Coverage dated October 23, 2026

Declassified documents suggest Catalina Island was hot spot for UFO sightings

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Newly declassified documents suggest a popular tourist destination off the coast of Southern California was once a hot spot for UFO sightings. Details on a string of alleged UFO sightings near Catalina Island were released by the White House in a Friday morning document dump concerning unidentified …

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New York Post
Eerie Catalina Island UFO encounters exposed in White House document dump (opens New York Post)
Published Oct 23, 2026
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Catalina Island, a California tourism hotspot known for its crystal-clear waters and Hollywood history, has emerged as a UFO hotspot, with newly released White House documents detailing a string of eerie alleged encounters.
KTLA Los Angeles
Declassified documents suggest Catalina Island was hot spot for UFO sightings (opens KTLA Los Angeles)
Published Oct 23, 2026
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Newly declassified documents suggest a popular tourist destination off the coast of Southern California was once a hot spot for UFO sightings. Details on a string of alleged UFO sightings near Catalina Island were released by the White House in a Friday morning document dump concerning unidentified …
Los Angeles Times
UFOs on Catalina? Latest trove from feds detail spooky — yet, unverified — history (opens Los Angeles Times)
Published Oct 23, 2026
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Catalina Island is the site of four unverified reports of unidentified flying objects from the 1940s and 1950s, according to the latest tranche of records released by the Trump administration on unidentified anomalous phenomena.