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• Het Pentagon heeft op vrijdag 8 mei 2026, op bevel van president Trump, tientallen bestanden over onidentificeerbare vliegende objecten (UFO's) en onidentificeerbare anomale fenomenen (UAP's) vrijgegeven. • De documenten bevatten details over voorheen geclassificeerde waarnemingen en onderzoeken, met als doel de transparantie over luchtbedreigingen te vergroten. • Deze stap is een antwoord op eisen vanuit het congres voor openbaarmaking, te midden van zorgen over nationale veiligheid door onverklaarbare incursies.

De publicatie volgt op een richtlijn van Trump aan instanties om overheidsbestanden met betrekking tot onidentificeerde vliegende objecten te declassificeren. Het Pentagon bracht vrijdag een eerste groep voorheen geheime bestanden vrij die meldingen van UFO's documenteren – een stap waar sommigen al decennia naar streefden.

• Het Pentagon heeft op 8 mei 2026 om 10:04 uur EDT een grote collectie UFO-gerelateerde documenten vrijgegeven, zoals gemeld door Politico. • De publicatie bevat voorheen geclassificeerde bestanden, maar biedt volgens overheidsverklaringen geen nieuwe verklaringen voor onverklaarde luchtfenomenen. • Deze actie voldoet aan langlopende eisen voor transparantie over UAP-waarnemingen, wat mogelijk invloed heeft op het publieke debat en toekomstige parlementaire onderzoeken.

Claim of nefarious plot draws attention of lawmakers and president – but are disappearances and deaths really linked?Are the disappearances or deaths of at least 11 US scientists, each allegedly connected in some way to space, defense and nuclear research, really linked in a nefarious plot: one that involves the Chinese or other state enemies, or possibly links back to UFOs?A conspiracy theory positing exactly that has roared through sections of the US population in recent weeks, spreading rapidly from the internet into rightwing media and hence into the mainstream press and prompting an inquiry from Congress and questions from Donald Trump. Continue reading...

• President Donald Trump announced Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas' top public health official and infectious disease physician, as his nominee for CDC chief medical officer on Thursday via Truth Social. • Shuford oversaw the country's largest measles outbreak in 30 years; other nominees include Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, Sean Slovenski as deputy director and COO, and Dr. Sara Brenner as senior counselor to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. • The appointments aim to reshape CDC leadership amid ongoing public health challenges in the US.

From Vance’s interest to Trump’s commitment to disclosure, administration’s fascination with UFOs has experts feeling close to evidence of aliensLike most politicians, Donald Trump did not campaign on the issue of space aliens. But 15 months into his second term, UFO enthusiasts have been buoyed by the Trump administration’s apparent fascination with extraterrestrials, with one expert claiming the human race has “never been closer” to being presented with hard evidence of aliens.After a largely alien-free first 12 months, the president has committed himself to UFO disclosure in 2026. In February, Trump directed various departments to release “government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life”, and the White House took the unusual step of registering domain “aliens.gov” in March, setting pulses racing among believers online. Continue reading...

Vice-president promises ‘to get to the bottom of’ reports of US government files about unidentified flying objectsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxJD Vance, the vice-president of the United States, said this weekend that he considers aliens to be “demons”.As the war in Iran continues, petrol and grocery prices soar and chaos continues at US airports as a partial government shutdown endures, Vance appeared on the conservative Benny Show podcast, released Saturday, to promise that he would spend time looking into what he called his “obsession” with UFOs and extraterrestrial visitors. Continue reading...