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Here is a link to photocopies of the original Mr X documents: https://archive.org/details/mussolinis-ufo-files-mister-xs-papers/page/n13/mode/1up The first batch, mailed to Roberto Pinotti in 1996, and then subsequently to Giorgio Bongiovanni...

My minor contribution to this discussion would be that some migraine sufferers, like me, occasional see what's called a "migraine aura," which is generally experienced as a zig-zaggy visual distortion across the field of vision, sometimes static...

Here is annother way to disable plain, freely available drones - sounds like a joke at first but the effort is serious: Let an eagle catch it! [from The NY Times]

Senators Jack Reed and Roger Wicker have an op-ed in the Washington Post about the danger of military's insufficient drone detection capabilities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/22/drone-attacks-us-troops/

We explain (if we can). We have not discussed this footage yet. I don't see that in the footage. I see white fuzzy blobs that don't do anything unusual; could be surveillance drones, birds, balloons, or wind-blown debris.

Agreed. I had to leave right after I posted and figured I would delete it when I got back after I thought about it. It's just a random photo in the woods, but @deirdre PMed me a general area guess and she's right. I can delete or folks can just...

However, I'd propose that this rule is observed: The exhibits should be solvable, at least in theory.

i was going to be cheeky and respond to by saying i recognized the water bottle in the weeds :)

I'm in two minds about image search. If someone is genuinely looking to find an unknown location then it is absolutely a valid method of working out where it is. However in these challenges it does make them a little too easy.

image search. seems a popular building. pic said nanjing. only river i saw was yangtze.

A slightly trickier one, but. What is the name of the Bridge towards the right hand side of this image.

After seeing the clue: Off to https://labs.perplexity.ai/ : --> Where in Ireland is there a Lidl right near a Halfords? There is a Lidl store located near a Halfords in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This information comes from a blog post by...

I'm not familiar with these, but I thought it would be educational for readers around here. My example was WAY too easy but it has served quite well as clickbait :-) I like these rules. However, the exhibits should at least be solvable in...

I failed because I wasn't using nwr. This works: area[name~"Ireland"]->.boundary; nwr [name~"Halfords"](area.boundary); nwr(around:200) [name="Lidl"]; nwr(around:200) [bridge=yes]; nwr(around:200) [power=tower]; (._;>;); out;

I googled "Lidl Superstore' and scanned the images. PS It probably helped that the image of a candidate Lidl store was a stock photo, used by many sites, e.g. However, I had to scan again through the 'Image source' results to find where the...