A strong accusation from a person extremely qualified to make such authoritative assessments. Defense analyst Marik von Rennenkampff lists one of the most spectacular missteps in the recent "AARO Historical Record Volume I." He notes that Metabunk's Mick West—"the world's most prominent UFO skeptic"—takes issue with the AARO Case resolution of that January 2023 Eglin AFB UFO incident. The whole AARO report is "riddled with basic factual errors, omissions and a laundry list of historical distortions." And what's even worse, the Pentagon's "decades-long 'nothing to see here' approach to UFOs continues, unabated." For another perspective on the current situation, try Adam Frank's Alien Life Is No Joke. While blaming the "giggle factor" that came to surround UFOs (and not just caused by popular over-zealousness, but by causes within the U.S. military militating against UFO reporting), Frank frankly admits he and colleagues got "the first grant to study atmospheric technosignatures" in 2019. He doesn't credit the influence of late 2017 revelations the Government had continued worrying about and studying UFOs. Frank then demonstrates scant knowledge about the results of serious studies. Ufologists admit most UFO reports will have mundane explanations. But scientists disregarding solid UFO witness testimony shows at least an incuriosity about why people perceive such phenomena, aside from what those phenomena closer to home may ultimately prove to be. (WM)

Hotels see their fair share of weird goings on. A sailer in Argentina was out on the water recently, looking back over the shoreline where the famous Llao Llao Hotel was visible. However, instead of his usual view, he saw a peculiar light seeming to hover over the hotel rooftop, so he snapped a video. But that's not nearly as eerie as this Disembodied Voice of Ghost Child Recorded at Haunted Texas Hotel? Captured on CCTV, the hotel manager can be seen minding his own business, working at his desk, when a childlike voice is heard and a bottle of glue tips over. He manages to calmly exit the room even as the hairs on the back of his neck were probably standing straight up. (CM)

Jan Aldrich helps host Michael Ryan rescue another worthy figure from the forgotten history of ufology. And Jan well-deserves the "legendary" characterization host Ryan accords him. Jan has put in 60 years in ufological research and travels. In the nearly 30 years I have known Jan, I find Jan's conclusions often forcefully expressed and always well thought out. Besides learning much more about Wayne Mattson, one gets a much better sense of the problems affecting the very reporting (or non-reporting) of UFO events. Jan is also careful to note where the current evidence trail ends, while also observing the historian's duty to record all sides of a case for future reference. As have others we've reported, Jan has harsh words for the most recent All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) historical report. As a substitute or counter foil Jan recommends UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry, an Anomalist Books publication to which he and others contributed. (WM)

A lady from Kelowna, Canada, recently witnessed something strange from the shore of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia. Apparently the water was very calm when something briefly surfaced then submerged again, leaving some very unusual wake patterns. An entirely different animal may inhabit the water in this next report: The Man-Eating Dingonek Lurks Beneath East Africa’s Rivers. An 18-foot- long, dog-headed fish/beastie with scales like an armadillo, known as the dingonek, is reported lurking in the waters of the river, attacking boats and humans alike. And when misfortune befell the natives, it was believed to be connected to harm done to the creature. It makes it difficult to tell if the dingonek is a real unrecognized creature or a legend born of a need for a cultural barometer. (CM)

More archaeological surprises and, in this first case, turmoil. Jois Mantilla "doubles down" that he has proof his particular mummies aren't human, and apparently a Peruvian government "raid" tried to grab one at a Mantilla conference. But, of course, "only a picture of the mummy was shown on a screen" there. New claims about anomalous testing details seem to arise but without independent access or academic paper backing. TechRound's Dominique Roberts surprises us with Atlantis Found Off Cuba: Tech & Startups Helping Us Unlock The Secrets Of The Deep. The provocative title is backed by a near-quarter-century mystery, and the following ten items and "Startups" descriptions useful. And, for Smithsonian Magazine, Sonja Anderson says This Neolithic Monument Found in France Has No Equal. The "why" supports Anderson's contention. (WM)

Ben Hendy is on a mission to help people believe in aliens, and he thinks former Area 51 scientist Boyd Bushman's "confession" might do the trick. Ben's not seen the video before, and as the video progresses with Bushman's increasingly-exotic claims, Ben seems a lot more convinced than are we. That, well, unusual experience may have set us up for Bevan Berthelsen's Strange Experiences. Håkan Blomqvist conveys these quite-odd, various happenings from an interview he did with the former energizer of UFO-Sweden. (WM)

Billy Cox ruminates upon The Current State of Things UFO and Military. He contrasts the apparent effectiveness of U.S. technology against the Iranian drone and missile bombardment at Israel with the apparent utter impotence of the forces back home towards "drone parties" over Langley Air Force Base and other military installations. Billy moves on to consider AARO's "explaining away" of the Eglin AFB incident that enflamed three lawmakers, and the response of one—Matt Gaetz—to that verdict; AARO's sophomoric (at best) recent "Report of the Historical Record...(UAP) Vol.1"; and "The Grusch conundrum." Incisive commentary. About UAP: Is Anybody in Charge? Cécile Gouret Legros summarizes a nearly three-hour interview Curt Jaimungal did with Dolan, and the "takeaways" are...interesting. The full interview is also included. It is good to see Jaimungal again, as he's one of the more astute young minds that's frequented the field. And Bapstiste Friscourt takes the podium of his own Sentinel News to note that Discussions between US Officials Point to the Existence of a UFO Recovery Programme. Baptiste is an excellent researcher, but many American ufologists have reasons to doubt the Kingman event ever happened, which would, of course, call documents claiming so into question. (WM)

Dr. Karl Shuker has uncovered a book that describes two Brazilian mystery cats he is unfamiliar with, as impossible as that sounds. One is a Rock Jaguar, which he believes was a brown felid (a mammal of the cat family) with a mane. The other is a red jaguar, unfortunately mentioned only once in the book. For more information, the book is Yanoáma: The Narrative of a White Girl Kidnapped by Amazonian Indians, and is a true life account of her experience. (CM)

In another offering from her new Phenomenology of Ufology series, Dr. Kimberly Engels dialogues with the person who's reanimated the John E. Mack Institute. First, Dr. Engels reminds us about the phenomenological approach that attempts to address the whole of a person's anomalous experience. This includes not only the scientifically-measurable data, but rather weds to it the human reactions—emotions, attempts to interpret what's going on, efforts to impose some meaning to the experience—the whole perceptual complement. Guest Karin Austin explains her decision to revive the organization and gives an effective background biography and defense of the late Dr. Mack's approach to the abduction phenomenon and those enmeshed by it. Austin frankly presents her own personal journey through her earlier experiences. Another "home run" for Dr. Engels and her work. Hannah Lane takes on another controversy-fraught subject in UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud? In reading this article it's helpful to take in the whole context of the work, including the explanatory writing, the religious and symbolic context, plus the history of such artistic renditions. It's also important to note that not all ufologists believe what Lane ascribes to them. (WM)

It's finally happened: the first Nessie sighting of 2024 according to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register. A couple, originally from Canada, and their family, packed a little treat for the big gal and went out to the lookout at Urquhart Castle. They were not disappointed. There's also been a sighting online via webcam, although it hasn't been accepted as an "official sighting": Fresh 'Loch Ness Monster Sighting' As Man Claims To Have Seen Creature Emerge From Water. Monster hunter Eoin O'Faodhagain says the surrounding water was perfectly calm while the area where something the size of three men emerged was stirred up in an unusual fashion. No doubt O'Faodhagain will have more sightings for us as the year goes on. (CM)

The update we reported on the 26th to the weird year-old, 10-foot-tall alien backyard encounter has another update. Here the two researchers NewsNation talked to individually now come together to discuss the video analysis. It's rather a "stand-off," but crime scene recreation expert Scott Roder now maintains the footage he analyzed has "actually two beings in the video at the same time." Former FBI agent Ben Hansen agrees with Roder the video has not been edited, but sides with another analyst that the "shadow" is caused by a flashlight. This viewer thought the video "cut off" early, but reporter Rich Johnson summarizes the gist of the exchange. No doubt there's something solid in UF-WHOAH: Bizarre Photos Show Massive Saucer-shaped 'UFO' Being Hauled Down Desert Road by a Tractor Trailer Baffling Onlookers. This one should be more easily diagnosable. Tim Binnall has an Odd 'Tic Tac' UFO Filmed in England whose lead snapshot looked like a more svelte version of that tied-down Argentine object. But the "still's" sharply-defined craft above fully-foliaged trees doesn't comport with the video, whose bird sounds we like better. A follow-up on another story is Tim's Witness Recalls Filming Remarkably Clear Video of UFO Over NYC's LaGuardia Airport. Tim's summary sets up another, linked NewsNation Video: Possible UFO Reported over NYC's LaGuardia Airport. Ben Hansen shows up once again, pronouncing Michelle Reyes' footage genuine. But the only other certainty seems that the FAA let down Michelle--and potentially air safety. (WM)

Helped by Philip Mantle, Laura Rowton uncovers more unsettling details about what might have transpired on a Mississippi river in October 1973. Another insightful Paranormal Scholar offering. Earlier in that same year, but about 600 miles due north of Pascagoula, an event occurred that's commemorated in Documentary Filmmaker Joe Tury Talks about His Film Grand Tower UFOs and Other High Strangeness with UFO Talker Michael Ryan. This is an ill-known multiple and lengthy sighting deserving more attention. Bill Chalker's still interested in The Tully Thing that "played out at Horseshoe Lagoon in northern Queensland Australia" in January 1966. Bill remarks inaccuracies about that "UFO nest" incident related to the vegetation destruction; this reminds of a Philip Mantle Pascagoula "trace evidence" datum. Bill also notes how the Australian area fostered long-time native legends; Joe Tury mentioned such background present in the Grand Towers Illinois case. And Bill also observes a 1965/6 "proliferation of sightings" "Down Under" also happened in the U.S., and recounts several remarkable Aussie ones. We go back a decade earlier with Aaron Gulyas to The Wolverton Trail Event of 1955. Aaron's comments on how this California experience was written should "tickle" former teachers; and the tale itself is, well...a bit different from what one might expect—yet still quite interesting. (WM)

Those who know, know about Dreamland Resort serving the weird community for a quarter century. If they've been around so long, why is it Joerg Arnu's home was raided by feds back in '22? We're not talking staged horseshit, but the real deal. They had a warrant, but it was almost completely redacted when Arnu got a look at it. Fortunately George Knapp is there to investigate the matter. On the other side of the equator, an Argentine UFO Museum Raided By Authorities In Search Of Peruvian Mummy's Foot. We've heard of fetishes, but this is ridiculous! There are shades of Jaime Maussan afoot (I'm so sorry...) here and Tim Binnall has all the details of how Earthly artifacts have been appropriated and presented as extraterrestrial. (CS)

Inflammation has a bad rep, even when it comes to Parkinsons and Alzheimers, yet new research reveals this biological response is essential for memory. Join David Neld as he goes down the rabbit hole of neuroscience and how Jelena Radulovic from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York came to such a conclusion. If you happen to be running errands today, or heading off on a long drive, you'll want to queue up Matt Galloway as he considers What Dying People See In Their Dreams. Joining him is Dr. Christopher Kerr, you may remember him from an article from The New York Times last St. Paddy's Day concerning deathbed visions, relating what he's learned from interviewing patients preparing to draw back the veil and their loved ones. Next on your weekend playlist, we can't recommend Dr. Bernard Beitman or his podcast enough. This time he invites Maureen St. Germain, no relation, we hope, to talk about the fluffy bunny crystals behind hearing voices and Discerning If Voices Are Helpful Or Hurtful. Or you can just read some Julian Jaynes instead. (CS)

Dolphins do it. Birds do it. Hyraxes do it, of all critters, so why does Arik Kershenbaum in Why Animals Talk insist these critters, and others, lack language? That question left Barbara J. King scratching her head and digging up plenty of evidence countering Kershenbaum's assertion. While we're at it, take a deep dive with Roy Christopher as he appreciates The Whale-Wide Web Of Undersea Song. He just read Rebecca Gigg's new book Fathoms talking about every conceivable topic related to cetacean biology and culture. Of especial interest is the analogy drawn between the network of whale songs spanning the oceans with the internet. Makes one wonder which species are the trolls. (CS)

More like circumstantial evidence, am I right Bob Yirka? How is it circumstantial? "The team acknowledges that other forces could be at play that might explain the behavior that they simulated but suggest they are less likely." In short there's barely enough smoke for an ember, let alone fire. In the interest of being fair, hear out Konstantin Batygin as he continues to beat the drum for "Planet 9." Also from the annals of questionable science, check out Victor Tangermann's coverage how an Orbiter Spots "Spiders" On Surface Of Mars. These 'spiders' are hypothesized as being the product of carbon dioxide geyers. They've been replicated on Earth under laboratory settings but, and that's a big bigger than your mom's, there's nothing showing them in action making their mark on the red planet. The pictures are nifty, gotta say. In other news Millie Turner recapitulates panspermia beneath the lede Aliens May Travel Across Space On Meteors. Two astronomers, Harrison B. Smith and Lana Sinapayen, have a new paper guessing at how wayward alien life might survive on the unforgiving surface of meteors, asteroids, and comets. (Turn on your browser's reader mode as the Ms. Turner's article is nigh-ureadable with the numerous photos interspersed between sentences.) Now just for laughs, Ben Rice suggests 10 Songs We Would Play For Aliens Visiting Earth That Represent The Best Of Humanity and one is a rickroll. (CS)

Y'don't say, Evan Bush? There must've been a big funeral in academia for scientific conventional wisdom to consider, let alone embrace, such a maverick proposition. Dig the evidence in support, along with the legal fall out when this becomes established and irrefutable. As if things aren't complicated enough Everything In Our Univers—Even The Chair You're Sitting On—May Be Conscious. From panspermia in the previous section, now panpsychism has a booster in the name of Stav Dimitropoulos who forments a formidable argument that when you knock on a door, that rapping sound is actually the door saying "Ouch! Quit it!" Closer to this editor's heart, and Michael Grosso, is the Intentionality of a Cat. Ailurophiles know cats are willful, far from automatons or philosophical zombies, and Mike received a lesson from Clio that will go down in history. The icing on this tabby cake? The psychic talents illustrated by his feline friend. (CS)

The January 26, 2023, incident that provided much impetus for a trio of Congresspersons to call for the pivotal July 26th House hearing with David Grusch and two UFO witnesses may have just been a balloon. That explanation was floated in John Greenewald's April 24th summary and copy of the AARO Case Resolution report. Whether AARO hits or misses its mark, the Case Resolution shows considerable effort and apparent work on the parts of the AARO folks and its Intelligence and Science & Technology partners. Also notable are the terms "resolved" at a "moderate" confidence level, backed by those two review groups' independent "high confidence" assessments that it was an ordinary object. It will—or may—be interesting to hear from Congressman Matt Gaetz (if not the pilot involved) on this finding. Meanwhile, in France, Baptiste Friscourt reports that The New Director of GEIPAN, France's Official UAP Investigative Office, Discusses Science and the Study of Aerial Mysteries. Frédéric Courtade is the new head of the "Group for the Study and Information on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena." He describes the history of French governmental interest in UFOs, its current classification system, its composition, and developmental plans. Courtade emphasizes openness and citizen involvement, but notes that GEIPAN holds no "positions" on UFOs or their wider implications. (WM)

Almost a year to the day after a fantastic story came from Las Vegas, Nevada, we're learning more unsettling details of the purported events. NewsNation's Liz Jassin and Alex Caprariello bring us the text, and Alex's three videos with Ashleigh Banfield provide details of the sequelae to the family experience. Particularly startling is the third video with what an apparently-renowned "evidence expert" has to say about the "entity" said to have been involved. The conversion by the primary witness of his "alien" experience to one with a "demonic" flavor is also notable. Believe what you want about this incident, but such stories reinforce the life-altering—and nowhere necessarily positive—effects of reported brushes with the bizarre. While Angel Kenmore and his family may not be seeking fame, someone who profits from it gets Jason Colavito's barbs in Tucker Carlson Doubles Down on "Supernatural" UFOS in Joe Rogan Appearance. Colavito includes the whole of the Rogan/Carlson interview. With all its political and religious overtones, this conversation starkly emphasizes the extent of the "intrusion" UFOs can have or can be made to have upon wider public life. (WM)

Strange goings-on were reported at a secondary school in Malaysia recently. It seems a doppelgänger was seen among a group of students and is being blamed for a spontaneous fit of screaming and crying by students on the schoolyard. Officials sent the students home for a week to recover. Nothing suspicious about that... Next, a Security Guard Photographs Ghost at Historic Museum in Mexico?  Evidently while making the rounds outside the building, the guard noticed an "eerie" woman at one of the museum windows looking out. Of course the natural conclusion was "Ghost!" and not "Hey, what a terrible security guard." (CM)