That’s odd. There is a cryptic appointment on our calendar for today at 9:00 AM labeled with just 3 exclamation points, and no additional information. I don’t recall adding anything to the calendar, and surely I’d put more detail than that. It must be something Mom or Dad added?

Well this is getting even stranger. Before I could ask what this important meeting is at 9:00 AM, I overheard Dad asking Mom that exact same question. Neither of which knew what it meant either. Apparently it has been on the calendar for “awhile,” but they couldn’t remember when they first saw it. In human time, “awhile” could be anywhere from yesterday to months ago! They really are no help.

ASA! Turn down that music I’m trying to think here.

Could it be the aliens are sending me a message? I’ve been on high alert lately because we are less than a month out from the total solar eclipse over parts of Maine. Is someone warning me I need to be prepared for the UFO invasion to happen early?

Or is this an important ufology meeting I forgot that I scheduled? I do admit I was very upset on Friday with the Pentagon’s Department of Defense All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s long awaited report on the UFO congressional hearings held in July 2023. In “Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Volume I,” the AARO claimed they found no evidence of alien technology in the skies, underwater, in space or crashed in the desert. In the summary they wrote, “AARO found no evidence that any USG [U.S. government] investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology.” They rubbed salt in the wounds by adding that although some UFO sightings, or UAPs as they call them, remain unsolved or unidentified, it was simply due to a lack of data. According to the AARO, “The vast majority of reports almost certainly are the result of misidentification and a direct consequence of the lack of domain awareness; there is a direct correlation between the amount and quality of available information on a case with the ability to conclusively resolve it.” Upsetting news, but not really a surprise, since NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team released a similar report in September 2023. Surely though I’d remember if I called an important meeting to discuss this further.

Asa, will you stop playing that Bon Jovi music so loud! I’m trying to think here! Wait a minute! Asa, this reminder on our calendar doesn’t have anything to do with Bon Jovi releasing their new single, “Legendary,” today does it? Never mind, don’t answer that! I should have known it was you who put those cryptic exclamation points on the calendar.

UPDATE: Surprisingly the video for Bon Jovi’s new song “Legendary” has a moon theme. Maybe Asa was correct in putting this on the calendar! Apparently Jon and I share a common interest!