Welcome to Monday, June 7th, saints and scoundrels..

A much-anticipated review of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) by U.S. intelligence officials could not reach a conclusion about the origins or nature of aircraft that have been sighted near American military personnel.

These findings are based on the classified version of a report that is expected to be released to Congress in an unclassified form by June 25th, according to an article in the New York Times.

Per the Times, the intelligence review determined that there is no evidence the UAP are alien spacecraft, but that the possibility could not be definitively ruled out given the ambiguous nature of the sightings.

Officials reportedly believe “a vast majority of more than 120 incidents over the past two decades did not originate from any American military or other advanced U.S. government technology.”

Most of the encounters involved Navy personnel operating off of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the continental U.S., although the report also examined incidents involving foreign militaries.

Do you believe U.S. intelligence officials don’t know the origins of the UAP?

Senate Returns to Work on China Competition Package

The Senate returns to the Capitol this week to complete work on a bipartisan bill aimed to bolster U.S. competitiveness with China that has been amended and debated over the last several weeks. The House will wind down its three-week break from floor business ahead of its return next week.

The Senate’s week begins Monday with a procedural vote on the nomination of Julien Neals to be a district judge in New Jersey. If it succeeds, a confirmation vote will likely occur Tuesday or Wednesday.

On Tuesday, senators will take a series of votes on a bill known as the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which aims to help the U.S. compete with China through initiatives to expand research, development, and production of critical technologies, along with other measures aimed at blunting China’s geopolitical ascendance.

How do you feel about this week’s congressional schedule?

>1/2 Americans Have Received COVID Vaccine

As of June 1st, at least 168.5 million Americans have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a figure which represents 51% of the U.S. population. Over 135.9 million Americans, or 41% of the population, are fully vaccinated.

Across the country, the percentage of the population that has received at least one vaccination varies significantly from state-to-state as this USAFacts chart shows:

Do you plan on getting a COVID vaccine (or have you gotten one?)

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And, In The End...

Explore some wilderness for Daniel Boone Day.

On today's date in 1769, the fur trapper/hunter/frontiersman first set his peepers on what would become Kentucky.

Chester Harding's unfinished sketch of Boone

And if you find an overturned beetle, flip 'em over in honor of June Bug Day,

—Josh Herman

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