Overview
- New viral lists push claims of alien contact, AI dominance and geopolitical fracture in 2026, which journalists describe as contemporary interpretations without primary-source documentation.
- Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, discovered on July 1, 2025 and closest to Earth on December 19, is classified by NASA and astronomers as a dead comet.
- Popular theories tying a “new light in the sky” to first contact or suggesting a November 2026 atmospheric entry by 3I/ATLAS lack supporting data.
- Commentary has retrofitted 2025 events—including earthquakes in the Philippines and Afghanistan, eruptions at Etna and Kanlaon, and rapid AI advances—to vague sayings to claim prophetic ‘hits.’
- WION reports renewed chatter over a reported Trump UFO briefing and a spike in prediction‑market bets on disclosure, which remain unconfirmed and speculative.