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

Thom Hastings Mar 15, 2026

Research

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.

Brian Decker Feb 27, 2026

Builds

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.

Brian Decker Jan 31, 2026

Builds

Exploring Altered States of Consciousness with the Brain Machine

I’ll take “Devices that I’ve built that I’m too afraid to use” for 200 please, Alex.

Brian Decker Dec 27, 2023

Exploring Altered States of Consciousness with the Brain Machine — The Brain Machine

I’ll take “Devices that I’ve built that I’m too afraid to use” for 200 please, Alex.

This is the Brain Machine. It’s a device created by inventor Mitch Altman that can induce altered states of consciousness through pulsing LEDs and binaural tones synchronized with different brain wave frequencies.