This is the second of a three-part guide! Please check out part one here and part three here.

Cruzeiro

Full name	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Nickname	Raposa (Fox)
Stadium	Mineirão (66,658), Belo Horizonte
2023 Season	14th place
Kits	Home - Away - Third
Best Campaign	Champions (1966, 2003, 2013, 2014)
Manager	Fernando Seabra
Predicted Finish	14th

Recovering Fantastic Mr Fox

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Founded in 1921 as Palestra Itália by a group of Italian immigrants, Cruzeiro were forced to change their name after Brazil entered World War II in 1942. The new name picked is a reference to the Southern Cross, a constellation in the southern hemisphere that’s part of the identity of many southern nations, being represented in the Brazilian, Australian and Kiwi national flags. Cruzeiro is one of the giants of Brazilian football, being a multiple-time Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil and Libertadores champion, while also being one of the two only teams to have won a domestic triple crown: the state, national cup and national league titles in the same year. The other club to have done that are their fierce city rivals, Atlético Mineiro.
After winning back to back Copa do Brasil titles in 2017 and 2018, Cruzeiro’s fall from grace was quick and very public. Dealing with huge financial problems and a toxic player squad, the team was relegated to the Brazilian Série B for the first time in its history. After two seasons of bottom-half second division finishes, it seemed even faith itself had abandoned the Raposa. Until, in December 2021, Ronaldo Nazario bought Cruzeiro. The Phenomenon is a Cruzeiro academy product and has bought the club both as a gesture of gratitude for his youth club, but also, and specially, as an undervalued asset in need of investment for a turnaround. After winning the Brasileirão Série B in 2022, Cruzeiro returned to top-flight and only escaped relegation on the second-to-last round, finishing 14th and getting the last spot for the Sudamericana.
2024 started with an early elimination in the Copa do Brasil to Sousa, a team with a fat dinosaur giving a thumbs up with a ball on his feet as its crest. After losing the Campeonato Mineiro finals to Atlético Mineiro, manager Nicolás Larcamón was fired, being replaced by Fernando Seabra, a former Cruzeiro academy coach on his first job at the helm of a senior squad. Not a lot is expected from Cruzeiro this year, a top-half finish would be seen as a big success. But with the backing of the supporters, and the potential for a continental cup run, who knows?

Starting XI	(4-2-3-1) Rafael Cabral; William, Neris, Zé Ivaldo, Marlon; Lucas Romero, Lucas Silva; Mateus Vital, Matheus Pereira, Arthur Gomes; Juan Dinenno
Fun fact	Cruzeiro’s mascot, the fox, was picked in 1945 as a reference to a former club president’s shrewdness in business-making, one that Ronaldo tries to replicate in his approach to transfers. It’s also an obvious reference to the mascot of their rivals Atletico Mineiro, as foxes hunt roosters.
Familiar face	José Cifuentes: the player with the most international caps on the team (20), the Equatorian midfielder is on loan from Rangers.
Star of the show	Matheus Pereira: on loan from Al Hilal, he’s the main offensive weapon for the team, with one goal and four assists in the state championship. His loan ends soon and Cruzeiro is trying to make it a permanent deal, but values scare the board.
Wild card	Gabriel Veron: signing on a no-cost loan from Porto (see a pattern?), Veron arrived with big expectations, got injured days after signing, but reportedly is almost ready to return.

Cuiabá

Full name	Cuiabá Esporte Clube
Nickname	Dourado (Dorado)
Stadium	Arena Pantanal (44,097), Cuiabá
2023 Season	12th place
Kits	Home - Away - Third
Best Campaign	12th place (2023)
Manager	Luiz Fernando Iubel (interim)
Predicted Finish	15th

The Road to El Dorado

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Located deep into the Centre-West region, surrounded by the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado savanna and the Pantanal wetlands, Cuiabá are perhaps the most remote among Brasileirão clubs. The youngest among all current top-flight clubs as well, Cuiabá was founded in 2001 and soon established local dominance, being the thirteen-time Campeonato Mato-grossense champions, collecting its most recent trophy this year. The club’s ascent through the national pyramid was similarly fast-paced, climbing from the Brasileirão Série D to top-flight in a mere ten years.
With the proud distinction of being one of the three Brasileirão sides yet to experience relegation to the Brasileirão Série B, Cuiabá expect to, for the fourth consecutive season, avoid that fate on a shoestring budget. Placing 12th on the 2023 season with the lowest payroll in top-flight, Cuiabá lost the mastermind of the campaign, manager António Oliveira, along with one of the team’s highlights, defensive midfielder Raniele, both to Corinthians for the 2024 season.
Still, there’s hope for Cuiabá on their endeavour to stay up. The club counts on the services of the mad lad striker Deyverson, who earned fame by scoring on Flamengo to earn Palmeiras their third Libertadores title in 2021 and joined Cuiabá in 2022, instantly becoming the side’s talisman and main goalscorer. His main partner in crime is Paraguayan journeyman Isidro Pitta, who helps his side’s direct game with his imposing build and height. The side, however, remains on the search for a new manager since the departure of Oliveira, with interim substitute Luiz Fernando Iubel not expected to guide the team for the 2024 campaign in spite of spending over two months in charge.

Starting XI	(4-3-3) Walter; Ramon, Marllon, Bruno Alves, Matheus Alexandre; Lucas Mineiro, Fernando Sobral, Guilherme Madruga; Clayson, Deyverson, Isidro Pitta.
Fun fact	The geodesic centre of South America is located in Cuiabá, and the team’s crest depicts the monument erected at its exact place.
Familiar face	Deyverson, with spells at Belenenses, Köln, Levante, Alavés and Getafe, is certainly the side’s most recognisable face.
Star of the show	Deyverson is the side’s reference and star player alongside Walter, the club’s third-most capped player in history.
Wild card	23-year-old defensive midfielder and Puskás Award recipient Guilherme Madruga has claimed a starting spot at the team after joining from Brasileirão Série B side Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto.

Flamengo

Full name	Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
Nickname	Fla, Mengão, Rubro-Negro (Red-and-Black), Urubu (Vulture)
Stadium	Maracanã (78,838), Rio de Janeiro
2023 Season	4th
Kits	Home - Away - Third
Best Campaign	Champions (1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1992, 2009, 2019, 2020)
Manager	Tite
Predicted Finish	1st

Soaring New Heights

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Founded on November 15, 1895, Flamengo are one of the biggest clubs in Brazil, with the biggest football fan base in South America. Throughout its history, Flamengo have won eight Brasileirão, three Libertadores and four Copa do Brasil titles. The Rubro-Negro won the 2022 Libertadores with an amazing record of 12 wins and 1 draw, the first time ever it was achieved on the competition.
2023 was a disastrous year for Flamengo’s standards. The board decided not to renew Dorival Júnior’s contract after having won the Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil the year before, as he was rumored to join the Brazil national team. Then, Flamengo announced Vitor Pereira as the new head coach. Due to internal turmoil on and off the pitch, Fla lost to Al-Hilal in the Club World Cup semi-finals and lost to Fluminense in the Campeonato Carioca finals. After that, Sampaoli was appointed manager, but he lost the dressing room as his fitness coach punched Pedro because the player refused to warm up when he was about to be subbed in a 2-1 win against Atlético Mineiro. Sampaoli left Flamengo in 3rd place, 11 points behind leaders Botafogo but only 4 points ahead of 7th place Fortaleza.
Under Tite, who joined Flamengo in the second part of last season, Fla got relatively better and it was enough to qualify to 2024’s Copa Libertadores. In 2024, Fla have the best defense of all teams in Brazil so far, with only 3 goals conceded in 16 official matches. Now Tite has good players at his disposal all over the pitch, as Flamengo signed De La Cruz from River Plate to strengthen the midfield and defensive additions such as Viña and Léo Ortiz. Tite commands Flamengo on a 4-3-3 formation, with Erick Pulgar as the defensive midfielder, Nicolás de la Cruz as a box-to-box midfielder on the right side and Arrascaeta as the creative midfielder. Pedro is the centre-forward, helped by Éverton Cebolinha on the left and Luiz Araújo on the right. Fla play a possession-controlling game, but Tite can switch to a more direct game if needed.

Starting XI	(4-2-3-1) Rossi, Varela, Fabrício Bruno, Léo Pereira, Ayrton Lucas; Pulgar, Nicolás de la Cruz, Arrascaeta; Luiz Araújo, Pedro, Éverton Cebolinha.
Fun fact	Until the 60’s, Popeye the Sailor was the club’s mascot. However, rival fans used to call Flamengo fans “urubus” (vultures) pejoratively. On May 31, 1969, four Flamengo fans joined Maracanã with a hidden vulture on the bag. The rubro-negro was on a 4 year winless streak against Botafogo, but that vulture was released before the game with a Flamengo’s flag in its feet (just like Benfica’s and Lazio’s eagles) and Fla won 2-1. Since then, the Urubu has been the club’s mascot.
Familiar face	David Luiz is Flamengo’s most known player worldwide, as he played for Benfica, Chelsea, PSG and Arsenal and now he makes the bench for the Rubro-Negro.
Star of the show	Flamengo has arguably the best player in the country in the honors of Giorgian De Arrascaeta, a midfielder that mixes magic with effectiveness.
Wild card	Matheus Gonçalves and Igor Jesus are already impact subs and they may have chances throughout the season. Lorran is the newest hot prospect of the club.

Fluminense

Full name	Fluminense Football Club
Nickname	Flu, Nense, Time de Guerreiros (Warriors’ Team)
Stadium	Maracanã (78,838), Rio de Janeiro
2023 Season	7th place
Kits	Home - Away - Third
Best Campaign	Champions (1970, 1984, 2010, 2012)
Manager	Fernando Diniz
Predicted Finish	5th

The First Year of the Rest of Our Lives

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2023 was amazing — the greatest year in Fluminense's almost 122-year-long history. We started the year by beating Flamengo 4-1 to win the Campeonato Carioca and finished it by putting an end to the long night of July 2nd, 2008, it was amazing. But now it is time to look into the present. This year Fluminense started their campaign focused on beating Liga de Quito at the Recopa Sudamericana final — objective completed, but it ended costing us the rest of the Campeonato Carioca, where we were beat by Flamengo on the semifinals with a dreadful display.
After weeks of practice and better conditioning, we hope that the Campeões da América get back on their feet and start strong on our campaign towards the fifth Brasileirão title. Fluminense starts a new league season after a reasonable 7th place last year, whereas our attention was so directed to winning our first Libertadores title that we actually started neglecting the league in August.
After reinforcing the squad by signing players such as former Brazil internationals Renato Augusto and Douglas Costa, bringing David Terans from Pachuca and Gabriel Pires from Botafogo and loaning in Marquinhos from Arsenal, the squad is in better shape for taking on a very long Brazilian season, and we have the prospect (and hope) of bringing Thiago Silva back in July — let's see how this goes. Under Fernando Diniz, Fluminense play on a very "different" style, building from the back on extreme situations and focusing on grouping a lot of players in one side and building up on that same side, while having a lethal striker such as Germán Cano in the box, scoring at least 40 goals a year, as he did in 2022 and 2023.

Starting XI	(4-2-3-1) Fábio; Samuel Xavier, Manoel, Felipe Melo, Marcelo; André, Martinelli, Ganso; Jhon Arias, Germán Cano, Marquinhos.
Fun fact	Fábio will beat Zé Roberto's record and turn into the oldest player in Brasileirão history this season.
Familiar face	Fernando Diniz was the Brazil manager up until January; European fans might be surprised by Felipe Melo, Marcelo, Ganso, Douglas Costa and Renato Augusto playing together; Arsenal fans might see Marquinhos featuring in a lot of matches.
Star of the show	Jhon Arias. The Colombian is poised for his breakout season as the main man.
Wild card	John Kennedy. Our boy, our Menino Rei, the one who brought it home. After having the best season of his career and placing himself on his own legend tier, JK is a bet for giving Diniz a selection headache. Maybe other kinds of headaches too, but hopefully just a selection one.

Fortaleza

Full name	Fortaleza Esporte Clube
Nickname	Leão (the Lion), Laion, Tricolor de Aço (Iron Squad), Clube da Garotada (Children’s Club)
Stadium	Arena Castelão (63,903), Fortaleza
2023 Season	10th place
Kits	Home - Away - Third
Best Campaign	Runners-up (1960, 1968)
Manager	Juan Pablo Vojvoda
Predicted Finish	11th

“He who always come, eventually win” - Marcelo Paz

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Fortaleza starts 2024 more than trying to get his pride together after the heartbreak in the 2023 Copa Sudamericana final against LDU from Ecuador and the awful spell that, in the last case, made the team think of relegation late in the championship in one of the tightest Brasileirão of all time, starts the year with the mission of living up the expectation that he constructs around himself as long he keeps building one of the most admire ascensions in recent Brazilian football history. The team now works to solidify the idea that he has to be on the first page of the Brasileirão, keeping the base squad that brought so much success to the team, as long he recovers from the defeat at the Manjadinho’s final against the fierce rival and aiming high regionally, nationally and, maybe, internationally as long attract the eyes of Brazil in answering what's next for after Punta del Leste.
Founded in 1918 by a Brazilian student called Alcides Santos, fascinated with the French colors (what explains the red, blue, and white) and with football in his popularization in France and the world, Fortaleza after 2017 and eight years of hurt in the Série C, experiment his greatest rise since the 60's and his runner-ups participations in the Taça Brasil, the Brasileirão predecessor, being stopped only by the mighty Palmeiras' Academia de Futebol and Botafogo of the also mighty Leonidas. In this rise, Fortaleza collected a five-peat of the Campeonato Cearense, Ceará's state championship, two successes in the Copa do Nordeste (the regional cup) in 2019 and 2022, a Série B title in 2018, a semifinal of the Copa do Brasil in 2021 and, last year, his highest when, in a campaign with victories against greats of the South American game like Libertad and Corinthians, ended up being runners-up of the Copa Sudamericana in a fierce decision against a experimented rival in LDU. Always supported by the "Torcida VAB" (RBW, red-blue-white) which are being known for its creative tifos, being one of the stable top 10 in the country of occupation and average audience in the good and the bad.
Commanded by his manager Juan Pablo Vojvoda, an outsider who arrived in 2021, after a disaster in the succession of the mighty Rogério Ceni, coming from the history runners-up season at Unión La Calera in Chile. Vojvoda wins hearts and minds with his devotion to the project, refusing consistently big names of the game like Atlético Mineiro, Corinthians, Vasco, and São Paulo, and his catchphrase, impressed in walls, photos, and especially minds of the players in the Alcides Santos Excellency Center in the heart of the city: "Intensidad". "Intensity" in Spanish. Vojvoda comes to one more year solidifying his status as GOAT in Fortaleza's managerial realm. Taking part in the 4th, 5th of the series of five titles in Campeonato Cearense, the title of 2022 Copa do Nordeste, and the runner-up campaign in the 2023 Sudamericana.

Starting XI	(3-5-2) João Ricardo, Titi, Emanuel Britez, Benjamin Kuscevic; Tinga, Bruno Pacheco; Hércules, Zé Wélison, Kervin Andrade; Juan Martín Lucero, Imanol Machuca.
Fun fact	A Hungarian journalist called Áron Aranyossy, inspired by a feeling of monotony in his coverage, got to Twitter and asked for inspiration. After starting to talk with supporters and other journalists, Fortaleza got in his mind, he started to follow the team in 2019 and, at the same time, he created Erod FC. A Fortaleza filial with the same crest, colors, and name (Erod in Hungarian means Fortaleza) and even got the nickname "Gringo do Pici".
Familiar face	Marinho was at the top of South America in 2021 when he led Santos to a surprising appearance in the Libertadores final. However, his career took a downturn when he moved to Flamengo. In 2023, he joined Fortaleza's squad and experienced highs and lows. Notably, he scored a spectacular free-kick against Libertad in the Sudamericana during a crucial moment, earning him some credit and support from fans.
Star of the show	Kervin Andrade has captured the attention of blue-red-white supporters. The young Venezuelan midfielder, hailed by The Guardian as one of the best of the 2005 generation of players, was brought from Deportivo La Guaira. He showcased his skills in the Copa São Paulo in January and quickly caught the eye of Vojvoda. With the squad lacking a "camisa 10" capable of orchestrating the game and creating chances, he has proven himself and aims to impress not only in Brazil but also in Venezuela, having received his first call-up in the last international window. Additionally, he made his international debut against Guatemala in the same window.
Wild card	Yago Pikachu is one of the leaders of this squad. Versatile, playing in the attacking wing, the wing back position, and most recently, as a forward in front of the goal coming from the reserves, he aims to prove even more that he wants to be in the pantheon of Tricolor's heroes, just like Tinga and Marcelo Boeck.

Grêmio

Full name	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Nickname	Tricolor Gaúcho, Imortal (Immortals), Rei de Copas (King of Cups)
Stadium	Arena do Grêmio (55,396), Porto Alegre
2023 Season	2nd place
Kits	Home (2023) - Away - Third
Best Campaign	Champions (1981, 1996)
Manager	Renato Portaluppi
Predicted Finish	6th

The best defense is a good offense

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The last few years have been a rollercoaster of emotions for the Tricolor Gaúcho. After an unexpected relegation in 2021 and a steady yet unremarkable campaign to bounce back up from the second division in 2022, Grêmio's first year back among Brazil's elite was nearly perfect: led by the legendary Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez, the Imortal achieved a surprising second-place finish, only 2 points behind champions Palmeiras. However, despite the commendable showing from Renato Portaluppi's side, the end of the year was also a bitter one for gremistas as star-man Suárez confirmed his departure to Inter Miami, following a remarkable season in which El Pistolero netted 17 goals and provided 11 assists in 33 games.
To bolster their attacking options, Grêmio have opted for depth. Former Atlético de Madrid and Chelsea striker Diego Costa was the man chosen to lead the attack, while the fun-sized Venezuelan international Yeferson Soteldo (on loan from Santos) and former Boca Juniors, LA Galaxy and Atlético Mineiro's Cristian Pavón have been signed to strengthen the wings. In contrast, gremistas might feel like the defensive sector of the team has been neglected by the board. Despite conceding a worrying total of 56 goals in the league last season (the third-worst defensive record in the league overall, and the worst among the 16 teams that avoided relegation), the club is yet to announce any significant signings for their aging backline.
The start of the year has been promising for the Tricolores, as the team recently conquered their seventh consecutive Campeonato Gaúcho title following a 3-1 win on aggregate against fellow Brasileirão side Juventude, which brought them a step closer to equaling rivals Internacional's record eight-year title streak (from 1970 to 1978). However, eyebrows have been raised after Grêmio's bumpy start to their Libertadores campaign, recording two 2-0 losses against Bolivian side The Strongest and Chilean side Huachipato. On the pitch, the fluidity and chemistry between the attackers shows promise, but the team's slow defensive transitions have led to some concerning gaps in marking, resulting in worryingly eventful matches.

Starting XI	(4-2-3-1) Caíque; João Pedro, Rodrigo Ely, Kannemann, Reinaldo; Villasanti, Pepê, Pavón, Cristaldo, Gustavo Nunes; Diego Costa.
Fun fact	The first-ever match between rivals Grêmio and Internacional was a 10:0 thrashing… On Grêmio’s favour.
Familiar face	The Brazilian-born Spanish international Diego Costa is the most recognizable face within the squad. With successful spells at Atlético de Madrid and Chelsea, Diego was the man tasked with replacing Luis Suárez. The Spanish striker was one of Grêmio's key players in their recent Campeonato Gaúcho title, scoring six goals in six games.
Star of the show	Paraguayan defensive midfielder Mathías Villasanti is the current fan favourite at the Arena do Grêmio. Due to his exceptional work rate and athleticism, Villa was a key part of Grêmio's impressive campaign in 2023, which earned him a spot on the official Brasileirão Team of the Season.
Wild card	The Argentinean playmaker Franco Cristaldo is the main responsible for supplying Grêmio's attacking trio, while also providing threat from long range and set pieces. Moreover, the skilled 18 year-old winger Gustavo Nunes has earned a spot in the starting XI after Yeferson Soteldo's injury earlier in the season and should be one of the most exciting youngsters to keep an eye on.

Internacional

Full name	Sport Club Internacional
Nickname	Colorado (Scarlet)
Stadium	Beira-Rio (50,842), Porto Alegre
2023 Season	9th place
Kits	Home - Away
Best Campaign	Champions (1975, 1976, 1979)
Manager	Eduardo Coudet
Predicted Finish	4th

Red with Anger

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Internacional start the 2024 Brasileirão feeling the pressure of a long title drought. Even though the team started the year well, with a 12-game undefeated streak, the team was eliminated in the semifinals of the Campeonato Gaúcho, marking the eighth year in a row without a trophy. The national competition might be a chance of redemption for Internacional, as the team has the most number of second place finishes at the current format of the Brasileirão, with 4. Maybe this year might be the one Internacional supporters have been expecting for so long, as the team hasn’t lifted the Brasileirão trophy since 1979. After the team was eliminated at home in the semi-finals of last year’s Libertadores, the management decided to bring as many quality players as possible, to give the team the tools needed to finally bring home a much expected trophy.
The main problem identified by many journalists and supporters in 2023 was the inability of the team to maintain a high level of play during the 90 minutes of a match. The downgrade of quality between the starters and the bench was the main concern for the team management. Fernando Reges (from Sevilla), Rafael Borré (from Werder Bremen) and Thiago Maia (from Flamengo) are 3 of the many players Internacional added to the team.
Founded in 1909, Internacional are known as the "People’s Club", as it was founded by two men (the Poppe brothers) who were denied entry to Grêmio (Internacional’s biggest rivals) as they were not of German descent. The goal of the club was to accept people from all nationalities, hence the name of the club: Internacional. Also, the club was the first in the Rio Grande do Sul state to accept black players, in the 1920s.

Starting XI	(4-2-3-1) Rochet; Bustos, Vitão, Fernando Reges, Renê; Thiago Maia, Bruno Gomes, Wanderson, Maurício, Alan Patrick; Enner Valencia.
Fun fact	Since the creation of the modern Brasileirão, in 1971, Internacional is the only team which won a championship having no losses during the whole campaign, in 1979.
Familiar face	Enner Valencia, who scored 3 goals at the 2022 World Cup for Ecuador, will be the most recognisable player for foreign followers at the Internacional's team.
Star of the show	Alan Patrick has been the "brain" of the team since his arrival in 2022. After his great season in 2023, he was elected to the "Best XI of South America" by the Uruguayan newspaper "El País".
Wild card	There's a lot of excitement with the arrival of Rafael Borré, as he was an important part on River Plate's 2018 Libertadores win and Eintracht Frankfurt's Europa League trophy won in 2022.

This is the second of a three-part guide! Please check out part one here and part three here.

Honestly, I'm sharing out of the guilty pleasure of getting more feedback on what has become my obsession for the past few days - but, I'm open to being told that this is too much. This started out as "just trying to get a rough idea" but now I'm seeing that it might just be annoying. If you actually look at the times, you'll see I left a bit of wiggle room on some days, like when we'll be at El Yunque.
I'm "committed" to the bnbs, biobay, and UTV rental. I've never been on a vacation of this extent before so I'm kind of overplanning.
All that being said, here is some fantastic reference for anyone looking for itinerary ideas.
My gf says she just wants to show up and play it by ear. That's fine and I'd love that too; but at the same time she'll be looking to me to make decisions the whole time. Having a plan will help me. I wish she'd provide me with more input on what she wants to do, but I keep asking and not getting a whole lot back. She is excited for Vieques, and the airbnbs I've picked.
The ATVs could probably get skipped, but it's something I'd really love to do.
Sorry for a weird post!
Monday

• 3:00am: Wake up
• 4:15am: Leave house
• 5:00am: Park @ Economy Lot
• 5:15am: Shuttle to terminal
• 7:00am: CC Lounge for Breakfast
• 8:00am: Be at gate
• 8:30am: Flight departure
• 12:25pm: Flight Lands
• 1:30pm: Pick up car
• 4:00pm: Check-in @ bnb1
  Dinner @ Platos
  or
  Beach @ Terraplen La Posita de Piñones
  

Tuesday Beach Day:

• Explore the area and chill on the beach

Wednesday El Yunque National Forest:

• 9:00am: Breakfast @ Chupacabras
  
• 10am: La Coca Falls, Yokahu Tower, Juan Diego Falls
  
• 2:30pm: Carabali Rainforest Park ATV Adventure - $230
  
• 5:00pm: Luquillo beach and food
  

Thursday Casual Fun Day:

• 10:00am: Breakfast @ Cafe Serrano
  
• 12:00pm: Cuevas Arenales Caves
  
• 5:00pm: Distrito T-Mobile
  
• 8:00pm: Dinner @ Sea Senor
  
• 12:00am: Santurce
  

Friday Vieques Island:

• 9:00am: Check-out @ bnb1
  
• 9:30am: Breakfast @ Hijos de la Gran Fruta
  
• 12:15pm: (1pm) Ferry Ride to Vieques https://www.puertoricoferry.com/en/ (Ferry to Culebra & Vieques, Marina Dr, Roosevelt. Roads, Ceiba 00735, Puerto Rico)
  
• 3:30pm: UTV Rental
  
• 4:30pm: Check-in @ bnb2
  
• 8:30pm: Clear Bottom Kayak Bio Bay Tour, starts @ 9:30PM Address: Calle Flamboyan, Esperanza, Vieques 00765, Puerto Rico https://www.tainoaquaadventures.com/
  

Saturday Vieques Return:

• 9:00am: Checkout of bnb2
  
• 9:30am: Drop-off UTV
  
• 10:00am: Breakfast @ Rising Roost
  
• 12:00pm: Ferry back to SJ @ 1pm
  
• 3pm: Check-in @ AirBnb3
  
• 5pm: Dinner @ INNATO (Burgers)
  Beach @ Balneario del Escambrón
  Toro Verde Urban Park (Arcade)
  

Sunday Old San Juan:

• 10am: Brunch @ Kaffehause https://www.kaffehaus.com/
  Parque de Los Gatos (Cat Park, tf?)
  Paseo De La Princesa
  The Forts https://www.nps.gov/saju/planyourvisit/index.htm
  Barrachina (Piña Colada)
  

Monday Homebound:

• 4:30am: Arrive at airport and return car
  
• 7:00am: Be at gate
  
• 7:25am: Flight departure
  
• 11:23am: Flight lands
  
• 1:00pm: Home!
  

EDIT: Always want to note that the evenings are mostly left free to do whatever. I figure this is when the most magic happens.

Bombardments, prions, tipping points, and the decline of democracy…
Last Week in Collapse: February 11-17, 2024
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Around Utah’s Great Salt Lake, dust storms are impacting respiratory health of nearby residents. In Libya, although no stranger to devastating flooding, groundwater is surging up in one coastal town, for unknown reasons, undermining buildings and creating the breeding grounds for mosquitoes. A study on “sub-seasonal precipitation anomalies” (week-to-week rainfall discrepancies) in the Middle East suggests that climate patterns in the Indian Ocean will intensify their impact on the Middle East—potentially resulting in future stronger rains in the region, thanks to the Indian Ocean Dipole.
The Keeling Curve—the CO2 ppm readings taken at Mauna Loa—hit new record concentrations last week, peaking at 426.5 ppm. The annual Munich Security Conference convened last week, and said climate change is more dangerous than Russia—and that migration and Islamism are rising fears for Europeans. Security professionals are also concerned about the future of NATO after Trump’s suggestion that NATO ought not to protect “delinquent” countries not meeting their 2% defense commitments.
The average North Atlantic sea surface temperatures continue rising, foreboding a bad hurricane season ahead.
Damage report from the Philippines, where flooding triggered landslides that have now killed, according to current estimates, at least 68 people. A brutal heat wave struck north and South Africa. The American Midwest is emerging from a “lost winter” that’s the warmest on record. A landslide in Türkiye trapped 9 gold miners. A vicious storm in Cyprus blasted Limassol.
Drier than average conditions in Afghanistan over the past 6 months have dropped harvests and worsened hunger. A recent influx of Afghans deported from Pakistan has also complicated the situation and added pressure to resources.
Scientists claim most of the Amazon rainforest could cross its tipping point by 2050. The study’s authors say that stopping deforestation will not be enough; reversing worldwide CO2 emissions would be necessary to safeguard the long-term health of the Amazon. In other words, it’s only a matter of time. Three possible futures of the Amazon were proposed: white-sand savanna, degraded open canopy, and degraded forest.
A recent study in Nature Climate Change suggests that the vast majority of humans support stronger climate mitigation measures—yet action still seems to be lacking. The study, which surveyed about 130,000 people, reportedly found that 69% of respondents were willing to contribute 1% of their income to measures fighting climate change. If that 69% figure seems high, you are not alone; respondents believed the number of people willing to sacrifice 1% of their income for (unspecified) climate actions is much lower than it actually is. In other words, there may be considerably more support for climate actions than we realize.
Experts say that “megafires” are going to become more common moving forward—indeed, in some places, wild “zombie” fires already are. A study into the psychological impact of wildfires concluded that wildfires which began in one country and spread into another had a stronger impact than domestic blazes. Another study into warming on the eastern coast of the U.S. found that 19th century reforestation efforts succeeded, inadvertently, in keeping the coast cool. However, scientists are also saying that reforestation efforts in the African savannah are backfiring and endangering local ecosystems. Land degradation is rapidly shrinking the amount of usable agricultural land.
An ice-free Arctic may also mean a bear-free Arctic. There are about 25,000 polar bears in the wild today—and they’re starting to starve. A recently published study surveying the movement of bears concluded that many polar bears lose more weight when they live on land—compared to ice. Heat waves in the Arctic Circle are the new normal. Meanwhile, Greenland’s vegetation doubled in the last 30 years, as the ice receded, according to a study in Scientific Reports.
The oil spill off the coast of Tobago has spread to Venezuelan waters. Kazakhstan’s mega-methane leak was determined to have been raging for more than 6 months, until it was finally capped last Christmas—after emitting 127,000+ tonnes of CH4.
Japan saw record temperatures for February in many cities. Yet northeast China saw record cold temperatures for February. Some scientists are worried that India could become a new hotbed for locusts in a warmer future. Jeddah also set a new February record minimum temperature, at 26.7 °C (80 °F). Diego Garcia, in the Chagos Archipelago, saw its all-time second-highest temperature on record.
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British Columbia has confirmed its first cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD), and released an initial strategy to combat the prion disease, which has not yet evolved to infect humans. Alaskapox—a zoonotic virus that has probably not yet gone Human-to-Human transmissible—killed one man in Alaska. There have been 7 confirmed human cases of Alaskapox since 2015.
Chronic fatigue syndrome is more than 4x more common for COVID survivors, according to the CDC. Some experts say that many of the “natural” deaths seen in the last 3 years were actually COVID-related. Although vaccines have demonstrated some effectiveness in preventing serious COVID problems, booster vaccination rates are very low in many countries, and unlikely to rise soon. According to WHO data on influenza, worldwide flu cases are spiking right now.
Egypt’s financial and resource difficulties are starting to push Sudanese refugees back out of the country they fled to for safety. The Sudan Civil War is also setting off famine alarms in the region, aggravated by attacks on Red Sea shipping. In Zambia, cholera is surging to its worst levels since 2017.
The Tijuana River is poisoned with a mix of chemicals and drug-resistant pathogens. In West Africa, diphtheria cases have been rising for a few months. Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that affects the respiratory system; there are vaccines, but they are in short supply.
About half of migratory species are declining in population quickly. And the New York Times Opinion section is taking the possibility of a sudden drop in global homo sapiens population fairly seriously.
Hunger and inflation have landed in Argentina. Insurance on Red Sea ships is rising, pricing out some ships and forcing them to make a longer, more polluting detour. Another large Chinese real estate developer is defaulting on some of its bonds. And a growing “debt bomb” in the UK might take down countless pensions alongside the trust of the public.
How much more time does humanity have? Some thinkers, the so-called “neo-luddites,” theorize that this civilization has about five more years left. In an unrelated documentary on doomscrolling by Al Jazeera, our subreddit collapse received a little featurette.
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Pakistan’s election results were finalized, and resulted in a slight majority for the military coalition—though observers predict the new government won’t last long. Meanwhile, in Mali, thousands of IDPs are arriving and putting pressure on an already-scarce commodity market.
The first death occurred in Senegal’s protests, over a presidential election indefinitely postponed. A mass shooting at the Super Bowl victory parade injured 21 and killed 1. Two South African soldiers were killed in the DRC by unspecified militants. Tutsi-led M23 fighters are reportedly moving on Goma, and have allegedly killed 200+ and displaced 52,000+ people over the past few weeks.
Tensions rose in Serbia-Kosovo after Kosovo abandoned the Serbian dinar as their currency and embraced the Euro. Two Chinese fishermen who were trespassing in Taiwanese waters (off the coast of Kinmen) resisted inspection and died after their fleeing boat capsized in the ocean. The Philippines is standing firm in its claims to part of the South China Sea.
Across Europe, farmers protests continue. The UN Secretary-General is warning about hunger-fuelled unrest in the future present, emphasizing the impact climate change has on global crop yields and public order. If you believe the intel, Iran is facing a serious water shortage: reserves of H2O have dropped below 20%... Uzbekistan is also seeing water issues emerging, albeit at a slower pace.
The UN says that January was Haiti’s most violent month in the last two years, with 1,100+ people killed, injured, or kidnapped—including 300 gangsters. Some gangs have reportedly received new ammunition, and the hours-long gun battles have paralyzed society. Since the government collapsed, over 300,000 people have become displaced.
Some industry professionals believe Europe needs to re-arm—and that could take as long as 10 years; a half-decent arsenal would take at least 3 years.
Although a stalemate (?) has set in on the eastern front, Ukraine is winning naval victories against Russia, despite having practically no ships. Recently Ukraine sunk an amphibious landing craft off the coast of Crimea. Russian forces are reportedly close to encircling Avdiivka (pre-War pop: 31,000). Tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides have been slain at the industrial city in Donetsk oblast, in a brutal battle that turns two years old next week. But the battle might not reach its birthday; Ukrainian forces are pulling out, yielding the ruins to Russia. A prominent think tank believes Russia can continue the War for 2 or 3 more years.
Days before the death of Navalny, the White House also revealed that Russia is pursuing a nuclear-armed, space-based, anti-satellite energy weapon—although it’s not clear how capable Russia is of achieving this. A German politician says that he thinks British and French nuclear weapons should prepare to defend Europe. Current U.S. estimates for Russia’s casualties since February 2022 top $215B USD, and 315,000 dead or wounded soldiers.
The Economist released its 84-page Democracy Index 2023, and it claims we are in an “Age of Conflict.” All regions of the world, except Europe, saw a decline in democracy, according to the report. Geopolitical rivalries are accelerating conflict across the globe. Deaths in “state-based conflicts” are way up. The average democracy score worldwide is 5.23 (on a 0-10 scale).

“the Democracy Index is based on five categories: electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties….the year was not an auspicious one for democracy….More than one-third of the world’s population live under authoritarian rule (39.4%), a share that has been creeping up….2024 will be the biggest election year since the advent of universal suffrage….drivers of conflict include disputes over borders and territorial issues; sectarianism based on religion and ethnicity; suppression of democratic rights and civil liberties; extremist forms of political Islamism; drug cartels and organised crime; and failed states that do not control their territory and cannot provide security for their citizens….The danger for the US of trying to preserve its influence in the world by resisting international institutional change is that it will encourage an increasingly multipolar world to divide into opposing blocs…” -excerpts from the report

Estimates of 35-80 civilians killed in summary executions in Ethiopia’s Amhara region are emerging. Reports allege that government forces went door-to-door after a battle with Fano militiamen and executed suspected militants/sympathizers in the street; Ethiopia denies this.
As the Israeli Defense Forces prepare for a ground offensive into Rafah, a city in Gaza now sheltering 1,000,000 increasingly desperate people. Yet there is nowhere to go. Lebanon saw its deadliest day since October on Valentine’s Day, when, according to reports, a series of Israeli strikes slew at least 14 people, including 11 civilians. Hezbollah vowed retaliation. Iran simulated a missile strike to intimidate Israel and flex its might.
For the third (?) time within five years, Azerbaijan is angling at (re)starting its War with Armenia. A skirmish on Tuesday killed four Armenian soldiers, and mediation talks have proven unproductive. Armenian politicians are warning that Azerbaijan is planning a “full-scale war” ahead.
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Select comments/threads from the subreddit last week suggest:
-Classrooms are a window to our collapsing society’s future—or present. This crossposted thread from teachers, and its comments, shed light on how dire the situation has become. The hour is late, and the kids are doomed. The Dark Ages cometh…
-For many, the social contract has simply fallen apart. So says this thread from Canada, and its spectacular 250+ comments, regarding quiet quitting, widespread defeatism, demoralization, and hopelessness. How an increasingly divided society can reestablish a social contract with popular buy-in has become a nearly impossible task. It’s easier to just Collapse…
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Measles, Drought, and a very hot January. This planet has a fever that won’t break.
Last Week in Collapse: January 21-27, 2024
This is Last Week in Collapse, a weekly newsletter compiling some of the most important, timely, useful, soul-crushing, ironic, amazing, or otherwise must-see/can’t-look-away moments in Collapse.
This is the 109th newsletter. You can find the January 14-20 edition here if you missed it last week. You can also receive these posts (with images) every Sunday by email with Substack.
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Several temperature records were broken in the Alps for this time of year. The Maldives tied its January record; parts of Ivory Coast and Morocco, too. A vicious heat wave rolled across Australia. San Diego had its wettest January day ever and part of Spain had its hottest January day.
A landslides killed at least 8 in China’s Yunnan province. Colombia declared a state of emergency over growing wildfires. Chile is extending its state of Drought emergency by 9 months as agricultural difficulties mount.
Although rising sea levels threaten to swallow many cities, another threat is already here: land subsidence. Cities particularly in southeast Asia are sinking into the earth. On the eastern coast of the U.S., many cities are dropping about 1mm per year. That’s one inch every 25 years, and it adds up fast for cities on the coast.
A study published in Science Advances tracked temperatures and drought in the western half of North America over the last 500 years, and concluded—by measuring & analyzing tree rings—that the area has been heating and drying slowly for centuries, and its problems are accelerating.
A 7.1 earthquake struck China in its remote Xinjiang province, killing 3 and displacing 12,000+. Several hundred livestock were killed as well, and the structural damage has yielded greater suffering in the midst of a cold winter night.
On the same night after Tuvalu’s (pop: 11,200) election—in which climate change featured heavily—the country felt its hottest night temperatures in recorded history, with a minimum temperature of 29.3 °C (85 °F).
A 26-page study on European plastic waste in Vietnam paints a grim picture of “recycling” in Southeast Asia. In addition to the melting plastic, 7M liters of contaminated wastewater is reportedly disposed of in one village—Vietnam’s largest plastic recycling station—every day.
AI predicted in a study that our mountain glaciers will lose 50% of their volume by 2050.
The Canadian tar sands are much dirtier than previously reported. Air pollution from Athabasca, Alberta, is 2000%—6000% more than anticipated. Scientists say, yet again, that humans are responsible for the climate change which is causing Drought in the Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest store of carbon. Everybody seems to know, yet nothing seems to change.
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Famine continues in Ethiopia. Aid to Syria is decreasing. Economic troubles are coming to Nepal as their exports drop and rice becomes increasingly imported; plus inflation.
In the United States, the Klarna-fication of holiday spending has resulted in debts coming due. You can’t run a planet on a buy-now-pay-later basis. In the UK, 47,000+ businesses are nearing insolvency, according to reports. Health, education, construction, and real estate companies are most at-risk. In the U.S., and just about everywhere else, rent has become unaffordable.
The UN is calling a measles emergency after a 45x increase detected in 2023 compared to 2022. In the first 9 months of 2022, fewer than 1,000 measles cases were reported; in 2023, the figure was 42,000+. An industrial corporation bought the U.S. helium stockpile—already a scarce resource
2025 is expected to set a record for nuclear power production, as many nations across Eurasia invest in nuclear power plants. Even Ukraine is planning to build more nuclear power plants, although more mines were laid outside Zaporizhzhia’s nuclear facility, according to reports.
Scientists are calling them “Methuselah microbes,” ancient viruses and bacteria trapped in permafrost and other frozen places. They are reportedly planning to start a tracking agency to detect and respond to new old threats emerging from the ice.
The Panama Canal has now dropped its water level by 2 meters in the last 12 months. Plans to remedy the ongoing drought’s effects on global commerce will require sacrificing ecological stability further. Ideas include routing water from Lake Alajuela to the locks, damming the Indio River, or cloud-seeding to engineer more rain. The global water shortage is also impeding the transition to renewable energy.
Some scientists say 10-20% of COVID survivors develop Long COVID. It appears more and more like Long COVID may be a vascular problem, and result in long-term immune system weakness. The “complement pathway” works in the human immune system, and is damaged by Long COVID. Treatments and therapies for Long COVID are still being developed and (re)assessed. JN.1 has become the most common variant across the United States. In Europe, the COVID vaccine was credited by the WHO as saving 1,400,000 lives. However, few people wear masks anymore.
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North Korea’s destruction of a reunification monument, combined with recent military tests, has caused some analysts to think that North Korea is planning on restarting its War against South Korea.
Some experts believe malevolent uses of AI will become everyday occurrences by the middle of this year. The 9-page study concludes that our highly interconnected infospaces leave us vulnerable to bad actors leveraging their power to damage society.
In Ukraine, a corruption scandal around weapons has been discovered. Nepal is trying to get back its mercenaries who went to fight in Russia. Ukraine is recalibrating its approach to attack oil & gas infrastructure inside Russia more. The United States is allegedly planning for a long War in which Ukraine does not retrieve its lost land.
Germany’s Chancellor is warning about the resurgence of anti-semitism and extremism; hundreds of thousands protested again this week against far-right politics. Elsewhere across Europe, tens of thousands of farmers blocked roadways to protest EU agricultural policies.
700+ were displaced in southern Mexico after rival drug gangs contested for territory in a 7-hour battle. Ransom-kidnappings in Ethiopia are rising as one of the only ways to make money in a war-torn nation. Unsurprisingly, Egypt is backing Somalia in its dispute with Ethiopia, after Ethiopia recognized the breakaway Somaliland region—could this be the pretext used for Egypt to intervene against Ethiopia for its upcoming Water War?
Rwanda is mad at Burundi for making an inflammatory statement interpreted as calling for Rwandans to overthrow their government. State-sponsored violence is integral to India’s expanding coal industry, according to an article in Climate and Development. Silent crises are unfolding in the Central African Republic… In Kenya, their court blocked deploying security forces to Haiti, where displacement grew tremendously in 2023.
Courts are pushing back against a number of European countries over poor treatment of young asylum-seekers. A Canadian court pushed back against the government’s invocation of emergency powers to deal with the 2022 truckers convoy. Extremist tensions are rising after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down Texas’ attempt to control its border with razor wire, over the complaints of federal authorities. The ongoing showdown is being called Standoff at Eagle Pass, and has the makings of a modern constitutional crisis; there was a thread in collapse for it. According to one recent poll, immigration has dethroned inflation as the top electoral issue for Americans.
The UN rejected Israel’s rejection of the two-state solution in Israel/Palestine and the ICJ issued interim measures for Israel to perform while it deliberates the claims of an ongoing genocide. Operations and suffering are spreading to Syria, Yemen, and beyond, as strikes continue. The UK has vowed more bombings against Houthis if they continue interfering with global shipping and the US is planning for prolonged operations. The oil markets are expecting supply problems for weeks. At least Pakistan and Iran are repairing relations after a series of retaliations in each other’s territory.
After long delays by the Turkish President, Sweden is finally joining NATO. The British Army said that their citizens must be prepared to fight Russia in the future. The Minister of Defense said, “regular armies start wars; citizen armies win them.”
The ruling junta in Myanmar is losing its allies and friends. It’s only a matter of time until their newest ceasefire fails, and people are increasingly believing that the country may be torn apart.
The Sudan War continues, and now the UAE is being blamed for supplying the rebel RSF soldiers with armaments. Some say that the UAE could end the War tomorrow if it pulled all its support from the rebels. Observers now say Iran is slowly getting involved in favor of the government. Estimates say over 9M people have become displaced.
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Select comments/threads from the subreddit last week suggest:
-France is preparing for War, judging by the measures taken in this weekly observation. Nationalism, birth rate panic, mandatory uniforms coming to some schools, stronger civic education. What signs of looming War have you noticed in your country recently? The warnings are growing.
-Homelessness, intimidation, and the breakdown of the social contract in Australia, based on this weekly observation out of Melbourne.
-”It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society,” but it can be lonely. This thread shares some consolation for living a Collapse-conscious life among deniers; some comments are nice, too.
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I was recruited for the project in August 2018. I’d just completed my 20th year in the military, 15th in special forces, and for the first time was considering leaving. Lost friends along the way and the last of my family had just passed, felt like it was time. I never hid how I was feeling and I think people understood.
8/12/18 I received a message from my group commander telling me to be ready for a private videocall at 13.00, no further info. This in itself was unusual and the identity of the caller made it more so. Not everyday you hear from a retired rear Admiral and former head of N.S.W.C. It was a short conversation, best of my recollection it went as follows. I’ve changed all the names below for obvious reasons.
“Admiral, sir.”
“Matthew, been a long time. Condolences on your recent loss. How are you holding up?”
“Well as can be expected, sir.”
“Good to hear that. Now, time is a factor here, so let’s get straight to it. I’ve heard you may be leaving us and, in your position, I can’t blame you. Lot of lucrative offers out there for a man of your talents. I believe I may have one that will suit you.”
To be honest I didn’t know what to say to this. In my experience this wasn’t how things were done. He continued.
“I was contacted this morning by someone I respect, former O.D.N.I., to ask if I had a suitable candidate for a team he is heading. To be clear, this is an S.A.P. with a blank cheque, run in conjunction with some of our private contractors and assets. You were the obvious choice.”
No family, I thought. Halfway out the door already.
“If you’re interested I’ll pass you through to another call with the project leads. Give these men your consideration, son. This is a unique opportunity to serve your country and be well rewarded.”
Can’t deny I was intrigued. As much as I’d been toying with the prospect of civilian life, it wasn’t a comfortable feeling. I’ll admit it scared me a little, the fear of being without purpose. At least that's how I imagined it at the time.
“Yes or no Matthew?”
“Yes. Sir.”
“Wise decision. In that case my involvement ends and this discussion never took place. Understood?”
“Understood sir.”
He nodded to me and the screen went blank. My connection was routed to a platform I didn’t recognise. In the following minutes I received download requests for some heavy duty encryption and security software. Once they completed a fresh call screen opened. There were two others present but no video or ID. Their audio carried a mild distortion, likely some form of voice masking.
The conversation only lasted two minutes. They gave me a brief overview of the project and what would be required of me. Dates and times. Officially we would be employed by a private entity as there could be no papertrail, no traceable association to any branch of government. Plausible deniability in case of a catastrophic intelligence leak. The pay was more than adequate and my immediate discharge would be facilitated. What wasn’t discussed were any details of the operation, they simply told me I’d be briefed on site. The call ended and one of those new security programs kicked in, cleaning itself and any trace of the last 15 minutes from my system.
That was how it began for me. I worked within this sections purview for the next 4 years till I accepted the truth. We all know there are crimes committed in the name of our country, all manner of evils concealed by those in power. And my own silence was a part of that. As long as I kept their secrets I was as guilty as they were.
So I decided to tell my story. I’ve lost everything because of that choice but I won’t stop. I’ll post the truth wherever I can until they find me.
There’s a old quote which stuck with me through the years, spoken 9 centuries ago by the King of Jerusalem. I think of it damn near every night, words rising up in the quiet moments. As I drive through the night watching my mirror for a tail. As I give another false name at another cheap motel. As I sleep alone in the woods, gun in my hand. I find myself whispering it, a prayer and a mantra and a curse.
“When you stand before God you cannot say “But I was told by others to do thus” or that “virtue was not convenient at the time.” This will not suffice.”
Indeed it will not. So here we are.
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If you are hoping for scientific and technical detail on what I saw, sorry but I’m not that guy. I’m no PHD and all relevant intelligence was on a need to know basis. Compartmentalisation is key to security. There are thousands of people all over the U.S. who have worked on “beyond top secret” projects and never had any idea what they were a part of. In the most basic scenario, think of it like this. You need someone to drive a truck … doesn’t mean they need to know what’s in it.
Even the information I did learn of the project and its history were limited. I received some general scene setting in early briefings and picked up the rest over time.
To the best of my knowledge, the site was discovered through irregularities on standard seismic scans. Some bright spark matched the coordinates with recorded satellite interference then took a field trip to check it out. What they discovered worked its way up the ladder until someone senior enough made the decision to lock it down and bury everyone involved in NDAs. The land surrounding the anomaly was bought up through private third parties and a mining concern created as cover.
August 15th I took a flight out of San Diego, arriving for pickup around 3 hours later. After 2 decades of traveling overseas this was a genuine pleasure. I was collected by another ex special forces operative, let’s call him Mark. We drove 8 hours, from city to suburb to empty plain, arriving in the mountains after dark. Mark wasn’t much of a talker but neither was I so we got along just fine. After an hour of winding through moonlit forest we reached our destination at 2 am.
Mark had a keycode for the first gate, a vehicle sized entrance in high perimeter fence. The road took us to a complex of buildings nestled on the mountainside. We were met there by two armed guards who escorted us from then on. They led us inside one of the larger structures and pointed out where our living quarters were located, then took us down a narrow set of stairs to a cold and empty basement. There were steel double doors built into the wall, maybe 20 feet wide, which accessed the interior of the mountain itself.
We entered what had once been a natural cave network now enlarged and extended through the recent excavation. A single powerful led strip ran down the center of the ceiling and there were cameras at every corner. Was a 5 minute walk through those stone passages before we reached the final checkpoint. This door was airtight, 6 inch thick steel and must have weighed the better part of a ton. On the other side was the project control center.
It was a relatively basic set up. One equipment tower with computer stations on either side, a generator and several stacks of containers. On the opposite side of this area I saw a second airtight steel door. There were only 3 people present. First was a tall thin male in his 50s who introduced himself as Adam, the onsite lead and, I suspected, one of the men I had spoken to by videocall. Next was Joanna, an intelligence analyst and agency liason. Last was Luke who would be part of the security detail with Mark and myself. There were never many people present, in fact I rarely saw more than half a dozen at any one time.
The remaining 3 members of the team arrived in the next hour and our initial briefing took place shortly after. Adam called everyone together and we introduced ourselves. I’d be leading the security team and, when there were no comms with base, assume overall command. Mark and Luke completed my squad.
John, a grey-haired physicist, would lead the science team. Peter was a geologist and the youngest of the group at 36. Eve was their third, a biologist with a deep south accent.
Regards the teams numbers, in particular the 3 and 3 split, that was a concern. As far as I had been led to believe this was primarily a military operation. I had no idea what we would be facing so didn’t want civilians on the first trip down. I was overruled. Adam never said it aloud but we were clearly under serious time pressure. I didn’t discover why until several years later.
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The next morning Joanna took us through to see the object which had brought us all there. “The anomaly” she called it.
Not going to lie, it wasn’t much to look at, not at first. It occupied the center of another excavated room, surrounded by an array of monitoring equipment. From a distance I thought it was just a hole in the floor, nothing more than a tunnel with oddly colored sides. But on approach I realized it was actually separate from the rock, a pale tube 15 feet in diameter, rigidly extending a few inches out from the stone encasing it.
The material which formed it possessed a faint luminescence, a milky light which swelled or shrank in each passing moment. Despite this, when I stared down inside, I found the interior plunged rapidly into total darkness. At the mouth there was also a mild disturbance in the air, tiny waves of heat and humidity which buffeted my skin.
The surface of the tunnel wall appeared to be in constant motion, reflecting and distorting any light which fell on it. The onsite team referred to this structure as "biofilm", though they never successfully acquired a sample to confirm its nature. It was only 2 inches at its thickest point yet penetrating it in any way had proven impossible. Nothing was able to pierce the surface. Pneumatic drills, graphene blades and even an infrared solid state laser all failed. Force or radiation of any kind was almost instantly dissipated throughout the biofilm. The only measurable effect of any of these tests was a temporary increase in luminescence.
As for the interior, they tried sending drones down in early July. Both units were lost to electromagnetic interference in the first 50 feet, dropping lifeless into the dark like pennies in a well. To be fair to the team involved there was no fucking around on the 3rd attempt. They lowered a heavily reinforced and insulated instrument platform on steel wire cabling, the kind of unit that could survive a volcano or the ocean floor. That worked better until they ran out of cable at 2 miles.
Next attempt reached 7 miles.
The readings these units returned were unusual to say the least. Inside the tunnel there were no variation in temperature, humidity or atmospheric pressure, none whatsoever. 32.3 degrees celsius and humid as a rainforest every inch of the way down to 7 miles. Now, just for comparison, the land outside the caves averaged 12 degrees that month and dust dry. The air inside the tunnel was also tested for airborne toxins and other trace materials. This result was even stranger. There was nothing detected, not so much as a microbe. Was as if the atmosphere inside remained completely sterilized despite being open to the air.
August 10th the sensor platform was lowered for a third time. This attempt halted at 9 miles. They had found something.
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We had set our descent for August 17th at 08.00.
A lift had been constructed the previous day after a final delivery of equipment. It looked reassuringly sturdy and had a max carry weight of 20,000 pounds, so we would be well within safety parameters. The miles of cable had been arriving for days and were laid out everywhere you looked.
Our gear was all excellent quality. 3rd generation nightvision, PAP respirators (though there was no indication yet we would require them), custom made kevlar composite body armor, standard glock 19 sidearms and modified mk17 Scars for the security detail (not everyones favourite weapon but I never had an issue).
We also used an interlinked videocomm system, where everything we saw and heard was recorded and could be viewed in real time or replayed by any other member. This system also included location trackers built into our helmets. If I was going to be petty, which I am, the chest rig had a fucking stupid design and the pockets weren’t big enough. But no serious complaints.
The lift had 2 sections. At the base was a detachable cargo area which we had packed with floodlights and generators. Above was the main carriage which would hold ourselves and all other equipment and supplies. A big part of that weight was devoted to fluids in expectation of high temperature and humidity. Mark, Luke and myself had been through hotter with heavier gear but the 3 civilians were likely to struggle.
The 6 of us entered the lift at 07.55 for final checks. I received the go ahead on schedule, locked the gate in place and we began our descent. The bioluminescence faded and our own harsher lights took over. Eve and Peter were visibly nervous, fidgeting and whispering to each other. I remember looking up and watching the circle of light above shrink as we left the surface behind.
The lift descended at 15 mph, which gave an estimated travel time of 45 minutes with regular stops. Comm links to base were useless by the 2 mile point and never improved. Our direct links between each other remained viable with only minor interference.
Adam had warned us to expect headaches, fatigue and sudden rises in body temp due to the electromagnetic radiation and, though we all felt those effects to varying degrees, it was never as severe as originally feared.
If I recall correctly we made our stops every 2 miles. John would check the atmospheric stats each time before we proceeded. Eve made fresh attempts to take samples of the biofilm without success. Little could be seen through the tunnel walls but our geologist remained enthused. He told me something about basalt and water bearing minerals which I’m sure would have been fascinating if I understood it.
We reached 6 miles at 34 minutes. The only sound was the movement of the lift cables and our own breathing, the only light our flickering lamps. When we passed 7.7 miles John asked for our attention. “We are now deeper than humans have ever even drilled. At this depth we would expect temperatures of 180 celsius, 356 fahrenheit.” He held up his thermometer reading and smiled. “But it’s still 32.3. Zero variation. Extraordinary.”
We continued down, steadily and without incident. Mark and Luke were quiet and professional as expected. The 3 members of the science team handled the conditions better than I could have hoped.
At 43 minutes I called for everyone to put on their breathing apparatus as planned. We had air quality monitored in the shaft but beyond that was a mystery.
No-one spoke as those final seconds came and went. We arrived on schedule, the tunnel walls vanishing on all sides as we descended into an immense and silent darkness.
*
I slowed the lift to a halt and peered over the edge with my torch on full. The last probes data indicated a solid surface and that appeared to be accurate. I dropped down onto striated rock covered by biofilm, no different to the walls of the tunnel we had just left. In fact the biofilm extended unbroken in every direction, suggesting we were simply in a swelling of the tunnel as opposed to an entirely new area.
It was, and I cannot stress this enough, the deepest pitch black I’ve ever experienced. As powerful as they were, our torches illuminated such narrow bands that they felt almost useless. I’ve no doubt the silence played a part in this impression. There was no sound but that which we made ourselves, not so much as a trickle of water.
I imagined I could feel the weight of all those miles above bearing down, billions of tons of stone between us and the light. From the faces of the others I don’t think I was the only one.
When the 6 of us had exited we began setup, unpacking the floodlights, generators and other supplies.
I retested our location trackers and local team comm network, flicking through each members video and audio, and found it working with minimal issues. I tried the gen 3 night vision but there was little to see other than an empty expanse, quiet and waiting. The infrared setting was useless due to interference.
When the air quality checks were complete we removed our breathing apparatus. There was still no detectable variation in atmospheric conditions and no sign of toxins or other biohazards.
Mark found the remains of the 2 drones that had fallen weeks before and packaged them for return. We had brought a fresh drone but it could only manage a few seconds of flight before interference killed it.
John began work on alternatives, imaging systems that could provide an advance picture of our surroundings. He called us over 30 minutes later. On his screen the scan data fed back, rendering a 3D model of the caverns interior.
We stood in the basin of a huge ovoid, 3 miles long, 2 miles wide and 1 mile tall. And there was something else in the center of the chamber, beginning just 100 feet above us.
“What the fuck is that?” said Mark. I suspect he spoke for all of us.
In the silence over our heads a gigantic cylinder ran the full length of the expanse. If the imaging was correct it was almost 2 miles long with a diameter of half a mile. I found myself involuntarily glancing up, though I knew my eyes couldn’t penetrate the darkness.
“It isn’t attached to anything.” John tapped the image on his screen. “This … artifact … above us. It isn’t touching the surrounding structure, not anywhere. No visible support. It’s just … floating, for want of a better word.”
It only took us a couple of minutes to angle some floodlights directly upwards, then zoom our cameras in on the object.
We could see it up there, though there was no great detail for me to describe. All the light revealed was a dull metallic surface, the smoothe skin of the sleeping giant hanging over us.
“Alright.” I checked the time and decided to push on. “Lets get back to it. We’ve got a schedule to keep.”
As we worked I noticed the bioluminescence had picked up around the lift, in both surface area and intensity. I didn’t know whether to be unnerved or thankful.
*
It took us 2 hours to set up the field of cables and lighting. When we were complete almost a quarter of the chamber floor had enough illumination for us to find our way without nightvision. The lamps still flickered but we would have to live with it.
I’d created and overlaid a location grid on the models John had produced. Once everyone confirmed access to this on our handsets we agreed to regroup at base camp.
The walk back was when Eve fell. I heard her intake of breath and curse on the audio, then Luke helping her up. I switched to her videofeed on my own headset.
“Eve, you alright? What happened?”
“Sorry,” she sounded more irritated than hurt, “Tripped.”
I watched the live feed as the biologist dusted herself down and began to examine the ground around her feet. It was as flat and featureless as any other part of the biofilm.
“I definitely tripped on something sharp.” she said. “It was right here.”
“Luke?” I saw him helping her search.
“Didn’t see anything, sir.” he replied.
“I’m not imagining it.” she continued, “I know what I felt.”
I rewound her footage and played it back. Eve had been watching where she was going and I couldn’t see a reason for the fall.
“Nothing on your cam, Luke didn’t see it, nothing there now. Let’s put it down as a stumble and move on.”
“I didn’t stumble.” I could hear the frustration in her voice and saw on her live feed that she had sat back down. As I watched she rolled up a trouser leg and focused the visual on her shin. An ugly cut was bleeding just beneath her knee.
“Okay Eve, point made, I’m not doubting you. But for now there’s nothing else we can do. Let’s get back to base, patch that up and stick to our schedule. If there’s time we’ll return to this area to investigate, mark it on your map grid.”
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I’ve heard that or said it myself at just about every post op debrief I was ever a part of. I could have stopped the mission right there. Pulled everyone back to the lift and got out of there. I could have but I didn’t.
*
We topped up on fluids then set out on our assigned paths.
I led team 1 (myself and Peter) on perimeter recon. Team 2 (Mark and John) would go straight down the center of the cavern beneath the artifact. Team 3 (Luke and Eve) would remain at base until another squad returned. I estimated my team would take 4 hours with a couple of breaks, Mark and John 3 hours.
As we approached the midway point of the cavern the floodlights had long faded behind us. The weight of darkness seemed to press in, a vast emptiness swallowing the sound of our steps. I found myself getting jittery, genuinely nervous for the first time in years. Sweat stung my eyes as I checked and rechecked our location. When we stopped to drink I activated my mic.
“Updates. Team 2?”
“Fourth stop.” Mark replied, “Taking more readings from the … artifact.”
I heard Johns voice in the background, then he clicked on his own mic and repeated himself so I could hear.
“The electromagnetic interference is from the cylinder, almost certain of that now. It appears weakest at the midpoint, rising in intensity at either end. Still to confirm that, of course.”
“Alright. Team 3?”
“No issues.” Lukes voice, calm and assured. “Completed equipment diagnostics. Good to go when needed.”
I noted comms quality degrading with distance. It seemed likely we’d lose contact with Luke and Eve by the time we reached the far end of the chamber. My train of thought was broken by Peters hand on my arm. I turned and saw him pointing ahead.
“I see a light.” he said. “Grid Z109 maybe? Or 110.”
I peered into the distance where he indicated. There was definite illumination there, a dull red which varied in intensity.
I flicked the comms back on. “This is team 1, we may have found something. Going to investigate, grid Z109.”
The glow increased in size and strength as we approached. When we got within 50 feet it became apparent it was radiating from the biofilm wall, a fluctuating crimson shining through the material of the chamber. It was moving, I realized, flowing slowly down the wall then across the floor.
“It’s lava.” Peter was smiling broadly, his face bathed in red light, fascinated and amused in equal measure. He stepped forward and reached out for the glowing surface, placing his hand against it before I could stop him.
“It’s cool.” he said with a laugh, waving his hand back at me, “no heat transfer at all.”
That close we could see the biofilm itself shimmering, whatever substance it was made of redirecting and distributing the heat and pressure from the molten rock. As we stood and watched the flow surged beneath our feet, quickly growing to many times its original area and brightness, engulfing us both in its luminescence.
“My God…look at that.”
I followed Peters gaze and my breath caught in my throat. The lava cast it’s light across the chamber, caressing all before it in a sea of dark fire. High above us the gigantic artifact hung suddenly revealed, still and silent and alien.
“This is team 2.” Johns voice interrupted us. “We’ve found a discontinuity in the cylinders surface. It’s a narrow, circular channel. Faint light emanating from it. Approximate radius of … 40 feet. Purely speculation but, perhaps, an entrance of some sort?”
I tried to reply but a burst of static left the audio crackling. When I switched to Johns videofeed it flickered too badly to see anything.
“Look,” said Peter behind me, “the lava is cooling against the biofilm, fading already. I mean, that was 700 degrees, at minimum…”
“Ah … team 1? Mattew?” Johns voice came through again.
“This is team 1.” I replied, “Go ahead.”
“Ah … Mark is … missing. I turned and he was gone. Just seconds ago. I can’t see him and he isn’t answering on comms.”
I pulled up the location trackers. Marks had vanished and his video and audio were dead.
“His gun is here.” John said. I switched to his videofeed and saw the physicist pick up the mk17. “It’s just lying here.”
“John, listen to me.” I pulled up Marks video history as I spoke. “Do not move. Stay right where you are and await instruction.”
Marks video cut out 90 seconds earlier. One frame he was watching John walk ahead of him, next frame the signal was gone. I ignored my rising heart rate and focussed.
“John, you read me?”
“Yes, I’m here. I hear you.”
“Stay on comms, do not leave this line. We will come to you. I have you at grid M101, correct?”
“Ah, yes, yes that sounds correct.”
“Put all your lights on full and stay calm. We’re enroute.”
I realized I had already started towards him and Peter was running behind me to catch up.
“Team 1 to Team 3. We may have an issue, Mark is MIA. Heading to last known location double time. Be ready to move if we require assistance.”
“No problem.” Lukes voice. “Standing by.”
Seconds later Marks locator returned on tracking but his video and audio remained out. According to the signal he was only 30 feet from his last known position.
“John. I need you to do something for me.”
“Alright. Are you … close?”
“4 minutes. Look on your personnel tracker. Marks is back, north west of you, very close. See it?”
“Yes. I see the signal.”
“Shine your lights in that direction for me.”
I watched his feed as he turned to the correct heading and aimed his torches.
“What’s that?” he said, no longer able to hide the tremor in his voice.
I zoomed in the picture to be certain.
“It’s Marks helmet.” I replied, quickening my pace again. “Don’t move. 2 minutes.”
I heard Peters ragged breathing behind me as he struggled to keep pace. I remember calling back to him that we were almost there.
“Matthew.” Johns voice, wavering. “I … I think -”
His camera went blank and his locator vanished. Marks disappeared with it. I halted, weapon raised. Peter missed my hand signal and almost ran into me, clutching my pack to stop himself falling.
“John?” I called over the comms.
There was no reply. We were close but I couldn’t see anything ahead or hear anything other than Peters breathing.
“Mark? John? Anyone read me?”
Darkness closed in around us once more, invisible arms tightening their grasp.
*
Decisions. I had potentially lost 2 of my team. Regroup or search? With so little idea of what had happened either could be disastrous.
Had Mark cracked under the pressure, wandered off then returned and taken John? It didn’t seem likely. The man was a professional, as experienced as I was.
Was it two accidents back to back which cut off all contact? That seemed even less likely.
What did that leave? Hostiles?
“Team 1 to team 3. Luke, we have a problem here. Have you been listening?”
“Yessir, every word.”
“What's your situation?”
“Ah, was just about to call you sir.” the comms crackled as he spoke but I could still make him out, “May have a problem here too. I’m reading some failed floodlights on team 2s route. Started right at the perimeter and working back toward us at base. 3 down now. Any ideas, sir?”
“Nothing to do with us.” I checked the system and he was right. All the outages were in a straight line from the furthest edge of lights towards the lift. A 4th flashed out as I watched. I could feel things spiraling out of control. “Luke, I can’t risk more people hunting for Mark and John. I've no idea what we’re facing here. Returning to you, hold your position.”
“Yessir.”
We began moving again, back to base at the best speed Peter could manage. On the display I watched the line of floodlights continue to flick out.
“Luke, sitrep.”
“Uh, lost more lights. Just 2 left on this gridline. Eve said she tried the thermal imaging …”
I heard her voice in the background, fast and rising. Frightened.
“Luke whats going on?”
Weapons fire in the distance, two bursts from a mk17. I froze and stared in the direction of the sound. On my tracker their signals vanished. I dropped to 1 knee and scanned every patch of light ahead through my scope.
Peter was at my shoulder gasping for breath. “What the fuck was that?” he said, “Was -”
“Quiet.” I cut him off. “Luke? Eve? Someone answer me.”
No reply. There was nothing on any line but static.
My heart was racing. I looked at the grid, where the floodlights went out. There was a second line of failures forming now, a new path which led away from the lift. Towards us.
I wavered. Despite all my training and experience I was afraid and it was breaking me. I’d faced death before, taken a bullet more than once. But this wasn’t the same. I felt as helpless as a child, crushed by a simple primal fear as old as our species itself. The fear of what might wait in the dark.
I don’t want to die here, I thought, regripping my weapon. Do not die here. I will not die here.
“Peter, listen to me. Breathe. Put your hand on my shoulder, do not let go, we are not going to stop again from here to the lift. Put all your lights out. Do not activate comms. We are silent from here on in. Understand?”
He began to speak then nodded instead. Shit, I thought, if I was scared I couldn’t even imagine what he was going through.
“Go.”
I chose a route which swung away from the disabled lights, taking us to the lift in a wide loop. Every few seconds more floodlights cut off on the readout. Their path halted at our previous location, then began again in a scattershot pattern expanding from that point. A search pattern.
It became a race, soaked in sweat and shaking with adrenaline, every muscle burning. Waiting every second for something to come out of the dark. A minute out the closest light to our left failed. I swung us away from it, weapon up, arms shaking, pointing the barrel into the black.
Peter was in desperate shape behind me, a stumbling weight hanging on my side. I saw the lift ahead. Every nearby floodlight was down but 2.
We were close, maybe 30 seconds. Another light went out, 50 feet behind us.
“Peter,” I was gasping for air myself, “straight inside, 20 seconds, get it moving I’ll cover the door.”
Only 1 light remained, 10 seconds out.
Peters hand came off my shoulder and I turned just in time to see him die. It lasted only a fraction of a second. Something grasped him from the shadows but I couldn’t make it out, only the way it held him. It crushed him as if he were trapped under limbs of perfect glass, breaking and tearing his body like paper. He came apart in a dozen pieces before he could even cry out.
I stumbled back and fell, blood spraying across the ground and sinking into the biofilm. My weapon hung limp in my hand, I hadn’t even fired, wouldn’t even know what to shoot at.
I scrambled away on all fours, then back to my feet and through the lift gate, finger back on my trigger. Then I was in, one hand working the panel and the other trying to keep my weapon.
The lift began to ascend. I left them all behind.
*
I sometimes wonder, is guilt why I’m doing this now? I say I’m posting this because it’s the right thing, the moral thing, to give people the truth. Am I lying to myself? Is this guilt masquerading as righteousness? How would I know? In the grand scheme of things do my reasons even matter?
All that matters is the truth.
People have a right to know what is coming. More than that, they have a right to know what is already here.
*
I set the lift to max ascent speed of 30 mph. It would get me to the surface in 18 minutes. Exhaustion took over. I slid to my knees, pulled off my helmet and poured water over myself. I was on my knees in the corner, forehead against the cool metal beside the comms panel. Everything detail raced through my mind over and over, every mistake and failure and misjudgement.
I started getting intermittent comms around 2 miles. I kept trying and finally got through at 1 mile. I can’t remember my exact words. I told them I was the only survivor. That I was alone, only minutes away. Most of their replies were lost to static. Then Joannas voice came through, clear, repeating a question.
“Matthew, main carriage weight reads 900 pounds. If you are alone what are you bringing up?”
I remember those moments. Confusion to realization to horror. I knew there was nothing in the cargo hold, it had been sealed when empty. There had been nothing in the carriage either. No. Nothing I could see.
“Matt, can you hear me?”
I reached for the control panel, typed in the emergency overrides and detached the cargo hold. I felt the weight go, heard a crash from below as it caught the tunnel wall and spun into the darkness. I switched the screen to lift diagnostics. The carriage weight was still 900.
I stopped the ascent. Closed my eyes. Breathed.
It grew quiet as the lift settled. I remember I was still on my knees, one hand on my weapon. I waited, listening.
A creak from behind me, the tiniest shifting of weight in the left corner.
I spun and opened fire, the sudden roar of my rifle deafening in the enclosed space. Then I was in the air, stunned from a massive impact, then falling, striking the tunnel wall and falling with the lift going past.
I should be dead. It was luck that saved me, nothing else. My left leg went through one of the support bars that had held the cargo bay. As I swung back my flailing hand grasped metal and I held myself there. My gun was gone and I couldn’t feel my left arm. Then the pain came, waves of blinding pain from my shoulder and across my torso. Blood rushing down my chest, I could see it pouring into the dark below me.
As I fought to pull myself up I heard and felt more movement above me. A sudden jerk as weight was lifted then the scrape of something on the cables, shaking the entire lift back and forth. Whatever had been in there with me was climbing the rest of the way out.
“Matt, what’s going on? We hear weapons fire.” Joannas voice.
I realized only a few seconds had passed since I’d opened fire.
“Matt -”
Then it cut out for the last time. I heard gunshots from above. Many gunshots and what I think were screams.
*
I don’t know how long it took me to get back up. I was faint and in shock from bloodloss and trauma. Don’t even remember activating the lift. There was a hole clean through the ballistic plate in my body armor and shoulder. My mk17 was on the floor, crushed like a soda can. The areas above were a disaster, dead bodies and destroyed equipment. Adam and Joanna, what remained of them, were in the control room. The huge airtight steel door had been torn out of the wall and tossed aside like it was made of cardboard.
I was the only one left alive and the thing I had brought to the surface was gone.
*
Out of time. Have to move before they find me. Will post again if I make it.

I was recruited for the project in August 2018. I’d just completed my 20th year in the military, 15th in special forces, and for the first time was considering leaving. Lost friends along the way and the last of my family had just passed, felt like it was time. I never hid how I was feeling and I think people understood.
8/12/18 I received a message from my group commander telling me to be ready for a private videocall at 13.00, no further info. This in itself was unusual and the identity of the caller made it more so. Not everyday you hear from a retired rear Admiral and former head of N.S.W.C. It was a short conversation, best of my recollection it went as follows. I’ve changed all the names below for obvious reasons.
“Admiral, sir.”
“Matthew, been a long time. Condolences on your recent loss. How are you holding up?”
“Well as can be expected, sir.”
“Good to hear that. Now, time is a factor here, so let’s get straight to it. I’ve heard you may be leaving us and, in your position, I can’t blame you. Lot of lucrative offers out there for a man of your talents. I believe I may have one that will suit you.”
To be honest I didn’t know what to say to this. In my experience this wasn’t how things were done. He continued.
“I was contacted this morning by someone I respect, former O.D.N.I., to ask if I had a suitable candidate for a team he is heading. To be clear, this is an S.A.P. with a blank cheque, run in conjunction with some of our private contractors and assets. You were the obvious choice.”
No family, I thought. Halfway out the door already.
“If you’re interested I’ll pass you through to another call with the project leads. Give these men your consideration, son. This is a unique opportunity to serve your country and be well rewarded.”
Can’t deny I was intrigued. As much as I’d been toying with the prospect of civilian life, it wasn’t a comfortable feeling. I’ll admit it scared me a little, the fear of being without purpose. At least that's how I imagined it at the time.
“Yes or no Matthew?”
“Yes. Sir.”
“Wise decision. In that case my involvement ends and this discussion never took place. Understood?”
“Understood sir.”
He nodded to me and the screen went blank. My connection was routed to a platform I didn’t recognise. In the following minutes I received download requests for some heavy duty encryption and security software. Once they completed a fresh call screen opened. There were two others present but no video or ID. Their audio carried a mild distortion, likely some form of voice masking.
The conversation only lasted two minutes. They gave me a brief overview of the project and what would be required of me. Dates and times. Officially we would be employed by a private entity as there could be no papertrail, no traceable association to any branch of government. Plausible deniability in case of a catastrophic intelligence leak. The pay was more than adequate and my immediate discharge would be facilitated. What wasn’t discussed were any details of the operation, they simply told me I’d be briefed on site. The call ended and one of those new security programs kicked in, cleaning itself and any trace of the last 15 minutes from my system.
That was how it began for me. I worked within this sections purview for the next 4 years till I accepted the truth. We all know there are crimes committed in the name of our country, all manner of evils concealed by those in power. And my own silence was a part of that. As long as I kept their secrets I was as guilty as they were.
So I decided to tell my story. I’ve lost everything because of that choice but I won’t stop. I’ll post the truth wherever I can until they find me.
There’s a old quote which stuck with me through the years, spoken 9 centuries ago by the King of Jerusalem. I think of it damn near every night, words rising up in the quiet moments. As I drive through the night watching my mirror for a tail. As I give another false name at another cheap motel. As I sleep alone in the woods, gun in my hand. I find myself whispering it, a prayer and a mantra and a curse.
“When you stand before God you cannot say “But I was told by others to do thus” or that “virtue was not convenient at the time.” This will not suffice.”
Indeed it will not. So here we are.
*
If you are hoping for scientific and technical detail on what I saw, sorry but I’m not that guy. I’m no PHD and all relevant intelligence was on a need to know basis. Compartmentalisation is key to security. There are thousands of people all over the U.S. who have worked on “beyond top secret” projects and never had any idea what they were a part of. In the most basic scenario, think of it like this. You need someone to drive a truck … doesn’t mean they need to know what’s in it.
Even the information I did learn of the project and its history were limited. I received some general scene setting in early briefings and picked up the rest over time.
To the best of my knowledge, the site was discovered through irregularities on standard seismic scans. Some bright spark matched the coordinates with recorded satellite interference then took a field trip to check it out. What they discovered worked its way up the ladder until someone senior enough made the decision to lock it down and bury everyone involved in NDAs. The land surrounding the anomaly was bought up through private third parties and a mining concern created as cover.
August 15th I took a flight out of San Diego, arriving for pickup around 3 hours later. After 2 decades of traveling overseas this was a genuine pleasure. I was collected by another ex special forces operative, let’s call him Mark. We drove 8 hours, from city to suburb to empty plain, arriving in the mountains after dark. Mark wasn’t much of a talker but neither was I so we got along just fine. After an hour of winding through moonlit forest we reached our destination at 2 am.
Mark had a keycode for the first gate, a vehicle sized entrance in high perimeter fence. The road took us to a complex of buildings nestled on the mountainside. We were met there by two armed guards who escorted us from then on. They led us inside one of the larger structures and pointed out where our living quarters were located, then took us down a narrow set of stairs to a cold and empty basement. There were steel double doors built into the wall, maybe 20 feet wide, which accessed the interior of the mountain itself.
We entered what had once been a natural cave network now enlarged and extended through the recent excavation. A single powerful led strip ran down the center of the ceiling and there were cameras at every corner. Was a 5 minute walk through those stone passages before we reached the final checkpoint. This door was airtight, 6 inch thick steel and must have weighed the better part of a ton. On the other side was the project control center.
It was a relatively basic set up. One equipment tower with computer stations on either side, a generator and several stacks of containers. On the opposite side of this area I saw a second airtight steel door. There were only 3 people present. First was a tall thin male in his 50s who introduced himself as Adam, the onsite lead and, I suspected, one of the men I had spoken to by videocall. Next was Joanna, an intelligence analyst and agency liason. Last was Luke who would be part of the security detail with Mark and myself. There were never many people present, in fact I rarely saw more than half a dozen at any one time.
The remaining 3 members of the team arrived in the next hour and our initial briefing took place shortly after. Adam called everyone together and we introduced ourselves. I’d be leading the security team and, when there were no comms with base, assume overall command. Mark and Luke completed my squad.
John, a grey-haired physicist, would lead the science team. Peter was a geologist and the youngest of the group at 36. Eve was their third, a biologist with a deep south accent.
Regards the teams numbers, in particular the 3 and 3 split, that was a concern. As far as I had been led to believe this was primarily a military operation. I had no idea what we would be facing so didn’t want civilians on the first trip down. I was overruled. Adam never said it aloud but we were clearly under serious time pressure. I didn’t discover why until several years later.
*
The next morning Joanna took us through to see the object which had brought us all there. “The anomaly” she called it.
Not going to lie, it wasn’t much to look at, not at first. It occupied the center of another excavated room, surrounded by an array of monitoring equipment. From a distance I thought it was just a hole in the floor, nothing more than a tunnel with oddly colored sides. But on approach I realized it was actually separate from the rock, a pale tube 15 feet in diameter, rigidly extending a few inches out from the stone encasing it.
The material which formed it possessed a faint luminescence, a milky light which swelled or shrank in each passing moment. Despite this, when I stared down inside, I found the interior plunged rapidly into total darkness. At the mouth there was also a mild disturbance in the air, tiny waves of heat and humidity which buffeted my skin.
The surface of the tunnel wall appeared to be in constant motion, reflecting and distorting any light which fell on it. The onsite team referred to this structure as "biofilm", though they never successfully acquired a sample to confirm its nature. It was only 2 inches at its thickest point yet penetrating it in any way had proven impossible. Nothing was able to pierce the surface. Pneumatic drills, graphene blades and even an infrared solid state laser all failed. Force or radiation of any kind was almost instantly dissipated throughout the biofilm. The only measurable effect of any of these tests was a temporary increase in luminescence.
As for the interior, they tried sending drones down in early July. Both units were lost to electromagnetic interference in the first 50 feet, dropping lifeless into the dark like pennies in a well. To be fair to the team involved there was no fucking around on the 3rd attempt. They lowered a heavily reinforced and insulated instrument platform on steel wire cabling, the kind of unit that could survive a volcano or the ocean floor. That worked better until they ran out of cable at 2 miles.
Next attempt reached 7 miles.
The readings these units returned were unusual to say the least. Inside the tunnel there were no variation in temperature, humidity or atmospheric pressure, none whatsoever. 32.3 degrees celsius and humid as a rainforest every inch of the way down to 7 miles. Now, just for comparison, the land outside the caves averaged 12 degrees that month and dust dry. The air inside the tunnel was also tested for airborne toxins and other trace materials. This result was even stranger. There was nothing detected, not so much as a microbe. Was as if the atmosphere inside remained completely sterilized despite being open to the air.
August 10th the sensor platform was lowered for a third time. This attempt halted at 9 miles. They had found something.
*
We had set our descent for August 17th at 08.00.
A lift had been constructed the previous day after a final delivery of equipment. It looked reassuringly sturdy and had a max carry weight of 20,000 pounds, so we would be well within safety parameters. The miles of cable had been arriving for days and were laid out everywhere you looked.
Our gear was all excellent quality. 3rd generation nightvision, PAP respirators (though there was no indication yet we would require them), custom made kevlar composite body armor, standard glock 19 sidearms and modified mk17 Scars for the security detail (not everyones favourite weapon but I never had an issue).
We also used an interlinked videocomm system, where everything we saw and heard was recorded and could be viewed in real time or replayed by any other member. This system also included location trackers built into our helmets. If I was going to be petty, which I am, the chest rig had a fucking stupid design and the pockets weren’t big enough. But no serious complaints.
The lift had 2 sections. At the base was a detachable cargo area which we had packed with floodlights and generators. Above was the main carriage which would hold ourselves and all other equipment and supplies. A big part of that weight was devoted to fluids in expectation of high temperature and humidity. Mark, Luke and myself had been through hotter with heavier gear but the 3 civilians were likely to struggle.
The 6 of us entered the lift at 07.55 for final checks. I received the go ahead on schedule, locked the gate in place and we began our descent. The bioluminescence faded and our own harsher lights took over. Eve and Peter were visibly nervous, fidgeting and whispering to each other. I remember looking up and watching the circle of light above shrink as we left the surface behind.
The lift descended at 15 mph, which gave an estimated travel time of 45 minutes with regular stops. Comm links to base were useless by the 2 mile point and never improved. Our direct links between each other remained viable with only minor interference.
Adam had warned us to expect headaches, fatigue and sudden rises in body temp due to the electromagnetic radiation and, though we all felt those effects to varying degrees, it was never as severe as originally feared.
If I recall correctly we made our stops every 2 miles. John would check the atmospheric stats each time before we proceeded. Eve made fresh attempts to take samples of the biofilm without success. Little could be seen through the tunnel walls but our geologist remained enthused. He told me something about basalt and water bearing minerals which I’m sure would have been fascinating if I understood it.
We reached 6 miles at 34 minutes. The only sound was the movement of the lift cables and our own breathing, the only light our flickering lamps. When we passed 7.7 miles John asked for our attention. “We are now deeper than humans have ever even drilled. At this depth we would expect temperatures of 180 celsius, 356 fahrenheit.” He held up his thermometer reading and smiled. “But it’s still 32.3. Zero variation. Extraordinary.”
We continued down, steadily and without incident. Mark and Luke were quiet and professional as expected. The 3 members of the science team handled the conditions better than I could have hoped.
At 43 minutes I called for everyone to put on their breathing apparatus as planned. We had air quality monitored in the shaft but beyond that was a mystery.
No-one spoke as those final seconds came and went. We arrived on schedule, the tunnel walls vanishing on all sides as we descended into an immense and silent darkness.
*
I slowed the lift to a halt and peered over the edge with my torch on full. The last probes data indicated a solid surface and that appeared to be accurate. I dropped down onto striated rock covered by biofilm, no different to the walls of the tunnel we had just left. In fact the biofilm extended unbroken in every direction, suggesting we were simply in a swelling of the tunnel as opposed to an entirely new area.
It was, and I cannot stress this enough, the deepest pitch black I’ve ever experienced. As powerful as they were, our torches illuminated such narrow bands that they felt almost useless. I’ve no doubt the silence played a part in this impression. There was no sound but that which we made ourselves, not so much as a trickle of water.
I imagined I could feel the weight of all those miles above bearing down, billions of tons of stone between us and the light. From the faces of the others I don’t think I was the only one.
When the 6 of us had exited we began setup, unpacking the floodlights, generators and other supplies.
I retested our location trackers and local team comm network, flicking through each members video and audio, and found it working with minimal issues. I tried the gen 3 night vision but there was little to see other than an empty expanse, quiet and waiting. The infrared setting was useless due to interference.
When the air quality checks were complete we removed our breathing apparatus. There was still no detectable variation in atmospheric conditions and no sign of toxins or other biohazards.
Mark found the remains of the 2 drones that had fallen weeks before and packaged them for return. We had brought a fresh drone but it could only manage a few seconds of flight before interference killed it.
John began work on alternatives, imaging systems that could provide an advance picture of our surroundings. He called us over 30 minutes later. On his screen the scan data fed back, rendering a 3D model of the caverns interior.
We stood in the basin of a huge ovoid, 3 miles long, 2 miles wide and 1 mile tall. And there was something else in the center of the chamber, beginning just 100 feet above us.
“What the fuck is that?” said Mark. I suspect he spoke for all of us.
In the silence over our heads a gigantic cylinder ran the full length of the expanse. If the imaging was correct it was almost 2 miles long with a diameter of half a mile. I found myself involuntarily glancing up, though I knew my eyes couldn’t penetrate the darkness.
“It isn’t attached to anything.” John tapped the image on his screen. “This … artifact … above us. It isn’t touching the surrounding structure, not anywhere. No visible support. It’s just … floating, for want of a better word.”
It only took us a couple of minutes to angle some floodlights directly upwards, then zoom our cameras in on the object.
We could see it up there, though there was no great detail for me to describe. All the light revealed was a dull metallic surface, the smoothe skin of the sleeping giant hanging over us.
“Alright.” I checked the time and decided to push on. “Lets get back to it. We’ve got a schedule to keep.”
As we worked I noticed the bioluminescence had picked up around the lift, in both surface area and intensity. I didn’t know whether to be unnerved or thankful.
*
It took us 2 hours to set up the field of cables and lighting. When we were complete almost a quarter of the chamber floor had enough illumination for us to find our way without nightvision. The lamps still flickered but we would have to live with it.
I’d created and overlaid a location grid on the models John had produced. Once everyone confirmed access to this on our handsets we agreed to regroup at base camp.
The walk back was when Eve fell. I heard her intake of breath and curse on the audio, then Luke helping her up. I switched to her videofeed on my own headset.
“Eve, you alright? What happened?”
“Sorry,” she sounded more irritated than hurt, “Tripped.”
I watched the live feed as the biologist dusted herself down and began to examine the ground around her feet. It was as flat and featureless as any other part of the biofilm.
“I definitely tripped on something sharp.” she said. “It was right here.”
“Luke?” I saw him helping her search.
“Didn’t see anything, sir.” he replied.
“I’m not imagining it.” she continued, “I know what I felt.”
I rewound her footage and played it back. Eve had been watching where she was going and I couldn’t see a reason for the fall.
“Nothing on your cam, Luke didn’t see it, nothing there now. Let’s put it down as a stumble and move on.”
“I didn’t stumble.” I could hear the frustration in her voice and saw on her live feed that she had sat back down. As I watched she rolled up a trouser leg and focused the visual on her shin. An ugly cut was bleeding just beneath her knee.
“Okay Eve, point made, I’m not doubting you. But for now there’s nothing else we can do. Let’s get back to base, patch that up and stick to our schedule. If there’s time we’ll return to this area to investigate, mark it on your map grid.”
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I’ve heard that or said it myself at just about every post op debrief I was ever a part of. I could have stopped the mission right there. Pulled everyone back to the lift and got out of there. I could have but I didn’t.
*
We topped up on fluids then set out on our assigned paths.
I led team 1 (myself and Peter) on perimeter recon. Team 2 (Mark and John) would go straight down the center of the cavern beneath the artifact. Team 3 (Luke and Eve) would remain at base until another squad returned. I estimated my team would take 4 hours with a couple of breaks, Mark and John 3 hours.
As we approached the midway point of the cavern the floodlights had long faded behind us. The weight of darkness seemed to press in, a vast emptiness swallowing the sound of our steps. I found myself getting jittery, genuinely nervous for the first time in years. Sweat stung my eyes as I checked and rechecked our location. When we stopped to drink I activated my mic.
“Updates. Team 2?”
“Fourth stop.” Mark replied, “Taking more readings from the … artifact.”
I heard Johns voice in the background, then he clicked on his own mic and repeated himself so I could hear.
“The electromagnetic interference is from the cylinder, almost certain of that now. It appears weakest at the midpoint, rising in intensity at either end. Still to confirm that, of course.”
“Alright. Team 3?”
“No issues.” Lukes voice, calm and assured. “Completed equipment diagnostics. Good to go when needed.”
I noted comms quality degrading with distance. It seemed likely we’d lose contact with Luke and Eve by the time we reached the far end of the chamber. My train of thought was broken by Peters hand on my arm. I turned and saw him pointing ahead.
“I see a light.” he said. “Grid Z109 maybe? Or 110.”
I peered into the distance where he indicated. There was definite illumination there, a dull red which varied in intensity.
I flicked the comms back on. “This is team 1, we may have found something. Going to investigate, grid Z109.”
The glow increased in size and strength as we approached. When we got within 50 feet it became apparent it was radiating from the biofilm wall, a fluctuating crimson shining through the material of the chamber. It was moving, I realized, flowing slowly down the wall then across the floor.
“It’s lava.” Peter was smiling broadly, his face bathed in red light, fascinated and amused in equal measure. He stepped forward and reached out for the glowing surface, placing his hand against it before I could stop him.
“It’s cool.” he said with a laugh, waving his hand back at me, “no heat transfer at all.”
That close we could see the biofilm itself shimmering, whatever substance it was made of redirecting and distributing the heat and pressure from the molten rock. As we stood and watched the flow surged beneath our feet, quickly growing to many times its original area and brightness, engulfing us both in its luminescence.
“My God…look at that.”
I followed Peters gaze and my breath caught in my throat. The lava cast it’s light across the chamber, caressing all before it in a sea of dark fire. High above us the gigantic artifact hung suddenly revealed, still and silent and alien.
“This is team 2.” Johns voice interrupted us. “We’ve found a discontinuity in the cylinders surface. It’s a narrow, circular channel. Faint light emanating from it. Approximate radius of … 40 feet. Purely speculation but, perhaps, an entrance of some sort?”
I tried to reply but a burst of static left the audio crackling. When I switched to Johns videofeed it flickered too badly to see anything.
“Look,” said Peter behind me, “the lava is cooling against the biofilm, fading already. I mean, that was 700 degrees, at minimum…”
“Ah … team 1? Mattew?” Johns voice came through again.
“This is team 1.” I replied, “Go ahead.”
“Ah … Mark is … missing. I turned and he was gone. Just seconds ago. I can’t see him and he isn’t answering on comms.”
I pulled up the location trackers. Marks had vanished and his video and audio were dead.
“His gun is here.” John said. I switched to his videofeed and saw the physicist pick up the mk17. “It’s just lying here.”
“John, listen to me.” I pulled up Marks video history as I spoke. “Do not move. Stay right where you are and await instruction.”
Marks video cut out 90 seconds earlier. One frame he was watching John walk ahead of him, next frame the signal was gone. I ignored my rising heart rate and focussed.
“John, you read me?”
“Yes, I’m here. I hear you.”
“Stay on comms, do not leave this line. We will come to you. I have you at grid M101, correct?”
“Ah, yes, yes that sounds correct.”
“Put all your lights on full and stay calm. We’re enroute.”
I realized I had already started towards him and Peter was running behind me to catch up.
“Team 1 to Team 3. We may have an issue, Mark is MIA. Heading to last known location double time. Be ready to move if we require assistance.”
“No problem.” Lukes voice. “Standing by.”
Seconds later Marks locator returned on tracking but his video and audio remained out. According to the signal he was only 30 feet from his last known position.
“John. I need you to do something for me.”
“Alright. Are you … close?”
“4 minutes. Look on your personnel tracker. Marks is back, north west of you, very close. See it?”
“Yes. I see the signal.”
“Shine your lights in that direction for me.”
I watched his feed as he turned to the correct heading and aimed his torches.
“What’s that?” he said, no longer able to hide the tremor in his voice.
I zoomed in the picture to be certain.
“It’s Marks helmet.” I replied, quickening my pace again. “Don’t move. 2 minutes.”
I heard Peters ragged breathing behind me as he struggled to keep pace. I remember calling back to him that we were almost there.
“Matthew.” Johns voice, wavering. “I … I think -”
His camera went blank and his locator vanished. Marks disappeared with it. I halted, weapon raised. Peter missed my hand signal and almost ran into me, clutching my pack to stop himself falling.
“John?” I called over the comms.
There was no reply. We were close but I couldn’t see anything ahead or hear anything other than Peters breathing.
“Mark? John? Anyone read me?”
Darkness closed in around us once more, invisible arms tightening their grasp.
*
Decisions. I had potentially lost 2 of my team. Regroup or search? With so little idea of what had happened either could be disastrous.
Had Mark cracked under the pressure, wandered off then returned and taken John? It didn’t seem likely. The man was a professional, as experienced as I was.
Was it two accidents back to back which cut off all contact? That seemed even less likely.
What did that leave? Hostiles?
“Team 1 to team 3. Luke, we have a problem here. Have you been listening?”
“Yessir, every word.”
“What's your situation?”
“Ah, was just about to call you sir.” the comms crackled as he spoke but I could still make him out, “May have a problem here too. I’m reading some failed floodlights on team 2s route. Started right at the perimeter and working back toward us at base. 3 down now. Any ideas, sir?”
“Nothing to do with us.” I checked the system and he was right. All the outages were in a straight line from the furthest edge of lights towards the lift. A 4th flashed out as I watched. I could feel things spiraling out of control. “Luke, I can’t risk more people hunting for Mark and John. I've no idea what we’re facing here. Returning to you, hold your position.”
“Yessir.”
We began moving again, back to base at the best speed Peter could manage. On the display I watched the line of floodlights continue to flick out.
“Luke, sitrep.”
“Uh, lost more lights. Just 2 left on this gridline. Eve said she tried the thermal imaging …”
I heard her voice in the background, fast and rising. Frightened.
“Luke whats going on?”
Weapons fire in the distance, two bursts from a mk17. I froze and stared in the direction of the sound. On my tracker their signals vanished. I dropped to 1 knee and scanned every patch of light ahead through my scope.
Peter was at my shoulder gasping for breath. “What the fuck was that?” he said, “Was -”
“Quiet.” I cut him off. “Luke? Eve? Someone answer me.”
No reply. There was nothing on any line but static.
My heart was racing. I looked at the grid, where the floodlights went out. There was a second line of failures forming now, a new path which led away from the lift. Towards us.
I wavered. Despite all my training and experience I was afraid and it was breaking me. I’d faced death before, taken a bullet more than once. But this wasn’t the same. I felt as helpless as a child, crushed by a simple primal fear as old as our species itself. The fear of what might wait in the dark.
I don’t want to die here, I thought, regripping my weapon. Do not die here. I will not die here.
“Peter, listen to me. Breathe. Put your hand on my shoulder, do not let go, we are not going to stop again from here to the lift. Put all your lights out. Do not activate comms. We are silent from here on in. Understand?”
He began to speak then nodded instead. Shit, I thought, if I was scared I couldn’t even imagine what he was going through.
“Go.”
I chose a route which swung away from the disabled lights, taking us to the lift in a wide loop. Every few seconds more floodlights cut off on the readout. Their path halted at our previous location, then began again in a scattershot pattern expanding from that point. A search pattern.
It became a race, soaked in sweat and shaking with adrenaline, every muscle burning. Waiting every second for something to come out of the dark. A minute out the closest light to our left failed. I swung us away from it, weapon up, arms shaking, pointing the barrel into the black.
Peter was in desperate shape behind me, a stumbling weight hanging on my side. I saw the lift ahead. Every nearby floodlight was down but 2.
We were close, maybe 30 seconds. Another light went out, 50 feet behind us.
“Peter,” I was gasping for air myself, “straight inside, 20 seconds, get it moving I’ll cover the door.”
Only 1 light remained, 10 seconds out.
Peters hand came off my shoulder and I turned just in time to see him die. It lasted only a fraction of a second. Something grasped him from the shadows but I couldn’t make it out, only the way it held him. It crushed him as if he were trapped under limbs of perfect glass, breaking and tearing his body like paper. He came apart in a dozen pieces before he could even cry out.
I stumbled back and fell, blood spraying across the ground and sinking into the biofilm. My weapon hung limp in my hand, I hadn’t even fired, wouldn’t even know what to shoot at.
I scrambled away on all fours, then back to my feet and through the lift gate, finger back on my trigger. Then I was in, one hand working the panel and the other trying to keep my weapon.
The lift began to ascend. I left them all behind.
*
I sometimes wonder, is guilt why I’m doing this now? I say I’m posting this because it’s the right thing, the moral thing, to give people the truth. Am I lying to myself? Is this guilt masquerading as righteousness? How would I know? In the grand scheme of things do my reasons even matter?
All that matters is the truth.
People have a right to know what is coming. More than that, they have a right to know what is already here.
*
I set the lift to max ascent speed of 30 mph. It would get me to the surface in 18 minutes. Exhaustion took over. I slid to my knees, pulled off my helmet and poured water over myself. I was on my knees in the corner, forehead against the cool metal beside the comms panel. Everything detail raced through my mind over and over, every mistake and failure and misjudgement.
I started getting intermittent comms around 2 miles. I kept trying and finally got through at 1 mile. I can’t remember my exact words. I told them I was the only survivor. That I was alone, only minutes away. Most of their replies were lost to static. Then Joannas voice came through, clear, repeating a question.
“Matthew, main carriage weight reads 900 pounds. If you are alone what are you bringing up?”
I remember those moments. Confusion to realization to horror. I knew there was nothing in the cargo hold, it had been sealed when empty. There had been nothing in the carriage either. No. Nothing I could see.
“Matt, can you hear me?”
I reached for the control panel, typed in the emergency overrides and detached the cargo hold. I felt the weight go, heard a crash from below as it caught the tunnel wall and spun into the darkness. I switched the screen to lift diagnostics. The carriage weight was still 900.
I stopped the ascent. Closed my eyes. Breathed.
It grew quiet as the lift settled. I remember I was still on my knees, one hand on my weapon. I waited, listening.
A creak from behind me, the tiniest shifting of weight in the left corner.
I spun and opened fire, the sudden roar of my rifle deafening in the enclosed space. Then I was in the air, stunned from a massive impact, then falling, striking the tunnel wall and falling with the lift going past.
I should be dead. It was luck that saved me, nothing else. My left leg went through one of the support bars that had held the cargo bay. As I swung back my flailing hand grasped metal and I held myself there. My gun was gone and I couldn’t feel my left arm. Then the pain came, waves of blinding pain from my shoulder and across my torso. Blood rushing down my chest, I could see it pouring into the dark below me.
As I fought to pull myself up I heard and felt more movement above me. A sudden jerk as weight was lifted then the scrape of something on the cables, shaking the entire lift back and forth. Whatever had been in there with me was climbing the rest of the way out.
“Matt, what’s going on? We hear weapons fire.” Joannas voice.
I realized only a few seconds had passed since I’d opened fire.
“Matt -”
Then it cut out for the last time. I heard gunshots from above. Many gunshots and what I think were screams.
*
I don’t know how long it took me to get back up. I was faint and in shock from bloodloss and trauma. Don’t even remember activating the lift. There was a hole clean through the ballistic plate in my body armor and shoulder. My mk17 was on the floor, crushed like a soda can. The areas above were a disaster, dead bodies and destroyed equipment. Adam and Joanna, what remained of them, were in the control room. The huge airtight steel door had been torn out of the wall and tossed aside like it was made of cardboard.
I was the only one left alive and the thing I had brought to the surface was gone.
*
Out of time. Have to move before they find me. Will post again if I make it.

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Cloaking, low visibility reports
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/1535gcp/reaching_out/ experience description and discussion of scope of phenomenon, two witnesses, in home, nighttime, possible entity, possibly cloaked, emotion of fear, both heard very fast Barefoot footsteps right outside our door in the hallway at about 3:00 a.m.. made us both shoot up out of the bed, and sweep the house with gun in hand, petrified, only to find nothing.What if NHI cover more broad of a spectrum of our unexplained phenomenon in the real world like ghosts?
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/152egi4/triangular_object_with_surrounding_orbs/ photos, daytime sky, contemporaneous report, mountains of Utah, cloud anomaly, single cloud, possible cloaked triangle, smaller lights nearby, from car, two witnesses, fourlights, low over ridgeline, duration 30 seconds,
https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/150tj9a/so_this_is_weird_but_can_somebody_help_make_sense/ experience description, contemporaneous report, nighttime, in bedroom, possible cloaked entity, communication, husband thought, "Did I really just hear somebody walking in here?" & A voice next to his ear said "Mhmm.", emotion of fear
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/14wfknx/just_saw_a_ufo_im_shook/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, nighttime, two witnesses, [GOODPOST], from car, near Halifax Virginia, triangle, possibly cloaked, similar contemporaneous sightings in comments , emotional reaction excitement I’m fucking hypeeeeeee!!, sleep disruption
https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/14acca8/the_vegas_incident_has_me_rethinking_something/ experience description, nighttime, Northern California, two witnesses, possible cloaked object, something was blurring our view of the stars as it moved, moving erratically, duration 15 minutes, entity on the ground, something peeking around the corner looking at us, reaction to being observed, withdrew out of sight, witnesses went inside, The deck we were on was about 5 feet off the ground and whatever was watching us was a bit below our eye level making it around 9 or 10 feet tall.
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/145phd3/i_saw_a_weird_something/ sighting description, event amnesia, this I actually completely forgot about., daytime, outside bedroom window, cloaked, like a weird distortion above the houses, but it was gliding over the houses, like literally above the houses, low over rooftops
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/14mp2u6/sighting_outside_of_st_louis_mo/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, from car, eastbound on I-70 at about 5:30 PM just outside of St. Louis Missouri, directly in front, three objects, triangle, stationary, fleet, cloaked, objects were in front of the clouds and seemed to be the exact colotexture of the clouds. I was jarred because it made no sense to see clouds in perfectly angular geometric shapes, just sitting there., duration 1-2 minutes, possible reaction to being filmed, vanishing, has anyone seen?,similar sightings in comments
https://old.reddit.com/StLouis/comments/13vook6/anyone_else_see_some_weird_shapes_in_the_sky/ photos, daytime cloudy sky, st Louis Missouri, contemporaneous report, single dark object, irregular blocky shape, angular, stationary, urban area, three objects, possible partially cloaked triangle
https://old.reddit.com/CLOUDS/comments/139x3gu/square_cloud/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, possible rectangle cloaked
https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/135it7g/cloaked_aliens_watching_us/ experience descriptions, entities, cloaked, Pennsylvania, noise like a ricochet gunshot or firework that reverberated in the oddest way across the parking lot, two witnesses, same area animal reaction staring at a particular location, brief blue 🔵 flash like lightning
https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/132qham/just_a_perfect_triangle_space_in_the_clouds/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, possible triangle cloaked
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/12qbq9v/soundless_invisibledistorted_craft/ sighting description, cloaked, silent, Ormond Beach Florida, nighttime, craft appeared to have between 5 and 8 lights kind of in the formation geese fly, but I wouldn’t call them lights, they weren’t very bright at all, but you could faintly see them. It had an invisible/distorted look to it, V shaped, ✔️, dim, low, two witnesses
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/12gvbz1/filming_planes_in_red_rock_canyon_and_saw_a_flash/ video, daytime sky, single light object moving fast, flashing, also possible cloaked triangle , Red rock canyon Nevada, fleet observed, blackwhite
https://old.reddit.com/UFObelievers/comments/10gh0fo/weird_lights_in_the_sky_and_noises_outside/ photo, indoors, humanoid shape, possible cloaked entity,
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/ywukl8/is_this_an_ufo/ video, from airplane, possible triangle cloaked, seen on phone but not with eyes, second witness saw with eyes.
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/yv4q07/cloaked_kvaker_recorded_cricket_variant/ video, nighttime, audio, kvaker, Denmark 🇩🇰,
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/xsin40/shadow_of_cloaked_craft_streaking_across_moon/ video, through telescope, shadow crossing the moon
https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/vawe1z/cloaked_triangle_uap/ Triangle shape in daytime sky, photo and https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/vaxhlp/cloaked_uap_triangle_pt3_video/ video
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/x4yctd/cloaked_or_hidden_triangle_craft_over_southern/ photos, evening cloudy sky, southern Arizona, contemporaneous report, 2 witnesses, duration a few minutes, no craft, clouds,
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/uwvz25/just_spotted_in_myrtle_beach_sc_thoughts/ possible cloaked orb.
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/uwinhn/i_took_this_video_in_slowmo_mode_and_then/ possible cloaked ufo hanging out in the clouds
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15prj0l/recorded_the_perseid_meteor_shower_for_an_hou video, nighttime sky, diffuse objects possibly cloaked, timelapse
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15ldwxb/since_everything_is_coming_out_now/ photos, nighttime sky, threelights, triangle, oberland Switzerland 🇨🇭 , metallic sphere observed outside window, at home, possible reaction to being filmed, cloaking, As I turned the camera on and pointed at it ... it slowly faded away. It stayed stationary and just reflected what was behind it, it seemed., repeat visitors, triangle observed, nighttime, outside window, backyard, low over ground, sound of a very low vvvvrrruuum, emotion of fear, apathy in other witnesses, All of them would see it and just in 10 seconds act as of it was normal. As if it wasn't weird. , similar sightings in comments, [GOODPOST]
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15prj0l/recorded_the_perseid_meteor_shower_for_an_hou video, nighttime sky, diffuse objects possibly cloaked, timelapse
https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/15mom3my_2013_possible_ufo_observation/ sighting description, thin disc-like distortion , cloaked, moving, has anyone seen?
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15pq4ib/can_someone_explain_this/ video, nighttime, diffuse object moving, possibly cloaked, sandy Utah
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15oplt9/cloud_ufo/ discussion of UFOs cloaked in clouds, dream description, family story, brother, reference video
https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/15mom3my_2013_possible_ufo_observation/ sighting description, thin disc-like distortion , cloaked, moving, has anyone seen?
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15ldwxb/since_everything_is_coming_out_now/ photos, nighttime sky, threelights, triangle, oberland Switzerland 🇨🇭 , metallic sphere observed outside window, at home, possible reaction to being filmed, cloaking, As I turned the camera on and pointed at it ... it slowly faded away. It stayed stationary and just reflected what was behind it, it seemed., repeat visitors, triangle observed, nighttime, outside window, backyard, low over ground, sound of a very low vvvvrrruuum, emotion of fear, apathy in other witnesses, All of them would see it and just in 10 seconds act as of it was normal. As if it wasn't weird. , similar sightings in comments, [GOODPOST]
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ey83j/friend_saw_a_ufo/ sighting description, two witnesses, Portland Oregon, single light object, green 🟢, horizontal trajectory, speed change, slowing down, the object instantly turns into a traditional looking metallic flying disk. He describes it as having a large light in the center and 4 lights around the perimeter that were rotating, cloaking, sudden departure, military response jets
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16dsxwi/ufos_in_san_diego/ video, daytime cloudy sky, downvoted to zero, timelapse, San Diego California, cloud anomaly, two layers of clouds moving perpendicular to each other, possible fleet, possible cloaking, animal reaction dog terrified, He was on the other side of my place shaking violently
https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16b8z4e/my_first_encounter_in_a_small_farm_town_in/ sighting description, beams of light in the sky, multicolored, green red and yellow 🟢🔴🟡, contemporaneous report, outside of Lyons between Ionia and Portland Michigan, looked like huge lasers moving around the sky.Then the lights went down and they looked like normal light you would see on a airplane., lighting configuration change, approach, flew overhead, possible cloaked craft, almost looked camouflaged in darkness
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/166l4d3/i_may_have_seen_a_uap_on_my_lunch_break_st_louis/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, daytime, three witnesses, st Louis Missouri, duration 15 seconds, single light object, horizontal trajectory, cylinder or barbell, vanishing, It was a sudden fast fade out as if it cloaked or it was a mirage that went away.
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/165bxlm/two_cloaked_objects_drifting_in_transmedium/ video, daytime cloudy sky, two objects, recorded via InfiRay thermal imaging camera, scattered transmedium, cloaked, approach
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/164ffnt/my_uap_submission/ photos, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺, metallic sphere, similar sighting in comments same area, moving slowly, curved trajectory, second object boomerang 🪃, cloaked, something that looked like a boomerang, but the colour of it was something transparent like light clouds., spinning
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15znvl3/distortion_moving_across_the_sky/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, single object, cloaked, The object distorted stars and planets like a magnifying glass on the sky. ,
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/1601ysw/saw_2_within_a_few_days_of_each_othe sighting description, contemporaneous report, Tampa Florida, second object or repeat visitor, daytime, tictac, reaction to being filmed, vanishing, got my camera ready, but when I got it pointed at the thing, it was just gone. Poof., second object possibly cloaked, diffuse dark shape, It wasn't changing shape or anything, but I couldn't really make out it's shape. It was almost translucent, sort of black-ish colored, moved low across the sky., similar sighting in comments
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15zcjx5/dayton_oh_31920_took_this_driving_home_from/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, Dayton Ohio, cloud anomaly, sun to the lower left and shadow in clouds cast to the upper right, possible cloaked craft,
https://old.reddit.com/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/15uwrov/okay_so_i_saw_something_weird/ sighting description, no craft, cloud anomaly, for a second I could see it seperated into squares along a small area on the edge, and in an instant it was back to normal, possible cloaked object
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15qwf1x/spotted_this_on_august_10_between_11_and_1130_fo video and description, nighttime cloudy sky, diffuse blue light 🔵, pulsating, duration 15-20 minutes, two witnesses, drove under it, possible cloaked object, multicolored observed, other witness additional single light object, red 🔴, moving fast, descending, Milton and Campebelville Ontario Canada 🇨🇦, emotion of fear
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15qcce7/weird_sighting_a_year_ago_cant_get_it_out_of_my/ sighting description, nighttime, Reykjavik Iceland 🇮🇸 , evening, single object moving, cloaked, triangle, it was completely see through, I could only make out the edges because it had a sort of distorted glass effect similar to how a funny mirrors edge at a carnival works, all the clouds that went behind became bigger for a very short while and then back to normal when behind the main bulk., moving duration 2-3 seconds, speed change to stationary, green 🟢 flash, vanished,
https://old.reddit.com/UFObelievers/comments/1518zh9/ufo_istanbul_princess_islands_video_3_uap/ video, nighttime sky, single light object cloaking, big debunker energy, OP comments downvoted https://old.reddit.com/UFObelievers/comments/1519377/ufo_istanbul_princess_islands_video_2_uap/ second video https://old.reddit.com/UFObelievers/comments/15190fp/ufo_istanbul_princess_islands_video_1_uap/ first video, Buyukada Princess Islands Istanbul Turkey 🇹🇷, over water sea of marmara,
https://old.reddit.com/CLOUDS/comments/15427ch/what_is_the_strange_blue_colour_in_these_clouds/ photo, cloud anomaly, blue 🔵, stationary as clouds moved, possible cloaking, possible disk shape
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/1535gcp/reaching_out/ experience description and discussion of scope of phenomenon, two witnesses, in home, nighttime, possible entity, possibly cloaked, emotion of fear, both heard very fast Barefoot footsteps right outside our door in the hallway at about 3:00 a.m.. made us both shoot up out of the bed, and sweep the house with gun in hand, petrified, only to find nothing.What if NHI cover more broad of a spectrum of our unexplained phenomenon in the real world like ghosts?
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/152egi4/triangular_object_with_surrounding_orbs/ photos, daytime sky, contemporaneous report, mountains of Utah, cloud anomaly, single cloud, possible cloaked triangle, smaller lights nearby, from car, two witnesses, fourlights, low over ridgeline, duration 30 seconds,
https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/1814v6q/i_wonder_if_i_was_visited_as_a_kid_due_to_my_dads/ childhood experience description, entity, inside bedroom, at home, nighttime, . It was in a black cloak bobbing its head back and forth with its arms up faced away from me in the corner., possible hitchhiker effect, USAF, father, Andrews Air Force base Maryland
https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/17zcfyz/camping_in_the_mountains/ experience description, possible cloaked entities, camping, two witnesses, emotion of fear, witness left the area
https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/17a6tki/weird_flock_of_birds_that_seem_to_actually_be_a/ sighting description, fleet, flying in V formation, repeat visitors, two witnesses, possible cloaking, flareup and vanishing, disappeared into clouds, has anyone seen?, similar sighting in comments
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/1797fpj/zoomed_in_version_of_previous_post/ video, daytime sky, single dark object, elongated, possible disk shape, horizontal trajectory, zigzag movement, trajectory change, Richmond Texas, contemporaneous report https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/178yjya/pretty_sure_this_wasnt_a_drone/ original video, possible cloaking, similar sighting in comments
https://old.reddit.com/CLOUDS/comments/17gmegc/what_produces_this_lineeffect_and_why_is_it_so/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, cloud anomaly, possible cloaked craft
https://old.reddit.com/CLOUDS/comments/16zwxal/a_photo_i_took_this_morning_what_could_cause_this/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, cloud anomaly, possible cloaked triangle, hole in clouds, contemporaneous report
https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16ytetn/fort_leonardwood/ sighting description, US army, twolights, blue 🔵, flew over the witness home (barracks), ✖️ shape or cross shape, silent, repeat visitor same day, additional sighting possible cloaked object , semicircle, D shape
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16y6n65/popping_sounds_followed_by_ufo/ sighting description, single object, haze, red and green 🔴🟢, two witnesses, from car, had a pulsating field or aurora like light around it that went from red to green it looked as if it came out of a reddish portal and went across the sky relatively fast until I lost it past a tree line. , repeat visitor, popping sounds, same cloaked aurora-like ufo red to green appear quickly followed by a loud pop above my head and it flew for like 2 secs at a fast rate of speed the disappeared followed by another loud pop noise., appeared out of nowhere, overhead, vanishing
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16vkx54/my_buddy_recorded_this_from_his_balcony_wtf/ video, daytime sky, single object blackwhite, trajectory change, speed change, vanishing and reappearing, jumpy movement, witness felt pulled, he described a “weird magnetic pull” on his head., opened his eyes and found his eyes already looking directly at this thing hovering in place and blinking., directly in front, flashing erratically, observed stationary and moving, [GOODPOST], bird for comparison , descending and ascending , urban area, Austin Texas , possible cloaking, he was able to follow it when it disappeared because he could see a circular “aura” around it
https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16uiqo7/ive_never_seen_anything_like_these_clouds/ photos, daytime cloudy sky, cloud anomaly, possible cloaked craft, beetle 🪲 shape, horizontal orientation , California very close to Vandenburg Space Force base, followed by the CRAZIEST lightning storm I've ever experienced
https://old.reddit.com/UFOB/comments/16qy1xc/okplease_someone_explain_what_i_just_saw/ sighting description and video, possible cloaked craft, repeat visitor, Yokohama Japan 🇯🇵
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kcbw6/saw_a_glowing_orange_boomerang/ sighting description and reference image, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, urban area Denver Colorado, Today I saw what looked like a glowing orange 🟠 boomerang 🪃 that was moving extremely fast with zero sound., silent, possible cloaking
https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hoihl/no_se_que_es_esa_luz_en_el_cielo/ video, nighttime sky, single light object moving slowly, haze, possible cloaking, Yunque Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Rainforest,
https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16oifsh/my_own_proof_of_aliens/ sighting description, Tenerife canary Island, three witnesses, nighttime, appeared out of nowhere, cloaked, oval-shaped, horizontal orientation, green 🟢 lights, emitted some sort of green laser lights pulsating in the shape of a square/cube while still staying completely dark, observed stationary and moving, directly in front, orientation change to vertical, begins rotating on itself sideways and emitting some sort of blue/purple and pink light, emitting gas or smoke, haze, sudden departure upward, duration 20-30 seconds,

"...it was a clean shot in the kidneys–and I look back, and it was Kevin." - Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) accusing former speaker of the house Kevin McCarthy of a schoolyard sucker punch

The Struggle Israel

As humanitarian conditions continue to deteriorate in Gaza, and over 200 hostages remain in Hamas captivity, a sliver of hope for a possible hostage deal between the warring factions has appeared.

• President Biden said he believes an agreement to free hostages held by Hamas is “going to happen.” Biden remains in daily discussions with involved parties to secure the release of the estimated 235 hostages taken by Hamas, he said, adding he did not want to “get into detail.” A senior U.S. official familiar with the discussions told CNN on Tuesday that Israel and Hamas are moving closer to such a deal for the hostages in exchange for a sustained, days-long pause in fighting from the Israel Defense Forces.
  
• Israeli forces announced Tuesday evening that they entered the Al-Shifa hospital—the beleaguered healthcare facility in Gaza—to carry out “a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area” of the hospital. Earlier in the day, the White House said that its intelligence supported Israel’s claim that Hamas is using Gaza’s hospitals to hide command posts and hostages. More than 11,100 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since October 7, but the Gaza Health Ministry has paused its official death toll count since Friday. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told The Washington Post on Tuesday that damage to communications infrastructure and intense ground fighting and bombardments (limiting access to Gaza’s hospitals) have made getting an accurate casualty count now almost impossible. President Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have both called for Gaza’s hospitals to be protected. United Nations officials reported that at least 102 U.N. workers have been killed in the past five weeks of Israeli bombing in Gaza.
  
• Ten days after a massive march in support of the Palestinian people and calling for a ceasefire took place on the National Mall, supporters of Israel gathered there under heavy security on Tuesday. The rally was organized by Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. According to the organizers, the march was advertised as an opportunity to “come together in solidarity with the people of Israel, to demonstrate our commitment to America’s most important ally in the Middle East,” and to condemn antisemitism and demand the release of the hostages. CNN political analyst Van Jones spoke at the rally, and received mixed boos and cheers when he said, “I’m a peace guy, I pray for peace. No more rockets from Gaza, and no more bombs falling down on the people of Gaza. God protect the children,” after which attendees responded by chanting “no ceasefire.” House Speaker Mike Johnson also spoke, and said, “Calls for a ceasefire are outrageous,” flanked by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
  

The devastation of the war has led to a growing internal dissent in the United States government about the role it plays.

• Meanwhile, over 500 political appointees and staff members from about 40 government agencies sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday, protesting his support of Israel in its war in Gaza. The letter demonstrates growing internal dissent over the administration’s support of its ally as the Palestinian civilian death toll continues to climb. In part, the letter calls on the president to seek an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and to pressure Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the enclave. Three internal memos to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed serious disagreement with the Biden administration’s approach to the conflict, and an open letter signed by more than 1,000 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Signatories of Tuesday’s letter and the USAID letter are both anonymous out of, according to the USAID letter “a concern for our personal safety and risk of potentially losing our jobs.” Names on the State Department dissent cables are disclosed as is required, but will not be released to the public.
  
• The open letter to President Biden begins with a denouncement of the October 7 Hamas attacks, then asks the president to “urgently demand a cease-fire; and to call for de-escalation of the current conflict by securing the immediate release of the Israeli hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians; the restoration of water, fuel, electricity,” and other basic necessities. Signatories are political appointees of various faiths who work in departments across the government from the National Security Council, to the Justice Department, to the FBI, and beyond. The letter continues, “The overwhelming majority of Americans support a cease-fire,” linking to a poll from October to support the claim, and asserts that “Americans do not want the U.S. military to be drawn into another costly and senseless war in the Middle East.”
  

White House support for a ceasefire remains elusive.

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Under The Radar

Republicans in disarray! GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to rely on Democratic votes on Tuesday in order to pass legislation to maintain the flow of federal funding into early 2024. Almost all Democrats and the majority of Republicans overcame opposition from the far-right Freedom Caucus (they were so mad!) to approve the bill under an expedited procedure requiring a supermajority. That tactical gamble shows that Mike Johnson is facing the same internal dynamics that plagued his predecessor Kevin McCarthy. The House GOP has a razor-thin majority, lacks the political will to keep the government from shutting down, and is so fractured that it must rely on Democratic votes to avert such a crisis. Huge day for Kevin McCarthy: jabbing fellow Republican congressman in the kidneys, and watching another guy realize what an absolute shitshow being Speaker of this GOP caucus is. The Senate is expected to pass the spending bill and send it to president Biden’s desk. Approval of the bill would stave off another Republican-imposed catastrophe.

What Else?

Disgraced former president Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn and his family apparently pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars from a legal defense fund that was set up for him when he faced federal investigation in 2016, according to a court testimony from Flynn’s sister. The testimony arose from a lawsuit Flynn’s wife and sister-in-law brought against CNN for allegedly defaming them by associating them with the QAnon conspiracy theory.
The former campaign fundraiser of Rep. George Santos (R-NY), Samuel Miele, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a federal criminal case for pretending to be the aide of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) while soliciting donations for Santos. I want everyone involved in this campaign to go to jail but also to get their own talk show.
Trump’s lackeys in the House of Representatives are now calling for a criminal investigation of Trump’s former fixer-turned-critic Michael Cohen because he was mean to their favorite guy.
A wildfire in remote Hawaii is burning a native rainforest and mountain ridges on Oahu.
Trump’s social media company, Truth Social, has brought in just $3.7 million in sales since it launched, while losing between $31.5 million and $60.5 million, depending on the exact accounting metric. Iconic! The Business Genius strikes again! The Art of the Deal!
The limited section of the southern border wall that Trump did manage to build is already racking up a brutal legacy—beyond its draconian symbolism. Hundreds of migrants fall every year while trying to scale the 30-foot steel bollard barrier, requiring extensive and costly stays in U.S. hospitals for their injuries, which include cracked skulls and shattered spines. The U.C. San Diego Trauma Center expects over 350 wall fall victims this year alone.

Be Smarter

You might think that after the U.S. slapped a ban on Russian oil in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon would, you know, stop buying Russian oil. You’d be wrong. Forbidden oil from Vladimir Putin’s back yard is still flowing into the Pentagon’s supply chain, according to an investigation by The Washington Post. In fairness, not on purpose. Products from Russia are being channeled surreptitiously to an oil refinery in Greece via a new, circuitous route that goes through a storage facility in Turkey and changes hands multiple times. It’s not clear exactly how much Russian oil the Pentagon actually buys. But the point remains: If even the U.S. military is buying oil from Russia, those sanctions can’t be as airtight as some folks in Washington would like to think. The fiasco helps illustrate how Russian President Vladimir Putin has kept the Russian economy afloat despite some of the most punishing sanctions in modern history. The sanctions are supposed to keep Putin from funding the war. Instead, fighting grinds on, with no end in sight.

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Last week's post https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fc36h/roundup_ufos_and_following_saics_money_shapes_of/
Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20230910212248/https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fc36h/roundup_ufos_and_following_saics_money_shapes_of/
.1 https://old.reddit.com/space/comments/16fc9dm/was_watching_some_lasco_videos_trying_to_see/ video, transiting object, light, contemporaneous report, LASCO image of the area around the sun, planet Mercury
.2 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fg3os/bright_ball_of_light_over_philadelphia_suburbs/ video, daytime cloudy sky, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, single light object moving slowly, very bright, illuminating clouds, disappeared into clouds, possible beam of light retracting , possible interaction with airplane,
.3 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ffzb8/gulf_islands_of_bc_satellites_stopping_and/ sighting description, repeat visitor, British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦, single light object, observed moving and stationary and moving, trajectory change
.4 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fhq8o/saw_my_first_ufo_dalaman_turkey/ video, nighttime sky, from car, single light object elongated, line of lights observed, dalaman Turkey 🇹🇷 , "mountain lights"?
.5 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fk90j/can_shooting_stars_appear_visibly_across_the/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, nighttime, at home, single light object moving fast, horizontal trajectory, elongated, bright white streak dash across the sky, go behind the house which was in my view, and appear on the other side just dashing across the sky., duration 1 second, similar sightings in comments,
.6 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g5o62/blue_sparkler_type_of_craft/ video, nighttime sky, from car, single light object, pacing car, directly in front, blue 🔵 sparkles observed, witness changed route to avoid it
.7 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fo27what_is_this/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, elongated, tictac, Northern California, repeat visitor, spotted this tic tac looking thing for several days in a row, doing multiple maneuvers over different areas of the sky. , downvoted to zero
.8 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16f2xrd/what_the_hell_did_i_just_see/ photos, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, single light object, elongated, vertical orientation, from airplane, from Miami to Montréal, eastern USA, observed moving up down left right, sudden departure downward , disappeared into clouds , photo shows trail, possible right angle turn
.9 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fuoporb_caught_in_broad_day/ video, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, sphere observed, at home, similar sightings in comments same area, Colorado Springs Colorado, two witnesses, ac130 airplane also observed
.10 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fspgw/i_saw_an_ufo_before_moroccos_earthquake/ sighting description and reference image, Alicante Spain 🇪🇸 , two witnesses, nighttime, threelights, triangle formation, possible pyramid, silent, trajectory change, right angle turn, departed, low below rooftops, duration 5-7 seconds, emotional reaction unease, [GOODPOST], similar sightings in comments
.11 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fzymh/my_gf_sent_me_this_at_5am_shes_awful_at_camera/ video, nighttime sky, single light object stationary, contemporaneous report, South Florida, near water Atlantic Ocean, observed vanishing and reappearing
.12 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g4ztq/twice_within_5_days_i_saw_something_in_my/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, single light object moving fast, upward, duration 1 second , two witnesses, Serbia 🇷🇸 , silent
.13 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g7g89/brazilian_senate_ufo_hearing_translation_part_5/ original translation, Brazil 🇧🇷 congressional UAP hearing, part 5 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jhq9w/brazilian_senate_ufo_hearing_english_translation/ part 6
.14 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g9p62/in_the_sky_over_liverpool_uk/ video, nighttime cloudy sky, contemporaneous report, single light object moving erratically, Liverpool England the UK 🇬🇧, trajectory change, red and green 🔴 🟢, silent, video shows blinking erratically or vanishing and reappearing, jumpy movement
.15 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g3u7d/disclaimer_i_know_this_is_a_silly_post_but_i_cant/ original research, crash retrieval site, area of Cadotte Pass Montana, event in 1865
.16 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16g4e8m/have_no_idea_what_i_saw_last_summer_2030_blinking/ video, nighttime sky, fleet, blinking erratically, in groups, in formation, last frame of the video shows twolights close
.17 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16fl9u1/tic_tac_over_wv_2021/ video, daytime sky, single light object moving straight, elongated, tictac, horizontal trajectory, west Virginia
.18 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16efdlu/possible_uaps/ photo, nighttime cloudy sky, fleet, single light object, smaller objects accompany it, upper Peninsula Michigan,
.19 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gapr0/has_anyone_else_seen_anything_like_this/ childhood sighting description, four witnesses, nighttime, western North Carolina., haze, light beam, then a blue translucent ring perpendicular with the beam appeared in it going up into the clouds then back down to where the bottom was multiple times., emotion of fear, physical effects paralysis, transfixed, has anyone seen?
.20 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gc65u/passing_behind_the_moon/ sighting description, nighttime, two witnesses, moving star, passing behind the moon, observed moving and stationary, curved trajectory
.21 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gby82/uap_over_central_pa_upper_west_branch_of_the/ video, nighttime sky, twolights, near water susquehanna river
.22 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gfrg5/ive_seen_a_ufo_out_of_a_plane/ sighting description, from airplane, fourlights, from O’Hare Chicago to Las Vegas Nevada, nighttime, duration 15 seconds,
.23 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ge103/i_dont_know_what_this_is_the_first_appears_to_be/ video, thermal camera,
.24 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gehjthe_mysterious_encounter_near_an_argentine/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, Bahia Blanca Argentina 🇦🇷, next to military base, yesterday, large metallic object hovering in the night sky., stationary, nighttime, military response gunfire, audio description piercing high-pitched buzzing sound coming from the craft. It was as if the object was defending itself somehow. , flareup, vanished
.25 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ggeb4/some_something_back_in_may_2023_in_the_sierra/ sighting description, from car, past Sacramento heading into the Sierra Nevadas California, nighttime, threelights, orange 🟠, triangle formation, flew overhead, silent, duration 2-3 seconds,
.26 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gom6i/a_compilation_of_my_investigation_into_the/ sighting descriptions, India 🇮🇳, analysis requested
.27 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gx7dw/3_orbs_in_a_triangleline_formation_hovering_above/ video, nighttime sky, from car, pacing car, threelights, directly in front, Philadelphia Pennsylvania area near New Jersey
.28 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gyhed/my_brother_recorded_this_yesterday_at_36000ft/ video, nighttime sky, from airplane, witness is a pilot, east of Houston circling around to San Antonio Texas, contemporaneous report, vanishing and reappearing, flareup and dimming multiple times, possible jumpy movement, multicolored, [GOODPOST] https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15xt4gx/flight_level_370_flying_east_close_to_salt_lake/ different OP, salt lake city Utah
.29 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gysma/strange_orb_in_the_sky/ video, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, idk the sun?
.30 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h0otb/dancing_lights_during_recent_flight/ sighting description and map, from airplane, left Dallas fort Worth Texas at 10:34PM headed west to Yuma Arizona, fleet, moving slowly, dancing, duration two hours, near Big Dipper,
.31 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g53c4/star_or_ufo/ video, nighttime sky, at home, backyard, Dallas Texas, single light object moving straight, "satellite",moving star
.32 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16guji6/are_these_the_same_thing_day_vs_night/ photos, repeat visitor or second object, nighttime sky and daytime cloudy sky, single object, rectangular prism glowing red 🔴, and angular blocky shape, downvoted to zero, Dearborn Michigan, analysis requested
.33 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16go2ii/ufos_fl_911/ video, nighttime sky, fleet, single light object, smaller objects accompany it, vanishing and reappearing, video shows sudden trajectory change , speed change acceleration, observed stationary and moving,contemporaneous report, Florida, duration 20 minutes
.34 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16ggo0o/someone_explain_what_this_was/ video, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, Placerville California, flew over the witness home , fleet observed, silent
.35 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h1vxk/saw_this_white_plains_ny_june_2023/ video, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, cylinder observed, vertical orientation, metapod type or jetpack man, white Plains new York state, three witnesses
.36 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16gfq58/i_dont_know_where_to_go_with_this/ experience description, abduction, repeat visitors, ongoing, non-consensual, contemporaneous report, [GOODPOST], prior effects things are just weird, i usually feel kinda icky, and, i just get this feeling that something is there.
.37 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16gzqp3/idk_what_audio_that_is_do_you_guys_know_anything/ audio, VERY low quiet sound https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16gzjeo/idk_what_that_audio_is_do_you_guys_know_anything/ more audio, very loud sound observed, at home, backyard https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16gzqp2/idk_what_audio_that_is_do_you_guys_know_anything/ more audio, daytime cloudy sky, Cologne Germany 🇩🇪
.38 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16ge7ya/a_few_years_ago_i_saw_som_strange_metallic_orbs/ sighting description, fleet, Denver Colorado, nighttime, metallic spheres, flying in formation, flew overhead, silent, formation of 3 right next to each other the 4th was slightly behind and the 5th was in like with the first 3. * * * . * like this.
.39 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16fgnu1/i_really_need_help_and_im_confused_heard_two/ experience description, northeastern Florida, contemporaneous report, audio description two women talking, emotional reaction confusion, previous entity observed same location, similar experiences in comments
.40 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16fzhi5/orbiting_lights_over_north_florida/ sighting description, from airplane, south Florida, nighttime, threelights, circling or orbiting, moving fairly quickly and the lights would blink out as if they were turning and then reappear as they came around.
.41 https://reddit.com/UFOPilotReports/ subreddit for pilot reports, [GOODPOST]
.42 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h5587/sighting_above_sheffield_united_kingdom/ sighting description, sheffield England the UK 🇬🇧, contemporaneous report, nighttime, duration 30 minutes, four witnesses, moving star, single light object, observed moving and stationary and moving, possible interaction with airplane, commercial plane passed by , threelights, additional 2 lights in the sky moving similarly
.43 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h6l1w/i_saw_one/ sighting description, three witnesses, at home, nighttime, single light object,stationary, flareup, color change white to orange to red ⚪️🟠🔴, observed stationary and moving, question mark ❓️ pattern, dimming, disappeared into clouds, Maryland
.44 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hqmda/san_diego_dec_10_2022_black_orb_hovering_nea photos, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object sphere observed, San Diego California, stationary , duration 5 minutes
.45 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hqicw/small_silver_orbs/ childhood sighting description, at home, backyard, Portland Oregon, daytime, twolights, circling each other, horizontal trajectory, flying in formation, silver, seamless, solid, but seemed to have an outer surface that rippled like mercury or tiny flames., silent, approach, close,
.46 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hiwrl/unknown_sequence_of_orbs_orange_county_ca/ video, nighttime sky, orange county California, fleet observed, following one after the other , starlink?
.47 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hikzh/moving_orbs_under_the_night_sky/ video, from security camera, bay area California, single light object, repeat visitor, anomalous to witness
.48 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hc5wf/ne_michigan_september_2_2023_erratic_blue_light/ video, nighttime sky, two witnesses, moving star, single light object, jumpy movements, vanishing and reappearing, https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j1wpo/ne_michigan_erratic_light_sighting_adjusted/ more video
.49 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h88b4/saw_this_while_walking_my_dog/ photos, nighttime sky, fleet or single object multiple lights, straight line of not spinning and unmoving blue/purple 🔵🟣 lights. , contemporaneous report, silent, moving straight, flew overhead, witness looked away and looked back, vanished, starlink?
.50 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hb29g/sitting_on_my_roof_in_brooklyn_wondering_if_this/ video, nighttime cloudy sky, contemporaneous report, happening at time of posting, single light object, flickering, Brooklyn NYC New York state, color change white and orange ⚪️ 🟠
.51 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hhdio/extensive_summarytranscript_of_mexico_uap_hearing/ transcript and summary, Mexico 🇲🇽 congressional UAP hearing, [GOODPOST] https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hs2zh/here_is_the_flir_video_shown_in_the_hearing/ ufo video compilation from the hearing https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hb3u7/more_photos_from_mexico_ufo_hearings/ photos of ancient aliens https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16hb8bc/one_of_the_objects_shown_at_mexican_ufo_hearing_a/ still image, single light object, orange 🟠, similar sightings in comments https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hw4bx/vetting_the_studies_conducted_on_the_nazca_bodies/ background check and bioinformatics https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hpdjg/ancient_tridactyl_art_from_mexican_congressional/ art 🎨, hands with 3 fingers https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hsph2/comparison_of_the_mummified_alien_skull_to_that/ debunk of Llama debunk https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16ip4s9/lets_look_at_the_skull_scan_comparison_video/ more comparison to the Llama https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16h9ays/can_someone_post_the_ncbi_research_papers_for_the/k0db7zt/ perspective on the amount of DNA https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hcm78/dna_analysis_for_one_of_the_mummified_bodies/k0el128/ links to the DNA https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hairi_translated_what_the_forensic_specialist_said/ original translation, forensic science, José de Jesús Zalce Benítez https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hzr21/how_to_access_the_alien_research_data_links_step/ how to access the data https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i7kpi_cant_stand_mick_west_but_this_is_true_and_i/k0ih6b6/ link to companies analyzing the data https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16iv31x/unam_provide_a_statement_regarding_the_mummies/ carbon dating https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16ktqd9/ctscan_of_josefina/ CT scan of entity , [GOODPOST]
.52 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hro69/flyby_over_south_dakota/ sighting description and video, hard to see, analysis requested, triangle observed, contemporaneous report, nighttime, at home, backyard, flew overhead, silent, When I spotted this object it was slightly larger than a golf ball and the outline was barely visible. The lights emitting from the object were dim and amber in color. , physical effects goosebumps, south Dakota
.53 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hrlqg/an_important_reminder_in_the_face_of_increased/ information, state of disclosure
.54 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hudyl/what_are_these_objects_over_satx_last_month/ photos, San Antonio Texas, daytime sky, twolights, flying in formation observed, photos show possible formation change , duration 5-10 minutes, first noticed from car, witness stopped the car and got out,
.55 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16htw1w/seen_in_central_wisconsin_at_around_noon_today/ video, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, flying saucer observed, possible doughnut 🍩 shaped, contemporaneous report, Central Wisconsin
.56 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hwgk2/in_light_of_the_recent_developments_i_want_to/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, doughnut 🍩 shaped, eye 👁, beetle 🪲 structure with ring ⭕️ around it ,USAF, Vandenberg Airforce Base, Lompoc California, observed vanishing and reappearing, color change observed twinkling between orange red and green🟠🔴🟢
.57 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hwzai/something_in_the_sky_in_boulder_colorado/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, Boulder Colorado
.58 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hyvmv/blinking_lights_outside_my_window_in_sky/ video, nighttime sky, at home, outside bedroom window, fleet, horizontal orientation, blinking, smaller objects accompany it, santa Barbara California, downvoted to zero
.59 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hz9d8/my_uap_sighting_in_boston/ video, daytime cloudy sky, from car, single light object, red glow 🔴, diffuse, first noticed from car, possible luring, witness stopped the car and got out, vanished, possible reaction to being observed , urban area Boston Massachusetts, stationary, duration 1 minute
.60 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hx23w/i_captured_this_9pm_september_8th_calgary_ab/ video, nighttime cloudy sky, urban area, Calgary Alberta Canada 🇨🇦, single light object, observed moving erratically and descending and stationary, very bright, flashing red 🔴, departed upward, color change, It eventually turned back to white and flew off again. It arched upwards and disappeared,
.61 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i073h/recent_release_of_mexico_footage_has_me_thinking/ video, nighttime sky, Joshua tree California, two pairs of twolights, appearing, orange 🟠, one pair horizontal orientation, one pair angled from the horizon
.62 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hoihl/no_se_que_es_esa_luz_en_el_cielo/ video, nighttime sky, single light object moving slowly, haze, possible cloaking, Yunque Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Rainforest,
.63 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i12z3/my_ufo_experience/ sighting description, near water, rural Iowa on a lake, single object moving erratically, overhead, visible only through sunglasses , daytime sky, grayish color
.64 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i2jmo/ufo_zipping_around_could_only_be_seen_on_iphone/ video, daytime cloudy sky, over water, single object moving fast, illuminating clouds, Milwaukee Wisconsin
.65 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16in94b/the_nasa_report_why_its_actually_not_a_letdown/ nasa report key points https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16il9ky/heres_some_notes_i_made_on_the_independent_study/ notes on the study https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ivq9g/nasa_quickly_names_their_new_director_of_uap/ nasa director of UAP research Mark McInerney https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jawde/nasa_uap_press_conference_french_translation/ French translation https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j3o1z/nasa_iss_live_stream_what_are_these/ clips from ISS livestream, contemporaneous report, single light object, flareup
.66 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i4pfa/uap_over_sw_michigan_heading_northeast_no_lights/ video, nighttime sky, southwest Michigan, silent, disappeared into clouds, observed moving and stationary and moving, speed change, similar sightings in comments
.67 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i5ep7/this_story_from_my_fatherinlaw_a_former_navy/ non-sighting description, unidentified submerged object, uso, family story, witness was a Naval Officer,
.68 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i78z7/first_time_seeing_purple_lights/ photos, nighttime cloudy sky, diffuse, single light object, purple 🟣, Lynbrook long Island New York state, downvoted to zero, OP comments downvoted, "spotlight"
.69 📖 reference videos 📖 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16idx5x/not_a_ufo_just_an_exercise_in_cropping_a_plane/ airplane headlight, nighttime sky, single light object moving https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j3xp7/not_a_ufo_cropping_a_flock_of_flying_seagulls_in/ daytime sky, birds, moving fast and erratically, shadow pattern of body and wings visible
.70 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16iom7ufo_in_puerto_vallarta_mexico_last_night/ video, nighttime cloudy sky, storm, lightning, contemporaneous report, Puerto Vallarta Mexico 🇲🇽, single light object moving fast, zigzag movement
.71 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16in4gn/north_west_of_chicago/ photos, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, irregular blocky shape, angular, stationary, duration 30 minutes, Chicago Illinois , elongated, vertical orientation
.72 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ir5bc/what_is_it/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, blinking erratically, urban area, Kathmandu Nepal 🇳🇵 ,
.73 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16i4pu8/what_is_this_over_the_michigan_lake/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, over water lake Michigan, Chicago Illinois
.74 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16ifdd5/ufo_over_toronto_last_night/ photo, nighttime sky, single light object, contemporaneous report, Toronto Ontario Canada 🇨🇦, disappeared behind rooftops, descending, color change observed blue white red 🔵⚪️🔴, flashing erratically, beam of light
.75 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16i8ka1/i_never_really_had_anything_that_had_me_believe/ video, daytime sky, from car dashcam, single dark object moving erratically, disappeared behind tree
.76 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16hj3ad/ufo_caught/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, elongated, vertical orientation, blocky shape, angular, possible barbell, western New York state near New Jersey, observed stationary and moving, haze
.77 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16h593c/screenshot_close_ups_of_commonly_seen_flashing/ photos, nighttime sky, single light object, multicolored, repeat visitor, flashing, Middlesbrough the UK 🇬🇧
.78 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16hg384/sos/ interaction with NHI, distressed OP, repeat visitors, event amnesia, physical effects keyboard won't work.
.79 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i54dd/still_image_of_silver_sky_donut_travelling_east/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, single object blackwhite, doughnut 🍩, vertical orientation, central Wisconsin, https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i5fy9/ufo_in_central_wisconsin_heading_east_to_west_at/video, horizontal trajectory, moving straight, rotating, two witnesses
.80 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ivkwc/cheticamp_sighting/ sighting description and drawing, Chéticamp nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦, single light object, diamond 💠 shape, vertical orientation, red and blue 🔴🔵, pulsating light, contemporaneous report, nighttime, observed moving and stationary, orientation change to horizontal, sudden departure
.81 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16iyih1/ufo_i_witnessed_with_my_own_eyes_and_viewed_clea video, daytime sky, West Springfield Massachusetts, probably the worst video ever taken
.82 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16iyqcd/ufo_flying_over_barcelona_140923/ sighting description and video, contemporaneous report, two witnesses, single light object, multicolored, Jupiter?, prior sighting in comments, possible shootdown, vertical contrail, near Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸
.83 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j19dg/the_un_on_aliens_very_deep_dive/ history, United nations discussion of aliens, 1978
.84 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j1cb0/could_this_be_my_first_uap_sightning_this_was/ detailed sighting description and video, single light object, duration 1.5 hours, Plaça España in Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸, nighttime, at home, outside window, urban area, observed stationary and moving, flashing, vanishing and reappearing, multicolored , shape change, [GOODPOST]
.85 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jbau5/why_cant_i_film_the_orbs_without_them_stopping/ sighting description and discussion of reaction to being filmed, single light object, contemporaneous report, nighttime, moving erratically, observed moving and stationary, repeat visitor, has anyone seen?, I decided to pull my camera out and it stopped mid-movement. I put camera down and it resumed, picked it up and filmed, it stopped.
.86 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jb0q3/reddit_user_with_one_post_comments_on_donna_hare/ information, structures built on the moon
.87 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j2zwa/my_pilot_fathers_skeptic_view_on_the_issue/ sighting descriptions, family story, father, witness is a pilot, from airplane, western USA, nighttime, single object, very large, moving slowly, physical effects radar did not detect it, separate event, observed military plane offloading silver coffin shaped things and loading them into a different vehicle.
.88 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jgvt6/ufo_spotted_on_my_way_to_school/ video, daytime sky, single object, possible tictac, gray, from car, pacing car, contemporaneous report, greenwood Indiana
.89 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jfjl8/i_took_a_picture_while_camping_in_scotland_and/ photo, nighttime sky, camping, Galloway Forrest Scotland, duration 10 seconds, two witnesses, blue green 🔵🟢 in colour fading to a white before fading away.
.90 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j5ac6/hixson_tn_ufo/ photo, daytime sky, single light object elongated, possible tictac or airplane, anomalous to witness, observed moving straight, disappeared into clouds, downvoted to zero, OP comments downvoted Chattanooga Tennessee, urban area
.91 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16j50lo/three_bright_hovering_lights/ photo, nighttime sky, from car, near Las Vegas Nevada, near water, hoover dam, threelights, close formation, triangle, disappeared behind ridgeline, similar sighting in comments
.92 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16iu3uu/tiny_lights_in_the_sky_that_grow_into_bright/ sighting description, nighttime, two witnesses, moving stars, flareup, vanishing, has anyone seen?
.93 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16izvf6/curious_as_to_what_this_is/ video, nighttime sky, moon for comparison, single light object stationary, color change, similar sightings in comments
.94 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16i22w7/ball_lightning_inside_house/ sighting description, inside home, storm, lightning, ball lightning
.95 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16j4dvd/oddly_behaving_ufo_from_a_week_ago_would_like_to/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, observed moving erratically, loop
.96 https://old.reddit.com/CLOUDS/comments/16j6ybw/the_reflection_of_sunlight_on_thesebeautiful/ photo, evening cloudy sky, possible twolights, single dark object, single light object, vertical formation
.97 https://old.reddit.com/bigfoot/comments/16j3b7e/know_what_i_saw_but_still_dont_believe_it/ sighting description, entity, southwest North Carolina, contemporaneous report, prior effects felt observed, nighttime, from car, directly in front, massive creature standing in the road., observed stationary and moving, physical effects sleep disruption, all I can do when I close my eyes is see a replay of that over and over again in my mind, odor exceedingly strong BO like if a person didn't take a shower for a year times 10, emotion of fear, similar sightings in comments
.98 https://old.reddit.com/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/16gez8y/extremely_bizarre_experience_witnessed_a/ sighting description, vast pink and purple hexagonal shaped grid pattern covering a large portion of the sky, similar sighting in comments
.99 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jleddoes_anyone_here_have_any_stories_about_things/ sighting description, USAF, Eglin Air Force Base, nighttime, unusually foggy, from car, witness stopped the car and got out, fourlights, approach, flew overhead, low, silent, physical effects vibration, dead silent but I could feel the ground vibrating under my feet. , similar sightings same area in comments, semicircle,following power lines
.100 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16js2lw/flying_object_in_sky/ video, daytime sky, single object
.101 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16jsbaz/ufo_in_pizzo_italy/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, nighttime, twolights, two witnesses, moving stars, Pizzo Italy 🇮🇹 , third object appeared, moving fast and straight, twolights circling it, duration 10 seconds, emotion of fear, We both looked at them and were completely quiet cause we were quite frightened by the sight
.102 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16k8xmc/how_many_of_you_have_actually_seen_a_ufo/ discussion of sightings, [GOODPOST]
.103 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jxyy8/canadians_near_muskokakawartha_lakes/ sighting description, repeat visitor, has anyone seen?,near water, Muskoka and kawartha lakes Canada 🇨🇦, single light object, orange 🟠, three witnesses, overhead, moving erratically, observed moving and stationary and moving, slowed down, sped back up, changed direction by about 10-30 degrees about 5 times, completely stopped at one point, made an odd 'buzzing' movement, then faded into the darkness., similar sighting same area in comments
.104 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jyra3/need_help_identifying_what_i_saw/ sighting description, meteor?, nighttime, from car, single light object moving fast, no trail, curved trajectory, Germantown Maryland
.105 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jzgqq/can_i_see_a_low_flying_ufo_that_nobody_else_can/ sighting description and drawing, from car, nighttime, single light object, multicolored, low, vanished, perception discrepancy, nobody else saw it, silent, physical effects paralysis, I was stunned and stared for a while that seemed eternal and nobody honked at me., transfixed, anomalous silence
.106 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16k3hq8/i_think_i_just_saw_a_ufo/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, happening at time of posting, nighttime, single light object, very bright, stationary, possibly moving, loop, Eventually it did a little circle motion! It rose and fell a bit. Then it stayed stationary. It continued to stay stationary. I haven't seen it leave yet.
.107 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16k05qv/triangle_ufo_experience/ sighting description, triangle, nighttime, at home, I saw a giant triangle with lights on every corner hover and pass by directly above me, observed stationary and moving, overhead, emotional reaction peace,
.108 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16k6sz9/blue_ridge_mountains_va_sighting/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, two witnesses, single light object, observed stationary and moving fast and stationary , over water, Claytor Lake in Dublin Virginia, stationary blinking turquoise/blue light 🔵, plane for comparison observed,
.109 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jw8pa/friend_is_a_drone_pilot_and_captured_this_while/ video, daytime sky, twolights, two dark objects, angular, possible rectangular shape, in formation, moving slowly, urban area, Sydney Australia 🇦🇺, contemporaneous report, from drone
.110 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jzth5/my_grandmothers_encounte sighting description, family story, grandmother, Kenton Ohio, nighttime, from car, fleet, moving erratically, like fireflies, entities, Suddenly, 4 figures appear in the middle of the road, walking slowly, directly in front, “shaking motion” (like lagging) movement, jumpy movement , similar sighting in comments
.111 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jpz8q/orb_in_sky_wa_state/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, dark lines across the bottom, Washington state
.112 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jv50i/possible_alien_encounte sighting description, entity, humanoid, contemporaneous report, two witnesses, daytime, physical effects goosebumps, It’s been a few hours and I can picture every detail about him down to how his hair was coifed but I can’t picture a single thing about his face at all
.113 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jsbn7/need_help_understanding/ childhood dream description, when I woke up I knew aliens were real like I was part of it. ,
.114 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jwv6v/caught_the_mf_second_photo_more_visible/ sighting description and photo, possible entity, at home, outside window, nighttime, prior sighting light objects , physical effects power outage, two small brownish silverish men with big eyes looking at me through my window, repeat visitor, contemporaneous report, photo shows possible head and shoulders shape shadow,
.115 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kcbw6/saw_a_glowing_orange_boomerang/ sighting description and reference image, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, urban area Denver Colorado, Today I saw what looked like a glowing orange 🟠 boomerang 🪃 that was moving extremely fast with zero sound., silent, possible cloaking
.116 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kc6ap/an_article_disguised_as_a_song_disguised_as_an/ art 🎨, poetry
.117 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16k3b7t/ufo_sighting_under_bridge/ video, daytime sky, from car, single light object, elongated, tictac, descending, horizontal orientation, trajectory perpendicular to length, physical effects video darkening ,
.118 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16k7zje/what_is_this_looked_like_a_fireball_falling_from/ photos, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, elongated, vertical orientation, yellowish, observed descending, contemporaneous report, Northern California
.119 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16k1l6l/ufouap_sighting_fresno_ca2023/ video, daytime sky, hard to see, single light object, blinking, Fresno California
.120 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16kella/strange_thing_that_happened_when_i_was_a_kid/ childhood experience description, doppelganger, missing time
.121 https://old.reddit.com/astrophotography/comments/16k69f0/can_someone_help_me_find_out_what_i_took_a_photo/ photo, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, single light object, blue, beetle 🪲 structure with ring ⭕️ around it
.122 https://old.reddit.com/UFOB/comments/16jvdx6/brother_in_law_sent_me_this_a_while_back_from_the/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, San Antonio Texas, July 4th,
.123 https://old.reddit.com/CLOUDS/comments/16jrk2y/spine_cloud_what_caused_this/ photo, from airplane, single dark object
.124 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kf94y/do_you_see_a_triangle_and_cube_fighting_drills/ photo, nighttime cloudy sky, cloud anomaly, flashing, triangle and cube observed, possible combat
.125 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kfq7m/orange_glowing_cube/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, nighttime, single light object, orange 🟠, flareup and dimming, jumpy movement, when it was fully lit, it looked like an orange cube. The object would then dim, go completely black, then reappear in another spot. , has anyone seen? , directly in front
.126 https://old.reddit.com/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/16gtdb9/strange_experience_has_me_wondering_if_im_losing/ experience description, location anomaly, missing time, I get to work, pull into the same parking space I take every day... Step out of my car and lo and behold...Im still in front of my apartment building. 40 mins later.,
.127 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kkims/horizontal_mildly_wide_body_of_blue_and_white/ sighting description and drawing, arrow ➡️ shape, blue and white lights 🔵⚪️, horizontal orientation, has anyone seen?, moving slowly, possible starlink
.128 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kk563/triangular_ufo_appears_in_the_sky_over_amsterdam/ sighting description and reference video, triangle, single light object, observed stationary and moving, sudden departure, Florida coast, near water gulf of Mexico, near USAF Eglin Air Force Base
.129 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kkvh8/i_saw_a_ufo/ sighting description, new jersey, nighttime, flying saucer, moving fast, duration 1 minute, trajectory change, U turn,
.130 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kivzk/ufo_in_the_morning_sky/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, contemporaneous report, from car, pacing car, followed the witness home, https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kmr3b/another_night_coyote_hunting_trust_me_its_not/ video and still images, video from drone, twolights, two light objects, low over field, photos show two dark objects in formation, removed by mods, deleted OP
.131 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kygxq/multiple_lights_in_phoenix/ video, nighttime sky, Phoenix Arizona, fleet, orange 🟠, rotating in formation, contemporaneous report
.132 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kz7qis_there_any_update_on_the_mass_visitation_in/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, fleet, orange 🟠, over water great South Bay near fire island New York state , nighttime
.133 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kpo88/are_these_ufouap_whateve video, nighttime sky, fleet observed, orange 🟠, video shows single light object, contemporaneous report, nighttime, at home, Southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 Niagara Region https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16l5fmj/other_ufo/ more video
.134 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kqtyw/vid_of_ufo/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, possible disk shape, moving slowly, moon for comparison, Colorado, duration 10 minutes, at home, outside bedroom window
.135 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kr0zf/from_09022023/ video, from home security camera, single light object, elongated, possible disk shape, angled from the horizon, illuminated surroundings, at home
.136 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ksqlo/915_st_louis_ufo/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, urban area, st Louis Missouri, contemporaneous report,
.137 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kwa65/strange_lights/ video, nighttime sky, multiple lights, one following another, appearing and vanishing, White River Arizona,

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.1 https://old.reddit.com/space/comments/16fc9dm/was_watching_some_lasco_videos_trying_to_see/ video, transiting object, light, contemporaneous report, LASCO image of the area around the sun, planet Mercury
.2 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fg3os/bright_ball_of_light_over_philadelphia_suburbs/ video, daytime cloudy sky, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, single light object moving slowly, very bright, illuminating clouds, disappeared into clouds, possible beam of light retracting , possible interaction with airplane,
.3 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ffzb8/gulf_islands_of_bc_satellites_stopping_and/ sighting description, repeat visitor, British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦, single light object, observed moving and stationary and moving, trajectory change
.4 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fhq8o/saw_my_first_ufo_dalaman_turkey/ video, nighttime sky, from car, single light object elongated, line of lights observed, dalaman Turkey 🇹🇷 , "mountain lights"?
.5 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fk90j/can_shooting_stars_appear_visibly_across_the/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, nighttime, at home, single light object moving fast, horizontal trajectory, elongated, bright white streak dash across the sky, go behind the house which was in my view, and appear on the other side just dashing across the sky., duration 1 second, similar sightings in comments,
.6 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g5o62/blue_sparkler_type_of_craft/ video, nighttime sky, from car, single light object, pacing car, directly in front, blue 🔵 sparkles observed, witness changed route to avoid it
.7 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fo27what_is_this/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, elongated, tictac, Northern California, repeat visitor, spotted this tic tac looking thing for several days in a row, doing multiple maneuvers over different areas of the sky. , downvoted to zero
.8 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16f2xrd/what_the_hell_did_i_just_see/ photos, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, single light object, elongated, vertical orientation, from airplane, from Miami to Montréal, eastern USA, observed moving up down left right, sudden departure downward , disappeared into clouds , photo shows trail, possible right angle turn
.9 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fuoporb_caught_in_broad_day/ video, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, sphere observed, at home, similar sightings in comments same area, Colorado Springs Colorado, two witnesses, ac130 airplane also observed
.10 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fspgw/i_saw_an_ufo_before_moroccos_earthquake/ sighting description and reference image, Alicante Spain 🇪🇸 , two witnesses, nighttime, threelights, triangle formation, possible pyramid, silent, trajectory change, right angle turn, departed, low below rooftops, duration 5-7 seconds, emotional reaction unease, [GOODPOST], similar sightings in comments
.11 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16fzymh/my_gf_sent_me_this_at_5am_shes_awful_at_camera/ video, nighttime sky, single light object stationary, contemporaneous report, South Florida, near water Atlantic Ocean, observed vanishing and reappearing
.12 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g4ztq/twice_within_5_days_i_saw_something_in_my/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, single light object moving fast, upward, duration 1 second , two witnesses, Serbia 🇷🇸 , silent
.13 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g7g89/brazilian_senate_ufo_hearing_translation_part_5/ original translation, Brazil 🇧🇷 congressional UAP hearing, part 5 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jhq9w/brazilian_senate_ufo_hearing_english_translation/ part 6
.14 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g9p62/in_the_sky_over_liverpool_uk/ video, nighttime cloudy sky, contemporaneous report, single light object moving erratically, Liverpool England the UK 🇬🇧, trajectory change, red and green 🔴 🟢, silent, video shows blinking erratically or vanishing and reappearing, jumpy movement
.15 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g3u7d/disclaimer_i_know_this_is_a_silly_post_but_i_cant/ original research, crash retrieval site, area of Cadotte Pass Montana, event in 1865
.16 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16g4e8m/have_no_idea_what_i_saw_last_summer_2030_blinking/ video, nighttime sky, fleet, blinking erratically, in groups, in formation, last frame of the video shows twolights close
.17 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16fl9u1/tic_tac_over_wv_2021/ video, daytime sky, single light object moving straight, elongated, tictac, horizontal trajectory, west Virginia
.18 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16efdlu/possible_uaps/ photo, nighttime cloudy sky, fleet, single light object, smaller objects accompany it, upper Peninsula Michigan,
.19 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gapr0/has_anyone_else_seen_anything_like_this/ childhood sighting description, four witnesses, nighttime, western North Carolina., haze, light beam, then a blue translucent ring perpendicular with the beam appeared in it going up into the clouds then back down to where the bottom was multiple times., emotion of fear, physical effects paralysis, transfixed, has anyone seen?
.20 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gc65u/passing_behind_the_moon/ sighting description, nighttime, two witnesses, moving star, passing behind the moon, observed moving and stationary, curved trajectory
.21 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gby82/uap_over_central_pa_upper_west_branch_of_the/ video, nighttime sky, twolights, near water susquehanna river
.22 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gfrg5/ive_seen_a_ufo_out_of_a_plane/ sighting description, from airplane, fourlights, from O’Hare Chicago to Las Vegas Nevada, nighttime, duration 15 seconds,
.23 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ge103/i_dont_know_what_this_is_the_first_appears_to_be/ video, thermal camera,
.24 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gehjthe_mysterious_encounter_near_an_argentine/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, Bahia Blanca Argentina 🇦🇷, next to military base, yesterday, large metallic object hovering in the night sky., stationary, nighttime, military response gunfire, audio description piercing high-pitched buzzing sound coming from the craft. It was as if the object was defending itself somehow. , flareup, vanished
.25 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ggeb4/some_something_back_in_may_2023_in_the_sierra/ sighting description, from car, past Sacramento heading into the Sierra Nevadas California, nighttime, threelights, orange 🟠, triangle formation, flew overhead, silent, duration 2-3 seconds,
.26 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gom6i/a_compilation_of_my_investigation_into_the/ sighting descriptions, India 🇮🇳, analysis requested
.27 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gx7dw/3_orbs_in_a_triangleline_formation_hovering_above/ video, nighttime sky, from car, pacing car, threelights, directly in front, Philadelphia Pennsylvania area near New Jersey
.28 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gyhed/my_brother_recorded_this_yesterday_at_36000ft/ video, nighttime sky, from airplane, witness is a pilot, east of Houston circling around to San Antonio Texas, contemporaneous report, vanishing and reappearing, flareup and dimming multiple times, possible jumpy movement, multicolored, [GOODPOST] https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/15xt4gx/flight_level_370_flying_east_close_to_salt_lake/ different OP, salt lake city Utah
.29 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16gysma/strange_orb_in_the_sky/ video, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, idk the sun?
.30 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h0otb/dancing_lights_during_recent_flight/ sighting description and map, from airplane, left Dallas fort Worth Texas at 10:34PM headed west to Yuma Arizona, fleet, moving slowly, dancing, duration two hours, near Big Dipper,
.31 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16g53c4/star_or_ufo/ video, nighttime sky, at home, backyard, Dallas Texas, single light object moving straight, "satellite",moving star
.32 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16guji6/are_these_the_same_thing_day_vs_night/ photos, repeat visitor or second object, nighttime sky and daytime cloudy sky, single object, rectangular prism glowing red 🔴, and angular blocky shape, downvoted to zero, Dearborn Michigan, analysis requested
.33 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16go2ii/ufos_fl_911/ video, nighttime sky, fleet, single light object, smaller objects accompany it, vanishing and reappearing, video shows sudden trajectory change , speed change acceleration, observed stationary and moving,contemporaneous report, Florida, duration 20 minutes
.34 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16ggo0o/someone_explain_what_this_was/ video, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, Placerville California, flew over the witness home , fleet observed, silent
.35 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h1vxk/saw_this_white_plains_ny_june_2023/ video, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, cylinder observed, vertical orientation, metapod type or jetpack man, white Plains new York state, three witnesses
.36 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16gfq58/i_dont_know_where_to_go_with_this/ experience description, abduction, repeat visitors, ongoing, non-consensual, contemporaneous report, [GOODPOST], prior effects things are just weird, i usually feel kinda icky, and, i just get this feeling that something is there.
.37 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16gzqp3/idk_what_audio_that_is_do_you_guys_know_anything/ audio, VERY low quiet sound https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16gzjeo/idk_what_that_audio_is_do_you_guys_know_anything/ more audio, very loud sound observed, at home, backyard https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16gzqp2/idk_what_audio_that_is_do_you_guys_know_anything/ more audio, daytime cloudy sky, Cologne Germany 🇩🇪
.38 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16ge7ya/a_few_years_ago_i_saw_som_strange_metallic_orbs/ sighting description, fleet, Denver Colorado, nighttime, metallic spheres, flying in formation, flew overhead, silent, formation of 3 right next to each other the 4th was slightly behind and the 5th was in like with the first 3. * * * . * like this.
.39 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16fgnu1/i_really_need_help_and_im_confused_heard_two/ experience description, northeastern Florida, contemporaneous report, audio description two women talking, emotional reaction confusion, previous entity observed same location, similar experiences in comments
.40 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16fzhi5/orbiting_lights_over_north_florida/ sighting description, from airplane, south Florida, nighttime, threelights, circling or orbiting, moving fairly quickly and the lights would blink out as if they were turning and then reappear as they came around.
.41 https://reddit.com/UFOPilotReports/ subreddit for pilot reports, [GOODPOST]
.42 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h5587/sighting_above_sheffield_united_kingdom/ sighting description, sheffield England the UK 🇬🇧, contemporaneous report, nighttime, duration 30 minutes, four witnesses, moving star, single light object, observed moving and stationary and moving, possible interaction with airplane, commercial plane passed by , threelights, additional 2 lights in the sky moving similarly
.43 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h6l1w/i_saw_one/ sighting description, three witnesses, at home, nighttime, single light object,stationary, flareup, color change white to orange to red ⚪️🟠🔴, observed stationary and moving, question mark ❓️ pattern, dimming, disappeared into clouds, Maryland
.44 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hqmda/san_diego_dec_10_2022_black_orb_hovering_nea photos, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object sphere observed, San Diego California, stationary , duration 5 minutes
.45 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hqicw/small_silver_orbs/ childhood sighting description, at home, backyard, Portland Oregon, daytime, twolights, circling each other, horizontal trajectory, flying in formation, silver, seamless, solid, but seemed to have an outer surface that rippled like mercury or tiny flames., silent, approach, close,
.46 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hiwrl/unknown_sequence_of_orbs_orange_county_ca/ video, nighttime sky, orange county California, fleet observed, following one after the other , starlink?
.47 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hikzh/moving_orbs_under_the_night_sky/ video, from security camera, bay area California, single light object, repeat visitor, anomalous to witness
.48 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hc5wf/ne_michigan_september_2_2023_erratic_blue_light/ video, nighttime sky, two witnesses, moving star, single light object, jumpy movements, vanishing and reappearing, https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j1wpo/ne_michigan_erratic_light_sighting_adjusted/ more video
.49 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16h88b4/saw_this_while_walking_my_dog/ photos, nighttime sky, fleet or single object multiple lights, straight line of not spinning and unmoving blue/purple 🔵🟣 lights. , contemporaneous report, silent, moving straight, flew overhead, witness looked away and looked back, vanished, starlink?
.50 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hb29g/sitting_on_my_roof_in_brooklyn_wondering_if_this/ video, nighttime cloudy sky, contemporaneous report, happening at time of posting, single light object, flickering, Brooklyn NYC New York state, color change white and orange ⚪️ 🟠
.51 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hhdio/extensive_summarytranscript_of_mexico_uap_hearing/ transcript and summary, Mexico 🇲🇽 congressional UAP hearing, [GOODPOST] https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hs2zh/here_is_the_flir_video_shown_in_the_hearing/ ufo video compilation from the hearing https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hb3u7/more_photos_from_mexico_ufo_hearings/ photos of ancient aliens https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16hb8bc/one_of_the_objects_shown_at_mexican_ufo_hearing_a/ still image, single light object, orange 🟠, similar sightings in comments https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hw4bx/vetting_the_studies_conducted_on_the_nazca_bodies/ background check and bioinformatics https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hpdjg/ancient_tridactyl_art_from_mexican_congressional/ art 🎨, hands with 3 fingers https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hsph2/comparison_of_the_mummified_alien_skull_to_that/ debunk of Llama debunk https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16ip4s9/lets_look_at_the_skull_scan_comparison_video/ more comparison to the Llama https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16h9ays/can_someone_post_the_ncbi_research_papers_for_the/k0db7zt/ perspective on the amount of DNA https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hcm78/dna_analysis_for_one_of_the_mummified_bodies/k0el128/ links to the DNA https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hairi_translated_what_the_forensic_specialist_said/ original translation, forensic science, José de Jesús Zalce Benítez https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hzr21/how_to_access_the_alien_research_data_links_step/ how to access the data https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i7kpi_cant_stand_mick_west_but_this_is_true_and_i/k0ih6b6/ link to companies analyzing the data https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16iv31x/unam_provide_a_statement_regarding_the_mummies/ carbon dating https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16ktqd9/ctscan_of_josefina/ CT scan of entity , [GOODPOST]
.52 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hro69/flyby_over_south_dakota/ sighting description and video, hard to see, analysis requested, triangle observed, contemporaneous report, nighttime, at home, backyard, flew overhead, silent, When I spotted this object it was slightly larger than a golf ball and the outline was barely visible. The lights emitting from the object were dim and amber in color. , physical effects goosebumps, south Dakota
.53 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hrlqg/an_important_reminder_in_the_face_of_increased/ information, state of disclosure
.54 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hudyl/what_are_these_objects_over_satx_last_month/ photos, San Antonio Texas, daytime sky, twolights, flying in formation observed, photos show possible formation change , duration 5-10 minutes, first noticed from car, witness stopped the car and got out,
.55 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16htw1w/seen_in_central_wisconsin_at_around_noon_today/ video, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, flying saucer observed, possible doughnut 🍩 shaped, contemporaneous report, Central Wisconsin
.56 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hwgk2/in_light_of_the_recent_developments_i_want_to/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, doughnut 🍩 shaped, eye 👁, beetle 🪲 structure with ring ⭕️ around it ,USAF, Vandenberg Airforce Base, Lompoc California, observed vanishing and reappearing, color change observed twinkling between orange red and green🟠🔴🟢
.57 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hwzai/something_in_the_sky_in_boulder_colorado/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, Boulder Colorado
.58 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hyvmv/blinking_lights_outside_my_window_in_sky/ video, nighttime sky, at home, outside bedroom window, fleet, horizontal orientation, blinking, smaller objects accompany it, santa Barbara California, downvoted to zero
.59 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hz9d8/my_uap_sighting_in_boston/ video, daytime cloudy sky, from car, single light object, red glow 🔴, diffuse, first noticed from car, possible luring, witness stopped the car and got out, vanished, possible reaction to being observed , urban area Boston Massachusetts, stationary, duration 1 minute
.60 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16hx23w/i_captured_this_9pm_september_8th_calgary_ab/ video, nighttime cloudy sky, urban area, Calgary Alberta Canada 🇨🇦, single light object, observed moving erratically and descending and stationary, very bright, flashing red 🔴, departed upward, color change, It eventually turned back to white and flew off again. It arched upwards and disappeared,
.61 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i073h/recent_release_of_mexico_footage_has_me_thinking/ video, nighttime sky, Joshua tree California, two pairs of twolights, appearing, orange 🟠, one pair horizontal orientation, one pair angled from the horizon
.62 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16hoihl/no_se_que_es_esa_luz_en_el_cielo/ video, nighttime sky, single light object moving slowly, haze, possible cloaking, Yunque Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Rainforest,
.63 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i12z3/my_ufo_experience/ sighting description, near water, rural Iowa on a lake, single object moving erratically, overhead, visible only through sunglasses , daytime sky, grayish color
.64 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i2jmo/ufo_zipping_around_could_only_be_seen_on_iphone/ video, daytime cloudy sky, over water, single object moving fast, illuminating clouds, Milwaukee Wisconsin
.65 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16in94b/the_nasa_report_why_its_actually_not_a_letdown/ nasa report key points https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16il9ky/heres_some_notes_i_made_on_the_independent_study/ notes on the study https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ivq9g/nasa_quickly_names_their_new_director_of_uap/ nasa director of UAP research Mark McInerney https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jawde/nasa_uap_press_conference_french_translation/ French translation https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j3o1z/nasa_iss_live_stream_what_are_these/ clips from ISS livestream, contemporaneous report, single light object, flareup
.66 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i4pfa/uap_over_sw_michigan_heading_northeast_no_lights/ video, nighttime sky, southwest Michigan, silent, disappeared into clouds, observed moving and stationary and moving, speed change, similar sightings in comments
.67 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i5ep7/this_story_from_my_fatherinlaw_a_former_navy/ non-sighting description, unidentified submerged object, uso, family story, witness was a Naval Officer,
.68 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i78z7/first_time_seeing_purple_lights/ photos, nighttime cloudy sky, diffuse, single light object, purple 🟣, Lynbrook long Island New York state, downvoted to zero, OP comments downvoted, "spotlight"
.69 📖 reference videos 📖 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16idx5x/not_a_ufo_just_an_exercise_in_cropping_a_plane/ airplane headlight, nighttime sky, single light object moving https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j3xp7/not_a_ufo_cropping_a_flock_of_flying_seagulls_in/ daytime sky, birds, moving fast and erratically, shadow pattern of body and wings visible
.70 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16iom7ufo_in_puerto_vallarta_mexico_last_night/ video, nighttime cloudy sky, storm, lightning, contemporaneous report, Puerto Vallarta Mexico 🇲🇽, single light object moving fast, zigzag movement
.71 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16in4gn/north_west_of_chicago/ photos, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, irregular blocky shape, angular, stationary, duration 30 minutes, Chicago Illinois , elongated, vertical orientation
.72 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ir5bc/what_is_it/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, blinking erratically, urban area, Kathmandu Nepal 🇳🇵 ,
.73 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16i4pu8/what_is_this_over_the_michigan_lake/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, over water lake Michigan, Chicago Illinois
.74 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16ifdd5/ufo_over_toronto_last_night/ photo, nighttime sky, single light object, contemporaneous report, Toronto Ontario Canada 🇨🇦, disappeared behind rooftops, descending, color change observed blue white red 🔵⚪️🔴, flashing erratically, beam of light
.75 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16i8ka1/i_never_really_had_anything_that_had_me_believe/ video, daytime sky, from car dashcam, single dark object moving erratically, disappeared behind tree
.76 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16hj3ad/ufo_caught/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, single dark object, elongated, vertical orientation, blocky shape, angular, possible barbell, western New York state near New Jersey, observed stationary and moving, haze
.77 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16h593c/screenshot_close_ups_of_commonly_seen_flashing/ photos, nighttime sky, single light object, multicolored, repeat visitor, flashing, Middlesbrough the UK 🇬🇧
.78 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16hg384/sos/ interaction with NHI, distressed OP, repeat visitors, event amnesia, physical effects keyboard won't work.
.79 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i54dd/still_image_of_silver_sky_donut_travelling_east/ photo, daytime cloudy sky, single object blackwhite, doughnut 🍩, vertical orientation, central Wisconsin, https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16i5fy9/ufo_in_central_wisconsin_heading_east_to_west_at/video, horizontal trajectory, moving straight, rotating, two witnesses
.80 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ivkwc/cheticamp_sighting/ sighting description and drawing, Chéticamp nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦, single light object, diamond 💠 shape, vertical orientation, red and blue 🔴🔵, pulsating light, contemporaneous report, nighttime, observed moving and stationary, orientation change to horizontal, sudden departure
.81 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16iyih1/ufo_i_witnessed_with_my_own_eyes_and_viewed_clea video, daytime sky, West Springfield Massachusetts, probably the worst video ever taken
.82 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16iyqcd/ufo_flying_over_barcelona_140923/ sighting description and video, contemporaneous report, two witnesses, single light object, multicolored, Jupiter?, prior sighting in comments, possible shootdown, vertical contrail, near Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸
.83 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j19dg/the_un_on_aliens_very_deep_dive/ history, United nations discussion of aliens, 1978
.84 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j1cb0/could_this_be_my_first_uap_sightning_this_was/ detailed sighting description and video, single light object, duration 1.5 hours, Plaça España in Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸, nighttime, at home, outside window, urban area, observed stationary and moving, flashing, vanishing and reappearing, multicolored , shape change, [GOODPOST]
.85 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jbau5/why_cant_i_film_the_orbs_without_them_stopping/ sighting description and discussion of reaction to being filmed, single light object, contemporaneous report, nighttime, moving erratically, observed moving and stationary, repeat visitor, has anyone seen?, I decided to pull my camera out and it stopped mid-movement. I put camera down and it resumed, picked it up and filmed, it stopped.
.86 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jb0q3/reddit_user_with_one_post_comments_on_donna_hare/ information, structures built on the moon
.87 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j2zwa/my_pilot_fathers_skeptic_view_on_the_issue/ sighting descriptions, family story, father, witness is a pilot, from airplane, western USA, nighttime, single object, very large, moving slowly, physical effects radar did not detect it, separate event, observed military plane offloading silver coffin shaped things and loading them into a different vehicle.
.88 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jgvt6/ufo_spotted_on_my_way_to_school/ video, daytime sky, single object, possible tictac, gray, from car, pacing car, contemporaneous report, greenwood Indiana
.89 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jfjl8/i_took_a_picture_while_camping_in_scotland_and/ photo, nighttime sky, camping, Galloway Forrest Scotland, duration 10 seconds, two witnesses, blue green 🔵🟢 in colour fading to a white before fading away.
.90 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16j5ac6/hixson_tn_ufo/ photo, daytime sky, single light object elongated, possible tictac or airplane, anomalous to witness, observed moving straight, disappeared into clouds, downvoted to zero, OP comments downvoted Chattanooga Tennessee, urban area
.91 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16j50lo/three_bright_hovering_lights/ photo, nighttime sky, from car, near Las Vegas Nevada, near water, hoover dam, threelights, close formation, triangle, disappeared behind ridgeline, similar sighting in comments
.92 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16iu3uu/tiny_lights_in_the_sky_that_grow_into_bright/ sighting description, nighttime, two witnesses, moving stars, flareup, vanishing, has anyone seen?
.93 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16izvf6/curious_as_to_what_this_is/ video, nighttime sky, moon for comparison, single light object stationary, color change, similar sightings in comments
.94 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16i22w7/ball_lightning_inside_house/ sighting description, inside home, storm, lightning, ball lightning
.95 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16j4dvd/oddly_behaving_ufo_from_a_week_ago_would_like_to/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, observed moving erratically, loop
.96 https://old.reddit.com/CLOUDS/comments/16j6ybw/the_reflection_of_sunlight_on_thesebeautiful/ photo, evening cloudy sky, possible twolights, single dark object, single light object, vertical formation
.97 https://old.reddit.com/bigfoot/comments/16j3b7e/know_what_i_saw_but_still_dont_believe_it/ sighting description, entity, southwest North Carolina, contemporaneous report, prior effects felt observed, nighttime, from car, directly in front, massive creature standing in the road., observed stationary and moving, physical effects sleep disruption, all I can do when I close my eyes is see a replay of that over and over again in my mind, odor exceedingly strong BO like if a person didn't take a shower for a year times 10, emotion of fear, similar sightings in comments
.98 https://old.reddit.com/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/16gez8y/extremely_bizarre_experience_witnessed_a/ sighting description, vast pink and purple hexagonal shaped grid pattern covering a large portion of the sky, similar sighting in comments
.99 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jleddoes_anyone_here_have_any_stories_about_things/ sighting description, USAF, Eglin Air Force Base, nighttime, unusually foggy, from car, witness stopped the car and got out, fourlights, approach, flew overhead, low, silent, physical effects vibration, dead silent but I could feel the ground vibrating under my feet. , similar sightings same area in comments, semicircle,following power lines
.100 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16js2lw/flying_object_in_sky/ video, daytime sky, single object
.101 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16jsbaz/ufo_in_pizzo_italy/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, nighttime, twolights, two witnesses, moving stars, Pizzo Italy 🇮🇹 , third object appeared, moving fast and straight, twolights circling it, duration 10 seconds, emotion of fear, We both looked at them and were completely quiet cause we were quite frightened by the sight
.102 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16k8xmc/how_many_of_you_have_actually_seen_a_ufo/ discussion of sightings, [GOODPOST]
.103 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jxyy8/canadians_near_muskokakawartha_lakes/ sighting description, repeat visitor, has anyone seen?,near water, Muskoka and kawartha lakes Canada 🇨🇦, single light object, orange 🟠, three witnesses, overhead, moving erratically, observed moving and stationary and moving, slowed down, sped back up, changed direction by about 10-30 degrees about 5 times, completely stopped at one point, made an odd 'buzzing' movement, then faded into the darkness., similar sighting same area in comments
.104 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jyra3/need_help_identifying_what_i_saw/ sighting description, meteor?, nighttime, from car, single light object moving fast, no trail, curved trajectory, Germantown Maryland
.105 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16jzgqq/can_i_see_a_low_flying_ufo_that_nobody_else_can/ sighting description and drawing, from car, nighttime, single light object, multicolored, low, vanished, perception discrepancy, nobody else saw it, silent, physical effects paralysis, I was stunned and stared for a while that seemed eternal and nobody honked at me., transfixed, anomalous silence
.106 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16k3hq8/i_think_i_just_saw_a_ufo/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, happening at time of posting, nighttime, single light object, very bright, stationary, possibly moving, loop, Eventually it did a little circle motion! It rose and fell a bit. Then it stayed stationary. It continued to stay stationary. I haven't seen it leave yet.
.107 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16k05qv/triangle_ufo_experience/ sighting description, triangle, nighttime, at home, I saw a giant triangle with lights on every corner hover and pass by directly above me, observed stationary and moving, overhead, emotional reaction peace,
.108 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16k6sz9/blue_ridge_mountains_va_sighting/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, two witnesses, single light object, observed stationary and moving fast and stationary , over water, Claytor Lake in Dublin Virginia, stationary blinking turquoise/blue light 🔵, plane for comparison observed,
.109 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jw8pa/friend_is_a_drone_pilot_and_captured_this_while/ video, daytime sky, twolights, two dark objects, angular, possible rectangular shape, in formation, moving slowly, urban area, Sydney Australia 🇦🇺, contemporaneous report, from drone
.110 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jzth5/my_grandmothers_encounte sighting description, family story, grandmother, Kenton Ohio, nighttime, from car, fleet, moving erratically, like fireflies, entities, Suddenly, 4 figures appear in the middle of the road, walking slowly, directly in front, “shaking motion” (like lagging) movement, jumpy movement , similar sighting in comments
.111 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jpz8q/orb_in_sky_wa_state/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, dark lines across the bottom, Washington state
.112 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jv50i/possible_alien_encounte sighting description, entity, humanoid, contemporaneous report, two witnesses, daytime, physical effects goosebumps, It’s been a few hours and I can picture every detail about him down to how his hair was coifed but I can’t picture a single thing about his face at all
.113 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jsbn7/need_help_understanding/ childhood dream description, when I woke up I knew aliens were real like I was part of it. ,
.114 https://old.reddit.com/aliens/comments/16jwv6v/caught_the_mf_second_photo_more_visible/ sighting description and photo, possible entity, at home, outside window, nighttime, prior sighting light objects , physical effects power outage, two small brownish silverish men with big eyes looking at me through my window, repeat visitor, contemporaneous report, photo shows possible head and shoulders shape shadow,
.115 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kcbw6/saw_a_glowing_orange_boomerang/ sighting description and reference image, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, urban area Denver Colorado, Today I saw what looked like a glowing orange 🟠 boomerang 🪃 that was moving extremely fast with zero sound., silent, possible cloaking
.116 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kc6ap/an_article_disguised_as_a_song_disguised_as_an/ art 🎨, poetry
.117 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16k3b7t/ufo_sighting_under_bridge/ video, daytime sky, from car, single light object, elongated, tictac, descending, horizontal orientation, trajectory perpendicular to length, physical effects video darkening ,
.118 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16k7zje/what_is_this_looked_like_a_fireball_falling_from/ photos, daytime cloudy sky, single light object, elongated, vertical orientation, yellowish, observed descending, contemporaneous report, Northern California
.119 https://old.reddit.com/ufo/comments/16k1l6l/ufouap_sighting_fresno_ca2023/ video, daytime sky, hard to see, single light object, blinking, Fresno California
.120 https://old.reddit.com/HighStrangeness/comments/16kella/strange_thing_that_happened_when_i_was_a_kid/ childhood experience description, doppelganger, missing time
.121 https://old.reddit.com/astrophotography/comments/16k69f0/can_someone_help_me_find_out_what_i_took_a_photo/ photo, nighttime sky, contemporaneous report, single light object, blue, beetle 🪲 structure with ring ⭕️ around it
.122 https://old.reddit.com/UFOB/comments/16jvdx6/brother_in_law_sent_me_this_a_while_back_from_the/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, San Antonio Texas, July 4th,
.123 https://old.reddit.com/CLOUDS/comments/16jrk2y/spine_cloud_what_caused_this/ photo, from airplane, single dark object
.124 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kf94y/do_you_see_a_triangle_and_cube_fighting_drills/ photo, nighttime cloudy sky, cloud anomaly, flashing, triangle and cube observed, possible combat
.125 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kfq7m/orange_glowing_cube/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, nighttime, single light object, orange 🟠, flareup and dimming, jumpy movement, when it was fully lit, it looked like an orange cube. The object would then dim, go completely black, then reappear in another spot. , has anyone seen? , directly in front
.126 https://old.reddit.com/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/16gtdb9/strange_experience_has_me_wondering_if_im_losing/ experience description, location anomaly, missing time, I get to work, pull into the same parking space I take every day... Step out of my car and lo and behold...Im still in front of my apartment building. 40 mins later.,
.127 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kkims/horizontal_mildly_wide_body_of_blue_and_white/ sighting description and drawing, arrow ➡️ shape, blue and white lights 🔵⚪️, horizontal orientation, has anyone seen?, moving slowly, possible starlink
.128 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kk563/triangular_ufo_appears_in_the_sky_over_amsterdam/ sighting description and reference video, triangle, single light object, observed stationary and moving, sudden departure, Florida coast, near water gulf of Mexico, near USAF Eglin Air Force Base
.129 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kkvh8/i_saw_a_ufo/ sighting description, new jersey, nighttime, flying saucer, moving fast, duration 1 minute, trajectory change, U turn,
.130 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kivzk/ufo_in_the_morning_sky/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, contemporaneous report, from car, pacing car, followed the witness home, https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kmr3b/another_night_coyote_hunting_trust_me_its_not/ video and still images, video from drone, twolights, two light objects, low over field, photos show two dark objects in formation, removed by mods, deleted OP
.131 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kygxq/multiple_lights_in_phoenix/ video, nighttime sky, Phoenix Arizona, fleet, orange 🟠, rotating in formation, contemporaneous report
.132 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kz7qis_there_any_update_on_the_mass_visitation_in/ sighting description, contemporaneous report, fleet, orange 🟠, over water great South Bay near fire island New York state , nighttime
.133 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kpo88/are_these_ufouap_whateve video, nighttime sky, fleet observed, orange 🟠, video shows single light object, contemporaneous report, nighttime, at home, Southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 Niagara Region https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16l5fmj/other_ufo/ more video
.134 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kqtyw/vid_of_ufo/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, possible disk shape, moving slowly, moon for comparison, Colorado, duration 10 minutes, at home, outside bedroom window
.135 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kr0zf/from_09022023/ video, from home security camera, single light object, elongated, possible disk shape, angled from the horizon, illuminated surroundings, at home
.136 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16ksqlo/915_st_louis_ufo/ video, nighttime sky, single light object, urban area, st Louis Missouri, contemporaneous report,
.137 https://old.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/16kwa65/strange_lights/ video, nighttime sky, multiple lights, one following another, appearing and vanishing, White River Arizona,

"65 is way too low." - Former UN Secretary Nikki Haley debuting her new 2024 campaign platform of “You should never be able to retire.”

Too Many Wrongs To Make A Right

Looks like Donald Trump is going to have an extremely busy 2024.

• U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan summarily rebuffed arguments from disgraced former president Donald Trump’s attorneys that it was necessary to push his federal trial off until April 2026 on Monday. She did, however, agree to a trial date a few months past the January 2024 date proposed by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Trump’s first federal trial will begin on March 4, 2024, she ordered, leaving plenty of time for him to become a convicted felon before facing voters.
  
• If that date holds, it’s a major setback for Trump, who sought to delay the case until far after the 2024 presidential election. He currently leads the GOP primary field by upwards of 40 points. A March trial would fall smack-dab in the middle of the Republican Party’s nominating calendar, beginning one day before Super Tuesday on March 5, 2024.
  
• A March 4 trial would also begin just weeks before a different Trump trial—the New York state hush money trial is set to begin in April, though District Attorney Alvin Bragg has suggested he’d seek to delay that trial if it conflicted with a more urgent federal prosecution. Judge Chutkan said she had spoken “briefly” with the judge presiding over that case. Trump’s lawyer John Lauro is making a big stink about the proposed March federal court date, as he said he and his team received an enormous number of records from Smith’s Justice Department team and that the volume of files combined with the novel legal issues would require significant additional time to sort through.
  

Judge Chutkan’s decision all but ensures that Trump will have to stand trial in at least three separate criminal cases while also campaigning for the GOP nomination.

• Trump’s campaign said that he has raised over $7 million since Thursday when the former president was booked at Fulton County jail in Georgia on racketeering charges related to his illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and he became the first president in United States history to earn himself a mug shot. Friday was reportedly the 2024 Trump campaign’s biggest one-day fundraising haul so far. We never doubted that Trump would continue scamming his MAGA faithful out of their hard-earned money.
  
• Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows took the witness stand in federal court on Monday in an attempt to get the criminal case regarding his involvement in Trump’s attempt to steal the election taken out of Georgia state court and eventually dismissed. Meadows declared in his testimony that he took an extremely broad view (lol, okay pal) of his responsibilities as chief of staff and therefore the corruption acts he subjected Georgia election officials to fell within the scope of “federal duties” for which he should not be tried in state court. Good luck with that, my guy!
  

Getting pretty tired of these rich guys and their crimes!

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Under The Radar

A White gunman targeted Black people inside of a Jacksonville, FL, store on Saturday near one of the state's Historically Black Colleges, killing three people. After the shooting, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) flew back to Tallahassee from a presidential campaign trip to Iowa. He also canceled a campaign stop in South Carolina because a major storm is projected to strike on Florida’s Gulf coast on Wednesday, the first of the year’s hurricane season. DeSantis’ “War on Woke” put the way African American history is taught in schools directly in its crosshairs and produced a fallacious, revisionist history curriculum. Consequently, his relationship with the state’s Black community is fraught with distrust and anger. On Sunday, when DeSantis spoke at a vigil for the shooting victims in Jacksonville, he was loudly booed. State Rep. Angie Nixon (D-FL) who represents Jacksonville, called the shooting “a stark reminder of the dangerous consequences of unchecked racism” and chided DeSantis for his “empty gestures” and “publicity stunts.”

What Else?

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) is devoting significant campaign resources to gaining control of the state’s general assembly this fall in the hope of enacting a hyper-conservative agenda, including a total ban on abortions after 15 weeks.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday that an impeachment inquiry into President Biden would be a “natural step forward” following GOP-led sham investigations of the president that have turned up no wrongdoing. I would love for him to take a “natural step forward” off of a cliff.
Fox News quietly “revised” a digital story then removed it from its website entirely after the United States Marine Corps appealed to Fox executives to challenge the network’s false claims that a fallen Marine’s family had to cover the cost of transporting her remains. Though Fox has issued an apology to the family, it has unsurprisingly not announced to its audience that it fucked the story up.
A senior board member of the American Conservative Union (CPAC’s parent organization) resigned on Friday and urged an independent investigation of additional allegations of sexual misconduct against CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp.
A 20-year-old college student at the University of South Carolina was fatally shot on Saturday after trying to enter the wrong house on the street where he lived. South Carolina has “stand your ground” laws and does not require gun owners to obtain licensure.
A faculty member at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill was killed on Monday in a shooting that prompted a campus-wide lockdown to search for an “armed and dangerous person.” A suspect was captured some 90 minutes later, and an all-clear was issued two hours after that. Tuesday’s classes have been canceled.
Ukrainian officials declared on Monday that the country’s troops liberated the southeastern settlement of Robotyne over the weekend as part of the military’s ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Be Smarter

At last week’s absolutely deranged GOP primary debate, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) told a story about a person who reportedly survived “multiple abortion attempts” as a cudgel to attack Democrats for supporting safe and legal abortion access. “I know a lady in Florida named Penny…She survived multiple abortion attempts. She was left discarded in a pan. Fortunately, her grandmother saved her and brought her to another hospital,” he said. Sounds pretty terrible, huh? Well, if you can believe such a thing, it turns out the story was strategically fabricated and contained some glaring omissions. Penny is a real person, but the individual who tried to end her life was not a licensed doctor or even an illegal abortion provider, it was her own father…in 1955. Yes, Penny Hopper survived an attempted coat hanger abortion by her father because he believed their family was too impoverished to support a second child, almost two decades before Roe vs. Wade guaranteed the federal right to an abortion, which made the procedure legal in Florida. So to make his grand point on the evils of abortion, Ron DeSantis illustrated what happens when desperate people are not able to safely and legally end a pregnancy. Cool, thanks for that, Ron.
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Light At The End Of The Email

Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to pay the District of Columbia $322,400 and adopt new workplace protocols after the fast-food chain violated DC’s labor laws in excess of 800 times over the past three years.
Pope Francis criticized the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, and said they have replaced faith with ideology, and that correct interpretation of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.
Barbie is now Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing film of all-time.
O.J. Simpson endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy. A HUGE get for Vivek.
Also, Eminem sent Vivek a cease-and-desist letter to force the extremely grating GOP candidate to stop rapping his songs on the campaign trail. The nation thanks you for your service, Em.

Enjoy

Akilah Hughes on Twitter: "I hate to say it, but ever since Blake Shelton was named sexiest man alive things have been in shambles."

Hellow folks, i made a timeline of Dr.Stone. But, it's worth noting that a lot of things here is non-Canon and it's just my thoughts of the events that made the continents the way they were in chapter 216. Also i take things from the Dr.Stone spinoff and also elements from the series " life after people " ( a very good series by the way ), and this was the result......a text with 10 billion words. Tell me what you think.
June 3, 2019: In Manaus, Brazil, at 11:40 pm local time, a huge flash of light spreads across the entire world, petrifying all the humans, with the exception of 6 astronauts, who were on the ISS at the time. ( global temperature of +1,3° c / celsius).
37 minutes later: The petrification radius reaches the exact opposite of Ground Zero, between the Philippines and Indonesia.
22 hours later: Most fossil fuel power plants around the world begin to shut down, causing blackout around the world, as fuel runs out. Nuclear power plants automatically shut down in safety mode without people to consume energy. The Earth no is no longer illuminated in night, except for a few specific regions.
60 hours later:
-Shamil, Connie and Lillian dive to Earth.
-A small earthquake hits Tokyo and knocks down the statues of Senku and his classmates.
62 hours later: The ISS begins to enter an elliptical orbit.
66 hours later: The second Soyuz rocket leaves the ISS.
76 hours later: Byakuya arrives on the Soyuz rocket to rescue Shamil, Connie and Lillian. They head to Treasure Island.
4 days later: Garbage smell attracts raccoons; rats and cockroaches, which begin to invade the houses, in a paradise of food and water.
5 days later: With the absence of planes in the sky to create condensation in their contrails, the absence of artificial cloud cover rapidly changes the rainfall climate in many regions on Earth.
2 weeks later: Wolves invade cities in different parts of the world.
4 months later: Without farmers to protect their crops with pesticides, the bugs start to mow down hundreds of thousands of acres.
2021: -Setember: Yakov and Darya have two children. -Uncontrolled resupply replenished in Lake Texcoco, where Mexico City was built, caused the buildings to begin to deteriorate, and risk collapsing, due to softening of their foundations in major flooding. The city is now covered by several meters of water. -The seeds that remain in the silos begin to ferment in a dangerous way, causing fires and even large spontaneous explosions. Wildfires are created as an effect. 2022: February: Shamil and Connie get married. October: The astronauts create the disc with Lillian's voice and Byakuya's message to Senku.
-Uranium in nuclear power plant cauldrons stops producing enough energy to sustain the nuclear reaction, water levels drop, and fuel becomes dangerously hot where superheated fuel rods burst into 700-degree flames. The more than 400 nuclear power plants around the world expel high levels of radiation, which are carried by the wind, where hundreds of areas would be contaminated for several kilometers. The most affected places would be the eastern USA; China; Japan and Europe. In these areas radiation contamination would kill most forms of life. The radiation also contaminated the groundwater in the region and consequently the rivers as well. The Astronauts are far enough away from Japan's main island to receive the highly dangerous levels of radiation.
2024: There is an explosion in the population of rodents and snakes after the rats multiply, thanks to tons of human waste left behind.
2025: July: Yakov and Darya sail towards Japan's main island in hopes of bringing back antibiotics, but they are lost at sea. Connie dies of pneumonia.
August: Shamil dies of pneumonia.
October: Byakuya starts writing the 100 short stories.
May 2027: Byakuya completes the 100 Tales.
November 2028: Lillian passes away from pneumonia.
2039: In Miami the invasive brazilian pepper plant was proliferated by birds through seeds. With no people to stop their spread, they grew large enough to cover homes in vast areas of Miami. Brazilian peppers then begin to spread throughout Florida.
2040:
-Senku remains petrified and continues count. Byakuya explains to his friends children about precious resources.
-The Ogouchi Dam collapses, relocating Senku and Taiju hundreds of meters from the former school, close to what would become the Cave of Miracles.
-The global temperature is at +2,9 °c , but the temperature increase is slowing down.
2044: Wolf populations multiply sixfold each year, allowing the population to reach half a million worldwide, redistributing into areas once abandoned because of human occupation.
-K-129, a former Soviet nuclear submarine sinking in the Pacific Ocean, has its heat shield cracked, causing pressure from the ocean floor to leak into one of the pumps. The leak causes the lithium deposit in one of the torpedoes to explode, but the explosion is drowned out by the same ocean pressure. The torpedo's plutonium core then spreads to the small area and any sea creature that came into contact with it dies from radiation poisoning.
2051: Byakuya passes away of old age. At your request, the bottle of rare metals is sealed in the Soyuz capsule.
2064: The global temperature is +2,3 °c degrees warmer than normal, but the temperature starts to drop by 0,1 degrees In the next years, as the ravages of greenhouse gases finally begin to dissipate.
2069: -Most buildings made of ordinary cement collapse. -The Asian invasive plant Lygodium will cover all remaining humans structures, and over time will bring down all buildings throughout Florida. - African lions that escaped from the San Diego Wild Animal Park are now full adapted to their new environment in Southern California, being able to take down cows and horses. They would also compete for the same prey as the puma, and as a consequence over generations puma would get smaller. Lions have also been successful in surviving in Tokyo, Japan.
-Beavers and elks introduced by humans in southern Argentina and Chile have not only been successful in surviving but also increasing their population.
-Ostrich and camel populations in Australia managed to survive and are now a recurring in some regions.
-A show of destruction is seen in Earth's orbit. Nearly 3,000 active satellites start hitting each other and one by one they turn into space junk, which eventually falls to the Earth's surface.
2080: Marine life has fully recovered from overfishing and is thriving.
2089: The waters of the Huangpu River flooded the streets of Shanghai. The Chinese plains become swamps.
2094: -The Itaipu power plant, in Brazil, was overcome by the waters of the Paraná River, which had been overflowing for decades. With the collapse of Itaipu and other power plants, Buenos Aires city is partially flooded. -Rattlesnakes have grown to enormous sizes thanks to rat overpopulation, and the bigger this animal gets, the more it can reproduce and the larger the offspring.
2102: The global temperature is now exactly the same as in 2019. ( +1,3 °c ).
2119: -The Skytree in Tokyo collapses, with the top of the tower falling off first. -The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco have several parts start to come loose from the structure.
-Chital populations, a invasive species originally from india, thrives in USA, Australia and South America.
-In the great plains of USA the elephant population descended from of individuals staying in sanctuaries grows without major problems, since it has no natural predators. They would stay in warmer areas near rivers and lakes.
2120: The global temperature, after reaching the same levels as before the industrial era, drop 0,5 degrees, as the reverse effect of the melting of the polar ice caps from the 1 degree increase in previous decades. (-0,5 °c degrees).
2122: Fires in fuel pools in nuclear power plants have long since died out and radiation levels have dropped enough for nature return to the regions.
-The populations of Reeves's muntjac, an animal native to southeastern China, grows in the British Isles and Japan, where in the past large herds had managed to escape zoos.
2169: The invasive Burmese python species has long time dominated the Everglades and now are invaded new territories. Burmese pythons are able to live in more varied climates than alligators and are able to climb trees. Pythons have become Florida's top predator.
2219: -Large herds of bison once again roam the Midwest in USA. Prides of lionesses would end up hunting old individuals, just like they do with buffalo in Africa.
-Without maintenance, the Eiffel Tower collapse into the new marsh on the river seine that has flooded the remnants of Paris.
-Mount Fuji erupts and Roppongi Hills, in Japan, collapses.
-The suspension spiers of the Golden Gate Bridge, once the last remnant of the iconic San Francisco bridge, finally give way and sink.
-The landscape around Hearst Castle, in California, looks surprisingly unchanged, but zebras graze in the hills. Hearst had the largest private zoo in the past, and zebras that once already roamed free in the 21st century are now fully established and now graze many grassy areas for food and proper nutrition. African lions, also established in California, can get their fill of old familiar prey.
2250:The Great Sphinx of Giza, in Egypt, is buried again in the sands of the Sahara to survive for thousands of years in preservation.
2269: Christ the Redeemer, in Rio de Janeiro, ends up collapsing after extensive deterioration.
2300: Several hippos in Colombia, which in the past had been irresponsibly released by Pablo Escobar, completely dominated the landscape. Populations grew at alarming levels and hippos changed the local vegetation and the water composition of the rivers and lakes they encountered. Hippos spread throughout the Colombian jungle and now dominate all of North of South America as the largest mammal.
2319: The Statue of Liberty suffers from galvanic corrosion, an old problem that was formerly alleviated by maintenance in the past. Pieces begin to fall to the bottom of New York Harbor, which is now a flooded part of Liberty Island.
2351: A 700-meter large iron meteorite hits Rome, lowering the Earth's temperature by 2°C for a few years. Impact debris is lifted into space and then bombs Europe. All of Rome is destroyed in the initial explosion and a huge crater 25 km in diameter forms, where it is quickly covered by the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. (-2,5°c ).
2420: -Sunlight has degraded plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into smaller compounds, turning the Pacific Ocean into a poisonous stew containing immeasurable amounts of toxins like PCBs. Before being fully diluted in water, this large clump would turn into a toxic plastic soup that would kill many ocean creatures and birds.
-A cycle of increased solar activity causes the global temperature to rise slightly.(+0.4°c).
2519: Forests around the world now take over the areas where they were present in the past, before human deforestation.The Amazon is now fully recovered, and the vast agricultural areas are now a relic of the past.
2740: The pyramid of petrification devices in Manaus had their inner diamonds deteriorated by time.
3021: The Popocatépetl volcano erupts and destroys the last remnants of Mexico City.
3219: Mount Fuji erupts again. The eruption changes the topography of the region and now the Urui River has a huge waterfall. The tons of magma caused the shape of Japan's coast to change slightly.
3369 : Treasure Island Volcano Erupts and Causes multiple earthquakes. Treasure island grow in size.
3519: Niagara Falls is undergoing a transformation, as water erodes the rock below and moves upstream. Horseshoe Falls is moving backwards even faster, nearly 6 feet every year, because there are no longer any Niagara power plants diverting water from the falls. Once the Horseshoe erodes upstream from Goat Island, there will be no more water passing through the Niagara, causing it to dry up. Thanks to that Goat Island will turn out to be no longer an island.
4520: A grand solar mininum happens again and lowers the global temperature by 1 degree. The solar activities would remain low until 4588. ( -1.0°c ).
4525: The Yellowstone supervolcano erupts. The ash reaches the extrasphere and blocks sunlight on a planetary scale. A volcanic winter begins and in the first 3 years the global temperature drops by 10 degrees. (-11.0°C).
4530: -Thanks to the volcanic winter and the next 5 years of super low temperatures the ice caps of the Arctic Ocean advance and the sea level in the Bering Strait recedes, the Beringia land bridge appears and closed the strait with a small land bridge. - With the end of the water connection between the Arctic and Pacific oceans, the AMOC cycle collapses, and causes the cold and low-saline water of the Arctic to be dammed and unable to flow to the Pacific. It then heads straight for the North Atlantic, which gets colder and less salty, making Europe and North America colder.
-There is a huge increase in instability and precipitation in the South Atlantic.
-In Nordeste, Brazil, there has been a huge increase in rainfall and large areas are flooded. Such an effect would also be seen in South Africa, where several regions are underwater.
-The large increase in precipitation in Brazil was also noticed in the central region. The Araxá city, originally a savannah, is now taken over by the atlantic forest.
-Precipitation in north of South America, especially in Ecuador and Peru, has decreased and the sechura desert is advancing and now covers the entire coast of Ecuador.

• With low rainfall Venezuela's savannas encroach on his Amazon rainforest.

-Thanks to the AMOC collapse all regions from the northern hemisphere got colder from 2° degree and beyond, and have slightly impaired precipitation levels.
-Sea levels in Europe drop by 40 meters and the British Isle is now connected to the European mainland by doggerland.
-The Oresund Strait between Denmark and Scandinavia closes.
-The islands of Java and Sumatra, in Indonesia, are now connected thanks to the drop in sea level, making Krakatoa Volcano no longer being on an island.
-The drop in temperature in the waters off the Australian coasts increases the growth of the Great Barrier Reef, which is now bigger than it has ever been in the 21st century.
-Warmer extratropics during summer drawn the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) northward, resulting in precipitation changes in North Africa. The Tamanrasset River begins to flow again and formerly desert areas have become oases. ( -3°c ) ( -5° c in the north hemisphere).
September 15, 5001: Matsukaze is born. (-3.0°c in the Northern Hemisphere).
July 5020: A large number of petrification weapons fell from the sky into Treasure Island. Several medusa are destroyed, but one ends up in the hands of the leader of the main village, who proclaims the beginning of the Petrification Kingdom, as a security measure, the medusa will always be passed on to the leader's main bodyguard.
5589: People from the Treasure Island bring the tombstones of the ancient founders, along with the disk, to the main island of Japan and establish the cemetery of Ishigami Village.
February 9, 5679: Kaseki is born.
March 23, 5691: Ibara is born.
Year 5700: -Another grand solar minimun cycle happens, the temperature drop more 1,3 degrees globally. - April 19: Kokuyo is born. ( -1,3 ) ( -3,3 in the north hemisphere ).
5702: Jasper, and Ruri's mother, were born.
5708: Turquoise is born.
September 11, 5713: Oarashi is born.
May 5, 5716: Moz is born.
August 22, 5717: Magma is born.
January 2, 5718: Mantle is born.
July 7, 5718: Kirisame is born.
5720: -Kokuyo wins the grand bout against Jasper and marries the current village priestess.
December 9: Soyuz is born.
5721: At some point, a 3-year-old Kirisame is the leader's future bodyguard candidate and is taught by him in how to use the petrification beam.
April 14: Ruri is born.
July 9: Kinro is born.
May: Ibara steals Medusa, petrifies Soyuz's father and tries to murder Soyuz and his mother. Soyuz escapes with mother help with a boat heading to the main island of Japan. Ibara hides the truth and now speaks on behalf of the leader. Soyuz mother made it to the main island of Japan but died of bleeding and cold, but before that she spoke his baby's name for a couple from Ishigami village on the beach, who took care of Soyuz raised him as foster parents.
5722: Several villagers in Ishigami village died from bad fish catches in the summer and after a stronger winter than usual. All Turquoise's relatives died.
5723: -At some point in this year, Moz nearly committed parricide when he beat up his abusive father.
February 4: Chrome is born.
February 14: Amarylis is born.
April 7: Ginro is born.
August 8: Kohaku is born.
5724: Ruri and Kohaku's mother dies of pneumonia.
September 9, 5729: Suika is born.
Year 5736: Amaryllis and her four friends set out to sea, only to be caught by Moz and Kirisame, who use a petrification gun to petrify everyone except Amaryllis, who narrowly escapes and swims away.
5738:
April 1: Senku and Dr.Xeno break free from petrification, followed in the next few weeks by several other members of the American Colony.
October 5: Taiju breaks free from petrification. (-1.3°c) (-3.3°c in North Hemisphere).
The World is wildly different than it was in 2019, in part due to human actions before petrification, such as the introduction of invasive species in other regions. Among the introduced species, the best successes were the animals said to be domestic or used in farming, such as:dogs, cats, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and wild boars. Many introduced birds were also very successful such as pigeons and european starling, where they managed to stay on all continents, with the exception of Antarctica.
Despite the collapse of humanity, some human structures have withstood time. Among which can be mentioned: The great Wall of China, the great buddha of kamakura, mount rushmore, the hoover power plant, the Ancient Egypt and Aztec pyramids. Of which these buildings have incredibly little changed even in millennia.

Upfront Edit: This post got longer and longer so thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to read it and I hope it can be helpful to anyone trying to decide on or plan a similar trip.
Thanks to a travel voucher I received through my work and a couple years of saved up travel budget from the pandemic, my family and I were able to embark on a dream vacation of mine this year. We just returned on Friday from a 13 night West Coast road trip from Seattle to San Diego. Our traveling party consisted of my wife (37F), my sons (9 and 12 M), and myself (38M) so we were trying our best to balance our travel and activities to keep everyone engaged and excited.
While planning for our trip I got a lot of comments about how miserable it was probably going to be to spend so much time driving with kids in the car, but my kids have always enjoyed riding long distances for trips. We've done smaller road trip vacations around the Midwest and south to Florida before with some daily drives in excess of 10 hours, so we kind of knew what we were getting into. We packed lots of activities to keep them busy on the plane and then in the car and I'm proud to report that they were barely touched. All that being said, on to the trip.

Day 1 - Cincinnati, OH to Seattle, WA by air

Our first day consisted of flying from Cincinnati to Seattle. We had a later flight and so we ended up getting into Seattle around 8pm local. We had rented a minivan from Budget and the pickup was smooth at the airport. We ended up with a Chrysler Pacifica which would serve us well through the trip. After some initial disappointment that the rearview camera was so internally condensated that it was unusable everyone settled into our "base of operations" for the next two weeks. The kids were thrilled to have captain's chairs, my wife and I were glad that the third row folded down easily and made ample room to carry our 2 checked bags, 4 carry-ons and 4 backpacks with room to spare, and I was elated that the van came standard with Android Auto which was invaluable on this trip
After picking up the van we made our way to hotel #1, The Mediterranean Inn. This hotel was well located near the Space Needle and Seattle Center, though we ended up not going up the needle. It also had a nice rooftop with a great view of the waterfront and across to the Olympic Mountain range. With the later arrival and our lag in time zones everyone was pretty exhausted. We ended up just ordering a pizza from Seattle Pizza and Bar, which was a fairly average pie, and then everyone pretty much passed out.

Day 2 - Seattle, WA

Thanks again to time zone differences everyone was up early this morning. We had packed some snacks and pop tarts and had these for a light breakfast before heading to Pike Place Market very early. We got there well before it "opened" which turned out to be really cool. Since it was a Sunday we knew the market was probably going to get busy. We got to walk around and scope things out without the crushing crowds and figure out things we did and didn't want to check out. It was also fun to watch the market come to life. Watching the vendors set out their flower arrangements was really cool. The variety and quality of the flowers was really astounding and the smell filled the early morning air. I also couldn't believe how affordable they really were. It was also great to be there early because we were among the first visitors so it seemed like everyone wanted to talk to us and give us samples.
As the morning went on the market really came to life and was soon filled with people and activity. We had planned to pick up food here for snacks for the rest of the trip as well as to assemble a bit of a charcuterie for lunch on day 3. We found so many delicious snacks, cheeses, and meats here. Huge shoutout to The Cheese Box. The woman behind the counter was so incredibly friendly to us and our boys and gave us loads of samples. We loaded up on cheeses and meats here and she even cut us off a bit of her favorite for free when we explained what we were doing with them.
Other highlights here were the magic shop where the employees wowed our sons with sleight of hand and we got our fortunes from the Zoltar machine out front, a wonderful spice store with shelves and shelves of spices and blends, great lunches between Pike Place Chowder and The Falafel King, and some of the best fruit I've ever tasted from Sosio's. Of course we also watched them throw the fish and our kids stuck some gum on the gum wall.
After lunch when the market was really getting busy we headed back to the hotel for a bit of rest. When dinner rolled around we had a simple burger and floats meal from Dick's across the street. The plan was to walk down to Seattle Center and eat in a shady spot but there was a large festival taking up most of the space with paid admission so we ended up just wolfing it down on the go and walking around Seattle Center for the evening.
We checked out international fountain and wandered around the parks under and around the Space Needle We watched a Queen laser show at the laser dome attached to the Pacific Science Center and as we were heading there I saw them setting up a field of drones for a nighttime drone show. I was lucky enough to be able to see this drone show, which was for the MLB All Star weekend from the roof of the hotel that night and it was a surreal, beautiful ending to the day.

Day 3 - Seattle, WA to Port Angeles, WA

We were up early again this day with another quick and easy pop tart breakfast before check out. We drove about 25-30 minutes North to Edmonds where we had scheduled a whale watching tour with Puget Sound Express. The tour lasted about 5 hours and was incredible. The boat made it all the way up into Canadian waters near Vancouver Island. The kids really got a kick out of being able to say that we "went to another country" on our trip. We got to see a pod of orcas playing in the waters here and then on our way back to Edmonds we saw so many humpbacks. They got so close to our boat that even the crew and captain were joining us in oohs and ahs on the deck and they all said it was an above average day for watching whales. We enjoyed our "charcuterie" from the prior day's adventure while on board and it did a good job of settling our sea sick bellies.
After whale watching we took the ferry from Edmonds to Kingston and then it was just about an hour drive to Port Angeles. We stayed in the Red Lion Hotel here and I highly recommend it. For the price the room was great and clean and we had a beautiful balcony with wonderful views out over the Salish Sea where we could watch the big ships and the Black Ball Ferry Line come and go. We had dinner at the Hook & Line Pub right next door who had really good food. In particular they served a smoked salmon chowder that was phenomenal. Back to the room where I had a partial view of the sunset to the West and then we all got rested up for the next day which was to be our first "big" driving day.

Day 4 - Port Angeles, WA to Long Beach, WA

We woke up and our original plan had been to start the day with a drive up Hurricane Ridge Road to take in some mountain views. Over coffee that morning though I learned that due to a recent fire at the lodge/visitor center they were only allowing a limited amount of vehicles up the road per day and at a time. With this information and the morning being quite cloudy and overcast we decided that we would leave our vehicle's spot for someone else that day and instead get an early start on our drive. This turned out to be fortuitous because after some driving we got to our next stop which was the Hoh Rainforest and we arrived just before it started to get really busy.
The rainforest was absolutely beautiful and the Sitka Spruces here gave us our first taste of the "big trees" we were looking forward to seeing. Since we arrived early we didn't have to wait in line for a parking spot and were on the trail before the majority of the crowd. This was great because we really felt like we could take our time and revel in the beauty of the forest around us. We were also lucky enough to catch a fascinating presentation from a park ranger which taught us so much about the forest we were in and how the trees work together to get so large. Thanks to our early start we also decided to stop at Ruby Beach afterwards to cap off our time in Olympic National Park. The whole family was taken in by the beauty there and the kids (and wife) had fun crawling over the big driftwood logs.
We had a quick lunch at a roadside spot called Dino's Pizza and Grill which was a very no-nonsense, no-frills place with tasty burgers that hit the spot. We made a brief snack stop at the Humptulips Grocery in Humptulips, WA because the name was too funny to pass up and the pushed through to our lodging for the night which was the Sou'Wester Lodge in Seaview.
Sou'Wester was a highlight of the trip. It consists of a small lodge and some RV parking, but the real draw is their array of vintage travel trailers which have been refurbished and set in place as a form of lodging. They have a ton of different types including vintage travel trailers, RVs, Airstreams, and buses. We stayed in the Lady Grey which was a converted Greyhound bus. Obviously there wasn't a ton of space for our family in four but we had enough and the boys couldn't get enough of playing in the driver's seat. There was a turntable in the bus and the camp store at the lodge had a wide variety of records to borrow for free. We ended up listening to Hawaiian steel guitar, big band swing, and The Beatles as we enjoyed some family games of Uno and just soaked in the atmosphere. I can't recommend this place enough. Not your ordinary hotel stay but it is definitely a can't-miss if you are staying in the area

Day 5 - Long Beach, WA to Crescent City, CA

This was the big day of driving on our trip. I knew ahead of time that I was looking at probably an 8 hour drive, but I vastly underestimated the Oregon Coast. We definitely didn't give it the time it deserved, but we still loved the time we spent passing through and by the end of the day we had definitely resigned ourselves to arriving at our hotel late because we wanted to give OR the time we could.
We started out with just a quick drive through Astoria. We didn't go to the Goonies locations but mostly because I've heard mixed things about how the owner of the house reacts to tourists and the town itself was just beautiful to drive through alone. Afterwards we stopped by the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park for a bit. We are kind of history nerds so we wanted to check it out and we were lucky enough to show up on a day devoted to Seaman which was Lewis's Newfoundland dog that accompanied them on their journey. There were Newfies everywhere for the kids to pet and tons of historical presentations and events happening. The boys did some Junior Ranger activities as well which were fun and informative.
We ate a pretty decent lunch at Mo's Restaurant in Cannon Beach and then checked out Haystack Rock, so I guess we did get a little Goonies in. The beach was a little crowded, but not so much that we felt uncomfortable. We did some light tidepooling and explored for a bit before moving along.
This section of road had so may beautiful turnouts and overlooks that we easily could have spent a week driving it. We did stop frequently including a stop at Rocky Creek State Scenic Viewpoint where we spotted some more whales off the coast and The Devil's Punchbowl. By this time we were getting tired and hungry so it was just a drive thru dinner at Arctic Circle and then straight through to our hotel in Crescent City. We stayed at the Ocean View Inn. I wasn't the biggest fan of this place, though the room was decently sized. At least. Not too much of a bother though since it was almost midnight by the time I checked in.

Day 6 - Crescent City, CA to Fort Bragg, CA

Despite our late arrival we were up relatively early this morning because everyone was excited to see the redwoods. Everyone was kind of looking forward to not having pop tarts for breakfast but the hotel continental was sorely lacking so it was old reliable McDonalds breakfast today.
A couple hours of driving brought us to the beginning of the Avenue of Giants. We spent most of the rest of the day just slowly driving along in absolute marvel of the forest around us. No picture has ever or will ever be able to capture the magnificence of the redwoods. It really is something that must be seen and felt in person and we spent plenty of time getting out and walking around to experience it. Of course we drove through a tree and stopped at some gift shops. I suggest stopping at The Grandfather Tree gift shop. It's a huge tree and it's really beautiful to behold.
We had lunch at The Avenue Cafe in Miranda which had some of the tastiest homemade pizza I've had. and then made our way to Confusion Hill. Confusion Hill is a super kitschy tourist-trap type stop but I would still classify it as a must-see. If you are familiar with the show Gravity Falls, the Mystery Shack is based on Confusion Hill and they have plenty of little easter eggs and references for you. You may even catch sight of Bill Cipher if you keep a sharp eye. We took a small train ride up the side of the mountain which was surprisingly fun. The man driving the train and narrating the trip was very funny and taught us a lot about old logging practices and the trees themselves. Then we walked through the Gravity House and witnessed its "oddities". All of the workers here were over-the-top friendly and made us feel so welcome.
Shortly after Confusion Hill we went through Leggett which is where CA 1 actually begins. And let me tell you, CA 1 is not for the faint of heart. Immediately we were met with hairpin turns with steep drop offs and narrow roads winding through a lush, beautiful redwood forest. My knuckles were getting a little white through this stretch, but luckily pretty much everyone is driving slowly through here so the pressure wasn't really on. After the forest it's more of the same but along the coast with gorgeous views and sheer drop offs to the ocean to accompany the winding road. We arrived in Fort Bragg and checked into our hotel, the Harbor Lite Lodge.
I really liked the Harbor Lite Lodge. Despite it's "motel-like" setup the buildings seemed very nice and there were some nice communal areas outside too. We had a balcony which overlooked the harbor and the room was very nice. The beds in particular are very comfortable and apparently manufactured in Fort Bragg locally. We got in about 8pm and everything in Fort Bragg closed around 8 or 9 so sadly we ended up just having Taco Bell for dinner, but there were no complaints from my family on this matter.

Day 7 - Fort Bragg, CA to San Francisco, CA

There was a decision to be made this morning as I drank my coffee and watched the local fishing boats make their way out of the harbor through the fog. Should I take CA 1 or US 101 from Fort Bragg to SF? The previous day's white-knuckle driving was still fresh on my mind as I looked at our drive for the day. When I began planning this trip I was pretty dead set on spending as much time on CA 1 as possible to get the true PCH experience. However, I already knew that we were going to have to miss one of the most iconic portions, Big Sur, due to road closures. I also knew that the ~150 miles ahead of me could take almost 6 hours to drive on CA 1 and that if I chose that direction there really was no opportunity to change my mind. In the end we decided to throw caution to the wind and stick with the scenic route and I'm very glad we did.
We started out by backtracking slightly for a morning visit to Glass Beach in Fort Bragg. This was beautiful and the boys had a great time combing the beach for bits of sea glass. The wife and I enjoyed watching the sea birds and seals through our binoculars. Watch out for curious squirrels in this area. They seem to be very acclimated to human presence and will practically mob you for food. The crows too.
The majority of the rest of the day was spent winding along the coast taking in the beautiful views and driving through seaside towns. We had lunch in Gualala at the Gualala Seafood Shack. I had some local rockfish and chips which was great and everyone else had a variety of fried delights from the sea. I can definitely recommend this lunch stop.
After white knuckling it along the seaside cliffs for most of the day CA 1 teases you with a pleasant diversion through some beautiful rolling farmland then along Tomales Bay near Point Reyes. Don't let your guard down too much though because once you've been lulled into a false sense of security it cranks the stress levels to 11 as you wind precariously up and down through the Marin Hills as you approach San Francisco. In true Midwestern 80's child fashion we listened to the Full House theme song as we drove across the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco and made our way to our hotel, the Hotel Zephyr.
Hotel Zephyr was pretty nice. The location couldn't be beat as you could walk pretty much right out the backdoor into Fisherman's Wharf. The room, however, was not the best. The AC was fairly nonfunctional and the beds are downright tiny. They advertised our room as having 2 queen beds but they were full size at best. They also advertise their game room and communal area pretty strongly but overall everything was kind of worn-down and overused. We did have a pretty decent view of Alcatraz from our balcony though, so that was nice.
Being the Midwesterners that we are, we have never had In-N-Out and had already decided we would go to the one in Fisherman's Wharf while in SF so we made our way there for dinner. It, and the whole area around it, were absolutely packed. Possibly due to our week spent in remote areas it was a bit overwhelming for our family so we ate and retired back to the game area and hotel pretty quickly for some R&R before calling it a night.

Day 8 - San Francisco, CA

We woke up early and walked along The Embarcadero to Pier 39 on our San Francisco day. We had breakfast at Eagle Cafe. They had a great Bloody Mary and crab benedict which was a fantastic start to our day. We spent a good majority of the day at Pier 39 taking in the shops, playing in the arcade, viewing the sea lions, and watching street performers. We had originally planned to take the cable car to Chinatown this day as well but time got away from us. Before we knew it we were ready for dinner. We ate dinner at Boudin's Bistro. They're famous for their clam chowder and bread bowls, but my son and I split the fire roasted Dungeness crab and it was amazing.
We ended a very long day by doing a late night escape room, our family's first, at Escapology Escape Rooms. We were hesitant to give this a go with the boys but our oldest was very insistent and we all ended up loving it. I'm proud to state that we were able to solve the mystery, create the antidote, and escape with 7 minutes left having only used one free hint. The staff here was very nice and supportive and now we're all talking about our next escape room. We definitely stayed up and out too late though and paid for it the next morning, but it was worth it.

Day 9 - San Francisco, CA to Pacific Grove, CA

We were up and out early as usual this day. In the sake of time we skipped CA 1 for this stretch and did a couple hours of highway driving to get to Monterey. My youngest is a huge aquarium nut so we had to make a stop at the world-famous Monterey Bay aquarium. I'm not the biggest aquarium fan but I will say that this one is very nice. We all loved watching the schools of sardines and we got to watch a pretty impressive feeding show where they fed the schools and the huge, fast tuna. They have a ton of touch tanks that the kids could have spent all day in. We had an unremarkable and overpriced lunch at the aquarium, but hey at least the profits will go toward the upkeep of this incredible place.
Once we were through aquarium we headed to the Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove for the night. Asilomar, as the name would suggest, definitely caters more toward conferences and large groups but they do have a number of rooms that you can stay in on a personal basis. When we checked in, the front desk attendant asked if we were on a road trip so apparently it's pretty common for them. The rooms were definitely no-frills. There was no AC and no TV, but I knew this when I booked. The grounds are really where Asilomar shines. It's loaded with historic buildings and feels very secluded despite being only about 10-15 minutes from Cannery Row in Monterey.
We were well into the vacation at this point and running out of clothes to wear so we split up this evening. My wife took the boys to the heated pool at Asilomar and I drove around to find a laundromat and wash our clothes for the rest of the trip. We had kind of an uninspiring pizza from Pelican Pizza delivered in the evening and I took a stroll down the boardwalk to the Asilomar state beach before bed.

Day 10 - Pacific Grove, CA to Santa Monica, CA

I took the boys out early in the morning to watch the waves crash on the beach for a bit and do some more tidepooling. We found so many hermit crabs and watched the older, grizzled surfers tackle the crashing, cold waves before we made our way back to the room to pack up and head out.
We've pretty much given up on CA 1 at this point. Today would have been the Big Sur day, but with the road closed we are just making time now. We took 101 for a bit and then crossed over to I-5 for the drive into Los Angeles. When we left Pacific Grove around 11am the thermometer in the car read 53 degrees. A few hours later as we drove past Buttonwillow, CA it read 112! In the spirit of making time a quick lunch was had from trusty McD's.
We arrived at our hotel, Le Meridien Delfina, around 5pm and soon made our way to the Santa Monica Pier. We had a quick dinner at a place called The Albright which had cold beer and tasty fish tacos. They also had excellent calamari. We spent the evening on the pier just sightseeing and letting the boys ride rides. The pier lights up and is beautiful at night, and the sunset was amazing as well. Of course we also had a churro before we made our way back to the room.
Le Meridien Delfina was nice enough, but we were a little out of our element because it seemed like it was, or was trying to be, very upscale so we felt a bit out of place. I was a bit put off as well when the bellman ran me a sales pitch on a local tour company after I had handed him his tip. Overall not very personable feeling, though the room was nice enough and I could see the ocean from the balcony.
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Day 11 - Los Angeles, CA

There was a hotel worker's strike in front of the hotel when I walked down to get my coffee in the morning. It was incredibly loud and it was such a jarring experience to see that when I looked to my right and then when I looked to my left just see all of the hotel managers pretending nothing is happening as business travelers sat around on their laptops pretending everything was normal. Given this and my full experience at the hotel I probably would have booked somewhere else that pays their workers better and isn't so full of themselves.
We wanted to head right to the beach this morning because the boys had been looking forward to it all vacation. We got into the lobby and saw what appeared to be a continental breakfast with no signage. It was just small boxes of cereal, powdered eggs, and toast and bagels like you would see in any other hotel. Imagine our surprise after we grabbed fruit and cereal for the boys when a staff member came up and let us know that it was not a continental breakfast but a paid "breakfast buffet". Those were certainly the most expensive tiny boxes of cereal our family has ever eaten.
We made our way to the beach and had a pretty great morning with my wife and I relaxing on the beach as the boys splashed around in the waves with a view of the city and pier around us. Because we showed up early the beach was practically deserted but people definitely started filling in the longer we stayed.
Around lunch time we went back to the room and got cleaned up before striking out into LA in search of a taco truck. We ended up at Leo's Taco Truck which is apparently a chain of LA taco trucks but it was still delicious! Then we headed off to check out the La Brea Tar Pits.
The tar pits (my son would be very disappointed if I didn't take this opportunity to point out that there is no tar in the tar pits, just asphalt) were pretty cool. We were all amazed by the number of fossils that have been pulled out and it was a fascinating look into the ancient, natural history of such a developed urban area. However, we apparently were in LA during a heat wave and it was very hot and humid so we limited our time walking around the grounds. On a more pleasant day we probably would have given it some more time and probably visited the LACMA as well. As it was, after the grounds and museum everyone was ready for some AC.
We hopped back into the van and did a couple hours of sightseeing around LA, driving through Beverly Hills and Hollywood before meeting some friends who live in LA for dinner. They took us to a Korean BBQ place in Koreatown called Hae Jang Chon where we ate more than our fill. We had never been to a KBBQ before and it was really quite the experience. We tried many different meats and they were all delicious, as well as the sides including the best kimchi I have ever had. Afterwards we headed back to the hotel and called it a night since we were all so full of food we could barely move.

Day 12 - Los Angeles, CA to San Diego, CA

This day started out with a minor hiccup and another strike (pun intended) against Le Meridien Delfina. After checkout we started driving toward San Diego. About 20 minutes after we left my son realized his phone wasn't in his pocket anymore. We called the hotel and asked them to check the couches near the valet because we were sure he had it when he walked out of the room. The front desk put us on hold and came back in a few minutes stating there was no phone. We had our doubts and decided to backtrack back to the hotel. Wouldn't you know it, my son found his phone within 20 seconds of pulling back up to the hotel. No bother, this allowed us a short cruise through Venice and we found some cheap gas so it was on the road again to San Diego.
The drive wasn't terribly exciting this day so we didn't do too much other than swing through another In-N-Out (yeah, we liked it) and take a short break at a very scenic rest area. I was pushing through because I wanted to tour the USS Midway Museum in San Diego before they closed. We did make it with plenty of time to spare and spent a few hours wandering the ship learning about its history and marveling at the planes and exhibits. The self-guided audio tour was great, and I thought it was pretty cool that I could see two active duty carriers across the bay as well.
Afterwards we made our way to the Abpopa Hillcrest hotel in the Hillcrest neighborhood just a few minutes away from downtown. This hotel was very unique. Our room was absolutely tiny, consisting of pretty much just a small kitchenette area with a table and two chairs and tv on the first floor. The sink in this area acts as your bathroom sink as well and the bathroom itself is behind a door that doesn't really close just off this area. There are two ladders in the room each leading to a sleeping area (or shelf as I called it). One had a queen mattress and the other had two twins. Our kids found this awesome, but I wasn't a huge fan of the climb and those upper areas got HOT. The patio was amazing though. It had a very large area with a full sized patio couch and chaise lounge with a table and some nice umbrella covering. Overall I enjoyed the hotel but, if you book there, make sure you know what you're getting into.
Hillcrest itself was such a cool neighborhood with food options GALORE. I booked our hotel here because of its proximity to the zoo, only about a 10 minute drive at most. It's also the LGBT hub of San Diego if that's your scene. We had pho from a place just across the street called Goi Cuon and it was very tasty. We got it carryout and ate it on the patio at the hotel. The boys and I hung out on the patio and enjoyed San Diego's beautiful weather. The TV in the room swivels so you can watch in from out on the balcony and the kids thought that was just the coolest.

Day 13 - San Diego, CA

We were well aware that we were going to spend pretty much the whole of this last full day at the San Diego Zoo. We woke up pretty early and had breakfast at a nearby spot called Crest Cafe. The breakfast here was delicious and the decor was bright and fun. Then we made our way to the zoo, getting there about 45 minutes after opening around 9:45.
Now, everyone knows that San Diego has an amazing zoo, but we've never been there before and our home city has a pretty awesome, well regarded zoo itself. That being said, San Diego's zoo is MASSIVE and awesome. We spent almost all the way until close exploring. They have so many different kinds of animals and so many different ways to see them that I can't really even begin to explain how awesome it is. Just go there, you won't regret it.
After the long day at the zoo we went do dinner back in Hillcrest at a spot called Los Panchos Tacos and Cantina. It was later than normal for a family dinner but the service here was great and the food was phenomenal. Everyone left full and happy as we headed back to our hotel for the last night's sleep on this amazing trip.

Day 14 - San Diego, CA to Cincinnati, OH by air

Does this count as a day of vacation? I'm going to count it because I wasn't at home and I wasn't working. We woke up early and packed our bags before heading to Hash House a Go Go for breakfast. I'd been wanting to try this place since hearing about it on a trip to Las Vegas a while back and not getting to try it. It was interesting. The portions were laughably large. I didn't realize that it was started by a Hoosier though and a lot of their menu items mention Indiana or being Indiana inspired. I can tell you as someone who was born and raised in Indiana that there is not food like that in Indiana. Bellies full it was off to the airport for a long day of flying with a layover in Salt Lake City before getting back home just around midnight local. Everyone was exhausted but it has been two full days since and our family is still buzzing from this trip.

Summary

All in all, there may have been some things that I would do differently if I went again, but I still enjoyed our entire trip. I have no regrets about any of the decisions we made or any of the activities we chose and we all had the time of our lives. I can't stress enough how amazing the entire trip was and I would suggest that if anyone is considering taking the leap and planning a crazy adventure like this, just do it!
We drove 52 hours and 1,866 miles over 14 days and had the time of our lives. We saw things we've only ever seen on TV and in movies and we did things I've dreamed about doing since I was a young child. I got to see the wonder in my children's eyes as they saw behemoths of nature and experienced bustling urban areas like they've never seen before. I got to hear the awe in their voices as they exclaimed in wonder at the sight of humpbacks spouting in the sea and put on false bravado to assure them of our safety on treacherous roads as my own palms sweated through the leather steering wheel. I got to see them learn that they loved new types of food and I got to listen to them cracking themselves up making jokes about the silly signs and things we saw along the way and yelling THICC BOI at every new "largest" redwood tree we passed.
I had a lot of nervousness and anxiety in planning and preparing for this trip and now as I put that big check mark on the bucket list in my head I can say that it was all well worth it.

I was struggling with this one and couldn't find a good list. The game seems to have many versions, so take this with a grain of salt depending on your version.
My version is Steam with all DLC in July 2023, listed as 1.7.11.48645 in the database.
Sorry the formatting is wonky...
Database: Dinosaurs Dinosaur Genomes 106 * Acrocanthosaurus * Alamosaurus * Albertosaurus * Allosaurus * Amargasaurus * Ankylosaurus * Apatosaurus * Archaeneornithomimus * Atrociraptor * Attenborosaurus * Australovenator * Barbaridactylus * Baryonyx * Brachiosaurus * Camarasaurus * Carcharodontosaurus * Carnotaurus * Cearadactylus * Ceratosaurus * Chasmosaurus * Chungkingosaurus * Coelophysis * Compsognathus * Corythosaurus * Crichtonsaurus * Cryolophosaurus * Deinocheirus * Deinynychus * Dilophosaurus * Dimetrodon * Dimorphodon * Diplodocus * Dracorex * Dreadnoughtus * Dryosaurus * Dsungaripterus * Edmontosaurus * Elasmosaurus * Euoplocephalus * Gallimimus * Goesternbergia * Gigantosaurus * Gigantspinosaurus * Herrerasaurus * Homalocephale * Huayangosaurus * Ichthyosaurus * Iguanodon * Indominus Rex * Indoraptor * Jeholopterus * Kentrosaurus * Kronosaurus * Liopleurodon * Lystrosaurus * Maaradactylus * Maiasaura * Majungasaurus * Mamenchisaurus * Megalosaurus * Metriacanthosaurus * Minmi * Monolophosaurus * Moros Intrepidus * Mosasaurus * Muttaburrasaurus * Nasuroceratops * Nigersaurus * Nodosaurus * Olorotitan * Ouranosaurus * Oviraptor * Pachycephalosaurus * Pachyrinosaurus * Parasaurolophus * Pentaceratops * Plesiosaurus * Polancanthus * Proceratosaurus * Pteranodon * Pyroraptor * Qianzhousaurus * Quetzalcoatlus * Sauropelta * Scorpios Rex * Sinoceratops * Sinosauropteryx * Spinosaurus * Stegosaurus * Struthiomimus * Stygimoloch * Styracosaurus * Styxosaurus * Suchomimus * Tapejara * Therizinosaurus * Torosaurus * Triceratops * Troodon * Tropeognathus * Tsintaosaurus * Tylosaurus * Tyrannosaurus Rex * Velociraptor * Wuerhosaurus * Yutyrannus
Genetic Mods 29 * Amazon Rainforest (Skin) * Appetite * Chalcorana (Pattern) * Champlain Valley (Skin) * Comfort * Death Valley (Skin) * Defence * Fitness * Gambia River Basin (Skin) * Great Sandy Desert (Skin) * Humility * Lifespan * Limpopo River (Skin) * Lithobates (Pattern) * Mangrove Forest (Skin) * Offence * Papurana (Pattern) * Pelophylax (Pattern) * Pulchrana (Pattern) * Qilian Mountains (Skin) * Rana (Pattern) * Resilience * Salar Del Huasco (Skin) * Sociability * Sonoran Desert (Skin) * Svalbard (Skin) * Thirst * Tolerance * Yukon River (Skin)
Paleontology Dig Sites 95 * Bahariya Formation * Sidi Daoui * Tegama Beds * Chenini Formation * Tendaguru Formation * Maevarano Formation * Kem Kem Beds * Abrahamskraal Formation * Hanson Formation * Bissekty Formation * Nanxiong Formation * Iren Dabasu Formation * Ziliujing Formation B * Guodikeng Formation * Yuliangze Formation * Yixian Formation * Nemegt Formation A * Ziliujing Formation A * Baynshire Formation * Tiaojishan Formation * Djadochta Formation * Xingezhuang Formation * Nemegt Formation B * Udurchukan Formation * Tugulu Group * Shishugou Formation * Winton Formation * Mackunda Formation * Blythesdale Formation * Toolebuc Formation * Smokejack Clay Pit * Canjuers * Oxford Clay * Maastricht Formation * La Bouchard * Jurassic Coast A * Isle of Wight * Lourinha Formation B * Minchinhampton * Hythe Formation * Solnhofen Formation * Iguanodon Mine * Jurassic Coast B * Horseshoe Canyon Formation B * Ghost Ranch * Smoky Hill Chalk * Frenchman Formation A * Prince Creek Formation * Morrison Formation B * Morirson Formation D * Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry A * Antlers Formation * Fox Hills Formation * Morrison Formation C * Javelina Formation * Dinosaur Park Formation B * Hell Creek Formation C * Pierre Shale * Kirtland Formation * Dinosaur National Monument A * Scollard Formation B * Hell Creek Formation A * Coal Oil Canyon * Horseshoe Canyon Formation A * Egg Mountain * Morrison Formation A * Scollard Formation A * Dinosaur National Monument B * Dinosaur Park Formation C * Judith River Formation * Twin Mountains Formation * Lance Formation Site B * Kayenta Formation * Laramie Formation * Cloverly Formation * Cedar Mountain Formation * Niobrara Formation * Dinosaur Park Formation A * Peay Sandstone Member * Garden Park * Lance Formation Site A * Kaiparowits Formation * Lance Formation Site C * Frenchman Formation B * Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry B * Red Beds * Hell Creek Formation B * La Amarga Formation * Perro Fortaleza Formation * Ischigualasto Formation * La Colonia Formation * Romualdo Formation * Candeleros Formation
Misc Finds 37 * Algal Fossils * Ammonite Fossils * Amphibian Fossils * Angiosperm Fossils * Aquatic Mammal Fossils * Aquatic Plant Fossils * Arthropod Fossils * Bird Eggs * Bird Footprints * Buried Treasure * Cephalod Fossils * Chordate Fossils * Conifer Fossils * Coprolite * Coral Fossils * Crurotarsans Fossils * Cynodont Fossils * Dinosaur Eggs * Dinosaur Footprints * Fern Fossils * Fish Fossils * Fungi Fossils * Ginkgo Fossils * Gold * Iridium * Opalised Fossils * Osmium * Palladium * Platinum * Rhenium * Rhodium * Shark Fossils * Silver * Skin Impressions * Snake Fossils * Turtle Fossils
Buildings Buildings 144 (A note with these: some DFW can be unlocked in the Chaos Theory story sections) * Acquisition Centre * Amphitheatre * Arrival Building (Malta) * Arrival Point (DFW) * Arrival Point (Jurassic Park) * Arrival Point (Jurassic World) * Aviary Dome (DFW) * Aviary Dome (Jurassic Park) * Aviary Dome (Jurassic World) * Aviary Dome (Malta) * Aviary Hatchery (DFW) * Aviary Hatchery (Jurassic Park) * Aviary Hatchery (Jurassic World) * Aviary Hatchery (Malta) * Aviary Viewing Gallery (DFW) * Aviary Viewing Gallery (Jurassic Park) * Aviary Viewing Gallery (Jurassic World) * Aviary Viewing Gallery (Malta) * Backup Generator * Backup Generator (Biosyn Genetics) * Biosyn Genetics Research Compound * Carnivore Feeder * Classic Gate * Control Centre (Biosyn Genetics) * Control Centre (DFW) * Control Centre (Jurassic Park) * Control Centre (Jurassic World) * Dome Viewing Gallery * Emergency Bunker (Jurassic Park) * Emergency Shelter (Biosyn Genetics) * Emergency Shelter (DFW) * Emergency Shelter (Jurassic World) * Emergency Shelter (Malta) * Expedition Centre (DFW) * Expedition Centre (Biosyn Genetics) * Expedition Centre (Jurassic Park) * Expedition Centre (Jurassic World) * Fossil Centre (Biosyn Genetics) * Gate * Guest Attraction * Guided Tour (DFW) * Gyrosphere Gate * Gyrostation * Hatchery (Biosyn Genetics) * Hatchery (DFW) * Hatchery (Jurassic Park) * Hatchery (Jurassic World) * Hatchery (Malta) * Hydro Power Hub (Biosyn Genetics) * Innovation Center * Insectivore Feeder * Invisible Gate * Invisible Tour Gate * Jurassic Park Gate * Jurassic Tour * Jurassic Tour Gate * Jurassic World Gate * Lagoon Hatchery (DFW) * Lagoon Hatchery (Jurassic Park) * Lagoon Hatchery (Jurassic World) * Lagoon Hatchery (Malta) * Lagoon Section (DFW) * Lagoon Section (Jurassic Park) * Lagoon Section (Jurassic World) * Lagoon Section (Malta) * Lagoon Viewing Stand (DFW) * Lagoon Viewing Stand (Jurassic Park) * Lagoon Viewing Stand (Jurassic World) * Lagoon Viewing Stand (Malta) * Large Amenity * Large Hotel (DFW) * Large Hotel (Jurassic Park) * Large Hotel (Jurassic World) * Large Hotel (Malta) * Large Power Station (DFW) * Large Power Station (Jurassic Park) * Large Power Station (Jurassic World) * Large Power Station (Malta) * Large Substation * Life Prey Feeder (Jurassic Park) * Life Prey Feeder (Jurassic World) * Log Viewing Gallery * Marine Fish Feeder * Marine Shark Feeder (DFW) * Marine Shark Feeder (Jurassic Park) * Marine Shark Feeder (Jurassic World) * Marine Shark Feeder (Malta) * Medium Amenity * Monorail Station * Paleo-Medical Facility * Paleo-Medical Facility (Biosyn Genetics) * Paleo-Medical Facility (DFW) * Paleo-Medical Facility (Jurassic Park) * Paleo-Medical Facility (Jurassic World) * Park Tour * Photo Point (Gyrosphere) * Photo Point (Jurassic Tour) * Photo Point (Park Tour) * Piscivore Feeder * Ranger Post * Repeater Substation * Repeater Substation (Biosyn Genetics) * Research Outpost (Biosyn Genetics) * Research Facility (Biosyn Genetics) * Response Facility (DFW) * Response Facility (Jurassic Park) * Response Facility (Jurassic World) * Response Facility (Malta) * Restroom (DFW) * Restroom (Jurassic Park) * Restroom (Jurassic World) * Restroom (Malta) * Science Centre (DFW) * Science Centre (Jurassic Park) * Science Centre (Jurassic World) * Small Amenity * Small Hotel (DFW) * Small Hotel (Jurassic Park) * Small Hotel (Jurassic World) * Small Power Station (DFW) * Small Power Station (Jurassic Park) * Small Power Station (Jurassic World) * Small Substation * Staff Centre (Biosyn Genetics) * Staff Centre (DFW) * Staff Centre (Jurassic Park) * Staff Centre (Jurassic World) * Staff Centre (Malta) * Tour Gate * Truck Tour * Viewing Entrance (DFW) * Viewing Entrance (Jurassic Park) * Viewing Entrance (Jurassic World) * Viewing Gallery (DFW) * Viewing Gallery (Jurassic Park) * Viewing Gallery (Jurassic World) * Viewing Gallery (Malta) * Viewing Platform (DFW) * Viewing Platform (Jurassic Park) * Viewing Platform (Jurassic World) * Zipline (DFW) * Zipline (Jurassic Park) * Zipline (Jurassic World)
Building Upgrades 30 * Accelerated Growth * Additional Hatchery Bays * Additional Vehicle * Advanced Equipment * Advanced Scanners * Advanced Training * Automatic Resupply * Cheaper Expeditions * Cheaper Genetics * Cheaper Research * Cheaper Treatment * Extra Scientist * Extraction Capacity * Faster Research * Faster Transit * Faster Treatment * Fossil Storage * Improved Administration * Improved Construction * Improved Costs * Improved Efficiency * Improved Expedition Yield * Improved Motivation * Increased Power Output * Specialist Facility * Staff Capacity * Staff Facility Task Cost * Staff Facility Task Time * Storm Defense * Task Scheduling
Fences and Paths 27 * Classic Facility Path * Classic Luxury Main Thoroughfare * Classic Luxury Standard Path * Classic Luxury Wide Path * Classic Main Thoroughfare * Classic Pylon * Classic Standard Path * Classic Wide Path * Facility Path * Heavy Fence * Heavy Fence * Invisible Fence * Large Electrified Fence * Large Electrified Fence * Luxury Main Thoroughfare * Luxury Standard Path * Luxury Wide Path * Main Thoroughfare * Medium Electrified Fence * Medium Electrified Fence * Pylon * Small Electrified Fence * Small Electrified Fence * Small Electrified Fence * Standard Path * Wide Path
Jurassic Universe Characters 59 * Billy Brennan * Dr. Robert Burke * Eddie Carr * Isaac Clement * Ramsay Cole * Lowery Cruthers * Claire Dearing * Rainn Delacourt * Mr. Dna * Lewis Dodgson * Dr. Kajal Dua * Gunnar Eversoll * Cabot Finch * Donald Gennaro * Owen Grady * Dr. Alan Grant * Lily Halford * Katashi Hamada * John Hammond * Dr. Gerry Harding * Dr. Sarah Harding * Ben Wildebrand * Vic Hoskins * Amanda Kirby * Eric Kirby * Paul Kirby * Vivian Krill * George Lambert * Benjamin Lockwood * Maisie Lockwood * Peter Ludlow * Dr. Ian Malcolm * Kelly Malcolm * Simon Masrani * Eli Mills * Gray Mitchell * Karen Mitchell * Scott Mitchell * Zach Mitchell * Robert Muldoon * Lex Murphy * Tim Murphy * M.B. Nash * Dennis Nedry * Nick Van Owen * Zia Rodriguez * Soyona Santos * Dr. Ellie Sattler * Barry Sembene * Ajay Sidhu * Dieter Stark * Roland Tembo * Ron Thompson * Udesky * Kayla Watts * Franklin Webb * Ken Wheatley * Dr. Henry Wu * Zara Young
Locations 16 * Arizona * Biosyn Sanctuary * Isla Sorna * Jurassic Park * Jurassic Park: San Diego * Jurassic World * Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom * Lockwood Manor * Oregon * Pennsylvania * San Albertus Peninsula * San Marie Bay * Santaegidius Island * Sierra Nevada * Washington State * Yosemite National Park
Ailments Diseases 20 * Algae Poisoning * Avian Influenza * Avian Pox * Bracken Poisoning * Chronic Stress * Coccidioidomycosis * E. Coli * Foot and Mouth * Hookworms * Hyperoxalemia * Infected Wound * Ivy Poisoning * Psychological Trauma * Rabies * Salmonella * Silicosis * Smoke Inhalation * Tuberculosis
Injuries 21 * Broken Claw * Broken Wing * Caron Monoxide Poisoning * Concussion * Damaged Tooth * First Degree Burn * Frostbite * Hypothermia * Ingrown Claw * Internal Bleeding * Laceration * Major Fracture * Minor Fracture * Organ Trauma * Second Degree Burn * Sprain * Surface Wounds * Swallowed Object * Swallowed Phone * Third Degree Burn * Traumatic Injury
Paleobotany 7 * Cycad Grove * Calamites * Fibrous Ground Cover * Gingko * Tempskya * Leafy Climbers * Seed Plants

• Shawn Mendes as Curious George, a curious tailless monkey (known as a chimpanzee) who can talk and sing, and discovers to explore a new place called New York City
• Ed Sheeran as Ted Shackleford/The Man with the Yellow Hat, a tour guide at the Bloomberry Museum
• Demi Lovato as Betsy, a 14 year old girl who befriend George
• Lin-Manuel Miranda as Terry, George's father who is attempt to find his son that George is lost somewhere
• Kelly Clarkson as Maggie Dunlop, an elementary school teacher and ted's love interest.
• Keegan-Michael Key as Delroy, A homesick Jamaican-accented parrot macaw locked away in a Manhattan Restaurant and befriend George
• Lilly Day as Princess Isabel, a princess daughter who wanted to explore the world
• Post Malone as Uncle John, George's Uncle, a gorilla the protector of the rainforest jungle
• Nick Kroll as Professor Lemingsworth, who is attempt to capture Curious George and bring him back to the zoo for an experiment.
• Diego Luna as King Gustavo, a protector father of the kingdom that keeps her daughter safe.
• Sam Richardson as Tim, the weiner dog of New York City who befriend George and Delroy
• Matthew McConaughey as the announcer performer, who signed up in the stage in the concert
• Jamie Foxx as TBA
• Zac Efron as Hank, a 15-year old boy who had a crush on Betsy and befriend George and Delroy
• With Luke Willson as the performer, who sings in the concert
• And Mary J. Bling as Professor Wiseman, a doctor or a professor.

Deep in the heart of the dense, foreboding rainforest, where the towering trees formed an impenetrable canopy, a creature of ancient nightmares lurked. The Titanoboa, an enormous serpent that once ruled the prehistoric world, had somehow survived the eons and continued to haunt the shadows of this unexplored realm. Whispers of its existence had spread among the indigenous tribes who lived on the fringes of the rainforest. They spoke of a serpent so colossal that it could swallow a man whole, leaving no trace behind. They warned their children never to venture too deep into the rainforest, for the Titanoboa was said to be an omen of death, a relentless predator that struck from the darkness. One fateful evening, a group of adventurous explorers arrived on the outskirts of the rainforest. Drawn by tales of hidden treasures and forgotten mysteries, they gathered their gear and prepared to embark on an expedition that would test their courage like never before. Guided by a seasoned local tracker named Diego, the explorers set foot into the rainforest, their hearts filled with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. As they ventured deeper, the oppressive humidity clung to their skin, and the sounds of unseen creatures echoed through the trees, creating an eerie symphony of nature's hidden terrors. Days turned into weeks as they navigated the labyrinthine trails, hacking their way through tangled undergrowth and crossing treacherous rivers teeming with unseen dangers. With each passing day, their exhaustion grew, but their determination remained unyielding. One fateful night, as the moon cast an ethereal glow through the dense canopy, their camp came alive with whispers. The tracker, Diego, sat huddled with the explorers, recounting the legends of the Titanoboa, his voice trembling with a mixture of fear and reverence. "It's said to be a creature of immense proportions," Diego whispered, his eyes darting nervously. "An ancient predator that slithers through the underbrush, waiting patiently for its unsuspecting prey. It strikes swiftly and silently, crushing its victims with a strength that defies belief." The explorers exchanged uneasy glances, their hearts quickening with each word. The rainforest seemed to grow darker, the shadows deepening as if in response to the tale.
Days turned into nights, and the explorers pressed on, their curiosity overriding their fear. They stumbled upon remnants of long-lost civilizations, overgrown temples, and crumbling statues that spoke of a forgotten era. Yet, the Titanoboa remained elusive, a ghostly presence lingering just beyond their reach. I’ll post the rest in the comments

Thank you U/Mostlygoodthings for all the nice postcards, The princess and the Frog, enjoy your day donut postcard and the mini card with envelope. They will be used. I specially love the birthday card, I’ll take it as my happy birthday card, it’s around the corner.
Thank you U/blue-wanderer-quartz for the nice hello card with all the nice flower facts. I loved the Leo ♌️ sticker you sent it’s going in my special collection, the little charm is so cute. I like what you wrote about the sparrow. Thank you my friend.
What a lovely pink postcard. All the pretty pink flowers and Washi tape, that is a cute doggie sticker thank you so much U/Random_ness.
U/Welshfancy, thank you so much for my lion 🦁 postcard it’s so cute. I’ve been to San Diego Zoo a while back and I don’t remember seeing lions there the place is so big that we probably just skipped them.
Thank you U/Nahboiz for the nice Malaysia Tropical Rainforest postcard. I like your drawing of your doggie Olaf, thanks for the nice stickers, it brings excitement to the card, plus I see dog and cat with party hats and balloons, they must be getting ready for my birthday.
U/Birdiebennett, thank you so much for the lovely teacup card it’s really nice. I love tea my self my favorite right now is sweet & spicy original by Good Earth, it has a sweet taste.
Thank you for the nice mail.