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Pentagon Releases Second Batch of UFO Videos, First-Hand Testimony

The Pentagon released a second batch of UAP files, including 50 videos and documents showing unexplained objects over the Middle East, Syria, Iran, and in NASA recordings. Despite the reports, the agency stresses that it has found no evidence of extraterrestrial origin. The Guardian reports: In one video from the Middle East in 2019, taken "likely from an infrared sensor aboard a US military platform operating within the US Central Command area of responsibility," according to the Pentagon, three UAP are captured flying in formation over the Persian Gulf. Another formation of four unidentified objects is seen flying past vessels on the water off Iran in a video from 2022.

Footage taken over Syria in 2021 shows a mysterious object racing away at speed akin to instantaneous warp-speed acceleration from science fiction movies. Few of the objects seem to resemble flying saucers, discs or other traditionally perceived forms for UAP, although one October 2022 clip taken at an undisclosed location shows a cigar-shaped entity racing over what appears to be a residential area.

None of the videos are accompanied by explanations, and the Pentagon's all-domain anomaly resolution office (AARO) has previously stated it has no evidence to suggest any of the thousands of objects seen on video, or described in written testimony, is of extraterrestrial origin. In its May 8 release, a statement from the defense department said the public "can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files." Additionally, the information is collated from a diverse range of sources, including government agencies including several military branches, the FBI, the state department and Nasa. "Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody," the Pentagon notes

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 23-05-2026 07:15 CEST...

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 23-05-2026 07:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 20.5°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 19.2°C / Max 30.2°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 19.2°C, Max 30.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1027.0 hPa ↗️ +0.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.0 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 230°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

08:00: 21.5°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, 🧭 1026.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 201°
09:00: 23.0°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, 🧭 1026.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 198°
10:00: 24.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↗ 211°
11:00: 26.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1027.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 209°
12:00: 27.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1027.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 217°
13:00: 28.9°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 231°
14:00: 28.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↗ 212°
15:00: 29.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1026.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 204°
16:00: 30.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1026.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 212°
17:00: 30.2°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1026.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.0 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 223°
18:00: 28.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1026.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: → 271°
19:00: 27.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1027.1 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 293°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

zondag 24 mei: Min 18.4°C, Max 28.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1030.4 hPa ↗️ +3.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ← 69°
maandag 25 mei: Min 18.8°C, Max 29.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1031.4 hPa ↗️ +1.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ← 92°
dinsdag 26 mei: Min 14.4°C, Max 27.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1028.4 hPa ↘️ -3.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↓ 359°
woensdag 27 mei: Min 11.6°C, Max 20.0°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, 🧭 1028.9 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.5 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 41°
donderdag 28 mei: Min 9.6°C, Max 21.2°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, 🧭 1025.9 hPa ↘️ -3.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.1 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ← 75°
vrijdag 29 mei: Min 15.3°C, Max 22.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1020.6 hPa ↘️ -5.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↗ 233°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 20.5°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 21.2°C (+0.7°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 204°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 17.3 km/h (4.8 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 58%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1026.2 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 26.2 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.9
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:37 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:40

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 61 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 20.8 μg/m³
• PM10: 28.1 μg/m³

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Meera Sodha’s vegetarian recipe for crispy one-pan spaghetti with gochujang and mozzarella |. Meera Sodha recipes

A funky fusion dish with crisped up pasta edges, like spaghetti all’assassina, but with a Korean backbeat

Today’s recipe is based on the famous spaghetti all’assassina, a dish native to Bari in Puglia. The pasta is cooked directly in the pan risottata, or risotto-style, and tomato stock is poured in a little at a time until the spaghetti is bruciata, or burnt and crisp. I won’t call the dish by its original name because that contains dried chilli and tomatoes, whereas my version features two of my favourite ingredients: gochujang, the Korean sweet and hot chilli paste, and my beloved sun-dried tomato paste. The result is killer, even if the name is not.

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Multimedia arts project wins Sycamore Gap tree commission after public vote

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The community arts charity Helix Arts and George King Architects were named winners of the vote on Saturday, after being shortlisted for a National Trust commission in March.

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‘I thought I was the saviour of the planet’: how Game of Thrones’ Hannah Murray found a wellness cult – and lost her mind

She landed a role in hit TV show Skins at 17 and went on to star in the fantasy epic. Then she was drawn towards a mysterious spiritual community. How did she end up being sectioned?

• ‘This is a test. A horrible test’: read an extract from Hannah Murray’s memoir

At least once a week, Hannah Murray has this one overpowering thought: “Thank God I don’t act any more.” She might be climbing her stairs, mug in hand, or at her desk opening her computer, she might be taking a casserole from the oven, or browsing the high street in the East Anglian town where she now lives. The thought will arrive along with what she describes as a sort of total bodily relief. She tries to hold on to this “I’m not an actor any more” feeling because it’s accompanied, she says, by “a real surge of joy”.

It’s not just because she doesn’t have to strip for the camera any more, although there was plenty of that, starting with Cassie, whom she played aged 17 in the E4 hit show Skins, mostly in underwear. And it’s not because she doesn’t have to cope with the relentless focus on her weight, though there was plenty of that too, accompanied by questions from journalists: was she anorexic in real life? Were her parents worried about her weight? It’s not because she’s not recognised everywhere, as she was after playing Gilly in Game of  Thrones, with grown men having tantrums if she didn’t autograph their whatever or pose for a selfie. Nor is it having to negotiate which body parts she will contractually agree to show. Or contending with the highs of landing a great part followed by the lows of wrapping the shoot only to  be thrown back on to the audition carousel and told: “Please go in looking nice. They need to believe Benedict Cumberbatch could actually be attracted to you.”

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Tim Dowling: the band shuns my new jokes. But telling the old ones proves even riskier

When my cat jokes are met with near silence, there’s only one thing for it …

I remember the first time it happened, in the band’s earliest days. We were playing a small festival in Yorkshire, before a seated audience in an arts centre. At the end of the first song there was an unfamiliar sound, like bacon sizzling, but amplified. It took me a moment to realise it was applause.

Up until that point we had mostly played in pubs, where everything we did was met with the same level of high-spirited indifference – the persistent, lively hum of people determined not to let a bit of music spoil their night out. Applause was new.

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Stephen Hawking’s father worried his son ‘does not study much’, diaries reveal

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In exploring the physics and geometry of the universe, Stephen Hawking became a world-renowned pioneer of black hole theory, writing the bestselling book A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 13m copies, and inspiring people to “look up at the stars and not down at your feet”.

But, during Hawking’s student years and as he approached adulthood, his father was deeply concerned about how his son would turn out. Frank Hawking lamented that “he hangs round the house with little initiative and does not study much”, according to previously unknown diaries that he had written partly in code.

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