It was a big week for UFO afficionados, with news of a military intelligence officer claiming that the US government has a UFO retrieval program, is in possession of intact craft of non-human origin, and that UFOs trigger a multi-decade cold war.

Let’s get into this week’s weird news headlines:

• Whistleblower says the US government has a UFO retrieval program.
• But his claim is lacking in the credibility department.
• More on the UFO bombshell that wasn’t.
• Body language expert analyzes the UFO whistleblower.
• Good riddance, Pat Robertson.
• Wrong answers only: What was there before the Big Bang?
• On the space between waking and dreaming in Kafka’s diaries.
• AI will lose the war of creativity with humanity.
• People who never forget.
• First known virgin birth in a crocodile.
• A legendary lost city swallowed by the ocean has been found.
• Here’s what happens when a human gets hit by lightning.
• The Pope says Virgin Mary apparitions are “not always real.”
• But what about incorrupt nuns?
• A URL on 800,000 Maryland license plates now redirects to an online casino.
• ChatGPT allegedly falsely accused a man of embezzlement.
• The search for Earth’s hidden mountains.
• In South Africa, the world’s oldest-known burial site has been found.
• Will Cleopatra’s tomb ever be found?
• What did ancient Romans smell like?
• Upcoming MGM+ docuseries promises “new reveals” about Ed Gein.
• See also: Ed Gein on Cult of Weird

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