The 1953 Shakhty Sighting: An Unknown Craft Over Soviet Skies
In the summer of 1953, Soviet officials in the city of Shakhty-located in the Rostov Oblast near the Ukrainian border-reported seeing unidentified flying objects in the night sky. The CIA intercepted and translated the report, filing it as part of its broader...
Soviet Pilots Reported Impossible Flying Objects Over Stalingrad in 1954
In the spring of 1954, Soviet fighter pilots stationed near Stalingrad witnessed something they could not explain: fast-moving aerial objects flying at extreme altitude and speeds beyond the known capabilities of any aircraft in the USSR or the West. The report was...
Inside the NSA’s UFO/UAP Intelligence Vault
In a sealed courtroom in 1980, Eugene F. Yeates-then Chief of Policy at the NSA-filed a classified affidavit defending why the Agency refused to release 156 documents related to unidentified flying objects. The lawsuit, brought by Citizens Against Unidentified Flying...
David Grusch Refused to Brief AARO and the Pentagon Wants You to Know It
In a tangle of internal emails, meeting memos, and agency-to-agency requests, a clear story emerges: the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) tried-repeatedly-to get whistleblower David Grusch to speak with them. He declined. The released...
Feds Knew New Jersey UAP Sightings Were Benign, Kept Quiet Anyway
In late 2024, a wave of drone sightings across New Jersey sparked public fear, political posturing, and federal flight restrictions. But newly released documents reveal that by mid-December, federal authorities had already determined that many of the most alarming...
