Lockheed Martin, one of the biggest names in global defense and aerospace, has pulled back the curtain on a next-generation military aircraft following a wave of online speculation that the company could be working with UFO-derived technology.

The defense giant introduced Vectis on Monday, a secretive unmanned combat drone designed by its famed Skunk Works division. The large stealth aircraft will be remotely operated and is expected to fly alongside US fighter jets, supporting human pilots during missions.

Ahead of its official debut at a major US Air Force conference in Washington, DC, Lockheed Martin stirred curiosity with an enigmatic social media post. The teaser showed only the outline of an unfamiliar aircraft and declared that Skunk Works had “unlocked” the “next level.”

That vague preview quickly fueled unsubstantiated claims online, with some users suggesting Lockheed was concealing additional projects allegedly created by reverse-engineering debris from crashed UFOs.

“Now let’s see the reverse-engineered craft,” one commenter wrote. Another demanded: “Now show us the antigravity craft you’ve been hiding from the public for the past 70 years.”

Former CIA scientists and military whistleblowers have made claims about recovered UFO materials in the past. However, both the Pentagon and the White House have consistently said there is no physical evidence that extraterrestrial craft or materials have ever been recovered.

Lockheed Martin says it plans to build five Vectis drones by 2027. The advanced aircraft is intended to give the US military a versatile new capability, with potential roles ranging from air-to-air combat and ground strikes to covert intelligence-gathering missions.

There is no evidence that the futuristic Vectis combat drone has any connection to UFO technology. Still, speculation persists in part because at least one former Lockheed employee has claimed that rumors involving the contractor and alleged recovered craft are true.

Boyd Bushman, a former Lockheed Martin and Texas Instruments engineer who died in 2014, publicly claimed he had worked with UFOs and aliens to reverse engineer spacecraft ’24 hours a day.’

During his deathbed confession, Bushman even revealed a stack of photographs he alleged were of extraterrestrials he worked with on the secret projects at Area 51 in the Nevada desert.

‘They’re approximately five feet four inches to five feet tall,’ Bushman said, as he held up images of what he touted as a real alien lifeform.

Bushman’s claims have never been verified, and skeptics claim his photos appeared to show commercially available prop dolls sold online.

Lockheed has rarely commented on claims that its secret research divisions have any ties to potentially extraterrestrial materials, with a spokesman telling reporters in 2023: ‘Questions about UAPs are best addressed by the US government.’

The defense contractor is best known for creating the F-35 fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor and the C-130 transport plane.

Its Skunk Works division, which was founded in 1943, has been tasked with developing cutting-edge aircraft quickly and quietly for decades.

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On Monday, Lockheed claimed that the Vectis unmanned fighters would ‘deliver a new level of lethality, survivability, adaptability and operational flexibility for America and its allies.’

Its space-age aircraft has a tailless, flying-wing design, boosting its stealth ability and lowering the drag normal fighter jets experience.

The Vectis also has a hidden engine intake on top of its body, making it harder for enemy radar to detect.

The unmanned craft is roughly 34 feet long with a 38-foot wingspan, about the same length as an MQ-9 Reaper drone and similar in wingspan to the F-35.

With less drag from extra fins and flaps sticking out, Vectis will be able to carry bigger payloads of weapons, which are also kept inside the craft until launched.

Despite touting their new drone’s game-changing advancements, skeptics continued to claim Lockheed was still holding back after their announcement in Washington. 

‘Release the Alien Reproduction Vehicles, we know you produce them,’ one person replied to Lockheed’s announcement on X.

‘Quite an alien-looking design,’ another social media user claimed.

In recent days, satellite images have also captured new drone designs at a secret base in Asia, known as China’s Area 51.

Documentary director Dan Farah said that several US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, believed the world was now locked in a new Cold War to reengineer the alien technology recovered from these ships.

Air Force veteran-turned-whistleblower David Grusch and former CIA scientist Dr Hal Puthoff have both claimed that the US government has been running a secret UFO recovery program since the 1940s, which has taken control of at least ten extraterrestrial craft.

According to Lockheed, the drone unveiled on Monday was only a full-scale model of the Vectis. The first full-scale prototype is expected to be delivered to the military by the end of 2027.

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark renewed calls for AI regulation, despite President Donald Trump dismissing concerns about the fast-advancing technology as “sick conspiracies.”

Clark and other technology industry leaders are urging the Trump administration to help establish safeguards aimed at preventing artificial intelligence from posing a threat to humanity, even as competition between the United States and China intensifies.

In a Monday interview with Fox News host Bret Baier, the Anthropic executive said rogue AI agents had already hacked into other computer systems.

“What we’re saying here is we need to get a sensible, common-sense safety framework in place for the industry so that Americans can have confidence in the technology that we’re building and we don’t roll the dice on some kind of accident,” Clark said.

He argued that the US could introduce those protections without sacrificing its lead over China in AI development.

“What we’re talking about here is the need to have some equivalent set of safety standards for the AI sector,” Clark said, adding: “The worst time to react to an exponential [threat] is when it’s too late.”

Clark said waiting for a serious AI-related accident before adopting broad restrictions could ultimately undermine America’s ability to compete with Beijing.

“How you keep being ahead is you make sure that you don’t roll the dice on public safety,” Clark reiterated.

He also rejected suggestions that Anthropic’s position was motivated by money or the potential for a public offering, calling the theory an ‘absurd 4D chess move.’

Clark noted that Anthropic has previously paused development on its AI model, Claude, to invest in safety.

‘But we can’t act alone,’ he argued. ‘We need to act with industry [executives] to develop a common set of standards, and we need ultimately there to be a larger policy conversation about what do we think are the common rules of the road here for everyone building this technology.’

Clark then urged Trump to raise AI safety concerns during discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

‘This is not a scared moment,’ he insisted. ‘This is a moment to use our agency as people to decide the future we want.’ 

But Trump declared on Monday that only he can ensure the safe use of AI in the United States because of his ‘high IQ.’

‘The only control or “guardrails” that AI needs is a strong and smart (High IQ!) president, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!’ the president wrote on Truth Social. 

He then went on to call Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei an AI alarmist who poses as a ‘perfect little angel.’ 

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‘The Trump Administration has stopped AI “people” from doing bad, or potentially bad, “things,“ like Dario (Anthropic!), who is now pretending to be a “perfect little angel” – and we will continue to do so!’

Trump also alleged that ‘there is a sick conspiracy going on against AI data centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China.’ 

The Trump administration has held that China stands to benefit from the US slow-rolling its AI deployment. Republicans have posited that anti-data center protests have been propped up by Chinese officials.

‘Whoever wins AI, wins,’ Trump continued. ‘We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, beware!’

In a follow-up post, Trump wrote the only reason for the ‘AI/Data Center outburst’ is because the US is leading the world ‘by a lot’ in AI development. 

‘Don’t kill the Golden Goose,’ Trump added. 

Showing his own understanding of the nascent technology, when pressed by reporters on whether AI could end up wiping out humanity on Sunday, Trump coolly responded that it ‘won’t happen.’  

In a third AI-related post he published on Monday, Trump cast doubt on why industry leaders are so alarmed.   

‘Concerning AI, when, in the History of Business, did anyone see the Leaders of an Industry call for Regulation that, if strongly implemented, will drive them into oblivion and bankruptcy?’ Trump wrote, adding the hysteria around AI is a ‘hoax.’ 

 ‘AI, and Data Centers, will be the Greatest Economic Development Engine in History — Bigger than Oil, Gold, Diamonds, or even the Internet. It will not be stopped by brilliantly run Destructive Forces during the Term of President Donald J. Trump!’ 

Others in the Trump administration have also expressed their skepticism of the doomsday claims.

‘I feel a little bit weird about the fact that you have so many frontier AI tech companies coming to the government and begging the government to regulate them?’ Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Monday. 

‘It feels a little bit to me like a bit of a Trojan horse!’ 

‘We know the Chinese are engaged in an AI race against the US…we want to do things smartly and stay ahead of the curve,’ he noted. 

Meanwhile, former Trump AI and crypto czar David Sacks voiced concern that AI firms calling for the government to crack down on their industries could be engaging in ‘regulatory capture,’ where the large corporations calling for regulators to set standards could benefit from their competition having to abide by new rules. 

Should the government place new regulations on AI firms, Sacks and others believe that the largest companies, like OpenAI, Anthropic, among others, would be able to afford whatever changes may come, while smaller companies may be forced to shutter if they cannot comply with any forthcoming federal AI framework.

An “inconsiderate” public transport habit is infuriating Australian commuters, with some saying they have been forced to physically push through crowds simply to leave the train.

The practice of passengers boarding before others have had the chance to alight has become a flashpoint for train users in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, prompting fresh frustration over basic commuter etiquette.

One Sydney passenger said she reached her limit after arriving at Central Station at about 11pm following a sporting match, where a group of people was gathered immediately outside the Metro doors.

Although the carriage was not full, she said passengers surged inside as soon as the doors opened, leaving those trying to get off with no clear path.

“You’d think people would have half the brain to think that if you let people off first, there would be more space for you on the train,” she said.

“When the train doors opened and they all started to rush in, I just barged my way out and elbow checked everyone out of my way.”

The woman, who is less than five feet tall, said she was fed up with having to weave around people unwilling to wait just a few seconds for passengers to exit.

“I will not let myself be walked all over by inconsiderate individuals who can’t wait five seconds and won’t step aside for people to alight,” she said.

She said the same public transport problem was also common at Circular Quay, particularly among tourists, and at Parramatta.

‘It’s becoming worse and it’s so annoying. I think I will have to keep resorting to shoving everyone out of the way until people get it through their heads.’

The complaint quickly struck a nerve with other Australians, who said allowing passengers to exit before boarding was once considered one of the most basic rules of public transport.

‘When I was a child the signs everywhere said: “Wait until people alight”,’ one recalled.

Another Sydney commuter said the problem was particularly frustrating on trains in the city’s west: ‘As soon as I go to walk off there’s at least five to 10 people crowding the door trying to push their way past me and the other passengers. 

‘At this point I’ve started to be pretty blunt to these people who show no regard for anyone else.’

One confessed: ‘I’ve started either coughing on them or shoulder barging them as I get off the train. I’m so over it that I’ve just started matching their poor behaviour.’

Others said the behaviour could make travelling especially difficult for passengers with accessibility needs. 

‘My husband is a wheelchair user and so often, people will just barge on in front of him while he’s trying to get off,’ one woman said.

Another commuter described deliberately standing to the side of the doors to make room for departing passengers, only to have other people use the gap as an opportunity to board ahead of her. 

‘It’s as if they are in their own little world and the rest of us are invisible,’ she said.

The frustration isn’t confined to Sydney. One former Surfers Paradise worker said they encountered the same behaviour while catching the tram to work: ‘The number of people who try to push past as you are getting off is genuinely mind-boggling.’

Some commuters admitted they had started responding to poor behaviour with shoulder barges or other equally antisocial tactics. Others argued there was no need for the situation to become physical.

‘A loud “MOVE PLEASE” typically gets the point across without getting physical,’ one said.

What are unwritten rules of public transport?

Letting passengers off before boarding is just one of many behaviours that can turn an otherwise uneventful commute into an ordeal. 

Blocking train doors or station escalators is another common source of frustration, especially during peak hour, when a single person stopping in a thoroughfare can hold up dozens of commuters behind them.

Speakerphone conversations and watching videos without headphones have also become modern additions to the public transport etiquette debate. 

What might be an ordinary phone call to one passenger becomes compulsory listening for an entire carriage when it’s broadcast through a speaker.

Taking up an additional seat with a bag when other passengers are standing, putting feet on seats and failing to offer priority seating to someone who clearly needs it can all attract the disapproval of fellow travellers.

Then there are the less obvious rules commuters tend to pick up through experience: have your ticket or phone ready at the gates, move further inside a crowded carriage rather than lingering by the doors, and avoid stopping suddenly at the top or bottom of an escalator.

Most of these behaviours come down to the same basic principle: hundreds of strangers sharing a confined space, all trying to get to their destinations as quickly and comfortably as possible. 

And letting people leave a train before trying to fill it again isn’t just good manners – it makes boarding easier for everyone waiting outside.

That practical logic is precisely why commuters are so baffled by people who refuse to do it. As one frustrated passenger put it, they only need to ‘wait five seconds’.