Dipping into UFO Territory

From a Frien d of McHenry County B.og:

On Friday, May 8, the United States Department of War declassified its first new wave of UFO files. Updates will be made periodically. The first wave contains 161 documents. They can be found here. https://www.war.gov/ufo/#release

If you see things on the internet that are supposedly from the files, just know that what you are seeing may not actually be in the files so check the official website to verify.

This was the case when a prank on 4Chan made its way to platforms such as X and went viral. The hoax image claimed there had been an encounter with a “feline” alien in Nevada on January 12, 1994.

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The report said that a “bipedal female-form humanoid with feline characteristics including external ear appendages and a caudal appendage” (read tail) was found by military personnel and inspected.

The report said she appeared to be 20-25 years old with gray-silver eyes, and silver-blonde hair. Her ears were like cats; they were mobile. She was 5 feet four inches and weighed 108 pounds. Her skeleton was similar to a human’s but denser. Lab techs could not make sense of her bloodwork. She spoke fluent English and said she can understand many languages. The creature gave them statements such as:

“I am an explorer. I was observing your planet.”

“Your species has great potential but is self-destructive.”

“I cannot interfere. That is our directive.” (This is in line with the Prime Directive from Star Trek.)

“I will return, but not soon.”

The whole report can be read in the image above.

However, we know this report is not legitimate because

1. It did not appear in the UFO files. Multiple readers, including myself, confirmed this.
2. The report says Department of War at the top but is dated January 14, 1994. Department of War was called Department of Defense at that time.
3. The seal on the top left appears to have been generated with artificial intelligence. AI still has trouble producing coherent text in images and often writes text out as nonsensical hieroglyphics. 

Finally, the rumor of cat-like aliens, known in some communities as Lyrans, has been debunked

Or has it?

While the particular “report” shown above turned out to be fake, the National Archives of Australia released files in 2021 that do make reference to a UFO encounter described as a “brilliant, transparent mushroom-shaped object having occupants with cat-like faces.” That specific line can be found on page 27 of the report. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=30030606&S=1

The document belonged to Australia’s Department of Defence (that’s how they spell it there). Image shown below.

Elsewhere throughout the document, the ships are described as being flown by ordinary looking people or dwarves. The shapes of the ships vary. Sometimes they are saucers, sometimes, cones, sometimes other shapes. Some common themes with the UFOs were witnesses feeling intense heat, seeing bright lights, being paralyzed, and having electrical problems especially in their vehicles.

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(From page 33)

In ufology communities, it is common to believe in many different alien species. Some are said to be like birds, some cats, some lizards, some hybrids, some like Scandinavians, and some are gray. Some are said to be helpful, some malicious, and some curious. None of this has been proven, so it’s all just lore similar to fantasy or sci-fi.

Much of the focus in the U.S. as of late has been on the flying objects. Governments are obviously interested in the ships because the technology would have implications for space travel, for energy sources, and for weapon systems.

For lay observers, I think the more interesting question is not so much the ships but what or who is driving these unidentified flying objects? That is why there is speculation about alien cat-girls. But it is important to do your due diligence in researching and not accept everything you see on the internet as truth.