Reimagining the Spirit Box
A ghost hunter’s spirit box, rebuilt so every word it speaks comes with the odds of saying it by chance.
Reimagining the Spirit Box
A ghost hunter’s spirit box, rebuilt so every word it speaks comes with the odds of saying it by chance.
The $40 Toy and a Mind Matter Mystery
Can your mind move plasma? A 2023 study says the streams inside an ordinary plasma ball shift when someone aims intention at it, from inside a sealed chamber, at 1-in-17-million odds. I'm replicating it in my basement. Here's why it's worth a serious look.
Replicating the Princeton PEAR Lab Plant RNG Experiment
Can plants affect the ordering of random numbers? Can they bend probability to give them an edge in their growth?
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Do we really need a Valdivia Sphere Too?
The Buga sphere was the premiere. The Valdivia sphere is the sequel nobody asked for. A breakdown of the 5-step credibility laundering pipeline damaging the UFO field.
Analyzing UFO Sightings Databases with Generated Code
Using generative AI and natural language processing on multiple UFO sighting databases, we finally have the tools to answer questions like Hynek first posed in 1972
Revisiting the Tinley Park Lights
175 strangers filed independent reports about the same thing. 96% agreed on the color. 100% agreed on the sound. I ran the data on the Tinley Park Lights.
Lessons Learned Building a UFO Classifier
My first approach to analyzing 152,000 UFO sightings had a 34% accuracy rate. I almost published it anyway. Here's what went wrong with semantic embeddings, why I pivoted to LLM extraction, and the methodology that actually worked.
Classifying the Unknown: A Taxonomy of UFO Sightings
I claimed triangles are nocturnal. That disks are 5x more likely to involve entities. That shadow beings terrify while light beings inspire awe. Here's the sighting ID index so you can verify it yourself.
What 152,000 UFO Reports Reveal About Entity Encounters
I analyzed entity encounters in the NUFORC sightings database. Shadowy beings: 68% of witnesses report fear. Greys: 38% involve abduction. Light beings: more awe than fear.
Finding Patterns in 152,000 UFO/UAP Sightings
I analyzed 152,000 UFO sighting reports. Some patterns: triangles almost never appear during the day. Disks are 5x more likely to involve entity encounters. And the majority are silent.
On Bitcoin, the Mandela Effect, and Simulation Theory
I don't expect you to believe this. But you have to acknowledge the timeline: Bitcoin mining and the Mandela Effect didn't just emerge around the same time. They scaled together. Perfectly. The correlation begs an explanation, even if that explanation sounds insane.
On Cat Comets and Dogmatic Science
Avi Loeb just wrote a Medium article about the interstellar comet I3/Atlas - and while the comet itself is interesting, his commentary on the state of science today is the real takeaway
Embracing Reality: There's No Breaking Out of This Simulation
If we exist within a simulation, we cannot "break out" of it. This isn't a practical limitation—it's a logical impossibility. Instead can we use random behavior to let our simulators know we're on to them?
Building a UAP "Dog Whistle": Exploring the Skywatcher Phenomenon
Building our own UAP 'dog whistle' device using a Raspberry Pi Zero, battery, and custom Python code. Inspired by Skywatcher's tech, we're sharing the complete DIY guide.
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Enigmatic News Digest: 10-09
This week: AARO found the UAP records Congress asked for, then withheld every page as classified. Also, over 150 UAP files have gone missing from the National Archives catalog.
Enigmatic News Digest: 10-02
This week: After four years the Navy released Scott Bray's UAP emails, with 300 pages still withheld. David Grusch says he watched government video of dead aliens.