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For many years, Americans have sought answers to various unnatural phenomena in the last century. One of the most awaited approvals that citizens desire from the government is the truth behind aliens.

The government has not provided answers to the people of the U.S. and the world regarding the secrets it holds, despite testimonies from several officials affirming that aliens do exist.

However, an upcoming documentary, ā€œThe Age of Disclosure,ā€ promises to disrupt decades of secrecy surrounding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Let's take a closer look at this Must-Read

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Set to premiere during the opening weekend of the SXSW Film Festival at Austinā€™s historic Paramount Theater, the film, directed and produced by Dan Farah, aims to unveil an 80-year cover-up regarding non-human intelligence and the covert efforts by major global powers to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology.

The documentary features testimonies from 34 senior members of the U.S. government, military, and intelligence communities, all of whom claim direct knowledge of UAPs.

Among them are high-ranking officials such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Mike Rounds, and Jim Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence.

Elon Musk has alleged that X, his social media platform, is facing a ā€œmassiveā€ and sustained cyberattack. The platform suffered at least three major outages on Monday, leaving users unable to refresh timelines or post updates.

ā€œThere was (still is) a massive cyber attack against X,ā€ Musk posted on X. ā€œWe get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.ā€

The first outage occurred early in the morning in Los Angeles and lasted approximately 45 minutes. Another disruption happened at 6:30 am PT, lasting 45 minutes, followed by a third wave of issues around 8:00 am PT. According to Downdetector, X users experienced repeated errors and endless loading loops throughout the morning.

A US-flagged oil tanker carrying jet fuel was struck by a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship off the northeast coast of England on Monday, resulting in a large-scale fire, an emergency response operation, and concerns over potential environmental impact.

The incident occurred at approximately 10:00 am local time when the container ship Solong collided with the Stena Immaculate, which was anchored in the North Sea, roughly 10 miles from the English coastline.

The force of impact led to multiple explosions aboard the tanker, according to Crowley, the U.S. logistics firm managing the vessel.

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