"This is the first publication of this document anywhere." Thus says Douglas Dean Johnson of "a proposed 33-page line-by-line rewrite of the Senate-passed UAPDA that the Pentagon provided to congressional negotiators during end-stage negotiations in November 2023." The document seems crucial in the "gutting" of the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act UAP disclosure-related provisions, and goes a long way towards helping understand that epic failure. Johnson summarizes key "takeaways" in interpreting the recommended modifications, as well as very interesting answers he received from former AARO Director Sean Kirkpatrick to certain specific queries. Johnson also furnishes an important excerpt from a Marik von Rennenkampff interview with Kirkpatrick, and links to that complete 70-minute dialogue and a rough transcript. This outstanding effort should add to the compendium of data about one of the most significant events in UFOs and US Government history. (WM)

Christopher Sharp has a concerning follow-up to the recent House hearing exchange between Representative Anna Paulina Luna and Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. It's fueled by revelations by The UAP Register's Dustin Slaughter, and George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell regarding aerial incursions of the Pantex nuclear weapons facility in Texas, in 2015 and 2013, respectively. Sharp's article includes the questions Representative Luna submitted to Secretary Granholm after the hearing, plus more Slaughter reports of sightings over Pantex as far back as the 1950s, and some rather frightening capabilities, which may require government restrictions. On perhaps a more positive note, John Greenewald had more success with another governmental organization than did Sharp with the DOE. U.S. Marine Corps Releases UAP Information Sharing Policy to The Black Vault covers Greenewald's "win." He discusses how this Policy aligns with and differs from a Joint Chiefs' May 2023 directive that Douglas Dean Johnson had previously received through FOIA. In mid-March Greenewald, with Johnson's permission, had examined the Joint Chiefs success in UAP Reporting and Material Disposition Procedures Released. (WM)

In the fall of 2022 researchers were hiking up the Serra da Neve mountain in southern Africa when they happened upon a new species of skink. This new species was named Panaspis ericae, or Erica’s snake-eyed skink. And while it was relatively easy to prove the DNA variance required for a new species, this next case isn't so clear. Trail Cameras Capture Rare ‘Strawberry’ Creature in Tanzania For First Time. The creature caught on camera is a leopard, and the "strawberry" refers to the color of its spots, a genetic mutation called erythrism. What's strange is that this strawberry leopard was found in Tanzania, when typically they are found only in South Africa, which may point to either migration or inbreeding as a result of trophy hunters killing off many of the male leopard population. More testing is needed. (CM)

In this startling post, Billy Cox describes the alien abduction phenomenon with a couple of spot-on sentences: "Like a drooling chimera locked away in the cellar, alien abduction has been thumping against the floorboards of the UFO controversy for nearly 60 years." And "Abduction is pure kryptonite—it leaps light years beyond upside down physics and dares us to reimagine ourselves as lab rats." He begins by discussing retired British entrepreneur Steve Aspin's book Out of Time: The Intergenerational Abduction Program Explored wherein he reveals "a covert program of subtle genetic modification of a small percentage of the human race for more than a century with the prime objective of quietly taking over control of human societies on Planet Earth.” Aspin, along with a handful of other abductees including two former USAF veterans, visit Colorado’s sprawling San Luis Valley and the home of Robert Hastings, the author of UFOs and Nukes, the book that exposed decades of UFO interactions with America’s weapons of mass destruction. That book was followed by Confession: Our Hidden Alien Encounters Revealed, in which Hastings went public with his own previously closeted and lifelong abduction experiences. During a three-day weekend at the Hastings compound, the attendees "all dispensed with hypothetical qualifiers and plunged straight into the confusion and disorientation now shaping their realities," reports Cox, who attended the get-together. This article is not to be missed. (PH)

Researchers suspect that a sub species of human previously believed to be extinct for 12,000 years is alive and thriving on the Indonesian Island of Lio. First hand accounts of local Indigenous Peoples are indicative that homo floriensis (the "Hobbit") may still exist as a successful breeding population, or at the very least may have only become extinct 100 years ago.  Meanwhile, Infamous 'Monkey Witch' Entity Torments Nicaraguan Neighborhood, running along rooftops, throwing rocks, and tapping on walls. So far authorities have been unable to catch the monkey/witch, although they have managed to apprehend human troublemakers. (CM)

There's yet another turn in the "alien mummies" saga, as an attorney and "three independent forensic medical examiners from the United States" traveled with (you guessed it!) Jaime Maussan "to Peru last April to study the bodies." Reporter Patrick Reilly has the details and the lawyer's summation that "Our preliminary investigation really just led to the fact that more investigation is needed." More controversy comes in Jason Colavito's Lue Elizondo Claims Psychic Powers in Excerpt from New Memoir. Seems snatches from Lue's new book popped up a month early on Google Books "for about 24 hours before they disappeared and were replaced with a 'No Preview' announcement. Jason interprets this vanishing act as embarrassment rather than "teasing," and explains why. And Paul Seaburn asks "What Would You Say to a Naked Space Alien?" Turns out this is the title of his new book about funny human-alien encounters. Riddled with puns and good humor, Mysterious Universe editor Paul's article here is a great "promo" for What Would You Say to a Naked Space Alien? (WM)

Tim Binnall shares footage of an odd aerial sight over The Magic City. Not sure it's wizardry, but this does seem a very clear image and explanations arise. On another event whose origin may be even less certain, there are quite naturally People Convinced They've Spotted a UFO - But Others Reckon It Might Be Something Else. Danny Gutmann has a "still" of the "X" video and some of the viewers' opinions. And Gutmann has word out of a new book in the article Brit Cop Was 'Abducted by UFO and Was Left with Damaged Boot As Humanoid Examined Him'. The headline focuses on the rather well-known but still quite mysterious November 1980 experience of Alan Godfrey, which followed a strange death investigation by Godfrey that June. Godfrey's enigmatic November "encounter" cost him a great deal of subsequent trouble. The Godfrey case is included in Andy Russell's Testimony: Alien Abduction in the UK. (WM)

If you enjoy poltergeist reports and their backstories after the fact, you're going to like this article about what may have been the most witnessed case of paranormal activity ever recorded. But be prepared to have some doubt cast because it turns out there was a certain amount of hoaxing involved, and not everyone involved in the investigation had the best of intentions. Next Joel Stern Explores Amazing Poltergeist Case from southern Poland. The events centered around a teenage girl and lasted for approximately 7 years, enabling scientists to study the phenomena in depth. Stern himself visited the family and has a uniquely personal perspective on the people affected by this polt haunting. Read the whole story: The Elusive Force: A Remarkable Case of Poltergeist Activity and Psychokinetic Power, published by Anomalist Books. (If you've read the book, we would appreciate a review on the Amazon page.) (CM)

Aaron Gulyas reports on his periodic "Saucer Life Saucer Road Trip" to iconic UFO-related sites and sights. UFO bibliophiles will be enthralled by Aaron's onsite bookstore forays and acquisitions. He even bought a book he already had once owned and relinquished. There's interesting chat about Art Bell's radio program, a "Mothman" museum in Point Pleasant West Virginia, and overthinking "freeze-dried candy." An unsuccessful attempt to locate Gray Barker's tomb and equally peculiar/paranormal "Ghost Town" and "Gandalf" experiences (sorry for the "spoilers"!) follow. We'll leave the last day of this seriocomic Odyssey into Weird History to the listeners. But it, as well as this whole podcast, is quite fun and informative, while occasionally unsettling and goofy, entertainment. (WM)

"The most important UAP-related presentation MUFON has ever made" occurred at the recent Mutual UFO Network International Symposium in Irving, Texas. T.K. Randall reports the claim and peculiar story behind it, and includes video of that MUFON presentation along with other items of interest. Rob Waugh offers UFO Hunters Claim to Be in Possession of Debris From Alien Space Craft That Is Lighter Than a Petal. Waugh casts some doubt upon the accuracy of the testing described and quotes skeptical Nigel Watson's "take." On the more general issue of UFO/UAP reports, astronomer Phil Plait says Nope--It's Never Aliens. Plait relates his own story of personal rejection of an early ET excitement due to taking up "science as a career and critical thinking as a passion." Plait also employs the "popular" and simplistic definition of Occam's razor, which we see used frequently to dismiss anomalous reports out of hand. (WM)

As humans we sure love our monsters, often clinging to notions they are among us long after science has proven otherwise. The Megalodon Shark is a perfect example. This apex predator has been extinct for millions of years, and if it somehow survived then ocean life would be very different today. Yet in spite of this very real fact, there are those who persist in believing the Meg survives in the depths of uncharted ocean waters. Meanwhile on land, Mysterious Livestock Deaths in Mexican Town Cause Chupacabra Concerns. At least 9 animals have been killed so far, drained of their blood and left otherwise intact. If it's a big cat, it's an awfully picky one on a liquid diet. (CM)

Bibhu Dev Misra takes us on a worldwide tour of the human interaction with the anomalous—in this case, small humanoid reports. He proposes an explanation rooted in human myth and legend, highlighted by a truly "bizarre event" reported by a scientific team in 2004. More "globetrotting": in Investigative Adventures in Brazil Australian researcher Keith Basterfield examines "the American interest in the Brazilian phenomena" from the work of Brazilian researchers Dr. Olavo Fontes through present-day Rony Vernet. In discussing Jacques Vallee and J. Allen Hynek travels to Brazil, Keith mines three works published by Anomalist Books. And in Keith Basterfield's own country Myles Houlbrook-Walk explains How a Tiny Outback NT Roadhouse Went From Australia's UFO Capital to Abandoned Motel. Wycliffe Well, in Australia's Northern Territory, had a meteoric rise and subsequent fall, centered upon its UFO lore. (WM)

John Greenwald received a unexpected reply to his FOIA request for communications that could shed light on the collaboration and research efforts on UAP within the Five Eyes alliance (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Instead of the standard release of redacted emails or a full denial, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) issued what is known as a “GLOMAR” response, which essentially means that the agency “can neither confirm nor deny the existence” of the requested records. "What information related to UAPs could be so sensitive that it warrants such a response from ODNI?" Greenwald wonders. This response, he says, "suggests that there may be significant developments or classified activities related to UAP research and collaboration within the Five Eyes alliance or the ODNI." The Black Vault will file an appeal. (WM, PH)

We don't automatically connect truckers with paranormal goings on, but that perspective is about to change. From spectral visions on highways to unseen forces tormenting sleeping truckers at rest stops, no "good buddy" is apparently immune to the effects of whatever it is lurking just beyond our field of vision. Next we look at Child Ghosts Caught on Camera at 'Most Haunted' Mansion known as Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana. Thought to be the spirits of the plantation managers' children who died of yellow fever, among others, these childlike spooks like to manifest as cold spots or cause other unsettling anomalies. The manse is touted as "most haunted" so it would seem the guests don't mind. (CM)

Tim Binnall has an excellent summary of a poll of "a staggering 116,000 people" with several surprises, according to a "Rambler&Co poll." And the revelations Tim gets come directly from the Russian News Agency Tass' Ten Percent of Russians Would Believe Putin if He Said Aliens Exist—Poll. And on a perhaps more intimate personal level, there's a New Bibliography on the Psychology of UAP Experiences. Writing for UAP Check, Jochen Ickinger ably covers the reasons why such a compendium of scientific sources is needed, as the UFO Phenomenon is surely diverse and has historically created different effects in how people think—especially those individuals conscious of some kind of eyewitness or even more personal "encounter" with the anomalies. And "The Reliability and Psychology of Eyewitness-Centered UFO Experience: A Bibliography", edited by Ickinger as well as V.J. Ballester-Olmos and Ulrich Magin, is available for free download from Academia.edu. (WM)

Do you want to live forever? Combine this with Ozempic and it's effortless paradise for 21st century citizens of obligate capitalism. Turning off interleukin-11 is key to extending the lives of laboratory mice yet there may be reason for caution. What James Gallagher outlines here is Pretty Damned Cool but raises many philosophical questions concerning longevity. Chiming in on one of those philosophical questions is Brad Stulberg with the proposition of The Key To Longevity Is Boring. Persnickety things like maintaining relationships and if people would still be human if they lived beyond natural lifespans. Unanswered here is if the pursuit of longevity treatments is just a way to extend an overtaxed workforce. (CS)

Sasquatch? Nessie? A thunderbird? Nah, it's an Amazonian weasel and Bethanie Hestermann has the 411 on why this sighting is patently remarkable. Still elusive is the Ice Gnome. Also the Detroit Dwarf. And Little Foot. And tiny little people who live in trees around the lands of the Lakota. Oh dear goodness there's so much tiny people goodness, courtesy of Florent Barrère that The Anomalist can barely do these cryptohominins any real justice. Meanwhile in Scotland Glasgow boy is waxing poetic on The Quest 2024 And Webcam Images in hopes of spying Loch Ness's most notorious innhabitant detailed in prose and webcam snaps. Should you happen to be of the shy and retiring lifestyle, Tim Binnall has you in mind as a Forthcoming Video Game Challenges Players To Live The Life Of Bigfoot. No word yet if it'll be available on Steam or if it'll be something intended only for console peasants. (CS)