ICYMI: Stories Worth Revisiting
A weekly roundup of notable developments, unanswered questions, and intriguing discoveries. Editor’s Picks by Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio Moon Impact Offers Rare Scientific Opportunity Amid Rising Lunar Clutter A discarded Falcon 9 upper stage struck the moon Wednesday, giving scientists a rare chance to study an artificial impact while drawing renewed attention to the growing accumulation
Nessie Reports Are Up Again in 2026. Is Anything Actually Changing at Loch Ness?
Loch Ness has already logged more accepted eyewitness reports in 2026 than it did throughout 2025, but a rise in sightings is not necessarily evidence of a rise in unexplained activity. Something is stirring at Loch Ness this year — although whether it is beneath the water or among the people watching it remains an open question. The Official Loch
David Grusch Tells Dr. Phil the U.S. Recovered Nonhuman Craft and Living Occupants
In a remarkably candid interview with Dr. Phil McGraw, former intelligence officer David Grusch said he has seen images of recovered craft and bodies, knows of nonhuman occupants reportedly recovered alive, and believes physical evidence remains hidden in government and contractor facilities. Former U.S. intelligence officer and UAP whistleblower David Grusch made some of his most expansive public claims yet
Pentagon UFO Files Show Why Declassification Is Not Verification
PURSUE Release 05 offers a timely lesson in disclosure literacy: A claim preserved in a government archive is evidence that officials received or investigated it, not that they authenticated it. The Pentagon’s newest UFO archive contains a remarkable 1963 report from Brazil: A large metallic sphere supposedly crashed into the town of Conde, Bahia, leaving a deep hole and containing
The Perseids Peak August 12-13: A Guide to Identifying Strange Lights in the Sky
Meteors, fireballs and satellites will share an unusually dark sky tonight. Knowing what to look for — and what to record — can help distinguish the identifiable from the genuinely unexplained. The sky is offering a second spectacle following Wednesday’s solar eclipse: The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, Aug. 13, under unusually favorable
Eclipse, Perseids and Six Planets Converge on August 12
As NASA chases the Moon’s shadow at 50,000 feet, skywatchers will experience an unusual convergence of a total solar eclipse, the Perseid meteor shower and a six-planet parade. Wednesday will bring an unusual concentration of celestial events: a total solar eclipse, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower and a six-planet parade — while NASA takes to the stratosphere to