Twenty-eight files were released today by the Department of War. All are pdfs: 25 are DOW, one is FBI, one is "U.S. Government," and one is from the Executive Office of the President. NewsNation's Joe Khalil has the story in Latest Pentagon UFO Files Include Reports of Triangular Craft over Military Sites with highlights, including "three separate reports describing what the FBI and the Pentagon call a black, triangle-shaped craft flying over sensitive military sites." (At this moment, the Mills Hayes video accompanying the article is misleading.) The New York Post has Emily Goodin's report: Mysterious Black Triangles Spotted Over Secret US Military Bases, Latest UFO File Dump Reveals," which expands on the triangle angle and adds the Skinwalker Ranch, Catalina Island, and "a NASA document from the 1960s offering guidance on what to do if you come in contact with space fragments" among the other offerings. Locations in Europe, the Pacific, Canada, and of course the U.S. appear, along with BAASS reports, and a "December 2008 report developed for Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) [that] outlines Project Capella." Pavel Ibarra Meda's Analyzing the MULTIPLE Possibilities for Next Friday's Seventh UFO Files Release covers some of the speculation leading up to the event, which may be compared to the actual publication. (WM)

David Freeman reports on the search for the putative Planet Nine. The indications are tantalizing and controversial, but a group of astronomers from Tsing Hua University have identified a possible candidate consistent with a planet 7-17 times the mass of Earth, orbiting between 500-700 AU from the sun (around 16-23 times that of Neptune), and responsible for odd clustering among distant Kuiper-belt orbits. Observations from two infrared space telescopes identified a possible object that seemed to have shifted across the sky by less than one degree. Researchers are now seeking a third observation that might turn a suggestive smudge into an orbit. Literally, far out. In a related piece, Freeman examines the sporadic speculation on the existence of a dim "second sun" in the Solar System: Nemesis: Forgotten Newspaper Reports Reveal the Search for a Second Sun. This dim stellar companion was sometimes taken fairly seriously. Its huge 26 million-year orbit was hypothesized to disturb the Oort Cloud, sending comets towards Earth, and greatly inconveniencing the dinosaurs (for example). Freeman traces the development of the idea from reports in 1936 to the celebrated 1984 papers by Davis et al. More recently, the theory’s foundations have weakened as there are questions about the stability of such a large orbit, and surveys found no suitable companion. The speculative bubble finally popped with NASA’s WISE results ruling out a Saturn-sized body within 10,000 AU and a Jupiter-sized one within 26,000 AU. (JS)

Hopes that the POTUS will be the "D/disclosure President" seem dimmed by his latest remarks. It also links to that portion of the October 15th Rob Finnerty Newsmax interview with President Trump. For a remarkable review of the UFO phenomena as perceived by its human component, see UFOs, Demons and Disclosure with David Metcalfe. Metcalfe surveys the current field of ufology and its historical background, with its governmental, religious, and occult flavorings and their numerous niches. John Greenewald has an archival tribute to the late Larry W. Bryant and the CIA: UFO Investigations, FOIA Disputes, and Government Correspondence. Those interested in UFO historiography will find this Freedom of Information Act success of particular interest, while most everyone will note from John's listing some notable people and the 1986 Japan Airlines UFO encounter (has it really been 40 years ago?), as well as the general FOIA struggle. And Anthony Bragalia reports The Rockefeller - Roswell UFO Connection Revealed. Anthony's research helps shine new light on Laurance Rockefeller, who "took America's most famous UFO mystery from the world of enthusiasts and placed it before the White House, enlisted family, pursued Roswell specifically, and financed a major UFO briefing document." (WM)

Elizabeth Rayne's rapid overview of Jay Stratton's involvement in government UFO research barely elaborates on the headline tease, other than to say that their attempt to lure a UAP "was built on our educated opinion that UAP were drawn to nuclear energy." For more, see Stratton's memoir Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life. Stratton's colleague and "ur-whistleblower in the modern era, Lue Elizondo, is interviewed by Martin Willis who asks a wide variety of questions—factual, theoretical, and personal. The vigorous answers and positions are a stark reminder that things like non-disclosure agreements and security oaths always carry moral, as well as legal, weight, and Luis Elizondo's position and knowledge deserve consideration. Luis Cayetano has strong words about another major whistleblower in Grusch Says More Loco Stuff; A New Book By VJ Ballester Olmos. Cayetano speaks from his general skeptical point of view and highly recommends Ballester Olmos' formidable new book, which hopefully will soon be translated from the Spanish. And 8 News Now's George Knapp speaks out on The Government's UFO Secrets, The Groundbreaking AAWSAP Program & More, the "more" being the potential aerospace threats that could change everything we know about national security and human health. (WM)

James Felton reports on a recent study conducted at the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies looking at 1,600 cases of reincarnation claims. The researchers found correlations between how an individual "remembers" dying, and the length of time between death and the next incarnation. Those reincarnated individuals who met their demise violently or traumatically in their previous lives reincarnated relatively quickly. Those who passed peacefully apparently took their time coming back to this earthly realm. Still wondering Does Consciousness Survive Death? Chris Carter on the Case for the Afterlife speaks to this subject on this episode of the Robert Bigelow podcast. Chris, an author and philosopher who was educated at Oxford, describes how he first became interested in the topic after a haunting caught his attention. He then explains how both British and American Societies of Psychical Research moved from skepticism to belief that consciousness survives death. (CM)

This potpourri of regular and shorter podcast interviews by veteran auctioneer-ufologist Martin Willis begins with Britisher Philip Mantle who has been investigating and publishing on UFOs for about as long as anyone living. Here he regales Martin with some of his experiences, on cases well, lesser, and hitherto just about unknown. Most are now covered in Philip's 499-page book UFO Reflections. Naturally, Philip's associations with the Roswell, Rendlesham, and Pascagoula events come in for discussion here as in the book, but the Willis dialogue delves into those numerous other, less-touched-upon areas, which Philip stresses make up most of the new book. For a change of pace, Martin also interviews Anne Ramsey Culevier "for a short chat" on her memories of the many Big Names in abduction ufology whom she's hosted at "her historic Newport, Rhode Island mansion." The vibrant 92-year-old has fascinating stories about her many guests, and some very interesting observations and opinions on current facets of the UFO subject. Now to Norio Hayakawa, and the latter's decades of UFO investigations. In particular, Hayakawa's "New World Order" cabal and "paraphysical" theories set him apart from the bulk of researchers. Yet Martin senses in that "paraphysical" theory a stunning example, which he has the witness relate in “It Looked Like Liquid Oil” | Susan's Terrifying Entity Encounter, which is eight minutes of rather gripping terror. Altogether, a remarkable set of podcasts. (WM)

Reports hitting the news include what Tim Binnall calls a "particularly fortuitous" sighting as the witness (and videographer) is host of a local paranormal radio program. After seeing a baffling illumination low on the horizon, he managed to capture on video a variety of orbs that appeared in the sky. Moving south now to a Peculiar UFO Filmed Over Mexican City. Victor B. Martinez' referenced Posta local media report notes the unknown object was visible over Saltillo for five hours! The video shows a mysterious dark object erratically hovering over a forest, but an apparently independent witness thought the thing could be a balloon. Then on to South America for a Puzzling Orb Filmed Cruising Past Mountain at Venezuelan National Park. Is it just our tired eyes, or is something dangling beneath the object and sometimes slightly trailing in the wind? Then, courtesy of The Hidden Underbelly 2.0, Tim Binnall has the video of a Triangular UFO Formation Filmed in England. The three lights in the video appear to maintain their position relative to one another, suggesting they were perhaps connected, though the witnesses "couldn't see any visible structure." Lastly Arnaldo Botto writes about UFO research in Argentina: Multidisciplinary Research Team on the Trail of UFOs. Interestingly, the team seems to accept an "intelligence" and "intent" to their quarry. (WM)

If you were to look up the definition of "Jinn" online, you would learn they are beings with free will, invisible, intelligent creations of God made from a "smokeless flame." Nowhere would you find discussions of three wishes, nor of anyone tied to a lamp for eternity. Disney made these differences all the more apparent in their animated release of Aladdin in 1992, but in fairness, they got some of it right, too. The magic carpet idea was actually some poetic license taken by the Syrian storyteller living in Paris, explains Alena Belova, who sets the record straight on the Jinn, or "genie," in this post. The notion of a being that was tied to providing a contracted three wishes was all Disney. Also Disney was the story's setting: hot, flat terrain which was later changed to better resemble reality: a crossroaded, multi-lingual city. It is particularly relevant that Jinn in Syrian culture are the subjects of horror movies, not wish granters. It could be argued that Disney took basic elements out of an established culture and used them as props in a profitable franchise—not a bad thing, just something about which we should be aware. (CM)

In this episode of "That Human Said What?" Michael Ryan and Christine Scott welcome Allen Cappuccilli, who worked for many years on the TV show Unsolved Mysteries. Together they ponder various aspects of that most famous question, the Fermi paradox being that puzzling gap between the possibility of intelligent life throughout the universe and our lack of confirmed contact. And Michael Ryan, as the host of the UFO Talker podcast, asks: What Did Frame 300 Capture? The Cote UFO Photo. An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Adam Pillon. Michael chats with Pillon about his and Megan Woomer's documentary concerning the famous photograph and its impact on the individuals involved. (WM).

A troubling incident in a very troubled part of the world underscores "the challenges of identifying unusual aerial phenomena in sensitive military airspace." Thus Micah Hanks in his discussion of a recent incursion of something entering Northern Israel's airspace. The object apparently occasioned several weird pictures as well as numerous guesses and likely uncountable raised blood pressures. Even weirder news is that Residents in Brazil Have Received a Warning About an "Alien Attack". That from Radar Armenia, and the cause was apparently a cyberattack hack of that country's mobile phone alert platform. Yet likely stranger and definitely scarier is that an Army Sniper Claims US Troops Killed 'Reptilian Beings' in Battle Near Area 51. Chris Melore of the Daily Mail has this tale and some historical context. And seemingly representative of a significant portion of American thinking, the Youngest NASA Astronaut to Walk the Moon Says UFOs Are 'Demonic' Aircraft Sent By the Devil. That's Charles Duke, 55 years after his lunar stint. Reporter Ben Cost also mentions two current political notables whose "angelic" views on the matter seem diametrically opposed. (WM)

The new Bigfoot documentary, available today on Prime Video, has been receiving some positive hype with its supposed proof that the Patterson-Gimlin film was faked, according to this review in an entertainment magazine. The prime piece of evidence is a newly found piece of footage that is said to be of a rehearsal or practice run for the well-known film. The man who shot the now-famous film in 1967, Roger Patterson, is described as a snake oil salesman, a con man who was adept at seeing where a fast buck could be made. But maybe not so fast: Capturing Bigfoot – A Documentary Film Review and Analysis Director Marq Evans (pdf). Researcher William Munns, who was interviewed for the documentary as an expert on the Patterson-Gimlin Film, points out inconsistencies in their "evidence," such as the costume purportedly used in the "rehearsal" footage vs that used in the final film. Munns also points out that interviews with family members are anything but a scientific approach to an investigation. Concludes Munns: "[T]he documentary simply fails as good science. It is merely a work of populist media titillation, seeking to dazzle in the court of public opinion, but throwing good science under the bus with reckless abandon, to achieve its goal." (CM)

More than 40 reports of unidentified aerial doings were collected by Transport Canada's Aviation Operations Centre between 2008 and 2024. And the 154 files released to The Canada Report news website indicate that no investigations were conducted. Steve Cogbill covers the story, some of the more interesting reports, the filing sources, where they were forwarded, and how basically the process ended. But we know that the NRC Kept Logging UFO Sightings for Decades After Officially Ending Reports in 1995. The Canadian National Research Council had astronomers working on reports as late as March 2024. In this article, Steve Cogbill particularly highlights media management concerns and problems raised by Starlink satellites. Steve also writes that Records Reveal Canada Ran a Secret Military Operation to Recover the February 2023 UFOs, during what we termed "Balloongate." Like the other two offerings, this analysis details what's missing in the Canadian government responses to the nation's Access to Information Act, and includes the referenced documents for reader evaluation. (WM)

Some perhaps controversial news as the head of the US Government's UAP Science Advisory Council summarizes, links to, and expands upon its first paper, Six Objects Reported at 480 mph in a Declassified Military Infrared Video Show Brightness Flicker at Bird Wingbeat Rates. Readers may remember Loeb's post The Six Infrared Dots in a Declassified UAP Video is a Flock of Birds, which gave an "executive summary" of the paper. One might have thought "wings flapping" would have been considered by those receiving the reports. Also, Avi Loeb Challenges Former Pentagon UFO Chief: If We Have Alien Spacecraft, Where Is the Evidence? That's from Zakiya Lathan, who links to another Loeb entry: Digital Data or Material Evidence Please; The Time is Ripe to Go Beyond Verbal Testimonies on UAP! Here Loeb gives his side to the "row" with Jay Stratton. On the Stratton book, Loeb, and other US government UFO matters see Ross Coulthart's White House vs. the Legacy Program: Did a Nuclear Blast Bring Down a UFO? And MUFON's Richard Beckwith, J.D. delves into UFO Secrets Shield Billion Dollar Crimes. The UFO/Human dilemma is, indeed, largely about the "Human" half. (WM)

The topic of season 3 of the Telepathy Tapes podcast is The Reincarnation Records. This first episode features author and past life researcher Carol Bowman, who was launched into the world of reincarnation when her 5-year-old son developed a sudden fear of loud booming sounds. Then he began describing another life, as well as his own past death. In so doing, the fear of booming sounds left him, and Carol began pondering if simply talking about past life experiences could help children heal. There are other times When Reincarnation Leaves a Paper Trail. Episode 2 again features Carol Bowman, where she describes what happens when a child's past life memories can be validated with actual documentation. Bowman asks: "If a paper trail exists describing an alleged past life, and witness accounts validate what's in that paper trail, does that mean reincarnation is real?" (CM)

Christopher Plain reports on a discovery whose University of Kansas-led archaeological team describes as "transformational." Plain clarifies this statement and its implications for the peopling of the Americas, though with a nod to the competing Pacific Ocean route theory. Mark Milligan discusses another European surprise regarding the 10,500-year-old Wooden Structures Discovered Beneath German Lake. Just what the structures are "could have important implications for archaeologists' understanding of Mesolithic communities," per the manager of the project, which has been enabled by Lake Arendsee's specific geology and has previously revealed evidence from more recent periods of human activity. A New Contender for the World's Oldest Shipwreck Has Been Discovered Off the Coast of Turkey. Its Ancient Cargo Is a 'Time Capsule' From 4,700 Years Ago. That's from Smithsonian Magazine's Sonja Anderson, who describes the find and its significance, aside from the noteworthy-but-worrisome "assistance" provided investigators by a lionfish! With the University of Oxford's archaeologist Mark Merrony, a 2024 bike ride in north Pembrokeshire speaks to Legend Has It That This Roman Emperor Established a Camp in Wales. A Newly Discovered Fort May Offer Proof That It Really Existed. Anderson's Smithsonian colleague Meilan Solly relates this rather romantic discovery, which Merrony notes "represents an extraordinary fusion between myth and reality and demonstrates that folklore is often underpinned by fact.” And Jason Colavito notes the passing of a controversial "alternative archeology" star in "Forbidden Archaeology" Coauthor Michael Cremo Dead at 78. (WM)

Former Pentagon UFO investigator Jay Stratton's Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life is gaining traction online, with People senior writer Johnny Dodd's story of the person behind the book, his oft-frustrated efforts to unlock UFO truth, and the costs he and his family (and others) have endured. Early reactions from the UFO community include Pavel Ibarra Meda's Jay Stratton's GLARING 'Out of the Shadows' Admission & Ignoring Dr Avi Loeb. Pavel has interesting observations about the book while generally praising it, and Micah Hanks' included frank discussion of Stratton's first meeting with Dr. Loeb is notable, too. Scotsman Andy McGrillen also ponders about Jay Stratton's UFO Book: What Does It Really Reveal? It forms a good complement to Pavel's insights. Should readers want another, more recent podcast, check out this one:Jay Stratton's Book Creates Pure Chaos & More Tribalism in the UFO Community. Not sure whether Jason Colavito would consider himself part of "the UFO Community" or not, but Jason has Things to Say in his Review of "Out of the Shadows" by Jay Stratton. Jason's quote of Stratton's dour characterization of some "bloggers"—of whom Jason suspects he is one—gives a useful summation of Jason's review's general tone. (WM)

Perception of reality is one of the hot-button topics of our time, but at least in terms of Magic Tricks, there is empirical evidence that “looking directly at something does not necessarily mean we consciously see it.” Boffins at the Universidad Nebrija in Madrid have discovered that our brains create “a plausible account of events” that “departs from physical reality.” Even when a trick has been learned, or the illusionist performs it with empty hands, observers’ expectations create a false reality in their minds. Which leads to the question Does the Mind Shape Reality? A New Experiment Puts Quantum Consciousness to the Test. A research team from the Institute of Noetic Sciences has obtained “Mind-Bending Results” which show that “the subjective, conscious experience of human intention [altered] the distribution of light that hit a sensor in the past.” Data from stable laser light sensors was recorded and “securely stored on a hard drive for months,” but had not been viewed by a human. Later, a “glowing candle flame” image was created from this data, unknown to 1000 human observers, who focussed on the image with the mental intention that the flame should dim. AI observation was used as the control and the results showed that only human intention caused a change in the flame. In a nutshell, this implies that “conscious awareness might be an active, integral component of the cosmos.” (LP)

The featured guest in this episode of Mayim Bialik's podcast is Dr. Dean Radin, Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Science. He discusses the possibility that consciousness may affect quantum reality, and how the mind-matter relationship might explain how prayer works. Also discussed: How strong premonitions might be manifestations of our own fear, how psychic intuition might be blocked by the outside noise of the world at large, and the ways in which AI is biased against evidence of anything paranormal. And much more. Next, Future and Cosmos: Intriguing Claims of Alexis Didier, Master Clairvoyant of the nineteenth century. By trade, Didier was an engraver, an artist and writer. He produced a work in French describing his experiences with clairvoyance, with many references to a spiritual fluid—"a subtle, luminous, imponderable fluid, which mysteriously animates all the parts of creation"—only available to us when we are in a lucid state. Didier's work was fascinating and his results remain controversial to this day. (CM)

While complaints continue in the UFO community over the mostly-sanitized PURSUE data, Beatriz Villarroel, Stephen Bruehl, and colleagues continue to produce their own eye-popping academic papers, and Baptiste Friscourt reviews some of their latest findings. Baptiste also includes the notable interview Ross Coulthart recently conducted with the principals. Both scientists feel that a correlation between nuclear testing and the appearance of transient markings on pre-Sputnik astronomical plates is not mere chance, but indicative of an intelligence surveilling our planet in its early-nuclear days. George Knapp and John Forest go further into the nastier reactions to her work than mentioned in the video as the Swedish Astronomer Alleges Targeted Attacks Over UFO Research. George and Beatriz pick up where some of the Coulthart interview left off, as she goes back to 2021 with the first paper she co-authored. She also makes the case for using data already available from observatories instead of spending huge resources to try to track current UFOs/UAP, merely duplicating what the military already knows. And writing for Medium, Beatriz offers Beyond Institute's Inaugural Panel (2026) in Images. The October 1st event in Stockholm and its speakers roster and panel sessions on "state-of-the-art UAP science," military whistleblowers, civilian crash retrieval, and post-Disclosure deserves notice, and we'll look forward to more about this new venture. (WM)

Villagers in Andra Padesh, India, have been gripped by fear as their homes have been targeted nightly by something throwing stones on a fairly nonstop basis. Authorities have no idea who the culprits are, and youth who have banded together to find the stone throwers have come up empty-handed. Meanwhile, what's being thrown is large and heavy enough to damage roofs. Some locations exhibit momentary strangeness while others have a long history of unexplained events: UFOs, Demons Or Something Else?: Mystery Grows Around Sacred African Mountain in Nyanga, Zimbabwe. For decades, people have gone missing, and strange phenomena and even UFOs have been reported on Nyangani Mountain. A popular tourist destination, visitors must observe strict traditional rules, lest they find themselves lost, never to be found. Stranger still, the mountain has been identified, via remote viewing, as an intelligence site where extraterrestrial craft can come for repair and maintenance. In lieu of the high strangeness, local leaders encourage tourists to respect the mountain's taboos while also observing the protection of their own prayers and religious beliefs. (CM

Because "Columbus had better PR," reporter Matthew Brown quotes archaeologist John Steinberg. Brown then courses through history—known, inferred, and argued—from the Viking days until the present. (For a seminal discussion of the "discoverer of America" question see Patrick Huyghe's Columbus Was Last: From 200,000 BC to 1492, A Heretical History of Who Was First, from Anomalist Books.) In a related vein, Kristina Killgrove writes of an Inuit Figurine: A 700-Year-Old Indigenous Carving of a European Made a Century Before Columbus. Killgrove figures the figure's model was Norse, and explains how this unique artifact fits into such an origin story. Over at The Debrief, Tim McMillan thinks a Mysterious Ring Discovered Beneath the Sea May Reveal Who Controlled One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Owner and date of manufacture unknown, the bronze relic just might help shed light on who managed the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Staying in the Land of the Nile but going much farther back into its history, Ryan Whalen reports that the Century-old Suspicion of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Egypt Surfaces in a Startling Discovery. First Dynasty tombs at Abydos yielded human remains whose skulls now seem, through modern advances in trauma analysis, to indicate many individuals suffered cranial injuries producing death. And whether this last is more palaeontological than archaeological, Smithsonian Magazine daily correspondent Margherita Bassi informs us that A Century Ago, an Extinct Crocodilian's Skull Was Found in the Rocks That Built the Sphinx. Turns Out, It Belonged to a New Species. Another 1920s find was misinterpreted, it seems, and not only a new species, but genus, of gavials is now described. (WM)