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[In 2017], a stunning exposé of U.S. government efforts to investigate unidentified flying objects appeared in the New York Times. An accompanying article paints a vivid portrait of an extraordinary, multi-witness UFO encounter off the coast of southern California. A follow-on piece describes naval aviators’ frequent observations – corroborated by multiple sensors – of unknown objects exhibiting seemingly highly advanced technology. *snip* Critically, officials have high confidence that secret U.S. aircraft or experimental technologies are not responsible for these perplexing encounters. At the same time, analysts have no evidence that a foreign power is behind hundreds of UFO reports. At...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. ‘This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that...

ritish defence intelligence has issued a rare ‘threat alert’ warning after former RAF pilots are being drafted in to train up Chinese troops. Up to 30 pilots have secured annual salaries of £250,000 to teach Western flying procedures, the BBC reports. There is nothing the Armed Forces can do to prevent this due to a legal loophole which allows third-party head hunters to recruit the former pilots. Other top Royal Air Force pilots have been approached by people acting on behalf of the People’s Liberation Army, but so far they have declined the offers. Fast-jet pilots from Australia and Canada...

TOKYO -- An American man who married a Japanese man in the U.S. has appealed to the Tokyo High Court after a district court's Sept. 30 rejection of his claim that the Japanese immigration authority's denial of his visa to stay in Japan was invalid.

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Victoria Obidina, a nurse who was separated from her four-year-old daughter Alisa by Russians during evacuation from Azovstal, was released today as part of exchange. As reported, on May 7 this year, the evacuation of civilians - women, children and the elderly - who were in the shelters of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol was completed. During the last evacuation, the occupants, who carried out the so-called filtration measures in Mangush, separated a woman-medic and her 4-year-old daughter Alisa. The mother remained in the filtration camp on the territory of the "DNR", and the girl from Zaporizhzhia was later reunited...

Ukraine returned 108 women from captivity, including 37 evacuees from "Azovstal". VIDEO Video Censor.NET Society Ukraine conducted another large-scale prisoner exchange and returned home 108 women, most of them military personnel. This was announced by the head of the President's Office Andrii Yermak on Telegram, Censor.NET reports. "Another large-scale exchange of prisoners was carried out today. It was particularly emotional and truly special - we freed 108 women from captivity. It was the first all-female exchange. The prisoners were mothers and daughters, who were very much awaited by their relatives. 37 evacuees from "Azovstal", 11 officers , 85 - privates...

SOUTHERN BALTIC SEA. The explosions that have escalated the geopolitical conflict between Russia and the West took place here. At the bottom, 80 meters below the surface of the Baltic Sea, Expressen films the ruptured gas pipelines in Nord Stream 1. Our underwater camera documents long tears in the seabed before it reaches the concrete-reinforced steel pipe torn apart in the suspected sabotage. At least fifty meters of the gas line appears to be missing after the explosion, which measured 2.3 on the Richter scale. Last Friday, the Coast Guard announced that the bubbles above the Nord Stream pipes were...

On October 17, 108 women were released from captivity as a result of a prisoner exchange. The correspondent photos were posted by Presidental press office, informs Censor.NЕТ. Women released from captivity by exchange 01 Women released from captivity by exchange 02 Women released from captivity by exchange 03 Watch more: Ukraine returned 108 women from captivity, including 37 evacuees from "Azovstal". VIDEO Women released from captivity by exchange 04 Women released from captivity by exchange 05 Women released from captivity by exchange 06 Women released from captivity by exchange 07 Women released from captivity by exchange 08 Women released from...

A top White House health official on Monday issued a stark warning to older people about the health risk they face this fall and winter from Covid-19. Dr. Ashish Jha, head of the White House Covid task force, said everyone older than 50 and senior citizens in particular need to get an omicron booster as soon as possible. "If you're over 50, certainly if you're over 65, you've got to go get these vaccines because it actually, literally could save your life. It's a difference between life and death," Jha said during an interview with Yahoo Finance. The elderly have...

Most Americans do not want to see Joe Biden run for reelection, another dire poll shows just three weeks before the midterms – and Democrats are split on whether they want to see the incumbent as their candidate in 2024. Sixty percent of American voters overall do not want another four years of Biden after his first term, a Rasmussen Reports poll reveals. On the other hand, only 26 percent – just over one-fourth – of voters say they want to see him run again, while 14 percent of respondents say they are unsure.

President Joe Biden's border chief skips White House gatherings, falls asleeps in meetings and badmouths his colleagues, his critics told Politico in a damning report published on Monday. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus was charged with caring more about reforming the agency's culture - including charges of racism and violence - instead of addressing the influx of migrants along the southern border. Magnus also sought to blame other federal agencies for the high number of border crossings, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement. CBP secures the border while ICE is responsible for arresting and detaining undocumented people that cross...

<p>The judge granted narrow permission to the defense to introduce evidence of the message sent to Weinstein in 2007, when Newsom was mayor of San Francisco and dating Jennifer.</p><p>But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench forbid the defense from discussing the underlying issue behind the email - the revelation of an affair Newsom had had in 2005 with an aide.</p>

Joe Biden is planning to release up to 15million barrels of oil from the US's emergency oil reserves as he tries to stem soaring gasoline prices. The oil release would be the latest portion of a deal Biden struck last spring to release 180million barrels of oil from energy companies. His administration is planning to announce the latest reserve release later this week, according to Bloomberg.

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Monday he has a plan to tackle the high number of spam robots or “bots” on Twitter, as he intends to purchase the social media company. Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, complained in a tweet to Musk Monday night that he was seeing too many bots on the platform. […] Bots are automated accounts that help drive traffic on Twitter. They appear like real accounts controlled by a person. They retweet posts, like posts and follow other accounts. Advertisers, marketing agencies and other companies are looking to reach real human accounts,...

Fending off attacks from his independent challenger, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah worked to distinguish himself from former President Donald Trump in a contentious debate Monday evening. “I stood against my party time and time again to oppose reckless spending. I will do it again and again and again. We need people who say no,” the second-term Republican said. Lee repeatedly pointed to his voting record and twice told the audience at Utah Valley University that he voted less in line with Trump than all but two Republican senators — Rand Paul and Susan Collins. “To suggest that I’m...

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Australia has reversed a previous government’s recognition of west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the foreign minister said Tuesday, prompting consternation from Israel. The center-left Labor Party government Cabinet agreed to again recognize Tel Aviv as the capital and reaffirmed that Jerusalem’s status must be resolved in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said. Australia remained committed to a two-party solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, and “we will not support an approach that undermines this prospect,” Wong said. Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid expressed disappointment in Australia’s changed position. “Jerusalem is the eternal...

Liberal guests on Bill Maher’s comedy show downplayed the risk of nuclear escalation in the Ukraine vs. Russia war for control of the Donbas region. “They’re tactical nukes — they’re just bigger versions of what a conventional attack would be,” said Neil deGrasse Tyson, a Harvard-trained science and “science communicator.” He said on the October 15 show: “Modern nukes don’t have the radiation problem … it’s a different kind of weapon than Hiroshima and Nagasaki … in the way that we used to have to worry about with fallout and all the rest of that. What you really have to...