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Every image has a source.

The photographs, illustrations and original video players used in this edition, with their provenance and reuse basis.

Credit is an attribution. Permission or a valid reuse basis is a separate requirement.

We use the media below for contextual, informational coverage. We do not imply endorsement by a government agency, museum, mission team or featured creator. Each article’s caption identifies when an image is illustrative or shows a different object from the article’s subject.

Photographs and official sensor stills

Cosmic Cliffs in NGC 3324, Carina Nebula

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
Reuse basis: NASA informational/editorial image reuse guidelines; no endorsement implied

Infrared telescope image, not a photograph of an alien landscape. Local web presentation may crop the image.

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Apollo 8 Earthrise, December 24, 1968

Credit: NASA/Bill Anders
Reuse basis: NASA informational/editorial image reuse guidelines; US government work

Used as context for space exploration and the search for life. Local web presentation may crop the image.

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Stone cuneiform tablet with inscription of Ashurnasirpal II

Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1958 (58.31.57)
Reuse basis: Public Domain / CC0, The Met Open Access
Object date: ca. 883–859 BCE

Assyrian, not Sumerian; an inscription, not evidence of extraterrestrials. Local web presentation may crop the image.

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Cuneiform tablet: administrative account with entries concerning malt and barley groats

Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gift, 1988 (1988.433.3)
Reuse basis: Public Domain / CC0, The Met Open Access
Object date: ca. 3100–2900 BCE

Sumerian administrative tablet. Do not describe this object as an Anunnaki, alien, or emerald tablet. Local web presentation may crop the image.

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GIMBAL UAP video still

Credit: Naval Air Systems Command / DVIDS
Reuse basis: Marked PUBLIC DOMAIN on the official DVIDS video page, subject to non-endorsement notice

Official sensor footage; unidentified does not establish extraterrestrial origin. Local web presentation may crop the image.

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FLIR UAP video still

Credit: Naval Air Systems Command / DVIDS
Reuse basis: Marked PUBLIC DOMAIN on the official DVIDS video page, subject to non-endorsement notice

Official sensor footage; unidentified does not establish extraterrestrial origin. Local web presentation may crop the image.

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Original field-guide illustration

The five portraits of Nordics, Tall Whites, Short Greys, Regular Greys and Reptilians were generated for this publication with AI on October 12, 2026. They are artistic interpretations of recurring motifs, not photographs of real beings, reconstructions of a specific witness’s drawing, or evidence of an extraterrestrial species.

Videos: original authorized players

Joe Rogan episodes are embedded from the official PowerfulJRE uploads. The American Alchemy episode is embedded from Jesse Michels’ verified channel. NASA broadcasts are linked from NASA’s own UAP resource page. Navy footage uses DVIDS-provided players. Congressional hearing recordings are embedded from the original YouTube uploads linked by the House Oversight Committee. The creators retain their rights and control over availability.

We do not download, re-edit, rehost or sell these videos. A player may become unavailable if the uploader changes its settings, removes the video, or limits playback by region. Every player includes a direct original-source link. Web delivery images are compressed and resized from the credited source files; original files remain preserved with the source repository.

U.S. government visual information notice

The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement.

See DVIDS copyright and use guidance, YouTube’s terms, and NASA’s image and media guidelines. Rights and source records were checked October 12, 2026.