Legendary psychic Baba Vanga — known for supposedly predicting 9/11, the death of Princess Diana and the COVID pandemic, to name a few — has posthumously found herself in the spotlight once more.

Followers of the blind Bulgarian mystic, who died in 1996 aged 84, have claimed that two of her five prophecies for 2026 have already come true, leaving the remaining predictions to play out in the next few months.

They’re not predictions of world peace or us all winning the lottery, either. Instead, some are actually pretty bleak.

The first new prediction is perhaps the wildest: Baba Vanga is said to have claimed that a massive spacecraft will visit Earth this year.

Reportedly set for November, she alleged that it will enter the atmosphere and mark humanity’s first official contact with an extraterrestrial civilisation.

However, the mystic was unclear about whether the visitors come in peace or as a threat. Hopefully, it’s the former. We’d have no qualms about E.T making an appearance on Earth.

Unfortunately — and due to the state of world affairs right now — the second is a little easier to believe.

Alongside meeting aliens, Baba Vanga also predicted that 2026 would be the year World War III breaks out.

Interpretations of the prophecy say China would attempt to seize Taiwan.

Meanwhile, it’s claimed that tensions between Russia and the US would escalate into direct conflict.

There’s also the current war between Russia and Ukraine to take into consideration, which has already caused instability across multiple regions.

Finally, the third prophecy suggests that Russian President Vladimir Putin will lose power and be replaced by a new leader, all before 2027 starts.

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For almost 20 years, Putin has ruled Russian politics. The 73-year-old is also set to stay in office until 2036, after he signed a law which allowed him to extend his rule.

That is, unless the prophecy is correct.

Speculation about Putin’s future — both political and health-wise — has circulated for years. There have been many conspiracy theories surrounding the leader, from him using body doubles to claims that he had died.

Recently, rumours of him being in poor health escalated after the Kremlin accidentally released footage of him in the middle of a coughing fit.

While this all sounds awful, let us be clear: Baba Vanga left no written records of her predictions.

Rather, her prophecies have been interpreted by relatives and followers in the decades since her death.

Therefore, there’s no actual (reliable) evidence that she predicted every prophecy credited to her.

Still, followers claim that two of her five major forecasts for this year and last have already come true.

This includes a vague prediction of a string of global natural disasters.

In this instance, Baba Vanga’s followers have linked the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar in March. The disaster caused thousands of deaths and severe destruction in the area.

There’s also the recent European wildfires that have devastated parts of Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy.

The second focuses on the rise of artificial intelligence in the workplace, and the idea that robots will eventually replace humans.

Baba Vanga reportedly gained her psychic powers after a freak tornado in her home country of Bulgaria swept her up into the air at 12-years-old.

Sand and dust were forced into her eyes, and as a result she went blind.

However, she and her followers also claimed that the blindness allowed her ‘open her mind’, which led to her developing her mystic powers.

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