Ufos

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.

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...

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...