👽 US whistleblowers share alien encounters, Canada to become nuclear superpower, world’s largest offshore solar project

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AUS House committee held a hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), commonly known as UFOs, on Wednesday in Washington, DC.

The hearing, titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth,” has brought attention back to UFOs. It included testimony from important witnesses who asked for more government transparency about UFOs.

Former US counterintelligence officer Luis Elizondo, retired Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, and former NASA Associate Administrator Michael Gold were among those who spoke. Dive deeper into this Must-Read.

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👽 UFOs are real, tracking military sites: US whistleblowers share alien encounters

Elizondo, a former Department of Defense official, commented, “Let me be clear: UAP are real and advanced technologies not made by our Government— or any other government—are monitoring sensitive military installations around the globe.”

“Over the last decade and a half, I learned that certain UAP programs were, and are, operating without a watchful Congress; a responsive Executive Branch; and an informed public.”

He added, “Although much of my [US] Government work on the UAP subject still remains classified, excessive secrecy has led to grave misdeeds against loyal civil servants, military personnel, and the public – all to hide the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos.”

☢️ Canada set to become nuclear ‘superpower’ with enough uranium to beat China, Russia

The Athabasca Basin in the northern Saskatchewan region of Canada is a reserve of high-grade uranium that could help the North American country play a vital role as a fuel supplier in the decades to come.

Unlike other nuclear fuel suppliers, Canada can be one-stop, extracting uranium from the mines and enriching it for nuclear fission reactors, a BBC report said.

The recent increase in demand for clean energy has brought attention back to nuclear fission technology as a potential approach to generating low-carbon energy. Unlike other technologies being developed, nuclear fission technology has demonstrated itself as a scalable and cost-effective solution to meet energy needs.

☀️ ‘World’s largest’ offshore solar project with 1 GW power now operational in China

China has achieved a milestone in renewable energy with the connection of its first 1-gigawatt offshore photovoltaic (PV) project to the power grid.

This development signals a significant advancement in solar technology and sets a precedent for the global expansion of offshore solar power.

Situated in the open sea region off the coast of Dongying, Shandong Province, this project is claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world.

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