TYB
Ukrainian drone strike kills worker at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
27 Apr, 2026 16:07
A Ukrainian drone strike has killed an employee at Russia’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the facility’s press service said in a statement on Monday.
Ukrainian forces have repeatedly attacked Europe’s largest nuclear facility since it came under Russian control in 2022, soon after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict.
“Today, a driver was killed as a result of a strike by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone on the transport shop floor of the ZNPP,” the facility said in a statement, adding that it was extending condolences to the family of the deceased.
“Nuclear industry employees should not be targets. Any attack on the ZNPP is a threat not only to people but also to security in general,” it added.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has condemned the incident.
“Director General Rafael Grossi reiterates that strikes on or near NPPs can endanger nuclear safety and must not take place,” the agency wrote in a post on X. “The IAEA’s team on the site will look into the incident and continue to monitor the situation.”
The attack came a day after Grossi visited Kiev for talks with Vladimir Zelensky, during which the Ukrainian leader urged the IAEA to pressure Russia to hand over control of the plant to Kiev.
Ukraine has repeatedly tried to interject proposals for changing the plant’s ownership into US-mediated peace talks with Russia. US President Donald Trump has also floated a number of ideas for joint control of the facility.
Moscow has firmly rejected the idea of handing over the power plant.
“Joint operation of the ZNPP with any other state is also unacceptable,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement last month.
Even giving Ukrainian or NATO representatives temporary access to the facility is “impossible,” given the close cooperation between their intelligence services and “significant sabotage potential,” it said.
https://www.rt.com/russia/639176-ukrainian-drone-kills-worker-nuclear-plant/
other RT
https://www.rt.com/russia/639143-ukraine-sabotage-plot-foiled-fsb/
https://www.rt.com/news/639152-europe-pushes-global-military-spending/
https://www.rt.com/russia/639149-iran-minister-putin-meeting/
Russian drone attack wounds 14 while Ukrainian drones kill 2 in Russia-held area
Updated 9:12 AM PDT, April 27, 2026
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone attack before dawn on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa wounded 14 people, including two children, authorities said Monday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas that have been a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone strike killed two people in the Russia-occupied part of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, Moscow-installed Gov. Vladimir Saldo said Monday. A man and a woman in their 70s died in the village of Dnipriany, he said.
In Odesa, drones hit residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure, said Serhii Lysak, the head of the city’s administration. Russia has repeatedly targeted Odesa, a key Black Sea port for Ukraine, since Moscow launched the war more than four years ago on Feb. 24, 2022.
Five of the wounded, most of them with shrapnel wounds, were hospitalized, according to Oleh Kiper, the head of the regional military administration.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has fired approximately 1,900 attack drones, nearly 1,400 powerful guided aerial bombs and around 60 missiles of various types at Ukraine over the past week.
Ukraine’s wartime development of cutting-edge military technology means that it’s intercepting more than 90% of the drones that Russia launches, Zelenskyy said in an X post.
However, Ukraine needs more American-made Patriot air defense missiles, which are able to shoot down Russia’s ballistic missiles.
Ukraine has recently been helping Middle Eastern and Gulf region countries counter attacks on their territory by Iranian drones.
Norway is the latest European country to enter into a joint drone manufacturing agreement with Kyiv, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Monday.
In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his government plans to build a “drone armada” with Ukraine’s help, to defend both itself and the rest of Europe.
Zelenskyy also announced that Ukraine is massively scaling up the production of ground robots that can deliver supplies, evacuate injured soldiers and fire automatic weapons.
The uncrewed vehicles can help to ease the pressure on Ukraine’s short-handed infantry along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (770-mile) front line.
Ukraine has ordered 25,000 ground robots for this year, twice as many as in 2025, and the number is set to grow, he said in a separate post on X.
Zelenskyy noted a recent raft of good news for Ukraine: NATO partners, excluding the United States, have contributed to a financial arrangement to buy American weapons; the European Union has approved a 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) loan to Ukraine; and the EU intends to place more sanctions on Moscow.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has been assailing oil terminals and refineries deep inside Russia with long-range drones and missiles, aiming to disrupt Moscow’s economy.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said late Sunday it has seen geolocated evidence that Ukrainian forces conducted at least 10 strikes against Russian oil and gas infrastructure in the past two weeks.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-odesa-drones-9394353262c6d13352d328fbd34258ba
other Russia and Ukraine
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/74859
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-help-build-polands-drone-fleet-tusk-says/
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4117136-ukrainian-drone-strikes-kasta2e-radar-station-in-belgorod-region.html
https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukrainian-drone-finds-and-hits-elite-russian-tornado-s-rocket-system-near-occupied-melitopol-18237
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-04-27/live-updates-894244
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/artc-benjamin-netanyahu-claims-freedom-of-action-in-lebanon-to-counter-threats
other Israel
https://www.rt.com/news/639136-hezbollah-drone-israeli-helicopter/
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/hezbollah-drone-attack-idf-lebanon
https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-idf-demolishes-over-14-kilometers-of-hamas-tunnels-in-northern-gaza/
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjubigtp11g
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byaqquna11g
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-troops-capture-cache-of-hezbollah-weapons-including-drones-says-military/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-lebanons-beqaa-valley-for-first-time-in-3-weeks-amid-shaky-ceasefire/
https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/netanyahu-meets-christians-serving-in-the-idf
https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/hezbollah-ceasefire-violations-1
https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/idf-troops-discover-arms-cache-in-lebanese-childs-bedroom
Live Updates: Netanyahu stresses Israel has freedom to act in Lebanon, Iran 'looking into' request for talks
April 27, 2026
IDF strikes across Lebanon amid Hezbollah ceasefire violations, exchanges of fire • Merz: Tehran humiliating US • Lebanese gov't yet to take any action against Hezbollah, Israeli officials say
April 27, 8:21 PM
Zamir condemns IDF soldiers who stole property in Lebanon
Discussing the issue of female recruits, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir added that there will be "no gender exclusion" in the military.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, on Monday night, made his first public comment on allegations of IDF soldiers stealing Lebanese property from villages they have been in within southern Lebanon.
Condemning the theft, which was first reported around the end of last week, he said, "The incidents against our values which we have seen are the result of a long and complex period, but this does not justify them. We cannot compromise on our values."
"The phenomenon of theft, if it exists, is a disgrace and could stamp a blemish on all of the IDF," said Zamir.
"He added, "if there were incidents like this, we will probe them. We won't stand for this."
Reports last week indicated a potentially large number of incidents in which Israeli infantry stole items of Lebanese personal property from the villages that they were probing for Hezbollah weapons.
April 27, 7:49 PM
Lebanese gov't yet to take any action against Hezbollah, Israeli officials tell 'Post'
Speaking to IDF generals on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that Israel was given "full freedom of action to foil immediate and emerging threats."
The Lebanese government has not taken a single step against Hezbollah since the ceasefire in Lebanon went into effect some two weeks ago, two Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
“There have been no arrests, no attempts to prevent attacks on our soldiers, and no effort to stop the rocket fire,” one of the officials told the Post.
In recent weeks, Israel and Lebanon have been locked in negotiations that, for the first time, included a face-to-face meeting between Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yehiel Leiter, and Lebanon’s ambassador to the United States, Nada Hamadeh Mouwad.
The most recent meeting last week was partially conducted with the involvement of US President Donald Trump. Israel and the United States are demanding that Lebanon begin taking action against the terrorist organization in parallel with the ceasefire, which was recently extended by three weeks.
April 27, 6:58 PM
Germany's Merz says Iran is humiliating US as talks stall
Merz also said he not see what exit strategy the US was pursuing in the Iran war - comments that underlined deep divisions between Washington and its European NATO allies.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting US officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict.
Merz also said he not see what exit strategy the US was pursuing in the Iran war - comments that underlined deep divisions between Washington and its European NATO allies, which had already been festering over Ukraine and other issues.
"The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result," he said during a talk to students in the town of Marsberg.
"An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible," he added at the venue in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
1/2
April 27, 6:38 PM
Iran looking into Trump's request for negotiations, foreign minister says
Araghchi told reporters in Russia that Trump requested negotiations because the US has not achieved any of its objectives.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Tehran was looking into US President Donald Trump's request for negotiations, according to a post on the minister's Telegram account.
He told reporters in Russia that Trump requested negotiations because the US has not achieved any of its objectives.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Araghchi in St. Petersburg earlier on Monday, and told him he hoped the Iranian people would weather what he described as a "difficult period" and that peace would soon prevail.
April 27, 5:24 PM
Putin pledges support for Iran in talks with Araghchi in Russia, says he wants peace soon
Russia has offered to mediate to try to help restore calm to the Middle East following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, which Moscow has condemned.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in St. Petersburg on Monday and told him he hoped the Iranian people would weather what he described as a "difficult period" and that peace would soon prevail.
Russia has offered to mediate to try to help restore calm to the Middle East following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, which Moscow has condemned. It has also repeatedly offered to store Iran's enriched uranium as a way of defusing tensions, an offer the United States has not taken up.
“For our part, we will do everything that serves your interests and the interests of all the peoples of the region to ensure that peace is achieved as quickly as possible,” Putin told Araghchi, according to Russian state media.
"Last week I received a message from Iran’s Supreme Leader. I would like to ask you to convey my most sincere thanks for this and to confirm that Russia, like Iran, intends to continue our strategic relationship," Putin added.
April 27, 5:24 PM
The costs of Israel's mishandling of Hamas-linked Gaza hospital chiefs - analysis
Why aren't these doctors being indicted and being given regular criminal trial due process protections, as is standard after a period of days or weeks?
How has Israel been handling Gaza hospital doctors who have alleged connections to Hamas and other Gazan terror groups, and how could it be doing it better?
In December 2024, the IDF arrested Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian pediatrician and hospital director who wrote op-eds for The New York Times.
He has been in some form of administrative detention for almost 18 months since then, with no formal criminal charges filed.
Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), an NGO that says it "views the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian Territory as a root cause of multiple human rights violations, including the right to health and actively advocates for its end," had planned for its representatives to visit four Gazan doctors, like Abu Safiya, being held at Israel's Ketziot prison on Monday.
April 27, 5:03 PM
Negotiating with Israel 'not treason,' Lebanon's Aoun says, stressing goal is to end war
President Joseph Aoun further accused Hezbollah of treason, saying, "Treason is the one who takes his country to war for external interests."
Beirut negotiating with Israel is "not treason," Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday, according to Israeli and Arab media
According to KAN News, Aoun had made the comment as part of a direct message to the Hezbollah terrorist group, whom he himself accused of treason.
"Treason is the one who takes his country to war for external interests," said Aoun. "My goal is to reach an end to the war with Israel in accordance with a ceasefire agreement, an agreement that stipulates that Israel will not carry out any offensive military action against Lebanese targets."
Aoun noted that he had expressed Lebanon's concerns to the US regarding the ceasefire, saying it is "the first necessary step before any negotiations that follow, and we reiterated this in the two meetings we held at the ambassadorial level.
"We made it clear that Israel will not carry out any attack against Lebanese targets, civilian or military, in any part of Lebanon," added Aoun.
April 27, 4:24 PM
Putin meets Iran's Araghchi, voices hope for peace in Iran, state media reports
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday, local news agencies reported.
Putin said Russia hoped the Iranian people will weather what he described as a "difficult period" and that peace will prevail. He added that Russia would do everything in the interests of Iran and other countries in the region, the state-run RIA news agency reported.
2/2
Sudan army accused of drone strike on Zalingei displaced camp
27 April 2026
The General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees in Darfur accused the Sudanese army on Monday of targeting a crowded camp in Zalingei, Central Darfur, with a drone strike that injured at least 15 people.
The strike on the camp is part of an intensified campaign by the Sudanese army drones in the region. Over the past few days, aerial operations have frequently targeted numerous sites across the five Darfur states currently under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Political forces and armed movements allied with the RSF accuse the army of striking civilian targets.
However, the Sudanese Armed Forces maintain that these raids target RSF positions, including weapon and ammunition depots, fuel stores, and drone hangars, as part of a strategy to disable the RSF’s offensive and defensive capabilities.
Adam Rejal, the spokesperson for the Displaced Persons Coordination, stated that a drone strike attributed to the Sudanese army hit Square 4 of the Hamidiya camp in Zalingei on Monday morning.
The attack resulted in varying injuries to 15 displaced persons who were subsequently transported to Zalingei Hospital.
The statement noted that the attack destroyed several homes within the camp, causing widespread panic among women and children.
During the early months of the conflict that began on April 15 2023, the RSF had previously forced camp residents to flee due to extensive violations committed against the displaced population.
This latest incident follows a series of drone-related escalations in the region.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) recently condemned a drone attack on April 24 that targeted an aid truck in North Darfur.
The truck was transporting emergency shelter kits to Tawila, where over 700,000 displaced people are currently seeking safety.
The UNHCR expressed deep concern over the sharp rise in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Sudan since the start of 2026, noting that such strikes have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians.
The agency described the recurrent attacks on aid convoys and facilities as “abhorrent,” emphasizing that they leave thousands of families in desperate conditions without essential supplies.
The Displaced Persons Coordination argued that the army’s actions represent a grave violation of international humanitarian law and amount to war crimes.
It warned that targeting humanitarian infrastructure poses a direct threat to the nearly 9 million internally displaced people and 862,000 refugees currently across Sudan.
The statement called upon the United Nations and the African Union to take urgent action to protect civilians, ensure the delivery of aid, and launch an independent international investigation to hold those responsible accountable.
https://sudantribune.com/article/313209
moar Sudan
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/unhcr-aid-vehicle-destroyed-in-north-darfur-drone-strike
Drone stops all flights taking off or landing at Lanzarote Airport
27-04-2026
Flights at Lanzarote Airport were temporarily suspended yesterday (Sunday) after an illegal drone was spotted near the runway, triggering immediate safety protocols and grounding of all planes.
The alert was raised during the afternoon when an unmanned aerial device was detected close to the Airport. According to air traffic controllers, operations were halted straight away to ensure the safety of both aircraft and passengers.
The presence of the drone forced several incoming commercial flights to remain in holding patterns over the sea while the situation was assessed.
The runway closure lasted for around 40 minutes, during which aircraft carried out delay manoeuvres before being cleared to land.
Air traffic controllers carefully managed the situation to avoid any risk, and no flights had to be diverted to other airports in the Canary Islands.
Normal operations resumed at approximately 4:40pm once the airspace was confirmed to be completely clear.
Serious consequences for drone misuse
Flying drones near an airport is considered a very serious offence. Fines for operating such devices in restricted airspace without permission can exceed €225,000.
The incident highlights the importance of complying with regulations set by AESA (Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea).
Any unidentified object detected near flight paths requires strict emergency procedures, including the full suspension of all flights until safety can be guaranteed.
Authorities have once again stressed that even a single drone in controlled airspace can bring airport operations to a complete standstill.
https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/Drone-stops-all-flights-taking-off-or-landing-at-Lanzarote-Airport
https://nomadlawyer.org/drone-sighting-causes-spanish-airport-disruption-april-2026
Pentagon unveiling new UFO footage tomorrow?? UAP reporting site shut down!
Apr 26, 2026
Recently, I've noticed a bizarre change in the Pentagon's UFO reporting site.
As in, there isn't a UFO reporting site any more!!
Everything has been shut down!
You can't even file a new UAP report!
But the site isn't gone completely. Could this mean that the update that Trump has been promising is imminent?
Can verify that it was down or offline, it has since been restored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pK4XU7y4EU
https://www.aaro.mil/
Joe Murgia
@TheUfoJoe
"[UFO Disclosure will] be a little uncomfortable. There'll be some truths that [will] be a hard pill to swallow." ~Grusch
New David Grusch: "There's truly anonymous signatures in the skies [and] the U.S. government understands it represents a form of sentient, non-human intelligence.
I know that sounds very Star Trek, a la, you know, Gene Roddenberry and Rod's dad's Sci-Fi series, but it is true.
"And I want, you know, the American public to be comforted that the Universe is teeming with life, it seems, and readily able to be explored.
And the U.S. government does have a lot of information that I think will inspire Gen Alpha and Gen Z and the American populace at large. And it will be a new era.
"It'll be a little uncomfortable. There'll be some truths that [will] be a hard pill to swallow, but I think it's, ultimately, a good thing to get this out there.
And I think the people of the world and the American public will be very happy to understand their place in the Universe, so to speak. Without sounding too much like Carl Sagan."
1:45 PM · Apr 25, 2026
https://x.com/TheUfoJoe/status/2048141373950541976
https://x.com/UAPJames/status/2048146374454030443
https://x.com/UAPJames/status/2048158881113653723
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayf92m7zPFY (Weaponized: Space Symposium Hosts First-Ever UFO Panel - David Grusch, Rep Burlison, Rod Roddenberry & Mike Gold)
Late Air Force Officer Linked To Alleged Legacy UFO Program
24 April 2026
The late U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Matthew Sullivan, who died in 2024 before he could, according to Representative Eric Burlison, testify in a federal UFO whistleblower case, is understood by Liberation Times to have been involved in an alleged legacy UFO program.
Liberation Times further understands from sources that Sullivan was allegedly directly involved in the technology aspects of the UFO legacy program, believed to be related to an exotic vehicle suspected to be of non-human origin.
Liberation Times was told that Sullivan carried out this work for a private corporation working with a U.S. intelligence agency, although his involvement in the alleged legacy UFO program is understood to have begun during his time as an Air Force officer.
Representative Burlison has stated, “He [Sullivan] was scheduled to come in for an interview. Within two weeks, he had suspiciously committed suicide.”
Burlison has said he has “grave concerns” that Sullivan’s death appears “suspicious”, suggesting the veteran intelligence officer may have been silenced before he could reveal what he knew.
Sullivan had been contacted by Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) whistleblower and retired U.S. Air Force Major David Grusch before the intelligence officer’s sudden death, which reportedly left Grusch extremely distraught.
'Grusch was helping him come forward as a whistleblower,' Burlison told the Daily Mail last week. Liberation Times understands that Grusch and Sullivan had previously served together within the Air Force.
As a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer, Sullivan served at a number of high-level institutions, including the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, the National Security Agency and the Air Force Intelligence Agency.
He also deployed to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and his obituary states that he earned a Bronze Star for his valor during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Notably, Sullivan’s funeral was attended by Major General David Abba, who served between 2021 and 2024 as Director of Special Programs and head of the Department of Defense Special Access Program Central Office.
Abba described Sullivan as “the brightest intel lieutenant I ever met” and worked as his supervisor at Langley Air Force Base.
Abba said Sullivan carried “the burden that a select few in this nation have of truly understanding what’s going on”, adding that he bore that weight every day.
“There are not many people you can share that with,” he said. “But those who carry that weight know it and understand it, and we all have to lean on one another.
I watched that young lieutenant, despite all the shenanigans, mature into one of the leading thinkers on the truly hard issues with enormous implications for our country. It frustrated him to no end that we so often could not get out of our own way.”
Sullivan’s death has come to light amid wider media coverage of eleven scientists and defense-linked figures in the United States who have reportedly died or disappeared, many of them tied to classified aerospace and defense programs.
Among the most notable cases is the disappearance of retired U.S. Air Force General William “Neil” McCasland, who vanished from his home in Albuquerque in February.
McCasland was a former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, placing him at the centre of some of the Pentagon’s most advanced aerospace research.
After leaving the military, he became involved with Blink-182 musician Tom DeLonge and his UAP-related efforts, which helped lay the groundwork for the modern congressional push for disclosure on UAP.
https://www.liberationtimes.com/home/late-air-force-officer-linked-to-alleged-legacy-ufo-program
https://www.ufonews.co/post/air-force-ufo-witness-dead-before-testimony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sznPiuKYG0 (Vetted: BOMBSHELL: Eric Burlison Reveals New UFO Whistleblower)
Missing Scientists Mystery Hits Deadline Day as FBI and Four Agencies Must Brief Congress Today
27 April 2026, 9:20 AM BST
Pentagon's denial leaves House Oversight with 'many unanswered questions' as three more agencies face today's cutoff
The US House Oversight Committee's deadline for four federal agencies to brief lawmakers on a string of missing and dead scientists falls today, setting up a key test of how seriously the executive branch is taking the inquiry.
Letters dated 20 April 2026 from Committee Chairman James Comer and Subcommittee Chairman Eric Burlison gave the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Energy, and the Department of War (DoW) until 27 April to deliver staff-level briefings on at least 11 individuals tied to nuclear, rocket, and aerospace research who have died or disappeared since 2023.
Pentagon Pushback Sets Tense Tone
The DoW has already responded, telling the committee there are 'no active national security investigations' of any missing person who was a current or former clearance holder involved in special access programs.
Comer and Burlison wrote back that the answer 'leaves the Committee with many unanswered questions.'
That early refusal to confirm any active probe could shape what unfolds today. If the FBI, NASA, and the Energy Department offer similarly thin briefings, Congress may push for compelled testimony.
If they reveal coordinated work, the inquiry escalates from a public-attention exercise to a formal national security review.
What Investigators Are Examining
The FBI said it 'is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists,' working with the Department of Energy and the Department of War.
NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens said the agency is 'coordinating and cooperating with the relevant agencies' but added that 'nothing related to NASA indicates a national security threat.'
Cases on the committee's radar span Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MIT, and the Kansas City National Security Campus.
Three former JPL researchers, Michael David Hicks, Frank Maiwald, and Monica Reza, are among the dead or missing. Astrophysicist Carl Grillmair was shot dead at his home outside Los Angeles in February.
The most recent and politically charged case involves retired Air Force Major General William Neil McCasland, the seventh Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, who walked out of his Albuquerque home on 27 February and remains missing.
He left behind his phone, prescription glasses, and wearable devices, taking only a wallet and a .38 calibre revolver, according to his wife.
Genuine Threat or Statistical Coincidence
Several of those listed held high-level security clearances tied to advanced materials, planetary defence, and nuclear weapons infrastructure.
Reza, who patented a nickel super-alloy used in rocket programmes including New Glenn and Starship, was last seen on Angeles Crest Highway in June 2025.
However, experts question whether a pattern even exists. Medical sociologist Robert Bartholomew said the public response shows classic 'apophenia', or the human tendency to see meaningful links in unrelated events.
Writing for Psychology Today, he warned that authority figures suggesting foul play activate the brain's pattern-seeking instinct, which 'renders us vulnerable to conspiracy theories.'
Representative James Walkinshaw, a Democrat on the Oversight Committee, told CNN he is not convinced of a coordinated motive, noting the US has thousands of nuclear scientists and that targeting 10 people would barely affect any adversary's strategic interests.
Why Today's Deadline Matters
Today's deadline forces a clear test. Either the agencies provide enough for Congress to confirm or reject a national security threat, or they stonewall and trigger subpoena calls. President Donald Trump has called the cluster 'pretty serious stuff' but hopes it is coincidental.
The stakes run both ways. If credible threats emerge, federal protections for sensitive personnel face scrutiny. If today's briefings produce nothing, the committee will have spent its bully pulpit on a theory critics say was always more about online speculation than evidence.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-house-oversight-committee-probes-missing-dead-scientists-1793743
other missing VIPs
https://www.uniladtech.com/science/space/amy-eskridge-video-dead-ufo-scientist-roofied-government-secrets-503244-20260427
https://ijr.com/ex-fbi-official-flags-suspicious-pattern-in-missing-nuclear-scientists/
Los Alamos Document Reveals US 'Secretly' Conducting UFO Experiments For Decades, Journalist Claims
27 April 2026, 3:55 PM BST
Unveiling decades of alleged secret UFO studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory
A newly surfaced cache of documents allegedly from Los Alamos National Laboratory is reigniting debate over whether the United States has secretly studied unidentified flying objects (UFOs) for decades.
According to journalist and filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, he was in possession of an important document detailing the 'secret' experiments made by the US about UFOs.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Corbell revealed that it was the son of the then-senior cybersecurity official at Los Alamos National Laboratory who shared the documents with him after his father's death.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, established under Robert Oppenheimer's leadership, is a highly classified US Department of Energy facility recognised for its work in nuclear weapons development.
What Secrets Are In The Los Alamos Laboratory Document?
Corbell said the file contained definitive proof of a long-running, classified effort involving multiple government agencies.
'These documents came in … and it is absolute proof that the US had maintained a secret decades-long program,' Corbell said.
Reports indicate the files include memos, photos, and meeting notes allegedly tied to high-level discussions about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
Some documents even describe a 1991 classified meeting involving intelligence agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Administration (NSA) to examine UFO sightings and their origins.
Corbell also said the document includes technical sketches and detailed illustrations of saucer-shaped craft, cylindrical objects, and crop circle formations.
There were also records from Russian intelligence describing sightings throughout the Soviet Union. The file also named scientists whom Corbell said he had met while doing his research.
'Atmospheric Anomalies' and Government Secrecy Explained Fully
Corbell claims that scientists at Los Alamos were quietly investigating what were then referred to as 'atmospheric anomalies' - an earlier term for UFOs.
One of the most important details about the document was the agenda of a high-level, all-day meeting on 24 April 1991 at Los Alamos, where representatives of the CIA and NSA, the Army and Navy discussed the 1987 Gulf Breeze UFO Incident in Florida and the Belgian UFO wave in 1989.
The revelations challenge decades of official denial following programmes like Project Blue Book, which concluded in 1969 with claims that UFOs posed no national security threat.
Calls for Transparency and Release of UFO Evidence
In an interview with NewsNation, Corbell said he believed that President Donald Trump may release some UFO-related files. But the journalist and others are pushing for the release of specific classified videos about their investigations.
'What we're asking for … is very specifically 46 videos obtained by our intelligence communities', Corbell said, adding that the footage demonstrates 'incredible capabilities' beyond known technology.
Extraordinary Claims, Limited Confirmation Require Strong Evidence
While the documents have sparked intense public interest, they stop short of confirming more extraordinary claims, such as the recovery of alien spacecraft or beings.
'You don't get the whole enchilada in documents', Corbell admitted. 'But what you do get is clear evidence' of classified UFO investigations.
With this new revelation, more questions have been raised surrounding UAPs, and debates have intensified regarding government secrecy and possible extraterrestrial life.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-nsa-director-warns-overlooked-ufo-insights-1793792
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odW83jmLRY0
https://x.com/JeremyCorbell/status/2044448583475470710
Former NSA Science Chief Warns Humanity May Be Missing Something 'Huge' About UFO Phenomena
27 April 2026, 12:15 PM BST
Dr Hazeltine urges a reevaluation of UFO data, highlighting potential gaps in scientific understanding
A former top science director at the National Security Agency has sent shockwaves through the UFO community after warning that humanity may be missing something 'huge' about unidentified aerial phenomena.
Dr Hazeltine, who previously served as Director of Research at the NSA, explained that intelligence analysis requires evaluating competing hypotheses rather than rejecting unusual data outright.
He said UFO reports should be treated like any other intelligence problem, assessed for bias, reliability, and alternative explanations.
Human Perception is Limited
According to him, the biggest mistake is assuming observers are always correct or that known physics fully explains what is seen. He stressed that human perception is limited and prone to error, meaning genuine phenomena could be misunderstood or misclassified.
He also pointed to decades of reports involving military pilots and radar systems detecting objects that do not behave like conventional aircraft.
While some cases may be misidentifications or classified technology, he warned that dismissing everything as mundane risks ignoring something far more significant.
Humans May Be Hiding the Truth
A central argument from Hazeltine is that the human brain is not a perfect recording device. Instead, it filters reality based on expectation, memory, and biological limitations. This means people often see what they expect to see, rather than what is actually present.
He highlighted known scientific issues such as optical illusions, atmospheric distortions, and cognitive bias. These factors, he said, can easily distort UFO sightings, especially in high-stress environments like military operations.
However, he added that this same limitation cuts both ways. If unusual objects consistently appear across different observers, instruments, and conditions, then the explanation may not lie in perception alone. Instead, it could indicate gaps in current scientific models.
In exploring what UFOs might be, Hazeltine and fellow researchers laid out a wide range of possibilities. These include secret human technology, natural atmospheric phenomena, and more controversial ideas such as non-human intelligence or even unknown forms of life.
Some theories discussed go further, suggesting UFOs could involve physics not yet fully understood, including concepts linked to quantum mechanics, time distortion, or non-local effects.
While these ideas remain speculative, they are treated as part of a broader effort to avoid prematurely closing off explanations.
He also referenced the idea that intelligence may not resemble human life at all. Instead of biology based on carbon and oxygen, it could involve entirely different systems, potentially even artificial or non-material forms of intelligence.
Major Unknowns About Reality
Perhaps the most striking claim from the former NSA researcher is that modern science may still only understand a fraction of reality. He pointed to emerging findings in neuroscience, microbiology, and physics that continue to challenge established assumptions.
Examples include discoveries of previously unknown biological structures in the human body and growing evidence that consciousness and perception may be more complex than traditional models suggest.
These findings, he argues, mirror the UFO debate itself, where known frameworks struggle to explain every observation.
Hazeltine concluded that humanity should remain open to the possibility that UFO phenomena are pointing toward something fundamentally new.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-nsa-director-warns-overlooked-ufo-insights-1793792
https://x.com/InterstellarUAP/status/2048490721876000927
https://x.com/AlchemyAmerican/status/2048480112656503206
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMCavr3dVP0
Steven Greenstreet 🐷
@MiddleOfMayhem
UFO shots fired! Retired Navy official Tim Gallaudet publicly accuses retired Pentagon scientist Sean Kirkpatrick of being a liar and a disinformation agent.
Gallaudet is a UFO activist who believes aliens live in the ocean and his house is haunted by evil spirits.
Kirkpatrick was the director of AARO, the Pentagon's "UFO office" and released a report in 2024 debunking the UFO claims of those like Gallaudet as false and unfounded.
10:48 AM · Apr 27, 2026
https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/2048821511335854246
https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/2048824157123875302
https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/1856413684798763385
https://x.com/GallaudetTim
Donald Trump's shooter brings back the wackiest Time Travel conspiracy theory - Psicoactivo #986
Apr 26, 2026
On the weirdest Psicoactivo episode I've ever done, we take you through the very strange series of events from last Saturday at the White House Correspondents Dinner that was cancelled because there was yet another assassination attempt against the president. But what usually unfolds afterward belongs in a wacky sci-fi novel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTDUYfTcP-8
https://x.com/pavelibarrameda/status/2048528312981721221
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/07/baron-trump-novels-victorian-215689/
Walter Kirn
@walterkirn
I've known Dave Grusch for a few years now. He has shown high integrity in our dealings.
He has never contradicted himself or played games with me, and my impression has been that he is as forthright as someone in his position can be. For what it's worth.
5:44 PM · Apr 26, 2026
https://x.com/walterkirn/status/2048563887662837815
https://x.com/walterkirn/status/2048235694963753139
Was David Wilcock Silenced? The Disturbing Truth Behind His Death & ‘Voice-to-Skull’ Tech
Apr 27, 2026
The sudden death of David Wilcock has sparked intense debate, speculation, and unanswered questions. Was it suicide… or something far more calculated?
In this deep-dive analysis, Dr. Michael Salla explores the timing, connections, and controversial technologies surrounding his passing—including claims of “voice-to-skull” electromagnetic mind influence, a topic rooted in Cold War-era research and patents capable of transmitting sound directly into the human brain.
Dr. Salla also examine:
The strange timing of his death on April 20
The connection to a growing list of missing or deceased scientists tied to breakthrough technologies
His role in advanced aerospace discussions and research
Claims of psychotronic targeting and remote behavioral influence
Whether financial pressure… or something more covert… was at play
David Wilcock was more than a public figure—he was a voice that reached millions. But did that influence make him a target?
This video challenges the official narrative and invites you to decide:Was this a tragedy… or a warning?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8erg0xkfVs
extra disclosure dejour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxumUKwGbNw (Vetted: Ross Coulthart Drops UFO Bombshell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyrN1lXniMg (Shawn Ryan: Andy Lowery - The Unsolved Mystery at Barksdale Air Force Base | SRS #299)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHV0a-I5FII (ChaosMoogle: I Can’t Explain This: UFO "Teleports" Through a Portal (Raw Evidence))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob6RKrO0XwI (David Icke: The Epic of Enoch | ICKONIC ORIGINAL SERIES | Official Trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thFTMqTccXI (Tales From Out There: A huge object was discovered during a live broadcast from a NASA spacecraft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq6BXMh4LWU (Jimmy Dore: The CIA SUPPRESSED CANCER CURE For 60 Years! w/ Nicolas Hulscher)
probably never find all the references because there's just so many