Jake Barber joins Burlison’s staff for UAP work
A congressional spokesperson confirms the whistleblower’s new role to PARADIGM.
Staff appointment reported · Separate claims unverified
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November 8, 2026
Today: a new congressional UAP staff appointment, a planned consciousness-and-contact study, a military witness interview, and a White House ghost story. We also revisit Chilean case files and NASA’s original UAP research roadmap.
A $100,000 study will test reported UAP contact
A research team plans to compare meditation sessions with environmental and physiological records.
Funded study · Results pending
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An airman describes a night-vision sighting over Schriever
Logan Labby tells Ryan Graves why he and two fellow airmen did not report their 2008 observation at the time.
Witness account · Identity unknown
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Jenna Bush Hager revisits a White House ghost story
The television host describes hearing music from a fireplace during her father’s presidency.
Personal account · Unverified
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Worth Revisiting: Chile opens nine more case files
SEFAA’s case index offers a look at how a government office documents different outcomes.
Worth Revisiting · Official assessments
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Worth Revisiting: NASA’s UAP study asks for better data
The independent team’s 2023 report lays out a framework for future scientific investigation.
Worth Revisiting · Official report
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Good morning, investigators. Jake Barber is joining Representative Eric Burlison’s staff for UAP work, according to a spokesperson who confirmed the appointment to PARADIGM. The job is a development to watch; Barber’s separate claims about craft retrieval remain unverified. Meanwhile, the Institute of Noetic Sciences has funded a team that plans to investigate reports of UAP contact associated with meditation. The study has yet to begin, and its promised methods and results will matter far more than the announcement alone. Ryan Graves has a conversation with former airman Logan Labby about an observation he says he shared with two colleagues through night vision in 2008. And Jenna Bush Hager has brought a White House fireplace ghost story back into the conversation. For those who want to dig further, Chile’s SEFAA case files and NASA’s 2023 UAP study offer two very different views of how investigations take shape.
ED’S HIGH THOUGHT · FICTIONAL HUMOR
If a ghost lives in the fireplace, do you have to tell it before you turn on the heat? I feel like there should be a little sign. “Occupied” on one side, “Please do not start a fire in me” on the other.
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