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Meanwhile, earlier this spring, the U.S. government declassified another batch of UFO files and the response was roughly equivalent to a collective shrug.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

In 2022, during bankruptcy proceedings for an earlier iteration of the project, the trustee appointed to impartially oversee the case sued Calce too.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

But Sir Alf Ramsey stuck with the man who only made his international debut a few months earlier, and the rest is history.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In a series of experiments, Landy showed how hard it is by giving people a line similar to the one you saw earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The paper in question is still on Theo’s bed where I’d piled the other papers earlier, right on top.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse