Ep. 1: The Oldest Question | The documented record of unexplained aerial phenomena stretches back 4,000 years across a dozen writing systems.

Episode 1: From Babylonian cuneiform to Pentagon whistleblowers, we trace the UAP record across seven languages, thousands of years, and every continent.Ancient Akkadian tablets describe objects in the sky that their scribes couldn't explain. Sanskrit epics detail flying vehicles called vimanas in texts thousands of years old. The Book of Ezekiel records a vision of wheels within wheels that has puzzled scholars for millennia. A 1561 broadsheet from Nuremberg, Germany documents a mass sighting of spheres, crosses, and cylinders battling in the sky — witnessed by an entire city. Japanese folklore preserves the Utsuro-bune legend of a hollow vessel that washed ashore in 1803. Chinese poet Su Dongpo recorded a luminous object over a lake in the 11th century. And German military intelligence files from the 20th century show that governments have been tracking these phenomena for over a hundred years.Unresolved Signals cross-references all of it. Powered by AI, we process primary source documents across languages and centuries to find patterns that no single researcher could trace alone. Every claim is verified against the original record. Every source is cited by name, author, date, and holding institution.This episode covers the full arc — from the oldest surviving written records to the 2026 disclosure directive and the congressional hearings, AARO investigations, and Pentagon whistleblower testimony that brought UAPs into mainstream policy. Featuring original-language audio from ancient texts produced with AI narration.SOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:Cuneiform tablets — Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative: https://cdli.earthNuremberg 1561 broadsheet (Hans Glaser) — Wickiana Collection, Zentralbibliothek Zürich (PAS II 12/60): https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/celestial-phenomenon-over-nuremberg-april-14th-1561/Utsuro-bune accounts — Hyouryuukishuu (Tales of Castaways), Iwase Bunko Library, Nishio, JapanBook of Ezekiel — available in any standard Bible translation (Ch. 1, 10)Su Dongpo, "You Jin Shan Si" — Song Dynasty poetry, 11th century CEVaimānika Shāstra — Mysore: Coronation Press, 1904 (Sanskrit Dept., Baroda University)AARO reports — https://www.aaro.milCongressional UAP hearings — available via C-SPAN and official congressional recordSponsored by What's Near Me Now — visit https://nearmenow.us to find events near you.