A viral livestream of a man drilling into a purported UFO was widely debunked as a staged event, highlighting the challenge of separating spectacle from substance. Meanwhile, federal agencies grappled with persistent mystery drone incursions over the northeastern U.S., officially downplaying any national security threat amid calls for greater transparency. In space, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS survived its solar passage, exhibiting multiple anomalous sunward jets that continue to fuel a fierce scientific debate over its nature and origin, testing the boundaries between cometary physics and extraordinary possibilities.