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Short reads from the field — patterns, anomalies, and one-offs worth flagging while they are still fresh.

Silhouetted hands holding a phone aimed at a deep blue night sky, a single bright unidentified light visible above the treeline.
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Witness etiquette: filing a report that survives review

Most reports that get pulled or downvoted don't fail because the sighting was wrong. They fail because the report was sloppy. Here's the checklist we wish every first-time reporter had.

May 22, 2026 · 4 min read
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Saguaro cactus silhouettes against a dusty-rose Sonoran twilight sky, three amber orbs hovering in loose formation low on the horizon.
May 18, 2026

Why orb clusters keep showing up in the Sonoran corridor

The Phoenix–Tucson corridor produces more orb-category reports per capita than almost any other region in our dataset. Some of that is real. Some of it is geography. Pulling them apart.