Articles like this, written by scientists of such standing and especially appearing in the mainstream scientific press make one wonder whether a sort of "critical mass" is being gained in making the subject of UFOs a publicly-respectable topic within the academic and technical communities. Ravi Kopparapu and Jacob Haqq-Misra offer a reasoned and timely argument that "UAP are a scientifically interesting problem" and should be studied by interdisciplinary teams of scientists. But Jack Brewer says let's "can" the current uforia. Jack's UFO Debris, Disclosure, and Congressional Investigations basically contends that "We've seen it all before." Greg Eghigian picks up Brewer's recycled history tack in It's Still Not Aliens. Greg notes questions raised about Eric Davis, whose quotes including "off-world vehicles not made on this earth" remain the most sensational in the New York Times article by Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean. And into the melee steps Kevin Randle, who's admittedly questioned Dr. Davis for his apparent belief in a Del Rio UFO crash. Kevin's UAV's and a Little Corroboration for the Latest Story may be "suggestive of some sort of reality behind what Davis has claimed." Perhaps historian Eghigian's conclusion is apt: "So, we'll see. Or maybe not." (WM)

In 1967 Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a swim at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria, and never re-emerged from the water. Police called it a tragic accident. The press thought otherwise. Theories involving the CIA (Holt wanted to pull Australia out of the Vietnam war), suicide, and Holt running off with a mistress were tossed about. With no body ever recovered, any theory was as viable as the next. This is not unlike Eerie Cases of Hunters Who Stepped Off the Face of the Earth. The experienced outdoorsmen described in this report disappeared without leaving behind any reasonable clues. Any hints or evidence found only compounded the mysteries further. More unsettling still are Mysterious Trails, Strange Calls from the Wilds, and the Almost Vanished. The witnesses featured in these stories describe similar experiences of voices calling them deeper into the woods, mind fog, previously unseen paths suddenly becoming visible, and overwhelming feelings of dread. Either these stories are paranormal in origin, or Bigfoot is tired of hunting deer. (CM)

UFO reports Old World and New. The Northern Ireland Met(eorological) Office provides a helpful response to a local UFO society over a daytime sighting in Christopher Woodhouse's fair treatment of the subject. A Mystery of Strange Orange Lights in the Sky around Horsham has West Sussex County Times' Sarah Page asking for witnesses. In Costa Rica: An Unusual Luminous Object over Poas has resulted in some rather interesting photographs. But the most substantive of the recent experiences may be the one reported in Argentina: Light Paralyzes Motorist in the Laguna del Pescado Vicinity. The light in question also shut off everything in the young man's car. (WM)

There's been a sighting of something unusual in Loch Ness, witnessed by a long time forestry worker and fireman who was himself highly skeptical of the dark water's denizen. In fact, it was his observation of a "rock" that he had never before noticed in all his years working around and fishing in the loch that made him grab his cellphone and start recording. Next, Glasgow Boy provides an Audio Interview on the Famous Nessie Fakers with Scott Mardis on his "Monster X" channel. Topics covered include recent fake news photos, then go back through the Loch's history and its infamous hoaxers over the years. (CM)

Television producer, director, and UFO Disclosure promoter Bryce Zabel analyzes the Ralph Blumenthal/Leslie Kean article No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon's U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public. Zabel considers former Senator Harry Reid's subsequent "walk-back" of comments assigned to him and the heavily-edited quality Zabel perceives in the article. In his subsequent Medium.com post NY Times Reporters Take Aim at Internet UFO "Frenzy" Zabel critiques the interview the two journalists did with Jay from Project Unity. Zabel finds the reporters' positions both understandable and to a certain extent unrealistic. Recent paranormal news certainly has Joe Rogan Talking about UFOs, Skinwalker Ranch, and other Mysteries. Duncan Phenix promos a three-hour podcast between Mystery Wire and KLAS-tv's George Knapp and Rogan. Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell also appears. Phenix' Road Trip to Rogan is a cute mini-documentary of the journey from Las Vegas to the Rogan studio and, like the prior piece, embeds that three-hour interview. (WM)

The Professor arrives at the conclusion--well, maybe--to his musings upon Matters Faery and Perhaps Related. In his "50th consecutive post" on Faery, Dr. Swords deals with "water entities," diverging from the standard Crypto-Clubbers in several important ways. Summa Faeryologica, Part 9 moves the focus to "Wildmen" of various types. In these treatments the reality contest is between potential "biological" and "paranormal" explanations, which latter invoke notions of "some sort of parallel reality which our reality has brushes with." A "World Alongside" is considered in Summa Faeryologica, Part 10. Personal, smaller examples from The Professor himself and his friends are combined with a raft of puzzlers supporting large-scale "other places" which occasionally may be seen and even temporarily materially experienced by humans. Coincidentally, Hakan Blomqvist's Invisibility and Materialization deals with this last matter from the standpoint of the "Space Brothers (and Sisters)." (WM)

A new find may "double the currently popular date" for the human entrance into North America. The suggestion is supported by a wider study modeling human distribution in both time and space from 42 different American sites. Naturally, the traditional archaeological community Has Questions. Sara Savat says another timely investigation may lead to Rewriting History: New Evidence Challenges Euro-centric Narrative of Early Colonization. As with the early peopling of America, radiocarbon dating is helping alter views regarding the European insurgence. In Israel, Ancient Rock Art Was Created By a Mysterious Culture. Jocelyne LeBlanc reveals how a 2012 discovery has led to more knowledge--and associated questions--about the people who built the megalithic burial structures in the area 40 to 45 centuries ago. At Armagh in Northern Ireland's Navan Fort: Researchers Believe 'Huge' Religious Structures Found, says Cormac Campbell. Here, traditional archaeology plus modern magnetic gradiometry and an electrical resistance survey indicate buildings that "are absolutely huge" for the first millennia BCE and CE. (WM)

Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean answer questions as frankly as they are able about their weekend piece: what was in it, what left out, and what was "corrected." Both don't shy away from the "crash-retrievals" element in their report. About 24:30 into the interview the 800-pound gorilla "walk-back" of Senator Harry Reid's portion is addressed. Blumenthal and Kean emphasize that Reid's quotes were not changed, but wording used to paraphrase Reid views was altered as Reid felt a need to pull back from it. They delineate The Gray Lady's process for developing and editing stories, including decisions upon length and theme that impact what information gets into a finished product. A "must-listen." Paul Seaburn highlights two major elements in the NYT article with his Pentagon and Harry Reid Comment on New York Times Revelation of Secret UFO Program. The good-humored Paul makes an unintentional "funny" in his Eric W. Davis quote about "off-road vehicles not made on this earth," notes the Reid walk-back, and turns to the response to the article by Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough. With good reason Paul compliments Keith Basterfield for An Analysis of the Latest Department of Defense Statement on UAP. Keith sorts out the Susan Gough repeats from the more interesting statements with a care one hopes was used in crafting them in the first place. (WM)

The Woo Factor is strong in these next two reports, starting with a young Swedish girl in the 1800s who hit her head, fell asleep, and proceeded to continue slumbering for the next 32 years without any visible signs of aging. Even her hair stayed clean, which is a cool trick if you can pull it off. Our second story focuses on Weird Cases of Kids Who Vanished and Reappeared With Strange Stories to Tell. Pulsating crafts/ beings in the sky, endless sunshine, extraordinary clarity, and extreme time loss--it all sounds like Alice in Wonderland. But these children really did disappear, reappearing with only the sketchiest and weirdest explanations for where they'd been--no magic mushrooms required. (CM)

Why is Red China sending anonymous seeds to Americans? Folks living in Virginia, like Scott Wise, have found little packages of seeds in their mailbox, and authorities are rightly concerned considering how the People's Republic of China engaged in one of the largest, hopefully unintentional, biological attacks in history. Now it seems Xi Jinping and his henchmen are upping the ante. It's not just the east coast, as Zoe Brown reports as Kansans Urged Not To Open Or Plant Mysterious Seeds Mailed To Them. Honestly, who the heck is going to plant anonymously mailed seeds anyway? Then again, there are Americans refusing to wear masks and take vaccines... (CS)

Things are heating up in the state of New York, and we are thrilled to say we are not talking about a virus. The Bigfoot Researchers of the Hudson Valley recently found themselves investigating a report of big hairy biped swinging from the trees in the woods behind a residential area. Earlier this past spring there was Bigfoot Activity Reported In Putnam County. In this case the BFRO stepped in to investigate after a camper experienced a series of wood knocks while set up in Great Croton Swamp. But here's the best story of this trio: British Teenager Fakes Bigfoot Sighting with a costume rental and her mother's assistance. Seems a more productive way of spending pandemic lockdown than binging on Netflix, though Loren Coleman would not approve. (CM)

More commentary on The New York Times weekend UFO story. Kevin Randle notes weaknesses in both the article and in the claims made by Eric Davis about UFO history, which latter suggest "that Davis might not be as inside as he would like us all to believe." Jason Colavito seizes upon a New York Times Correction: Oops! U.S. Didn't Really Recover Crashed Flying Saucer. Colavito perhaps predictably perceives financial gain and The Will To Believe as animating promoters of the story and To The Stars...Academy of Arts & Science. Also maybe predictably, authors not as strong in Matters UFO set The Times piece against the background of, well, the times. Charles P. Pierce's I, For One, Welcome Our New Overlords opines "We are overdue in this weird, disastrous year for some unalloyed Good Weirdness," while Erin Corbett pleads Are You There, Aliens? It's Me, America. Send Help. (WM)

In this first installment of a Paranormal Podcast, host Jim Harold chats with Tom Carey, the co-author (along with Don Schmitt) of yet another new Roswell book: Roswell: The Ultimate Cold Case: Eyewitness Testimony and Evidence of Contact and the Cover-up. Tom says he and Don have assembled much new information on the Roswell case, and turned it into a presentation as if it were in a court of law. The story MIB Supposedly Following Roswell Crash Researcher purports to be composed by a "biologist" who's "coming clean" before a journal of his knowledge about the Roswell crash and its alien casualties gets purloined. Lon Strickler asks whether this account "recently forwarded to me by a third party" is credible. It's a question that haunts so much of the Roswell story. (WM)

Mainstream media and UFO aficionados are reacting to The New York Times' latest UFO article. Initial focus predictably falls upon astrophysicist Eric Davis' remarks about "off world vehicles not made on this Earth." Duncan Phenix provides context to The Times' original piece plus a correction to its Harry Reid comments, reducing their impact considerably. Phenix' subsequent New York Times Story Opens the Door a Little Wider for More Media to Cover UFOs links to a bevy of Mainstream Media sources, and notes how "some in the UFO online community wanted to see more details released in the Times story." Some articles seem confused regarding an official Pentagon position on these matters. That is supplied by Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough's predictable response to Popular Mechanics in an updated Pentagon Has 'Off-World Vehicles Not Made on This Earth'. The Week's Twitter Goes Full Fox Mulder after Wild New York Times Report on Pentagon UFO Program quotes a Nick Pope tweet about the current "mainstream respectability for this subject." (WM)

"What do we want? Time travel! When do we want it? It's irrelevant!", as the saying goes and Joe Davis figures taking 6,000+ years to send a message 85 years in the past is a fair enough price to benefit humanity. His ingenius methodology verges on performance art based on Mark Hay's description, and perhaps some of you mavericks can derive inspiration from the endeavor. Next on the docket, Rob Schwarz has a proof of concept certain to make anyone question their recollection of history as MIT Deepfake Shows Nixon Deliver The 'In Event Of Moon Disaster' Speech. Turning to medical science this morning, James Felton wants to tell you about a Woman Experiencing Burning Pains Turns Out To Have Medieval "Holy Fire" Disease. While not anywhere near spontaneous human combustion, the condition sheds light upon various historical phenomena and concomitant legends and lore. (CS)

It's rainin' orbs, hallelujah, in Russia and Paul Seaburn's instagramming has finally borne fruit for the 21st century's answer to FATE Magazine. Perhaps, tovarisch, you can help out the folks at the Amur Regional Museum of Local Lore to solve, or debunk, this wee mystery. You'll be in good company if you do, considering Mike Jay's exposition upon The Fruitful Matrix Of Ghosts. Samuel Coleridge Taylor kept copious notes on his inquiries, and experiences, with tulpas, ghosts, and a score of intriguing hypotheses concerning their true nature. Not finding yourself prepared to chase the dragon in Malta? Head on over to Wexford and request a tour of Loftus Hall like Jocelyne LeBlanc. What does that have to do with the price of opium? It's The Haunted Mansion Where the Devil Supposedly Visited And It's Now For Sale. (CS)

Bad enough TikTok is a creepy psyop from the People's Republic of China, but now several high-profile witches are using the platform to their own nefarious ends. Follow Ruchira Sharma down this dramatic rabbit hole of madness and magick. Yet those lassies are positively benign compared to The Horrific Case Of The Serial Killing Sorcerer Of Indonesia, courtesy of Brent Swancer, replete with saliva drinking, strangulation, and necrophilic overtones guaranteed to give you the willies. (CS)

As a pandemic rages across the planet's face, no wonder the idea of aliens captures our imagination amidst hopes for salvation. Yet first contact isn't anything new for the human race considering Jason Devaney's collection of Native American legends of otherworldly visitation. As they say, "If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain" in the same fashion as Einstein, Tesla, Edison, And Marconi On Radio Signals From Aliens, by way of Alejandro Rojas. While it may be at least a century since their musings on SETI, many of the ideas remain valid in the 21st century. Should we make contact and, gasp, they accept our invitation are we prepared for their physical appearances? Lovecraft's alien horrors induce insantiy. Chiang's heptapods are truly alien. But what exactly can Mother Nature dream up within the Physics Of Alien Life? Contact remains a bit of a fantasy, but humans love playing with numbers and statistics in hopes of narrowing down their searches. Kohji Tsumura's been busy during lockdown Estimating Survival Probability Using The Terrestrial Extinction History For The Search For Extraterrestrial Life to help Vegas set their odds on our status within the galaxy and universe. (CS)

Many "fortean" websites love posting wild emails without regard for their veracity, but thank goodness for Glasgow Boy whose correspondents share intriguing information with potential evidence! Is Nessie breaking quarantine, or are there more familiar entities plumbing her depths? Mike Mayes is getting back into the groove of things by Catching Up With Previously Unpublished Black Panther Sightings replete with photos, locations, and anecdotes from correspondents regarding their encounters. If you happen to believe you live someplace boring where nothing weird ever happens, Nick Redfern's been playing around with Creating Our Very Own Creatures Of The Paranormal Type with the same techniques utilized for tulpas. Much like an audience's belief will revive Tinkerbell, Nick reckons if enough people buy the existence of a cryptid or tall tale then it may very well manifest in the real world in the same fashion Emily Buermann appeared at the International Cryptozoology Museum! Meet The International Cryptozoology Museum's New Board Member and what she has to offer to the world's only pure cryptozoology museum. (CS)

A really fascinating piece by Andy Shipley. The range of CIA interest in matters Scottish is instructive. For A UFO "Epidemic"? - "Extraterrestrial Vampires" and the Coronavirus it's helpful first to review David Halperin's previous blog post "Unidentified Viral Objects" - The Pandemic and the UFOlogist. David explains why he feels the "epidemic" analogy to studying UFO "waves" is inappropriate. And last but not least, Curt Collins introduces a good place for primary UFO source stuff via his Ufology: Information Dispersal - Documents and Photos. Louis Taylor is owed kudos for his online work. (WM)