You're stranded on a dark, deserted highway..An alien ship landed in front of you, and a giant alien reptile known as Lord Kinbote, is threatening what appear to be two Greys..None of this seems to make any sense ... but as the two alien Greys are led away to the ship, Lord Kinbote, in all his ferocity, suddenly turns his attention to you..You awaken in a small cell on board the alien ship, the Grey next to you holding his head in his hands, and repeating, "This is not happening, this is not happening ...".It turns out the two Greys, are actually US Special Ops masquerading as aliens — it's a military abduction operation gone wrong, very wrong..Thankfully, it is not actually happening. You're either having a nightmare, or remembering one of the best ever X-Files episodes, Jose Chung's From Outer Space..Just when you were looking for a scary Halloween story..So then, are they here? Are they having fun with us? And, more importantly, are they adversarial..Well, we have to figure that out, don't we? The problem is the Canadian government doesn't like to talk about it.. Over 50 years ago, on the night of 4 October, strange lights appeared over the sky of a small Canadian fishing village.Over 50 years ago, on the night of 4 October, strange lights appeared over the sky of a small Canadian fishing village. .In fact, they don't want to tell us jack, about jack. You can't handle the truth, ladies and gents. Unless it makes them look good..This week, however, the US intelligence community is set to release a new report on what's now called unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, CTV News reported..And, by the way, both the Pentagon and NASA are now researching the topic. For once, it is now being taken seriously. Not a joke anymore..In a statement released Friday, NASA announced it chose the individuals responsible for conducting its independent UAP study, which is separate from the Department of Defense’s UAP Task Force and its successor, the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, ExtremeTech.com reported..The team is impressively diverse..Two astrophysicists, two policy specialists, two aviation specialists, an oceanographer, an AI startup founder, a science journalist, a planetary scientist, a former NASA astronaut, a telescope scientist, a space infrastructure consultant, an electrical and computer engineer and a physicist each made the cut..Meanwhile in the Great White North, where we are seldom, if ever, told the truth, Canada's vaunted military states it does "not typically investigate sightings of unknown or unexplained phenomena outside the context of investigating credible threats, potential threats, or potential distress in the case of search and rescue," CTV News reported..Neither does Canada's transportation department, which operates an online aviation incident database that's peppered with nearly three decades of unusual reports from soldiers, police officers, air traffic controllers, and pilots on military, medical, cargo and passenger flights..Everybody is clearly too worried about their job prospects and too busy tying their shoelaces. Nobody wants to say anything, about anything, especially UAPs..As a result, in most cases, there is little to no follow-up.."Reports received by Transport Canada are assessed for any immediate risk to aviation safety and security or to the Canadian public," a Transport Canada spokesperson told CTV News. "Reports of unidentified objects can rarely be followed up on as they are as the title implies, unidentified.".But there are some exceptions, including cases where CF-18 fighter jets were scrambled, as per these declassified documents obtained by CTV News.. CF-18 Hornets have been scrambled to intercept UFOs, according to unclassified documents.CF-18 Hornets have been scrambled to intercept UFOs, according to unclassified documents. .'EVASIVE ACTION' – DEC. 22, 2016.An American Airlines flight from London to New York was more than 300 km south of Goose Bay, Labrador on the night of Dec. 22, 2016 when it reported "a possible aircraft off its left side and below," according to a publicly available Transport Canada report.."Air Traffic Control (ATC) and North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) did not observe any radar data to confirm," the report continued, referring to the joint Canada-U.S. continental defence group. "Two other aircraft reported a possible target.".Once classified "secret," digital logbook entries from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) provide more details, CTV News reported..They describe the American Airlines flight taking "evasive action" when an unknown aircraft appeared "off his left side." With "inconclusive" radar data, Canadian CF-18 fighter jets were scrambled to investigate what was dubbed "TOI #2," or "Track of Interest 2.".Air force personnel meanwhile instructed the American Airlines flight to "turn 90 degrees right to separate data trail from other aircraft," since two or more aerial objects can appear as a single radar blip if too close together..The pilot complied and a collision was avoided..The crew "reported seeing an aircraft with a rotating white light on his left side and behind him.".'SEEN ENTERING THE WATER' – SEPT. 3, 2018.Documents obtained from the RCAF's 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron in Nova Scotia describe a S&R Cormorant helicopter being dispatched to the north shore of Prince Edward Island on the night of Sept. 3, 2018, to "search for an unidentified object.".According to the report, a "concerned citizen saw something fall in the water and could neither confirm nor deny having a person on board," CTV News reported..Clearly labelled "UFO Sighting," the helicopter crew's mission report says they scoured the scene for nearly an hour, but there was "nothing seen" and "nobody needed any rescue.".'UNKNOWN IN THE CANR' – SEPTEMBER 2020.Some of the records obtained by CTV News are so heavily redacted it's impossible to know what was seen or detected..One RCAF email from Sept. 22, 2020, mentions an "Unknown in the CANR," which stands for "Canadian NORAD Region" and is Canada's realm of responsibility under NORAD..While the email implies something unknown was detected above or near Canada, the rest of the message is almost entirely redacted..'SHAPED LIKE AN UPRIGHT DOUGHNUT OR INNER TUBE' – NOV. 14, 2016.Most of the UAP reports in Transport Canada's aviation incident database only have a line or two of detail. Because two flight attendants were injured during an evasive manoeuvre, a paragraph-long report from 2016 is something of an exception, CTV News reported..On the morning of Nov. 14 that year, a Porter Airlines flight from Ottawa to Toronto's downtown island airport was over Lake Ontario and approaching its destination when, according to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) report, "the flight crew noticed an object directly ahead on their flight path" that "appeared to be solid, approximately 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.4 metres) in diameter and shaped like an upright doughnut or inner tube.".To avoid a collision, the "captain overrode the autopilot in order to quickly descend the aircraft under the object.".The two unseated flight attendants "were in the process of securing the cabin for arrival" and "received minor injuries when they were thrown into the cabin structure.". A UFO photographed over Lake Cote, Costa Rica in September 1971.A UFO photographed over Lake Cote, Costa Rica in September 1971. .Surprisingly, Canada has no shortage of "Roswell type" UAP incidents, but they don't get much media play. For some reason, our mainstream media treats these stories as comical and unimportant..When in fact, it could be the story of the century..Google them yourselves: The Falcon Lake Incident, The Shag Harbour Incident, The Clarenville Sighting, The Harbour Mile Sighting, the Montreal Sighting and the Yukon Encounter..In the latter case, in December 1996 in the Yukon region of Canada, more than 30 witnesses claimed to have seen a massive, brightly-lit UFO four times the size of a football stadium..The Royal Canadian Mint even commissioned a 2022 1 oz. Pure Silver Glow-in-the-Dark Coin honouring Canada’s Unexplained Phenomena..And let me add one more to the list — The Cayley lights — which happened right here in Alberta..Years ago, when I was working for the Calgary Sun, I was on late shift when reports came in of a bright, meteor-like object, that lit up the sky as if it were daylight for a split second..Nothing unusual here, of course, but just a week or so later came a televised media report that residents living near Cayley, a small hamlet in southern Alberta, were sitting on lawn chairs, watching a strange dance of lights, due west, in the Kananaskis mountain range..Weather at the time was quite cold, in the -20C to -25C range, but many residents braved the frigid climes to watch this nightly show — bright lights, hovering up and down, as if they were searching..Eventually, word got out of this Lights In The Sky (LITS) incident, and a TV crew showed up to interview some of the residents..I tried to follow this up with the people mentioned in the report, but not a single one wanted to talk on, or even off, the record — fearing possible derision from their fellow Albertans. The locals just wanted the story to die..After a week the lights stopped dancing and were never seen again..Meanwhile, interest in official UAP research has been growing over the last several months..In May, the Pentagon briefed Congress on a number of UAP sightings, only one of which has since been explained..The hearing, along with the 2021 preliminary UAP assessment that inspired it, earmarked this decade as the first in which the US government publicly shown a serious interest in investigating what could be otherworldly phenomena..According to NASA chief Bill Nelson, humans very well could have witnessed extraterrestrial activity in recent years, ExtremeTech.com reported..During a live-streamed interview with the University of Virginia last year, Nelson said hundreds of acknowledged UAP sightings still lack explanations..“I’ve talked to those pilots and they know they saw something, and their radars locked on to it. And they don’t know what it is. And we don’t know what it is,” he said..“We hope it’s not an adversary here on Earth that has that kind of technology. But it’s something… Who am I to say planet Earth is the only location of a life form that is civilized and organized like ours?”. Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet fighters prepare to refuel with a CC-130 Hercules over Cold Lake, Alberta.
You're stranded on a dark, deserted highway..An alien ship landed in front of you, and a giant alien reptile known as Lord Kinbote, is threatening what appear to be two Greys..None of this seems to make any sense ... but as the two alien Greys are led away to the ship, Lord Kinbote, in all his ferocity, suddenly turns his attention to you..You awaken in a small cell on board the alien ship, the Grey next to you holding his head in his hands, and repeating, "This is not happening, this is not happening ...".It turns out the two Greys, are actually US Special Ops masquerading as aliens — it's a military abduction operation gone wrong, very wrong..Thankfully, it is not actually happening. You're either having a nightmare, or remembering one of the best ever X-Files episodes, Jose Chung's From Outer Space..Just when you were looking for a scary Halloween story..So then, are they here? Are they having fun with us? And, more importantly, are they adversarial..Well, we have to figure that out, don't we? The problem is the Canadian government doesn't like to talk about it.. Over 50 years ago, on the night of 4 October, strange lights appeared over the sky of a small Canadian fishing village.Over 50 years ago, on the night of 4 October, strange lights appeared over the sky of a small Canadian fishing village. .In fact, they don't want to tell us jack, about jack. You can't handle the truth, ladies and gents. Unless it makes them look good..This week, however, the US intelligence community is set to release a new report on what's now called unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, CTV News reported..And, by the way, both the Pentagon and NASA are now researching the topic. For once, it is now being taken seriously. Not a joke anymore..In a statement released Friday, NASA announced it chose the individuals responsible for conducting its independent UAP study, which is separate from the Department of Defense’s UAP Task Force and its successor, the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, ExtremeTech.com reported..The team is impressively diverse..Two astrophysicists, two policy specialists, two aviation specialists, an oceanographer, an AI startup founder, a science journalist, a planetary scientist, a former NASA astronaut, a telescope scientist, a space infrastructure consultant, an electrical and computer engineer and a physicist each made the cut..Meanwhile in the Great White North, where we are seldom, if ever, told the truth, Canada's vaunted military states it does "not typically investigate sightings of unknown or unexplained phenomena outside the context of investigating credible threats, potential threats, or potential distress in the case of search and rescue," CTV News reported..Neither does Canada's transportation department, which operates an online aviation incident database that's peppered with nearly three decades of unusual reports from soldiers, police officers, air traffic controllers, and pilots on military, medical, cargo and passenger flights..Everybody is clearly too worried about their job prospects and too busy tying their shoelaces. Nobody wants to say anything, about anything, especially UAPs..As a result, in most cases, there is little to no follow-up.."Reports received by Transport Canada are assessed for any immediate risk to aviation safety and security or to the Canadian public," a Transport Canada spokesperson told CTV News. "Reports of unidentified objects can rarely be followed up on as they are as the title implies, unidentified.".But there are some exceptions, including cases where CF-18 fighter jets were scrambled, as per these declassified documents obtained by CTV News.. CF-18 Hornets have been scrambled to intercept UFOs, according to unclassified documents.CF-18 Hornets have been scrambled to intercept UFOs, according to unclassified documents. .'EVASIVE ACTION' – DEC. 22, 2016.An American Airlines flight from London to New York was more than 300 km south of Goose Bay, Labrador on the night of Dec. 22, 2016 when it reported "a possible aircraft off its left side and below," according to a publicly available Transport Canada report.."Air Traffic Control (ATC) and North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) did not observe any radar data to confirm," the report continued, referring to the joint Canada-U.S. continental defence group. "Two other aircraft reported a possible target.".Once classified "secret," digital logbook entries from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) provide more details, CTV News reported..They describe the American Airlines flight taking "evasive action" when an unknown aircraft appeared "off his left side." With "inconclusive" radar data, Canadian CF-18 fighter jets were scrambled to investigate what was dubbed "TOI #2," or "Track of Interest 2.".Air force personnel meanwhile instructed the American Airlines flight to "turn 90 degrees right to separate data trail from other aircraft," since two or more aerial objects can appear as a single radar blip if too close together..The pilot complied and a collision was avoided..The crew "reported seeing an aircraft with a rotating white light on his left side and behind him.".'SEEN ENTERING THE WATER' – SEPT. 3, 2018.Documents obtained from the RCAF's 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron in Nova Scotia describe a S&R Cormorant helicopter being dispatched to the north shore of Prince Edward Island on the night of Sept. 3, 2018, to "search for an unidentified object.".According to the report, a "concerned citizen saw something fall in the water and could neither confirm nor deny having a person on board," CTV News reported..Clearly labelled "UFO Sighting," the helicopter crew's mission report says they scoured the scene for nearly an hour, but there was "nothing seen" and "nobody needed any rescue.".'UNKNOWN IN THE CANR' – SEPTEMBER 2020.Some of the records obtained by CTV News are so heavily redacted it's impossible to know what was seen or detected..One RCAF email from Sept. 22, 2020, mentions an "Unknown in the CANR," which stands for "Canadian NORAD Region" and is Canada's realm of responsibility under NORAD..While the email implies something unknown was detected above or near Canada, the rest of the message is almost entirely redacted..'SHAPED LIKE AN UPRIGHT DOUGHNUT OR INNER TUBE' – NOV. 14, 2016.Most of the UAP reports in Transport Canada's aviation incident database only have a line or two of detail. Because two flight attendants were injured during an evasive manoeuvre, a paragraph-long report from 2016 is something of an exception, CTV News reported..On the morning of Nov. 14 that year, a Porter Airlines flight from Ottawa to Toronto's downtown island airport was over Lake Ontario and approaching its destination when, according to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) report, "the flight crew noticed an object directly ahead on their flight path" that "appeared to be solid, approximately 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.4 metres) in diameter and shaped like an upright doughnut or inner tube.".To avoid a collision, the "captain overrode the autopilot in order to quickly descend the aircraft under the object.".The two unseated flight attendants "were in the process of securing the cabin for arrival" and "received minor injuries when they were thrown into the cabin structure.". A UFO photographed over Lake Cote, Costa Rica in September 1971.A UFO photographed over Lake Cote, Costa Rica in September 1971. .Surprisingly, Canada has no shortage of "Roswell type" UAP incidents, but they don't get much media play. For some reason, our mainstream media treats these stories as comical and unimportant..When in fact, it could be the story of the century..Google them yourselves: The Falcon Lake Incident, The Shag Harbour Incident, The Clarenville Sighting, The Harbour Mile Sighting, the Montreal Sighting and the Yukon Encounter..In the latter case, in December 1996 in the Yukon region of Canada, more than 30 witnesses claimed to have seen a massive, brightly-lit UFO four times the size of a football stadium..The Royal Canadian Mint even commissioned a 2022 1 oz. Pure Silver Glow-in-the-Dark Coin honouring Canada’s Unexplained Phenomena..And let me add one more to the list — The Cayley lights — which happened right here in Alberta..Years ago, when I was working for the Calgary Sun, I was on late shift when reports came in of a bright, meteor-like object, that lit up the sky as if it were daylight for a split second..Nothing unusual here, of course, but just a week or so later came a televised media report that residents living near Cayley, a small hamlet in southern Alberta, were sitting on lawn chairs, watching a strange dance of lights, due west, in the Kananaskis mountain range..Weather at the time was quite cold, in the -20C to -25C range, but many residents braved the frigid climes to watch this nightly show — bright lights, hovering up and down, as if they were searching..Eventually, word got out of this Lights In The Sky (LITS) incident, and a TV crew showed up to interview some of the residents..I tried to follow this up with the people mentioned in the report, but not a single one wanted to talk on, or even off, the record — fearing possible derision from their fellow Albertans. The locals just wanted the story to die..After a week the lights stopped dancing and were never seen again..Meanwhile, interest in official UAP research has been growing over the last several months..In May, the Pentagon briefed Congress on a number of UAP sightings, only one of which has since been explained..The hearing, along with the 2021 preliminary UAP assessment that inspired it, earmarked this decade as the first in which the US government publicly shown a serious interest in investigating what could be otherworldly phenomena..According to NASA chief Bill Nelson, humans very well could have witnessed extraterrestrial activity in recent years, ExtremeTech.com reported..During a live-streamed interview with the University of Virginia last year, Nelson said hundreds of acknowledged UAP sightings still lack explanations..“I’ve talked to those pilots and they know they saw something, and their radars locked on to it. And they don’t know what it is. And we don’t know what it is,” he said..“We hope it’s not an adversary here on Earth that has that kind of technology. But it’s something… Who am I to say planet Earth is the only location of a life form that is civilized and organized like ours?”. Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet fighters prepare to refuel with a CC-130 Hercules over Cold Lake, Alberta.
