UFOs

     I recently watched the first episode of Declassified Secrets with David Duchovny, now airing on the History Channel on Friday nights. As the name indicates, it’s the former The X Files star’s latest series. One segment dealt with the once-hidden but now-famous UFO-related ICBM-shutdown incident at Malmstrom AFB, Montana in 1967, first exposed in 1996 by one of the Minuteman missile launch officers who was on duty when it occurred, former USAF Captain Robert Salas.Given Hollywood’s checkered track record on accurately reporting UFO encounters at the US Air Force’s ICBM sites, in a variety of programs on several different television networks over the years, I ...

A U.S. Navy veteran has stepped forward to recount his extraordinary experience with an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) encountered off the coast of Southern California. The incident, which was caught on thermal imaging by the crew of the USS Jackson in February 2023, has now drawn renewed attention thanks to this first-hand testimony.Senior Chief Alexandre Wiggins, an Operations Specialist with over 23 years of service in the Navy, was aboard the USS Jackson when he witnessed something he describes as beyond anything he had seen before. Trained in air traffic control and radar operations, Wiggins was stationed in the ship’s Combat Information Center when he and his team noticed unusual activity on their radar and thermal systems.What he saw next shocked him. Stepping outside to inves...

Implemented by the CIA in 1953, the Practice Continues Today "By the early-1980s, the involvement of the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA in the collection of UFO-related data had been firmly established."(Originally published on Wednesday, July 31, 2013)      In 1973, when I began interviewing former/retired U.S. military personnel regarding their UFO experiences at nuclear weapons facilities, I didn’t give much thought to the possibility that the intelligence community would take an interest in my activities [ad].At that point, the CIA’s “Robertson Panel” Report—which recommended surveillance of American UFO-research advocacy groups—was still classified. Indeed, as far as the public knew,...

In the world of military aviation, few things are more rigorously trained and understood than aerial behavior, physics, and threat recognition. Yet, sometimes even the most experienced combat pilots encounter the inexplicable. One such figure is Lieutenant Commander Alex Dietrich, a retired U.S. Navy aviator whose first-hand experience with an unidentified flying object (UFO)—or what is now more commonly referred to as a UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon)—has helped reshape public and governmental conversations about aerial anomalies.A Decorated Military CareerAlex Dietrich served two decades in the U.S. Navy as a strike fighter pilot, flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet. During her service, she completed two combat deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Fre...

"All of a sudden, from above, a bright light shined down on us, and the beach was lit up BRIGHTER than if it was daylight. It was like stadium lights were lit up for as far as we could see. BUT it was SILENT.... We turned on the radio and heard that there were lots of UFO sightings near the area."      In early 1982, my now husband and I went to Pensacola beach/Navarre Beach. We had been enjoying the day at the beach and had a blanket laid out, all of our bags, and as the sun went down, decided to stay and enjoy the evening listening to waves, and By Gerry G MorrisonThe UFO Chronicles2-8-2025 eating. We had some flashlights (small). There were no houses at the time, and it was pitch black. Just the waves were the only sound. Behind us were the sand dunes. All of a sudde...