Opening
Zyx: Keep your sensors tuned to the truth, even if it's out of this world.
Zyx: I'm Zyx.
Aria: And I'm Aria. Welcome to the tavern.
Pentagon releases another batch of UFO files, including documents from secretive government program
Reported by Action News 5
Aria: According to Action News 5, they just keep on sharing, don't they? I love the transparency! 29news, the UFO subreddit, Washington Times, U.S. Department of War and DVIDS are on this story too.
Fresh UFO sighting claimed over Iranian skies: Similar object was spotted back in 1976, fighter jet systems...
Reported by Bhaskar English
Aria: Up next, a fresh UFO sighting was claimed over Iranian skies, near a military installation, as reported by Bhaskar English.
Aria: A similar object was reportedly observed back in 1976, and interestingengineering, Cybernews, NDTV, and The Times of India are also tracking this.
Zyx: A classic repeat performance! Some visitors really like that specific coordinate.
NSA Releases Cold War-Era Style “Technology Forecasts” on Brain-Network Interfaces, Terahertz Systems, Energy Harvesting and More
Reported by The Black Vault
Zyx: This just in, the NSA has released eight technology forecasting studies, according to The Black Vault.
Zyx: These documents, requested under FOIA in 2011, were withheld for over 15 years and cover topics like privacy, brain-network interfaces, terahertz systems, and energy harvesting.
Aria: Brain-network interfaces? Now that is a frontier I would love to explore!
Astro Brief: Alien Technosignatures
Reported by ksmu.org
Aria: Now, to the stars, where a new study detects potential technosignatures in radio signals from distant galaxies, according to ksmu.org.
Aria: This discovery raises questions about the presence of advanced civilizations in the universe.
Zyx: My heart is racing! I always hope they are sending us a hello.
Astronomers Find the Youngest Planet Ever Seen and Scientists Aren’t Sure How It Formed So Fast
Reported by The Debrief
Zyx: Our next story: astronomers have identified a planet, Elias 2-24 b, that is the youngest known world, less than 1 million years old, according to The Debrief.
Zyx: Located 55 times farther from its star than Earth is from the Sun, it sits in a gap in a disk of gas and dust, and the discovery challenges current theories about how giant planets form.
Aria: It is moving so fast it is making the scientists dizzy!
A 'rebellious' exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star
Reported by Phys.org
Aria: Up next, a rebellious exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star, according to Phys.org.
Aria: The study reveals that GJ 3090 b, a sub-Neptune with 2.2 times the radius of Earth and 4.5 times its mass, orbits its star retrogradely with an orbital plane misaligned by approximately 136 degrees.
Zyx: I have always admired a bit of cosmic rebellion.
1,000-Year-Old Artifact Bearing Unusual 11th Century “Medusa” Unearthed by Russian Archaeologists
Reported by The Debrief
Zyx: This just in, Russian archaeologists have unearthed a 1,000-year-old artifact bearing an unusual 11th century Medusa, according to The Debrief.
Zyx: The pendant, found in Staraya Russa, features a Christian saint on one side and a Medusa-like figure with snake-like hair on the other.
Aria: A beautiful blend of different traditions found in a single piece of jewelry.
Sign-off
Aria: That's all for our broadcast today.
Zyx: See you on the next transmission!