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https://dronexl.co/2026/09/26/space-force-lasers-cape-canaveral-port-drone-flights/
https://www.twz.com/news-features/space-force-getting-lasers-to-kill-drones-over-cape-canaveral-spaceport
Space Force Adds Lasers at Cape Canaveral After 500 Port Drone Flights
September 26, 2026 · 13:18 ET
he U.S. Space Force is adding a directed-energy weapon to the counter-drone defenses at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Col. Brian Chatman, commander of Space Launch Delta 45, told Florida Today this month.
The laser joins sensor-fusion software called Lattice and a radio-frequency jamming system the Eastern Range began installing last winter.
Next door, Port Canaveral says it recorded more than 500 drone incursions in 2025, over cruise terminals that serve up to 60,000 passengers a day and over military and aerospace cargo.
Flying a drone over the port without written permission is already a third-degree felony under Florida law.
Cape Canaveral Adds a Laser to the Jamming It Began Installing in 2025
Space Launch Delta 45 announced a multimillion-dollar radio-frequency counter-drone system in December 2025, built to jam drones without disrupting civilian air traffic.
Chatman now says a directed-energy weapon that physically destroys drones will follow, alongside new equipment from the Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401.
The December system was the first step. Chatman told Breaking Defense it would give him coverage over the whole Cape instead of the pockets he had.
On September 18 he told Defense One that JIATF 401 would deliver new capability within weeks, because his radars track everything from a Cessna up but he needs to see “a 747 down to a quadcopter.”
Neither Chatman nor the task force would say what hardware is coming.
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Lattice is the software half. Chatman told Florida Today “we’re bringing on the Lattice system for tomorrow,” describing a platform that merges military radar and sensor feeds into one 3D picture to detect, track and respond to drones automatically.
The pressure behind all of this is launch tempo. The Cape flew 109 orbital launches in 2025, and Chatman has said the Eastern Range could handle upwards of 300 a year.
Directed energy near that much civilian traffic has a short and rocky domestic record (a Pentagon laser shot down a CBP drone near El Paso in February, and the FAA only cleared military anti-drone lasers in U.S. airspace in April).
Port Canaveral’s 500-Flight Count Launched a Federal Seaport Drone Bill
Port Canaveral’s 500 figure appeared in the July 1 announcement of H.R. 9229, the Seaport Security Act of 2026, which Rep. Jimmy Patronis introduced June 9 with Rep. Mike Haridopolos.
The announcement counts “incursions” without defining one or saying how many operators were identified.
Port Canaveral CEO Capt. John Murray has kept pressing the number.
At a recent Port Canaveral Commission meeting he listed nuclear submarines, space components and national security missions moving through the port, then described drones filming rockets from overhead:
“You shouldn’t be able to do that,” Murray said, according to Florida Today. The bill is less about penalties than the Florida Today column that revived the number suggests.
It would create controlled or restricted airspace below 400 feet (122 meters) over critical seaport areas and have the FAA and the Department of Homeland Security coordinate drone detection and mitigation at ports, with carve-outs for commercial, government and emergency flights, according to a statement from two Federal Maritime Commission commissioners backing it. It also sets civil and criminal penalties. Congress.gov shows it referred to the House Judiciary and Transportation and Infrastructure committees on June 9, with no action since.
Florida Already Makes Port Flights a Felony, and Local Police Can Now Mitigate
Florida’s felony statute for port drone flights, Section 330.41, punishes a pilot after the flight. Stopping a drone in the air takes federal authority, and since July 1 certified state and local police can hold it, jamming or downing drones under the SAFER SKIES Act rule.
The port’s drone page spells out the state side: Port Canaveral is designated critical infrastructure, and flying over its lands or waterways without written permission from the Canaveral Port Authority is a third-degree felony.
On the federal side, about 1,500 US agencies are expected to certify at the detection tier of the new rule within two years. A port authority is not a police department, though.
The American Association of Port Authorities told WorkBoat that the FAA’s proposed restricted-airspace framework, on its own, would give ports no new power to detect or disrupt drones.
The Space Coast Drone Cases in Court Were Tourists Flying DJI Mavics
Both Space Coast drone prosecutions the Florida Today column cites involved tourists with DJI drones. Xiao Guang Pan, a Chinese-born Canadian, got 12 months of probation and deportation in August 2025.
Xiaodong He, a Chinese national, pleaded guilty September 18 to a misdemeanor national defense airspace charge and awaits sentencing.
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These states are scrambling to become home to a US Space Academy
09/27/26 10:00 AM ET
Recently, the White House announced the establishment of a U.S. Space Academy. It is not a traditional service academy like West Point or Annapolis, as some graduates will go into the Space Force, while others will go to NASA or the civilian sector.
The exact framework of the proposed Space Academy is still a work in progress, where curriculum, the faculty, partnerships and, one supposes, even the name of the football team have yet to be determined.
A committee chaired by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will present a proposal within 120 days.
In the meantime, several U.S. states are scrambling to be selected as the site for the Space Academy. The states vying for it know that it will provide a great many construction jobs initially in addition to other jobs and economic benefit after the place is built.
According to Payload Space, the states would have to provide at least 300 acres with proximity to a NASA facility or an institution of higher learning, and be able to accommodate 1,200 students, eventually increasing to 4,000. Proposals are expected by Oct. 26.
Of the states that might become the site of the Space Academy, at least three would seem to be the front runners: Texas, Florida and Alabama. Each has an important NASA center along with a strong academic and commercial space presence.
Currently, Texas is exerting the maximum effort to attract the Space Academy. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has established a leadership team to formulate the state’s proposal.
State Rep. Greg Bonnen (R-Texas) is in charge of the effort that will include the Texas Space Commission. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Brian Babbin (R-Texas) issued a joint press release touting Texas as the site of the Space Academy.
“If America is going to build the world’s premier academy for space, Texas has all the right stuff — the talent, institutions, infrastructure, and experience to launch the next generation of American space leaders.”
It should be noted that Cruz is the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee and Babbin is the chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, which would have crucial roles in approving Space Academy legislation.
Other possibilities include Ohio, New Mexico, Mississippi, Louisiana, Maryland and California, all of which have NASA and/or military and commercial facilities that would be a good match for the Space Academy.
Ohio’s Gov. Mike Dewine (R) has formed a working group similar to Texas’s proposing Ohio as the site for the Space Academy.
Florida’s two senators are making a serious effort to attract the Space Academy to their state, filing legislation, working on a request for information response with Space Florida, and leading a bipartisan congressional delegation letter to the White House.
Alabama is making its case as well, with their own bipartisan congressional delegation letter to the White House touting their state.
Expect a lot of arguments over which state would be the best site, coupled with the usual backroom political wheeling and dealing.
Reaction to the Space Academy proposal is nearly universally positive, which is remarkable for a proposal coming from the Trump White House. However, one person is pleased to dissent.
According to Ars Technica, Lori Garver, the former deputy administrator of NASA during the Obama administration, has voiced some objections, not necessary to the concept of the Space Academy, but who gets to attend.
Garver points out that, since the Eisenhower administration, a bright line has been drawn between civilian space, as represented by NASA, and military space, as currently represented by the Space Force.
The reason was to contrast the way the United States does space with the way its enemies, such as the old Soviet Union during the Cold War, and China now pursue space activities.
The objection is not likely to be listened to, especially by the states squabbling to get the Space Academy prize.
It could be argued that the bifurcation Garver is defending is not only a relic of the Cold War, considering the increasing importance of space for national security, but often honored more in the breach than the observance, with military pilots serving as NASA astronauts and NASA itself undertaking military missions during the shuttle era.
The future of the American space program will likely involve joint efforts among NASA, other space agencies, the commercial sector and the Space Force.
The Space Force will provide security for the planned lunar base, for example. The U.S. Space Academy will be a great way to facilitate such cooperation.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/6112075-us-space-academy-site-bidding/
https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14
https://www.spacex.com/updates#orbital-starship
https://www.spacex.com/content/starship/holy-grail-of-rocketry
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2103537377239015827
SpaceX Starship Flight 14
September 28, 2026 05:15 - 06:30 PT
The 14th flight of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, September 28, pending regulatory approval. The 75-minute launch window will open at 7:15 a.m. CT.
The upcoming flight is planned to be the first to send Starship into orbit around Earth.
Flight tests until this point have intentionally flown passively safe suborbital trajectories to maximize public safety while allowing for maximum learning. By going to orbit, the next phase of developing Starship to be fully and rapidly reusable can begin.
This will also mark the first time we plan to deploy Starlink V3 satellites into the constellation, delivering a payload that will dramatically expand connectivity speeds and reliability around the world.
Starship’s initial orbital mission is expected to fly at an altitude approximately 275 km above Earth and complete approximately six orbits around the planet over the course of a nearly 10-hour flight, with splashdown targeted in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Chile.
Read more about what going to orbit means, along with the mission design and safety measures for this major milestone.
A live webcast of the flight will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.
Coverage is planned to continue through splashdown, with the potential for hours of live views from Starship as it orbits Earth.
As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so be sure to check in here and stay tuned to our X account for updates.
The booster’s primary test objective on Flight 14 will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and landing burn at an offshore landing point in the Gulf of America.
There have been several modifications to hardware and software to address issues seen on the previous flight.
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After stage separation and flip on Flight 13, the Super Heavy booster was able to use all 33 engines on its boostback burn for the first time.
In the terminal phase of the burn, the three center engines showed signs of ice clogging which triggered an early end to the maneuver.
The booster went on to attempt a landing burn, with 8 of the 13 planned engines reigniting before the booster made a hard splashdown in the Gulf.
The Super Heavy on this upcoming flight has hardware modifications to improve filtering to the engines and software changes to enhance relight reliability.
The Starship upper stage’s primary objectives include the first orbital insertion maneuver, the deployment of 26 Starlink V3 satellites, a deorbit burn using a single Raptor engine while in space, and a controlled reentry, descent, and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Starship will only execute a burn to enter orbit after the flight control team has ensured there is sufficient redundancy on hardware critical to doing the subsequent deorbit burn at the end of the mission.
Watch “The Holy Grail of Rocketry”, the latest episode in the ongoing Starship series that looks back at SpaceX’s efforts to make rockets reusable and the work being done today to achieve full and rapid reusability.
Starship will deliver 26 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit for the first time, which aim to greatly expand the network's capacity and user speeds.
Each Starlink V3 satellite will add 1 Tbps of capacity to the constellation, for a total of 26 Tbps of capacity added on this mission alone. That’s ~10x the capacity compared to a single launch of V2 mini Starlink satellites on Falcon 9.
After deploying from Starship, the Starlink V3 satellites will unfold their antennas and deploy their solar arrays and make initial contact with the ground and the rest of the Starlink constellation via radio frequency and laser links.
The satellites will then begin raising their orbits with their onboard thrusters. Following their on-orbit checkouts, the satellites should begin serving customers as soon as a few weeks after launch.
Three of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heatshield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heatshield readiness for return to launch site on future missions.
Several upgrades and experiments related to Starship’s heatshield will also be tested, with some improvements derived directly from data gathered from the Flight 13 Starship as it floated in the Indian Ocean.
They include additional retention mechanisms added to tiles in areas deemed to be at highest risk of falling off during ascent, addressing recently discovered areas that offer flow paths behind tiles for plasma, and flying multiple areas with a curved tile design that has shown the ability to reduce heating in the gaps between tiles.
And finally, two tiles recovered from Ship 40 are planned to be reflown on Ship 41, marking the first tile reuse for Starship.
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Russia strikes data centers, logistics sites in Ukraine – MOD
27 Sep, 2026 16:55
The Russian military has heavily hit a Ukrainian port on the Danube River, as well as multiple drone stockpiles
The Russian military has targeted mobile operator data centers, as well as multiple warehouses and critical infrastructure sites across Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.
The ministry gave an update on the latest round of long-range strikes against Ukraine on Sunday, providing a detailed list of targets.
In Kiev Region, the Russian military hit a large warehouse belonging to the Zammler Group, the ministry said.
The warehouse has been used to store and distribute Western military aid flowing to Ukraine, it added.
Footage circulating online purports to show a large plume of black smoke emitting from the logistics center, located in the village of Krasilovka.
The warehouse has apparently sustained considerable damage, with the strikes sparking hours-long fire at the site.
The strikes also targeted a data center in Kiev belonging to the Vodafone Ukraine mobile operator.
The ministry described the major provider as one of “the largest companies providing mobile communication and high-speed internet services” to the Ukrainian military.
Later in the day, the Russian military also hit data centers of the internet provider Omega Telecom and the mobile and internet operator Kievstar.
Recently, the Russian military turned its attention to Ukrainian data centers, with multiple internet and mobile providers reporting damage and connectivity issues due to strikes.
Two warehouses used to store attack drones were hit in Nikolayev Region, another stockpile, used to keep interceptor UAVs, was attacked in Odessa, according to the ministry.
Earlier in the day, Ukrainian drone maker Pegasus Arms announced a halt to its operations, claiming its manufacturing site was heavily damaged in Russian strikes earlier this week.
The company had halted operations late last year due to Russian strikes, yet resumed them later on after moving production to another location.
The Danube River port town of Kiliya was extensively targeted during the latest round of the Russian strikes.
According to the ministry, port infrastructure sites, a naval base, a border guard site, and four warehouses used to stash military equipment were hit.
On top of that, the military hit two dry cargo vessels off Odessa, said to be used to carry military equipment and dual-use goods for the Ukrainian military.
Both Kiev and Moscow have ramped up long-range strikes in recent weeks after Ukraine launched its attempted “pressure campaign” during the summer.
Russia has retaliated in force, greatly expanding the range of targets it strikes across the country, with the campaign virtually paralyzing Ukrainian shipping through ports in the Black Sea, as well as causing severe disruptions in logistics elsewhere.
https://www.rt.com/russia/646321-ukraine-data-centers-strikes/
moar RT
https://www.rt.com/russia/646323-ukrainian-soldier-injures-four-grenade/
https://www.rt.com/russia/646318-zelensky-lost-war-ukraine-suicidal/
https://www.rt.com/news/646316-polish-mp–ukrainians-crackdown-priest/
https://www.rt.com/news/646315-lavrov-wadephul-nothing-new/
In the Kyiv region, 16 facilities were damaged by drone attacks
27 September 2026 10:03
Over the past 24 hours, Russian strike drones damaged 16 targets in three districts of the Kyiv region.
The Bucha district was hit the hardest—nine private homes and two cars were damaged there. Damage from the attacks was also reported in the Fastiv and Brovary districts.
Over the past day, Russian troops attacked the Kyiv region with strike drones. As a result of the attacks, 16 targets were damaged in the Bucha, Fastiv, and Brovary districts.
This was reported by the Kyiv Regional Military Administration. The most damage was recorded in the Bucha district. There, Russian drones damaged nine private homes and two vehicles.
In the Fastiv district, three more private homes were damaged. In the Brovary district, a warehouse and a production facility were damaged during the attack. In total, damage to 16 facilities across three districts of the region was recorded.
Emergency response teams are currently working at the sites following the attack. Specialists are addressing the aftermath of the strikes and verifying details about the damage.
The figures may change following further assessments of the affected areas. The Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported this on Telegram.
Since the evening of September 26, Russian troops have attacked the Nikopol and Synelnykiv districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times.
The occupiers used drones and artillery; one person was wounded as a result of the strikes. A business and a market in the region were damaged, and fires broke out.
On the night of September 27, a Russian drone struck a non-residential building in the Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv.
A fire broke out after the strike, and while extinguishing it, rescue workers discovered the body of a man. At another location, a drone caused a fire in a car repair shop.
On September 26, Russian troops killed three residents of the Donetsk region, and five more people were wounded. Two of the fatalities were in Kramatorsk, and another was in Shabelkivka.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces again attacked the Kherson region with aircraft, drones, and artillery. Critical and social infrastructure facilities, a high-rise building, and nine private homes were hit. One person was wounded as a result of the Russian shelling.
https://ua.news/en/war-vs-rf/na-kiyivshchini-cherez-ataki-droniv-poshkodzheni-16-obiektiv
other Russia and Ukraine
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ukraine-s-unmanned-systems-forces-destroy-training-base-of-russian-grom-kaskad-drone-brigade/
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-strikes-russian-drone-launch-site-in-donetsk-and-ammo-depots-in-luhansk-22893
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-now-neutralizes-55-of-russias-jet-powered-shahed-drones-zelenskyy-says-22891
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/27/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1676-zelenskyy-offers-natos-neighbors-ukraines-drone-defense-know-how/
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-09-27/live-updates-909795
other Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-newest-largest-submarine-arrives-deepening-navys-stealth-capabilities/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433698
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/senior-idf-official-extends-ban-on-using-small-attack-drones-after-lethal-accident/
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/idf-destroys-hezbollah-weapons-depot-in-southern-lebanon-explosives-targeting-soldiers-in-security-zone/
Live Updates: IDF grounds all 'drone ops.' following fatal crash, Houthis blame Saudi for Taiz market strike
September 27, 2026
Iran still waiting for official US response to proposal after initial Trump reaction • IDF enacts heavy restrictions against Palestinian movement in West Bank during Sukkot
September 27, 7:08 PM
IDF enacts heavy restrictions against Palestinian movement in West Bank during Sukkot holiday
The IDF has increased its presence in the West Bank to 24 battalions over the Sukkot interim holidays and has virtually prevented all Palestinians from accessing Jewish settlements.
The IDF has enacted a West Bank closure preventing virtually all Palestinians from entering Jewish areas of the West Bank for the remainder of hol hamoed Sukkot through October 4.
Such a closure often occurs during extended periods of Jewish holidays, which are a potential powder keg for Palestinian terror. But it was especially noteworthy only days after the IDF brought in its 98th Division (consisting of commandos and paratroopers) to assist with West Bank security following three successive terror incidents last week.
The US Embassy in Jerusalem issued a statement warning that "there is no regular entry into Israel" from the West Bank during the coming week "except for strictly medical and humanitarian reasons."
It added, "Jerusalem ID holders can still commute and travel freely. However, Arbel permit holders cannot cross checkpoints even by the shuttle. Exceptions can be considered only for medical and humanitarian reasons."
September 27, 7:00 PM
Trump says indirect US-Iran talks expected to continue this week - report
During a phone call with Axios, US President Donald Trump also said that he is “always thinking about” renewing strikes against Iran.
US President Donald Trump said that he expects talks between American and Iranian mediators will continue this week, according to an Axios report on Sunday.
According to Axios, two sources confirmed that another round of indirect negotiations could be held as early as Monday.
“They want to make a deal, but it is not the deal that I want to make,” Trump told Axios during a phone interview. “ It is what we would have maybe agreed to a year ago. They overplayed their hand."
When asked if he has considered renewing strikes against Iran, Trump stated that he is “always thinking about it.”
September 27, 6:42 PM
Ambassador Leiter says son Neria's life 'still in balance, seeing some encouraging signs'
Israel Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter said on Sunday that his son Neria's life was "still in balance," but that "we have seen some encouraging signs and we are holding onto them with hope," after being hit by a terrorist during a Wednesday car ramming attack in the West Bank.
"Neria's life is still hanging in the balance, but we have seen some encouraging signs, and we are holding onto them with hope," Leiter wrote on X/Twitter. "My family and I are grateful to everyone who is praying for us and supporting us during this time."
September 27, 6:35 PM
Houthis blame Saudi Arabia for strikes against Taiz market that killed seven, left 40 wounded
The attack, allegedly carried out by an F-15 squadron from Saudi Arabia, left 50 casualties between wounded and killed, the Houthis claimed.
The attack against a market at the Mawiya junction in Taiz province on Sunday was carried out by Saudi Arabia and not Yemen's internationally recognized government, according to the Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree, who also warned the strike will have "severe consequences."
According to Houthi claims, the attack targeted a market in the city and left more than 50 casualties, between wounded and killed.
The Houthis accused the Saudis of "committing a heinous crime against civilians," while they also claimed that the attack was performed by a Saudi F-15 squadron.
The statement also revealed that the Saudi attack targeted four sites in the Al-Jawf province, without specifying the casualties reported in that operation.
"This blood that was unjustly and aggressively shed in the Mawiyah market in Taiz province will have severe consequences for the Saudi perpetrator," said Saree.
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September 27, 6:35 PM
Hamas leader Hayya swears commitment to ‘resistance,’ confirms group running in PLC elections
Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya says Hamas is dedicated to 'resistance' and is set on running as part of a coalition in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections.
Hamas will continue dedicating itself to “resistance” and fully intends to run as part of a coalition in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections in November, Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya told Al Araby TV on Saturday.
In an in-depth 40-minute interview, Al-Hayya said Hamas “will resist the occupation with all our legitimate tools and means permitted to us by charters, norms, international laws and Divine Laws (Sharia Law).”
“We will continue resisting and confronting the occupation with all our tools, with everything we possess,” he said, adding that Hamas’s October 7 attacks that led to the war with Israel were a “continuation of a people confronting occupation.”
“October 7 came as a response to the attempt to erase the Palestinian cause, the attempt to target and build the Zionist entity inside Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Israeli occupation's ambitions in the West Bank,” he insisted.
September 27, 3:44 PM
IDF grounds all 'drone ops.' during investigation into Thursday's fatal crash, explosion
The IDF will ground all military "attack drones" in the Gaza Strip until at least October 4 as a precautionary action, Ground Forces Commander Maj.-Gen. Nadav Lotan ordered on Sunday.
Lotan's command follows a Thursday incident when an IDF drone crashed and subsequently exploded in the northern Gaza Strip, killing two reservist soldiers who were operating it.
The drones will remain grounded as the investigation into the incident is carried out, the IDF said.
September 27, 1:22 PM
Seven people killed after Saudi strikes on Yemen, Houthi media claims
Seven people were killed and at least 40 were wounded after Saudi strikes on Yemen on Sunday, Houthi-owned al Masriah reported.
September 27, 1:10 PM
Iran still waiting for official US response to proposal after initial Trump reaction, Araghchi says
Iran was waiting for the mediators to convey the definitive US position and would make a decision based on it, Araghchi added.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran had seen an initial reaction from US President Donald Trump to its proposal but had yet to receive a response through mediators.
Iran was waiting for the mediators to convey the definitive US position and would make a decision based on it, Araghchi added.
On Saturday, Trump told reporters outside the White House that he had rejected Iran's seven-day proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz.
September 27, 1:09 PM
Schools in Riyadh move to remote learning without warning amid renewed Saudi-Houthi tensions
The academic calendar shows that the current week was scheduled as a regular school week after the Saudi National Day holiday on September 23 and 24.
Private schools in Riyadh moved to remote learning from Sunday through Thursday, October 1, without publicly explaining the decision, amid renewed Houthi threats against the Saudi capital.
Notices sent directly to parents said in-person classes would be suspended and replaced by remote learning. One notice distributed by Al-Rowad schools said classes would be held through the Classera platform from 16 to 20 Rabi' al-Thani 1448, corresponding to September 27 through October 1.
As of Sunday morning, the official website of the Riyadh education administration had not announced a blanket suspension of in-person classes at all schools in the city. It therefore remained unclear whether several private institutions had coordinated the move, had received instructions directly from authorities, or had made the decisions independently.
September 27, 1:07 PM
Iran Army spokesperson claims United States could attack again due to bad regional situation
Army Spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia added that Iran was ready for confrontation and to inflict greater damage on the US.
The US could launch a renewed attack on Iran due to its bad regional situation, Iran's Army Spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia said on Sunday, according to state media, adding that his country is ready for confrontation and to inflict greater damage on the US.
Akraminia said Iran's armed forces were fully prepared for confrontation and warned that the US would suffer greater damage if it launched another attack on his country.
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did they build these old world structures with 17 foot tall doors?
Drone strike hits strategic fuel depot in central Sudan
September 27, 2026 MADANI
Storage tanks at the Um Aleila fuel depot after a drone strike attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), near Wad Madani, Sudan, Sept. 27, 2026.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted a strategic fuel depot near Wad Madani, the capital of Al Jazirah state, on Sunday, security sources and witnesses said.
The strike hit the Um Aleila fuel depot near Abu Haraz, about 20km north-east of Wad Madani, in the early hours of Sunday.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, witnesses in nearby villages said they heard several loud explosions, followed by thick black smoke rising from the fuel storage tanks at the facility.
Awad Ahmed, a local resident, said a powerful explosion shook the area shortly after dawn prayers. He said flames and thick smoke could be seen rising from the depot.
Ahmed also reported that two drones came down in the Wad al-Bar al-Khawalida area, west of Al Jazirah state. He said one crashed in farmland and exploded, while the other remained active.
Civil defence teams were reported to have gone to the site to tackle the fire. State authorities said firefighting operations were under way.
There was no immediate official information on the extent of the damage or any casualties. The RSF did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Um Aleila facilities are important fuel storage and distribution sites serving Al Jazirah and surrounding areas, holding supplies including petrol and diesel.
The depot was previously damaged and looted during the RSF’s takeover of Wad Madani in December 2023.
Control rooms and supply pipelines were reportedly damaged, while equipment was looted at the time.
The latest attack comes as Sudan’s war between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) enters its fourth year.
The conflict, which began in April 2023, has caused widespread destruction and displacement and created a severe humanitarian crisis.
https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/drone-strike-hits-fuel-depot-in-central-sudan
Iran claims capture of second US underwater drone in Hormuz, releases footage | WATCH
Sep 27, 2026, 17:12 IST | Updated: Sep 27, 2026, 17:47 IST
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Iran’s IRGC says it seized a US Remus 600 submarine drone in the Strait of Hormuz, claiming it was conducting espionage and recovering its data.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday (Sep 27) claimed that they have seized an American underwater drone in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most strategic shipping route that has been disrupted since the war began in the Middle East.
The IRGC claimed that the submarine drone was being used for “espionage purposes”. The incident comes weeks after Iran said that it captured another US unmanned vehicle in the strait.
“Through a coordinated, complex operation involving intelligence oversight and electronic warfare, IRGC naval forces' personnel successfully captured an advanced unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) belonging to the terrorist US military,” the IRGC naval forces said in a statement, according to state TV.
The IRGC added that the drone was “operating in the Strait of Hormuz for espionage purposes”. It identified the model as a Remus 600 autonomous underwater vehicle. The underwater drone was “now in the hands of the force’s specialists for data recovery,” they added.
“The IRGC Navy firmly declares that the Strait of Hormuz is a restricted zone; we are taking decisive and unceasing action against dangerous manoeuvres and unauthorised transit within the strait,” the IRGC said.
Earlier this month, the Iranian Guards said that they captured another US submarine drone in the Srait of Hormuz, calling it one of the most advanced systems operated by the US military.
Iranian state media had identified the vessel as the Dive-LD, an autonomous underwater vehicle manufactured by California-based defence technology company Anduril Industries. The IRGC Navy described the submarine as a “prize” now in Iranian possession.
The US military, however, had disputed the significance of the incident that happened on September 8. A Pentagon spokesperson said the underwater drone had malfunctioned more than a day before Iran announced the seizure and had been surveying regional waters as part of ongoing US operations.
The defective vehicle was an older Dive-LD model and “neither collected sensitive data nor carried any classified sonar or radar equipment”, the spokesperson said.
https://www.wionews.com/world/iran-claims-capturing-second-us-underwater-drone-releases-footage-watch-remus-600-irgc-1790508968660
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mysterious-anomalies-have-been-detected-beyond-king-tuts-tomb-could-they-be-secret-passageways-leading-to-the-long-lost-remains-of-queen-nefertiti-180989576/
Mysterious ‘Anomalies’ Have Been Detected Beyond King Tut’s Tomb. Could They Be Secret Passageways Leading to the Long-Lost Remains of Queen Nefertiti?
September 25, 2026
Geophysical surveys provide new evidence for a theory that the Egyptian pharaoh was interred in the outer rooms of an existing burial complex. Researchers are trying to get approval to investigate for themselves
When archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed the entrance to an ancient Egyptian tomb in 1922, he found himself “on the threshold of what might prove to be a magnificent discovery,” he later recalled. “Anything, literally anything, might lie beyond that passage.”
The tomb, which belonged to King Tutankhamun, is now considered one of the most celebrated finds in the history of archaeology. But at the time, even amid the excitement, “one thing puzzled me,” Carter wrote, “and that was the smallness of the opening in comparison with the ordinary Valley tombs.”
In the years that followed, Carter and his fellow researchers would make their way to the antechamber, which was filled with hundreds of treasures, and the burial chamber, where the mummified pharaoh himself rested inside three nested coffins.
But none of these magnificent discoveries explained the tomb’s diminutive size.
In 2015, a new theory emerged: What if the ancient Egyptians had built the complex, known as KV62, for Queen Nefertiti before converting some of its outer rooms into a tomb for Tutankhamun?
And if so, could her tomb be located in a still-unexplored chamber beyond the rooms excavated in the 1920s? Now, a decade later, researchers have conducted new geophysical surveys using techniques such as ground-penetrating radar and microgravimetry.
The results, published this month in the Occasional Papers of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project, provide new evidence that additional rooms may be concealed beyond Tutankhamun’s.
“This study has demonstrated that the careful integration of archaeological analysis, modern scientific methods and long-term field expertise can reopen matters long thought settled,” lead researcher Mamdouh Eldamaty, Egypt’s former antiquities minister, writes in the paper.
If the team’s theory is correct, “it could potentially rank among the most transformative archaeological discoveries of the modern era.”
Tutankhamun ascended to power circa 1333 B.C.E., when he was only 9, but his reign ended with his untimely death about a decade later. Meanwhile, Nefertiti’s story is still a matter of debate.
She was a wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten, likely Tutankhamun’s father, and she may have been the boy’s stepmother. Some historians argue that she served a brief stint as a pharaoh herself. The location of her tomb has been a longstanding mystery.
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The idea that the queen’s tomb might be hiding beyond Tutankhamun’s was the brainchild of Nicholas Reeves, a British Egyptologist and co-author of the new study.
In a 2015 paper, he pointed to scans of the tomb’s walls, which suggested that traces of “two hitherto unrecognized doorways” might be hiding beneath the paint.
Reeves argued that the Egyptians weren’t prepared for Tutankhamun to die at such a young age. As such, they may have interred him in the outer chambers of the burial complex belonging to Nefertiti.
Since then, research has found conflicting evidence for this theory. But some of these investigations had been searching for “a large void immediately behind the wall,” Nature’s Jo Marchant writes.
Based on “anomalies” identified in the recent surveys, the study authors argue that several additional chambers may be located roughly 80 to 100 feet north of the burial chamber.
The researchers describe some of these potential structures as “highly speculative,” though they claim to have identified two with “reasonably high levels of confidence.”
They think that these chambers may connect to Tutankhamun’s via passageways packed with rubble.
The new findings are “very tantalizing,” Ray Johnson, former director of the Epigraphic Survey at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, tells Nature.
“Who could not be excited?” At the same time, he cautions that any hidden chambers, if they do exist, may not contain Nefertiti’s tomb. They may also be in poor condition, damaged by flooding or other natural forces.
“With changing climate and increasingly higher water table,” Johnson says, “recovery of the data is probably the best way to preserve them.”
The researchers want to investigate the anomalies for themselves. They’re now trying to get approval to drill a small hole from above and lower cameras through it.
That’s the only way to know for certain what’s hidden beyond Tutankhamun’s chambers, co-author George Ballard, a British structural engineer, tells the London Times’ Rhys Blakely.
Still, they have high hopes about what they might find. “The sky’s the limit,” Reeves tells the publication.
Christopher Gaffney, an archaeologist at England’s University of Bradford, tells Nature that he’s “feeling pretty ambivalent” about the theory.
The new data is “fascinating,” he adds, but it doesn’t allow researchers to provide any conclusive answers. Peter Styles, a geophysicist at England’s Keele University, adds that he also wants more information.
If Egyptian authorities approve the project, drilling could start as early as November, according to Nature.
In the meantime, the team is working out the details of the operation, eagerly anticipating the results. Will their cameras capture long-forgotten ancient chambers or a disappointing rocky darkness?
“Each piece of evidence on its own is not conclusive, but put it all together and it’s hard to avoid my conclusion,” Reeves told the Economist in 2015. “If I’m wrong I’m wrong, but if I’m right this is potentially the biggest archaeological discovery ever made.”
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https://www.liberationtimes.com/home/white-house-leaves-ufo-shootdown-claims-unanswered
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/09/26/ufos-trump-aliens-uaps-government-01088254
https://x.com/ChrisUKSharp/status/2104093023126557030
https://x.com/JoelValdezDOW/status/2101056865085841505
White House Leaves UFO Shootdown Claims Unanswered
26 September 2026
If the White House’s UFO disclosure effort ends here, the gatekeepers can breathe easy.
Much of the imagery released under PURSUE remains too ambiguous to settle the questions it raises, leaving plenty of room for online argument.
Many of the other documents have been seen before.
Release of any groundbreaking footage has been hindered.
Two videos allegedly showing a 100-foot triangular UFO over a Colorado military base were said to be held by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
Sources gave the New York Post file numbers for the videos as IRR1669S015524 and IRR1669S005024.
However, the Pentagon says it cannot find the footage. Deputy Press Secretary Joel Valdez wrote on X:
‘After conducting a thorough records review, the Department of War did not find any footage pertaining to the alleged sighting in question.’
Since July, the Department of War has not provided a substantive answer to Liberation Times’ questions about an alleged operation to lure UFOs, otherwise known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), at a sensitive U.S. testing facility.
Journalist Ross Coulthart went one step further. He claimed that the Department of War had been authorized by President Trump to engage with UFOs and had downed objects in the U.S. and Juárez in Mexico - across the border from El Paso.
Liberation Times put this allegation to the Department of War. An official responded, stating:
“We refer you to the White House regarding any orders, directives, or authorization issues by President Trump.”
Liberation Times put Coulthart’s claim directly to the White House. We asked:
‘Has President Trump, as Commander-in-Chief, issued any order, directive or authorization permitting U.S. military personnel to shoot down UAP, UFOs, unidentified “orbs” or other unidentified airborne objects?’
We also asked whether the government had carried out an operation to lure UAP.
On Tuesday 22 September, the White House’s press office asked for our deadline. We set the deadline for 5pm Eastern Time on Friday 25 September.
Despite follow-up emails, no response has been provided since the deadline elapsed. This is not the only frustration, despite the White House’s pledge for transparency.
Harvard professor Avi Loeb was asked by U.S. government agencies to establish a UAP Science Advisory Council.
Its role is to advise the government on UAP research and analyse unclassified evidence.
Yet, as POLITICO reports, the council has received no meaningful data from the government. Loeb may reassess the situation if that does not change by the end of 2026.
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The POLITICO article, through its sources, singles out the CIA as the agency most resistant to releasing UAP data.
An intelligence community source told Liberation Times that the agency would continue to protect its sources, collection methods and analytical tools. Those capabilities serve many intelligence missions beyond UAP analysis.
The source said relevant data could come from space-based systems or maritime platforms, with agencies including the NRO, CIA and DIA involved. In their view, the CIA is unlikely to release such data until the systems used to collect it are obsolete.
But in defense of the agency, the source claimed that the CIA has released UFO-related documents in line with declassification schedules.
Where does this leave the push for UFO disclosure?
Representatives Tim Burchett and Eric Burlison have accused federal agencies of withholding UFO records and frustrating the White House’s efforts to release them.
Yet the White House has not answered Liberation Times’ questions about the alleged luring operation or Coulthart’s claim that President Trump authorised the military to engage unidentified objects.
Several explanations remain possible.
The administration may not be committed to fuller disclosure. Any luring and shootdown activity may have led to unintended consequences.
Trump may be unable to get agencies to cooperate. Or he may be holding back information for a larger announcement. Liberation Times understands that some people close to Trump believe he will become a disclosure president.
For now, the alleged UAP shootdowns remain unverified.
If U.S. forces are engaging unidentified objects, who decides what they are and whether to fire? What safeguards protect civilian aircraft?
Documented counter-drone activity and aviation incidents near El Paso and White Sands show why those questions matter.
Here is the timeline of noteworthy events connected to White Sands, El Paso and UFOs since late 2025. They paint an interesting picture:
Late 2025: At an unidentified U.S. testing facility, a senior intelligence official, helicopter crew and ground personnel reported glowing orbs near a helicopter and fighter jets.
The FBI later interviewed the official. The facility has not been officially identified as White Sands, and the claim that the objects were deliberately lured there remains unconfirmed
8–10 February - sightings reported in El Paso: Enigma Labs logged three witness accounts from El Paso, south of White Sands. They described rapidly moving glowing orbs, a large hovering object and four slowly moving round objects.
10–11 February - El Paso airspace closed: The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights at El Paso International Airport, south of White Sands, initially announcing a ten-day restriction. It lifted the closure after roughly eight hours. The administration cited cartel drones, while reporting identified safety concerns over a nearby counter-drone laser
19 February 2026 - Trump announces UFO file review: President Trump said he would direct Secretary Pete Hegseth and other agencies to identify and release government files concerning UFOs, UAP and extraterrestrial life
26 February - second border airspace closure: A military counter-drone system shot down a Customs and Border Protection drone near Fort Hancock, about 50 miles southeast of El Paso and farther from White Sands. The FAA restricted flights in the area
27 February - former laser program director goes missing: Retired Air Force Major General Neil McCasland was reported missing from his home in Albuquerque. He had directed the Air Force’s Space-Based Laser program and later served as technology director at Applied Technology
Associates when it unveiled LOCUST, the counter-drone laser identified in reporting on the El Paso closure. Applied Technology Associates became part of BlueHalo in 2020, and was brought under AeroVironment when it acquired BlueHalo in 2025
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7–8 March - laser safety tests at White Sands: The military and FAA tested counter-drone lasers at the range
10 April - new laser agreement: Following the White Sands tests, the FAA and Pentagon announced an agreement on using counter-drone lasers along the southwest border
6 May - Fort Bliss chosen for laser pilot: Following counter-drone laser tests at White Sands, the Department of War selected Fort Bliss as one of five bases for a directed-energy counter-drone pilot program. The announcement did not specify which laser would be used at each base
8 May 2026 - PURSUE launches: The Department of War began publishing UAP records through the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE), with support from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
14 May - fatal crash within White Sands GPS advisory area: A medical aircraft crashed near Ruidoso, northeast of the range, killing four people. Its crew had reported losing GPS capability while military GPS interference was active in an area centred on White Sands
19 June - sighting reported in El Paso: A single witness south of White Sands reported a bright, disc-shaped light that appeared to move rapidly and vanish
23 June – Hegseth operates LOCUST at White Sands: During a weapons demonstration at the range, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth operated a LOCUST laser and brought down a drone, according to its manufacturer
9 August 2026 - Coulthart alleges UAP shootdowns: Journalist Ross Coulthart claimed President Trump had authorised a Department of War operation to intercept unidentified objects around White Sands. He said sources told him objects had been downed in the U.S. and near Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, across the border from El Paso
2 September – Army orders more LOCUST systems: AeroVironment announced a $464.8 million Army contract to supply dozens of LOCUST X3 lasers. It said the award followed LOCUST’s tests at White Sands and the subsequent FAA–Pentagon safety agreement
6 September - El Paso sighting claim: A witness south of White Sands reported a pulsing light and said an orb had travelled towards Ciudad Juárez. Video circulated with the account, but the alleged orb was reportedly seen before the recorded segment
9–19 September - GPS interference advisory: The FAA warned pilots of scheduled testing centred on White Sands that could make GPS signals unreliable or unavailable across a wide area
Liberation Times has previously reported allegations about a program named Golden Domes. A source claimed it used electronic and laser-based systems to bring down what the source described as ‘exotic non-human vehicles’.
The source said former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and his principal deputy, Stephanie O’Sullivan, oversaw the program.
O’Sullivan also chaired a CIA board that examined a documented program involving aircraft shootdowns.
A CIA inspector general’s report records several shootdowns under the U.S.-supported Airbridge Denial Program in Peru, including one on 23 March 1997.
It sets out the warnings and authorisation required before firing on suspected drug-trafficking aircraft, and finds repeated failures to follow those procedures. O’Sullivan’s board later recommended administrative penalties for 16 officers.
The March 1997 shootdown occurred around the time former Marine Jonathan Weygandt claims he encountered a retrieved UFO while deployed to Peru for Operation Laser Strike, a related counter-drug effort.
The consequences of a mistaken shootdown became clear on 20 April 2001.
A Peruvian Air Force jet misidentified a civilian missionary plane as a drug-trafficking aircraft and fired on it, killing a woman and her infant daughter.
U.S. support for air interdiction operations in Peru and Colombia was suspended.
The case is a reminder that mistakes in identifying aircraft, or failures to follow safeguards, can cost innocent lives.
That is why the White House should answer whether U.S. forces have been authorised to engage unidentified objects and, if so, what safeguards protect civilian aircraft.
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Malt liquor company offers $1M for proof that Bigfoot exists
Sep. 21, 2026, 4:00 a.m. PT
An alcoholic soft drink company claimed it will pay a $1 million “Bigfoot Bounty” prize to anyone who can provide mountains of concrete evidence for the existence of the elusive cryptid.
Hard Mountain Dew announced, apparently half-seriously, that it’s looking for “irrefutable” evidence of the creature in a recent press release, but if — and only if — Sasquatch hunters can meet the contest’s “rigorous” standards, including a “photobomb” picture of the beast.
Cryptozoologists are expected to turn in a whole host of forensic evidence of the mysterious monster to be judged by “Bigfoot expert” Bryce Johnson, the company said.
Hard Mountain Dew requires contestants to have footprints, handprints and a tuft of hair of the creature.
Additionally, audio and photographic evidence is required to have a shot at the million-dollar prize.
The contest, which requires contenders to be at least 21-years-old, runs until Nov. 30, Hard Mountain Dew said, claiming that the contest is “timed to peak Bigfoot sighting season” as the weather becomes milder.
“As temperatures cool, more adventurists head outdoors, while increased wildlife activity and soft, moisture-rich ground create ideal conditions for spotting and preserving tracks of Bigfoot,” the company said.
Those who fall short of the contest’s high standards, but still have some decent evidence of the creature, will still receive a cash prize equivalent to a pack of Hard Mountain Dew, according to the company.
“Even if no one claims the full Bigfoot Bounty, the brand is proving it had the guts to put real money behind the myth,” Hard Mountain Dew said.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/21/us-news/hard-mountain-dew-offers-1m-for-proof-that-bigfoot-exists/
James Fox
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A message from yours truly regarding my current and past efforts with this extremely complex UAP issue 🤘🏽👽
3:03 PM · Sep 26, 2026
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Beyond Top Secret: Era of Disclosure Trailer
Sep 26, 2026
In this explosive film, Dr. Greer's new witnesses emphasize the technologies held by HUMAN covert programs that mimic ET technologies.
THIS is the key to the secrecy "they" don't want you to know about.
THIS is the information members of Congress have been warned NOT to reveal.
THIS IS THE TRUTH they don't want you to know or understand.
Dr. Greer unpacks it all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2wrQ9YGvxI
https://geni.us/BeyondTopSecrect
https://x.com/DrStevenGreer
extra disclosure dejour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh7xXK0x0iI (Missing 411 David Paulides Presents an Interview with Chris Bledsoe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnldw4hUGoI (Why Files: UFO or Nuclear Accident? The Cash-Landrum Incident)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myivXGY6aUw (Vetted: Dr. Garry Nolan Drops UFO Bombshell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMa2rW5YYzI ('Catastrophic disclosure' is coming, Ross Coulthart warns | Reality Check)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRO2JNQte70 (My Lunch Break: MISSING RECORDS of the U.S. Capitols - Pt 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFIJi5ZdXQI (UFO Central: Crop Circles Best Evidence: Something Wonderful Has Happened But It Was Not In The News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnUFoMZjGAI (John Michael Chambers: 700,000 Sealed Indictments: The Math Is Proof)
I'll see if I can find any that we haven't seen for tomorrow.