The Marinovka military airfield in Volgograd, Russia, is on fire after a Ukrainian UAV attack, according to local residents. The airfield is home to Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft of the 2nd Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron (Military Unit 77978) of the 4th Air Force and…
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) August 22, 2024
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After visit in Bosnia & Hercegovina, CIA Director William Burns made a surprise visit to Serbia, following his visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. This visit was not officially announced beforehand.
Burns met with officials BIA, including Vladimir Orlic!— Vlora Jashanica-Representative of IPDV (@JashanicaVlora) August 22, 2024
NASA’s FIRMS fire monitoring systems shows multiple fires at Russia’s Marinovka Air Base in Volgograd Oblast after a successful Ukrainian drone attack earlier tonight.
Explosions, smoke and flames were seen rising from the airfield. pic.twitter.com/J9TaJWwLgv
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 22, 2024
Former US national security adviser HR McMaster says Russian president Putin had a hold over Trump. #putin #geopolitics #securitythreat #nationalsecurity https://t.co/9TI3oKICzh
— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) August 22, 2024
Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations throughout the Kursk Oblast salient on August 21 and have made additional marginal advances.
Kursk Tactical Updates 🧵(1/10) https://t.co/I4aoaIEljj pic.twitter.com/E34hOrNbZv
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) August 22, 2024
Rocket Alert now for the Town of Rosh HaNikra in Northwestern Israel. pic.twitter.com/LclmAX4sPr
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 22, 2024
Putin notably appears to be demanding that Russia defeat Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Oblast without sacrificing the stability of his regime, deprioritizing the offensive in eastern Ukraine, or firing his incompetent but loyal lieutenants. The results of such a strategy are too… https://t.co/I4aoaIET8R pic.twitter.com/zlVBlNbuoD
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) August 22, 2024
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REMEMBER THOSE BIG HEADLINES last summer, when a retired Air Force Intelligence officer named David Grusch testified in Congress about the U.S. government’s secret UFO “retrieval” program?
“Whistleblower tells Congress a stunning tale of crashed alien spacecraft and dead pilots,” blared the Dallas Morning News.” The “stunning” part was true.
While speaking to the media, Grusch also said that World War Two Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, tipped by Pope Pius XII, had helped retrieve a flying saucer and turned it over to the Americans. Even the New York Post noted that Grusch “did not provide any evidence for these claims.”
Still, cable news outlets and YouTube content creators latched on to Grusch like a pack of vampires.
Skeptics pleaded, yet again: Show us the evidence.
And then in mid-2023 a reporter discovered that Grusch, who had worked in Pentagon satellite intelligence agencies, had had a mental health and substance abuse crises in 2014 and 2018 . The flying saucer brigade cried foul, but also pledged to keep up the fight. Actual “proof” of a spaceship or an alien, they assured us, was imminent.
As it happens, that is the title and battle cry of a new book published this week by Luis Elizondo, another prominent former intelligence officer-turned UFO truther. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs, is generating a fresh wave of media buzz and excitement among UFO believers. Might it live up to the hype and finally prove the existence of our extraterrestrial overlords?
Don’t hold your breath.
Pelosi speaking reminds me of Jay Gatsby making his first appearance at his own party.
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) August 22, 2024