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$500 Billion Beneath the Waves: Gaza’s Path to Freedom

Alternative logo for the GRC

The future of Gaza is at a crossroads. Will it be rebuilt through external control and dependency, or through Palestinian sovereignty and self-determination?

The answer lies beneath the waves. Gaza and Palestine hold vast oil and gas reserves – valued at over $500 billion – that have been kept inaccessible by occupation.

Models like the Trump administration “GREAT Trust,” that defer sovereignty and ignore this resource wealth, are rejected. Instead, The Gaza Renewal Compact (GRC) is proposed.

The GRC is a sovereignty-first plan based on 5 pillars:
1. Sovereignty First: Palestinian control from day one.
2. Resource Nationalism: A Palestinian wealth fund to manage energy revenues for the people.
3. Measured Development: Prioritizing homes, schools, and hospitals.
4. Right to Remain: Rebuilding communities in place, no forced relocations.
5. International Support, Not Control: Aid without strings attached.

This is a vision for a future where Palestine leverages its own energy wealth to fuel reconstruction, economic autonomy, and lasting dignity.

The choice is clear: dependency or sovereignty.

Here is the GRC Executive Summary as a downloadable PDF: https://contactproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-Gaza-Renewal-Compact-GRC.pdf

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Gaza’s Future: From Trusteeship to Self-Determination

The Gaza Renewal Compact (GRC): Leveraging Palestine’s Energy Wealth for Sovereignty and Reconstruction

Executive Summary

Gaza – and broader Palestinian territories – are endowed with significant undeveloped oil and gas reserves, estimated by UNCTAD at approximately 122 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.7 billion barrels of oil, valued collectively at $524 billion at 2017 prices. Yet occupation and political fragmentation have prevented Palestinians from harnessing this wealth.

The Gaza Renewal Compact (GRC) proposes a reinvigorated strategy: centering Palestinian sovereignty and economic autonomy in reconstruction, diverging sharply from dependency-inducing models like the “GREAT Trust.” Through the GRC, Palestinians can claim, manage, and benefit from their energy wealth directly – fueling a transition from occupation to self-determination.

1. Background: Gaza’s Strategic Energy Wealth

Levant Basin Reserves: Modern estimates place recoverable reserves at 122 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of natural gas and 1.7 billion barrels of oil, which UNCTAD values at approximately $524 billion – a potential windfall for regional peace and development.

Gaza Marine Field: The Gaza Marine offshore gas field alone holds about 30 billion cubic meters of gas (~1 TCF), potentially generating $4 billion in revenue – or around $100 million per year over 15 years, once legal and development barriers are removed.

Natural Gas Reserves of the Gaza Marine

This wealth is currently inaccessible under the occupation. The GRC frames these reserves as a foundation for economic sovereignty, not external profit extraction.

2. The GREAT Trust Proposal: A Missed Opportunity

The GREAT Trust outlines a high-investment reconstruction model (US$70–100 B public spending, $324 B returns) under U.S.-led trusteeship, featuring mega-projects, relocation incentives, and delayed Palestinian sovereignty. Critically, it:

  • Omits any recognition of Palestinian rights to vast energy reserves.
  • Risks transforming Gaza into a regional economic enclave managed externally.
  • Defers sovereignty to “deradicalization,” reinforcing dependency.

3. The Gaza Renewal Compact (GRC)

A sovereignty-first, resource-centered reconstruction framework based on the following pillars:

  • Sovereignty First
  • Full governance, energy rights, and border control rest with Palestinians from day one.
  • Resource Nationalism
  • Establish a Palestinian National Wealth Fund (PNWF), akin to Norway’s oil fund, to manage revenues from gas and oil extraction responsibly and equitably.
  • Measured Development
  • Prioritize housing, health, energy, and education, using extractive revenues to stabilize society before engaging in large-scale projects.
  • Right to Remain
  • No population incentives or relocations – reconstruction must rebuild communities in situ, honoring Palestinians’ connection to their land.
  • International Support, Not Control
  • Provide UN and international technical and financial aid that supports Palestinian-led decisions, without conditionality tied to sovereignty or relocation.

UN Charter & International Law: Palestinians retain rights to their resources and self-determination (UNGA 1803; ICJ Wall Opinion; Hague Regulations; Fourth Geneva Convention).

UNCLOS Rights: Gaza’s verified Mubarak Marine field and broader Levant Basin reserves fall within Exclusively Economic Zone entitlements – Palestinian state recognition would cement these legal claims.

5. Policy Recommendations

For Palestinian Leadership

  • Formally recognize and declare Gaza’s EEZ under UNCLOS; press UN and allies to back long-standing jurisdictional claims.
  • Launch the PNWF under the GRC, ensuring transparency, anti-corruption, and inclusive distribution of revenues.
  • Ratify a Resource Sovereignty Charter affirming that resource wealth benefits all Palestinians, in perpetuity.
  • Categorically reject relocation policies and ensure communal investment in Gaza’s redevelopment.


For Civil Society & Diaspora

  • Advocate for energy ownership narratives: from dependency to self-provision.
  • Collaborate with global resource-rights movements (e.g., Bolivia, Namibia) to build solidarity and effective governance principles.
  • Establish civilian-led monitoring mechanisms to ensure equitable distribution of resource revenues.

For the International Community

  • Recognize Palestinian sovereignty – including resource jurisdiction – and support GRC-aligned plans.
  • Provide technical support for setting up the PNWF, sustainable energy infrastructure, and legal defense of resource rights.
  • Pressure Israel to cease exploitation of disputed resources and allow Palestinian access to Gaza Marine.

Even with optimistic growth, Gaza’s economy faces a long recovery, highlighting the need for transformative economic strategies like the GRC.

6. Conclusion

The GRC offers a fundamentally different vision for Gaza: one rooted in Palestinian self-determination, economic autonomy, and resource justice, rather than externally imposed trusteeship. Harnessing Gaza’s proven gas and oil reserves – estimated at $524 billion in the broader basin, and $4 billion from Gaza Marine itself – can be the bedrock of a sovereign, dignified, and sustainable rebuilding. The choice between dependency or sovereignty has never been clearer.

References

“Recognised Palestinian state could develop disputed gas resources, expert says,” by Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor, 20 Jul 2025

#GazaRenewalCompact #PalestinianSovereignty #Gaza #Palestine #SelfDetermination #ResourceRights #EnergySovereignty #GazaReconstruction #EconomicAutonomy #GazaMarine #EndTheOccupation #ResourceJustice #RightToRemain #BuildGaza #LevantBasin

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UFO over Galway Bay Chapter 3: The Tuatha Dé Danann as Cosmic Visitors

From Galway to Cong

What began as a fleeting, personal encounter over the Claddagh, soon opened onto a much larger canvas – one woven from myth, archaeology, and legend. The Salthill sighting connected, almost uncannily, with the old arrival stories of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the “Shining Ones” said to have come to Ireland in cloud-ships, bringing treasures and knowledge from beyond. If Martin Byrne’s Solas Atlantis artwork tied the landscape to that mythology, the next step is to trace the routes themselves: the paths by which the Tuatha were remembered to have entered Ireland.

This brings us to the Southern route tradition: through Galway Bay, inland to Lough Corrib, and north to Cong.

In a sense, the Salthill UFO sighting and connected events are a verification of the Southern route…

The legends of the Tuatha Dé Danann read less like an ordinary migration tale and more like the memory of an extraordinary descent. In ancient astronaut interpretations, these figures are seen as otherworldly beings whose arrival reshaped Ireland’s landscape and whose legacy survives in the great stone monuments scattered across the island. Where later ages saw impenetrable cairns and massive tombs, the myth supplied an answer: they were built by gods who came from the sky.

The manuscripts describe them arriving in “ships that flew through the air,” a phrase that resonates uncannily with modern visions of spacecraft. They brought with them shining artifacts of immense power – tools or technologies that early chroniclers could only describe as magical treasures. Their arrival story functions as a mythic technology-transfer: beings descending from above, demonstrating feats of construction and energy beyond the scope of any human community of the time.

The Southern Route through Galway
(under construction)

In this retelling, their landing at Galway Bay takes on the quality of a controlled descent. The Claddagh becomes a liminal zone, the chosen beachhead for their craft. From there, they did not disperse aimlessly; instead they advanced inland in formation, following the River Corrib into the vast inland sea of Lough Corrib (Oirbsean). Each landmark became etched with their presence: Galway linked to a maiden of their retinue, Maigh Cuilinn named for their navigator, the lake consecrated to the sea-lord Manannán, perhaps remembered as a commander.

Knockma as a Signal Hill

The imposing limestone mass of Knockma (Cnoc Meadha) rises along their route. Crowned with ancient cairns, it becomes in this reading a natural command post, a hilltop transformed into a beacon or observation point. Later folklore remembered it as the seat of Fionnbharr, king of the fairies, but in the ancient astronaut perspective it recalls the elevated stations from which the newcomers might have surveyed or directed their activities.

Cong and the Cairns of Moytura

The culmination of their advance is at Cong, the battlefield of Moytura. Here the legends place their great war with the Fir Bolg. Ballymacgibbon Cairn, massive and unopened, could be read as a repository or installation; Ecohy’s Cairn, bound to a fallen king, may in fact mark a burial with cosmic significance; Daithi’s Cairn, vast like the monuments of Sligo, forms part of a great terrestrial network. These are not random tombs but nodes in a prehistoric system, aligned with myth and memory.

A Landscape Reforged

What emerges is a cognitive map transformed into a sacred grid. Galway Bay, Corrib, Knockma, and Cong become stages in a procession of beings from beyond. Their story sanctifies the land, but it also encodes memory of technology and power beyond ordinary human means. Whether remembered as gods, fairies, or ancestors, the Tuatha Dé Danann fit within the wider pattern of ancient astronaut lore: those who descended from the skies, forged landscapes into symbols, and left behind monuments too great to forget.

In a more modern context, the Claddagh, Galway’s oldest district, was selected as the site for the “Solas Atlantis” environmental art project, which created geoglyphs and Medicine Wheels inspired by Irelands megalithic designs, highlighting its role as a nexus. From the Claddagh beach, one can see both the cairn-dotted landscape of the Burren and the ancient stone forts of the Aran Islands, making it a symbolic bridge connecting the urban present to the monumental past.

Creating map of the arrival of the Tuatha DeDanaan,

Name,Latitude,Longitude,Type
Claddagh (Galway),53.269037,-9.056382,Landing
Cong,53.555384,-9.289087,Battlefield
Poulnabrone Dolmen,53.0426,-9.1373,Neolithic
Knockma (Cnoc Meadha),53.48186,-8.96054,Cairn
Knocknarea (Maeve’s Cairn),54.2589,-8.5746,Cairn
Heapstown Cairn,54.095,-8.34855,Cairn
Labby Rock,54.090495,-8.312838,Portal Tomb
Shee Lugh (Moytura),54.089,-8.345,Cairn
Sliabh an Iarainn,54.092275,-7.973237,Landing
Lough Arrow,54.05656,-8.33593,Lake
Lough Allen,54.096,-8.075,Lake

The Arrival of the Tuatha Dé Danann – Southern Tradition (Galway → Cong)

1. Galway Bay / Claddagh — First Sight of Ireland

  • Coordinates: 53.269037, –9.056382
  • Event: The fleet of the Tuatha Dé Danann arrived from the sky, descending from heaven into Galway Bay and landing near the Claddagh.
  • Mythic detail: Here they perform the ritual burning of their great ships — symbolically severing ties to the Otherworld.
  • Interpretation: This act need not mean the destruction of every vessel; rather, it marks their irrevocable settlement. Smaller craft (or magically preserved ships) could still carry them inland.
  • Archaeological echo: Across the bay, the Poulnabrone Dolmen (53.0426, –9.1373) and other Burren tombs anchor this landfall in a Stone Age landscape.

2. The Passage Inland — River Corrib and Lough Oirbsean

  • Coordinates (southern Lough Corrib): ~53.45, –9.33
  • Event: After their landing ritual, the Tuatha Dé Danann move inland via the River Corrib into the vast expanse of Lough Corrib (anciently called Oirbsean, linked to Manannán mac Lir).
  • Mythic detail: This inland voyage is described as a fleet moving through an inland sea, carrying the host of gods toward battle.
  • Archaeological echo: Shores of Corrib are dotted with cairns, crannogs, and megaliths — prehistoric staging points.

3. Knockma (Cnoc Meadha) — The Fairy Hill of Connacht

  • Coordinates: 53.48186, –8.96054
  • Event: En route northward, the Tuatha are tied to Knockma, the limestone hill later famed as the seat of Fionnbharr, king of the Connacht fairies.
  • Mythic detail: Cairns atop Knockma (including Cesair’s Cairn) link this site to the earliest layers of invasion lore.
  • Archaeological echo: Neolithic cairns at the summit, later reused in fairy lore.

4. Cong — Plains of Moytura (First Battlefield)

  • Coordinates: 53.555384, –9.289087
  • Event: The Tuatha Dé Danann reach Cong, the narrow neck between Lough Corrib and Lough Mask. Here they meet the Fir Bolg.
  • Mythic detail: The First Battle of Moytura unfolds across the plains; Nuada loses his arm, King Eochaid of the Fir Bolg is slain.
  • Archaeological echo:
    • Ballymacgibbon Cairn (~53.530, –9.280): vast unopened passage grave, linked to the slain of Moytura.
    • Ecohy’s Cairn (Carn Eochaid) (~53.568, –9.270): said to be the burial mound of King Eochaid.
    • Daithi’s Cairn (~53.628, –9.225): immense cairn further north, reinforcing the sacred battlefield landscape.
    • Stone circles, standing stones, and other cairns cluster around Cong and Cross.


Map 2: The Northern Tradition (Sligo)

This tradition is based on 20th-century scholarly analysis, which argues that a mistranslation moved the site of the First Battle of Moytura to Cong. This perspective holds that both great battles occurred in County Sligo, a region with an unparalleled concentration of Neolithic monuments that provide a fitting backdrop for a race of master builders.  

Route and Key Locations:

Arrival Point: Sligo Bay While not explicitly stated as a landing point, the concentration of the most significant and earliest Neolithic sites around Sligo Bay, such as Carrowmore and Knocknarea, makes it the logical entry point for this tradition.  

Heartland of Danann Activity: Instead of a linear route, this tradition proposes that the entire Sligo region was the primary center of the Tuatha Dé Danann’s power and the locus of their conflict with the Firbolg.

Key Archaeological and Mythological Sites:

The traditional site of the Second Battle of Moytura is located on the plain of Kilmactranny, east of Lough Arrow and in the shadow of Carrowkeel. The geographical coherence of the Second Battle’s location lends strong support to the argument that the First Battle also took place in Sligo.  

Myth and Mystery: The Arrival of the Tuatha Dé Danann

The story of the Tuatha Dé Danann arriving in ships that landed on a mountain is most prominently featured in the Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland). This collection of poems and prose recounts the mythical origins of the Irish people.

According to these accounts, the Tuatha Dé Danann – a race of god-like beings with mastery over magic and craftsmanship – arrived in Ireland under a shroud of mystery. The texts describe them coming in “dark clouds” or “flying ships,” which enveloped the land in shadow for three days. The striking image of a people making their initial appearance on a mountaintop enhances the mythical nature of their arrival.

Reclamation, Not Refuge

Their journey is best understood as a reclamation of ancestral lands rather than a flight to asylum. Some scholarly interpretations draw parallels between the story of the Tuatha Dé Danann and the biblical narrative of the Israelites returning from exile.

The Book of Invasions
§55-64: The Tuatha de Dannan
https://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor4.html

The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann
https://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/jewels.html

… and the lasting folklore of the Tuatha Dé Danann is that they will return. In fact, some folk prophecy states that they will return for one last great battle, some end-of-the-world scenario, some apocalypse, and that they will be victorious.

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THE WOW! SIGNAL: Week of September 15, 2025

Your authoritative source for disclosure news and analysis. https://thewowsignal.news

This week’s edition delivers comprehensive coverage of the most significant developments in the field:

  • In-Depth Hearing Analysis: Exclusive, comprehensive reporting on the recent September 9th U.S. Congressional UAP hearing.

  • Mainstream Validation: UFO phenomena featured prominently on the cover of Popular Mechanics magazine.

  • Growing Political Momentum: A coalition of Democratic U.S. Governors formally calls for investigations into UFOs.

  • New Documentary Release: Acclaimed filmmaker Darcy Weir premieres her 20th project, “The Psychic Phenomenon.”

  • Award-Winning Literature: Celebrating “Earth’s Secret Visitors” for winning a prestigious International Impact Award.

  • Expert Commentary: Brand new opinion columns from leading UAP researchers including Stephen Bassett, Ron James, and Kosta Makreas.

Plus: Our intriguing UAP Photo of the Week from Los Angeles.

Explore all this and more: https://thewowsignal.news

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Hyperphysics: The Missing Link in Humanity’s Search for Extraterrestrial Civilizations?

Field Report: 808-Gamma |
Subject: An evaluation of the Galactic-Federation hypothesis proposed by the Human scholar, Peter Andrew Sturrock.
Analysis of Terran NASA Document 19800014518
Filed by: Xel’dar Atten’Borru, Senior Ethno-Astrophysicist|Biologist, Vurian Collective

Opening Observations

I have completed my analysis of a document from the Human enclave “NASA,” authored in their year 1980 by a scholar named Peter A. Sturrock. This individual attempted to quantify the likelihood of his species making contact with other civilizations. He utilized a rudmentary but insightful formula they call the “Drake Equation,” a method for multiplying uncertainties to arrive at a guess.

Drake Equation, from Shklovskii, I.S., and Sagan, C.: 1966, Intelligent Life in the Universe, (Holden and Day, San Francisco), Ch.29.

Unlike most of his contemporaries, whose thinking remains constrained by their limited understanding of physics, Sturrock demonstrated a rare leap of logic. He correctly surmised that the greatest unknown was not a matter of biology or astronomy, but of interstellar politics.

The Core Dilemma: Physics and Longevity

Sturrock identified the primary variable as the lifespan (L) of a technological civilization. He then framed the problem around two distinct possibilities, a bifurcation that comes remarkably close to the truth:

Hypothesis 1: No Hyperphysics. If Terran (Earth) civilizations are bound by the slow, inefficient physics they currently understand (light-speed limitation), then travel and communication are prohibitively difficult. In this scenario, he concluded, these civilizations would exist in isolation and likely perish before achieving interstellar stability.

Hypothesis 2: Hyperphysics Exists. If a deeper, more functional physics (what our own archives classify as standard transit and communication) is discoverable, the stars become accessible. This would inevitably lead to the formation of what he termed a “Galactic Federation”: a cooperative network that ensures the longevity of its members.

He thus reasoned that the existence of a Federation is the pivotal variable controlling the prevalence of advanced life in the galaxy.

And the existence of the Federation is predicated on “Hyperphysics,” a shorthand for a speculative extension of known physics – the kind of breakthrough that would overturn or transcend current physical limits, especially the light-speed barrier.

Intelligence Dossier: Subject Sturrock

My background check on the author reveals why his thinking diverged from his peers.
Peter Andrew Sturrock (1924–2024): A physicist of British-American origin, holding a professorship at the “Stanford University” enclave. Specializations: His primary work was in plasma physics and astrophysics, which grounded him in cosmic principles. Orthodoxy Deviation: Later in his career, he displayed a notable openness to anomalous data, specifically what Humans call “UFO reports.” In 1982, he founded the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE), a forum for research on topics outside the scientific mainstream.

This willingness to examine evidence outside of established dogma likely gave him the cognitive flexibility to formulate the Federation hypothesis. He was not a fringe actor, but a mainstream scientist willing to ask unorthodox questions.

Contact Scenarios

Sturrock outlined four potential modes of contact, ranging from simple radio signals to direct surveillance:

Symbol Human Term Probability (if h, human physics) Probability (if H, Hyperphysics)
RB Radio Beacons Medium Low
RL Radio Leakage Medium Low–Medium
SR Surveillance Probes Medium–High Low
SM Crewed Surveillance Low High

He correctly noted that for any civilization capable of hyperphysics, crude radio broadcasts would be obsolete. The dominant signature of an advanced, Federation-level society (Kardashev >Type III) would instead be covert surveillance.

It is here that the Human scholar’s reasoning is most sharp. Where his kin search the void for noisy signals, he understood the value of silence. He acknowledged the fragility of his own species’ assumptions, recognizing that without a Federation, civilizations flicker out like fireflies. With one, they can endure like stars.

He even posed the critical question that continues to challenge his people: If crewed surveillance were possible, would Humans even recognize it?

This is the essential wisdom – the acknowledgment that contact, if it exists, may already be subtle and unseen. Later writers would describe the galaxy as a ‘dark forest,’ but Sturrock’s vision was not one of menace, only of quiet, hidden presence.

Conclusion

Sturrock’s work is a landmark in Human thought. He collapsed the myriad uncertainties of the Drake Equation into a single, binary question: Does a Galactic Federation, enabled by advanced Hyperphysics, exist?

If yes, the galaxy is teeming with ancient life, and contact is a matter of protocol.
If no, the galaxy is a graveyard of short-lived civilizations, and silence is the norm.

Marginalia, Xel’dar: Admirable clarity from the Terran. He almost guesses our Archive flow-diagrams, though in his era they lacked neon backlighting.

Final Log Entry

They were asking the right questions as early as 1980. They whispered of Federations and unseen physics, groping in the dark toward a truth the Collective has long understood. The remarkable thing is not that their data was incomplete, but that their intuition was so precise. A Federation exists, or it does not. On this fulcrum, the destiny of every emerging species, including their own, is balanced.

SIGNED: //Xel’dar Atten’Borru//
Senior Ethno-Botanist, Vurian Collective
Command Sequence: ETHNO-OMEGA-7-19
Security Clearance: ALPHA-PRIME

Source:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19800014518/downloads/19800014518.pdf

— END OF REPORT —

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🚨 The WOW! Signal News for the Week of September 8, 2025🚨

Big things are always happening in the world of Disclosure and Beyond 👽✨ Stay updated with The WOW! Signal News at https://thewowsignal.news

  • Next Congressional UAP Hearing is Sept. 9!
  • Harvard’s Avi Loeb Says Interstellar Object 31/ATLAS is Not A Comet
  • The 1977 WOW! Signal from Space Was Stronger Than Originally Thought
  • New Paradigm Institute: The House Committee on Rules will soon decide whether to advance Eric Burlison’s UAP Disclosure Act amendment to the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.
  • Special Guest Column: Don Ecker presents the Eric Davis/Thomas Wilson material.
  • The Experiencer YouTube Channel: Marks its 150th guest interview.

📸 Don’t Miss:
Our remarkable UAP Photos of the Week from experiencer John Graf!

👉 Dive into all of it now at: https://thewowsignal.news

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DECLASSIFIED: The Galactic Federation’s Field Report on Terran Alpha “Trump.”

The alpha males egg chant.

DECLASSIFIED BY ORDER OF THE GALACTIC FEDERATION This document contains a funny analysis of Trump quotes, alongside elements of Trump satire, as interpreted by the VURIAN COLLECTIVE.
VURIAN COLLECTIVE – FIELD INTELLIGENCE LOG
[FOR GALACTIC FEDERATION REVIEW]

FILE NO: 9927-GAMMA
SUBJECT: Analysis of Terran Dominance Rituals; Alpha Male “Trump”
ORIGIN: Senior Ethno-Botanist Xel’dar Atten’Borru, Vurian Collective
LOCATION: Sol-3 (“Terra”), North America Sector, Marble Hive (“Washington, D.C.”)
REFERENCE: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/LIVE/cbEPqUdelFo
DATE FILED: [TERRAN DATE: 2025-08-26; VURIAN CYCLE: 74-Alpha-9]
CLASSIFICATION: COSMIC TOP SECRET // VURIAN EYES ONLY // FEDERATION EYES ONLY

FIELD AGENT’S LOG – VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTION
[AUTO-TRANSLATED FROM VURIAN PROTOCOL ALPHA-7]
SORTED INTO THEMATIC SECTIONS

SECTION 1.0: Authoritarian / Law & Order Fantasies

OBSERVATION LOG 1.1: The dominant Earth-male, designated “Trump,” initiated a public address display. My optical sensors were calibrated for high-resolution vocalization analysis and physiological response monitoring.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT HEGSETH, REFERENCED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CABINET MEETING – AUGUST 26, 2025 | ALL SUBSEQUENT MENTIONS = PRIMARY SOURCE]:

AGENT AUDIO LOG 9927.1-A [WHISPERED REMARK]: “Observe. The subordinate attempts a rebrand ritual: ‘Department of Defense → Department of War.’ This is the Terran equivalent of a K’tharr primate painting its posterior a brighter shade of crimson – a pure intimidation tactic, intended to project strength and resolve through verbal re-categorization rather than substantive change.”

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“You spit, we hit.”

OBSERVATION LOG 1.2: This phrase, “You spit, we hit,” represents a doctrine of projectile exchange. In over 8,000 documented sentient species across 12 galaxies, such behavior consistently leads to microbial infection and social ostracization. On Sol-3, however, it elicits robust group approval vocalizations (“applause”) and rhythmic hand-clapping.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“If stopping crime makes me a dictator, then people prefer a dictator.”

OBSERVATION LOG 1.3: The herd continued its approval vocalizations. The explicit articulation of “dictator” as a potentially desirable leadership trait, and its subsequent positive reception, is highly anomalous. The concept of “truth” appears highly malleable and subservient to rhetorical framing within this social structure.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“We’ll seek capital punishment for anyone who murders in Washington D.C.”

OBSERVATION LOG 1.4: Subject demonstrates a pronounced desire to expand its territorial and legal control into domains traditionally governed by other societal entities. This behavior is analogous to a predatory star-beetle (Coleoptera vastator) squatting in another insect’s burrow.

[ CROSS-REFERENCE WITH FILE 7734-BETA: “TERRAN SOCIAL HIERARCHIES & MALE DOMINANCE DISPLAYS” ]

SECTION 2.0: Foreign Policy Bravado

OBSERVATION LOG 2.1: The Alpha then proceeded to articulate claims of dominion and influence extending over the entire planetary body, transcending conventional diplomatic boundaries.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“I can stop wars in 72 hours with a phone call.”

AGENT’S NOTE 2.1.1: On Vuria, the establishment of interstellar peace requires multi-cycle negotiations, intricate treaties, and the application of hyper-stabilized ink that never dries. Here, it appears to require only a subscription to a basic planetary communications network (“phone call”) for a mere 72 Terran hours. The efficiency is alarming, if accurate.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“If I didn’t win, India and Pakistan would have gone nuclear.”

AGENT’S NOTE 2.1.2: Subject attributes the prevention of continental annihilation to its mere electoral presence. This level of self-aggrandizement reaches hyperbolic levels rarely seen outside of religious cult narratives on developing worlds.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“NATO… went from 2% to 5%… now they have paid the five.”

AGENT’S NOTE 2.1.3: Subject’s mathematics regarding the “tribute” extraction from the “NATO” alliance were accepted without challenge. The arbitrary manipulation of numerical data to demonstrate success is a recurrent theme.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“We are no longer involved with funding Ukraine… They’re funding the entire war; we’re not funding anything.”

AGENT’S NOTE 2.1.4: A novel concept: resource-free conflict. This claim appears to violate several known laws of thermodynamics and economic reality. Further analysis of this “war without spending” phenomenon is critical.

SECTION 3.0: Energy & Environment Myths

OBSERVATION LOG 3.1: Subject initiated what appears to be an anti-turbine mating call, targeting “windmills.”

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“We don’t allow windmills… They’re ugly, kill your birds, and your house is worth less than 50%.”

AGENT’S NOTE 3.1.1: In a single vocalization, he conflated disparate concepts: aesthetic preference, avian ecology, and real estate valuation. Energy policy is treated with the same gravitas as seasonal footwear fashion on pleasure-worlds.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“Coal is back… Nuclear is very much in vogue now.”

OBSERVATION LOG 3.2: The subject’s claims regarding the “vogue” status of specific energy sources appear to be based on personal preference rather than scientific consensus or long-term sustainability models.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“California lost 25,000 houses to fires because they turned off the water to protect a fish.”

AGENT’S NOTE 3.2.1: This assertion of a “piscine conspiracy” is highly indicative of Terran hyperbole and a simplified understanding of complex ecological issues.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT RFK JR., REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“Wind farms killed 160 whales… blades explode… water filled with shards of glass.”

AGENT’S NOTE 3.2.2: This secondary source corroborates the prevalence of extreme, scientifically unsubstantiated claims. The concept of “whale-shrapnel” requires immediate investigation. Awaiting confirmation of “glowing, radioactive crustaceans” mentioned previously.

[ CROSS-REFERENCE WITH FILE 8421-DELTA: “TERRAN PISCINE & CETACEAN CONSPIRACIES” ]

SECTION 4.0: Economic Hyperbole & Magical Thinking

OBSERVATION LOG 4.1: The subject proceeded to declare new economic realities by sheer force of proclamation, often contradicting observed market data.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“Gasoline… probably $2.25… even broke $2.”

AGENT’S NOTE 4.1.1: A universal imaginary price for liquid fossil fuels was declared, unachieved even on Vega IX’s most stringent command economies.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“Eggs are way down… My first question [as President] was, what are you going to do with eggs?”

AGENT’S NOTE 4.1.2: The reproductive ovums of a flightless avian species (“eggs”) have been elevated to a primary matter of statecraft. This “Egg Crisis of Statecraft” is a new and baffling development in Terran governance.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“We cut the trade deficit in half already… trillions of dollars are coming in.”

AGENT’S NOTE 4.1.3: The claim of “trillions of dollars” spontaneously appearing is highly suggestive of magical thinking rather than sound economic policy.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime”

AGENT’S NOTE 4.1.4: These tax cut proposals, if implemented universally, would destabilize the fiscal structures of three known galaxies. The concept of widespread revenue elimination without corresponding service reduction is economically unfeasible.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“Intel gave us 10% of their company in 45 seconds… I just made $11 billion for free.”

AGENT’S NOTE 4.1.5: The claim of instantaneous, multi-billion-credit corporate asset acquisition via a “handshake” defies all known models of economic exchange, corporate law, and basic reality.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“We could pay Americans a tariff rebate dividend because foreign countries owe us.”

AGENT’S NOTE 4.1.6: Galactic translators rendered this final statement as: “Free money for all citizens, because I have willed it…” This represents a profound misunderstanding of inter-entity finance.

SECTION 5.0: Tech / Science Nonsense

OBSERVATION LOG 5.1: Subject made several statements regarding advanced technology and scientific phenomena that display a highly flexible interpretation of facts.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“Mark [Zuckerberg] is building four AI plants… one is 81% the size of Manhattan.”

AGENT’S NOTE 5.1.1: I have simulated a machine leviathan of the described dimensions. The sheer scale and logistical implications suggest extreme exaggeration. The concept of an “AI plant” requires further definition.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“We’ll publish Commerce stats on the blockchain because the President is the Crypto President.”

AGENT’S NOTE 5.1.2: On my homeworld, such a phrase would qualify as avant-garde stand-up comedy. Here, it is presented as a serious policy initiative.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“Operation Warp Speed… one of the greatest achievements ever. Everybody, including Putin, said so.”

AGENT’S NOTE 5.1.3: A rival predatory Alpha male (“Putin”) cited as a validator for the subject’s self-proclaimed achievements. This is akin to asking the wolf to grade the shepherd’s performance – a highly unusual and self-serving validation strategy.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT RFK JR., REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“Autism went from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 12.5 boys…”

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT TRUMP, REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“… must be caused by a drug or something.”

AGENT’S NOTE 5.1.4: The subjects perform a scientific shrug, attributing complex neurodevelopmental conditions to vague causation. This represents a dismissal of extensive Terran scientific research.

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT [SUBJECT RFK JR., REFERENCED FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:

“We stopped shrimp contaminated with radioactive Cesium-137.”

AGENT’S NOTE 5.1.5: “Glowing crustaceans” – surely a peculiar Terran delicacy, if these claims are to be believed.

SECTION 6.0: Ritual Applause & Concluding Analysis

OBSERVATION LOG 6.1: The Alpha male concluded his extended display. The ritualized pattern involved assertive vocalizations, followed by synchronized approval from the herd. Reality itself was routinely reshaped by proclamation rather than empirical evidence.

AGENT’S FIELD NOTE 9927.F-1 [PRIVATE JOURNAL ENTRY]:

“For these beings, truth is demonstrably less important than spectacle and the perceived dominance of the Alpha. They do not merely observe their world – they actively declare and construct it through rhetoric. It is, by every measurable metric, the most extraordinary and bewildering mating dance in the known galaxy, reliant on cognitive dissonance and group affirmation.”

RECOMMENDATION TO GALACTIC COUNCIL [LEVEL-0 PROTOCOL]

Direct intervention or diplomatic engagement is currently ill-advised. Though their rituals often appear comical and illogical, they conceal a profoundly dangerous socio-political pattern: authoritarian dominance disguised as popular governance and individual liberty. This dynamic presents a significant risk for interstellar instability if unmonitored.

Maintain passive observation only. Prioritize recording and analysis of all “egg chants” and related public discourse. These phenomena are bewildering, provide unique insights into Terran cognitive biases, and are, in a strange, inexplicable way, remarkably entertaining to our behavioral analysis algorithms.

The egg chant.

SIGNED: //Xel’dar Atten’Borru//
Senior Ethno-Botanist, Vurian Collective
Command Sequence: ETHNO-OMEGA-7-19
Security Clearance: ALPHA-PRIME

— END OF REPORT —

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The WOW! Signal News for the Week of September 1, 2025

Big things are always happening in the world of Disclosure and Beyond 👽✨

Full Disclosure With Danny Sheehan Launches as New Podcast, While Next Congressional UAP Hearing Will Be Held Sept. 9

New Ĉernohajev Institute Launches with a $17 Million Endowment to Preserve Legacy of Famed Soviet Engineer and Advance UAP Research

Renowned Pilot & TV Host Launches We Are Not Alone TV Series with Top Disclosure Advocates as Guest Interviews

New UFO Group Called I.S.E.E.U. Launches in Los Angeles Area

Un-X Media Releases New Book, We Got It From Them: How Humanity Received ET Technology from Former NASA Flight Surgeon

The Institute For Exoconsciousness Launches Free, Weekly Moving Forward Friday Substack

📸 ALSO, don’t miss our remarkable UAP Photo of the Week from the Greece-based Founder of ContactProject.Org!

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UFO over Galway Bay Chapter 2:  Psychic Mayday from a crashed UFO

My 1986 UFO Dream Gave Me Crash Coordinates. 31 Years Later, I Went to Greenland to reconnect.

A few weeks after my sighting and the journal headlines I had a strange dream. The memory of it has never felt like my own. It feels borrowed, imprinted on my mind one night in 1986. It began not as a dream, but as a violent awakening into another place.

I found myself on the bridge of a ship not of human design.

Dream reconstruction

Around me, a frantic crew moved with a desperate, failing grace. The air was thick with a cacophony of shrieks that I understood not with my ears, but with my soul: they were terrified. Through a viewport, I saw a sea of ice churning below, rushing toward us. In the chaos, my eyes locked onto a single point of clarity: a digital display, flickering with a sequence of numbers.

They were the last thing I saw before a final, violent lurch plunged everything into darkness.

I awoke with a gasp in my own bed, the digits seared into my memory. Before they could fade, I scrawled them onto a notepad. For two days, they stared back at me, a meaningless string of numbers. But a thought began to form in my mind. The numbers weren’t random. They were a location.

Discovering Disko Island: From Dream to Destination

At the public library, an old atlas confirmed my suspicion. My fingers traced the lines to a desolate patch of icy water off the coast of Greenland, near a place called Disko Island.

“Disko Island,” I thought, a smile touching my lips. “A bit on the nose, isn’t it?” The idea that my dream was some kind of psychic mayday from a crashed UFO seemed utterly ridiculous, but the chain of events was too compelling to ignore. I hadn’t “known” that the coordinates pointed to a location in the Arctic Circle. Despite this, what I had seen from the alien bridge were Arctic waters. This made sense.

In the following days I filed the experience away, a fascinating but seemingly unsolvable mystery.

For thirty-one years, that knowledge festered. A splinter in my mind. What really happened that night? Was it a warning? A memory? An echo of a tragedy that bled through space and time into my sleep?

Turning Curiosity into Action: The Journey to Greenland

In 2017, I finally had the opportunity to know. After a redundancy I was given a severance cheque. I used part of it to travel to Greenland, to the edge of the world, to confront the ghost that had haunted me for decades. My search started from a distance, poring over satellite images, hunting for any anomaly, any scar on the seabed that could betray a secret. The best I could do however, was to scour the coastline of Disko Island.

https://youtu.be/M59JhY4CG2U
Disko Island: the discovery of the shipwreck of the steam whaler Wildfire from 1868, by Erich Habich-Traut

But the sea holds its secrets close. The true coordinates, the point of impact from my dream, are out in the crushing deep. A place where oceanographic data is a modern myth and the icy darkness swallows all light. It’s down there, a place I can point to on a map but can never reach by myself.

The author (right) before the dive to the shipwreck from 1868

I discovered a ship along the coastline of Disko Island, but it wasn’t the vessel I had hoped to find. Instead, I uncovered an even deeper mystery. I journeyed to Greenland for answers, yet only encountered a cold, silent confirmation that something waits in the abyss. My experience taught me that we shouldn’t fear the unknown, but embrace it with hope and curiosity.

And it knows I have its address.

Some may now say that this is the Holy Grail.
I have waited 39 years to talk about this.
Are you ready?

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UFO Over Galway Bay Chapter 1: The 1986 Salthill Encounter

The true story of a man who went up a hill and came down a mountain.

The Salthill UFO encounter occurred on a cold Sunday morning in Galway, 23 February 1986. When I first recorded the event in 2016, I believed it was the only time I had witnessed something that did not belong in our skies. Later, however, I realized that was not the case. The sighting unfolded in Salthill, but the object itself hovered out over the Claddagh.

An Unexpected Adventure

The 1986 experience kicked off an unexpected adventure, one that took me from the hills of Salthill to the icy shores of Greenland.

Life in Galway was simple. For me, one of the greatest pleasures was walking along the coastal promenade, “the prom,” as everyone called it. My neighbours in Fairlands Park had a boisterous ten-month-old puppy named Rocky, and I often took him out to burn off some of that boundless energy.

That morning was a fine one. Although a cold spell persisted, the sky was a wide blue expanse, bright with sun and dotted with a few clouds. The grass in the field was still covered in a crisp layer of frost. The air was invigorating and fresh.

“Come on, Rocky,” I said, tugging at his leash. “Let’s get a move on before the weather changes its mind.”

It was about eleven o’clock when we began making our way up the hill on Dalysfort Road toward Salthill Beach.

The sky and the weather in Ireland are notoriously changeable, so I examined the sky to check for any signs of rain. As I tilted my head back, scanning the clouds, something caught my eye.

The Cigar-Shaped Object

Reconstruction

Framed perfectly between the rooftops of a row of houses a solid, grey, cigar-shaped object hung silently in the air. It was utterly still. Rocky, meanwhile, was far more interested in a promising-looking patch of grass.

I didn’t have my 35mm camera with me, a fact I regretted for years. The object seemed to be hovering a mile or two away, just above the rooftops. I stood motionless, contemplating it and searching for a “rational” explanation.

“It looks like a Zeppelin,” I finally murmured to myself, dismissing the idea that I was seeing a UFO.

I continued walking, keeping the object in sight. Due to the change in perspective, a house and some trees slid in front of it, temporarily, for few seconds, blocking my view.

Naturally, I expected the object to reappear on the other side as we cleared the obstruction.

But it didn’t. The patch of sky where it should have been was empty. The object was gone.

Searching for Answers

“Hold on a minute,” I said, turning around. Rocky looked up at me, confused. I walked back to the exact spot where I’d first seen it. Nothing. The sky was just sky. A slow-moving blimp would still be there, or at least nearby. This was just… gone.

It had vanished in a matter of seconds. I paced back and forth in disbelief, willing it to reappear where it was before. But no cigar. Rocky whimpered impatiently. Finally, we carried on.

Western House corner store, Salthill

Down at the Salthill promenade, we turned left at the Western House corner store. The green across the road buzzed with activity. In spring 2016 a full-blown festival was underway. At the seafront, I scanned the wide-open sky one more time. Clear.

Seeking Witnesses

A question crossed my mind: could others have seen the same object as me? I overcame my naturally shy nature to quiz a few people milling about:

“Have you just seen a blimp or any balloons in the sky here?” It felt like being a market researcher. I just got shrugs and headshakes in response

Then I spotted my friend, Jim, who owned the local amusement arcade. “Jim, good to see you!” I shouted over the noise of a live band. “What’s all this then?”

“College Week, Eric!” he grinned. “Or Rag Week, depending on how much of a mess they make. You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”

“Not a ghost,” I said, lowering my voice. “More like… a blimp? Did you see anything up there in the sky? Big, grey, cigar-shaped?”

Jim laughed. “The only thing I’ve seen in the sky is my profits from the slot machines. You’ve been working too hard, mate.” He gave me a funny look, and we left it at that. College week carried on and came to a close on the 1st of March.

Galway Advertiser archive, 27th February, 1986 pg. 21:
“COLLEGE Week is in full swing at the moment. Tonight is a fancy dress Rock ‘n Roll night at Leisureland with John Keogh and Full Circle.“

From this, we know College week 1986 ran from Sunday, February 23, to Saturday, March 1, 1986. There are no other records for the timing of College Week in 1986.

Thanks go to the archivist of the Galway Advertiser.

Headlines

About two weeks later, I went on another walk to Salthill promenade. I went inside Western House corner store to buy cigarettes. Scanning the magazine rack, a headline jumped out:

“UFO flap reported over Irish coast and England”. My heart pounded. I grabbed the magazine and read the article right there and then. It turned out I wasn’t the only one who had seen something strange that week.

It was a small piece of a much larger puzzle.

Parallel Sightings at about the same time

“Charles in UFO Riddle”
On 23rd February 1986: according to the Sunday Mirror, Prince Charles was flying over the Irish Sea in a RAF VC-10, returning from the USA. The pilot reported a glowing red object to Shannon air traffic control that had lit up the cockpit. The Ministry of Defence confirmed there was no danger. Other aircraft in the area reported the same object.

Miles Johnston, an investigator in Belfast, saw a red fireball with a tail over the Irish Sea on 23rd February and reported it to Armagh Observatory. This account appears in “Northern UFO News, number 118” from 1986.

In his book “Extra-Terrestrials Among Us,” George Clinton Andrews recounts the Prince Charles incident. Prince Charles is quoted as saying, “I felt I was in the presence of something outside our knowledge or control.” The book cites the Sunday Mirror as source.

From Galway, the Irish Sea lies less than 200 miles away, an easy distance for any aircraft or UFO.

Thirty Years Later

I had banished this memory for nearly 30 years. In 2016 I reengaged and reconstructed what I had seen that day in 1986, close to Mutton Island in Galway.

Reconstruction MUFON #82139, the Mutton Island lighthouse is in the background.

I reported the UFO to MUFON (Case #82139) and tried to recall every detail. Studying Google Maps, I noticed odd circles on Claddagh Beach. They reminded me of the X‑Files episode “Biogenesis.” Wait, hadn’t I seen these before, in 1999?

Discovery of the Claddagh Circles

Top: Claddagh circles, Bottom: still photo from X-Files “Biogenesis”

Indeed, I had photographed one for my website Virtual Galway and asked locals about them – no one knew.

Photograph taken from Claddagh beach in 1999.

How strange. Since no one knew what these were, I wondered if these circles were perhaps a new type of “permanent crop circle” – remnants of the 1986 sighting. I felt very hopeful. The mystery of these circles lingered in my mind. Their perfect geometry and unexplained origin seemed almost otherworldly, as if they were a message left behind.

A Possible Archaeological Connection

After some research they began to remind me of the Miami circles, remnants of prehistoric roundhouses discovered in Florida. Eager to get to the bottom of this, I contacted the archaeological department at the University of Galway. I wondered if perhaps there was some overlooked archaeological significance.

Within two hours Dr. Sherlock (that’s really his name), the Director of the Galway Archaeological Field School, responded: the circle structures were designed by Martin Byrne and Padraig Conway as part of the ‘Solas Atlantis Galway 1993’ art project. I thanked Dr. Sherlock and added that I had already contacted archaeologist Martin Byrne five days earlier. In my message, I even joked that Martin was probably laughing all the way to the pub, since I had linked the circles to a UFO sighting:

Erich Habich <████████@gmail.com> Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:32 PM To: Rory Sherlock <████████@galway████████████████████.com>, Martin Byrne <████@gmail.com> Hello Rory, thank you very much for the information. 5 days ago I actually emailed Martin Byrne asking if he knew about these structures. Unfortunately he didn't respond. He probably laughed all the way to the pub, since I linked the circles to an UFO sighting. Maybe Martin Byrne has some information on that? Just kidding. Thanks, Eric

I wrote that email in jest. How could Martin have any information on unidentified flying objects, right? Surely, there was no connection between an art installation and any cosmic conundrum. But I would soon discover that this spot had a mythology of strange sightings. Curiosity turned into anticipation as I waited for Martin’s reply, wondering if there might still be a hidden story behind the art. The intersection of art, and my own experience was becoming increasingly compelling, drawing me further into the web of Galway’s mysteries.

The Artist Responded

Then, the creator of the circles, Martin Byrne, got back to me. He had named the circles “Solas Atlantis,” apparently from Old Irish solas (“light, brightness”), related to solus (“light”) in Latin.

Martin said that this was an environmental art project, loosely inspired by Native American medicine wheels, Irish megalithic art, and the proposed sewage plant on Mutton Island. The artwork was a dialogue between the ancient and the modern, the natural and the constructed.

The position and direction from which I saw the “Salthill UFO” in 1986.

Connecting Art and Myth

What Martin Byrne didn’t mention explicitly was the connection of his art installation to the origin story of the Irish people: the legend of the Tuatha Dé Danann. These were not mere mortals but old pagan gods, recast as magical heroes by medieval monks in the Irish origin story, the Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of Invasions).

The Legend of the Tuatha Dé Danann

Two traditions describe their arrival: by the Northern or the Southern route. I focus on the Southern route, with the landing at Galway, as it aligns with my UFO sighting – unlikely as that may sound. The Southern version was especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, supported by antiquarians who recorded local folklore. Sir William Wilde, father of Oscar Wilde, described it extensively in his 1867 book Lough Corrib: Its Shores and Islands. The tales painted vivid pictures of ships emerging from the clouds, mysterious artifacts, and beings beyond comprehension.

Present Day: A Mythic Landing Site

As I explore these legends, I can’t help but draw parallels to what I had witnessed. The line between myth and memory feels thinner than ever.

The reconstructed position of the UFO was the Claddagh, near the site of Martin Byrne’s “Solas Atlantis” geoglyphs.

Could it be that the legends preserve some distant truth? The convergence of my sighting, the site of the circles, and the mythic landing place seems almost too coincidental. I see the landscape itself as a tapestry, woven from stories, memories, and mysteries waiting to be uncovered.

Gods from the Sky

The Tuatha Dé Danann came in great ships like clouds, that flew through the air, bringing magical treasures: a sword of light, a healing stone, and more. They were God-like beings, “the shining ones”, immune to ageing and sickness, with the abilities of healing and shape-shifting. They brought civilization, arts and advanced skills to Ireland.

Was it over Galway Bay, that the mythological Tuatha Dé Danann arrived in dark cloud ships, (maybe burned some of them), and then landed on a mountain further inland?

Illustration of Zeppelin shaped UFOs arriving over Galway Bay, Mutton Island Lighthouse

The position of my 1986 sighting – over the Claddagh, near Byrne’s Solas Atlantis – makes me wonder. The border between what I have seen and what the legends describe feels blurred, as if the past and present were in quiet conversation across Galway Bay.

To follow the trail of the Shining Ones, we must turn from Salthill’s vanished sky-ship to the Southern route of legend – Galway Bay to Cong, where myth and mystery converge.

  1. UFO Over Galway Bay Chapter 1: The 1986 Salthill Encounter
  2. UFO over Galway Bay Chapter 2:  Psychic Mayday from a crashed UFO
  3. UFO over Galway Bay Chapter 3: The Irish Tuatha Dé Danann as Cosmic Visitors
  4. UFO Over Galway Bay Chapter 4: Reverse Engineering The Quantum Coupled Transistor

I made several FOI requests, regarding Irish and British UFO sightings for 1985-1986 and I will update this page when they are released (date of writing 27.August. 2025). This is regarding the Prince Charles UFO and Shannon ATC. More information is on Facebook.

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The Cassandra List

No Kings, No Peace

The flickering neon of the “No Kings” sign cast a lurid glow on Professor Elias Ashmole’s face. His reflection stared back from the window, a gaunt, haunted figure framed by the city’s chaotic, simmering rage. It had been a year since the Project 2025 transition began, a year since the subtle, then not-so-subtle, shifts had started to unravel the country’s frayed democratic fabric. Elias, a political scientist who had warned about this very trajectory, now felt like a Cassandra screaming into the void, as if living within a Project 2025 political thriller.

A Dire Warning

His phone buzzed. A message from his former student, a bright, idealistic woman named Lena, now working as a clerk at the Department of Justice.

He called Lena, his voice trembling.

“Lena, are you safe?”

“I can’t talk long,” she whispered. “Project Nightingale has been activated. They’re coming for the list. Just go, Professor. Don’t look back.”

“Thank you,” he managed. “Take care of yourself.”

The line went dead.

The List

A chill ran down his spine. The “list” was his life’s work – a digital archive of every memo, every policy change, every suppressed report that detailed the administration’s systematic dismantling of democratic institutions. It was a roadmap to tyranny, meticulously documented over years.

He knew what Project Nightingale meant. The administration, under the guise of national security, was launching a massive, coordinated sweep. They weren’t just going after political dissidents; they were hunting those who held the keys to the truth. Elias was at the top of that list.

The Chase Begins

As if on cue, a dark, unmarked van pulled up across the street. Two men in black suits and earpieces emerged, their eyes scanning the building. ICE, he thought, now a far more powerful and menacing domestic police force. The government he had once trusted was now an enemy hunting him down.

Escape in Motion

He grabbed the emergency flash drive from his desk drawer, the tiny device containing everything. His escape plan was already in motion. He had a hidden contact in Canada – a network of academics and journalists who had been secretly documenting the same slow-motion collapse.

Slipping out the back alley, he winced as the bitter night air stung his face. Blending into the crowd of protestors, the sound of their chants – a constant, rhythmic drum – mingled with the thud of his own terrified heart.

He could feel the city holding its breath, a single, tense organism. The protests were growing, but so was the government’s grip. The media, once a bulwark, was now a fractured, silenced echo chamber. The FCC had done its job well, shutting down critical voices and leaving a wasteland of compliant news outlets.

Into the Unknown

Elias made it to the subway, the rattling car a sanctuary from the watchful eyes above. But he knew it was temporary. He was a man with a target on his back, hunted for the truth he held. As the train sped toward the border, he felt a desperate hope. He had to get the information out. The fate of the nation, he realized with a sickening lurch, might very well depend on him. The clock was ticking. And the darkness was closing in.

The short story “The Cassandra List” was written as a narrative dramatization of the specific warnings and political analyses detailed in the following briefing. The story translates the research’s academic concerns about the erosion of U.S. democracy into a fictional, high-stakes thriller.

Project 2025 and the Erosion of Checks and Balances: Experts Warn of Dictatorship Risk in Trump’s America

There is significant evidence and expert opinion suggesting that Donald Trump’s actions and policies, particularly during his second term, are moving the United States toward a form of authoritarianism or dictatorship. Below is a summary of the key points:

1. Assault on Democratic Institutions

Trump’s administration has engaged in a sustained assault on democratic institutions, including the judiciary, media, cultural, and academic entities. This includes firing government officials who produce unfavorable reports, pressuring universities into financial settlements, and attempting to redraw congressional maps to favor his party. Critics argue these actions are accelerating the erosion of democratic norms.

2. Implementation of Authoritarian Tactics

Scholars and political scientists have identified multiple red flags indicative of authoritarianism. Incremental Autocratization: Trump’s approach follows a six-step model of democratic erosion, including social turmoil, populist movements, and dismantling of checks and balances. Weaponizing Government Agencies: The Department of Justice and FBI have been used to target political opponents, while immigration enforcement agencies like ICE have been expanded into a massive domestic police force. Attacks on Media and Free Speech: In addition, the FCC has investigated broadcast outlets critical of Trump, while supportive outlets like Fox News are spared. This mirrors tactics used in Hungary and Turkey to control information.

3. Project 2025 and Unitary Executive Theory

Project 2025 is a detailed plan led by the Heritage Foundation and Trump allies (including Stephen Miller and Russell Vought) that aims to centralize power in the presidency. It proposes replacing civil servants with loyalists, weakening Congress, and expanding executive authority to implement radical policies such as national abortion bans, mass deportations, and corporate tax cuts. Trump’s executive orders, such as one allowing him to override independent agencies’ legal interpretations, advance the Unitary Executive Theory. This effectively places the president above the law and undermines constitutional checks and balances.

4. Erosion of Checks and Balances

Judicial interference has become more common, as Trump has repeatedly challenged judicial rulings, called for the impeachment of judges who rule against him, and pressured the Supreme Court to grant immunity for official acts. Congressional subversion is also evident through measures like impounding funds approved by Congress, purging inspectors general, and sidelining legislative oversight, all of which have weakened Congress’s role. Cultural and Academic Control: settlements extracting billions from elite institutions such as Columbia University and shutting down critical voices, for example Stephen Colbert’s show, demonstrate efforts to control cultural narratives.

5. Scholarly Consensus and Warnings

Academic Surveys: hundreds of political scientists rate U.S. democracy as declining rapidly, with Bright Line Watch scores dropping from 67 to 55 (on a 100-point scale) since Trump’s election. Many observers describe the U.S. as entering a “competitive authoritarian” phase. Historical Parallels: experts also compare Trump’s tactics to those of autocrats like Viktor Orbán in Hungary and Recep Erdoğan in Turkey, who used democratic means to consolidate power.

6. Public and Political Resistance

Unpopularity: Trump’s approval ratings remain low (38%-43%), and protests such as the “No Kings” demonstrations reflect public opposition. Midterm Elections: Democrats hope to check Trump’s power through the 2026 midterms, but concerns about gerrymandering and unfair elections persist.

Conclusion

While some scholars argue that the U.S. system – including the courts, state governments, and civil society – may resist full authoritarianism, the consensus is that Trump’s actions align with those of leaders who have dismantled democracies elsewhere. The implementation of Project 2025, attacks on institutions, and centralization of power suggest a clear movement toward dictatorship unless checked by political or public resistance.

For more details, refer to articles from The Guardian, Scientific American, and NPR.

Trump promised to be a dictator on day one. We’re now past day 200
Donald Trump’s second term has seen a sustained assault on democratic institutions – political, judicial, media, cultural, academic – that appears to be only accelerating
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