unidentified

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The 2025 study adds another layer to that story by describing teeth from both Homo and an unidentified species of Australopithecus.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Remulla said that the unidentified men who sought to enter the Senate building were carrying weapons and that Senate security fired a warning shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The Sierra Madre Police Department said Saturday that a man — at that point unidentified — died after having a medical emergency on the trail and that no foul play was suspected.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

At the very least, the Pentagon delivered on President Trump’s promise to release dozens of files about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, which is the modern term for UFOs, or unidentified flying objects.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

In short, though there may be life on other planets in our galaxy, the sightings of UFOs are almost certainly just that—sightings of unidentified flying objects.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos