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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israel to send IAF jets to aid in extinguishing Cyprus wildfires
'Israel is preparing to provide aerial support to Cyprus in its battle against the fires sweeping the island,' the ministry shared on X. Israel will send Air Force jets to Cyprus to assist in fighting the wildfires on Thursday night, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. 'At the direction of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and in coordination with security and emergency authorities, Israel is preparing to provide aerial support to Cyprus in its battle against the fires sweeping the island,' the ministry wrote. The ministry announced that Sa'ar and Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos continue to maintain close and ongoing communication to ensure the aid is delivered and deployed as quickly as possible. The aircraft are scheduled to depart this evening. 'The State of Israel stands with Cyprus, a close friend and neighbor, and remains committed to offering assistance in times of emergency,' the ministry concluded. Cyprus assisted in Israel's wildfires In April, as wildfires spread across Israel, Sa'ar made numerous calls with his international counterparts, including those from Cyprus, to request assistance in combating the wildfires. As part of international aid, Cyprus contributed to the effort with Air Tractor AT-802 planes similar to those used by Israel. This regional cooperation enabled a quicker and more effective response to cross-border emergencies, The Jerusalem Post previously reported. Fire rages across Cyprus and Turkey Firefighters across Turkey and Cyprus battled multiple wildfires on Thursday amid a searing Mediterranean heatwave that has scorched swathes of land and killed 10 firefighters in central Turkey. At least six separate wildfires burned across Turkey and Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli warned that strong winds and scorching heat were creating extremely dangerous conditions. Late on Wednesday, Yumakli said 10 firefighters were killed while battling a fire in the central Eskisehir province, adding that 14 others were injured. Fanned by strong winds, the fire later spread to another central province, Afyonkarahisar, while some towns and villages were evacuated. In the northwestern province of Bilecik, fires raged for a fourth straight day, as firefighters struggled to contain them and evacuated several villages. Some residents were later allowed to return to areas declared safe. "They couldn't intervene. There is no decent road, forests are thick and it's rocky. Helicopters don't work at night, and because they don't work, they couldn't intervene,' said Cemil Karadag, a resident of the village of Selcik. "It engulfed our village from two or three sides, they couldn't intervene ... It spread very quickly with the effect of the wind, but, thank God, (the centre of) our village wasn't damaged that much." In the Black Sea province of Sakarya, a wildfire erupted even as firefighters worked to contain another nearby. A key highway was shut due to the blaze, while some villages and towns were evacuated. Another fire in the neighbouring province of Karabuk, where the UNESCO World Heritage City of Safranbolu is located, quickly grew and led to 10 villages being evacuated, while a sixth blaze raged in the Western province of Manisa.
Daily Mail
23-07-2025
- Science
- Daily Mail
Air Force makes shock admission over mystery UFOs swarming site tied to Roswell crash
Newly released records have revealed never-before-seen footage of unidentified objects invading an Ohio military base connected to one of the most infamous UFO encounters in history. Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA), the US military has just been compelled to release documents and video of two incidents over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in December 2024. According to Air Force personnel and other witnesses in the area, the UFOs may have been part of the same drone swarms that both captivated and terrified the nation late last year. While the vast majority of those reports came from New Jersey and other East Coast locations, the newly declassified files show that on December 13 and December 16 personnel at Wright-Patterson tracked and recorded the objects hovering over the secure facility. The files on the incident revealed that the Air Force considered the invasion serious enough to stop flight operations around the base, call local law enforcement, and have security use thermal imaging cameras to find the intruders. However, the case has remained unsolved as the military has not found out who or what sent the drones, the declassified documents stated. The mystery of the 2024 drone swarms has become even more compelling because of the secretive work that has taken place at Wright-Patterson. UFO researchers and government whistleblowers have said on multiple occasions that the Ohio compound has a direct tie to the 1947 UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico. The Air Force documented revealed that on December 13, 2024, security forces around the base spotted several unmanned vehicles in the sky over Wright-Patterson around 10pm ET. Patrols reported seeing at least one small drone that was about six inches in length and had four propellers hovering over the facility. Another guard station stated that 'four quad-copter drones with red and green lights in a tight diamond formation' were swarming the base, but they 'gained altitude and flew away at a rapid speed' after the soldiers shined their car's spotlight on them. The base's air traffic control tower issued a full shutdown of Wright-Patterson's airspace during the incident, but airmen never found the drones or anyone in the area who may have sent them. On December 16, a civilian walking his dog near the base perimeter spotted another cluster of drones and reported it to base personnel near the gate around 9:30pm. According to the witness's account, the drones 'were slowly moving in different directions.' 'The objects appeared to be lights moving as a group, but too high up to get an accurate assessment of what they looked like,' one officer at Wright-Patterson reported. At 11:43 pm, another officer spotted an unknown aircraft descending towards the base, getting within 500 feet of landing before it suddenly ascended and disappeared. Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed that the Air Force does not know who or what sent the drones A second patrol confirmed the startling report, saying the 'unidentified flying object' just vanished after approaching the base's runaway. The FOIA release included multiple video clips taken by witnesses tracking the drones at various security checkpoints. Although President Trump has said the mysterious swarms were 'not the enemy' and had been authorized to conduct 'research,' the new documents revealed that federal officials have a much different story behind closed doors. The declassified report showed that both air traffic control and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) were contacted by officials at Wright-Patterson on December 13 and December 16. Both agencies told the Air Force there were 'no authorized aircraft operating in WPAFB airspace' on those nights. The FOIA request by The Black Vault, a website dedicated to sharing declassified government documents, has thrown Wright-Patterson back into the spotlight, as UFO conspiracy theorists have been focused on this facility for decades. During a congressional hearing in May, Dr Eric Davis, a physicist who has been a consultant for the Pentagon's UFO program since 2007, revealed that debris from the Roswell incident was allegedly flown to Wright-Patterson after the crash in 1947. The Air Force base has also been connected to the secret government group known as the Majestic 12 (MJ-12), a committee of high-ranking military, scientific, and intelligence officials assembled after the Roswell crash. For over two decades, these experts were allegedly tasked with managing investigations into UFOs and extraterrestrial contact. Recently unearthed CIA files stated that MJ-12 oversaw four specific projects charged with communicating with aliens, researching UFOs, recovering crashed alien ships, and testing out whatever advanced technology they could find. That research and development program was based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, according to an alleged government whistleblower in 1984. The base was also the headquarters for Project Blue Book, the Air Force's official UFO investigation program from 1947 to 1969. It investigated 12,618 sightings, with 701 remaining 'unidentified,' according to declassified records in the National Archives.
