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Print this article The Pentagon is set to begin the most expansive look yet at the militarys response to “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” in an inspector general investigation announced this week. The effort will build on a provision couched in the 2021 Intelligence Authorization Act that ordered spy agencies and the Defense Department to report to lawmakers what they know about the phenomena within six months. Last year, the Pentagon released videos of incidents from November 2004 and two ...

© US NAVY The Pentagon’s watchdog is investigating the military’s policy around how it handles sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs).  The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Office of Inspector General said in a memo Monday that it will conduct evaluation into the “extent to which the DoD has taken actions regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.” It added “we may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional...

Pentagons Watchdog to Investigate Militarys Response to UFOs Screen grab of video released by the U.S. Navy of an F/A-18 encounter with an unidentified aerial phenomena in 2004. (U.S. Navy) 4 May 2021 The Defense Departments inspector general is launching its own investigation into what the military calls "unidentified aerial phenomena" -- better known as UFOs. In an announcement Monday, the Office of Inspector General said that beginning this month, it will start evaluating "the extent to whic...

On May 9, 2001, Steven M. Greer took the lectern at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of the truth about unidentified flying objects. Greer, an emergency-room physician in Virginia and an outspoken ufologist, believed that...

OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma man who saved many of his fellow soldiers during a Vietnamese ambush 53 years ago is among four veterans whose heroism is being considered for an upgrade to the Medal of Honor.  The proposed upgrades of the four veterans’ medals were included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021. It waives the five-year year period between the acts of valor and approval of the Medal of Honor. The Authorization Act was passed, then vetoed, and then revived wh...

Biden is seeking congressional authorization for a $1.5 trillion spending plan to be implemented in 2022. House votes MEDICARE AND STIMULUS SPENDING: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the Medicare Sequester Act (H.R. 1868), sponsored by Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky., to exempt Medicare from pay-as-you-go budget limits in the most recent COVID-19 stimulus spending law, and provide higher Medicaid payments to Californias public hospitals. Yarmuth said the exemption "will ensure our he...

Goodbye M16, Hello M27 Rifle? The Marines Aren’t Holding Their Breath The Marines would like a better replacement for the M16, but Congress is not sold on the M27 as the correct choice. Key point: Any new weapon system is frought with cost concerns and politics. Is the M27 just not as good as the older M16? For over a half century, the M16 assault rifle—and later the more compact M4 carbine—have served as the primary service rifles for both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The “plastic ...

Internet rubberneckers and crisis-starved media left to ponder non-event Share Copy Two days ago, the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) initiative warned of a possible collision on Friday between two orbiting objects, but it now appears they passed each other without incident. The two chunks of space junk are identified as OPS 6182 (1978-042A), a defunct US meteorological satellite, and SL-8 R/B (1981-041B), a rocket body launched in 1971 by the former Soviet Union to deliver ...

Apr 06, 2021 A second state court in California has ruled that federal law does not preempt that law that would effectively outlaw the leased owner-operator model in the state. Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, April 6, 2021:  Another Calif. court opinion goes in favor of A.B. 5 applying to trucking While the trucking industry’s larger case against California’s A.B. 5 law on motor carriers and owner-operators is still unfolding in a federal district court, a second state court in Cal...

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