with the space launch deltas to ensure delivery of critical assets to orbit."
The new SYD 80 contains six system program directors corresponding to the Assured Access to Space portfolio and includes National Security Space Launch, Rocket Systems Launch Program; Launch and Test Range Systems; and Servicing, Mobility, and Logistics programs.
SYD 80 officially stood up on Oct. 7, during the government shutdown.
"System Delta 80 drives the rapid fielding of critical capabilities to ensure launch solutions and range systems, while also pursuing emerging servicing, mobility, and logistics capabilities," Hiserote said.
"This formal recognition underscores our commitment to forging strong partnerships with the program executive officer of Assured Access to Space, Space Launch Deltas 30 and 45, and our commercial partners.
Together, we will ensure our nation maintains its strategic advantage in space and continues to defend our forces, homeland and allies."
SSC System Deltas consolidate the design, development, and delivery of systems under a mission-focused command structure for acquisitions, ensuring rapid innovation and deployment in critical mission areas.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring, developing and delivering resilient capabilities to outpace emerging threats and protect the nation’s strategic advantage in, from and to space.
SSC manages a $15.6 billion annual space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense, working with joint forces, industry partners, government agencies, academia and allied nations.
https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4363559/space-systems-command-stands-up-system-delta-80/
SLD 45, KSC, NASA host Reverse Industry Day to shape future of space launch
Dec. 18, 2025
Space Launch Delta 45, Kennedy Space Center and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently hosted a Reverse Industry Day, bringing together major commercial launch providers to discuss the future of space launch operations on the Eastern Range.
Representatives from Relativity Space, Blue Origin, Stoke Space, United Launch Alliance and SpaceX shared their strategic outlooks for the next five to 10 years, outlining anticipated mission growth, infrastructure needs and long-term investment plans.
Unlike a traditional industry day, the reverse format allowed launch providers to brief government and range stakeholders on their requirements and priorities.
The approach was designed to increase transparency and coordination as launch activity continues to expand along the Eastern Range, the world’s busiest spaceport.
During the event, companies discussed planned infrastructure upgrades and design enhancements needed to support evolving launch capabilities, including launch pads, processing facilities and integration timelines.
Discussions focused on building an environment capable of supporting multiple launch providers while maintaining safety, efficiency and sustained launch cadence.
Participants emphasized the importance of collaboration among industry, SLD 45 and KSC to meet increasing demand for space access.
Officials noted that continued coordination will be critical as the Eastern Range scales operations to support national security, civil and commercial missions.
The Reverse Industry Day reinforced SLD 45 and KSC’s commitment to strengthening public-private partnerships and ensuring the Eastern Range remains positioned to support future spaceflight operations.
https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4363618/sld-45-ksc-nasa-host-reverse-industry-day-to-shape-future-of-space-launch/
Russian delegation to visit US for Ukraine peace talks – media
18 Dec, 2025 08:25
A Russian diplomatic delegation is expected to travel to Florida this week for talks with the US representatives involved in President Donald Trump’s push to broker a peace agreement in the Ukraine conflict, according to media reports.
The delegation will reportedly be led by senior negotiator Kirill Dmitriev and is scheduled to meet at the weekend with US special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Miami, Politico and Axios reported, citing sources familiar with the plans. Witkoff and Kushner spent this week in Germany holding discussions with Ukrainian representatives on possible security guarantees for Kiev.
A separate Ukrainian team headed by National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov is also expected to visit Miami later this week, though the reports stressed that no meeting involving all three sides is planned.
Kiev and its European backers have been urging Washington to soften or revise its initial peace proposal, which media reports say addressed several of Russia’s long-standing concerns.
Moscow has avoided commenting on negotiations in which it is not directly involved, repeatedly stating that it can only assess proposals delivered through proper channels.
Russian officials have emphasized that any settlement must tackle what they describe as the root causes of the conflict, including the expansion of the Western military presence in Ukraine and Kiev’s discriminatory policies toward ethnic Russians.
Russian forces currently retain the upper hand on the battlefield, with President Vladimir Putin recently saying that accumulated experience in breaking through Ukrainian defenses “allows us to increase the pace of advancement in strategic directions.”
Speaking at a Defense Ministry meeting on Wednesday, Putin blamed the escalation of the conflict on former US President Joe Biden, arguing his team had expected a quick victory over Russia.
European leaders, he added, “instantly joined the efforts of the previous American administration in the hope they would benefit from demolishing our nation” and avenge historical grievances against Russia.
https://www.rt.com/news/629583-dmitriev-miami-visit-ukraine/
Teenage Russian girl detained in Ukrainian ‘terrorist plot’ – FSB
18 Dec, 2025 07:34
Russian law enforcement has foiled a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” in southern Rostov Region, after police detained a teen who attempted to bring a homemade explosive device into a city administration building, the Federal Security Service (FSB) has said.
It added that the girl had apparently been targeted by online scammers.
In a statement on Thursday, the FSB said police stopped the 16-year-old student in central Volgodonsk after officers became suspicious of her large backpack.
Bomb disposal specialists later confirmed that it contained an improvised explosive device with a yield roughly equivalent to 10 kg of TNT, the agency said.
The device was packed with screws, nuts and nails intended as shrapnel and fitted with an electronic timing mechanism.
The student told investigators she had collected the backpack from a hidden stash on the outskirts of Volgodonsk, the FSB said.
The agency added that her testimony indicated she had been duped by online scammers about a month earlier and narrowly avoided becoming a “suicide bomber.”
The FSB also released a video of the demining operation, showing an officer in a heavy blast-resistant suit approaching the backpack placed on a city square and then detonating it from a safe distance.
The agency stated the planned “terrorist attack” had been prepared by the “security services of the Kiev regime,” adding that it was foiled due to heightened counter-terrorism measures.
Earlier this week, the agency warned that Kiev was increasingly relying on phone scam operations to recruit Russian citizens, mainly teenagers and the elderly, to carry out terrorist acts.
Ukraine has on numerous occasions attempted to carry out terrorist attacks inside Russia, including plots targeting government officials, military commanders and opinion leaders, as well as sabotage operations against critical infrastructure.
https://www.rt.com/russia/629582-teenage-russian-girl-ukraine-bomb-polt/
Ukrainian drones kill civilians in southern Russia (videos)
18 Dec, 2025 04:21
Ukrainian drones have attacked multiple cities in Rostov Region in southern Russia, killing civilians and damaging residential and port infrastructure, Governor Yury Slyusar has said.
According to the regional head, the cities of Rostov-on-Don, Bataysk, and Taganrog came under attack early Thursday morning. “Unfortunately, as a result of the UAV strikes, civilians were killed and injured,” Slyusar wrote on social media.
In Rostov, a drone strike on the city’s port set a cargo vessel on fire. Two crew members were killed and three others were injured. The blaze was extinguished after spreading across an area of about 20 square meters, the governor said.
In the nearby city of Bataysk, two private houses caught fire following drone strikes. Seven people were wounded, with three rushed to hospital. One of them later died from their injuries, Slyusar said.
The governor offered condolences to the families of those killed and wished a speedy recovery to the injured. He said municipal commissions would document all damage and that the authorities would provide assistance to those affected.
The Russian Defense Ministry said air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 77 Ukrainian drones overnight between 11pm and 7am Moscow time.
Of these, 31 were shot down over Bryansk Region, 11 over Crimea and the Black Sea, four over Belgorod, and three over Rostov.
Russian officials have previously accused Kiev of deliberately targeting civilian sites, linking the surge in Ukrainian attacks to growing US pressure on Vladimir Zelensky to accept a peace deal with Russia that would require concessions Kiev has so far refused to make.
Russia has conducted its own strikes on military-related Ukrainian infrastructure for months, saying the attacks are retaliation for Kiev’s “terrorist” raids and aim to degrade Ukraine’s drone and weapons production capabilities.
https://www.rt.com/russia/629578-rostov-ukrainian-drone-strikes/
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Air defense system in Crimea and drone warehouse in Makiivka: General Staff confirms strikes on Russian army targets
18.12.2025 16:30
On the night of December 18, Defense Forces units struck several air defense targets, a drone storage facility, and other Russian army objects in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on its Facebook page.
In particular, a strike was recorded on the 55Zh6 Nebo-U radar station near Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces also struck a fuel and lubricants depot belonging to a unit of the Russian Federation's 76th Airborne Assault Division in the Prymorsk area of the Zaporizhzhia region.
The extent of the damage is being assessed.
In addition, a UAV storage facility in Makiivka and a concentration of invading forces of the 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in Donetsk were hit. The losses are being clarified.
The results of the strike on December 14 on the positional area of the enemy's 568th anti-aircraft missile regiment in the Raevka area of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation have also been clarified.
The destruction of two S-400 air defense systems with ammunition by soldiers of the 15th Separate Brigade of Artillery Reconnaissance “Black Forest” has been confirmed.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4071103-air-defense-system-in-crimea-and-drone-warehouse-in-makiivka-general-staff-confirms-strikes-on-russian-army-targets.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btLTsyaZshs
other Russia and Ukraine
https://empr.media/news/war/russians-report-massive-drone-attack-on-rostov-and-other-cities-oil-tanker-damaged/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/drone-strike-sets-russian-tanker-ablaze-in-rostov-on-don-port-map/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/ukraines-drones-destroy-mig-31-jet-anti-air-system-and-radars-at-belbek-base-in-occupied-crimea-photos-map/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/18/ukrainian-drone-attacks-on-rostov-region-kill-at-least-3-a91473
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/russian-drone-strikes-car-near-odesa/
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/12/18/8012351/
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russian-army-strikes-bridge-near-ukraine-1766078347.html
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/66479
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/ukrainian-drones-strike-deep-into-belgorod-wiping-out-russias-prized-s-400-launchers-video-map/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/kolpino-cant-move/
https://www.gamereactor.eu/zelensky-ukraine-may-be-forced-to-scale-back-drone-production-without-deal-on-frozen-russian-assets-1650633/
https://news.online.ua/en/ukraine-critically-needs-eu-funding-for-drone-production-zelenskyy-in-brussels-899826/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/widescale-idf-strikes-target-hezbollah-training-camp-terror-sites-across-lebanon/
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/artc-idf-strikes-multiple-hezbollah-sites-across-lebanon-live-blog
other Israel
https://www.jns.org/iaf-kills-terrorist-who-crossed-gaza-truce-line/
https://www.jns.org/idf-troops-killed-dozens-of-terrorists-along-yellow-line-in-gaza/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/6-year-old-said-killed-after-unexploded-idf-ordinance-goes-off-in-central-gaza/
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/israeli-civilians-gaza-incursion
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-880691
https://www.republicworld.com/videos/global/trump-goes-on-ending-wars-rant-boasts-ending-gaza-war-amid-idf-killing-hamas-commander
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-that-officer-was-removed-from-idf-oct-7-probe-due-to-politics-draws-backlash/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-12-18/ty-article/.premium/how-the-idf-finally-closed-case-of-soldiers-death-in-archaeological-excursion-to-lebanon/0000019b-2df3-d932-a7bf-6ff3e68b0000
https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/67191
Widescale IDF strikes target Hezbollah training camp, terror sites across Lebanon
December 18, 2025 1:25 pm
village of al-Qatrani on December 18, 2025. (Rabih Daher/AFP)
Israel struck Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Thursday morning, the military said, hitting weapons stores deep inside the country and a training camp used by the terror group.
The wave of bombardments appeared to be the latest in a series of escalating sorties targeting the terror group’s attempts to rebuild its forces, as mediators scramble to hold off a possible renewed Israeli military operation and keep a fragile year-old ceasefire from collapsing completely.
The Israel Defense Forces said its strikes destroyed launch sites and other terrorist infrastructure at a training camp for operatives, without specifying the location.
It accused the terror group of posing a threat and violating the understandings between Israel and Lebanon established in a ceasefire last year.
According to the army, the camp was used by Hezbollah to train operatives, conduct live-fire exercises, operate artillery and store weapons.
The military added that additional strikes were carried out deep inside Lebanon on buildings used by Hezbollah to store weapons and conduct operations.
Separately, the IDF also announced that it had targeted a Hezbollah operative in the Taybeh area in southern Lebanon.
According to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency, several strikes targeted mountainous areas in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
It was unclear if there were any casualties.
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The attacks came as French, Saudi Arabian and American officials were set to hold talks in Paris with the head of the Lebanese army aimed at finalizing a roadmap to a mechanism for the disarmament of the Hezbollah group, diplomats said.
Parliament speaker and Hezbollah-allied Amal Movement leader Nabih Berri said the strikes were an “Israeli message” to the Paris conference, the official Lebanese news agency NNA reported.
Israel has been ramping up its military operations in Lebanon in recent weeks, amid reports of a possible widescale Israeli offensive targeting Hezbollah, despite a ceasefire that began in November 2024.
The US-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah came after two months of open conflict in Lebanon, including an IDF ground operation in the country’s south in a bid to enable the safe return of some 60,000 residents of northern Israel displaced by the terror group’s near-daily attacks.
The rocket and drone 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 armed forces. Israel has withdrawn from all but five strategic posts along the border.
With growing fear the ceasefire could unravel, the Paris meeting aims to create more robust conditions to identify, support and verify the disarmament process and dissuade Israel from escalation, four European and Lebanese diplomats and officials told Reuters.
Legislative elections are due in Lebanon in 2026, there are fears political paralysis and factionalism will further fuel instability and make President Joseph Aoun less likely to press disarmament, the diplomats and officials said.
“The situation is extremely precarious, full of contradictions and it won’t take much to light the powder keg,” said one senior official speaking on condition of anonymity.
“Aoun doesn’t want to make the disarming process too public because he fears it will antagonize and provoke tensions with the Shiite community in the south of the country.”
Because the Lebanese army lacks capacity to disarm Hezbollah, the idea would be to reinforce the existing ceasefire mechanism with French, US and possibly other military experts along with UN peacekeeping forces, the diplomats and officials said.
The parties hope to organize a conference at the start of next year to reinforce the Lebanese army as well as a separate conference to help reconstruction, most notably for the south.
Since the ceasefire, the IDF says it has killed over 380 Hezbollah operatives and members of allied terror groups in strikes, hit hundreds of Hezbollah sites, and conducted over 1,200 raids and other small operations in southern Lebanon.
Weakened by the war and still facing regular Israeli strikes, Hezbollah is under internal and international pressure to hand over its weapons, with the Lebanese army having drawn up a plan to disarm it.
The foreign ministers of Lebanon and Iran are due to meet soon to discuss the issue.
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Israeli AI, drone imagery revolutionizing mapping of archaeological sites
Updated: DECEMBER 18, 2025 14:06
A new computational tool developed at the University of Haifa is changing how archaeologists document and analyze ancient ruins, using drone imagery and machine learning to reveal architectural patterns that cannot be identified from ground level.
“Sites that appear on the surface as scattered stones suddenly become coherent, organized spaces, and it saves a lot of research time,” Dr. Yitzchak Jaffe of the University of Haifa’s School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures, one of the study’s authors, told The Press Service of Israel.
“And this system is unique in its implementation in the field of archaeology.”
The tool combines high-resolution drone imagery with machine learning to identify individual building stones and wall segments across archaeological sites.
Within minutes, the system can map hundreds of thousands of stones and translate what looks like visual chaos into a detailed, measurable site plan. It was recently evaluated in the peer-reviewed Journal of Archaeological Science.
Ancient settlement sites often frustrate both researchers and visitors. From the ground, collapsed walls and eroded structures resemble random piles of stone, and even extended fieldwork can fail to clarify how a site was originally laid out.
While drone photography offers a broader perspective, turning aerial images into usable archaeological data has until now required long and labor-intensive manual processing.
Aiming to bridge that gap, the Haifa University team worked with hundreds of drone images captured above archaeological ruins, stitching the photographs into precise spatial maps and elevation models.
These maps were then divided into hundreds of small sections used to train two machine learning models. One model was taught to identify individual building stones, while the second detected wall segments.
Both models were trained using thousands of manually labeled examples. Once trained, the system cross-referenced stone and wall layers to generate a detailed site plan in which each stone is fixed to its exact location and associated with a specific wall segment.
According to doctoral researcher Erel Uziel, a co-author of the study, the result is a level of spatial precision that was previously unattainable without extensive excavation.
The system was then tested at nine archaeological sites across Israel. In total, it identified roughly 350,000 building stones, about 20 percent of which were classified as part of wall structures.
The researchers found that the tool performed accurately even at sites with dense vegetation, varied soil colors, or partial preservation—conditions that typically complicate archaeological documentation.
Researchers more easily able to identify construction types, architectural styles, and spatial organization
By integrating stone-level data with wall segmentation, the tool enables researchers to identify construction types, architectural styles, and spatial organization across entire settlements.
This, the team says, opens new possibilities for analyzing how sites developed over time, how neighborhoods were planned, and how architectural choices shifted across periods.
The implications extend beyond documentation. With precise spatial data, archaeologists can identify areas of high research potential and plan excavations more strategically, reducing unnecessary digging and better preserving sensitive areas, the team said.
The tool also allows scholars to ask new research questions that depend on accurate spatial relationships, such as changes in building density, reuse of materials, or variations in construction techniques within a single site.
Hai Ashkenazi, an archaeologist and manager of Geoinformatics at Israel’s Antiquities Authority, told TPS-IL that the tool might be “very helpful.”
“At first glance, this could be a development that would be very helpful for us at the Antiquities Authority, since it makes it possible to quickly draft site plans.
At the moment, we are still testing it to see that it works with our files and across different types and colors of terrain,” he said.
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-880663
Outages in Sudan after major drone attack hits power plant
18 December, 2025
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out a large scale drone attack in the country's east on Thursday, a military source told AFP, with strikes hitting a key power station and causing outages in major cities.
Since April 2023, Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions more and devastated infrastructure.
"We've been without power since 2:00 am (0000 GMT)," Abdel Rahim al-Amin, an official in Port Sudan, told AFP. "We hope it will be restored soon."
The attacks on Thursday "led to power outages in several states," the national electricity company stated.
In recent months the RSF has been accused of launching drone attacks on vast areas controlled by the army, targeting civilian infrastructure and causing power outages affecting millions of people.
"At dawn this morning, the militia launched 35 drones against the cities of Atbara, Al-Damer and Berber in River Nile State, targeting civilian infrastructure," a military source told AFP on condition of anonymity, attributing the strikes to the RSF.
Strikes on Thursday in government-controlled Atbara in River Nile State targeted transformers at the Al-Muqrin power station, the national electricity company said, after witnesses reported flames and smoke were seen rising in the city.
An official at the power plant told AFP an initial strike targeted the plant in Atbara overnight and a second strike hit rescue workers, killing two and leaving another person injured.
The River Nile State government in a statement confirmed two rescue workers were killed, saying that they were killed "by militias who have no respect for human life."
The damaged power station is a strategic hub in the Sudanese electricity grid, receiving power generated by the Merowe Dam - the country's largest source of hydroelectric energy - before its redistribution to other parts of the country.
According to witnesses, power outages have spread to several states, including those along the Nile and the Red Sea - where Port Sudan, the interim seat of the pro-military government, is located.
Global outcry
The fire at the power station was yet to be brought under control as of Thursday morning, according to the Sudan Electricity Company.
The RSF has not commented on the incident, though it has been using long-range drones to strike army-held areas since it lost control of the capital.
Last month explosions were heard in Atbara, which sits around 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Khartoum.
The war in Sudan has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN.
It prompted global outcry in October, as reports of mass atrocities emerged after the RSF seized the city of El-Fasher - the army's last stronghold in the western Darfur region - following a bitter 18-month siege.
The United Nations said on Thursday that more than 1,000 civilians were killed during three days of attacks by the RSF on the Zamzam displacement camp in April, demanding a war crimes investigation.
Sudan's army chief and de-facto leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was expected in Cairo on Thursday "to discuss ways to resolve the Sudanese crisis," the spokesman for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said.
Hopes for a breakthrough in talks on Sudan's war were rekindled last month when US President Donald Trump said he would help end the conflict after Prince Mohammed urged him to intervene during a visit to Washington.
Saudi Arabia is a member of the so-called Quad of four mediating nations that has intensified efforts for peace in Sudan in recent months.
Along with the United States, the grouping also includes Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, two key Washington allies seen to wield the most influence over the warring sides.
Before the power outages on Thursday, Khartoum had seen relative calm since the regular army regained control this year, even as the RSF continues to mount attacks in several regions.
https://www.newarab.com/news/outages-sudan-after-major-drone-attack-hits-power-plant
https://sudantribune.com/article/308332
PLA's First Drone Strike from Myanmar Unfolds New Threat in Manipur
18 December 2025 1:18 AM
Kolkata: A drone attack by the banned insurgent group People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for the first time on the security forces in India from Myanmar threatens to derail the Centre's efforts to revive communal harmony between the Meiteis and the Kukis in the northeastern state, now under the President's Rule following two-year-long ethnic clashes.
The latest challenge emerged after the PLA, a proscribed Meitei outfit, last week claimed responsibility for the powerful drone strike on a forward outpost of Assam Rifles in Tengnoupal district in Manipur early on November 28 that left four troopers of the paramilitary force injured.
The PLA circulated a video of nearly seven minutes on social media, showing how its 404 Mobile Force carried out the pre-dawn attack, codenamed Operation LANG-OL, flying UAVs to drop three bombs on a temporary operating base of an Assam Rifles battalion following an aerial reconnaissance.
The footage also captured the Assam Rifles troopers rushing out of their post for cover after getting hit. The targeted location was near the India-Myanmar border pillars 85 and 86 at Yangoupokpi, between Saibol and Maringthel villages.
A security official, on the condition of anonymity, told this newspaper that the stretch between border pillars 60 and 90 has been embroiled in multiple encounters between security forces and insurgent groups which constantly jockey for their operational space.
Referring to the drone attack, the official said, “This is the first aerial strike of its kind in the series of attacks by the insurgents in the last year in the zone.”
The security forces later zeroed in on Min Thar, a hilly terrain covered with forest in Sagaing in Myanmar and within 2 km of the border with India, where the militants have been camping and launched the strike from.
According to sources, around 800-1,000 militants from the PLA and another outfit, the United National Liberation Front, are suspected to be operating out of the hideout. It has fortified bunkers and anti-drone systems.
Backed by the Myanmar Army amid a civil war, it is also used by the insurgents for training of cadres, arms and ammunition storage, a launchpad for attacks and a post-operation shelter for the rebels.
Ironically, the Assam Rifles outpost, which the Meitei insurgents targeted from across the border, is not far from Kwatha village in the hills, which is inhabited by their own community members and has remained unscathed thanks to the robust security forces’ presence during the ethnic flare-up earlier across Manipur.
The village also happens to be the Meiteis’ lone settlement in the Tengnoupal district.
The security officials argue that while the Assam Rifles has been successfully performing a dual role, combating the Meitei insurgent groups across the border while simultaneously protecting their community from others on their homeland, the time has come for the policymakers at the apex level to take note of the Myanmar Army’s support to the same militant outfits that threaten Indian security forces in Manipur from across the border.
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/plas-first-drone-strike-from-myanmar-unfolds-new-threat-in-manipur
Launch of LUCAS one-way attack drone from Navy ship at sea called ‘significant milestone'
December 18, 2025
A Navy warship’s successful launch of a one-way attack drone this week was a watershed in the Defense Department push to get hundreds of thousands of the transformational aircraft into the field, according to the service.
The LUCAS drone was deployed Tuesday from the littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara in the Persian Gulf in what was the first launch of the unmanned system from a ship at sea, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said in a statement Wednesday.
U.S. Central Command assigned the drone to Task Force Scorpion Strike, a unit created to develop and deploy one-way attack drones at scale. The task force, based in the Middle East, works to deliver autonomous strike capabilities to deployed forces.
“This achievement demonstrates the power of innovation and joint collaboration in this critical region,” Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet, said in the statement.
The launch was a “significant milestone,” Renshaw added. Earlier this month, CENTCOM announced the deployment of the military’s first operational squadron built around one-way attack drones.
LUCAS is an abbreviation for low-cost unmanned combat attack system. The drones have an extensive range and are designed to operate autonomously, CENTCOM said. They can be launched in various ways, including ship-based means, catapults and platforms mounted on the ground or a vehicle.
The one-way attack drones recently deployed by U.S. forces are meant to act as a foil to an Iranian model known as the Shahed, which has wreaked havoc on the battlefield in Ukraine and has been employed by Iran-backed militias throughout the region.
Earlier this year, the Air Force asked manufacturers to make a handful of exact replicas of the Shahed to assist in testing and training. LUCAS was developed by Arizona-based defense contractor SpektreWorks and is designed for long-range, autonomous missions.
The aircraft is being introduced amid a broader U.S. military initiative to scale up use of low-cost unmanned strike systems. The intent is to increase operational flexibility and reduce production timelines and unit costs, defense officials say.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month announced a $1 billion, multiyear drone buy that will require manufacturers to compete against one another in “gauntlet” challenges to procure drone contracts.
On Wednesday, DOD published its initial request for solutions outlining the parameters of the first challenge, scheduled for February. Military operations will run a number of tests on the vendors’ UAVs and grade them on their ability to locate targets, according to the RFS.
The launch from Santa Barbara was handled by Task Force 59, a Navy unit focused on integrating drones into fleet operations. The task force has overseen a series of tests and demonstrations involving unmanned platforms in the Middle East.
NAVCENT did not say whether the drone carried a live payload during the launch.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-12-18/lucas-live-launch-20134156.html
https://themalaysianreserve.com/2025/12/18/the-chinese-made-drones-used-by-us-police-face-a-maga-fueled-reckoning/
The Chinese-made drones used by US police face a MAGA-fueled reckoning
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration faces a Tuesday deadline for declaring whether Chinese drone maker DJI Technologies poses a national security threat, a decision with the potential to ground thousands of machines deployed by police and fire departments across the US.
The president already signed an executive order in June targeting “foreign control or exploitation” of America’s drone supply chain.
That came after Congress mandated a review to determine whether DJI deserves inclusion in a federal register of companies believed to endanger national security.
If DJI doesn’t get a clean bill of health for Christmas, it could join Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and ZTE Corp. on that Federal Communications Commission list.
The designation would give the Trump administration authority to prevent new domestic sales or even impose a flight ban, affecting public agencies from New York to North Dakota to Nevada.
“People do not realize the security issue with these drones, the amount of information that’s being funneled back to China on a daily basis,” said Mike Nathe, a North Dakota Republican state representative at the forefront of a nationwide campaign sounding alarms about the Made-in-China aircraft.
The fight over the security of America’s airspace pits cash-strapped police departments against a growing number of state and federal lawmakers vying to disrupt what they say is Beijing’s deep reach into the US, a debate that includes fears about the theft of technology and the dominance of space.
The White House’s Tuesday deadline is speeding into view as Republican politicians ratchet up anti-China rhetoric during Trump’s campaign to reset global trade.
Nathe, a retired mortician, sponsored legislation this year to enable North Dakota state agencies to replace more than 300 DJI drones — used to surveil oil fields, nuclear-weapons facilities and the border with Canada — with aircraft made in the US or allied nations. “More states need to do this,” he said.
In addition to complicating Trump’s trade negotiations with China, a national ban would strain local police and fire departments that fly DJI drones.
The fleet used by public safety agencies nationwide exceeds about 25,000 aircraft, said Chris Fink, founder of Unmanned Vehicle Technologies LLC, a Fayetteville, Arkansas-based firm that advises law-enforcement clients.
The overwhelming majority of those drones — called uncrewed aerial vehicles, or UAVs, in industry parlance — comes from China, said Jon Beal, president of the Law Enforcement Drone Association, a training and advocacy group that counts DJI and some US competitors as corporate sponsors.
Big cities across the country operate DJI’s products. The New York Police Department had 40 DJI drones, about 40% of its fleet, according to a 2024 city report.
DJI accounts for nearly half of Kansas City, Missouri’s 18-drone police fleet, a spokesperson said. The city of El Paso, Texas, has about two dozen of DJI’s automated hangars for its drones, and officials from the police department and other public-safety agencies participated in a promotional video for the company.
Operators favor Shenzhen-based DJI’s advanced technology, user-friendly design and low prices. The sheriff’s department in North Dakota’s Burleigh County, home to Bismarck, has five DJI drones to use at traffic accidents and in search-and-rescue operations, said Jim Hulm, the major in charge of the team.
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DJI doesn’t share US-collected data with the Chinese government, the company said, and in October it appealed a federal district court ruling upholding its designation as a Chinese military company.
“DJI was extremely disappointed that state lawmakers passed harmful bills that will irreparably undermine public safety and hurt small businesses, farmers, and researchers, while wasting millions in tax dollars with no added security benefits,” Adam Welsh, head of global policy, said in an emailed statement.
The company wants an extension on the security review, saying Tuesday is too soon to make a conclusion.
Currently, at least half a dozen states have targeted DJI and other Chinese-manufactured drones, including restrictions in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. A Nevada law prohibiting public agencies from using Chinese drones took effect in January.
Legislators also took up the cause in Connecticut, which passed a law this year preventing public offices from using Chinese drones. Supporters said they’re worried about these eyes in the skies being used for spying.
“We’re kind of sitting ducks,” said Bob Duff, the Democratic majority leader in the state senate who promoted the legislation. “They are designed to infiltrate systems even when the users don’t think that they will.”
The backlash is creating opportunities for existing US drone makers such as Silicon Valley-based Skydio Inc. and Brinc Drones Inc. from Seattle.
Newcomers are also poised to benefit from greater investor interest, said Dawn Zoldi, chief executive officer of P3 Tech Consulting LLC, which advises on UAVs and other emerging technologies.
“They know this is a market,” she said.
For now, though, public safety officials say it’s difficult to find domestic alternatives that match DJI in price and performance.
Mark Gentile, deputy fire chief in the small Connecticut town of Rocky Hill, depends on five DJI drones to survey burning buildings and help his crews determine a course of action.
“I can use a DJI drone to stand off almost a quarter-mile away and still see what I need to see,” Gentile said.
US-made drones still lag behind DJI’s camera technology, he said. “They’re really useless to us when it comes to actually firefighting,” he said.
In North Dakota, Hulm is thinking about downsizing, given the chances that the Trump administration acts this month or state lawmakers decide to enact broader restrictions in the future.
However, domestic-made drones are “at least double and triple the price out of the gate,” and that may force the county to reduce its fleet to just a pair.
Even so, drone operators will have to accept the short-term challenges and adapt, North Dakota lawmaker Nathe said.
“The sacrifice is a small price to pay to make sure that we’re not hurting our security within the state and within the country,” he said. –BLOOMBERG
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https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/12/15/mystery-drones-or-maybe-ufos-over-sweetwater-county-are-the-new-normal/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15393169/UFOs-Drones-power-station-Sweetwater-Wyoming.html
Mystery Drones, Or Maybe UFOs, Over Sweetwater County Are 'The New Normal'
December 15, 2025
Strange flying objects are still congregating high over Sweetwater County’s Red Desert and Jim Bridger Power Plant, the sheriff’s office says.
Sweetwater County Sheriff John Grossnickle saw the drone-like flying objects with his own eyes as recently as Saturday night, his spokesman Jason Mower told Cowboy State Daily on Monday.
That marks 13 months of lighted, drone-like objects congregating, often in coordinated formations, over the Red Desert and power plant, Mower said, adding that they’re too high to shoot down from the ground level.
“We’ve worked with everybody,” he said. “We’ve done everything we can to figure out what they are, and nobody wants to give us any answers.”
Mower said the sheriff took Wyoming U.S. House Rep. Harriet Hageman out to see the objects, and she watched them.
Hageman’s office did not respond to an email request for confirmation and comment by publication.
The phenomena are so pervasive, and any hope of addressing them so remote, that people have stopped reporting them to the sheriff’s office, said Mower.
He uses the terms “drone” and “unidentified flying object” interchangeably, noting that the objects are thousands of feet above the earth; they move like drones, but are fundamentally still a mystery.
“It’s like the new normal,” Mower said. The objects haven’t done any harm to date, he added.
“It’s like this phenomenon that continues to happen, but it’s not causing any, you know, issues that we have to deal with — other than the presence of them,” Mower said.
If the objects pose an imminent harm at some point, “rest assured … we’ll certainly act accordingly,” he said.
But for now, with no answers or hope of getting answers, Mower said sheriff’s personnel are focusing on daily public danger and crime situations that they have the ability to address.
Lawmaker Dares To Ask
State Senate Appropriations Chair Tim Salazar, R-Riverton, on Friday asked the leader of the Wyoming National Guard about “UAPs,” or unidentified anomalous phenomena, during the agency’s discussion of its non-existent drone-combat budget.
UAP is the new government acronym for UFO.
Wyoming Adjutant General Greg Porter said he didn’t think he could discuss that in open testimony.
During the drone talk, Porter said the Guard doesn’t have — and isn’t asking for — drone interdiction equipment in its budget right now, though the state passed a law this year allowing the governor to deploy the Guard against drones over critical infrastructure.
Anything the Wyoming National Guard may acquire now would likely be obsolete in 12-14 months, added Porter.
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Sweetwater Sheriff Not Alone
Grossnickle’s office was among the most outspoken on the issue of mystery drones this past winter, but the southwestern Wyoming sheriff wasn’t alone.
Niobrara County Sheriff Randy Starkey said he and others in his community watched mystery drones flying over the Lance Creek area all last winter — from late October through early March.
Starkey told Cowboy State Daily on Friday that with no sightings since March in his county, he’s “just glad they’re gone.”
But he never received answers on their origin, he said.
Six more sheriffs told Cowboy State Daily in January that they’d either seen potential mystery drones or had reports of them in their counties.
As of Friday, many of those sheriffs said they hadn’t had sightings since about late January.
And Here’s Why
Starkey was the first Wyoming sheriff to make headlines last December about his county’s strange flying object manifestations.
His interview coincided with nationwide fervor over pervasive, frequent nighttime drone sightings over the state of New Jersey that crashed news outlets throughout that month.
The mystery still hasn’t left the news cycle.
Eight days after his inauguration, President Donald Trump yielded a terse explanation, saying the drones were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration and did not pose a national security threat.
A private company at a high-powered Army conference took responsibility for setting off last year’s “UFO pandemonium in New Jersey,” the New York Post reported in an October news story that quoted an anonymous source.
As of Dec. 7, USA Today was reporting “a few major explanations” for the objects, which chalked them up to a combination of research drones, other night-sky lights and planes, and a culmination of “confirmation bias” among the thousands of tipsters.
But strange flying objects are not a shut case as far as Congress is concerned.
The House Oversight Committee hosted a Sept. 9 meeting on protecting whistleblowers who report UAP sightings.
In 2023, Congress heard what CBS News called “stunning” testimony of pilots’ UAP sightings.
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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/theyre-already-here-uri-geller-claims-nasa-hiding-alien-bodies-linked-3i-atlas-1763803
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/uri-geller-says-3iatlas-aliens-36386316
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t0M0jjvTiY (Uri Geller: "America Hiding Alien Technology To Weaponize It" | The Unexplained With Howard Hughes)
https://x.com/theurigeller
'They're Already Here': Uri Geller Claims NASA Is Hiding Alien Bodies Linked to 3I/ATLAS
17 December 2025, 6:05 PM GMT
Humanity may soon confront one of the most controversial intersections of science, belief, and cosmic curiosity as renowned psychic Uri Geller asserts that NASA has concealed extraterrestrial bodies linked to the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
Uri Geller, a figure best known for his televised 'psychic' demonstrations in the 1970s, has reignited debate with a series of extraordinary claims that touch on extraterrestrial life, government secrecy, and a mysterious interstellar visitor.
His statements come at a time when 3I/ATLAS, only the third known interstellar body observed passing through our Solar System, is under intense scientific scrutiny.
Geller's assertions are rooted not in traditional scientific evidence but in personal anecdotes about encounters with alleged NASA personnel in the 1970s, which he says lend credibility to his present accusations.
Regardless of how these claims are received, they have sparked discussion and controversy amid the backdrop of legitimate scientific inquiry into one of the most intriguing celestial visitors in recent years.
Legacy Of Extraordinary Claims And Contested Credibility
Uri Geller's name is synonymous with paranormal claims and public spectacle. Rising to fame in the 1970s for purportedly bending spoons and reading minds, Geller's demonstrations caught the attention of mainstream audiences.
His early career included informal testing by researchers and appearances on television, but sceptics have long challenged his assertions.
In recent months, Geller has taken his claims further, tying them to the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS and asserting that NASA is concealing evidence of extraterrestrial bodies supposedly connected to this celestial visitor.
In posts and interviews circulating across social media platforms, he has referenced alleged 1970s encounters at NASA, where, he claims, he was shown preserved alien bodies stored below a facility and asked to use his claimed psychic abilities to interpret them.
These anecdotes, however, lack independent corroboration. No official NASA records or reputable court dockets confirm that Geller was shown alien remains or that such remains exist within NASA archives.
Without documented evidence from credible primary sources, the claims remain in the realm of personal testimony rather than verifiable fact.
Scientific Consensus On 3I/ATLAS And The Alien Narrative
Meanwhile, the scientific community's focus on 3I/ATLAS centres on observation and analysis, not extraterrestrial life.
The object was first detected on 01 July 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope funded by NASA.
It was quickly classified as an interstellar comet due to its high velocity and hyperbolic trajectory, indicating an origin outside our Solar System.
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NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars captured images of the comet in early October 2025, offering close-range data on its structure and activity.
These images and subsequent analyses contribute to ongoing efforts to understand the comet's composition, size, and behaviour as it approaches its closest point to Earth's orbit.
Astronomers and space agencies emphasise that 3I/ATLAS has characteristics consistent with comets rather than engineered spacecraft, including a coma of gas and dust, sublimating volatiles, and natural outgassing as it warms near the Sun.
Multiple observation campaigns, including those using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's JUICE mission, have captured images confirming these cometary features.
Even outspoken proponents of unorthodox interpretations of 3I/ATLAS, such as Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, frame their hypotheses in probabilistic terms grounded in astrophysics rather than concrete evidence of alien technology.
Loeb has publicly suggested that the object's trajectory and composition warrant open scientific investigation into artificial origins, but these remain speculative and contested within the scientific community.
NASA has been explicit in addressing rumours about 3I/ATLAS. Agency officials and scientists have reiterated that the object is behaving like other known comets and poses no danger to Earth.
Recorded statements from NASA's Science Mission Directorate affirm that all available data support a natural explanation for the object's characteristics.
Assessing The Claims And The Evidence
The gulf between Geller's claims and the scientific consensus highlights a broader dynamic in public discourse about space phenomena.
Extraordinary assertions require extraordinary evidence, and in the absence of independently verifiable documentation or credible expert testimony to substantiate the existence of concealed alien bodies, the claims must be treated with caution.
Efforts to locate interviews or primary source material directly attributable to Geller's statements about NASA's alleged concealment have yielded recordings on social media and video-sharing platforms where Geller discusses extraterrestrial themes. These interviews, however, are personal narratives rather than documented interactions with NASA officials or scientific evidence of extraterrestrial remains.
Without access to official NASA documents, legal filings, court records, or authenticated archived material, Geller's narrative does not meet the evidentiary standards expected in scientific or investigative journalism.
His assertions echo longstanding cultural fascination with hidden truths and conspiracies involving space exploration and government secrecy, but they remain unverified.
Public interest in both 3I/ATLAS and questions about life beyond Earth ensures that discussions will continue.
The comet's rare interstellar origin and the wealth of data being collected by professional astronomers provide fertile ground for scientific discovery.
Meanwhile, personal claims, whether genuinely held or speculative, illustrate the enduring human intrigue with the unknown.
In the absence of concrete, independently corroborated evidence, Geller's assertions about alien bodies and NASA concealment will remain part of fringe discourse rather than fact.
What is clear is that 3I/ATLAS has captivated both the scientific community and the public imagination, and efforts to understand its nature will proceed through rigorous observation and analysis.
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Public will soon be able to invest in 'advanced or reverse-engineered alien technology'
December 18, 2025
A new fund promises opportunities to cash in on government disclosures and innovations.
An investment firm is banking on the theory that some companies have access to alien technology.
Firm Tuttle Capital calls itself "the antidote to Wall Street" and boasts a proprietary formula that strengthens its portfolio.
Using the acronym HEAT — hedges, edges, asymmetry, themes — Tuttle might be leaning on its alleged proficiency in "big-picture trends" with its new exchange-traded fund, the UFO Disclosure AI Powered ETF.
A new fund promises opportunities to cash in on government disclosures and innovations. An investment firm is banking on the theory that some companies have access to alien technology.
Firm Tuttle Capital calls itself "the antidote to Wall Street" and boasts a proprietary formula that strengthens its portfolio.
Using the acronym HEAT — hedges, edges, asymmetry, themes — Tuttle might be leaning on its alleged proficiency in "big-picture trends" with its new exchange-traded fund, the UFO Disclosure AI Powered ETF.
Funds will also target materials and energy firms that could possibly benefit from 'new energy sources or metamaterials inspired by alien technology.'
Tuttle's new ETF — recently filed with the SEC — will invest at least 80% of its net assets in a "basket of companies" it believes have "exposure to advanced or 'reverse-engineered' alien technology, spurred by government disclosures about UFOs (unidentified flying objects) and alleged advanced technologies."
While the companies are yet to be named, they are to include aerospace and defense contractors that "might have R&D programs rumored to work with classified technology, potentially leading to groundbreaking advancements."
At the same time, funds will also target materials and energy firms that could possibly benefit from "new energy sources or metamaterials inspired by alien technology."
For example, investments are set to be made in companies that work with semiconductors and electronics because they may "incorporate or license advanced alien-inspired components, driving innovation in the tech industry."
The ETF will attempt to invest in companies that could take down more UFOs in the future as well. This is described in the SEC filing as companies that specialize in detecting unidentified anomalous phenomena, in addition to countering them.
The fund also plans on strategically shorting other companies that may become obsolete due to "alien-level" engineering emerging from their competitors.
This includes, but is not limited to, "conventional propulsion firms and old-guard energy providers" that may fall behind due to advanced technologies.
"I'm a trader. I look at [UFOs], and I say that they're using a power source that is light-years beyond anything that we have," CEO Matthew Tuttle said, according to the Financial Times.
"If our government has this technology and it's released, that will be a game-changer."
As described in the official documents, the entire "theme" the fund is banking on is regarded as "highly speculative and subject to rumor cycles."
This comes with the stated risk that "government confirmation or denial of advanced alien tech is uncertain, and rumored breakthroughs might never materialize."
https://www.theblaze.com/return/investment-firm-ufo-tech-etf
Rep. Eric Burlison: Schumer's UAPDA blocked by staff, not a US Senator
Dec 17, 2025
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Member, UAP Caucus & Secrets Task Force
BACKGROUND:
Since whistleblower David Grusch upended Washington in 2023, Ask a Pol’s tirelessly hounded the principals
https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/sen-wicker-denies-targeting-schumers-uapda
CONTEXT:
At the end of November, House Armed Services Committee — HASC — Chair Mike Rogers told UAP Caucus member Eric Burlison he’d be fine with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s UAPDA — or UAP Disclosure Act — being included in the final NDAA…
https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/last-dying-uapda-hope
NEW — Ask a Pol asks:
After contacting the principals needed to sign off on the NDAA, did you find out where the opposition is to the UAPDA?
Key Burlison:
“It’s like there’s some — I don’t even know if it’s the members of the Senate side, but the Senate Approps [Appropriations] staff feel like it’s their turf. And they don’t want to,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.
Coming Tomorrow:
Ask a Pol EXCLUSIVE with Senate Appropriations Committee Chair on UAPDA…
https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/staff-keeps-killing-uapda
https://x.com/AskaPol_UAPs
https://x.com/MattLaslo
The Evidence That Will Shut Down The Pentagon's UFO Office AARO
December 18, 2025
They tried to recruit me, but they accidentally revealed their true mission.
In this episode of The Good Trouble Show, Matt Ford reveals a shocking personal experience: a recruitment attempt for a senior support role at the Pentagon's UFO office (AARO).
But when we dug into the job description, we found a "smoking gun" requirement that exposes AARO's real objective—and provides the evidence Congress needs to shut it down immediately.
We break down the evidence:
The "smoking gun" LinkedIn message and job posting we uncovered.
How this proves AARO is designed to target and discredit whistleblowers like David Grusch.
The urgent reason why Congress must defund this "disinformation machine" now.
00:00 - Luna Calls Out AARO
00:10 - Shocking Job Inquiry Revealed
00:42 - Podcast Recap & Breaking News
01:48 - The AARO Fairy Tale Exposed
02:56 - Where Are the Reports?
04:16 - Secret Advisory Board Allegations
05:20 - Kirkpatrick vs. Whistleblowers
08:14 - Tim Phillips Echoes the Pattern
11:32 - Narrative Control & Public Deception
14:28 - The AARO Bombshell
17:49 - Defund the AARO Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y04DMIFjozo
https://x.com/GoodTroubleShow
Whistleblower Claims Trump Has Been Fully Briefed On Secret UFO Programs, Alien-Human Hybrids
Last Updated Dec 18, 2025 10:13 am
President Donald Trump has been fully briefed on America’s secret UFO programs and the existence of multiple alien races here on Earth. At least that is what UFO whistleblower David Grusch claimed in a recent interview.
David Grusch is a veteran of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He also spent 14 years in the Air Force before working in intelligence.
He has been very vocal, along with several other former United States government officials, about the existence of aliens.
In 2024, Grusch testified before the House Oversight Committee about the existence of secret black programs inside the United States government. These program, he claims, conducted unsanctioned technological research related to UFOs.
He has also claimed that he has knowledge of a spacecraft in the U.S. government’s possession. Grusch says he shared this information with the FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, tech entrepreneurs, and financial leaders during a secret meeting in New York City.
Whistleblower David Grusch claims aliens have cross-bred with humans
More recently, in an interview with Fox News, Grusch claims President Donald that Trump has received reports on crashed spacecraft and non-human remains.
He also claims Trump received a briefing on the existence of numerous alien races. One of those alien races has supposedly been crossbreeding with humans to make an alien-human hybrid.
“Members of this current administration are very well aware of this reality. Certainly, the current president is very knowledgeable on this subject,” David Grusch said.
Missouri congressman Eric Burlison has backed many of David Grusch’s claims about UFOs and aliens.
The congressman explained in an interview earlier this year that “Nordic aliens are like a few hundred years more advanced than we are, but they’re not super advanced.”
https://brobible.com/culture/article/ufo-whistleblower-trump-ufo-programs-alien-human-hybrids/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFIOoS7XFN4
Military Official Refuses to Discuss UFOs in Public Hearing
December 18, 2025
A Wyoming military official declined to discuss UAP in public testimony last week, while new reporting reveals that unelected Senate staff have been blocking bipartisan UFO disclosure legislation.
During a state appropriations hearing on Friday, December 12th, Wyoming Senate Appropriations Chair Tim Salazar asked Adjutant General Greg Porter a direct question about UAP activity over Wyoming airspace.
According to Cowboy State Daily, Porter responded that for Wyoming airspace specifically, there had been no incidents. However, he then acknowledged that he is aware of incidents near other federal facilities that he did not feel he could discuss in open testimony.
Senator Salazar told Cowboy State Daily he raised the question because news of UAPs frequenting U.S. military installations has become an increasing concern following national media reports.
The exchange comes after months of unexplained aerial activity over Wyoming. According to reporting by Cowboy State Daily journalist Clair McFarland, eight Wyoming sheriffs confirmed receiving reports of unidentified object sightings.
In three of those cases, the objects were observed flying over critical energy infrastructure including power plants, oil and gas fields, and coal mines, yet no individual or organization has admitted to operating them.
McFarland also noted that when she compared descriptions from Wyoming sheriffs to accounts from officials in New Jersey during the 2024 sightings, the details matched closely.
Both described objects flying in locked formations at approximately 400 feet altitude, with different groups executing coordinated flight patterns.
When asked during the hearing whether the Wyoming National Guard has the capability to address these objects, Porter admitted they do not.
According to Cowboy State Daily, Representative Jeremy Haroldson asked if they are operating at the shotgun level of technology, and Porter confirmed that assessment.
Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, Congressional UAP Caucus co-chair Representative Tim Burchett confirmed in an exclusive interview with Ask a Pol journalist Matt Laslo that he will meet with Secretary of State Marco Rubio next week.
Burchett stated that UAPs will be part of the conversation and described the meeting as moving up the chain, referencing his ongoing request for a 15-minute meeting with President Trump.
Representative Andy Ogles, also a member of the Congressional UAP Caucus, confirmed to Ask a Pol that another public UAP hearing is in the works, potentially scheduled for January due to the holiday recess.
Perhaps the most significant development involves the UAP Disclosure Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Mike Rounds.
The bill, modeled after the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, would establish a nine-member independent review board to assess UAP-related records and create a pathway for public disclosure.
The legislation has been stripped from the National Defense Authorization Act multiple times since 2023.
According to Representative Eric Burlison in an interview with Ask a Pol, House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers indicated he would be fine with including the bill.
However, Burlison revealed that the opposition appears to come not from elected officials, but from Senate Appropriations Committee staff members who view the matter as their territory.
The pattern of officials declining to answer questions publicly continues at both state and federal levels, raising questions about transparency and accountability on a topic that has drawn bipartisan congressional interest.
https://www.ufonews.co/post/military-official-refuses-to-discuss-ufos-in-public-hearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFa-dpDhxjo
Matt Da White
@MattDaWhite
The UFO World 2017-2025
2:33 PM · Dec 7, 2025
https://x.com/MattDaWhite/status/1997796589893775517
President Bill Clinton's OBSCURE quote about spacecraft & interplanetary travel - Psicoactivo #743
Dec 16, 2025
On the latest Psicoactivo, we finally got a chance to share an alleged quote from President Bill Clinton that we sourced through different media.
Amid a resurfaced clip where he addresses UFO Disclosure directly from 2005, that's the perfect time to discuss what he said at a dinner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbbjZU41qDA
https://x.com/pavelibarrameda
Moneypenny
@nic_moneypenny
🚨 FREE ENERGY FEARS TOOK ANOTHER BRILLIANT MIND
Professor Nuno Loureiro, director of the MIT plasma science and fusion centre, was shot dead in his own home this week
His insights into plasma physics and fusion energy provided massive steps towards the creation of free energy for us all
He was on the edge of discovering exactly how electricity could be obtained from fusion, providing a clean power source, challenging decades of elite oil and gas cartels across the globe
My little tribute to him begins with the realisation of the free energy all around us, from the bioelectricity of embryology that creates us, to the vast resources within our oceans, fundamental to the fusion process
Let's not take this lying down but instead stand up and make our voices heard. RIP Ñuno Loureiro
8:32 AM · Dec 18, 2025
https://x.com/nic_moneypenny/status/2001692134156447921
https://x.com/AshtonForbes/status/2001109131906740305
Ashton Forbes
@AshtonForbes
ATTENTION: Disclosure is now at DEFCON 1.
Trump just merged with one of the Aneutronic Fusion companies, creating the first publicly traded fusion company.
This is the moment we've been waiting for. Forget Helion's IPO.
I'm riding with DJT. The game has always been rigged.
They didn't just solve fusion, they solved ANEUTRONIC FUSION, the hardest version which requires temperatures 10x+ higher than D-T fusion.'
No more steam cycles. Direct conversion to electricity.
It's GG fossil fuels.
8:15 AM · Dec 18, 2025
https://x.com/AshtonForbes/status/2001687665532383292
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/trump-nuclear-fusion
Pleiadians Claim They Are Protecting Earth from Hostile Aliens
Dec 17, 2025
18,000 Pleiadians Orbiting Earth — Here’s Why
She claims a fleet of 18,000 Pleiadians are stationed around Earth, quietly assisting humanity's transition into a new era.
Real disclosure or a galactic warning? Watch and decide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnPdKfzR7RA
https://www.youtube.com/@CosmicAgency