In this installment of our investigative series, we examine how booby-trapped equipment slipped into wartime aid networks in Ukraine, targeting Russian soldiers. by Susan Katz Keating The Russian soldier placed the FPV goggles on his head, and flipped the switch on his drone console. He expected to see real-time images …
Read More »In the Saddle With Operation Ardent Vanguard on the U.S. Border
In California’s harsh border country, Marines and Border Patrol agents turn to horses for the kind of mobility no vehicle can match. by Jose Campos The U.S. military and the U.S. Border Patrol are reaching back to one of the oldest methods of moving through unforgiving country: horseback. Near El …
Read More »The Night Soviet Police Murdered a KGB Agent – And Triggered a Bloodletting
by Boris Egorov At the end of 1980, on the outskirts of Moscow, Soviet policemen beat to death a KGB major, and staged it as a robbery. They had no idea what dire consequences the encounter would have for them and the entire Soviet police force. On the morning of …
Read More »Apache Down in the Strait of Hormuz: Combat Search and Rescue Enters the Drone Age
by Dan O’Shea Two pilots in the water, a tight rescue window, and a craft with no one aboard showed how unmanned systems are adding new options for bringing Americans home. On a half-moon lit night, flying above the northernmost point of the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. Army Apache …
Read More »The FBI’s ‘Hottel’ UFO Memo That Broke the Internet
The Bureau spent years chasing flying saucers. Then it stopped. One memo explains why the public never trusted that decision.by Jose Campos The Roswell story was high on the public radar when the FBI’s Dallas Field Office fired off an urgent cable to Director J. Edgar Hoover. An object had …
Read More »Beyond the Crash: Roswell, the Nuclear Triangle, and UFO Questions That Remain Unanswered
by Martin Kufus Decades after it happened, the incident has wide name recognition. To some, “Roswell” suggests a crashed spaceship and a government conspiracy. To others, it’s a hoax for tourists and the gullible. Myth or reality, the “Roswell Incident” fell within a bigger picture. The Nuclear Triangle By the …
Read More »Mussolini’s UFO file: The 1933 Magenta Crash Declassified
by Austin Lee In the pre-dawn haze of June 13, 1933, a quiet field near Magenta, Italy erupted into chaos. A bell-shaped craft, 10 meters wide, tore through the night sky. Its metallic hull glowed like molten starlight before slamming into the Earth and leaving a smoldering crater. Locals whispered …
Read More »Beyond Roswell: UFO Sightings and Nuclear Weapons
by Martin Kufus The Pentagon is adamant that no flying saucer crashed in July 1947 near Roswell, N.M., and that no aliens nor advanced technology were recovered and secreted away. It’s an odd coincidence, nonetheless, that the world’s most famous UFO-related incident occurred near the world’s only nuclear weapons. By …
Read More »Pentagon Corridors Locked Down in Hazmat Incident: ‘It’s Not a Drill’
by Susan Katz Keating The Pentagon went into lockdown Thursday morning amid an active hazmat incident, a source inside the building told Soldier of Fortune. The response involves three corridors, comprising approximately one-quarter of the building. Floors and corridors have been evacuated. This is no precautionary exercise, the source said, …
Read More »Marines Fast-Rope at Guantamo Bay as Pentagon Revisits Cuba’s Cold War Flashpoint
by Susan Katz KeatingNew training images from GTMO appear alongside resurfaced historic footage from the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the U.S. base stood on alert during one of the Cold War’s most dangerous moments. Marines conducted fast-rope and sling load training at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay this month, adding new …
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