Congressional updates
- Representative Eric Burlison sent formal letters to the FBI and CIA seeking records on Brazil's famous 1996 Varginha UAP case, often called "Brazil's Roswell." The Missouri Republican requested the documents after personally meeting with case witnesses, aiming to challenge previous CIA FOIA denials that invoked national security exemptions.
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PURSUE declassification
- A newly declassified report from the Department of War reveals details of a September 1, 2015 "silent" UAP detection near the Pantex Plant nuclear facility in Amarillo, Texas. Ground surveillance radar detected an unknown propulsion-less craft flying west of the high-security facility at 7:10 a.m. before it tracked on a northerly trajectory.
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Scientific & cultural tracking
- Data analysis comparing historic UFO sighting records indicates that the advent of the broadband era correlates with a dramatic boom in reports. Average annual UFO filings rose 15-fold during the early internet era (1995–2004) and spiked more than 31-fold (averaging 4,375 reports annually) once broadband became widely adopted between 2005 and 2013, highlighting how easier reporting access drove the data surge.
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