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The US military bases in Kuwait attacked.

The US Air Force base Al Rashid in Qatar attacked.

The US bases in, uh, the United Arab Emirates attacked.

The US Army bases in Saudi Arabia, as well as Saudi oil facilities, attacked.

Since it was Monday morning, everyone was getting up early, checking their social media before they went to work, and within just an hour, The department had five calls from concerned parents, and one of them was from Megan's mother, Kelly Sharpton.

Kelly was at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, which is a base for the US Air Force, where she did graphic design.

She sat at her cubicle, logged into her computer, and checked Facebook.

And that is when she saw the post about a Jane Doe that had been found deceased.

This project met with positive success when in 1959, the United States established primitive communications with the aliens.

On April 26, 1964, a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer met two aliens at a prearranged location in the desert of New Mexico.

This is what I was shown at Kirtland Air Force Base on April 9, 1983.

It's about this event.

Paragraph 4, TS Orcon Project Pounce, pro word Dixie.

Originally established in 1968, its mission was to evaluate all UFO IAC, which is the identified aerial craft that our government knows are extraterrestrials, all UFO IAC information pertaining to space technologies.

Project Pounce continues with OPR, NASA, U.S. Air Force.

The next page begins, T.S. Orkhan, several independent scientific investigations at the request of the Air Force and CIA were initiated during the era of Project Blue Book.

Massive.

In fact, the individual that put that entire together was a retired U.S. Air Force

officer.

Really? Yeah.

In a few moments, there'll be a moment of silence in memory of Powell Crosley Jr., the former president of the Reds, who passed away in March of this year.

And then there'll be the raising of the colors by the Combined Military Color Guard under the direction of Captain Jim Wall of the United States Air Force.

And Marion Spellman and Bob Braun will sing the national anthem when time for that arrives.

I see they're at the microphone at the present time.

I'm sure my father doesn't really want to see his son actually just taking over the business, so to speak.

After serving in the U.S. Air Force, George became an engineer.

And when his parents retired from flower growing, they just stopped leasing the plot.

Today, it's a condo.

We've had the video releases from the Department of Defence and from the Pentagon, you know, the tic-tac type stuff.

We've had some really credible witnesses from the United States Air Force and their pilots, a lot of whistleblowers, and they seem to be leading the way.

And in the UK, we do the square root of zero.

We do nothing.

And every September, the AirPower World focuses on the Air and Space Forces Association's Airspace Cyber Conference and Trade Show outside Washington, D.C. Our team spent all three days at the conference and will review the show on this extended broadcast.

J.J. and I will be joined by our space guru, Laura Winter, who edits the Downlink podcast, Tobias Nagley, the editor of Air and Space Forces Magazine, one of the world's leading aerospace and defense journalists, and air power legend, retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General Dave Deptula, the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

Plus, we'll have this week's headlines in air power.

And it's all powered by GE.

And our Technology Report, covering the ones and zeros of cyber, AI, networks, and more.

It's hosted by Vago Meridian.

And joining us now to discuss takeaways from this year's Air and Space Forces Association's Airspace Cyber Conference and trade show are Dave Deptulo, retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General and air power legend, who is the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

Tobias Nagley, the executive editor of the Air and Space Forces magazine, one of the world's leading publications covering aerospace and certainly the United States Air Force.

Councilmember Lee is serving her second term representing Ward 4 on the Tucson City Council and brings more than 25 years of experience in technology, cybersecurity, and organizational transformation across the military, local government, the aerospace and defense industry, startups, and Fortune 50 companies.

A U.S. Air Force veteran, she has worked at the intersection of technology, cybersecurity, and national security throughout much of her career.

She also helps lead national conversations on artificial intelligence and emerging technology, including through her work with the National League of Cities, with a focus on people-centered, responsible, and transparent technology adoption with meaningful public oversight.

She's also been a leading voice on hyperscale and large-scale data centers, water security, responsible technology policy, and protecting critical infrastructure.