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288 stories in 16 editions · page 5 of 12
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Princess Diana's Reported Dealings With Mediums and the Spirit World Examined
A Spooky Isles piece says the late princess sought out mediums, believed in reincarnation and reportedly met with ghostly encounters.
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Alaskan 'Base Camp' of 13,800 Years Past Offers Clues to Bridge Between Two Continents
A University of Kansas-led team reports that tools and living areas at Shég' Xdaltth'í' may link the peoples on either side of the Beringia Land Bridge.
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Poster Asks the Boards: Am I the Cosmic Joke? Twenty-Six Replies Offer Mirrors, Laughter and a Boltzmann Brain
An anonymous /x/ user who reports a large dose of LSD and a rearranging reality asks whether he is God; the thread answers in riddles, verse and rebuke.
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Webb Telescope Watches Water Clouds Thicken and Thin on Frigid Star-That-Wasn't
Astronomers report the first direct confirmation of changing water-cloud patterns on a world beyond the solar system, some 7.5 light-years away.
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Hashtag-Shaped Object Reported Drifting Over Virginia Beach Shoreline in Broad Daylight
A Reddit user, silent for years, asks fellow believers whether they too have seen something in the sky they could not explain.
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Pluto Resumes Forward March at 3° Aquarius; Astrologers Advise Citizens to Expect Wolves at the Door
A writer at Era of Light reports that the distant planet's turn to direct motion, joined by a square with retrograde Venus, will stir old fears and, with luck, new purpose.
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NASA Chief Keeps an Open Mind on Alien Life, Eyes 'Sputnik Moment' on Strange Skies
Administrator Jared Isaacman says NASA has a seat at the table on UAP reports, while the Pentagon releases further declassified files.
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Ouija Board Survey Results Published; 58% Call Board a Tool for Spirit Contact
Higgypop posts the full findings of a survey on how the public regards the talking board, though the scraped page offers few further particulars.
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Hill Abduction Still the Yardstick, Final Chapter of Book on Route 3 Case Concludes
The closing episode of Darren Marlar's audio book on Betty and Barney Hill revisits the 1961 encounter, the folklorist who called it the template, and the divide between what was seen and what was recalled.
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Blogger Finds Tic-Tac Shape Inside Glowing Light in Government's Sixth UAP Release
Scott C. Waring says enlarged screenshots of a Colorado police officer's 15-minute phone video reveal a craft six times larger than the light itself.
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Grey Beast the Size of a Bear Crosses Indiana Backroad in Pre-Dawn Hours
A college student on fall break says she and her father braked for what she took to be a deer, only to see something far larger and faster.
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Stone Clock of Puebla Said to Pre-Date Maya Rivals by Centuries
Archaeologists with Mexico's INAH report that a vast complex at Teteles de Ávila Castillo served as a solar observatory some 2,500 years ago.
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Harvard Astrophysicist Asks Former Pentagon UFO Chief: Where Is the Evidence?
Avi Loeb says testimony, however credible, is no substitute for physical material or data, after Jay Stratton's claims of recovered nonhuman craft.
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Orb Performs Encore Over Porch Tree For Mushroom Hiker and Sober Companion
A Reddit user in r/Experiencers recounts a garlic-patch egg craft and a later, theatrically timed orb of light.
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· Fringe Science & Earth Changes
Green Star, Long Thought Impossible, Is Found Among the Dead Suns
Astronomers report the first known white dwarf that would appear green to the human eye, along with pink, cyan, yellow and purple cousins.
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Army Officer's 1983 Gateway Report Surfaces Again, Minus Its Famous Page 25
The Black Vault republishes a 29-page assessment of hemisphere-synchronization training, along with an account of the long hunt for one absent leaf.
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Late Lockheed Satellite Chief's Talk on Soul and Light Resurfaces Among UFO Enthusiasts
A Reddit user calls a presentation by the late Jim Ryder one of the most interesting items online, though the post's claims about him rest largely on secondhand attribution.
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Machines Asked to Judge 'The Key'; Verdict: The Master Was Likely Strieber's Own Mind
A reader's multi-program analysis of Whitley Strieber's 1990s account concludes the book's value lies in its ethics, not its cosmology or its prophecies.
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· Fringe Science & Earth Changes
Magicians' Tricks and a Candle Flame Raise Old Questions About Whether Mind Shapes Matter
A digest item pairs a Madrid study of magic tricks with a Noetic Sciences experiment in which observers allegedly dimmed a flame by intention.
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Macaque Accused of Pond Assault on Cat, Then Turns on Homeowner in Garden
A 49-year-old man in Shunan City says a wild monkey flung a stray into his pond before leaping upon his back.
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Tesla Roadster Said to Drive Up Ramp, Turn Upside-Down, Land Hovering
Elon Musk tells a Texas audience the new rocket-assisted car will reach 60 mph in 0.81 seconds and begin production in 2028.
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Thread Welcomes 'The Nobody,' Said to Command Reality, as 1,150 Replies Wander Off to Spam and Backpacks
An opening post on 4chan's /x/ board describes a man of no fame said to carry the Logos, while the discussion below turns to moderators, mania and canned meat.
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Meditating Student Reports Faint White Smoke Rising From Palms
A Reddit user says a month of meditation in college brought a sense of unseen company and wisps that vanished when the practice stopped.
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Buenos Aires Sparrows Taught Lost Songs From Hand-Drawn Notes of the 1960s
Scientists used decades-old annotations and a computer to coax a dwindling bird population back into song, according to Futility Closet.
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President Leaves Door Ajar on Alien Disclosure: "I'm Looking"
In a White House interview, Mr. Trump recounted talks with Air Force pilots but gave no timetable and no direct answer on visitors from elsewhere.
