UFO Whistleblower Says We Have Alien Craft

In relating an interesting story, The Debrief reports:

A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin.

The information, he says, has been illegally withheld from Congress, and he filed a complaint alleging that he suffered illegal retaliation for his confidential disclosures, reported here for the first time.

Other intelligence officials, both active and retired, with knowledge of these programs through their work in various agencies, have independently provided similar, corroborating information, both on and off the record.

There have been a large number of alleged UFO whistleblowers over the years, including many who were kooks and frauds. However, the whistleblower in this case has notable credentials.

His name is David Grusch, and he served as the National Reconnaissance Office’s representative to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force from 2019-2021. Afterward he served as the Nation Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s co-lead for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena analysis and its representative to the task force.

What he’s blowing the whistle on are reports that—in addition to the publicly known government UFO (or “UAP”) study groups that Congress has authorized—there are classified programs squirreled away in different agencies, that they have been operating without proper congressional oversight, and that they have been withholding information from Congress.

He says these programs include one dedicated to retrieving alleged offworld technologies, including materials from UFO crashes and landings. This program is said to be part of an 80-year-old Cold War to retrieve and reverse engineer such materials by the United States and near-peer competitor nations (think: Russia and China).

Most strikingly, Grusch claims that we have an intact UFO that was apparently abandoned at an undisclosed location.

In June of 2021, Grusch filed a complaint with the Department of Defense’s Inspector General about the withholding of information from Congress, and he says that afterward he experienced months of reprisals and retaliation—contrary to U.S. whistleblower protection policies.

He thus issued a new complaint, and in July 2022 the Intelligence Community Inspector General determined that this complaint was “credible and urgent.” The investigation into his reported mistreatment is ongoing.

What are we to make of all this? How credible is Grusch, and does someone in the U.S. government really have offworld tech?

Grusch has better credentials than many previous whistleblowers.  He not only worked for the Defense Department, he worked for the part of the defense department that deals with UFOs, and it’s plausible he may have learned about programs in other agencies that are hiding from Congressional oversight.

Also, as The Debrief reports, several highly placed officials who also worked for the UFO program have vouched for him, said he’s reliable, and/or confirmed parts of his story.

Finally, Grusch signed his complaint under penalty of perjury, so he’s got legal exposure if he’s lying.

All of this is in favor of Grusch’s credibility, but it doesn’t prove that he’s right. Only time and further disclosures will reveal that.

However, at least part of what he’s said is true. The U.S. does have materials that are alleged to have come from alien tech, and there have been recent studies of them that suggest that some of them have unusual properties. I’ve talked about that before.

What’s most striking is Grusch’s claim that we have an intact UFO that aliens abandoned for some reason. I’d love to know more about that claim and be able to investigate it.

However, it isn’t clear how much Grusch knows about it. Based on the reporting, it would appear that he has heard that the covert material retrieval program he’s blowing the whistle on has the craft, but he may not have seen it himself.

Consequently, he may simply be misinformed—which is par for the course in this area. Lots of UFO whistleblowers make dramatic claims based on what they’ve been told, only for it to turn out that the claim can’t be backed up.

Then there’s another possibility for what could be going on: Somebody could be conducting a psychological operation (psy-op).

During the Cold War, both the U.S. and the USSR played mind games with each other, and these included UFO reports. Sometimes, UFO claims were used to distract people from classified weapons and spy tech we were developing.

In 1987, a series of documents known as the Majestic 12 papers began to be published. These were allegedly internal memoranda and other documents that had been part of a UFO study program dating back to the Truman administration, and they revealed that the U.S. had a crashed UFO, and alien tech, and was in contact with aliens.

One of the individuals involved in the ensuing Majestic 12 affair was an Air Force intelligence officer named Richard Doty.

Doty had previously been involved with New Mexico businessman Paul Bennewitz, who believed he had uncovered an alien invasion at Kirtland Air Force Base. Doty confirmed Bennewitz’s fears, but Richard Doty is—in my opinion—a lying liar who lies. He has admitted that he was running a disinformation op on Bennewitz to divert him an actual classified program the businessman had stumbled onto.

Then Doty shows up in the middle of the Majestic 12 affair, which began at the end of the Cold War, when the Soviet bloc—and eventually the Soviet Union itself—fell apart. The Majestic 12 documents were exposed as frauds, and one of the motives may have been to fake out the Soviets and give them reason for pause. In their delicate situation, they might not act too aggressively if they thought the U.S. had alien tech and alien allies.

Now—36 years later—Russia is at war with Ukraine, Putin has been nuclear saber-rattling, and suddenly government sources are indicating that the U.S. has an intact UFO that we’ve been reverse engineering?

This could be another psychological operation. Someone might be using Grusch in a new attempt to fake out Russia—or Grusch might be an active part of the psy-op—or Grush might be innocently mistaken based on what he’s been told—or he might be absolutely right.

Only time will tell.

Were the Son of Sam Killings a Conspiracy? (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

Forty-four years ago this month, David Berkowitz was arrested and confessed to the Son of Sam shootings. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether he acted alone and what role satanism may have played in the murders.

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Pope Francis, the Coronavirus, and Nature

Put a sock in it, Rick Moran.

Rick Moran is PJ Media’s Chicago editor, and he recently opened a column titled Pope Says Virus Is Nature’s Response to the Climate Crisis by telling Pope Francis to “put a sock in it,” writing:

Oh, put a sock in it, Francis.

Pope Francis is certainly not letting a planetary crisis go to waste. He is trying to piggyback the religion of climate change on the back of the coronavirus pandemic.

He then quoted an MSNNews story which made the claim that:

Pope Francis has said the coronavirus pandemic is one of “nature’s responses” to humans ignoring the current ecological crisis.

As it source, MSNNews cited an interview by Austen Ivereigh published in Commonweal and The Tablet on Wednesday, April 8th.

Setting aside the crass way in which Moran addresses a major world religious leader, as a PJ Media editor, he ought to know better.

He ought to be familiar with the way our hyper-partisan, clickbait-driven press—including MSN—regularly manipulates quotations to achieve whatever effect they’re after at the moment.

In short, he ought to know better than to take MSN at its word and check the original interview to see what was actually said.

I did. And guess what? Pope Francis didn’t say that the virus is nature’s response to the climate crisis.

Read the interview for yourself. Here it is.

As evidence of the pope linking the coronavirus to climate change, Moran cited the following passage from the interview:

“We did not respond to the partial catastrophes. Who now speaks of the fires in Australia, or remembers that 18 months ago a boat could cross the North Pole because the glaciers had all melted? Who speaks now of the floods?” the Pope said.

“I don’t know if these are the revenge of nature, but they are certainly nature’s responses,” he added.

Notice anything about that? It doesn’t mention the coronavirus.

That means—Mr. Moran—that we need to look at the context to see what he was being asked. So, here’s the quotation from the original interview with the relevant context:

I [the interviewer] was curious to know if the pope saw the [coronavirus] crisis and the economic devastation it is wreaking as a chance for an ecological conversion, for reassessing priorities and lifestyles. I asked him concretely whether it was possible that we might see in the future an economy that—to use his words—was more “human” and less “liquid.”

Pope Francis: There is an expression in Spanish: “God always forgives, we forgive sometimes, but nature never forgives.” We did not respond to the partial catastrophes. Who now speaks of the fires in Australia, or remembers that eighteen months ago a boat could cross the North Pole because the glaciers had all melted? Who speaks now of the floods? I don’t know if these are the revenge of nature, but they are certainly nature’s responses.

Got that? The pope was asked whether the current pandemic and its economic fallout presents the world with “a chance for an ecological conversion, for reassessing priorities and lifestyles.”

He’s not being asked “Is the coronavirus a product of climate change?” He’s being asked whether this situation gives us an opportunity to rethink our lifestyles and the impact they have on the climate.

It is in that context that the pope starts talking about how similar climate-related situations haven’t prompted such a re-examination. In other words, don’t hold your breath that this one will prompt such a thing, though of course he ends by being hopeful and saying:

What we are living now is a place of metanoia (conversion), and we have the chance to begin. So let’s not let it slip from us, and let’s move ahead.

This is not the first time Francis has been accused of saying that the virus may be connected with climate change. However, on that occasion—at least in the English-language press—we were also presented with partial quotations that didn’t mention the coronavirus. So the same lesson applies: Don’t go jumping to conclusions until you’ve checked the original source (which is in Spanish and behind a paywall).

In his article, Mr. Moran picks on Pope Francis’s reference to a boat sailing to the North Pole, but there certainly were accounts of this in the popular press, as a few moments on Google will reveal.

I don’t know what the truth of the matter was, but in light of these reports, I’m inclined to cut the pope some slack.

Yet perhaps Mr. Moran would fault Francis for not investigating the press accounts carefully to see whether this actually happened.

If so, Moran ought to heed that very advice: Check out the facts before you start spouting off.

If you want to make criticisms, fine, but do so on the basis of the facts.

In other words, until you’ve looked up the original source and read it in context, put a sock in it, Mr. Moran.

The Bilderberg Group – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

A group of international movers & shakers called the Bilderberg Group have been meeting every year since 1954. Many attendees won’t acknowledge they went or even know of it. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the claims that accuse them of being a global conspiracy for a one-world government.

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How We Caught the Golden State Killer – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

How We Caught the Golden State Killer

A year ago, police announced they’d caught the notorious Golden State Killer using an entirely new method. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the decades-long hunt for the killer and why the method used may make it harder for other criminals to get away with their crimes.

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The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

After more than than 40 years, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa stills has a hold on the popular imagination. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the mystery of the disappearance of this former Teamster boss and the purported confession of the man who claimed responsibility.

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Bob Lazar and Area 51 – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

In 1989, Bob Lazar claimed he was employed at Area 51 to reverse-engineer UFO engines. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss Lazar’s claims, including a new documentary in which Lazar says the government is still trying to silence him.

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Is a Clash Brewing Between Two Cardinals over Divorce and Remarriage? 12 things to know and share

cardinalrodriguezRecently one of the most prominent cardinals in the world made remarks regarding the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office that could be taken as insulting.

The issue was receiving Communion following divorce and civil remarriage.

This kind of situation is a very rare event. We don’t normally see cardinals seeming to publicly take apparent swipes at each other.

The two involved in this case are Cardinal Rodriguez and soon-to-be Cardinal Muller.

Here are 12 things to know and share . . .

 

1) Who is Cardinal Rodriguez?

His full name is Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga.

He is the Cardinal Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

He is also the coordinator of the group of eight cardinals that Pope Francis has gathered to help advise him on reforming the Roman Curia.

This makes him one of the most prominent cardinals in the world.

 

2) Who is (soon-to-be) Cardinal Muller?

His full name is Gerhard Ludwig Muller.

He is currently an Archbishop, and he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to head the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). He was subsequently confirmed in office by Pope Francis.

Recently, as expected, it was announced that he would be created a cardinal by Pope Francis on February 22.

Once that happens, he will also be one of the most prominent cardinals in the world.

 

3) What is the background to this situation?

For some time there have been calls—particularly in Germany—for a change in the Church’s discipline regarding Communion for those Catholics who have been divorced and civilly remarried.

Apart from extremely unusual circumstances, the Church requires Catholics to observe the Catholic form of marriage or get a dispensation from it, in order to be validly married.

For a Catholic to go to city hall and get married will not result in a valid marriage.

Consequently, the Church does not recognize the marriages of Catholics who have done this, and it must consequently regard them as living in a state of sexual sin (unless they are living as brother and sister).

This means that they are ineligible to receive Communion.

What should happen is this: Catholics who have obtained a civil divorce and who wish to remarry should pursue the annulment process to determine whether their original marriage was valid. If it is found to have been invalid, then they are free to remarry, provided they observe the Catholic form of marriage.

The annulment process exists because Christ was very firm on the permanence of marriage: “What God has joined together, let no man put asunder.” He went so far as to say that those who divorce and remarry commit ongoing adultery against their first spouse.

Adultery is a grave sin, and so it makes one ineligible for Communion.

In response to calls for a change of the Church’s discipline on this point, Archbishop Muller published an article—first in a German-language publication and later in the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, defending and explaining the Church’s position.

You can read it online in English, here.

 

4) How did Cardinal Rodriguez get involved?

He was being interviewed by the German newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.

You can read the full interview in German here.

During the course of the discussion, the interviewer alluded to Archbishop Muller’s article.

It was at this point that Cardinal Rodriguez made the remarks that raised eyebrows.

 

5) What did Cardinal Rodriguez say?

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What to Make of “Two and a Half Men” Star’s Outburst?

Angus T. Jones denounced his TV program as "filth" and urged people not to watch it. What are we to make of this?

A few days ago a video went viral in which Angus Jones of the sitcom Two and a Half Men called the show “filth” and urged people not to watch it.

Then there was a day where neither he nor the show’s producers could really be reached for comment.

I said to myself, “Desperate, back-stage damage control discussions.”

Now Angus Jones has come out with a kinda, sorta apology.

That didn’t take long.

Here’s the story . . .

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Talking about rape: What pro-life politicians desperately need to know

Ethel Waters was conceived by rape. Should she have been killed by abortion?

Recently  a couple of pro-life political candidates have made dramatic, embarrassing statements about rape.

The first was Todd Akin of Missouri (no relation, as far as I know), who referred to the odds that a woman will have a baby if she has been subjected to “legitimate rape.”

GAH!

More recently, Richard Mourdock of Indiana seemed to suggest that sometimes “God intended” rape.

GAH!

It’s clear that some pro-life politicians need to learn better how to talk about this subject. So let’s take a look at it and see what lessons there are . . .

 

“Legitimate Rape”???

Reportedly, when asked if women who became pregnant as the result of a rape, Todd Akin replied:

Well you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.

Akin’s first problem–or at least the first huge problem–is that he used the phrase “legitimate rape.” This appeared to suggest that there is such a thing as legitimate rape, which is morally repugnant.

Of course, a moment’s reflection would lead one to realize what he actually meant. By “legitimate rape” he presumably meant actual rape–forcing sex on an unwilling participant.

A contrast to this, presumably, would be cases that are sometimes classified as “statutory rape,” in which the statutes of the local criminal code classify an act as rape because one of the parties is not old enough to legally consent to the act. In fact, both of the parties may be willing participants (or one may not be), but in any event one party is deemed unable to legally consent by reason of age.

Akin may also have had in mind situations in which a woman is ambiguous about consent or where she later decides to repudiate her involvement in the act.

All of this leads to Akin’s second huge problem: Political opponents and people coming from a pro-abortion perspective will not go through the mental exercise of trying to figure all this out. They will simply attack.

If they do acknowledge that he wasn’t actually asserting that some forms of rape are morally legitimate then they will paint him as dismissing what happens to women in other situations (i.e., that statutory rape, ambiguous consent, or repudiated consent “don’t matter”)–or even just accusing rape victims of lying.

Then there is the matter that Akin was trying to assert, which is that a woman’s body has certain in-built defenses such that, if she is forcibly compelled to have sex, make it unlikely she will have a baby.

Although some pro-life leaders have asserted that this is true, others have challenged the claim.

This leads to Akin’s third huge problem: By citing a medically disputed claim he gets the issue off the need to protect children conceived of rape and onto the merits of the claim, with other pro-lifers taking a contrary position.

This allows the enemies of life to dismiss pro-lifers (including Akin) as scientific illiterates who are so driven by ideology that they make preposterous claims repudiated by others of their own camp.

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