News Briefs 21-04-2026 Thanks to Fred A. and Michelle for your support of the Grail! Quote of the Day It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thum...

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Gunman opens fire on tourists from atop one of Mexico's Teotihuacán pyramids, 'AI shamans' tell fortunes of South Koreans, RFK Jr once removed a dead raccoon's penis to 'study later', and much more:

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For those interested, we are now doing a Wayward Sons Book Club via @expandingfrontiersresearch.org. Learn more: www.patreon.com/posts/waywar...

I appreciate SciAm's measured approach. Comparisons of larger samples are always needed to accurately assess how unusual any given chain of events may be. Is it odd if 10 people from Demographic A participate in Activity B? One can only guess without a wider profile of people from Demographic A.

I KNEW IT! 🤣

Lol, boom: there it is, what I was just posting about. Small sample size plus no control group equals skewed conclusions.

The Old Man of Storr juts out of the undulating terrain like an igneous shard of mythological proportions. A tentpole of the rugged vistas that characterize the Isle of Skye, this point of interest in the Scottish Highlands is a site of folkloric mysticism and natural grandeur. / Atlas Obscura

Byzantine icon of St. Michael the Archangel, in the treasury of the St. Mark's Basilica, Venice. Gold and enamel, 10th century.

Bob Bartley of the WSJ had advice for predictions: “If you give a number, don’t give a date. If you give a date, don’t give a number.”

"I wanted from music a freedom which it possesses perhaps to a greater degree than any other art, not being tied to a more-or-less exact reproduction of nature, but to the mysterious correspondences between nature and imagination." — Claude Debussy

"Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts." -- Wendell Berry 😜

well said

pretty much, I gather

News Briefs 20-04-2026 New video on our Patreon, FREE TO WATCH FOR ALL! In which we talk about the 28-year history of the Grail and how we’ve (barely) kept it going all this time as an independent website… Quote of the Day ...

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How bird calls may have influenced ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, creating baby geniuses to thwart the AI threat, Russian soldiers in Ukraine turn to witchcraft for protection, and much more:

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UFO Classified | Emma Woods and Jack Brewer YouTube video by UFO Classified with Erica Lukes

Here ya go. If reading works better for you, I offer free searchable pdfs of my book 'The Greys Have Been Framed: Exploitation in the UFO Community', which covers the actions of Jacobs & Hopkins pretty thoroughly. Summary & reviews on Amazon. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

a MUST read

New media content: Podcast ep and special journal issue New journal issue and podcast episode!

New media content: Podcast ep and special journal issue | Sharon A. Hill

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Will We Ever Get Rid of Bob? “…I always thought it was important to let the world know,” sounds the unmistakable voice of Bob Lazar during a scene close to the end of the new documentary (S4: The Bob Lazar Story) while an AI-gene...

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My latest op-ed is not only a review of the latest #BobLazar documentary, but a personal reflection on why #ufology refuses to get rid of him.

Link to full article in the comments.

Unspeakable secrets and space jellyfish The USSR and UFO research: a story of paradoxes

“As early as the 1940s, the Soviet military had been closely monitoring aerial sightings, driven by concerns for national security and scientific curiosity.”

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Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation

signs of life

Why the FBI Secretly Investigated Bigfoot—and the Brutal Truth They Found Take a peek inside the Bureau’s probe into Sasquatch.

Why the FBI Secretly Investigated Bigfoot—and the Brutal Truth They Found
Take a peek inside the Bureau’s probe into Sasquatch.

Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?"
"I don't know, dear, but it saves an awful lot of time."
-- Mae West

“The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas – complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, always vulnerable to misinterpretation and abuse.” -- George F. Kennan

"Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician." ~ Lucille S. Harper

"I looked round the trees. The thin net of reality. These trees, this sun. I was infinitely far from home. The profoundest distances are never geographical." ~ John Fowles, The Magus

Considering Cryptids with Sharon Hill Podcast Episode · The AP Strange Show · April 19 · 1h 18m

This week's episode of The AP Strange Show was a fun one, as I had a conversation about cryptozoology with the wonderful writer, researcher, and "Strange claims adjustor" Sharon A. Hill!
We talk about the delicate balance between skepticism and disbelief, and...

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