The sky over your city has gone the wrong colour. Not blue, not storm-grey, but a flat yellow or dirty orange, with a sun behind it dim enough to stare straight at. There is no storm overhead and nothing burning nearby. So if you are wondering why is the sky yellow today, the honest short … Read more
🔔 Updated August 9, 2026: A fifth tranche has since been released on August 7, 2026. See our breakdown of Pentagon UFO Files Tranche 5 for what’s new. The short version: On July 10, 2026, the Department of War published Pentagon UFO Files Tranche 4 — the fourth batch of declassified records in the government’s … Read more
Daylight Saving Time (DST) was introduced to make better use of natural daylight and reduce energy consumption during wartime. It was first seriously proposed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but it only became widespread during World War I. Contrary to popular belief, it was not created to help farmers. Many farmers opposed … Read more
You step outside and the sun is the wrong colour. Not the usual white glare, but a dull red or burnt orange disc you can almost look straight at, hanging in a sky that has turned milky and grey. Nothing is on fire near you. So you reach for your phone and ask the obvious … Read more
On June 29, 2026, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the largest, most powerful particle accelerator ever built — is going dark, sparking a wave of online searches and a fair amount of internet myth. This CERN shutdown has already sparked a wave of online searches. The real reason has nothing to do with reality … Read more
Germany and much of Europe are sweltering through their second major heatwave in barely a month, with temperatures running 14 to 18 degrees Celsius above normal for late June in some areas. France, Spain, Switzerland and the UK have all broken June temperature records this week, and the German Weather Service (DWD) has issued extreme … Read more
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeast coast on June 25, 2026, rattling the Tohoku region hard enough to suspend Shinkansen bullet train service and prompt the government to set up an emergency response team. Given Japan’s history with devastating tsunamis — most notably the catastrophic 2011 Tohoku disaster — many people braced for … Read more
On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Capitol hosted the most institutionally serious public event on UAP transparency to date: the Disclosure Forum 2026. Held in the Kennedy Caucus Room — the same Senate room where the Watergate and Army–McCarthy hearings once played out — the forum brought sitting members of Congress, scientists, and former national … Read more
Most bridges are built to get you across a body of water as quickly and directly as possible. The Laguna Garzón Bridge in Uruguay does the opposite. Instead of a straight line, it sends every car, cyclist, and pedestrian around a full circle before letting them continue on their way. It looks like a design … Read more
The short version: Pentagon UFO Files Tranche 3 — officially PURSUE Release 03 — dropped on June 12, 2026, containing 53 documents, 10 digital renderings, 6 videos, and 3 NASA audio recordings. The most significant items are a CIA-sourced report on a disc-shaped object over Zimbabwe’s Harare airport, five federal law enforcement agents describing a … Read more