A weekly roundup of notable developments, unanswered questions, and intriguing discoveries.

Editor’s Picks by Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio

From Whitley Strieber’s call for mercy following a troubling communication attributed to the Visitors to a mysterious “jellyfish” shape in a Curiosity rover image and Dolly Parton’s lifelong openness to clairvoyance, angels and Appalachian traditions, this week’s ICYMI selections occupy very different corners of the unknown. What connects them is a familiar Unknown Country question: How do we remain receptive to extraordinary possibilities while carefully considering what the evidence can — and cannot — tell us?

 

Whitley Strieber Responds to a Difficult Communication With a Call for Mercy

Whitley Strieber describes a recent communication he attributes to the Visitors that confronted him with painful questions about decades of contact experiences. While acknowledging that the communication’s claimed origin cannot be independently verified, Strieber responds not with hostility but with an appeal for mercy, forgiveness and reconciliation — while insisting that forgiveness does not require denying past harm.

 

 

Curiosity Captures a ‘Jellyfish’ Shape on Mars, Echoing Earthly UAP Reports

A strange silhouette captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover bears an uncanny resemblance to “jellyfish” UAP imagery recorded on Earth. But images taken seconds apart point toward a more conventional possibility: a camera artifact, perhaps produced by a cosmic ray. The image becomes a useful reminder that resemblance alone is not evidence of a connection — and that anomalous imagery demands both curiosity and caution.

 

 

 

 

Dolly Parton’s Other Legacy: Clairvoyance, Angels and the Mysteries of Appalachia

Beyond her extraordinary musical and cultural legacy, Dolly Parton spoke openly about clairvoyance within her family, her own intuitive experiences and encounters she considered possibly supernatural.