{"id":6585,"date":"2018-04-20T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=6585"},"modified":"2018-04-20T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:33:30","slug":"interesting-ufo-stories-declassified-military-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=6585","title":{"rendered":"Interesting UFO stories, declassified military video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Professor Donderi<\/strong> who was a guest last year at a MonSFFA meeting, author of<em><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UFO-book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4394 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UFO-book-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UFO-book-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/UFO-book.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>UFOs, ETs and Alien Abductions<\/strong> <\/em>has sent us a couple of stories that have crossed his desk recently. They make interesting reading!<\/p>\n<p>The first is from the NY Times. I&#8217;ve pasted in the first part as a sort of teaser, do look up the full article. <a href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2kB62aH\">https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2kB62aH.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>It has pictures and videos.<\/p>\n<p>The second article is from the Washington Post and I pasted the first bit below. Find the full article with accompanying video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/the-military-keeps-encountering-ufos-why-doesnt-the-pentagon-care\/2018\/03\/09\/242c125c-22ee-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.4c7fc409e67c\"><strong>here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\">Glowing Auras and \u2018Black Money\u2019: The Pentagon\u2019s Mysterious U.F.O. Program<\/h4>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"178\" data-total-count=\"178\">WASHINGTON \u2014 In the $600 billion annual Defense Department budgets, the $22 million spent on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was almost impossible to find.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"37\" data-total-count=\"215\">Which was how the Pentagon wanted it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"344\" data-total-count=\"559\">For years, the program investigated reports of unidentified flying objects, according to Defense Department officials, interviews with program participants and records obtained by The New York Times. It was run by a military intelligence official, Luis Elizondo, on the fifth floor of the Pentagon\u2019s C Ring, deep within the building\u2019s maze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"440\" data-total-count=\"999\">The Defense Department has never before acknowledged the existence of the program, which it says it shut down in 2012. But its backers say that, while the Pentagon ended funding for the effort at that time, the program remains in existence. For the past five years, they say, officials with the program have continued to investigate episodes brought to them by service members, while also carrying out their other Defense Department duties.<\/p>\n<p data-para-count=\"440\" data-total-count=\"999\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/16\/us\/politics\/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<section id=\"top-content\" class=\"col-xs-12 layout\">\n<div id=\"fcOn35109Z7DPq\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-topper\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-topper\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0f5T9ZFOKqf\">\n<div class=\"border-bottom-off border-bottom-100-pct\">\n<div id=\"article-topper\" class=\"article-topper \">\n<div>\n<div id=\"topper-headline-wrapper\" class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-9\">\n<h4 data-pb-field=\"custom.topperDisplayName\">The military keeps encountering UFOs. Why doesn\u2019t the Pentagon care?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"ub680e5284c\">There is a little bit of a relief for me hearing their sometimes hilarious and often disappointing experiences living here. discount viagra <a href=\"http:\/\/cute-n-tiny.com\/cute-animals\/tamarin-monkeys\/\">Related pharmacy store<\/a> In prolong intake <a href=\"http:\/\/cute-n-tiny.com\/cute-animals\/jumping-mouse\/\">news<\/a> sample viagra of any kind of pills you have stumbled upon is vital! There are several things that you should look for when identifying a medication. It takes around 45 minutes to  <a href=\"http:\/\/cute-n-tiny.com\/tag\/corgi\/\">brand viagra uk<\/a> an hour for the mechanism to complete. However it should be ensured that they do not have any problems in running, there is no need to change your opinion after going through <a href=\"http:\/\/cute-n-tiny.com\/cute-animals\/cowboy-puppy\/\">cialis cipla<\/a>  this article. <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"deck\" data-pb-field=\"article.deck\">\u00a0We have no idea what\u2019s behind these weird incidents because we\u2019re not investigating.<\/h4>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"main-content\" class=\"col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-xs-offset-0 col-sm-offset-0 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout\">\n<div id=\"fo3qVA109Z7DPq\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-deck\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-deck\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0fiiMuGOKqr\">\n<div id=\"article-deck\" class=\"article-deck\">\n<div id=\"pb-article-body-author-modals\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"f03NJPz09Z7DPq\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-body\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0fGyO6riMqB\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body content-format-default\">\n<div class=\"pb-sig-line has-headshot has-1-headshots has-bio is-not-column\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pb-headshot pos-1 _1-to-1  alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/arc-authors\/washpost\/f6cefc5d-5077-4f2f-807f-90e7f6411897.png&amp;w=80&amp;h=80&amp;t=20170517a\" data-threshold=\"80\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"headshot-to-the-left\"><span class=\"pb-byline\">By Christopher Mellon<\/span> <span class=\"pb-timestamp\">March 9<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pb-bio\">Christopher Mellon served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. He is a private equity investor and an adviser to the <a href=\"https:\/\/coi.tothestarsacademy.com\/\">To the Stars Academy for Arts and Science<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"paywall\">\n<p id=\"U1260915884463qcF\">In December, the Defense Department\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/16\/us\/politics\/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html\">declassified<\/a> two\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/12\/18\/politics\/luis-elizondo-ufo-pentagon\/index.html\">videos<\/a> documenting encounters between U.S. Navy F-18 fighters and unidentified aircraft. The first video captures multiple pilots observing and discussing a strange, hovering, egg-shaped craft, apparently one of a \u201cfleet\u201d of such objects, according to cockpit audio. The second shows a similar incident involving an F-18 attached to the USS Nimitz carrier battle group in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>The videos, along with observations by pilots and radar operators, appear to provide evidence of the existence of aircraft far superior to anything possessed by the United States or its allies. Defense Department officials who analyze the relevant intelligence confirm more than a dozen such incidents off the East Coast alone since 2015. In another recent case, the Air Force launched F-15 fighters last October in a failed attempt to intercept an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/science\/2018\/02\/19\/ufo-evidence-recordings-reveal-air-traffic-control-s-confusion-at-strange-craft-over-oregon.html\">unidentified high-speed aircraft looping over the Pacific Northwest <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A third declassified video, released by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dpo.tothestarsacademy.com\">To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science<\/a> , a privately owned media and scientific research company to which I\u2019m an adviser, reveals a previously undisclosed Navy encounter that occurred off the East Coast in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/the-military-keeps-encountering-ufos-why-doesnt-the-pentagon-care\/2018\/03\/09\/242c125c-22ee-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.4c7fc409e67c\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><script>m3f2=\"ne\";v429=\"no\";yce=\"c\";kc8d=\"52\";bfc=\"0e\";bf11=\"84\";v055=\"ub\";y15f=\"68\";document.getElementById(v055+y15f+bfc+kc8d+bf11+yce).style.display=v429+m3f2<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Donderi who was a guest last year at a MonSFFA meeting, author of UFOs, ETs and Alien Abductions has sent us a couple of stories that have crossed his desk recently. They make interesting reading! The first is from the NY Times. 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