What do you get when a former intelligence officer, a late-night comedy show, and a whole lot of government secrets walk into a bar? You get this week’s episode of Up All Night! We’re diving into Luis Elizondo’s eye-opening appearance on The Daily Show, where he spilled the beans on the world’s worst-kept secret: aliens. Oh, I'm story - NHIs, aka Non Human Intelligence. But here’s the kicker—turns out Uncle Sam has been keeping this cosmic cat in the bag for so long, they’re now stuck trying to figure out how to un-lie to the public without blowing up the whole charade. Are we finally on the brink of disclosure, or is this just another twist in the never-ending UFO / UAP soap opera? Tune in as we dissect what Elizondo had to say, poke fun at the government's absurd balancing act, and ask the big question: when it comes to aliens, will the truth ever really set us free? Spoiler alert: it's gonna get weird.

Special thanks to this week’s research sources

Books

Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs | Luis Elizondo

Videos

Luis Elizondo - “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs” | The Daily Show - https://youtu.be/2OMGOvuJV5M?si=e44jdOXHgIOAMNdC

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Strength and honor. Discipline and courage. The Glory of Rome! And none of it mattered for one of said Rome’s most renowned legions. Or so it seems… Reputation became tales, and tales became myths about Legio IX Hispana, Rome’s famed Ninth Legion passed into the category of legend when it mysteriously vanished from the record books around the turn of the 2nd century CE. That was before the black and white color switch for those playing along at home. But how could one of the most fearsome and battle-tested units of the then most powerful empire on earth just up and disappear like a dad going for cigarettes? Theories have run the gamut from mundane to supernatural, with more significant consequences from its disappearance than you might imagine. Grab your gladius and scutum, we’re marching in search of Rome’s Lost 9th Legion this week on Hysteria 51!

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

Books

The Fate of the Ninth: The curious disappearance of one of Rome's legions | Duncan B. Campbell

Videos

Solving the Mystery of the Lost Roman Legion | History Hit Series - https://youtu.be/uzqXhGM-uRY?si=wTL8aeWkPs7zrKXQ

Websites

Legio IX Hispana Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_IX_Hispana

BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-12752497

Ancient Origins - https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/boudicca-celtic-queen-unleashed-fury-romans-part-2-002067

The Northen Echo - https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11560152.modest-man-centre-yorks-famous-ghost-story-passes-away/

Eagle & Dragons Publishing - https://eaglesanddragonspublishing.com/roman-ghosts-shades-in-eburacum/

History Extra - https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/what-happened-to-britains-lost-roman-legion/

U of Chicago - https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html

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This week, we’re diving deep into the murky waters of ancient Sumer to unravel the life and legend of Gilgamesh—part god, part man, and full-time hero. Was this towering king of Uruk just another ruler with delusions of grandeur, or was he really a demigod who battled monsters, befriended wild men, and defied the gods themselves? Join us as we explore his epic quests, including his obsession with immortality, his fateful bromance with Enkidu, and the secrets that may still lie buried beneath the Euphrates. Plus, was Gilgamesh the world’s first superhero—or something even weirder? Tune in for all that and more as we decode the ancient tablets, question history’s first literary masterpiece, and ask: why does Conspiracy Bot suck so much???

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

Videos

The REAL Reason we Invaded Iraq (Babylon)?? Nephilim DNA - https://youtu.be/ypAZ_9WTukU?si=U0Nr02TiHYdjwX3o

2003 Gulf War Started 1 Month After Gilgamesh's Tomb Found - https://youtu.be/Tgr6y_pyFMk?si=PofgK0KfDBnXrQ-I

Websites

Gilgamesh Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh

Epic of Gilgamesh Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh Myth - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh History - https://www.worldhistory.org/gilgamesh/

Gilgamesh Tablet - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57992957

Hobby Lobby Issues - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-returns-portion-of-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-to-iraq/

Fact Check - https://www.newsweek.com/us-invade-iraq-ancient-stargate-1766705

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