Israel
LocationCountryIsrael
LocationCountryEastern Mediterranean country with advanced defense and space programs whose UAP profile is shaped chiefly by one former space official's contested claims.
Eastern Mediterranean country with advanced defense and space programs whose UAP profile is shaped chiefly by one former space official's contested claims.
Israel occupies a small, heavily monitored stretch of the eastern Mediterranean, with dense civil aviation, active air defenses, military test activity, and a mature satellite industry. Those conditions make unusual objects in its airspace a security question before they become a UAP story. Public material does not show a single, continuous Israeli government UFO investigation comparable to the best-known American programs, so the country's relevance should not be inferred from its technological capabilities alone.
The most consequential public connection is Haim Eshed, a decorated retired brigadier general who led Israel's military space program for decades. In a 2020 interview promoting a biographical book, Eshed asserted that extraterrestrials existed, that the United States had contacts with them, and that disclosure was being delayed. The claims circulated worldwide because of his credentials, not because he released records, imagery, or firsthand operational evidence supporting them.
Isaac Ben-Israel, then chairman of the Israel Space Agency, responded that Eshed had been foundational to Israeli space capabilities but had gone too far. He treated the possibility of life elsewhere as scientifically legitimate while rejecting the claim that humans were already meeting extraterrestrials. That distinction is central to Israel's place in modern UAP discussion: respected aerospace experience gave Eshed's statements unusual visibility, while another senior space figure explicitly disputed their factual reach.
Reports from Israel and the surrounding region also arise amid missiles, interceptors, drones, balloons, astronomical objects, and combat footage. Each requires its own location and sensor context. Israel is therefore relevant less as a proven national UAP program than as the home of sophisticated space institutions and a prominent, sharply contested disclosure claim made after its author had left government service.
[Retweeted] 🇮🇱 Israel’s Top Space Official Claimed a Galactic Federation & Mars Base Then Vanished In 2020, Haim Eshed (former head of Israel’s space directorate) claimed a “Galactic Federation” was in contact with the US and Israel. He said the US signed a deal letting extraterrestrials experiment on Earth, that there’s an underground base on Mars with American astronauts and aliens, and that Trump nearly disclosed it but was told humanity wasn’t ready. Jonathan Caplan tried to verify it....
[Retweeted] In 2020, Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry’s space directorate, made extraordinary claims about government contact with extraterrestrials. His major claims included: A “Galactic Federation” exists and has been in contact with the United States and Israel. The US government signed an agreement allowing extraterrestrials to conduct experiments on Earth. An underground base on Mars houses American astronauts and alien representatives. Donald Trump knew about the co...
[Retweeted] In 2020, Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry’s space directorate, made extraordinary claims about government contact with extraterrestrials. His major claims included: A “Galactic Federation” exists and has been in contact with the United States and Israel. The US government signed an agreement allowing extraterrestrials to conduct experiments on Earth. An underground base on Mars houses American astronauts and alien representatives. Donald Trump knew about the co...
In 2020, Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry’s space directorate, made extraordinary claims about government contact with extraterrestrials. His major claims included: A “Galactic Federation” exists and has been in contact with the United States and Israel. The US government signed an agreement allowing extraterrestrials to conduct experiments on Earth. An underground base on Mars houses American astronauts and alien representatives. Donald Trump knew about the contact and ne...
Probed ingest of: Founder Of Israeli Space Force Says We Have Agreement With Aliens
?si=Bj27rBc2UuAIzZxi This video features an interview with Dror Gorlik, a former Israeli Squadron Commander Air Force fighter pilot with over 25,000 flight hours, who shares his firsthand account of observing an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). Key takeaways from the interview: The Encounter (1998): While returning from a training flight in an F-15 near the Tel Nof airbase, Gorlik observed a metallic, unidentified object. He described the object as having a si...
This video features an interview with Dror Gorlik, a former Israeli Squadron Commander Air Force fighter pilot with over 25,000 flight hours, who shares his firsthand account of observing an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). Key takeaways from the interview: The Encounter (1998): While returning from a training flight in an F-15 near the Tel Nof airbase, Gorlik observed a metallic, unidentified object. He described the object as having a silver,...
Israeli Military Continues the Search for an Unidentified Aerial Object Detected Near Lebanese Border
This week, we examine an incident involving an unidentified object detected near Israel's northern border that triggered a military response.
Disk-shaped object moved straight and steady over Mevoot HaHermon, Israel — Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 PM
AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT, A BORDER ALERT, AND A SEARCH THAT CONTINUED INTO THE FOLLOWING DAY An unidentified aerial object near the Israel–Lebanon border prompted a security alert on Saturday evening, followed by helicopters, ground searches and checkpoints across parts of northern Israel. By Sunday, the military still had not publicly established what it was. The alert sounded at 7:57 p.m. on October 10 in Arab al-Aramshe, in the Western Galilee. In its subsequent statement, the Israel Defense...
