Hello, and happy 2024! (Not… globally. But. You know. Happy new year to you.)
So much of my UFO news lately is Jeremy Corbell-centric. I’m not a fan. As you all know, I much prefer James Fox! Jeremy Corbell — for the unfamiliar — is currently, unfortunately, our most visible ufologist. He’s a filmmaker who also calls himself an investigative journalist, which I assume he defines differently than I do.
If you’ve never seen Corbell’s work, I would start with Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers, his 2018 movie about a uniformly discredited weirdo who claims he personally touched an alien spacecraft. (He was also arrested for aiding and abetting a prostitution ring in 1990.) As he tends to do whenever possible, Corbell himself features prominently.
The same is true in TMZ Presents: UFO Revolution (lol), available now on Tubi (lol). I don’t know who directed this series (shout-out to Bobby Finger, whose IMDbPro access I enlisted in my pursuit), but it was immediately very clear Corbell was heavily involved in its production. He’s the main talking head, surrounded by lesser talking heads with flattering things to say about him.
There is also more biographical information than I expected. (His day job is flipping real estate with his wife!)
Also:
I groaned my way through the first episode, and have yet to continue — I wouldn’t dream of it, except that episode two features Corbell’s interview with David Grusch, and I’m curious in an ethnographic sort of way. The modern UFO world is so full of just… guys. Do you know what I mean?
Anyway. Corbell’s also come out with video of a “jellyfish UFO,” a clip captured over the Persian Gulf in 2018. He says the object depicted was officially classified a UAP by US intelligence agencies. Here’s what that object looks like:
Whatever it is seems to go see-through during parts of the clip:
It’s certainly innovative in shape, I’ll give it that. And supposedly the Pentagon felt compelled to respond, essentially, “no comment” — I say supposedly because I can only find the statement reported on NewsNation. A Marine officer also told NewsNation that he’s seen the full video, and says his colleagues on the Iraqi base where it was spotted referred to it as “spaghetti monster,” which I do find more visually accurate. Still, my UFO Reddit community isn’t impressed. They think it’s balloons. And you know that hurts a UFO fan to admit.
So. I’ll be here waiting for the new James Fox joint to land. (Do you think he and Jeremy are enemies? They must be, right?? I can’t find evidence they’ve ever acknowledged each other on social media. Drama!)
Odds & Ends
A new app wants to be the Shazam for UFOs, sort of? Best of luck selling this one to a famously trusting community. Travis Taylor, of Skinwalker Ranch fame, is already claiming government involvement. Nick Pope isn’t involved — but he did go to their Christmas party.
I want to join Connecticut MUFON!!!!! Do they accept remote attendees, I wonder?? :’)
People are very mad about (outgoing director of the DoD All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, aka the government’s official UAP research department) Sean Kirkpatrick’s op-ed:
“Some members of Congress prefer to opine about aliens to the press rather than get an evidence-based briefing on the matter. Members have a responsibility to exhibit critical thinking skills instead of seeking the spotlight. As of the time of my departure, none, let me repeat, none of the conspiracy-minded “whistleblowers” in the public eye had elected to come to AARO to provide their “evidence” and statement for the record despite numerous invitations.”
Brutal. (But what if they just want us to think he didn’t find anything credible??? I’m sort of serious.)
xo
Katie