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UFO News Update: Reaper Footage, Russian Files & Lazar Returns

Feb 11, 2026
Newly released MQ-9 Reaper footage showing apparent instantaneous acceleration gets a close look. Soviet-era Russian UFO files smuggled out in the 1990s reveal mass sightings and alleged onboard encounters. Claims surface of a classified site allegedly housing a massive immovable craft. Bob Lazar makes a surprise return onstage and Spielberg’s Disclosure Day trailer sparks fresh debate.
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INSIGHT

Reaper Footage Shows Instantaneous Acceleration

  • An MQ-9 Reaper video reportedly shows instantaneous acceleration, one of the military's key UAP observables.
  • Andy Mcgrillen highlights this clip as unusually clear and calls it 'very interesting' compared to recent footage.
INSIGHT

Russian Files Reveal Extensive Soviet UAP Records

  • George Knapp released Russian UFO files that document mass sightings and alleged onboard encounters from the Soviet era.
  • The documents show increased reports after 1978 and call for further study rather than definitive conclusions.
ANECDOTE

Notable Cases From The Russian Files

  • Andy recounts a 1989 Nalchik sighting of a 450-foot jellyfish-shaped craft seen by hundreds including military and astronomers.
  • He also describes individual cases like Anatoly Malashev's claimed 1975 onboard encounter and a 1979 Kazakhstan child sighting of giant aliens.
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