Spider Report

Corrections and updates

Every dated change to every signal, newest first. We never silently rewrite a story; this page is the public record of how our reporting changed.

  1. The first new wild cat species in a century reached science as a roadside kitten. No one knows how many live in the wild.

    DOCUMENTED Published as DOCUMENTED.

  2. One unexplained event in a dark-matter detector a mile underground has set off a scramble of competing explanations

    UNRESOLVED Published as UNRESOLVED.

  3. On unexplored Indian Ocean seamounts, researchers found 149 species new to science and a seabed scattered with shark teeth

    DOCUMENTED Published as DOCUMENTED.

  4. An 1836 museum specimen gives the Himalayan pangolin its name back, 189 years after it was first described

    DOCUMENTED Filed to the archive as DOCUMENTED. A draft labeled this RESOLVED; Spider changed it before publication because the IUCN has not yet recognized the species and the 2025 team has not accepted the name.

  5. The board created to fast-track sales of unneeded federal buildings shuts down in December. Nine of its 11 latest picks are still unsold.

    DOCUMENTED Published as DOCUMENTED.

  6. The CIA can still withhold parts of its Mexico City station history. One line on a government webpage explains why.

    DOCUMENTED Published as DOCUMENTED.

  7. The Pentagon's UAP office is still investigating a Navy report of about 100 airborne objects off Virginia

    UNRESOLVED Published as UNRESOLVED.

  8. The 9/11 Commission's summary of pre-attack presidential briefings is now public. Its interviews with Clinton and Gore are not.

    DOCUMENTED Published as DOCUMENTED.

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