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Non-stop Russian drone attacks targeting Naftogaz facilities for two days
25.02.2026 14:37
Since February 24, Russian forces have launched around 60 drones targeting gas infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions.
According to Ukrinform, the Naftogaz Group reported this.
“For two days, strikes on gas storage facilities and production assets in the Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions have continued non-stop. In total, the enemy deployed around 60 attack drones,” the company said in a statement.
There is damage at the sites. “As soon as the security situation allows, company specialists, together with State Emergency Service of Ukraine units, will assess the damage and begin recovery work,” commented Serhii Koretskyi, CEO of the Naftogaz of Ukraine.
As reported, since February 24, 2022, 312 employees of the Naftogaz Group have been killed as a result of Russian aggression.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4095421-nonstop-russian-drone-attacks-targeting-naftogaz-facilities-for-two-days.html
1st Ukrainian drone factory starts production in UK, Zaluzhnyi says
February 25, 2026 7:28 pm
The first Ukrainian defense plant in the U.K., Ukrspecsystems, has begun operations, producing drones that have "long proven their effectiveness in high-tech warfare," Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.K. and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi announced on Feb. 25.
Without specifying the types of drones being produced, Zaluzhnyi said the launch of Ukrainian drone company Ukrspecsystems' production in the U.K. has "a deep strategic logic" for integration into the British defense industry.
U.K. Defence Journal reported in September 2025 that Ukrspecsystems, which it described as Ukraine's largest drone manufacturer, has committed a 200 million-pound (nearly $270 million) investment to build a factory and a test and training site in eastern England.
"This is not a shift of the center of gravity away from Ukraine," Zaluzhnyi, the former Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, said in his Telegram post.
"It is an expansion of our joint capabilities and the creation of a second line of defense that guarantees continuity of production."
The announcement comes as Ukrainian defense companies ramp up production domestically despite the threat of Russian missiles and drones.
Trying to gather more funds to boost production, many such companies are cooperating with Western partners in exchange for knowledge and battlefield experience.
"Our engineers are creating solutions that are born directly from frontline experience. They are improving systems not based on theoretical research, but on the results of real combat applications," Zaluzhnyi said.
Ukrspecsystems had not released a statement on its website about the launch of production in the U.K. at the time of publication.
Among the drones that Ukrspecsystems produces are Shark reconnaissance drones, praised by Ukrainian officials for their effectiveness despite the cost.
"We are creating a new quality of partnership, where allies not only support each other but also form a common industrial security base," Zaluzhnyi said.
https://kyivindependent.com/first-ukrainian-drone-factory-starts-production-in-uk-zaluzhnyi-says/
other Russia and Ukraine
https://voennoedelo.com/en/posts/id13497-drone-strike-hits-smolensk-chemical-plant
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/ukraine-war-today-drone-smuggling-russia-b2927538.html
https://tvpworld.com/91777015/ukraine-wipes-out-major-russian-drone-depot
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/starlink-russia-ukraine-andrii-biletski-elon-musk-b2926280.html
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraine-to-cover-4000-km-of-roads-with-anti-drone-nets-by-year-end-minister-says
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/25/ukraine-hunted-russian-post-soviet-intelligence-vessel-for-year-what-500-km-drone-mission-achieved-is-now-visible-in-new-photos/#google_vignette
https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/25/cartel-members-getting-drone-training-ukraine-27102928/
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/70756
IDF Troops Destroy Hezbollah Observation Posts, Anti-Tank Launchers in Southern Lebanon Raids
February 25, 2026 10:15 am
Israel Defense Forces troops from the 300th “Baram” Regional Brigade conducted multiple raids in southern Lebanon over recent months, destroying Hezbollah observation and firing posts equipped with anti-tank missile launchers, the military announced.
The operations were part of ongoing efforts to prevent the Iran-backed militant group from re-arming and rebuilding infrastructure south of the Litani River, in violation of the November 2024 ceasefire agreement, the IDF said.
During the targeted ground incursions, soldiers located and demolished the sites, which the military described as Hezbollah terror infrastructure used to launch attacks toward Israel.
The raids follow a pattern of similar Israeli actions in border areas, including villages such as Jabal Blat and Ramyeh, where troops have destroyed weapons depots, rocket launchers and underground storage facilities.
Hezbollah has repeatedly accused Israel of ceasefire violations through such incursions and strikes, while Lebanese officials have reported impacts on civilians in the south. The IDF insists its operations are precise and focused on neutralizing imminent threats.
No immediate response was available from Hezbollah or Lebanese authorities regarding the latest claims about the Baram Brigade raids.
https://vinnews.com/2026/02/25/idf-troops-destroy-hezbollah-observation-posts-anti-tank-launchers-in-southern-lebanon-raids/
IDF International Spokesperson, LTC. Nadav Shoshani, Responds To Claims Of IDF Harvesting Organs In Gaza
February 24, 2026
"This is a wild baseless blood libel. IDF soldiers haven’t been anywhere near the Shifa hospital in months!
Jeremy Corbyn’s claims are completely false. The “cause of our generation” is double checking claims and not believing journalists who spread crazy baseless stories.
The IDF operates in accordance with international law and strict internal directives that prohibit such conduct. The return of bodies to Gaza is carried out through international coordination and with the assistance of the Red Cross."
https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/israel-hamas-war-gaza/articles-israel-hamas-war-gaza/february-24-2026-idf-international-spokesperson-ltc-nadav-shoshani-responds-to-claims-of-idf-harvesting-organs-in-gaza/
other Israel
https://www.jns.org/israeli-forces-arrest-arab-terrorists-in-overnight-raid-near-jericho/
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/israels-new-syrian-druze-coordinator-faces-complex-mission/
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-02-25/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israel-is-ready-for-any-iran-scenario-as-long-as-its-not-an-agreement/0000019c-90d5-dab1-adbe-baffb2220000
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1qnmthuzl
https://worldisraelnews.com/idf-launches-multi-day-counter-terrorism-op-in-southern-samaria/
Iran Accuses U.S. of Spreading ‘Big Lies’ After Trump’s State of the Union Address
Feb 25, 2026 6:31 AM PT
Iran has accused the Trump Administration of pushing “big lies” over its nuclear program and the January uprising against the Iranian regime, which saw security forces kill, by some estimates, tens of thousands of protesters.
Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, claimed the U.S. has engaged in a “disinformation and misinformation” campaign against Iran.
“Whatever they're alleging in regards to Iran's nuclear program, Iran's ballistic missiles, and the number of casualties during January's unrest is simply the repetition of 'big lies,’” he said Wednesday morning in a statement issued via social media.
“Professional liars are good at creating the 'illusion of truth.’”
Baghaei’s comments came after President Donald Trump, during his record-breaking State of the Union address Tuesday night, accused Iran of restarting “sinister ambitions” in relation to nuclear weaponry.
“They were warned to make no future attempts to rebuild their weapons program, in particular nuclear weapons… They want to start all over again and are at this moment pursuing their sinister ambitions,” the U.S. President claimed.
Trump did not offer any evidence pertaining to this, nor did he elaborate on why the U.S. is under the impression that Iran has moved to restart its nuclear weapons program.
Framing Iran as a direct threat, Trump continued: “They’ve already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas and they’re working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America.”
He appeared to indicate the U.S. would consider taking military action if Tehran does not abandon said ambitions.
Trump, who has recently increased the presence of U.S. military in the Middle East region amid heightened tensions with Iran, went on to hail the power of the U.S. forces.
“We are in negotiations with them [Iran]. They want to make a deal, but we haven’t heard those secret words, 'We will never have a nuclear weapon,’” Trump said. “No nation should ever doubt America’s resolve.. We have the most powerful military on earth.”
In June last year, the U.S. joined Israel in launching strikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites—an action Trump said had “completely and totally obliterated” the targeted facilities.
Those strikes were referenced by Trump earlier this year, when he warned Iran of a possible U.S. military invention amid reports that the Iranian regime was killing masses of protesters who had initially gathered to demonstrate against an economy in freefall.
Trump spoke of the protests during his State of the Union address. “They’ve killed at least 32,000 protesters in their own country—they shot a lot of them and hung them,” he said, referring to the regime as “terrible people.”
In late January, local health officials told TIME that the protest death toll could top 30,000. TIME has been unable to independently verify these figures.
Iranian officials rejected the most recent figures put forward by Trump.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker, referred to it as a “false” claim in an address early Wednesday. “Don't make wrong decisions based on false information,” he reportedly stated, adding that Iran is “not looking for weapons.”
The rebuttal from Iran comes one day before its country's negotiators are set to meet with American officials in Geneva Thursday for a third round of talks on Iran's nuclear program.
The opposing sides met last week, where they made “a little bit of progress” but remain “very far apart on some issues,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
https://time.com/7381094/iran-united-states-conflict-trump-nuclear-weapons-program/
https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202602250842
other Iran
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602252186
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602250483
https://www.ft.com/content/8da3bbc5-00c3-45ff-b6b1-efa65c5a2661
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-official-we-will-not-intervene-in-event-of-limited-us-strikes-on-iran/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/02/vance-warns-iran-take-us-threats-seriously
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/us-expands-sanctions-on-iran-over-oil-sales-weapons-programs
https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/02/us-aims-with-iran-extend-beyond-the-nuclear-file
DR Congo govt forces launch attacks on multiple fronts against AFC/M23 troops
25/02/2026 - 18:20
DR Congo government forces launched an attack on AFC/M23 rebels in the country's east, using drones to strike a strategic mining site occupied by the Rwanda-backed rebels, security sources told AFP Wednesday.
The fighting on Wednesday was concentrated in particular in areas near the mining town of Rubaya, where AFC/M23 soldiers were hit by a drone strike the previous day, local and security sources told AFP.
The Rubaya mine produces 15 to 30 percent of the world's supply of coltan, key to making electronics such as laptops and mobile phones.
Since its resurgence in 2021, the AFC/M23 has taken vast tracts of the DRC's resource-rich east, capturing the Rubaya mine in North Kivu province in April 2024 with Rwanda's help.
Its advance intensified the more than three-decades-long conflict which has ravaged the eastern DRC, where dozens of rival armed groups and foreign powers have long vied for control of the region's rich veins of valuable minerals.
The AFC/M23 in December launched an offensive on the strategic city of Uvira, a strategic town in South Kivu province near the border with Burundi.
The assault drew condemnation from the United States, which has mediated a fragile peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda.
Angola, another mediator, had proposed a ceasefire to take effect on February 18, though it has done little to halt hostilities.
'People are terrified'
On Wednesday, local militias backed by Congolese soldiers carried out attacks across several points of the front line in North Kivu, particularly in Masisi – where Rubaya is located – according to local and security sources.
These militias captured the village of Kazinga on Wednesday, some 20 kilometres northwest of Rubaya, the same sources said.
According to UN experts, the AFC/M23 has set up an administration parallel to the Congolese state to regulate the operation of the Rubaya mine since its capture.
"In central Rubaya, people are terrified. I went to see the place where the drone struck, but access was denied," a resident told AFP Tuesday, requesting anonymity.
AFP was unable to confirm the death toll from the strike as phone networks in the area have been down since Tuesday and Congolese authorities and civil society groups fled when the AFC/M23 arrived.
Clashes were also reported Wednesday in the South Kivu highlands, where the Congolese army is battling a coalition of militias allied with the AFC/M23.
Outmatched on the ground by the better-equipped AFC/M23 and Rwandan troops, Kinshasa's forces have relied in part on US pressure on Kigali to stabilise the front line, regional specialists and security sources told AFP.
They also said Kinshasa has secured relative control of its skies thanks to long-range Chinese and Turkish drones, and the help of foreign paramilitaries.
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260225-dr-congo-govt-forces-target-strategic-coltan-mine-in-drone-strike-against-m23-rebels
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/at-least-nine-dead-in-congo-drone-strike-that-killed-rebel-spokesperson-sources-say
Drone strikes repeatedly hit civilian areas in Sudan
25 Feb 2026
MSF calls for the immediate protection of civilians and humanitarian workers as teams treat high numbers of patients with severe wounds.
Drone attacks carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are hitting civilian areas and critical infrastructure across Sudan, including schools, crowded markets, health care facilities, and water sources.
In the first two weeks of February, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams treated 167 patients with penetrating injuries, including from drone shrapnel, as well as limb fractures and head injuries.
This pattern of attacks is placing civilians and humanitarian workers at grave risk. MSF is calling for their immediate protection.
On February 15, an MSF team in Adré, eastern Chad, received 18 civilians — including four women and three children — who were injured in SAF drone strikes on a fuel market just across the border in Adikong, West Darfur state.
On February 6, 29 injured people were treated at an MSF-supported hospital in Tine, also in eastern Chad, following two RSF drone attacks in western Sudan which killed at least ten people, four of whom died in the hospital.
Since that date, patients have been arriving frequently due to strikes.
“Among the patients we received, a 9-year-old boy arrived with a large shrapnel wound to his eye, extensive facial fractures, and two amputated fingers,” says Virginia Moneti, MSF project medical coordinator in Tine.
“He was in severe pain and exposed to dust after a long journey to reach the facility. Even with optimal care, he is likely to face long-term disability. He was transferred to Ndjamena for further treatment.”
Our teams in Zalingei, Central Darfur, also treated 29 patients this month following several attacks, including at least eight civilians.
Ongoing attacks endanger healthcare access
After drone strikes on November 3 in North Darfur, MSF was forced to withdraw from Kornoi and Tine, halting vital medical and humanitarian services.
These attacks have made it impossible for MSF to maintain a safe presence, leaving people without essential care.
“The war in Sudan is being fought with drones beyond the front lines,” says Esperanza Santos, MSF head of emergencies.
“Our teams are regularly treating large numbers of drone-wounded people, including women and children. These strikes are used to disrupt supply lines, damage civilian infrastructure, and create siege-like conditions in contested areas.”
In North Kordofan, where MSF recently launched an emergency response in El Obeid, drone strikes reportedly hit a humanitarian convoy, a vehicle carrying displaced people, and a bus station between February 6-7.
Drone attacks reportedly also hit various health facilities in Kadugli and Dilling, South Kordofan state, in the first two weeks of February.
“Recent incidents reveal a disturbing pattern in the conduct of the war in Sudan,” adds Santos.
“Drone strikes are not limited to military targets, but sometimes with multiple follow-up strikes on the same location, and are causing devastating harm: civilians, including children, are being killed or severely injured in blatant disregard of international humanitarian law.
Armed actors must take immediate measures to protect civilians and humanitarian workers. Civilians must be always spared.”
When civilian areas and humanitarian infrastructure are not respected, our teams cannot operate safely, leaving communities without essential care.
This is the exact opposite of what the people of Sudan urgently require, as humanitarian needs are immense and an immediate scale-up of assistance is critical.
https://msf.org.au/article/statements-opinion/drone-strikes-repeatedly-hit-civilian-areas-sudan
Da Nang seizes drone after repeated intrusions into no-fly zone near int’l airport
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 15:57
Authorities in Da Nang City, central Vietnam have temporarily seized a drone operated by a 36-year-old man who repeatedly flew it into restricted airspace near Da Nang International Airport, an act that raised serious aviation safety concerns and may result in a fine of up to about US$1,530.
The Da Nang Military Command said on Tuesday that patrol forces detected and confiscated the drone during a routine inspection along Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach in Hoa Khanh Ward.
At about 2:00 pm that day, officers identified Truong N.T., a local resident, operating the drone within a designated no-fly zone near the airport.
A review of the drone’s onboard data showed that T. had flown the device illegally on multiple consecutive days, including during the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Authorities warned that unauthorized drone operations near airports pose significant risks to aircraft and passengers, potentially disrupting flight operations and threatening civil aviation safety.
At the scene, officers informed T. that his actions violated regulations governing unmanned aerial vehicles under Government Decree 282/2025/ND-CP.
Under Article 8 of the decree, violators face administrative fines ranging from VND30 million ($1,150) to VND40 million ($1,530), along with possible confiscation of the equipment.
The Hoa Khanh Ward Military Command documented the violation, temporarily seized the drone, and transferred the case to police for further investigation and handling under the law.
Officials said illegal drone activity in Da Nang has grown increasingly complex, particularly in coastal areas and residential neighborhoods located near restricted zones and flight safety corridors.
On February 22, Da Nang International Airport reported three separate drone intrusions during Tet, forcing 49 flights to delay take-offs and landings.
Airport officials said air traffic controllers coordinated with relevant agencies to secure the airspace, instructing aircraft to hold position and adjusting schedules until operations could safely resume.
Flight operations later returned to normal.
The military command said it has intensified patrols and surveillance, working closely with relevant agencies to strengthen monitoring and enforcement.
Authorities have also expanded public awareness campaigns targeting residents, service providers and tourists, urging strict compliance with drone regulations and reinforcing prohibitions on flying in restricted and no-fly zones to safeguard aviation safety.
https://news.tuoitre.vn/da-nang-seizes-drone-after-repeated-intrusions-into-no-fly-zone-near-intl-airport-103260225145726977.htm
Royal Marines test cargo drone in prep for Arctic war
February 25, 2026
The commandos are operating heavy-lift Malloy Aeronautics T150B quadcopters, primarily used for logistical missions, during their winter deployment to northern Norway in support of major NATO mission rehearsals in the region.
The T150B, which was declared ready for front-line operations last year after years of rigorous trials, can lift up to 68kg, fly for up to 40 minutes and has a top speed of 60mph.
The marine drone operators of Delta Squadron, part of Devon-based Commando Logistic Regiment, have successfully carried out a number of milestone sorties, including transporting 81mm mortars, machine guns, ammunition, blood, and a bomb disposal robot across the battlefield.
The three-man team have faced temperatures as low as -28C, pushing their machines to the limit as they carried out flights at the Blåtinden Ranges in the Troms region of Norway.
Malloy flight commander, Colour Sergeant Dan Lyness, said: “As the first team to integrate into ground forces in the UK we have been able to bring our experience from working in the UK to the high north and learn to operate with all the challenges of operating in temperatures below zero.
“This is a completely new capability that we are learning to exploit to enable greater movement on the ground with a reduced risk to life leveraging modern technology to our advantage.
“Heavy lift Uncrewed Aerial Systems have been used extensively in the Russia/Ukraine conflict with many new use cases, so it is critical we master this emerging capability quickly, training in the high north is a key part of that.”
The Royal Navy is developing its drone operations as it looks to keep pace with developments seen on the battlefields of Ukraine.
https://discover.swns.com/2026/02/royal-marines-test-cargo-drone-in-prep-for-arctic-war/
UFO-shaped eVTOL aircraft unveiled in Wuhan
23:13, 25-Feb-2026
A UFO-shaped eVTOL aircraft was unveiled in Wuhan on February 24. It can take off in just three seconds.
The aircraft can fly close to buildings or near the ground. It has a maximum payload capacity of 450 kilograms.
The flying car will initially be used for logistics transport and aerial rescue after obtaining the necessary certifications.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-25/UFO-shaped-eVTOL-aircraft-unveiled-in-Wuhan-1L3HqaosMIU/p.html
Pilot Involved in Encounter With ‘Tic-Tac’ UFO in 2004 Responds to Trump’s Directive to Make Alien-Related Documents Public
February 25, 2026
Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich was one of several Navy personnel to encounter a “Tic-Tac” UFO while stationed on the USS Nimitz supercarrier in the Pacific Ocean.
This week, she addressed President Donald Trump announcing plans to “begin the process” of releasing official government files related to UFOs and aliens.
On November 14, 2004, six Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets and an E-2C Hawkeye plane launched off the USS Nimitz approximately 100 miles off the coast of San Diego.
According to the pilots, the aircraft was roughly 46 feet long and shaped like a Tic-Tac. Navy personnel observed the UFO on radar falling from 28,000 feet to 50 feet above the Pacific Ocean in just 0.78 seconds as they got close to the unidentified aircraft.
Another Navy veteran who was aboard the USS Princeton, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, stated that the UFO did not produce any sonic booms while traveling at an incredible 24,000 miles per hour.
Former Navy pilot who encountered the ‘Tic-Tac’ UFO speaks out
This week, Dietrich spoke to CBS News about the encounter and what the American public should expect from the government files once the government releases them.
“We had four folks who saw it visually, and it was tracked on multiple sensors, by other witnesses in that encounter,” she recalled.
“And we saw something that we couldn’t identify in 2004 – something that appeared to violate what we understood about physics and aerodynamics in that moment. We reported it through our chain of command.
“So I’m not in the business of sensationalizing it, but I am in the business of being accurate,” Dietrich added. What does that mean for us right now? I think that transparency is the right instinct. What I hope that people understand is that releasing files is a process and not a revelation.
"It took over a decade for our ‘Tic-Tac’ video to become public. And what gets released, what gets declassified, and what those documents actually say are all very different questions. So, I would encourage people to be patient and to keep their expectations managed.”
“And I would also say, you know, folks get carried away when we use the term aliens,” Dietrich continued. “And I think that it’s important to reframe here and say instead of, ‘Are there aliens?’ to say ‘What’s operating in our restricted airspace that we can’t identify?’
and whether it’s adversarial technology, an unknown atmospheric phenomenon, or something else entirely. This is genuinely a national security and flight safety issue. So that’s the question that should drive this disclosure effort.
She wants to normalize speaking out for other pilots who encounter UFOs
Lt. Cmdr. Dietrich was then asked, “When you say the thing you observed and the others observed, the four of you defied what you understood about the laws of physics, what exactly do you mean?”
“So, we spend a lot of time practicing our maneuvers, using our time practice in the cockpit to really understand the way that our aircraft are moving and how to optimize that in order to get an advantage,” she replied.
“We want to get a shot off. We want to make sure that we’re defending ourselves against adversaries in those encounters.” “And so we practice, we calibrate our eyeballs in order to be able to recognize those moments,” she explained.
“And when we encountered this strange thing on November 14th, 2004, it defied the laws of physics. We weren’t sure what we were looking at or how it was doing what it was doing. And I’ve tried over the years to normalize this for other aviators.
“For a long time, pilots didn’t report, and so that stigma has real consequences. And so I want people if they see something to be able to say something.”
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/pilot-tic-tac-ufo-responds-trump-documents-public/
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pilot-who-saw-alleged-ufo-in-2004-on/
'UFO' filmed over central Estonian skies likely airplane contrails
February 25, 2026 04.02
A mysterious unidentified "burning object" spotted in the skies over central Estonia may simply be aircraft contrails in a light particular for the time of year, Maaleht reported.
Maaleht reader Sander took the photos and videos shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday, near Koeru, Järva County, facing toward the Tartu highway.
"At times it resembles a rocket," Sander said, adding an acquaintance had suggested it was "pieces of a Chinese space rocket burning up in the atmosphere" and that it was difficult to judge the event's altitude and distance.
The initial images show a falling object trailed by black smoke, while "Later something keeps dropping with smoke along the edges — not sure if it's a rocket or a plane," Sander said, adding that he called 112, the national emergency number.
Taavi Niittee, leader of the Tõrva astronomy club in South Estonia, said this was most likely an airplane and its condensation trail, or contrail, that Sander saw.
While contrails are common, the current weather conditions, clear but cold and with the long sunsets, can render this everyday sight more unusual-looking, Niittee said, adding: "The unusually dark contrast of the trail against the bright sky is caused by its angle relative to the setting Sun."
In this kind of elongated orientation, a contrail tends to cast a shadow on itself, explaining the unusual appearance, while the aircraft itself could be observed in the video and photos as a bright object at the "lower" end of the trail.
Another tell-tale sign was the slow-moving nature of the object and ensuing trail – while rockets and other space debris burning up are significantly faster-moving phenomena, Niittee said.
Aircraft contrails generally form when warm, moist gases expelled by aero engines meet air as cold as 40 degrees below zero, rapidly condensing into ice crystals, which in turn grow around tiny soot particles left over from jet fuel combustion.
In dry air, the crystals sublimate quickly and the contrail is short-lived; in humid air, the trails last much longer and can grow or change shape under the influence of high-altitude winds.
The presence of aircraft contrails in the skies overhead has in recent years also fueled various conspiracy theories about their true nature.
https://news.err.ee/1609951076/ufo-filmed-over-central-estonian-skies-likely-airplane-contrails
https://maaleht.delfi.ee/artikkel/120438151/video-salaparane-polev-objekt-kesk-eesti-taevas-tekitas-arevust
Trump Faces Pentagon Revolt As 'Demon' Fears Stall UFO Declassification Bombshell
25 February 2026, 2:28 PM GMT
President Donald Trump's pledge to pull back the curtain on America's deepest UFO secrets has reportedly hit unexpected turbulence, not from political rivals, but from within his own defence establishment.
Officials are weighing how much the public should be told, with concerns ranging from national security to cultural and religious sensitivities.
What began as a bold promise of transparency has now become a contested process. The outcome could determine whether July's planned disclosure is remembered as a turning point or a cautious half-step.
Trump Orders Release But Pentagon Urges Caution
According to multiple insider claims, parts of the Pentagon are pushing back against full declassification amid fears that the phenomenon may have 'demonic' or even 'interdimensional' implications.
The result is a tense stand off that could shape how much the public is actually told.
Trump recently directed officials to identify and prepare UFO and extraterrestrial related files for potential release.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that the Pentagon is 'working' on the directive and promised 'full compliance' with the President's instructions. However, he also cautioned that the process would take time and should not be oversold.
Behind the scenes, sources claim there is serious internal hesitation. Some officials reportedly fear that revealing certain findings could trigger public panic or religious upheaval. Others argue that the phenomenon is too poorly understood to be responsibly disclosed in full.
While the administration maintains that declassification is under review, insiders suggest the scope of what will ultimately be released remains very much in flux.
Claims Of Demonic And Interdimensional Links
The controversy intensified after filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee, known for exploring UFO themes in his film God Versus Aliens, claimed that a Washington source had warned of 'massive pushback' within parts of the administration.
According to these claims, some Pentagon figures believe the UFO phenomenon may be linked not to extraterrestrials but to 'interdimensional' entities.
For certain religious officials, that interpretation carries darker connotations, with fears that the phenomenon could be viewed as demonic.
Such concerns are said to be particularly sensitive among Evangelical communities, where concepts such as the rapture and end times prophecy remain influential.
The idea that official confirmation of non-human intelligence might intersect with biblical interpretation has reportedly made some officials wary.
The term 'interdimensional' has also surfaced in discussions about unidentified aerial phenomena.
Some sources allege that evidence suggests certain craft do not fit a simple extraterrestrial model. Trump himself has described the issue as 'complex', a remark now being re-examined in light of these reports.
What Will Actually Be Released
Despite the drama, insiders caution that any upcoming disclosure may be more limited than some enthusiasts expect.
A planned speech on 8 July 2026, marking the 79th anniversary of Roswell, is reportedly still on the calendar. However, sources suggest the focus will likely remain on more conventional sightings and previously acknowledged cases, such as military encounters with unusual craft.
More controversial aspects, including alleged interdimensional theories or programmes exploring consciousness and psionics, may remain classified for now. Online commentators are already predicting that the public will see little beyond material similar to previously released Navy footage.
There is also debate about whether withholding information on religious grounds could raise constitutional concerns. Some critics argue that if officials are suppressing data because it intersects with beliefs about angels or demons, that could blur the line between state secrecy and religious influence.
A Press Conference And Growing Pressure
Fuel has been added to the fire by claims that a new insider is preparing to speak at a press conference in Washington on 1 May 2026. If that appearance goes ahead, it could increase pressure on the administration to clarify its position.
For now, the Pentagon insists it is reviewing material in line with presidential orders. Yet the reported internal resistance suggests that disclosure is not simply a matter of paperwork. It is a cultural and ideological battle as much as a bureaucratic one.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-ufo-disclosure-pentagon-resistance-1781453
https://x.com/GrrrGraphics/status/2024894526754881748
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2026419364879343868
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/what-if-aliens-are-real-trump-obama/
What If Aliens Are Real? A Thought Experiment
February 25, 2026
This is how strange our times are: Last week, two United States presidents engaged the question of whether aliens are real, and it wasn’t even in the top 15 stories of the week.
The debate was over not “aliens” as in migrants to a country but “aliens” as in extraterrestrial, nonhuman beings.
Former president Barack Obama sparked the controversy by responding to a question about aliens in a podcast interview and saying that “they’re real” before assuring listeners that there are no underground bunkers studying aliens at Area 51.
President Donald Trump then accused Obama of giving out “classified information” and then pledged to declassify government documents on what used to be called unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and are now referred to as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs).
Those discussing UAPs these days are not tinfoil-wearing conspiracists but rather the secretary of state and senior military officials who argue that someone seems to have some kind of technology that American scientists can’t explain.
Still, I find it highly unlikely that anything substantial will come out of whatever documents are released. But let’s suppose, for the sake of argument, that science does one day prove the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life.
Obama clarified a few days later, after his interview prompted questions all over the world, that he was not suggesting he has some inside information about aliens.
Just the opposite, he said: “The universe is so vast that” he finds it likely that we are not the only conscious species out there. Some people were disappointed by this.
Some of them just want the drama of it all, of course, but some want alien life to be out there because they find the prospect of a lifeless universe in which we are all alone to be a depressing reality at best and an existential crisis at worst.
Others have the opposite view. If next week Trump were to give a speech presenting compelling evidence of extraterrestrial life (as his daughter-in-law speculated he at some point will), some people would be terrified.
A thousand movies have anticipated how the world would respond—with some picturing panic, others euphoria, still others world peace wrought by having a common enemy.
But what about your church? What would happen the Sunday morning after this kind of news? Some would have a crisis of faith.
After all, no doubt people would opine this means Christianity—along with every other religion—is wrong. We are just a cosmic accident, they would say, since most religions but especially Christianity grant human beings uniqueness in the universe.
And if the news were the opposite—proving that we are alone in the universe—some people would be in a crisis of faith then, too.
In that case, they would think our aloneness, in light of such a vast universe, means we are just a speck of matter, conscious for a moment, on a little rock circling a star.
The reason I bring this up is not because I have an argument to make, one way or the other, about how likely alien life might be.
What I do know is that even if we were ever to definitively solve the question of whether we are alone in the universe, Christianity would be just fine. And that’s because the question is not really all that new.
The David of the Bible did not know what a black hole was, and he wouldn’t have recognized an elementary-school model of the solar system, much less images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
But he could see the sky, and its vastness caused him to feel the smallness and seeming insignificance of humanity: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” (Ps. 8:3–4, ESV throughout).
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In Scripture, God himself often communicates that the known world is far bigger and stranger than what the human mind can imagine, much less comprehend.
We need not go into outer space for that kind of insight. We need only recognize how unexplored and mysterious our own oceans are: “Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great; There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it” (104:25–26).
Yet the very same Scriptures reveal human uniqueness. David answered his own question about why we should consider a tiny human significant: “Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet” (8:5–6). Both these things are true: Humanity is a speck in a dizzyingly large universe—and the heir of all of it.
The writer of Hebrews took the argument a step further. He quoted David and then added that the problem is everything certainly does not seem to be under humanity’s feet. Nature is big and wild and chaotic—and ultimately kills us all.
How can we say that humanity matters, much less that it is central? “But,” the writer says, “we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone” (2:9).
The Christian claim is this: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14), and the Son of God is inseparably united with human nature and thus is “not ashamed to call them brothers” (Heb. 2:11).
That was no easier to accept in the first century than it is now. After all, no one in the first century knew what satellites were, but they did know that the cosmos was unspeakably big.
And of this one workman rabbi from Nazareth, the apostle Paul wrote, “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Col. 1:16–17).
The gospel has already grappled with the fact that we as the human race seem alone and microscopic. We are “fellow heirs with Christ” (Rom. 8:17) not because we can conquer but because he was crucified.
His defeat of death accomplished the promise that boggled Abraham’s mind when he looked at the night sky over Canaan: “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them,” God said to him. “So shall your offspring be” (Gen. 15:5).
If a spacecraft were to arrive and an alien say, “Take me to your leader,” we might be unnerved. But we would not, as Christians, be facing a dilemma we hadn’t seen before.
We have always known there are nonhuman intelligences out there in the created order—principalities and powers, angels and demons. And it was just as stunning in the first century to ask why Jesus died for us and not for them:
For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. (Heb. 2:16–17)
Paul wrote of bad circumstances and of good, “I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound” (Phil. 4:12). The same is true here. We know how to be in a universe where there’s no other planet with intelligent beings.
And we know how to be in a universe where there is. We’ve encountered phenomena far more anomalous than whatever the Air Force has tracked. The problem isn’t aliens, and it’s not even human fragility. The problem is misunderstood glory.
Even if there’s something out there watching us, and even if it were to ask, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth, or from the little rock to which Nazareth clings?” we still have the same answer we always had: “Come and see.”
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excitement levels right now
Alien Fragments Found in Brazil: Extraterrestrial Discovery or Hoax?
Update On : February 25, 2026
You scroll through X, and bam there it is. A post from @nexta_tv drops with a UFO emoji and the headline: “Alien-origin fragments discovered in Brazil.”
Black, shiny chunks of glass stare back from the photo, sparking wild theories in the comments. Is this proof of extraterrestrials crashing on Earth?
Spoiler: no. But it’s still a killer science story straight out of Brazil’s backcountry.
The viral tweet, posted on February 25, 2026, racked up thousands of views by highlighting these mysterious bits.
Turns out, they’re not from space invaders. They’re tektites Earth-made glass born from a massive asteroid smash. Let’s break it down.
Geologists tromping through the dusty hills of Minas Gerais, Brazil’s mining heartland. Leading the charge is Álvaro Penteado Crósta, a professor at the State University of Campinas.
His team, pulling in experts from Europe, the Middle East, and Australia, hit paydirt starting in 2023.
By late 2025, they’d scooped up over 600 samples some as hefty as 85 grams. These “geraisites,” named after the state, popped up first in spots like Taiobeiras and Curral de Dentro.
The field stretches at least 90 kilometers, but fresh finds push it toward 900 kilometers into Bahia and Piauí.
Crósta shared in a recent update:
“This growth in the area of occurrence is entirely consistent with what is observed in other tektite fields around the world. The size of the field depends directly on the energy of the impact.”
The paper dropped in the journal Geology on December 2, 2025, sealing the deal.
Tektites aren’t your grandma’s beach glass. When an asteroid slams into Earth, it blasts rocks into molten blobs that shoot skyward. These cool into aerodynamic shapes mid-flight think teardrops, spheres, or twisted lumps.
Geraisites look black at first glance, but hold one to the light? They glow gray-green and translucent. Their secret sauce: super-low water content, just 70-110 parts per million.
That’s way drier than volcanic obsidian, proving the impact origin. Chemically, they’re dacite-rhyolite mixes from ancient crust, about 3 billion years old.
The hit happened around 6.3 million years ago, per argon dating. No crater spotted yet maybe it’s buried or eroded away.
This find marks the seventh known tektite strewn field worldwide, plugging a huge hole in South America’s impact history. Before, the continent had slim pickings on cosmic crashes.
For U.S. readers hooked on planetary defense think NASA’s asteroid watches it sharpens our grasp of how these events reshape Earth.
It reminds us impacts aren’t just dinosaur killers; they’re part of our planet’s pulse. Plus, it shows how overlooked spots like Brazil can rewrite global stories.
The hunt’s on. Teams are modeling the blast’s power and scanning for that elusive crater. More argon tests could tweak the age. Crósta’s crew keeps expanding the map, hinting at even bigger fields out there.
In a world buzzing with space news, this Brazilian breakthrough blends adventure with hard facts. Who knows what else hides in plain sight?
https://www.hypefresh.com/alien-fragments-found-in-brazil-extraterrestrial-discovery-or-hoax/
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/54/2/163/721403/Geraisite-The-first-tektite-occurrence-in-Brazil
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2026484796990660641?s=46&t=cQmEqS8GXHaoXMfu7hEKmA
Mark Christopher Lee
@The_King_Of_UFO
🚨 URGENT UPDATE FROM MY WASHINGTON INSIDER
Pentagon factions are actively blocking full UFO disclosure because they believe parts of the phenomenon are demonic.
Echoes Lord Hill-Norton’s warnings from decades ago.
Full statement in the image below 👇
The truth is fighting hard to get out!
11:24 AM · Feb 25, 2026
https://x.com/The_King_Of_UFO/status/2026739979972481094
https://x.com/InterstellarUAP/status/2026741638765187489
Interstellar
@InterstellarUAP
🚨 BOMBSHELL: Senator Mike Rounds drops UFO truth bombs — "The only folks that [I] sat down and talked with… have firsthand knowledge of either a program or… firsthand knowledge of actually seeing something or touching something that to them was not explainable."
He adds: "There is something to this."
With President Trump now directing full declassification of UFO/UAP files (Pentagon already digging in), the walls are crumbling.
Are we on the edge of real disclosure? 👽🛸 What do YOU think is coming next?
10:13 AM · Feb 25, 2026
https://x.com/InterstellarUAP/status/2026722332744524172
https://x.com/SenatorRounds
TRUMP VS DEEP STATE: THE ALIEN COVER-UP
Feb 25, 2026
Mr. President — someone in your building is about to tell Pete Hegseth that AARO has the UAP issue covered. Don't let him say yes.
In this direct address monologue, Matt Ford lays out how the Pentagon built AARO to swallow Congress's mandate for independent UAP oversight, why its first director was called a "documented liar" on the congressional record, and why unidentified craft operating over American nuclear plants, military bases, and critical infrastructure is a homeland security issue that the CIA and DOD have frozen DHS out of.
This isn't speculation. Every claim is sourced — congressional testimony, FOIA documents, official government records, and on-the-record statements from sitting members of Congress.
Five specific moves. No conspiracy theory. Just the receipts.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Someone in Your Building Is Drafting a Memo
01:10 The Deep State Playbook Is Already Running
02:20 How the Pentagon Swallowed Congress's UAP Mandate
03:30 Should You Trust AARO? Here's Your Answer
05:00 The Rooms Kirkpatrick Couldn't Open
06:10 Kirkpatrick Attacks a MAGA Congresswoman From the DOE Payroll
07:30 Same Pissing Contest, Different Decade — Where Is DHS?
08:45 The Contractors, the CIA, and the Inner Ring
10:00 Five Moves to Break the Secrecy
12:30 Don't Let Them Take This From You
KEY TOPICS:
How AARO was built as a Pentagon end run around Congress in five days
— How the first AARO director was caught lying about contacting David Grusch
— Why the intelligence community installed their own person to run the office that was supposed to oversee them
— How the CIA's Office of Global Access has coordinated UAP retrieval since 2003
— Why DHS has been frozen out of the investigation
— The five moves Trump can make right now to break the secrecy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd2eqYZZSv8
extra disclosure dejour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULcLSgMHbu0 (Congresswoman Luna: "I think our next Task Force hearings will be on MK Ultra." - Psicoactivo #876)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3oofoQzFyI (Leak Project w Brad Olsen: “Antarctica Secret Military Maps & Underground Passageways EXPOSED”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pg5J6bwuXA (Episode 239: The Tibetan Book of the Dead | Bledsoe Said So)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BermKdcRFtQ (Vetted: Jeremy Corbell Drops UFO Bombshell About Trump Administration)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaG0wS91qnA (Red Panda Koala: UFO are Deeply Disturbing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFmPY0qmkdo (Gaia: How Architect Plus Maps the Harmonic Field of Consciousness)
Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
Senator Kennedy Says Deep Intel State Keeping Truth About UFOs from the President:
"I think there are people within government— I don't know whether it's CIA— but I think they have information that has not been shared."
5:58 PM · Feb 24, 2026
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2026476934868185441
https://www.youtube.com/@bennyjohnson
Skywatch Signal
@UAPWatchers
🚨Billy Carson: The UFO Files are a Distraction from the Epstein Files, but the Information is Real
In a recent interview on NewsNation with Ross Coulthart, Billy Carson said that he believes Trump was advised by his cabinet to release the UFO files as a distraction from the Epstein files.
"Now, the aliens, uh, some people think, well, he's just doing it just to do a cover up.
No, I think the information he's going to put out is real.
Uh, I think there's a lot of question marks around it already just because government has been so inconsistent uh, with a lot of what they've done and people are starting to see through the cracks, but I believe that the information they will put out actually will be real information."
Source:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TjrUw2nZBiw
4:52 AM · Feb 25, 2026
https://x.com/UAPWatchers/status/2026641412826009889
UFOs Avoiding Detection: AARO’s Hidden Findings
February 25, 2026
The State of the Union came and went without a single mention of UFOs. But while that silence played out publicly, one of the most significant UAP interviews in recent memory was taking place behind the scenes.
Investigative journalist Chris Sharp, writing for Liberation Times and the Daily Mail, spoke with Weaponized discussing that he sat down with Tim Phillips — the former deputy director and former acting director of AARO, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the official U.S. Department of Defense office created in 2022 to investigate UAP.
According to Sharp’s account of the interview, AARO processed thousands of UAP reports, narrowing its focus to cases showing what Phillips described as truly extraordinary performance characteristics.
After running those cases through a deconfliction process — confirming objects were neither American technology nor known adversary platforms — roughly 40 to 50 cases remained that the office simply could not explain, even after bringing in what Phillips called the best analysts in the world.
Among the most notable revelations, Sharp reported that Phillips indicated AARO had cases involving UAP activity in space. Per Sharp’s account, no official previously associated with AARO had ever stated this publicly.
When pressed for specifics, Phillips became visibly uncomfortable and would not elaborate, though he confirmed AARO had established a formal collaboration with Space Force and Space Command to capture that data going forward.
Sharp described Phillips as carefully staying within certain limits throughout the interview, using language that technically avoided any conclusion while describing observations that pointed strongly in one direction.
Phillips stated in both the interview that AARO found no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial or non-human intelligence — the same phrasing addressed under oath by military witness Dylan Borland, who noted that the evidentiary standard required to prove extraterrestrial origin is nearly impossible to meet.
Sharp also raised the name of Glenn Gaffney, former director of science and technology for the CIA, whose name had previously been raised under oath in Congress in connection with an alleged blocked transfer of non-human intelligence technology from Lockheed Martin to the office that preceded AARO.
According to Sharp’s reporting, Phillips confirmed AARO contacted Gaffney directly. Gaffney denied knowing anything about it.
Sharp further noted that Robert Cardillo, who served under Director of National Intelligence James Clapper — with whom Phillips worked closely — may have been the individual who carried out the blocking.
https://www.ufonews.co/post/ufos-avoiding-detection-aaro-s-hidden-findings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYNwp9xE0a8
https://www.liberationtimes.com/
https://x.com/ChrisUKSharp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOWGhTEec5Y (Chris Sharp Exposes AARO Before Trump's Big Decision)
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