The White House: Duke/Cinci administration

[Adam Griffin]

NYMAN - Multiple reports are emerging from around the world - including mass-confirmed sightings in Latvia, Algeria, Japan and Atlasia itself - of unidentified flying objects and uncharacteristically odd-looking clouds in the skies over more than one dozen cities and regions.

Approximately 45 minutes ago (11:20 AM), the first mass report of an unidentified flying object came in from Oran, Algeria, a coastal city approximately 200 miles west of Algiers.

Local news sources have released footage showing hundreds of residents amassing throughout the streets of the city, inspecting what can only be identified as a large airborne vessel of some sort. The ship is observed to be stationary in one video for more than two minutes before it appears to instantaneously disappear. A thick, horizontal plume of smoke or exhaust manifested almost instantly following this event.

Social media has lit up with thousands of videos of similar events from more than one dozen countries, leaving this planet's billions with plenty to consider. In the wake of these events, no government nor intelligence agency has issued any information that would further clarify what thousands have witnessed first-hand, but dozens of governments from around the world have or are in the process of conveying a fairly uniform message to their citizens: "stay calm".

You will be updated as more information becomes available.

[Adam Griffin]

HOUSTON - Several hours have passed since the first sightings of unidentified aircraft began to be spotted around dozens of metropolitan areas across the world, but contact with these entities has yet to be established.

Shortly after 4 PM local time, Mexican President Felipe Calderon took to the airwaves to confirm what many have suspected: to the best of their knowledge, these craft are not human in origin.

The presidents of France and India have likewise issued similar statements. The government of Atlasia has thus far issued no statement, leaving many to worry about what government officials have planned, if anything at all.

Despite worries about their intentions or what sort of technology these craft may possess, multiple governments have attempted thus far to obtain a closer look and gather valuable information about these vessels. Any information gathered thus far has not been made public.

Since the first report, several dozen more vessels have been spotted across six continents, with some of these craft now appearing to gather in clusters. One such cluster is now being observed forming along the Atlasian-Mexican border, near the city of McAllen, Texas. The Fuerza Aérea Mexicana has deployed jets to inspect this activity further, in the absence of Atlasian air support.

More details will be provided as they come in.

[Adam Griffin]

BURLINGTON - Multiple reports from on the ground have confirmed that one craft has landed approximately one mile south of Burlington, Vermont. Over the past six hours, two other of these unidentified ships have been spotted over southern Montana and central Alaska, with five more situated off the eastern and western coasts of Atlasia, as well as along the Atlasian-Mexican border. A total of 52 craft have been detected thus far around the world, with a large concentration of them currently situated over portions of the Middle East and the Maghreb.

The latest eyewitnesses on the scene in Burlington have obtained photos of the craft on the ground, with local authorities currently en route to the site. The craft currently on the ground was not visible on radar until approximately twenty minutes ago at about 20,000 feet as it rapidly began its descent, according to NORAD officials.