public notes / source-first / no certainty theater

Public notes on UAP files, frontier science, strange claims, and source records.

Editorial illustration of a sepia parchment map of southern China showing Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces with three small rust pin markers at the named sighting clusters and a tracked caption.

Jul 09 / News

The March 2025 China UFO wave that one Sohu blog turned into a 'study'

In early March 2025, glowing objects crossed the night sky over Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan. CCTV had already noted the "seven-planet alignment" was a non-event. Three named local astronomers said the videos showed re-entry debris. One Sohu blog called it a "study." The public record has the first three versions. It does not have the fourth.

mailing list / notes

Occasional notes by email.

New release notes, case files, and useful corrections. Sent occasionally, not on a fixed schedule.

You will get a confirmation email. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy details.

Check your inbox to confirm the subscription.

Latest notes

full archive
Alien Autopsy taught FOX how to put a body on screen — and the courts are still sorting out who made it On 28 August 1995, FOX aired "Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction?" to an 8.1 share. On 26 February 2026, Judge Richard Hacon ruled the cameraman had signed away his rights in 2002 and 2006 and ordered him to pay Mindhouse's £17,000 in costs. The footage never held as evidence. The format did. The March 2025 China UFO wave that one Sohu blog turned into a 'study' In early March 2025, glowing objects crossed the night sky over Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan. CCTV had already noted the "seven-planet alignment" was a non-event. Three named local astronomers said the videos showed re-entry debris. One Sohu blog called it a "study." The public record has the first three versions. It does not have the fourth. An exorcist's UAP theory cost him his archdiocese role Monsignor Stephen Rossetti was removed as Washington's Chief Exorcist after linking UAPs to demons, exposing the boundaries between private ministry and public UAP theories. Inverted teardrop object with vertical mass over Gulf of Oman (PR29) A declassified Department of War file, DOW-UAP-PR29, details a June 2024 incident where US Northern Command tracked an inverted teardrop object with a vertical mass over the Gulf of Oman. short note Why UFO claims keep ending at private contractors The latest UAP cycle keeps pointing away from agencies and toward private contractors. That does not prove a hidden retrieval program. It shows where public-record tools, congressional letters, and FOIA requests start to hit walls. Mike Gold says NASA's UAP team did not get the archive case Mike Gold told NewsNation that NASA's UAP Independent Study Team was not an investigation of decades of NASA UFO archive claims. The new hook is what comes next: a Disclosure Foundation effort to review NASA material. short note Lue Elizondo says blue orbs led two dogs into a Utah field In a July 7 Niconico interview, Luis Elizondo described blue orbs at a Utah research site, red orbs near Alabama test helicopters, and the contractor gap around UFO/UAP research. short note Billy Meier's UFO photos outlived the case against them Billy Meier's UFO photos did not need the case to stay clean. The images became their own object, traveling through books, posters, television, and internet lists. short note Japan UAP timeline: from the 2024 Diet security track to Kihara's case-by-case answer Japan's UAP story is short and cautious. Lawmakers began framing UAP as a security issue in 2024, the first U.S. PURSUE release arrived in May 2026, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara answered in narrow terms. The May 28 proposal asks for a Cabinet-level coordination point. Forty lights over Wisconsin, and what the county map already knew Wisconsin's March 2026 UFO cluster and a 2023 county-level study both point at the same pattern: UAP reports cluster where air traffic, military activity, and dark skies overlap. short note Where to point the camera if you actually want to see something strange Six places where the sky is genuinely darker than your backyard and the folklore has earned its weight — because real instruments, or real witnesses, keep showing up beside it. Area 52 was a name in a phone book before it was a meme Area 52 was not a joke first. The name was in an April 1965 Atomic Energy Commission directory, on a classified Nevada range that the Department of Energy still runs through Sandia. The cartoon, the bands, and the cannabis market all came later. Ummo turned a UFO hoax into letterhead Ummo did not need a famous saucer photo. The Spanish UFO hoax lived on paper: typed letters, a symbol, and a claimed civilization arriving through the mail. short note The alien signal may already be in the archive The old SETI picture was a radio hello from another star. The newer search is stranger and more technical: optical and infrared beams, archived spectra, Rubin Observatory alert streams, and anomaly detection at survey scale. Avi Loeb's UAP Science Advisory Council launches website, reveals member roster The UAP Science Advisory Council led by Avi Loeb has launched its public portal, confirming its advisory role for the UAP Governance Board and revealing a membership roster that includes both UAP advocates and scientific skeptics. short note The Congo uranium mine saucers entered the CIA file The title almost writes the myth by itself: flying saucers over Belgian Congo uranium mines. The CIA page is real. It is also marked unevaluated. Japan Kihara UAP Footage: Official Defense Ministry Files Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara confirmed Japan reviewed U.S. UAP footage. Here is what the official records say. Tracing the "Four Alien Species" UFO Claim: Facts & Origins Hal Puthoff gave a careful answer on The Diary of a CEO. Within days, it was moving as a four alien species UFO headline.

More recent notes

open archive
Alien Autopsy taught FOX how to put a body on screen — and the courts are still sorting out who made it The March 2025 China UFO wave that one Sohu blog turned into a 'study' An exorcist's UAP theory cost him his archdiocese role Short note: Inverted teardrop object with vertical mass over Gulf of Oman (PR29) Why UFO claims keep ending at private contractors Short note: Mike Gold says NASA's UAP team did not get the archive case Short note: Lue Elizondo says blue orbs led two dogs into a Utah field Short note: Billy Meier's UFO photos outlived the case against them Japan UAP timeline: from the 2024 Diet security track to Kihara's case-by-case answer Short note: Forty lights over Wisconsin, and what the county map already knew Where to point the camera if you actually want to see something strange Area 52 was a name in a phone book before it was a meme Short note: Ummo turned a UFO hoax into letterhead The alien signal may already be in the archive Short note: Avi Loeb's UAP Science Advisory Council launches website, reveals member roster The Congo uranium mine saucers entered the CIA file Japan Kihara UAP Footage: Official Defense Ministry Files Tracing the "Four Alien Species" UFO Claim: Facts & Origins Mars is rewriting the search for life — one careful word at a time Short note: Luna teases new UAP assurance: "Without a doubt, the phenomenon is real" Burlison describes a 'Lone Gunmen' caucus with Grusch on American Alchemy 099 The Stasi Looked for UFO Debris in Halle Short note: French National Assembly UAP Colloquium: The French method on display Project Sign ended in February 1949 with an open verdict. The Estimate of the Situation did not. Short note: Loeb's UAP council asked the Pentagon for 50 files. It has no clearance to see classified evidence. Burlison told NewsNation the FBI filmed the same plasma orbs in U.S. neighborhoods The "I cannot discuss this" sentence, in five UAP witnesses' words Short note: Fourteen missing scientists is not an FBI tally Short note: Council Bluffs sat on 35 pounds of molten metal for 44 years. Then a Stanford lab looked at it. Short note: The CARET drones looked like a leak from the future Six thousand planets. No finished life claim. Coulthart says Elizondo worked inside the legacy program East Germany didn't believe in UFOs. Its security files did. Short note: Greer to White House: contradict me in writing by August 29, or the files go public The East German flying saucer reached the CIA as a clipping Spielberg tells StarTalk "they're here", Koepp confirms the access

Reference files

all explainers

place explainer

Tikaboo Peak The old public Area 51 overlook, now tied to access and closure questions.

site explainer

Dreamland Resort Observer site, archive, and useful source chain; not an official record.

place explainer

Extraterrestrial Highway Real Nevada road, tourism route, and UFO mythology carrier.

place explainer

Reveille Peak Longer-distance geography after Tikaboo became a live access question.

Watching now

all topics

video lane

PURSUE Release 02 clips PR055, PR067, PR098, Lake Huron, Syria, and the gap between file names, social circulation, DVIDS records, and visible behavior.

records lane

Congress and contractor files MITRE, MIT Lincoln, preservation requests, search certifications, sponsor control, and what a no-records answer would still have to show.

official wording

International UAP records Japan, Chile, SEFAA, foreign archives, reporting offices, and cases where local wording changes how a U.S. release gets read.