We've long wondered what was behind, and what happened after, engineer and inventor Salvatore Pais submitted, for patenting, technological applications involving "The Pais Effect." Micah Hanks and Tim McMillan address these questions with the energetic Dr. Pais himself. This may be a challenging interview with unfamiliar concepts, equations, and processes; interesting snippets of human reactions to novel theories; and implications of breathtaking possibilities. The Debrief's Chrissy Newton offers UAP: Faith, Theology, and the Unexplained. Chrissy and Dr. Matthew Halsted discuss "this complex intersection," first regarding possible contact with "non-human intelligence." Halsted notes the long Christian tradition of examining this question and pointedly asks of those who automatically categorize ETs as "demons." "What sort of evidence do you have?" Like Luis Elizondo, Halsted argues that, whatever the answer is to what's behind UFOs, it's imperative to find out. The "Collins Elite," a rumored cadre of military and other minds that is characterized as trying to stop that search, is covered starkly in Nick Redfern's absorbing Final Events and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife, from Anomalist Books. Halsted also has some concerns about the advance of AI and transhumanism in this intriguing interview. (WM)

Naman Shrestha's question comes from Kevin's appearance on an episode in Netflix's "Unsolved Mysteries." Shrestha's effusive biography focuses upon Kevin's Roswell interests and Kevin's focusing "on proving the existence of UFOs and aliens." Not sure Kevin would wholly agree with that last, though he does admit "I lean toward the Extraterrestrial on the Roswell case." That "confession" comes near the end of a recent "A Different Perspective" episode in Kevin's radio show/podcast series that Shrestha mentions. Kingman UFO Crash and Michael Schratt begins with the title's supposed 1953 Arizona crash (or soft-landing), the credibility of its one major witness, and recent "unearthings" of stories about other supposed wrecks in the general area. Michael Schratt and Kevin then discuss crash retrievals from the massive work of the late Leonard Stringfield. Schratt lists five cases from Stringfield's labors that most impress him. A problem arising in all of this is the lack of photographic proof. That may be satisfied in a Foo Fighter (UFO) Film from World War II that Kevin notes on his blog. As with his debunking certain military witness claims in the Michael Schratt interview, Kevin's service background supports his suggesting an alternate explanation for an extramundane claim about this "interesting piece of film." (WM)

A hunter in Texas captured a strange image with his trail cam recently. Showing the photo to family and friends, it was suggested he'd captured an image of a chupacabra, among other odd things. We're leaning toward emaciated, sick animal, but you may see it differently. Next, was an Eerie Figure Photographed on Side of Michigan Road? A driver stopping to snap a picture of the sunset got more than he bargained for when the photograph also captured a figure on the side of the road. Hard to say if it's anomalous or not, but the figure certainly looks out of place whatever it is. (CM)

Another year's gutting of the strong provisions in a Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization Act has occurred, and perhaps the only real surprise is that the amendment didn't even make it out of the Senate. Last year the amendment—the UAP Disclosure Act—was approved by the Senate and reached Senate-House conferees' harmonizing of the two Houses' FY 2024 NDAA versions before being eviscerated. Christopher Sharp has commentary and name-pointing for this go-round's failure. Sharp updates this dismal news in Mystery, Confusion and Allegations Surround the Downfall of Key UFO Legislation as Glimmer of Hope Emerges. Here we get more finger-pointing and an explanation of the "glimmering but slim" airdrop legislative possibility. But across the Atlantic, things are looking a bit brighter, as a New FOIA Document Sheds Light on How the European Union Considers UAP. Baptiste Friscourt reports that "this document shows a knowledge of the subject and an involvement on the part of the head of the European Commission." This contrasts with the attitude of Europe's aviation authorities displayed at a March 20th European Parliament event. Perhaps more importantly, the letter, in response to a Malaysian inquiry, indicates possible action to improve the European Union's "space environment" object detection and identification activities. (WM)

Dedicated Loch Ness webcam watcher Eoin O’Faodhagain may report more Nessie sightings than any other monster hunter, but he only takes credit when it is due. Recently O’Faodhagain posted a video online of what looked to be a large hump in the dark waters producing a sizable wake. However, he later observed the same wake pattern on the webcam and, realizing it was a person swimming in the loch, he took the original video down. It's amazing what we can do with technology, but it's equally impressive what we accomplished prior to it being accessible to everyone. For example, check out How a 1937 Hoax Captured the Imagination With Giant Grasshoppers. The idea was first born in 1935 when a swarm of grasshoppers descended upon Garden City, Kansas, and a photographer decided to create a montage of photos with giant insects and humans. The resulting postcards caused quite a stir because "pictures don't lie." And that was before Photoshop. (CM)

It's always heartening to see UFO investigators follow up on specially interesting cases. Jim Brown has additional details, including one troubling occurrence, on that July 2nd two-vehicle CEII-electromagnetic incident. Stan Gordon presents this, and adds three similar interesting reports for comparison. Tim Binnall has a short video of a Strange 'Spiked Top' UFO Filmed in Mexico. Absent any outstanding maneuvers, and given the paucity of detailed context behind the footage, we'd go for the "errant balloon" suggestion. And New York Post's Alex Mitchell has another category of sightings that still confuse in Think You Saw a UFO? Sorry, But It May Have Only Been These Wildly Cool Clouds. It's a helpful article for those unfamiliar with lenticular clouds, but Alex could do more research than to accept them as the explanation for Kenneth Arnold's iconic June 24, 1947, sighting. (WM)

In the first of several archaeological surprises, Christopher Plain explains how genetic analysis of walrus ivory suggests that early Norse hunters "likely interacted with indigenous North Americans as early as 985 CE." We learn about the North Atlantic ivory trade, the various Inuit peoples, and the possibility that Norse hunters from Greenland interacted with some even before the Thule Inuit. But the Greek Reporter may be outdoing Plain's Viking surprise in one sense, with Greek Discovery of Iceland Supported by Linguistic Evidence. Dr. Andrew Charles Breeze thinks Pytheas of Massalia actually got to Iceland around 300 BCE. Writer Paula Tsoni notes this learned speculation is "Based on an essentially linguistic hypothesis of his own inspiration," and Breeze's belief, based upon that word "Thule" in our first article, seems a bit "breezier" than the genetic ivory arguments Sharp noted for the Norse sorties. And ivory takes us On a Quest for Million-Year-Old Culture in Northern Israel. Here it's "A newly unearthed giant elephant tusk" among lesser-sized remains that's behind Ruth Schuster's remarkable account. She untangles a fairly complicated gaggle of archaeological issues in her "you are there" expose. Moreover, Schuster sets this find against a current excavator's honoring his mentor's direction 30 years past, while missile-interceptions in the sky above make us wonder whether we are really more evolved than those likely elephant-hunters of so long ago. (WM)

A man fishing in Arizona last month noticed movement out of the corner of his eye and turned to see a very hairy, reddish brown creature moving through the brush towards the lake. It was 6 or 7 feet tall and seemed to move with long strides. To the man's credit, he very calmly snapped a photo before the creature noticed him and turned back. Now a message for you Cryptid Hunters! Ford Has A Car For You…. The Ford Bronco now comes with a Sasquatch trim package, equipping the vehicle for every and any circumstance in which intrepid Bigfoot hunters could find themselves. End of commercial. (CM)

John Greenewald has won an admission from the Government that it hasn't always been thorough in its search for records on at least the AAWSAP and AATIP confusion. The AAWSAP/AATIP relationship's been a huge conundrum since, as John shows, probably well before the December 2017 revelations of the Government's UFO studies efforts in the 2008-2012 era and beyond. Lue Elizondo's recent attempt in Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs may have helped us somewhat understand the connection. Or it may have just added another version to the potpourri. John's conclusion? "The confusion between AATIP and AAWSAP—whether intentional or inadvertent—has become a tool for denial and obfuscation, with both the government and former insiders contributing to an apparent mess of a narrative." (WM)

What really happened is "more sordid than sensational," according to the authors of this searing, selective, and yet over-generalized opinion piece. Bottom line, according to Luis Cayetano Simmari and Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, "This entire saga shows how pseudoscientific thinking can metastasize in a positive feedback loop, ensnaring not only scientists with paranormal inclinations but also government officials." No cover-up of aliens here, they insist, just a bunch of former defense officials pushing their personal mythology that UAP represent an extraterrestrial presence. The authors basically ignore thousands of military reports, inestimable amounts of instrumented data, and the labors of hundreds of their peers who have labored arduously in the field of ufology for decades. Their abject obeisance to the US government "party line," scorn for ex-government professionals still laboring under NDAs, and apparent ignorance of the American political system are disappointing. On a more positive note is Popular Mechanics' answer to the question: Could a Massive Public UFO Database Eventually Help Explain Mysterious Sightings? Esther D'Amico allows Robert Powell—and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, academics, plus Congressman Robert Garcia— to argue for serious, objective UFO studies. The historical "stigma" hindering such progress comes clearly through—and is only reinforced by one-sided and simplistic argumentation. (WM)

A fellow walking along the shoreline of Loch Ness was rewarded with a treat recently. He spotted a "bizarre long necked creature" only a few dozen yards away and was able to capture several seconds of video before his phone died. Next, Eoin O’Faodhagain has done it again, as the Webcam Watcher Catches Clear View of Sizeable Hump Crossing Loch Ness. He estimates the unidentified creature.was approximately 8 feet in length. There were no nearby boats to create the wake pattern either so it's a compelling bit of video. (CM)

Never underestimate Nature's power to wow people. Julia Daye has the story, the explanation, and the video of a recent natural display. It's amazing how many people "didn't know what the flash was." More perilously, Stan Gordon alerts that Three Low Level Glowing Spheres Nearly Strike Car Near Smithfield, Pennsylvania-September 18, 2024. Stan offers the summary of investigator Jim Brown's report on the case. (You may remember Jim filed another case study from a July 2nd low flyover, coincidentally near to the current event.) This trio of objects was about hood-height and the witness thought "she would have likely hit them had she not slammed on her brakes." Stan says "balls of light" ("BOLs" or "orbs") seem to be reported more often of late. We remember (well, we weren't actually there, then) a rather noteworthy case of such phenomena from Rolling Prairie, Indiana, in 1904. The very dramatic appearance of two orange orbs that seemed to react to human movements was later explained by "some Government Representatives" to local farmers as "'gas' or 'marsh' lights and not to worry about them." Sound familiar? And Coast to Coast wants you to watch a video of Inexplicable UAPs Captured Near Sedona. Melinda Leslie interprets the Lights in the Sky for you. (WM)

Odds are the whistleblower is Irish, and both Irish Star authors of this report and their news outlet definitely appear so. So we are inclined at first to think "blarney" of the claims by Charles McNeal. And "at second" and "third" as well, though some parts of McNeal's spiel—the U.S./Taliban treaty and "The Keeper"—seemed more original than the rest of his claims. Someone whose "street cred" is much more established is the interlocutor on the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies' Chris Mellon on UAP, National Security, & Government Accountability. A central figure in the post-December-2017 UFO sensation offers his frank insights into its present state of affairs and where things are going. Contrast this Dr. Michael Glawson interview with the first "whistleblower" article and also now compare it to Matt Ford's The Good Trouble Show dialogue as Former Deputy Asst Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Chris Mellon Talks UAPs. With Congress back in session to vote on amendments to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) UFO-related provisions, the Ford Mellon interview naturally focuses somewhat more upon the legislative initiatives, along with recent UFO-military sensations. The "eminent domain" provisions in the failed 2024 UAP area, in particular, come in for scrutiny as to their possible inclusion in this session's efforts. (WM)

In this podcast and in his book Telephone Calls from the Dead, Dr. Callum Cooper attempts to answer the question of whether this highly strange phenomenon is evidence of life beyond death. This is rather unique, because while these calls from beyond seem to be common, much like reports of ghosts, they are viewed with considerable discomfort and unease within the parapsychological community. Next, security company Ring Offers $100,000 for Best Ghost Video. Sounds like a great plan, but there's an odd twist: "the videos do not necessarily have to contain genuine paranormal activity." Then what’s the purpose of the contest? Why don’t they call it the BEST FAKE GHOST VIDEO? It boggles the mind. (CM)

John Greenewald reports a rare occurrence where a government office released information to him he'd not requested. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it didn't find records responsive to a specific Greenewald request, but did provide "previously released correspondence involving AARO and the UAPTF" to an unspecified requestor. John applies his expertise to summarizing the surprising material, and the problems posed by weather and long duration "pico" balloons. On the other hand, John reports a case in which the FAA Cites National Security to Withhold UAP Communications Despite Unclassified Report. This denial stemmed from a June 2021 FOIA request, just after the June 25th release of the unclassified Office of the Director of National Intelligence's "Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena." John had sought information regarding the Federal Aviation Administration's communications with the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, and also with the ODNI that figured in that Preliminary Assessment. Again John uses his skills to distill a variety of observations and speculations. On communication and cooperation with agencies outside the U.S., Micah Hanks notes that Concerns Over Unauthorized UAS Incidents Prompt New International Defense Collaboration. The U.S. will partner with Singapore to sponsor a competition for commercial companies "to produce innovative counter-UAS systems and drone communication capabilities." (WM)