US pilots have had ’11 near misses’ with UFOs, Pentagon reveals: On Tuesday, the House Intelligence Committee held the first congressional hearing on UFOs — or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) as the U.S. military now refers to them — in five decades. Bray further testified that there have been no discernable attempts by these UFOs to communicate with U.S. military pilots or by those pilots to communicate with the UFOs. “Generally speaking . . . it appears to be something that is unmanned, appears to be something that may or may not be in controlled flight, and so we have not attempted any communication with that.” During Tuesday’s hearing, Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) said, “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are a potential national security threat and they need to be treated that way.” “UAPs are unexplained, it’s true. But they are real,” Carson added. “They need to be investigated. And any threats they pose need to be mitigated.” Chinese Boeing plane was ‘intentionally’ death plunged into mountain, killing 132 says new report: Flight data recovered from the black boxes of the China Eastern Boeing 737-800 airliner crash on March 21 showed that the plane’s sudden vertical “death plunge” into a mountain was an intentional act carried out by someone in the cockpit, a new report revealed. Officials involved in investigating the crash are now focusing on the actions taken by the pilot, though they’re also exploring the possibility that someone broke into the cockpit to intentionally cause the crash, the source said. US Media Begins Calling To Expel Turkey From NATO As Finland, Sweden Seek Entry: An op-ed in CNN this week has called on NATO to expel Turkey if it doesn't agree to admit new applicants Finland and Sweden into the Western military alliance. Indeed all 30 NATO states would have to achieve consensus to admit a new member. But instead, Sweden and Finland seeking fast-tracked entry is more than likely going to result in tying NATO (and the EU, regarding the oil embargo question) up "in knots." Some other prominent pundits, such as the Toronto Sun columnist [Tarek Fatah], have lately been arguing the same... "Expel Turkey from NATO. That should resolve multiple challenges. Until now, Turkey has been a Fifth Column of Islamism embedded within the West to undermine it." Biden Economy: Stock Market Down Over 1,100 Points on Wednesday – Worst Drop Since 2020: US Stocks fell today in their worst loss since 2020. Major retailers said their profits were hurt by rising costs, sluggish sales, and supply-chain disruptions. Shares of Target sank 25%, or $53.67, to $161.61 after the company posted quarterly earnings that missed analysts’ expectations, its worst one-day performance since Black Monday in 1987. With inflation at 50-year highs and debt at all-time highs, the Biden economy is a mess. Former Trump economist, Kevin Hassett, says the US is gearing for a severe recession. South Korea Says North Korea Preparing ‘Imminent’ Nuclear Test as Biden Prepares Visit: South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) told lawmakers on Thursday that North Korea is preparing for a new provocative nuclear weapons test and missile launch, and could time them to coincide with President Joe Biden’s visit to Seoul. “We were told that there are signs of a missile launch even though the country is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and with regard to a nuclear test, all preparations have been completed and they’re gauging the timing,” South Korean Rep. Ha Tae-Keung told reporters after the briefing. South Korea’s presidential National Security Office concurred that North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile appears “imminent.”
The Dow was done 1164 points. It was the 8th biggest drop in the history of our market.