A field journal of the unexplained, the ancient & the astronomical
Welcome to The Ancient Sky.
Every day I go looking for the stories worth your time: real discoveries in space and science, new finds from the ancient world, and yes, the occasional report of something in the sky that nobody can quite explain. No hype, no scare headlines, and no breathless guesses passed off as fact. If a claim is documented, I’ll tell you. If it’s only claimed, I’ll tell you that too, and I’ll show you where I got it. The universe is strange enough without exaggerating it. Let’s get started.
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Lead story · Ancient Civilization
Archaeologists at Akdeniz University say a wreck about 30 metres down off Kekova Island, Turkey, is 4,400 to 4,700 years old, which would make it the oldest known shipwreck. The date is a claim: it rests on pottery style, no wood survives, and outside experts say it is not yet proved.
By Darrell Wallen · Oct 28, 2026 · ≈31 min read aloud
The Weird
Timothy Alberino, an author and lecturer who researches ancient giants, told Joe Rogan's podcast on July 23, 2026, that American newspapers of the 1800s reported giant skeletons in burial mounds, and that those reports all seem to lead back to the…
By Darrell Wallen · Oct 28, 2026 · ≈26 min listen · Read →
Science
An experimental drug called invikafusp alfa, known as invika, held back cancer progression in 16 of 27 patients treated at its optimal doses in an early human trial, the National Institutes of Health reported.
By Darrell Wallen · Oct 28, 2026 · ≈22 min listen · Read →
Space
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a lava world called TOI-561 b appears to be wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, and that the atmosphere reflects roughly three-quarters of the starlight that falls on it.
By Darrell Wallen · Oct 27, 2026 · ≈31 min listen · Read →
Gaming
In 2011, watching strangers play video games was a niche habit on a site few people had heard of. Today streamers sell subscriptions by the million, appear on magazine covers and move audiences from one platform to another, and no single number captures what the business is worth.
By Darrell Wallen · Oct 27, 2026 · ≈25 min listen · Read →
UAP
The Department of War's seventh PURSUE release, posted October 23, 2026, includes an AARO memo and an FBI form describing a silent, matte black triangle that federal agents say they saw rise over a ridge, hover and race into a canyon earlier this year. The two documents agree on shape, silence and general size, and disagree on the time, the duration, whether there was a hover and what to call the object. Neither identifies it. A separate near miss near Heathrow, reported in the same news cycle, is a different case.
By Darrell Wallen · Oct 27, 2026 · ≈25 min listen · Read →
SpaceX-Tesla
From Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to Europe's Ariane and China's stainless-steel rockets, SpaceX's rivals are copying its ideas, trying new ones, and mostly running behind. This autumn, several of them are also grounded.
By Darrell Wallen · Oct 26, 2026 · ≈29 min listen · Read →
Science
Oct 27, 2026 · ≈29 min listen
The Weird
Oct 27, 2026 · ≈24 min listen
SpaceX-Tesla
Oct 26, 2026 · ≈25 min listen
UAP
Oct 26, 2026 · ≈37 min listen
SpaceX-Tesla
Oct 26, 2026 · ≈29 min listen
Science
Oct 26, 2026 · ≈28 min listen
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