A theatre in the former industrial town of Oldham in Lancashire, UK, is claimed to have a "long history of paranormal activity" and in support of that, a photo showing the semi-transparent image of a young boy outside the building has been posted on Facebook. Some think it may be "Tom," who in a 2004 TV show was said to have made his presence known to the presenters. Similarly, across the Pond, was a Ghost Photographed at Haunted Vermont Castle? A tourist at Wilson Castle allegedly found she had unknowingly snapped a picture of a woman, reflected in a mirror, wearing a 19th century dress identical to one which hangs on display. Was this "the infamous roaming lady in black" who is said to haunt the castle, or is it just photo-fakery? (LP)

If you're from an area not prone to these wondrous acts of nature, the first lenticular cloud you see will likely confound you. Read about what these remarkable phenomena are, where they're most likely to appear, and why humans often reported them as UFOs. So News Nation has a look at "real" UAPs: Newly Surfaced Videos Show Objects Over Middle East. Nick Pope has pronounced these Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp-released items as being the "real deal," though when (and if) they're finally identified they're more likely (we hope our) human-made objects. Well, Tim Binnall goes further afield with foreign footage, as in an Odd Metallic Orb Filmed Over Colombian Village. Perhaps more interesting is the Flickering UFO Filmed by Confounded Witnesses in Argentina. Here we have named witnesses, coverage in a local newspaper, and reflections upon "life, the universe, and everything." And Tim has more apt adjectives in his verbal arsenal, for he reports on a Puzzling UFO Filmed over Turkish City. Adding to the enigma—but perhaps also assisting an explanation?—this object is an apparent "repeater." (WM)

Possibly hidden to some extent under a UFO "news umbrella," the "drone dilemma" continues in Europe. Franc Milburn effectively argues, as he did in his December article on the subject, that the November to December overflights of European military bases and infrastructure cannot be attributed to "NHI UFOs." So who/what's the culprit? Milburn has now authored and links to Russian Hybrid Operations Part One: UK Airbase Drones, Nov-Dec 2024, a very absorbing—and frightening—read. In line with the U.S. share of worldwide drone peril exposure, Tim McMillan notes that the Pentagon Expands Base Commanders’ Authority To Counter Rising Drone Threats Following Inspector General Warning. Tim refers to JIATF-401 Announces Updated Guidance to Counter Drone Threats in the Homeland. (Apparently now in effect as US Military Shot Down Party Balloon Near El Paso After Drone Suspicion, Official Says.) Tim explains the new Department of War position regarding expanded permitted domestic counter-drone actions by military base commanders. And Tim also provides the historical context to this needed reaction, while noting the drone threat is only increasing both in numbers of drones and in their capabilities. (WM)

Musanze District in Rwanda's northern province was recently the site of some religious fervor, after two children claimed to have seen the image of the Blessed Virgin holding the baby Jesus, first on a hydro pole and then later on a tree. Religious officials urged caution and discernment, perhaps because they wanted to be the only ones making miraculous claims. But if a miracle is best defined as an event that inspires faith, why does it matter who labels it? Pareidolia or miracle—does it really matter if the end result is hope? In another story related to Church officials making the rules, we have The Story of the Chronovisor, The Rumored Vatican Invention That Allows You To See the Past. Described as similar to a television screen rather than a time machine, the chronovisor purportedly provided glimpses into the past and was allegedly invented by a Vatican priest. Its existence to date is considered unproven, but its rumored to be well hidden at the Vatican to keep the device safe from nefarious intentions. Add to that the Vatican threat in 1988 that anyone using such a device would be excommunicated and we have another example of the Church keeping all declarations of miracles for itself. (CM)

Greg Taylor sets the context with clips of Steven Spielberg discussing his own fascination with Things Unexplainable. Then Greg and Miguel "Red Pill Junkie" Romero speculate interestingly upon what will happen in Spielberg's new Disclosure Day movie. David Freeman maintains The Public Is Ready for Extraterrestrial Life. The Gatekeepers Are the Ones Who Are Not. Freeman's treatise is wholly logical, though it's mostly framed about confirmation of microbial biology and accounts mostly for an educated public. Now that humans are historically conditioned to wars, somewhat (lately) to plagues, can they deal with, in Freeman's words, "a historical event that changes the framework of human understanding"? Not merely microbes (visions of The Andromeda Strain), but a potential "War of the Worlds" with powers beyond human conventional thinking? Perhaps Martin Willis' conversation with U.S. Air Force Colonel (Ret.) Fred Claussen will help, at least regarding understanding "The Gatekeepers" and to what lengths they'll go to keep secrets. In this remarkable interview Fred marvels at how quickly the USAF responded for the Varginha, Brazil, "crash cleanup"—as well as the lasting emotional effects that series of events had upon the witnesses and his own harrowing UFO experience. Fred thinks we indeed may have "D/disclosure," Big D or little d, whenever Varginha's "missing footage" is freed. Maybe the New UFO Course Offered at Montana College will help prepare some of us. Yep, it's "Extratempestrial Model" Montana Tech's Dr. Michael Masters at work! (WM)

In this short piece yet another former American soldier relates a harrowing anomalous experience in arguably one of the most dangerous locations in the world. There's the usual wide range of reactions to his story, with some are questioning the correctness of the man's recall of the military site location. This and other former service people are coming forward with stories like those of Robert Salas in 1967, whom Jesse Michels just interviewed (see Air Force Officer: "A UFO Was Hovering as the Missiles Failed!"). Popular outlets are picking up on military encounter stories from social networks, such as Former Submariner Claims Navy Tracked 'Terrifying' Fast-Moving UFOs In Secret Logbooks. And British filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee's Donald Trump's UFO Bombshell Speech 'Ready To Go' As Insiders Say It's Matter Of Urgency is continuing its rounds. Is there "fire" causing the "smoke," "signal" within the "noise?" Given the potential consequences behind these potentially-literally-explosive encounters and claims, this becomes more than merely a rhetorical question. (WM)

Parapsychologist Dean Radin shares his own spoon bending experience. Radin theorizes that not only do we not know how far reaching our psi abilities may be, but also that humans in general would be very dangerous if we ever really mastered those abilities. Which brings us to Jeffrey Kripal & Dean Radin: Psychic Reality, Magic & the Coming Paradigm Shift, in the Liminal News podcast. In this episode the discussion is centered around whether psychic phenomena are real and if science is ready to accept a new paradigm.  Dean describes how educational institutions are "suddenly opening their doors to rigorous studies of psychic phenomena." Jeff explains that these phenomena challenge "both rigid materialism and religious fundamentalism." The two argue that a more integrated way of approaching both is required as we move forward. (CM)

Ellsworth Toohey tells the not-so-funny story of the Tanganyika laughter epidemic. It began with three girls at a boarding school who couldn't stop laughing and within weeks two-thirds of the students at the school were incapacitated by fits of laughter that lasted hours or even days. The school closed but the laughter spread, hitting 14 schools and affecting more than a thousand people over 18 months. "The epidemic wasn't contagious laughter per se," writes Toohey, "it was contagious anxiety [during social upheaval] finding an outlet." This is one of hundreds of tales of mass psychogenic illness detailed in the book Outbreak! The Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior by Hilary Evans & Robert E. Bartholomew, published by Anomalist Books. By the way, co-author Bartholomew has argued that mass psychogenic illness is also responsible for the "Havana Syndrome," though Michael Beck has argued otherwise. Michael Beck, 65, Dies; First to Report Symptoms of ‘Havana Syndrome’. Beck was an NSA employee who claimed to have been exposed to a direct-energy device while overseas that led to a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease at the age of 45. (PH)

This eye-catching headline indicates Representative Eric Burlison may be gaining some Executive Branch cooperation in his quest to find exotic UFO-related materials. Alec Fernandes has the story, naming sites to be explored. (FYI, "AUTEC" refers to the Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, located on the east central side of Andros Island.) Be that as it may, the UFO Secrets situation just got crazier, as Cristina Gomez says No One Saw This Coming. Danny Sheehan has named names, described mind-boggling NHI bioengineering, and invoked Collins Elite involvement in factional warfare regarding UFO Disclosure. For more on that frightening possibility, see Nick Redfern's Final Events and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife, from Anomalist Books. And Meredith at Maze to Metanoia covers the history of humankind's grappling with understanding the "Other" behind the UFO/UAP-Human relationship in The Pentagon Calls Them Demons. The Ancient Greeks Called Them Daimons. Both Might Be Right. Meredith argues that the Ancient Greek conception as argued by the 2nd-century CE Roman philosopher Apuleius is closest to the best approach moderns should take to this historical and vexed relationship. But, as there's "something genuinely other, something that operates partially outside our consensus reality, something that has always been here but that we keep renaming and misunderstanding," says Meredith, we need to thoughtfully combine what we've learned throughout the past into our current cultural context. (WM)

Lon Strickler examines the multitude of Bigfoot sighting data that clearly indicates the US government knows more about the cryptid than it's letting on. Much more. Bodies have been recovered, largely from forest fire situations, and have been closely guarded. Military helicopters have circled areas at night, looking for something that only their operators know about. National forest staff have seen more than we can imagine. And yet authorities still "play dumb." Or so Lon concludes. Meet the Bigfoot Hunters of the Hudson Valley — Who Claim The Beast Is in Our Midst. This group has a very sensible approach to Sasquatch. They assume there is no specific danger unless its predator instincts are triggered (aka Don't Run and don't try to provoke a response). There are dangers associated with making Bigfoot dependent on humans for food (just as with any wild creature). And evidence is everywhere if you know where to look. The key is to accept that Bigfoot are here to stay and we can live peacefully with them, according to the Bigfoot Researchers of the Hudson Valley. (CM)

Reporter Stacy Liberatore begins our journey from the distant Past towards the Present describing a novel theory based upon a fairly standard architectural form claimed to convey philosophical symbolism and proving a common, very ancient origin for that practice in world building practices. Tim McMillan is perhaps on firmer ground in allowing that a 14,000-Year-Old Alaskan Site Could Rewrite The Story of How Humans Reached the Americas. Noting findings of a new collaborative study by Adelphi University and University of Alaska Fairbanks, Tim explains what excavations do and do not necessarily mean for our understanding of the peopling of North America. Here Tim references some of the "Clovis First" controversy as previously covered by his The Debrief colleague Micah Hanks, who coincidentally now reports that a 12,000-Year-Old Discovery in an Oregon Cave Reveals First Evidence of a “Complex” Ancient American Technology. Here a University of Nevada and University of Oregon-led international partnership discovered evidence for prehistoric sewing. Both The Debrief article authors include links to the scholarly works whose findings they summarize. And James Fester takes us much closer to yet still distant from our times by answering the question What Makes Cahokia One of North America’s Greatest Ancient Sites? A nicely-illustrated, clear representation of the likely drivers behind the "rise and fall" of this great pre-Columbian city. (WM)

What is it about mounds, monuments, and mysteries often being mixed up with ETs and UFOs? Mount Shasta in the US and Mexico's Popocatépetl seem to be, literally, UFO "hot spots." Cambodian Angkor Thom's Baphuon Pyramid carvings depict "Figures appear that do not match human anatomy," says Praveen Mohan, going on to conjecture about races of giants both humanoid and "hell-piggish." It's at the very least a rather fun and educational tour of this ill-known ancient site, and thanks to Rich Reynolds for this reference. Even former F-16 pilot Chris Lehto is asking What's Under Mt Nemrut? Ancient Tomb or Alien Spacecraft? Says Chris, "one of archaeology's greatest unsolved mysteries might also be connected to one of the most credible UFO cases in modern history," and goes on to relate that a contactee "claims beings told him an ancient spacecraft lies beneath" the artificial Turkish mountain built to honor (and perhaps entomb) an ancient king. This gets "punched-up" by UFO camera footage from the contactee. Moving on, Cristina Gomez reveals a Major Development in Revealing Crashed UFO. Congressman Eric Burlison has picked up on a claim by Ross Coulthart and others about "a massive UFO that is too large to extract or move, allegedly hidden inside a mountain in South Korea." Gomez has more details on that score, too. (WM)

Scientists at Northwestern University have been investigating how to utilize REM sleep to help our brains problem-solve. Ultimately, this "dream engineering" could have applications in maintaining human health and well-being. Dreams as part of a creative problem solving process may finally get the attention they deserve. That brings us to Where Was It Before the Dream? Time Loops and Interpretation, by Eric Wargo examines "the creative moments that spawned" great literary works, and the "unexpected future lives" of the authors.  The book describes the initial telling or writing down of an idea (a dream, if you will) as the setting of the first domino in a series. Wargo describes these moments of creativity as a type of precognition, and makes one wonder at the "serendipitous nature of experience," regardless of where the reader stands on psi, says the reviewer, Richard Reichbart, who "very much" recommends this book. (CM)

A journalistic coup thirty years ago is making news today, as George Knapp is publishing Soviet UFO-related documents he spirited out of Russia in the brief period of warming relations with the U.S. after the fall of the Soviet Union. This interview tells how George got hold of the stuff and that now, after his giving materials to Congress, he's going to publish them through 8 News Now and his Mystery Wire podcast. But commenters haven't apparently seen them yet. Shane Galvin of the New York Post seemingly saw some, writing UFO Intel Documents Stolen Out of Russia Reveal Decade-Long Probes Into Alien Encounters, Abductions. Galvin gives names and dates for four different USSR/Russian UFO studies, and has a spooky picture and the story of a "Jellyfish" UFO from 1989, plus two close encounters accounts. Jason Colavito isn't impressed, reporting the Pentagon Calls George Knapp's Russian UFO Files "Disinformation." Colavito calls the Galvin article "glowing," says it contradicts what Galvin's colleague Steven Greenstreet told him, and has a link to the 70-page "Thread 3" document, likely the best-known of the studies Galvin mentioned and which was covered in the Weaponized podcast Russia vs. USA - The Race to Crack UFO Technology we discussed previously. Probably the other available document features the 1982 incident in which a "Russian nuclear missile base in what is now Ukraine" found its launch control system activated in the presence of UFOs, available at Russian UFO Files Reveal Chilling Encounters, Near-Miss Nuclear Launch, reviewed in January. (WM)

Ever fancied hallucinating an army of miniature humans marching across your tablecloth and swimming in your soup? Christopher Plain reports on scientists at the University of Utah investigating Lanmaoa Asiatica, a Chinese mushroom that, when eaten raw, causes people to see tiny people, everywhere. Unlike the idiosyncratic trips offered by other psychoactive fungi, this mushroom delivers remarkably consistent visions of dozens of small figures appearing on clothes, dishes, and under furniture. The compound responsible remains unidentified. Side effects such as three day-long trips and week-long hospitalizations have dissuaded researchers engaging in any heroic self-experimentation. Psychedelic researcher David Luke offers a deeper dive into humanity’s long relationship with chemically-induced little folk: So Long As You've Got Your Elf. From Daoist texts referencing mushroom gnomes in the 3rd century CE to Terence McKenna’s confident assertion that DMT gives you “elves up the kazoo,” the evidence suggests tiny beings are a recurring motif across substances and cultures. Luke helpfully contributes his own field research, recounting a journey with mysterious old women on a Brazilian minibus and turquoise-colored warriors throwing spears—reminding us that that pushing the frontiers of consciousness studies is not always entirely dignified. (JS)

Yes, folks, there is a lighter side to this seriocomic, confusing, unregulated, and uninhibited world of ufology, and Miguel (Red Pill Junkie) Romero gives the curtain raiser for a brief look at it. RPJ's cartoons do resonate and his conclusion is being increasingly accepted by serious-minded people, such as those participating in this weekend's "UAP Detection and Tracking Summit. The nongovernmental academic and scholarly, scientific, and technical communities increasingly are getting the needed abilities to work on their own and together to investigate UFOs/UAP. But wait, there's going to be more from the US Government, according to this Bombshell: Trump Set To Announce UFO Disclosure on July 8, 2026. Some time ago Patrick Scott Armstrong relayed filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee's relay from a current Administration insider saying the "We Are Not Alone" speech will happen on this July 8th—unless Russia or China beats him to it. If blaring this information around therefore seemed on its face a rather doubtful idea, well, so does the prediction. Patrick saw "red flags" all over the place, and not just in The People's Republic—and Patrick is having none of it. Red Pill Junkie returns to close the curtain on this whimsical presentation with Listen to ‘The Roswell Song’ by Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren. Fantastic! (WM)

Or "What do ghosts have to say to us," a question posed by Lydia Eliza Trail in her review of a Swiss exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel where "ghost related artefacts" are on display. From the ubiquitous white-sheet representation to "a deconstructed replica of the Bates Motel," there's plenty to provoke spooky speculation. Similarly, an exhibition at the College of Psychic Studies in London posits that The Medium is the Message. To mark the College's centenary, "more than 100 artworks and archival treasures" are displayed that explore the "complex relationship between artistic practice and mediumship." (LP)

Jeremy Corbell and George Knapps' presentation of "new" footage is simply on its face, "the most extraordinary footage I've ever seen," according to defense analyst Marik von Rennenkampff. He painstakingly analyzes each segment of the 2021 video showing a "mushroom" over Syria that demonstrates at least one, and possibly three, of the canon "observables" characteristic of "true" UAP. Von Rennenkampff has even found a possible 2022 reference to this very event, and challenges Mick West and others to "debunk" this particular case. For just the footage, see SYRIA UAP 2021: Military-Filmed Footage. Cristina Gomez' This is Being Hidden But the Truth Is Coming Out has several "Wow" topics, one being Garry Nolan's confession that a recent re-study of the 1957 Ubatuba, Brazil "UFO explosion" materials indicates "Isotopes Beyond Human Tech" at the time of their purported collection; another being "Non-Humans Were Here First." One of the Jesse Michels Clips has guest Randy Anderson saying that when a Green Beret: "I Was Shown Alien Technology!" A levitating anomalously-appearing "metallic" sphere and a very dangerous "gauntlet" associated with extraordinarily-presented hieroglyphic characters constituted the now-standard kind of "reveal" we're hearing more of recently. Back to George Knapp, whose Mystery Wire stars Dr. James Lacatski in Defense Expert Explains Top-Secret U.S. UFO Investigation. And, for our last mind-blowing excursion, Harvard's Avi Loeb tells why it's excusable to ask Is There Life on 3I/ATLAS? (WM)

In the recent past, our favorite Nessie investigator set up a trail camera by Loch Ness (as is his habit whenever opportunity presents itself). After inspecting 18,000+ photos he realized he may have captured something of interest. As we have come to appreciate, he didn't immediately make the assumption "Monster!" and instead used his considerable investigative skill to determine what it was not. But it may now be appropriate to shout "Monster!" Next, if you've ever thought that they don't make things like they used to, you may have been right because a Decades-Old Monster-Hunting Camera Recovered at Loch Ness Restored. The camera was simply abandoned, but fortunately its waterproof housing remained impenetrable and repairs were possible. No photos of the Loch Ness Monster were recovered, but the camera is on exhibit at the Loch Ness Centre for those interested in the area's rich history. (CM)

Doug Skinner is back with three episodes covering a proposal John Keel made in around 1973 for a book on "a famous incident in which an airplane disappeared." But Part 1 shows Keel has a much wider and more grand net in mind for the projected tome, aimed at a readership beyond mere UFO-or-even science-fiction fans. At the outset, comparisons arise regarding Keel's predictions with not just the close of the 20th century, but extended to current "science, religion and occultism." Stendek (2) develops this thesis of a "paraphysical force," with shout-outs to Jacques Vallée's "control theory," and Keel's noting the apparent USAF "washing of hands" of the UFO situation, with a "transition" to "Scholars, historians and even theologians" entering the fray. And Stendek (3) outlines the outcome of science arriving "at a new understanding of the forces which create supernatural events," suggesting that "psychological constructs," rather than real physical places (dimensions) or a Creator, are causing UFO, demon, and such reports. "We can only wonder what the finished book would have been like," notes Skinner, but Keel's last paragraphs aren't very consoling. And in closing another multi-part discussion, we have Kevin Randle, one of the premiere ufologists, penning The Last of the Gilles/Randle Debate. David Rudiak chimes in with a strong defense of Kevin's position, and we may indeed hope this in fact ends this argument. (WM)

Knowledgeable people are increasingly raising doubts the US Government will share its UFO information with the people it's tasked with serving. Matt Ford interviews Rich Hoffman and Reed Summers, who, like a growing number of academics and private organizations, are doing something about it. Summers is "lead convener" of the February 7th-8th "2026 UAP Detection and Tracking Summit." It's an online meeting of "Leading Researchers, Technologists, Policy Makers and the Public" worldwide who've been, are, and/or will be dealing with and/or studying UFOs outside of government control. Reed and Rich enumerate topics such as aviation safety, first responders, USOs, and citizen reporting, with intense emphasis upon new techniques, technologies and communication networks between organizations and investigators. For an itemized list see 2026 UAP Detection and Tracking Summit. We will be watching. Billy Cox is looking for something to fill the USG's decades-long science and transparency vacuum. His States' Rights -- Whoop It Up! is a typically-Billy-style argument to go elsewhere for UFO answers than a tight-lipped Executive/Military/Industrial-Business/Congressional association. Says Billy: There are two "UFO camps"—those expressing the hard-data-driven approach and others promoting the UFO occupant witnesses, full of involvement but bereft of "material evidence." Billy describes filmmaker James Fox' January 20th National Press Club UAP (UFO) Press Conference, featuring witnesses of the 1996 Varginha, Brazil, UFO crash-retrieval-and-alien events. Billy also instances a Vermont government AARO-type initiative that seems chimeric were things not so bad in Washington (D.C.). And Jesse Michels brings the human experience component to the starkly personal level with Eyewitness Testimony from the Most Famous UFO Case in Modern History. Agree or not with some of their premises, these are three powerful different perspectives. (WM)

An ancient Egyptian papyrus in the possession of the British Museum has been cited as possible proof of biblical giants, reports Bob Waugh. The 3300-year-old document describes the Shosu people (who may have been Canaanites) as much taller than the Egyptian peoples. However, the British Museum cautions that this papyrus was intended as an account of military life and geographic awareness and should not be taken as evidence of supernatural beings. Further refutations of the giant theory come from Jason Colavito: Tabloids Revive an Old Claim That an Ancient Egyptian Text Mentions Bible Giants. Claims of giants are said to be "over blown," he said, and the text was not intended to be an accurate ethnographic account. Rather, it was intended as satire and used to train scribes. It's also possible the Shosu were the earliest worshippers of Yahweh or even pre-Israelites—most certainly not the Nephilim. (CM)

An archaeological find that challenges "a previously held assumption about stone tool use" has Owen Jarus' attention—and ours as well. A team of scholars from four continents announces that composite tools (made from two or more materials) were produced by East Asian hominins (species still unresolved) in the 160,000-72,000 BP era. This counters "the entrenched bias that East Asian hominins only produced 'conservative' tools," though Jarus explains some scholars quibble in other respects with that "East Asian cultural backwater" idea's accuracy. Note: three different, recent articles on European advances in the 400k Before Present period are linked to Jarus' article. Another stunner: Someone Was Writing Long Before Civilization. Michael Button not only challenges the "official story" about the antiquity and origins of writing but this podcast makes one wonder whether our "history" as taken from the writings we do have today accurately represents "historic" times. (H/T Rich Reynolds on this reference.) And Ruth Schuster takes one aspect of the preceding to a focused level as Halafian Art Suggests Simple Math System at the Dawn of Civilization 8,000 Years Ago. Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof Yosef Garfinkel (not the British Museum PhD Irving Finkel in the Button podcast) believes that the Middle Eastern Halafian culture (c.6100-c.5100 B.C.E.) demonstrated communication in its vegetal art motifs that reveal an ancient mathematical system based on 2. (WM)