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A cloud of suspicion has set in around a New Mexico observatory that was emptied of personnel suddenly last week for…

A cloud of suspicion has set in around a New Mexico observatory that was emptied of personnel suddenly last week for unknown reasons, and continues to remain empty.

A spokeswoman for the nonprofit that runs the observatory has said it “definitely wasn’t aliens,” but speculation still remains.

https://www.axios.com/speculation-evacuation-new-mexico-observatory-f99afb8f-79f5-426b-9f99-ad4a89dfb5a0.html

Oh no.

“In Siberia, melting permafrost is releasing nematodes — microscopic worms that live in soil — that have been suspended in a deep freeze since the Pleistocene. Despite being frozen for tens of thousands of years, two species of these worms were successfully revived, scientists recently reported in a new study.”

https://www.livescience.com/63187-siberian-permafrost-worms-revive.html

Archaeologists are preparing to open a large black granite sarcophagus unearthed in the Egyptian port city of…

Archaeologists are preparing to open a large black granite sarcophagus unearthed in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria.

But opening it for the first time will require extensive work to be done in advance. “It’s difficult to move it intact and open [it] in a museum,” Ashmawy said. “It’s five metres underground and the whole thing weighs over 30 tonnes. The lid alone is 15 tonnes.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/12/archaeologists-open-huge-granite-sarcophagus-alexandria-egypt

Dumb question (I should know the answer to this): Are there 2nd Edition versions of the playbooks for the Action…

Dumb question (I should know the answer to this): Are there 2nd Edition versions of the playbooks for the Action Scientist, Snoop, and Summoned?

Can anyone link me? Michael Sands?

In what’s being hailed as a “major breakthrough” in Maya archaeology, researchers have identified the ruins of more…

In what’s being hailed as a “major breakthrough” in Maya archaeology, researchers have identified the ruins of more than 60,000 houses, palaces, elevated highways, and other human-made features that have been hidden for centuries under the jungles of northern Guatemala.

“The LiDAR images make it clear that this entire region was a settlement system whose scale and population density had been grossly underestimated,” said Thomas Garrison, an Ithaca College archaeologist

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/maya-laser-lidar-guatemala-pacunam/

Lots of North Korean ‘ghost ships’ are washing up on Japanese shores, but why? |

Three more empty boats were found along Japan’s west coast on Thursday. Two bodies reduced to skeletons were found near one, which was upturned on the shore near the city of Oga.

One boat even had a slogan in Korean declaring: “September is a boat accident prevention month.”

https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/99656086/lots-of-north-korean-ghost-ships-are-washing-up-on-japanese-shores-but-why

I’ve just created the ‘Weird Leads’ category.

I’ve just created the ‘Weird Leads’ category. This is for inspirations for creating new mysteries. Share your news clippings and clues here.

The Manawatu Gorge is shut while animal blood is drained from a truck that crashed last night.

The Manawatu Gorge is shut while animal blood is drained from a truck that crashed last night. Around 6000 litres of blood needs to be removed from the tankers before the truck can be moved.

Drivers are being asked to take Saddle Rd instead.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/truck-carrying-animal-blood-blocking-manawatu-gorge-q00893