"This stuff is so confusing"—this from Patrick Scott Armstrong on not only the latest dribble of information from Rep. Eric Burlison to journalist Matt Laslo, but the whole tenor of government discourse on the UAP/UAS/"drone" situation. Patrick questions the information being given those in Congress investigating the matter, their own knowledge and time and legal power available to investigate, and wonders whether what's being hidden is Earth-tech rather than from Really Elsewhere. Another look at current "UFOnews" comes in Ross Coulthart Q&A: Skywatcher Rumors & ‘Disclosure Day’. Besides the silence currently surrounding the "psionic UFO-calling project" and guesses about the Spielberg movie, Ross offers views on a number of other present UFO mysteries. Ross also dwells upon what's ahead in 2026 and who's got the most—indeed perhaps only human—power to make D/disclosure "real." David Freeman involves Rep. Burlison in another possibly-UFO-related conundrum with Congressman Eric Burlison Flags Mount Hayes in Growing UAP Discussions. An apparently cryptic query from Burlison opens the door to discussion of yet another "Mysterious Triangle" of weird disappearances and other events to join those associated with Bermuda, the Great Lakes, and elsewhere. And perhaps such questions become irrelevant when the potentially anomalous nearly "bumps into you," per Mystery Object: Pilot Told 'Good Luck With The Aliens' After Reporting A Silver Canister-Shaped Object During Live ATC Broadcast. (WM)

New research aims to learn more about a particular type of NDE, one where the experiencer encounters a friend or loved one that they were not aware was deceased. It's particularly difficult to prove that the experiencer was uninformed of the passing of the loved one prior to their NDE, hence the need for new protocols. In another report of a NDE, Athlete Dies, Visits Heaven, Has a Profound NDE & Returns With Life-Changing Wisdom. In this episode of the Afterlife Revealed podcast, a 19 year old describes the catastrophic medical event that lead to a near death experience, and the many positive ways that experience changed his life. He explains "why listening to the soul’s calling can transform everything," and insights gained around love, regret, and consciousness beyond death. (CM)

The comings and goings of our latest acknowledged interstellar visitor get our focus here, beginning with this "disturbing" title, video, and synopsis prediction: "The next 48 hours are critical." The video itself attempts to convince that 3I/ATLAS is a data/gathering and sending probe back to its origin in the galaxy's center, and cuts out just as the (AI-generated? a Commenter wonders) host asks "What should we do? What should you look for?" Let's look for Avi Loeb himself, and his 3I/ATLAS Maintained a Sunward Jet After Its Gravitational Deflection by 16 Degrees at Perihelion. Avi's rundown of the comet's(?) unusual properties and his own concluding remarks are if anything a bit more worrisome. Next, to Avi's FOX 32 Chicago interview 3I/ATLAS Closest to Earth Today: Avi Loeb Explains What’s Unusual, which has Avi saying odds are the object is likely natural—but very unusual, and providing much additional information about current and future plans—his own and others.' And Avi's Medium channel and 3I/ATLAS Ignores Earth rather continues the narrative, followed by Riding 3I/ATLAS to the Stars, a rather a modern, intentional journey version of Jules Verne's 1877 novel Off on a Comet. (WM)

Four of Kevin Randle's "Different Perspectives" on the UFO Past begin with his high praise for a new book by the first editor of Official UFO Magazine, Bernie O'Connor. The Official History of Official UFO Magazine, Volume Number One includes stories and advertisements from its first issues, as well as much added material, especially commentary about, and editorials from, that c. 1973 era, which was a heyday for such publications. Kevin outlines the value of O'Connor's work, both then and now in the present compilation, for which Kevin not only wrote articles then, but the excellent "Forward" now. Kevin turns to the difficult task of banishing one of his bête noirs in Robert Willingham and the Lie about the Del Rio UFO Crash. At the very least, Dr. Eric Davis seems unaware of the extent to which the knowledgeable Kevin has investigated this case, and from Commenters to this article, may even be being misled or misinformed about other cases. Now to Roswell with Kevin's The Project Mogul Conspiracy Destroyed by One Question... Well, Two. Speaking of "Inconvenient Facts and the Will to Believe," have any of the "Mogul-pushers" even attempted to counter Kevin's arguments directly? And in Ray Stanford's Socorro Photograph Kevin and Commenters, well, comment about the purported Socorro craft picture's legitimacy as evidence in that case. (WM)

It seems that psychic assistance in solving crimes is not just the stuff of crime dramas. However, in the cases where psychics have been called in, there has only been anecdotal evidence to prove their effectiveness. This study looks at contributions of psychics around the world and gets serious about analyzing their crime solving abilities. Next, Uncovering Reality by Putting the PSI back in Science features a conversation between James Faulk from the Neon Galactic podcast and psi researcher Adam M. Curry. Together they "explore the nature of consciousness and of reality," to find the areas where science and psi come together and where they are divided. This podcast begs the questions, "What does the world look like if psi is a proven fact? What changes? What stays the same?"(CM)

It appears that "one of the most important discoveries in the hominin record" has new meaning, thanks to a recent paper by a UK/Australia/South Africa/U.S. team. Micah Hanks steps in to explain why a 1998 South African discovery may not be, as originally thought, an Australopithecine fossil, but a representative of "an entirely unrecognized early human species." Hanks' The Debrief colleague Ryan Whalen writes that a 7000-Year-Old Sunken Discovery Points To European Megalithic Construction Centuries Earlier Than Previously Thought. While Whalen has an excellent discussion of the find and its wider context, Mark Milligan's Network of Submerged Stone Structures Rewrites Early European Prehistory offers photographs and a schematic of the location of the largest of the structures. And The Debrief's Tim McMillan avers that Researchers May Have Solved the Mystery Behind The Collapse of One of the World’s First Great Civilizations, that being the Indus Valley (or "Harappan") Civilization. A combination of "high-resolution paleoclimate records, such as cave deposits and lake sediments with advanced hydrological modeling driven by long-running climate simulations" led to a picture of gradual population dispersal over a long time period rather than a dramatic collapse of Indus Valley city centers in "a single catastrophic moment." Such research provides a better understanding of how climate change can affect human history. (WM)

Insufficient thought has been given to the human mind's bumping into something as outré as UFOs. Jennice Vilhauer, Ph.D., has written a clear, excellent breakdown of psychological factors that lie behind many in society's comparative indifference to the UFO/UAP topic. Worth considering when dealing with friends and family. Perhaps one (or two) reasons there's not more engagement with "alien" UFOs is/are that Mystery Drones, or Maybe UFOs, Over Sweetwater County Are 'The New Normal', at least in Wyoming. It's Cowboy State Daily's Claire McFarland again, following up on an article we noted on the 15th. County Sheriff John Grossnickle's office is now added to those reporting then, saying that in Sweetwater's case the "drones"/"unidentified flying objects" are still appearing. Since nothing can be done to counter the "buzzers" and they aren't constituting a clear and present danger, it seems that "for now, with no answers or hope of getting answers," it's just "the new normal." David Metcalfe examines the human response from another perspective, per Evolution, Apocalypse, and Flying Saucers: Seeking the Phenomena Outside Secular and Religious Eschatologies. This tack complements Vilhauer's ideas. And writing Ufology and Mysticism Are on the Rise in Crisis Magazine Aaron McAfee, like Vilhauer, references The Age of Disclosure. Doing his due diligence and infusing his own conservative Catholic perspective into his way of making personal peace with the phenomenon—to acknowledge but avoid further personal engagement—McAfee believes his Church should proactively "address [UAP] beyond the customary silence or chuckle it has warranted." It does seem that UFOs (and that documentary) are generating some serious thought. (WM)

In 1906 a mysterious, white figure began making midnight appearances at a coal mine in County Tyrone. While the apparition seemed to be entirely clad in robes, some witnesses claimed it took the form of a man or woman. Oddly enough, as time went by and the figure continued making appearances, others described the form as a white donkey—a claim that was later verified as fact! Next, we have the location of a real haunting, on The Road With a Tragic Ghost That Is Officially the Most Haunted Place in the UK. Blue Bell Hill in Kent is apparently the place to drive to if you really want to scare yourself. The road there is said to be haunted by a young bride who was killed in an auto accident the night before her wedding in 1965. Four years later the reports of a white clad specter starting coming in, adding to earlier tales of a ghostly woman with a red scarf who was murdered in 1916 and the spirit of an old lady who purportedly used to live in the woods. Definitely not the route to take at night, even if you feel lucky. (CM)

Tom McMillan reports on recent research on human brain responses to vocalizations produced by a range of different primate species. The research found human temporal voice areas, once thought specialized for human speech, also respond strongly to chimpanzee calls, but interestingly not to bonobo or macaque vocalizations. Subjects’ brains were scanned using MRI which showed patterns of brain stimulation in response to from chimpanzee vocalizations similar to those seen in response to human voices. Researchers think this suggests a common ancestor, which sounded more like a chimp than a modern human and that voice-processes seem to predate language. In other neurology-related research, Emily Cerf for UC Santa Cruz News reports on interesting research involving brain organoids (self-organizing clusters of brain cells): Evidence Suggests Early Developing Human Brains Are Preconfigured With Instructions For Understanding The World. Researchers found that organoids self-organized and generated structured electrical firing patterns even without external stimulus. These early patterns closely resemble the brain’s adult “default mode,” suggesting a preconfigured, genetically encoded “operating system” that acts as a scaffold for later sensory processing and cognition. Suggesting, perhaps, that brains begin building internal models of the world before they experience anything? (JS)

Information intransigence by the Department of War figures in John Greenewald's recap of events behind his successful appeal regarding the purported "Yankee Blue" hazing of some Air Force (and possibly additional service) personnel. The Wall Street Journal comes off poorly for its two June articles basically pooh-poohing UFOs as worthy of discussion. In the Legislative arena, UFO Transparency Stalls Again as Congressional Leaders Fail to Act Despite Growing Attention. Christopher Sharp "names names" in what he regards a crisis point in Congressional support, observing "the situation is critical and that further action is required." What follows that Sharp note in the article isn't reassuring. Weaponized offers UFO Gatekeepers - Rep. Luna, Burchett & Burlison Reveal A Plan To Fight Back. The three Congresspeople most visibly soldiering on in the wake of an apparent Congressional retreat discuss their efforts and possibilities for moving the issue forward. They compliment George Knapp for his September 9th House Oversight Committee hearings testimony, and particularly Jeremy Corbell's work with witnesses. That hearing gets focus in Andy McGrillen's UFO Incursions, Intimidation & the Truth Behind the UAP Hearings. Hearing witness Jeff Nuccetelli provides "backstage" context both to the ramp-up and immediate "cool-down" after the event. He strongly advocates for more whistleblower protections, with a mechanism already in place but sorely plagued by human power and monetary shortages, plus a lack of leadership. Nuccetelli's opinions are thoughtful and measured, and he also offers strong support for Jeremy Corbell's behind-the-scenes witness efforts. (WM)

A generation ago, Doretta Johnson and her family were subjected to ghostly goings-on of the sort typically associated with poltergeist activity—noises, visions, electrical appliance disturbances, etc. and in 1995 she published a book about these experiences, The People In The Attic. Although turned into an inaccurate TV movie version, the book "is an exploration into the mind and body's connection to the paranormal." Going back much further, Suzi Feay ponders about The Little Imps Who Pretended To Be Poltergeists. The famous Enfield poltergeist of the 1970s may or may not have been attention-seeking kids, but fraudulent fear-making goes back much further and is the subject of two "overlapping" books reviewed by Feay. Ben Machell's Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the Supernatural, looks back to the Society for Psychical Research at Cambridge University and the involvement of its open-minded "charismatic leader Tony Cornell." Similarly deconstructing deceit is Caitlin Blackwell Baines' How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession, in which (although with some discouraging inaccuracies that perhaps reduce her credibility) she examines many famous alleged encounters with ghosts and finds the evidence for them lacking. (LP)

It's a coup—and one would hope a sign of a growing trend—for serious ufology in the mainstream press. USA Today's Phaedra Trethan writes a very positive article on the Society for UAP Studies and its composition, mission, and direction, with especial attention to SUAPS' December 4-6 second annual conference, "Interdisciplinarity in Contemporary UAP Studies." The earlier digital edition of Trethan's excellent piece may be viewed at These Researchers Say They Have Serious Questions about UFOs, Aliens; the print front page can be accessed at USA Today: Time to Get Real on UFOs.... Of course, there's pushback against "successes" like this, as evidenced by David Smith's Guardian article. While ‘A Lot of Stories But Very Few Facts’: Sceptics Push Back on Buzzy UFO Documentary acknowledges the tremendous success The Age of Disclosure achieved in its initial days of public availability, Smith enlists the aid of three skeptics who point out admitted issues with the film, while bypassing mention that the 34-person "cast" all have much more knowledge about and personal involvement within what remains a "stigmatized" field. Another recent SUAPS "victory" gets Skunkworks blog author Bryan Sentes' attention in On a Certain Gnostic Tendency in UAP Studies. The October Colloquium with Dr. Jorg Matthias Determann concerned "UFOs and UAP in the Muslim World." The talk's thesis was a launching ground for a further, email Sentes discussion with another participant, ultimately producing one of the best and most interesting of Bryan's many excellent philosophical ruminations. (WM)

We missed this article when it appeared back in February, but it's a good possible preview of Things To Come (apologies, H.G. Wells). Daniel Gil explains the basics of the Tuttle initiative and the "disclosure-type" conditions under which the "Exchange-Traded Fund" might launch, which at present haven't been met. Tuttle Capital seems to be a game-changing, innovative company since its 2012 establishment, and its Chief Executive Officer Matthew Tuttle explains himself in the first twelve minutes of Bruce Sellery's Moolala podcast: An ETF for UFOs? A New Fund That Invests in Alien-Related Technology. Rob Isbitts widens the "playing area" some in his Globe and Mail article: Want to Invest Like Elon Musk? A New UFO ETF Promises to Take Returns to Outer Space. Turns out already three "space-related ETFs" existed. Isbitts lists "3 Reasons to Consider Buying the UFOD [Tuttle] ETF." But Bloomberg News injects more than one note of caution in Wall Street Pitches Sci-Fi ETFs for Robots, UFOs, Quantum Bets. There are other negative comments along the way, too, but a November interview It’s Part of the Game: Matt Tuttle on Closing ETFs and Looking to the Stars gives us somewhat of an optimistic update. The Securities and Exchange Commission Tuttle Capital UFO Disclosure AI Powered ETF offers more information on the "UFOD" Tuttle Capital UFO Disclosure AI Powered ETF and seven other AI ETFs. (WM)

There haven't been any reports of shoe-clad dismembered feet being found on the shores of British Columbia lately, so we were due for some strangeness—and the universe provided, this time off the coast of Washington. A sneaker has washed up on Port Williams Beach in Sequim, containing the remains of a bear foot. Not a barefoot. A Bear's Foot. In what alternate hellscape are bears walking around wearing Nikes (the better to chase their prey)? And the strangeness continues on the other side of the country where a Florida Man Claims He Teleported Into Crashed, Stolen BMW. The vehicle had been moving at approximately a hundred miles an hour, and evidently no one knows how to steer or possibly hit the brakes in the future where teleportation is possible. Someone needs to tell this guy that the "Paranormal Defense” rarely works. (CM)

A look at UFO-related films other than Dan Farah's The Age of Disclosure including a consideration of what the newest Steven Spielberg blockbuster (anticipated June 2026) has in store. Whether a flick produces a surge, slack-off, or has no impact upon UFO reports, this reviewer knows of a case in which a very close CEI with a shark had a decidedly negative impact on a Gulf-wading fisherman's desire to see Jaws! Over at Daily Grail, Rick posts that Cryptic Billboard Posters Appear for Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure’. Rick ponders the symbolic meanings and tagline of posters in Los Angeles and Times Square, against a background of "Aviary," "Men-in-Black," and other mysterious weirdnesses. Now we have Disclosure Day Official Teaser ahead of the June 12, 2026, opening in theaters. Intense. The Wow!Signal, well...signals the arrival of a New Documentary "The Rendlesham UFO: The British Roswell" Now Streaming on Amazon and Apple. The few details (no spoilers here!) are intriguing. With a "spoilers" warning, we go back to Daily Grail for Red Pill Junkie's Friends in Strange Places: ‘Isla Alien’ Documentary Review. Probably few Americans know of the 1973-1990 Augusto Pinochet Chilean political backdrop to this film; fewer still about the Friendship Island UFO case. They should. (WM)

Some recent Western Hemispheric sightings, one resulting in this problematic video by a named—and to all appearances "solid"—witness-videographer. The potential explanation? A "murmuration of starlings" looks about right to us. At Coast to Coast, Tim Binnall has a Triangular UFO Filmed in Mexico. Interestingly, the object looks like a sharper image of something filmed from the International Space Station we reported upon recently. Farther south, Tim has footage of a Curious UFO Filmed Over Colombian City. We wonder whether the "curious" goes both ways, as the phenomenon apparently recurred, and over the country's largest city, harboring nearly 12 million people. And Stacy Liberatore brings us literally "down to Earth" back in the U.S. as a Mysterious Fire Erupts at Roswell Site Linked to 1947 UFO Crash. The proximity of the blaze to the fabled Hangar 84 elicited some probably light comments, but the thing took almost two hours to extinguish and prompted "an expanded safety perimeter and rapid evacuation of nearby facilities." (WM)

A truck driver in Texas had his own Bigfoot encounter back in November as he drove down the highway about 80 miles east of Dallas. Passing an open field he observed a very tall, very hairy biped with long arms about 200 feet from the road. Admittedly it took him a few moments to process what he'd seen. It certainly seems like the most likely time to encounter Bigfoot is while driving! In other news, we are very sad to announce Steven Streufert, Bigfoot Books Owner, Dies, 60. Streufert began his business in 2005, first as a general store then as one specializing in Bigfoot and other strange paraphernalia. His life was filled with strange events which he was always able to roll with, but it was a fire in September 2024 that finally took a toll on his mental health. His death notice in November was brief and lacking details, leaving his passing as the sort of mystery he would have tried to solve in life. Loren Coleman does a beautiful job of paying tribute to this man, providing the obituary Streufert deserves. Rest in Peace Steven. (CM)

In 2007, Gordon Holmes "made the headlines worldwide" with footage of "a large snake-like creature" in the Loch. Now, he's enhanced his image to show "very fine detail." The result leaves veteran Nessie-hunter Adrian Shine unimpressed. He's certain it shows only "a cat's-paw," i.e., a ripple caused by wind across the surface of the water. And on the trail of an alleged sighting in 1934, Glasgow Boy has set about Locating Margaret Munro's Monster. She had watched it "for twenty five minutes" through binoculars from her home and GB follows-up on an earlier attempt to find exactly where on the shore the critter would have been. He takes us around the Loch, accompanied by photographs and sensible consideration of his observations. (LP)

While Congressional proponents of landmark-strong UFO/UAP provisions in the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act didn't get what they wanted, three items at least passed the conferenced version. The Disclosure Foundation (formerly the "UAP Disclosure Fund") says the result "reflects a meaningful, if incremental, step toward transparency and oversight." Brandi Vincent explains why. At a more local level, a Lawmaker Questions Wyoming Adjutant General Over Presence Of UFOs. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland covers a budgetary-planning session and following events, plus drone reports from eight Wyoming sheriffs during the "drone dilemma" days last winter. The National Guard official acknowledged current helplessness to counter drone incursions and allowed that any present drone interdiction technology would probably be obsolete in 12-14 months. McFarland notes recent national Congressional testimony and how hand-bound Wyoming's sheriffs are, caught between laws, legislature, and technology. NewsNation's Russia, Pentagon, and Whistleblowers: New Revelations About UFOs and UAPs reminds us that The Age of Disclosure documentary recaps numerous eye-opening facts and dramatic allegations arising since the December 2017 revelations. And there's more concerning material besides that very comprehensive film. A major topic concerns the oceans, and MUFON's Director of International Investigations Bob Spearing launches from that in What About All Those USO Sightings Since August In The Media? Here’s The REAL Story! Spearing points out instances of "shallow" reportage and analysis proving that gross inaccuracies and overblown claims are being fed to the American People by "yellow journalism." Spearing also states that over half of the 700 Mutual UFO Network investigators had "previous forensic backgrounds." (WM)

An international collaboration believes a major discovery not far from Stonehenge was a human-created pit circle. And it might be “one of the largest prehistoric structures in Britain, if not the largest,” says the lead author of a new academic paper. Smithsonian Magazine Daily Correspondent Sarah Kuta has the story and speculations as to its purpose, supported by helpful maps. In Denmark a 2,000-Year-Old ‘Hjortspring Boat’ Mystery May Point To Foreign Invaders, New Archaeological Clues. Christopher Plain clarifies the processes used to pinpoint the dating, which was previously hindered by 1920s-era preservation methods. Speculation about the supposed "invaders" is refined by determination of some caulk's likely non-Danish origin, and a fingerprint has been discovered, but there's no "ancient fingerprint database" to identify the "invader." Ruth Schuster writes that a New Model of Urbanization Upends Paradigm of Mayan Collapse. Schuster explains how the traditional thinking about the Classic Mayan collapse being caused by drought, contradicted by data showing "the period between 800 and 900 [CE] was wet," is bettered by a more nuanced but still sensible projection. Another question much debated within (and outside) the archaeological community is Could Ancient Civilizations Have Had Technology More Advanced Than We Imagine? Discover Wild Science contributor Suhail Ahmed isn't talking "wild theories" here, but the fact that "Each discovery forces us to revise earlier, simpler assumptions about how these societies worked"; and "you start to see ancient technology as a living, evolving system—much like today’s, only slower and less digitized." (WM)

If you've ever suspected that all the woo—cryptids, UAPs, spooks, etc.—are somehow connected, you may have found your confirmation (or at least your kindred spirit) in Paul Dale Roberts, "HPI's Esoteric Detective." How might this connection manifest? Check out The Unified Paranormal Theory, regarding "the mysterious shakti energy." This video by Grant Cameron is a quick 7 minutes with a discussion on "the crossovers in paranormal phenomenon." If you believe that the more you look into the Strange, the more the Strange looks back at you, this is going to make perfect sense. If not, brace yourself for a paradigm change. (CM)