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Alleged Iranian drone strike targets PAK base in Erbil
Jan. 21, 2026
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – A drone attack on a Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) base in Erbil on Wednesday killed at least one of its members and injured several others, with the party accusing Tehran of the offensive.
The attack began at 5:45 in the morning, when a drone targeted the PAK base, followed by a rocket strike and a final drone striking the site, marking three consecutive assaults.
PAK, a Kurdish opposition party based in western Iran (Rojhelat), in a statement blamed the attack on the Iranian state, and announced that one member of the logistics unit was killed in the offensive.
An injured member stationed at the base told The New Region that only he and one of his colleagues were present at the site “and from what I know, my friend fell martyr.”
He said that he was asleep when the attack transpired and “everything had caught fire" by the time he woke up.
The armed Kurdish opposition groups of Iran have fought an on-and-off war with the Islamic Republic of Iran for decades now, striving for greater rights of Kurds in the western regions of the country.
Iran considers the Kurdish groups threats to its national security, repeatedly calling on the KRG to stop them from using the border areas as a launchpad for attacks, however all of the Kurdish parties have time and again claimed that they are in a state of self-defense and have not provoked Tehran.
The Islamic Republic regularly carries out cross-border artillery, drone and ballistic missiles on alleged positions of the Kurdish armed groups, with civilians often caught in crossfire.
The development comes amid ongoing nationwide protests in Iran.
With chants increasingly targeting the state, the authorities have begun an intensive crackdown, killing at least 3000 demonstrators across the provinces with ethnic minorities, especially Kurds, disproportionately targeted.
https://thenewregion.com/posts/4347
https://thesun.my/news/world-news/iran-accuses-of-deadly-rocket-drone-strike-on-kurdish-opposition-hq-in-iraq/
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-884039
Drone attacks shock city in central Sudan as war inches closer
Wednesday, 21 Jan 2026 9:48 PM MYT
EL OBEID, Sudan, Jan 21 - Drone strikes have intensified in and around al-Obeid in central Sudan as the country's devastating civil war closes in on the army-controlled city, causing significant civiliandeaths in at least two cases, residents say.
The city is one of Sudan's most important and the capital of North Kordofan state, part of the wider Kordofan region that stands between the RSF's Darfur stronghold and the army-controlled eastern half of the country.
After the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) tightened their grip on the westernmost Darfur region in late October, they shifted their focus to Kordofan and drones have struck weekly in and around al-Obeid, residents say.
At around the same time, the paramilitary's ground forces began taking over towns and villages across the Kordofan region, while also besieging cities in South Kordofan state,according to residents.
The force has not yet approached al-Obeid, where daily life has continued despite the looming threat and an exodus late last year as the war intensified.
The army and allied forces have positioned themselves on the outskirts of the city.
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/01/21/drone-attacks-shock-city-in-central-sudan-as-war-inches-closer#goog_rewarded
SDF drone strike kills 7 Syrian soldiers in Hassakeh despite cease-fire
Jan 21, 2026 - 6:36 pm GMT+3
Seven Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured when a YPG/SDF drone struck an ammunition site in northeastern Hassakeh, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the ministry’s Media and Communications Department, said army units discovered a workshop for manufacturing improvised explosive devices and drone munitions near the al-Yarubiyah border crossing in the Hassakeh countryside.
The facility, the ministry said, contained several Iranian-made drones that the SDF was preparing to arm.
After troops began securing and sweeping the site, the SDF targeted it with a suicide drone, killing seven soldiers and injuring 20 others, it added.
The Syrian army called the attack, which it said took place as soldiers were securing a captured military base containing explosives, a dangerous escalation.
After days of rapid gains, the government on Tuesday said it had reached an understanding with the SDF for it to agree on a plan over a four-day cease-fire to integrate into the central state, and that otherwise the SDF would face an assault on the two last main cities it holds.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a main ally of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, said on Wednesday that the SDF, regarded by Türkiye as an extension of the PKK/YPG terrorist group, must lay down arms and disband now to avoid further bloodshed.
The U.S., which backed the SDF as its main ally in driving Daesh terrorists from swathes of Syria in bloody fighting a decade ago, on Tuesday urged the group to accept the government's offer.
The U.S. said the reasons for its partnership with the SDF had expired, but that it was still concerned about the fate of thousands of detained Daesh terrorists and civilians associated with them in facilities guarded by the SDF.
The SDF said on Tuesday it accepted the cease-fire and that it would not engage in any military action unless attacked. SDF leader Ferhat Abdi Şahin (codenamed Mazloum Abdi) had earlier said it regarded the protection of Kurdish majority areas as a "red line."
Syrian troops were still positioned outside the last main SDF-held cities in the northeast, Hasakkeh and Qamishli, on Wednesday, Reuters reporters in the area said.
They had brought significant reinforcements the previous evening, with convoys of tanks and other military vehicles, as well as buses packed with fighters, arriving late into the night.
The troops had frozen their advance after al-Sharaa's new cease-fire announcement the previous evening, and were waiting for further orders that would be shaped by the SDF's reply to al-Sharaa's proposal.
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/syrian-crisis/sdf-drone-strike-kills-7-syrian-soldiers-in-hassakeh-despite-cease-fire
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3778319-donald-trumps-ambitious-board-of-peace-global-influence-or-coercion
The end of drone swarms: China’s new microwave shield
January 21, 2026
In 2026, the global security landscape has reached a significant turning point as China introduces a groundbreaking defense system designed to neutralize the pervasive threat of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Developed by the state-owned defense giant NORINCO, this innovative weapon, known as the Hurricane 3000, utilizes high-power microwave technology to render drone attacks ineffective.
This development marks a major shift in modern combat, moving away from traditional physical projectiles toward sophisticated directed-energy solutions.
The Hurricane 3000 is engineered to project intense, invisible beams of electromagnetic energy that specifically target the internal architecture of a drone.
Rather than simply damaging the exterior, these microwave pulses penetrate the device to jam and overload its sensitive electronic components.
By disrupting the navigation systems and flight controllers, the weapon effectively paralyzes the drones mid-air, rendering them completely useless and causing them to fall from the sky.
A key operational advantage of this system is its impressive mobility and range. Mounted on a heavy-duty tactical truck, the Hurricane 3000 can be rapidly deployed to protect critical borders or urban infrastructure.
It possesses the specialized capability to destroy an entire swarm of drones simultaneously at a distance of up to 3 kilometers.
This ability to engage multiple targets at once is particularly crucial in modern warfare, where coordinated swarm attacks are increasingly used to overwhelm conventional air defenses.
Western military analysts and technical experts are recognizing this weapon as a definitive counter-measure against drone technology, describing it as a vital milestone in the evolution of military arts.
One of its most significant benefits is its economic and logistical efficiency; unlike traditional missile systems that are expensive and limited by ammunition counts, the Hurricane 3000 offers a virtually unlimited “magazine” as long as it has power.
This makes it an ideal solution for countering mass-produced, low-cost drones that have recently dominated battlefield tactics.
As of early 2026, the Hurricane 3000 has shifted the strategic balance, providing a high-tech shield that ensures the fear of drone-led incursions is largely mitigated.
By integrating advanced radar tracking with instantaneous microwave delivery, NORINCO has created a formidable deterrent that sets a new standard for electronic warfare on the international stage.
https://minutemirror.com.pk/the-end-of-drone-swarms-chinas-new-microwave-shield-493765/
South Korea raids suspects over drone flights into North
Wednesday, 21 Jan 2026 3:37 PM MYT
SEOUL: South Korean investigators raided the offices and homes of three civilians on Wednesday (Jan 21) over their alleged role in sending drones into the North, police said.
Pyongyang accused Seoul of having flown a drone into the border city of Kaesong earlier this month, releasing photos of what it said was debris from one it shot down.
South Korea has denied its military or government were involved in the operation but has alluded to the possibility that civilians carried it out, vowing to punish those responsible if that is the case.
"The joint military-police probe team is executing search and seizure warrants… at the residences and offices of three civilian suspects in connection with the drone incident," the Korean National Police Agency said in a brief statement.
Investigators vowed to conduct a "thorough probe while leaving open all the possibilities".
One man has claimed responsibility for the infiltration, saying he did so to detect radiation levels from the North's Pyongsan uranium processing facility.
"I flew the drone to measure radiation and heavy-metal contamination around the uranium processing plant there," the man, identified as Oh, said in a recent interview with broadcaster Channel A.
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President Lee Jae Myung has denounced the alleged civilian-led drone operation, calling it "an act of initiating the war".
"This is the equivalent of firing a shot into the North," he said Tuesday, adding: "We must severely punish those responsible so it will not be repeated."
South and North Korea remain technically at war, as the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
The drone saga comes as former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol stands trial on charges that he illegally ordered drone operations in hopes of provoking a response from Pyongyang and using it as a pretext for his short-lived bid to impose martial law.
Yoon was impeached and removed from office in April last year over his martial law attempt. - AFP
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/01/21/south-korea-raids-suspects-over-drone-flights-into-north
Cutting-edge drone degree to train military forces of the future unveiled
21 January 2026
Aspiring Defence engineers will be fast-tracked to careers in cutting-edge military technology through a new defence-focused undergraduate drone degree.
The new course will open for enrolment at the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) in Hereford from September 2026.
The Minister for the Armed Forces, Al Carns MP visited the site today, seeing first-hand how the £240,000 investment from the British Army will deliver the three-year course to train 15 civilian students – and up to five soldiers each year – as drone technology specialists.
The conflict in Ukraine has highlighted the growing threat posed by uncrewed devices, and it is critical that the UK has both the specialist capability to meet that demand but also the power and authority to protect military sites from such threats.
This new degree complements powers introduced through the Armed Forces Bill last week to strengthen Defence’s ability to tackle drone threats and ensure Defence personnel can better deter, detect and defeat drone incursions over the Defence Estate.
This degree forms part of a broader effort to deliver the Strategic Defence Review’s ambition to make the British Army ten times more lethal through AI, drones and autonomous systems.
By building a pipeline of homegrown talent with specialist STEM skills, Defence is addressing critical workforce gaps while positioning the UK at the forefront of next-generation military capability.
This helps to work towards the Prime Minister’s ambitious target for two-thirds of young people studying degrees or gold-standard apprenticeships by the age of 25.
The Government is supporting young people to gain the skills needed to thrive in jobs in Defence, including by establishing five Technical Excellence Colleges specifically for Defence.
Based on lessons learnt from Ukraine, the UK will develop a world-leading innovation sector in autonomy, doubling investment in autonomous systems this Parliament.
Minister for the Armed Forces Al Carns MP said:
In Ukraine, drones are causing more casualties than artillery - that’s the reality of modern warfare. This degree gives young engineers a fast track to careers at the cutting edge, protecting Britain and powering growth in places like Hereford.
These graduates will strengthen our Armed Forces and help push forward advances in civilian and commercial drone technology, developing homegrown talent, building British capabilities, from battlefield to business.
Students on the Masters of Engineering course will complete the qualification one year faster than traditional university courses, offering quicker access to specialist and novel careers.
Based in Hereford, the course also anchors significant investment in a region that is rapidly establishing itself as Britain’s ‘military Silicon Valley’.
Minister for Skills Jacqui Smith MP said:
This groundbreaking degree is exactly the kind of innovative skills provision our country needs – providing pioneering training for ambitious young people, while boosting jobs in defence.
It helps to work towards the Prime Minister’s target for two-thirds of young people studying degrees or gold-standard apprenticeships by the age of 25 through our Plan for Change.
CEO of NMITE, James Newby said:
This degree reflects the scale of the opportunity in front of us - to equip the next generation of engineers with skills that matter now, and to quickly deliver positive impacts in terms of skills, defence and a security capability and regional growth.
The fact that we expect many local young people to take on the degree and build their futures with us, is incredibly exciting
Expressions of interest are now open for the course starting in September 2026, and those interested can register for updates here.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cutting-edge-drone-degree-to-train-military-forces-of-the-future-unveiled
https://nmite.ac.uk/form/register-your-interest-in-autosy
‘We’ve Been Given Marching Orders’: Congressman Urges UFO Disclosures, Whistleblower Protection
January 20, 2026 5:35 PM ET
Republican Missouri Rep. Eric Burlison joined witnesses and enthusiasts at a conference commemorating the 30th anniversary of a famous alleged extraterrestrial encounter, during which he spoke in favor of disclosure and whistleblower protection.
The UAP (UFO) Press Conference, hosted by investigative filmmaker James Fox, marked the 30th anniversary of an alleged 1996 encounter in Varginha, Brazil, during which some claim the Brazilian government captured two “non-human” entities.
Burlison advocated during the conference for two pieces of legislation that he says will improve transparency on the issue and encourage further witnesses to come forward.
“This is once in more compelling first person narratives,” Burlison told the Daily Caller News Foundation during the conference.
“I’m looking forward to actually getting my hands on any kind of real physical evidence — whether that’s material evidence or biological samples, maybe from the corpse … at the end of the day, I remain skeptical until I get my hands on physical evidence.
But until then, I’m going to take it seriously investigating myself.”
Burlison urged passage of the UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) Disclosure Act as well as whistleblower protections in legislation.
“We’ve been given marching orders — we have legislation that we need to pass,” the congressman said. “We’ve heard from a lot of witnesses. It’s time for action.
And it’s time to get the receipts. So it’s time to pass the UAP disclosure act. It is time to pass whistleblower protection, within that or a separate act.”
Fox told the DCNF that the conference was an important forum for people to connect on a human level while grappling with the issue of transparency in alleged UAP sightings.
“I think that it’s safe to say there’s enough extremely compelling firsthand eyewitness testimony. Something truly extraordinary took place, and we just want an investigation,” the filmmaker told the DCNF.
“It’s one thing to watch witnesses testify in a documentary or make claims in a documentary. It’s very different to look someone in the eye, to shake their hand, to meet their wife, to meet their colleagues.”
The conference included several alleged witnesses to the 1996 encounter, multiple of whom did not speak out during the intervening decades due to concerns for professional and physical retaliation.
“In 1996, on Jan. 20, I was called in to see a patient. Getting there I realized it was a being not of this planet,” said physician Italo Venturelli.
“I was called to give my opinion on the case, assessing it medically: Conscious, no pain, no bleeding, breathing well, very calm and tranquil, resembling a 7-year-old, white, no bad odor.
The head was large, teardrop-shaped, a small mouth, one hand under the sheet, the other out.”
“He seemed to understand the situation. A beautiful gaze, one without judgment. Twice he looked at me, then to the window, then at me again,” Venturelli continued.
“His way of looking suggested an intelligence greater than ours, than human. He understood, despite his defenseless position, he was not afraid. He understood what was happening. He likely had some purpose for being there.”
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/20/eric-burlison-ufo-uap-disclosure-whistleblower/
moar Varginha NPC hearing
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/varginha-whistleblowers-hand-over-explosive-proof-us-recovered-alien-craft-1772358
https://www.ibtimes.com/top-scientist-jacques-vallee-says-ufo-databases-logged-260000-sightings-non-human-creatures-3795930
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rubio-senators-heard-credible-scif-testimony-non-human-beings-recovered-alien-bodies-1772665
https://www.ufonews.co/post/national-press-club-ufo-event-key-takeaways-varginha-case
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/ufo-conference-new-evidence-james-fox/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99hRVeBzTzE (LIVE: James Fox UFO press conference on Varginha, Brazil case)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4l-QOHRYQ (Eric Burlison's POWERFUL speech at the Varginha UFO National Press Club event - Psicoactivo #802)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGB4OHyKHE (Vetted: James Fox Drops Bombshell UFO Testimonies)
https://x.com/jamescfox
Video: Pair of Puzzling UFOs Spotted at Mexican Volcano
January 20, 2026
A webcam watching over a volcano in Mexico captured the moment when a large saucer-shaped glowing object passed through the sky as a smaller anomaly zipped beneath it in the opposite direction.
The peculiar virtual UFO sighting reportedly unfolded Sunday night on a livestream of the simmering Popocatépetl volcano.
In the strange scene (featured above and isolated below), what resembles a brightly lit flying saucer moves across the sky from right to left over the top of the volcano.
Simultaneously, a rod-like object can be seen beneath the bewildering UFO, traveling in the opposite direction at seemingly the same speed until both anomalies exit the view of the webcam.
The remarkable moment was shared online by a social media account that monitors public webcams in Mexico.
The virtual sighting at Popocatépetl is the latest in a long line of curious events wherein unknown objects of various shapes and sizes have been seen flying over, around, and even exiting or departing from the site, which has sparked theories that it could be a secret alien base.
Those who believe that fantastic scenario heralded this past weekend's sighting as further proof of the proverbial ET outpost hypothesis.
More skeptical observers, however, argued that the larger UFO was something prosaic, like a terrestrial aircraft or drone, with the smaller object possibly being a reflection.
What do you make of the interesting incident? Weigh in with your thoughts at the C2C Facebook page.
https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-pair-of-puzzling-ufos-spotted-at-mexican-volcano/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOB3EC5NGYc
That UFO above China isn’t alien – it’s a power plant
Last updated: 19 January 2026
A giant airship launched in the Sichuan province of China has started trending heavily on social media, with many initially believing that it could have been a UFO.
But actually it was a wind farm, measuring 60 metres long by 40 metres wide, on a test flight lasting half an hour and climbing to an impressive 2000 metres.
During the test, the airship generated enough power to run a standard city house for a month.
And it’s really quiet, to boot. The sound frequency is approximately 60 decibels, which is a similar kind of churn you get from the dishwasher completing its cycle in the next room.
When gargantuan objects take to the skies, it provides a fitting speculation-ground for comparisons with alien spaceships that you’d see in movies like Ghostbusters or Big Hero 6.
The wider charge
China leads the world in wind power, with large-scale grid installations taking place in 2025. However, wind speed on land can prove to be inconsistent, hence the S2000 being launched.
It is reportedly the largest capacity flying wind farm in the world. The brains behind the project are Beijing-based startup Sawes Energy Technology.
“Sawes” functions as an acronym here, as it stands for stratospheric airborne wind energy systems.
Sawes has already achieved a respectable degree of success, successfully testing its previous model, the S1500, capable of 1 megawatt of power, under the harsh conditions of the Gobi desert.
And with the current S2000, Sawes is undergoing an exclusive rollout, with contracts mooted for multiple port cities and highland zones.
The electricity generated isn't stored on board, however, with a cable about as thick as a human arm sending the current back down to the ground.
Next on the agenda are the follow-up models, the S4000 and S6000, which will soar even higher and therefore exploit even windier environments.
https://cybernews.com/news/china-ufo-wind-power/
60 Minutes Australia star Ross Coulthart makes stunning claim about what's hidden in the outback: 'Nobody's talking about this'
Updated: 23:08 EST, 20 January 2026
An investigative journalist has claimed Australia is a 'hotbed' of UFOs after bizarre, unidentified objects were spotted hovering over military bases.
Former 60 Minutes Australia star Ross Coulthart told businessman and podcast host Mark Bouris that UFO sightings date back decades in Australia.
'I'm currently in touch with people from the RAAF Base Tindal in northern Australia, who tell me that there's been a spate of sightings of anomalous craft,' he said.
'These people are telling me that they're seeing UFOs. They're seeing anomalous objects. Nobody's been able to explain to them what they are.
'Everybody's in a complete flummox about it, but I suspect it's because the Americans have actually got nuclear weapons on Australian soil.'
Coulthart said sources inside Australia's military and intelligence community 'admit there are regularly breaches of the airspace over sensitive military facilities'.
'Recently, there was one over Richmond in Sydney. There was an object… I won't call it a drone, that sat there and hovered for over an hour and a half,' he said.
'It was recorded. It was reported to the relevant authorities, but they couldn't do anything to bring it down. 'We've allowed ourselves to become Fortress Australia for America, and we've got, I suspect, nuclear weapons on northern soil in Australia.
Nobody's talking about this. 'A lot of these UFO sightings seem to cluster around nuclear and strategic assets, and that's not a coincidence.'
Coulthart said there was a history of UFO sightings in Australia that goes back decades, citing witness and former head of the Defence Department's Joint Intelligence Organisation Nuclear Branch Harry Turner.
Mr Turner saw intelligently controlled craft hovering over secretive British nuclear weapon tests in the South Australian desert at Maralinga during the 1950s and 1960s, according to the National Archives of Australia.
'As a senior scientist in the Defence Department, Turner actually pushed for Australia to set up its own UFO Flying Squad investigative team,' Coulthart said.
'He wanted a plane on standby so that we could scramble and go and investigate UFO incidents.
'There's a wonderful one where they had an outdoor cinema, and everybody at the outdoor cinema looked up and saw a craft - a structured, metallic craft - hovering overhead, with windows, silently cruising with no visible means of propulsion.
'These are reports that sit in our National Archives.' The Department of Defence Defence does not have a protocol for reporting or recording of UAP or Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO).
The comments come weeks after a group of miners shared disturbing photos of a 'UFO' in the remote region of Western Australia during an early-morning drive.
The six workers were stunned when they saw the airborne object near Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon mine site in the Pilbara region at about 5am on December 7.
The group spotted the 'UFO' while driving from their laboratory worksite to catch a bus back to camp in the Hamersley Ranges.
Last year, a bizarre object was found on fire in remote WA with no visible signs to indicate how it got there.
Police coordinated a multi-agency response after the item was found in October close to a mining site near the small town of Newman.
The large black object was similar to other known space re-entry debris, WA Police said in a statement.
A month earlier, there were reports of strange lights in the sky near Point Moore in Geraldton, 420km north of Perth.
Perth Observatory received several reports of lights across a widespread area, which a spokesperson described as 'very confusing'.
At the time, the Department of Defence said there were no military training activities in the area on the night of the sightings.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15482385/Ross-Coulthart-UFO-Australia-miltary-bases.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEMkVSmI5L8
https://x.com/rosscoulthart
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Who Is Bob Lazar? The UFO Whistleblower Who Claims He Worked on Alien Craft at Area 51
21 January 2026, 1:00 PM GMT
Few names in the UFO world provoke as much fascination and frustration as Bob Lazar.
More than three decades after he first went public, Lazar remains the most famous whistleblower to claim he worked on alien technology inside a secret US facility linked to Area 51.
To believers, he is a man who told the truth too early.
To sceptics, he is a gifted storyteller whose claims crumble under scrutiny. Either way, Lazar sits at the centre of one of the most enduring mysteries in modern UFO culture.
Bob Lazar first emerged in 1989, appearing on television under a pseudonym before revealing his identity.
He claimed he had been recruited to work at a site called S4, near the Nevada Test and Training Range, where he said the US government was secretly studying recovered alien spacecraft.
According to Lazar, his job was to help reverse engineer the propulsion systems of these craft.
He described flying saucer shaped vehicles, including one he called the sport model, and spoke about a gravity based propulsion system powered by a then unknown element, which he referred to as Element 115.
At the time, these claims sounded outrageous. Yet Lazar also brought one phrase into the public consciousness that would later become legendary: Area 51.
Claims That Made Believers Take Notice
Supporters argue that Lazar described concepts years before they entered mainstream discussion.
His explanation of craft moving belly first and creating a distortion in space struck a chord decades later when US Navy pilots began describing objects that seemed to defy known physics.
Some point out that Lazar spoke about advanced propulsion long before the Pentagon confirmed the existence of unexplained aerial encounters in 2017.
For believers, this is not coincidence. They argue that even if Lazar did not understand everything he saw, he was exposed to technology far beyond public science at the time.
Many newcomers to the topic are drawn in by this apparent overlap between Lazar's early claims and modern Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) reports. For them, his story feels less like fantasy and more like an unfinished puzzle.
The Problems That Refuse To Go Away
Despite the intrigue, Lazar's story has always faced serious challenges. His academic background is one of the biggest sticking points.
Lazar claimed to have studied at MIT and Caltech, yet no records have ever confirmed this. Critics argue that such gaps are fatal to his credibility.
Others point to inconsistencies in his technical explanations, noting that some physicists dismiss his descriptions as flawed or impossible.
There is also the question of why someone entrusted with such extraordinary secrets would be allowed to speak publicly with so few consequences.
Some researchers suggest Lazar may have been part of a counterintelligence effort.
They argue that he could have been fed a mixture of truth and fiction to confuse foreign adversaries, much like other documented disinformation cases during the Cold War.
This theory would explain why parts of his story feel convincing while others fall apart.
Why Bob Lazar Still Matters Today
Whether truthful, mistaken or manipulated, Bob Lazar has left a lasting mark on UFO history. He forced a conversation that governments had long avoided and inspired generations of researchers, filmmakers and whistleblowers.
Today, interest in Lazar is surging again thanks to renewed attention on UAP investigations and an upcoming film project, often referred to as Project Gravitaur.
Fans hope the film will provide new evidence or clarity, while critics remain doubtful that anything truly new will emerge.
Perhaps the most common advice given to newcomers is to focus on the message rather than the messenger. Lazar may not be a perfect witness, but his story opened doors that were once firmly shut.
In the end, Bob Lazar remains a living Rorschach test. What you see in his story often says as much about your own beliefs as it does about his claims.
Truth, fiction or something in between, his legacy continues to shape how the world talks about aliens, secrecy and what might really be hidden in the Nevada desert.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-bob-lazar-ufo-whistleblower-who-claims-he-worked-alien-craft-area-51-1772685
Rep. Eric Burlison
@RepEricBurlison
Transparency and accountability. Pretty basic tests for a government meant to serve YOU.
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@RepEricBurlison closes the conference imploring more people to step forward, and for Congress to pass the UAP/UFO Disclosure Act.
Additionally he asks for a whistleblower protection act.
“Act and push on members of Congress or they aren’t going to do anything about it.”
12:19 PM · Jan 20, 2026
https://x.com/RepEricBurlison/status/2013708062368960618
https://x.com/RichieMcGinniss/status/2013679859617153254
extra Varginha
https://x.com/UAPWatchers/status/2013991084049756641
https://x.com/thatuapgirl/status/2013670873819992575
https://x.com/InterstellarUAP/status/2013680213083779407
https://x.com/TheUfoJoe/status/2013774966358188102
https://x.com/UFOB_/status/2013923351677358252
This Bright UFO Over Chile Left Everyone Speechless
Jan 20, 2026
This Bright UFO Over Chile Left Everyone Speechless
On January 18th, 2026, a remarkable "flying orb" was sighted over "Santiago de Chile", becoming one of the most compelling "ufo sightings" of the year.
This "ufo video" captures the luminous "phenomenon" in stunning detail, leaving witnesses completely baffled by its brilliance. 👇 Join the discussion in the comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWkyfXk0M4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOWgZsmn7Fg (UFO Sightings Uptick - Is This Disclosure?!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sHAZdhTA88 (UFO Caught Dropping Something Into Guatemala Volcano?!)
Pa. saw ‘numerous close encounters’ with UFOs, Bigfoot in 2025
Updated: Jan. 21, 2026
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The new year might be well underway, but here’s one final “Spotify Wrapped” kind of story, if you will.
One concerning paranormal activity in Pennsylvania, that is.
According to an article published Tuesday on Stan Gordon’s official website, Pennsylvania residents “reported numerous close counters” with UFOs, Bigfoot, and various other anomalies last year.
In it, Mr. Gordon — who has dedicated his life to the unknown in the Keystone State, from sightings of the strange to the alleged UFO-Bigfoot invasion of the 1970s — maintains that these reports came from “men, women, and children of various backgrounds and age groups, and they originated from widespread areas of the Keystone State.”
Amongst them were a few cops and teachers, even.
So, what kind of incidents were they, exactly?
A lot of them are of the UFO (or UAP, as they’re now referred to as) ilk: Three orbs were seen in Fayette County last January, for example.
A cylindrical, wingless object was spotted in the sky over Irwin, Westmoreland County, in July.
Bigfoot, too, was seen around Pennsylvania a lot: One person even claims to have witnessed one sitting on a tree stump in Derry Township, again in Westmoreland County.
Other paranormal sightings in Pennsylvania last year included a couple of thunderbirds; a Dogman; humanoid creatures with wings; and a weird deer-like creature with no facial features that disappeared into thin air.
As for what kind of odd stuff 2026 has to bring, well, guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2026/01/pa-saw-numerous-close-encounters-with-ufos-bigfoot-in-2025.html
https://www.stangordon.info/wp/2026/01/20/residents-of-pennsylvania-reported-numerous-close-encounters-with-ufos-low-level-orbs-bigfoot-and-cryptids-during-2025/