The Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) released 41 more files today, of which 3 were images (of triangles), 16 were videos (from 2019 to 2026), and 22 were pdf documents. In this last group, triangles and red lights dominated the analyses, while "ghost rockets" and the 1947-1948 "Project Sign" materials were especially noteworthy. Agencies represented: 19 DoW (mostly unresolved recent reports but also including those earliest cases), 17 FBI case files, and 2 were from the CIA. There was a 1963 "Executive Office of the President" concerning a November 13th Bahia, Brazil incident, and there were two 1963 Department of State cables from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Samuel Chamberlain of the New York Post notes one outstanding case in Ex-Pentagon Employee Described Seeing 'Translucent Triangle' Fly Overhead in 2023 UFO Sighting, an October CEI sighting by a married couple of a "dark translucent triangle" near Colorado Springs. (WM)

Kevin J. Guhl reports on phantom aviators who were said to be common in the incredibly risky world of early aviation. According to reports from Spiritualists and séances, the unlucky few, it seems, were still able to communicate advice about rubbish weather, dodgy plane engines, and doomed airships after they had shuffled off this mortal coil. Maritime mishaps were also the object of frequent communication from the deceased. It seemed that the dead, at least those who died in visible, new‑fangled transportation disasters, remained keen to issue warnings, explanations, and advice post‑mortem. If that is one way of keeping the dead gainfully employed, the review of the life and work of the French writer Maurice Blanchot in Daniel Pinchbeck’s Liminal News The Man Who Survived His Own Death frames death and disaster as things that refuse meaning, allegory, or metaphor, even as the modern system insists on turning every catastrophe into a lesson. Prepare for some serious hardcore post-war French thinking, where nothing is quite as it seems, everything is barely intelligible, and any lessons you come away with are much harder come-by than a biddable planchette. (JS)

Supplemented by gorgeous photography, Annette Uy's "pre-historiography/history" of Ohio's Great Serpent Mound is detailed and quite interesting. "The complexity of these potential alignments suggests something far more sophisticated than simple sun-watching," notes Uy, but what prompted its construction? Similarly, Dino World's Sameen David offers Archaeological Finds Challenge Long-Held Beliefs About Pre-Columbian Cultures in the Americas. In this instance, modern technology reminds us that pre-Columbian societies were quite different "from the one most of us grew up learning." A rather humbling experience. The New York Times offers Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon. Alan Yuhas' account emphasizes how lidar usage now elevates the value of indigenous "oral accounts from the Apuriña nation, "brings an ancient society they [researchers] called the Aquiry" into the discussion, and persuade "that the 16th-century accounts of dense populations were not as far-fetched as many generations believed." And in Science's Odd Shapes Hidden in Dense Amazon Rainforest Reveal Sprawling Ancient Civilization, Julia Vaz invokes geographer Alceu Ranzi's personal, non-lidar aerial discovery over twenty years ago that helped usher in the lidar search behind the Yuhas article. (WM)

George Knapp and Sean O'Donnell have a good summary of George's recent conversation with the POTUS. The proposed brief Trump statement—one moderately short sentence considering its impact—would be D/disclosure on a level that wouldn't compromise national security, but the words certainly have impact. The first in a new Bigelow podcast series, Robert Bigelow and George Knapp Discuss UFO Disclosure covers one of seven reports on major subjects Bigelow's studied, presented to Trump during an hour-plus meeting, and is a strong advertisement for subsequent episodes, which George seems to be tabbed to facilitate. While likely most ufologists will nod their heads in agreement with the ufological topics Bigelow sketches from his UAP meeting, the events at or after people visited Skinwalker Ranch will surprise and perhaps rivet some of us. Naturally, Jason Colavito begs to demur. In Robert Bigelow Urged Trump to Declare UFOs Piloted by Non-Human Intelligence Jason is interesting in limiting his comments on the "backing" to the quote basically to "Bigelow urged Trump to state otherworldly beings are real without presenting any evidence for it (as we all know there is nothing conclusive to share)"—which seems tamer than Jason's been wont to opine. Is Jason finding the greater academic, scientific, and especially business/industry interest more daunting? (WM)

Near Death Experiences (NDEs) are increasingly talked of and researched, but SDEs—Shared Death Experiences—are less known. In this state, a person feels they are “in a different dimension” where they interact with deceased loved ones, not at the moment of their own death, but at that of a beloved person. Psychotherapist William Peters experienced an SDE at the bedside of his father, who died moments later. He’s now spearheading research into this phenomenon, which sometimes gives the experiencer “feelings of peace” as the dying person moves “across the veil.” And on a connected theme, Marina Weiler, PhD, writes “Am I Crazy?” Understanding Out-of-Body Feelings. Weiler questions whether feelings of disembodiment should be “folded into psychiatric frameworks” alongside other conditions, including schizophrenia and depersonalization. She feels there’s an “overlap” in diagnostic criteria which doesn’t address the specific symptoms of the condition and the needs of those who have these experiences. She points out, however, that “none of this means that disembodiment feelings can never co-occur with mental illness.” (LP)

An interesting perspective on cryptid sightings in Pennsylvania, specifically Big Cat encounters. Stan Gordon points out the parallels between sightings of black panthers and Bigfoot, noting that run-ins with the large felines often happen in tandem with Sasquatch sightings and UFO/orb reports. He also draws our attention to the interdimensional aspects of both types of experiences, stating "What we are dealing with seems to be beyond our present scientific understanding." Meanwhile, a Possible Big Cat Sighting Bewilders British Couple, as a strange cryptid resembling a large, black cat crossed the field in front of their home in Hereford, England. Thinking on their feet, they thought to record the experience, but the creature's identity remained inconclusive. (CM)

Here is the directive on Preliminary Guidance for Implementation of NDA Waiver by Aaron Lukas, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Avi Loeb's "takes" upon his mission with respect to it. Those familiar to this general discussion will bring their own opinions to its interpretation. Loeb goes further on the matter in pondering Why Are There NDAs Prohibiting UAP Disclosure To President Trump? in the first place, reprising the memo's first page and linking to his own prior full representation. Loeb's further explication is useful in understanding the overall issues. A recent addition to Loeb's UAP Science Advisory Council tells why she joined in: Are Space Aliens Real, and Have They Visited Us?. Let's grant professor, statistician, and culinary genius Dr. Liberty Vittert Capito her requested five minutes! Over at Bored Panda, Seema Sinha touches upon the "gatekeeper" problem/controversy with “Let The Evidence Speak For Itself”: NASA Whistleblowers Reveal How Photos Were Edited To Hide Alien Presence. Physicist Dr. Maaneli (Max) Derakhshani is highly-accomplished, part of the Disclosure Foundation's review of NASA archival material for UAP information, and has suffered retribution for his views, which facts perhaps add more "punch" to one of the oldest "conspiracy theories" about information withholding. And with Mike Gold: NASA's UAP Files, Moon Anomalies & the Search for Answers we get Gold's views on this charge and other UFO-related fascinations he's worked upon. (WM)

Early in July, a witness encountered what they believed was a Bigfoot, just a couple hundred feet off a well travelled road. To their credit, they are holding fast to the story despite the skepticism of the community. The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization is calling the sighting highly credible due to its level of detail. Next, was s a Bigfoot Seen Crossing Pasture on Texas Farm? The sighting was brief, as the dark, hairy figure ducked down in all fours below tall grass. But the family dogs were frightened enough to run back to the house, which is typical of Bigfoot encounters. Fortunately a family member had the presence of mind to pull out their phone and start recording the quick experience. (CM)

Lisette Voytko presents her Ghost Notes Field Guide, which is meant to act as a master taxonomy of ghosts. She largely bases her taxonomy on British parapsychologist Peter Underwood's classification system of ghosts, with the exception of "condensing two kinds of hauntings into subtypes of the traditional ghost: residual hauntings, and intelligent hauntings." So her ghost types are: Traditional Ghosts, Crisis Apparitions, Ghosts of the Living, Poltergeists, Haunted Objects, and Cultural Ghost Traditions. It's interesting to compare this classification to the one that Hilary Evans and I proposed in our book,The Field Guide to Ghosts and Other Apparitions, which is now out-of-print but available through various online used book sellers. Our typology consisted of three main classes of ghosts. The first, Ghosts of the Past, consists of Revenant, Haunter, and Time Slip. The second, Ghosts of the Present, consists of Crisis Apparitions, Noncrisis Apparitions, Doppelgänger, and Living Other. Our third class is Ghosts of the Future, which consist of Harbingers and Future Time Slips. But we agree with Lisette's concluding remark that "that determining which category a [ghost] falls under can be difficult, as some show characteristics of multiple types of ghost." (PH)

"Citizens of other countries are also affected by the UFO phenomenon and want to understand what we are seeing in our skies." Thus Swedish astronomer Beatriz Villarroel begins our global look at UFOs and ufology. It's a hopeful exchange with the AARO Chief of Intelligence Collection, as well. So let's go with Nela Heidner and see in the Pentagon UFO Files: What Role Germany Plays. Heidner takes us back to the "foo fighters" era to illustrate how "This new transparency in the handling of Pentagon files is being closely watched in Europe as well." That Unknowns are a concern for today's air safety is made clear by a 'UFO' Scare: 'Flying Saucer' Shock at Gatwick as Mystery Disc Whizzes Past Passenger Jet During Landing. Stephen Moyes offers two recent "drone incidents" as proof. Martin Willis hosts Brazilian researcher Rony Vernet for a well-tooled investigation there. Vernet is a serious researcher as well as electronic engineer and physics researcher, and publishes academic results of his careful work. It's a fascinating conversation, and Vernet's 2-hour "Phenomena in the Amazon: Indigenous Encounters" documentary (English subtitles) is also available on this site. Let's end with Susan Demeter's Quinn's Encounters. This is a journey not only to Canada but into the abduction phenomenon, and a stark but in some ways beautiful reminder that, as Susan well-remarks, "there is a human face behind the often unthinking way in which this topic is portrayed in popular media and by the minds of those who have not taken the time to adequately research this subject." It is an honor to bring this article to your attention. (WM)

The  lakes have long been the site of paranormal activity. Susan Demeter's report describes small beings in the  Oakville area by Lake Ontario that First Nations oral tradition refer to as the Memegwesiwag. Described as "a small humanoid who is elusive and deeply connected to the natural world," they are neither benevolent nor malevolent, and are understood to be "NHI (non-human intelligences) who inhabit the landscape alongside humanity and deserving of respect." Next we look at Small People of the South Pacific. It seems each island in this area has stories and artifacts that point to tribes of smallish humans who arrived before the Polynesians. However, in spite of a number of small hominid fossils being found in the area, there has not been enough information uncovered to conclusively identity these populations. (CM)

We begin with Lue Elizondo's riposte to the recent Coulthart/UFO Gerb dialogue. Ross also has interesting thoughts on a recent Matthew Brown interview, as well as crop circles. We turn to Miguel (Red Pill Junkie) Romero, who seizes upon Ross' first target with Sunday Funnies: His Hands Were Tied. RPJ repeats in its entirety the Lue Elizondo podcast from which Ross extracted snippets, and uses his own artistic wit to chide the "ur-whistleblower" for his informational parsimony. Now back to Ross, as NewsNation asks about Antarctica: Far-flung, Icy Continent or Hotbed of UFOs? The answer might be "both," for Ross Coulthart is interested in the matter, believes political leaders who travel there come back "changed," and "there's something going on in Antarctica"—but it's a secret! Ross also has Things To Say about the Moon and Mars, but the tag-team moves back again to RPJ for Sunday Funnies: UFO Trumpsparency. An interesting point and referenced article. So, too, for New Policy Brief Urges U.S. to Prepare for the Human Impact of UAP Disclosure. This topic is finally getting the mainstream "look" it deserves. (WM)

"Mind-bending" headlines, led by University at Albany (State University of New York) physics prof Kevin Knuth explaining how he moved from skeptic to "UAP researcher." Fortunately for us all, Kevin says "UAP research is taken much more seriously than it was when I was in graduate school." Skinwalker Ranch just may be gaining more respectability, per Mind-Bending Discovery Deep Inside Notorious UFO Hotspot Leaves Experts Stunned. Tom McGhie cites a three-hour-plus Brandon Fugal American Alchemy appearance with Jesse Michels discussing the numerous weird events associated with that Utah location. McGhie does, however, acknowledge that "the material has not been definitively linked to extraterrestrial technology or scrutinised in a published, a peer-reviewed study...." Anthony Bragalia may have an answer for some UFO reports in the 2010s with Google Experimental Balloons Linked to Mass UFO Sightings. Anthony makes a good case in his contribution. And "Fat Earther" assays an explanation for two of the most famous UFO sensations in The Nimitz and Roosevelt Incidents: Electronic Warfare Speculation. Though this interesting though speculative effort generates immediate reactions, we'll leave it to experts to evaluate. (WM)

The "Pauli Effect" is the supposed tendency of technical equipment to break down in the presence of certain individuals. Physicist Wolfgang Pauli had the unfortunate reputation for making lab equipment fail just by walking into a room. Pauli for his part believed this was more than coincidence and contacted Carl Jung to discuss synchronicity. Paranormal research continues as UWG Names Block as 2026 Ingo Swann Research Fellow . The Ingram Library has named Courtney Block as the Ingo Swann Research Fellow for 2026. The fellowship was established to "advance scholarship in the field of parapsychology and to encourage use of the human consciousness collections in Ingram Library’s Special Collections in unique and creative ways." Block is a writer and researcher who has written about the paranormal from a variety of perspectives, including the experience of women working within the field. Her latest book Is Inside the World’s Haunted Libraries. Congratulations, Courtney. (CM)

Several unsettling developments in the UFOs and Government story begin with an updated revival of filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee's claims that the POTUS is going to make an imminent "UFOs as Aliens" reveal. Seriously? Maybe not, as Immediately beneath this article is Zachary Leeman's Trump Kisses Jesus and Arrests Aliens in Loony Truth Social Posting Spree. Of perhaps more moment is a Ross Coulthart interview with "UAPGerb," and the claim of this UAP Researcher: Lue Elizondo's New Role is a 'Controlled Narrative'. Basically "Gerb" alleges Lue was part of a "Disclosure Lite" scenario that got busted by David Grusch's "reverse engineering" and "biologics" testimony, and that Lue's been tabbed to manage a much less-precipitate (less-complete) "disclosure" narrative that will allow private companies and government siloing to do their own work without public knowledge. NewsNation has Lue's riposte to "UAPGerb" in Elizondo Responds To Researcher's 'Controlled Narrative' Role Rumors. Richard Dolan also voices serious issues with "Gerb's" claim: Luis Elizondo, James Clapper, and the Controlled Disclosure Theory. Possibly somehow linked to the preceding is a worrisome Psicoactivo musing that ODNI's New Memo Seems to Force UFO Whistleblowers to Report to AARO & PURSUE, thus keeping "new" information possibly hidden from the general public. (WM)