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MTG captures Earth at June solstice
22/06/2026
Yesterday, at 10:24 CEST, the Sun reached its most northerly point in the sky, marking the longest day of the year and the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, when Earth’s North Pole is tilted towards the Sun.
This image of Earth, with the day-night terminator line clearly visible, was captured by the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) mission.
The MTG-Imager satellite (MTG-I1) passed overhead at 10:30 CEST and was able to make the acquisition just six minutes after the June solstice.
The image shows the African continent and Europe bathed in sunlight, while lights are visible off the eastern coast of South America, which is still in night-time.
A third satellite for the MTG constellation – MTG-I2 – will launch this summer on Ariane 6 to join the two MTG satellites already in orbit.
The mission is designed to produce images in unprecedented detail. It provides completely new data products and capabilities for European weather forecasting, especially suited to nowcasting of severe weather events.
The MTG-Imager satellites carry two instruments: a Lightning Imager and a Flexible Combined Imager. The MTG satellites are developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) for Eumetsat.
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/06/MTG_captures_Earth_at_June_solstice
le extra ESA
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Open_opportunities_with_ESA_Navigation
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Open_Days/ESA_Open_Days_2026/ESA_Open_Days_2026_are_coming_mark_your_calendar
https://www.esa.int/Education/Teachers_Corner/20_years_of_ESERO_bringing_space_to_millions_of_students
https://www.esa.int/Education/Teachers_Corner/European_Space_Education_Resource_Offices
https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/cas-in-media/202606/t20260623_1174509.shtml
SMILE Satellite Marks New Chapter in China's Space Science Development
Jun 23, 2026
The newly launched Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), a collaborative satellite mission between China and Europe, has successfully entered its designated orbit.
This mission marks a groundbreaking advance in solar-terrestrial exploration. Using innovative soft X-ray imaging a global first SMILE will achieve panoramic imaging of the Earth's magnetosphere.
As the last mission of the strategic pioneer program on space science (Phase II) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, SMILE addresses a gap in China's space exploration capabilities and marks a pivotal transformation – from isolated breakthroughs to a constellation of space science satellites.
Space science defines the frontier of deep-space exploration and serves as a key benchmark of national scientific and technological strength. For many years, China's space science program operated from a relatively modest foundation, lacking self-developed high-end exploration satellites and independent data streams. Research largely depended on publicly available foreign datasets, creating major constraints on advanced, frontier scientific research.
A structured national program dedicated to space science satellites began in 2011. This launched a concerted effort over the subsequent decade.
A series of dedicated science satellites were successfully developed and launched, including the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Satellite, the world's first quantum science satellite Micius, the X-ray astronomy satellite Insight-HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope), and the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), the country's first comprehensive solar observation satellite, achieving major breakthroughs across multiple fields.
DAMPE has detected high-energy cosmic particles all year round in its ongoing search for dark matter, generating critical data to help unravel the mysteries of the universe's origins.
Micius was the first to achieve space-to-ground quantum communication over distances of more than 1,000 kilometers, placing China at the forefront of space-based quantum applications.
Insight-HXMT has monitored extreme astrophysical phenomena, precisely detecting burst signals from black holes and neutron stars and yielding a series of major original achievements.
Each of these missions pursued distinct scientific objectives with unique capabilities. Progress across multiple fields within space science has been remarkable, propelling China from a late entrant to a significant global contributor.
This progression has steadily fortified the technological bedrock essential for future deep-space endeavors.
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As deep-space exploration progresses, the inherent limitations of conducting observations using single, independent satellites have become increasingly clear.
These include constrained observational scope, gaps in temporal continuity, and data primarily confined to a single dimension or measurement type. This makes it challenging to reconstruct complex dynamic processes that occur in space.
Drawing on years of operational experience and research insights, China's space science program is now embracing a new paradigm characterized by constellations of satellites working in concert and integrated networks combining space-based and ground-based observations.
SMILE plays a pivotal role within this evolving structure of systematic exploration. It is designed to function synergistically with ASO-S and the Chinese Meridian Project (CMP), also known as the Ground-based Space Environment Monitoring Network.
Together, this integrated space-ground system delivers comprehensive and precise monitoring of the solar-terrestrial space environment. This capability provides vital support for a range of activities, including spacecraft operations, communications, and navigation.
China has also established the world's first three-satellite constellation on the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) in the Earth-moon region of space and yielded a variety of original scientific and technological achievements, laying a solid foundation for future Earth-moon space utilization and cutting-edge deep-space exploration.
Technological self-reliance underpins confidence in systematic space exploration.
Today, every critical link in the chain from satellite platforms and core payloads to precise on-orbit TT&C (telemetry, tracking and command) and raw data processing relies entirely on domestically developed technologies.
At the same time, China remains committed to an open and mutually beneficial approach to international space cooperation.
Through collaborative programs such as the SMILE mission, China shares exploration data and co-develops research platforms, integrating into the global space exploration network on the basis of independent innovation while demonstrating the openness and responsibility of a major player in outer space.
Space technology enables space science exploration, while the goals of space science, in turn, drive breakthroughs in space technology.
The national mid and long-term development program for space science (2024-2050) released in 2024, outlines a three-step strategic roadmap for China's space science development.
Its implementation is expected to elevate the country's space science capabilities and provide stronger support for building China into a space power and a science and technology giant.
From pioneering single-satellite missions to developing satellite constellations and systematic exploration capabilities, the evolution of China's science satellite missions vividly reflects the country's pursuit of greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology.
As more science satellite constellations take shape and begin operating in coordination, the foundation for China's self-reliant development in space science will grow ever more solid, driving deep-space exploration further into the unknown. (People's Daily)
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West no longer hiding plans for war with Russia – Putin
23 Jun, 2026 15:01 | Updated 23 Jun, 2026 16:05
NATO countries have forced Moscow to take action to defend its interests and label it as a threat to justify increased military spending, the president says
Western nations are no longer hiding their preparations for war with Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that NATO and EU leaders are using “false claims” about the supposed ‘Russian threat’ to justify rampant militarization.
Putin made the remarks on Tuesday during a ceremony in the Kremlin for graduates of Russia’s military, security, and law enforcement academies, saying NATO’s posture has shifted from supporting Kiev with weapons and funding to outright preparations for war.
“Now, they are openly saying that they are preparing for war with us, increasing military offensive budgets,” Putin said. He argued that Western governments are using the same playbook that has always been used against Russia.
“At first, they create threats for our country, force us to take actions necessary for self-defense, and then immediately accuse us of all mortal sins to justify the continuation of their aggressive policy,” he said, drawing parallels to the attempts by Nazi Germany and other Western countries to label the Soviet Union as the aggressor after Germany launched a surprise invasion in 1941.
Putin’s remarks come as NATO’s European members and Canada raised defense spending by 20% in real terms in 2025, reaching a combined $574 billion, citing the supposed ‘Russian threat’. Moscow has dismissed speculation that it plans to attack NATO countries as “nonsense.”
Turning to Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russian cities, Putin said the strikes on civilian infrastructure are designed “to rock society” rather than achieve military aims.
“When the whole West is working for them, with this huge flow of drones, [the aim is] to create doubt in the actions of the Russian Armed Forces,” he said.
Putin noted, however, that European nations are still reluctant to launch strikes on Russia from their own territory because “they understand that there will be retaliation.”
Putin’s comments came as Ukraine continues to carry out long-range strikes deep into Russia, which often lead to civilian casualties.
Last week, Kiev launched a drone raid on Moscow – the largest in two years – with Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reporting the destruction of 194 drones.
The attack damaged an oil refinery, a shopping center, and several residential buildings, with more than a dozen people injured.
https://www.rt.com/russia/642018-west-gearing-war-russia-putin/
extra RT
https://www.rt.com/russia/641998-suicide-bomb-plot-pyatigorsk/
https://www.rt.com/russia/642011-explosive-drone-found-estonia-ukraine/
https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/642022-russian-director-added-ukraine-kill-list/
Wonder if there's a catalog or something, somewhere out there with all the various craft and stations and whatnot?
A “fiery” night over occupied Crimea: Ukraine’s drone forces logged a 60-target sweep
23/06/2026
Among other targets, the Unmanned Systems Forces now count 23 Russian air-defense assets destroyed this month, with two launchers, a radar, and an AA-gun added overnight.
A Ukrainian commander of the Army's drone branch has put an official tally on the overnight assault that monitoring channels flagged across occupied Crimea earlier on 23 June.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) said the strikes ran through air defenses, fuel sites, and three costly Russian drones on the ground. The count topped 60 targets.
Ukraine's middle-strike campaign, including stripping Russia of its air cover over the occupied territories, keeps widening, part of a push to destroy the Russian logistics in southern and eastern occupied parts of Ukraine and turn the Crimean peninsula into a logistical island.
"Moscow will go down in Crimea"
SBS commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi said: "Moscow will go down in Crimea. The SBS 'birds' will keep doing their part," he wrote.
He called the overnight assault a "fiery" night in the occupied peninsula. The strikes reached deep into Russian-held territory.
Air defenses, fuel, and drones on the list
The targets spanned occupied Crimea and the southern front. Brovdi counted four air-defense systems among them. SBS hit a Pantsir-S1 system, a Russian short-range air-defense vehicle, near Baherove.
It struck an S-300 launcher, part of a long-range missile system, and an anti-aircraft gun at Kurortne. Drones also hit a Nebo-U radar at Kerch.
The footage put SBS's June count of destroyed Russian air-defense assets at 23. The latest strikes added two launchers, a radar, and an anti-aircraft gun. Each loss further thins the cover Russia relies on over the peninsula.
The commander confirmed the strikes on the Kerch oil depot, a gas-distribution station, and an electrical substation.
Three Orion drones caught near Kerch
SBS destroyed three Russian Orion drones near Kerch, Brovdi said. The Orion is a reconnaissance-strike aircraft that carries guided bombs and small cruise missiles.
Footage confirmed one drone fully destroyed, likely as crews prepared it to fly, Militarnyi noted. The other two sat under camouflage nets.
That left it unclear whether they were real Orions or full-size decoys. Russia increasingly fields such decoys to waste Ukrainian strike drones.
Convoys and fuel across the occupied territories
SBS units also hit multiple Russian supply and fuel trucks.
They hit supply transport at Pryazovske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. More convoys went down across Crimea and four occupied oblasts.
A Russian drone-pilot training ground near Debaltseve was also hit.
Part of a wider assault
The drone strikes reported by Brovdi formed part of a broader overnight attack on Crimea, setting a Kerch power plant ablaze and blacking out much of the peninsula.
In the same push, the military intelligence hunted down the Russian supply trucks trying to enter Crimea from the north, while Ukraine's special forces also destroyed a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal.
Squeezing the crossings
Ukraine has battered the northern bridges to Crimea through June. It hit four bridges near the entrance on 11 June.
It struck the Chonhar road bridge and rail bridge, then the bridges at Chonhar and Armiansk on 15 and 20 June. On 20 June, the drone force also struck Crimea's gas infrastructure.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/23/a-fiery-night-over-occupied-crimea-ukraines-drone-forces-logged-a-60-target-sweep/
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraines-special-forces-destroy-strategic-crimean-rail-bridge-in-two-phase-drone-attack-video-20097
other Russia and mostly Ukraine
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/23/ukraine-approves-first-nato-standard-drone-control-system/
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4136820-russians-strike-odesa-with-drones-woman-killed-on-coast.html
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-hit-three-banderol-missile-carrying-orion-drones-in-occupied-crimea-20079
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/78803
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-06-23/live-updates-900205
other Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-hit-hezbollah-operatives-in-lebanon-as-new-jerusalem-beirut-talks-begin-in-dc/
https://www.jfeed.com/news/idf-lebanon-operations-restrictions-ceasefire
https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/idf-strikes-hezbollah-terror-cell-in-southern-lebanon
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-claims-israel-violated-truce-by-firing-on-civilians-that-idf-says-were-gunmen/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/brig-gen-barak-hiram-enters-role-as-head-of-idfs-operations-division/
https://worldisraelnews.com/idf-warns-hezbollah-is-hunting-senior-commanders-with-advanced-surveillance/
https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rjpwwywgme
https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/technology-and-innovation/idf-technological-innovations-2026/
Live Updates: UN claims Israel targeted Gazan children, Israel-Lebanon talks begin in DC
June 23, 2026
Lebanon floats returning lost IAF pilot Ron Arad in Lebanese prisoner exchange • Iran says only it will control unfrozen assets • Israel smuggled Starlink systems into Iran, former PM Bennett says
June 23, 7:38 PM
Israel targeted Gaza children, resulting in genocide, UN inquiry claims
A UN-backed commission report accuses Israel of severe violations against Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank, prompting a strong Israeli rebuttal.
Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in “genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes” in Gaza, and “war crimes in the occupied West Bank,” a UN inquiry said on Tuesday.
The report by the “UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel” examined alleged violations against Palestinian children since the start of the Israel-Hamas War.
Around 30% of those killed in the Gaza war were children, the report alleges.
June 23, 7:38 PM
Israel-Lebanon negotiations resume in Washington after Hezbollah claims IDF violated ceasefire
Hezbollah claimed that the IDF "violated" the ceasefire, saying that soldiers opened fire with "automatic weapons towards a group of civilians" near Nabatiya at approximately 11:30 a.m.
The fifth round of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon opened on Tuesday in Washington, with the talks centered on creating "pilot areas" where Israeli forces would withdraw in order for the Lebanese army to prove its ability to disarm Hezbollah.
Just before the talks began, Hezbollah claimed that the IDF "violated" the ceasefire, saying that soldiers opened fire with "automatic weapons towards a group of civilians" near Nabatiya at approximately 11:30 a.m.
It called the alleged incident "treacherous" and claimed that two civilians were killed, and two more were injured.
June 23, 7:38 PM
'Only Iran will control its unfrozen assets,' Iranian envoy says
Iran is the only country to control its own assets when unfrozen, and any claim of influence by another is flatly rejected, Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, said on Tuesday
Iran alone will decide how to use assets that are unfrozen under a deal with the United States, an Iranian envoy said on Tuesday, denying Washington would have any control over the funds or that they must be used to buy US commodities.
The US waived sanctions on Iran for 60 days from Monday after the talks in Switzerland on turning an interim deal into a lasting peace agreement. Frozen Iranian assets worth about $12 billion are expected to be released under the initial accord.
June 23, 7:38 PM
Return of Ron Arad's remains could be discussed in Israel-Lebanon DC talks - report
Arad was an Israeli pilot captured by the Lebanese Shi’ite group Amal in 1986, with Israel losing track of his whereabouts in 1988.
Israeli and Lebanese negotiators are discussing returning the remains of missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad in exchange for Lebanese prisoners, Lebanese media reported on Tuesday.
The news about Arad's possible return comes as Israel and Lebanon enter the fifth round of talks in the United States, which will be centered on creating "pilot areas" where Israeli forces would withdraw in order for the Lebanese army to prove its ability to disarm Hezbollah.
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June 23, 7:38 PM
Israel smuggled Starlink systems into Iran, former PM Bennett says
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said Israel smuggled Starlink internet receivers into Iran to help anti-government protesters, but claimed the effort was later halted by the current government.
Israel smuggled Starlink internet receivers into Iran to help anti-government protesters, former prime minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday.
However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government failed to follow through on the plans, Bennett added.
Bennett told an audience at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem that he had initiated a "process of acquiring and smuggling into Iran tens of thousands of Starlink receptors that would allow continuity of the internet and social networks."
June 23, 6:14 PM
US-Lebanon-Iran ceasefire plans discussed between Vance, Rubio, Aoun
US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in a call on Tuesday that the US was following up on understandings reached in Switzerland, including plans to consolidate a ceasefire in Lebanon.
The statement, issued as Lebanon and Israel began a new round of talks in Washington, added that arrangements for a mechanism to firm up the ceasefire and monitor its implementation were still being discussed.
June 23, 5:47 PM
IDF, Shin Bet arrest 19 in large-scale counterterrorism operation in West Bank
A large-scale counterterrorism operation was launched in the area of Bethlehem overnight on Tuesday, the IDF, Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet), and Israel Police announced in a joint statement.
Security forces searched approximately 50 structures and apprehended 19 wanted individuals, including arms dealers. An M-16 rifle, weapons parts, and ammunition were seized during the operation, according to the military.
In a separate, parallel operation in the Tulkarm area, two wanted individuals were detained and two pistols were confiscated, according to the statement.
June 23, 5:13 PM
Morocco, Albania, and Greece join Gaza International Stabilization Force for Phase II peacekeeping
A small number of Moroccan planning officers have already arrived to take part in discussions related to the future International Stabilization Force for Gaza (ISF).
Morocco, Albania, and Greece will join the International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza, which will handle peacekeeping operations during the Trump administration's Phase II of the ceasefire, the Jerusalem Post has learned.
There is still no specific information on the timing of deployments to the three new countries, but by mid-January, reports indicated that Morocco would team up with Indonesia as the two largest peacekeeping forces.
June 23, 5:13 PM
IDF fires upon Hezbollah terrorists crossing into Buffer Zone
IDF soldiers fired at Hezbollah terrorists who crossed into the Lebanon Buffer Zone while wearing civilian cover in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area on Tuesday, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
The terrorists arrived riding a bulldozer and a motorcycle, approached the soldiers' positions, and refused to comply with the soldiers' calls to disperse, prompting fire from the IDF, the military said.
June 23, 3:56 PM
Trump claims record 19 million barrels cross through Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump said that the Strait of Hormuz had fully opened and that oil prices were falling sharply on Tuesday.
“19 Millions Barrels of Oil flowed out of the Hormuz Strait yesterday [Monday], an all time RECORD. Oil prices are tumbling down, and the World is a much safer place!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
Iranian military sources disputed the claim, telling Fars News that vessel movement through the strait remains limited and conditional depending on circumstances, according to reports published Tuesday.
The comments come amid earlier reports suggesting restrictions or a closure of the waterway, following what Iranian-linked sources described as “hostile actions by Israel and alleged U.S. violations of a ceasefire agreement.”
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Drone strikes target Kordofan infrastructure, disrupt services, UN says
23 June 2026
(UNITED NATIONS) – Escalating violence and drone attacks in and around the North Kordofan state capital of El Obeid have put civilians at risk and severely disrupted essential services, a United Nations spokesperson said.
Between Thursday and Sunday, drone strikes reportedly targeted multiple locations in El Obeid, including a power substation and a fuel station, according to U.N. Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric during a press briefing on Monday.
The local medical group Sudan Doctors Network reported that the attacks forced the closure of several medical facilities in the city, including a dialysis centre. The strikes also caused water stations to shut down, further cutting off essential services for residents.
Elsewhere in North Kordofan, local sources said two key bridges south of Um Ruwaba were targeted by drones on Monday.
The bridges sit along the main road connecting North Kordofan and South Kordofan. Despite the damage, humanitarian partners reported that movement along the corridor remained possible.
Additional drone attacks were reported on Monday in the city of Ar Rahad, located southeast of El Obeid along a key highway. Recent days have also seen drone strikes in North Darfur and White Nile states, causing civilian casualties and infrastructure damage.
Meanwhile, in nearby West Kordofan, a cholera outbreak continues to worsen. The UN attributed the spike to limited humanitarian access, insecurity, ongoing displacement, and a lack of safe drinking water and sanitation.
The U.N. and its partners have supported the provision of cholera treatments, supplied medical materials, and established treatment centres in the state, alongside running awareness campaigns.
Dujarric reiterated calls for all warring parties to uphold international humanitarian and human rights law, protect civilians and infrastructure, and facilitate unhindered humanitarian aid.
https://sudantribune.com/article/315405
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/real-alien-sht-downed-us-pilot-describes-advanced-iranian-drone-network/
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/23/politics/iran-drones-f-15-pilot-intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0K1MA_ohM
‘Real Alien Sh*t’: Downed US Pilot Describes Advanced Iranian Drone Network
June 23, 2026
A downed US fighter pilot described a coordinated Iranian drone formation, triggering intense debate within intelligence circles.
Key Takeaways
A US F-15 pilot shot down over Iran reportedly told investigators he observed multiple interconnected drones moving as one.
The account sparked what CNN described as a “firestorm of debate” within the US intelligence community.
Officials remain divided over whether the pilot witnessed a previously unknown Iranian drone capability or misinterpreted events during combat.
‘Real Alien Sh*t’
The pilot of a US fighter jet shot down over Iran during the war described an unusual and potentially significant Iranian drone formation moments before ejecting from his aircraft, according to a CNN report citing four sources familiar with the matter.
The account, shared during a post-rescue intelligence debriefing, immediately attracted attention among US intelligence officials because of what it could suggest about Iran’s evolving drone warfare capabilities.
According to CNN, the F-15 pilot reported seeing multiple Iranian drones operating together in a coordinated formation that resembled a jellyfish.
“Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs,” one source familiar with the pilot’s account told CNN.
The source reportedly added: “Real alien sh*t.”
Another source said the pilot described witnessing a “minefield of drones” suspended in the air.
According to CNN, the account “immediately set off a firestorm of debate within the US intelligence community that has yet to be resolved.”
Shot Down over Iran
The incident occurred in April during the war between the United States and Iran.
CNN reported that the F-15 was carrying both a pilot and a weapons systems officer when it was shot down, marking the first known loss of a US aircraft over Iranian territory during the conflict.
US forces launched an immediate rescue operation.
The pilot was recovered several hours after ejecting from the aircraft. The weapons systems officer reportedly avoided capture in mountainous terrain for more than a day before being rescued.
CNN also reported that an A-10 aircraft was lost during the rescue effort, though that pilot successfully ejected outside Iranian airspace.
The exact circumstances behind the F-15’s destruction remain under investigation. However, CNN reported that early assessments explored whether the unusual drone formation may have contributed to the successful shootdown.
According to two sources cited by the network, “it was possible the drone formation had in some way enabled Iran to shoot down the American jet.”
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‘Mirage in the Desert’
The pilot’s testimony quickly became the focus of intense discussions among intelligence officials.
According to CNN, analysts struggled to determine whether the pilot had observed a genuine breakthrough in Iranian military technology, an experimental capability or something else entirely.
The questions were complicated by the pilot’s condition following the crash.
CNN reported that he suffered a concussion during the incident and that this was reportedly the second time he had been shot down during the war.
According to two sources, the same pilot had previously survived a friendly-fire incident involving Kuwaiti forces earlier in the conflict.
As investigators examined the account, intelligence officials reportedly challenged the pilot directly.
“The intelligence officials conducting the debrief said something to the effect of: ‘Are you sure you saw what you are saying you saw?’” one source told CNN.
The network reported that officials debated whether the pilot had witnessed “a mature capability that US intelligence wasn’t aware of,” “a beta test,” or even “a mirage in the desert.”
Fears of a New Drone Capability
According to CNN, the technical concept most closely matching the pilot’s description is known as “one-to-many meshed networking.”
The technology allows multiple drones to communicate with one another and operate collectively rather than functioning as separate systems.
While drone swarms have become increasingly important in modern warfare, CNN reported that US intelligence agencies had not previously assessed Iran as possessing the specific capability described by the pilot.
The report nevertheless notes that US officials have tracked indications that Iran has received assistance from both Russia and China in developing advanced drone technologies.
According to sources cited by CNN, Russia and China are believed to possess similar capabilities.
If confirmed, such technology could significantly enhance Iran’s already extensive drone arsenal, allowing coordinated attacks, shared targeting information and greater battlefield resilience.
The implications concern US military planners because Iran relied heavily on drones throughout the conflict against American, Israeli and Gulf forces.
A Serious Military Challenge
Experts interviewed by CNN warned that a mature drone networking capability could represent a major challenge for conventional military forces.
Emma Bates, a specialist in drone warfare and defense modernization, said the ability of multiple drones to coordinate autonomously would dramatically increase their effectiveness.
“We will spend huge, huge dollars, like a lot of blood and treasure, protecting ourselves from something that can coordinate like that,” Bates told CNN.
She described a scenario in which interconnected drones could maintain formations, preserve reserve capabilities and continue attacking after an initial strike.
“If it can coordinate itself into a recognizable shape and maintain that shape, and if it’s got explosives on board, and if it is holding resources in reserve to attack whatever the first volley didn’t destroy – that’s a very capable approach,” Bates said, according to CNN.
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Sacramento sheriff’s video shows drone being used to retrieve man’s knife during a standoff
Updated: 7:00 PM PDT Jun 22, 2026
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office on Monday released video footage showing deputies using a drone to disarm a wanted parolee during a standoff last week.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said the man, identified as 30-year-old Austin Carter, was inside a home Thursday in the 4700 block of Goya Parkway, east of Franklin Boulevard.
SWAT deputies surrounded the home and nearby residents were evacuated out of an abundance of caution, the sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office said deputies tried to arrest the wanted parolee, but he ran inside and hid in the garage.
Police used a robot dog, a police K-9, and a drone to assist their efforts.
The newly released footage shows a drone with a magnet attached to it flying into a home and pulling a knife from the man’s hand. He does not appear to resist the effort.
Sgt. Edward Igoe with the sheriff’s office said Carter is a registered sex offender with a violent criminal history who had been involved in previous barricade incidents.
The drone was deployed because Carter was earlier seen with a firearm and had not responded to negotiators while in the garage.
“They realized, oh, he's not moving, he's unconscious, but he's still armed with a knife. He still had it actively in his hand,” Tom Lee, drone pilot and deputy with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, said.
"We determined with the drones that he was still alive. He was still breathing. And the aspect of going in there with a deputy seemed too dangerous."
So, they tried something they never have before.
"One of our SWAT guys mentioned, hey, can we try throwing a magnet on the drone to see if it would work? And they grabbed one of their magnets they had from the vehicle, and we attached it to the drone.
And I was able to get in there and fly and attach it to the knife and get it out of there,” Lee said.
"Ultimately, he did reanimate after his copious use of drugs, and we continued to try to talk him out. But now at least he no longer had the knife in his hand.
Because of that, we were able to send in a K-9. K-9 Bo was able to go in and successfully apprehend him. And none of our personnel were injured,” Igoe said.
Igoe said he doesn’t see this kind of scenario happening ever again, but that they'll always look for creative solutions in difficult situations.
“In this case, since he was immobile, why not use a drone, get in there, reduce the risk,” Lee said.
KCRA 3 footage on Thursday showed him ultimately being dragged by deputies while being arrested outside of the home.
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-sheriff-video-drone-knife-standoff/71664658
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBXfXCsjbM
Brazil’s Emergency Alien Invasion Alert and Predicted World Cup UFO Abduction
June 23, 2026
In the late evening and early morning of June 20/21, millions of Brazilians began receiving “extreme alerts” (alerta extremo) from their Civil Defense (Defesa Civil) which is run by the National System of Civil Protection and Disaster that integrates federal, state, and municipal agencies to respond to natural disasters.
The messages varied and many were cryptic phrases using the word “misantropi”, which translates as misanthropy – hatred for humanity.
Others got the same message with the word misantropi but also had additional information about an alien invasion. https://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2026/06/20/memes-alerta-extremo-defesa-civil.ghtml
The residents of Belo Horizonte, a city of 2.4 million in the state of Minas Gerais (MG) got an emergency alert that spoke about an alien invasion and the need to protect themselves.:
“Protect yourselves: ALIEN ATTACK, PEOPLE, WE HAVE ARRIVED.” https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ufo-panic-in-brazil-hackers-send-fake-emergency-1781996457.html
Brazilian officials said the alerts were a result of hackers and dismissed them as a prank.
According to a popular Brazilian psychic and extraterrestrial contactee Vidente Vó Bahiana with 23 million Instagram followers, the emergency alerts were no hack.
She said that the messages were sent by extraterrestrials (Gray and Reptilians) who are warning humanity of what’s to come.
More signals are on the way, according to Vidente before the mass sighting and abduction of 700 people involving an ET mothership she was told would happen on June 24 at Brazil’s World Cup match with Scotland in Miami.
Her World Cup prediction had gone viral before the emergency alerts had been sent.
Vó Bahiana said the premonition came to her in a dream, where she saw a giant spacecraft descend onto the pitch at Hard Rock Stadium.
She claims extraterrestrials will swoop onto the pitch and abduct up to 700 people including fans, workers – and even players from the national team….
In videos shared on social media, Bahiana urged people to stay away from the stadium, warning: “Do not go to the stadium in Miami on June 24, 2026. Stay away.”
She claims a spacecraft carrying more than 100 aliens lands directly on the field before “over 700 people” are taken away.
Bahiana also warned a second fleet of ETs would arrive shortly afterwards to abduct even more bystanders.https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/brazilian-psychic-predicts-alien-abduction-37321839
Could UFOs show up at a major football event as Vidente predicted? Actually, a mass UFO sighting at a soccer event has happened before. In Italy on 27 October 1954, a mass UFO sighting occurred at a soccer match between rival clubs in Florence.
In an October 24 2014, news report titled, “The Day UFOs stopped play,” the BBC wrote:
Sixty years ago a football match ground to a halt when unidentified flying objects were spotted above a stadium in Florence. Did aliens come to earth? If not, what were they? …
“They were moving very fast and then they just stopped. It all lasted a couple of minutes. I would like to describe them as being like Cuban cigars. They just reminded me of Cuban cigars, in the way they looked.” Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29342407
Conclusion
My conclusion after reviewing all the evidence is that regressive ETs are trying to initiate global events that will help their Deep State/Legacy UFO partners by getting humanity to collectively manifest an event that would be the start of Project Bluebeam which was first revealed in 1996 by the French-Canadian journalist, Serge Monast.
This fake alien invasion has been done many times on other worlds, according to a US Army veteran, Jason Rice, who removed himself from public life after being harassed and threatened with lawsuits after coming forward about his “20 and back” in a secret space program that was part of a “Dark Fleet” (aka Nachtwaffen) controlled by Antarctica-based Germans.
Rice said that the Germans and their Draco Reptilian masters would orchestrate fake alien invasions by manipulating human-controlled worlds in other solar systems.
The goal was to manipulate the public so they would collectively manifest the very alien invasion they so feared by militarily preparing for the invasion.
Rice underwent a polygraph test the results of which showed he was not lying about his extraordinary SSP claims.
https://exopolitics.org/did-trumps-uncle-tell-him-about-missing-tesla-papers-flying-saucers/
https://x.com/TubeSpirit/status/2068619632034848777
https://x.com/TubeSpirit/status/2069503327272870083
https://x.com/PaladinRood/status/2069420960927670637
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEES43KaLVI
https://x.com/Jordan_Sather_/status/2069179663604412895
https://exopolitics.org/did-trumps-uncle-tell-him-about-missing-tesla-papers-flying-saucers/
https://x.com/MIT/status/2062626833955197171
https://www.unrevealedfiles.com/nikola-tesla-and-the-barron-trump-time-travel-mystery/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScVP2MDuQWQ (Donald Trump, Nikola Tesla, and the Secret Papers: What Was Hidden?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwxNTGpM1cQ (Stan Deyo Interviews President Donald Trump's uncle Professor John Trump)
Did Trump’s Uncle Tell Him about Missing Tesla Papers & Flying Saucers?
November 5, 2018
President Donald Trump’s uncle, John G. Trump, was a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1936 until his retirement in 1973.
It is well known that declassified documents confirm that in January 1943 Professor Trump was called upon by the FBI to evaluate the personal papers of Nikola Tesla just over a week after his death.
What is not well known is that there is also a leaked classified document that also connects Professor Trump to another famous event in US history – the crash of a flying saucer at Roswell in 1947.
According to a memorial tribute published by the National Academy of Engineering, John Trump joined MIT to work with Professor Robert J. Van de Graaff, who was a pioneer in “the new field of super-high voltage generation and applications.”
After gaining a Doctorate under Van de Graaff in 1933, Trump went on to become an assistant professor in 1936, and a full professor in 1952 at MIT.
According to the memorial tribute:
John Trump had two main interests: the insulation of super-high voltages in vacuum and compressed gases and the biological applications of high voltage radiation.
During World War II, Trump worked on microwave radar at MIT’s Radiation Lab, where he served as “field services director”, and also was posted to the British branch of the Radiation Lab where he worked directly with General Dwight D. Eisenhower:
In 1944, he was named director of the lab and given the responsibility of working directly with the Eisenhower Military Command. At the liberation of Paris, Trump rode into the city with General Eisenhower and immediately began to set up the Paris branch of the Radiation Lab.
Trump’s expertise with high voltages and radiation was widely acknowledged by U.S. authorities, and he also was very familiar with the requirements for working in classified government programs.
In 1943, he played a major role in the examination of Nikola Tesla’s personal papers that were acquired by the FBI/Office Alien Property Custodian soon after Tesla’s January 13 death. An FBI document included Trump among the scientists and experts investigating Tesla’s papers:
Tesla was the author of over 200 patents granted worldwide, and made numerous claims about building death rays and electrostatic walls of energy that could protect any country from attack.
Among Tesla’s inventions was a revolutionary disc shaped aircraft – a flying saucer – which he allegedly filed a patent application for in the early 1900’s, but it was not granted on national security grounds.
Apparently, Tesla planned for his flying saucer to be remotely powered by a “world wireless system” which he first discussed in a March 5, 1904 paper titled: “The Transmission of Electric Energy Without Wires”. Tesla wrote:
Not only was it practicable to send telegraphic messages to any distance without wires, as I recognized long ago, but also to impress upon the entire globe the faint modulations of the human voice, far more still, to transmit power, in unlimited amounts, to any terrestrial distance and almost without loss…
Tesla went on to describe how his “world wireless system” would be powered by devices similar to his legendary Wardenclyff Tower, which would be eventually capable of generating huge electrostatic charges that surpassed that found in lightning bolts:
It is difficult to form an adequate idea of the marvelous power of this unique appliance, by the aid of which the globe will be transformed.
The electromagnetic radiations being reduced to an insignificant quantity, and proper conditions of resonance maintained, the circuit acts like an immense pendulum, storing indefinitely the energy of the primary exciting impulses and impressions upon the earth of the primary exciting impulses and impressions upon the earth and its conducting atmosphere uniform harmonic oscillations of intensities which, as actual tests have shown, may be pushed so far as to surpass those attained in the natural displays of static electricity.
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Tesla’s proposal of building a “world wireless system” that could power any remote device, including his proposed flying saucer, was certainly revolutionary.
What is critical here is that his proposal for building devices capable of generating huge electrostatic charges was the precise topic that Professor Trump had specialized in at MIT with his work on Van de Graaff generators!
So did Tesla really design a flying saucer that would be powered by a some kind of Van de Graaff generator?
A New York inventor, Otis Carr, claims that he befriended Tesla in 1937 while Tesla was living at the New Yorker Hotel, and was instructed by Tesla on how to build a flying saucer that would be powered by an electrical generator.
Over a decade later, Carr succeeded in getting a patent for his revolutionary flying saucer craft, which he called an amusement park device in order to get it approved by the US Trade and Patent Office.
After raising private funding to build his OTC-XI, he successfully tested his flying saucer in 1961. According to one of Carr’s former employees, Ralph Ring, the saucer incorporated high voltage machines for its propulsion and navigation systems.
Unfortunately, Ring also told of how Carr’s manufacturing facility was raided and closed down by Federal agents on bogus charges of securities fraud.
If Carr and Ring are to be believed, a civilian spacecraft based on Nikola Tesla’s ideas and inventions was successfully built and tested in 1961. Were any of Tesla’s ideas on building a flying saucer device found in his personal papers after his death?
An article in the New Yorker, described Trump’s role in evaluating Tesla’s papers:
Trump was involved in radar research for the Allies in the Second World War, and in 1943 the F.B.I. had enough faith in his technical ability and his discretion to call him in when Nikola Tesla died in his room at the New Yorker Hotel, in Manhattan, raising the question of whether enemy agents might have had a chance to learn some of his secrets before the body was found.
(One fear was that Tesla was working on a “death ray.”) As Margaret Cheney and Robert Uth recount in “Tesla, Master of Lightning,”
Professor Trump examined Tesla’s papers and equipment, and wrote a report for the FBI stating nothing of national security significance was found within them:
As a result of this examination, it is my considered opinion that there exist among Dr. Tesla’s papers and possessions no scientific notes, descriptions of hitherto unrevealed methods or devices, or actual apparatus which could be of significant value to this country or which constitute a hazard in unfriendly hands. I can therefore see no technical or military reason why further custody of the property should be retained.
Professor Trump went on to give his conclusion about the importance of Tesla’s work over the prior 15 years:
It should be no discredit to this distinguished engineer and scientists whose solid contributions to the electrical art were made at the beginning of the present century to report that his thoughts and efforts during at least the past fifteen years were primarily of a speculative, philosophical, and somewhat promotional character – often concerned with the production and wireless transmission of power – but did not include new sound, workable principles or methods for realizing such results.
Trump did not appear to be impressed by Tesla’s background or what had been found in the latter’s papers when it came to its potential war application.
Given Tesla’s claims and what numerous researchers have discovered about his revolutionary ideas, this appears odd.
Either Trump found nothing of importance as he reported to the FBI, or he was instructed by higher military authorities to cover up the true significance of Tesla’s papers in his report to the FBI.
According to Margaret Cheney, author of Tesla: Man Out of Time, some of Tesla’s documents, inventions and patents applications were seized by FBI agents and never released into the public arena.
If Cheney is correct, then John Trump did find items of importance among Tesla’s collection that were taken and have been kept secret from the public to the present day.
Despite the controversy over what was retrieved from Tesla’s collection, it is clear that he worked on developing revolutionary technologies, some of which are relevant to flying saucer propulsion systems. Otis Carr’s claims directly connect Tesla to such exotic propulsion technologies.
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The relevance of all this is that John Trump was the man the FBI wanted to help them decide whether Tesla’s personal papers contained revolutionary technologies that were vital to national security or not.
Essentially, the FBI viewed Trump as the expert who could make the necessary recommendations on the revolutionary technologies, some of which concerned flying saucers, which the FBI and the US military was secretly studying from what had been retrieved at Roswell and other crash sites.
A little known historical fact is that Van de Graaff generators, which Professor John Trump specialized in at MIT, were a key component of flying saucer research being secretly conducted in Nazi Germany.
According to Vladimir Terziski, an electrical engineer who was a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences before emigrating to the US, Van de Graaff machines were part of the propulsion system for different flying saucer prototypes being developed by Nazi Germany.
Terziski explained that Vril and Haunebu models possessed an electro-gravitics propulsion system called Thule-Tachyonator drives.
These were first developed in 1939 by a Nazi SS development unit which incorporated Van de Graaff generators, as learned from SS documents acquired and released by Terziski after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact:
This group developed by 1939 a revolutionary electro-magnetic-gravitic engine which improved Hans Coler’s free energy machine into an energy Konverter coupled to a Van De Graaff band generator and Marconi vortex dynamo [a spherical tank of mercury] to create powerful rotating electromagnetic fields that affected gravity and reduced mass. It was designated the Thule … [Tachyonator-7 drive] and was to be installed into a Thule designed disc.
If Trump’s expertise on Van de Graaff generators led to him learning about the propulsion systems used in flying saucer research, is there any documentary evidence linking Professor Trump to US government’s research and development in this regard?
Indeed, there is. A Majestic document called the “White Hot Report” was given a “High Level of Authenticity” rating by Dr Robert Wood and Ryan Wood, who specialize in researching and authenticating leaked government and military documents given MAJIC and similar level security classifications.
The leaked Majestic document concerns a report by then Major General Nathan Twining about the need to set up a permanent committee to evaluate the Roswell UFO Crash given the many vital national security issues surrounding the visitation of extraterrestrial life and their advanced technologies.
The White Hot Report describes a list of scientific institutions involved in the study of such extraterrestrial artifacts. Prominently listed among them is MIT.
This is a stunning discovery since it directly links the institution where Professor Trump worked, with secret government studies of the Roswell UFO Crash.
Given Trump’s expertise in high voltage radiation and Van de Graaff generators, his 1943 role in evaluating Tesla’s personal papers and work for classified US government programs during World War II, it is reasonable to conclude that Trump was almost certainly among the MIT experts consulted about the revolutionary technologies found at Roswell.
Trump was likely also very familiar with top secret research and development efforts by US authorities to develop flying saucer technologies for a future space program due to his expertise on Van de Graff generators – a vital component of flying saucer propulsion systems.
The big question is, did Professor Trump pass any of this amazing information to his nephew, Donald?
John Trump died in 1985, at age 78, when Donald was 39, and at the time a successful real estate magnate who was often giving interviews to major media outlets.
Trump first mentioned his uncle in a 1984 New York Times profile where he said that they first began to talk about physics and nuclear disarmament 15 years earlier.
Donald was around 23 at the time and had a year earlier (May 1968) graduated from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Science in economics.
The New York Times explained the influence his uncle had on Trump about nuclear disarmament:
[Donald Trump] says that his concern for nuclear holocaust is not one that popped into his mind during any recent made-of-television movie. He says that it has been troubling him since his uncle, a nuclear physicist, began talking to him about it 15 years ago.
At a June 12 2018 press conference, after his meeting with North Korean’s leader, Kim Jong-Un, President Trump spoke about his uncle and how he had helped shape his views on the importance of nuclear disarmament:
I used to discuss nuclear with him all the time … He was a great expert, he was a great brilliant genius.
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Trump’s references to his uncle John, shows how influential he had been in shaping his views on nuclear disarmament and other advanced science topics.
Could some of these discussions have covered inventions developed by Nikola Tesla and technologies retrieved from the Roswell UFO crash?
There are two actions taken by Trump during and after his Presidential inauguration that suggest that Tesla’s inventions and the Roswell UFO crash were among the subjects he and his uncle had privately discussed.
During his inauguration speech, Trump said:
We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.
Trump is here clearly alluding to some revolutionary technologies that his administration plans to release, which will transform the health, transportation and space industries.
Trump issued a Top Secret Memorandum a day or so after his inauguration speech dealing with such revolutionary technologies, according to secret space program insider Corey Goode whose testimony has featured in the best selling documentary, Above Majestic.
Essentially, Trump demanded that the intelligence community revoke their secrecy orders on a thousand of the then 5,680 patent applications that were being held up. He allegedly told them to do so within a two-year period.
It’s quite possible that some of the confiscated Tesla’s papers included patent applications that would be among those that had been held up by the intelligence community, and perhaps even include his alleged flying saucer device that would be remotely powered by a worldwide wireless system. According to the Federation of American Scientists, the number of patent applications held up by secrecy orders had increased to 5,784 by the end of 2017. If Trump had issued such a Memorandum, there is yet no sign it is being put into practice by the intelligence community.
This may be due to the intense behind the scenes battle between the Trump administration and the Deep State as I have covered in previous articles.
The second action suggesting his uncle had told him about Tesla’s inventions and the Roswell crash concerns President Trump’s proposal for a Space Force, despite objections by Congress and even the US military.
His proposal may well be driven by his knowledge that flying saucer technologies incorporating high voltage radiation and Van de Graaff machines found at Roswell, which his Uncle John had confidentially told him about, had been secretly developed and built decades ago for one or more secret space programs.
The idea that Trump knows of secret space programs and extraterrestrial life is strengthened by recent posts by the military intelligence group working with his administration, Q Anon, confirming their reality.
Most importantly, QAnon was signaling that the Trump administration has a full disclosure agenda. Trump’s desire for a Space Force appears to be part of a plan to wrest control of information concerning secret space programs and extraterrestrial life, away from the Deep State and transnational corporations.
If Trump succeeds in his plan to empower the Office of the President of United States to run such highly classified programs, then the revolutionary changes promised in his inauguration speech, may not be too far away at all.
If so, we may ultimately have John Trump to thank for inspiring his nephew at an early age about the existence of life changing health and transportation technologies connected to classified research of flying saucers, some of which originate dates back to the pioneering research of Nikola Tesla conducted over a century ago.
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Alien Invasion Phone Alert Hoax Exposes Emergency System Hack That Could Hit US WEA Network Next
23 June 2026, 10:18 AM BST
The FCC votes Thursday on a fix to the same flaw that just powered Brazil's 1:00 a.m. alien panic
A hacker who breached Brazil's national emergency alert system and pushed fake 'alien attack' warnings to millions of phones overnight has handed cybersecurity experts a working demonstration of a flaw the United States has known about for years.
The Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) network that buzzes every American smartphone with AMBER alerts, tornado warnings, and presidential messages uses the same trust-based architecture that just failed in Latin America's largest country.
How Brazil's Alert System Was Hijacked
The Civil Defense Alert platform began firing 'extreme alert' notifications shortly before midnight on 19 June, jolting residents in Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasília, and three other cities awake.
One message in Belo Horizonte read, 'ALIEN ATTACK, PEOPLE, WE HAVE ARRIVED'. Another in Rio carried garbled text built around the Portuguese word for 'misanthropy', spreading confusion before anyone could verify the source.
Brazil's National Civil Defense took the platform offline at 1: 30 a.m. Saturday and confirmed an 'unauthorised third party' had remotely triggered the alerts.
The Ministry of Integration and Regional Development handed the case to the Federal Police, who are working to identify the attacker.
The breach happened a week after the Pentagon's third release of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files on 12 June, a timing that fuelled viral speculation but masked the underlying security failure.
The US WEA System Has the Same Problem
The architecture Brazil used is not unique. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder demonstrated in 2019 that the Wireless Emergency Alert system could be spoofed using off-the-shelf software-defined radio equipment, with attacks reaching a 90% success rate inside a 16,859 square-metre building and hitting 49,300 of 50,000 seats inside an outdoor stadium.
The transmission from the cell tower to the phone has no digital signature, meaning a device cannot verify whether an alert is genuine.
That gap matters because every US cell phone receives WEA messages automatically. A fake 1:00 a.m. tornado warning, AMBER alert, or active-shooter notification reaching millions could spread panic before any correction reaches the public.
The January 2018 Hawaii ballistic missile false alarm, caused by a single employee selecting the wrong menu option, took 38 minutes to retract and left residents hiding in basements and bathtubs.
Officials at the time acknowledged the network had no automated way to reverse the broadcast.
FCC Vote on Cybersecurity Rules Lands Thursday
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to vote on 25 June on a sweeping cybersecurity package targeting both the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and WEA.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wrote in a 3 June blog post that the proposal would 'help protect against hijacking by cyber criminals and our nation's adversaries.'
The package would require authentication of all alerts before transmission, force broadcasters to change default passwords on EAS equipment, mandate firmware patches, and introduce a universal alert identification number to block duplicates.
The agency began drafting the rules after a string of hardware-based EAS hijackings in late 2025 and April 2026, when hackers broke into radio station transmission gear to inject fake audio.
Brazil's case extends that threat into the cellular layer, the part of the alert chain US officials have struggled to harden.
What Happens If the Fix Comes Too Late
Cybersecurity researchers behind the original Colorado study proposed a 64-byte digital signature solution that would let phones verify each alert.
Seven years later, no major US carrier has rolled it out. The fix requires coordination between mobile operators, federal regulators, and handset manufacturers, three groups rarely aligned on infrastructure spending.
For now, every WEA notification an American receives still arrives unsigned. If an attacker repeats Brazil's playbook on US soil, the next alert lighting up phones at 1:00 a.m. could come from anywhere.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hacker-exploits-brazil-alert-system-security-flaws-1804426
UAP Skepticism w/Dr. Michael Shermer
June 22, 2026
Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine and the host of the podcast “The Michael Shermer Show.”
Dr. Shermer was recently appointed to the newly formed White House UAP Science Advisory Council. For 30 years, Dr. Shermer taught college and university courses in critical thinking, and for 18 years, Dr. Shermer was a monthly columnist for Scientific American.
He is the author of eight New York Times bestsellers, including his new book Truth: What it is, How to Find it, Why it Still Matters.
Dr. Shermer received his B.A. in psychology from Pepperdine University, M.A. in experimental psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and his Ph.D. in the history of science from Claremont Graduate University.
He has been a college professor since 1979, also teaching at Occidental College, Glendale College, and Claremont Graduate University, where he taught a transdisciplinary course for Ph.D. students on Evolution, Economics, and the Brain.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/uap-skepticism-w-dr-michael-shermer/
https://cybernews.com/news/ufo-uap-shermer-loeb-grusch/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cef-KLIC9Y
https://x.com/michaelshermer
https://www.meer.com/en/107647-inside-nightcrawler-uaps-hunt-for-anomalies-in-the-sky
https://www.nightcrawlereyeonthesky.org/
Inside Nightcrawler UAP’s hunt for anomalies in the sky
23 June 2026
Independent researchers use mobile technology to track and analyze unexplained aerial phenomena
For centuries, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered what might be moving through the darkness above.
Today, that curiosity is evolving into something more rigorous. A growing number of researchers are no longer satisfied with speculation—they are building instruments, gathering data, and testing the skies themselves.
One of the most ambitious efforts comes from Nightcrawler UAP, a team based on Long Island that has developed a mobile laboratory designed to detect and analyze unidentified aerial phenomena using a suite of advanced sensors.
I recently spoke with John Tedesco, Gerry Tedesco, and Donna Lee Nardo about their work during a video podcast episode of All Things Unexplained.
While readers can watch the full conversation on YouTube, the discussion reveals a fascinating glimpse into how modern independent researchers are approaching one of the world’s most enduring mysteries.
From childhood curiosity to field research
The origins of Nightcrawler UAP stretch back long before the recent surge in government reports about unidentified aerial phenomena.
John and Gerry Tedesco say their interest in strange phenomena dates back to childhood, fueled by science fiction, curiosity about the universe, and a shared fascination with unexplained events.
But the idea for their mobile research platform came from something much more grounded.
Originally, the brothers were investigating potential electromagnetic influences related to cancer clusters on Long Island. Their plan was to build a mobile laboratory capable of measuring electromagnetic fields across the island.
When the U.S. government’s ODNI report on UAP encounters by military pilots was released, the project took on an entirely new dimension.
“We realized the platform we were building could also be used to investigate aerial anomalies,” Gerry explained.
The result was Nightcrawler, a heavily modified vehicle outfitted with radar systems, hyperspectral cameras, magnetometers, radio-frequency sensors, and multiple infrared imaging systems.
The current version—now the third iteration—is essentially a fully mobile sensor array capable of analyzing objects in the sky across multiple wavelengths.
A mobile laboratory for the sky
Unlike stationary observatories, Nightcrawler’s strength lies in mobility.
The platform enables researchers to deploy sophisticated equipment anywhere anomalies are reported, whether that’s along coastlines, in remote locations, or at temporary hotspots.
The system includes:
Multiple radar units are tracking targets both horizontally and vertically
Infrared imaging across several wavelength bands
Thermal cameras and hyperspectral imaging
Magnetometers and RF detectors
High-resolution optical cameras.
The equipment allows the team to examine objects from different observational angles simultaneously.
“We’re layering sensors,” John explained during the interview. “Each one covers a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum, so nothing overlaps and nothing gets missed.”
In practice, this means that an object appearing in visible light may behave very differently when observed through infrared or radar.
Eliminating the ordinary
One of the biggest challenges in UAP research is separating the mysterious from the mundane.
Planes, satellites, balloons, drones, and even ships on the horizon can create misleading observations.
Nightcrawler’s team uses multiple verification methods to rule out conventional explanations.
Their process includes:
Checking ADS-B transponder data to identify aircraft
Monitoring marine traffic systems to track ships
Measuring wind speeds to rule out drifting balloons
Using thermal imaging to identify engines and heat signatures
Cross-referencing radar data and camera imagery.
In other words, before something is considered anomalous, it must fail a long list of normal explanations.
“It’s a triage process,” Donna Lee said. “We eliminate the known first.”
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Unexpected discoveries
After years of field observations along Long Island’s coastline, the team has documented a range of unusual aerial phenomena.
Some of the objects appear as luminous spheres or “orbs.” Others exhibit more defined shapes, including polyhedral structures, cylindrical forms, and even triangular configurations.
One recurring feature is unusual light behavior.
Many objects display rapid color changes resembling a kaleidoscope, shifting between deep blues, reds, greens, and white light. Some appear to rotate while emitting or reflecting light in ways that do not match known aircraft.
Even more intriguing, certain objects seem to shift between different spectral ranges, appearing in infrared sensors while becoming invisible to the naked eye.
“Sometimes we see them in near-infrared, but they disappear in thermal,” John explained. “Other times, they move between spectral bands entirely.”
Radar and speed
One of the most striking observations captured by the team involved radar detection of a high-speed object.
During a field session, their radar tracked an object entering their detection field roughly six miles away and closing the distance in seconds.
Based on the timing of the radar reflections, the object was estimated to be traveling over Mach 2, or more than twice the speed of sound.
Yet no sonic boom was heard.
“That’s one of the reasons we classify it as anomalous,” Gerry said. “At that altitude and speed, you should hear it.”
The radar signature also suggested the object was solid and roughly the size of a small vehicle.
Lights above the water
Many of the team’s most compelling observations occur over the Atlantic Ocean.
The coastline provides a relatively dark observational environment compared with urban areas, and radar reflections from the open water are easier to isolate.
In one recorded event, a luminous spherical object hovered just above the ocean surface while rotating and varying its brightness. Radar confirmed the object’s presence, and infrared sensors captured additional nearby objects invisible to the naked eye.
Another observation showed three synchronized objects forming a triangular pattern, maintaining position against strong winds before disappearing in a flash of red light.
These events remain unexplained.
The hitchhiker effect
Perhaps the most unusual aspect of the research involves what some investigators call the “hitchhiker effect.”
This term refers to reports of strange experiences occurring after close interaction with unexplained phenomena.
Donna Lee described one such incident after a long night of fieldwork. While resting at home, she awoke to see a faint glowing sphere floating inside her room.
“It wasn’t frightening,” she recalled. “It felt more like it was observing me.” The orb disappeared within seconds.
While anecdotal, such reports have been documented in other investigations, including research connected to Skinwalker Ranch and various paranormal case studies.
What is really happening?
After years of collecting data, the Nightcrawler team remains cautious about drawing conclusions. They avoid labeling the phenomena prematurely.
Instead, they focus on documenting patterns, sensor signatures, and environmental conditions surrounding each observation.
Donna Lee summarized their position simply: “There’s clearly something happening. The question is what.”
Possibilities range from unknown atmospheric plasma phenomena to advanced technologies—or perhaps something entirely different.
For now, the Nightcrawler team continues scanning the skies. And thanks to independent researchers like them, the search for answers is no longer limited to government programs or military pilots.
Sometimes, the most important discoveries start with ordinary people simply looking up.
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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/arkansas-man-ufo-alien-encounters-1804470
https://x.com/Cortex_Zero/status/2069271284974788846
‘I Have Met Non-Human Intelligence in Public’ – Former UAP Task Force Analyst Says Hybrids Walk Among Us in Washington D.C. — and Congress Is About to Confirm It
June 23, 2026
They walk among us. That is the claim — and the person making it is not a fringe internet theorist or a late-night radio caller.
She is a former intelligence analyst with a background in astrophysics who served on the United States government's UAP Task Force, the very body stood up by the Pentagon to detect, analyze, and catalog unidentified aerial phenomena.
Her name is Sarah Gamm, and what she is now saying publicly — in an unscripted, street-side interview in the nation's capital — is the kind of statement that, until very recently, would have ended careers.
Today, with congressional UFO hearings, classified file drops, and a sitting congresswoman confirming another imminent release of entity-related government materials, it lands differently.
"There is a space where it is known for NHI to be present — they do look kind of similar to humans… there's quite a few around the area here in the DC Metro area where some NHI show up."
— Sarah Gamm, former UAP Task Force intelligence analyst
The specificity is what separates her account from the generalized speculation that dominates this space. She names a location. She names a population. She describes a perceptual mechanism. And she puts her name on it.
When asked to describe the nature of her encounter with what she believes was a non-human entity, Gamm's account becomes more detailed — and more unsettling.
"I first noticed the energy of the entity walking in before I even knew who they were or anything. I felt the energy first, and then I looked at what my body was reacting to."
— Sarah Gamm
This is not the language of a visual sighting. It is the language of a trained observer — one who also happens to claim experience as a psychic medium — describing a sensory and physiological response that preceded any cognitive identification. That distinction matters.
Gamm is not saying she saw something unusual and drew a conclusion. She is saying her body registered something her mind had not yet processed. When pressed further on the nature of that energy and the conclusion she drew from the encounter, she was explicit:
"My first thought — it was a hybrid, so it was part human and part NHI. I feel like my body kind of got rigid because it didn't know how to react, it didn't know what it was encountering."
— Sarah Gamm
The word she uses — hybrid — carries enormous weight in the UAP research community and, increasingly, in the halls of Congress. It implies not a being from another world passing through, but one that has, in some form, been integrated into this one.
Part human. Part something else. Capable of moving through public spaces in Washington D.C. without triggering alarm — until, apparently, someone with Gamm's particular perceptual training walks into the room.
Her contacts within the intelligence and UAP research communities, she says, have confirmed what she experienced: that non-human intelligences are present and living undetected in specific locations across the United States.
The D.C. Metro area, she asserts, is one of them.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONFIRMATION
Gamm's street-level disclosure does not exist in isolation.
Days before this report was filed, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna — one of the most outspoken members of Congress on UAP transparency — confirmed that another tranche of government UFO files is imminent, and that this release will be different from those that came before it.
The focus, she indicated, will be on the entities themselves.
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"There will be another UFO file drop in the next week. We have been told these are interdimensional, not extraterrestrial."
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)
The semantic shift Luna is describing — from extraterrestrial to interdimensional — is not a minor rhetorical adjustment. It is a fundamental reframing of the entire UAP disclosure project.
"Extraterrestrial" implies a physical origin point: another planet, another star system, a journey across measurable space. "Interdimensional" implies something far more difficult to contain, classify, or even conceptualize within existing scientific frameworks.
It suggests beings that do not travel to our world from afar, but that exist adjacent to it — accessible through dimensions of reality that conventional physics is only beginning to theorize about, and that may have been present here, alongside humanity, for far longer than anyone in an official capacity has been willing to state.
Luna elaborated on what witnesses have communicated directly to Congress: "Our witnesses have told us some very interesting things. They don't use the word extraterrestrial. They use interdimensional. And then look for the stuff for yourself and make your own conclusions."
That invitation — suggests that what is in these files is neither easily dismissed nor comfortably summarized. It is the language of a lawmaker who has seen enough to know that the public will need to process this for themselves.
ANCIENT ECHOES: THE BOOK OF ENOCH, NIMROD, AND GILGAMESH
Rep. Luna has made no secret of her belief that these entities may have a connection to the ancient religious and mythological record — specifically to the Book of Enoch, the pre-biblical text that describes the Watchers, a class of angelic or semi-divine beings who descended to Earth, took human companions, and produced a hybrid offspring known as the Nephilim. The parallels to what Gamm is describing — beings that are "part human and part NHI," present in physical locations, detectable through energetic means — are not subtle.
The figures of Nimrod and Gilgamesh, as referenced in biblical and Mesopotamian tradition, extend this thread further.
Gilgamesh, the Sumerian king-hero of the world's oldest known epic, is described in ancient texts as two-thirds divine and one-third human — a hybrid by the very definition now being applied to the beings Sarah Gamm says she encountered in a public space in Washington D.C. Nimrod, the biblical ruler described as a "mighty one" who sought to build a tower reaching into the heavens, has long been interpreted by scholars in both theological and alternative historical contexts as a figure whose power may have derived from a non-human lineage.
Whether one approaches these ancient accounts as literal history, as encoded memory of genuine pre-modern encounters, or as sophisticated mythological frameworks built to process experiences that defied ordinary categorization, their resonance with the current UAP disclosure trajectory is striking.
The question being asked in congressional briefings today — what are these beings, where do they come from, and how long have they been here — is, at its core, the same question the authors of the Book of Enoch were grappling with thousands of years ago.
The difference is that today, we may be weeks away from the government's official answer.
WHAT COMES NEXT
The anticipated war.gov/UFO file release, confirmed by Rep. Luna, is expected to contain materials focused on the entities themselves.
Samuel López is an investigative reporter covering national security, UAP disclosure, and emerging intelligence affairs for USA Herald.
All quotes attributed to Sarah Gamm are drawn from a publicly available video interview. Statements attributed to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna reflect her public on-record remarks.
USA Herald presents this report as a factual account of public claims and does not independently verify the existence of non-human entities.
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“Alien Bodies” Are In The Lab. Astrophysicist On UFOs, DMT & Life After Death | Neil deGrasse Tyson
Jun 23, 2026
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World-renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Author of Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter) returns to the Mayim Bialik's Breakdown studio for one of his most mind-bending conversations yet, covering UFOs, aliens, consciousness, near death experiences, secret government speculation, DMT entities, Antarctica’s hidden lakes, and what humanity may discover beyond Earth.
Neil reveals why he REFUSED an invitation to inspect an alleged alien body and explains what most people get wrong about extraterrestrials.
He shares his biggest problems with how aliens are portrayed in Hollywood, why alien life may not need to be silicon-based, and whether stories about reverse-engineered UFO technology (including theories involving the Wright Brothers) hold any scientific weight.
He also addresses the mysterious deaths and disappearances of U.S. scientists connected to nuclear research and aerospace programs, and whether any of it could realistically be tied to nonhuman intelligence, UAPs, or classified technology.
The conversation goes even deeper into consciousness and altered states.
We explore the controversial DMT laser protocol experiments and why so many experiencers report seeing the same “source code,” encountering entities, communicating with departed souls, or entering what feels like other dimensions.
Neil explains the scientific evidence he would require before accepting out-of-body experiences or near death experiences as real phenomena existing outside the brain.
He also reveals why he has never used drugs, why he does not believe consciousness survives bodily death, and breaks down his fascinating “3 varieties of truth” framework for understanding reality itself.
Plus:
What Neil deGrasse Tyson hopes humanity’s first contact with aliens would actually look like
How aliens & UFOs became mainstream cultural topics
Why he wanted to become part of the alien conversation
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Whether underground lakes beneath Antarctica could serve as models for icy alien oceans elsewhere in the solar system
Future of astrobiology, extraterrestrial discovery, & human understanding of consciousness
This is one of the deepest and most controversial discussions Neil deGrasse Tyson has ever had on aliens, UFOs, DMT, consciousness, near death experiences, and the search for life beyond Earth!
00:00 - Intro
03:25 - How Aliens Became Mainstream
06:39 - What it Would Take to Scientifically Prove Aliens
14:08 - Why UAPs Aren’t Automatically Aliens
18:19 - Hollywood Aliens & Physics
24:35 - Silicon Life & Chemistry
27:12 - Reverse Engineering & Coverups
37:14 - Why NDT Turned Down an Invite to See an Alien
46:03 - What's Going on with Missing Scientists?
1:02:56 - 3 Kinds of Truth
1:09:30 - NDT's Thoughts on Near Death Experiences
1:16:03 - Controversial DMT Laser Protocol Experiments
1:24:53 - Mysteries of Antarctic Underground Lakes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za4sAFXQOZk (Avi Loeb: Disclosure: A Galileo Moment?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huisLhr4hiM (Journey To Truth: Former Arizona Park Ranger Reveals Knowledge of Alien Base Under SEDONA!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1zH9pGOXM (ESETI: David Clements Part 3 the Great Wave and Dangers of AI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSHLR-FHvY (Could AI Discover The Primer That Will Unlock the Human Genome? Alex Jones and Billy Carson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nshX-5xjTlA (Why Files The Basement: Andrew Gallimore | DMT Didn't Take You Somewhere New — It Unlocked What's Always There)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq0LxXRPLI0 (William Henry: The New Jerusalem Is a Cube in the Sky)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz22fbe8yR4 (Timcast IRL: ITS HAPPENING)