Date of sighting: Oct 2, 2026Location of sighting: Snohomish, Washington, USASource: NUFORCThis orb was spotted coming over the Washington state mountains last week. The glowing…
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Records released by the National Security Agency to The Black Vault in September 2025, and now being published online by The Black Vault, provide additional…
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Necklace made of teeth WROCŁAW, POLAND—A second Neolithic burial was discovered in a Roman-era cemetery in southwestern Poland, according to a Live Science report. The man had been buried with two human heads, amber beads, a flint blade, a necklace made of 42 animal teeth, and a battle ax made of serpentinite, a greenish rock.…
SZIGETVAR, HUNGARY—The Anadolu Agency reports that excavations in southern Hungary at Szigetvar Castle have determined that Turbek, a settlement that developed around the tomb of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, was larger and more affluent than previously thought. Suleiman died the day before his siege of the castle ended in 1566. His son, Selim…
Sculpture head of Eros KASTAMONU, TURKEY—Türkiye Today reports that mosaic flooring and a sculpture of the head of Eros, the god of love, have been uncovered in the basilica in the ancient city of Pompeiopolis, which is located in northern Turkey’s Black Sea region. Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Ersoy said that the basilica was…
Scientists have identified a giant new dinosaur from Brazil that reached about 20 meters long and lived 120 million years ago. Its surprising evolutionary ties to a Spanish dinosaur suggest its ancestors crossed ancient land connections between Europe, Africa, and South America.
PARIS, FRANCE—IFL Science reports that Jérôme Isle de Beauchaine of France’s National Natural History Museum and his colleagues analyzed 30,000-year-old teeth discovered in southwestern France in the mid-twentieth century. It had been previously suggested that these teeth from Les Rois Cave belonged to a Neanderthal child butchered by Paleolithic modern humans, who then wore the…
Circular Roman bath, Vrelo-Šarkamen, Serbia BELGRADE, SERBIA—According to a Live Science report, a private bath has been found at the bottom of a monumental tower at the fortified imperial palace at Vrelo-Šarkamen. The complex belonged to Galerius Valerius Maximinus, who was Roman emperor from A.D. 310 to 313, when he committed suicide after losing a…
SISTAN AND BALUCHISTAN PROVINCE, IRAN—According to the Greek Reporter, excavations conducted at Shahr-i-Sokhta, a Bronze Age site in southeastern Iran known as the "Burnt City," have uncovered a 4,600-year-old board game and an engraved bone comb. “These discoveries can provide researchers with new information about less-known aspects of the life, culture, and social relations of…
Archaeologists have identified tiny 80,000-year-old projectile points in Uzbekistan that may have been used like arrowheads. Their size, design, and impact damage closely resemble weapons found much later at a Homo sapiens site in France. The discovery suggests sophisticated projectile technology may have appeared in Central Asia long before modern humans became firmly established in…
UDINE, ITALY—La Brújula Verde reports that a team of researchers led by Daniele Morandi Bonacossi and Francesca Simi of the University of Udine have created a high-resolution map of the more than 800 acres surrounding the acropolis mound of Nimrud, an Assyrian capital in northern Iraq. This area, once protected by nearly five miles of…
Page from a medieval manuscript of the Epistles of St. Paul DUBLIN, IRELAND—According to a statement released by University College Dublin (UCD), DNA samples obtained from the parchment pages of historic manuscripts have been used to track the sheep pox virus. Sheep pox is a highly contagious disease with high mortality rates. It can also…
